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- Written by: Ken Savin
We had our annual Andy Day Memorial Celebration down at the Skate Park in Austin Park in Clearlake, last Saturday, April 14, which was the six-year anniversary of the death of Andrew Daniel Johnson, who died April 14, 2006, in a car accident with three other youth from the Eureka area. He was 18.
Ricky Bush, Michelle Bush and I would like to thank the following businesses for donations and support for this activity for our youth: Cutting Edge, Girlfriends, Radio Shack, Tatonka Trading, Elegant Touch, Hep Cat, Heavenly Hair, Ed and Lindas, Catfish CoffeeHouse, Clearlake Pet Shop, Four Corners, Rain Balloons/Pedals and Baskets, Grocery Outlet, Safeway, Castle Donuts And Shelley Graphics and Redwood Children's Services.
Ken Savin lives in Clearlake, Calif.
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- Written by: Carolynn Jarrett
The Children's Museum of Art and Science (CMAS) would like to give a mighty roar of appreciation to the Lakeshore Lions for their donation to our Lego robotics program.
Two Lower Lake Elementary School students, Cody Sapeda and Alex Schenck, created robots and demonstrated them to Lions' members at a recent meeting.
The Lions had many questions for the two young engineers who displayed their enthusiasm and knowledge with confidence.
The Lakeshore Lions are often cited in news articles for their many efforts to do good things for our community. Many groups like CMAS have been the grateful recipients of their support.
To borrow a phrase from Tony the Tiger....Lions, "You're grrrrrr-eat!!!"
Carolynn Jarrett is president of the Children's Museum of Art and Science. She lives in Clearlake, Calif.
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- Written by: Nelson Strasser
I found an old friend last month. It was the book titled “The Human Zoo” by Desmond Morris. I had originally read this book 50 years ago, and yet, I was to find it timely.
Morris talks about “dominance display” in the animal kingdom. For example, the top rooster, with his chest puffed out, strutting across the yard, the “cock of the walk.”
Morris makes the point that humans display dominance as well.
Shortly thereafter I met a man while walking near the lake. We spoke amicably for a while, and I asked him if he was a “local.”
“No,” he said, “I just came here to mow lawns.”
His face revealed a moment of indecision, and, unlike the “Dude” in “The Big Lebowski,” he could not abide. He could not let stand my view of him as a mower.
So, he went on to tell me that he owned a few houses in Lakeport, and several other properties, and, that the jewel of his holdings was a rental in Hawaii.
He had declared a full house, and was pretty sure that I was not holding four of a kind.
Unfortunately, I did not even have a pair: I live in a senior mobile park with my 13 year old dog. There was nothing left for me but to bluff.
“I have three boats,” I heard myself saying.
Then, he asked, “Do you keep them at Braito’s Marina?”
The jig was up. “No,” I responded, “in my bath tub.”
Nelson Strasser lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
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- Written by: Randy Ridgel
Alas, we Republicans have been done in – unmasked by Obama’s reelection machine, including his mainstream media.
It seems we Republicans hate women in general and women’s health in particular. To get even with those sinful hussies we’re going to take away their birth control pills.
Actually, Jackie and I, both Republicans, sinned for years with the pill.
I came home and found her just finishing a Time magazine story about the newly invented pill. She threw the magazine at me, jumped up and shouted, “Yes!” She was barely 22; we had two boys and wanted no more.
When I finished reading the article we had a serious discussion regarding the pill’s morality and legality. She was already donning her coat so I inquired about her destination. She stabbed her fist straight up in the air and shouted, “To the drugstore.”
I said, “These pills are unnatural. Maybe if God wanted us to use pills he would have given them to us.”
She replied, “God didn’t give you wheels but you drive to work.”
“But, Jackie, won’t we be sinning?”
“Yes,” she grinned, “every chance we get.”
“Are these things legal in this state?” I asked.
She laughed and said, “You’ll only have one witness and I promise I won’t tell the law.”
Finally I argued, “I don’t know about this; we Republicans are straight laced.”
She responded, “The Republican county chairman’s wife told me about them.”
Then with a guttural Terminator announcement, “I’ll be back,” she roared off to the drugstore.
In all the years since then, until our dastardly misogyny was exposed by Obama’s election machine, I’ve never known Republicans who suggested taking away birth control. Those I’ve known shouted, “Yee hah, game on!”
Well, except for a few closet Catholics. To avoid sin they used monthly timing called the rhythm system for birth control. We had a special name for them: parents. But Catholics are mostly Democrats anyway; perhaps that’s one reason we have so many Democrats.
Randy Ridgel lives in Kelseyville, Calif.