Sannado ka hor, Dick McFarland wuxuu warqad u qoray Maamulaha Dugsiga Hoose ee Deephaven Bryan McGinley, isagoo weydiisanaya fursadaha iskaa wax u qabso ee dugsiga. "Waxaan rabay inaan iskaa wax u qabso ku sameeyo dugsi ku yaal barxaddayda," ayuu yiri McFarland, oo 93 jir ah. Maamulaha McGinley ayaa dib ugu soo wacay maalintii xigtay, waxaana bilaabmay iskaashi qurux badan. 

McFarland aad buu u xiiseeyaa akhriska, sidaas darteedna tabarucnimadiisa waxay qaadatay qaab ah inuu la xiriiro ardayda fasalka koowaad iyo labaad si uu u dhageysto iyagoo kor u akhrinaya. Hadda, waxaa laga heli karaa inta badan subaxda Talaadada fasalka labaad ee Rachel Norton. 

"Saamaynta Dick uu ku sameeyo iskaa wax u qabso waa laba dhinac," ayuu yiri Norton. "Wuxuu ka caawinayaa ardayda inay dareemaan wanaag ku saabsan akhriska, isagoo ka caawinaya inay kalsooni ku qabaan fahamka iyo kobcinta raaxada akhriska. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, saameynta ugu muhiimsan waa xiriirka wanaagsan ee uu la yeesho ardayda. Wuxuu waqti u qaataa inuu si shaqsi ah u barto wuxuuna ka dhigaa ilmo kasta oo uu la shaqeeyo inuu dareemo mid gaar ah oo la jecel yahay. Waa 'saaxiib weyn' oo ay jecel yihiin dhammaan ardayda, qof walbana wuxuu rabaa inuu u jeesto inuu la shaqeeyo Mr. McFarland. Waa bini'aadam cajiib ah."

Ballanqaadka McFarland ee Deephaven wuxuu abuuray saameyn la yaab leh oo ay la yeesheen dadka kale ee bulshada dugsiga. "Dick wuxuu leeyahay shakhsiyad birlab ah wuxuuna si dhakhso ah noo tusay saameynta wanaagsan ee ay ayeeyooyinku ku yeelan karaan dugsiga," ayuu yiri Maamulaha McGinley. "Waxaan ballaarinay fikraddiisa ah inuu ku martiqaado ayeeyooyin kale iyo saaxiibo ayeeyooyin ah inay ku soo biiraan hawsha taageerada akhristayaashayada ugu da'da yar. Sababta Dick awgeed, waxaan maanta ku leenahay in ka badan 20 saaxiibo ayeeyooyin ah oo iskaa wax u qabso ku jooga Deephaven." 

Norton wuxuu leeyahay booqashada McFarland ee dugsiga waa mid ka mid ah waqtiyada ugu fiican toddobaadka ee fasalkeeda. "Marka uu fasalkayaga soo galo Talaadada, wuxuu la kulmaa farxad, 'Subax wanaagsan, Arday!'," ayuu yiri Norton. "Wuxuu had iyo jeer u sheegaa sida uu ugu faraxsan yahay inuu la joogo iyo sida uu u seegay. Farxadiisa iyo dabeecaddiisa wanaagsan waxay ku dhex milmaan fasalka waxayna naga dhigaan dhammaanteen kuwo aad u faraxsan oo uu nala joogo."

"Dick wuxuu qaatay hindisaha ah inuu ku lug yeesho oo uu sameeyo farqi," ayuu yiri Maamulaha McGinley. "Wuxuu muujiyay in dadka da' kasta leh ay sameyn karaan farqi weyn oo ku yimaada iskuulladeenna haddii ay qaataan hindisaha ay ku lug leeyihiin."

McFarland, ardaydu waa udub-dhexaadka sababta uu u sameeyo tabarucaad. "La shaqaynta carruurta - waan jeclahay," ayuu yiri McFarland. "Waa wax cajiib ah. Waa wax lagu farxo in halkan la joogo subax kasta oo Talaadada ah. Dadka halkan jooga waa kuwo aad u fiican, waana jeclahay inaan sameeyo. Waan sameyn doonaa inta aan awoodo." 

Waad ku mahadsan tahay ballanqaadkaaga iyo daryeelkaaga, Mudane McFarland!

Sheekadan fiidiyowga ah ka dhageyso Dick McFarland .