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 TUESDAY MARCH 28,2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY


THOUGHT FOR TODAY:Columbus traveled around the world at public expense and they called him an explorer. Today they would call him a congressman.

You Know Your A Nurse If

* You occasionally park in the space with the 'Physicians Only'
sign, and knock it over.

* You always follow the rules, but you're wise enough to forget
them sometimes.

* You have seen more moons than the Hubbell telescope.

* You own at least three pens with the names of prescription
medications on them.

* You believe that saying, 'It can't get any worse' causes it to
get worse just to show you it can.

* You wash your hands before you go to the bathroom.

* You've ever thought a blood pressure cuff would be an excellent
gift for Christmas.

* You've ever spent more money on a stethoscope than on a car
payment.

* You believe any job where you can drive to work in pajamas is
a cool job.

* The ER is a mixture of can do, can't do, and why not!

* You consider a tongue depressor an eating utensil.

* You know it's a full moon without having to look at the sky.

* You've ever had a patient with a nose ring, a brow ring and
twelve earrings say, "I'm afraid of shots."
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Conditions were perfect...12 below, no feeling in the toes, basic numbness
all over...the "Tell me when we're having fun" kind of day.
One of the women in the group complained to her husband that she was in dire
need of a rest room. He told her not to worry, that he was sure there was relief
waiting at the top of the lift in the form of a powder room for female skiers in
distress. He was wrong, of course, and the pain did not go away. If
you've ever had nature hit its panic button in you, then you know that a temperature
of 12 below doesn't help matters. With time running out, the woman weighed her options.
Her husband, picking up on the intensity of the pain, suggested that since she was
wearing an all-white ski outfit, she should go off in the woods and no one would even
notice. He assured her, "The white will provide more than adequate camouflage."
So she headed for the tree line, began lowering her ski pants and proceeded to do her thing.
If you've ever parked on the side of a slope, then you know there is a right way
and wrong way to set your skis so you don't move.
Yup, you got it!!! She had them positioned the wrong way. Steep slopes are not forgiving...
even during the most embarrassing moments. Without warning, the woman found
herself skiing backward, out-of-control, racing through the trees??¦ somehow missing
all of them and onto another slope. Her derriere and the reverse side were still bare,
her pants down around her knees, and she was picking up speed all the while.
She continued backwards, totally out-of-control, creating an unusual vista for the
other skiers. The woman skied back under the lift and finally collided violently with a pylon.
The bad news was that she broke her arm and was unable to pull up her ski pants.
At long last her husband arrived, putting an end to her nudie show, then summoned
the ski patrol. They transported her to a hospital.
While in the emergency room, a man with an obviously broken leg was put in the bed next to hers.
"So, how'd you break your leg?" she asked, making small talk.  
"It was the stupidest thing you ever saw," he said. "I was riding up this ski lift
and suddenly, I couldn't believe my eyes! There was this crazy woman skiing
backward, out-of-control, down the mountain, with her bare bottom hanging out
of her pants. I leaned over to get a better look and fell out of the lift."
...... "So, how'd you break your arm?"
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A man is playing the piano softly one night in a downtown bar. In
walks an elephant who goes over to the pianist, and suddenly starts
to cry.

"There, there", says the pianist "Do you recognize the song?"

"No, no," says the elephant "I recognize the keys."
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In a big family the young army uncle brought home a friend from
Army duty for holiday lunch. The friend had too many visible
tattoos on his body.

All members sat down around the dining table with visitor, the
four- year-old nephew couldn't take his eyes off the man's colorful
pictured arms. Finally his curiosity settled, and in a moment of
silence around, he politely asked the guest "Didn't your mother
give you a paper to write on?"
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Today is also the third anniversary of the Iraq war. So far so good!
Whatever happened to that mission accomplished thing? I think now
the only way to get rid of the Iraq war is to put it on NBC. (David
Letterman)
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A blonde is walking down the street and stops a man to ask for the time. 
The man, looking at his watch, helpfully responds, "Why, certainly! The time is now four o'clock."
The blonde scratches her head and says, "You know, it's really weird.
 I've been asking people that question all day long, and each time I get different answer!"
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"How was your blind date?" a college student asked her room-mate.
 "Terrible!" the room-mate answered. "He showed up in his 1932 Rolls Royce."
"Wow! That's a very expensive car. What's so bad about that?"
 "He was the original owner!"
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Three dead bodies turn up at the mortuary, all with very big smiles on their faces.
The coroner calls the police to show them what has happened. A Detective
Inspector is sent and is taken to the first body.
'Clinton, 60, died of heart failure whilst making love to his mistress.
Hence the enormous smile, Inspector,' says the Coroner.
The DI is taken to the second dead man. 'Suharto, 70, made a pile from
government funds, and spent it all on whiskey. Died of alcohol poisoning, hence the smile.'
'Nothing unusual here', thinks the DI, and asks to be shown the last body.
'Ah,' says the coroner. 'This is the most unusual one. Dr. Mahathir, 75, struck by lightning.'
'Why is he smiling then?' inquires the Inspector.
To which the coroner replies, 'He thought he was having his picture taken.' 
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I'm a counselor who helps coordinate support groups
for visually-impaired adults.  Many participants have
a condition known as macular degeneration, which makes
it difficult for them to distinguish facial features.
 
