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August 14, 2004
1st Annual Friends of the Big Flashlight Reunion

Even after nearly 15 years Staff shirts and exagerated stories ruled the day at Brookside Park. Claig, Steve, and Jeff kicked things off with burgers, brats, and beverages before meeting the rest of the staff at Welch Avenue Station.

SHIFT LOG
Date: August 14, 2004 Day: Sat
Area: UDA3 (Rover) Key: Ring 2
Flashlight: 1 Radio: 2

1100-1110 Checkout gear, start log, 10-8.

1110-1330 Exterior Rounds at Brookside Park with UDA1 and UDA5 (Radloff & Odle) Observed squirrel stealing walnuts. Confronted and let off with a verbal warning.

1330-1430 Lunch Break. Ate brats and burgers.

1430-1615 Completed exterior rounds of Brookside Park. UDA1 made several checks of the creek. Still there.

1615-1730 Interior rounds of Comfort Suites on Elwood.

1730-1745 Mobile exterior of TRA and Welch Avenue.

1745-1900 Interior rounds of Welch Avenue Station with UDA1 & UDA5. 10-25'd UDA2 (Lewis) at the East table.

1900-1930 Supper break. Met with Guards Benson and Hayes. Ate Pizza a Tilden resident left for us.

1930-1940 10-33 for Benson (birth of 4th child?) Benson & Hayes depart for hospital to meet Benson Significant Other.

1940-2030 Continued rounds of WAS.

2030-2100 Staff meeting supervised by Peters. Discussed procedures and incidents of note.

2100-2300 Completed interior rounds of WAS.

2300-2305 PBX Security Office. Is now a custodial office. Also found that 294-6900 is no longer an operational phone number.

2305-2310 PBX DPS. Asked for UDA Security to 25 us at South Friley Arch. Confused dispatcher said there was
no such thing as UDA Security. Must have meant Salts and Pedro were on duty.

2310-2330 Exterior check of Friley. Found Mr. Big's picture on the back side of the North Friley arch.

2330-2331 Exterior check of Helser. NOT THERE!

2331-2350 Interior check of Friley. Spoke to RA on Chamberlain. Found out we don't exist anymore.

2350-0005 Final Exterior rounds of UDA.

"ISU, UDA is 10-42"

Notes from 2005:
No duty log kept for 2005.

Notes from 2006:
Another Friends of the Big Flashlight gathering has come and gone. This weekend's reunion went well and everyone who attended had an enjoyable time. This year we had representatives from UDA, RCA, SRO, and ISU DPS. Friday afternoon my wife, Sandy, and I met (Supervisors) Tom Duncan and Craig Odle at People's and, despite being the only patrons and still received no attention from the wait staff, stayed and relived several Incident Report-worthy memories. At 1800 hours we moved on to the Legends American Grill, a newish restaurant on the 7th floor of a Campustown building that offers a gorgeous view of campus and extremely average service and mediocre food. We were joined by former SRO/Beat Patrol Supervisor Darin Jacobs and his wife, Carrie, and later, Steve Radloff. The addition of Tom and the Jacobs added several new lies and embellishments to the stories told at the last two reunions. We left the Legends just prior to being asked to leave and moved on to Welch Avenue Station where apparently no new CDs have been purchased since we graduated, which is nice. Kelly Hayes who was passing through Ames joined the group at Welch for a while and we all adjourned for the evening at the extremely late hour of 2300. Saturday Steve and I set up the picnic gear at Brookside at 1000 and were joined by Dave and Rhonda Benson and their family. After a lunch of burgers, brats, and awesome chocolate cake, we did a bicycle tour of campus where Steve and I imparted knowledge to the Benson kids they weren't likely to hear from their parents. Because early move-in was just beginning we were also able to take a quick tour of Friley Hall which has changed a bit over the last fifteen years. Mr. Big's countenance is still on the backside of the North Friley arch, though. Saturday evening Steve, Darin, Carrie, Sandy, and I went out for one last group meal at a new yet unremarkable restaurant on the west end of Ames and tried to remember as many former staff members as possible to invite to the next gathering. I will post names on the Mr. Big website in case they google themselves and find the site. Folks who did contact me but had prior commitments were Sonya, Kris, Dan, Russ, Pam (TRA), and Larry, all hoping to make the next one. Rest assured, those who did not attend were talked about the most. Tentative dates for FotBF '07 are 8/3-5 or 8/10-12. Some folks whose names came up but can't be found include: Colleen Cahoon, Frank Sun, Trevor Anderson, Jeff Stebner, Jennifer Welch, Brigette Blanchard, Wendy Huegli, and several others I can't remember.