A NEW EMAIL FROM BRAD HOOPES

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Brad emailed . . . . . .
"Onnalee, Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Actually, Larry and Marilyn were in town for a visit, so tied up with that. Came just short of cracking some ribs from laughter all weekend. Have a couple of weeks to mend those ribs until Pat comes up for a visit. I have some very funny aunts and uncles. Anyway, in regards to figuring out how to get all this Paradise history down on record. Although a small community, there will be thousands of stories, facts, pictures, etc. that would produce 100's of hours of material. I think our first step is going to be figuring out a good game plan or template for all of this. Would it be an overall history of Paradise, stories from citizens, buildings and homes, Paradise in the 50's -60's- 70's, etc etc, etc.? There are endless ways we could go about this and may end up doing a variety of them. Once again, being a generation removed from this and not knowing all of the players involved, I think we should get input from from such people as you and Millard, that cousin you spoke about, and all the other people from Paradise on what approach makes sense, what is important to include, what they think would be neat to be included and such. -Brad"

Onnalee's response . . . . . . .
I certainly hope you played a few pranks on your uncle Larry. Also, I'm hoping Pat gets a picture of you - we do need to know who we are talking to, you know! Would love to have you send some pictures of you and your family.
Our cousin is tied up until winter, but will possibly get in touch with you after his busy time. It sounds like that you are still putting a lot of thought into sharing our Paradise History, Stories and Memories. I am hoping that we will have comments concerning a game plan right here on the blog.
Everyone, please give us suggestions right here on comments. Thank You!