2003

January-

Heather Leigh Gray graduated from the U of A.
Cecilia Gray returned to teaching at CSUS.
3: Memorial of the birth of J.R.R. "Ronald" Tolkien (Jan 3, 1892-September 2, 1973), author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
8: Pat Dedmore (1950-)'s 53rd birthday.
Carmen (Haidusek) Hoskins (1947-)' 56th birthday.
9: Memorial of Elvis Presley (1935-77)'s birthday.
Virginia "Ginny" Blakey (1924-)'s birthday.
10: Carmen (Haidusek) Hoskins' grand-daughter, Presley, was born to Gena and Jay.
Jonathan Brambila (1972-)'s 31st birthday.
Sherra Brambila (1973-)'s 30th birthday.
22: J.F.R. Tolkien (-2003), son of J.R.R. Tolkien (Jan 3, 1892-September 2, 1973), died. Tolkien's other son, the eldest, became a priest.
27: Tom Polk (1945-)'s 58th birthday in Houston, TX.

February-

2: Natalie Gray (2002-)'s 1st birthday. Grandpa Vincent Gray (1948-)'s 55th birthday. Amelia (2003-) VanDenBerge was born to Courbet (Anderson) and Christian.
6: Ryan Clouse (1990-)'s 13th birthday.
19: Amelia Rose Hellin (2001-)'s 2nd birthday.
20: Father Robert Marciano and Bishop of Providence, Robert E. Mulvee, ministered to the sick and dying at a nightclub fire in West Warwick, RI. 97 people died because there were not enough fire escape exits in the club.
24-25: Annual meeting of a Joint Committee of the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in Cairo, Egypt. The topic, efforts to combat terrorism.
Week of Feb 25: President Bush dismissed last week's worldwide antiwar protests, which some estimate were the largest in human history, and said they would have no effect.
Size of protest...it's like deciding, "well, I'm going to decide..." policy based on a focus group. The president said that he was unwilling to give Saddam another, 'nother, 'nother last chance, and observed that evidently, some of the world don't view Saddam Hussein as a risk to peace.
Defense Department officials told reporters that their psychological tactics were more sophisticated than ever; the Air Force, for example, has been broadcasting programs that mimic the style of local Iraqi programming: Do not let Saddam Hussein tarnish the reputation of the soldiers any longer, a recent broadcast said. Saddam uses the military to persecute those who don't agree with his unjust agenda. Make the decision. The officials were hoping to learn from their mistakes in Afghanistan, where 500 radios were air-dropped to civilians. None survived impact. www.harpers.org/SaddamHussein.html.
26: Anniversary of the death of Philip Gray (1954-55). E J Haidusek's 59th birthday. Johnny Cash (1932-2003)'s 71st birthday.
27: Jordan Hellin was born to Steve and Sara.
Bob Gray (1945-)'s 58th birthday.
Sara (Gray) Dedmore (1953)'s 50th birthday.
Fred Rodgers, star of PBS TV show, Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood died.

March-

When Saddam Hussein's regime was overthrown by an invasion of U.S. and British forces, Hussein went into hiding. He had been dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. Hussein had joined the revolutionary Baath party while he was a university student. He launched his political career in 1958 by assassinating a supporter of Iraqi ruler Abdul-Karim Qassim. Saddam rose in the ranks after a Baath coup, and by 1979 he was Iraq's president and de facto dictator. He led Iraq through a decade-long war with Iran, and in August of 1990 his forces invaded the neighboring country of Kuwait. A U.S.-led alliance organized by George Bush (the elder) ran Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in the Gulf War, which ended in February of 1991 with Saddam still in power. In 2002 Hussein came under renewed pressure from George W. Bush, the son of President George H. Bush.
2: Pope John Paul II (1920-) asked the faithful to fast and pray for peace during Lent before the Angelus bells rang.
Week of Mar 4: Eighteen million people watched Dan Rather interview Saddam Hussein on television, more popular than interviews with the "Preppy Murderer" or Robert Blake. Saddam Hussein challenged George W. Bush to a debate. Bush wouldn't listen and ignored the request.
5: Ash Wednesday.
7: Terry Gray (1963-) spent a week (March 1-8) in Jamaica for his 40th birthday, with his wife, Cathy.
19: Savannah Jade Scheer-Chappus (2001-)'s 2nd birthday.
22: Tim Gray (1956-)'s 47th birthday.

April-

1: Rita (Carter) Kennison (1947)'s 56th birthday.
Father Frank Pyka (1920-)'s 83rd birthday.
6: Philip Gray (1954-55)'s birthday.
8: Dr. Robert Atkins went into a coma after falling and hitting his head.
He had a heart attack in April 2002.
15: Dr. Robert C. Atkins (1925-2003) died.
He had a cardiac arrest in April 2002.
20: Easter.

