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The Dickinson family moved to Pendleton, Oregon in the late 1930's. They had to. Moving to find employment and an income was not unusual during the Great Depression. They found their way to Pendleton and Homer, the patriarch, went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad, a permanent position-and he was very grateful. The family finally had a house and a way to take care of their two sons, George and Gibb. Today, the 21st century, the Dickinson family has changed; of course that happens, people die, and new kids are born into it. Unfortunately, the new kids don't always make intelligent choices.
The family had done well. They were comfortable, not rich, and twins were born to George and his wife Sulema. Eventually, the twins have their own kids and not all is well with the sons of Amos, one of the twins. Today, those sons of Amos are two young adult men who are very successful. Grant, is a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and his younger brother David is the shortstop for the Detroit Tigers; yes those Detroit Tigers.
It wasn't always that way for the two brothers. Those two, with questionable interference, or maybe it was neglect, from their mother who finally admitted that she shouldn't have been a mother and that she really wasn't too fond of her boys. They looked like they were messing up their lives intentionally. Consequently, Grant and David were determined to start a disaster in their own house.
George is now an old man (82) but he's not old enough to say, "I won't quit on those two grandsons of mine." Therefore, the Dickinson family takes charge of raising the two boys after their mother had left with another man. The story mainly is about Grant and David breaking out of a very bad place and the family's patient efforts (the rescue) to turn two potential criminals, or at least deadbeats, into, as their grandfather said, "fine young mean." After some sputters and spurts, Grant and David made some major changes with their behaviors. The family succeeded and the two former malcontents, who appeared to be heading to juvenile court, tried very hard, with an abundance of family help, to restart their lives.
A Family Rescue is about not quitting on people, even if they are bound and determined to mess up their own lives. The good news; no relative, outside their own mother, gives up on these two and they were glad to see her leave. This is a family that will not sit around and watch any relative drift away and jump off a two-hundred foot cliff and smash into the rocks below. It is also about people who don't give up on themselves. it is an uplifting and very emotional story about a proud family of talented people who stand by those they love.
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Tim Nicholas, Bob Farley, and Gary Jenkins grew up together in a small neighborhood in Pendleton, Oregon. Tim and Bob were eight years old when they met, and Gary came later, an annoying pest who was four years younger and wouldn't leave Tim and Bob alone. They finally grew tired of shooing him away.
They enrolled in college, got an education, and returned to their hometown because that's where they wanted to live. In Pendleton, they were adults and soon were adults with jobs, wives, and children. Each man worked hard and was respected by their community. They weren't famous or flashy, just honest and friendly.
Instead of being connected by sports as they were when they were kids, they were connected by steelhead fishing, the big brawling fish that swim from the Pacific Ocean into the Umatilla River to spawn.
Tim had four children; the youngest, Sarah, was his only daughter and was referred by her older brothers as the golden child. She outgrew her junior high snot-rag stage and was an energetic and intelligent high school student. Her personality could be summed up in one nineteenth-century term: sassy. She would become a US Forest Service smokejumper squad leader with important responsibilities that she handled very well.
When the three men reached retirement age, they still fished and camped. Life was good, until it wasn't. One of them had to be the first to die. Bob's story is sad, but he was surrounded by good friends and a compassionate wife. They made sure Bob wouldn't be alone in his final ordeal. Bob's story was not a test of friendship. Instead, it was an affirmation.
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Gladys Spurgeon died in 1966 at age forty-two, ten years before the first of her four grandchildren were born. She was an excellent elementary school teacher, but her health deteriorated, and she finally had to give up the classroom several months before she died. Her son, Sid Spurgeon, was seventeen when he lost his mom. The Grandmother We Never Met was written by him for his adult children. The story is his clearest recollection of the short time that he had with his mother. The book is personal and true and was written with great care and compassion for his kids and his mother. It's sad, touching, uplifting, and as good a look at their grandmother as he could give them.
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The Haunted Executioner takes place in the late 2030 and early 40s.The future is not an optimistic time. Simply because there is too much murder in the country. So the American public demands the elimination of a few words in the Constitution like the phrase in the Eighth Amendment that forbids "cruel and unusual punishment." if the country is not alert to what's going on among the American people and the court system, the craziness that began with eliminating a few words can bring about untold blood shed.
Sid Spurgeon, a dedicated educator and coach, spent over three decades teaching in Oregon high schools from 1973 to 2006. He graduated from Washington State University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. Before embarking on his teaching career, Sid worked for the U.S. Forest Service, spending three years on a fire suppression crew and four seasons as a smokejumper.
Sid considers teaching high school a profound privilege, a calling that shaped his life. As a proud father of four adult children, he cherishes the lessons learned from both family and his students. Though he began writing as a hobby, he discovered his passion for authorship in his seventies. Now at 75, he has published three books and continues to write, driven by an unquenchable love for storytelling.
Residing in Pendleton, Oregon, Sid humorously acknowledges the fleeting nature of inspiration, joking that he'll keep writing as long as his mind allows-maintaining a meaningful companionship with his keyboard along the way.