GARO AND HIS WIFE MARITZA LIVE IN OXFORD PA

Oleic Acid: international trade prospects for 2007-2011For more information visit http:// WoodSenior Fax from USA: 646-607-1907Fax from rest of the world: 353-1-481-1716 Copyright Business Wire 2009. GARO YEPREMIAN HE MAKES UP STORIES ABOUT THE PAST WHEN HE SPEAKS AT BANQUETS HERE'S A TYPICAL STORY THAT HE TELLS:A YEAR BEFORE WE LOST TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS IN THE SUPERBOWL 24-3. WE WEREN'T DOING WELL THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL ON THE SIDELINE AND IT RANG, AT HALFTIME COACH SHULA PICKED IT UP PRESIDENT NIXON WAS CALLING AND HE LIKED TO SUGGEST SOME PLAYS. NIXON SAIDCOACH YOU DIDN'T DO WELL IN THE FIRST HALF I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THE FLEA FLICKER PASS BECAUSE I THINK YOU WILL SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.IN THE SECOND HALF WE TRIED THE PASS IT BACKFIRED MEL RENFRO PICKED IT OFF AND RAN IT BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN.COACH SHULA LOST A LOT OF RESPECT IN PRESIDENT NIXON'S PLAYCALLING THE NEXT YEAR WE PLAYED THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS.COACH SHULA CALLED ME OVER AND SAID I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE EMERGENCY PHONE THIS WAS PART OF MYRESPONSIBILITY.I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO DURING THE GAME SO COACH SHULA SAID IF IT RINGS PICK IT UP AND SAY HI THIS IS GARO YEPREMIAN ON THE 40 YARD LINE OF THE LOS ANGELES COLISEIUM MAY I HELP YOU.NOBODY CALLED UNTIL THERE WERE FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND A YOUNG LADY SAID MR. YEPREMIAN I HAVE THE PRESIDENT ON THE LINE COULD YOU HOLD I WAS EXCITED, I HAD ONLY BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SIX YEARS.THIS WAS A BIG HONOR FOR ME TO BE TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEDSTATES THE HIGHEST POWER IN THE WORLD.ALL OF A SUDDEN A VOICE CAME ON THE OTHER END AND SAID GARO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS, I REALIZED THIS WAS PRESIDENT NIXON, I SAID SIR IT IS A BIG HONOR FOR ME TO BE ON THE PHONE WITH YOU, IF ONLY MY FAMILY, FANS AND TEAMMATES KNEW ABOUT THIS WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU.THE PRESIDENT SAID I NEED A FAVOR, I SAID CERTAINLY WHATEVER YOU LIKE DO YOU NEED AN AUTOGRAPH OR SOMETHING, HE SAID LOOK THERE ARE FOUR MINUTES LEFT ON THE CLOCK, I HAVE A WAGER WITH VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW THAT THE POINT SPREAD WILL BE SEVEN POINTS CAN YOU HELP ME, I TOLD HIM, I COULDN'T DO THAT TO MYTEAMMATES, FANS AND FAMILY.THERE WAS SILENCE ON THE PHONE FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES, I HEAR THE SOUNDS OF PAPER BEING SHUFFLED AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND, PRESIDENT NIXON CAME BACK AND SAID GARO, I HAVE CHECKED ON YOUR PAPERS THAT YOU HAVE FILED TO BE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, ALL OF A SUDDEN I CHANGED MY TUNE.I SAID SIR DON'T WORRY, THEN COACH SHULA CALLED ME OVER AND TOLD ME TO KICK A 42 YARD FIELD GOAL, I COULD KICK 42 YARDERS IN MY DREAMS, IT WAS AN EASY CHIP SHOT.I STARTED THINKING HOW TO DO THIS IF I KICKED IT LOW ENOUGH IT WOULD BE BLOCKED, AND I WOULD NOT BE BLAMED IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, I KICKED IT LOW ENOUGH AND BALL BOUNCED EVERYWHERE.EARL MORRALL MY HOLDER TOLD ME TO PICK IT UP, I SAID WHY DON'T YOU PICK IT UP, HE INFORMED HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD, SO I DECIDED TO PICK IT UP THE BALL AND THROW IT NOT REALIZING MY HAND WAS TOO SMALL.BILL BRUNDIGE CAME TOWARDS ME AND I TRIED TO THROW IT BUT THE BALL SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND, MIKE BASS PICKED IT OFF AND RAN IT BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN. TO CUT THE STORY SHORT SIX MONTHS LATER, I BECAME A CITIZEN. THAT IS THE STORY, I TELL AT BANQUETS AND I ALSO TELL THEM, THAT I HAVE HIGH REGARD FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, IT IS JUST A JOKE BECAUSE PRESIDENT NIXON GAVE THE REDSKINS A PLAY BEFORE THE SUPERBOWL, THAT DIDN'T WORK, THAT IS WHY I TELL THIS STORY.I THOUGHT JAN STENERUD (K.C.), ROY GERELA (PITT), TONI FRITSCH (DALLAS), HORST MUHLMAN (CINN), JOHN SMITH (N.E.), BOBBY HOWFIELD (NYJ) AND NICK MIKE-MAYER (BUFF) WERE THE BEST THAT I PLAYED AGAINST.TOM DEMPSEY WHO BOOTED A 63-YARD FIELD GOAL FOR NEW ORLEANS WAS A STRONG KICKER, I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT KICK, BUT HE WASN'T CONSISTENT. EVEN THOU WE WON I HAVE TO SUFFER THEHUMILIATION FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND MY KIDS WILL SUFFER FOR IT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, WHEN MY KIDS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES PEOPLE SAY, YOUR DAD SCREWED UP IN THE SUPERBOWL, THAT BOTHERS ME, BUT YOU TAKE IT IN STRIDE AND MAKE A JOKE OUT OF IT.ONE TIME, I WAS AT THE AIRPORT AND A GUY POINT ME OUT TO HIS SON AND SAID GARO YEPREMIAN, HE PLAYED 15 YEARS IN THE NFL, KICKER OF THE DECADE, HE PLAYED IN THE LONGEST GAME IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL, PLAYED IN THE THREE SUPERBOWLS, AND SCORED OVER 1,000 POINTS GREAT KICKER HE TURNED HIS BACK AND WALKED AWAY. THAT WAS DEFINITELY A CHANGE OF PACE, WHEN SOMEONE ASK ME HOW IS YOUR PASSING ARM, I TELL HIM I DON'TREMEMBER, THEN THE GUY SAYS, IREMEMBER IT LIKE IT WASYESTERDAY, AND HIS WIFE WILL USUALLY SAY HE HAS A GREAT MEMORY, I SAYREALLY, I WILL GIVE HIM A TEST RIGHT NOW, HE WILL GET NERVOUS, BUT I TELL HIM THAT EVERYBODY PASSES THIS TEST, MYQUESTION IS DO YOUREMEMBER LAST YEAR SUPERBOWL, HE'LL SAY OF COURSE IT WAS NEW ENGLAND AND ST. LOUIS, THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS DO YOUREMEMBER THE LAST PASS KURT WARNER THREW IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, HE'LL SAY NO, I DON'T, I SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU REMEMBER MINE 30 YEARS AGO SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN SPECIAL.GARO YEPREMIAN LEFT SCHOOL AT 15 AND EDUCATED HIMSELF HE SPEAKS FOUR LANGUAGES ENGLISH, ARMENIAN, GREEK AND TURKISH.GARO CAME TO USA IN 1966 FROM CYPRUS GARO AND HIS WIFE MARITZA HAVE 2 SONS GARO, JR.

