The Roosa Register All The News That Fits , We Print — The Year of Our Lord 2019
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Smile-stones for the Future obody likes change,” the story goes, “except a wet baby.”
We’d add, “and Cami,” TheDghtrUnit, who, incredulously is far removed from the wet-baby days. Like it or not, Camille’s change into #AdultingHood is among the notable transitions we celebrate this year. It was her birth that began this sorta annual foray into the year-end news letter, first The Horizon Chronicles, now the Roosa Register (reprints by request). Difficult to imagine, the first edition was not only in the last century, but her birth was a generation ago. Thus, we began 2019
noting her 21st birthday, then spent the year helping her move into her first apartment, purchase her first car, travel back to Europe with the college choir, and start senior year. Vik and Mike expanded our KIT Ministry performances, and MEM emerged as a solo keynote speaker as long-time Wavelength partners Jim and Rochelle Winter, retired the educational comedy ensemble with which he toured with for 30 years. Yet, they connected him with possible clients giving him and the family a 2020 vision Keep watch.
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ur education-minded ancestors would have been ecstatic to see the fruits of their generational dreams: four of their greatgrandchildren had graduation ceremonies this year, and two others are on the presipice.
In June, Taylor Brown graduated from Chicago’s Columbia College with a degree in photography. Days later, her brother, Cameron, graduated from high school in McKinney, Tx. He is now a freshman at Oklahoma City University. Carla’s oldest, Marissa, completed graduation requirements at Moody
• Mike’s brothers, Bill and Claud,
celebrated milestone birthdays: 80 & 70, “no respect-ively.” • Bill completed his “Turn Off the
Violence” project while his kids rehabbed his house. • We sneaked in a family va-cay by
— Mike, Vikki and Camille
The Graduates
The graduation trifecta goes to Eric and Carla Brown, who parented three diploma recipients.
Rites of Passage
reuniting with friends Royce and Sharon Bartlett in Pigeon Forge, TN, where their daughter, Julia, married Jay Spencer in a mountainside setting. Mike officiated the ceremony. Cami was maid of honor. Vikki kept us on task. • Nephew Hanan Barrett complet-
ed his first year of National Service in Singapore. We call National Service “transformers.” See for yourself. Jasmine salutes her diploma as do we.
Bible Institute in December and will walk in ceremonies May of 2020. Back home in Indiana, great-niece Jasmine Myers (daughter of Jason and Doneeka) graduated with honors from Warren Central High School in Indy. She is now a freshman at Indiana State and vied in the Miss Ebony Scholarship Pageant.
Hanan: We call him Corporal Buff
The Spice and Times of Mike, Vikki, Camille & all the guests of The Myers Place 1723 Roosa Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007