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The Haseley Herald2005 Edi tion Pub lished an nu ally for Friends and Rel a tives Sea son’s Greet ings

Our Family Grows......Andrea Brings Us Another Steve

What a great year!Most of the year wasspent get ting readyfor Sep tem ber 17…the day we of fi ciallyadded an other mem -ber to the Haseleyex tended fam i ly.Steve Roe and I ex -changed vows inAt lanta in front of our fam ily and friends. Itwas def i nitely a fam -ily event – Tania wasthe ma tron of honor;Ste phen gave me

away; Jor dan and Pat rick were grooms men; Su san was a brides -maid; Sa rah Kate (my stepniece) was the flower girl; Hans gave aread ing and Mom and Janet were es corted down the aisle. Wewent to Ha waii for our hon ey moon and spent 10 days vis it ingKona, Maui and Ho no lulu. High lights in cluded a sun rise bike ride down Haleakala, he li cop ter flights over an ac tive vol cano andMolokai’i, and snor kel ing in a na ture pre serve.

I also had a break-through year in my ca reer. So far, I haveclosed five trans ac tions rang ing from ac quir ing a pub lic tele com -mu ni ca tions pro vider and home health care com pa nies, to tak ingCar i bou Cof fee pub lic. In ad di tion, Steve changed jobs this sum -mer and now is a sales ex ec u tive at KnowledgeStorm, an Internetsales and mar ket ing or ga ni za tion serv ing tech nol ogy com pa nies.

To top it off, it turns out that Steve is re lated (dis tantly) to theHaseleys. We al ways knew that the two fam i lies would join. J

— Happy Hol i days from the Malik/Roe Fam ily

Andrea Malik Roe & Steve Roe(Andrea is Janet’s goddaughter)

Jennifer Becomes Mrs. Phillips2005 has been a re mark able year. It started slowly, but by

March my year was buzz ing. John pro posed on March 1st,very ro man ti cally J and I of course ac cepted. We de cided toget mar ried on Au gust 13th, 2005. So need less to say, wehad a very busy sum mer. Plan ning a wed ding turned out tobe a unique and very re ward ing ex pe ri ence. We had a won -der ful time at the wed ding and re ally ap pre ci ate ev ery one

com ing and send ing their

warm wishes. We spent our hon ey moon in Ber muda. Itwas an awe some va ca tion.We walked the caves ,watched some beau ti fuldol phins, toured the his -toric sights, shopped andre laxed on the beach. Fol -low ing our hon ey moon,we spent a week at thebeach in NC with Scot tie,

Kim, Reese and my mom. It was a per fect end to a per fectsum mer; and we are now back in re al ity.

In No vem ber I be gan work ing with Lin coln Com mu nity Cen ter, an af fil i ate of Duke Hos pi tal Sys tem, and love myjob. John left his fi nan cial an a lyst role at GlaxoSmithKlineto form EPP Con tract Au dit Ser vices, LLC in Au gust. Thebusi ness is start ing to gain ground and we are ex cited aboutthe pos si bil i ties. Just when we thought that we could not beblessed any more this year, we dis cov ered that I am ex pect -ing and due in late April. We are re ally ec static and can notwait for the baby to come! We hope ev ery one has had anequally ex cit ing and en joy able year and look for ward tosee ing ev ery one. — John and Jennifer Phillips

And Grows.......

Jennifer and John Phillips(Jennifer is Scott Dav en port’s

daugh ter)

An other Set of Twins!Is the Haseley fam ily ready for an other set of twins? I hope

so - be cause they are here. We (Harry and El len Dan) adoptedKaitlin and Kristin from China this spring. InKa ren’s news you willread a lit tle more aboutour trip to be come a for -ever fam ily with ourdaugh ters . What achange this has been forus…I re signed my po si -tion on a Tues day, andwe left for China earlyThurs day morn ing. Weare so for tu nate to have“Auntie Ka ren” in ourlives who was will ing to take two weeks of her va ca tion to go with us and ex pe ri ence thatspe cial mo ment when the girls were placed in our arms. Watch -ing the girls grow and de velop has been the high light of our year. They will turn two on De cem ber 17 so our house is full of fun

toys, new words and new ex pe ri ences ev ery day for both us andthe girls. We now have 6 teddy bears, 8 dolls, 2 doll beds, 2 cribs, 2 high chairs, 2,4 6, 8 as long as it is di vis i ble by 2 - I think youget the idea. But it also means dou ble the daily stuff like di a pers,and twice the teeth ing…so along with the fun (dou ble the hugsand kisses) co mes dou ble work.

This sum mer we had some fun din ners on our deck withLynne, Anna and Blair while they were in Co lum bia which wasfol lowed by a long week end in R’ville. Our girls met a lot of the

El len, Kristin, Kaitlin and Harry Dan(Harry and El len have been Ka ren’s best

friends for 15+ years)

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And Grows!

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Haseley fam ily and friends in R’ville 4th ofJuly week end.

Mrs. H. has been giv ing me good ad vice onwhat to do and not to do with twins…but I justcan’t re sist dress ing them alike as it is fun! Thegirls are mir ror twins, one is left handed andone is right handed.Mir ror twins areiden t i cal eventhough they look just a bi t d i f fer ent(Kristin has curl ierhair than Kaitlin).

While the girlswere be hind de vel -op men tally the firstcou ple of months,they have s incecaught up and passedthe mile stones forthe i r age . We’vetaught the g i r l sAmer i can Sign Lan -guage (ASL) so they can “talk” us ing their hands. This al lows thegirls to share what is go ing on in their worldeven if they can’t speak the words. Just re -cently while watch ing our niece playbas ket ball, the girls signed that she was “in”the game. I thought that was pretty clever toex press what they saw. They use their signs

cre atively, tell ing us what they see and hear orto ask for more milk or crack ers. They havelearned over 50 signs but now they are start -ing to speak and re peat words.

I can only hope our twins turn out as fun and dy namic as the Haseley twins! I have to ad mit

we love the sto rieswhere Lynne says Suedid it, and Sue saysLynne did it! We ap -pre ci ate all the wellwishes and sup port we have re ceived from allof you as we be camepar ents. All the spe -cial thoughts ande-mails re ally meant alot to us.

We wish you all agreat Thanksgiving,Christ mas and NewYear, wher ever youare and for the fam ilyyou cel e brate with.

Give each an ex tra hug and ap pre ci ate thatwher ever your fam ily co mes from - know howspe cial they are.

— Harry, El len, Kristin and Kaitlin Dan

Twins... con tin ued from previous page

In Rensselaerville: Scott’s niece Anna hold ing Kaitlin,“Auntie Ka ren”, Em ily Miller, Lynne Dav en port, Blair

Dav en port holding Kristin.

Jack Con verts Janet The Big -

gest news of the year is the “con ver sion”of Janet into a con tra dancer! Be gin ning New Years, sheat tended a dance event inNorth Carolina, then cameup to NY to join Jack at Feb -ru ary “Dance Flurry”week end at SaratogaSprings, NY. Then a danceweek end in north cen tralNorth Carolina (with Jack)af ter Shad Fes ti val, then Dawn Dances (allnight) at Brattleboro, VT on Me mo rial Dayand La bor Day, then Adirondack Dance Week -end at Sil ver Bay on Lake George, NY. (Forsome rea son I thought peo ple kept try ing to getme to take a tour boat ride on Sunday af ter -noon! I did n’t, but we heard si rens ofam bu lances go ing by all af ter noon to the di sas -ter five miles away.)

Over New Years I plan to at tend and vol un -teer at the Ashokan, NY dance week endspon sored by Jay Unger and Molly Ma son.

I am still a board mem ber of Old Songs, Inc.which cel e brated its 25th an nual fes ti val inJune. I again did the plumb ing to set up thekitchen area where the Old Songs Fes ti val vol -un teers and per form ers eat. I also spent a lot oftime do ing the plumb ing in the build ing whichOld Songs pur chased and ren o vated.

Janet ac com pa nied me to a num ber of con -certs and ben e fit din ners and con tra dances atthe Old Songs build ing. Other fes ti vals which I at tended in cluded the New Eng land Folk Fes ti -val in April and the Fal con Ridge Folk Fes ti valin July at Hillsborough, NY, east of the Hud son River.

I chaired the first aid teamagain at Cham plain Val ley FolkFes ti val near Burlington, VTand am st i l l ac t ive in theRensselaerville am bu lancesquad for the 21st year. We com -pleted and opened our newbuild ing in the spring. I re-cer ti -fied as a NY State Emer gencyMed i cal Tech ni cian.

I con tinue as a mem ber of theSewer and Wa ter Ad vi soryCom mit tee in R’ville. The

sewer system op er ates flaw lessly three yearsaf ter com ple tion. I and oth ers spent sevenyears of plan ning, en gi neer ing, pa per work forper mits and find ing fi nanc ing, then fourmonths to build it.

On the homefront, our 60-inch lawn mower, pur chased last year, con tin ues to op er ate sat is -fac to rily.

— Jack Long

Al bany area con tra dancers

Happy Holidays from all of us

to all of you

The Haseley Herald 2005 Edition

Changes Challenge MillersIt’s that time of

year again for the2005 in stall ment of the HH. We wishall of our friendsand fam ily mem -bers the best for the sea son and ahealthy and happy2006. The Mill ersare do ing well thisyear. Ev ery one hasbeen healthy, nobro ken bones andjust a few bumps,scrapes and bruises.We are still in up -

state New York, go ing on 15 years now forthose who are count ing. The initial ma jorchange this year was the first stage of emptynest phe nom e non, which we ex pe ri enced thisfall. That is, Niles went off to UNC Cha pelHill, yet an other Tar Heel.

Niles has his own ma jor ad just ments withhis new life style which he may or may not have time to write about. By the way, it would be in -ter est ing to com pare his first year of col legeHH with that of his mom’s, aunts’, un cle’s andcousin’s. His to rian? Any way, back on thehome front, it is tak ing some ad just ing, someeasy and some still work ing through.I Dad started driv ing a “new” car. Thanks

Allan and Kelly, or did you want it back?(Ed i tor’s note: The car Allan and Kellygave Niles is not wel come at Cha pel Hillthis year; fresh men are not al lowed to have cars, so that’s Stu art’s “new” car thisyear.)

I No shut tle ser vice. Chauf feur Niles is nothere.

I An drew be came the old est in-house sib ling,which takes some ad just ment to the new“el dest” child pres sure.

I An drew, Em ily and Cameron bat tling overcom puter time . Mom and Dad getlate-night ac cess. We’re go ing to need an -other com puter.

I An drew stay ing up late nights writ ingpa pers for AP. Itused to be Niles.

I Smaller din ner ta -ble crowd.

I We all fit in some -thing other than aminivan.