I had just been assigned to a new group and was
introducing myself.
 
Knowing that many in the group would not be able to
see me well, I jokingly said, "For those of you who
can't see me, I've been told that I look like a cross
between Jennifer Lopez and Catherine Zeta-Jones."
 
Immediately, one woman called out, "We're not THAT blind!"
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The company president called a meeting of the entire
office staff.  When all had assembled and come to
order, he opened with, "Is there any new business?"
 
The vice-president sobbed, "My wife is leaving me for
my former best friend."
 
The office manager wailed, "My husband took all our
money and ran off with the babysitter!"
 
The personnel director cried, "I'm going to have to
file bankruptcy!"
 
An office clerk moaned, "My wife wants to have a
seventh baby!"
 
The company president rolled his eyes and said, "What
I MEANT was, 'Is there any new business concerning
THIS business!'"
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One of our neighbors is making interesting plans for the future. She says when her husband dies, she's not going to have him buried. I said, "What are you going to do?" She said, "I'm going to have him stuffed and mounted and put on the living room couch. Then I'll turn on the TV to a football game, talk to him and he won't asnwer. It'll be just like he never left."
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The wedding reception for my sister and her husband, Vince, was held in his hometown, so the majority of guests were his friends and family. My dad was anxious to introduce his daughter to the folks of the town so they might get to know Alexandra a little better. He proudly enumerated some of her talents, and accomplishments and hobbies, such as fluency in two languages, composing music and poetry, and her ability to play just about any musical instrument.

After Dad sat down, a friend of Vince's stood up. He said he felt something should also be said about the bridegroom, but all he could think of was, "Vince sure has a lot of catching up to do!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An off-ramp of a freeway in Long Beach, CA, has been torn up for years. Recently, someone put up a handmade sign reading... "Scientists tell us that the sun will burn out in one and a half billion years. It is sad that this contractor will have to finish working in the dark."
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Did you hear about the veterinarian who was barred from performing any surgery because he suffered from bouts of epilepsy? The cops busted him for attempting to operate on a sick predatory bird but the case was thrown out on a technicality. It was an ill eagle surgeon seizure.
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The perks of being over 50 ...
 
You can live without sex but not without glasses
 
You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
 
You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
 
You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
 
You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who
walks into the room.
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My son was excited that it was my birthday, and he wanted to share it with his class for show-and-tell. He asked how old I was. I told him I was 33 but that he didn't have to tell his class my age.

That evening I asked him how his day went. He assured me that he hadn't told his class that I was 33. He told them I was 35.
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A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the shelves. "What are you doing in there?" she asked.

The rabbit replied: "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?", to which the lady replied "Yes".

"Well," the rabbit said, "I'm westing".
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The 15-year-old daughter brought home a young Naval Aviator to
meet her parents. During dinner, the pilot happened to mention
that he was from Glen Burnie, MD.

The Mother said, "What a coincidence. My husband and I lived there
18 years ago when we were first married."

The pilot got a strange look on his face and changed the topic
of conversation.

The daughter fell strangely silent.

After he left, the teen said, "Thanks a LOT Mom. I told him I
was 18.  Now I'll have to tell him that I was illegitimate."
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Anyone who's ever ridden in a cab in Rome, Italy, knows they're
some of the world's most brazen drivers. Oddly enough though,
their current accident rate isn't all that bad. I asked one of
the drivers one day the reason for that.

"Easy," he said.  "all the bad drivers are dead now."
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"The Neverland Ranch has officially closed its doors. Now that
it's for sale a lot of the neighbors are worried. They're afraid
some weirdo might buy the place." ~Jay Leno
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Every day (and night) I get tons of phone calls from
telemarketers trying to sell me something.  I hate
these calls, but I always try to be polite when I say
No Thank You.  One night, I had a very persistent
telemarketer, and no matter how many times and ways I
said No thank you, not interested, he would not let
up.  I finally said, :Listen, I am not financially in
a position to buy anything right now.  I am broke and
on the verge of bankruptcy."
 
