SPY’s Community Newsletter
(8/14/24)
Looking For A Little Help Here
The SPY’s are looking for some volunteers to help put-up the big Dime Pitch tent for the Farmer’s Picnic. If you can lend a hand just show up at the park this Thursday at 6:30 PM. It won’t take long and would surely be appreciated!
Chicken BBQ Is This Friday Night
Chicken BBQ 4:30 - 6:30, Friday August 16 sponsored by Sunfield United Brethren Church.
Cost of meal $13.00 includes the following:
1/2 High's Chicken BBQ
Potato Salad
Coleslaw
Brownie
Bottle of water.
Drive-Up and/or Walk-Up service is available.
Notice #1
The next Texas Hold ‘Em fundraiser the SPY’s are scheduled to work will take place Monday, September 23rd thru Thursday, September 26th. Please mark your calendars.
Notice #2
The Sunfield SPY’s 2024 – 2025 Celebration Calendars are in and will once again be available at the Farmer’s Picnic. Look up our Calendar Project Chairman Rosie Best and pick up a copy. She will be situated in the middle of the park under her tent.
Contributions
· Kerry & Regina Haynor made a donation in memory of Wendel Peabody, Sr.
Be Sure To Check-Out The Car; Truck; Tractor; and Bike Show On Main Street This Saturday
There will be some great prizes, and some REALLY GREAT handcrafted trophies, made special by the one and only Ron Kruger. They are something to behold!
Parting Comments
· Deep Thought of the Week: Your fingers have fingertips, but your toes don’t have toetips. Yet, you can tiptoe but not tipfinger
· Notable Quote: “More diets begin in the dress shops than in doctors’ offices.”
· That’s Puny Department: 90% of bald people still own a comb---they just can’t part with it.
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· Did You Know Section: Today, the airplane carrying the U.S. president is known as Air Force One, but the original presidential aircraft had a slightly more colorful name: the Sacred Cow. The plane was specially designed for Franklin D. Roosevelt to meet the president’s increased needs for international travel during World War II. Though it was officially named the Flying White House, the White House press corps began calling the aircraft the “Sacred Cow,” a name inspired by the heavy security that was dedicated to keeping the plane and its VIP passengers safe. The Sacred Cow featured a conference room, windows made of bulletproof glass, and an elevator so that Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair, could easily board and deplane. For added convenience, the elevator even lifted the President directly into a private office on the plane. Although the aircraft had been customized for his personal use, Roosevelt ended up flying on the Sacred Cow just one time, when he used it in 1945 to fly to the Yalta Conference, a wartime meeting in Crimea during which Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin discussed the final stages of World War II and the future of the postwar world.
Roosevelt’s successor, President Harry Truman, continued to use the Sacred Cow from 1945 to 1947, at which point the aircraft was reassigned for other functions before being officially retired in 1961. Notably, Truman was flying on the Sacred Cow when he signed the National Security Act of 1947, which established the Air Force as an official, independent department of the U.S. military — the Sacred Cow has even been called the “birthplace of the Air Force.” The call sign “Air Force One” was first used to identify the presidential airplane in 1953, and the term became the official designation in 1962.
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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