Wives Meeting
There was no wives meeting in March. Only five members and one wife
came to the meeting. Conflict with Rainbow Mt. And the Cabaret at the
church were largely to blame.
April Meeting
Sharla will NOT be here in April
May Meeting
Trish Sheridan of Lady Remington will be here in May and we will also
be doing I.D. Cards for any who wish to get one. Trish will be doing
a program on jewelry and accessories. All of her jewelry caries a
lifetime guarantee. I have al large amount of Lady Remington jewelry
and have taken advantage of the guarantee. It really works.
Girls Night Out
Anyone wishing information about future NIGHT OUT events and dates
should contact Alice.
Tri-Ess National
If we are to remain a Tri-Ess Chapter, all members must join Tri-Ess
National. If you do not wish mail sent to you home, it can be sent to
the chapter P.O. Box. If the annual fee is the only problem, speak to
Pat, something might be arranged.
National will be re-certifying the chapter soon, and this is a must.
If you have any ideas or comments, please mail or email Pat.
Pat in the Smithsonian
No, not as an exhibit in the Natural History part with the rest of
the fossils, but just for a visit. The ride on the subway was also
fun, but walking the Mall in the wind and rain was not. My under-wire
setting off the metal detectors was amusing.
New Members
We are always looking for new members. Any member may bring someone
that they have meet. Please go out of your way to make a new member
of visitor feel welcome and at home.
I have interviewed several in the past month and hoe that some will
come to the meeting.
Programs
There will be no program this month as the weather could be a problem.
ANY IDEAS????
Anyone have an idea for a meeting?
October will be the Halloween Party and Dec. is the Christmas Party.
The picnic is back to June. The rest of the year is open. If you
have an idea, please give it to me. If you know of someone who can/will
give a program, tell me. We might try a trip to the Dress Barn if
enough girls want to go.
Picnic
Alice has reserved the church for the picnic. The date is June 26,
our normal June meeting date. The starting time will be about 4:00 P.M.
but some help will be needed before that time to set up the
tents, chairs etc.
Joyce is providing the tents and is trying to find some gas grills
that we can use for free. In the past we have had to rent this equipment.
Christmas
I Contacted the Hotel about Christmas and have reserved the rooms for Dec. 11.
Dinner and a Movie
May will be the next dinner and a movie night. Since I will not have to
work that day, we should be able to get a good early start. Maybe even
do a bit of shopping the same day.
I have been told [of another local restaurant that] is friendly, so we might
try it in May.
HELP! WITH NEWSLETTER
For those who know me, this might come as a surprise, but I could use
some help with articles for the newsletter. Simply email anything to me that
might be of interest. Please keep it to about one half of a page as I do
not have the time to edit and I can not put long articles in the newsletter.
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Laughing to Pass
by Jennifer Mae Barnes
It was my privilege to proctor a bar exam videotape review course.
The class consisted of about 20 persons equally divided among men and
women. It was my job to play the tapes, pass out handouts, refer questions
and the like. Of course, I always proctored dressed as a male. One night,
the subject was the elements of various crimes. The common law definition
of burglary runs: 1) Breaking and entering 2) a dwelling 3) at night 4)
for the purpose of committing a felony. These elements define what the
prosecutor must prove to obtain a conviction in states which accept the
common law definition, which include Pennsylvania, for example. New Jersey
is different, as entry of a store during the daytime followed by unlawful
remaining (hiding until after closing) can qualify as burglary, which is
not so for common law jurisdictions. Then came the subject of an open window,
at which time the professor said, "If the burglar sticks any part of his
anatomy through the open window, he has broken and entered." At that point,
all the women and I burst out laughing. We all laughed so hard that we paid
no attention to the men. Then I glanced at a few. The men were really glowering
at us in anger. Frankly, I wondered if they were going to say or do something.
Some males looked angry enough to hit the women. I became rather angry at the
men because I found the statement exceptionally funny. I had difficulty
stopping laughing. I would stop and then start laughing all over again
and have to suppress myself. If the men would or could not appreciate the
joke, there was no reason to look so angrily at the females for enjoying it.
I noticed that the genetic women completely ignored the men. Now had I been
dressed as a woman, and acted like the men, it might have been a dead giveaway.
Perhaps being transgendered means a realignment of one's sense of humor so
that one laughs spontaneously along with the appropriate gender. To this day,
it amazes me that I could not sit there dour-faced like members of my so-called
natural gender.
Not Humor but read it.
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children,
the father of one of the school's students delivered a speech that would never
be forgotten by all who attended.
After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question.
"Everything God does is done with perfection. Yet, my son, Shay, cannot
learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other
children do. Where is God's plan reflected in my son?"
The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. "I believe,"
the father answered, "that when God brings a child like Shay into the world, an
opportunity to realize the Divine Plan presents itself. And it comes in the
way people treat that child."
Then, he told the following story: Shay and his father had walked past a
park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you
think they will let me play?" Shay's father knew that most boys would not
want him on their team. But the father understood that if his son were
allowed to play it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging.
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay
could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting
none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We are losing by six runs,
and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll
try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning." In the bottom of the eighth
inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.
At the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the
outfield. Although no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just
to be on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him
from the stands.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two
outs and bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base. Shay was
scheduled to be the next at-bat. Would the team actually let Shay bat at
this juncture and give away their chance to win the game?
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but
impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much
less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the
pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least
be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed..
The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward
Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball
to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have
thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would
have ended the game.
Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field,
far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shay, run
to first. Run to first." Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base.
He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled "Run
to second, run to second!" By the time Shay was rounding first base, the right
fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman
for a tag. But the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions had
been, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head. Shay ran
toward second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases
toward home.
As Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in
the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!" As Shay rounded third,
the boys from both teams were screaming, "Shay! Run home!" Shay ran home, stepped
on home plate and was cheered as the hero, for hitting a "grand slam" and
winning the game for his team.
"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the
boys from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan into this world."
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