{"id":7924,"date":"2018-03-31T00:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T00:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2018-03-31T00:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T00:54:46","slug":"april-newsletter-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=7924","title":{"rendered":"April Newsletter 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/1e7ab1ed-508f-4d80-819a-e5c44c47b08a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u00a0<\/a>to download the Sun as a PDF<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"logo editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image logo-container editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/148f9a9a-300e-4d6c-ba59-c0f451b647aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"headline editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text headline-text\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">The latest in our series..<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">THE PEOPLE OF THE PARK:\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Paul Thompson<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">\u201cBassoons &amp; Bullets\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">By Dale Dauten<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text content-text\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;\">When I stopped in to meet Paul Thompson at his place in Silveridge, the first thing I noticed after sitting down was the bassoon in an open case, along with sheet music stacked nearby. Paul explained that he had a rehearsal later that day with the East Valley Pops Orchestra.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A bit later I got a look at one of the pieces he\u2019d created as part of the Silveridge woodcarving group. He explained that he was particularly drawn to bird carvings.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was easy to see that he\u2019s a man thoroughly enjoying retirement.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Soon, though, we got down to Paul\u2019s story from a place and time far away, as a young soldier in WWII, literally and figuratively dodging bullets.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"column-resize-bar\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/56c3ad53-63a6-4efa-becc-c99e7d1efedb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/8fb5d663-53ed-464a-b6ac-a196af349e83.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0He just wanted to get his junior year of college finished, and then he\u2019d go off to war.\u00a0Paul Thompson was 17, but he was in his third year at the University of Chicago, having won a scholarship at just 15. He knew he\u2019d get drafted as soon as he turned 18 and that would be before he could get his exams out of the way. So he went to a recruiting office and they offered a deal:\u00a0if he enlisted, they would agree not to call him up till after final exams; plus, he would be assigned to work in radar repair rather than infantry.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He took that deal, but\u2026 but\u2026 he still got called up before finals, costing him to lose a year of college credit; and then, after a few months in radar training, the program was disbanded and he got shipped off to infantry training.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While he was frustrated about losing out on the radar program, it turned out to be one of those bullets he dodged, saying, \u201cI was ticked off about it at the time, but if I stayed in radar repair I would have been dead a long time ago. The equipment wasn\u2019t properly shielded and all the radar repairmen ended up dying of cancer.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But it wasn\u2019t long till Paul was dodging literal bullets. His Division, the 106<sup>th<\/sup>, was newly created and, lacking combat experience, was sent to what was thought to be a quiet part of the Siegfried Line, along the border of Belgium and Germany. The Nazis had other plans \u2013 they\u2019d learned where the green troops were stationed and figured that would be a good spot to launch an offensive. In an article he wrote for the \u201cEx-POW Bulletin,\u201d Paul describes the morning \u201call hell broke loose\u201d as he awakened in the early morning in the farmhouse where he was billeted:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c\u2019Screaming Meemies\u2019 were whistling overhead, shells exploding all around. The house shook, the windows rattled. I was certain the very next shell would come through the wall and explode in our bedroom. I snatched my trousers and tried to put them on but for the life of me I could not get my legs into the openings. I threw them aside, jumped into my boots, grabbed my overcoat, helmet and rifle and raced for the bunker. I fought the first battle without trousers. If I had been captured then, the Germans would have caught me not only with my pants down but with no pants on at all.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The American troops managed to hold off the first German assault and Paul managed to retrieve his pants and finish dressing. Then came the second assault. Again, the Americans held. Eventually, though, a mortar shell hit their ammunitions store and, deprived of that ammo, the Americans were ordered to evacuate and try to make it to the American line. Paul sprinted away, jumped into an armored car while bullets flew around him, and they took off\u2026 or tried to. They\u2019d barely begun their getaway when they encountered a roadblock and, surrounded, were forced to surrender.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That evening, after being herded into a makeshift prison, a fellow soldier pointed to the pants Paul had struggled with hours before. They now sported fresh bullet holes. Running to the armored car, Paul had indeed dodged bullets.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The men eventually joined thousands of others at a massive prison camp, Stalag 11A in Germany. After months of confinement, Paul got the chance to be out in the countryside as part of a work team tasked with railroad repairs. From the flames and explosions, he was able to figure out that they were working very near the front lines. Paul and a fellow American named Carlton were able to slip away from their guards into the countryside and hide overnight. Paul wrote about what transpired the next morning, as they moved toward the front:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNow came the scary time. I was wearing a German field jacket and a Serbian barracks cap. Carlton wore a French overcoat. As we approached a jeep full of soldiers we worried whether they would welcome us or shoot and ask later. We needn\u2019t have worried. They thought we were the sorriest looking soldiers they\u2019d ever seen and they drove us to the company mess.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Paul was soon sent back to the States, arriving in time for his 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday. Although he\u2019d lost his scholarship and a year of college credit, the GI Bill came through for him and he got a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, then went to Purdue for an Engineering degree.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/625ceeb4-d4a0-4e50-a582-f30db709775e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Paul, back in the States, in Florida<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After college, a job offer from Honeywell took him to Minneapolis and he settled there, along with his wife, the former Laura Jones, \u201cthe girl across the street\u201d in their childhood home of Chicago, Illinois.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/ffa7e8c8-3ad1-46e6-848c-0fead3dfb38a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Paul retired in 1985 and says, \u201cWe motor-homed for 17 or 18 years.\u201d\u00a0Another couple suggested that Paul and Laura plan to spend some time with them at a planned visit to Silveridge. That was in 1993. They became regular visitors and then, in 2004, decided to buy a place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That brings us back to the present and where I began, my conversation with Paul about his bassoon. He says,<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI\u2019m in three bands and we play at RV parks all around the Valley. I haven\u2019t seen one yet that I\u2019d prefer to Silveridge. We have so much here\u2026 it\u2019s less like an RV park and more like a small town.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-divider\">\n<table class=\"editor-divider\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"feature editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#E6E6E6\" width=\"30%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"column-resize-bar\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/25ad25a4-2f80-436e-b35d-65451d0aadbe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"feature editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#E6E6E6\" width=\"70%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text feature-text\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It\u2019s time for our Activities Director, Sue Arneson, to head north for the summer and we wish her well. But before closing up the office, she put together a photo collection from the activities in March.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gl-contains-button\">\n<table class=\"editor-button\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-button-container \">\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainTextFullWidthTD\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#403F42\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainTextFullWidthTD\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"MainTextFullWidth\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/78540a34-03c2-4c45-8baf-0801f23b558a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Sue&#8217;s Photo Collection<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text feature-text\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Sue will also be sending us an update on next season\u2019s events sometime this summer and she\u2019ll return in October, but till then, we send her off with this lovely compliment that came in recently\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"feature editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#E6E6E6\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\">\n<table class=\"editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"publish-container\"><img class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/57c46b83501\/238ad12a-d0a2-417f-bdcc-d87118223b6d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here\u00a0to download the Sun as a PDF The latest in our series.. 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