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New
Year's 2004
Best
New Year's Wishes from Port Orford, Oregon
- the
most westerly incorporated city in the contiguous United States!
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2003 was a busy
year for the Franconas - Rick spent almost half of the year back in New
York with the NBC family of networks as their Middle East military analyst
(great for book sales),
and Emily toured Oregon presenting her Chautauqua lecture "Demystifying
Intelligence." She continues to serve as a city councilor.
She also did some contract work for the - get this - the United States
Navy! That included a trip to Buenos Aires, of course, it was winter
there!
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Rick and grandson Dominic
(here 3 years old) while on a visit to his son Mike in Atlanta. Mike
works for Nike in the Atlanta area - hopefully he can arrange some training
at corporate headquarters in Oregon!
Mike and Melissa are expecting
their second. So what do/will they call Rick? Rick prefers
Colonel, but it seems that Grandpa Rick is the title of choice. |
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Sunrise - Christmas 2003
Being on the same
latitude as Boston, we have some short days in late December, but the sunrises
are usually spectacular. The sunsets in the summer rival these sunrises
as well....
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Windsock - April 1, 2003
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Windsock - December 1, 2003
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The weather was
great - a pleasant summer and a really warm Indian summer (84 degrees in
October?). The winter storms have just started, but they don't seem to
be as intense as last year - knock on wood. But they still are Pacific
storms, as evidenced by the windsock. We place a new one every April
1 - by Thanksgiving, it usually looks like the photo on the right....
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Rick on CNBC
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and on MSNBC's Hardball
with Chris Matthews
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Emily explaining how she
really wasn't a spy....
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In addition to the NBC/CNBC/MSNBC
gig, Rick did some Arabic language consulting work for a defense contractor.
Here he is hard at work in the solarium/office. Note reading glasses...Arabic
text is tough to read on a computer.... |
Nikki - queen of the castle
and oft-time supervisor of Rick at work. |
"Gas-A-Haulics"
Rick served as president of
the Point Orford Heritage Society, which operates the Port
Orford Lifeboat Station Museum. One of the annual activities
is the Jerry Can Race - Emily and her teammate Dr Nancy Dowdy are the defending
women's division champs (two years running). |
Sighting of the Goodyear
blimp from the margarita deck
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Emily on her Honda Metropolitan
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"What swill is this?"
Emily at a Rotary function -
she has been named as the next president of the Port
Orford Rotary Club. |
Sun Valley
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Sighting on the Ted Turner
Ranch
on a Montana Road Trip
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Visitors Emily's mother
and
Mary Jo and Steve Long
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Come Visit - or Drop
a Line
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