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I think about a lot of things. I have opinions about most. What good are thoughts and opinions when not shared? I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours. Issues related to education really get me going. I love to dine on the hot potatoes of school accountability, standardized testing, corporal punishment in schools (outlawed in only about 28 states), scrutiny of school staff before hiring, teacher performance standards, and the weeding out of bad apples in education. I promote fitness as the miracle drug most of us seek. No pill will duplicate the health benefits of working our bodies. I strongly support the adage, "Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die." The world does not need more puppies or kittens. A visit to a local shelter is proof. I consider myself schooled in basic personal money management, the entrepreneurial spirit, domestic adoption, motherood in middle age, Baby Boomer issues, Southern culture, and how to cook a meal in twenty minutes. Whew. So, where shall we start?

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Contributed by: Barbara Neff on 6/27/2006

Well, we did it again. Hundreds of former employees of the "old" Frontier Airlines united to reconnect and share war stories twenty years after the company was grounded.

On Saturday, June 24, 2006, former flight attendants, pilots, gate agents, ramp agents, mechanics, reservationists and more gathered at the Aurora Reservoir. The hours were filled with laughter and tears. Even we cannot explain the chemistry among us that keeps us from letting the grand old airline, our hometown airline, be forgotten.

At one point in the event a bag piper strolled the grounds playing Amazing Grace while hundreds of white, helium-filled balloons were released into the bright, blue summer sky in commemoration of those who have "flown west". There wasn't a dry eye in the pavilion.

Though hard to define, the connection we former Frontier Airlines employees share is meaningful, moving. We joke among ourselves about the "thing that never dies" and marvel at the closeness we developed over the years we were employed there. We talk about how hard we worked, how funny the passengers sometimes were, the things we did on lay-overs, and memories of incidents big and small.

The event on Saturday was great. I came away with a deep appreciation for life having tossed the opportunity my way back in the eighties to work for the former Frontier Airlines. It was one of those things appreciated most in retrospect. I am guessing many former employees feel the same.

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Barbara Neff

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