tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58641840851616119052011-11-27T19:09:25.361-05:00Ferndale TonightPastor Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782730897642508932noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864184085161611905.post-68224849208253645772011-08-31T23:16:00.001-04:002011-08-31T23:16:47.770-04:002011-08-31T23:16:47.770-04:00Psalm 95 on my mind...<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="color: #808080; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Today</em></strong>,</span><br /><span style="color: #808080; font-size: x-small;"> if you hear God's voice,</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #808080;"> turn <em><strong>to </strong></em>Him not </span><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong><em>away</em></strong></span>. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Don't harden your heart, </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">don't dither </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> & go bitter </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> & isolate </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> & what-if. </span><br /><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turn <em>to </em>Him. </span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">While it's still </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Today</strong></em>.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/psalm-95-on-my-mind">Ferndale Tonight</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-6822484920825364577?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I hope so. If not, you're wasting away.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">No matter what your job is, no matter where you work, there's a way to create a project (on your own, on weekends if necessary), where the excitement is palpable, where something that might make a difference is right around the corner.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Hurry, go do that.</span></div></blockquote><div><blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;">Posted by Seth Godin on December 18, 2010 </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">| <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/12/what-are-you-working-on.html">Permalink</a></span></blockquote></div><span style="font-size: small;">I meet so many folks (even in ministry!) who answer this question with a job title not with a goal or a project. Sad, isn't it? <br />
Trust me, life's too short. As Seth Godin points out, you need to solve this one...now. <br />
Oh and don't make the mistake of assuming that the way you make a difference has to be the way you pay your bills.</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/what-are-you-working-on">Ferndale Tonight</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-7998930770842425365?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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May God be praised now and forever. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Let us praise our God <br />
of Whose bounty we have partaken </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
and through Whose goodness we live.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Praised be He, and praised be His name.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe: </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
You sustain the world with goodness, <br />
with grace, <br />
with love and mercy.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
You give food to every creature, <br />
for Your love endures forever. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Through Your great goodness, <br />
we have not lacked, <br />
and may we never lack, <br />
our daily bread. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
God is great; <br />
He nourishes and sustains all, <br />
and deals bountifully with all, </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
providing food for all His creatures.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Blessed are You, <br />
Lord who provides food for all.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Sustain Jerusalem, <br />
the Holy City, <br />
now and forever.</b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
<br />
<span></span>Blessed are You, Yahweh, <br />
Who in His grace builds Jerusalem.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
May He Who makes peace on high, <br />
make peace for us, </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
and for Israel, </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
and all His people. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
May God give strength to His people. </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
May God bless His people with peace.</b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
Amen</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
(adapted from the Bir’khat haMazon, </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> the traditional Jewish Grace After the Meal)</span></i></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="posterous_autopost"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><strong> When one DOOR <em>CLOSES </em>another DOOR <em>OPENS</em>; </strong></div><div class="posterous_autopost"><strong></strong></div><div class="posterous_autopost"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> but we often look so LONG </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> and so REGRETFULLY </span></strong></div><div class="posterous_autopost"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> upon <em>THE CLOSED DOOR </em></span></span></strong></div><div class="posterous_autopost"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> that WE DO NOT SEE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">THE ONES</span></strong></span></div><div class="posterous_autopost"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> which OPEN <em>FOR </em>US.</span></strong></div><div class="posterous_autopost" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">– Alexander Graham Bell</span></div><div class="posterous_autopost"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em>What doors are you facing?</em></span></div><div class="posterous_autopost" style="font-size: 10px;"><br />
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Check this out from the Soldiers Angels website:</p> <p><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Lucida Grande,Helvetica Neue,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <p style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; color: #666666;"><strong><a href="http://soldiersangels.givezooks.com/campaigns/soldiers-angels-project-valour-it-team-navy">Project Valour-IT</a></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"> helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries. Technology supplied includes:<br /></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 60px; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=370960114785" target="_blank" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;"><img src="http://soldiersangels.org/uploads/images/facebookinvite.gif" align="right" alt="" style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></p> <li style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 60px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Voice-controlled Laptops -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>Operated by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.nuance.com/dragon/index.htm" target="_blank" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">speaking</a></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, they allow the wounded to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.