AND
AND THAT
AND THAT HE THANKED THEM FOR ALL THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE TO
HELP HIM FOLLOW HIS DREAMS AND
BASEBALL.
BASEBALL.
BASEBALL. >>> 1000 POINTS OF LIGHT, A
PHRASE COINED BY PRESIDENT
GEORGE HW BUSH AS WE END THE
YEAR IN WHICH HE DIED, IT SEEMS
LIKE A FITTING TIME TO
RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO LET UP THE
LAND OF 10,000 STORIES OF 2018.
LLOYD HOOPER REINTRODUCES US
THE PEOPLE WHO WEEK AFTER WEEK
RIGHT IN THE WAY.
>>> THE SEASON OF LIGHTS.
WHAT BETTER TIME TO RECOGNIZE
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THE LAND
OF 10,000 STORIES UNTIL THE 18,
IN 2018 AS BRIGHTLY AS JERRY'S
TREE.
TREE.
TREE. LIGHTS.
LIGHTS.
LIGHTS. LIKE STACY WHO GAVE THE
LUTHERANS THE PRIVILEGE OF
TREATING STRANGERS TO PAY IT
FORWARD ICE CREAM.
LIGHTS.
LIGHTS.
LIGHTS. LIKE LUCY ELLIOTT, THE RETIRED
TEACHER AND CONVERTER OF AN OLD
AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND TO PLACE
BATES, SPACE FOR KIDS.
MARK COHEN ON A MISSION TO MAKE
CASKETS ABROAD.
CASKETS ABROAD. BOB CONNECTION COLLECTED 70,000
RECORDS HE SHARES WITH SENIORS.
DENNIS FRIENDS OFFERED FREE
TECHNICAL COLLEGE TO THE ENTIRE
CITIES SENIOR CLASS.
JACK CARLSON FIXED UP BIKES FOR
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND
THEN A VIEWER TOUCHED BY HIS
STORY FIXED JACK'S TEETH.
PAUL SCHOLZ PROVIDED FREE ICE
TIME FOR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN
IN THE FARM SHED HIS FAMILY
STILL CONVERSE EACH WINTER 13
YEARS AFTER PAUL'S UNTIMELY
DEATH.
DEATH.
DEATH. >>
DEATH. >> WE KNOW HE IS SMILING DOWN
ON THE FARM AND ON THIS
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. >>> OUR KIDS SHINE TO. FRANKLIN
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO
GREETED SUPER BOWL VISITORS.
RUBY MINDER, THE SHY 10-YEAR-OLD
WHO ASKED FOR AND GOT HER LAND
OF 10,000 STORIES DEBUT.
17-YEAR-OLD RANDALL LEARNED
CPR AND SAVED ON LIFE.
IT-YEAR-OLD CAMERA AND LEARNED
CONCERT AND HELP TO SAVE THE
TRADITION.
TRADITION. SYDNEY DUTTON HANDED OUT FLAGS
TO HONOR HER FATHER WHO DIED ON
FLAG DAY.
FLAG DAY.
FLAG DAY. BIRCHWOOD KINDERGARTNERS TAUGHT
US HUGS ARE CATCHY.
STILLWATER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
TRAY AND ADAM TAUGHT US THAT
FRIENDSHIP KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
>> TRAY IS A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT
REMINDS ME THAT EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO BE OKAY.
>>> OUR CRITTERS ALSO BRIGHTEN
THE LAND OF 10,000 STORIES.
THE MONARCHS KATE HAMILTON
RESCUES.
RESCUES.
RESCUES. CASSIE, THE YELLOW LAB WHO
HASN'T TAKEN A WALK WITHOUT HER
STICK AND 11 YEARS.
AND GEORGE, THE PET OF 10-YEAR-
OLD JUNIOR SMITH IS STILL WITH
HER 56 LATER .
>> GEORGE IS PROBABLY MY OLDEST
FRIEND.
FRIEND.
FRIEND. >>> WE CELEBRATED OUR QUIRKY
SIDE WITH JIM SPINDLER'S POP
TABS, RJ SMITH 70,000 GOLF
BOARDS, BALLS, WHELAN STILL
PARADE, AND EHLYS CANOE
MARATHON.
MARATHON.
MARATHON. WE HONORED OUR HISTORY, THE
HUNTERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE FIRE OF 1918.
AND JOHN DONALDSON WHO LOST TO
RACISM A MAJOR-LEAGUE CAREER.
WE HAVE THE STORIES BEHIND THE
STONE AND THESE.
WITH THE SISTERS OF SKIP
SCHMIDT THE CASUALTIES OF THE
VIETNAM WAR WHEN THEY WERE
CALLED, WELCOMED THE SUN
NEITHER THEY NOR SKIP NEW THEY
HAD.
HAD.
HAD. 2018
HAD. 2018 BROUGHT HARD TIMES.
TO MY FAMILY AND OTHERS.
AND THE LAND OF 10,000 STORIES,
WE OVERCAME.
WE OVERCAME. OVERCAME AND INTERRUPTED
WEDDING.
WEDDING.
WEDDING. 64 YEARS OF SEPARATION TO
DETERMINATION, A LIFE OF CRIME
TO AN UNLIKELY MENTOR.
THE BONDS OF ILLNESS TO A VW
CONVERTIBLE. LOST THE SUPPORT
OF FAMILY, AND OVERCAME THINGS
SWITCHED AT BIRTH WITH GRACE.
JERRY AND HIS TREE HAD IT RIGHT.
>> IN THIS DARK WORLD WE COULD
USE A LITTLE LIGHT.
>>> THANKS TO ALL THE PAST YEAR
WHO THE LAND OF 10,000 STORIES
PER SHINING