Awake: 6:18am Temp 53 sleep 6+25 windy & cloudy overnight @ Nicktown.
K & I attended 8:00 am Mass. With so many people in town for the picnic & the holiday, the church had a sizeable crowd for this daily Mass.
Afterward, I invited cousins:Cyril, Tony, Diane & Dick to join our KK meeting this morning. Also, today was RoseMarie's 89th birthday, so the social room hosted extra people this morning.
I couldn't stay long due to my volunteer job of working on the picnic grounds starting @ 9:30am. Kathy wasn't due for her volunteer job until 10:30am so she stayed longer.
After eating a small breakfast, I drove to the church hall & joined my teammates on whatever our lead man wanted us to do. Usually our 1st time consuming job has been, to cover the space between the pavilion & the church hall using 4-5 large tarps. Doing this provides shade for the crowd when standing in line for dinner.
In the past this could take up to 3-4 hrs plus doing side requests to help other volunteers. Today, the wind was too strong for that job but our lead man had little difficulty finding other jobs of necessity.
About (3) hrs later, we were dismissed from duty today but we promised to return tomorrow @ 7:00 am to get the tarps up before 10:00am. I visited Kathy (working in the kitchen) before I went back to our motorhome; she was all greased up from handling chicken parts.
Back in our motorhome, a recording from my high school buddy let us know that they were in town for (2) days, so we set up a rendezvous for around 6:30pm tonight. Kathy returned just before 2:00 pm & was all for the gathering with Charlie & Ellen.By the way, I overlooked this photo of Kathy standing in the walkout basement of our home-to-be.
Dinner: BLT's with cantaloupe & chips.
I was just finishing my shower when I began hearing sirens. I told Kathy: "those vehicles are coming close to our area!" By the time I had some clothes on, there were (4-5) ambulances on St. Paul Street & many people running onto Chuck's back porch. It turned out that Chuck suffered a respiratory arrest (quit breathing) while sitting on his back porch.
Among Chuck & Shirley's children, there are (2-3) doctors who knew what to do. He was driven to the nearby landing pad near town & flown to the ICU in Altoona. We hear that he is responding to simple commands though still on the respirator.
Maybe (40) min before this all happened, Chuck, along with one of his sons-in-law, Matt, had walked over to our motorhome & we talked about (10) min about our BIG DIG. They wanted our permission to take a closer look @ the BIG DIG project & we gladly gave it.We are praying for Chuck's recovery.
At 6:30pm, Charlie & Ellen drove into our driveway which is cleared of Ambulances now. We talked a little & then headed over to the Nicktown Hotel where we spent the next (3) hrs updating each other & having a little libation. The bar section was vastly overcrowded so we sat in the dining area.
We thoroughly enjoy Ellen & Charlie when we can get together. They will return to Cleveland after spending some time @ the Nicktown Picnic tomorrow. Late movie: "The Wrong Man." We watched 1/2.
Lights out: 12:27am.
K & I attended 8:00 am Mass. With so many people in town for the picnic & the holiday, the church had a sizeable crowd for this daily Mass.
Afterward, I invited cousins:Cyril, Tony, Diane & Dick to join our KK meeting this morning. Also, today was RoseMarie's 89th birthday, so the social room hosted extra people this morning.
I couldn't stay long due to my volunteer job of working on the picnic grounds starting @ 9:30am. Kathy wasn't due for her volunteer job until 10:30am so she stayed longer.
After eating a small breakfast, I drove to the church hall & joined my teammates on whatever our lead man wanted us to do. Usually our 1st time consuming job has been, to cover the space between the pavilion & the church hall using 4-5 large tarps. Doing this provides shade for the crowd when standing in line for dinner.
In the past this could take up to 3-4 hrs plus doing side requests to help other volunteers. Today, the wind was too strong for that job but our lead man had little difficulty finding other jobs of necessity.
About (3) hrs later, we were dismissed from duty today but we promised to return tomorrow @ 7:00 am to get the tarps up before 10:00am. I visited Kathy (working in the kitchen) before I went back to our motorhome; she was all greased up from handling chicken parts.
Back in our motorhome, a recording from my high school buddy let us know that they were in town for (2) days, so we set up a rendezvous for around 6:30pm tonight. Kathy returned just before 2:00 pm & was all for the gathering with Charlie & Ellen.By the way, I overlooked this photo of Kathy standing in the walkout basement of our home-to-be.
Dinner: BLT's with cantaloupe & chips. I was just finishing my shower when I began hearing sirens. I told Kathy: "those vehicles are coming close to our area!" By the time I had some clothes on, there were (4-5) ambulances on St. Paul Street & many people running onto Chuck's back porch. It turned out that Chuck suffered a respiratory arrest (quit breathing) while sitting on his back porch.
Among Chuck & Shirley's children, there are (2-3) doctors who knew what to do. He was driven to the nearby landing pad near town & flown to the ICU in Altoona. We hear that he is responding to simple commands though still on the respirator. Maybe (40) min before this all happened, Chuck, along with one of his sons-in-law, Matt, had walked over to our motorhome & we talked about (10) min about our BIG DIG. They wanted our permission to take a closer look @ the BIG DIG project & we gladly gave it.We are praying for Chuck's recovery.
At 6:30pm, Charlie & Ellen drove into our driveway which is cleared of Ambulances now. We talked a little & then headed over to the Nicktown Hotel where we spent the next (3) hrs updating each other & having a little libation. The bar section was vastly overcrowded so we sat in the dining area.
We thoroughly enjoy Ellen & Charlie when we can get together. They will return to Cleveland after spending some time @ the Nicktown Picnic tomorrow. Late movie: "The Wrong Man." We watched 1/2.
Lights out: 12:27am.
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