WOW, chilly this morning. 44 degrees when Milo and I returned from our walk. This Saturday, Sept 17, The Sunshine Fire Protection District will be holding its annual Community Fest. This is an annual fund raising project the community stages for the fire department. Community members donate merchandise and baked goods that are auctioned off or given as door prizes. The cost has been $20 per family. There is a pot luck meal and plenty of drink to go around. The fun part is the auction. People actually bid $200 - $300 for a pie! It is a tax-deductable donation and the money goes to support activites that benefit the entire community.
The 9-11 flag ceremony went well. Linda and Tony supplied the coffee, tea, juice and snacks. We rang the bell at 6:46 (I'm sure a segment of the neighborhood wondered why) and again at 7:02. I raised the flag shortly ofter the first bell ringing. We sang the National Anthem and said the Pledge of Allegiance.
Audie and her husband, Harry, are off for Nebraska to visit her sister. She will probably start Kemo when she returns.
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Hey David Lee - I am so glad you and your community get together to honor 9/11. I do my own quiet little 'thing' on 9/11 in that I get up early in the morning, hop in the car and head over to the Pentagon. After I stop at a Starbucks (because it's so darn early) I park in one of the parking lots there at the Pentagon, walk up an Easterly facing hill and watch the sun rise over the Pentagon and remember that awful day and those who died in the attacks. It was quite an experience living here in DC on 9/11, one of horror, chaos, dread, sadness, confusion and terror! Perhaps your community could add a bell ringing at 9:40 in remembrance of those who died in that part of the attack
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