I Mom and Dadaren’t stay ing upas late on week end nights since theydo not have a teen -age driver, yet.An drew will benext sum mer. Andit’s in ter est ing how the pa ren tal worryshifts dra mat i cally as chil dren tran si tionfrom un der wing to in de pend ence.

I Not as many ice cream pur chases.I Dad got an AIM ac count, but Niles never

seems to be around when Dad is on thecom puter.

I An drew has grown dra mat i cally over thepast year, now taller than Dad. Hepractices driv ing on the back roads when -ever Dad lets him. Along with la crosse, heis sud denly en joy ing soc cer and is play ingin an in door league. He is a very good la -crosse player, with great skills and

knowl edge of the game. In stud ies, he hasde cided to take AP courses in Eng lish andHis tory in ad di tion to Math and Sci ence.He hopes to go to France next year on aschool trip.

I Em ily has also sud denly shot up in heightand is turn ing into a beau ti ful youngwoman. Teen years have started and there

is much so cialac t iv i ty in -volved with herlife these days.She played la -crosse andbas ket ball andswam this yearin school andrides horseswhen she can.Be sides be ing agood ath lete,she is also quitear tis tic.

I Cameron is Mr.So cial too. Hewil l hap pi ly

spend the en tire day wan der ing the neigh -bor hood with friends play ing foot ball,bas ket ball or other games. He plays celloin school and likes bas ket ball and soc cer.He still has not started the big growth spurtyet, but we think it will start soon. Cam isalso a hu mor ist.

I Niles had a great fin ish to high school, to -tally en joy ing his se nior year and sum mer.He did well in la crosse, and now in col legeis play ing some rugby for UNC. For awhile we thought he was not go ing to missus, un til re cently, when he actually calledand talked for quite a while.

I Sue’s big change this year was leav ing the pre school af ter seven years, with the in -tent of teach ing full time. She got her footin the door this fall at our lo cal el e men tary school in a full time “tem po rary” po si tion.We hope that it pans out into some thing per -ma nent. She had some fun with friends inR’ville and trav el ing to Ohio for theLongaberger Bee.

I Stu is work ing at Spe cial Met als. The mar -ket has turned around dra mat i cally and thecom pany is very busy now. He still has hiseye on some thing in de pend ent, so staytuned.

I Trips this year in cluded Ver mont for NewYear’s ski ing; Florida and a short cruise tothe Ba ha mas in Feb ru ary; North Carolinafor Sue, Cam and Em ily in April; andNorth Carolina in Au gust to drop Niles off, re lax at Allan and Kelly’s lake house andcamp with the La bor Day gang at BearDen. We also had a few other fun week -ends here and there for wed dings, par ties,col lege search ing, bas ket ball, bas kets, andof course fish ing.

That’s it for now. Hope to see some of youover the next year.

— Sue and Stu art Miller

Stu art rode 100 miles in afundraiser for the Na tionalCen ter for Miss ing & Ex -

ploited Children

“Moms Gone Wild” - Sue and friends’ an nualweek end get away in Rensselaerville in June

La bor Day camping trip - front: Em ily, Cameron and An -drew; back: Sue and Stu art. Niles was at col lege.


An drew Ex cels in Ath let icsThere are two things I en joy

dur ing the win ter: snowboarding and in door la crosse. For NewYears, my fam ily and a cou ple ofother fam i lies went to Mt. Snow.This moun tain was very big withpow dery snow. I had a great timethere. I snow boarded with Niles,Em ily, and Cameron. Our par -ents skied. Mainly when we goski ing, I go with Niles. I lovesnowboarding and can’t wait un -til this win ter to go. Hope fully

Niles will come back to visit and we can go to an other big moun -tain. Dur ing the win ter, when I’m not snowboarding, I playin door la crosse. The field is very small so it is easy to score goals and stay in for a lon ger pe riod of time.La crosse is a great sport.

In the spring I played ju nior var sity la crosse formy school, play ing mid-field and some times at tack.We played many chal leng ing teams dur ing our sea -son. I also played in tour na ments and a league dur ing the sum mer. La crosse is an ex cit ing game and is fastpaced.

I fin ished 9th grade in June and I am very happy tobe out of Perry Ju nior High. I did n’t go to the ShadFestival or to North Carolina over spring break be -cause I had la crosse over the break.

Dur ing the sum mer we went to Florida. We wenton a cruise that went to Nassau in the Ba ha mas. Wewere able to get off the boat and we rented mo peds.While we were go ing through the town on our mo -peds we saw all of the shops. On the cruise there wasa wa ter slide and a pool. We had free break fast each day and in

our room some mov ies were played all day,one of which was Shark Tale. Our fam ilyprob a bly watched this over four times. TheBa ha mas were nice and the wa ter was prettywarm.

Af ter the cruise we vis ited the Grif -fins. The Grif fins are our old neigh borswho moved down to Florida. They havea nice house and neigh bor hood downthere, but I’m guess ing they like our neigh bor hood better. Westayed a night at the Grif fins’ house and then we went to theHartshornes. Eric is one of their kids. He and Em ily are verygood friends. Also they have a girl, Danielle, and a younger boynamed Justin. Danielle is Cameron’s age and they are also goodfriends. We stayed a night at their house and Cameron washappy be cause he got to play his new com puter game calledBack yard Skate board ing.

Over the sum mer, my friend moved to Saratoga. He likes itthere and is right on the lake. I went up and vis ited him and wewent jet ski ing on the lake. His house is big and he lives in a very

nice neigh bor hood.He has met somenew friends and hestill co mes back tovisit over the week -ends. I’m sure hemisses New Hart ford a lot.

This fa l l I amplay ing in two tour -na ments for la crosse. I am also start ing in -door la crosse thisweek. I started toplay in door soc cerwith a bunch of myfriends. We won ourfirst game ten to one.

I like play ing soc cer and we some times go down to the field andshoot around. In school, I am tak ing all ad vanced place mentcourses such as: AP Euro his tory, chem is try hon ors, math 4, andEng lish hon ors. I am do ing well in these courses and some ofthem have a lot of work.

— An drew Miller

Em ily Likes...I went to Mount Snow for New

Years with the But lers. We also met my mom’s friend Chrisanne there.I snowboarded with Cameron. Themoun tain was pretty good. It wasfun. In the win ter I played bas ket -ball for school. I’m not sure whatmy team’s re cord was though.Over Feb ru ary break we wentdown to Florida. We stayed withthe Grif fins in their new house forlike a week. The Grif fins are ourold friends who used to live in our neigh bor hood. Af ter westayed with them we went on a cruise! We went on it for 3 nightsand 3 days. Our ship was Car ni val. We got these cards for drinksand food; they were kinda like credit cards. We could get anyfood or drink with these cards. It was awe some. We also had awa ter slide on our boat, 3 pools, and 2 Jacuzzis. Cameron and Istayed to gether like the whole time; we just kept go ing up andget ting more Shir ley Temples. We vis ited the Ba ha mas on thecruise. I got my hair corn rowed. We rented this mo tor bike thing and rode them around. Then we had to go back to the ship.

Af ter the cruise we went to visit one of my best friends, Eric.He moved down to Florida last year. I miss him a lot! Our wholetrip to Florida was so much fun. I hope to do it again some timesoon.

ON APRIL 13th I TURNED 13! I’m still a kid in sidethough…. I don’t want to grow up yet! Over April break JessieRys, Caitlin But ler, Mamma Rys (Jessie’s mom), and Mrs. But -ler went to North Carolina with my mom, Cameron and me.They went to the Shad Fes ti val with us. They also went to thebeach. We had so much fun!

In the spring I played la crosse for my school sport. I fin ished7th grade. Blair came to visit this past sum mer. Anna came, too.They stayed with us for 3 weeks. Aunt Lynne ran theBoilermaker. Blair ran the kids’ run. Anna and I be came re allyclose. We al ways jumped on the tram po line; it was like our fa -vor ite thing when they were here. I had so much fun.

I went to a 2-week sum mer camp this sum mer! It was calledCamp Gorham! It was one of the Con tin ued on next page

An drew (left) and Niles pose with the cu li nary guest of honor(pig, cen ter) at Niles’ graduation party


best times I ever had. I went with EmmaGrosseman, Erin Loughlan, Bri Ambrosse, andEm ily Lavine. I was in Elm cabin. My coun sel -ors were Sa van nah andLaura. I met so manypeo ple. In my cabinthere were 11 girls. All5 of us from NH then we had Jackie , Maddy,Hannah, Nickie, Julie,and Clair. We had somany good times.Maddy, Hannah, Nickie,and Julie all came to -gether from New Jer sey.Jackie and Clair bothcame from Al bany. Weall be came close wicked quick. Since we be came close so quick, rightfrom the start we wereso hy per. The at ten tionwas al ways on ourcabin. We were just outthere. We were al ways loud too. Ev ery morn -ing we would have to get up at like 8:45 and goto flag pole. At flag pole they would put the flagup and then we would say any an nounce ments.Af ter we said that we would sing songs un tilthe bell rang which meant ei ther break fast,lunch or din ner was ready. When they rang thebell ev ery one would get quiet and get straightin line. They would call us up to the din ing hallby vil lages. There were 4 vil lages; I was in theAdirondack vil lage. They had re ally good food there. Af ter break fast we would go with ourcabin and do ac tiv i ties. They had a lot of dif fer -ent ac tiv i ties. Then we would go to lunch, af terlunch we would have a rest hour. We could ei -ther go to the shop, take a shower or just stay inour cabin. We could go to shop ev ery other day.

It switched off with the girls and the boys. Af -ter our rest hour we all split up and went to theac tiv i ties we signed up for. Af ter those 3 ac tiv i -ties we would meet with our cabin and go to

din ner. Af ter din ner we would doour eve ning ac tiv ity. Once we metin the meet ing hall and they gave us30 min utes to make up a skit. Thenwe had to per form it. We also had tomake up dances. Some times weplayed night games. The wholecamp would play usu ally. The lastnight of camp we had clos ing camp -fire. We would all go down to thefire one by one and throw a chip in it and say what we were thank ful for.It was re ally sad. A lot of peo plecried. I can’t wait to go back! Wehad dif fer ent jobs in our cabin. Like there was some one for sweep ingand then some one for or ga niz ingthe shoes. There were also two peo -ple that were hop pers. The hop perpeo ple went up to the din ing hallwhile ev ery one else was at flag

pole. They would set the ta ble and getthe food on the ta ble. We did our jobsfor 1 day then we would switch. Be foreeach meal we would say a bless ing.Camp Gorham was a blast and all thepeo ple were nice!

I got a new cell phone when I camehome!

