The Wounded Blue Never Forgotten Never Alone By Daniel J. Curran It all begins with a call for help. Wounded in the line of duty, police officers need assistance badly. And now, in Oregon, it has arrived. The Wounded Blue organization (https://thewoundedblue.org/), a national assistance and support organization for injured and disabled law enforcement officers […]
Category Archives: More Moments
The last time I saw my Mom, she was standing in the lobby of the nursing home (Mt. St Josephs) she lived in. I had visited with her. I got in my car and, while backing up, saw that she stood behind a full-length glass window looking at me. I stopped my car and stepped […]
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His Last Few Hours Desperate people do desperate things. Frank Curran was desperate. It was time to pay up, and he knew it. But ending up as a news piece in the Chicago Times wasn’t what Frankie Curran had in mind when he headed into a frigid Chicago morning on January 25, 1938. Before he […]
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Patriots My aunts, Isabelle and Elizabeth, achieved World War II hero status. Sadly, I never knew either of them or had the opportunity to speak to either one. I only knew of them through their heroic exploits. Both were nurses who served on the front lines. Elizabeth, the younger of the two, served in Anzio, […]
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Thurles, IR By Daniel J. Curran A former girlfriend’s husband’s 17-year-old son, Adam, was killed in a car accident. The driver and the car’s occupants were all under the influence when the car ran off the road, hitting a tree-killing Adam. He was the lone death. At the time of the accident, Adam was talking […]
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Alpenrose Velodrome The Alpenrose Velodrome is a single fixed-gear bicycle-racing track on the Alpenrose Dairy property in Beaverton. Constructed in 1967, it is one of two velodrome tracks in the Northwest; the second, the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, is in Redmond, Washington. The Alpenrose Velodrome is a member of the American Track Racing Association, a […]
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Water I am a long-distance cyclist and have been for close to 30 years. Good hydration is paramount to effective long-distance cycling. I took off for a 32-mile ride. I rode a few blocks only to realize I didn’t bring any water with me. At some point, while riding, I stopped and picked up a […]
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Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland consecrated Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in the West Hills of Portland on September 30, 1888. Over a thousand people attended the hour-long ceremony, despite the constant, drizzling rain. It was the second Catholic cemetery in Multnomah County and the first in Portland (Portland and East […]