President Obama's visit Priceless keepsake for retired Curtice Jeep worker
John Dandar, of Curtice, stood in line with his fellow workers to thank President Obama for saving his job. What he received, in the end, was two priceless mementos from the experience.
Dandar’s wife, Maggi, a photographer, took photos of then presidential candidate Barack Obama, when he visited Maumee Bay State Park, in Oregon, in 2008.
“I took our grandson out there and we were playing on the beach. I saw all of these people around and heard Obama was going to be staying there,” Maggie explained. “We rented a room, and I waited for him to go on his evening walk. John and I were able to meet him on the boardwalk. I got 50 shots that night.”
At that time, Obama spoke with the couple about jobs and the economy.
“He (Obama) promised John that he would not lose his pension,” Maggi said. “He guaranteed us that John would not lose his benefits and that he would try to keep him employed. Well, so far, so good.”
John retired from Chrysler Group LLC’s Toledo Assembly plant five years ago. An industrial electrician, John went to work for Wrangler Paint, a Chrysler supplier located in the Chrysler complex.
On June 3, the President visited Toledo and the Chrysler complex. The night before, Maggi asked John to take two of the photos she took in 2008 with him and ask for Obama’s signature.
“I told John that I thought it would be great to get one of the pictures signed for our son David, who just got back from his second tour in Afghanistan,” Maggi said.
David, 37, is a sergeant in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany prior to being called up to Afghanistan for the second time. His wife, April, and daughter, Kierston, 11, stayed in Germany until he was finished with his tour.
“I really thought it would be nice to get the photo signed for David,” Maggi said. “He is back in the states now, alive. What a wonderful thing to have a ‘thank you for your service’ from the President.”
As excited as Maggi was, John took it all in stride.
“It was actually pretty quick,” John said. “He (Obama) asked me if I wanted the pictures I was holding signed. I was kind of surprised at first but I said ‘yes.’” I also asked him to sign for David in honor of his two tours.”
John said the President was very friendly and shook everyone’s hand that stood in line.
“He (Obama) was quite friendly. He is not stuck up or anything,” John said. “He said he really liked one of the pictures of him that I had. He said it was a good picture. Maggi and I talked about it and she is going to make a copy of it and send it to him.
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Maggi and I talked about it and she is going to make a copy of it and send it to him.” The signed photo is now in a shadow box, Maggi said. “It really is wonderful. No one else has this photo which I took and now it is signed,” she said.
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Y son loves collecting little keepsakes and treasures. Sometimes we go on leisurely treasure hunt walks through our neighborhood, hand in hand, to see what we can find. We pick up pine cones, bottle caps, pretty rocks and leaves. I love going on treasure hunt walks with him. He also enjoys finding or buying little keepsakes on our beach trips.
Sadly some of those little treasures get stuffed in a drawer or lost in the hustle and bustle of life. We try to remember to put things like shells in the apothecary jars in our front entry or the lantern on our front porch, but I really like the idea of letting him fill his own jars
I saw these keepsake jars over at Martha Stewart and thought they were a fun way to capture those summer vacation memories. Aren’t they cute? Martha suggests using bendable wire to ease trinkets into the jar if the mouth is a little narrow. I would think you could even use wire to help mementos stand up or “float” within the jar.
These jars would also make sweet gifts or mementos for:
an anniversary (fill with keepsakes from dating or the wedding) first year of baby’s life (put their first booties, hair clips, hats, hospital bracelets, hospital snap shots, pacifier) a year in review (tiny mementos from the past year) a gift for grandparents or for any other loved one or occasion in life you could even make one as a teacher’s gift!We have a couple of version so of this going. In one ball jar we have a growing beach glass collection.
In another I have some sand and shells from a trip.
In another, we have really cool unique rocks we’ve found.
This year will once again be traveling by car and camping many nights. It’s all about the most fun we can have while saving the most money possible. (Even our teenager gets a kick when we save lots of dough – pretty cool.
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