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Birds chirp in a tree shading the Whitehouse Cemetery plot where 24-year-old Army Sgt. Gary "Andy" Eckert is buried. The tree was a sapling when he was killed in Iraq in 2005. Now it's a sturdy young tree.
Andy's son, Myles, has also grown. He's 9 years old and the spitting image of his dad.
"Everything is identical, down to the way he stands, the way he looks, they way he laughs, the way he smiles, the way his teeth are set," mom Tiffany Eckert said. "They were made from the same cookie cutter."
Myles was just 5 weeks old when Andy was killed by a roadside bomb near Samarra, Iraq, on Mother's Day, during his second deployment. His daughter Marlee, born while he was on his first deployment, was 21 months old.
One side of Andy's large black headstone is covered in tiny stickers. Once a year, Tiffany, 32, cleans them off for Marlee, now 10, Myles and Tiffany's daughter, Berkley, 3, to fill again.
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When designing his marker, Tiffany included a bench on either side of the headstone so she and the kids could sit and visit. His side is inscribed, "Freedom"; her side is inscribed "Strength." An inscription on the back reads: "Marlee & Myles, I'm working in heaven. Be strong, be fierce, be kind.You'll never be alone. I love you, Daddy."
"I thought they might come here someday and it would speak to them," Tiffany said of the note. "They ask to come all the time and I never say no."
"I didn't think that our 'normal' would include my kids asking to make trips to the cemetery to show their dad their sports uniforms or talk to a headstone about a really big day that had just transpired," Tiffany wrote in a column for Toledo Free Press earlier this year. "The reality of our situation is that when we want to share the moments in life that others take for granted, we have to do so in front of a large slab of granite."
Pay it forward
Not quite five months ago, an unassuming exchange at a local restaurant unexpectedly turned into one of those "big days" after Myles found $20 in the parking lot of a Maumee Cracker Barrel and gave it to a soldier eating lunch.
"Both of us had decided we were going to give it to our waitress, but then Frank came in and Myles' eyeballs lit up," Marlee said.
"Dear Soldier," the note read. "My dad was a soldier. He's in heaven now. I found this 20 dollars in the parking lot when we got here. We like to pay it forward in my family. It's your lucky day! Thank you for your service. Myles Eckert, a gold star kid."
"He reminded me of my dad so it came from the heart," Myles said.
The recipient was Lt. Col. Frank Dailey, a 27-year military veteran serving with the 180th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard. Dailey, a Bowsher High School graduate who lives in Perrysburg, was out to eat on Feb. 7 with his wife and their baby grandson.
"I was really proud because I didn't have to prod him at all," Tiffany said. "They did it on their own. To watch that unfold as a mom who's been teaching them all these years is really awesome."
"It was just heart-melting immediately," Dailey said. "Reading the note, he expresses that his father was a soldier and he's in heaven now. But you can't really discern what that's about until the very bottom when you find his name and he states he's a Gold Star kid. That immediately clued me in on how his father had died."
Afterward, Myles asked to stop at the cemetery. He wanted to talk to his dad alone. He won't say what he said, but, from the car, Tiffany snapped a photo of him hugging the headstone.
"I don't remember [what I said]," Myles said. "Actually I do remember, but it's secret."
Within days, Dailey continued the pay-it-forward chain, donating the $20 to CedarCreek Church for its local outreach efforts.
For months, Dailey kept the note on his dresser, where he looked at it daily. Now it's packed away for safekeeping as the family prepares to move out of state for Frank's next transfer.
"We've kept a close hold on it," he said. "To me it's one of those valuable items that we want to keep forever."
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The story gained national attention after the Daileys' daughter posted a photo of the note on Facebook. Mutual friends tagged Tiffany and soon local media caught wind, followed shortly by national media.
"The true spirit of paying it forward is it's not supposed to end up like this, but this has been neat because it's been a learning experience for others. We've been able to share this story and challenge other people to pay it forward," Tiffany said. "We still leave notes when we're at restaurants, but it's harder to be inconspicuous now."
Tiffany was soon overwhelmed with offers to send Myles cash, video games and more. Instead, the family decided to redirect the donations to military children's charity Snowball Express, which offers fun experiences to provide "hope and new happy memories to the children of military fallen heroes who have died while on active duty since 9/11," according to its website.
"We've really been given this huge platform and the only way I could justify anything we've done is by continuing to do something to pay it forward," Tiffany said. "Last year Snowball Express was suffering. They were low on funds. So I thought, 'What better way to promote that organization than to have people pay it forward to them?' It's been really neat because it's brought such awareness to what it means to be a Gold Star."
