Hello everyone.

These are indeed exciting times! There are so many plans in the works for the Reunion Weekend in Aspen coming in just 2 short weeks. Those that cannot make it will of course be with us in spirit. I encourage all of you that are not able to attend to try to have a small gathering in your own area. If you do, please let me know so that we can be united in thought. Also, if you want to have something shared with others in Aspen, feel free to contact me at morswell@earthlink.net

We are still looking for input into our logo contest. There are now two on the webpage (http://members.aol.com/tybrenn). Hopefully this will inspire some of you to want to submit a design too. If interested, please send your design to Sandy (tybrenn@aol.com) so she can display it on the page as well. Everyone will get a chance to vote on the final logo.

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Quote of the month:

The months quote is from Susan Moyer from PA:

"Where there's a JD will, there's a JD way"

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Fundraisers:

The IAT event "Let This Be a Voice" to be held from 6:00-9:30pm on Oct 12 at the Snowmass Chapel and Community Center will include a fundraiser for The Hunger Project. Since this is a free event, all moneys will be raised through raffles/sales/silent auction. If you have anything that you would be willing to donate, please contact Marcelle. If you wish to make a donation outright, please send a check/money order made out to The Hunger Project to

For more information regarding this event, please see the webpage: http://home.earthlink.net/~morswell/iatevent.html

From Leslie Newman, our rep from Oregon: Greetings from the left coast.....I just acquired a great color photo of John, sitting on a fence with the Rockies behind him ...I am planning on having a negative made and I propose to use it to bring in funds for The Windstar Land Conservancy, Plant-It 2000, and The Hunger Project...I will send a copy of the photograph to those who are willing to send me two checks, one to cover the cost of copying the photo and a second check made out to either of the charities in the amount of $10. I will not make any profit. The charity checks will be sent to their proper destinations.....The copy cost should not be more than $5 or $6. I will know soon. If you are interested, please contact Leslie by email: leslienewman@mindspring.com

From Janine Stegman in CA: I have a very good friend who is a graphic artist for the company that prints T-shirts for Sony. I called Mike to ask about getting a couple t-shirts to donate to the Silent Auction. Since he knows that I am going to Aspen, he emailed his response. His company is willing to sell me the inventory they have on hand at cost plus the royalty that goes to Sony. I felt this was a super way to collect money for John's causes AND anybody who wants a t-shirt can get it a super discounted price. The t-shirts are brand new, first quality, L and XL. I would like to put a price of $10 on them. Sony sells it for $20 plus $5 for shipping. I would ask that you make a check to me for $5 to cover the shirt and a check for $5 to the charity you choose from The Hunger Project, Plant-It 2000 or The National Wildlife Federation. I would bring the shirts to Aspen to avoid any additional mailing charges. If you are interested please email me at j9@jtaac.com The t-shirt is the white one with John in the leather jacket leaning against a fence. It says Take Me Home on the back. You can go to Sony's site and see a picture of the shirt. http://www.sepc.sony.com On the page just click on John's name. I am also willing to show anybody the receipt for the shirts so that there is no speculation to the nature of this offer. Am I getting anything out of it??? You bet I am - I was ecstatic with the idea of raising money for John's causes and family members being able to get something they might not be able to afford otherwise.

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Tree Plantings:

From Bette Danse in CT: DEDICATION OF THE JOHN DENVER MEADOWLANDS (formerly the John Denver Memorial Grove) AT THE WINDSTAR CONSERVANCY ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, AT 4:30. I am pleased to announce that the National ArborDay Foundation and the RMI/Windstar Conservancy have agreed upon this date and time for a special ceremony to dedicate the John Denver Meadowlands. Representatives will be on hand to accept the $14,000 donation from the NADF. These funds were generated from John Denver fans from around the world for the restoration and replanting of over 200 acres of land that John had originally purchased and then transferred into the conservancy to protect them. Because space and parking are limited due to the fragile nature of the grounds, we must carpool or use taxivans on a first come first served basis. Arrangements for the commute are to be done through Evelyn Pinney in Colorado(evepin@teal.csn.net) starting Monday evening 9/28. I am the attendance coordinator, so please email me ASAP if you would like to register for this awesome event! Donations toward a sign will be greatly appreciated and can be given at the ceremony. Preference in registration will be given to those who have donated to the NADF for the John Denver Memorial Grove. We understand there is a conflict with the last hour of the Jerome Hotel luncheon, but because of the Windstar schedule as well as the It's About Time and HIH events at 6 PM, this was the best time we could arrange. Some of you may know that Evelyn and I have been working on making this happen since last fall, so we are absolutely thrilled that October 12 will be a dream come true, and the wilderness that John so loved will be restored and preserved in his name ! Remember "We are FIGHTING for more than survival/We are WORKING for more than peace/We are GIVING OURSELVES TO EACH OTHER/ Making sure ALL INJUSTICE WILL SOMEDAY CEASE..."

