Brad, what are you talking about!  GRIN!  That message was from 
anonymous, not me!!  I didn't say that!  GRIN!



At 11:19 AM 2/11/2006, you wrote:
>Kathy,
>
>Finally, after all these years, a lifetime of trying. Finally, finally,
>finally, I can rest assured now, that I've done something right. Thank you
>thank you thank you thank you for acknowledging that. I can now stop
>trying. If only you had told me twenty years ago though that would have
>saved me two decades of trying.
>
>Brad
>
>
>At 07:40 AM 2/11/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >Brad,
> >My niece is a teacher in the building now.  It's still standing so,
> >maybe you did something right after all.  Oops!  I don't think that
> >that came out right.  Oh well, I'll leave it.  GRIN!
> >Anonymous
> >
> >
> >
> >At 07:47 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
> > >Kathy,
> > >
> > >I take that back, if it was still leaking then you must have 
> been there and
> > >gone before we fixed it hahahahaha. If the Historical Society would have
> > >agreed to get rid of those dad-gum copper decoration things up there we'd
> > >have nailed it good hahaha. The way those things were on there wasn't
> > >really too good and they wouldn't allow you to mess with them too
> > >much.   Oh I see, you were the cute one I remember now... but wait...
> > >wasn't that Glenn Du Bois's wife that worked there? Ouch that 
> was low haha.
> > >Actually there were some Du bois my mother-in-law use to work for but not
> > >sure if it is the same name. They were the D in DC Equipment on 
> 10th Street
> > >plus had other business ventures in the area. The name was always
> > >pronounced Du Boze but not sure the spelling. I've heard your last name
> > >pronounced Du Boys, Du bwah, and Du Boze. Better than how mine gets
> > >pronounced most times hahahaha.
> > >
> > >Brad
> > >
> > >          At 06:26 PM 2/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Why Brad,
> > > >You remember me!  I was the really cute thing that really whipped
> > > >those kids into shape.  GRIN!  Actually, my one fear in posting this
> > > >story was, "Oh Lord, what if Brad knows one of these other Gregs, or
> > > >Kathys, or, maybe, Gasp, Glen!"  You know, it's risky to reveal small
> > > >town secrets!  Ug, I remember that building well.  It never really
> > > >did stop leaking despite all your hard work!  GRIN!
> > > >Kathy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >At 05:59 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
> > > > >Kathy,
> > > > >
> > > > >That is  amazing hahahaha. I'd not think that is a terribly 
> common name,
> > > > >but I guess it is. Oh, I'm not sure of the time frame 
> exactly, but while
> > > > >you were down below teaching kids? I was probably at one 
> point in there
> > > > >only feet above you putting the roof on the Intermediate 
> School District
> > > > >building on First Street in Menominee... I remember being up there at
> > > > >midnight in a storm replacing tarps that had blown offtoo... that is
> > not a
> > > > >place to be in a thunderstorm folks lol. It's a small world isn't it
> > > > >though. Oh and say "hi" to your hubby Glen for us on the list here
> > too eh?
> > > > >hahahahaahaha "ducking now*
> > > > >
> > > > >Brad
> > > > >
> > > > >At 05:02 PM 2/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
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> > > > > >A story of mix ups
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Okay everybody, mix-ups don't just happen in hospitals.  While Greg
> > > > > >and I lived in Menominee Michigan, we were involved in some of the
> > > > > >most confusing mix-ups that I ever hope to go through.  Here are the
> > > > > >highlights.
> > > > > >In 1984, we moved to Menominee where I had been hired to 
> be a teacher
> > > > > >for the intermediate school district, working with the mentally
> > > > > >impaired.  As soon as we arrived in the community, we began church
> > > > > >shopping and settled on a church in the area that we really
> > > > > >liked.  We jumped in with both feet, because that's just kind of the
> > > > > >way we are, so we became known pretty quickly by the pastor and the
> > > > > >congregation.  Unfortunately, we have never been able to receive the
> > > > > >local paper.  We just always felt that other things were more
> > > > > >important to pay for and all we usually do with the paper is go
> > > > > >through the comics and do the crossword puzzle.  It just isn't worth
> > > > > >the subscription cost.  Anyway, imagine our surprise about a month
> > > > > >after our involvement in the church when the pastor pulled us aside
> > > > > >and asked us if the congregation could expect a lot of trouble from
> > > > > >us.  We had no clue what he was talking about, so he showed us the
> > > > > >article in the paper.