Without missing a beat, the telemarketer said to me,
"I understand what you mean.  Why do you think I have
this job right now?"

**** Quickies ****

Q.  What does W.O.M.A.N stand for? 
A.  Will Often Moan And Nag
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Birds are grouchy in the morning because their bills are over dew.
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A prison inmate had his prosthetic leg confiscated after he used it in a brawl with another prisoner. When the inmate found out the authorities were taking away his leg, he was hopping mad.
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I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.
~If you jog in a jogging suit, lounge in lounging pajamas, and smoke in a smoking jacket, WHY would anyone want to wear a windbreaker? 
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The cost of feathers has risen... Now even down is up!
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Sign on the pet shop window ---

"Every customer receives a free legless parakeet...No perches necessary"
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"I went inta the Automat today and I put a lead nickel inta the slot and whattya think comes out? The manager!"
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The definition of a teenager is someone who gets ten hours of sleep a day, none of it at night.
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Remember, the famous response as to why something was done, because it was there, was meant for mountain climbing, not eating.
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Q. WHY DON'T FISH GO NEAR COMPUTERS?

A. They're afraid of getting caught in the Net.
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There are two sides in Iraq right now fighting. The side that
hates us and the side that really hates us. (David Letterman) 

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**** WEIRD HAPPENINS ****

Fundraising Efforts Raise Eyebrows

OTTAWA - Here's an idea I never thought of: A bored worker is trying
to raise $1 million in donations so he can retire early. The Ottawa
bureaucrat has started up his own Web site, saveabureaucrat.com,
to whine about his frustration of "having to deal with paper being
passed around at a snail's pace." However, his fundraising efforts
are making some hardworking office workers upset. "I just worry
that it reinforces some of the negative stereotypes about workers
in the public service: that they're bored and not interested in
their work," Ed Cashman, executive vice-president for the Public
Service Alliance of Canada, said. So far, the worker has collected
$59.26 to put towards his million-dollar dream.
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Gator Gets Too Close For Comfort

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - A Florida woman who heard someone knocking
at her front door was shocked when she looked out and spotted an
8-foot alligator. The alligator was even more frightening because
it had a bloody jaw. Lori Pachelli called her husband, Mike, the
Naples (Fla.)  Daily News reported. He called the superintendent
of their gated community, who summoned an alligator trapper. The
alligator remained at the door for an hour, banging its head
against it occasionally.  When it slid into the community's pond,
the trapper got it. Experts say this is the time of year when male
alligators wander, looking for prospective mates. The Pachellis,
who moved to Florida from Pennsylvania in January, say they enjoy
watching gators swimming around the pond but this one was a little
too close for comfort.

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**** HEALTH NEWS ****

Kids with extreme personality: ADHD risk  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., -- Florida State University scientists  
say children showing aggressiveness or mood swings may be  
at risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. FSU  
psychology professors Jeanette Taylor and Chris  
Schatschneider, FSU doctoral student Kelly Cukrowicz and  
University of Minnesota Professor William Iacono found  
children with ADHD or conduct disorder had more negative  
emotions -- aggressiveness, tension and feelings of being  
exploited, unlucky or poorly treated -- and lower con-  
straints, such as a tendency to break rules and engage in  
thrill-seeking behavior, than did children with neither of  
the disorders. The children with both ADHD and conduct dis-  
order had the most extreme personality profiles. "This helps  
us to understand that personality is part of the bigger  
picture of these disorders," Taylor said. "That could help  
with initial assessments or lead to unexpected discoveries  
or potential interventions. We're saying to researchers and  
clinicians, 'Think about personality when you look at these  
issues.'" The study, published in the Journal of Child  
Psychology and Psychiatry, is the first to investigate  
personality trait patterns among children who have ADHD,  
conduct disorder or a combination of both.
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Treating mom's depression helps kids  

NEW YORK, -- A New York study finds that successfully  
treating a mother's depression reduces her children's  
risk of having psychiatric disorders.  Researchers track-  
ed 151 mother-child pairs at eight primary care and 11  
psychiatric outpatient clinics. Myrna Weissman of  
Columbia University Medical Center, the lead author of  
the study, said that children of depressed mothers are at  
increased risk of behavior and anxiety disorders and major  
depression. While the mothers were treated with medication  
for depression, the children were assessed by evaluators  
who were not involved with treating the mothers or aware  
of the outcome of their treatment. The study found that  
35 percent of the children were diagnosed with psychiatric  
disorders. There was an 11 percent drop to 24 percent in  
those children whose mothers' depression went into remis-  
sion within three months while there was an 8 percent  
increase where there was no remission. The research was  
published in the Journal of the American Medical  
Association.
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Research links brain organ to Alzheimer's  

