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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=47742" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#BFBF00" TEXT="#080000" background="03f55663.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#666633" FACE="Arial" >The Downer Dispatch</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT> |    <B> </b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Downer Dispatch"><U><B>home</b></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>About Us</b><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest News"><U>Latest News</U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family Geneology"><U>Our Family Geneology</U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pioneer History"><U>Pioneer History</U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Editorials"><U>Editorials</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04ef0030.gif" border=0 width="496" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> About Us</div> <div> This site is my new baby.  I have two teenagers, so I need a child that will be completely under my control.  I am a former teacher, who has been side-lined by a neurological disorder, and I'm a wife of twenty-two years.</div> <bR> <div> I was educated at an Episcopal Prep School, and then waited 14 years to get both my bachelor's and master's degrees.  I am hoping that this web site will encourage me to begin writing again, and with luck, you will soon find my editorials on the last page.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>