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THE TREASURE HUNT GAME! Alright! We had a winner of the last Treasure Hunt game, and the winner is ROSE ENDERUD. CONGRATULATIONS Rose! You just won some valuable advertising credits donated by our very own CEO, Mr Bogdan Fiedur. Don't forget to play the new Treasure Hunt game here in this issue and maybe
you will be our next lucky winner of some great advertising credits!! We can
all use advertising credits, right? So, Good Luck and Have Fun Playing!
******************** LETTERS TO THE EDITOR!******************** A RECENT EMAIL I RECEIVED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A member of the Community was wondering if the newsletter is a Christian Newsletter. I found that question quite interesting, and I thought perhaps some others might be wondering about that as well. So, I am going to share what I said to him with all of you. "The Newsletter is about the AdlandPro Community as a whole, so to say that this is a Christian Newsletter would not cover everyone in the Community. AdlandPro has a very diverse Community with people from all walks of life. Some people are religious and others are not, some believe and some do not. However, you will see forums about God or Prayer Groups within the Community. Does that make it a Christian Community? Absolutely not...it makes it a mutli-cultural, multi-faith Networking Community. I do not view the Newsletter as being part of any religion in particular, nor religious in nature, even though we do add prayer requests in the Newsletter. It is simply a service we provide to the Community as a whole." I hope this answers any questions that anyone may have regarding the Newsletter and religion. I welcome anyone's questions or comments anytime, so please feel free to contact me anytime. I look forward to hearing from you! Please submit questions or comments to me here:The Newsletter has TWO NEW MEMBERS added to our Team, and we would like all of you to help us welcome them. WELCOME ABOARD MARY HOFSTETTER and MS JUDY SMITH. We are all very happy and excited to have them with us! Congratulations Mary and Judy and Welcome to the Newsletter Team!
We have one very special Prayer Request this time that needs to go out! We would like to send our prayers out to MS LISA WESTBERRY and her
family. Lisa's little girl Elizabeth has a very rare form of cancer. The family arrived in Durham, NC
on October 1st to go to Duke Hospital where Elizabeth is undergoing chemotherapy
and a stem cell transplant, and she will be there for at least 30 days. Elizabeth
is very ill and weak from the treatment, and is in desperate need of all our prayers!
Please, ask God to lay His healing hands upon Elizabeth and heal her, and to give
Lisa and her husband the strength they need to endure this very difficult time
in all their lives. Lisa's husband George writes an online Journal that keeps everyone up to
date on little Elizabeth's progress. This service is provided to them through
CaringBridge, and you can go online to check on Elizabeth's progress HERE.
You can also leave any messages or prayers that you would like to send to the
family there. If you would like to make a donation to either CaringBridge, or to
the Westberry family, there is information on the site letting you know where
and how you may do that. If you know of someone that needs praying for please send us the information
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Marilyn Martin and her team members work very hard to bring this forum to you each and every week. Everyone loves the forum, and lots of people write and tell the Team how they look forward to it coming out each week, and enjoy reading it.
Introducing our 53rd Shining Star: MS BETTY STRANGE. BETTY is such a beautiful lady with a beautiful smile that just lightens up any room or forum she is in. Betty is our warm and sweet Southern Belle from Louisiana. Betty has many interests such as gardening, cats, travel, and writing just to name a few. Betty has not been at ALP very long, but she has made many friends and is a welcomed addition to our family here. Please help us Congratulate this very sweet and lovely Lady! HERE
Introducing our 54th Shining Star: MR PETER FOGEL. PETER is a wonderful husband and father of two children, both girls. He is also a very proud Grandpa! Peter has been very successful and is now working fulltime from home, which had always been his dream. Peter's interests include horses, travel and music, just to name a few. Please help us Congratulate this wonderful gentleman as one of this week's Stars! HERE
Introducing our 55th Shining Star: MR WINSTON SCOVILLE. WINSTON is a very intelligent and hard working man. He has been very successful with his business, and he helps others to learn how to be successful as well. Some of Winston's interests include cars, art, and he loves to learn. Please help us Congratulate this very fine gentleman on being one of this weeks *Shining Stars* a href="http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/thread/812748.aspx"> HERE
Introducing our 56th Shining Star: MRS BETH BINKLEY. BETH is a very lovely and sweet lady from the great state of Mississippi. Beth is a another one of our real Southern Belle's here at AdlandPro. Beth is married, and has been now for 14 years, and they have 3 wonderful boys. Some of her interests include relaxation, religion, and family; just to name a few. Please help us to Congratulate this very beautiful lady as one of our *Shining Stars* for this week! HERE Written By: RICK MARTIN *********************************************************** 
