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Thanksgiving 2011

Bob — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:42:25 +0000

Hungry eaters beginning to enjoy their Thanksgiving meal, 24 November 2011.

Covina-Valley Unified School District Senior Academic Awards 2011

Bob — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:56:25 +0000

Seated: Dr. Catherine J. Nichols, District Superintendent
Standing: Northview High School seniors Christina Alvarez, Leon Wong, and Tien Kieu; Principal Mark Sims

Christina and Julian, Northview High School Prom, 2011

Bob — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:55:43 +0000

First Interstate Bank Tower Fire 1988

Bob — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:17:06 +0000

Burnt Glass from the First Interstate Bank Tower Fire
(2.0 cm x 2.5 cm x 0.6 cm)

When the 62-story First Interstate Bank building, at 707 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, opened in 1973, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. At 10:30 p.m. on May 4, 1988, a fire broke out on the 12th floor and, over the next three hours and 45 minutes, spread upward to the 13th through 16th floors. The building had no sprinkler system. Floors 12 through 15 were destroyed as was half of the 16th floor. A maintenance worker was killed when elevator doors opened onto one of the burning floors; 40 firefighters were injured fighting the blaze. I found this small (3/4" x 1" x 1/4") piece of burnt glass on the sidewalk on 6th Street (along the northeastern side of the building) two days after the fire.

Stallings Family—East

Bob — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:46:44 +0000

Front row (left to right): Jacob Matthews holding Luke Matthews; Lindsey Stallings.

Back row: Michael Stallings holding Miles Matthews; Kami (Stallings) Matthews; Sierra Stallings; Dave Stallings; Kalenn Stallings.

University of Evansville Campus

Bob — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:27:04 +0000

Olmsted Administration Building in the center, Shanklin Theatre and Hyde Hall to the right. Photo taken by Wendy Stallings in May 1998.

Siebert Hall

Bob — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:11:35 +0000

Ohio State campus, 184 West 11th Avenue, Columbus. For information, click
here.

With Hartmut Gehrmann

Bob — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:53:10 +0000

Hartmut Gehrmann (right), bartender at Sudpfanne in the central train station in Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein), was “host” for our Sunday afternoon gatherings during my sabbatical at Uni-Kiel in the winter of 1996.

Gary Kreps Receives 2008 ELQ Award

Bob — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:41:31 +0000

Gary A. Kreps (center), College of William and Mary, received the E. L. Quarantelli Award for Social Science Disaster Theory. The award was presented at the Disaster Research Center (DRC), University of Delaware, in July 2008. Sharing the moment with Gary are DRC Co-founders and former Co-directors Russell R. Dynes (left) and E. L. (Henry) Quarantelli (right). Photo courtesy of Sue McNeal.

Bizarro, February 14, 2010

Bob — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:37:40 +0000