AUGUST 2007 VOLUME 46 ISSUE 7
Hello Fellow Buzzards: I don’t have a whole lot to say this month except I’m beginning to wonder if I should try to find an ark somewhere. With all this rain and the hot days, it’s getting a little too humid for me. Oh well, that’s Houston for ya. Speaking of hot, the tournament is upon us and that is where we need to turn up the heat with high scores and higher series. As always, let’s have fun and enjoy the company the tournament brings. That’s really it for this month, so on with bowling!!! Minutes of Meeting: Arlen opened the meeting and presented the treasurer’s report which passed. Three new member applications were voted on and passed. Arlen informed the club that we have received the confirmations from Dallas and everyone got the times they requested. Arlen also told the club that the Dinner/Dance will be held at South Fork Ranch and not at the hotel. There will be shuttle buses to and from the dance so everyone should be able to attend that wants to. If anyone has a problem with either the tournament or the shuttle buses, contact Arlen at 832-368-7999. Dennis informed the club that the new shirts are on order and everyone will be contacted when they arrive or they can pick them up in Dallas. Nothing else was brought up so the meeting was adjourned.
Attendance: We had 47 Buzzards at the gathering in July, two that did not bowl and one pacer. Our next scheduled gathering is on August 12th @ Armadilla II Lanes 10055 Fuqua Houston (713) 944-7100. The meeting begins at 1 PM and bowling begins at 2 PM.
Bowling Reminder: Full names are to be put on the re-cap sheets each month. Also, make sure that the total number of splits and your games are totaled before you sign at the end of the three games. If you re-qualify, please make a note on the re-cap sheet and you can receive a Buzzard pin for $ 2.00 and be entered for the “THREE – IN – A- ROW “roll-off in January. Don’t forget, if you show up to bowl in your birthday month, you only pay $5.
DID YOU KNOW?
During the American Revolution, more inhabitants of the American colonies fought for the British than for the Continental Army.Who Could It Be?
When he wasn’t milking cows or doing various other farms chores, he was playing store with his brother. After working in dry goods stores in New York and Pennsylvania, he opened his own store believing that cheaper priced items could be profitable if enough were sold and if customers were allowed to handle the merchandise. He had 1,000 “five-and-ten-cent” stores by 1911, and two years later he built the world’s tallest building in New York for his corporate offices. Until recently, his stores were part of most American landscapes.
WATCH OUT DALLAS,
HERE WE COME!!!!!
BOWLING RESULTS/JULY
Payouts, Brackets & High Games / Series
Payouts Class A 151 & Over - Men Class A 151 & Over - Women Larry Keeton 763 $8.50 Anita Garcia 669 $8.50 Lynn Underwood 729 $6.50 Annette Avalos 597 $6.50 David Davis 717 $4.75 Bette Kelley 578 $4.75 Richard Taylor 709 $3.75 Sheree Poe 574 $3.75 Class B 150 & Under - Men Class B 150 & Under - Women Bert Warnken 698 $8.50 Norma Drake 677 $8.50 John Johnson 606 $6.50 Barbara Castellese 646 $6.50 John Rugg 601 $4.75 Deanna Owens 642 $4.75 Len Ferguson 599 $3.75 Kelly Johnson 640 $3.75 Brackets 150 & Under 150 & Under (2nd Chance) Alice Ward 201 None 151 & Over 151 & Over (2nd Chance) David Davis 238 Annette Avalos 212 David Davis 238 Marty Neff 223 Lynn Underwood 229 David Davis 238 Lynn Underwood 229 Marty Neff 223 David Davis 238 David Davis 238 Scratch David Davis 232 David Davis 232 Scratch High Game/Series Scratch High Game/Series Pins Over Average 1. David Davis 232 1. Barbara Castellesse +72 2. David Davis 235 2. Ken Maidlow +65 3. David Davis 232 3. John Harper +35 S. David Davis
BUZZARD CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Birthdays: (Bowl for $5) Ricky Kelley (7/ 5) Dottie Rollfing (8/ 1) Annette Avalos (8/ 2) Jeanne Bryan (8/ 2) Joyce Kolaja (8/ 3) Gayle Miller (8/ 3) George Morrison (8/ 7) Bob Poehl (8/ 8) Sheldon Reichstein (8/11) Walter Grant (8/15) Richard Taylor (8/16) Mary Shoemaker (8/17) Nadine Underwood (8/17) Oscar Schobel,Sr. (8/18) Alice Ward (8/19) Jerrie Keith (8/23) Gay Field (8/24) Debra Odom (8/24) Rodney Johnson (8/26) David Keller (8/27) Pete Harvey (8/28)Anniversaries:Rodney Johnson (7/ 7) Bob Poehl (8/12) Larry Keeton (8/18) Richard Taylor (8/18) Rosie Nacey (8/28)New Buzzard in our flock:
Wayne Bryce
Kelly Johnson
James Pollett
KING BUZZARD: ($5.00)
Manual Garcia
with 7 splitsQUEEN BUZZARD: ($5.00)
Annette Avalos
with 8 splits3-In-A Row Re-Qualifiers:
Dottie RollfingDoor Prize Winners:
Wayne Bryce
Mary Ann Pritchett50/50 Drawing:
NoneQuiz Answer:
Frank Winfield Woolworth
