----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shirley Peterson" <SKPeterson@webtv.net>
To: <jkeiser1@houston.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:21 AM
Subject: Enron


> Hello Holly & John.  I read in this morning's paper that UBS Warburg won
> the bid for Enron's trading operation.  I gather it still needs to be
> approved by a judge (the bankruptcy judge?).  Is there any feeling yet
> about how this will affect Kam? Or either of you? I would think this
> might be a positive thing for Enron and for you.  Am I wrong?
>    It is about  32 degees here this morning and light snow drifting
> through the air.  No serious accumulation expected.  The days are
> already getting longer, which means that summer is on the way.  Right?  
>     Tomorrow, Ken & either a friend (Dave Campbell) or Jerry are driving
> up to Wisconsin about 2 hours away to attend a farm sale.  There is some
> type of farm equipment that Ken is wanting to see & maybe buy. If he
> does get the winning bid, he will have to haul it home.  And that means
> on his flatbed trailer.  I suppose he should take the trailer with him,
> but he said he doesn't want to drag that along.  So if he ends up buying
> it, that means another trip up there another day.
>     On Monday morning, we're loading up two  steers to  take to the
> packing house.  We have 1 1/2 spoken for.  Diana is trying to find
> someone amongst her homeschool friends who would want the last half.
> Otherwise, Ken is thinking of giving some or all of it to a customer
> who's husband has been out of work for 6 months.  They have 5 or 6 kids
> and have bought beef from us for a half dozen years.  They are a nice
> Christian family that have fallen on hard times. We haven't figured out
> how this could work.  He doesn't mind donating the meat to them, but it
> can cost $120 for the processing. And we don't know if they could afford
> that right now.  We'll see what develops.
>     I got a nice, newsy letter from Shelly this week.  Sounds like she
> and her boyfriend are pretty serious.  But no marriage plans yet.  She
> isn't working yet either.
>    Well, gotta' get the house ready for the boys to be here on Monday.
> Take care.   Shirley    
>