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Appendix A
KeyMail© Date: July 9, 1996 From: JeremiaD@RiverBendLibrary.com To:
AllLibraryStaff@RiverBendLibrary.com
Re:
Trip Report
Hi Guys, ALA in NYC is the best of all possible conferences. Wish you were here, glad that you’re not, having the times of our lives. See attached Trip Report for more info. See you soon, Jeremiah D. Attachment: DreamReport.doc
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Getting a good start on the day by waking up at three in the morning with a hard-on for Marian. In my dream, Marian and I were laying on the front lawn of the River Bend library, making love in the dark. After five days in New York City, I was so tired I couldn’t even lift my eyelids. Blind and vulnerable is how I was feeling, and Marian’s vagina had scalloped edges. I was inside, but couldn’t come. That didn’t seem to bother Marian, she was spread out like a natural extension of the landscape, head back and tits up. Worried about being so exposed, I was gasping for breath and whimpering as if being tortured. It made Marian laugh. I just couldn’t relax enough to have an orgasm with my eyes closed. To climax, I would have to open my eyes. Willing my eyes open, I discovered myself in a roll-away bed at the Howard Johnson’s Hotel in New York City. Emerson was snoring lustily. Stanley was crapped out in the bed at the other end of the room. The air conditioner was gently throbbing. Here’s the thing about Marian and last night. All this conference I’ve been looking people in the eye; the right eye, the eye of logic and business. Last night, at the bar of the Hard Rock Café, while Betty was off paying homage to the artifacts, Marian and I were alone for a few minutes. We were talking eye to eye. She was sitting on my left and turned all the way around on her stool, elbow resting on the bar, cupping the side of her head in her hand, to let me drink from her left eye; the eye of dreams and of love.
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Appendix B:
KeyMail© Date: September 15, 1996 From: TrixieB@RiverBendLibrary.com To:
AllLibraryStaff@RiverBendLibrary.com
Re:
Ropes Course Training
Our Special Training Event this year is all about DISASTER PREPAREDNESS! All personnel will meet at 08:00 a.m. out by the swamp, down there along the railroad spur by the river. Appropriate attire required. River Bend Search and Rescue Team members will facilitate the training on the course which they have laid out there. Aamazing to see what you can do with your basic resources on this site of a future county park. Out there where they had the Deep River Blues Festival, remember that when it rained for three days? So we’re hoping for good weather but be prepared for whatever. Employees will be issued Ropes Course Passports. Make sure you get your passport stamped at each station. You can Pass or have Do-Overs until you get it right. Failure is not an option!! Stations are as follows: 1. Swamp Walk (Cross the board walk without falling into the swamp. Promotes basic balance and coordination skills.) 2. Wilderness Survival Discussion (Mr. Mike Fink, celebrated river boatman, will share some of his own personal survival experiences with us.) 3. Treehouse Club (Join the Club by climbing up to the treehouse, then sliding down the rope on that dealie with the wheels that you hang onto it.) 4. Trail Maintenance (Teamwork and community service skills. Good exercise for those lower back and shoulder muscles.)
208 5. Basic Rafting Skills (Teamwork and ingenuity are fostered as staff build their own rafts from driftwood and what have you, then float back down the river to the starting point where we will break for lunch.) Lunch Break Lunch will be prepared by library staff under instruction of Jose Quervo from Outrageous Taco Mobile Food Service. After preparing, serving, eating, and washing dishes, all staff will qualify for Food Handlers Permits upon completion of a multiple-choice test. Failure to pass will result in taking the test over again as many times as necessary.
Emergency Disaster Preparedness Emergency Disaster Preparedness is the theme for the rest of the day. Staff will be issued C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) gear which includes: •
green gym bag with C.E.R.T. insignia
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flashlight
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sanitary gloves and masks
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plastic hardhat
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reflective vest
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flares
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waterproof matches
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plastic throat stent
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bandages, tape, aspirins, antisceptics, and emullients
Volunteer members of River City C.E.R.T. will train library staff in the following procedures: •
Disaster Awareness
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Forming survival teams and putting on survival gear.
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Triage
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“Breath of Life”
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Contusions, fractures, and splints
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Tracheotomy skills
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Restarting the heart:
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manually (i.e., “hands-on” training)
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using that electric shock treatment dealie
Evacuation Options: •
“Fireman’s carry”
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using pallets
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using ropes
C.E.R.T. certification will be issued upon completion of disaster survival training. Failure to complete disaster survival training will result in having to stay late and maybe walk back to town.