Maureen
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A Juvenile Earthworm
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Re:Birthday of Worm Digest Administrator - 2005/11/13 02:04
Happy Birthday Jamie!
I know you're spending it on working to input pictures for the great people here at Worm Digest.
I can't wait to see them.
The Worm Digest's home was blessed by over 65 people on Thursday, including neighbors, business associates, friends, family, and Bishop Roger Gries of Cleveland, who, with Jamie, cut the red ribbon across the entrance of the building now named The Richard Melvin Building. The flag was sent up the flagpole as Collinwood High School's JROTC stood at attention in their dress greens and the Star Spangled banner played. Six great signs around the 724,000 sq.ft. property, green granite background with gold lettering... for Jamie's father, Richard Sr. and Rik Jr., his brother, two inspirational people in Jamie's life. His father's sister, Sr. Patrica Ann Melvin, SND, also recently deceased, was good friends with Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of Chicago, who sent a blessing, read by Rev. Lorn Snow, SJ, of Gesu.
Bagpiper John Patrick McNae piped us all into the west bay where the prayers continued with Belinda Freeman blessing us with the God's word from Pastor Debbie Gibbons of Nottingham Methodist Church, then Fr. Tom Weber and Fr. Bob Lorkowski of St. Bernadette's both blessed all inside, all business to be conducted and all interactions to be kind and fair. Fr. Weber reminisced about the people for whom the bulding was named and then Guru Athmo Bhundari had us close our eyes and breathe in positive energy, feeling the goodness that the building is going to produce and we BECAME the blessing.
It was amazing. McNae struck up the pipes again and we processed to the conference room, to eat the great food that Jamie's mom, Claire (and friends) had set up. The best lemon squares in the world were gone quickly (homemade by building manager, Tim Seale's wife, Colleen).
Joe Browne then took us all for a hike inside the 18 acre plant and the day ended with Fr. Tom Weber's additions to the whiteboard's list of sayings.
One was: Vision without action is just dreaming, action without vision is just passing time and action with vision will change the world.
Jamie: Thank you for letting me be a participant in Worm Digest and The Richard Melvin Building.
I admire and respect you! Keep on Truckin'!!!
Maureen
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