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Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 22:18:04 -0600
From: "Lanney Ratcliff" <amm1585@hyperusa.com>
Subject: MtMan-List: Off topic....Laura Jean Update
Ho the list
I just got off the phone with Laura Jean and she sounded pretty good. She
still has great difficulty expressing herself clearly but is speaking
somewhat better than four weeks ago. But it doesn't take long for her to
wind up in the ditch. Like I said before, she seems to have clear thoughts
but can't put the words together to express herself. It's very frustrating
for her.
According to her mother, Charline Rugel, Laura had a very good Christmas day
with her husband & daughter and all her brothers and sisters as well as her
mom with her at home in Washington. As you may recall, Laura Jean fell some
time ago and she has been confined to bed most of the time since, but today
she was able to sit in a wheelchair by the fire and have dinner with her
family. It's sobering to realize how a simple thing like that would take on
such importance. Mrs. Rugel was brought to tears when she was telling me
about it.
Mrs. Rugle said that the Doctors will only say that Laura's prognosis is "up
in the air". Obviously the situation remains serious, and Mrs.'s Rugel asks
that those who are praying for Laura Jean to continue that intercession.
Mrs. Rugle also said that Laura and the entire family is overwhelmed with
the cards, letters and small gifts that continue to arrive from her
"Mountain Friends", as she calls all the people she has met on these lists
(as well as on the ground with many of us). I think that knowing that she
is not forgotten by us has made a difference in Laura's ability to fight the
tumor in her head. A fight is made easier if you know that you have good
backup. Once again let me say that the family requests that no one call (for
obvious reasons) but that every card, letter, string of beads and other
tokens of friendship that come to their door serves as powerful medicine for
Laura and her family. If you want to send mail use this address:
Laura Glise
5289 Lake Hills St SE
Lacey, WA 98513
Lanney Ratcliff
amm1585@hyperusa.com
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 01:33:06 EST
From: Wind1838@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Off topic....Laura Jean Update
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Dear Lanney and friends of Laura Jean,
I am Charles Rugel, Laura Jean's brother. I was checking her email and
noticed Lanney's kind message and update to everyone. I just wanted to
correct the mailing address that was given as Laura and family moved to a new
home back in June shortly after her surgeries. The new address is as follows:
Laura Rugel Glise
3841 Prestwick Lane SE
Olympia, WA 98501
The mail is still forwarded from the old address for the next year so don't
worry if you send one there.
Thank you all for the love and prayers you have given my sister. I have been
very pleased with her ability to understand and appreciate all forms of
communication sent her way, despite her trouble in verbalizing her thoughts.
We all remain hopeful and continually blessed by this wonderful person in our
lives. There is no quit in her.
Warm regards and Happy Holidays,
Charles Rugel
crugel@midsouth.rr.com
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Dear Lanney and friends of Laura Jean,
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<BR>I am Charles Rugel, Laura Jean's brother. I was checking her email and noticed Lanney's kind message and update to everyone. I just wanted to correct the mailing address that was given as Laura and family moved to a new home back in June shortly after her surgeries. The new address is as follows:
<BR>
<BR>Laura Rugel Glise
<BR>3841 Prestwick Lane SE
<BR>Olympia, WA 98501
<BR>
<BR>The mail is still forwarded from the old address for the next year so don't worry if you send one there.
<BR>
<BR>Thank you all for the love and prayers you have given my sister. I have been very pleased with her ability to understand and appreciate all forms of communication sent her way, despite her trouble in verbalizing her thoughts. We all remain hopeful and continually blessed by this wonderful person in our lives. There is no quit in her.
<BR>
<BR>Warm regards and Happy Holidays,
<BR>
<BR>Charles Rugel
<BR>crugel@midsouth.rr.com
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 09:52:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Clint Garrett <doublelongspring@yahoo.com>
Subject: MtMan-List: rawhided sawbucks
> I had it shifted to a 3/4 rig, and started using a
> breast collar. In the country up here, it is pretty
> much a necessity if you go at anything faster than a
> walk. Are breast collars period?
THAT very thing breast collars was discussed and
wondered about among our AMM brigade. Finally it was
seen or found to have been wrote about, at least
according to one of our members in Montana.
BY THE way, i'll have to get my address down, but
there was a knowledgeable gentleman at the 'rocky mt.
nalt.' whom had several rawhided 'sawbucks'. he said
that the early ones were rawhide, yet on the continent
the mice ate all the old 'rawhided sawbucks'. but in
Hawaii they found a couple that had came off the
boats. He said something to the effect thay one
island or the group had no mice to destroy the
rawhide.
I don't know.
> Are
> they needed? Damn straight, pardner, at least with
