Meeting Recap 04/22/2010
by lou on 26/04/10 at 6:13 pm
BULLETIN FOR MEETING OF 4/22/10
GOD BLESS AMERICA
It is not the pound! It is the Central California SPCA.
Did you know that in the City of Fresno, a family is allowed only four animals, total? In some families I know, that would eliminate the possibility of having a pet.
DOYLE DANIELS led the Day Trippers in prayer, followed by L2, our Prez leading the salute to our Glorious Country. GORDON G. KNOTT then recited a brief history of the SPCA. PATTI O’ ordered the box lunch and took role. In all there were about thirty five attendees. The late attendees were BILL STEVENS and ZACH STEVENS. The late, late attendee was PAUL READ. The late, late, later attendee was ERIC MAYU with the late, late, later, latest attendee being RICK QUAN. If this seems dumb, just consider the source. True wit is hard to come by.
NEW FATHER:
Six pound seven ounce, Abigail Marie Stevens, exited a confined world and entered this spacious world on Thursday the 15th of April. Hopefully ZACH, her father, will be given a make-up for his presence at the birth of a future Rotarian.
THE BOARD ROOM:
PATTI O’ earned the National Association of Realtors Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certificate. And a big hurrah!
SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS:
PAUL READ lightened our mood with the good news that Betty is gaining strength. She is still at Willow Creek, under good care.
The TER. as in HUNTSMAN is recovering.
Thank you once again for your many phone messages and e-mails inquiring about Terry. For those of you who do not know, Terry had a second surgery last Thursday to place a shunt in his brain to drain fluids that were accumulating and help to relieve pressure. The surgery went well and Terry is no longer on the rehab floor but has been moved to the 7th floor. Since the procedure he has been more alert and conversant and some of the strength has returned to his left side. We are very thankful for these improvements and again wait patiently each day for the next step in the process of his treatment. The radiation therapy will now wait for about 14 days so that the incisions from the recent surgery have time to heal. Thank you again for your care, concern and prayers for Terry – God’s grace has blessed us with many special mercies over the last several days for which we are very grateful.
Thank you,
Marsha
THE REASON for the TRIP:
Grace Appleton-Cooper RVT led us on a tour of the facility and what a plant they have. The following site http://www.ccspca.com will give you all the necessary and sufficient information. One event is not covered by the site. That is the California Canine Cuties Program. The following is an excerpt from the ‘SPCA News.’
More Edmonton-area homes will soon be warmed with the love of homeless small-breed dogs in the Central California SPCA’s partnership with Edmonton Humane Society’s extremely popular lifesaving animal transfer program, “California Canine Cuties.” The flight will leave Fresno Yosemite Airport’s Executive Air at approximately 9:00 a.m. The loading process will begin at 8:00 a.m. Fresno time.
Generous EHS donor and “Orange Dog” company owner, Jan Folk is once again making it possible for 114 small-breed dogs to be transferred to Edmonton from the Central California SPCA. On Friday, February 12, a private Gulfstream III jet is bringing the dogs direct from Fresno on the “Love is in the Air” flight. During similar trips in the past, volunteers and the dogs endured an eight hour drive from Fresno to Los Angeles before the adorable animals were loaded onto the plane for a three hour flight to Edmonton.
Since the flight is direct from Fresno this time, folks will be able to personally thank the dedicated volunteers in our area for their unbelievable hard work to arrange each dog to be spayed or neutered, receive all necessary vaccinations, and have medical exams and testing before their trip.
“The heart of this program’s success has been largely because of the dedication from loving volunteers on either side of the border,” says Edmonton Humane Society spokesperson, Shawna Randolph. “It is estimated that 18000 volunteer hours have been committed to saving these small creatures. It’s unbelievable how much love goes into this.”
It has also created new friendships across the miles. The EHS recently set up a Facebook page to link former foster parents with new Alberta owners and the popularity of that page grows daily.
Including this new group, 251 dogs have been brought to Edmonton from California and placed in loving Alberta “forever homes.” Folk has committed to arranging three flights per year to ensure that this operation continues regularly.
FOR YOU DUFFERS:
0′bama has now appointed a Golf Czar. Announcements were just made of major rule changes in the game of golf which will become effective 01 June 2010.
This is only a preview as the complete rule book is being rewritten as we speak. Here are a few basic changes: Golfers with handicaps:�
- below 10 will have their green fees increased by 35%.�
- between 11 and 18 will see no increase in green fees.�
- above 18 will get a $25 check each time they play. The dollar amount placed in bets will be as follows:�
-for handicaps below 10, an additional $10.�
-between 11 and 18, no additional amount.�
-above 18, you will receive the total amount in the pot even if you do not play. “gimme” will be changed to “entitlement” and will be used as follows:�
-handicaps below 10, no entitlements.�
-handicaps from 11 to 17, entitlements for putter length putts.�
-handicaps above 18, if your ball is on green, no need to putt, just pick it up. new Rules are intended to CHANGE the game of golf.�
Golf must be about Fairness.�
It should have nothing to do with Ability.
The term
These entitlements are intended to bring about fairness and, most importantly, equality in scoring.
In addition, a Player will be limited to a maximum of one birdie or six pars in any given 18-hole round. Any excess must be given to those fellow players who have not yet scored a birdie or par. Only after all players have received a birdie or par from the player actually making the birdie or par, can that player begin to count his pars and birdies again.
The current USGA handicap system will be used for the above purposes, but the term ‘net score’ will be available only for scoring those players with handicaps of 18 and above.
This is intended to ‘redistribute’ the success of winning by making sure that in every competition; the above 18 handicap players will post only ‘net score’ against every other player’s gross score.
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Bacon Tree:
Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert after crossing into the United States, wandering aimlessly and starving. They are about to just lie down and wait for death, when all of a sudden Luis says………
“Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon, I theenk.”
“Si, Luis, eet sure smells like bacon. ”
With renewed hope they struggle up the next sand dune, and there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon.
There’s raw bacon, there’s fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon … every imaginable kind of cured pork.
“Pepe, Pepe, we ees saved. Ees a bacon tree.”
“Luis, maybe ees a meerage? We ees in the desert don’t forget.”
“Pepe, since when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon…ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree.”
And with that, Luis staggers towards the tree. He gets to within 5 meters, Pepe crawling close behind, when suddenly a machine gun opens up, and Luis drops like a wet sock. Mortally wounded, he warns Pepe with his dying breath,
“Pepe… go back man, you was right, ees not a bacon tree!”
“Luis, Luis mi amigo… what ees it? ”
“Pepe.. ees not a bacon tree. Ees…
Ees…
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Ees…
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Ees a ham bush….”
THIS WEEK:
Not to show any form of muted discrimination, I will now pick on the Swedes. Ole Svinck, aka SKEEP, will introduce this week’s program. Scott Barton, the Zoos new Executive Director, will outline the future expansion concerns for the Chaffee Zoo. I hope they serve Lutefisk for lunch. Of course, coarse, Ole probably would not know a ‘Lute’ if he saw one. How can an inanimate object be possessive?
Next week’s reporter is….. drum roll………..and roll………PETER BRADLEY.
I wish a sincere and joyous blessing to all, especially to the TER.
Good night and God Bless.
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