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Great memories :smile:
Jake has more of the details.
Dave Young aka Santa Dave passed away this evening. It was sudden so he didn't suffer. It sounds like the paramedics worked on him quite awhile.
Rest in peace friend.
K0IZD has gone Silent Key.
Lotta troubling news throughout the crew lately.
Thanks for posting that picture KC. It means a lot to me.
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Enjoy your stay at the big North Pole in the sky Santa Dave. I love you man :frown:
numbness stacked on top numbness
To everyone who's hurting
To those who've had enough
To all the undeserving
That should cover all of us
Please do not let go
I promise there is hope
Hold fast
Help is on the way
Hold fast
He's come to save the day
What I've learned in my life
One thing greater than my strife
Is His grasp
So hold fast
Will this season ever pass?
Can we stop this ride?
Will we see the sun at last?
Or could this be our lot in life?
Please do not let go
I promise you there's hope
You may think you're all alone
And there's no way that anyone could know
What you're going through
But if you only hear one thing
Just understand that we are all the same
Searching for the truth
The truth of what we're soon to face
Unless someone comes to take our place
Is there anyone?
All we want is to be free
Free from our captivity, Lord
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I miss you buddy
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This picture says it all. Great job girls!
How very fitting. Thanks.
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Shoot everyone with a cell phone can thank an older Ham operator, as a lot of them pioneered the technology that many people nowadays take for granted.
I also remember Santa Dave as one of the few cooler crew members I would run into out in my day to day life. Once at the 2004 Ham Fest (where I bought my first 2 meter radio to get on the air) and then again at the compusa in roseville, which recently closed.
I am saddened to the core today - life is un fair and too short.
I am though so very thankful of how mnay friendships that have blossomed thru the cooler and how many of you/us talk and are there to support each other.
I was planning on making it to Nicks Dads funeral this AM but got a call from school with a sick kid - I hope you understand Nick - I will somehow make it up to you buddy....
I am now down to only having 3 beers out of the six pack of guiness I plan on drinking tonight - 3 will be poured out in the honor of friends and friends families.
Thanks for being supportive of each other guys -- Brad, I love you bro - you after all were the one who got me into the crew conway park year :smile:
Nick - I love you bro - you were the one who made it fun and interesting and entertaining over the years durign the hunts...
Dave - RIP bro - I never told you I loved you but you meant more to me then you willever know - You were always kind and had a great story to share of hunts past. I will miss you....
Regards,
RR
I will post my thoughts of dave later, I have some photos as well - whitney said there are some on our camera of last night too. I'm feeling quite crushed and numb right now to do much of anything. :frown:
or crosby with its shelter. we'd probably have to call to get that reserved.
potluck picnic. warm memories, and lots of great stories about a guy who will be very missed.
During every Winter Carnival, "Santa" would set up a hot plate on the cold concrete outside the Pioneer Press building in downtown St. Paul, cooking soup, cracking jokes and keeping the cold air festive in the wait for the next Treasure Hunt clue.
Dave Young, known as "Santa Dave" for his white beard, bellowing laugh and boundless optimism, died Monday in the company of fellow treasure hunters at Major's bar and restaurant in Inver Grove Heights.
He collapsed unexpectedly into the lap of his good friend Jake Ingebrigtson, who was the first 2007 Treasure Hunt winner.
"We were playing trivia. ... Of course he won every game," Ingebrigtson said.
"He is a fixture of the treasure hunters, and he'll be missed by a lot of people," said Jesse Anibas, who wrote the "Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt History."
Young, 65, could have made a long list of the good people he'd met in St. Paul: He delivered pizzas in the Twin Cities for 26 years on top of doing standup comedy at local venues with the likes of Louie Anderson, friends said.
He had a host of other jobs: school bus driver, short-wave radio operator, occasional WCCO radio personality - and, of course, a Santa-for-hire.
"You couldn't be with him without really believing in Santa Claus, because that's who he was," said Terry Valentine, who, along with Young, was a founding member of the Cooler Crew treasure hunting team.
"There were times things weren't going so well for him, job-wise - but there wasn't anything he wasn't willing to try. You asked how he was doing, and he'd always say 'fabulous,' " Valentine said.
Come treasure-hunting time, Young dressed conspicuously light, in a simple shirt and pants, and his signature hat with earflaps.
"Santa Dave" was apparently never perturbed by the cold, friends said: "He dressed more from fall ... but I never remember him having to warm up," Ingebrigtson said.
For fun, Valentine noted, Young flew small Cessna-class planes and drove around "pretty old jalopies" filled with "stuff" - newspapers, clothes, computer parts (and, during the hunt, shovels and rakes) - "You name it, he could find it in there," Valentine said.
"He was a little bit of a pack rat. Actually a lot," Valentine added. "A lot of people would say, 'Gee, is he living in there?' That was the way he was; he never apologized for it."
His license plates always carried his ham radio call letters: KOIZD. He participated in the Treasure Hunts for the same reason he talked on the radio and attended every day of the Minnesota State Fair: to socialize.
"There wasn't anyplace you could go where you wouldn't run into somebody he knew. He had friends in every port," Valentine said.
Raised in Brewster, in southwestern Minnesota, Young was a 1960 graduate of Brewster High School. He lived in New Brighton for much of his life before moving to Princeton a year or two ago.
He was one of the featured stars of the 2005 documentary film "No Time for Cold Feet."
He is survived by a sister, Martha Young. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Tad Vezner can be reached at tvezner@pioneerpress.com or 651-228-5461.
The snake photo freaked me out alittle. Love the kitchen.
I just found this to be really cool...
anybody wanna guess all 4?
score=
1= Nice Job
2= I'm impressed
3= Hippie
4= Holy Crap...I'm insanely jeolous....