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KITCHEN CREW FOR PBA BBQ! JOB WELL DONE, I HEAR.Larry Lundberg, Armando Elamin, Terry Handforth, Bill Santos,
Glen Harper, Piggy Bennett

15 Badass Facts About Annie Oakley That Prove She Could Outshoot Any Man. She First Picked Up A Gun At Age 8

HISTORY OF NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY

It wouldn’t be too outlandish to say that the National Day of the Cowboy movement got its real start when ranchers and cowhands first started working herds in the American West before all 50 states were even formed. Roping and riding, herding cattle on horseback, living by the lariat on your saddle horn, and camping under a big, starry American sky — these things were integral to the American cowboy experience. For a long while, other countries’ perception of what Americans were like was exemplified by the ‘Marlboro Man’ image — a stoic, soft-spoken, self-reliant master of herd beasts and the wilderness.

Back in 2005, to make sure it stays that way, the organization National Day of the Cowboy (NDOC) sponsored a bill in the Wyoming House and Senate to preserve and celebrate cowboy culture and history in that state, attaching an eponymous holiday to be observed on the fourth Saturday in July. The bill passed and, since then, other states have passed NDOC in their legislatures. As of the end of July 2019, 15 states had passed the bill.

Since the beginning of NDOC’s political campaigning, they’ve raised awareness and enthusiasm for things like rodeos, cowboy history museums, and country fairs featuring roping demonstrations to make sure the cowboy image never dies. We’re in their corner, even if our only experience of the entire milieu comes from watching “Gunsmoke” and “The Rifleman.”

NDOC, the organization, shows no signs of slowing down. They operate under a corporate hierarchy, with a chairman, treasurer, and secretary at the top, all the way down to a cadre of committed volunteers at ground level. The grassroots movement is determined to pass NDOC in all 50 states and has steadily gained momentum since its start-up in 2005.

GOOD CATCH!

I was born in Alabama in 1947 and moved to Illinois at the age of 16. After graduating high school in 1965, I enlisted in the US Navy where I served four years. Like many veterans, the power of community has always compelled me to give back in service to others.

After my time in the military, I got involved locally with many different organizations, like the Boys and Girls Club and Kiwanis International. At one point, I volunteered as the Vice President, and then President, for the Redlands Morning Club, and also served as a Board Member of the Family Service Association of Redlands. During this time, my wife, Anne, and I had three children. After two decades working in the transportation industry, I created and ran my own business, Leonard’s Catering, specializing in barbecue, for 23 years before retiring in 2016.

Anne and Leo Snyder, pictured in 2016.

Anne and I moved in 2018 to be closer to our youngest son, so we could pour love into our grandchildren. But in July 2021, after noticing changes in my speech, our lives changed dramatically when I was diagnosed with ALS. I was surprised to learn that ALS is a service-related, neurodegenerative disease and that people who have served in the military are twice as likely to be

ALS is life-altering and is so hard on everyone. There are days I don’t want to go out because of the physical challenges of the disease. Since my ALS diagnosis, I am very sad that I can no longer be an avid spokesperson with Kiwanis International at our yearly conventions. I have to communicate with devices, and that’s difficult because changes in my vision came to the point where I could no longer operate my eye gaze system.

Knowing the power of community service organizations, we connected with the Golden West Chapter in August 2021 and were partnered with a Regional Care Manager. Her extensive knowledge of ALS and local resources has been indispensable for our family. She has helped us cope with changes in my daily life including loss of speech, difficulty swallowing, and advice regarding the placement of a peg tube.

My Care Manager also helped me with much needed durable medical equipment, through the Chapter’s loan program, like a shower chair that my insurance wouldn’t cover. Through the Chapter’s support groups, we were connected to more key ALS services.They have also been a place of reprieve for Anne, who is my main caregiver.

The ALS community needs people to help raise ALS awareness and funds. That’s why my family and I formed Team Snyder and participated in the Golden West Chapter Walk to Defeat ALS. Each of us decided to “Walk-Our-Way” from our neighborhoods thanks in part to the Walk Day kits we received as registered Walk Team Captains. Anne walked with me at our local park, sharing our ALS story with everyone we met.

To all of those who have been touched by ALS, be kind to yourselves and don’t be afraid to talk about this disease. My motto amongst my circle of support is, “I love you, and you can’t do anything about it!” I hope you will join me and get involved with the Golden West Chapter. Together we can serve the ALS community.

