Volume 50 Edition 1 January 2021 Submit articles to:
[email protected] By the 15th of each month FFS Board Of Directors President Ron Bohigian
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[email protected] My, my, how people are so down on 2020. Was it something Secretary about the number? COVID-19 was the biggest disruptor. Our Sue Wirt family has largely been spared the pain and misery caused by
[email protected] the economic shutdown, but we know people who haven’t Treasurer Jim Ross been as fortunate and there are millions more. Megan and I
[email protected] were able to complain about why the refrigerator door doesn’t Concert Master Pat Wolk close without being pushed shut. Or our dog Juno barks for
[email protected] reasons we don’t understand. A friend recently sent me a short video portraying Membership the events during the life of a person born in 1900: World War I (22 million dead), Lifetime Member Alan Hubbart Spanish Flu (50 million dead), the Great Depression, the rise of Hitler, World War II (60 million dead), Korean War, Vietnam War, basically the huge sacrifice and Members At Large Bill Lehr loss as compared to what’s being expected of each of us today: wear a mask, stay
[email protected] away from groups of people. And as you can see, so many people in our country Sal Sciandra
[email protected] are having trouble going along with these simple measures.