Sunfield Area SPY's Report---10/15/09

Ben Teachworth Family Benefit This Sunday

This Sunday, October 18th, from Noon to 4:30 PM, there will be a baked potato & chili bar, (with all the fixins) benefit at the St. Edwards Catholic Church in Lake Odessa. There will also be a bake sale auction. This event is being held to help out the Ben Teachworth family. In July, Ben had the misfortune of incurring a serious fall resulting in both of his legs being severely broken. He is recovering at home, however, it is expected that his recovery will take 9 to 12 months. Ben and his wife Amanda have four young children.

If you have any questions---need further information---or would like to make a donation of food or funds, please contact any of the following:

Connie Nash---616-527-0781
Cassandra Cramer---517-749-2437
Gwen Nash---989-862-5573

News Briefs

+ The Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth would like to acknowledge a number of recent contributions to the Scholarship Fund or the Youth Activities Trust Fund. They came in from the following fine folks:

* Dale & Sarah Piper

* We had an Anonymous donation come in for the Danny Rumfield Memorial Fund.

* The following made contributions in memory of Kathryn Guy:

Melvin & Betty Rairigh The MacDonell Bigelow Family
Ruthanne & Ed Kauffman Doug & Judy Van Bennekem & Family
Larry & Katie Terpstra Margaret Walker, Noel & Bev & Chris
Stan & Iva Pung Lloyd & Donna Jenks & Family
Ed & Janis Kenyon Ernie & Sally Ferris & Family
June Piercefield Jennie Stambaugh & Ron Arnesen
Durwood & Ardyth Dow Burton Brown Family
Joyce Luscher Hilda Kenyon & Family

* The following made contributions in memory of Linda Sandborn:

Bob & Diana Overholt LeRoy Jackson & Elaine Merryfield
Philip Spitzley Oren & Rosie Best
Carolyn Peabody

We thank you all for using this means to help us help kids!

+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: The oldest boomerang ever discovered was found where---Australia---Borneo---Jimmy Z’s ancestor’s back yard---New Zeeland---or China? (Answer later in this column).

+ Thought #1: Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

+ Mapes Furniture is having a fantastic Harvest Sale this month. Stop in and check it out.

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: How many different decades did Gordie Howe play professional hockey---was it 3—4—5—or 6? (Answer later in this column)

+ The next meeting of the Sunfield Area SPY’s will be held this coming Tuesday, October 20th.; at the Sunfield Library; starting at 7 PM. Guests are always welcome! Pass the word and be there!

+ “Honest Roy’s” Quote-Of-The-Week: “I asked my wife, the Judge, if old men should wear boxers or briefs. She said, “Depends”.

+ The “Sports Trivia Just For Ward ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week: What professional baseball team became the first team in American League history to have teammates finish 1-2-3 in the batting race? (Answer later in this column).

+ Swede’s Groaner Corner: The other day, Rob “The Boss Tweed Of Mulliken” came across a piece of paper with his all-star, former Playboy model waitress Judy’s computer password written on it. It went like this…

Mickeyminnieplutosylvestertweetybugsbunnyscoobyfoghornleghorn

Rob asked her why was it so long? Judy replied that she needed eight characters.

+ Thought #2: It is criminal the way the politicians are giving our country away at such a rapid rate, in spite of the generations and generations of Americans that fought for what we have.

+ Non-Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: What do Juaise Peabody and Cris Glazier have in common? Give up? Here’s the answer---It seems the “Crinkle Cousins” have both developed a problem with parking vehicles and / or the moving of a parked vehicle. If you’d like to check our their handiwork just take a look at the newest “waves” in Cris’s RV, or the windowless back end of Juaise’s van. In fact Juaise’s little altercation has prompted her to do an act at next year’s dance titled---“I Fought The Garage And The Garage Won”.

50’s / 60’s Dance Epilogue


The Sunfield Area SPY’s 33rd. annual 50’s / 60’s Dance is now history, and boy was history made! A number of new “twists” were added this year. Most noticeably they were the “live” acts that were staged between the band sets featuring Lori Shannon and Joel McDowell and Denny Shoemaker (aka “The Blues Brothers”), as well as some technological advances that were implemented.

Juaise Peabody is and has been the chairperson of the dance for a number of years now and works hard to make it a success. She is helped by a fine group that make up her Dance Committee, namely Janet Keefer; Craig & Jackie Mulholland; Denny & Luanne Shoemaker; Joel McDowell; Darin Weller; John Fisher; Wendel Peabody and Craig Cappon.

The Soundwave Band provided the live music. During their set breaks, we once again staged our famous “acts”. This year’s performers were---Lori Shannon; Casie Shannon; Scott & Jan Ikle; Doug Waggott; Jackie Mulholland; Sandy Fisher; Darin Weller; Janet Keefer; Craig Mullholland; Denny Shoemaker; Wendel Peabody; John Fisher; Joel McDowell; Cheryl Roll; Luanne Shoemaker; Juaise Peabody; and the various derelicts, deviants; and delinquents that made up the Blues Brother back-up band. A finer bunch of talent has never before been amassed in one place.

We have a few shout-outs of recognition that we would like to send out to some really fine folks that made this year’s dance special. Thank you-----

+ Dale & Sarah Piper of Pied Piper Productions for helping us “elevate our game” so to speak and really add some professionalism to the acts this year. They are real nice folks!

+ Rob Piercefield and his crew at Swede’s Restaurant in Mulliken for opening up after hours to do a breakfast for the dance crowd after it was over.

+ And again, to Juaise Peabody and her Committee for all of their hard work and effort to keep the dance unique.

Thank you all!


+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: The world's oldest boomerang surprisingly doesn't come from Australia. The oldest boomerang ever discovered was found in the Carpathian Mountains in Poland--- Jimmy Wdzenczny’s (aka Jimmy Z) ancestor’s back yard. It's believed to be 20,000 years old.

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: In 1997, sixty-nine-year-old Hall of Famer Gordie Howe skated the first shift with the Detroit Vipers in their International Hockey League opener, becoming the only professional in his sport to compete in six decades.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week Answer: in 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays had teammates John Olerud lead the league with a .363 batting average, with Paul Molitor finishing second at .332, and Roberto Alomar coming in third at .326.

+ To find out more about the SPY’s organization, download forms or applications, or catch-up on past issues of the “Dirt Sheet”, go to the SPY’s website at www.sunfieldspys.org.

+ MDLII