Sunfield Area SPY's Report---4/8/10

Helpers Needed!

HELP WANTED THIS WEEKEND: We are looking for some volunteers to do a shift or two at our upcoming Texas Hold ‘Em event at Trippers in Frandor on Thursday, April 8th thru Sunday, April 11th. The tasks you will be doing involve selling chips; doing table rakes; and some light paperwork. We only need 2 people per shift to run things. Give our event chairman Sam Coan a call at 566-7182 and let him know you’d like to help.

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-----

* LeRoy Jackson & Elaine Merryfield made contributions in memory of Carolyn Pettit; George Lake; and Joyce McWhorter.

* Flo Sayer gave in memory of Joyce McWhorter and George Lake.

* Joyce Martin made donations in memory of Harold Hanna; Bill Feasal; and George Lake.

* Bruce & Heidi Kauffman made contributions in memory of Ruth Stambaugh and Joyce McWhorter.

* Maxine Hines gave in memory of Harold Hanna; Bill Feasal; and George Lake.

* Donations in memory of Roy Hough came in from the following:

Dave & Bev Brown Bryan & Sue Spitzley
Jennie Stambaugh Ron Arneson
Joyce Martin Marsh & Tish Wondergem
Maxine Hines George & Jane Monasmith
Paul & Betty King Linda VanGansbeke
Harold & Janet James Ted & Orpha Stiffler

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

+ The first Adopt-A-Highway roadside trash pick-up of 2010 will take place on 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!

+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: What well-know social organization has the following motto---“Quando omni flunkus moritati”? (Answer later in this column)

+ Honest Roy’s Quote-Of-The-Week: “Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was ‘Shut Up’.”

+ ATTENTION: Another local community-building group---The Kiwanis of Lakewood---are putting on a special fund-raising event on 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!

+ Thought #1: The only people who enjoy listening to your troubles are lawyers and doctors. They get paid for it.

+ A BIG Sunfield Area SPY’s salutation goes out to our newest members, Derek & Dana Desgranges. Welcome aboard! We’re glad to have you with us!

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: Who was the last NCAA Division I men’s basketball team to go undefeated and win a national title? (Answer later in this column)

+ The next meeting of the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth (SPY’s) will take place on Tuesday, April 20th---starting at 7 PM---at the Sunfield District Library. Guests are always welcome!

+ Thought #2: The anti aging ad that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, “Ah, I’ve used too much!”

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week: What Major League Baseball player played on five World-Series winning teams in his first five years in baseball---Was it Gil Hodges; Yogi Berra; Jerry Coleman; Jimmy Z; or Joe DiMaggio? (Answer later in this column)

+ Swede’s Groaner Corner: The other day Chef Rob-o was telling me about his friend being a procrastinator. He’s afraid of Saturday the 14th.

+ “Understanding New-Age Definitions by Dr. Jill VanAntwerp, (Professor of English at Grand Valley State College). Today’s word is “Control” (kon-trol’). It’s New-Age Definition---A short, ugly inmate.

+ Didja Know Department: Did you know Michigan is unique in a lot of ways, and here are two---We’re the only state that virtually prohibits lawsuits against drug makers if the drug was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. And, we’re also the only state that guarantees 100 percent of a person’s injuries in an auto crash be covered. Democrats are trying to throw out the former and Republicans are trying to throw out the latter. Both parties have made little progress in their efforts.

+ A certain local celebrity, that I will refer to as “Mrs. Robinson”, is known for having a lead foot while driving. The other day she was out with one of her good buddies, “Queen #6”, when a state trooper pulled her over. Hoping to get off with a warning, Mrs. Robinson tried to appear shocked when the trooper walked up to the car. “I have never been stopped like this before,” she told the officer. “What do they usually do, ma’am,” he asked, “shoot the tires out?”

+ Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: It is the motto of the Possum Lodge from the Red Green television show. “Quando omni flunkus moritati” is pseudo-Latin for “When all else fails, play dead”. This was often followed by “The Man’s Prayer”---“I‘m a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess.”

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: Indiana won the title in 1976 finishing with a 32-0 record.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week Answer: It was Jerry Coleman, who was the second baseman for the New York Yankees. He was on five world-series winning teams in his first five years in the majors, beginning in 1949.

+ 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.

+ MDLXXVII