tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743583389522862002024-03-14T03:02:26.731-07:00Celebrating the Life of Chet RodgersJuly 18, 1981 - November 11, 1999JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-6903947437853316051999-08-01T08:24:00.000-07:002015-07-31T04:14:06.483-07:00Chet at 18: His last photos<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vvyD4opY-PU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275602767490786818" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STa0xARbJgI/AAAAAAAACUE/vWNqUNHmT4E/s400/mom+chet+arizona+wedding.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 351px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Chet with his mom, Marian, at Joy and Quin Gardner's wedding reception in Mesa, AZ.</div>
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<em>“I saw Chet for the first time in August 1999 at a basketball game at the LDS 16th blvd chapel in Gainesville, FL. My children were in a scout meeting in the building. While waiting, I immediately went to the cultural room to watch the basketball game because I had played during high school. Chet was there playing and had a special light around him. During the game, I looked for someone to tell me about this special boy. He was more interested in setting up passes so his team mates could score, rather than he scoring all the points. He was also playing with a good attitude and always smiling. I was amazed with his altruism and his sweet manner of treating his team. Somebody told me that this young man was Chet Rodgers, and he was soon leaving for college in Orem, Utah. When the game finished, I ran to Chet and said to him, "You are an extraordinary player!!!" I so enjoyed watching him play.<br /><br />A few months later in November my friend, Dora Loosli, seemed really worried. So I asked her what was wrong. She told me that Sister Rodgers’ son was seriously injured during a football game. I said, "No!!! Is it Chet, Sister Loosli?" She was surprised that I would be acquainted with Chet and replied, “Yes, you know him?” My heart began beating fast, and I silently asked Heavenly Father, "Why him, Father? He is so special and is a good example to everyone." After a short time later I found out that Chet had passed away. I cried like a mother for her child. Nobody in my family knows Chet Rodgers, but he won my heart in only a few hours.”</em>~Jenina Driaza (<a href="mailto:jeninalatina05@hotmail.com">jeninalatina05@hotmail.com</a>)<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275601223440977842" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STazXIPQz7I/AAAAAAAACTU/1eercXdfQ4Y/s400/joy+wedding+arizona+laura+giggles.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 289px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Chet with his family for sister, Joy's, wedding to Quin. Above, Chet is pinching his older sister, Laura's, butt!!! Can you tell from their giggles?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STa0b3twKrI/AAAAAAAACT8/X3zN6u6J1PY/s1600-h/gainesville+wedding+group.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275601419215577730" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STazihjkIoI/AAAAAAAACTc/-DZO5sHVSWM/s400/whole+family+at+joys+wedding.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 249px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698657793364567490" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AhRMHG6oyU8/TxWzEf4BpcI/AAAAAAAANHo/zW4RoNJTS00/s400/chet%2Bwedding%2Bfamily.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 282px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698657795754462690" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yFUBt-DVE5o/TxWzEox0jeI/AAAAAAAANHw/utV0tfqpIjo/s400/chet%2Bwedding%2Bparty.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 282px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698657785409161426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eqa_odI4v0Q/TxWzECPTyNI/AAAAAAAANHc/hQc4XSE8_BE/s400/Chet%2Btoast%2Bat%2Bwedding.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 282px;" /></a></div>
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Chet giving the best man toast at his sister, Joy's, wedding reception in Gainesville, FL.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275602404416432818" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STa0b3twKrI/AAAAAAAACT8/X3zN6u6J1PY/s400/gainesville+wedding+group.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 261px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275603063351547938" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STa1COcIGCI/AAAAAAAACUM/7-4rYX92ezc/s400/meredith+chet+orlando+wedding+dinner.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 302px;" />Chet with his younger sister, Meredith.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STazzhaSi5I/AAAAAAAACTs/GlMVvRCrE44/s1600-h/chet+at+wedding+lunch.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275601711234452370" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STazzhaSi5I/AAAAAAAACTs/GlMVvRCrE44/s400/chet+at+wedding+lunch.bmp" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 362px;" /></a>Chet eating lunch with family and Elder Richard G. Scott who married Joy and Quin.</div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-87564836351016408831999-06-01T08:08:00.000-07:002008-12-04T07:39:16.545-08:00Chet at 18 spent the summer in Arizona<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxlfv97uI/AAAAAAAACTE/FB6GkkZsl4c/s1600-h/pick+up+at+airport.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275599271247081186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxlfv97uI/AAAAAAAACTE/FB6GkkZsl4c/s400/pick+up+at+airport.bmp" border="0" /></a>When Chet was greeted by his sister, Joy, at the Phoenix airport he was in for a styling surprise. Because Quin's family owned a limo service, friends decided to pretend to be a security service while picking up the "celebrity" Chet. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxZdfG5QI/AAAAAAAACS8/51t6VcHiMFc/s1600-h/joy+chet+limo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275599064481064194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxZdfG5QI/AAAAAAAACS8/51t6VcHiMFc/s400/joy+chet+limo.jpg" border="0" /></a>Above Chet and sister, Joy, laughing in the limo on the way home from the airport.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxQZgAS3I/AAAAAAAACS0/jp8fvZ6O0OI/s1600-h/Rowena+arizona+dinner.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275598908792261490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxQZgAS3I/AAAAAAAACS0/jp8fvZ6O0OI/s400/Rowena+arizona+dinner.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet with sister, Joy's, in laws: Wayne, Rowena, and Mandy.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxDULclNI/AAAAAAAACSs/4JnqpBQPbZU/s1600-h/mandy+quin+chet+working.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275598684025558226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaxDULclNI/AAAAAAAACSs/4JnqpBQPbZU/s400/mandy+quin+chet+working.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet with brother in law, Quin, and sister in law, Mandy. Chet and Quin worked together on steel construction for the summer. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaw04WjmpI/AAAAAAAACSk/2Y7ERjh3zmU/s1600-h/chet+cowboy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275598436037794450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STaw04WjmpI/AAAAAAAACSk/2Y7ERjh3zmU/s400/chet+cowboy.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet learned how to ride a horse at the Gardner's ranch in New Mexico.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STawp_JqWJI/AAAAAAAACSc/95kkmE9W4_s/s1600-h/chet+horse+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275598248884197522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STawp_JqWJI/AAAAAAAACSc/95kkmE9W4_s/s400/chet+horse+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STawgmJVjzI/AAAAAAAACSU/SQyQMBj-R4c/s1600-h/chet+horse+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275598087553126194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STawgmJVjzI/AAAAAAAACSU/SQyQMBj-R4c/s400/chet+horse+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275599756174246210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STayBuPnQUI/AAAAAAAACTM/XObLsxBmamc/s400/joy+chet+horse+riding+1.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STav0Kg8aAI/AAAAAAAACSE/xpRqqelDZrY/s1600-h/horses.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275597324221704194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STav0Kg8aAI/AAAAAAAACSE/xpRqqelDZrY/s400/horses.