In this issue of the Newsletter we are featuring another one of Adlands poets, MRS. SHIRLEY CARON. Shirley has received a lot of Recognition and High Achievement Awards, Editors Choice Awards, Trophies, Gold Medal of Excellence, and Certificates are just a few. I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview with her. Q. Shirley, Thank you for taking the time to interview with us. When did you begin writing poetry, who or what first inspired you? A. I am quite honored to have been selected to be in September's Newsletter! I started Writing Poetry when I was 25 years Old, about 35 years ago, and to date, I have written over 100 poems and several songs. I had been through some hardships and horrific events that happened to me and my son, George Jr., because of his Father (my Ex-Husband, George) and I just needed to write it all down on paper. I had so many different emotions that I went through the 16 Years that I was married to the animal, I came close to having a complete nervous breakdown. I had several Epileptic seizures all the years that I was with him. I would not say that he was an Inspiration to me writing poetry, but I just had such a need to get all the built up feelings inside of me, out in the open. I am shedding tears at this time. Q. You have written some great poetry. Where do you get your current inspirations? A) My Husband, Mike, has been the Person to Inspire me to keep Writing Poetry and to keep sending my Poetry into Contests. I am so grateful to the Good Lord and my Husband, Mike for watching over me and taking good care of me and I always thank the Good Lord for my Rare Talent of Writing Poetry and for a Beautiful Voice with which to Sing His Praise and Glory to all!!! Here is one of my Favorite Poems, "A Touch of Beauty", which has also been Recorded as a Song! A TOUCH OF BEAUTY The Sun shines bright with it's Golden Hue It's Domain is the Sky - so Azure Blue The Mountains with their Majestic Peaks stretching towards the Heavens above, Soaring high above the Earth is a Snow-white Dove The Unrelenting Ocean with it's Never-ending Tide As each rushes into shore - against the boulders it does collide The Depths of the Sea is the Fish's Domain In this Fluid Wonderland they will always remain The Trees stand tall, and their branches sway to and fro During the Winter, it is a sight to behold when they are draped with Snow In Autumn, the Leaves are speckled with Amber, Brown, and Red Slowly, through the Season, the Leaves begin to shed. Thank you Shirley for the wonderful Poem! It has been a pleasure Interviewing with you and getting to know you better. God Bless! Written By: MARILYN L. MARTIN
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It got crowded in heaven, so, for one day it was decided only to accept people who had really had a bad day on the day they died. St. Peter was standing at the pearly gates and said to the first man, "Tell me about the day you died." The man said, "Oh, it was awful. I was sure my wife was having an affair, so I came home early to catch her with him. I searched all over the apartment but couldn't find him anywhere. So I went out onto the balcony, we live on the 25th floor, and found this man hanging over the edge by his fingertips. I went inside, got a hammer, and started hitting his hands. He fell, but landed in some bushes. So, I got the refrigerator and pushed it over the balcony and it crushed him. The strain of the act gave me a heart attack, and I died." St. Peter couldn't deny that this was a pretty bad day, and since it was a crime of passion, he let the man in. He then asked the next man in line about the day he died. "Well, sir, it was awful," said the second man. "I was doing aerobics on the balcony of my 26th floor apartment when I twisted my ankle and slipped over the edge. I managed to grab the balcony of the apartment below, but some maniac came out and started pounding on my fingers with a hammer. Luckily I landed in some bushes. But, then the guy dropped a refrigerator on me!" St. Peter chuckled, let him into heaven and decided he could really start to enjoy this job. "Tell me about the day you died?", he said to the third man in line. "OK, picture this, I'm naked, hiding inside a refrigerator...." ************************************ A man enters a barber shop for a shave. While the barber is foaming him up, he mentions the problems he has getting a close shave around the cheeks. "I have just the thing," says the barber taking a small wooden ball from a nearby drawer. "Just place this between your cheek and gum." The client places the ball in his mouth and the barber proceeds with the closest shave the man has ever experienced. After a few strokes the client asks in garbled speech. "And what if I swallow it?" "No problem," says the barber. "Just bring it back tomorrow like everyone else does." Contributed By: DONNA S.
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* * * *THE ART CORNER* * * *
This is a very special privilege and honor for me to be writing this article about the 1 year Anniversary since the start of this fantastic forum! These 3 ladies, ROSE ENDERUD, JENNY SJ, VENERINA CONTI, have really out done themselves with presenting this forum to us every 3 weeks. Rose, Jenny, and Venerina have put together 18 wonderful Art Exhibitions in the past year. On October 8th they started their second year off with some wonderful surprises and treats for the eye. The three of them have worked tirelessly to bring us some of the most wonderful work from 21 of the finest talent that the AdlandPro Community has to offer. Here is what they had to say about their forum; "Our wish was to offer a platform for Artists and Crafters alike here at AdlandPro. What started out as Rose's Art show in 2006 has become a reality, with many forums for specialized arts and crafts and with the Arts Exhibitions as its Star. We now have permanent exhibitions of the work of some of the most amazingly talented members in our midst." This Anniversary Edition of their forum gives us a walk through of all the arts and crafts exhibits done over the last 12 months - the ones you missed and the ones you would like to revisit. Here's just a little glimpse of some of the arts and crafts you will see while visiting the Art Exhibition forums.....
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