To add even more salt to the wound of Peter Tomarken's death, I just found out he was a member of Westwood Village Rotary Club, an organization which did a lot of charitable work. According to the Club newsletter, in the week before the crash, he went down to Chula Vista with several other Rotary members to help do construction work for the ( Read more... )

I know this sounds corny, but I think I'm finally feeling the full impact of Peter Tomarken's death today after seeing footage of the crash on Entertainment Tonight last night. It's really heart-wrenching --;.

Here's some more info about the circumstances of the crash. Tomarken was a pilot and owned an airplane as well o-O?! It's so sad one learns of such things after someone has died --;.

Fred just e-mailed me back. He's been fielding questions from reporters all day about the news. Fred is still in shock as well. So far, all he knows is that GSN plans on re-running Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal again in dedication, but that's all he's heard so far. Fred is also compiling a bunch of Tomarken's pilots from his own ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Robert/robertsearcy and Joe/gameshowman, Peter Tomarken and his wife, Kathleen, die in a plane crash! I'm in disbelief! Many of you here already know how much Tomarken has influenced my life from my typing ability to my fascination with voice acting, so this news is extremely shocking and disheartening for me --;. I just e-mailed Fred Wostbrock, my ( Read more... )

Well, my letter didn't get published --;, but I got the last laugh anyway ;b! Anyway, my letter was in regard to a political cartoon the Star Tribune published on Wednesday titled How Minnesotans Remember Reagan. The cartoon featured a bunch of people talking about how they will remember President Ronald Reagan. In each remembrance, the person ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm still alive, sort of O~O, trying to catch-up on everything since the funeral and cold. First, thanks to everyone who posted condolences for my Grandma a few entries back ;_;! I greatly appreciate it even though I haven't gotten around to reading them or replying to them yet. I think I'm still jetlagged as well from my 2 recent trips to ( Read more... )

Well, I'm about halfway through on catch-up on the backlog of LJ entries, so I thought it would be okay to type up an entry =}.

( The Magers report from LA )

Well, I'm finally back home yet again with ~300 LJ entries to read and comment @~@! I hate being offline for a few days --;! Well, at least my e-mail is up, right? Right now, I'm trying to catch-up while typing this entry.

( Report from LA: The sequel! )

Well, I'm off again to LA! I'm leaving for the airport in roughly an hour or so for a ~9:00 a.m. flight. Dad likes to get to the airport VERY early X(! Wow, sniffle, 14 REAL e-mail messages in my account! I love being SPAM-less! I'll have to answer the bulk of them when I get back though, so if anyone has e-mailed me anything today or ( Read more... )