Although she's tried to limit the gifts they've accepted, Myles has gotten an Xbox, iPad and bicycle from various charities and donors. She is undecided what to do about offers to help fund the children's educations.
"I just didn't want it to get out of control and have them start thinking they were entitled," Tiffany said. "While they are under my watch, I'd rather continue to teach them what I've always taught them and that's to give, not to receive."
Dallas-based Highland Capital Management soon stepped up with a $1 million matching funds challenge, offering the opportunity to turn Myles' original $20 into $2 million.
"We don't have a final tally back yet, but we're really close to the $2 million," Tiffany said.
Executive Director Buck Kern said Snowball Express serves more than 1,200 children each year, but there are more than 8,000 children who have lost a parent since 9/11. Myles and Marlee have both participated in Snowball Express events.
"Nobody at school really knows what it's like, so I'm glad when we go to Snowball that nobody has to ask what happened," Marlee said.
"My favorite part is meeting the other kids because they are just like me," Myles said. "The worst part is the last day because you have to say goodbye to all your friends."
The family has appeared on CBS and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." They've met former President George W. Bush, Michelle Obama, Kid Rock and other celebrities. Over Memorial Day weekend, Myles was an honorary caddy at The Patriot Cup in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a golf tournament that provides scholarships and other assistance to families of killed or disabled service members. On June 18, the family traveled to Georgia to receive a Daily Point of Light Award, for promoting the spirit of volunteerism.
But Tiffany's favorite experience has been right here in Toledo, when Friendly's offered to host an ice cream party in April at Toledo Public Schools' Glendale-Feilbach Elementary in honor of Myles.
"That was special," Tiffany said. "It was so fulfilling, so rewarding just to see these kids challenged by Myles."
Tiffany's two mantras are "You get better, not bitter" and "Kindness always wins."
"I was bullied a lot when I was a kid and that's what I had to tell myself on a regular basis to get myself through," Tiffany said. "Then when Andy died it really became a coping mechanism. Then the kids and I ended up doing it together as soon as they got old enough to comprehend. Doing kind things for others, for me, is very fulfilling. There's nothing else besides my kids that fulfills me more."
Looking back
Tiffany and Andy met at a party in 2002 and soon became inseparable.
"There was just something about him," Tiffany said. "He just had this calming effect. And those eyes. He had the most beautiful blue eyes ever."
They were married at the Lucas County Courthouse on Feb. 28, 2003, a week before he deployed to Iraq.
"Andy pretty much asked me every day to marry him from the minute we met," Tiffany said. "He was really adamant that he didn't want people to ever think we just got married because I was pregnant with Marlee or because he was getting deployed. Him being deployed obviously expedited things, but he wanted to marry me from the second we met."
Tiffany believes their "fast and furious" romance was meant to be.
"If it had happened any other way we wouldn't have had the kids, we probably wouldn't have gotten married," she said. "We had such a short period of time from when we met to when he died. … It was a whirlwind, but I feel like it was meant to happen that way. It was definitely a God thing."
Marlee was born in July, while Andy was still in Iraq. They had chosen the name Marlee Grace, but shortly before she was born, Tiffany changed her middle name to Freedom.
"I felt really compelled to do so," Tiffany said. "I wanted her to know her dad wasn't in the pictures because he was fighting for our freedom."
Andy wrote Marlee hundreds of letters, even before she was born, Tiffany said. One she carries in her purse reads: "Hello Sunshine, Daddy loves you, and will be home soon. [Heart], Daddy."
Andy was killed by a roadside bomb on May 8, 2005, about 500 feet from where he'd been injured a year earlier. That incident, in March 2004, sent him home with shrapnel wounds, a traumatic brain injury and a Purple Heart. But when his unit was called up in November, he volunteered to go back.
"Because of his injuries, he had to sign a waiver to be able to go. He said, 'I can't let them go without me,'" Tiffany said. "It wasn't what I wanted, but who was I to tell him no? My job as his wife was to support him fully. He felt that he was supposed to go back and I couldn't tell him he was wrong."
Andy returned on a two-week leave for Myles' birth in March 2005.
"[When he left again] it was really emotional because he told me he wasn't going to come back," Tiffany said.
At his funeral, she said she didn't know how she would go on.
"You're sitting there looking at an unknown, like looking at a blank space, and it's terrifying. Especially when you know you are the one person in the world those two little kids had to count on," she said.
