SPY’s Community Newsletter
(9/29/24)
Thank-You---Thank-You---Thank-You
We have some pretty fine people that we would like to send our sincere thanks out to for their willingness to volunteer to step up and help on first, a Texas Hold ‘Em critical fund-raiser, and then on the final Adopt-A-Highway trash pick-up of the year.
First, we would like to acknowledge the dedicated Texas Hold ‘Em crew that consisted of the following:
Craig Mullholland
Shana Cappon
Bill Feasel (worked 2 shifts)
Rosie Best
Lavon Hamp
John Fisher
Oren Best
Buddy Collins
Jari Collins
Shari Woodman
Rebekah Woodman
Deanna Clark
Rod Clark
Steve Grosshans
Wayne Simmons
Next, is the intrepid Adopt-A-Highway trash pickers that spiffed up the two miles along both sides of M-43 from Shaytown Road to the East to Round Lake Road to the West. Thank you:
Derek Desgranges
John & Sandy Fisher
Buddy & Jari Collins
Jeff & Betsy Gibbs
Paul Campbell
These are all fine dedicated people who time and again have demonstrated their commitment to community service. THANK-YOU!!!!
Reminder
Weekly issues of the “Lakewood News” are now available for pick-up at the Sunfield Library during regular Library hours.
Notice #1
The next meeting of the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth (the SPY’s) will take place on Tuesday, October 8th. It will be held at the Best Tax Service building starting at 6:30 PM. Guests are always welcome.
Notice #2
Art Meade’s “Remember When Sock Hop” is happening THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. Need tickets or further information-----contact Art Meade at 269-331-0661, or John Fisher at 517-648-0969.
Parting Comments
· Deep Thought of the Week: If you were told you had a terminal illness and had six months to live. What three things would be most important for you to do? Why wait until you are terminally ill?
· Notable Quote: (From Lavon Hamp) “The crowd went wild and I threw the winning ball to the fans in the front seats. I haven/t been bowling since.”
· That’s Puny Department: I just finished a book about the world’s greatest basement…It was a best cellar.
· Did You Know Section: Cotton candy consists of just two simple ingredients: air and sugar. The super sweet indulgence seems like the last thing a dental health professional would promote, but it was invented by a dentist from Tennessee in 1897. Born in Nashville in 1860, William James Morrison was quite successful by his early 30s, having graduated from dental school and been made president of the Tennessee State Dental Association in 1894. As accomplished as he was in his professional life, Morrison also racked up a number of impressive inventions: He patented a device to extract oils from cottonseed and turn them into a lard substitute, as well as a process that chemically purified Nashville’s drinking water. In 1897, Morrison turned to John C. Wharton, a local candymaker, for his next invention. Together, they worked on building what they called the “electric candy machine,” a device that melted sugar, then used air to force it through a mesh screen and into a spinning chamber. The result was the cloudlike confection we now know as cotton candy — then called, appropriately whimsically, “Fairy Floss.”
Morrison and Wharton introduced their invention at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. They sold the Fairy Floss in small boxes for 25 cents each — half the price of admission. Despite its high price tag, Fairy Floss was a hit, selling 68,655 boxes and grossing $17,163.75 (that’s over $500,000 today) during the fair’s seven-month run. In the 1920s, Fairy Floss got its more commonly known current name when a man named Josef Lascaux started dabbling in his own confectionery. He called the treat “cotton candy,” and he sold it from his — believe it or not — Louisiana dentist office.
Notices
1. If there is any organization or business out there that has something they would like to advertise or promote, please feel free to submit it to this Newsletter and we will help publicize it. There is no charge. We are glad to provide this means as a public service to help keep the community informed.
2. If you are looking for further information about the SPY’s events---Corporate or Platinum Sponsorship information---scholarship forms---youth sports reimbursement forms---past SPY newsletters---etc.---just go to the SPY website at www.sunfieldareaspys.com.
3. NOTE: If you know of anyone who would like to receive these SPY’s Community Newsletters, just send me an email at john.sandrafisher@gmail.com with their email address and we will add them to the mailing list.
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