The Turner Family

Mega rock band U2 announced around Thanksgiving 2009 that they would be touring and performing at Michigan State's Spartan Stadium in June of 2010, and as a previous MSU ticket purchaser, I was given advance access. Thus, during a mandatory high school wrestling parent meeting on some November 2009 evening in the library, I stole over to my laptop to purchase 4 tickets, opting for Section 126, northwest of the stage. Fast forward to spring 2010, and during rehearsals for the shows, Bono goes and injures his back , which forces a year's postponement of the tour. As ticket possessors, Tiffani and I propose to our western New York friends Drew and Mary Beiter that they join us for the show to complete our 4 tickets, and they agree to a weekend visit and concert. Subsequently, and coincidentally to Bono, a back injury keeps Mary from traveling, so it was then suggested that the boys attend instead: Drew's Mitch, and our Nick. The plan was to organize all the folks ...

In mid-May, while in our (Acme) Township office on other business, the township supervisor asked Glen, as a township resident and veteran, if he would be willing to participate in the upcoming Memorial Day service. The township was planning their second annual program, to take place in one of two township cemetaries. Having no other plans for the day, Glen agreed. It was a beautiful day. The ceremony began with the entrance of local bagpipers. Glen was one of four men who read the names of veterans buried in one of the Acme Twp cemetaries. The color guard were members of the Fife Lake Masonic Lodge and VFW. There were more people that I would have expected. A descendant of one of the famous Native American Civil War sharpshooters - Comany K - was invited to say a few words. Our family and friends: Andy Miller, Jack Swanson (another Native American Veteran), Dennis Miller (who can still fit in his Navy uniform) and Glen. On the flatbed in the background is a p...