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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Paula -- Please share a couple of brief stories for
us. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Beverly</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> remembers the
Philbrook collegiality and family care. It is another example of our
corporateness. We had just returned from </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Korea</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> and took an
interim appointment in the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>United</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Methodist</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Church</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>. Our youngest
daughter Julie was in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Chicago</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> and needed to
be sent to our home base to </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Salina</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Kansas</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>. In order to
make the connection, Marge was on her way to the Kansas City House, and she was
asked to take Julie to </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Kansas City</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> to be put on
the bus.</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> It always amazed
us concerning the care of the Emerging Generation and how they could
travel around the world. It took special people that had the vision of
what it meant to live as an extended family. </span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> My story involves the
memory of Phil and Marge. I have an idea that there are not many people in
the Order that has as long a memory of this couple as </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Beverly</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> and I
do. This was the decade of the 1950's, Phil was a United Methodist
Minister serving at South Haven, KS--there is nothing further in Kansas before
crossing the border into Oklahoma. Our paths crossed many times at our Annual
Conference meetings.</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> When I was contemplating an
internship with OE, I visited in 5th City. What a lovely mess that
was--take that statement and face-value, please. Who should I run into
but Phil and Marge? From that moment on, they served as an example of
what was possible for me to make the decision, for </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Beverly</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> to accept it,
and for our children to take up the Wedge Blade and live the missional life. </span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Marge--you've been the matriarch
of one of the signal Order families. All of us--and I mean everybody--knew you
always had our backs, and I mean all of us. You, your husband, and your family
taught us to live "the hell out of life." What else would we want
"out" of our lives, but the hell? </span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Thank you, and celebrate well. </span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Inner Peace,</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Bill and Beverly Salmon</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>PS: I'm doing something similar next April when I
turn 80. To celebrate I'm getting a tatoo on my butt. This is the image of the
"Power Cat" from </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b><font
size=2 color=purple><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>Kansas</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
size=2 color=purple><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><st1:PlaceType><b><font
size=2 color=purple><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>State</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>. The words
under it will be, "Last laugh!"</span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> What's so funny?</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Well, I've donated my body to
the medical school at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b><font size=2
color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Kansas</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><st1:PlaceType><b><font
size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>University</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>. So, when
some future doctor at KU turms me over. . . then, I'll have the last laugh.</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Wadcha think?</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Bill </span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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