The Following is an excerpt from the Daily Republic, Fairfield, CA - 29 May 2005 With over 100 family and friends in attendance, Fred and Edna Barnes were toasted by their son Ted Barnes, PhDEE, at a dinner dance to commemorate their 50 years of marriage at the Paradise Valley Golf Course Clubhouse in Fairfield on May 21. The couple met when they both worked at Air Force Weather Central, Offutt Air Force Base, NE in 1954. They married on May 21, 1955 in Lowell, Mass. and moved to Fairfield in 1961 when he was transferred to Travis AFB as a weather forecaster. He retired from the Air Force as a Weather Forecaster. He also retired as Manager of the Beneficial Finance Company, though he remains active as the Chairman of the Solano County Planning Commission. She retired as Director of Veterans Services in Solano County. The couple are the authors of two books on Barnes genealogy. Their family consists of a son, Ted, their daughter in law Marjorie and two grandsons, Connelly and Everett. Close friend Carl Pullen provided the DJ music for the affair. Special guests included Carolyn Merchant, PhD, professor at UC Berkeley and her husband, Charley Sellers, PhD, retired professor at UC Berkeley; Oliver and Pat Everette of Concord; 1950's weather associates, Bill and Carole Whatley of Houston, Texas; Bill and Connie Ditto of Amarillo, Texas; Director of Veterans Services Contra Costa County, Gary Villalba; Director of Veterans Services Sacramento County, Jeff Pealer and wife Carol; nephew Randy Barnes of Adelanto; weather associate Bud Hartel and his wife Katie of Weed; former Solano County Veterans Counselor, Linda Tinney Bushta and her husband Greg of Upper Lake; and 1952 Plainview High School, Nebraska classmates John Mullins of Elba, NY and Leonard Thomas and his wife Melba of Rancho Mirage. (http://adsys.townnews.com/65398778417084/creative/dailyrepublic.com/milestones+right1/11222.gif?r=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/classifieds/) (http://adsys.townnews.com/937193599/creative/dailyrepublic.com/milestones+right1/11222.gi f?r=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/classifieds/) Search the Web _Directory_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=) _Yellow Pages_ (http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgidir.dll?MEM=1357) _White Pages_ (http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgiqa.dll?MEM=1357) _Meet Someone_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=clspr) _My Page_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/welcome.htm?pgtarg=myi) _City Guide_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=ctyi) _Lottery Results_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=funlt) _Weather_ (http://www1.accuweather.com/adcbin/index.asp?partner=townnews) _Movie Listings_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=funmov) _Maps/Directions_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=ylwmd) _Horoscope_ (http://horoscopes.astrology.com/tn/horo/dailyover.html) _Greeting Cards_ (http://www.infospace.com/info.inn/pgreets/index.htm?XNavigation=fun) ____________________________________ Check out: _Davis, CA_ (http://www.davisenterprise.com/) _Placerville, CA_ (http://www.mtdemocrat.com/) _Winters, CA_ (http://www.wintersexpress.com/) ____________________________________