Sunfield Area SPY's Report---11/19/09

SUNFIELD AREA SPY's REPORT

+ The Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth would like to acknowledge a recent contribution to the Danny Rumfield Scholarship Fund from Keith & Linda Brace, who donated in memory of Harold McNamara. Thank you for using this means to help us help kids!

+ Attention all interested parties! The Lakewood Community Council has once again requested our help with the annual Christmas Basket Project. Drivers that are familiar with the Sunfield area are needed on Saturday, December 12th, at 9 AM. We need volunteers to deliver to the designated families in the Sunfield vicinity. It will take just a couple hours of your time at the most.

This project helps close to 200 families in the Lakewood area. Anyone that would like to help out, just show up at the Central Methodist Church in downtown Lake Odessa at the above date and time. Please mark your calendars now and plan on lending a hand on this very special needs program. For further information please contact John Fisher at 566-8278.

+ Thought #1: If you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.

+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: What is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on real properties & attendance---is it Cedar Point---Disney World---Six Flags---The Ionia Free Fair---or Coney Island? (Answer later in this column).

+ A Curious Kendall Wilcox Demands To Know---What was the greatest thing BEFORE sliced bread?

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: What did Dolphins receiver Mark Duper legally change his name to in 1985? 
 (Answer later in this column)

+ “Honest Roy’s” Quote-Of-The-Week: “If people were meant to pop out of bed, we’d all sleep in toasters.”
+ Swede’s Groaner Corner: If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

+ The “Sports Trivia Just For Ward ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week:” Alan---Joaquin---Luis---Max---and Tony are all related and played in the National Football League. What is their last name and what position(s) did they play? (Answer later in this column).

+ A Curious Phil Thelen Demands To Know---If you spin an oriental person in a circle three times, do they become disoriented?


+ FACTOID: Another interesting casualty of the recession---Harvard University used to get paid $10 per ton for its recyclables. Now, they have to PAY $35 per ton to get rid of them. (Things are going the wrong way in more ways than one).

+ Life With The Bests---The other day Rosie asked Oren, “Honey, did you notice? I bought a new toilet brush.” Oren replied, “Yes, I did. But I still prefer the paper.”

+ Attention all SPY members! The Annual Meeting of the Membership Will take place on Saturday, January 9, 2010. The Annual Meeting will be held at the Centennial Acres clubhouse. Please make a note of the date on your calendars. Details will be sent to all members in December.

The election of officers will be coming up at our annual meeting in January. If
you have a desire to serve as an officer in the SPY's organization, (President,
Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Director, General Directors
(5 positions); Promotions Director, or Sergeant-At-Arms); get more information
about what each officer does; or would like to nominate someone for an office,
please contact any of the following:

* Darin Weller 517-819-4657 * Barry Vezino 566-8218

* John Fisher 566-8278 * Bill Weller 566-8895

* Craig Mulholland 566-8859

Thank you.

+ Biblical Insight-Of-The-Week: (Submitted by the Rev. Audley Cragun) “Adam bit the apple and, feeling great shame, covered himself with a fig leaf. Eve, too, felt shame and covered herself with a fig leaf. Then she went behind a bush to try on a maple leaf---a sycamore---an oak---an elm---a birch………………….”

+ Louie “Trouble-Shooter” Trowbridge’s Tip-Of-The-Week: Got a problem with permanent marker on appliances or counter tops or store receipt blue ink? To get it off try rubbing alcohol on a paper towel.

+ A Curious Pete Weller Demands To Know---If you try to fail and succeed---which have you done?
+ Another Historical Tid-Bit From The Vast Archives Of Wendel “Thong” Peabody:
In 1898, John Breck, a fireman with the Chicopee, Massachusetts, Fire Department, became the youngest fire chief in America. Personally, however, Breck was troubled. He was only 21 years old and was already losing his hair. In those days, there was no Rogaine, no Hair Club for Men---most Americans washed their hair with the same bar of soap they used on their bodies.
Breck was unwilling to accept his hair loss, so he began taking chemistry classes at Amherst College in his spare time, determined to find a cure. He earned a doctorate, and opened a scalp treatment center where he used his own liquid shampoo. Breck never did discover the cure for hereditary baldness, but he did introduce modern shampoo to the American public.
+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on real properties & attendance. The name refers to the six flags that have flown over the state of Texas during its history, namely those of Spain, France, Mexico, The Confederate States of America, The Republic of Texas and the United States of America.

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: He changed it to Mark Super Duper.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week Answer: They are all from the Zenaejas family. Males in the Zendejas family are born to kick. Soccer and football are two musts. It's a family tradition. But because of educational opportunities and a chance at more money, football eventually wins out as the sport of choice. Luis, played football collegiately at ASU and professionally with the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. Max, did likewise, at U of A and the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins. Tony, at Nevada-Reno and the Houston Oilers and Los Angeles Rams. Joaquin played with the Patriots.

Guess what? There's another Zendejas who just might be the best of them all. Alex kicks for Ironwood High School in Glendale. Recently, he booted a career best 59-yard field goal.

+ 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.

+ Final Thought: Have a great day, unless you’ve made other plans.

+ MDLVII