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STavY4VJz6I/AAAAAAAACR8/QGAYee9kAU8/s1600-h/mandy+chet+1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275596855483944866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STavY4VJz6I/AAAAAAAACR8/QGAYee9kAU8/s400/mandy+chet+1.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet with sister in law, Mandy, in Arizona.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STavQLfoLJI/AAAAAAAACR0/t3zG0CRuLNk/s1600-h/arizona+dinner.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275596706009328786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STavQLfoLJI/AAAAAAAACR0/t3zG0CRuLNk/s400/arizona+dinner.bmp" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br />Chet with sister, Joy, brother in law, Quin, sister, Laura, and mom, Marian, at dinner in Arizona.</div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-44718539000544907701998-12-25T09:23:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:41:51.580-08:00Chet Celebrates Christmas<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbFddeQH3I/AAAAAAAACWE/XMGpqhktjVQ/s1600-h/christmas.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275621123429506930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbFddeQH3I/AAAAAAAACWE/XMGpqhktjVQ/s400/christmas.bmp" border="0" /></a>The Rodgers' family loves their Christmas traditions.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbEvTq572I/AAAAAAAACV8/wK0RoeDzi4s/s1600-h/DSCF0289bb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275620330524241762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbEvTq572I/AAAAAAAACV8/wK0RoeDzi4s/s400/DSCF0289bb.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbEmSVIMjI/AAAAAAAACV0/voqWFKDjA4c/s1600-h/DSCF0293b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275620175545643570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbEmSVIMjI/AAAAAAAACV0/voqWFKDjA4c/s400/DSCF0293b.jpg" border="0" /></a>On Christmas eve, the family gathers for a traditional dinner. Bells are placed above each person's plate setting. And all at once, the family "rings in Christmas." Then, each person opens an ornament before the meal.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275616888031441362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbBm7YqcdI/AAAAAAAACU0/XeK6ymdfdZY/s400/waiting+christmas+morning.bmp" border="0" />All the children sleep in the same room together on Christmas Eve. Then, come Christmas morning, the kids gather outside mom and dad's bedroom to sing Christmas carols to wake them up.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbEKSfHpLI/AAAAAAAACVs/wG497tsS5cY/s1600-h/DSCF0335.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275619694551213234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbEKSfHpLI/AAAAAAAACVs/wG497tsS5cY/s400/DSCF0335.jpg" border="0" /></a>The kids can not see the tree right away on Christmas morning because there is a sheet placed in front of the hall way door. To add to the suspense, the children are lined up youngest to oldest and close their eyes as they are led to the tree. Eyes still closed, the kids are handed their stockings and led back to mom and dad's bedroom to open stockings on the "big bed."<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbDFdvm3XI/AAAAAAAACVc/gjINxzpSwNI/s1600-h/DSCF0352.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275618512162184562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbDFdvm3XI/AAAAAAAACVc/gjINxzpSwNI/s400/DSCF0352.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275618349554040466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbC7_-zfpI/AAAAAAAACVU/PbQ5ynTlGd4/s400/DSCF0297.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbCxo0suoI/AAAAAAAACVM/Snkpep0ktFc/s1600-h/DSCF0295bb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275618171538946690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbCxo0suoI/AAAAAAAACVM/Snkpep0ktFc/s400/DSCF0295bb.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275618706902676306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbDQzNW81I/AAAAAAAACVk/Xiska08ZhlU/s400/DSCF0295.jpg" border="0" />After all the stockings are opened, the kids are led again to the tree with their eyes closed. When everyone is lined up, the children could then open their eyes to see if Santa and Christmas had come! <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbCnMGcIFI/AAAAAAAACVE/tgpegOGwvh4/s1600-h/christmas+morning.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275617992030036050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 373px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbCnMGcIFI/AAAAAAAACVE/tgpegOGwvh4/s400/christmas+morning.bmp" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275623028543529234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbHMWk1IRI/AAAAAAAACWM/T6IFbUKKGn4/s400/DSCF0336b.jpg" border="0" />After the kids open their eyes in front of the tree they can look at all the gifts, but no one can actually touch the presents. Oh the suspense!!! Opening presents comes after breakfast: cheese grits, cheese eggs, cinnamon rolls, and orange juice.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbBDZWociI/AAAAAAAACUc/qcAr3zvzAFk/s1600-h/DSCF0337.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275616277600694818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbBDZWociI/AAAAAAAACUc/qcAr3zvzAFk/s400/DSCF0337.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275630696610941890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbOKsWkS8I/AAAAAAAACWk/XYrw03Zgu_g/s400/DSCF0294.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbAzGvHb1I/AAAAAAAACUU/yw9QsGfrUFM/s1600-h/DSCF0337b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275615997725208402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STbAzGvHb1I/AAAAAAAACUU/yw9QsGfrUFM/s400/DSCF0337b.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-69755961068868307971998-11-01T14:47:00.000-08:002009-01-07T10:26:34.942-08:00Chet at 17 and a senior<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3W6fgYYII/AAAAAAAACOE/0XQlhmz5W20/s1600-h/Chet+senior+photo.jpg"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3WrkIfShI/AAAAAAAACN8/NHTcf0gFdYE/s1600-h/chet+senior+photo+big.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273106782642719250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3WrkIfShI/AAAAAAAACN8/NHTcf0gFdYE/s400/chet+senior+photo+big.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3WRUI2dnI/AAAAAAAACN0/sc21sz7ghvc/s1600-h/senior+photo+serious.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273106331672671858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3WRUI2dnI/AAAAAAAACN0/sc21sz7ghvc/s400/senior+photo+serious.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275689000706748770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/STcDMcCPsWI/AAAAAAAACWs/aKxMJgfZyFM/s400/most+spirited.jpg" border="0" />Chet was voted "Most Spirited" in his senior superlatives.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3WIZrBSoI/AAAAAAAACNs/Ml1gDGOTxzc/s1600-h/chet+craig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273106178539342466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3WIZrBSoI/AAAAAAAACNs/Ml1gDGOTxzc/s400/chet+craig.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his friend, Craig.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3V_jXjQGI/AAAAAAAACNk/gFBRqLqcYzs/s1600-h/chet+bleach+hair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273106026523213922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3V_jXjQGI/AAAAAAAACNk/gFBRqLqcYzs/s400/chet+bleach+hair.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3V4wJy4uI/AAAAAAAACNc/MUhCErqdRv8/s1600-h/chet+hat+smile.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273105909696094946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3V4wJy4uI/AAAAAAAACNc/MUhCErqdRv8/s400/chet+hat+smile.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VtcNbsWI/AAAAAAAACNU/3vngzeTlZ5s/s1600-h/chet+josh+ash+christmas.jpg"></a></div><div align="left"><em>"I was a freshman when Chet was a senior. I was chunky, dorky, and in Band. During one of the first football games of the year, my family (including my elementary-aged brother) were sitting in the stands, eagerly awaiting half-time. While I wasn't there myself to see what happened, there was apparently an incident where some of the other over-zealous students were particularly insensitive and unpleasant to my little brother, going so far as to physically push him out of the way.