The Amelia Grace Place at Rockport Elementary School offically opened. Students came out at recess and squealed with delight as they ran on the ramps, tested the slides, hopped on the wave machine and checked out the entire new playground. Two years after Amelia's untimely death from a seizure at the age of 10, a playground in her memory is a reality. Over 250 individual contributors have lent their support to help fund the playground. In addition there have been numerous fund raisers by generous local organizations. Amelia's parents, Scott and Julie Young loaned the Amelia Grace Playground Fund, Inc. a very substantial amount of money to complete the playground this year. Fund raising continues to defray the costs. This is one of the largest handicapped accessible playgounds in the Northeast. A wheelchair ramp goes to the very top of the structure with activities for wheelchair bound children on each level. All children, from any town, are welcome to use the playground when school is not in session.
Contributions may be made to
Amelia Grace Playground Fund, Inc.
Granite Savings Bank
P.O. Box 180
Rockport, MA 01966-180
Amelia Grace Playground Fund, Inc is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation, so all deductions are fully tax deductable.

Robert's daughter Stacey

Stacey is an outstanding student in a special eighth grade honors program at her Junior High. She raises prize winning chickens. Now she has over 70 chickens! Each year Stacey she takes her best chickens to the Ohio National Poultry Show. There are over 4000 birds there! Some of her poultry have won top prizes. One of Stacey's chickens won BEST SCCL- for the uninitiated this means best Single Comb Clean Leg chicken- a large class. She also won Best in Breed for her Japanese Bantam pullet and Reserve Breed for her Seabright. One year at the Deerfield County Fair Stacey's black-tailed white Japanese Bantam chicken MING WON the SUPER GRAND CHAMPION prize! That means that Ming was the closest bird to being perfect at the show- beating out about 150 other chickens and water foul. Ming also won Best of Variety - Black tailed White Japanese bantam, Best of breed - Japanese, Champion Single Comb Clean Legs and Best Bantam Chicken. Some of Stacey's other chickens also won prizes. MING, her star, also won best bird of all 75 at the Cheshire County Fair and the best bird of all 150 birds at the New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers show. So that when she takes them to shows they are used to being handled, Stacey spends a lot of time training her chickens every day. She collects the eggs from her chickens that are laying. She also feeds her 14 fish (in 3 tanks), her dozen pet crabs that live in snail shells, her two dogs, her 5 cats, her lovebird Sunshine and her blue bird. She likes to bake cookies, pies and cakes using eggs from her chickens.

Stacey August, 2008

Pictures of 2006 4H Manadnock Mountaineers Exhibition
Pictures of 2005 4H Manadnock Mountaineers Exhibition
Pictures of 2004 4H Manadnock Mountaineers Exhibition

Nate enjoying his 11th Birthday cake

Nate, 11, is a busy boy. He was the quarterback on the Vikings C Team. His team made it to the final playoffs. This winter he has been playing on a basketball team. Whenever he can find someone to take him, he enjoys downhill skiing. This spring he will play baseball again. He has been playing saxophone since the 4th grade. A few months ago he began taking electric guitar lessons.

When Nate was 6 and I told him I was learning how to make cartoons, he told me exactly what story he would like me to animate.
Nate's Cartoon