In service,
Leonard “Leo” Snyder
Seaman, United States Navy
Team Captain Walk to Defeat ALS

GLORIA HALE

So… Leave the Gate Open

If you leave the gate open, the cow will wander off. So if you intentionally leave the gate open, you want the cow to wander off. You can’t blame stupidity or laziness. It was intentional.

If you cut police budgets, you will get more crime on the streets. So if you intentionally cut police budgets, you wanted more crime on the streets.

If you cut back the supply of oil, gas prices will go up. So if you intentionally cut back the supply of oil, you wanted gas prices to go up.

If you print trillions of dollars without increasing the supply of goods, inflation will hit hard. So if you intentionally print trillions of dollars without more goods you wanted inflation to hit hard.

If you leave the southern border wide open, you get more drug trafficking and human trafficking.  So if you intentionally leave the border wide open, you wanted more drug trafficking and human trafficking.

If you shut down 40% of the supply of baby formula in February, you’ll get a huge shortage. When you KNOW a huge baby formula shortage is coming because of the FDAs actions, and you purposefully do nothing to prevent it, month after month, until the crisis finally hits hard, you INTENDED this crisis.

It is time to recognize the evil people behind that old man. They want crisis. They want chaos. They want riots. They want conflicts in your town. Their stated purpose years ago with Obama was to “take the US down a few notches on the world stage.” You can feel the quality of your life going down with the country. These are not foolish or misguided people. They are headed somewhere you don’t want to go…

Forward this if you can understand this is happening.

1.Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. 2.Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.3.Law of Probability – The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.4.Law of Random Numbers – If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always answers.5.Variation Law – If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.6.Law of the Bath – When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone will ring.7.Law of Close Encounters – The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.8.Law of the Result – When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, IT WILL!!!9.Law of Biomechanics – The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

11.The Coffee Law – As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.12.Murphy’s Law of Lockers – If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.13.Law of Physical Surfaces – The chances of an open-faced jam sandwich landing face down on a floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug14.Law of Logical Argument – Anything is possible IF you don’t know what you are talking about.15. Law of Physical Appearance – If the clothes fit, they’re ugly.16.The 50-50-90 Law Whenever there’s a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability that you’ll get it wrong.17Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy – As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it OR the store will stop selling it!18.Doctors’ Law – If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there, you’ll feel better. But don’t make an appointment and you’ll stay sick.

Thanks for allowing me to share these flash fiction stories.

I started seriously writing these about a year and a half ago. Each story is exactly 101 words and every story is inspired by a prompt people give me. I get prompts from family, friends, neighbors—even former colleagues like Buckhout and Zwemke have sent me some. I’m always looking for more so if any of your readers are interested, they can send them to me at scotty@scottycornfield.com. If I use one, I’ll pass along the credit. Prompts can be single words (robocall, trillions, prerequisite, etc.) or phrases (home repair, A close shave, etc.). Whatever someone wants to pass along, if it generates an idea, I’m grateful.

I’ll have my first book out in a few months. In the meantime, here are some from my collection. I write one every day. Today I wrote story #347.

At the end of each story, I include the prompt that inspired the tale.

Model Behavior

People never believe me when I tell them I’m a model. “You can’t be,” they’ll say. “You’re not tall enough — or anorexic.”

It doesn’t get any easier when they learn I’m a hand model. “That’s not a thing,” is the typical response.This usually leads to me trying to prove to them that it is, indeed “a thing.”

Tonight is no exception. This guy at the bar thinks he’s scoring points with every stupid joke he makes about “hand jobs.”

Unfortunately for him, last week I did a print ad for Smith & Wesson. They let me keep the product.

Big mistake.

Prompt: Finger Pick 3/2/21

FINAL LOOK AT BIRTHDAY LIST. ANY CORRECTIONS?