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Adopt-A-Highway

No activity was brought to my attention this month.

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Gatherings:

The Rocky Mountain High Celebration of Life weekend in Aug was a great success! From Cami Green in Utah: My pen pals invited me to go to Aspen with them and I told them I couldn't afford it. They begged me to go for 2 weeks. Then they ganged up on me and told me not to worry about the cost of the hotel or gas. I just needed to pay for my own food, that was on Monday. On Friday we got to Aspen at 4:30p.m. and went to the hotel then met the other JD fans at Lake Hallam Nature Preserve. We got our packets and took a nature walk-very beautiful. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner and we were going to go to the Perseid Meteor Showers but we were beat. We went to the hotel and crashed. On Saturday we got to the Rio Grande Park and me and Carol Sue watched everyone plant 250 trees and flowers for the John Denver Sanctuary. We talked to a lot of fans. Then we went and found a really close seat for the dedication of the John Denver Sanctuary. We all sat and ate lunch and listened to Frank Delamarre sing JD songs while we waited for it to start. Then Annie, Zak, AnnaKate, Erma, Hal Thau, Annie's parents all showed up. I got pictures of everyone. The Earthbeat Choir sang 2 songs then a gentleman talked-can't remember his name, then Hal Thau talked, the Mayor of Aspen talked, then the Earthbeat Choir sang 2 more JD songs. When Annie got up to talk it was really hot out, a breeze suddenly started to blow lightly and the cloud moved and blocked the sun. She donated $25,000 dollars toward the John Denver Sanctuary. After she sat the down the breeze went away and the cloud moved away from the sun. John Summers-who wrote Thank God I'm A Country Boy and Ellen and Steve who are brother and sister sang 2 tribute songs that they wrote that made everyone cry. Erma cried so hard she had to get up and leave. She had to have 2 people help her to the back of the park. We gave her a standing ovation. Then as we were getting ready to sing Rocky Mountain High it started raining. We left at 3:30p.m. We knew that John was there with us. The spirit was so strong and powerful. It was really special. We had been sitting at the John Denver Sanctuary for 5 or 6 hours and everyone was really sunburned. My face, nose, arms, neck and legs are crispy. I was sitting indian style the whole time. That is the only part of my legs that got fried. That night we went to the dinner at the Silvertree Hotel-wow, and had a buffet of spare ribs, barbeque chicken, corn on the cob, salad, coleslaw, baked beans, muffins, iced tea or pink lemonade, 7 different kinds of cake and apple strudel. They had an auction and a memorabilia sale. I bought a cup, a packet of pictures, a calendar, a shirt a bumpersticker and a mini bumpersticker. John Summers and Ellen sang songs and then Tom Crum got up and told stories about JD. Then some other people got up and sang some more songs. I took a picture of John Summers and had my picture taken with Tom Crum, I bought his book and he signed it for me. We didn't get home until 1:00a.m. On Sunday we got up and took a Gondola ride up to the top of Ajax Mountain which is 2-1/2 miles up and the elevation is 11,212 feet. We had lunch there and spent the day up on the top of the mountain, we picked up some rocks and pine cones to bring back with us. We came back down at 2:30p.m. and wandered around Aspen and did some shopping, and ate dinner. Then we decided to try and find JD's house. We went on this road and past a house that had a kangaroos crossing sign in the backyard. We didn't find JD's house. We came back down and saw some JD fans and they asked us where we went and told them we tried to find JD's house. They told us that Annie's house had a kangaroo crossing sign in the backyard. We had past that house 4 times. John had brought that back to Annie on a previous trip to Australia-before he was with Cassie, We went back up and took some pictures of it, and came back down and we to bed. On Monday we took a tour of Maroon Bells-wow, and we came back down and decided to look for JD's house again. We found the road that takes you to Starwood which is a gated community and the security guard would not let us in, but he gave us a map of Starwood. We came back down to the main road and Saw JD's house. I started crying. Then we left and came home.