> > > > > >Evidently, a man named, Greg Du Bois, (unfortunately for us no
> > > > > >address was given), was in the paper for some funny dealings in the
> > > > > >tree industry.  I believe that it was in the court reports and his
> > > > > >brother was involved as well.  We assured him that it wasn't us and
> > > > > >hoped that it was the end of the matter, but it was just the
> > beginning.
> > > > > >While I was pregnant with Matthew, another lady began attending the
> > > > > >same church with a five-year-old son.  Her name was Kathy 
> Du Bois and
> > > > > >her son's name was Christopher.  She joined the choir and we got to
> > > > > >know each other some.  Her husband's name was Glen, so we didn't
> > > > > >think much of it as far as being another matter of 
> confusion.  By the
> > > > > >way, Glen did not attend church so now; it was just to two Kathy's
> > > > > >who was a confusing matter.
> > > > > >About a year later, I gave birth to a Christopher of my own.  I
> > > > > >didn't think anything of giving him that name because we and the
> > > > > >other Kathy didn't associate much.  Anyway, We had Chris in Greenbay
> > > > > >and we chose to leave within twelve hours of his birth so they were
> > > > > >not able to administer his PKU test.  A baby needs to be more than
> > > > > >three days old for this test to be accurate.  We took our 
> Christopher
> > > > > >to our local hospital when he was around five days old to have the
> > > > > >PKU test administered and, instead of beginning a new file on our
> > > > > >Christopher, they pulled up this other Christopher's file and said,
> > > > > >"Oh yes, didn't he fall out of a tree a few days ago and break his
> > > > > >arm?"  Unfortunately, Chris had not fallen out of a tree.  He had
> > > > > >fallen out of me and nothing was broken, but we learned that we were
> > > > > >both using the same pediatrician.
> > > > > >Well, life went on and after a while, there was news of a 
> break in at
> > > > > >a local drug store by, a Du Bois.  We were visited by the
> > > > > >police.  They wanted us to tell us about Greg's brother 
> Glen.  What a
> > > > mess.
> > > > > >Then, the police showed up at our door a few months 
> later.  They were
> > > > > >really looking for my Greg this time because a student loan from way
> > > > > >back in his own drug days, before he became a Christian had not been
> > > > > >paid and the government was there to collect.  We didn't know
> > > > > >anything about this bill because they had been sending collection
> > > > > >notices to Menominee Mississippi, but that didn't seem to help us
> > > > > >much.  Fortunately, the bill was only about $300 and how that got
> > > > > >paid off is another miraculous story that I won't bother to take a
> > > > > >detour to tell here, but it is pretty good, none the less.  Anyway,
> > > > > >the police were at my door and Greg was on the beach, about four
> > > > > >blocks away, with Matthew, who was, I think two, at the time, so I
> > > > > >really panicked because I had no idea what they wanted.
> > > > > >Eventually, we got all the mess straightened around and we thought
> > > > > >that life was good until I received a call one day from a financial
> > > > > >planner congratulating me on the birth of my twins.  I gasped and
> > > > > >stuttered.  Then, the man on the other end said, "Aren't 
> you Kathy Du
> > > > Bois?"
> > > > > >I replied that I was.  "And isn't your husband Greg?"
