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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 3, Is. 39 Apr.
11, 2014
From the
Editor
It looks like we’re going to
have some pretty awesome weather for most of the rest of the week. Hopefully I’ll get up the energy to get out
and do a little cleaning up in the yard.
We have little branches and sticks everywhere as a result of the
winter’s ice and wind. The only real way
to clean them up is to pick them up one at a time. I thinking I may ask Mark to bring “Big
Bertha” over and see if she might be helpful in removing all the excess
debris. Bertha belongs to me but she
“lives” with Mark and Karen. As Karen
says, “Dad we’ll bring Bertha over anytime you need her, but she’ll be staying
with us.” They do seriously have more
need for “her” than I do and more storage space. I probably do not have a clue as to how many
of my outdoor tools have migrated to their house. Some at my request, but many that were
borrowed and just didn’t get brought back home.
Oh well, I either know where they are or if I don’t remember what they
have, I’ll most likely buy another.
After all the frustration
with my sleep test, I’m really anxious to hear from my doctor to see what the
final result was. I’m really not anxious
to have to wear one of those masks, but based on what friends who use a CPAP
machine say it does for them, I’d like to see how much it would help. I’m convinced that I’m really not sleeping
well and would love to see if a machine would help. Unfortunately, the time lag between the sleep
test and getting “hooked up” will more than likely be much longer and more
frustrating than I would like.
We had the water treatment
guy back yesterday to make changes to a new drinking water filter system that
he installed to replace our RO system.
The change has turned out to be a disaster. It’s the classic example of what happens when
you attempt to fix something that isn’t broken.
My clear, hard, wonderful ice from my ice machine has turned into mushy,
cloudy, air filled ice that sticks together.
It’s terrible. Yesterday he
brought back a storage tank that he thought would increase pressure on the
system and clear the ice up. I have my
doubts. I told him that I’d give it
until Monday and if I still see no improvement will ask him to come back and
reinstall the RO system. I did have him
bring all of the RO components back so I’d have them if needed. The advantage of the new system was to not
make the water as acid as the RO did.
Heck with the acid, I want clear ice!
I’m sure he’ll be back next week to put the RO back in and I’ll be $300
richer. I should have been smarter than
this.
I believe that I’d better
wind this up and move on into my day. I
hope you’ve all had a good week.
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Lloyd
Newton, Class of 1951
Carla
Rickerd
Sharon
Schrader
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Neon and Old Fords
Until I watched this video
it never occurred to me that neon signs have essentially disappeared. I
also didn't know that they were quite new when I was a child. I suppose, as a
child, I just assumed that the world around me was the way the world had always
been and probably always would be.
I do remember many cars from
those years that no longer are built: Packard, Studebaker,
This list is far from
complete, but it does give an idea of how many things have changed since the
1930s and 1940s. What happened to drive in movies?
THIS IS REALLY COOL!
The Michael Dingman Collection - NEONS AND OLD FORDS
This was really interesting
for me and a bit sad too, when you consider people like this gentleman are
regrettably becoming a thing of the past.
Mr Dingman must have had a lot of loose change to get his collection
together. He put his Ford and Neon Sign
Collection up for auction in June 2013.
What you have in this video
is him recounting the manner in which his collection occurred and pictures of
all.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/6IYISQ6DVwk
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Boy Does Something Special with a Found $20 Bill
This is very special…Please
take the time to watch to the end.
If you have had a “bad” day
and think you have a problem, watch this and be thankful to our men and
women in the military and the families many have left behind.
http://www.wimp.com/specialfinds/
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
Dance of a Thousand Hands
Read the paragraph below FIRST before
you watch the video.
There is an awesome dance, called
the Thousand-Hand Guan Yin, which is making the rounds across the
net. Considering the tight coordination
required, their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they
were not all deaf.
Yes, you read correctly. All
21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals
from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these
extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate
and stirring. Its first major
international debut was in
But it had long been in the
repertoire of the Chinese Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had
travelled to more than 40 countries. Its
lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine
Arts Institute. The video was recorded in
Now click on the link below (turn-on speakers) and
enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/7vs-H7xLnrs?rel=0
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens has reopened from the summer break. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. Lunch for Seniors is $4 and for the
younger generation is $5.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
Apr. 15: Smoked Sausage Links, Fried
Potatoes, Baked Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
Apr. 17: Baked Chicken, Mashed
Potatoes/Gravy, Corn, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
********
The
The drawing will be held
Saturday, April 19 during the Museum's annual Easter Bake Sale in front of the
Museum.
You do not have to be
present to win. Your support of the Museum is greatly appreciated!
The
********
It’s A Spring Thing
The Southern Kiowa Chamber
will hold its 2014 It’s A Spring Thing at the
Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
following vendors have signed up and there are no inside spaces available at
this time. However, there are spaces
outside for you to sign up for. You can
set up tents if you wish. Since all
activities are outside, an outside vendor space is ideal. Contact Candace Thurmond at candace.thurmond@gmail.com if you
are interested.