</em></div><em><div align="left"><br />As the story goes, Chet immediately gave them their "what-for's," and swept my brother up in a hug, dried his tears, and proceeded to seat him on his shoulders for half-time so he could try and see me while I was on the field.</div><div align="left"><br />I made it a point to thank Chet on the following Monday. He was so kind - most seniors don't deign to talk to freshmen, but he stopped in public to accept my gratitude. While we didn't talk again after, it was not uncommon for us to nod and smile if we passed each other.<br /></div><div align="left">My brother has never forgotten Chet's kindness, either. He openly mourned Chet's passing when he found out, as did I. Chet was truly a very special person, and was taken from his friends and family far too early. To this day, he recounts that tale with fondness, and has said many times that he has tried his hardest to pay that kindness forward, especially at football games. He never hesitates to make buddies with the siblings of football players, cheerleaders, and band members - often doing the same thing for them that Chet did for him - lifting them up high so that they can enjoy the thrill of seeing the person they love down on the field."<br /></em>--Jacqueline Monck</div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VhVD0kaI/AAAAAAAACNM/a5HNCSRiqB4/s1600-h/chet+with+fam+on+couch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273105507286290850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VhVD0kaI/AAAAAAAACNM/a5HNCSRiqB4/s400/chet+with+fam+on+couch.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VSdAx2XI/AAAAAAAACNE/i0ZLIbkm0DQ/s1600-h/quin+meets+family.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273105251722975602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VSdAx2XI/AAAAAAAACNE/i0ZLIbkm0DQ/s400/quin+meets+family.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family meeting Joy's husband, Quin, for the first time in Florida. The family tried to impress Quin by appearing "outdoorsy and active" so they took Quin on a hike at O'leno State Park. Unfortunately, they didn't look like natural hikers when they admitted they were indeed very LOST!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VKWcCkDI/AAAAAAAACM8/2i3txOVNxmw/s1600-h/chet+high+graduation%27.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273105112519315506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3VKWcCkDI/AAAAAAAACM8/2i3txOVNxmw/s400/chet+high+graduation%27.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3U7hQin9I/AAAAAAAACM0/8qPi36B6KAM/s1600-h/chet+fam+grad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273104857725837266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3U7hQin9I/AAAAAAAACM0/8qPi36B6KAM/s400/chet+fam+grad.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family at his high school graduation ceremony.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273104657801155698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Uv4eyFHI/AAAAAAAACMs/XzZvnFZsV04/s400/chet+friends.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Ul0YPKkI/AAAAAAAACMk/kH_1ISQlPZM/s1600-h/chet+friends+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273104484901268034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Ul0YPKkI/AAAAAAAACMk/kH_1ISQlPZM/s400/chet+friends+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-42445411461483138101998-10-02T15:28:00.000-07:002008-12-03T15:07:52.897-08:00Chet at 17 and a senior: Homecoming Court<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3c7tOFf1I/AAAAAAAACQM/ysqn-D0B2m0/s1600-h/Mr.+Mrs+Bobcat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273113657029787474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3c7tOFf1I/AAAAAAAACQM/ysqn-D0B2m0/s400/Mr.+Mrs+Bobcat.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet was voted by his high school's student body as <em>Mr. Bobcat</em> on the Senior Homecoming Court.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3c0pK54GI/AAAAAAAACQE/wXZdRWLnlZI/s1600-h/mr+mrs+bobcat+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273113535683616866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3c0pK54GI/AAAAAAAACQE/wXZdRWLnlZI/s400/mr+mrs+bobcat+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cqL1ue8I/AAAAAAAACP8/i9JxuB4tsgM/s1600-h/homecoming+court+group+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273113356011469762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cqL1ue8I/AAAAAAAACP8/i9JxuB4tsgM/s400/homecoming+court+group+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cbEASVfI/AAAAAAAACP0/kYYd0NmEnck/s1600-h/homecoing+group+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273113096210241010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cbEASVfI/AAAAAAAACP0/kYYd0NmEnck/s400/homecoing+group+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cMdLIXpI/AAAAAAAACPs/m7cq2mAooHM/s1600-h/homecoming+stage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273112845268573842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cMdLIXpI/AAAAAAAACPs/m7cq2mAooHM/s400/homecoming+stage.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cFRdRzCI/AAAAAAAACPk/EHa9FesSIuA/s1600-h/9th+homecoming+friend+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273112721864379426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3cFRdRzCI/AAAAAAAACPk/EHa9FesSIuA/s400/9th+homecoming+friend+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-81914979075442723311998-10-01T15:12:00.000-07:002008-12-03T13:48:42.764-08:00Chet at 17 and a senior: Cat Prowl Pep Rally MC<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3aLF3xYkI/AAAAAAAACPc/FXZ2sCpmAkw/s1600-h/cat+prowl+mc%27s.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273110622810235458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3aLF3xYkI/AAAAAAAACPc/FXZ2sCpmAkw/s400/cat+prowl+mc%27s.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet was cast as one of the three MC's to entertain and host Buchholz's annual homecoming pep rally, Cat Prowl.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273109905355023090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3ZhVJHovI/AAAAAAAACO0/bFo0YEYcZoY/s400/chet+mc.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273110012615933554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3ZnkuHPnI/AAAAAAAACO8/0I6sV2l1QmE/s400/chet+holding+mike+at+cat+prowl.JPG" border="0" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3aDXueGuI/AAAAAAAACPU/EN_j21HTWEg/s1600-h/chet+wings+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273110490164108002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3aDXueGuI/AAAAAAAACPU/EN_j21HTWEg/s400/chet+wings+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Z88vp43I/AAAAAAAACPM/i6JBAq5e6Nk/s1600-h/chet+wings+side.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273110379842102130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Z88vp43I/AAAAAAAACPM/i6JBAq5e6Nk/s400/chet+wings+side.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Z0pohtFI/AAAAAAAACPE/1tEQBPHZSIg/s1600-h/chet+wings+jump.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273110237272978514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Z0pohtFI/AAAAAAAACPE/1tEQBPHZSIg/s400/chet+wings+jump.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Za6Td8gI/AAAAAAAACOs/HL7Nh5cgtWk/s1600-h/face+painted.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273109795071455746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Za6Td8gI/AAAAAAAACOs/HL7Nh5cgtWk/s400/face+painted.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3ZD-lv0sI/AAAAAAAACOk/T95Jh1tTPyI/s1600-h/face+paint+mike+testa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273109401084875458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3ZD-lv0sI/AAAAAAAACOk/T95Jh1tTPyI/s400/face+paint+mike+testa.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Y89svnUI/AAAAAAAACOc/Q-NIyEN6Z0M/s1600-h/mc+cat+prowl+face+painted.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273109280586702146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Y89svnUI/AAAAAAAACOc/Q-NIyEN6Z0M/s400/mc+cat+prowl+face+painted.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Ywjb2FfI/AAAAAAAACOU/DCtldFF9oNE/s1600-h/garbage+can.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273109067378071026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Ywjb2FfI/AAAAAAAACOU/DCtldFF9oNE/s400/garbage+can.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3YmyGpJzI/AAAAAAAACOM/txw7ouyoUZg/s1600-h/mc+crowd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273108899516983090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3YmyGpJzI/AAAAAAAACOM/txw7ouyoUZg/s400/mc+crowd.