> > > > > >I confirmed that he was, but I assured him that I hadn't had twins
> > > > > >lately and I thought that I should know.  As we talked, I learned
> > > > > >that, evidently, the person who had been involved in the illegal
> > > > > >dealings at the beginning of this missive had married a girl named
> > > > > >Kathy and they had been blessed with twins.  All I could 
> say over and
> > > > > >over was "Thank you Lord It's not me."  Unfortunately, now, there
> > > > > >were at least Three Kathy Du Bois in Menominee county and all of us
> > > > > >had kids and some of us were shady characters.
> > > > > >We thought that our problems were over when we finally 
> left Menominee
> > > > > >county and moved to Grand Rapids so that Greg could finish up his
> > > > > >under Graduate work.  Imagine our surprise about a month 
> after moving
> > > > > >when we received a letter from a lawyer assuring us that the suit
> > > > > >against Greg's mother would probably succeed and we could look
> > > > > >forward to about $75,000 in profit from the proceedings.  I think
> > > > > >that a simple phone call straightened that one up, but I can't
> > > > > >remember for sure right now.
> > > > > >When we moved to Grand Rapids, I was pregnant with Elizabeth who was
> > > > > >born on February 8.  We were so happy to have a daughter, but,
> > > > > >unfortunately, attending our church at the same time were two other
> > > > > >ladies who gave birth within the ten days before Liz was born.  Both
> > > > > >children were girls, the first girl in their family and each had two
> > > > > >older brothers, just like Elizabeth.  To make matters worse, the
> > > > > >first girl was named Elisa and the other girl was Emily.  We were
> > > > > >often getting called out of church for the wrong baby so, to really
> > > > > >have fun with the mess, we decided to have all three girls dedicated
> > > > > >on the same day with all the brothers in tow just to create a
> > > > > >scene.  The worst part is when the pastor reached to take our sweet
> > > > > >daughter, who was about two months old at the time, into 
> his arms and
> > > > > >she grabbed his mike and decided to begin screaming.  She hadn't
> > > > > >wanted to be taken away from her mother, I guess.  Anyway, she's the
> > > > > >only child I know of whom had to be removed from her own dedication
> > > > > >because no one else could hear anything!
> > > > > >Nothing more really happened after that until we moved to
> > > > > >Maine.  About a year after we moved hear, I received a call from a
> > > > > >lady telling me that her name was Kathy Du Bois and, she was afraid
> > > > > >that our prescriptions had been mixed up because we both 
> use the same
> > > > > >pharmacy.  Fortunately, I don't take any drugs, so I was able to put
> > > > > >her mind at ease.  We had probably had a prescription filled for
> > > > > >antibiotics for one of the kids or something.  Anyway, she felt that
> > > > > >there was a mix up.    I believe that her son was a Christopher too,
> > > > > >if I'm not mistaken.
> > > > > >And, if I had been writing this a month ago, I probably would have
> > > > > >thought that that was the end of the story, but thanks to my 9 year
> > > > > >old, Caleb, we've learned of even another Kathy dubois since
> > > > > >then.  Caleb wanted to do the shopping.  He was given the list and
> > > > > >given very strict instructions to find us after he had collected
> > > > > >things and that he was not to go through the check out line without
> > > > > >us.  Imagine our surprise, as Greg and I were just strolling around
> > > > > >and wasting time while Caleb was trying to be a big boy, when we
> > > > > >heard our names announced over the loud speaker and 
> ordered to report
> > > > > >to the front of the store immediately.  It sounded like we were in
> > > > > >trouble.  I stayed in one place, thinking that Caleb might be
> > > > > >lost.  Our thought was that one of us should stay put and visible so
> > > > > >that Caleb could find us easily. It just made sense that I got to be
> > > > > >the lucky one to stay put.  Oh goody!   Well, Greg whisked 
> passed the
> > > > > >deli section toward the front just in time to over here a
> > > > > >conversation between two ladies.  The one was saying, "Well they
> > > > > >said, Kathy Du Bois should report to the front of the store."  The
> > > > > >other woman, left the counter, rather confused, and mumbling, 'I
> > > > > >wonder why."    Yes folks, another Kathy Du Bois had been 
> flushed out
> > > > > >of hiding!
