[BEHS Class of 1969 Memorial] 1996 Kelly Burt

A member of Kelly Burt's family contacted us this week thru the class web page to thank us for the memorial page and added a personal comment to their dad. I asked them if they had a photo of Kelly or his family they would like to add and they sent some. Visit his link below.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions or comments to make our reunion page better. We are getting an average of 25 visits per week with about 5 of them being new visitors. There is a visitor counter at the bottom of each page if you want to click on it for details on visits. 

http://memorialbehsclassof1969.blogspot.com/2009/06/1996.html
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Kelly Burt

Birth: May 1951, Brigham City, UT
Parents: Clinton W. and Vita Rasmussen Burt
Spouse: Sheila L. Kirk
Children: 6
Death date: July 4, 1996
Place of death: Summit County, UT
Cemetery: Bear River City, UT
Obituary

Kelly's Family

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We haven't had a new classmate Bio since last November. Sure would like to get a few more each month. It is easy, just check the page for instructions. If you already have a Bio and want to add or change your Bio, just contact me and I will fix you up. Also, if you want me to add what is in the reunion booklet, just let me know. Bob Holmes

Class Bio Page

We can also post your Bio video or Youtube video if you prefer.
For video just send a *.WMV file attached to the class email address below.
For Youtube video, send the Youtube Link to the class email below. We'll notify you when it is posted.
BEHS.Classof1969@Gmail.com


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Christmas Present from Ralph Kolts

Class of 1969 Elementary Photos from Willard, Utah

From BEHS Class of 1969 Photos
3rd Grade

From BEHS Class of 1969 Photos
4th Grade

From BEHS Class of 1969 Photos
5th Grade

From BEHS Class of 1969 Photos
6th Grade

(Double click the photo to use the album magnifyer for a larger view. Click down and hold mouse button on the photo to drag the view to different locations in the photo)

Remember our Veterans

Veterans Day, Remember Those Who Gave Their All

A salute to all of our classmates who are veterans! Thanks to your dedication and willingness to serve our country.

Veterans Day 11/11/09

Take a moment and consider how many veterans have fallen on foreign soil to protect us and our allies!

http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Remember-Those-Who-Gave-Their-All-On-Memorial-Day/blog/285266/74885.html

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

"A Different Christmas Poem" are often attributed to a Lt. Commander Jeff Giles SC, USN, but the International War Veterans' Poetry Archive (IWVPA) lists this poem as a December 2000 effort authored by Michael Marks

Looking for Lina Rae Smith

Debbie ~~~~~~~ Lina

Debbie Arnell Bevan recently wrote on Facebook that she would like to reconnect with Lina Rae Smith our former Box Elder Junior High classmate. She moved to California before high school. If you know Lina or if Lina finds this message please contact the web page by email and we will get you in touch with Debbie.

BEHS.Classof1969@Gmail.com

Chuck Kimber, Tremonton, UT

Chuck Kimber, Tremonton, UT

Chuck Kimber added his Bio to the class web page this week using the new Entry form. He and his wife Cathy are living in the Tremonton, Utah area. Take a look at his Bio and business web page.

http://69classbio.blogspot.com/

Patsy Hanover Bowman added her Bio

Patsy Hanover Bowman added her Bio to the class web page this week using the new Entry form. She and her husband Galen are living in the Salem, Indiana area. Take a look at her Bio and her web page. Glad she found us.

http://69classbio.blogspot.com/

Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Halloween is almost here. It is time to hone your patience skills waiting for all those Trick or Treater monsters by playing a game of TIC-TAC-TOE. See if you can beat the house!

8th Grade Group Photo Added

Jean Barnum Hancey just contributed this 8th grade group photo.

From BEHS Class of 1969 Photos

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New Live Chat Added to web page

Just click on the LIVE CHAT link to go to a page and enter your first name and login to a free chat service. Invite your friends, family and classmates to click the link and hold a chat for as long as you want about anything you want. The chat is private between those listed in the Chat Lobby.

The new live chat is one place for everyone to chat.

• Hold a family or business meeting there.
• Just click the Link in the Link section of this web page
  
• You don't have to register to use Live Chat
• You don't have to load software to use Live Chat
• Talk about anything
• Come back as often as you want
• It is free and there is no Fee!

Don't forget to turn on your speakers and start the 60s Juke box on the main page to listen to classic hits from the 60s! Have a great week!