When I got back from camp I wasonly home for a week or so be causethen we went to take Niles to col lege.He goes to UNC! We stayed at AuntKa ren’s on the way down to NorthCarolina. We stayed at my Aunt Su -san’s house in North Carolina. The next day we went to see the col lege. Af ter we saw the col lege for a lit tle while wewent to see Niles’ apart ment. We went

to Un cle Allan and Aunt Kelly’s lake housethat night. We stayed at the lake house for aweek. We got there late and my dad and Nileshad to leave re ally early in the morn ing. Theyhad to go to Niles’ ori en ta tion.My dad stayed with Tania onenight and the other night hedrove back to the lake house.He got in late. While they wereoff at the ori en ta tion, Cameron, An drew and I were hav ing thetime of our lives at the lakehouse. Un cle Allan had a wa tertram po line and a lot of tubes.He also had a boat and a jet ski.We did n’t dr ive the boatthough. Un cle Allan came up to drive it . He brought Erin,Emma, and Aunt Kelly, too.They came up and stayed for a week end. Hetook us tub ing. It was so fun. My dad even went on the tube! Un cle Allan went wicked fastwhen An drew and I were on the tube. We hungon with all our might but when he turnedaround we went fly ing! It felt like we were

float ing on wa ter. Itwas so weird, yet it was awe some! When Un -cle Allan left we onlyused the Jet Ski. Butmost of the time wewere on the tram po line or play ing the boardgame Life. We playedthat game so muchwhen we were there.Sunday we took Dad to the air port; he had togo back to work. Af terwe dropped him offthere we went to visitNiles at col lege. Wemet some of his room -

mates. Then we went out to din ner with outNiles be cause he had some thing to do. We ateat this re ally good Ital ian place. We drove backto the lake house and just hung around there all

Mon day. An drew got swim -mer’s ear Tues day.

My mom and I went pot -tery shop ping Tues day.Wednes day was rainy so wewent to Char lotte. At Char -lotte we went to the SportsWare house and we also wentshop ping. An drew still feltkinda sick. Thurs day, wewent to pick up my dad at theair port. Af ter we got him wewent to the Sports Ware house to play more la ser tag. Wewent back to Erin and

Emma’s house af ter the game. Then we left tothe Pan thers game. We had box seats with allkinds of food! It was such a good view. Thegame was so ex cit ing! It was so fun. We wentback to Un cle Allan’s house af ter the game.Erin, Emma, and Aunt Kelly did n’t come to the game. We stayed at their house that night. Thenext morn ing we left for camp ing. We wentwith the Haseleys, the Dav en ports, theHendricks, and some other peo ple I don’tknow the last names of. I had so much fun. Ican’t wait till I go again.

I started 8th grade this year. So far it’s okay. I don’t re ally like school that much. I did mod i -fied swim. I got in vited up to var sity but it wastoo late in the sea son so I could n’t be on theteam. Next sum mer I am go ing to start train ingwith them so I’ll be on the team next year. Mysea son ended be fore theirs did so I am prac tic -ing with them. I love all the peo ple on the team. They are re ally nice to me. Maybe by next yearI will be al most as good as them.

— Em ily MillerEm ily Miller and Blair Davenport

Em ily in her room at camp

Em ily with Lucky

Em ily… con tin ued from pre vi ous page


Cameron’s Sum merThis sum mer

I went to Floridato see two ofmy old friends. I also went on acruise ship whereI could have free drinks and freelunches. We wentin the pool andslid down the

wa ter slide. Af ter the cruise we went to seethe Grif fins. When we got there we played intheir pool and their ja cuzzi. We cel e bratedmy birth day at the Grif fins. We also playedfoot ball with my friend’s friends. We stayed a night there. Af ter we left it took us 4 hours toget to the Harts horns which is an other friend.We went fish ing and also went to the beach tofind shark teeth. We found at least 30 sharkteeth. When we got back from the beach weplayed a skate board ing game on the com -puter that I got for my birth day. We alsoplayed my friend’s video game. When wewent back to the air port we had din ner andgot on the plane. On the plane I played mygame boy, slept, and ate. When we got off that plane we had to get on an other. When we gotto New York we went to meet my grandma ata lunch place. When I got home I said hi toPablo and played some video games. I calledmy friends to play and we played for a while.For a cou ple of days I played with my friendsand did other things. Then I signed up for abas ket ball league. My team was pretty goodand we had a cou ple of wins. Af ter the bas -ket ball league the sum mer was al most over.Fall was ac tu ally here.

— Cameron Miller

Chelsea’s NewsWhat a crazy fam ily!Hi , I ’m Chelsea

Haseley. I’m a cat. Ac tu -ally I’m a kitty, but okay.I am lit tle, and I have abirth mark on my nose,

and I have a brown spot on my chin. Myown ers call me a horse cat, ‘cause I run-and-run- and- run to chase af ter a cheesy lit -tle toy. A lot of times when they aresleep ing, I sneak into their rooms, andwhen they wig gle their toes, I jump on them and bite their toes un til they scream,“Ouch, Chelsea!!!” I like to bite peo ple and scratch them, but soon my claws will betaken out. I’ll have to go to the dreadedVET.

You know, I have a brother, namedSmokey, the fat one. (I’ll never be as fat ashim.) We get in fights all the time. I bite histail, he whacks at my face, I jump on him,and then he hisses and we both walk away.But some times I love him. He will give mea bath while I’m sleep ing. — Chelsea

(by Erin)

Smokey’s NewsZZZ, ZZZ, Chomp, Chomp, ZZZ, ZZZ

— Smokey

Emma’sNews

Last year I met a newfreined. Her name isKaelin Bush. For Hal -low een I am gowing to be a wich and spra pant myhare green.

— Emma HaseleyEmma (cen ter) with friends Hayley

Hammond (left), and Caelin QuigleyKelly and Emma

Goldie’s NewsHi my name is Goldie this is how I talk.

Bub ble. — Goldie(by Emma)

WHO IS WHOIn re sponse to pleas of “I can’t sort out who

is who in your fam ily” here is a cap sule fam ilytree of the Haseley Her ald mem bers:

Ed and Janet Haseley mar ried in 1953 andEd’s 7-year-old sis ter Ruthanne came to livewith them ten months later. Her hus band is EdRhem and their chil dren are Shelly and Mi chael.

Janet’s brother is Jack Long.Twin Sue Haseley and her hus band Stu art

Miller have four chil dren, Niles, An drew, Em -ily and Cameron.

Twin Lynne Haseley and her hus band ScottDav en port have a daugh ter, Blair, and Scott’schil dren by a for mer mar riage, Scot tie andJennifer. Scot tie and his wife Kim have adaugh ter, Reese. Jennifer’s new hus band isJohn Phillips.

Anna Jack son is Scott’s niece.Ka ren Haseley is un mar ried but her friend

Jeffrey Dulberg has been an in te gral part of theHaseley Clan for six years.

Allan Haseley and his wife Kelly have twodaugh ters, Erin and Emma.

The Haseleys “adopted” the Maliks 37 yearsago when they ar rived in the USA and Steveand Allan have been best friends ever since.

The Malik Clan con sists of Gaynor andHans Frank fort; Steve and Kathleen Malik,daughter Skylar and Steve’s son Jor dan; TaniaMalik and her hus band Jeff Schenk and Jeff’sdaugh ter Kristi; and Andrea Malik and her new hus band Steve Roe.

Hans Frank fort’s chil dren are Mary (6 chil -dren), Ed ward (2 chil dren), Su san (1 newbaby) and Pat rick.

Harry and El len Dan are Ka ren’s bestfriends. They have new twins, Kaitlin andKristin.

An other Dead lineThis is my 43rd year of writ ing Haseley

Her ald news. (Ed i tor’s note: Well, he will be43 in De cem ber, and he isvery clever, but he didNOT start writ ing whenhe was a new born!) When we were youn ger, Momused to say no more candy un til you write your news. Then it was no play ingbas ket ball, no us ing thecar, no s tay ing outlate….un til you writeyour Haseley Her aldnews. Each year the dead -line to turn in the news got ear lier and ear lier in theyear and the con se -quences for not turn ing inyour news be came moreand more strict.

I per son ally thought New Year’s Day wasthe ideal dead line for the Haseley Her ald newsto be turned in. This would al low all of us to re -port to our friends and rel a tives what we didthe EN TIRE 12 PRE VI OUS MONTHS. Ihad it all planned out…I would use one of the12 let ters (H-A-P-P-Y—N-E-W—Y-E-A-R)to start each sen tence or para graph to re port my news. But of course, my ar gu ments fell on deafears and I was re quired to turn in my news at

the proper dead line or suf fer the con -se quences. I re mem ber oneyear when the news had to beturned in by De cem ber 1, or“Santa Will Not Bring You

Any Pres ents!” I turned

that news in a week early and ex plained in de tail what I did for the PAST 11 MONTHS, but still

did not get the new con vert ible Iwanted for Christ mas.

For many years now thedead line for turn ing in HaseleyHer ald news has been Thanks-giving Day. We have al waysbeen told we would not be al -lowed to eat Thanksgivingdin ner if our news was notturned in. So each year in earlyNo vem ber I would write myHaseley Her ald news and re -port on hap pen ings from thePRE VI OUS 10 MONTHS ofthe year.

This year Ire ceived ane-mai l f romKa ren and Mom

that our Haseley Her ald newswas due by Hal low een. Theydid not ex plain the con se -quences of what wouldhap pen if we failed to meet the dead line, but I knew from mychild hood days, it was go ingto have some thing to do withNOT get ting any candy…..Sohere I sit the first of Oc to bertry ing to re mem ber whato u r f a m i l y d i d t h e p a s t9 MONTHS of the year.

Next year I am look ing for -ward to the dead line be ingLA BOR DAY or maybe thenext year’s dead line be ingJULY 4th. If this trend keepsup and the dead line keeps

mov ing ear lier and ear lier, I would have lessnews to write each year and maybe even tu allythe dead line will be moved all the way back tomy orig i nally sug gested dead line of Jan u ary 1and I would have no months to re port on and no news to write! Un til then here is our news for2005:

Haseleys con tinue to en joy go ing on an -nual trips to Steam boat, CO; the beach;Rensselaerville; Shad Fes ti val; La bor Daycamp ing; moun tains; Grifton; T&W Oys terBar and New Bern. This year we also vis itedthe Mill ers, went to New York City, and renteda travel trailer and vis ited Kings Do min ion and Wash ing ton, DC.

Allan and Kelly cel e brated their 15th wed -ding an ni ver sary this year with a “Ve gas” party

in Char lotte with about150 rel a tives and closefriends. All the kids andadults en joyed play ing“Ve gas type” games andalso helped cel e brateKelly’s 41st birth day.