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-14839929725828906851998-06-01T13:45:00.000-07:002008-12-03T10:32:25.799-08:00Chet Acting & Singing<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3GF0Q-hQI/AAAAAAAACME/Zk5fMYfAjPU/s1600-h/42+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273088541952214274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3GF0Q-hQI/AAAAAAAACME/Zk5fMYfAjPU/s400/42+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3F9wEQwUI/AAAAAAAACL8/HcYN6VGcZWk/s1600-h/42+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273088403386188098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3F9wEQwUI/AAAAAAAACL8/HcYN6VGcZWk/s400/42+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3F4AawqLI/AAAAAAAACL0/0pVWKEOaGC0/s1600-h/42+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273088304696305842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3F4AawqLI/AAAAAAAACL0/0pVWKEOaGC0/s400/42+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3FvcQIkDI/AAAAAAAACLs/-iGAMvPMwLs/s1600-h/42+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273088157549105202" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3EzNVoQJI/AAAAAAAACK8/siXUWeIOylA/s400/42+10.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273101144330989218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3RjXyN7qI/AAAAAAAACMc/BMPCnGWMXXk/s400/play+3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273101015459238418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Rb3szEhI/AAAAAAAACMU/rShVT7qqf6I/s400/play+7.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273100876079463218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3RTweEezI/AAAAAAAACMM/ivNbi64H5GU/s400/play+5.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3ERXt_N-I/AAAAAAAACKc/k3wg0g9WI4Y/s1600-h/play+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273086541424441314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3ERXt_N-I/AAAAAAAACKc/k3wg0g9WI4Y/s400/play+6.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3EHKKGAAI/AAAAAAAACKU/jrZaIKZRWBE/s1600-h/play+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273086365985538050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3EHKKGAAI/AAAAAAAACKU/jrZaIKZRWBE/s400/play+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3EAbnEHTI/AAAAAAAACKM/bHMz_Jh7QHM/s1600-h/play+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273086250411367730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3EAbnEHTI/AAAAAAAACKM/bHMz_Jh7QHM/s400/play+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3D5tEk84I/AAAAAAAACKE/X7E7TJCspaA/s1600-h/play+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273086134839473026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3D5tEk84I/AAAAAAAACKE/X7E7TJCspaA/s400/play+8.jpg" border="0" /></a>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-75305995733418234371998-05-01T08:33:00.000-07:002009-01-05T10:38:44.355-08:00State Thespian Competition: "Moses Supposes"<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Cz-grm8I/AAAAAAAACJ0/qzVAklzx34w/s1600-h/chet+mike+dancing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273084936929909698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Cz-grm8I/AAAAAAAACJ0/qzVAklzx34w/s400/chet+mike+dancing.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3CtccuyoI/AAAAAAAACJs/q2OQVSBAXrc/s1600-h/chet+mike+bushes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273084824707320450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3CtccuyoI/AAAAAAAACJs/q2OQVSBAXrc/s400/chet+mike+bushes.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>"Chet was a wonder, he actually had a smile that could brighten a room, drew such attention and admiration without any effort, and could light up a stage with the style and class of actors from an earlier era. I'll never forget his voice either. I have many memories of Chet from Buchholz drama – rehearsals for 42nd Street, cast parties, and (my personal favorite) his rehearsals with Michael Testa for their competition number, "Moses Supposes" (I was the "professional" button presser for the cassette player for their rehearsals, districts, and state competition performances). I do remember Chet and Michael panicking the day of their highly-anticipated, state competition performance in Tampa, when they realized their tap shoes had no traction on the slick tile floors of the building. They practiced the number over and over in the hall around the corner from the room they were set to perform in, each of them slipping again and again. Mrs. Rodgers even rushed to a store to purchase adhesive grips for their shoes – but it didn't help. I don't remember who slipped in that room during the performance, but I seem to recall it was Chet, near the end of the number, I think. But afterward, he handled it better than I ever would have. Chet knew how to laugh – at himself, at life, and it inspired those around him to laugh – I've always admired that about him. I wish I could see that performance again. He always seemed to get so much enjoyment out of it, as he seemed to in everything he did on stage and almost everything I saw him do off stage! He was so talented. But Chet's talent for the performing arts was always eclipsed by his warm and generous nature. I seem to recall at Chet's memorial service, his friend Craig Copeland sharing a story about asking Chet about why it is that everyone loved him so much. Chet's response was that he always tried to say something nice to everyone he spoke to. It is that characteristic of Chet that has stuck with me and been a big influence in my life. I never knew Chet as well I would have liked, but I knew him well enough to never forget him."</em><br />-- Matthew R. Kear<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273084656572169058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3CjqGL-2I/AAAAAAAACJk/sjEzoiMWwjQ/s400/chet+mike+backs.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273085176931452082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3DB8lghLI/AAAAAAAACJ8/pAq4ObimSt0/s400/chet+mike+arms.jpg" border="0" />JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-30300458426348056681998-04-01T13:30:00.000-08:002009-01-07T10:39:34.468-08:00Chet at 16 and a junior<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Bx1OIWVI/AAAAAAAACJU/ohs299TvB_o/s1600-h/meredith+batpsim.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273083800564816210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Bx1OIWVI/AAAAAAAACJU/ohs299TvB_o/s400/meredith+batpsim.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family at younger sister, Meredith's baptism.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BqbQwNQI/AAAAAAAACJM/XaCpMsT7Ykw/s1600-h/chet+mike+summer+mer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273083673337410818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BqbQwNQI/AAAAAAAACJM/XaCpMsT7Ykw/s400/chet+mike+summer+mer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet holding niece, Summer, next to his friend, Mike, and sister, Meredith.</div><div align="left"><br /><em>"I haven't been able to fully share my life changing friendship story about Chet with my wife - that is until now. Being able to hear him speak to me and sing is such an awesome gift! It was such a great experience to put a voice and face to the stories of me and Chet: watching Happy Gilmore in the pool house - watching the gators play - playing ping-pong on the back deck - sitting at the piano and singing whatever music we had in front of us - macking on chicks from EFY - driving the leased Toyota Corolla like it was a sports car and never letting your parents think that we were reckless drivers - playing basketball at the church or at Craig's - playing the guitar - sitting in the hot tub or ruffing around in the pool - paintball wars during the holidays - going to the driving range and then golfing at West End. Those are cherished memories that I can instantly recall.<br /><br />Its funny... I always remember Chet telling me that he looked up to me, but there was never a time when I didn't look up to HIM as an example. He ALWAYS had a way of putting me in a good mood and wanting to do what's right. I could come over and have the most negative feelings about something and Chet would come to the door and with a smile say - "MIKE!...How you doin' bud?" and give me a hug. I can hear him say it to me in my head right now. He'd listen to all the drama that was going on in my life but he wouldn't let it linger. He'd have some sport related story to tell me or something that's going on in drama and he'd be able to distract me every time. Chet also got me addicted to Publix brand Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream...it was classic for him to want mint chocolate chip ice cream.