> > > > > >OH, before I leave this point, I suppose you are wondering why we
> > > > > >were paged?  Well, our son did not follow instructions and had
> > > > > >wracked up a bill that had to be paid for.  Everyone had 
> to patiently
> > > > > >wait behind this 9-year-old who had no money while is, seemingly
> > > > > >errant parents were out bumming.  Have you ever wanted to crawl in a
> > > > > >whole?  The whole line of customers  was full of praise for how well
> > > > > >Caleb handled the situation and how adult he was.  But, they had
> > > > > >nothing but daggers for Greg for making them wait. When I found out
> > > > > >what really happened, I have to admit that I was glad to be the
> > > > > >parent who was elected to stay put.  No one ever
> > > > > >knew!  Haha!   Brother.  I guess that we'll never win. 
> Anyway, it all
> > > > > >ended up okay.
> > > > > >Now, are all of you confused? I had thought all along that Jones and
> > > > > >Smith were the most common names.  I just find myself praising my
> > > > > >heavenly Father that He knows who I am, no matter what!  And that,
> > > > > >while man may be confused, He will never be.
> > > > > >Kathy
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> > > > > >A story of mix ups
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Okay everybody, mix-ups don=92t just happen in
> > > hospitals.  While Greg and
> > > > > >I lived in Menominee Michigan, we were involved in some of the most
> > > > > >confusing mix-ups that I ever hope to go through.  Here are the
> > > > highlights.
> > > > > >In 1984, we moved to Menominee where I had been hired to be a
> > > teacher for
> > > > > >the intermediate school district, working with the mentally
> > > impaired.  As
> > > > > >soon as we arrived in the community, we began church shopping
> > > and settled
> > > > > >on a church in the area that we really liked.  We jumped 
> in with both
> > > > > >feet, because that=92s just kind of the way we are, so we 
> became known
> > > > > >pretty quickly by the pastor and the
> > > congregation.  Unfortunately, we have
> > > > > >never been able to receive the local paper.  We just 
> always felt that
> > > > > >other things were more important to pay for and all we usually
> > > do with the
> > > > > >paper is go through the comics and do the crossword puzzle.  It just
> > > > > >isn=92t worth the subscription cost.  Anyway, imagine our
> > > surprise about a
> > > > > >month after our involvement in the church when the pastor
> > > pulled us aside
> > > > > >and asked us if the congregation could expect a lot of trouble from
> > > > > >us.  We had no clue what he was talking about, so he showed us
> > > the article
> > > > > >in the paper.
> > > > > >Evidently, a man named, Greg Du Bois, (unfortunately for us no
> > > address was
> > > > > >given), was in the paper for some funny dealings in the tree
> > > industry.  I
> > > > > >believe that it was in the court reports and his brother was
> > involved as
> > > > > >well.  We assured him that it wasn=92t us and hoped that it
> > > was the end of
> > > > > >the matter, but it was just the beginning.
> > > > > >While I was pregnant with Matthew, another lady began attending
> > the same
> > > > > >church with a five-year-old son.  Her name was Kathy Du Bois and her
> > > > > >son=92s name was Christopher.  She joined the choir and we 
> got to know
> > > > > >each other some.  Her husband=92s name was Glen, so we
> > > didn=92t think much
> > > > > >of it as far as being another matter of confusion.  By the way,
> > Glen did
> > > > > >not attend church so now; it was just to two Kathy=92s who was
> > > a confusing
> > > > > >matter.
> > > > > >About a year later, I gave birth to a Christopher of my own.  I
> > didn=92t
> > > > > >think anything of giving him that name because we and the 
> other Kathy
> > > > > >didn=92t associate much.  Anyway, We had Chris in Greenbay and
> > > we chose to
> > > > > >leave within twelve hours of his birth so they were not able
> > > to administer
> > > > > >his PKU test.  A baby needs to be more than three days old for
> > this test
> > > > > >to be accurate.  We took our Christopher to our local hospital
> > > when he was
> > > > > >around five days old to have the PKU test administered 
> and, instead of
> > > > > >beginning a new file on our Christopher, they pulled up this other
> > > > > >Christopher=92s file and said, =93Oh yes, didn=92t= he fall
> > > out of a tree
> > > > > >a few days ago and break his arm?=94  Unfortunately, Chris had
> > > not fallen
> > > > > >out of a tree.  He had fallen out of me and nothing was 
> broken, but we
> > > > > >learned that we were both using the same pediatrician.