Last May, Kel ly’s90-year-old grand mother,Mama Ruth, passed away.Kelly and her mom are do -ing well ad just ing to lifewith out her. We all missher very much.

Like any new par ents,we are very ex cited andproud about our new ad di -tion to the Haseley fam ily.Her name is Chelsea. Herbroth ers, Smokey andGoldie, and her sis ters,Erin and Emma, are alsovery glad to have her joinour fam ily. So far Smokey

has not been too jeal ous of an other cat in thehouse and Chelsea has not eaten Goldie yet.

On the busi ness side, we con tinue to ownand op er ate the Sports Ware house In doorSports Fa cil ityand are plan ningto build a newone in the Char -lotte area. Thenew fa cil ity willhave many of the same ac tiv i tieswe cur rently of -fer but will be ina better lo ca tionand be aboutthree times aslarge as our cur -rent one.

We all con -tinue to en joyour lake house on Lake Tillery on week endsand the Miller crowd used the house as a homebase this sum mer when they brought Niles toCarolina.

Erin con tin ues to en joy play ing bas ket ball, mak ing and ed it ing home mov ies, learn ing theclar i net and read ing. She is in fifth grade and isgrow ing up way too fast.

Emma con tin ues to love to make, build and cre ate imag i na tive things. She is in sec ondgrade and en joys play ing and vis it ing all hernew friends she has made this year.

Next year the Haseleys plan to do more ac -tiv i ties and trips in the first few months of the

year so we will have some thing to writeabout when the Haseley Her ald dead -line is moved even ear lier next year!

— Chelsea, Goldie, Smokey, Emma,Erin, Kelly, Allan Haseley

Page 7 The Haseley Herald 2005 Edition

Emma and Erin (front), Kelly and Allan (back)

Emma (left) and Erin

Erin and Emma at Lin coln Me mo rial


Erin’s Ex cit ing Year

Well like I said, I had a very ex cit ing,fun year. I did so much stuff.And now I’m go ing to tellyou all about it.

Christ mas was a lot offun last year. Grandma came again. We had a lot of pres -ents, but I think my fa vor ite

pres ent is the air hockey ta ble! My par entsgave us 2 ping pong pad dles and air hockeypucks. We did n’t know what they were for un til we went into our play room. It can also be aping-pong ta ble. Grandma left on Christ masDay, so we went over to my Grandma Pat’shouse. All of my cous ins were there. We hadchicken, and my fa vor ite, sweet po tato cas se -role. I had 5 help ings!

Jan u ary is my birth day month. My birth daywas fi nally on a Sat ur day. So I had the bestparty. First I in vited about 20 of my friends tothe Sports Ware house to play la ser tag. Theyloved it. Then 4 of my friends stayed with me.We went to Pep per oni’s to eat. Then we gothome and had some real fun. We tried to put ona play about 4 witches try ing out for a play.Their names were the Witch of Style, TheGothic Witch, Gig gle Girl, and The Pretty Onewho could n’t stop laugh ing. My sis ter had herb-day party at Libby Lu’s. It is this place wherethe girls get to dress up and put make-up on like a Rock Star, a Prin cess, or a Pop Diva. Emmaand her friends chose Pop Diva. It was at themall, and I knew I would get bored, so I in vitedmy friend Lin ley over to come to the mall withme. We ate at Chick-fil-a, then Emma got herears pierced at Claires.

I re ally had a good time in Feb ru ary. Wewent on our an nual ski ing trip with the Potts inSteam boat, Col o rado. We went in the hot tub a

lot. I did a lit tlebet ter on myski ing. Ex ceptfor when mymom, my dad,Kaylee and hermom and dadwent down a re -ally high slopewhen i t was

snow ing. I could n’t see a thing! The snow wassting ing my face, and I was al most go ing to cry, un til we reached the bot tom. That was one ofthe most mis er a ble mo ments of our lives.

March was so much fun, it’s scary. It washard to make it through the first few weeks ofMarch, be cause I was so ex cited. Why? It wasbe cause we were go ing on our first cruise, withthe Bil lows. I could n’t wait. The whole 4th

grade was hav ing Lina Por ter Day. That meantwe all had to dress up like back in the old days.Grandma was here then eat ing lunch withEmma and my dad. I got over heated dur ing PE, and I had to go home. But thenext day I felt much better. Wewere leav ing for the air port, to go on the cruise. J The Bil lowswere there when we got there.Peyton and I got about 10 piecesof candy from the lobby. (Youwere only sup posed to take 1.)Our plane was re ally nice andfancy. We had a lady wait on us.When we got to Florida, we hadto wait a while to get checked in.Then we saw the boat , theZuiderdam. It was awe some. Our rooms were right next to eachother. We did so much stuff. Wesaw Joel Mad den per form EltonJohn songs, we saw a re ally coolma gi cian named James Cielen.We also watched Zuiderdam

idol. Peyton and I swam in the pools a lot, andwe made a new friend, whose name is Devon. Ihad pizza ev ery day for lunch, and I got to kissa dol phin. The cruise was somuch fun.

The Shad Fes ti val in Aprilwas a lot of fun this year. I in -vited my best friend Caro lineHensley to the fes ti val. Wehad a lot of fun. Caro line saidshe wanted to come backagain. I am so glad be causeBlair and her got along, butthey did al ready know eachother. Any way, Caro line and Itried cat fish, and we loved it. It looked re ally gross, but weended up lik ing it.

In May, our school had our an nual May Day Play Day. It was a lot of fun.

School fi nally let out on June 2nd. My fa vor -ite teacher, Mrs. Crop per, is go ing to be theas sis tant prin ci pal. I went to a ten nis camp and

a bas ket ball camp. The b-ball campwas re ally hard. It was for about 5hours, and we prac ticed and scrim -maged for about 4 hours and 30min utes, and ate sugar-free popsiclesfor the rest. I still learned a lot.

July was so much fun. First wewent to New York City with my par -ents, Emma, Blair, Aunt Lynne, andAnna. We got to see the Broad wayplay, Lion King. We also went to thewax mu seum, and we ate at a re allycool place called Jackal & Hyde. Wehad to ride the sub way a lot (Anna and I de cided we had got ten our sub waylegs). Af ter that I went to my friendCar son’s beach house for 5 days. Wehad tons of fun, and I got stung by ajel ly fish. Ow!!

Then, I went to Camp Har ri son again. I went with Caro line and Natalie Gaines. Our coun -sel ors, cabin and friends were re ally cool. The

coun sel ors’ nameswere Gabi and Ash ton.We made a lot of newfriends. Two of themare Claire and Halliewho are both ob sessedwith Na po leon Dy na -mite.

In Au gust, we did abunch of stuff. First werented an RV. We droveto New Bern forJennifer’s wed ding. Af -ter that we lef t forPar a mount King’s Do -

min ion. It was re ally hot, but fun. Then wear rived in Wash ing ton DC. We took the mono -rail a lot too. We saw the Spy Museum, a placewhere they make money, the White House, anda lot more.

Also school started again. I am in 5th gradethis year. My teach er’s name is Mrs. Gro gan. Idon’t like her; I don’t think any one does. She isre ally mean and bor ing. But my read ing, Eng -lish, and so cial stud ies teacher is the best. Hername is Mrs. M. Gra ham. She al ways sings and laughs in class.

Our La bor Day camp ing trip in Sep tem berwas just awe some. The Mill ers came this year.But the Bil lows couldn’t come. We had somuch fun, and we put on re ally weird plays,like Ro meo & Juliet. We went white waterrafting, and I fell out. Ow again!! I was so sadwhen we had to leave.

For Hal low een I was a nerd. I was wear ingsocks with brown slip-ons, shirt with a tie,Harry Pot ter glasses, a funny hat, and a sign onmy back that said: Kick Me Hard.

— Erin Haseley

Allan & Erin ready for the slopes

White wa ter raft ing trip: Allan and Erin fall in the wa ter

NYC vis i tors - front: BlairDav en port, Emma

Haseley; mid dle: Kellyand Erin Haseley, Anna

Jack son; back: AllanHaseley


Shelly’s Short, Sweet Sum mary Well, it’s that time of year…again…to write

my life story. But this year, to avoid bore dom,I’m do ing some thing dif fer ent – a short, sweetsum mary, and it goes some thing like this ---En joy!

My year in re view – the ab bre vi ated ver -sion:

Be gan a new job – Ex ec u tive Meet ing Man -ager at the Dur ham Marriott where I plan andde tail var i ous events with the ex cep tion ofwed dings.

Watched my baby brothergrad u ate from col lege. J

Got a puppy – Kally (Aus -tra lian Cat tle Dog/ Span ielMix).

Went to Wash ing ton, DC with Dad for ourannual fa ther-daughter trip, which in cluded:Wash ing ton Na -tion als ballgame,shop ping, andsight see ing. Thelast time I was inDC was when I wasyoun ger, so it wasnice to be able toac tu ally en joy andap pre ci ate what wewere see ing.

At tended SEV ERAL wed dings.Be came a teacher – sort of – I teach Sunday

School ev ery Sunday to first grade girls. JThere’s my story, from be gin ning to end – a

short, sweet sum mary.Happy Hol i days!

— Shelly Rhem

Ed and Shelly Rhem

A Quiet Year For the RhemsThis has been an other

quiet year for Ed andRuthanne. Cer tainly thehigh light of the year was at -tend ing Mike’s grad u a tion.I’m cer tain that Ed and Janwere pretty ex cited see ingfour chil dren grad u ate fromcol lege, but I can tell youthat see ing two chil drengrad u ate was as much emo -tion as I can han dle. Inad di tion, both chil dren are now gain fully em -ployed. Life is good! Thanks to Jan, Scott,Lynne, Blair, Shelly and Shelly’s friend Johnin shar ing our ex cite ment on Mike’s grad u a -tion day.

I con t inue to vol un teer with theAyden-Grifton High School base ball team.What started out as help ing with scorekeepinghas turned into a full-time job dur ing the whole year. As Jan is well aware, I have found out that there is no limit to the amount of work a vol un -teer can take on. This past year at the NorthCarolina Base ball Coaches As so ci a tion’s an -nual ban quet in Ra leigh, I was sur prised tore ceive the Mer i to ri ous Ser vice Award for2004. To be rec og nized by all North Carolinacol lege and high school coaches makes 20years of vol un teer ing re ally spe cial.