<br /><br />Life goes on but memories stay with you. I sincerely am thankful for Chet and his family and the absolute priceless people that you all are!"<br /></em>---Michael Dame</div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Be8wlS_I/AAAAAAAACJE/uxrHjiOwNdM/s1600-h/chet+summer+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273083476170853362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3Be8wlS_I/AAAAAAAACJE/uxrHjiOwNdM/s400/chet+summer+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BV_feoMI/AAAAAAAACI8/C7Bl1gLWZBY/s1600-h/paintball.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273083322285596866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BV_feoMI/AAAAAAAACI8/C7Bl1gLWZBY/s400/paintball.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet paint balling with his family, cousins Jeremy and Ben, and friends Mike, Craig and the Thompson family,. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BOybf6JI/AAAAAAAACI0/9a0YrFupnyg/s1600-h/chet+summer+christmas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273083198520158354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BOybf6JI/AAAAAAAACI0/9a0YrFupnyg/s400/chet+summer+christmas.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet holding niece Summer at ward Christmas party.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3A86JXJhI/AAAAAAAACIk/rtXnZC7IoME/s1600-h/11+grade+prom+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273082891353925138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3A86JXJhI/AAAAAAAACIk/rtXnZC7IoME/s400/11+grade+prom+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his junior prom date and friends.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3AuKVFO0I/AAAAAAAACIc/eaGbdYVW6yE/s1600-h/11+grade+prom+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273082638000012098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3AuKVFO0I/AAAAAAAACIc/eaGbdYVW6yE/s400/11+grade+prom+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3AlsF3Q_I/AAAAAAAACIU/hLwnR_K7kjc/s1600-h/11+grade+prom+boys.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273082492444165106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3AlsF3Q_I/AAAAAAAACIU/hLwnR_K7kjc/s400/11+grade+prom+boys.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273083032982376434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS3BFJwNz_I/AAAAAAAACIs/LHD5LM50iS4/s400/chet+ben+herget.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">Chet with his cousin, Ben, at Crescent Beach, Florida.</p>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-90629118958106497831997-06-01T13:07:00.000-07:002009-02-12T11:04:48.825-08:00Chet at 15 and a sophomore<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS29pw5A2sI/AAAAAAAACIM/pu5rWyGXThc/s1600-h/family.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273079263917038274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS29pw5A2sI/AAAAAAAACIM/pu5rWyGXThc/s400/family.bmp" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273078633616183442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 383px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS29FE1lEJI/AAAAAAAACH8/-EsSpNSKMVU/s400/sibbling+photo.bmp" border="0" /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS29PSO0w1I/AAAAAAAACIE/7gSogF9GGD8/s1600-h/family+group+pose+2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273078809010422610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS29PSO0w1I/AAAAAAAACIE/7gSogF9GGD8/s400/family+group+pose+2.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS288-Q5BDI/AAAAAAAACH0/4H6DKvzhFrE/s1600-h/chet+jullie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273078494412735538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS288-Q5BDI/AAAAAAAACH0/4H6DKvzhFrE/s400/chet+jullie.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his friend, Julie.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS281he8IHI/AAAAAAAACHs/KSf9rQqZo84/s1600-h/itchatuknee.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273078366427947122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS281he8IHI/AAAAAAAACHs/KSf9rQqZo84/s400/itchatuknee.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his younger sisters and friends floating down the Itchatucknee River in Florida.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28tO3lw4I/AAAAAAAACHk/7bN8ch3_8yQ/s1600-h/itchatucknee+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273078223992112002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28tO3lw4I/AAAAAAAACHk/7bN8ch3_8yQ/s400/itchatucknee+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28k99zj9I/AAAAAAAACHc/YIP_XU-wsw8/s1600-h/chet+jumps+in+river.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273078082015825874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28k99zj9I/AAAAAAAACHc/YIP_XU-wsw8/s400/chet+jumps+in+river.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28b-AAZ1I/AAAAAAAACHU/tni4bItU86A/s1600-h/chet+swim.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273077927406233426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28b-AAZ1I/AAAAAAAACHU/tni4bItU86A/s400/chet+swim.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28HU8uwEI/AAAAAAAACHM/AWU05qF3toI/s1600-h/chet+mike+at+piano.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273077572789256258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS28HU8uwEI/AAAAAAAACHM/AWU05qF3toI/s400/chet+mike+at+piano.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet singing and playing the piano with his friend, Mike.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27-r3nzXI/AAAAAAAACHE/XaaR6FGBwQY/s1600-h/chet+voice+recital.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273077424323022194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27-r3nzXI/AAAAAAAACHE/XaaR6FGBwQY/s400/chet+voice+recital.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet was in the varsity Chamber Singers Choir at Buchholz High School. He took private singing lessons from Debbie. Above, he is seen performing at one of his voice recitals at the Thomas Center in Gainesville, Florida.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS272ogeqgI/AAAAAAAACG8/Y-CwEzrsWJs/s1600-h/national+champsionship+bachellers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273077285981694466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS272ogeqgI/AAAAAAAACG8/Y-CwEzrsWJs/s400/national+champsionship+bachellers.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet loved the University of Florida Gator football team. Above, he is with his cousin Nathan, uncle Chet, uncle Harry, dad Larry, and older brother, Josh, watching the 1996 gator football national championship game!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27vdx9jyI/AAAAAAAACG0/_WdpQCkisKE/s1600-h/national+championship+football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273077162843148066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27vdx9jyI/AAAAAAAACG0/_WdpQCkisKE/s400/national+championship+football.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left"><em>“I could tell you all that I'm ok and that my brother, Chet, is in a better place; but I'm not ok with him not being with me and selfishly feel that the better place for him is hanging out with me... watching Florida Football! I understand that Chet is doing his Father in Heaven's work on the other side, and I accept that. I just miss him so much that my chest hurts sometimes.<br /><br />I think of all of the laughter I missed over the years that Chet has been gone. I think of all of the strength he would have brought me through the challenges of life. I think of how I'm going to fill the void in the lives of my children when Chet took his smile with him! How do you replace the amazing experiences your children would have had if their uncle were still here? I know how much Chet would have been able to teach them and how much they would have loved their uncle. My children watch videos of Chet, discussing how much they miss him and how wonderful and nice he seems. One day they will know.<br /><br />I am grateful to all of you for sharing here. Thank you for your examples and inspiration. It warms my heart to hear how my brother, Chet, touched so many of your lives. I hope that I can emulate him.”<br /></em>---Josh Rodgers</div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27lTIOe6I/AAAAAAAACGs/7zuFuZy8ymI/s1600-h/joys+graduation+family.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273076988185050018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27lTIOe6I/AAAAAAAACGs/7zuFuZy8ymI/s400/joys+graduation+family.