=-=-=› (An  OPEN letter from  JOHN POWELL, an› OL' HACKERS A.U.G. NY, member!)››Hello Everyone:››       I  am  writing  this  letter  on› August 15, 1995.  My  heart  is  heavy› because  I  am  going  to a funeral of› what I consider a true friend.  Let me› take  a  few minutes to tell you about› him and how much fun I had  personally› while watching him work his magic.›      I  can  honestly  say that he was› the best I've ever  seen  at  what  he› does.  If I had a word to describe him› I would have to say  [he  was  like  a› "Kirby  vacuum   cleaner."    Let   me› explain  what  I  mean  by this ... He› played centerfield for the Yankees and› was  probably  the  fastest  player to› ever play that position.›      I remember  a  ball  hit  in  the› World  Series  that  was out of reach,› but   Mickey   Mantle  caught  it!   I› remember watching him  run  the  bases› after he hit a homer as I wondered how› could he run and play  so  well  while› hurt.   When  Kurt Gibson hit his home› run and ran the bases, Kurt ran  while› pumping his tender right arm.›      He  will  be  sorely  missed  and› will,  in my opinion, be remembered as› one of the best players in  Baseball. › I  wish  we  could've found a cure for› cancer while he was alive,  but  there› will  be  a  cure  some  day.  Thanks,› Mick, for the many good  memories  you› gave  this  sports  fan.   You are and› always will be a "HERO" to me.››   Good bye, Mick, we love you!!!›                ****›› Editorial   note:    (While  this  has› nothing to do with  computers,  it  is› printed  here  because  this  is  your› newsletter)› This  writer  has a bit of a different› outlook on the subject.  It  is  truly› sad that this man was, in his personal› despair, a fallen hero,  His  baseball› history  shows  him  to  be one of the› best. While he  was  unquestionably  a› great ball player, who played in spite› of pain to  overcome,  he  was  a  bad› example  for  kids  because   of   his› unchecked alcoholic consumption, which› helped to do  him  in.   America  puts› people  like  him  and other idols who› are drug addicted, on  a  cult  level.› The latest is GARCIA, (GRATEFULL DEAD)› who died because of his  addiction  to› drugs  and  alcohol.  I feel that this› sends out the  wrong  message  to  our› children!  A.P.›                =-=-=››