It’s al ways nice to see your chil dren re turnhome and it is even nicer when you can go onsome out ings with them. This past year Shellyand I cel e brated my birth day in Wash ing tonwith tick ets to see the Braves play the Na tion als.I have no ticed that each year we have trav eledto a dif fer ent city to see base ball, but we are al -ways see ing the Braves. Al though I be lievethat Shelly is sin cere in cel e brat ing my birth -day, I be lieve what she re ally wants to see is the

Brave’s Chip per Jones(play?). It’s also nice tohave a for mer col legeroom mate who has Dukebas ket ball tick ets right atmidcourt. Oc ca sion ally,he gives me an op por tu -nity to see a few games.This year I used that op -por tu nity to take Mike. Itwas n’t a Carolina/Dukegame, but be ing with

Mike cer tainly made the game ex cit ing.One of the best things about col lege is that

the friends you make in col lege usu ally areyour friends for life. This past year men (fromVir ginia to Florida), who met as freshmen inthe same dorm, on the same floor and on thesame wing cel e brated our 20th an nual re unionto gether in Myr tle Beach for a long golf week -end. It’s re ally more than just golf and it’ssome thing I look for ward to each year.

As I said ear lier, it has been a quiet year forthe Rhems, but it also has been a spe cial one. A hand op er a tion kept me in ac tive for a fewmonths and Ruthanne has had her ups anddowns, but this year was our 30th wed ding an -ni ver sary. When you lean back and think aboutit, 30 years is some thing to re ally feel goodabout. It means you re ally made the rightchoice.

I can’t stop with out men tion ing our shel tie,Comet. Comet makes ev ery day ex cit ing forRuthanne and me. With an enor mous amountof en ergy, Comet makes sure that we neverhave a dull day. He has been the per fect ad di -tion to our fam ily. So, from Comet, Ruthanneand me, we hope ev ery one has a Merry Christ -mas and a Happy New Year.

— Ed and Ruthanne Rhem

Mike Joins the Work ing World

Well, to start things off, this yearhas flown by. It seems like just yes ter day that Iwas writ ing the Haseley Her ald for 2004.

This year I have ac com plished many mile -stones in my life. First, and maybe one of themost im por tant, I grad u ated with an ar chi tec -tural tech nol ogy de gree in the spring. As mostof you read last year, I was in tern ing at Hite As -so ci ates Ar chi tec ture and En gi neer ing. Once Igrad u ated I was asked to stay on with the firmfull time, and how could I say no to the great of -fer and ex pe ri ence? So that is where I spendmost of my time these days, in the of fice as sist -ing in the de sign of schools, churches, banks,and res i den tial build ings. I know my par entsare proud be cause I al low them to keep a lit tlecash in their pock ets. Al though I have a greatjob here, I feel that it is time for me to move, sohope fully af ter the first of the year I will bemov ing to Wilmington, NC. I’m al ready in thepro cess of get ting my name out to a few ar chi -tec ture firms around that area.

In a few days I will be go ing to Las Ve gaswith some friends, and hope fully I will win alit tle money. Since I’mwrit ing this on No vem ber1 and I’m not go ing un tilNo vem ber 5, I’m not ableto tell you the amount ofmoney won or lost, but ifyou ask I will be more than glad to share my ex pe ri -ences at a later time.

An other thing that Iknow all of you Carolinafans will love: I have beengo ing to a few Duke bas ket ball games withDad and act ing like Cameron Cra zies. It is al -

Ruthanne, Mike, Shelly, and Ed Rhem

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ways re ally some thing to step foot in the gymand walk through the Duke hall of fame. Iwould start nam ing names of the Duke greats,but I don’t want any one in the fam ily to be tooup set.

Tail gat ing and the ECU foot ball games isalso a hobby that I en joy do ing (free food andbeer, you can’t beat that).

Ear lier in the year I got a dog, a pit bull, butjust be cause she is a pit bull does n’t mean thatshe is mean. She is an ex tremely sweet dog that I take along with me when ever I can.

Well, that is my year in a nut shell and I hope that ev ery one has been as blessed as I havebeen this year and I hope that you all have avery happy hol i day.

— Mike Rhem

Mike… con tin ued from pre vi ous page So Many MilestonesN E W S ! ! !

Ev ery year i tsneaks up andbites me on thebut t . I be ginf l i p p i n gthrough the past year’s cal en darand pic tures fors o m e t h i n g ,any thing, to re -mind me ofwhat we didthis past year. I

have al ways heard that af ter women have kidstheir mem ory is the first thing to go. There issome truth to that, be cause boy do I feel out ofthe loop most of the time. Give me a room fullof two-year olds and I am golden. That’s meliv ing in the here and now and right now “cowsare jump ing over the moon.” Ask me who thedish ran away with and I’m your girl. Ask mewhat we did all year and I have got noth ing.

Af ter do ing a lit tle re search and giv ing my selfa quick bonk on the head, I’ve come to dis -cover that we ac tu ally had a good news wor thyyear. We built a house this year. Scot tie and Icel e brated our 5th wed ding an ni ver sary andwit nessed the un ion of Jennifer and John. Theter ri ble twos are rag ing in full force among us.We are all ad just ing to Scot tie’s new job, theex cit ing new places it takes him and some -where along the line he turned an other cor nerand found the big Three Oh!

So yeah…we started off the year get ting topick out house col ors , cab i nets andcountertops. That was re ally fun and we letReese help. We would come by of ten to takepic tures and doc u ment ev ery phase of con -struc tion. Scot tie even got his hands a lit tle

dirty and added some in su la tion to the laun dryroom. It is amaz ing to watch your house de -velop right be fore your eyes. Mov ing day wasin June and we could n’t be hap pier with ournew place. Now we are get ting set tled in andtak ing one pro ject at a time to make it our own.

Scot tie and I cel e brated our 5th wed ding an -ni ver sary in Au gust and it was very spe cialbe cause there was love in the air, but notours…just kid ding, honey. The love I am re fer -ring to is Jennifer’s. As you all know, Jenniferand John tied the knot. Reese and I were veryhon ored to be a part of the cer e mony. I was abrides maid and Reese was of course the cut estflower girl ever. It was a beau ti ful, sweet wed -ding and we wish John and Jennifer our verybest. I look for ward to cel e brat ing their 5th an -ni ver sary and our 10th an ni ver sary to gether.

Af ter the wed ding was over we found timeto un wind at the beach for a week. This was our second an nual trip with Scot tie’s mom andJohn and Jennifer joined us af ter their hon ey -moon. It was a nice re lax ing va ca tion we allneeded. That got us geared up for Reese’sb i r t h d a yparty. Sep -tem ber 5 t h ,La bor Day,we had asmall fam ilyparty with abig “jump ingbean” cas tlefor Reese’ssecond birth -day. I knowshe loved it. Ithink Blair en -joyed it too.An other big

hit this yearwas Hal low -een and myReese’s cup. Ithink the pic -ture speaksfor itself.

S c o t t i estarted a newjob this year. Ithink we alltook it for granted that he would be atSIGCOM for ever. Af ter five years with thecom pany it was time to move on to a new fron -tier. He started a new job as a Sales En gi neerwith a startup out of Sil i con Val ley called Good Tech nol ogy. They take on the gi ant RIMBlack berry and pro vide e-mail and data ac cesson all types of toys (he co mes home with a newone ev ery week). Scot tie be came a man ager ofSales En gi neers within his first three monthsand then as with most startups there was a lit tleshake up and he was moved to the field as aStra te gic So lu tions En gi neer. He now trav elsall over the south east from OK and TX east toNC and south to FL. Yes, it is a huge ter ri toryso we don’t see him as much as we did be fore. Ial most forgot—he cov ers Kinston too (that isour code name around the house for PuertoRico. He prom ised to take me next time J). Heis very happy with his new role and we’ll bethere to sup port him all the way. What’s mostim por tant is that he fi nally joined me in theranks of be ing in our “30s.”

I know I have prob a bly for got ten some thing very big and im por tant but I am liv ing my lifeon the so cial level of a two- year oldright now and all that mat ters is “thedish ran away with the spoon.”

Merry Christ mas and Happy NewYear to all.

— Scot tie, Kim and Reese Dav en port

Reese and “Paw Paw” (Scott)


Not Enough Hours in a YearThis year has been a blur

for the Dav en ports. 2005has been the year for trips.

The first three months ofthe year were very quiet.Lit tle did they know that itwas their time to rest be forebe gin ning the busi est ninemonths of their l ives .Spring al ways brings theShad Fes ti val in April andthe Dav en ports were all inat ten dance. May fea tured

the Wachovia Golf Cham pi on ship in Char lotte where Lynneand Scott en joyed a great week end hosted by Allan and Kelly.

In June, Blair’s cousin Anna from Wilmington, NC came tospend some of the sum mer with the Dav en ports (lit tle did sheknow what she was in for). The first trip was to Em er ald Isle, NC for a week of fun in the sun at the beach. Af ter the beach, Blairand Anna be gan their trip north with two weeks of camp at AuntKa ren’s. Lynne spent the first week with them in Mary land andthen drove them all to Char lotte (sec ond trip) for Kelly’s sur -prise party. The kids and Ka ren flew back to Mary land for thesec ond week of camp. Lynne went home to New Bern to startpack ing for the girls’ trip to New York. She picked Blair andAnna up at Aunt Ka ren’s and con tin ued on to New Hart ford forNiles’ grad u a tion. A week later they picked up Scott from theair port and went to Rensselaerville to en joy some re lax ation and the Fourth of July cel e bra tion. They then drove back to NewHart ford to at tend Niles’ high school grad u a tion party. The Dav -en ports are so glad that his blood now runs Carolina blue(UNC-Cha pel Hill). While in New Hart ford Lynne ran in her 9th

Boilermaker and Blair ran in the Kid’s Run.Scott re turned to New Bern to work (and re cu per ate) while

Lynne, Blair, Anna and the Allan Haseleys went to New YorkCity to see a play and to visit the sights for two days. Lynne,

Blair and Anna drove back to New Bern for the rest ofJuly. The Dav en ports truly en joyed hav ing Anna

spend the sum mer with them and hated to see her re turn toWilmington, but Anna prob a bly needed the break.

The first week end of Au gust be gan with a trip for Scott andLynne to Las Ve gas for their an nual ICM Mar ble Dealer Con fer -ence. The high light of this trip other than Las Ve gas it self was ahe li cop ter tour of the Grand Can yon. Lynne and Scott took athree-hour he li cop ter trip into the Grand Can yon for a cham -

pagne break fas t andre turned to their ho tel viaa fly by of Hoo ver Dam.What an ex pe r i ence!They highly rec om mendit to any one vis it ing theLas Ve gas area. The sec -ond week end of Au gustwas the beau ti ful wed ding of Scot t ’s daugh ter,Jennifer, to John Phillips(see Jennifer’s news). The next week end Scott andLynne were joined by the

Guptons, their two daugh ters and the Salems for a trip to France. They stayed at a quaint coun try house out side of Paris and tookthe train into Paris and also vis ited other towns in the area. It was a won der ful trip filled with end less sights, de li cious food andplenty of wine. Each day be gan with freshly baked ba guettesand af ter a long day and night of tour ing ended with a glass ofwine and some cheese. It re ally was a great trip to be re mem -bered with great friends.

