07-06110918
07-06110918
From: J1a2c3k@aol.com
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:18 AM
To: Bill.Ernst1@cox.net; JThomas927@aol.com
Subject: Monument Bricks
Jim & Bill, et al:
The latest series of Bricks [22] [those purchased after June 2006 up through early Spring this year] have been engraved on site at the monument.
For your info, a "loose" count of bricks remaining that are available for engraving is somewhere around 120. This will not fill in "every single" brick, such as those right behind the monument, or touching the benches, or framing the SAC emblem. When the count gets a lot smaller, will provide an exact count....and if there's a mad rush, we can always use the borders if necessary.
SAC Monument: The SAC Monument for the SAC Association is almost ready for installation. The concrete pad at the Museum's Memorial Park was laid months ago and I expect the monument itself to be installed anytime now.
The actual dedication is scheduled for the Friday between 30 Apr-04 May 2008 at the Park in conjunction with a SAC Association reunion which includes a dinner inside the Museum. For more information contact :
Ron Resh rreshlegis@aol.com or
Tobey Romero jtrome-25@excite.com or call 866-260-9302 toll free
From the local newspaper last Thursday: [there was a photo in the actual paper of Dan working on the Monument, but the pic wasn't available on the web site.]
"Xenia company creates memorial for Cold War relic
MARY BETH LEHMAN
Staff Writer
XENIA Ð Dodds Monuments will have a place in history when the monument that artist Dan Hafer is building is placed later this year in Memorial Park at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Hafer, head artist at Dodds, is in the final stages of creating the monument on behalf of the Strategic Air Command, a Cold War era, nuclear retaliation unit that specialized in deterring the war instead of fighting it. Since SAC was disbanded in 1992, many of the unit's stories have gone untold, but with the creation of this monument, veterans will have a representation of their memories that everyone can see.
Hafer has spent 80 to 90 hours working on the monument, which now weighs between 7,000 and 8,000 pounds. Now toward the end of the project, he said the whole experience has been wonderful.
"I'm very proud of it," he said. "When they asked me if I wanted to do this project, I said 'you better believe it.'"
Dodds Vice President Larry Morrison said it is a privilege to be able to work on a monument that will be a part of history. When he sees the finished monument at its dedication, with the hands and memories of veterans hanging on it, that's when he said Dodds' role in creating the monument will matter to him most.
"We're trying to memorialize that whole era," he said. "And I just feel very privileged to pass on the heritage for them."
SAC Project Manager Ron Resh came to Dodds in 2005 when he took on the memorial project for SAC. He had worked with Dodds Monuments previously on designing a bench at the museum's park, so when SAC wanted a monument to represent the entire unit, Resh said it was just natural to come back to work with Dodds.
"I can't say enough about that operation," he said. "This is going to mean a sense of pride for everyone involved ... You can't get back what is lost, but we're proud of our service, and now we can see it there in the monument."
Resh said it was his intention that the monument be simple in design and strong in message. And with the help SAC has received from Dodds in creating it, the finished memorial will mean a mission finally accomplished."
Jack
Aspire to inspire before you expire.
