2025 Year in Review
2 025 Year in Review Highlights: January 9 we watched the funeral of President Jimmy Carter who passed away on December 29, 2024 at the age of 100. I had the opportunity to meet President Carter when I volunteered at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco in August 1984. He was very warm and engaging and shared his thinking that his presence was not important to the party. He will be most remembered for his post-presidential work with Habitat for Humnaity, his travels around the world promoting democracy and as the recipient of the 2 002 Nobel Peace Prize. On January 9 Gary Snyder the leader of our Breakfast group invited us over to his house for Pizza and to watch the Notre Dame vs. Penn State college football Orange Bowl game and college football Semi Finals. Notre Dame ended up winning 27-24 in an exciting game and went on to meet Ohio State in the final championship game losing 34-23. January 10 attended the "Symphonie Fantastiqu...