26 IN 2004 AZAD 20 IN 2004 A KICKER AT MEDERSVILLE UNIVERSITY IN LANCASTER, PA.GARO AND HIS WIFE MARITZA LIVE IN OXFORD, PA.GARO'S OLDER BROTHER KIKRO WAS GM OF NASL NEW YORK COSMOS AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER BERJ YEPREMIAN WAS A KICKER AT MIAMI KILLIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO KICK FOR 4 YEARS AT UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. . Bryson Hull COLOMBO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan soldiers pressured the Tamil Tigers' last stronghold on the Jaffna Peninsula on Wednesday, while the separatist rebels vowed to overcome the latest in a series of battlefield losses. Soldiers began sandwiching the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Tuesday from the north and south of the bottleneck linking the island to the peninsula, and skirmished on Wednesday, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. That 12-km (7-mile) by 6-km wide area, covered with bunkers, landmines and defences, is the only part of the traditionally Tamil land of Jaffna the rebels have controlled since the military seized the bulk of the peninsula in 1995 Nanayakkara said resistance had lowered on Wednesday. "The number of fighters and the volume of fire is lower, in terms of artillery," he said. On Tuesday, troops on the northern front seized a rebel defence line as soldiers began to advance from the south on Elephant Pass, the gateway to Jaffna and site where the army lost one of its key bases in a stinging defeat in 2000.

Two soldiers and five rebels were killed in fighting there and elsewhere in the war zone on Tuesday, Nanayakkara said The rebels had no immediate comment. Confirmation is nearly impossible because the military and LTTE bar most media from the area. Once that strip is cleared, the military is expected to then direct most of its forces toward Mullaittivu, the only major town still held by the rebels, and where analysts say the LTTE has been moving its fighters and heavy weapons for a final stand. The northeastern port is across the jungle from Kilinochchi, the self-proclaimed rebel capital the Tigers lost on Friday, in a crushing blow LTTE political head B. Nadesan, in an interview published overnight on the pro-rebel web site , said the Tigers had lost and reclaimed Kilinochchi before. "The simple truth is that we have taken forward our struggle for more than 30 years, solely relying on the support of our people. We are certain that the continued support will enable us to overcome current and future challenges," TamilNet quoted him as saying.