As noted elswhere, I wrote to Frank using snail mail since I can't afford
the long distance phone charges. Today I received a reply by the same
route.
To start with let me remind you as he did me that he can't send or receive
e-mail. It is automatically deleted so he never sees it. He has no access
to newsgroups either, which he misses a lot. So the phone and snail mail
are it for contact.
He greatly apreciates all the good wishes and even the prayers for him and
his wife. He says he is doing as well as can be expected under the
circumstances.
His wife did fairly well while he was gone. Since he got home she has had a
couple of episodes of weakness that required a trip to the ER but nothing
unexpected. He wrote on Wednesday and said she was due to have her final
chemo on next Thursday. I guess that would be the 21st. He says she is
expected to start seeing improvments in about a month.
He also gave some additional info about his mother. The details are not
important because at the end ot the printed letter was a hand written ps
saying that his brother had just called to tell him his mother had passed
away. It was not unexpected with her illness and age (94) but he is
saddened and will miss her.
Now the case. He can't say too much. He is being represented by the chief
Public Defender down in GA. He thinks the guy is doing okay and seems to
have faith in his ability. A better lawyer doing it pro bono is out. They
are very hard to find since the case will no doubt go on for at least
months and probably years. He mentioned that the lawyer representing Rose
is going broke doing so. He did say that the more he looks at the
Government case the worse it looks. But it is very preliminary and anything
could happen.
It is very unlikely that there will be any updates to the newsgroups unless
those who call and write relay info as i am doing. "The Kid" does not do
newsgroups. If anything drastic happens he will try to get The Kid to post
but there is no guarantee he will. Frank even has doubts that he would post
if Frank was to have a heart attack or something and pass away. He said he
would tell The Kid how much we all appreciated his one post.
He spends a lot of time researching his case on line. This is about the
only use of the temporary pc he has that is allowed by the pre-trial
agreement. He has also started spending some time at a Senior Citizens
center playing Bridge. That is another thing he misses from his own pc. He
is being very carefull not to violate the agreement on the use of the
computer. He is finding it hard to get back to doing all his finances and
communicating the old way but says it beats being in jail and using a
stubby pencil and pad.
He misses the exchange of ideas and so forth in the groups. He even misses
the trolls a bit. :-)
Well, that's about it. The letter was two pages and this is just the
highlights. I may have missed a detail or two but I think I covered most of
it. He especially wanted Betty and the other regs to know he is okay.
Now I am going to try something that may or may not be a good idea. Frank
has said many times he doesn't mind his address and phone number being out
there. I and others have said that he could be found on line. I am going to
make it easier for his friends in case they have trouble getting that info.
I think it is important for us to keep in touch with Frank so he has our
support. I would hope that others who hear from him will share their info
as I have. If any of Frank's supporters want to contact him I am willing to
send his address and/or phone number by e-mail if you will request it. You
can e-mail me at: uncle_sky2004 at yahoo dot com. I check that mail every
day so replies should be prompt.
I know a lot of you will want to send your condolences on his mother's
passing and I think he will be gratefull for the good thoughts and cards.
--
Uncle Sky
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