Juniors

The Rewards of Raising Children

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into $8,896 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. That's a mere $24.24 a day! Just over a dollar an hour.

Still, you might think the best financial advice says don't have children if you want to be "rich." It is just the opposite. What do your get for your $160,140?

Naming rights--- First, middle, and last!

Glimpses of God everyday. Giggles and outright , deep belly, flat out infectious laughter more times than one would ever believe. More love than your heart can hold.

Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs. Endless wonder and pleasure over the simple things: rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

A hand to hold. A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sand castles, and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.

Someone to laugh yourself silly with no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140, you can live through your childhood again: You get to finger-paint, carve pumpkins, play hide-and-seek, catch lightning bugs, and believe in Santa Claus for a while again. You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh, watching Saturday morning cartoons, going to Disneyland, and wishing on stars.

You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.

For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof, taking the training wheels off the bike, kissing a hurt, filling a wading pool, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

You get a front row seat in history to witness the first step, first word, first bra, first date, and first time behind the wheel. You get to be immortal.

You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren.

You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.

ENJOY YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS!

1638	Bill Hammond	Chris Hammond
3392	Beth Tryon	Clayton Petith	The Tub
4466	Christian von Huene	Sergei	Le Papillon
5854	Susan Morris	Gillian Morris	The Fly
7229	Geoffrey Turner	Cayme Turner	Superfly
7269	Joseph Zalar	Grant Zalar
9049	Kim Albright	Chris Dow	Fear
9474	Paul Gaffney	Andrew Gaffney
9570	Lori Tarkington-Holloway	Kelly Holloway
10008	David Millar	Alyson Millar	Blue Lightening
10083	Dave Robertson	Katie Black	Papillo
10118	Dave Blackburn	Zach Blackburn	Fly By
10333	Marvin Peterson	Geoffrey or Christopher Peterson
10334	Walker A Wynkoop	Walker Shozo Wynkoop	(nameless)
10347	Steve Hamp
10350	Jim Gosnell	Tom Gosnell
10384	Don Tarkington	Annie Tarkington
10395	Bill Walter	Teagan Walter	Intrepid
10398	Courtney Schmidt
10405	Jep Gruman	Katie Gruman
10408	Bill Mohr	Maggie Mohr	Hummingbird
10440	Bill Walter	Kyla Walter
10441	Christian von Huene	Christian	The Fountainhead
10442	Gary Baker	Cameron Baker
10478	Dean Kasperzak	Hannah Kasperzak
10482	John Modlin	Chelsea Modlin	Noel
10511	Rich Halliday	Asa Halliday	Break Away
10516	Larry Brown	Stephanie Brown	California Girl
10522	Lorry Spitzer	Garrett Spitzer
10533	Steve Christian	Brett Christian
10544	John Modlin	Andrew Modlin	Competitor
82483	Gregg Schuler	Jonathan Schuler

2571	Chip Tull
7366	Larry Hale
8805	David Hagen	(Sailing Lessons)	Hull-A-Blew
9025	David Hagen	(Sailing Lessons)	G&S
9219	Bill Decker
9263	Toby Tull
10125	Joe Lambiotte		Banana Boat
10327	Tony Menchaca
10333	Rob Terry		(none)
10517	Ted Greene		Born Wild
10535	David Hagen	[Sailing Lessons]	Natural High

Junior Butterfly Roster
Sail	Owner	Skipper	Boat Name

Reed Breland		Flutterby
Chris Albright	Jillian Fogarty
Mark Wipper

Inactive Butterfly Roster
Sail	Owner	Skipper	Boat Name

Crew Needed or Available
This section is for Junior Fleeters who either need crew or wish to crew. Please contact our Webmaster if you want to add a listing.
Future Junior Fleeters getting ready...

	Jim Millar
	Frank Pollina
	Charl Seabury