*EDITORS NOTE: I have been told that the person singing with Ellen Stapenhorst was not Jon Summers, but was in fact Ellens brother Steven.

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Environmental Issues:

GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLLUTE! If you use an inkjet printer or fax machine, we want to buy your empty inkjet cartridges! We need to supply national inkjet recycling companies with thousands of empty cartridges every month and we need yours. Even if you have only one or two, we need them. Please, come visit our site at http://www.CFC-123.com for more information.

INFORMATION ON THE JOHN DENVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP In order to honor the life and memory of a good friend, JOHN DENVER, The International Center of Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has established an endowment scholarship in his name. Family friends have donated $25,000 in the way of a challenge grant, with the hope that The International Center for Tropical Ecology can raise an additional $25,000 or more. This endowment scholarship will be perpetual and keep John's name and vision alive, a vision which challenges us to take responsibility for the future of our planet, including the wildly diverse tropical forest. The scholarship will help students from all over the world to obtain a graduate education and conduct research in tropical biodiversity conservation. The International Center for Tropical Ecology awarded John it's FIRST WORLD ECOLOGY MEDAL in 1990. When John accepted the medal he called on all Americans to learn more about environmental issues and said the "the biggest part of the problem is educating people about the environmental problems on this planet." The 1991 medal was awarded to Jacques Cousteau and subsequent winners have included Prince Sudadrin Aga Khan, President Jose Maria Figueres of Costa Rica and Richard Leakey. Obviously, this is a very prestigious award. It was awarded to John because tropical rain forest conservation was one of his great concerns. "We feel a personal loss in his death," said Dr. Bette Loiselle, Director of the International Center for Tropical Ecology. "John Denver helped raise the profile of the environment and the need to live sustainably". The saving and preservation of the tropical rainforest was of a great concern to John. John's commitment to environmental conservation and human rights is evident not only in the numerous organizations he supported but also reflected in people who knew him. One such person is Jeanne Fair, who is a graduate student at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in the Department of Biology. After spending much of her childhood in Aspen, Colorado, Jeanne went to first study music in college and then switched to ecology. John as a child, Jeanne says positively influenced her in many ways by his untiring enthusiasm for life, and the environment. Jeanne is completing a Ph.D. in Ecology in the same program that awarded John that first World Ecology Medal. She hopes to continue John Denver's commitment to environmental conservation around the world and is proud to be part of the International Center of Tropical Ecology that John Denver supported. If we all could give a donation in John's name to help fulfill the scholarship, we all, in our own way could help honor his memory . This is a fitting tribute because he cared so much about the environment. If you wish to donate to this endowed scholarship in memory of JOHN DENVER, please send a check to :

Please make the check payable to The International Center for Tropical Ecology and under the memo portion of the check, please indicate that this money is to go to the John Denver Endowment Research Scholarship. Each donation is tax deductible and a receipt will be sent back to you. For more information, the website for the International Center for Tropical Ecology is http://ecology.umsl.edu/~biology/icte

(Although the time has passed, you may want to consider taking action on this) From Natalie Yewshenko in NJ: Here is a very urgent alert from the Sierra Club concerning the anti- environmental riders. Please call your senators first thing Tuesday morning, or call the Capitol switchboard number below any time over the weekend, ask to be transferred to your senator's line and leave a message on his/her voice mail. If you read this alert after Tuesday, please call anyway. The more senators that hear from you, the better. Please get as many other people as possible to call. Thank you, David Mortensen Sierra Club Task Force to Keep the Public Lands Public - Alert follows: ======================================== TAKE ACTION!! SENATOR BAUCUS LAUNCHES EFFORT TO STRIP BAD RIDERS! VOTES TUESDAY!! Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has decided to take the lead in offering an amendment to strip many of the anti-environmental riders from the Interior Appropriations bill when it comes to the Senate floor next week. We expect a vote as early as Tuesday afternoon, but it could slip until Wednesday. Please call your senators and let them know that they should support Senator Baucus' amendment to remove anti-environmental riders from the Interior funding bill. Among other things, his amendment would strip riders that would: * More than double logging rates in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, America's largest National Forest; * Grant a right-of-way for the first road ever built through designated Wilderness, a 30-mile road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; * Override environmental laws and put the brakes on efforts to restore threatened salmon populations in the Snake and Colombia Rivers of the Northwest by prohibiting any changes in federal dam operations without full congressional approval; * Require that any National Forest area slated for ecological restoration burning programs first be clearcut, making a mockery of new Forest Service efforts to restore true forest health; * Delay new government rules designed to end an oil industry tax break that costs taxpayers over $60 million each year, money that is supposed to be used for education and the purchase and protection of special places. * Prohibit the National Park Service from enforcing laws that protect Glacier Bay National Park from commercial fishing operations, and override a comprehensive public planning process for fishing in the Park