Lynne and Scott cel e brated their 20th an -ni ver sary in Au gust be tween re turn ing from France and get ting out the camp ing gear and trav el ing to the an nual La bor Day campingtrip in the NC moun tains. It was again agreat week end that in cluded a river raft ingtrip, food and fun with over 30 peo ple.

Sep tem ber started out a lit tle moreleisurely for the Dav en ports, but did in clude a wed ding in Manteo, NC for Scott, andAndrea and Steve Roe’s wed ding in At lantafor Lynne. A get-away with just the girls –Lynne, Sue, Janet and Ka ren. We’re not sure

who had the most fun … the bride and groom or theHaseley girls. Next was a re turn trip to Char lotte (third trip to Charlotte) for Allan’s mem ber – guest golf tour na -ment. Scott and Lynne be gan their an nual UNC foot ball homegames tail gat ing with the Salems, Guptons and Worthams withap pear ances by Scot tie, Kim and Reese and Jennifer and John.

Oc to ber in cluded not only Blair’s birth day, but a fam ily tripto Williamsburg, VA and a visit to Busch Gar dens. This was partof Blair’s birth day cel e bra tion so her friends Kate and AddieKate went along. The girls had a great time rid ing all the ridesand see ing all the shows even though the weather was less thanco-op er a tive. Scott and Lynne HAD to ride the “Big Bad Wolf ”roller coaster not once but twice. They are def i nitely get ting tooold for roller coast ers.

No vem ber will pro vide a girl’s trip to Destin, Florida forLynne and friends. Scott will have a trip to Pinehurst, NC to play in a Duke vs. Carolina golf match at Pinehurst #2 with his goodfriends Steve Cella, Rich ard Stilley and Keith Hicks.

When the Dav en ports were not pack ing or un pack ing orwash ing clothes they were fill ing their time with the usual ac tiv -i ties:

Blair with Ju nior Girl Scouts, soc cer, bas ket ball, dance,gym nas tics, and choir. In Feb ru ary Scott and Blair at tended a50’s fa ther/daugh ter dance while Lynne and Blair at tended amother/daugh ter camp ing week end in April where they stayedin a lodge. They went tent camp ing in Oc to ber for a re gionalHoe Down where many Girl Scouts came to gether to ex changeswaps and to learn some in ter na tional folk lore.

Lynne with tu tor ing: some with theschool sys tem and also pri vately af terschool. She helps with Sunday school and istak ing a Beth Moore Bible study as well as acou ple’s Bible study. The real es tate isboom ing in New Bern and it has been a re -cord year for her with Cen tury 21 Ac tionAs so ci ates. This is her 20th year sell ing withthe same com pany! New Bern was on theTo day Show as be ing one of the top fiveplaces to re tire in the coun try so that hashelped boost the real es tate busi ness. Thedeals are go ing quickly so call Lynne soon!

Lynne, Scott and Ka ren Geiger, owner ofICM Mar ble, in the Grand Canyon

Front: John and Jennifer Phillips,Blair & Scott Dav en port; back: Reese,

Kim, Scot tie, and Lynne Dav en port

Blair Dav en port and Anna Jack son at NewYork City sub way



Scott with work: busy at the be gin ning ofthe year com plet ing a new 10,000 square footbuild ing for KLASCO (Kelly, Lynne, Allan,Scott) to rent to DAVCO En ergy Sys tems.Scott moved his busi ness into the new build ing the first of March. It in cludes a 4000 squarefoot fire place show room and of fice and a 6000square foot ware house area. The show roomhas sev en teen burn ing fire places to help cus -tom ers build ing new homes make theirfire place se lec tions. It is very homey with pic -tures, mir rors and book shelves above theman tels to make the fire places look as com -plete as pos si ble. If you are ever in the NewBern area Scott would be happy to give you atour. Speak ing of DAVCO, Scott and Lynneare proud to an nounce that their busi ness cel e -brated its 10 th an ni ver sary in May andcon tin ues to grow along with Lynne’s real es -tate busi ness. We are truly blessed.

What a great year for the Dav en ports! Theyhope that 2005 has brought you and your fam -ily much hap pi ness; and from their house holdto yours, the hope is for a joy ous hol i day sea -son and a pros per ous 2006.

— Lynne and Scott Dav en port

Dav en ports… con tin ued from pre vi ous page BLAIR’S BUSY-NESS Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,

wha’s up? We have a lotto catch up on.

First of all my nameis Blair. Say it with me— Blair; but of course ev -ery body knows that! OK

let’s get down to busi ness:Jan u ary - New Year’s!!! Let’s see what did

we do in January, noth ing re ally!!!Feb ru ary - Happy Val en tine’s Day!!! I

played gui tar in a church tal ent show and gotcandy!!!

March - St. Pat rick’s Day!!! Easter break!!! Easter!!!

April - noth ing!! April fool!!! April Fool’sDay!!! Look what I caught at the Shad Fes ti val, a new New Hart ford group!!! The Millersbrought some friends to the Shad Fes ti val!!! Iwent bonnnjjee jummmpingggg at the ShadFes ti val!!! I got to hold a real live mon key!!!!!

May - Mother’sDay!!! Don’t for -get the fa ther /daugh ter dancewith a 50’s theme!!!Anna co mes for the sum mer!!!!!

June - we wentto the beach. Myfr i e n d K a t h rynScott and Anna and me and my wickedawe some par entswere there!!! Sum -mer co mes to townon the 21st!!! Nilesgrad u ates and is onhis way to Cha pelHill!!! Anna and I

went to camp at Aunt Ka -ren’s!!! Thanks for hav ing usAunt Ka ren, it was a blast!!!We went to Aunt Kelly’s sur -prise party!!!

July - let’s get wet at wa tersa fari!!! Fourth of July inRensselaerville!!! Who are thecut est twins on earth? Kristinand Kaitlin, but don’t worryReese I love you as much as Ilove them!!! I ran theBoilermaker!!! We went to New York City!!!We saw the statue of lib erty!!! We went to FAO Schwartz and to see the Broad way play theLion King!!! We also went to Ma dameTusseauds wax mu seum and I sang at a fakeAmer i can Idol!! I went to Camp Albemarle fora week!!!

Au gust - Jennifer’s wed ding!!! The af terparty was wicked cool. My dad and I sang a

solo of “Whis key Girl”and then I sang a solo of“Build Me Up But ter -cup”!!! And whenAnna caught the bou -quet of flow ers Reesegrabbed them and ranoff wi th them!!! Istarted 4th grade andwe’re switch ing classes just 4th grade!!! Mypar ents missed my firstday of school be causethey were in Paris!!!

Sep tem ber - Reeseturns 2!!! The Mill ersjoined us for the La borDay camp ing trip!!!

We went white wa ter raft -ing!!!

Oc to ber - we went toBusch Gar dens!!! I rode myfirst roller coaster the Big BadWolf!!! It was awe some!!!I’m go ing to turn 10!!! Hal -low een!!! For Halloween Iwas Sponge Bob’s #1 fan!!!

No vem ber - Thanksgiv -ing!!!

De cem ber - Christ masbreak!!! Christ mas!!! Ha nuk -kah!!! New Year’s Eve!!!

*~other stuff~*I’m run ning for vice pres i dent at school!!!

I’m still ob sessed with mon keys!!! And I stillloveeeeeee mu sic!!! I’m do ing soc cer, kidsclub, choir, dance, gym nas tics, Junior GirlScouts, and bas ket ball!!! I’m go ing to be an -other aunt, Jennifer is go ing to have a baby!!!

And, I love my fam ily!!!You guyz rock my Boston Red Sox!!!

— Blair Dav en port

P.S. Thanks so much Mill ers for get ting mestarted say ing wicked!!!

The WorldPol lu tion rises in the airSeems to me no body caresThe world used to be a beau ti ful placeNow it seems to be just a raceLoud ness strikes here and therePeo ple shout ing ev ery whereIt hurts my ears it makes me cryI won der if the world will be good or die

— Blair Dav en portEmma, Blair, Erin and ape at Amer i can Mu seum of

Nat u ral His tory, NYC

Ju nior bridesmaid Blair (cen ter) atJennifer’s wed ding

Blair learned tomake ku chen

and helped AuntKa ren make a

per sonal cof feecake for eachper son who

turned in theirHH news on time


Ev ery body Loves SkylarHappy holidays everyone! This is Skylar

and I’m 15 months old and it’s my first con tri -bu t ion to theHaseley Her ald.You will prob a -bly want to clipthis one and saveit. My par ents areso busy that theyasked ME to

write their por tions. Al though I do most of thework around here any way and am a very busygirl my self, here it goes. To mor row is Hal low -een and I’m go ing to be a bum ble bee when I goto school to mor row. I’m good at shout ing“Boo” now! I go to school where Mommyworks. She drops me off by 8:15 ev ery morn -ing. I have so much fun with my friends. I havetwo boy friends named Drew and Breyden.They hug and kiss me each morn ing. I en joy it,but I play “hard to get” and run away fromthem like I do from ev ery one else. At school,Mr. Kenny plays gui tar in mu sic class and wedance and shake our tam bou rines to the mu sic.

I can say about ten words now, but by thetime you read this, I ex pect that to be up to 100.I do un der stand ev ery thing you say, though, sowatch out! I like to blow kisses when I saybye-bye. We do arts and crafts ev ery day. Weplay out side and I like to stroll my baby doll. Ican run fast and I have al ready learned how toopen the child gates thatDaddy put up!

Mommy is re ally happythat I fi nally started sleep ingthrough the night one monthago. For over a year, I letMommy get up with me ev ery few hours to hug me when Icried. With work ing full time,she was re ally tired, but she

loves me so much she did n’t re ally mind andshe and Daddy are even try ing to give me ababy brother or sis ter.

They took me and Jo-Jo (Jor dan) to Ha waiiin June. Ev ery one thought they were crazy totake me, but I was eas ier to travel with thanDaddy! I was al most walk ing. If we had gone amonth later I would have been much moretrou ble! We did aninter-is land cruiseand I got to fly in ahe li cop ter twice!We got to see lots oflava ex plod ing from Kilauea at night,burst ing into thesea. Mostly, I saw alot of sun rises overthe wa ter be causemy clock did n’t ad -just un til the lastday – I cal l thatSkytime.

Mommy is still lov ing her job as Er go nom -ics Man ager at SAS. Most of her time awayfrom work is spent tak ing care of me! She doeshave din ner with dif fer ent groups of girl friends four times a month, and she en joys her wa terpolo league, and she and Daddy have “datenight” ev ery Wednes day, but other than thatshe plays with me all the time. She did win firstplace in a na tional com pe ti tion for one of herpro grams at SAS. It was in New Or leans at theNa tional Ap plied Er go nom ics Con fer ence inMarch. She’s go ing to en ter again next yearand says she’ll win it again!!

