YOU ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST HUMAN BEINGS I'VE KNOWN IN MY 71 YEARS, AND NEARLY 4O YRS AS YOUR FELLOW PUBLIC EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL, AND NOW CO-RETIREE. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR LOVING POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON ALL OF US IN OUR 'ROCK CREEK ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY . . . BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE POWER OF YOUR KIND FATHERING FIGURE FOR ALL OF OUR YOUNG SONS DURING THEIR GROWING UP YEARS ON OUR MANY CAMPING AND FISHING TRIPS TO ROCK CREEK AND THEN TO OUR LATER GREAT ENCAMPMENTS AT DON GUDGER'S HOMEPLACE 'PLAYGROUND' ON THE MOUNTAINTOWN IN GILMER CO. MY DAVE JUST SAID WHAT A KING MAN YOU WERE, WITHOUT A MEAN BONE IN YOUR BODY. WE ARE ALL BETTER OLD AND YOUNG MEN FOR OUR GETTING TO BE YOUR FRIEND. THANKS FLETCH. YOU DA MAN!!!!