Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday August 11th [sic should be February 11]
Royce cleaned- $40. At computer all day- compiled info on elevator fund from financial reports and Prudential reports. Wrote letter for board members explaining history and one to Jack Telfer on “my position”.

Wednesday February 10th
All day at computer trying to reconcile checks and info in Quicken- finally decided to sort my checks manually by category. Watched Mark Russell comment on Clinton impeachment trial. Birded for an hour between 9 and 10 a.m. and got 13 species a Cooper’s hawk obligingly flew across the front window.
Wrote letters to board members 1. Please participate 2. Thanks for participating

Tuesday February 9th
Mary out again and read the rest of my checks to me to enter. Stayed for supper of scrambled eggs and tiny link sausage.

Monday February 8th
Bird-feeding, breakfast, did load of laundry, unloaded dishwasher, took garbage to compost bin, checked e-mail- one from David- forwarded a bunch of unbelievably stupid actions of real people- 1 from Kathi in response to the Friday call (on answering machine from Jim Croners- (Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum) wanting permission to cite DBY stories on underground railroad). Sent letter to him- also wrote to Brad Standard? of Hazleton, Pennsylvania paper- He had visited Claridon Prairie in August and wrote a charming article.

Clinton impeachment proceedings winding down in U.S. Senate- I watched public TV when investigators gave their final plea (believable) for removal based on lying under oath and obstructing justice.- Then in CBS NBC and ABC newscasts they only showed the White House (Clinton) defense attorney’s platitudes about national security (Clinton and four other US presidents are in Jordan attending King Hussein’s funeral)- Time and again newscasts have shown White House defense declaring as fact statements that are untrue and very little coverage on prosecution!
Rick Steves in Naples and Sorrento brings back memories of visit there with Kathy in 1973 and Marcella Haldeman and Martha Koshubader[?].
Received Parks seeds and packet from project feederwatch from Cornell lab.

Sunday February 7th
Mary out again (third time) “What do I need to take to tax preparer?” So I showed her the folder again, but also listed her income and deductions in a file and printed it out for her. She helped me list half of my 1998 checks in Quicken. Had leftover pizza for supper.

Saturday February 6th
Genealogy meeting in auditorium of HH- speaker a remnant tribe Shawnee part Indian. Since Willis Thomas was waiting for me in Res. Cent. I sent him in to hear him. He was glad to re-establish contact with the group.

Lisa Cowan[?] in again with her boy age 4 and girl age 2- Live wires! Lisa had found a news clipping of birthday party for Elizabeth Cowan in Mch in 1925 and I was a guest.

She was Lisa’s husband’s Aunt. We also found death notice of Benjamin Cowan of Caledonia killed by a train.- Willis bought in 1815 map of Ohio for resource center and discussed how original surveys were made.

To Meijer for refilling FusaMax prescription for osteoporosis $60 for 30 pills and generic not yet available.
Gorgeous Valentine for Kathy and Bob

Friday February 5th
To HH to take letter to board members on Pride Membership- (the letter to life members that Carol asked for was only for secretaries book- not to be sent to board so I finished mailing without it.)
Met 2 Mary’s for supper at Perkins- Stopped at shop and got 800 numbers for Kathy and called her. Took greeting cards to Ruth Carhart for her to buy.

Thursday February 4th
Re-entered all of Monica Loftin’s info on Micron computer. Seems that Hemmerly’s in San Diego area are of the Harold J Hemmerly family (Harold, Joe). Mary out with her income tax material again. I wrote a change of address for her but couldn’t print it out.
e-mail from Dave on ACC Carl Vinson his plane’s motor wouldn’t shut down and they were being held down by “trap” then it caught fire!- but he’s okay- Has flown 11 ½ hours in the last 90 and had lots of legal problems to handle.
Revised Code of Ethics and Calendar 99 and put on disc for R. Carey but also sent by e-mail along with strategic plan.
Kathi called- wants phone number of La Mesa florists to place Dave’s order for one dozen red and one dozen white roses and carnations for Johanna for Valentine’s Day- e-mail from Dave- has flown six times in last 40 hours- last time engine afire while on ship.

Wednesday February 3rd
Checked airfares on computer- played solitaire- Mary out with her income tax. I think she has it all. Dan Wigton called- he’s changing her Cardinal fund to Davis- Ohio Company no longer trustworthy.
Letter from Ray Gottfried with picture and material from Monica Loftin- Letter from Bob Harter it is Tanktown.

Tuesday February 2nd
David e-mailed me command to open new screen for Foxbase (do ) but then could access files. Also my printer won’t print since they moved it back to office.
To Ruth Carhart’s at 1:30 to thank her for carton of Honey Belle and Temple Oranges & grapefruit she had sent from Florida for me and to take her Hallmarks with my article about Lucius and his civil war letters. She gave me the newspaper clipping of his death age 98. One of last two civil war soldiers in Marion county. I picked up originals to scan.
To HH and copied some material on elevator fund but couldn’t find records of who gave to it. At Exec committee meeting Margaret Gracely talked against ever installing an elevator. That is not up for discussion that was decided in 1990!