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Pray For Good Weather

Santa Claus is coming tomorrow for a local three-year-old. Thanks to Russell County Sheriff-Elect Heath Taylor, Russell County Sheriff Tommy Boswell, Muscogee County Sheriff John Darr, Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley, Phenix City Police Chief Ray Smith, Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren, Metro Columbus Narcotics Task Force Agent-in-Charge Lt. Charlie Kennedy and Columbus City Counselor-Elect Judy Thomas, three-year-old John Henry Clark is going to check something off his bucket list.

Melissa Clark, John Henry’s mom, sent me an email this morning in response to my last blog post. She said John Henry’s favorite part of Saturday’s Reindeer Run was the helicopter that brought Santa Claus to the party. She said he kept saying, “Me, Me, Me!” He wanted to fly. John Henry is a Down Syndrome child. His mom says he works hard for the things he accomplishes. I made a couple of phone calls and some really great people have said “yes” to a little boy’s Christmas wish.

Pray for no rain tomorrow. If the rain holds off, John Henry Clark will get his wish and take a ride on the Metro Columbus Narcotics Task Force whirlybird. No public funds will be spent for this ride. The Task Force is funded by drug seizure money and drug proceeds confiscated in Harris, Muscogee and Russell Counties. Sheriff Mike Jolley, Sheriff John Darr, Sheriff Tommy Boswell, Chief Ray Smith and Chief Ricky Boren oversee the Metro Narcotics Task Force.

Tomorrow morning, sometime around 10:30 a.m., John Henry and one of his parents will lift off from the Columbus Metropolitan Airport. Keep reading this blog for the rest of this wonderful Christmas story.

December 15, 2010 | Tagged With: Charlie Kennedy, Christmas, Columbus Georgia, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Down Syndrome, Harris County Georgia, helicopter, John Darr, John Henry Clark, Judy Thomas, Melissa Clark, Metro Narcotics Task Force, Mike Jolley, Phenix City Alabama, Ray Smith, Ricky Boren, Russell County Alabama, Santa Claus, Sheriff Tommy Boswell, Sheriff-Elect Heath Taylor| Filed Under: Uncategorized | 15 Comments

Dinner break


Dinner break

Originally uploaded by wwfloyd

Here’s a shot of our wine/cheese/dinner break on last Wednesday’s moonlight Goat Rock Lake paddle by fellow paddler Wayne Floyd. Wayne is an accomplished paddler, boat builder and photographer. He’s also an exceptionally nice guy.
We pushed off from Goat Rock Landing up Old River Road in Harris County about 6:45 p.m. last Wednesday evening and paddled about 2 miles upriver to the picnic spot you see in Wayne’s photo. Just before dark, we left this spot and headed back to the put in. Each of us had glow sticks on the front and back of our kayaks and the only navigation light we had came from the full moon. An occasional owl hoot, a fish hitting the surface, easy laughter from a happy group of paddlers and the sound of paddle strokes were the only sounds we heard. We got out of the water at about 10 p.m. A nice evening.

May 31, 2010 | Tagged With: Goat Rock Lake, Harris County Georgia, kayak, River Road, Wayne Floyd| Filed Under: Kayaking, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

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