Pat Walsh
Pat Walsh
gave green needed town
To our Green Brook family, she and Vern were called very affectionately Mr. and Mrs. Green Brook, ... She gave so much to our town and was always there if something needed to be done.
convention entry hard last night opened struggle wednesday
I was still working on my last entry on Wednesday night before the convention opened on Thursday. So, it was a long, hard struggle to get where I was.
hotel
They got us accommodations in a hotel room.
benefits best fruit happened larger
This is probably the best thing that could have happened to the citrus industry. The fruit is going to be larger than normal. That benefits the grower because you get more weight.
conflict estimate figure total
The figure of 183,000 is (the commission's) upper-bound estimate of total conflict-related mortality.
care hardship home taking wives
Our wives are home taking care of everything by themselves. It's a hardship on the wives as well.
bag call clothes less rig sitting town
That's what we do - when they call us, we go, ... We all have a bag sitting in our locker, shoved with clothes. We got in the rig and we were out of town in less than 30 minutes.
fire fought
A lot of this fire was fought with helicopters,
face felt happy leave losing senior wounds year
I just wanted to come and take third. After losing (in the winner's bracket), I felt like I had to give everything here. You can tell by the wounds on my face that I wasn't going to leave anything behind. I'm happy to leave my senior year with a third-place medal.
enjoy finish project
It's heartbreaking when you finish a project like that after 10 years, you can't even enjoy it for two weeks,
fires pops push sure watching winds
We were watching to make sure nothing pops up. The winds - you never know what they're going to do. Winds can actually push fires back down the hill.
action kids pulled took
We pulled the kids in and took the appropriate action.
call easy explaining plans vacation wife
Two years ago, I had to make the call to my wife explaining that our two-week vacation was canceled, ... It's not always easy - everyone has plans and things they want to do.
call easy explaining plans vacation wife
Two years ago, I had to make the call to my wife explaining that our two-week vacation was canceled. It's not always easy - everyone has plans and things they want to do.