Today's NY Times covered the burial at sea and had some articles about Kennedy on an inside page. One was titled "The Celebrity Who Was a 'Regular Guy'." That article was quite moving in its quiet way about the man's common touch. He did a lot of volunteer work for charities such as Reaching Up which helped disabled people and how much some of them appreciated how he knew how to talk with them with no awkwardness or condescention. The article winds up with the following two paragraphs that bring the whole thing into our realm. To quote: Early in 1995, he went to the Downtown Boat House, a center for kayakers near his apartment, to ask about keeping his kayaks there. When it was explained that everyone volunteered their time to keep the place going, Mr. Kennedy was eager to do his part. Then he was reminded what a disruption he might become. "If we had had something to do tht didn't involve contact with the public, he would have been happy to volunteer," James Wetteroth, the boathouse president, recalled. "Still he was part of the community here. He just had to walk a little faster than everybody else to keep ahead of his celebrity." ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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