[nagdu] Nov. update

[Toni Eames]

At 05:35 AM 12/1/2009, you wrote:
>Nov., 2009
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>Hi all,
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>The state of disbelief still lingers.  I am actively involved with 
>life, but a part of me thinks Ed is on a trip and will come home 
>soon.  Alternatively, I want to leave this bad movie and return to 
>the life I knew with my Ed.  The honors he has received this month 
>have thrilled and saddened me.  The North Fresno Lions Club had a 
>mini memorial service and I just wanted to get home to tell Ed about 
>all the fabulous things people said about him.  Then knowing I'd 
>never be able to share information with him again, hit me hard.
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>Ed was the politician in the family and when on Nov. 19 the Fresno 
>City Council honored him with a formal proclamation (see below) 
>making this day Ed Eames Day I was touched and so very sad he wasn't 
>with me to receive the plaque and hear the words of praise.  An 
>IAADP member asked her congressman to honor Ed in the Congressional 
>Record, and I subsequently received a personal letter from a Fresno 
>Congressman Ed worked with.
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>I still have lots of friends around and try to share meals with 
>them, so I don't just nibble.  I've been out for meals with several 
>friends and have been walking with Dianne Hanzlicek several times a 
>week.  Stephanie Stanley and I saw the play Welcome Home Jenny 
>Sutter performed at Fresno State.  It was well-acted and pretty 
>good.  Bill and Marion Young accompanied me to a lecture at the 
>Saroyan Theater.  The well-known speaker, Dr. Edward Diener, 
>delivered a great talk about happiness and wealth.   On his scale, 
>despite my grief and loss, I come out pretty high for happiness.  He 
>stressed the importance of both receiving from and giving to a large 
>support system, and I certainly feel very blessed in that way.  At 
>the end of the month Dianne and I attended an 80th birthday 
>gathering for Shirley Valett.  I also joined Ed's North Fresno Lions 
>Club for their 60th celebratory anniversary.
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>Lynn continues to come every day to tend to Nifty and Bonzie.  Nifty 
>is in remission and Bonzie is greatly benefiting from fluid 
>treatment and syringe feeding.  Thankfully, both cats are doing 
>extremely well.  The canines spent the day on Nov. 20 at the vet's 
>getting their teeth cleaned and having minor surgeries.  Latrell had 
>a large growth removed from his back and Keebler had a small growth 
>removed from her eyelid.  They are both happy and enjoying an 
>occasional play date.
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>Thanksgiving was going to be my first hurdle.  Bobbie Mayer and I 
>spent a lovely day with Linda and Mark Weiner and four other 
>guests.  With eight people at the table, it was easy to speak with 
>everyone.  After a yummy meal, we played a word game I really 
>enjoyed.  The group took Keebler and Latrell on a walk with the 
>Weiners' two dogs.  I was doing pretty well until Mark offered the 
>turkey wing to the group.  Ed would have been thrilled to get the 
>wings, his favorite part of the bird.
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>Hope to hear from you soon.
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>Toni and Furries (TEF)
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>                P R O C L A M A T I O N
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>WHEREAS,  Dr. Ed Eames and his wife, Toni, first fell in love with 
>the City of Fresno in 1987 while here on sabbatical to team-teach a 
>class at California State University and made Fresno their home; and
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>WHEREAS,  Ed, who lost his sight at the age of 42, worked tirelessly 
>to create "a barrier-free Fresno"; to improve the lives of all 
>disabled citizens and
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>WHEREAS,  ED served on the Americans With Disabilities Act Advisory 
>Committee for Fresno Area    Express, was a member of the Measure 
>"C" Steering Committee, past President of the North Fresno Lions 
>Club and a member of the Coalition for Fresno County Livable Communities; and
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>  WHEREAS,  ED was the co-founder and president of the International 
> Association of Assistance Dog   Partners, an organization which 
> provides outreach, education and support for both the disabled and 
> their guide, hearing and service dogs; and
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>WHEREAS,  ED, along with Toni, won writing awards for their columns 
>in Dog World and Off Lead magazines; visited and spoke to veterinary 
>school students about the specific medical needs of assistance dogs, 
>and helped to create and then sustain an emergency veterinary care 
>fund for treating these dogs; and
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>WHEREAS,   Through the contributions and work of Ed Eames, the City 
>of Fresno is a better place   and we have been graced by his 
>presence in our lives.
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>NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, Mayor Ashley Swearingen , 
>the City Council and a grateful City, do hereby proclaim Thursday 
>November 19, 2009, to be Ed Eames Day in the City of Fresno.
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>MAYOR ASHLEY SWEARENGIN COUNCIL PRESIDENT CYNTHIA STERLING
>FresnoCity C
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>BLONG XIONG, DISTRICT 1 ANDREAS BORGEAS, DISTRICT 2
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>LARRY WESTERLUND, DISTRICT 
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>DAGES, DISTRICT 5
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>LEE BRAND, DISTRICT 6 HENRY T. PEREA, DISTRICT 7
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