Todays Gazette is brought to you by, ~~~~~ Thomas & Julie
Watkins ~~~~~
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The current temperature is -17 degrees.
We received an inch of snowcat dust overnight. Most of that was piled
up in drifts over Sami's "rest area".
It's cold enough last night to shoo the poo off a pile of puppy dung.
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff.
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Maggie sent the following message clearing up any possible "grey"
areas with regard to the Direct Check pay day loan move. She wrote:
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Good Morning Gary,
Just a quick update on the move of "my"
store, Direct Check payday loans and
check cashing. It is technically not my store, but I am the store
manager and the owner is in South Dakota, so I handle the operations in
Grafton. We opened our doors in mid April of 2007 and have had
wonderful success so we decided to move our location to 807 Hill Avenue
for better visibility. We have had quite a few customers that have
found us by our Direct Check sign posted, so by moving on to Hill
Avenue, we hope for our customer base to increase further by
visibility. If you know of anyone that could use our services, spread
the word and if there are any questions about how we operate, please
feel free to stop by or call anytime, 352-0080. Thanks and have a
wonderful wintery day!
Maggie Holter, Direct Check manager <<< Thanks a million for caring
and sharing Maggie. It's always fun getting the "facts" first hand. For
those that might not know, Maggie has been a member of the Gazette
family for more than a year.
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At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day. This
works out to $20,928 profit every minute
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I am pleased to pass on the following "KUDO'S" so rightfully earned by
our good friend and former Graftonite Tom Watkins. >>>> It was a very
special hockey night at the Colorado Sports Center on Jan. 25 in
Monument. The Lewis-Palmer Rangers hosted traditional power house
Cheyenne Mountain
After the first period, L-P Coach Steve Fillo called hometown fan Tom
Watkins out onto the ice for a short presentation. Surrounded by the L-P
players, Coach Fillo presented Mr. Watkins a plaque commemorating
Watkins' contribution to the L-P hockey team. When the formation of the
team was announced in spring 2007, Mr. Watkins knew there would be an
immediate need of funds to reserve scarce ice time for the team. He
stepped forward and pledged to donate the proceeds from his annual
benefit Oil Can Open golf tournament to L-P hockey. In two tournaments,
Mr. Watkins was able to raise more than $16,000 for L-P hockey. Coach
Fillo thanked Tom for "ensuring L-P hockey started up at a premier
level." The crowd gave Tom a standing ovation as he left the ice with
his wife, Julie (Demester), and tournament associates Bill and Linda
Hyndman. <<< Congratulations Tom. You are a prime example of super
people doing wonderful things for the betterment of others.
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====== WALLEYE FISH FRY ======
~~~ SATURDAY--FEB 2, 2008 ~~~
-- SERVING--5 PM UNTIL GONE --
TAKE OUT ORDERS, CALL 352-3280< ~ ADULTS $10 CHILD UNDER 10 $5 ~
Proceeds from the Walleye Fish Fry will go to help maintain
Heritage Village.
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While I must admit I have been suggesting how wonderful it would be
for someone to donate 40 or 50 Walleye Dinners to worthy recipients at
the Sun Set Home or elsewhere. That statement needs clarification. I am
pleased Rod Alme has taken the time out of his busy schedule to do so.
Rod wrote: >>>>
Hi Gary,
We certainly appreciate your posting of January 25th regarding donating
walleye dinners for our residents from Heritage Village.
While this is a very generous gesture, unfortunately we have to decline.
What many people may not understand is that nursing facilities are very
highly regulated by the Dept. of Health regarding bringing in prepared
food from outside the facility. The only way this allowed is if the
family member brings in the individual meal for their resident & serves
it to them. Also, we are a 104 bed facility, while not all residents are
able to eat walleye, it would be very difficult to pick & choose 40-50
residents to partake in the meal when their neighbor at the table is
dining on whatever is on the menu for that evening. Our Dietary
department works very hard to offer a great selection of menu options
for our residents, including fish.
Again, thank you for thinking of our residents. We would hope that
anyone reading your newsletter would still consider a donation to
Heritage Village.
Rod Alme
Administrator
Lutheran Sunset Home/Leisure Estates
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After receiving that response, I asked Rod if he might offer any
additional suggestions. Which I am pleased to say, he did. Rod wrote:
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Our assisted living tenants in Leisure Estates are treated to the
St. Thomas Fish Fry each year. I know the St. Thomas volunteers also
deliver to Villa De Reemer, Hancock Place & possibly some other stops in
Grafton.
The key to the delivery process to Leisure Estates or other places is
having the volunteers to do the deliveries, as Kevin Lee & the rest of
the St. Thomas group are very organized, as they've been doing this for
several years.
Thanks again for your thoughtfulness - keep up the great work with The
Gazette.
Rod Alme <<<< Thanks a million Rod, I think "we" might be getting closer
to a super successful Walleye Fish Fry for Heritage Village.
Tom Kennelly is a member of the Gazette family, and, I'm sure a member
in good standing of the St.Thomas community. I am going to hope that Tom
and Kevin would be willing to share "some of their secrets of success".
Time is short so we'll have to work fast. Right Tom?
No matter how you look at it, Super fish fry or not. The Heritage
Village will need funds to maintain it's facilities. To that end I
sincerely hope we can find a group of individuals willing to buy a
dinner or simply offer a donation toward the future of Grafton's
Heritage Village.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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"The old saying, "It's better to give, than it is to receive" really is
true. Please consider being "as good as you can be".
Write if you can, call if you can't, and, tell your loved ones they
are,..... before it's too late.
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