Smoke in the valley and the DR.

It is kind of ironic.. that we have our valley full

of smoke.  And yet, a very famous man dies

on this Sunday morning... and the connection.

Our valley is full of smoke coming from Washington

state as well as fires from our own state.. and then

throw in Montana's Glacier National Park,  which has been

burning for a week or more.

I am sure that this is raising cain  for those with

respirator conditions..  Probably having to stay

indoors with windows shut.

On Sunday morning, a great man took his last breathe.

Some people won't even recognize his name. And yet

he has done more for humane than a lot of people.

He built the most famous respirator, starting with one

for a baby.  He went on and built many different ones,

for adults as well.. Many people who have come and

gone, breathe easier because of the man. Saving their

lives, and he built them in our county.

But that is just the main story. The one he is famous

for.  But there is so much more to this man, than that.

Anyone who has come across this man,  comes away

with the amazement of how humble he was, how kind,

how thoughtful he was.

His name? Dr. Bird to most of us.  Dr. Forrest Bird

to everyone else.. He has been in the company of

Presidents of the United States... he has been in company

of the wealth..  He loved airplanes and helicopters. He

flew in the war.  His love of the planes and copters shows

in his museum.  Which by the way is for free.  There is so

much there. About his inventions and others.. history..

he had the Women who flew in WWII and there is a

monument there to honor them. Some came to the

weekend and fly in that was had. 

He had in the summer, camp for kids for inventing.

Then he took over a charter school, helping so many

more.

But still there was so much more to this man. And what

some of the locals who moved in ....in the past 10 years

or so... don't know.. is that Dr. Bird would fly his helicopter

at a moments notice, when ever there was a wreck on the

highway.. pick up the injured and fly them to the hospital

of choice.  FOR FREE...

He and his wife Pam, has done so much for so many.. And

yet to meet them, you would never know.. because there was

no difference to them.. if you were the President of the United

States.... or if you were one of the men who as filling in the pot

holes on the road that he lived on... As he and/or would invite

the men to the museum, where he had a small soup and sandwich

restaurant...for lunch and for free.  And always had the time to

ask about their day.

God Bless... Dr. Bird.. may you rest in peace.. as you so

richly deserve.. as he cramped a lot of things and times in

to those 94 years.