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From Carlisle ,Indiana
U.S.A.


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These  are clean jokes. However,
They are,
PG - Not intended for  younger readers - PG
An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair almost anything.


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If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably
don't have any sense at all

Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy
of the rest of us.
Heaven Help Them

Remember,it is easier to get older
than it is to get wiser

God, grant me the Senility to forget the people
I never liked ,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do,
And the eyesight to tell the difference.

THURSDAY AUGUST  9,2007


THOUGHT FOR TODAY: "If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth,
inventor of television,
we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners." (Johnny Carson...1925 - 2005)

 

 (For everyone who has ever had an evaluation, just remember ... it could have been worse!)

These are actual quotes taken from Federal Government employee performance evaluations.


  1.  "Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig."

  2.  "I would not allow this employee to breed."

  3.  "This employee is really not so much of a 'has-been', but more of a definite 'won't be'."

  4.  "Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap."

  5.  "When he opens his mouth, it seems that it is only to change feet."

  6.   "This young lady had delusions of adequacy."

  7.  "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them."

  8.   "This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot."

  9.    "This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better."

10.  "Got a full six pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold it all  together."

11.  "A gross ignoramus ... 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus."

12.  "He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a distributor."

13.   "I would like to go hunting with him sometime."

14.  "He's been working with glue too much."

15.  "He would argue with a signpost."

16.  "He brings a lot of joy whenever he leaves the room."

17.   "When his IQ reaches 50, he should sell."

18.  "If you see two people talking and one looks bored, he's the other one."

19.   "A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on."

20.   "A prime candidate for natural de-selection."

21.   "Donated his brain to science before he was done using it."

22.   "Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming."

23.  "He's got two brain cells, one is lost and the other is out looking for it."

24.   "If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week."

25.   "If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change."

26.   "If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean."

27.   "It's hard to believe he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm."

28.   "One neuron short of a synapse."

29.   "Some drink from the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled."

30.   "Takes him two hours to watch '60 Minutes.'"

31.   "The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead."
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Because I couldn't unplug the toilet with a plunger, I had to dismantle the entire fixture no small feat for a non-plumber. Jammed inside the drain was a purple rubber dinosaur which belonged to my five-year-old son. I painstakingly got all the toilet parts together again, the tank filled, and I flushed it. However, it didn't work much better than before. As I pondered what to do next, David walked into the bathroom. I pointed to the purple dinosaur I had just dislodged and told him that the toilet still wasn't working. "Did you get the green one?" he asked.
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You don't have to own a cat to appreciate this one...

A couple was dressed and ready to go out for the evening. They turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on the phone line, covered their pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. They
phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and the couple opened the front door to leave their house.

The cat they had put out into the yard scoots back into the house. They don't want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to eat the bird. The wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes inside to get the cat. The cat runs upstairs, the man in hot pursuit.

Waiting in the cab, the wife doesn't want the driver to know the house will be empty for the night. She explains to the taxi driver that her husband will be out soon. "He's just going upstairs to say good-bye to my mother."

A few minutes later, the husband gets into the cab. "Sorry I took so long," he says, as they drive away. "Stupid heifer was hiding under the bed. Had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off so I grabbed her by the neck. Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked. I hauled her fat butt downstairs and threw her out into the back yard!"