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family at older sister, Joy's, high school graduation.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27cJH9YII/AAAAAAAACGk/2pfhP95F4r4/s1600-h/joy+graduate+siblings+mom.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273076830880751746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27cJH9YII/AAAAAAAACGk/2pfhP95F4r4/s400/joy+graduate+siblings+mom.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27UmnIm8I/AAAAAAAACGc/B8QVt-6JhZY/s1600-h/efy+Joe+lowry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273076701357185986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS27UmnIm8I/AAAAAAAACGc/B8QVt-6JhZY/s400/efy+Joe+lowry.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><p align="center">Chet with his friend 's, Andy, Tyler, and Joe at EFY.</p><p align="left"><em>“The last time I was with Chet was during the summer before my mission. I was a counselor at the camp Especially For Youth (EFY) in Tampa, Florida on the USF campus, and Chet was there also.<br /><br />Chet and I saw each other and talked a little, and then several of the young men in my group wanted to hang out with him and his group throughout the week. Chet had a magnetic personality and a great spirit about him. Anyone who met him for the first time could tell there was something special about him. Chet really had the light of Christ in his eyes. It didn’t hurt that he was very talented and a good athlete as well. (I could tell since we played on the same football team with the EFY kids during the conference.)<br /><br />But more than that, Chet was such a good example and a great leader in his own right. His testimony was strong, and I admired him for the way he would reach out and include others in his circle. Chet was a remarkable young man. I remember and respect him in the same reverence that people in Gainesville talk about Tim Tebow. It was an honor to know Chet and the rest of his family.”<br /></em>---N. Dean Sapp</p>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-3390081415862045331996-06-01T08:53:00.000-07:002009-02-12T11:05:55.848-08:00Chet at 14 and a freshman<div align="center"><em></em><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2HoipOkHI/AAAAAAAACGM/Ec1d-qJHgis/s1600-h/home+coming+sweet+heart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273019869284962418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2HoipOkHI/AAAAAAAACGM/Ec1d-qJHgis/s400/home+coming+sweet+heart.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet was voted Freshman homecoming sweetheart.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2HemzcZhI/AAAAAAAACGE/9CZEvXYfKik/s1600-h/home+coming+9th+court.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273019698602862098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2HemzcZhI/AAAAAAAACGE/9CZEvXYfKik/s400/home+coming+9th+court.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273019077205333858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2G6b6ul2I/AAAAAAAACFs/NNLF32m8YC4/s400/9th+homecoming+frined.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2HVeK_lgI/AAAAAAAACF8/ExYV8k3InqQ/s1600-h/high+school+crowd+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273019541666895362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2HVeK_lgI/AAAAAAAACF8/ExYV8k3InqQ/s400/high+school+crowd+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2GwXeMAvI/AAAAAAAACFk/1OS6rupuMss/s1600-h/joy+chet+EFY.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273018904213193458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 324px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2GwXeMAvI/AAAAAAAACFk/1OS6rupuMss/s400/joy+chet+EFY.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet enjoyed attending a church youth program in the summers called, "Especially For Youth". Above he is pictured with his sister, Joy, at his first EFY.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2GHTY73yI/AAAAAAAACFc/xO_oSNophzk/s1600-h/mountains+family.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273018198742785826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2GHTY73yI/AAAAAAAACFc/xO_oSNophzk/s400/mountains+family.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family in the north Georgia mountains. This is one of the first times Chet touched snow.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2F7Dg_d1I/AAAAAAAACFU/cvkqMAiMVlk/s1600-h/chet+stand+snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273017988323178322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2F7Dg_d1I/AAAAAAAACFU/cvkqMAiMVlk/s400/chet+stand+snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2Fx1vgBOI/AAAAAAAACFM/LSIL5wWhU8E/s1600-h/chet+lay+snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273017830007112930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2Fx1vgBOI/AAAAAAAACFM/LSIL5wWhU8E/s400/chet+lay+snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2FqxNNJRI/AAAAAAAACFE/n6NC0YOOdrA/s1600-h/chet+ash+mer+play+in+snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273017708530443538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2FqxNNJRI/AAAAAAAACFE/n6NC0YOOdrA/s400/chet+ash+mer+play+in+snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2Fi6PFBdI/AAAAAAAACE8/eFXxeyA8o5Y/s1600-h/chet+ashley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273017573515265490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2Fi6PFBdI/AAAAAAAACE8/eFXxeyA8o5Y/s400/chet+ashley.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left"><em>"I have often wondered how I will explain to my future children and husband about this wonderful person whose example and sincere love for others helped me decide to follow in his footsteps and truly show charity to everyone. I remember the last phone call that I had with my brother, Chet. I had a soccer game one Saturday, and I scored a couple of goals. I was so excited, and I wanted to call him right away. I called Chet in Utah, and I remember his sweet voice encouraging me to keep trying hard in soccer and especially in school. We had a bet to see who would do better in school that semester. I obviously said with complete confidence that I would get straight A's, and then he intimidated me by telling me that he had straight A's so far! I remember working really hard that semester so that I would win. I don't remember my grades exactly, but I remember that I have tried hard to get good grades especially after I saw that it was so important to Chet. </em></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"><em>Chet always took care of me. I broke my nose in the church gym, and he was the first one there to calm me down and comfort me while he helped me wash off all of the blood. Chet didn't care that he had to stop playing basketball with his friends. Sometimes I would hang out with his friends...and he always included me in a trip to get ice cream or a sports event. I always felt like he was proud to have me as a sister (even when boys his age would never kiss their younger sister in public or think it cool to have her around). He took his role as a big brother seriously, and I know that he will be an amazing father to some very special children. I just wanted to share some of my feelings and some anecdotes about my older brother, Chet</em>."</div><div align="left">--Ashley Rodgers </div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2FaHsI1hI/AAAAAAAACE0/Qah_yN1sa-k/s1600-h/chet+ash+dad+snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273017422507988498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2FaHsI1hI/AAAAAAAACE0/Qah_yN1sa-k/s400/chet+ash+dad+snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2FQU4GSCI/AAAAAAAACEs/Qz3IYc98MAk/s1600-h/chet+pan+for+stone.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273017254249121826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2FQU4GSCI/AAAAAAAACEs/Qz3IYc98MAk/s400/chet+pan+for+stone.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2EXqVWn0I/AAAAAAAACEE/Y3l17kKWJgM/s1600-h/chet+bacheller+paint+ball.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273016280756428610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2EXqVWn0I/AAAAAAAACEE/Y3l17kKWJgM/s400/chet+bacheller+paint+ball.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with friends and the Bacheller family enjoying a friendly game of paintball. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2EDx1L2BI/AAAAAAAACD8/2z1DyiQP_lA/s1600-h/josh+candi+wedding.