My daddy works on a com puter. He does n’tlike me pull ing out wires but I love to see howag gra vated it makes him. He sits in a big chairthat spins around. I like sit ting in it be cause it’slike a fair ride. Daddy is gone quite a bit – if Ipay close at ten tion, I see him make a cameo ap -

pear ance run ning through air ports on theDora the Ex plorer show on Nickleodeon.He brings me back room keys be cause Ilove lit tle plas tic cards. He says that I’m acheap date now, but hopes I get over this lit tleplas tic card is sue. Per son ally, I re ally like putt -ing them in my purse and tak ing them back outagain. He keeps try ing to trip me by roll ing a

ball at my feet. At first I hu -mored him with my soc cermoves, but then I learnedto pick up the ball andthrow it at him. That seemsto have stopped his ballob ses sion. I like to rip thelo gos off his soc cer jer seywhen he co mes homecom plain ing about therefereeing at Jo-Jo’s soc cergames. If only I could justas eas ily rip off the smell he brings home af ter prac tice!He and Jo- Jo must like it

though be cause they seem to do it an aw ful lot. Our dog gies, Guinness and Astro, are still

very hy per! I’ve ac tu ally morphed them intoone huge beast that I call Go-Go. They are toobig for me to play with be cause they knock medown. I like to feed them my food out of myhigh chair and when I get a chance I try to eattheir de li cious food as well.

Jo-Jo will tell you about his year him self. Ilove my brother so much and I try to hug himwhen ever I can. He is get ting very big andknows about al most ev ery thing. At first heseemed to be scared of me, maybe he thought itwas a Hal low een trick, but I’m not, I’m a Hal -low een treat.

Mommy wants to take me out in the babyjog ger so that she can get some ex er cise. Byebye, and here’s a kiss! xx (smack).

— Skylar (Steve and Kathleen) Malik

Kathleen, Skylar, Steve and Jor dan Malik

Skylar in Ha waii

Many NewsOne of the ex cit ing things

that hap pened to me this yearwas my dad took me to Ha waii.It was a very long plane rideover there but it was def i nitelyworth it. When we fi nally gotthere Kat, my dad, Skylar, and Igot on a cruise ship. We got to see many of theis lands of Ha waii. When we went to PhanningIs land it was kind of sad how they lived. Manyof them left their home is land (which had elec -tric ity) to come to this place. Many of thepeo ple lived off of sell ing co co nuts and har -vest ing sea weed. An other ex cit ing thing waswhen all of us got to go on a he li cop ter ride. Iac tu ally saw the red hot lava meet ing theocean. It was re ally cool and I was sur prised tolearn that Skylar was fine in the he li cop ter. Sheis so com fort able in a he li cop ter that she got togo on an other one in Maui while I was in thecabin sick. I was sad to leave that place, but Iwas also glad to come home.

The day af ter school started Cameron cameto Ra leigh. I was happy he got to come to myhouse and play video games with me, but hecould n’t sleep over be cause school had juststarted.

An other great thing was Andrea’s wed ding. It was re ally fun. All the guys got to go to aGo-kart place and race each other. When wewere done rac ing I got to play around in the ar -cade. I even got a keychain mummy from the

tick ets. At the re hearsal din ner I made a toastI will make sure Steve Roe will al ways re -mem ber. When the day of the wed dingcame the wed ding party got in this hugelimo bus it was re ally cool. At the ac tualwed ding I got to be a Ju nior Grooms man.It is a lot better than be ing the ring bearer.

— Jor dan Malik


Tania and JeffWe have had a jam packed year! We

bought a house and ren o vated parts ofit, in clud ing the kitchen. I could stopthere be cause if you have ever donethat you know that it can be hec tic.Wedid not live there while we were do ingit so it could have been worse. In themidst of it all, we had a true nutcase tryto buy our old house, but it all turnedout for the better.

We trav eled a bunch this year fromSag Har bor, NY all the way to the other side to San Juan Is lands in Wash ing -

ton. I had never been that far west in the US be fore, and it isbeau ti ful.

As Kristi be comes more of a teen ager we see her less, but wehave en joyed the new est ad di tion to the Malik fam ily, Skylar,and Jor dan is al ready plan ning his birth day party for next year at our house. We look for ward to any fu ture ad di tions to this fam ily.

Speak ing of that, Andrea and Steve’s wed ding was great and, as Ka ren said, you know it is a good wed ding when Janet is inthe soul train line. Nawal, Treeva, and Vyan came over from theUK for the wed ding and stayed with us for the brief time thatthey were here, and it was won der ful to see them.

Busi ness is good. I am still with Med i cal Web and havelaunched an other business , cal led The V Bag(www.thevbag.com). This busi ness cel e brates women’s sex ualhealth by giv ing them a lux u ri ous bag in which to place cer tainper sonal items. This is an un-rated news let ter so I will stopthere.

And, of course, it would not be the news with out men tion ingGalt. He passed his cer tif i ca tion to be a ther apy dog and he is

now a Ca nine Good Cit i zen. We arevery proud of the boy. We just hope hedoes not knock an old lady down on his first trip to the nurs ing home!

Have a great and won der -ful 2006!

— Tania Malik, Kristi andJeff Schenk

Galt and Skylar

I’ll Do Anything To Get A Kuchen!When I write

my an nual ar ti clefor the HaseleyHer ald , I be -come stuck intime. So, be fore I be come un stuck, here are the fewthings that mightbe of in ter est tothe HaseleyClan. But , tospeak frankly,I’ve got to do this ar ti cle or else I

don’t get any home made ku chen (Ger man cof fee cake) fromAunt Ku chen—aka, Aunt Ka ren. (Visit www.thehaseleys.comfor the rec ipe.)

For the past year, 12 months, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600min utes, or 31,536,000 sec onds, I have good news and badnews.

To be gin, the bad news in de scend ing or der of im por tance is:1. For the year pre vi ous to this one, I re -ported that my job with the U.S.De part ment of Home land Se cu rity is“Hell on Earth.” Well, my job’s onlygot ten worse. Enough said. 2. For theonly time since I was about six yearsold, I have n’t gone fish ing once—NotOnce! Now that I think about it, not go -ing fish ing is more im por tant thanhav ing a lousy job. Enough said.

Okay, now for the goodnews—which is where I and my

Haseley Clan fam ily and friendsshould re ally fo cus—also in de scend -ing or der of im por tance: 1. Be cause Iam still stuck in time on Oc to ber 23,2005, and stuck on Ka ren (the mosttol er ant-of-Jeffrey hu man be ing who

walks the earth), we’ve now been see ing each other for 5 years,9 months, 22 days, 18 hours, 25 min utes, and 35 sec onds. 2. Al -though Ka ren is a very pri vateper son (Yes, she is!), who dis dainspub lic pro nounce ments, for the re -cord, “I do love Ka ren.” 3. De spiteher mul ti tude of time-con sum ing in -ter ests for her fam ily, her friends,her cats, her team mates, her cli en -te le , her co work ers , and herem ploy ers, Ka ren does share her af -fec tion, time, and good deeds withme. (Put an other way, al though Idon’t re ally have any big Ka -ren-Jeffrey events to re port, we’vere ally en joyed and ap pre ci ated eachother’s com pany.) 4. The one eventthat I most en joyed with Ka ren wasac tu ally a Haseley Clan event—Niles’ grad u a tion party. Con grat u la -tions, Niles! All the best! 5. At last,the ren o va tions and re mod el ing of

my house have be gun. The plan in cludes a newbath room as part of a to tally new up stairs, anewly ex panded din ing room, a new kitchen ad -di tion, re plac ing the old sid ing with new,re-in su lat ing much of the house, a new frontporch, a new drive way, up grad ing the elec tri calser vice. . .and on. . .and on. . .all for a lot lessmoney than buy ing a new house. As of threedays ago, the up stairs de mo li tion was done andfram ing has be gun. (I’ll have more to say at thetime the 2006 Haseley Her ald is pub lished—orhave I said too much al ready?).

Good news or oth er wise, enough said. (Be -sides, my fin gers are get ting tired.)

And now, I am un stuck in time with Ka ren. ..36 sec onds. . .37 sec onds. . .38 sec onds. . .

— The Big Kid (aka, Jeffrey)

Jeffrey Dulberg and Ka ren Haseley

“The Big Kid” do ing his Tar zan yell for thethe “lit tle kids” at Niles’ graduation party

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“Auntie” Ka ren’s Travels2005 has been an

event ful, busy year. Asusual, my year started outby go ing to Grifton in No -vem ber to work on theHaseley Her ald wi th

Mom, en joy Thanksgiving with the wholefam ily and give out the an nual Christ mas or na -ments which Erin and Emma helped me make.Next came Christ mas spent at Lynne, Scott and Blair’s and then back to Grifton for Christ masdin ner.

Jan u ary, Feb ru ary and March were busywith vol ley ball play ing,work and find ing time tospend with Jeffrey. At thebe gin ning of March, myfriends Harry and El len Dan were fi nally given a date topick up their twins in China.I had vol un teered to as sistlast year, and they gave methe honor of ask ing me tojoin them on this mem o ra -ble oc ca sion. I went alongas the of fi cial “Auntie Ka -ren” and of f i c ia lpho tog ra pher. I was be gin -ning to think I was turn inginto my mother since I was car ry ing my cam -era and Harry and El len’s to doc u ment the trip.This trip was one I truly will never for get.

China has changed tre men dously since El -len and I were there al most ten years ago. TheWall once again was the high light of thesightsee ing trips, though we did visit manyplaces that were new to me. Af ter a day and a

half in Beijing, the four of us (Wayne,the best man in H & E’s wed ding alsoac com pa nied us) trav eled to Nanchangto get the twin girls. It still amazes mehow tiny the girls were when we gotthem. They are still tiny, com par a tivelyspeak ing, but the amount of de vel op -ment they have gone through is justamaz ing. I know Harry and El len willtalk about the girls more, so I’ll leave itat that.

We re turned from China the last dayof March, then April took Jeffrey and me to the

Shad Fes ti val and thenI went to my s ta teconference. May wasbusy get ting ready forsum mer camp at work.June brought Blair andAnna to stay with mefor two weeks to at tend our first ses sion ofCre ative Kids Camp.As it turns out, Lynnewas also here the firstweek and since I wasshort a staff mem ber Iput Lynne to work atthe camp, work ing

with a spe cial needs child en rolled in camp. Ithink Lynne ac tu ally en joyed the ex pe ri ence,and she got to wit ness first hand what the campwas like. Anna and Blair en joyed them selvesand made some new friends. Their fa vor itenew ac quain tances, though, were the twins.