> > > > > >Well, life went on and after a while, there was news of a break in
> > at a
> > > > > >local drug store by, a Du Bois.  We were visited by the 
> police.  They
> > > > > >wanted us to tell us about Greg=92s brother Glen.  What a mess.
> > > > > >Then, the police showed up at our door a few months 
> later.  They were
> > > > > >really looking for my Greg this time because a student loan
> > > from way back
> > > > > >in his own drug days, before he became a Christian had not been
> > paid and
> > > > > >the government was there to collect.  We didn=92t know
> > > anything about this
> > > > > >bill because they had been sending collection notices to Menominee
> > > > > >Mississippi, but that didn=92t seem to help us 
> much.  Fortunately, the
> > > > > >bill was only about $300 and how that got paid off is another
> > miraculous
> > > > > >story that I won=92t bother to take a detour to tell here, but it is
> > > > > >pretty good, none the less.  Anyway, the police were at my door
> > and Greg
> > > > > >was on the beach, about four blocks away, with Matthew, who was, I
> > think
> > > > > >two, at the time, so I really panicked because I had no 
> idea what they
> > > > > >wanted.
> > > > > >Eventually, we got all the mess straightened around and we thought
> > that
> > > > > >life was good until I received a call one day from a 
> financial planner
> > > > > >congratulating me on the birth of my twins.  I gasped and
> > > > > >stuttered.  Then, the man on the other end said, =93Aren=92t
> > > you Kathy Du
> > > > > >Bois?=94
> > > > > >I replied that I was.  =93And isn=92t your husband Greg?=94
> > > > > >I confirmed that he was, but I assured him that I hadn=92t had twins
> > > > > >lately and I thought that I should know.  As we talked, I learned
> > that,
> > > > > >evidently, the person who had been involved in the illegal
> > > dealings at the
> > > > > >beginning of this missive had married a girl named Kathy and
> > > they had been
> > > > > >blessed with twins.  All I could say over and over was =93Thank
> > you Lord
> > > > > >It=92s not me.=94  Unfortunately, now, there were at least
> > > Three Kathy Du
> > > > > >Bois in Menominee county and all of us had kids and some of us
> > > were shady
> > > > > >characters.
> > > > > >We thought that our problems were over when we finally 
> left Menominee
> > > > > >county and moved to Grand Rapids so that Greg could finish up his
> > under
> > > > > >Graduate work.  Imagine our surprise about a month after moving
> > when we
> > > > > >received a letter from a lawyer assuring us that the suit
> > > against Greg=92s
> > > > > >mother would probably succeed and we could look forward to about
> > $75,000
> > > > > >in profit from the proceedings.  I think that a simple phone call
> > > > > >straightened that one up, but I can=92t remember for sure right now.
> > > > > >When we moved to Grand Rapids, I was pregnant with Elizabeth
> > > who was born
> > > > > >on February 8.  We were so happy to have a daughter, but,
> > unfortunately,
> > > > > >attending our church at the same time were two other ladies
> > > who gave birth
> > > > > >within the ten days before Liz was born.  Both children were
> > girls, the
> > > > > >first girl in their family and each had two older 
> brothers, just like
> > > > > >Elizabeth.  To make matters worse, the first girl was named
> > > Elisa and the
> > > > > >other girl was Emily.  We were often getting called out of
> > > church for the
> > > > > >wrong baby so, to really have fun with the mess, we decided to
> > have all
> > > > > >three girls dedicated on the same day with all the brothers in
> > > tow just to
> > > > > >create a scene.  The worst part is when the pastor reached 
> to take our
> > > > > >sweet daughter, who was about two months old at the time, into his
> > arms
> > > > > >and she grabbed his mike and decided to begin 
> screaming.  She hadn=92t
> > > > > >wanted to be taken away from her mother, I guess.  Anyway, 
> she=92s the
> > > > > >only child I know of whom had to be removed from her own dedication
> > > > > >because no one else could hear anything!