</span></li> <li style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 60px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Wii Video Game Systems -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><a href="http://us.wii.com/" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">Whole-body game systems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>increase motivation and speed recovery when used under the guidance of physical therapists<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">in therapy sessions (donated only to medical facilities)</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li> <li style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 60px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Personal GPS -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>Handheld<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gps.about.com/" target="_blank" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">GPS</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>devices build self-confidence and independence by compensating for short-term memory loss and organizational challenges related to severe<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.pdhealth.mil/TBI.asp" target="_blank" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">TBI</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and severe<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.pdhealth.mil/clinicians/ptsd.asp" target="_blank" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;">PTSD</a>.</span></li> <p style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: #666666;"><br />This is an outstanding project that really makes a difference. Navy's goal this year is $15,000. Do what you can! <br />(And of course I sent you to the Navy link! Duh. If that's a problem for you then here's the <strong><a href="http://soldiersangels.givezooks.com/campaigns/soldiers-angels-project-valour-it">generic link</a></strong> for the project.</p> </span></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/31864865">Ferndale Tonight</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-2789318177934329116?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; padding-left: 30px;"><b><a href="http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7115">When did Father's Day begin?</a><i> </i></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:49:14 -0500</i></span><b><br />
Sunday, June 20, 2010, is the centennial celebration of Father's Day. Visit the FAQ at USA.gov for the history of the observance, a link to U.S. Census information on fathers, and more.</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What are y'all doing to mark the day? You are going to mark the day, right?<br />
(And, yup, <b>that's <i>this </i>Sunday</b>--better get movin'!)</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/has-it-been-100-years-already">Ferndale Tonight</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-2481235054696436292?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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You see <strong>Coach Wooden once bailed me out of a really tight spot </strong>and in the process made me look far better than I deserved.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">It was back in the mid-80's and I was pastoring a small, rural church in the mountains of Kentucky. Kentucky, where basketball is king. To make ends meet I needed a part-time job and someone told me that the local elementary school was looking for someone to coach 6th/7th grade baseball and that their expectations weren't very high. While still in high school I'd coached and umpired a few years of little league and played/umpired a little slow-pitch along the way. It couldn't hurt to ask, right? So I interviewed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">And surprise, surprise, <strong>I got hired!</strong> (This would be a really short, pointless post if I hadn't, right?) The money was just right for what I needed and, as a pastor, what a great way to plug into the community.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">That's when the principal dropped the bomb that I wasn't just the baseball coach, <strong>I was The Coach.</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Fine, I can do softball, too. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Good, but we also have boys' basketball starting in two weeks. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">My heart almost stopped. I'd played C League (as in, "no blood/no foul" basketball for wrestlers and football players) Intramurals in college but that was the end of my basketball experience. I could probably muddle my way through running a practice but I'd never even seen a play diagrammed let alone tried to execute one. Could I handle it?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Two things turned out in my favor:</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> 1. They didn't ask much. In this four-team league, <strong>they had a history of finishing fourth</strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> 2. I was their only candidate.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">I was in. Now, what to do...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">A friend with connections snuck me into a university library where I checked out four or five books on basketball coaching. One of them was <strong>"<a href="http://amzn.to/cdTnY3">Practical Modern Basketball</a>" by John Wooden</strong>. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">I recognized Wooden's name but I was intimidated by both his reputation and the thickness of the book. I had picked it up more out of desperation than out of any illusion that I'd be able to put it to work at Sparksville Elementary. Was I ever wrong. Turns out there's a reason for Wooden's reputation! </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Even with his reputation in coaching, I don't think Wooden ever stopped referring to himself as a teacher, The reason for that came through in his book. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">There were much thinner books among the five I picked up that day but none were clearer or more helpful. I had finished the other four before bedtime that evening and didn't particularly feel smarter for the effort. Out of resignation more than anything, I turned to Wooden.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">I should have started there. Coach Wooden taught me how to run a practice and how to run a fast break. He talked about the chemistry to look for in your starting five and how to pick who to keep and who to cut (a problem I didn't have--you can't cut anyone when you only have eight players!) When I was finished reading I still didn't feel <em>qualified </em>but I at least felt <em>ready </em>to face the boys. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">The league consisted of three outlying rural elementaries and the central "town" school. Rural kids could go to their local school or choose the bus ride into town every morning. Just before practices started our biggest/strongest/most gifted kid decided his future was in town. Foreshadowing, anyone? </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">So, four team league with an eight game home and home schedule. Coming into the end-of-season league tournament we were 5-3, a record-setting second place regular season finish! We won our first game in the tournament and faced the "town" team in the final. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Now, this isn't <strong><em><a href="http://amzn.to/dseUAa">Hoosiers</a></em></strong> (although it kind of looked like it--we had the pre-game talk about not letting the size of the gym and the crowd get to you.) We lost. But my boys looked good. And in the end it was much closer than anyone expected (except me--I didn't know all the history). See, in our county district there was no question about who would finish first--the town school--so the real bragging rights went with second place. <strong>Think of it as finishing first in the small school class.</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">John Wooden had briefly made me a local hero, a genius. Of course, fame is fleeting but that remains a very bright spot in what became a high-adventure period in my life. i owe it to Coach.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">In his basketball retirement, Coach Wooden wrote many great books on life and faith and leadership. Like <a href="http://amzn.to/cdTnY3">Practical Modern Basketball</a>, the ones I've read are worth your time. And along the way, I've seen several of Coach Wooden's former players write that <strong>Coach never steered you wrong.</strong> It was certainly true for me that year. </span></p> <p><em><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you, Coach Wooden.</span></strong></em></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/john-wooden-made-me-look-like-a-genius">Ferndale Tonight</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-6621974803156997645?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/12108324">MARGO BELKOFER STORY (for Service)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cedarcreek">cedarcreek.tv production</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">May God bless and keep you, Belkofer family.<br />
