Weather ~ Grants Pass High School Marching Band ~ Picture of the Day ~ Walmart ~ Chicken Puffs ~ Rick and Lynda Castro ~ National Author's Day

  

Good 49º cloudy sprinkling rain morning. 

 

Yesterday the clouds moved around and we had blue sky and topped at 71º.

 

 

The Grants Pass High School Marching Band, with my grandson Tucker as one of the drummers, won the state competition Saturday up in Portland. This was the third competition and they did awesome. Congratulations to all!

 

 

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

 

Interesting....

 ^ Grants Pass Walmart

 

Walmart is an American multinational retail corporation that was founded in 1962. Since then it has changed economics of many countries. By the way, do you know that Walmart has different names in different places? Keep on reading to learn more amazing facts about Walmart.

 

The company operates under 55 different names. It’s known as Walmart in the USA and Canada, Asda in the UK and Best Price in India.

 

Walmart was founded by Sam Walton. In 1984, he made a bet with his chief executive officer, David Glass. Glass thought that Walmart could reach an 8% pretax profit. Walton didn’t believe in it. He said that he’d go out and do a hula dance on Wall Street if Glass was right. Well, Walmart made it. Sam Walton had to keep his word — he danced with several professional hula dancers on Wall Street.

 

You can find the Walmart Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. It bears Sam Walton’s name. By the way, admission is free.

 

Walmart is one of the largest private employers in the world.

The company has over 2.3 million employees worldwide. If they were to move to the same place, it would be about the same size as Houston, Texas.

 

 

Walmart tries to optimize everything it can. That’s why the company uses robots to save its associates’ time. These robots wash floors, check shelf stock and look for price errors.

 

They created their own electricity company

It’s called Texas Retail Energy. This company is the main way for Walmart to reduce their bills. Their main intent was to purchase electricity for their stores at wholesale prices.

 

 

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

This is leftover chicken at its best, and whether you serve these as pass-around appetizers or make them bigger and serve 2 on a plate as dinner appetizers, your company will think you started from scratch just for them!

 

• 2 (3 ounce each) small packages cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted and divided
• 1 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons minced onion
• 2 tablespoons diced pimentos
• 2 (8 ounce each) cans crescent rolls

 

1. Preheat oven to 350º.
2. In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese and 2 tablespoons melted butter. Add chicken, milk, garlic powder, salt, pepper, minced onion, and pimientos; mix well.
3. Separate each package of crescent rolls into four rectangles. Spoon chicken filling into center of each rectangle, distributing it evenly. Bring ends up together, pinch closed, and twist.
4. Brush with reserved 1 tablespoon of melted butter.
5. Place puffs on a greased baking sheet and bake 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown.

***You can use all white meat chicken, all dark, or a combination! Either way, these Chicken Puffs are going to taste great. 

 

 

 

Special anniversary of two friends, Rick & Lynda Castro (both LASD ret) are celebrating. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS! xo

 

 

Historically this date.....

1520 – The Strait of Magellan is discovered, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during the first global circumnavigation voyage.

1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).

1915 – Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.

 

And births this date include...

1907 – Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976)

1941 – Robert Foxworth, American actor

Married to Liz Montgomery until her death.

 

 

1957 – Lyle Lovett, American singer

                               So so weird.

1972 – Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy November. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 On November 1, millions of people celebrate authors and the books that they write on National Author’s Day.

Books have a mind of their own. They take time to develop, research, draft, edit, revise, and rewrite. We devour stories. We indulge in them as we drift off to sleep or travel. And sometimes, we allow them to collect dust on several flat surfaces in our homes. Those stories may take years to reach a publisher and just as long to reach a bookshelf. We may have only one favorite author or many collected works with which we cannot part. Whether we prefer fiction, non-fiction, or a mix of both, authors have been telling stories to fill our heads for thousands of years.

Authors also keep a record of history through their stories. They mark time through their observations. Their tales create remarkable memories of a place, sealing it between the pages of the binding. Their books allow us to keep coming back to visit again and again. 

After her grandmother’s death in 1968, Sue Cole promoted the observance of National Authors Day. She urged people to write a note to their favorite author on November 1, to “brighten up the sometimes lonely business of being a writer.” She also suggested flying the American flag as another way of showing appreciation for the writers who have created American literature.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Purchase some books by your favorite author to support them. Share your favorite novels online while encouraging an aspiring author.

NATIONAL AUTHOR’S DAY HISTORY

In 1928, Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, president of the Bement, Illinois Women’s Club, had an idea of setting aside a day to celebrate American authors. McPherson was a teacher, and throughout her life, an avid reader. While she was recuperating in the hospital during World War I, she wrote a fan letter to fiction writer, Irving Bacheller. She told him how much she enjoyed reading his story Eben Holden’s Last Day A’ Fishin.  

Upon receiving her letter, Bacheller sent her an autographed copy of another story. It was then that McPherson realized she would never be able to thank him adequately for his gift. McPherson decided to show her appreciation by submitting an idea for a National Author’s Day to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. In May of 1929, the club endorsed a resolution for National Author’s Day to be observed honoring American writers. The United States Department of Commerce recognized this day in 1949.

 

FAQ

Q. Do I have to be published to be considered an author?
A. No. If you created an original article, poem, story, or other written work, you are an author.

Q. How do I show appreciation to my favorite author?
A. First, read the author’s books. But you’re already doing that. You should also share the books with others. Other ways to support an author is by:

• Writing a review on their author page where the book is sold.
• Read the author’s older works.
• Follow them on their social media pages.

Q. How are books organized in a library?
A. Most libraries use either the Library of Congress Classification System or the Dewey Decimal System. Books are first classified by topic and subtopics or genre. Librarians then shelve the books in alphabetical order by title or author’s last name.

Q. What’s the difference between an inscribed copy of a book and a signed copy?
A. An inscribed copy includes a short message to someone along with the author’s signature. A book with an author’s signature is simply signed. However, there are different ways a book may be signed and different types of inscriptions, too.