My daughter has received the National Physical Fitness Award. This award is given to those students who score at or above the 50th percentile on all five fitness items. The test consisted of measurements in Cardiovascular Endurance (one mile run), Muscular Strength (push-ups or pull-ups), Muscular Endurance (curl ups), Flexibility (sit n reach) and Agility (shuttle run).

She will be receiving a National Certificate from the President, and a National Award Emblem. There are also National fitness Award winner t-shirts available. She was the only child in her class to receive this award! It is her third award in the last 6 months. She won two Positive Actions Awards, one for Personal Success, and another for "being very kind to classmates". She keeps me busy at home, I'm a single parent, and I'm very proud of her, she's the best! 

I added two photos to my online memorial for Craig Slocum, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5307782. They were taken at a Tree of Memory, Tree Lighting Service on December 14, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. I payed tribute to him by decorating the special Tree of Memory with an ornament bearing his name. You have to click on the two photos to read the captions for them. A nice memory for the Christmas season!

The "Biography for Craig Slocum" in the IMDb was updated. His birth name has been added, http://us.imdb.com/Name?Slocum,+Craig


Click on (show more), under "Trivia."

My Mom is here visiting my daughter and I this week, and she brought some old pics with her. Here I am with my brothers in 1968, that's what I looked like when I watched Dark Shadows back then! I used to watch it with the brother behind me, I don't think my oldest brother ever got into it like we did. I just thought I would share a memory from DS days.

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September 12th marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Dark Shadows actor Craig Slocum (Noah Gifford / Harry Johnson). For those who would like to, you may sign his online memorial at:

 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5307782

He is missed lots! 

He had bat breath!

Today, my family and I went to the Las Vegas Library, we've lived here for six years, first time we've gone to the library! While my daughter and her father were looking at books, I was downstairs in the newspapers room, looking through microfilm, doing a search for Craig Slocum's obituary. I thought it might be in the New York Times. He died on Sept. 12, 1978. The only dates the library had were, Sept. 16 - 30th of that year. I did not find anything in those dates. It might be in the missing dates. Maybe the New York Library has the complete month. I know there are some members of the Forums who live in New York. Is there anyone who can check on it at the library there? I don't know how soon obituaries are posted in the newspaper after a person's death, but since I checked all the other dates, there's only three more days it could be in, Sept. 13 - 15. A librarian here did a web search, but she only came up with Dark Shadows related things on Craig Slocum, and of course, my website for him. It could be too, that his obituary was never in the New York Times. Does anyone know what other papers there were in NYC in 1978? I asked Jim Pierson how Craig Slocum's death date was discovered, and the answer I got was that one of the fans in New York probably saw it in the newspaper, and reported it.  If anyone can help me, I would sure appreciate it. I am trying to find out where Craig is buried. I don't know if an obituary listing in the newspaper would even give any clue to it, just a guess.