"I always miss him. I always wish he could be with us. Then I just remind myself that he can see everything from heaven and I find some peace in that. I think I'm at the point now where I miss his presence for the kids more than anything. I had some time with him, but they never had that opportunity. He would have been the best dad ever. I know that for a fact, and that makes the sting that much sharper."
Moving forward
Myles is a "typical 9-year-old," Dailey said. He likes basketball, baseball and video games. Marlee likes soccer, writing and horseback riding. Tiffany works full time in accounting at a local marketing firm.
Myles said he might want to join the military, but Marlee said she'd like to be a writer instead.
"My dad was [a serviceman] and my dad's dad was, and my dad's stepdad was, so then I want to be because it's a tradition," Myles said.
Tiffany said her girls have taken all the attention on Myles in stride.
"I think the fact that, at home, they know they're loved and all equal balances out what's going on," Tiffany said. "Marlee has shown a lot of grace. She's an old soul, wise beyond her years. Berkley is just the sassiest thing ever. She doesn't really comprehend, but she talks about that she got to go to the White House or she got to go to 'Ellen.' She doesn't like it when we travel and she doesn't get to go with us."
Berkley's dad lives in the area, although he and Tiffany are no longer together.
"I'm teaching her the exact same things I taught her brother and sister," Tiffany said. "She just fortunately has a dad, a living dad."
Tiffany is starting a foundation called Lucky Day, to encourage paying it forward to military families.
"I would like to focus a lot on PTSD and preventing suicides because Andy was a wounded veteran and we had to deal with the ramifications of some of his injuries and his invisible wounds," Tiffany said. "I had prepped myself to spend the rest of my life taking care of him and I wasn't afforded that opportunity. But I still have a heart and I still have a passion for those soldiers that have experienced so much and I'm still capable of helping."
A second organization, a partnership with another Gold Star widow to assist Gold Star families, is in the works.
"This whole time I've acknowledged and respected that this 15 minutes isn't going to last forever, so I tried to make right choices, stay normal, do the right thing, keep God at the center of everything we're doing," Tiffany said. "Now moving forward, we still have momentum and that's why we're starting these organizations to continue to help pay it forward."
The attention Myles' random act of kindness has brought to the family has meant reliving the pain of their loss.
"It's an honor to be able to share Andy's story and to preserve the legacy, but there are times where it's emotional and it's tough and you just sort of have to say, 'I need a minute,'" Tiffany said.
"But whatever amount of emotional rigor I go through is worth it because not only am I speaking of Andy and celebrating the choices my children are making, I really feel like we're celebrating all of the sacrifices and reminding people it wasn't just Andy. It's not just Marlee, Myles and Tiffany. There's so many other families like ours. I always try to look at the bigger picture. It's not ever once been just about us. It's about us and the others."
The intensity of the attention has toned down but hasn't ended.
"I suppose at some point there will be an ending point to the attention, but I certainly hope there isn't an ending point to the pay-it-forward mentality," Dailey said. "I could tell you [my wife] Lisa and I had no idea that our life was going to take a whole different trajectory than what we had envisioned on that day.
"To me, it's been a special ride, it's been a fantastic ride. Quite the whirlwind obviously, the places that we've gone, the people we've met, the organizations we've been able to be part of. It raised awareness for us of the many needs out there."
"It reminds you there are a lot of kids like Myles and Marlee that have lost parents," Lisa added. "We look at it as we're pretty fortunate. We still have [our soldier], but [those who don't] need to be taken care of and the kids not forgotten."
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Free Wallpaper Friday: Emasculation Edition
You guys are a tough crowd to please. Last week's installment received as much welcome as Michael Moore attending a Republican convention. Some of you even criticized my gallery for being "too feminine", which left me questioning my sexuality and displaying overcompensating male machismo behavior. Friends and family began wondering why I suddenly started smoking cigars and spoke in a deep faux masculine voice. I hope you're proud of yourselves!
So, this week I bow to your requests and offer up these, well, less effeminate wallpapers. Hope you enjoy them. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go watch Nascar racing and wear my pants halfway down my ass.
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On Wednesday, April 6, 2011 the Antlers High School Girls Golf Team hosted a golf tournament at the Antlers Springs Golf Course just outside of Antlers. Schools from around the area traveled to take part in this event. Some of the schools attending included Haworth, Valliant, Broken Bow, Allen, Pittsburg, Coalgate and Antlers.
Megan Buchanan, of Antlers, showed the girls how it was done as she took first place in individual play with a total of 90. Megan has placed in every tournament that Antlers has competed in this year: 7th at Haworth, 3rd at Broken Bow, 6th at Valliant, and now a 1st place win on their home course.