January Birthdays 1 Amaral, Mike 2 Babineau, Cheryl 3 Bernardo, Guy 4 Buell, Cindy 5 Christie, Ken 6 Clifton, Craig 7 Daulton, Rich 8 DeMers, Don 9 Dooley, Jeff 10 Dotzler, Jenny 11 Dwyer, Pat 12 Esparza, John 13 Fehr, Mike 14 Ferla, Al 15 Garino, Ken 16 Hendrix, Dave 17 Hill, Louie 18 Christie, Ken 19 Low, John 20 Lucarotti, Jim 22 Lundberg, Larry 23 Malcom, Roger (Deceased) 24 Mason, Bill 25 Mattos, Bill (Deceased) 26 Murphy, Tom 27 Nunes, Joe 28 Reid, Fred 29 Reuter, Larry 30 Robertson, Harry 31 Royal, Russ (Deceased) 32 Russell, Stan 33 Sandoval, Thomas 34 Smith, Ron (Deceased) 35 Spangenberg, Hal 36 Spence, Jim 37 Stefanini, Mario (Deceased) 38 Tietgens, Dick 39 Villagrana, Manny 40 Wiskell, Bill (Deceased)February Birthdays 1 Adams, Gene (Deceased) 2 Alcantar, Ernie 3 Baxter, Jack 4 Bowen, Gordy 5 Brocato, Dominic 6 Carlton, Jim 7 Christiansen, Rich 8 Confer, Rick 9 Destro, Tony 10 Finnie, Bob 11 Flory, Dave (Deceased) 12 Hernandez, Rudy 13 Howell, Jim 14 Ingraham, George 15 Jackson, Curtis 16 Johnson, Mardy 17 Jurado, Manny 18 Lail, Hal (Deceased) 19 Le, Thang 20 Lobach, Bob 21 Luca, Dennis 22 Martin Miller 23 Moudakas, Terry 24 Padilla, George 25 Pearce, Jim 26 Reyes, Moises Jr. 27 Schmidt, Paul (Deceased) 28 Smith, Kevin (S.O./Assoc. Member) 29 Thomassin, Ron 30 Weir, Tony 31 Wheatley, Tom 32 Yules, March Birthdays 1 Aguilar, Pete 2 Alvarez, Dave (Deceased) 3 Bailey, Bill (Deceased) 4 Belleci, Ron 5 Bermudes, John 6 Brown, Ernie 7 Bytheway, Glenn 8 Cardin, Randy 9 Carr, John Sr 10 Costa, John 11 Cottrell, Keith 12 Damon, Alan 13 Habina, Ron 14 Haff, Jack 15 Hale, Don 16 Hawkes, Ken 17 Jeffers, Jim (Atty./Assoc. Member) 18 Leavy, Bill 19 Lovecchio, Pete 20 Paredes, Chuck 21 Pulliam, Norv 22 Ross, Mike 23 Smith, Kerry 24 Spagnoli, Paul 25 Strickland, John 26 Summers, Bob 27 Trussler, John (Deceased) 28 Van Dyck, Mike (Deceased) 29 Wendling, Jay (Deceased)April Birthdays 1 Albericci, Jerry (Deceased) 2 Ayoob, Paul 3 Balelsano, Bob 4 Battaglia, Nick 5 Battaglia, Will 6 Beattie, George 7 Bell, Bob 8 Blackmore, Chuck (Deceased) 9 Caro, Lynne 10 Couser, Rich 11 DeGeorge, Bob 12 Dini, Paul 13 Efegenio, Mark 14 Frazier, Rich 15 Gisburne, Bob 16 Gonzalez, Roberto 17 Harris, Dale 18 Kosovilka, Bob 19 Kregel, John (Deceased) 20 Mattocks, Michael 21 McGuire, Pat (Deceased) 22 Meade, Don 23 Montano, Wil 24 Ouimet, Jeff 25 Parks, Don 26 Pinck, Greg 27 Porter, John (Deceased) 28 Quinn, John 29 Ramon, Cha Cha 30 Realyvasquez, Armando 31 Robinson, Walt 32 Ross, Joe 33 Salerno, Paul (Deceased) 34 Santos, Bill 35 Savala, John 36 Schenini, Joanne 37 Silvers, Jim 38 Utz, Ron (Deceased) 39 Wedlow, Dean 40 Williams, Rick