The cabdriver hit a parked car........
~~~~~~~~~~~NORM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in a blonde's house.

She picked up the phone and a man asked, "Is this 555-1111?"

"No, this is 555-1112." She replied.

"Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The man said.

"That's alright," said, "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."
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A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. Little
Christopher, playing in front of his house, saw him and called out. . .

"What've you got in your truck?"

"Fertilizer," the farmer replied.

"What are you going to do with it?" asked Chris

"Put it on strawberries," answered the farmer.

"You ought to live here," Chris advised him. . .

"We put sugar and cream on ours."
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A lawyer was on his deathbed in his bedroom, and he called to his wife.
She rushed in and said, "What is it, honey?"

He told her to run and get the bible as soon as possible. Being a religious woman,
she thought this was a good idea. She ran and got it, prepared to read him his favorite
verse or something of the sort. He snatched it from her and began quickly scanning pages,
his eyes darting right and left. The wife was curious.

"What are you doing, honey?" she asked.

"I'm looking for loopholes!" he shouted.
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I'd always been apprehensive about joining a chat room for fear I'd do
something wrong. One day after my son, Sean, had gotten off the
computer, I logged on to the Internet to play a game. Suddenly a screen
popped up saying, "Your friend is online." Apparently Sean had
forgotten to sign off, and I took the opportunity to chat with someone I
probably knew. Sean's friend assumed he was still chatting with Sean,
and I was having fun with the situation. After a few minutes, however,
Sean's friend typed:
"Who is this?"
"Why do you ask that?" I responded.
The reply came across the screen: "Because Sean doesn't spell that
good."
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In search of a new shower for our home, my wife and I went to a bathroom-supply store.

We discussed our needs with a young saleswoman. Since it was near closing time, we had to curtail our discussion and made plans to come back the next day to make our final decision.

Later that evening, my wife and I were at a restaurant, where the same young lady from the bathroom-supply store was now working a shift as a waitress.

As she passed our table, she suddenly recognized us and called to me in a loud voice, "HEY! You're the man who needs a shower!"
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It was John's turn to drive carpool into town on a day when a new member
was travelling along for the first time. As they rode along he began to
be suspicious of his new carpooling passenger.

John checked to see if his wallet was safe in the pocket of his coat
that was on the seat between him and the new passenger, but.... it
wasn't there! Next, he slammed on the brakes, ordered the fellow out,
and said,

"Hand over the wallet immediately!"

The frightened carpooler handed over a billfold, and John droveoff,
leaving him alone at the side of the road.

When he arrived home that evening, he started to tell his wife about the
experience, but she interrupted him, saying,


        "Before I forget, John, do you know that you left your wallet at
home this morning?"
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CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPER:

"The monthly seniors' lunch will take place on Wednesday. It will be gin with
Mass at 11:30 a.m. followed by luncheon and cards."
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Little Johnny called up his parents from his college and asked for some
money, because he ran out. His mother said, "Sure, sweetie. I'll send
you some money. You also left your calculus book here when you visited 2
weeks ago. Do you want me to send that up too?"

"Uhh, oh yeah, OK," responded Little Johnny.

So his mother wrapped the book along with two checks up in a package,
kissed her husband goodbye, and went to the post office to mail the
money and the book.

When she got back, her husband asked, "Well how much did you give
Little Johnny this time?

She said, "Oh, I wrote 2 checks, one for $20, and the other for $1000"

"That's $1020!!!" yelled her husband, "Are you crazy???"

"Don't worry hon," she said, as she kissed her husband on the on top of
his bald head, "I taped the $20 check to the cover of his book, but I
put the $1000 one somewhere between the pages in chapter 19!"
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Students who arrive late for school must sign in at the office and pick up a late slip.
The excuses can be rather creative, but this one should win an award:

"Policeman in front of us."
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The Louisiana State Department of Fish and
Wildlife is advising hikers, hunters, fishermen,
and golfers to take extra precautions and keep
alert for alligators while in St. Tammany, Jefferson
& Orleans Parish.

They advise people to wear noise-producing
devices such as "little bells" on their clothing to
alert, but not startle the alligators, unexpectedly.

They also advise the carrying of "pepper spray"
in case of an encounter with an alligator. It's also
a good idea to watch for fresh signs of alligator
activity and be able to recognize the difference
between young alligator and adult alligator droppings.

Young alligator droppings are small, contain fish
bones and possibly bird feathers.

Adult alligators droppings have little bells in them
and smell like pepper.
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While visiting my friends, I asked their five-year-old, Robert, if he was excited about attending kindergarten the next week and told him he'd have lots of fun, and the teacher would teach him how to print. "Oh, I already know how to print" he said. "But I can't do it right now because my computer isn't hooked up to the printer."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the fitness club my sister belongs to, she spotted a sign-up
sheet posted on the bulletin board. "Attention instructors and trainers,
" it read. "There will be a CPR renewal session. Sign up if you have expired."
