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E-mail: uss.aquila@juno.com |
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EDITOR/SUBMISSIONS: Captain Glenna M. Juilfs DISTRIBUTION: Commander Rob Langenderfer DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: March 28, 2000 SUBSCRIPTIONS: one (1) 33c stamp = 1 issue |
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2-Brent Spiner 16-Levar Burton 21-Ben Kirby (1973) 23-Majel Barrett Roddenberry | |
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3-James Doohan 8-Brian Pence 10-Lynda Pence 12-Heather Borchardt 17-Tina Burns 21-Tamara Widener 26-Leonard Nimoy 29-Mirina Sirtis 31-Shirley Robinson | |
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February14-Valentines Day 21-Presidents Day  March8-Ash Wednesday 17-St.Patrick's Day | |
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SHIP'S LOG0001.08 |
The 106th meeting of the USS Aquila was held on Saturday January 8, 2000 at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Mall Road in Florence, KY. The following were in attendance: Linda Widener, Rob Langenderfer, Steve Proffitt, Chris Langsdale, Mark Bradford, Greg Turner, and Amy Weber.
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The 107th meeting of the USS Aquila was held on Saturday February 12, 2000 at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Mall Road in Florence, KY. The following were in attendance: Sam Hearld, Janet Crouch, Rob Langenderfer, Nelson Charette, Tamara Borchardt, Glenna Juilfs, Erin Pence, Rebecca Poff, Cynthia Pence, Leonard Robinson, Steve Proffitt.
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A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told each of them how they had made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference." Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community.
She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week. One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons and said, "We're doing a class project on recognition, and we'd like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened. Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him. His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people. That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine. He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes A Difference'" on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you. My days are really hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the most important person in my life. You're a great kid and I love you!" The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, "I was planning on committing suicide tomorrow, Dad, because I didn't think you loved me. Now I know you care. This is the happiest day I've known." The boss went back to work a changed man. He was no longer a grouch but made sure to let all his employees know that they made a difference. The junior executive helped several other young people with career planning and never forgot to let them know that they made a difference in his life...one being the bosses son. And the young boy and his classmates learned a valuable lesson. Who you are DOES make a difference.  | ||
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| Victory For Yellowstone Wolves!! Date: Thursday, 13 Jan 2000 16:24:50 APPEALS COURT RULES YELLOWSTONE WOLVES CAN STAY IN PARK |
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Defenders of Wildlife hailed today's court ruling allowing the Yellowstone wolves to remain in the park as an historic victory not only for the wolf, but also for sound wildlife restoration in the 21st century.
Just hours ago, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled unanimously in favor of our appeal to leave the wolves in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. The decision overturns a lower court's 1997 ruling that the 1995 and 1996 Yellowstone wolf reintroductions were illegal. The district court's ruling had called for removal of all the wolves and their offspring, an action that pleased the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), which was behind the lawsuit, but that Defenders of Wildlife called a virtual death sentence. "Removal" in this case would have meant killed, for there was no place for them to go. The decision also finally puts to rest efforts led by the American Farm Bureau Federation to end the Yellowstone wolf recovery program, which has been hailed by conservationists as the most important wildlife victory of the 20th century. Today AFBF President Dean Kleckner, who called for removing the wolves, lost his job in an election. "It's a new day for wolves in more ways than one. The Yellowstone wolves have been given a new lease on life and so has the principle that science -- not politics -- should guide wildlife restoration efforts in America," said Rodger Schlickeisen, President of Defenders of Wildlife. "It's been two long years since the district court's ruling because of the obstinacy of the AFBF and Kleckner, but ironically he lost his job on the same day the Farm Bureau lost the suit." Schlickeisen concluded, "We are very pleeased that reason won in this case and that the wolves will be allowed to remain in the park so that future generations may enjoy them. We've known all along that the Farm Bureau's lawsuit was wrong legally and morally." Using the experimental designation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 66 wolves were released into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996. Experimental designation under section 10(j) of the ESA allows ranchers to shoot wolves if caught in the act of killing livestock on private lands. The 1997 ruling, spurred by an American Farm Bureau Federation lawsuit, claimed that such designation was illegal and put any naturally occurring wolf populations at undue risk, since a naturally occurring wolf would be fully protected under the ESA. No naturally occurring wolves are in Yellowstone, and any pre-existing wolves in Idaho are flourishing now only because of the tremendous success of the reintroduction program.  "Discerning no conflict between the challenged experimental population rules and the Endangered Species Act, we reverse the district court's order and judgment," the 10th Circuit said today (97-8127 et al.). Brian O'Neill, a Defenders board member, and Rick Duncan, of Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis represented defenders of Wildlife and other conservationists in the case. Defenders President Schlickeisen noted that "The wolves are doing better than ever expected. They are reproducing, hunting natural prey, and doing their part to return one of America's greatest treasures to its healthy, natural state." More than 300 wolves are now found in the region. "Except for some rare instances in which Defenders of Wildlife has reimbursed the rancher, the wolves are mostly staying away from livestock. It is incomprehensible that the Farm Bureau has been so determined to kill these wolves and their offspring," said Schlickeisen. Defenders maintains its $200,000 Wolf Compensation Trust to compensate ranchers, at fair market value, for any losses due to wolves. Missing from America's first national park for more than 60 years, the wolves have flourished in the park. The original 66 have grown into more than 300 today. Defenders of Wildlife, a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 380,000 members and supporters is a recognized leader in wolf recovery and restoration in the United States. Thanks to all of you who helped generate more than 140,000 responses to the American Farm Bureau opposing their law suit and supporting wolf recovery. Your efforts helped. This week the American Farm Bureau announced that the organization elected a new President, ousting former President Dean Kleckner, who was one of the most outspoken opponents environmental protection in general and wolf recovery in particular. Defenders of Wildlife (denlines@defenders.org)  |
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