Lynne, Blair, Anna and I drove to Char lottefor Kelly’s sur prise birth day/an ni ver sary

party, and thenBlair, Anna,and I flew backto my place tofin ish the lastweek of camp.It was fun hav -ing the gir lsstay with me. Ihope they willcon sider do ingit again nextyear.

The be gin -ning of Julywas once again

spent in R’ville en joy ing the fes tiv i ties andfam ily. Harry, El len, Kaitlin and Kristin alsocame up for the long week end. I do so love itwhen the fam ily is to gether in R’ville. Un for -tu nately, this was my only visit there this year. I am mak ing a prom ise to my self to get there atleast one more time next year! Be fore head ingback to MD, we drove to New Hart ford forNiles’ grad u a tion party. Boy, do the Mill ersknow how to throw a party! It was lots of fun. Ican’t wait to read Niles’ news about Cha pelHill.

Au gust was spent play ing some vol ley balland work ing. I also went to NC to at tendJennifer’s wed ding, rid ing down with Momand Sue and fly ing home. A good time was hadby all (see Jennifer’s news). In Sep tem ber Iflew to At lanta for Andrea’s wed ding. It isamaz ing how alike Steve Roe’s fam ilyis to ours. Our fam ily just ex pandedten fold. Next year the HH willhave to be bound! J Sep tem berand Oc to ber were also spent work -ing on our de part ment’s on line

reg is tra tion pack age, try ing to get get it readyfor our win ter class reg is tra tion. At this time,my fin gers are still crossed that this will ac tu -ally hap pen be gin ning in De cem ber. Manyhours, tests and ex per i ments have takenplace….I’ll re port next year how well the im -ple men ta tion went.

Here we are back to No vem ber. To day isHal low een and I’m typ ing this to make sure Iget my news in on time! At the end of nextweek I will be trav el ing to New Hart ford tohelp Sue with her an nual open house and to sell some of my cre ations and Name Things. (El len is help ing to make 18” doll clothes to sell.) Iwill be trav el ing this year with a new ven dorwho I met on the plane re turn ing fromAndrea’s wed ding. I’m re ally look ing for wardto the week end, then I’ll re turn to work forthree days be fore I head to NC to start the pro -cess all over again.

Have a safe and happy hol i day sea son and if you’re ever in the Bal ti more/DC area, don’tfor get to stop in!

— Ka ren Haseley

Wayne Livingston, El len Dan, Ka ren Haseley and Harry Dan at the Great Wall

Kaitlin, Kristin and Ka ren inRensselaerville, play ing Itsy Bitsy Spi der

Janet, Ka ren, Lynne and Sue play ing Blackjackat Kelly’s birthday/anniversary party


The “Rome-ing” Frank fortsWhat a busy but ex cit ing year this

has been, and it is n’t over yet. Gaynor and I wereaway from Kinston for about 11 weeks so far.“Do ing what?”, you may ask. Va ca tion ing, andvis it ing fam ily and friends in the USA and Eu -rope. We will be brief and just share thehigh lights in chro no log i cal or der.

In March we spent a week in Florida, vis it ingrel a tives in Jack son ville and Or lando, and aKinston friend who moved to Winterhaven. Thiswas fol lowed by a three-week trip to Hol land tosee Hans’ rel a tives, and Swansea (Wales) to visitGaynor’s fam ily, and to at tend the wed ding of the daugh ter of Gaynor’s niece, Sheila. We had agreat visit, and it was good to see ev ery one. InJuly we vacationed a week in our Myr tle Beachtime-share with our daugh ter Mary, Drue, and their six chil dren. That was a fun time for ev ery one, and we had Au gust to re coverto get ready for a very busy Sep tem ber.

In early Sep tem ber we went to New York City for three daysto see our son Pat rick, who has as pi ra tions to be on Broad way,per form in an “off Broad way” thea tre some songs he and aKinston friend wrote. Three of Pat rick’s friends helped in thispro duc tion, and he was asked to give re peat per for mances,

sched uled for No -vem ber 4 and 11.Good luck to Pat -rick. He plans to is sue a CD laterthis year.

Af ter a two-week rest wewere off to At lanta for Andreaand Steve Roe’s wed ding, which was at tended by many mem bersof the fam ily and ex tended fam -ily, in clud ing the Haseley clan. Iam sure Andrea and Steve willre port de tails of this great eventin their HH ar ti cle, so all wewant to say is that it was a greatand fun event, the high light of

2005. We wish Andrea and Steve health and hap pi ness in theirshared life.

To re cover from the wed ding we thought a va ca tion inTuscany would do, so we sched uled an 18-day va ca tion in It aly.The first two weeks we stayed in a villa in Tuscany we sharedwith some of Gaynor’s In ter na tional Women’s Club friends, and the four days in Rome were just the two of us. From the villa wemade trips to many very in ter est ing me di eval places, in clud ingAssisi, San Gimignano, Montecino, Siena, Elba (Na po leon ex -iled here), Flor ence, and Ven ice. In Rome we of course did theVat i can (St. Pe ter’s ba sil ica, Sis tine Cha pel, etc.) and tookguided tours which in cluded the An cient Ro man ru ins. We alsotook a day trip to Pom peii. These were very mem o ra ble ex pe ri -ences, and we took a lot of pic tures.

We are look ing for ward to get ting ac quainted with our newgrand daugh ter, Vic to ria, who was born to our daugh ter Su sanand her hus band Dave Winningham in No vem ber. An earlyChrist mas pres ent! We are also look ing for ward to hav ing theMalik and Frank fort fam ily mem bers home for Thanksgivingand Christ mas. We would like to wish ev ery one a Merry Christ -mas and a blessed 2006.

— Hans and Gaynor Frankfort

Gaynor and Hans Frankfort at Tivo li Foun tain, Rome, It aly

Malik rel a tives Tania, Vyan, Andrea, Nawal, Treeva andGaynor hold ing Skylar

Janet Juggles Danc ing, Travel,His tory and Family

It’s been a busy, in ter est ing, and so cia bleyear high lighted by trips to seven week endcon tra dance events; four trips to wed dings,an ni ver sary and grad u a tion par ties; vis its tofriends and rel a tives in Vir ginia where Isoaked up fam ily ge ne a log i cal lore; in ter -spersed with nu mer ous his tory pro jects inRensselaerville and host ing 43 dif fer entguests (not all at the same time!).

The first trip of the year was over NewYears to Pine Knoll Shores on the At lan tic

Ocean where I was sur prised to see a young woman who nowlives in Cary, NC who I had danced with in Al bany last year. Wemet again in Sep tem ber at the Adirondack Dance Weekend atLake George. Many of the con tra danc ers are “dance gyp sies”,trav el ing around to dif fer ent dances and week ends. I am get tingto be one of them my self, hav ing Fre quent Flown north toSaratoga, NY, in Feb ru ary to the Dance Flurry and driven tosouth of Char lotte (Gypsy Melt down) and to north ofWinston-Sa lem (Spring Dance Ro mance) for other week ends in the spring. At the lat ter, three of my nine cabin mates were fromMary land and two of them drove up to Ver mont where we raninto each other at the Dawn Dance in Brattleboro over La borDay. (Danc ing be gins at 8 p.m. and ends when the sun co mes upat 7 a.m. the next day.) I was a vol un teer at the Dance Flurry andat the Adirondack Dance Week end.

Al though I hate to ad mit that Jack is right, con tra danc ers arevery friendly, like ex tended fam ily, ac cept ing of new com ers,you don’t have to know how to dance (be cause they teach eachdance) and it’s OK to go as a sin gle be cause the tra di tion is todance with a dif fer ent per son for each dance. One of the re sultsof that tra di tion is that I learned to waltz better from some oneelse’s hus band dur ing one week end.

In ad di tion to all these week end events, Jack and I went tonu mer ous lo cal con tra dances and folk mu sic con certs in the Al -bany and Saratoga area and I am re ally go ing to miss these folksdur ing the six months I will be back in Grifton.



I no tice I am be gin ning to sound like mybrother, go ing on and on about con tra danc ing!

But I do need to add an other note on thissub ject: Blair and Bill Coo per (rel a tives fromSanta Fe, NM) met us at the Dawn Dance overLa bor Day which was only 45 min utes fromtheir son Chris’ house in Ver mont. Blair andBill spent much of the sum mer and fall withChris but this was the only time we could co or -di nate our sched ules to meet each other and itwas one of the high lights of the year to be withthem.

I flew to Char lotte in June where Allanthrew a sur prise birth day/an ni ver sary party for Kelly with 150 guests (in clud ing ev ery one’skids). The theme was Las Ve gas and ev ery onewas given $3000 of play money with which togam ble. They had crou pi ers and dec o ra tionslike Las Ve gas ca si nos, and Erin (age 10)helped plan ac tiv i ties that the youn ger kidscould en joy with out the chal lenge of math forgam bling. They had a stroll ing ma gi cian, akaraoke, free lim ou sine rides, gifties kidscould buy with their play money, and an auc -tion at the end of the eve ning where very niceitems could be kept by the win ning bid ders.Quite an imag i na tive party, and fun.

Over July 4 t h both houses inRensselaerville were full with Mill ers, Dav en -ports (in clud ing Scott’s niece Anna), Ka renand Jeffrey, Dans (Harry and El len and newbaby twins), Sue’s friend An nie and her sonDustin, Mi chael, Belle, and Jon a than Fosburyand Olsons (Patty and Bob from Sutter Creek,CA). Patty and Bob spent most of the sum merand fall with Jack and me and she and I made agood team with co op er a tive gro cery shop pingand co op er a tive din ner preps when they werenot off on a side trip some where.

The week end af ter July 4th was an other bigfam ily party to cel e brate Niles’ high school

grad u a tion. This one was at the Mill ers’ housewith two huge tents set up on the front lawn,prob a bly close to 200 guests (in clud ing kids of all ages), and a “pulled pork” meal ca tered bytheir friends the Silvermans. (That is whatnorth ern ers call what south ern ers call “pigpick ing”, only the meat is al ready chopped upand served in stain less steel pans in stead ofstill be ing onthe pig.)

J e n n i f e rDav en po r t ’swed ding was in Au gust (wel -come to thefam i ly, JohnPhi l l ips!) . Idrove to NewHart ford topick up Sue,then to Ka ren’sin Mary land topick her up tooand we al lstayed at Lynne and Scott’s inNew Bern, NC, for the wed ding week end. I was sur prised tofind that I (“grand mother”) was to be es corteddown the aisle be fore the moth ers of the wed -ding cou ple. We en joyed par ty ing wit

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