Call today! The US Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

From Dr. John Coonrod of The Hunger Project: 9/13/98: While THP is not a relief organization, it is designed to catalyze people successfully taking control of their lives - both in crises and in long-term action. In the email below, our country director Prof. Badiul Majumdar reports on some of the actions currently mobilized in Bangladesh.

Given the emergency situation, many of our animators are taking initiatives to stand by the flood affected people. For example, Reza and Ripon--our two young animators from Chandia, Gaibandha--have initiated a health information and anti-diarrhoea campaign in their area. They have mobilized the local people to go from house to house to create awareness regarding the need for drinking safe water and how to deal with other health problems in an emergency situation caused by the floods. The local health assistant are working with them. They are distributing ORS (oral rehydration salts) packages and also demonstrating how to make oral salines. The first batch of 25 THP and YEH volunteers have today received training from the Civil Surgeon's office on diarrhoea management and they will open and run several ORT (oral rehydration therapy) centers in the city with the assistance of the Civil Surgeon's Office. The next batch of our volunteers will be trained on Saturday. Some of these volunteers will go around the country to mobilize the YEH volunteers for initiating an ORT campaign. One of the reasons for flooding in Dhaka city is the clogged sewerage system caused by poly bags and solid waste disposed in drains. Our YEH volunteers are planning to embark on a citywide awareness campaign to change people's behavior. They will mobilize the students of nearly 200 schools and colleges of Dhaka City for holding a major rally. Following the major rally, students on a particular day hold small rallies in each street, lane and bi-lane of the city and go to each household with a leaflet to make them aware of the problem. The campaign is scheduled for December.

9/15/98: As you know, the same flooding that has affected Bangladesh has also affected parts of India. In India, the flooding has centered in Gorachpur District, Uttar Pradesh, which is one of the areas where our Hunger-Free Zone strategy is underway. In one region of 120 villages, THP had organized the people to create and manage 40 health centers, one for each 3 villages. One mobile medical team, equipped with a special 4-wheel drive van/ambulance, trains and supplies all the centers and carries out large-scale health screenings throughout the villages. The floods have wiped out 15 of those centers. THP team and its vehicle are playing a key role in resettling refugees across the river, delivering emergency food and medicine and other key actions. "Times of India" reporters, traveling to the affected areas, interviewed people who had not been reached by any government agency but had obtained emergency supplies from The Hunger Project. Another article describes the operation of our van as a mobile dispensery on the embankments holding back the flood waters. Some good news - the Bangladesh "Daily Star" newspaper reports that flood waters are now receding in 25 districts in Bangladesh, following the longest flood of the century.

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Press Releases:

From Dreamland Productions

Jim Horn: A Tribute to John Denver Jim Horn has chosen twelve gems from John Denvers repertoire featuring his own magic on flute and sax to create a most outstanding arrangement of hit songs in his newly released "Jim Horn: A Tribute to John Denver". Jim along with former J.D. band members Chris Nole (piano), Pete Huttlinger (guitar), Richie Garcia (drums and percussion), Michael Rhodes (bass), and adding Hunter Lee (Irish Pipes) and Muscle Shoels Horns together supply the dynamics to pay stellar homage to Johns memory. While most melodies carry your spirits to "dance on the westwind and touch on the mountain tops", some venture into this legacy's up-tempo, colorful arrangement with an energetic swing. Many thanks to Jim Horn for embracing us with his beautiful vision of memories in this delightful recording. To order this CD, visit Jims web site @ www.jimhorn.com

*Personal note from Marcelle: Jim sent me the CD and its awesome! I highly recommend it to everyone. As I told Jim, its a true work of art.

