March 19th,2006: MURDER MYSTERY DINNER at the BENTON HOUSE a.k.a. Roadkill. "The Good, the Bad and the Guilty." All I can say is that Elvira did it; but we didn't find that out until some time after imbibing in a great quantity of wine and enjoying a …
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FLORIDA Mid-February 2006: We made a quick trip to Florida to help my Father celebrate his 86th Birthday and try to feel some mid-winter warm weather. We were sucessful on the birthday part, but not on the weather. Florida experienced a cold snap that lingered 'til the day we left …
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Couples Christmas Party
Wednesday, December 21st: Had Christmas dinner with friends. Each couple made gingerbread houses afterwards.
Arthur suggested we make up limericks as a group activity, which turned out to be great fun. Each person started a limerick on a piece of paper, then passed it on to the person on …
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50th Anniversary Trap Shoot 2005
NOVEMBER 24TH: Happy Thanksgiving Day. We started out a great Thankgiving by going to a great event --the 50th Annual BILLIE CREEK / KUHN RAIL FARM TRAPSHOOT. This was one of cousin Chuck's favorite happenings and I know he was there is spirit and well represented. I think there had to …
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November 7, 2005: Jane and Juri closed on their house! The previous owner was obviously not an outdoors person because the brick chimney was covered in mature poison ivy. How nice. Of course that ivy was the first thing Jane had to tackle and the ivy ended up winning. She …
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October 30, 2005: Jane & Juri have an accepted offer on a house and they hope to close in a couple of weeks. It's a really nice neighborhood and a really nice house. It's just east of Pleasant Run Golf Course.
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CID NMRA Layout Tour - Fall 2005
Sunday; October 9, 2005: Fall CID NMRA Layout Tour
Layout 1 Pictures
Layout 2 PicturesMovies:
(Remember to right click over the movies and save them to your own hard disk before viewing)* Layout 3 Movie- 7,800 KB
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* Layout 3 …Labor Day 2005
Monday, September 5, 2005: We went up to the farm for a Labor Day picnic. This was Luli's (Juri's) first opportunity to see Benton County and it was a very good thing he went along. We took our van and just past Lafayette, the car started vibrating so bad I …
read moreJanet's trip to Connecticut
Solle's House
Matt & Emily's Wedding 2005
Jane & Juri's Party 2005
July 30th 2005: We hosted an American reception for Jane and Luli (Juri). Family and friends came from near and far. We thought this was better than asking everyone to go to Albania for the wedding last August. Don't think we would have gotten too many takers on that one …
read moreRon's Birthday celebration.
We got together with Jim and Janet to give Ron a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday since Julie was out of town. Good idea, Janet H.! We took Ron to Luxor for dinner in Fountain Square and then came back to our house for brownies, ice-cream, and raspberries with hot …
read moreCharle's House starting work
May 29,2005 - CHARLES wasted no time in getting to work after closing on his new (110 year old) house. The back fence was taken down and the first 30 yard dumpster was delivered Friday afternoon. Friends and family dropped by over the Memorial weekend to see the "Before". There'll …
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MAY 21, 2005: CHARLES IS MOVING BACK TO INDY! We checked out several homes in and around the downtown area of Indianapolis this past week and came across this gem on the near south side. Close to both Fletcher Place and Fountain Square. It will make a great place to …
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North Carolina 2005