It is better than those in New Jersey is terrible flooding and if all this "slush" melts off really quick we may have a similar problem. But I am enjoying the weather and looking forward to going for a walk without slogging very soon. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Submitted: Search and Rescue Shelley, keep the snow, enjoy 76 degree weather. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:26 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book Submitted: Search and Rescue > With our record snow fall yesterday, places near us, received over > fourteen > inches in less than twenty four hours, we got twelve or so, and with it, > being the consistency of the ice you get in snow cones, things are quite a > mess. Pennsylvania, is well, drowned, in the west in snow in the East in > rain. > > Ah, so staying inside was a good idea, so I got the following done. > > Search and Rescue > By Samantha Glen and marry Parasisi SP. > > Just needs a spell check. I removed headers, except page numbers, and > fixed > chapter headings so they won't get mistaken. All pages are accounted for, > and is a good read. Under the .rtf section of the website. > > The crowds got bigger as the team got closer to the Myriad Center. They > lined the pavement as if drawn by some > invisible force, yet the quiet remained > unbroken. Faces along the route were > wet with tears that no one tried to hide. > Then Beth heard a voice cut the still morning as in prayer. "Yea, though I > walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil." It > was a final, wrenching homage to the victims of the bombing. The voice > echoed inside Beth's head. "I shall fear no evil," she > chanted over and over again, trying > desperately to keep her feelings at bay. > Beth felt her anger melt away. She > and Czar would be all right; she'd make sure of that. The people of > Oklahoma > had reminded them of what their volunteer of love was all about. The motto > of search and rescue-to save lives and reduce human suffering- > made it all worthwhile for her and the > white shepherd... > > Beth Barkley was tired of having a life indoors. And so was her white > German Shepherd Panda. After reading an article in the newspaper about > search and Rescue dogs, she decided to train with Panda as a canine team. > This story is there struggles to become a team, their work, in disasters, > from lost children, missing people, an encounter with a bear, to > earthquakes > in El Salvador, Armenia, and mud slides in Virginia to their hardest > challenge helping with the Oklahoma City Bombing. Follow Beth as she > trains > with first Panda, then Sirius, then Czar, and their adventures, both > humorous and sad. Look into the world of search and rescue, the struggles > that dog and handle endure every day. > > Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > Graduate Advisory Council > www.guidedogs.com > > The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to > stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > > -- Vance Havner > > > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005