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Up-Coming Events:

There are a great many events coming up in Aspen in October. In order to keep track of them all, Debbie King has set up a webpage with Deb Perrys page linked to it. You can see this page at: http://home.earthlink.net/~evergreen2/aspen_home.html

IAT will be having its own event called "Let This Be a Voice". There will be speakers and musical performances by Frank DeLaMarre, Paul Swanton, Pete Baker, and Brian Taylor. The event is currently filled and there is a waiting list. To see more info on our event, please visit our webpage: http://home.earthlink.net/~morswell/iatevent.html We look forward to seeing many of you there. Please contact Marcelle if you wish to volunteer in anyway for the event. We need help for several things.

From Sue Getz, our Rep for Florida: As the Florida Rep for It's About Time, I have scheduled a remembrance get- together for John in October: "John Denver - A Celebration of Life" Please join us on Sunday, October 11th at Moccasin Lake Park, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater, Florida from 1:00-5:00 p.m., as we gather to enjoy John's music and to remember John in a special way on the one-year anniversary of his passing. We will have a potluck dinner and dedicate a commemorative plaque in John's memory in a special butterfly garden. We will have live music, and will have a raffle to benefit John's causes. Please bring your own beverages and picnic ware for your party, and bring a dish to share. For more information contact Sue Getz, e-mail sogetz@aol.com. Hope to see you there. Spread the word!

From Bill Young in CA: JOHN DENVER TO BE REMEMBERED ONE YEAR LATER AT THE SITE OF THE TRAGIC OCTOBER 12 PLANE CRASH OCTOBER 11 & 12 EVENTS TO INCLUDE VIGILS, "EARTH WALK" AND TRIBUTE TREE PLANTING AT PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA OCEAN SITE The first anniversary of the tragic death of John Denver will be commemorated on October 11 and 12 at the Pacific Grove, California site of the October 12, 1997 solo plain crash. California Friends of the John Denver and Windstar California will sponsor two ( 2 ) days of public events to honor the life, music and humanitarianism of the internationally aclaimed singer and environmentalist. On October 11 at 12:00 Noon, John Denver fans and friends will gather at the plane crash site located at Ocean View Boulevard and Asilomar Boulevard for a music and tribute-filled "Earth Vigil " followed by a 1:30 pm one mile "Earth Walk" and beach clean-up along Ocean View Boulevard to Lover's Point located at Ocean View Boulevard and 17th Street for a 2:00 pm tribute tree planting ceremony. The October 12 anniversary vigil will be held from 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm at the crash site with a "Silent Candlelight Circle" taking place at 5:28 pm, the exact moment of the crash. California Friends of John Denver and Windstar California are calling on people throughout the country and the world to remember John Denver by a lighting a candle and joining in a moment of silent reflection at 5:28 pm ( Pacific Standard Time ) on October 12. Also on October 12, individuals, families and radio stations are encouraged to play the many John Denver special songs that made him a such a favorite and inspiration worldwide. People are also encouraged to plant trees on October 12 in honor of John Denver's dedicated work for the environment. The sponsoring groups have applied to the City of Pacific Grove for a Denver commernorative bench to be placed near the Cypress tree ( a favorite tree of John Denver ) overlooking the ocean site.

From Judith Gabriel in PA: Tired of Looking for a Place to Celebrate New Years Eve? Want to spend some time with like-minded people who want to impact their world positively! Come Celebrate a New Year of Hope, Peace, and Prosperity. Come Celebrate the Earth and all the Children of the Universe. Come Celebrate the Life of John Denver Artist, Environmentalist, Humanitarian, Human BeingCome to The New Years Eve/John Denver Birthday Party Benefit for Windstar and Plant-It-2000 John Denvers life was a commitment to music, to the earth and all of her creatures, to humanity, and to peace. Lets give back for all the music, love, joy, fun, and inspiration he gave while he was here by supporting everything he and all of us love and hold dear. Buffet, live music/DJ, dancing at the Morgantown Holiday Inn from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 31, 1998 (surprise guest singer(s)) $100 a person donation(memorial ticket) $250 VIP donation ( extra champagne, deluxe buffet, individuals or corporations cited in newspaper article on event, plaque) Champagne for toasting, Rocky Mt. High non-alcoholic punch, tea/coffee, sparkling water w/buffet, cash bar Proceeds for the evening go to the Windstar Land Conservancy/Foundation, conserving a 1000 acre tract in a prime ecologically-sensitive area in Snowmass, CO, sustaining several of the worlds largest elk herds and other habitat-starved species, as well as sponsoring environmental research/education, founded by John Denver and Thomas Crum in 1976; and Plant-It 2000 which not only plants indigenous trees in the most needed areas globally but also manages them, also founded by John Denver, directed by Michael Thau. The vision is that this event will become a yearly celebration with 50% benefiting not only Windstar and Plant-It 2000 but also The Hunger Project, the JD Music Education Foundation, the Cousteau Society, and the Wildlife Conservation Society with the remaining 50% benefiting the PA Nature Conservancy and local environmental, educational, and humanitarian groups and projects. I desire a commitment of at least 50 people by Oct. 1 to go forward with this event. Make checks to "Windstar /Plant-It-2000 Benefit."