May-

7: Tom Gray (1957-)'s 46th birthday.
Lindsay Gray (1986-)'s 17th birthday.
John Hammons' birthday.
9: Jennifer (Graham) Gray (1957-)'s 46th birthday.
27: Zachary Gray (1988-)'s 15th birthday.
Tim and Jennifer Gray's 25th wedding anniversary.
Brian and Vicki Gray vacation in Ireland, delayed honeymoon. They went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in Dublin.

June-

Steve (1980-) and Sarah (Caldwell) Hellin's 1st wedding anniversary in Phoenix, AZ.
Jonathan (1972-) and Jeanette Brambila's 1st wedding anniversary in Prescott, AZ.
21: Baby girl born to Amy (Mudge-Collins) Stooks. Amy is the daughter of Deanna (Dedmore) Mudge/Mrs. Collins.
27: Brian Gray (1959-)'s 44th birthday.
Greg Clouse (1956-)'s 47th birthday.
29: Katherine Hepburn (1909-2003), record Academy Award winner for her acting in movies, died.
30: Erin (Hammons) Gray (1959-)'s 44th birthday.
Buddy Hackett (1924-2003) died. He played Marcellus Washburn and sang Shipoopi in the movie, The Music Man.

July-

Jay Thomas, USAF pilot, returned to the USA from Qatar. His brother, Colin, is is still in Ukraine, teaching English.
Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed by U.S forces in the northern town of Mosul. Saddam Hussein is no relation to King Hussein, the late ruler of Jordan.
5: Graduation party for Heather Gray at Brian and Vicki's house in Prescott, AZ.
Chrissie Kinsella suffered a miscarriage.
17: Cecilia Gray (1942-) celebrated her 61st birthday.
Kevin Gray (1970-)'s 33rd birthday.
22: Noah Dedmore (1980-)'s 23rd birthday.
Frances (Heger) Haidusek (1918-)'s 85th birthday.
Frances (Stryk) Koudelka (1916-)'s 87th birthday.
Bishop Thomas O'Brien was arrested for a hit-and-run accident in which an Indian man was killed.
Bishop O'Brien resignd.
Archbishop Sheehan of Santa Fe becomes Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Phoenix.
27: Sara and Pat Dedmore's 24th wedding anniversary.
Bob Hope, entertainer, and a Catholic for the last few years of his life, died in LA, CA.
Allen Wayne Janecka (1950-2003), of Weimar, TX, on death row for 25 years for murder, repented and was executed by the state of Texas.
Isabella Dedmore was born to Jason Dedmore and Lisa (Biddle).

August-

3: Sunday- James and Shirley (Lemke) Polk's grandson, Barton James, was baptized in Wallis, TX, the hometown of Bishop Zurek, who is in San Antonio with Bishop Thomas Flanagan.
Bobby attended the potluck, welcoming party, and installation of officers at the 1st meeting of Sacred Heart Parish Council for the year 2003-2004, at Don Crough's home. Bob, Margaret Mitchell, and Jose Sorio were the newly elected members.
Bob then drove to Flagstaff and spent the night at the home of Lydia, Denny, Savannah and Eva.
6: Amy (Amos-Hogan) Hellin's birthday.

Bobby Gray left for Texas.
7: James Polk (1942-)'s 61st birthday.
8: Fawn Scheer (1977-)'s 25th birthday.
Lydia Scheer (1977-)'s 25th birthday.
10: Suzanne (Adamson)/Mrs. Kevin Gray (1977-)'s 26th birthday.
Amanda Hellin (1977-)'s 26th birthday.
Suzanne and Kevin Gray's 3rd wedding anniversary.
Harvest Festival, second Sunday in August, at Saint Michael's Parish, Weimar, TX.
Julia/Mrs. Anton Stryk (1928-)'s 75th birthday celebration in Flatonia, TX.
13: Memorial of Ceil (Nieman)/Mrs. Bob Gray (1920-91)'s passing into eternity. Tom Polk took Bobby Gray to Saint John Vianney church in Houston for Mass.
15: Feast of the Assumption. Parish Picnic at Praha Texas, near Schulenburg, across the road from Gail and Dennis Strunk's homestead.
19: Katrina Marie (2003) was born to Amanda Hellin and Terry "TJ" Stephens in Mesa, AZ.
20: Sandy (Haidusek) Rhodes took Bobby to Austin. She stayed with Haley and Bob stayed with Adam, after visiting John Barta's daughters. They are all students at UT.
21: Steve Hellin (1980-)'s 23rd birthday.
Bobby Gray returned from TX to AZ.
23: Vince and Gloria Gray's 34th wedding anniversary.
Father John Geoghan, convicted child molester, was murdered in his prison cell,
27: The planet Mars passed closer to Earth than it had in 60,000 years, since 5800 BC.
The birthday of Dolores (Gray) Dennehy (1919-).
30: Memorial of Ceil and Bob Gray's wedding anniversary (1941). Also, Vicki and Brian Gray went camping to celebrate their own wedding anniversary.
Charles Bronson (1921-2003), US movie actor who starred with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in The Sandpiper, died.