It was a good day for the Antlers girls all around as the team took home a 3rd place overall win. The Antlers Girls Golf Team includes Megan Buchanan, Kaci Hokett, Hanna Maple and Breanna Rosa. The girls are coached by their proud and patient leader, Coach Mark Rosa.
The top four teams at the tournament were, taking first place, Haworth, in second was Allen, in third, Antlers and coming in 4th was Valliant. Individual standings had Megan in first, April Hughes from Haworth in second with 94, Kelsey Eddy from Allen in third with 94 and Beyla Skelton from Allen in fourth with 99.View more articles in:


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Traveling with the Matador's Basketball Team ... Bob Vazquez, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations, offers his weekly insights on the accomplishments of the teams, coaches, and student-athletes who compete for Cal State Northridge ... The weekly report includes upcoming key games, and a report on what other activities are happening in the Matador Athletic Department ... For more information on Matador Athletics, go to www.gomatadors.com
Traveling with the Matadors ...
Editors Note: Traveling on the road can be a difficult ordeal. Just ask the Cal State Northridge men's basketball team which recently had to endure a tough trip to the Windy City to face Chicago State. Planning a basketball trip takes a lot of hard work; setting up air flights, providing quality ground transportation, selecting a quality hotel, ordering healthy meals, setting up team meetings and practices, and the list goes on and on. Of course, that doesn't include playing a game on an opponents' home court in front of a hostile crowd. This year, the Matadors have endured freezing rain, snow and windy weather traveling to the states of Ohio, Iowa, Washington, Utah and now Illinois. But through it all, the Matadors are 6-3 on the road. Bob Vazquez, Assistant Athletic Director (Media Relations), travels with the team during the season, and chronicles another excursion on the road; this time a trip to the Midwest for a non-league game at Chicago State. Traveling is not an easy experience.
Monday, January 21, 2008
7:45 a.m. - School has not been in session since mid-December, but the collegiate basketball season does not rest. Cal State Northridge has been practicing and playing games during the winter school break. Although it is a holiday (Martin Luther King Day), the team boards a bus which will take the Matadors from the CSUN campus to Los Angeles International Airport for a four-hour flight to the Midwest to play Chicago State the following evening.
10:30 a.m. - The flight is delayed because of poor weather in the Midwest which is delaying flights in and out of Chicago. The Matadors wait nearly three hours to board their flight which includes an hour wait on the jet on the runway. Luckily the nearly four hour flight is without turbulences which gives the team a chance to sleep or listen to music. The coaches are hard at work reviewing video tape of Chicago State, and even taking a sneak peak at Long Beach State, the next opponent after Chicago State. Head coach Bobby Braswell also has time to read a good book (Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy) and listen to his IPod, while assistant coach Louis Wilson, an avid reader, buys four magazines and a newspaper.
6:00 p.m. (ct) - Light snow is falling as the plane approaches O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Welcome to winter weather in the Midwest. It's 22 degrees.
6:30 p.m. (ct) - The Matadors are scheduled to practice at Chicago State at 7:00 p.m. which is located on the south side of the Windy City. The three-hour delay in leaving Los Angeles has clearly put the team behind the eight-ball in terms of getting to the Chicago State campus to practice. The bus driver tells the coaching staff the ride from the airport to Chicago State will take at least 45 minutes with light snow falling and temperatures dropping into the low 20's. The team still has to check into its hotel to change into their practice gear. The coaches decide to cancel practice at Chicago State, and instead improvise a walk-through practice at the hotel.
8:00 p.m. - The walk-though practice is surprisingly productive. The Matadors are able to practice in a large ballroom, and the coaches use trainers tape to create an outline of a basketball court on the carpet. A large bath towel wrapped in duct tape serves as a basketball. Practice is followed by dinner and a team meeting. The day finally ends around 11 p.m. (ct). No one dares walks outside the hotel. It's cold outside and light snow is falling. Perhaps the following day will be a little less hectic.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
9:00 a.m. - Snow has fallen overnight and the temperature is expected to reach only a high of 20 degrees with an overnight low of seven degrees. Welcome to Chicago. The bus driver is caught in rush hour traffic and arrives late at the hotel. He tells the coaching staff the ride from the hotel to Chicago State for the morning shoot around will take 90 minutes to two hours because of traffic. That is not good news since the shoot around is suppose to start in less than half an hour. The driver takes the side streets of Chicago to save a little time, but he still has to get on the Dan Ryan Expressway which cuts through the heart of downtown Chicago en route to the south side of Chicago. The driver is right about the heavy traffic. If you can imagine getting caught in morning rush hour gridlock traffic in Los Angeles, but adding snow, an icy freeway and wind, and it makes for an interesting adventure. Life on the road isn't easy.