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The roof of the chapel was leaking and the priest asked for volunteers to raise funds for its repair. Mike offered his services. About a week later, the priest met Mike who was straggling from side to side as a result of having imbibed too freely. Mike was apologetic.

"I'm collecting for the roof, Father," he said. "Every one of the neighbours I called on insisted on giving me a wee drop after paying his subscription." The priest was shocked. "Are there no teetotallers in the parish, Mike?"

"Oh, yes, to be sure," said Mike. " I've written to them."
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My next-door neighbor and I frequently borrow things from each other.
Not long ago, when I requested his ladder, he told me he had lent it to
his son. Recalling a saying my grandmother used to repeat, I recited,

"You should never lend anything to your kids, because you will never
get it back."

With that, he responded,

          "Well, it's not even my ladder. . .

It's my dad's!"
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I was sitting near the balcony door when I heard a thump outside. Looking out, I saw a child's rubber ball on my balcony, so I went and picked it up. When I glanced over the railing, I noticed a girl about five-years-old looking up at me. "Is this yours?" I asked. "No," she replied hesitantly, then added, "but it will be if you throw it back!"
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A minister in a little church had been having trouble with the
collections.

One Sunday he announced,

"Now, before we pass the collection plate, I would like to request that
the person who stole the chickens from Brother Martin's henhouse please
refrain from giving any money to the Lord. The Lord doesn't want money
from a thief!"

The collection plate was passed around, and for the first time in
months....

everybody gave!
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Moe: One of my pigs was sick so I gave him some sugar.

Joe: Sugar? What for?

Moe: Haven't you ever heard of sugar-cured ham?
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**** WERE'S YOUR SIGN - STUPID ****
One day in class, the teacher told everyone to turn to a blank sheet of
paper in their notebooks. She noticed that Chip, the dumb jock, was
having trouble with her directions.

"Have you found a blank piece yet, Chip?" said the teacher.

"Nope. I haven't," said the dumb jock. "Somebody went
through and drew lines across all of the pages."

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**** ON THIS DAY ****


The Rose

Author unknown

John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army
uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through
Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew,
but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. His interest in
her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a
book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with the words of
the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin. The soft
handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the
front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's name, Miss
Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. She
lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself
and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas
for service in World War II. During the next year and one month the
two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed
falling on a fertile heart. A romance was budding. Blanchard
requested a photograph, but she refused. She felt that if he really
cared, it wouldn't matter what she looked like. When the day finally
came for him to return from Europe, they scheduled their first
meeting - 7:00 PM at the Grand Central Station in New York. "You'll
recognize me," she wrote, "by the red rose I'll be wearing on my
lapel." So at 7:00 he was in the station looking for a girl whose
heart he loved, but whose face he'd never seen. I'll let Mr.
Blanchard tell you what happened:

A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. Her
blonde hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears; her eyes were
blue as flowers. Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her
pale green suit she was like springtime come alive. I started toward
her, entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing a rose.
As I moved, a small, provocative smile curved her lips. "Going my
way, sailor?" she murmured. Almost uncontrollably I made one step
closer to her, and then I saw Hollis Maynell. She was standing
almost directly behind the girl. A woman well past 40, she had
graying hair tucked under a worn hat. She was more than plump, her
thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. The girl in the
green suit was walking quickly away. I felt as though I was split in
two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my
longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and
upheld my own. And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle
and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not
hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the
book that was to identify me to her. This would not be love, but it
would be something precious, something perhaps even better than
love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful. I
squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman,
even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my
disappointment. "I'm Lieutenant
John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could
meet me; may I take you to dinner?" The woman's face broadened into
a tolerant smile. "I don't know what this is about, son," she
answered, "but the young lady in the green suit who just went by,
she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were
to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is
waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it
was some kind of test!" It's not difficult to understand and admire
Miss Maynell's wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in its
response to the unattractive.

"Tell me whom you love," Houssaye wrote, "And I will tell you who
you are..."
~&~
A Story To Live By

by Ann Wells, Los Angeles Times


My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and
lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip.
This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It
was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The
price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached. "Jan
bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years
ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion.
Well,
I guess this is the occasion." He took the slip from me and put it on
the bed with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. His
hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the
drawer shut and turned to me. "Don't ever save anything for a special
occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion."

I remembered those words through the funeral and the days that
followed when I helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores
that follow an unexpected death. I thought about them on the plane
returning to California from the Midwestern town where my sister's
family lives. I thought about all the things that she hadn't seen or
heard or done. I thought about the things that she had done without
realizing that they were special. I'm still thinking about his words,
and they've changed my life.

I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting on the deck and
admiring
the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden.

I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in
committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of
experience to savor, not endure. I'm trying to recognize these
moments
now and cherish them.

I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for
every
special event-such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the
first camellia blossom.

I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is
if
I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of
groceries without wincing.

I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in
hardware
stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my
party-going friends'.

"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my
vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see
and
hear and do it now. I'm not sure what my sister would have done had
she known that she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow we all take for
granted.

It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I
knew
that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good
friends
whom I was going to get in touch with-someday. Angry because I hadn't
written certain letters that I intended to write-one of these days.
Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and daughter often
enough
how much I truly love them.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that
would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I
open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special. Every day, every
minute, every breath truly is...a gift from God.

by Ann Wells in the Los Angeles Times



**** HEADS UP FOLKS ****
These Are My Causes Please Help

This is a link for FREE virus protection
http://avast.com
It is excellent.  I use it myself
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An American Heart Association web site on physical activity for women

and men. Features include health facts, practical tips, fitness news, a
personal trainer, user forums and event calendar.
http://www.heart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3040778
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Organ and Tissue Donation/Transplanation 
http://www.organdonor.gov/

It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram"
for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing.
Their corporate
sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram
in exchange for advertising.
 
Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.
 
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com
&
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to  click on it daily to meet their quota
of getting free food donated  every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a  minute to go
to their site and click on "feed an animal in need"  for free! This doesn't cost you a thing! Their corporate
sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to
abandoned/neglected animals in exchange
for advertising. 
Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know!

 http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com
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"Some people are like blisters. They don't show up until
the work is done."

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This is a link for FREE virus protection
http://avast.com
It is excellent
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Pun of the Day:
The boy swallowed a pillow, the hospital described his condition
as comfortable.

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 **** MOTOR SPORTS NEWS ****



Changing road to IRL title has become winding 
 

By A.J. Perez, USA TODAY
Scott Dixon arrived to an IndyCar Series in 2003 that was much more circular in nature than it is now.
"It was only ovals, and they (series officials) said it would only ever be ovals," says Dixon, who won the title that year despite a dearth of experience at such tracks. "It's definitely changed a lot since then. I didn't think it would ever be this way."

The series that ran exclusively on ovals during the first nine seasons of its existence has changed recently. This season's championship will come down to how well drivers take to the winding road/street courses that make up two of the final four races.

"They have to change with the times, and that's exactly what they've done," Dixon says.

As recently as April 2002, IRL spokesman Fred Nation said the series had no plans to add any road courses and it was going to be an oval series for the foreseeable future.

In April 2005, the series added a street course in St. Petersburg, Fla. It joined road courses in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and Sonoma, Calif. In 2007, the non-oval courses on the schedule jumped to five with the addition of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and a street course on Detroit's Belle Isle.