September-

1: Labor Day.
Mrs. Haidusek sent Bobby a subscription to The Weimar Mercury.
2: Sacred Heart Parish Council meeting in Prescott, AZ.
7: Retirement party for Rev. Joseph Gamm, CMF at Sacred Heart School Gym.
8: Monday- Sandy (Haidusek) Rhoades (1953-)' 50th birthday.
11: Ceil (Nieman)/Mrs. Bob Gray (1920-91)'s birthday.
Christopher Edward "Ted" Nieman was married to Melissa Kaye (Magruder) in Belleville, IL.
2nd memorial of the attack on the World Trade Center, NYC.
12: Johnny Cash (1932-2003) died at age 71. He was born on February 26, 1932.
John Ritter (1948-2003) died, days before his 55th birthday.
18: Garret and Melissa Gray's 1st wedding anniversary.
Darlene (Gray)/Schutzenhofer (1930-)'s 73rd birthday.
21: Scott and Jamie (Sweetman) Gray's 1st wedding anniversary.
Chris Hellin (1976-)'s 26th birthday.
Chris Hellin Jr. (1998-)'s 5th birthday.
Memorial of the birth of Melvin Gray.
22: Denny Chappus' birthday.
29: 14th anniversary of the death of August A. Busch (1899-1989).

October-

1: Christine (Gray) Clouse (1961-)'s 42nd birthday.
From the Mass in Honor of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Lisiuex, the Little Flower, Entrance song: (from Deuteronomy 32: 10-12)
The Lord nurtured and taught her; He guarded her as the applw of his eye. As the eagle spreads its wings to carry its young, He bore her on his shoulders. The Lord alone was her leader.
Mary Helen (Haidusek) Wiggins' birthday.
Hazel Brewton's birthday.
2: Alana VanDenBerge (1997-)'s 6th birthday.
Amy McClung's birthday.
7: Sacred Heart Parish Council meeting.
Betty Wilson visited Bob Gray in Prescott, AZ.
12: Rachel Elizabeth Mauch (1989-)'s 14th birthday.
Jean Laski and Harriet Pavlak moved to Mesa, AZ.
19: Betty Wilson (1944-)'s 59th birthday.
Beato Mother Teresa of Calcutta was beatified by Pope John Paul II. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Cathy (Davis) Gray (1957-)'s 46th birthday.
31: Gloria (Borba) Gray (1949-)'s 54th birthday.

November-

Ellice DeSantis moved to Mesa, AZ.
8: Tyler Gray (1982-)'s 21st birthday.
9: 14th memorial of Bob Graham (-1989)'s passing into eternity.
15: Evangeline Sierra Scheer-Chappus (2002-)'s 1st birthday.
Thanksgiving: Vince and Gloria Gray went to San Diego.

22: Jayscee Gail Dawson (1993-)'s 10th birthday in Smithville, TX.

December-

Drew Anderson (1952-)'s 51st birthday.
2: Anya's 2nd birthday.
4: Bob Gray (1917-78)'s birthday.
7: Heather Gray (1980-)'s 23rd birthday.
13: Jamie (Sweetman)/Mrs. Scott Gray (1972-)'s 31st birthday.
Saddam Hussein was captured by US troops who found him hiding in a small underground pit on a farm near the town of Tikrit.

Before the 1991 Gulf War, Hussein threatened that if international forces led by the United States attacked Iraq, it would be "the mother of all wars," giving rise to a multi-purpose catchphrase: "the mother of all (fill in the blank)"... The U.S. effort in the Gulf War was directed by the elder George Bush and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell; Powell later became Secretary of State under Bush's son George W. Bush.
14: Scott Gray (1971-)'s 32nd birthday.
22: 25th Memorial of Bob Gray (1917-78)'s passing into eternity.
Gloria and Vince Gray planning a Christmas in Connecticut to see Scott and Jamie. They will probably leave December 22 and return on December 28.
25: Jordan Hellin's 1st Christmas.
Gray Family Christmas list for this year: Terry - has Tim, Tina - has Sara, Brian - has Vince, Tom - has Bob, Tim - has Cecilia, Sara - has Terry, Vince - has Tina, Bob - has Brian, and Cecilia - has Tom. Blessings!! Thanks to Tina for keeping the list and the addresses and birthdays. Vince and Gloria went to visit Scott and Jamie in their new home in Connecticut.
28: Sir Alan Bates (February 17, 1934-Dec 27, 2003), British Actor famous for Women in Love and Oliver! died in London. He was knighted last January by Queen Elizabeth II.
30: Vicki (Totlis)/ Mrs. Brian Gray (1958-)'s 45th birthday. She had four grandkids at the age of 44.