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., -- Researchers at Indiana's Purdue  
University say that a brain organ acts as a "fishnet,"  
removing the beta-amyloids linked to Alzheimer's disease.  
Wei Zheng, an associate professor in the School of Health  
Sciences, said that as patients age the choroid plexus may  
let larger amounts of the protein through. Patients with  
Alzheimer's have large quantities of beta-amyloids and a  
buildup of plaque in the brain, although researchers are  
unsure if the disease is caused by the beta-amyloids or  
the plaque. "This newly uncovered pathway may help explain  
how normal brains balance this protein and how an imbalance  
caused by aging, genetic or environmental factors may lead  
to or worsen Alzheimer's disease," Zheng said. Previous  
theories on Alzheimer's have focused on overproduction of  
beta amyloid. Zheng and two post-doctoral students are to  
be honored for their paper in April by the Society for  
Experimental Biology and Medicine.  


**** ON THIS DAY ****

A Smile
- BJ.Morbitzer 

A smile cost nothing, but gives so much. It enriches those who
receive it, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a
moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so
rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor
but that he can be made rich by it. A smile creates happiness in the
home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of
friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged,
sunshine to the sad, and it is nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is
something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some
people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as
none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
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Change Yesterday
Bill Walker
wildbill6807@yahoo.com
One time years ago I was talking to a woman of some degrees of
smarts, at least she thought so. The talk got around to something
that took place many years back in American History, slavery. I said
my great, great grandfather Jacob Sonner had slaves, not many as I
can figure, but never the less did have some. I had noticed in his
will he named a man and woman. What was said made one sad to think
of it. But I can't do nothing about what happen many years ago. She
piped up and said, she guessed that I was proud of the fact. I don't
recall just what I said other then I can't help what happened in
those times.
One can made some attempt in undoing a wrong yesterday, but a wrong
done over a hundred and more years ago, is very hard to undo.
In history there has been many wrongs done. Can we go back and
change the wrongs now? People has been hung for a crime they never
did. Case in point. There is a grave here. A man was hung by order
of a court. He was said to have killed a man. The man that was
killed came riding in on a horse after the hanging very much alive.
Sure can't undo that wrong. There is many such cases.
One living today should not have to pay for a maybe wrong their
father and mother did, Same as wrongs done by their father and
mother. And so it goes back all through history. If we had to pay
for wrongs done all through history, we would never get through
paying. Also who pays, and who gets the money, some lawyers?
Let us not try to undo wrongs done so many years ago. Instead let us
learn from the past, and move on trying not to do the same wrongs
over again.
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 **** MOTOR SPORTS NEWS ****

Bump boosts Kurt Busch

Late-race shove of Kenseth seals victory in Bristol wreckfest.

Story

Heartfelt win for Wheldon

Castroneves clipped at finish in emotional day at Homestead.

Story

Dana's life remembered

Would-be journalist changed gears, opted for career in racing.

Story Dana's death hits home NASCAR stars share sympathy for IRL driver.

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**** COUNTRY CALANDER ****

1909 Pianist-vocalist Moon Mullican born near Corrigan,  
Texas  

1912 Howard Callahan of the Callahan Brothers born in  
Faust, N.C.  

1940 Rockabilly vocalist Janis Martin born in Southerlin,  
Va.  

1940 Melvin Sloan, leader of the Grand Ole Opry's Melvin  
Sloan Dancers, born in Wilson County, Tenn.  

1974 Bluegrass fiddler Aubrey Haynie born  
  
1965 Roger Miller's "King of the Road" hit No. 1 on the  
country singles chart  
  
1954 Opera star Helen Traubel made a guest appearance on  
the Grand Ole Opry  

1971 Jan Howard joined the Grand Ole Opry  
  
1997 Little Texas' Big Time album certified double platinum  
  
1997 Little Texas' Kick a Little album certified platinum  
  
1997 Travis Tritt's Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof certified  
double platinum  

2002 Brooks & Dunn's Steers and Stripes album certified  
platinum  

2002 Waylon Jennings' Greatest Hits certified quintuple  
platinum  

2002 Shania Twain's Come On Over certified 19x platinum,  
making it the best-selling solo album for a woman in any  
music genre  
  
1947 Tex Williams recorded Capitol Records' first million-  
seller, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette"  