“Jmminee,” the clown – face
painting and balloon artiste
All That Sass – baby/toddler
accessories – Lauren Thurmond Wilson
Jean Rasnec – ladies denim
shirts with appliqués
Thirty-One – Penny Ray
Scares, baby quilts, quilted
place mats, sale & pepper collectible sets, and t-shirt quilts – Carolyn
Gibson
Needle Work – Wilhelmina
Ensing
Mary Kay – Destiney Binghom
Scentsy –
Hair flowers, bling
blankets, scares, homemade items – Destinee Bryer
Accessories – Mallorie
Tixico & Patience
Jewelry in Candles – Sherry
McFarland
Fashion Accessories
Gormet Mixems Mixes - Johnna
Gray
Miss Plain Jane & Company Goat Milk Products and Fashion Accessories –
Kristin Marie Thompson
Decorated Bike Parade at 11 a.m. 1st,
2nd, and 3rd prizes of $25, $15, and $10 respectively will
be awarded to those 12 and younger. The
first 24 Bike Parade entrants will receive a free small pizza from Bank of the
Dog Parade at noon. Sponsored by Mars with 1st,
2nd, and 3rd prizes.
Easter Egg Hunt at 2:30 p.m. The Easter Bunny will be there for pictures. Bring your camera.
Concessions
are available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will be picture opps
available with various cartoon characters, moon bounces, live entertainment,
and bingo. All day wristbands will be
for sale for $4 the day of the event for the moon bounces.
Mark your calendar and plan
to attend.
********
$5 Old
Fashioned Sunday Dinner
The
Snyder Senior Citizens will have an old fashioned Sunday Dinner the 2nd
Sunday of every month which means Sunday, April 13 is next Sunday Dinner. Everyone is invited to attend. The Snyder Senior Citizens host the meal at
the Swimming Pool Community Pool at
The
menu is as follows:
Chicken
Fried Steak/Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Dinner Rolls, and Carrot Cake
The
cost is $5 for those 10 and older.
Children under dinner cost $2.50.
RSVP’s
are requested but not required:
580-649-1840. Come out and enjoy
a good home-cooked meal.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
April 11 – Shane McLaury
April 15 – Alan Gibbons,
Class of 1980
April 15 – Joyce (Geis)
VanDerPol, Cooperton Class of 1962
April 16 – Phyllis
(Stafford)
April 16 – Bill Lyde, Class
of 1962
April 16 – Jane (Lyde)
Ankney, Class of 1962
Happy
Anniversary To:
April 11 – David and
Galeen Chain
Humor
Three Sisters
Three sisters ages 92, 94,
and 96 live in a house together. One
night the 96 year old draws a bath. She
puts her foot in and pauses. She yells
down the stairs, “Was I getting in or out of the bath?”
The 94 year old yells back,
“I don’t know. I’ll come up and
see.” She starts up the stairs and
pauses. Then she yells “Was I going up
the stairs or down?”
The 92 year old is sitting
at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, “I sure hope I
never get that forgetful.” She knocks on
wood for good measure. Then she yells,
“I’ll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who’s at the door.”
Food for
Thought
EDITORIAL: The Social Security Disability Con
(The
Feds must pay closer
attention to crooks and schemers.
Swindlers are drawn to big
government like flies on watermelon, honey and other sweets. Bureaucrats hold a
bottomless purse, and they’re not particular about what happens to the cash
within. It is, after all, someone else’s
money.
James W. Smith of
Eventually, his symptoms
appeared to worsen, and his activism waned.
Mr. Smith struggled to answer
simple questions, and he couldn’t maintain personal hygiene or drive
himself. Or so he said.
The facts were that Mr. Smith, an information technology
supervisor for the state of
He left his wife and began
living large on the money he had accumulated.
By the time Social Security workers caught onto the con, he had managed
to dupe taxpayers of $144,293 between 2006 and 2010.
Last year, Mr. Smith pleaded guilty to stealing
government funds and awaits sentencing.
For every person like James W. Smith, caught ripping off the
Social Security disability program, hundreds get away. The National Bureau of Economic Research finds
that disability payments and services are worth more than $300,000 over a
recipient’s lifetime.
According to Our Generation,
a good-government group leading the charge for reform of the Social Security
Disability Insurance system, more than half of the new Social Security
disability claims are based on mental or musculoskeletal disorders. Such claims are easy to fake, difficult to
diagnose and hard to disprove, creating an easy opening for shysters, schemers
and other evildoers.
The Social Security
Administration’s disability scheme rewards applicants with disabilities for not
working. In 1989, 29 percent of
Americans reporting disabilities worked.
Today, that number has dropped to just 16 percent. It’s not that disabilities are getting worse;
it’s that benefits are more generous and the federal government encourages
people who could work to stay idle at home.
That not only harms taxpayers, but it robs many disabled Americans of
enriched and happier lives.
Disability benefits
represent Social Security’s fastest-rising costs, increasing from 10 percent of
all Social Security costs in 1990 to more than 18 percent today. Americans shell out $135 billion every year
to fund the federal disability system for 8.7 million participants. Both numbers are rising because new rules
make it easier to qualify for disability benefits.
The Social Security
disability system is projected to go broke in 2017. There’s scant time to fix the system.
Economists Richard
Burkhauser of Cornell and Mary Daly of the Federal Reserve recently proposed a
solution, rewarding employers who keep individuals with disabilities on the job
with lower disability payroll taxes.
Doing so would encourage more people with disabilities who can and want
to work to continue working. That’s a
better way to save money and help the disabled without all of us becoming
accomplices to con men.
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
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http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2176228
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