Helping Debbie

If you didn't get the e-mail from Judy, people were wondering what we could do for Debbie. So, in Urgent Care, they are taking donations. If anyone has any other ideas, let us know. Anything to help.

Warren Preston Tarpley, 67
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
BLACKFOOT — Warren Preston Tarpley, 67, of Blackfoot, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at his home, after a very courageous battle with luekemia, surrounded by friends and family. He was born March 21, 1942 in Los Angeles, California the son of Claude and Tailitha Lucille Porter Tarpley. He attended school in Auburn, California and graduated from Placer High School where he participated in football and track. He was a member on several teams which won division championships. He then attended Sierra College in Rockland, California. Preston served in the Navy from 1959-1963 as a 2nd Class Electronic Technician. He boxed for Treasure Island and in 1961 was the 12th Naval District Welter Weight Boxing Champion. He was honorably discharged in 1963. After being honorably discharged from the Navy, he worked for Aerojet and then the Sacramento Army Depot as an electronics engineer, retiring in 1993. In 1995 he then moved to Idaho. On August 12, 2005 he married Debra Erramouspe in Blackfoot, Idaho. He enjoyed spending time with family, fishing, golfing, camping, working on computers, bicycling, fixing anything, reading and learning about politics, science and life in general. He is survived by his wife, Debra of Blackfoot; sons, Donald (Vicki) Tarpley of Irrigon, Oregon, Robert Bren Tarpley of Hamilton, New Jersey, Nick (Jen) Staley of Blackfoot and Shawn (Angela) Staley of Meridian, Idaho; brother, Jimmy Tarpley of Dubois, Idaho; sisters, Janice McKenzie of Lawrence, Kansas and Shirley Tarpley of Sacramento, California; nine grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Mickey Tarpley. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 S. Shilling Ave.The family will meet with friends from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday and for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202.

Stormy pictures

Here are some pictures from Wendy. She took these from when we got the hail storm. She said they still had hail at their house the next day. Hasn't the weather been crazy!

Relay winners

The basket winners for the raffle were:

Shelly Kreibel
Earl Hensley
Marty Jackson
Marilyn Jefferis
Tracy Pettinger

Congrats winners!

Sympathy

Debra Erramouspe's husband, Preston, passed away on June 21. We are so sorry to hear about this. Our thoughts and prayers are with Debra and her family.

Here are a few pictures that Jake took while he was in Alaska last week. He went to Doc Warners to install a generator with out neighbor who is an electrician. After they installed the generator, they just played and had a good time. He rode to the lodge in a Bush plane and that is always an adventure. On his way home, they had 5 people and so much gear they had to hold their own bags and Jake couldn't see anything behind him. They had to have a guy hold the back of the plane down so they could start the engine and they could barely get off the ground. The alarms were going off and Jake was praying to get home and then the plane took off, sure glad it did!! They saw a big black bear and got about 25feet away, they were in a boat. They got about 30 yards away from a Grizzly, and they saw another black bear. Him and our neighbor that went to help him caught 90 halibut last week. He had a lot of fun but glad he is home.

Raffle

The surgery area has made some baskets they are raffling off. If anyone wants to buy tickets, talk to the surgeons area. They are $1 for 1 ticket or 6 for $5. There are 4 baskets it think. So go over and take a peak at the goodies and buy a raffle ticket to support the Relay for Life!

Congrats Grads and Newlyweds and Babies!

Congrats to Crystal for graduating from Snake River last night. Can you believe it, now what are you going to do with your life Crystal??

Congrats to Ame and Tyson on their marriage and Abbie and Kameron on their upcoming wedding. Ame is Marilyns daughter and Abbie is Dr. McKinlays daughter.

Congrats to Charlynn and Ivan Perkes on their new little one. I think it was born on the 23rd. I think it is a girl but not for positive...if anyone knows more specifics, pass it on!

If I missed anything, please tell me so I can post it.

Hail Storm

I don't know if all of you got to experience the hail storm last night. It was horribly awesome. I say this because it was so fun to listen and watch but so horrible because it beat my garden and flowers! I was outside weeding the garden and it kept getting darker so started cleaned up outside. As we were cleaning, you could hear the hair coming. It sounded like a train was coming for about 5 minutes. I kept waiting for it to start raining or something...then pieces of ice started falling and me and the kids went inside onto the porch and we watched it come down and down and down! We had lots of fun watching it and seeing how big the hail got but this morning, when I went to get in my car, I saw my corn that was about 1-1 1/2 feet tall yesterday, now are about 4-8inches tall. It's so sad, I sure hope they will pop back up!

Levi's on Fridays

You can wear nice levi's and a scrub top or the green clinic t-shirts on Friday until the Relay For Life...if you pay the Relay team $2 and sign a paper. If you come in Levi's and do not pay or sign the paper, you will be sent home by the BOSSES! This is a fun way to donate to the Relay team!!