1950 Johnnie & Jack recorded their first chart single,  
"Poison Love"  

1951 Red Foley recorded the first million-selling gospel  
song, "Peace in the Valley"  

1972 Elvis Presley recorded "Burnin' Love" for RCA 


 **** COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****

  Strait Debuts First New Video in Four Years  

George Strait's first video in four years, "The Seashores  
of Old Mexico," makes its world premiere Thursday (March 23)  
on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown, but a 30-second clip from the  
video will be previewed earlier at CMT.com. The online pre-  
view begins at Thursday at 12:01 p.m. ET, and the full video  
debuts when Top Twenty Countdown airs at 4:30 p.m. ET/PT. A  
remake of a Merle Haggard classic, "The Seashores of Old  
Mexico" is the latest single from Strait's album, Somewhere  
Down in Texas 
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Cindy Walker died Thursday at 87

Cindy Walker, perhaps the greatest female songwriter in country history, died Thursday at 87. in Mexia, Texas after reportedly being in ill health for several months.
Walker's songs were recorded by Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Webb Pierce, Roy Orbison, Stonewall Jackson and many others.
Earlier this month, Willie Nelson released a tribute album of Walker's songs, "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker."
Walker enjoyed Top Ten hits from the 1940s through the 1980s.
Walker was a charter member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997.
Walker was born in Mart, Texas on July 20, 1918.
Her grandfather, F. P. Eiland, was a hymn writer ("Hold to God's Unchanging Hand"), and her mother, Oree, was a pianist.
Walker appeared on stage in Texas before going off to Hollywood where she had songs recorded by Bing Crosby, got a contact with Decca in 1941, filmed the first Soundie musical short ("Seven Beers With the Wrong Man," 1941) and had a Top Ten hit ("When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again," 1944).
She gave up performing for songwriting. Gene Autry recorded Walker's "Blue Canadian Rockies," Al Dexter sang "Triflin' Gal," and the Ames Brothers did "China Doll."
Texas swing legend Bob Wills recorded more than 50 of Walker's songs including "Cherokee maiden, " "Bubbles in My Beer" and "You're From Texas." Tubb recorded "Warm Red Wine," "Two Glasses Joe" and "Hey Mr. Bluebird."
By 1954, Walker had returned to her home state, splitting her time between Mexia and Nashville.
Songs of Walker's from the 1950's included Eddy Arnold's "You Don't Know Me" and "Take Me In Your Arms and Hold Me," Hank Snow's "The Gold Rush Is Over" and "The Next Voice You Hear," George Morgan's "I Love Everything About You," Webb Pierce's "I Don't Care" and Jim Reeves's "Anna Marie."
During the 1960's, Walker achieved hits with Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)," Jim Reeves's "Distant Drums," Jerry Wallace's "In the Misty Moonlight," Jack Greene's "You Are My Treasure," Sonny James's "Heaven Says Hello," Wilma Burgess's "Fifteen Days" and Stonewall Jackson's "Leona."
Later, Glen Campbell, Ricky Skaggs, Ray Charles, Riders in the Sky, Mickey Gilley, and Merle Haggard would record Walker songs.
She continued to write songs, though she slowed down her output in recent years.   

**** Amy's Kitchen ****  

Beef Diablo

1 lb beef pot roast, boneless
3/4 ts chili  sauce
3-4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
3/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4  onion, sliced
1/4 tsp vinegar
1 1/2 tsp flour
1/4 tsp sugar
3/4 tsp  mustard

Trim all excess fat from roast. Place potatoes and onion
in  bottom of crockpot. Make a smooth paste of flour,
mustard, chili sauce,  Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and
sugar. Spread over top of roast (cut roast  in half, if
necessary, to fit easily). Place roast in crockpot on top
of  potatoes and onions. Cover and cook on LOW setting for
10 to 12 hours (on  HIGH setting for 5 to 6 hours).
Elaine
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LOW FAT TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE   

2 pk (8 ounces ea) fat-free cream cheese  
1 pk (4 ounces) sugarfree instant vanilla pudding mix  
2/3 cup dry milk powder  
1 cup cold coffee  
1 teaspoon Brandy extract  
3/4 cup Cool-Whip Lite  
1 (6 ounce) prepared chocolate pie crust  
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa   

In a large bowl, stir cream cheese with a spoon until soft.  
Add dry pudding mix, dry milk powder and coffee. Mix well  
using a wire whisk. Blend in brandy extract and 1/4 cup Cool  
Whip Lite. Spread mixture into pie crust. Evenly drop  
remaining Cool Whip Lite by tablespoon to form 8 mounds.  
Sprinkle chocolate chips over top. Refrigerate for at least  
1 hour. Cut into 8 servings.  

Yield: 8 Servings  
207 calories; 7 gm fat; 11 gm protein; 25 gm carbohydrate;  
636 mg sodium; 71 mg calcium; 1 gm fiber