> > > > > >Nothing more really happened after that until we moved to
> > > Maine.  About a
> > > > > >year after we moved hear, I received a call from a lady telling me
> > that
> > > > > >her name was Kathy Du Bois and, she was afraid that our
> > > prescriptions had
> > > > > >been mixed up because we both use the same pharmacy.  Fortunately, I
> > > > > >don=92t take any drugs, so I was able to put her mind at 
> ease.  We had
> > > > > >probably had a prescription filled for antibiotics for one of
> > > the kids or
> > > > > >something.  Anyway, she felt that there was a mix up.    I believe
> > that
> > > > > >her son was a Christopher too, if I=92m not mistaken.
> > > > > >And, if I had been writing this a month ago, I probably would
> > > have thought
> > > > > >that that was the end of the story, but thanks to my 9 year old,
> > Caleb,
> > > > > >we=92ve learned of even another Kathy dubois since
> > > then.  Caleb wanted to
> > > > > >do the shopping.  He was given the list and given very strict
> > > instructions
> > > > > >to find us after he had collected things and that he was not
> > > to go through
> > > > > >the check out line without us.  Imagine our surprise, as Greg and
> > I were
> > > > > >just strolling around and wasting time while Caleb was trying
> > > to be a big
> > > > > >boy, when we heard our names announced over the loud speaker and
> > ordered
> > > > > >to report to the front of the store immediately.  It sounded
> > > like we were
> > > > > >in trouble.  I stayed in one place, thinking that Caleb might be
> > > > > >lost.  Our thought was that one of us should stay put and
> > > visible so that
> > > > > >Caleb could find us easily. It just made sense that I got to
> > > be the lucky
> > > > > >one to stay put.  Oh goody!   Well, Greg whisked passed the deli
> > section
> > > > > >toward the front just in time to over here a conversation 
> between two
> > > > > >ladies.  The one was saying, =93Well they said, Kathy Du Bois should
> > > > > >report to the front of the store.=94  The other woman, left the
> > counter,
> > > > > >rather confused, and mumbling, =91I wonder why.=94    Yes folks,
> > another
> > > > > >Kathy Du Bois had been flushed out of hiding!
> > > > > >OH, before I leave this point, I suppose you are wondering 
> why we were
> > > > > >paged?  Well, our son did not follow instructions and had 
> wracked up a
> > > > > >bill that had to be paid for.  Everyone had to patiently wait
> > > behind this
> > > > > >9-year-old who had no money while is, seemingly errant parents
> > were out
> > > > > >bumming.  Have you ever wanted to crawl in a whole?  The 
> whole line of
> > > > > >customers  was full of praise for how well Caleb handled the
> > > situation and
> > > > > >how adult he was.  But, they had nothing but daggers for Greg for
> > making
> > > > > >them wait. When I found out what really happened, I have to admit
> > that I
> > > > > >was glad to be the parent who was elected to stay put.  No one ever
> > > > > >knew!  Haha!   Brother.  I guess that we=92ll never win. Anyway,
> > it all
> > > > > >ended up okay.
> > > > > >Now, are all of you confused? I had thought all along that
> > > Jones and Smith
> > > > > >were the most common names.  I just find myself praising my heavenly
> > > > > >Father that He knows who I am, no matter what!  And that,
> > > while man may be
> > > > > >confused, He will never be.
> > > > > >Kathy
> > > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > >Brad
> > > > >
> > > > >    Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it
> > >
> > >Brad
> > >
> > >    The hardest position to fill is one with someone in it
>
>Brad
>
>    A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing