Why not post this on Code3? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: TADSPAN50@xxxxxxx Sender: badges-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:56:09 To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Badges - Re: Satellite Radio Forrest try this: Arness was born James Aurness in_Minneapolis_ (/wiki/Minneapolis) ;_[4]_ (#cite_note-Tel_obit-3) he would drop the "u" later. His parents were Rolf Cirkler Aurness (July 22, 1894 – July 1982), a businessman, and Ruth (née Duesler) Aurness (died September 1986), a_journalist_ (/wiki/Journalist) . His father's ancestry was_Norwegian_ (/wiki/Norwegian_people) , his mother's_German_ (/wiki/Germans) ._[5]_ (#cite_note-genes-4) The family name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father Peter Aursnes emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness._[6]_ (#cite_note-bio-5) Arness and his family were_Methodists_ (/wiki/Methodist) ._[7]_ (#cite_note-6) Arness' younger brother was actor_Peter Graves_ (/wiki/Peter_Graves) (1926-2010). Peter used the stage name "Graves", a maternal family name._[6]_ (#cite_note-bio-5) Arness attended John Burroughs Grade School,_Washburn High School_ (/wiki/Washburn_High_School) and West High School in Minneapolis. During this time, Arness worked as a courier for a jewelry wholesaler, loading and unloading railway boxcars at the James J. Hill's_Burlington_ (/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad) freight-yards in Minneapolis, and logging in _Pierce, Idaho_ (/wiki/Pierce,_Idaho) ._[6]_ (#cite_note-bio-5) Despite "being a poor student and skipping many classes", he graduated from high school in June 1942. He then enlisted in the_United States Army_ (/wiki/United_States_Army) to serve in_World War II_ (/wiki/World_War_II) ._[6]_ (#cite_note-bio-5) In a message dated 7/30/2011 6:52:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fj@xxxxxxxxx writes: Brothers, James and Peter Aumess, better known by their acting names: James Arness (Gunsmoke, the Thing) Peter Graves (MIssion Impossible, etc.) Forrest