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Buffalo Sunrise

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Time to head back to Yukon

I love to spend time out in the forest Seeking animals I don’t normally see. Elk and moose and a bear is such fun But the Buffalo is most exciting to me. M. I. Lusby 4-21-15

Learn to know the Cheyennes Their oral history, as recorded and published by John Seger in 1905. 1. After they were through eating, everyone was instructed to go into their tepees so as not to frighten the buffalo when they came out of the spring. 2. One buffalo came out; he looked around then kicked up his heels and went back into the spring. 3. Then three buffalo cows came out and looked around, they then went back into the spring. 4. Then a noise like thunder was heard and soon a herd of buffalo came pouring out of a spring. 5. They kept coming until they filled the valley below the spring with buffalo, and then they went to grazing. 6. Then one of the men who came out of the spring showed them how to kill the buffalo and dress it. 7. The other man taught them how to plant the corn and attend it. 8. Thus the buffalo and the corn gave the Indians plenty of food. 9. After they had planted and tended their corn they lived on it though the winter, while the buffalo drifted south to spend the winter.

Another Red Dirt poem by John Love to touch a fence post and feel the red dirt Building A Wall What this world needs is more bricklayers With red dirt spirit and innovative skills Who build masterpieces as walls of stone And leave for me their simplest of thrills I will continue to look left and maybe right And with my digital camera by my side If God is willing and the creek don’t rise More photos will be displayed with pride

Photo by Marilyn The Beautiful Brass Lantern She did it once again like I knew she would Late spring or early summer Her snow white bells stand out so lovely I am always immensely proud of her. I hope you did as I suggested last year And went to your local nursery to learn About the amazing Cora Bells Just like the sweet beautiful Brass Lantern. Elizabeth Anderson 4-21-15

Historical Photo by John McCornack John, Marcia, My Mom

A Spanish Cove special memory Bill attending his last meeting of The Literary Preservation Society (2015) William H. "Bill" Burke II graduated into eternal life to be with his lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 8, at the age of 101. He was born February 16, 1914 to William H. Burke Sr. and Cora Ann (Brown) Burke in Warrenton, Virginia, the second of three children. When he was two years old his father, the town policeman, died of pneumonia leaving his mother with three small children. For many years afterwards the family lived with relatives, first on a farm near Warrenton then, when he became school age, with an uncle in Washington, D.C. A defining moment for Bill occurred one Christmas when the family used battery powered lights on their Christmas tree. After Christmas the batteries stili had some life left in them. Someone bought him a little electric motor and that intrigued him. From then on he was interested in electricity and in junior high school Bill decided his career would involve electricity somehow. He did well at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C. and upon graduation in 1932 he received a scholarship to attend Bliss Electrical School, a one-year vocational school. Upon completion of that training he was hired by IBM in 1933 and received training in Endicott, N.Y. He was assigned to maintain the IBM punch card machines at the Metropolitan life Insurance Company in New York City. He married Caroline Hix in 1945. In 1953 Bill and Caroline moved to Endicott, NY, and Bill became involved in the development of new IBM punch card and computer equipment. He spent his last two years with IBM in Manassas, VA and became the first retiree from that facility in 1971. Upon retirement Bill and Caroline moved to lake Havasu City, AZ. It wasn't long before Bill came out of retirement and started his own business tuning and repairing pianos and electronic organs. In 1994 Bill and Caroline moved to Spanish Cove, a life-care retirement community in Yukon, OK. Here Bill took on some special roles. He was the "chairman" - responsible for setting up chairs for meetings. He designed and installed the sound systems in their meeting rooms. Most famously he became "Mr. Fixit", fixing all sorts of electrical, electronic or mechanical items of the residents, Spanish Cove, and his church. Bill loved the Lord, read the Bible faithfully and was in church whenever the doors were open, and often when they weren't, volunteering his fix-it skills. He is remembered by many at the churches he belonged to over the years, including lake Havasu Baptist Church in Lake Havasu City, AZ, and Bethel Baptist Church in Yukon, OK. Bill is survived by his wife of 69 years, Caroline (Hix) Burke; his children: William H. Burke III of Jensen Beach, FI.; Richard (Cheryl) Burke of Dallas, TX; Susan (Mark) Caselli of Ramsey, NJ; and Arthur (Pat) Burke of Grandview, TX; numerous grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, September 19, at Bethel Baptist Church, 4901 N. Sara Rd, Yukon, OK. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the "Central Park" fund of Spanish Cove or to Bethel Baptist Church. Online condolences may be signed at www.yandafuneral.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Yanda & Son Funeral Home,

A Spanish Cove special memory Carman, Shelli attending a Koffee Klatch (2015)