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015939171604498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2EDx1L2BI/AAAAAAAACD8/2z1DyiQP_lA/s400/josh+candi+wedding.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family at older brother, Josh's, wedding to Candice in Salt Lake City, Utah.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2D7tU42SI/AAAAAAAACD0/fgrxAOTGP-A/s1600-h/meeting+barry.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015800523446562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2D7tU42SI/AAAAAAAACD0/fgrxAOTGP-A/s400/meeting+barry.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet meeting Laura's husband, Barry, for the first time.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DyUpOv1I/AAAAAAAACDs/SgeMlACSIvk/s1600-h/laura+barry+wedding.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015639279058770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DyUpOv1I/AAAAAAAACDs/SgeMlACSIvk/s400/laura+barry+wedding.bmp" border="0" /></a>Chet with his family at older sister, Laura's, wedding to Barry in Orlando, Florida.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DojYiHZI/AAAAAAAACDk/2J33pmPZ96A/s1600-h/chet+laura+wedding+close.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015471436864914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DojYiHZI/AAAAAAAACDk/2J33pmPZ96A/s400/chet+laura+wedding+close.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DgWvBiUI/AAAAAAAACDc/qkXiVAgBDQQ/s1600-h/chet+joy+sing+at+lauras+wedding.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015330602584386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 391px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DgWvBiUI/AAAAAAAACDc/qkXiVAgBDQQ/s400/chet+joy+sing+at+lauras+wedding.bmp" border="0" /></a>Laura and Barry asked siblings, Chet and Joy, to sing at their wedding reception the song, "Time After Time." <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DYXVn30I/AAAAAAAACDU/adcOnzrPE5g/s1600-h/chet+joy+laura+wedding.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015193325526850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 349px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DYXVn30I/AAAAAAAACDU/adcOnzrPE5g/s400/chet+joy+laura+wedding.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DNWLqiKI/AAAAAAAACDM/hHET451D-oA/s1600-h/adam+walton.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273015004036761762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2DNWLqiKI/AAAAAAAACDM/hHET451D-oA/s400/adam+walton.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his friend, Adam.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2C-PIJfmI/AAAAAAAACDE/_pERMpfCWCQ/s1600-h/chet+adam+walton.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273014744444927586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2C-PIJfmI/AAAAAAAACDE/_pERMpfCWCQ/s400/chet+adam+walton.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left"><em>"I don't exactly know how to explain how I felt about Chet. I knew him for a couple of years, yet, I would talk about him on the LDS mission as though he were one of my closest friends. When people would ask me what my plans were after the mission, I would let them know that my friends, Mike and Chet, and I were planning on getting an apartment in Utah together while we went to school. </em></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"><em>He was a few years younger than me, but he was so much older in his maturity and clear understanding of Gospel principals. He just always seemed to "get" it... I mean with everything. He was always a step ahead, ready to lead or follow, whichever was required of him. His smile was disarming, and his charm was overwhelming. His presence commanded attention in any room, though he never asked for it. He was good, and a good boy. If I had to use one word to define Chet, I would not be able to do it, because there are too many words which define him. But several include: Magnificent, Amazing, Humble, Incredible, Unreal, Fantastic, Genuine, Illuminating, Inspiring. </em></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"><em>The most amazing and personal thing to me about Chet is that if I had to describe him to someone I could use all of the characteristics of Jesus Christ, and they would be the same. He was the very source of the Light of Christ. A friend and I once went to a Kenneth Cope concert. After the concert, we stood around and waited to meet and talk with Kenneth Cope. He shook my friend's hand, and as they shook hands Kenneth whispered something into my friends ear, "You have the light of Christ in your eyes. Keep it there!" Every time I think of that experience, I wonder if I have the light of Christ in my eyes. Chet always did. </em></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"><em>When I grow up, I wanna be like Chet! (I have a lot of growing up to do.) Chet was four years younger than me, yet I feel like I need to grow to be like him. I am always searching for the Maxim in my life, the motto by which I want to live. Two of my favorites, fit Chet to the "T":"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries, and you rejoice,"..."Live life so that those who do not know God yet know you will want to know Him...BECAUSE they know You." </em></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"><em>There are few people I have personally met who I feel have a quick place ready beside God. Chet is one of them. I always keep a list of the top 5 most influential people in my life. Chet is on this list. The other four are substantially older, from Seminary teachers to college professors. Chet was influential, without ever trying to be. My life is better, because Chet was a part of it."</em> </div><div align="left">---Adam Walton</div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2C2mtww9I/AAAAAAAACC8/Ov3J7HfMPmo/s1600-h/chet+grandma+puck.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273014613337752530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2C2mtww9I/AAAAAAAACC8/Ov3J7HfMPmo/s400/chet+grandma+puck.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2CrO5uiPI/AAAAAAAACC0/_hyGihBe9Fc/s1600-h/joy+chet.bmp"></a>Chet with his grandma Pucky.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2CQZ3JhGI/AAAAAAAACCs/gmlBzghQ6Yk/s1600-h/guys+and+dolls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273013957052433506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2CQZ3JhGI/AAAAAAAACCs/gmlBzghQ6Yk/s400/guys+and+dolls.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chet with his friend, Joe, after performing in their high school musical, <em>Guys and Dolls</em>.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273016923503366994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2E9EwKk1I/AAAAAAAACEk/sBK6m9kAcx8/s400/craig+mike+chet+ben.jpg" border="0" />Chet earned his Eagle Scout award through the Boy Scouts program. Above he is pictured with friends, Craig, Mike, and cousin Ben.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273016593430015442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2Ep3Ii7dI/AAAAAAAACEU/JhKuGI90ObU/s400/chet+scouts+dad.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273016733550769426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2EyBH79RI/AAAAAAAACEc/Rfs4PYN3aTY/s400/chet+craig.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273016447664907586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SS2EhYHb5UI/AAAAAAAACEM/lzySmMpfPLY/s400/chet+ben+mike.jpg" border="0" /></div>JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-39036105555483243411995-06-01T11:46:00.000-07:002012-10-11T09:54:09.774-07:00Chet's Middle School Years<em>"I went to middle school with Chet. I teach first grade now, and always work really hard to teach my students the importance of standing up for others. I try to help them understand that it's important to help when you see someone getting bullied, even if it's someone you don't know very well. </em><br />
