Sunfield Area SPY's Report---4/15/10

Adopt-A-Highway Trash Pick-Up This Saturday

The first Adopt-A-Highway roadside trash pick-up of 2010 will take place this Saturday, April 17th. The SPY’s pick-up trash along M-43 for a mile in each direction from the blinker light on the corner in Sunfield. The spring pick-up nets the largest amount of trash, since it has been building up all winter. So, the need for lots of help is great. Anyone and everyone is invited to turn out at the Sunfield IGA parking lot at 9 AM. It will take about an hour of your time, but it is well worth the effort. It really gets the area spiffed up. Children no younger than 12 are welcome to participate as well. So what do you say? Lets have a BIG turnout for this first pick-up and get things looking good! For further information call our project chairman, Scott McWhorter at 566-7737. Hope to see you there!

News Briefs

+ The Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth wish to acknowledge a number of recent donations to the Scholarship Fund and Youth Activities Trust Fund that came in from a bunch of really fine folks. Thank you-----

* Leota Johnson contributed in memory of Keith Klotz.

* Bill & Cheryl Roll gave in memory of Harold Hanna; and Kylie Erdman.

* Chris & Jill Van Antwerp donated in memory of Fred & Mary
VanAntwerp.

* Irv & Pat Kananen contributed in memory of Harold Hanna.

* Richard & Rosemarie Doane gave in memory of Harold Hanna.

* Contributions in memory of George Lake came from:

Robert & Diana Overholt Hans Huyck
Carol and Anthony Santini Chuck and Theresa Frendt
The Lewis Trowbridge Family David Frick
Carol Barker Daniel & Jill Schray-Simons

* The following gave in memory of Bill Feasal:

Ted Stiffler Dan & Trish Boucher
Margaret Graham Archie & Ardean Gonser
Dan & Carol Marsh Jason & Valerie Debler
Mark & Mary Hanna Denny & Luanne Shoemaker
Bruce & Carmella Savage Therese & Rick Strimback
Auto Owners Insurance Employees

* Donations in memory of Joyce McWhorter were received from:

Robert & Diana Overholt Tom & Marsha McWhorter
Barry & Pat Vezino Mike & Amy Acker
Mark & Rebecca Calabro John & Denise Forell
Elizabeth Freund Darcy & David Kerr
Robert & Lois Siple Carol & Anthony Santini
Durwood & Ardyth Dow Denny & Luanne Shoemaker
George & Mary Thorp Cecil & Jeannine Rogers
Linda & Mike Milko The O’Neil Boys & Family
Eleanor Lake Rosa Fleetham
Jim & Ruth Hankinson Lewis & Emma Trowbridge & Family
Bill & Cheryl Roll
Bureau of Children & Adult Licensing---State of Michigan

Thank you all for choosing this means to help us help kids!

+ Honest Roy’s Quote-Of-The-Week: “ I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.”

+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: Over the years, how many different animals have been featured in Barnum’s Animal Crackers? (Answer later in this column)

+ Thank You Joel Dow for your donation to our “recycling program”!

+ Thought #1: Another weighty proof of man’s simian kinship is his willingness to pay more to be amused than to be instructed.

+ REMINDER: Another local community-building group---The Kiwanis of Lakewood---are putting on a special fund-raising event this Sunday, April 18th. It will be the “First Annual Kiwanis of Lakewood Challenge”. It will be a benefit basketball game between members of the Detroit Lions professional football team versus the Lakewood All-Stars. It will be held at the Lakewood High School gym and will start at 2 PM. Here are the details:

* Tickets are $10 each.

* Pre-school and under get in free.

* Special autographed items and sports memorabilia will be raffled off.

* For further information or to get tickets call either 269-838-0095 or 269-
838-1133.

* See you there!

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: What former NFL player has won the most Super Bowl Rings---was it Joe Montana, Jimmy Z, Jerry Rice, Terry Bradshaw, Charley Haley, or Alex Karas? (Answer later in this column)

+ “Understanding New-Age Definitions by Dr. Jill VanAntwerp, (Professor of English at Grand Valley State College). Today’s word is “Avoidable” (uh-voy’-duh-buhl). It’s New-Age Definition---What a bullfighter tries to do.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week: Who was the oldest driver to win an Indy car race---A.J. Foyt; Jimmy Z; Mario Andretti; Richard Petty; or Al Unser? (Answer later in this column)

+ The other night Little Spitz came in while his parents were setting the table for supper. Quite surprisingly, he asked if he could help. His mother said, “No, but I appreciate your asking.” Little Spitz responded, “Well, I appreciate your saying no.”

+ Sandy “Wally” Walliczek’s Philosophy On Driving: “I figure, maybe I’m lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction. You never know with me.”
+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: In total there have been 37 different animals featured in Barnum's Animal Crackers since 1903. The current crackers are tiger, cougar, camel, rhinoceros, kangaroo, hippopotamus, bison, lion, hyena, zebra, elephant, sheep, bear, gorilla, monkey, polar bear, seal and giraffe. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Barnum's added the koala to the menagerie in September 2002.

Barnum's Animal Crackers are all produced in the Fair Lawn, NJ Bakery by Nabisco Brands. More than 40 million packages of Barnum's Animal Crackers are sold each year, both in the United States and exported to 17 countries worldwide. The crackers are baked in a 300-foot (91 m) long traveling band oven. They are in the oven for about four minutes and are baked at the rate of 12,000 per minute. Fifteen thousand cartons and 300,000 crackers are produced in a single shift, using some thirty miles of string on the packages. This runs to nearly 8,000 miles of string a year.

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: Charles Haley has five Super Bowl rings. The former defensive end won two with the Sanfrancisco 49ers and three with the Dallas Cowboys.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week Answer: Mario Andretti was 53 when he won the Valvoline 200 in Phoenix on April 4, 1993, to become the oldest driver to win Indy car race and the first driver to win a race in four different decades.
+ To find out more about the SPY’s organization, download forms or applications, or catch-up on past issues of the “Dirt Sheet”, visit the SPY’s website at www.sunfieldspys.org.

+ MDLXXVIII