<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18854"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>I'll have a Daisy Marie tale in a day or so ... presuming I don't forget to do it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here I'll add that Jamie (and Sam Martinez) also worked one (I think only one) winter season at Stove Pipe Wells, in Death Valley. Those were the days when the Ham's Stores and Stove Pipe were both owned by the Povahs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/11/2010 5:54:51 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, upperbasin@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jamie Espy was a very kind soul, whose favorite expression of surprise was, ‘Well, I declare,” in the thickest, most syrupy southern accent you can imagine.  He was occasionally difficult to understand; once in 1976 or 77 he was with me and my brother Pete at Daisy and we saw a large geyser erupt in the distance behind the <st1:place w:st="on">Inn</st1:place>.  “What’s that?” asked Pete.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Wha, tha’s Rahouuuw,” said Jamie.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“What?”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jamie repeated it.  “Rahouuuw.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“Could you spell that?”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jamie smiled.  “Wha, tha’s AWW OHHH Youuuu ENNNN  Deeee.  Rahouuuuw.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>“<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Oh</SPAN></I>,” said Pete.  “<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Rahouuuuw</SPAN></I>.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“Tha’s rahhht,” said Jamie.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">He worked at the Ham’s store in 78 or 79, but passed away not much later than that.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Paul Strasser</SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>