May Birthdays 1 Alexander, Bruce 2 Blackstock, Carroll 3 Cadenasso, Rich (Deceased) 4 Chamness, Hank 5 Cook, John 6 Cortez, Darrell 7 Ellsworth, Larry 8 Emery, Lou (Deceased) 9 Erfurth, Bill 10 Gardner, Paul 11 Handa, Mitch 12 Hodgin, Bruce 13 Hoehn, Charles 14 Hughes, Gary (Deceased) 15 Kocina, Ken (Deceased) 16 Kubo, Vince 17 McCall, George 18 McCready, Tom 19 McCulloch, Allen 20 Otter, Larry 21 Petersen, Bruce (Deceased) 22 Powers, Bill 23 Punneo, Norm 24 Pyle, Leroy 25 Raymond, Greg 26 Seaman, Scott 27 Silva, Bill 28 Smoke, Wil (Deceased) 29 Tenant, Ed (Deceased) 30 Usoz, Steve 31 Vasquez, Daniel 32 Vasquez, Ted 33 Waggoner, Bill 34 Witmer, Dave 35 Wright, Doug (Deceased)June Birthdays 1 Ady, Robert 2 Aguirre, Jim 3 Anthony, Tom 4 Bartoldo, Tom 5 Becknall, Jim (Chaplain) 6 Bridgen, Dave (Chaplain/Deceased) 7 Browning, Robert (Deceased) 8 Caro, Bert 9 Cossey, Kent (Deceased) 10 Fox, Mike Jr.(Goodwill Pres-CEO/Assoc. Member) 11 Garringer, Roy (Deceased) 12 Grant, Rich 13 Graves, Pete 14 Grigg, Bruce 15 Givin, Wilbur (Wil) (Deceased) 16 Gurley, Rich (Deceased) 17 Harmon, Paul 18 Hirata, Gary 19 Johnson, Tom (Deceased) 20 Kingsley, Fred (Deceased) 21 Kirkendall, David 22 Korver, Greg 23 Longaker, Dave (Deceased) 23 McTeague, Dan (Deceased) 24 Miller, Rollie (Deceased) 25 Morrill, Greg 26 Morris, Jack 27 Nagengast, Tom (Deceased) 28 Payton, George (Deceased) 29 Robison, Manoh 30 Salvi, Pete 31 Schriefer, Hank (Deceased) 32 Shaver, John 33 Sides, Roger 34 St. Amour, Bob 35 Sturdivant, Billy 36 Terry, Glenn (Deceased) 37 Unger, Bruce 38 Weesner, Greg 39 Weiser, Rich (Deceased) 40 Welker, Jessica 41 Wells, Bill 42 Wilson, Neal July Birthdays 6 Cannell, Tom 7 Chavez, Ruben 7 Clark, Bill 8 Comelli, Ivan 9 Davis, Bud 10 Elemen, Armando 11 Flores, Felipe 12 Gil-Blanco, Jorge 13 Hosmer, Dewey 14 Keffer, Francis Sr. (Deceased) 15 Kimbrell, Tammy 16 Kleman, Karl 17 Lopez, Candelario Candy 18 Lowry, Mike (Deceased) 19 Mendez, Melquiades (Mike) 20 Metcalf, Mickey 21 Mitchell, Bill (Deceased) 22 Moore, Jim 23 Morin, Jim 24 Potter Pat 25 Raye, Bruce 26 Rice, Lyle 27 Rodgers, Phil 28 Savage, Scott 29 Shannon, Clarence (Deceased) 30 Stangel, Harry 31 Stine, Bruce 32 Tannehill, Ron 33 Tice, Stan 34 Torres, Gilbert 35 Wagner, Jim 36 Werkema, Jim 37 Windisch, Steve Jr. August Birthdays 1 Abram, Fred 2 Archie, Dan 3 Boyd, Pat 4 Brasil, Mario 5 Brewer, Tom 6 Bui, Mike 7 Busch, Dennis 8 Byers, Dave 9 Campbell, John 10 Clark, Bill 11 DeMers, Buck 12 Diehl, John (Deceased) 13 Dishman, Billy 14 Dulong, Dave 15 Esparza, Fred (Deceased) 16 Ewing, Don (Deceased) 17 Fanucchi, Roscoe 18 Galios, Chris 19 Gay, Brian 20 Hahn, Chuck 21 Hazen, Skip 22 Hernandez, Ernie 23 Holser, George 24 Johnson, Craig 25 Johnson, Gary 26 Katz, Dan 27 Kinsworthy, Lloyd 28 Kurz, Eric 29 Layne, Andy 30 Martinez, Karen 32 Mello, Steve (Mt. View PD/Assoc. Member) 33 Norton, Phil (Deceased) 34 Pitts, Phil 35 Priddy, Loren 36 Reeves, Curt 37 Rendler, Bill 38 Roberson, Mike 39 Rose, Wendell (Deceased) 40 Roy, Charlie (Deceased) 41 Sanfilippo, Roy (Deceased) 42 Scanlan, Pete 43 Smith, B.T. 44 Smith, Lew (Deceased) 45 Tokiwa, Robin 46 Tozer, Dave 47 Tuminia, Pete (State Agent/Assoc. Member) 48 Wall, Chuck 49 Wilson, Lee (Deceased) 50 Wilson, Stan 51 Windisch, Steve Sr. (Deceased)

