THE HEAVILIN HERALD
November 2010
October was definitely a memorable
month for us. First, we thought
rehearsals started for Scrooge on
the 4th of October when in fact they
didn’t start until the 26th of
October. So...we had time to
sight-see around California. Did it
matter that we had lived here for
over 40 years? Not much! At least we
knew what we wanted to see again and
what we had missed in our 40 years
here. We knew we liked visiting
Catalina Island, so we did that, and
as I mentioned in my earlier
newsletter, we had a grand time. We
had never had a chance to visit a
taping of The Wheel of Fortune, so
we did that. On that trip we also
had dinner at Lawrey’s Prime Rib
restaurant. We really enjoyed seeing
Pat Sajak and Vanna White in person
and it was fun to see the Wheel set
and the process of taping a show. We
saw 3 shows be taped. They will air
November 25, 26 and January 5. We
may be shown in the shows but it
will be so quick that if you blink,
you will miss us. We loved eating at
Lawrey’s. The whole place is
definitely old Hollywood style. The
food was excellent, too.
October 25 marked our 52nd wedding
anniversary. We invited five couples
to join us for dinner at Stuart
Anderson’s Black Angus. Marilyn
says, “If you make it past 50 years,
every year warrants a special
celebration.” We loved celebrating
with our dear friends the Kuhns, the
Bottens, the Durrs, the Neases, and
the Lindens. God has been so good to
us to allow us to have such a nice
celebration.
We are at a lovely RV park where we
have stayed for the past several
years. We requested that we were
allowed to stay in a space where we
could have some view of the
mountains, Mission School, and the
various activities we could see in
the area. Here is a paragraph
Marilyn wrote regarding what she
saw.
AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
I sat mesmerized as I watched that
gorgeous old historic school
building crumble in the jaws of the
demolition excavator. That machine
opened its jaws and took a huge bite
out of the building. I could almost
see it gulp, chew and then spew the
remains onto the ground. Then it was
ready for the next huge bite. I was
in shock. How could it not be a
mistake to demolish that wonderful
old building? Then that
building-eating monster headed
toward the landmark tower. NOT THE
TOWER!!! I gasped in horror as that
monster of a machine tugged at the
tower. The tower groaned some, then
tumbled to the ground. The monster
machine was not content just to pull
the tower off its moorings, but once
the tower was on the ground, that
awful machine pounded on the tower
until it succumbed to the pounding
and broke into many smaller pieces.
THE TOWER WAS GONE! Oh, oh, oh, I
was devastated. How could that
happen to such a beautiful old
building that looked so steady and
firm? The building needed to be made
“earthquake safe,” and it was
actually cheaper to tear the
structure down and start over. The
city felt that building’s structure
would not withstand a strong
earthquake. But it looked so good on
the outside!
As we look out at the playyard now,
with all of the broken and smashed
cement, the area definitely looks
like a war zone, but we have high
hopes that the view will improve
before we leave this area.
We are enjoying our opportunity to
‘visit’ our church again. Today we
celebrated the non-traditional St.
George’s Day with many people
wearing plaid and hearing the
bagpiper and drummer at the service
and in the quad area.
Marilyn’s foot surgery is still set
for November 8 as an out-patient
surgery. Please pray for the
surgeons and a speedy recovery.
Please continue to pray for
Marilyn’s cousin Al and her
sister-in-law Karen as their chemo
treatments continue.
Glen
and Marilyn Heavilin
Glen and Marilyn on 52nd
Anniversary
Building-eating monster
Morning Service
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Sunrise, Redlands, CA
