Hello all, For those of you who are not part of my ill-fated attempt to publish a Hamrick newsletter in the past few years, you can ignore this e-mail. But for those of you who have been subscribers, this is directed at you. First of all, I must apologize. I promised something I thought I could deliver, but I failed miserably. It was not my intent to solicit money for a newsletter and then not deliver. I have had a history of wild dreams and aspirations, but as with most dreamers, that is where most of my ideas stay, as dreams. Some of my dreams have come to fruition, such as the Pioneer Preservation Fund. I did make the first few calls after my visit to the Hamrick Reunion in 1995 to get a fund started, but since then I have not had any direct involvement in the organization. My mother, Dan Hamrick, Sharon Hamrick, and others (sorry if I forget any names) have put hours upon hours into keeping this dream alive for all of us. I don't want your thoughts towards me to also be connected to this wonderful organization. Now, getting to the second point of this e-mail. I have been attempting to go through my records so I could send refund checks to every person who subscribed and didn't receive their 12 issues. If you were a subscriber, and you did not receive 12 issues, please send me an e-mail with the number of issues you did not receive and your current mailing address and I will send you a check within the next week. There were several people who have sent me checks, but I never cashed them. For those people, please make sure I cashed the check. Again, I apologize for my unthoughtful actions. I took over a project from Charles Hamrick that I thought I could accomplish, but school and college was too demanding for me to be able to publish the newsletter I would have liked to. Thank you and I hope you can forgive me. Andy Cottrell ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com