"200" Club
David Davis 232-235-232 Larry Keeton 205-232-257 Richard Taylor 248-236 Marty Neff 215-223 Lynn Underwood 208-232 Sherman Poe 205-235 John Harper 203-223 Ken Maidlow 225 Wayne Bryce 225 Barbara Castellese 221 Bruce Koenig 216 Dennis Davis 216 James Pollett 213 Rick Broussard 210 Dave Fletcher 206 Anita Garcia 205 Serge Scharf 205 Bert Warnken 204 Norma Drake 201 Bob Van 200Buzzard Club Website -- HOUSTONBUZZARDCLUB.COMMailing Addresses: Any member who would like to receive the Newsletter by E-mail, or have any other changes, contact Ken at BUZZARDNEWS@COMCAST.NETor see me during our monthly gathering.
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Note Concerning Applications: Whenever a new application is filled out, please be sure to make it ledgeable. There are a few times when I can’t make out the address which delays the member getting it if it goes to the wrong address. Your help in this will be greatly appreciated.
Upcoming Tournaments: 25th Annual Texas State USBC Mixed Tournament in Longview
Oct 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28
Nov 3-4, 10-11
Entry Deadline: September 75th Annual Storm National Mixed Tournament – Reno, NV
Oct 4 – Nov 11Luci Bonneau Memorial Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Pro-Am
Dynamic Lanes
July 27 & 28
Adult Pro-Am, Senior Pro-Am & Youth Pro-Am Benefitting the Stehlin Foundation for Breast Cancer Research Contact Dynamic Lanes 713-772-1063
JOKES, PICS AND INTERESTING FACTS
Joke of the Month: A couple was invited to a swanky masked Halloween Party. She got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party alone. He, being a devoted husband, protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed and there was no need of his good time being spoiled by not going. So he took his costume and away he went. The wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without pain, and as it was still early, she decided to go to the party. In as much as her husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him. She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice chick he could and copping a little feel here and a little kiss there. His wife went up to him and being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his partner high and dry and devoted his time to the new stuff that had just arrived. She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her husband. Finally he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so off they went to one of the cars and had a little bang. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away and went home and put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make for his behaviour. She was sitting up reading when he came in and asked what kind of a time he had had. He said, "Oh the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there." Then she asked, "Did you dance much?" He replied, "I'll tell you, I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening. But I'll tell you... The guy I loaned my costume to sure had a real good time!"
WOULD YOU BELIEVE!!! Accountant Doug Milliken ran for Arapahoe County (Colo.) Treasurer on a platform of "empower[ing] families to save their home when faced with foreclosure," and bragged that he has master's degrees in both accounting and financial management. But the day before winning the election, Milliken's mortgage company foreclosed on his house for "failure to make timely payments" and is selling the house at auction the day before he is sworn in.
WEIRD BUT TRUE: A medical student doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center, received a call from this woman who was very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The medical student quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. The medical student told her that she better bring her daughter in to the Emergency room right away.
MORONS Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten Tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them, shouting pleas to come out and give himself up...
ON THIS DATE: On August 12, 1877 - Thomas A. Edison completeed his first design for the phonograph. Along with directions on how to construct it, Edison gave the model of his invention to John Kreusi. Kreusi bet the inventor $2 and saying there was no way the machine would work. He lost.
PREDICTION FROM THE PAST: In the 1941 book The Story of Everyday Things, author Arthur Train Jr. explained how a businessman would travel in 2000: "He will not be obliged to handle the controls by himself. He may well be able to doze or read, while, from a distant point, his car or plane will be held on its course by short-wave impulses."
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