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Spotlighter May 2019
Dallas Life Council Judy McCallum-Lee, President
6201 Port Aransas Dr, Rowlett,
TX75089
Hello again Pioneers, recently close to 30 of us celebrated an
early St. Patrick’s Day at Spring Creek BBQ in
Mesquite. Good barbecue, good friends and a good time. You know
our Pioneers have been gathering for
fellowship at these quarterly luncheons for many years – a
tradition that we hope will continue for many years
to come. But the truth is we really need to have more attendees
and we do not have contact with as many
members as we used to. Now our next social will be July 9 at the
DAC. We couldn’t book July 4, but we’ll
still be in a festive red, white, and blue frame of mind. And we
could use your help to spread the word among
other retiree friends, so put the date on your calendar and
bring a guest or two with you. For auld lang syne,
my dear. As you know, the DAC is a lovely place to dine, great
food, reasonable price, good friends, you
might win a drawing prize, and we have brand new professional
entertainment for you on July 9. This is a
deal.
The K3 Sisters Band………….. Every member of the band is a
multi-instrumentalist. Their shows are layered
with award-winning lead and harmony vocals of sisters Kaylen,
Kelsey and Kris-
ten Kassab, and the result is a world-class, unforgettable,
high-energy show that
transcends pop, indie, world, country, Texas and rock music
genres.” They hail
from Mesquite, TX
Fellowship doesn’t stop when we retire and I know many of you
meet with your “old groups” at times. Just
drop a favorite picture to Loretta ([email protected])
and she will try to get it in one if the newslet-
ters. Besides fellowship, Pioneers are proud of our community
service. And if you are involved in communi-
ty service we would also like to hear from you
([email protected]).– what kind of service, pictures,
etc.
President’s Notes
Letters to the Editor
Loretta Cherry, 515 W. Red Bird
Lane, Duncanville, TX, 75116,
[email protected]
I enjoy the “Spotlighter” so much. Thanks for all you do...Jean
Hearn Happy New Year from New Eng-
land….Merlene Carlson Thank you for the “Spotlighter”...Paula
Davidson Thanks so much for all
you do for us in keeping the “Spotlighter” going. Small donation
enclosed to help the cause. The chuckles
always brighten our days...Pearl Mais Thanks to all for sending
the ‘Spotlighter’...Minnie Smith
Also heard from Mary Turner, Jimmie Bailey, Nate McNeal and Jo
Crain.
Check out our WEB site at http://south-
region.attpioneers.org/texaspride/. You will see this
newsletter in color. Plus many articles from other
Councils in Texas Pride.
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Just F.Y.I…Continued By:
Judy McCallum-Lee.
“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” Howard Ruff Sold
out by Costco – a 27 pound “storage bucket” of macaroni and cheese
with a shelf life of 20 years and retailing for $89.99. Plant Based
Alternatives - the suspected reason that traditional milk sales in
the U.S. fell by $1.1 billion in 2018, a drop of nearly 8% from
2017. Amazon is giving warehouse workers a tech vest with sensors
to prevent them from colliding with the over 100,000 robots at
fulfillment centers. Romeo – one of the last surviving Sehuencas
water frogs, after 10 years alone in a Bolivian aquarium, has been
introduced to Juliet, a new specimen described as “very energetic.”
UCLA students - call about 11,000 Uber and Lyft rides every week
that never leave the campus. Hotels – if possible, stay no higher
than the sixth floor (higher levels may be more dangerous in a
fire). And review emergency escape routes immediately after check
in. Panic buttons - more than a dozen major hotel chains – have
agreed to provide hotel workers with panic but-tons to protect them
from assault and harassment. One in four - Americans have deleted
the Facebook app from their phones, and 54% have strengthened their
privacy settings. Pew Research Center “Time” polls women - 47% say
affordable health care is the national issue that matters most to
them. Only one - Blockbuster location left in the U.S. after two
Alaska stores closed July 16. It’s in Bend, Ore. “Idealism
increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.”
John Galsworthy
During the 2016 election - Americans age 65 and older were the
most likely Facebook users to share fake news articles, seven times
as many articles as from adults 29 and younger, according to a
study published in the journal Science Ad-vances.
Tenth Annual Vickery Meadow Summer
Reading Academy and McShan Reading
Homeroom NEED YOU!
