FREE September 2002

FAMILY Alexander has progressed in his treatment to the point where they now allow him to have short "off campus" visits with his family. Both we and his Mom have also been participating in observed family therapy sessions. They are trying to teach him (and us) how to deal with his condition. OUTINGS Our office had their annual picnic for employees and their families. Lots of food and games this year. Jackson got lots of attention of course. More photos HEALTH UPDATE Jack got an ear infection then a sinus infection on top of that. He was a little cranky and didn't sleep well for a couple of days but he seems much better now. As for the rest of us - fall allergies, need I say more?

HEADLINES Senior Pictures Sarah's proofs turned out really well. Click the image above to see them all. Guess who passed her test? MISC NEWS Sarah got her first ticket already. Dean turned thirty-something this month. ARCHIVES Did you miss last month's edition? GAZETTE ARCHIVES

JACKSON Jack's got four teeth now! He learned how to wave bye bye last week! GEOCACHING Geocaching began as a sport just two years ago when the Clinton Administration deregulated the signals from Global Positioning Satellites. Consumer GPS receivers were around before that time but could only compute your general position to within +/- 100 meters. With the restrictions lifted, new models can fix your location to within 9 feet. Thus making games like geocaching possible. The object is to hide something, record the coordinates, then publish them on geocaching.com for others to go find what you hid. A cache can be a container full of goodies or something pre-existing like a monument. Most people do a lot more finding than hiding, of course. It's good, fun exercise that gets you out of the house and going places you never thought to go. Dean is keeping a record of our adventures here.