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In this Issue
Last year this month, we gathered in San Antonio for the AISK Scorpion Stampede where a great time was had by all who attended. It's hard to believe that it has already been a year since that reunion. Two years ago this month, we were all still trying to cope with the events of 9/11 collectively and individually. Maggi (Bennett) and Steve Stoner were featured in stories in The Baldwin Bulletin and The Union-Recorder. Sonoma County Scorpions and aisk.org were featured in the Press Democrat, Empire News (and the rest of article). And to top it all, Mary (Meadows) Pyburn and other Scorpions made the cover of the Wall Street Journal (and the rest of article)! Just a brief five years ago, this Web site and the Internet were a lot different (check out the July 1997 version of our home page). Our world was very different! Luckily, we still have our own small corner of the Internet to come home to when that feeling to reconnect with our past strikes us. - Gerry |
| Return to Kabul |
 Read all about Van and Chris' trip back home to Kabul
Late last month, Van (Peepers) Auburn (1962-66) and Chris (Tex) Brown (1962-66) concluded their 2-month long trip back home to Kabul, Afghanistan.
But not without first captivating and entertaining us with their regular posts including accounts and photos of their adventures:
September 4: The Houses of Karte-Seh (Return to Kabul #13)
September 11: The Children of Afghanistan (Return to Kabul #14)
September 20: The Christian Cemetery (Return to Kabul #15)
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| John Steiner & Family's Trip to Kabul |
 July 2-19, 2003
John Steiner (1962-66), his wife Noriko, and their son Nick went back to Kabul in July 2-19, 2003
doing volunteer work for Aschiana.
John has been a photographer at the Smithsonian since 1984. He works at the
Natural History Museum taking pictures of objects and specimens in the
museum's collections for curators and scientists, for research and
publication.
It was difficult selecting one of John's beautiful photos to feature here. Fortunately, you don't have to make that decision.
You can view them all:
Page 1: Account of the trip and various photos
Page 2: Various photos
Page 3: Various photos
Page 4: Various photos
Page 5: Kabul Museum
Thanks John!
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| Gathering of Scorpions |
 Danny & Gina Hilario's home in Rohnert Park, California
Scorpions in the San Francisco Bay Area don't require an excuse to get together whenever they can. On September 27, 2003,
Danny & Gina Hilario invited the
Bay Area Scorpions to their home in Rohnert Park for a party.
Thanks Danny and Gina!
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| Book Reviews |
| 4 Books Reviewed
Reviews of the following four books have been added to the Library:
Thanks to Marty (Lager) Oczkowski '69 for the review of Charlie Wilson's War.
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| Changes to the aisk.org Directory |
 Please Note!
Due to privacy and security concerns, the aisk.org Directory no longer contains email addresses.
A link to your registration in the new AISK Community Forum (if available) is provided instead.
All Scorpions and Old Hands are encouraged to register in the
new AISK Community Forum! If you are a bit leery about registering, and this has kept you from joining us, please be assured that it is a painless and easy process.
Even if you do not plan to participate in the Forum discussions, please
register because this will be the only way other registered
users will be able to contact you through this site. We all enjoy keeping in touch with people from our yesteryears and want to gather all of the Scorpions and Old Hands together on this site.
It is quick and easy to register. Registration only requires
a valid and working email address. Your email address is secure. Other registered users will be able to communicate with you without having
to know your email address.
Do not forget to activate your registration by clicking on the activation link included in the registration confirmation email you will receive.
Your registration will not be complete without performing this step.
Contact me at geronimo@sonic.net if you encounter problems with your registration.
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| From the Mailbox |
| email received last month
"I saw that Jerry Tippets logged on to the forum three days ago. I've searched for him a couple of times over the past 30 years,
but to no avail. Lo and behold, because of info on the site (although not an email or phone), I was able to track him down.
We've swapped email letters and have had great fun saying "howdy" to each other again after all this time."
"Woo-hoo......the power of networking~! Hahahaha."
"Hope you're well. The site continues to be incredible, man! Truly!"
"I wanted to somehow post this photo to the group at large as it is the memorial for Ambassador Dubs.
It was originally in the southwest corner of the Embassy compound but has now been moved to a central spot, the Flag pole.
I am not sure how you want to handle this, but I think it is something that everyone would appreciate. Thanks."
"I have been enjoying reading through the threads in the forum and the other various posting as the time I spent in Kabul was much
different than most of the group."
Thanks to everyone who wrote.
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