New Arrival on the West Coast

This is Orion Jeremiah Solomon Judkins being held by his dad, Christopher Judkins. Marian, our west coast cousin, is the proud grandmom.

An Anniversary to Remember -- The Forrestal

On July 29th, 43 yrs. ago, I experienced the most hellish time of my young 18 year old life and since to my 61st year. This is the day and time my ship went through the worst naval tragedy since WW II. I would ask of our Slaughter clan to remember my fallen shipmates and thank God for those of us who survived. For more information on this event, google Forrestal fire or visit the earlier article about that fire on this blog below. Thanx for assisting in remembrance of this most horrific day of my life and may God bless you all. . . Nick

Nick's grandson in the news -- July 2010

Ballou DT Lamonte Clark to Kansas State; a new pipeline?
Ready for the latest twist in recruiting? How about Facebook chat?
Ballou senior defensive tackle Lamonte Clark has about a half-dozen scholarship offers and was doing whatever he could to find out about each school. Last week, the 6-foot-4, 300-pound Clark began chatting on Facebook with Arundel's 2009 All-Met Offensive Player of the Year Billy Cosh, who is off to Kansas State to play quarterback.
Cosh made the case to Clark that Kansas State could prove to be another school outside of the region - like Illinois and New Mexico, for example - that attracts Washington area players because of coaches with ties to the area. Cosh's father, Chris, a District native and former Maryland assistant, is Kansas State's co-defensive coordinator.
"He was saying how we need a couple of local guys to get things going," Clark said of his chats with Billy Cosh. "I really wanted to go to [North] Carolina, but the more I thought about it, I wanted to start something new. They can really do some things in the Big 12."
And with that, Clark called the Wildcats Monday and orally committed to sign next February.
For more of this and other articles about Lamonte Clark, go to: voices.washingtonpost.com/.../2010/.../ballous_clark_to_k-state_a_new.html.

Lamonte's picture is also shown as posted a few months ago in this blog below.
We will continue to follow the career of this family member who is a rising star.

Remembering Rosalind (1935 - 2010)

Rosalind was the second child born to Roscoe and Dorothy Dixon. Her Service of Celebration was held at First Baptist Church, Deanwood, on July 7, 2010.