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On Jan 20, 2012, at 7:36 PM, "Rose, John" <john-rose@uiowa.edu> wrote:

Andrea,

   I thought you might enjoy the humor in these e-mails. The one at the bottom is my original e-mail to Dick and his response is right above it.

John

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From: raroses@q.com [mailto:raroses@q.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 4:20 PM
To: Rose, John
Subject: Re: SNOW HEROES

Looks like a convenient way for teachers and staff to get out of work early.  I think schools were closed only once when we were in grade school and that was for 14" of snow.  I kind of forgot about paper delivery.  That was never called off so snow depth didn't matter and if it hadn't been for people like the Kornogs and a few old ladies along the route, I probably would have frozen to death.  That paper route might have been the dumbest thing I ever did.  That takes in a lot of territory so I'd better think about it for a while.

----- Original Message -----
From: John Rose <john-rose@uiowa.edu>
To: 'raroses@q.com' <raroses@q.com>
Sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:49:10 -0500 (EST)
Subject: SNOW HEROES

Dick,

   By the time I came into work about ½ hour ago, we had upwards of ¼ inch of snow on the ground. We are now in a heavier band which looks like it could produce maybe another ½ inch. The Iowa City School District dismissed schools early today. Therefore
I am proposing a new award called Snow Heroes. I can clearly remember walking home through 6 to 8 inches of new snow after a full grade school day at Longfellow on several occasions in the 1950’s, sometimes in temperatures at or below 0F with brisk winds.
It seemed like normal winter weather at the time. So by today’s standards I am proposing retroactive Snow Hero awards for all of us who performed above and beyond the call of duty during those ‘killer’ snow storms of the past. I’m sure you delivered
Press-Citizen newspapers in equally harrowing weather and probably never missed a day or a paper. Of course you had the added incentive of earning upwards of a $1 a week or so in clear profit. So for the Iowa City School District, I’m not sure exactly what
kind of award to recommend for today’s decisive action. All I know is it ‘Sno Hero award.

   What’s it doing in Des Moines?

John