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<em>Just yesterday I was thinking back to my middle school years, and oddly enough, had a memory about Chet- When I was in 6th grade at Westwood, Chet and I were in Chorus together. I loved singing, but I always dreaded the class because there was another boy who always made fun of me. This student made fun of the way I looked, and made fun of me because I was Indian (and believe me, in 1992, there weren't that many other Indian kids at school!) When I was thinking about this, I also remembered the day that Chet came to my defense, and basically told the other kid 'hey, we all look different' and told the kid to leave me alone. While Chet and I were never close friends, his simple act made such a big difference in my life at the time. The fact was that he had the courage to stand up for someone else.<br /><br />My family moved to Connecticut in 1995, and I recently moved to New Jersey for a new teaching job. Of course, facebook keeps everyone in touch these days, and this memory I had yesterday touched me so much, that today, I thought I would look up Chet on facebook. I had not heard of Chet's passing, and when I saw the memorial blog I was overcome with emotion.<br />I know that many years have passed since, but I thought you should know that Chet is still touching people's lives, just as he always did. He was a person that truly brought his heart and character to everything he did in life, both for himself and others, and he is well remembered."<br />---</em>Sumitra Ratneshwar<br />
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JoyRGardner@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993373809179034526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774358338952286200.post-83656839955297787311992-12-01T11:25:00.000-08:002014-02-24T14:41:27.341-08:00Chet's Younger Years<div align="center">
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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GnaFZUrhFAg/TxW2ZF7DcWI/AAAAAAAANIM/0XNeKwnyAZw/s400/family%2B1986.jpg" height="512" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698661445710082402" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxT48RseaI/AAAAAAAAB-0/WaXbBavb2u8/s400/harry+terry+wedding.bmp" height="585" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272681501462133154" style="display: block; height: 366px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" />Chet with his family in Crystal River, Florida at his uncle Harry and aunt Terry's wedding reception.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxUIsVxUZI/AAAAAAAAB_E/IxTheBFY9VM/s1600-h/beach.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxUIsVxUZI/AAAAAAAAB_E/IxTheBFY9VM/s400/beach.bmp" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272681772062167442" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 301px;" width="481" /></a>Chet with his siblings at Crescent Beach, Florida.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxUB19g3BI/AAAAAAAAB-8/8qzZuon_ZGI/s400/chet+at+mall+4+years+old.bmp" height="347" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272681654385695762" style="display: block; height: 347px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="400" />Chet with his sisters, Joy and Laura, at Littlewood Elementary's chorus concert at the Oaks Mall.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTwCO61fI/AAAAAAAAB-s/FpY75q4BWjE/s400/chet+riding+3+wheeler.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272681348442281458" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Chet riding his big wheel in front of the old Gainesville house.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTljVeP9I/AAAAAAAAB-k/sgyig19oq2o/s1600-h/christmas+morning+old+house+bed.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTljVeP9I/AAAAAAAAB-k/sgyig19oq2o/s400/christmas+morning+old+house+bed.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272681168349577170" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Chet with his siblings opening Christmas stockings on the "big bed" Christmas morning.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTb0mmv7I/AAAAAAAAB-c/3oXa8u5RveE/s1600-h/rafting+chatahoochi.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTb0mmv7I/AAAAAAAAB-c/3oXa8u5RveE/s400/rafting+chatahoochi.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272681001186148274" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 272px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Chet with his family rafting down the Chattahoochee River during a July 4th family reunion in Atlanta, Georgia.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTUzlXggI/AAAAAAAAB-U/WHS1m5iuKRk/s1600-h/mom+cher+elementary+diploma.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTUzlXggI/AAAAAAAAB-U/WHS1m5iuKRk/s400/mom+cher+elementary+diploma.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680880653435394" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Chet with his mom at Littlewood Elementary.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTMrdF0mI/AAAAAAAAB-M/OPFuSba1XdQ/s1600-h/chet+nieghborhood+friends.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTMrdF0mI/AAAAAAAAB-M/OPFuSba1XdQ/s400/chet+nieghborhood+friends.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680741032284770" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSpUD15DI/AAAAAAAAB9s/NqBwAn7vaf8/s400/chet+mom+dad.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680133456946226" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTEOSYS-I/AAAAAAAAB-E/28LVVrOL3jQ/s1600-h/chet+with+josh+and+ashley.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxTEOSYS-I/AAAAAAAAB-E/28LVVrOL3jQ/s400/chet+with+josh+and+ashley.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680595763776482" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxS71TPjiI/AAAAAAAAB98/LDUn3OQfnOY/s1600-h/universal+studios+siblings.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxS71TPjiI/AAAAAAAAB98/LDUn3OQfnOY/s400/universal+studios+siblings.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680451617558050" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 244px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Chet with his siblings at <em>Universal Studios Theme Park</em> in Orlando, Florida.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSzPpSIBI/AAAAAAAAB90/wQh-wtfru7o/s400/orlando+1.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680304070500370" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 293px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxShNudfEI/AAAAAAAAB9k/sl-8-AddYns/s400/chet+margarita+viviana+SHIP.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679994317700162" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Chet with his cousins, Margarita and Viviana, in Virginia.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSYJ6srkI/AAAAAAAAB9c/611su43_D1w/s400/chet+dad+sonny.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679838676463170" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Chet with his grandpa Sonny.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSQ4J1viI/AAAAAAAAB9U/nv8XYxcKOXY/s1600-h/chet+siblings+with+grandpa+sonny.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSQ4J1viI/AAAAAAAAB9U/nv8XYxcKOXY/s400/chet+siblings+with+grandpa+sonny.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679713649049122" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSJ8mqiMI/AAAAAAAAB9M/-0MKMMngzzc/s1600-h/chet+swimming.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxSJ8mqiMI/AAAAAAAAB9M/-0MKMMngzzc/s400/chet+swimming.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679594584606914" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxR-GLoZbI/AAAAAAAAB9E/e6YLpI6WLgA/s400/chet+mom+ashley+mer+kitchen.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679390997145010" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxR085HY-I/AAAAAAAAB88/qYmu-PsRt1I/s400/chet+reading+year+book.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679233884742626" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRs1SLQ6I/AAAAAAAAB80/MM7KRXdbURk/s1600-h/chet+at+uf+oconnel+center+with+siblings.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRs1SLQ6I/AAAAAAAAB80/MM7KRXdbURk/s400/chet+at+uf+oconnel+center+with+siblings.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679094403416994" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRlEG9fNI/AAAAAAAAB8s/dvq_eSjlG7Y/s1600-h/chet+read+to+ash+mer+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRlEG9fNI/AAAAAAAAB8s/dvq_eSjlG7Y/s400/chet+read+to+ash+mer+1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272678960943955154" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRa0vXpPI/AAAAAAAAB8k/QwBUowjRnIo/s1600-h/chet+read+ash+and+mer+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRa0vXpPI/AAAAAAAAB8k/QwBUowjRnIo/s400/chet+read+ash+and+mer+2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272678785019782386" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRS6SfnRI/AAAAAAAAB8c/lMklfqyNw0w/s1600-h/chet+%26+josh+hats.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OzwZFVuUL6w/SSxRS6SfnRI/AAAAAAAAB8c/lMklfqyNw0w/s400/chet+%26+josh+hats.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272678649070329106" style="cursor: hand; 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