My oldest son's claim to fame is that, when he attended Oak Grove High School in San Jose, California, he had a typing teacher named Mike Holmgren. He was off making commecials and being a TV announcer. Alas, though she visited his home to inspect damage, she only dealt with his attorney and his security guards. My wife, as an insurance claims adjuster, once adjusted the claim for a NFL Hall of Famer Quarterback, but I can't mention his name for ethical reasons. I didn't like her singing (she screamed a lot) and thought she dressed way too frumpy. I also met Jack Casady, bass player of the Airplane, and saw Janis Joplin perform one night in a San Jose club before she was famous (she performed with Big Brother and the Holding Company). Three of those customers are now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Jorma Kaukonen, lead guitar for the Jefferson Airplane (I eventually met all of the members of that band, but had an actual face to face acquaintance with Jorma - be bought a guitar from my dad) Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitar for the Creedence Clearwater Revival and Stu Cook, bass player for the same group. In the 1960's my father owned a music store in San Jose, California and sold guitars, amplifiers and other equipment to rock groups and kids who aspired to rock groups. My friend Dag at No Dhimmitude once met the mother of Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Probably most of us have known someone who went on to do remarkable things. More information can be found at my lifetime I have sometimes crossed paths with people who were destined for greatness. “I hope they would look at that as a call of action to do the right thing whatever the circumstance.”Ĭontact Margo Hoffman: or (253) 925-5565.ĭavid Beamer, Todd Beamer’s father, urges people to support a national memorial in Pennsylvania for Flight 93. “It helps to keep alive the memory of what Todd and the others did on September 11,” he said. “I’m very interested in them wearing the name proudly and being the best they can be in all their activities and living.”īeamer said he hopes that the name of Todd Beamer High School reminds people about the heroism of his son and the other passengers aboard Flight 93. “We’re very pleased to see that the students at Todd Beamer High School are doing so well,” Beamer said. “We will have achieved what we wanted to achieve with a name if that continues to remind people of personal sacrifice for a common good.”ĭavid Beamer, Todd Beamer’s father, said he and his wife continue to follow the accomplishments of students at Todd Beamer High School from their home in Florida. “I hope that what it does is that, unlike more historical names, it has a more continued impact on students and what it means to be committed to a cause, you know, committed to something greater than ourselves,” he said. “People had really great reasons and it turned out to be a really great choice,” Davidson said. “He was a hero with a strong moral history and it was excellent role modeling for our students.”Īlthough there was some initial disagreement among community members about the name Todd Beamer, it turned out to be a great name for the high school, said Mark Davidson, deputy superintendent. “This was a peer that the students related to, a contemporary that was part of their time and a part of the history that they were living,” Everhart said.
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