Missions accomplished with a hike

{gallery}/05_24_11/butch{/gallery}A retired band director from Eagle Point  and a retired aerospace engineer from Italy have done something perhaps no one else has done. They hiked to every mission in California and did it in just 55 days.  The journey saw them walk 800 miles to visit 21 missions. Ron “Butch” Briery, 65, is a name…

Lincoln Briery

Lincoln Briery, 95, of White City, died Dec. 23, 2009 at his home. Born May 1, 1914 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana to John Henry Briery and Clara Iva (Waddle) Briery,  he was the seventh of 12 children, and the only of his siblings to be  born outside the state of Kansas.  The family returned to…