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A Word from Our Reps:

From Nancy Jurka of Colorado: This was not a verse..per se..but prose..written in a journal last September..when the long days of summer began to fade..I sat back and contemplated what was to come...in the shadow of the mountainside in Breckenridge Colorado..hence the title.. A mountain..I have found, takes you on its own journey...but what one maybe searching for may not be there. It maybe a time of waiting... even now when the sun warms one's shoulders..like a smile..like a hug..like a strong..gentle whisper in the wind..the waiting outlasts..all of them.

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Misc:

"Colors in Time" musical memories of John Denver is the title of the CD Pete Huttlinger and Chris Nole recorded in memory of John. It is currently available through: INSTAR RECORDS P.O. BOX 90244 NASHVILLE, TN. 37209 The price is $15.00 + $1.50 shipping (U.S.A.) Other countries should email for shipping charges. The reviews are extremely good! This is a must have!

"As the First Snows Fell in Colorado" CD is available (In Memory of JD) The words and music are by V. Buddy Renfo and Tim Malchak. Ordering Information: Price: $8.00 includes Shipping and Handling. (International orders please add $2.00) Please send your check (payable to Dreamland Productions) to: Dreamland Productions Inc. P.O. Box 878 Valley Stream, New York 11582 For more information, you can visit this site: http://www.mumze.com/dreamland

From Ann Schnitz in Delaware: Almost fell off my chair last night. I was reading the latest issue of Acoustic Guitar that arrived yesterday -- when, what do my wondering eyes perceive -- a review of All Aboard, complete with a photo of the front cover of the CD! They'd all but dismissed John in the past -- not a "guitar player" in their eyes. What do they know? Anyway, what follows is what they wrote about the album:

(First part of the review talks of several other folk albums for children). Sweetest of all is John Denver's final recording, All Aboard. The honeyed voice that inspired millions of baby boomers to sing along to "Rocky Mountain High" can be heard bringing warmth and firelight to such classic railroad songs as "I've Been Working On the Railroad", and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Sante Fe". His pretty version of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans" delivers a double wallop, making both of these musical icons' passings feel even more untimely. The tasteful acoustic arrangements are solidly driven by Denver's straightforward rhythm and fingerstyle guitar, and many tunes are laced with the bluegrass fiddle flourishes of wunderkind Gabe Witcher. We are lucky that John Denver left us with this gentle finale.

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I look forward to meeting those of you that will be in Aspen in two weeks. For those that cannot attend, please know that you will truly be there in our hearts. Be sure to keep the home-fires burning. Remember to unite with us for a Moment of Remembrance at 5:28pm PST. I cant urge you enough to stay connected in anyway that you can with other members during this upcoming anniversary. Although it is a time of great sadness, it is also a time of renewal. The torch has been passed to us and it is our time to make it shine. It is our turn to give back a little of what he so generously gave us.

Since Oct. will be a busy, fun-filled, emotional, bittersweet month, the IAT newsletter will be dedicated to the memory of John Denver. I will be accepting messages, comments, memories etc. from all members that wish to have them included as a part of this memorial. I will also be including reviews of the John Denver Reunion weekend. All those attending that wish to contribute may do so. Please email me at morswell@earthlink.net with anything that you wish to have included. The deadline for inclusion will be Friday, Oct. 16.

Peace to you all, Marcelle

"Its about time we start to make it the dream weve always known." John Denver