"We're still going to be an oval-based series, because we are based on the history and heritage of the Indianapolis 500 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway," says Brian Barnhart, the IRL's president of competition and operations. "But if you go back to the original press release that announced the formation of the Indy Racing League, (founder) Tony (George) said it was our intention to run road and street courses. Unfortunately, our business model didn't present an opportunity to do that until 2005."

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The two drivers with the best shot at the title ? Andretti Green Racing's Dario Franchitti and Chip Ganassi Racing's Dixon ? came from the Champ Car World Series, which has leaned toward road racing for years and this season began racing on the winding circuits exclusively.

"I think it gave us an edge at first, but most of the guys who were already here caught on pretty quickly," says Franchitti, who, like Dixon, made his IRL debut in 2003.

Dixon, whose three-race win streak ended at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, trails Franchitti by 24 points entering Saturday night's Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway. But it might be how Dixon negotiates Infineon Raceway (Aug. 26) and Belle Isle (Sept. 2) that will determine whether he can unseat Franchitti, who won in Detroit when the race was on Champ Car's schedule in 1999.

Chicagoland Speedway will host the season finale Sept. 9.

"It's certainly added a new dimension to the formula," says team owner Chip Ganassi. "Winning a championship now takes a well-rounded driver as opposed to an oval-track or road-track specialist."

Franchitti, who came through an end-over-end wreck at about 220 mph unscathed at MIS, says "it would be nice to see a couple more road courses," tracks that are run at slower speeds due to the added turns.

Pit notes

General manager Marty Gaunt left Team Red Bull on Monday in a split with the team described as "irreconcilable differences in philosophy," according to a release. The Toyota start-up has struggled in its first season with Brian Vickers (39th in points) and A.J. Allmendinger (47th). ? Fresh off of winning the Busch Series pole and finishing second at Montreal in his first NASCAR race, Patrick Carpentier will make his Nextel Cup debut at Watkins Glen International this weekend. Carpentier, who brings lots of road course experience from a successful open-wheel career, will substitute for Scott Riggs, whose No. 10 Dodge is outside the top 35 in owners points and doesn't have a guaranteed spot for Sunday's race. ?Ron Fellows, a road course specialist, will substitute for Tony Raines in the No. 96 Chevrolet in this weekend's Cup race.

Contributing: Nate Ryan and wire reports

**** COUNTRY CALENDAR ****

-9-

Wyatt "Merle" Kilgore born Chickasha, OK 1934. Worked as Hank Junior's opening act for twenty-one years, prior to taking over as his manager.

Bonnie Campbell joined Buck Owens band in 1947, when she was fifteen years old. They were married the following year and she became Bonnie Owens.

The "Maumee Valley Jamboree," debuted on WTOD in Toledo, OH 1947.

The Stanley Brothers had their first recording session for Mercury 1953.

Cathy Fink, singer/guitarist/banjoist, born Baltimore, MD 1953.

Jesse Ashlock, age 61, songwriter/fiddle player, "Texas Playboys" died in Austin, TX 1976.

Randy Travis' album "Storms Of Life," went to #1 1986.

The Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, had double heart bypass surgery 1991.

Bobby McBay, age 60, died Texarkana, Texas, in 1998 following a stroke. McBay was a

former bass player in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys.

Steve Runkle, age 49, singer/songwriter, died in Nashville, TN 2001.

Proper Records released Red Foley's album "Tennessee Saturday Night" 2002.

Hank Cochran inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame 2003.

Sam Hogin, songwriter, twice nominated for the CMA's Song of the Year award, died in Nashville 2004.


 **** COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****

Tillis, Emery, Gill to grace Hall of Fame
3 latest country music honorees bring membership to 101

By PETER COOPER
Staff Writer


The news was shocking enough to make Mel Tillis drop his eggplant.

Tillis, 75, was in his garden in Ashland City when his cell phone rang with the news that he'd received country music's highest honor: induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Beloved for his songwriting, his singing and the pronounced stuttering that he turned to his advantage onstage, Tillis joins modern-day star Vince Gill and famed broadcast personality Ralph Emery in bringing the Hall's total membership to 101.

Upon getting the good news from Country Music Association Chief Operating Officer Tammy Genovese, Tillis fumbled the eggplant he was holding. He's OK with that: A soiled vegetable seems a fair trade for country immortality. Emery was similarly stunned by Genovese's call to him, and Gill responded by getting in his car, tuning in to a country oldies show on satellite radio and weeping while driving around Nashville.

The three honorees were at a Tuesday morning news conference at the Hall's Ford Theater, with Mayor Bill Purcell and luminaries including Brenda Lee and Barbara Mandrell on hand to offer words of praise and respect. Each inductee received standing ovations from a crowd composed of industry figures and some museum visitors who wandered into the building expecting to see historical exhibits and wound up watching history being made.

Honorees are awed

Gill, 50, serves as the president of the Hall of Fame and Museum's Board of Officers and Trustees, but that board has nothing to do with electing artists: Inductees are chosen by the CMA's panel of more than 300 anonymous electors, and the elections are done in categories. Gill enters as a "Career Achieved National Prominence Between 1975 and the Present" artist, while Tillis received a "Between World War II and 1975" nod and Emery joins as a "Non-Performer."

"I could recite a phone book full of people that deserve to be in here before I do," said Gill, whose prodigious musical skills are matched by his knowledge of and affection for musicians who came before him. Gill has won more Grammy Awards than any other male country artist and has won 18 CMA Awards, but none of his trophies can match knowing that his Hall of Fame plaque will hang on the same wall as the plaques that read "Chet Atkins" and "The Carter Family."