10:20 a.m. - Luckily the bus ride takes less than the expected two hours, and the team is able to practice for an hour. After practice, the team boards the bus for the long ride back to the hotel for lunch and a nap. Some Californians are just not very tough. Although it is sunny outside, the weather is cold walking from the arena to the bus, and the Chicago wind easily cuts through layers of clothing. Getting back to the mild winter weather of California can't come soon enough.
4:30 p.m. - Normally for a 7 p.m. game on the road, the Matadors will leave the hotel no later than 5:30 p.m. However, because of the distance from the hotel to Chicago State and the expected heavy traffic on the Dan Ryan Expressway, the team decides to leave at 4:30 p.m. And sure enough, traffic is heavy and the pace is slow. Snails move quicker. The team finally makes it to the arena, but CSUN's six-game winning streak ends with a 83-75 loss to Chicago State. The Matador party of 14 players, coaches and support staff boards the bus for the long ride ride back to the hotel. This group is tired and grumpy.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
8:00 a.m. - It will be good to get back home to face rain and 60 degree weather. Why? because today's forecast in Chicago calls for a high of 16 degrees and a low of a -2. The players sleep on the four-hour flight from Chicago to Los Angeles while Ryan Dodd (Basketball Operations Director) prepares a video scouting report for the coaches on the next opponent, Long Beach State. The bus trip from LAX to CSUN takes 40 minutes. It's good to see the CSUN campus again. Homeward Bound!!! Home Cooking!!! Home Sweet Home!!!


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Todd Was In Town; Event Was a Stunning Success
Friday, July 22, 2005
Once again, the McFarlane Companies were well represented at the annual Comic-Con International in San Diego, as staffers had the opportunity to meet and converse with an overwhelming number of fans and curious onlookers -- some having been fans since the day the first issue of Spawn hit shelves, others who are relatively new to what we do with our various collectible- and entertainment-related endeavors.
While Comic-Con is always one of the highlights of our year -- filled with big announcements and the unique chance to discuss our products (past, present and future) with fans face-to-face-- this year proved to be all we have come to expect and more. Much more.
Highlighted by Todd McFarlane's return to the Con (after a two-year absence), there were a number of big events and even bigger revelations made in San Diego this year, including:The unveiling of our Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Wallace and Gromit -- The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Napoleon Dynamite and Spawn Series 28: Regenerated two-up prototypes (corresponding with their addition to our Online Toy Catalog right here on spawn.com).
The world premiere of the Spawn: Animation teaser trailer at the Film Roman panel. Terry Fitzgerald, president of Todd McFarlane Entertainment, and a group from Film Roman spoke with fans about Spawn's highly anticipated return to the world of animation, answering questions and giving hints as to what can be expected.
The introduction of the new creative team slated to take the Spawn comic book in new directions while bringing some of the existing plot points to their jaw-dropping conclusions. The new team: writer David Hine, artist Philip Tan and editor Brian Haberlin.
The "Todd McFarlane Tells All" panel, which included special guests David Hine, Philip Tan, Brian Haberlin and Jon Heder (AKA Napoleon Dynamite), was a huge success. Todd not only discussed action figures and comics, but also our upcoming entertainment projects. He offered those in attendance a chance to view the teaser trailer for the upcoming animation as well as a special sneak peek trailer at his dark vision for the newest live-action incarnation of Spawn.Following Todd's panel, he and Jon Heder appeared separately at the McFarlane Companies' booth for a brief signing session that ended up flooding the booth with hundreds of fans just in time for our comic book signing featuring the new creative team along with Nat Jones, Jay Fotos, inker extraordinaire Danny Miki and letterer Tom Orzechowski. A number of lucky fans who came by the booth for our Napoleon Dynamite signing were given a free limited-edition signing plate featuring an image of our "Napoleon in Prom Suit" figure and a special high school notebook-style signing area for Jon to autograph.
In addition to all of the appearances, signings and Q&As, we also held hourly raffles for an assortment of action figures and comics, including a grand prize of one entire set of McFarlane's Military figures signed by Todd.
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to stop by the booth. Rest assured we are already setting plans in motion for next year's Comic-Con. See you there.
For more photos from San Diego Comic-Con 2005, check out the wrap-up thread on our message board.