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Franke Family Newspage 2008Here are a few pics I chose that Uncle Eric sent from the family's get together on the 4th of July. They joined Linda and John at their place on Legend Lake, which is a great spot for water sports.
  They enjoyed boating and tubing and, of course, went out for dinner.
  Rik and fam also went white-water rafting on the Wolf River nearby. Rik and Paige in one raft; Wendy and Erik in another. During the run, Rik and Paige's raft got stuck on a rock and they had to get out to release it. Paige barely got back in and the raft propelled off without Rik.
  When Wendy and little Erik's raft came by, they were unable to rescue Rik. He finally pushed off and let the rapids carry him downstream where he found Paige waiting for him. Getting back into the raft was a challenge too - and funny, but Rik surely had an adventure. Great photos, Linda, however you managed to get them!
 
Eric's Japanese Business Card Story:
Supposedly all the strange curlicues on the backside of the card conveyed the same information in Japanese. If this is true or not I do not know but if it doesn't I sure got gypped. The only thing on the backside that I recognize are the numbers since I guess we must use the same protocol in order to do business.
It just occurred to me that the Japanese children have to learn perhaps hundreds of those curlicues in school. But to be able to participate in the rest of the world I imagine they also have to learn our form of script. And to think that our kids have the audacity to complain about their schoolwork! When I get my Chinese carry-out, the order taker scribbles similar curlicues on the order pad and to my amazement I always seem to get what I ordered. Which isn't always true at Mickey D's.
Rik and FamilyPhotos from the beach - Cancun '08 - added to the gallery below. Unfortunately, Uncle Eric had to stay home and recouperate from his gall bladder surgery. Paige took and sent him photos from their vacation. They sure had fun!Wendy sent the Franke Family Fun Facts from her 2007 custom-made holiday card:
Nice recap, Wendy - Thanks!
Some of the older news: Erik has really grown into a handsome young man (already)! He may be shaving soon. I think he looks just like Rik (before he turned 30). A lot of Grandma Betty can be seen in them both. There is a new photo of Paige too. The photos are all added to the gallery below.
Little Erik is a pre-schooler now, energetic and funny. He keeps both Wendy and Rik on their toes.
The photos include when they took Paige out to celebrate her 11th birthday. She is a very adventurous connoisseur and chose a Japanese restaurant for her outing and they all enjoyed that. Franke Family Photos
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Wendy has worked for the LaCrosse Salvation Army for some time where she is a Director of Development. That website is 
Paige is 11 - Oct.1 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAIGE! Cute, too. Her "savethepaige" myspace page is restricted so only her "friends" can see the content. I guess we would need to create our own myspace page and then ask to be her "friend" before we would be able read her page. Good feature!
