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...lead-up to HRG&SP’s birth was due in part to a group of students who were already performing the operettas regularly, but without a fixed home.”The discrepancy may seem minor, but a statement by a founding member suggests otherwise. Wayne C. Paton ’56, one of original members who obtained the charter, writes in an e-mail that a book by former professor of music Elliot Forbes ’40, now deceased, has created a legacy of confusion.“Forbes fails to mention the two productions...
...Iraq, Paton, as an Army intelligence officer, will decide which roads are safe for troops to take and which could be a trap. The possibility that an improvised explosive device, a suicide bomber or an AK-47-wielding insurgent could kill him doesn't deter him. "There is fear. I wouldn't be human if I didn't think about that," he says. "Everyone thinks I'm just making this up, but my biggest fear and what keeps me up late at night is thinking that I screwed up and cost someone else their life...
...Following what he calls a crushing defeat, he worked as a waiter. One night at the restaurant he encountered an Arizona politician, whom he refuses to name. "He came up behind me and kind of slapped my back and said, 'Good job, Jonathan,' and he handed me two bucks," Paton says. "I just felt completely humiliated. I went home back to my apartment, and I was just sitting there in my boxer shorts watching TV late at night and an Army ad came on. I thought, 'You know, I really need a change, something that will challenge...
...After Paton returned from training in 1999, he again ran for office a year later and again he lost. Finally, in 2004, he was elected. After a year in office, he was called up for active duty for six months of additional training between legislative sessions. "I went from 'Representative Paton' this, 'Representative Paton' that, to 'Hey you, you need to clean out the latrine.' It was the best thing that could have happened...
...Marian McClure, who occupies the other seat in District 30 and is one of four Republicans vying for the two seats, says that there's no chance this is simply an election ploy. "He is a young man doing his duty to his country, and anyone that knows Mr. Paton knows that there is no other motive," she says. "I believe the voters will respond very positively to Mr. Paton's decision. I do not believe there is any question, at least in my mind, that Jonathan will be reelected. Jonathan is always going...