September Birthdays 1 Arca, Rich 2 Basilio, Les 3 Bergtholdt, Doug 4 Brockman, Joe (Deceased) 5 Brown, Dennis 6 Cunningham, Betty (Deceased) 7 Delgado, Dave 8 Dolezal, Dennis 9 Edillo-Brown, Margie 10 Farlow, Paul (Deceased) 11 Gaumont, Ron 12 Giorgiani, Joe 13 Grande, Carm 14 Harpainter, Bob (Deceased) 15 Harris, Bucky 16 Hendrickson, Dave 17 Jaeger, George 18 Koenig, Heinz 20 Mallet, Bill 21 Marsh, Scott 22 Martinez, Jeremy 23 Montes, Jose 24 Morton, Bruce 25 Oliver, Pete 26 Overstreet, Jim 27 Parrot, Aubrey 28 Schembri, Mike 27 Shuey, Craig 29 Simpson, Terry 29 Sterner, Mike 30 Tietgens, Don 31 Wicker, JoeOctober Birthdays 1 Alfano, Phil 2 Alford, Mike 3 Bailey, Rich 4 Bell, Mark 5 Bennett, Nate 6 Biederman, Margie 7 Boyles, John 8 Brahm, Bob 9 Cardoza, Victor 10 Cripe, Rodger 11 Dominguez, Robert 12 Forbes, Jay 13 Garcia, Jose 14 Harris, Diane 15 Harris, Don 16 Hollars, Bob 17 Hyland, Brian 18 Kensit, John 19 Kneis, Brian 20 Madison, Gary 21 Marcotte, Steve 22 McEwan, Steve 23 Nunes, Les 24 Papenfuhs, Steve 25 Russel, Russ 25 Sumner, Theodore L 26 Valcazar, Dan 27 Vallecilla, Ernie 28 Weesner, Steve (Deceased) 29 Weston, Tom 30 Yuhas, Dick 31 Zwemke, Doug November Birthdays 1 Boone, Terry 2 Bullock, Dan 3 Burke, Karol 4 Cavallo, Alan 5 Earnshaw, Joe (Deceased) 6 Estrabao, Dario 7 Guerin, Pete (Deceased) 8 Guido, Jim 9 Harper, Glenn 10 Hildebrandt, Karen 11 Lansdown, Sharon 12 LeGault, Russ 13 Leong, Ken 14 Linden, Larry 15 McCollum, Daniele 16 Moir, Bob 17 Moorman, Jim 18 Murphy, Bob – He is the oldest living Retired Richmond Police Chief 18 Ngo, Phan 19 Nunes, John 20 O’Donnell, Tom 21 Pappalardo, Tony (Deceased) 22 Reinhardt, Bob 23 Rogers, Vince 24 Sims, Bill (Deceased) 25 Smith, Bill (Deceased) 26 Smith, Jerry 27 Thomas, Art 28 Thompson, Gary (Deceased) 29 Wysuph, Dave 30 Zalman, Virginia December Birthdays 1 Allen, Bryan (Chaplain) 2 Barikimo, Jon 3 Biebel, Phil 4 Borbons, Carl 5 Brookins, Dennis 6 Brown, Charles 7 Buckhout, Craig 8 Bye, Bud 9 Carr, John Jr. 10 Christiansen, Bob 11 Cornfield, Scott 12 Fernsworth, Larry 13 Finton, Roger (Deceased) 14 Flosi, Ed 15 Grant, Doug 16 Gwillim, Reese 17 Handforth, Terry 18 Hunter, Dick (Deceased) 19 Jacksteit, Ken 20 Knea, Tim 21 Knopf, Art (Deceased) 22 Lagergren, Fred 23 Lanctot,Noel 24 LaRault, Gary 25 Lewis, Marv 26 Mazzone, Tom 27 McNamara, Joe (Chief/Deceased) 28 Ortega, Dan 29 Percelle, Ralph 30 Polmanteer, Jim 31 Raul, Gary 32 Sauao, Dennis 33 Dennis Sorahan 34 Zenahlik, Tom

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