Jerry Ball Remembers Elvis 30 years later

Friends,

If you've watched any news today, you've probably seen a mention of the thirtieth anniversary of Elvis' death. I don't know how you felt about him or his music, but I was big fan of Elvis music "back in the day" and even now I've got twenty of his CDs among the five hundred or so in my collection. This morning I picked a couple of those CDs out of the rack so that today I had Elvis on in the background all day at work and on my drive to and from.

I was a Texas A&M graduate student in 1977 and happened to be on my Air Force Reserve duty at Randolph AFB (near San Antonio) when the news about Elvis started being talked about in the halls. That evening I sat down and wrote this short note which was published in the San Antonio Light newspaper on August 22, 1977. In memory of the man and his music, I thought I'd share those thoughts of three decades ago.

Jerry

OLD PICTURES FROM RON BERGQUIST

Here are some pictures from Ron Bergquist from 1963 through '65. I hope you can see the pictures. They are old so they don't scan very well. But I think you can get the idea. Click on the images and they will appear larger. Enjoy and thanks Ron! Gloria

JANET with JACKIE AND MOM DARLING 8/3/2007

Heh girlfriend!

Long time between emails....but checked RoHawk site and saw why! The wedding looked wonderful and so did everyone! Know you must have had a wonderful time. Is everyone still visiting?

Anyway, wanted to share pictures from today. Mom and I finally got up to Woodland Park to Swiss Chalet to have lunch with Janet. Mom has been unable to go up so this was a special treat for Janet. We had a great time, as witnessed by the pictures! And, to crown the day, we found out that Blue Bell ice cream now had an outlet in Colorado in Woodland Park and grand opening is next Monday! They have franchised with the Donut Shop up there where skiiers and donut lovers have been coming for hundreds of years, I swear! Mom, Janet and I went over and tried to get them to give us Texas girls a taste so we could make sure it was genuine, but no such luck. Janet and I trying to figure out a way to sneak in next week!Hope all is going well your way and that you are enjoying family all being home again!

Much love,

Jackie xoxoxox