What Johnny Carson was to actors and comedians, 74-year-old Ralph Emery has been to country musicians. His 50 years in radio and television have found him interviewing numerous Hall of Famers, and now his likeness will reside alongside theirs in the Hall's rotunda. Tuesday morning, he looked around that rotunda in the early morning hours before the Hall opened for business.

"My great-grandchildren can come in here and find out who I was," Emery said, his somber voice as familiar and distinctive as that of any singer on the hit parade.

HURRAY-----IT'S ABOUT TIME THE CMA DID SOMETHING RIGHT....JIM

 


Tillis, Emery and Gill career highlights

Tillis, Emery and Gill career highlights


MEL TILLIS

Born ? Aug. 8, 1932, in Tampa, Fla.

Hit songs include ? "I Ain't Never," "Ain't No California," "Coca Cola Cowboy," "Southern Rains"

Hit songs penned for others include ? "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (Kenny Rogers and the First Edition), "Detroit City" (Bobby Bare), "Tupelo County Jail" (Webb Pierce)

Career turning point ? In the late 1950s, Tillis toured with Minnie Pearl, who noticed that he never introduced songs or talked to the audience. He told Pearl that he was afraid the audience would laugh at his stutter, to which she replied, "Let 'em laugh. Laughs are hard to get." From then on, his stutter became part of the show, and part of his appeal as a performer.

Hall of Fame credentials ? Scored 36 Top 10 country singles and six No. 1 hits; named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1976; starred in major motion pictures including Cannonball Run and Every Which Way But Loose; inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2006.

RALPH EMERY

Born ? March 10, 1933, in McEwen, Tenn.

Hit song ? Though known as a radio and television personality, Emery recorded a Billboard country hit in 1961. His "Hello Fool," an answer to Faron Young's "Hello Walls," reached No. 4 on the Billboard country singles chart.

Career turning points ? In 1957, WSM hired him to be a late-night disc jockey. He began bringing in country music artists for informal interviews and jam sessions, revealing their personalities and talents. In the mid-1960s, Emery began hosting a live morning television show on WSM-TV that ran for decades. In 1983, he took over the Nashville Now show on The Nashville Network. That show ran 10 years.

Hall of Fame credentials ? Easily the most famous and important TV and radio personality in country music history.

VINCE GILL

Born ? April 12, 1957, in Norman, Okla.

Hit songs include ? "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away," "I Still Believe In You," "When I Call Your Name" and "One More Last Chance."

Career turning points ? In 1979, Gill joined Pure Prairie League as a lead singer and became the voice of the hit single "Let Me Love You Tonight." He met his future producers, Tony Brown and Emory Gordy Jr., when he joined Rodney Crowell's backing band, The Cherry Bombs, in 1981. Gill achieved true country stardom in 1990, when he scored with hits "Never Knew Lonely" and "When I Call Your Name." He co-hosted the CMA Awards in 1992 and began a 12-year string as host for that show, and he released These Days, a diverse four-CD set that ranks with his best work, in 2006.

Hall of Fame credentials ? One of country's finest vocalists (lead and harmony) of the past 20 years; has sold more than 22 million albums, won 18 CMA Awards (including two entertainer trophies and five male vocalist prizes) and 18 Grammy Awards; has worked to ensure the future of the Hall of Fame through his "All For The Hall" fundraising campaign and as president of the Hall's Board of Officers and Trustees.

? PETER COOPER



**** Amy's Kitchen ****  

Orange Glazed Baked Ham

Easter ham, basted with orange glaze, and made with a tasty honey-
mustard sauce.

1 (3 to 4 lb.) fully cooked boneless cured ham
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup country-style Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke

Heat oven to 350?F. Place ham into ungreased 13x9" baking pan. Pour
orange juice over ham. Combine remaining ingredients in medium bowl.
Spoon sauce over entire ham. Bake, basting every 15 minutes with pan
juice, for 70 to 80 minutes or until heated through. Serve ham with
pan juices. Make 10 servings.


**** TODAY'S USELESS FACT ****

How long does it take an oyster to make a pearl?


Any mollusk with a shell can create a pearl. In fact, the same materials that create the animal's shell go into the pearl itself. Contrary to popular opinion, it's not always an irritating grain of sand that prods an oyster into making a pearl. More likely, a stray food particle gets stuck under the shell.

The mollusk coats the irritant with layers of aragonite and conchiolin, and the composite material is called nacre. That is what gives pearls their luster. At least one species of oyster can secrete nacre over an irritant at a rate of about 0.1mm to 0.2mm per year.

But mollusks rarely create pearls naturally -- only one out of 10,000 animals will produce a pearl in the wild. Since the 1930s, the vast majority of pearls have been created with the help of humans. Cultured pearls are created by surgically implanting a bead or piece of shell into a mature oyster. The bead or shell becomes the irritant around which the oyster naturally forms layers of nacre. The bigger the irritant, the bigger the final pearl.

Successfully implanted oysters are returned to the ocean or a lake to grow the pearls. The pearls are harvested anywhere from one to three years after implantation, depending on conditions in the pearl farm and the size of the pearls desired.




****A PARTING THOUGHT ****
"It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to
understand the lawnmower, snowblower or vacuum cleaner." (Ben Bergor)



LAST CALL Y'ALL

A friend of mine had never been fishing in her entire life,
but she wasn't about to tell her new rich boyfriend that. "What?; And
look like an idiot?" she said to me. After about an hour aboard his
yacht, she turned to her new boyfriend and said, "Umm, those little red
and white thingees? How much do they cost? "He looked at her a little
funny, shrugged, and said, "The float? I guess they're about a dollar.
Why do you ask?" "I owe you a dollar then.; Mine just sank


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