THOUGHT FOR TODAY

The older I get, the better I was.

A video from Tom Conkright

Here's a little YouTube thing I put together--about 120 slides and two songs sung by two of our granddaughters at the reception we had for our 50th wedding anniversary.


Thanks


Tom Conkright


Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ElgBEiMFkT8

It's March!

I'm just back from LA where I attended the women's Pac-10 basketball tournament. My team (Stanford, of course) won. Next up, the NCAA's begin this Saturday. I hit a rough patch to begin the year, but it's hard to be despondent in March. Go Stanford!
For those of you in the Midwest, it's Nebraska to follow on the women's side, and KU for the men, of course. I'm still a big KU fan as well.
Remember when Paseo went to a state tournament in St. Louis?

A note from Claudine

Hi Classmates:

I just finished a book that I think you all would enjoy reading, assuming you have not already done so.

A couple of weeks ago, Sally sent me a gift book "Deaths On Pleasant Street:The Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Doctor Hyde" by Giles Fowler, published by Truman University.

The murders and/or attempted murders occurred on 1909 and the trials were sensational to say nothing of the hair raising events leading up to them.

I had never heard this grisly tale ,but Sally informs me I am probably the only one spending lots of years in Kansas City who has not, and was a little dubious about just how sensational or interesting this episode of deaths could have been, and who was this author anyway,and who or what was Truman University.

I saved the book for my beach trip last week. All my misgivings about this book were dead wrong. What a great read. I did not want to put it down. It is a two beach afternoons and one leg of a plane ride long. Have a friend read it too, you will want to talk about it.

Happy reading

Claudine

A LOVE STORY

Posted on Sat, Mar. 06, 2010 10:15 PM

LOVE STORY
After the smoke cleared, they made a life together
By DEBORAH SHOUSE
Special to The Star
Ed and Karen Rowe were set up by a mutual friend. They were both reluctant to go on a blind date, but they hit it off right away.

Ed Rowe, 22, had a fear of blind dates. So he was not enthusiastic when his friend Bonnie insisted he meet her friend Karen. Only after a lot of prodding did he agree.

It was 1962, and Karen Snyder, 20, was attending the University of Kansas nursing school in Kansas City, Kan. Bonnie praised Ed, but Karen initially was not interested. She had seen him once, some months ago. She thought he was handsome, but he smoked.

“I didn’t like the smoking,” Karen says. “But Bonnie was so sweet, and I appreciated her thoughtfulness. There weren’t many men in nursing school, so I finally decided to meet Ed.”

They met in the nurses’ residence hall at KU hospital.

“She was a looker,” Ed says. “I saw her and said, ‘I think we’re going to hit it off.’ ”

Karen thought so, too. They went to the Country Club Plaza to see the movie “Pink Panther.” Afterward, they went out to eat.

“The more we found out about each other, the more connected we felt,” Ed says.

On their second date, Karen told Ed, “If you don’t quit smoking, I’m not going out with you.”

Ed quit cold turkey.

“That was an important step in our relationship,” Karen says.

Within six months, they were talking about a wedding. They picked out an engagement ring, and Ed began to make payments. Before a trip to St. Louis to visit Ed’s brother, Ed secretly picked up the ring. That weekend, after a wonderful evening in Gaslight Square, Ed drove Karen down to the riverside.

“I popped out the ring and popped the question,” he says.

Karen said a delighted “Yes.”

Back home, they talked to Karen’s sister about their wedding plans. She was also engaged, and Karen and Ed suggested a double wedding. The two couples were married Sept. 5, 1965, in Kansas City, Kan.

Today, Karen and Ed live in Olathe. Karen is a retired school nurse, and Ed is retired from insurance. They have three children and six grandchildren. They enjoy doing church work, traveling to see family and eating out. Karen likes quilting and sewing; Ed enjoys golfing and reading. They feel that really listening to each other is a key to their deep relationship.

“Ed is kind and gentle, and he has a great sense of humor,” Karen says. “I love to be with him. We have a wonderful partnership.”

“Karen is loving and caring,” Ed says. “She’s heard all my jokes a hundred times, but she laughs anyway. That is true love.”

Deborah Shouse is a freelance writer. Suggest a Love Story couple by writing to lovestory@kcstar.com.
Posted on Sat, Mar. 06, 2010 10:15 PM

Check the KC Star for article about Ed & Karen Rowe

Hi KC Pirates,
Today's paper, Sun. 3/7, has a feature article in the Star Magazine section about Ed Rowe and his wife, Karen. It is about their romance and life together - feature is called, "love story". If you don't get the paper, you can access it thru the Star's website - Star Magazine section. Both the article and picture are very flattering - way to go Ed!!

Sharon (Reeves) Robertson