May you experience warmth and grace as His face turns toward you.<br />
May you always experience the tranquil security of being under His unfailing watch and constant care.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/a-widows-perspective">Ferndale Tonight</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-5043940591033521807?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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Eternal Father, strong to save,<br />
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,<br />
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep<br />
Its own appointed limits keep;<br />
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,<br />
For those in peril on the sea!<br />
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O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard<br />
And hushed their raging at Thy word,<br />
Who walked'st on the foaming deep,<br />
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;<br />
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,<br />
For those in peril on the sea!<br />
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Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood<br />
Upon the chaos dark and rude,<br />
And bid its angry tumult cease,<br />
And give, for wild confusion, peace;<br />
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,<br />
For those in peril on the sea!<br />
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O Trinity of love and power!<br />
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;<br />
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,<br />
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;<br />
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee<br />
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. <br />
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But with each Purple Heart or each flag at half-mast that we can put a face to, we catch ourselves saying that we wish it hadn't been that one. It's especially true with Tom. I posted a few days ago about him being killed in Kabul, Afghanistan. It seems incomplete without adding this:</span></div> <p></p> <blockquote> <div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #c0c0c0; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;"><strong>Lt. Col. Thomas P. Belkofer</strong></span></div> <div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #c0c0c0; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(June 2, 1965 - May 18, 2010)</span></span></span></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-05-28/BfJyumyfGiftEmzHqrlHnDFiimBACoJEfreHtifoakoAmnBdupwywxnIeIJw/ht_lt_col_thomas_belkofer_100521_mn.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="320" height="240"/> Lt. Col Thomas P. Belkofer, age 44, of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, New York and formerly of Perrysburg Township, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in a Taliban attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Tom was born on June 2, 1965 in Toledo, Ohio to Donald Jr. and Sharon (O’Keefe) Belkofer. He graduated from Rossford High School in 1983 where he played football and was a standout wrestler. After High School he briefly attended Wright State University and the University of Toledo before transferring to Bowling Green State University where in 1992 he earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural and environment design technology and married his college sweetheart, Margaret (Margo) Maness. He served in the Army National Guard before signing up for the ROTC program at BGSU and was commissioned into the Field Artillery as a Distinguished Military Graduate. In 2002, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Syracuse University. </span></span></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Lt. Col. Thomas Belkofer was an 18 year veteran of the United States Army. His operational troop leading assignments included Company Fire Support Officer, Platoon Leader and Battalion Adjutant for 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery at Fort Hood, Texas; and Battalion Fire Support Officer and Battery Commander for Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery.</span></span></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">His leadership duties included Fort Carson, Colorado, Fort Meade, Maryland, The Pentagon, Vicenza, Italy, and most recently, Fort Drum, New York. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005-2006 as Resource Manager for Office of Security Cooperation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. </span></span></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">In his career he was awarded the Legion of Merit (Posthumous), Bronze Star (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Purple Heart (Posthumous), Meritorious Service Award (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror Service Ribbon, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Ribbon, Air Assault Badge, Parachutist Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, NATO Medal (Posthumous), and Combat Action Badge (Posthumous). </span></span></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">He led a life of honor and was known as a man who loved his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his family, his country, his Army and his beloved Ohio State Buckeyes, which he proclaimed wherever he was stationed. In Afghanistan in 2005, he could be found awake in the middle of the night so that he wouldn’t miss a Buckeye football game. </span></span></strong></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Surviving is his loving wife, Margo (Maness) Belkofer; daughters, Alyssa, age 15, and Ashley, age 11; parents, Donald and Sharon Belkofer; brothers, Don (Cathy) Belkofer and Doug Belkofer; father in-law, William (Eleanor) Maness; mother in-law, Pauline Maness. Also surviving are many, aunts, uncles, cousins and in-laws.</span></span></div> <p /> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Family and friends may visit at the Sujkowski Funeral Home of Rossford, 830 Lime City Rd. on Friday, May 28, 2010 from 2 to 8 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM at Cedar Creek Church, 29129 Lime City Rd., Perrysburg, OH. Interment will take place in Arlington National Cemetery. <strong>The family suggests those wishing to make a memorial contribution in Lt. Col. Thomas Belkofer’s name to please consider Military Ministries #2283732, Campus Crusade for Christ, Attn: Contributions, PO Box 628222, Orlando, FL 32862-8222</strong></span></span></div> </blockquote> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">"DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI." </span><br /></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: small;"> "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."</span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> from Horace's Ode III, 2, 13</span></span></span></span></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/tom-we-hardly-knew-you">Ferndale Tonight</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-4731846205517226131?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</span></b><span class="text1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A sonar buoy from a P-3 Orion on a routine training flight fell 500 to 600 feet through the roof of a Mandarin, Fla., house, landing next to a bed that had recently been vacated....<a href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emilitary%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fbuoy%2Dfalls%2Dfrom%2Dnavy%2Dplane%2Dinto%2Dhome%2Ehtml%3FESRC%3Dnavy%2Da%2Enl&code=100524WNAH09&eml=07e6fa09f03e5496cc1c5c9aa4932e19">More</a></span></span></blockquote><div style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://danielbeasley.posterous.com/arent-you-glad">Ferndale Tonight</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5864184085161611905-8410607047873863693?l=ferndaletonight.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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