The Vickery Meadow five points area is home
to some of the most diverse and impoverished
people in Dallas County. Tutors are needed –
no education experience is needed – all mate-
rials are provided – please share this need
with friends, family and colleagues who love
to work with lovely children from around the
world. The McShan Reading Homeroom:
offers one hour each week, one-on-one tutor-
ing during the school year, tutors are always needed. Last day
of 2019 tutoring will be May 24.
The Vickery Meadow Summer Reading Academy Schedule:
June 27-28, 9am to finish – move out of storage to Jack Lowe
Elementary.
July 8, 8:30am to finish – tutor in-service, finalize classroom
set up.
July 9 – August 1, Classes are from 7am to 12 noon, on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays; and 2
adults and 2 youth leaders are needed for each class size of 10
for these 12 days.
Pioneer Dalene Buhl founded and coordinates both programs – for
TEN YEARS.
If you can help or need more information, email:
[email protected] - and request full registra-
tion information for Summer 2019. You will be glad you did.
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Dallas Life Council Social at Spring Creek BBQ
March, 2019
James Mason Horace & Ella Schroeder
Jo Crain & Sharon Duarte Tom Parker & Walt Minschew
Faye Spencer Whitney Wolf Anne Wartsbaugh’s grandchilddren
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Dallas Life Council Social at Spring Creek BBQ
March, 2019
Anne Wartsbaugh & Pam Myers Jean Behnke
Rojean Cull Terri Hodge
Chuck & Dawn Hayes
Emily Haskell Nate McNeal
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UPCOMING LUNCHEONS
July 9 Dallas Athletic Club 10 am
September 10 TBA December 10 Dallas Athletic Club 10 am
Please make reservation for all luncheons by calling Mary
Lou Adcock, 214-212-8701 or email her at
[email protected]
NOTICE: We are exploring different venues for our
quarterly luncheon/meetings and would like your input of
(a) possible location and (b) whether or not you are inter-
ested in entertainment or would prefer just visiting.
Please provide input to Mary Lou Adcock.
Talking Books Group meets on Wednesday at Pinnacle
Park, 4331 Communications Dr., Dallas,
75211 to repair recorders for the blind and
severely handicapped. Call Chuck Hayes,
972-723-8579, for additional information.
Important Telephone Numbers Hotline 214-464-8425
AT&T Connect 1-877-722-0020
Pensions & Savings 1-800-416-2363
Long Term Care 1-800-247-3020
Life Insurance 1-877-722-0020
Care Plus 1-877-261-3340
Retiree Discount Information/Contacts:
Eligibility: 1-888-251-0645
Wireline Voice & U-verse
1-877-377-9010
Wireless 1-800-331-0500
Benefit 1-877-722-0020
2018 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Pres. Judy McCallum-Lee 214-543-4749 1st VP Charlie Sorrels
972-530-1492
2nd VP Whitney Wolf 214-341-4151
Past Pres. Chuck Hayes 972-345-1418
Sec. Mary Lou Adcock 214-212-8701
Treas. Loretta Cherry 972-741-6962
Other Executive Board Members
Hotline: Mary Lou Adcock 214-212-8701
DAC Entertainment: Rojean Cull 214-327-8808
Education: Charlie Sorrels 972-530-1492
Special Projects: Gail King 972-564-5317
Jeanene Clark 817-267-8239
LuAnn Eakin 469-672-1121
Pearl Garza Fracchia 214-803-9650
Nate McNeal 972-279-6508
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR DEATHS
Call 1-800-416-2363 to report address changes
or deaths to the Benefit Group.
Call the Pioneer Hotline at 214-464-8425 or
Charlie Sorrels at 972-530-1492 to report the
death of a Pioneer.
Call 972-741-6962 to report address changes for
the Spotlighter.
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Just for Grins
If You Bring Love Joseph Campbell At a certain moment in
Nietzsche's life, the idea came to him of what he called 'the love
of your fate.' Whatever your fate is, whatever the heck happens,
you say, "This is what I need." It may look like a wreck, but go at
it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love
to that moment - not discouragement - you will find the strength is
there. Any disaster that you can survive is an improvement in your
character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege! This is
when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow.
Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments
which seemed to be great failures followed by wreckage were the
incidents that shaped the life you have now. You'll see that this
is really true. Nothing can happen to you that is not positive.
Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative
crisis, it is not.
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most significant decision I make each day is my choice of an
attitude. When my attitudes are right there's no barrier too high,
no valley too deep, no dream too extreme and no challenge too
great." - Charles Swindoll
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Good People A Yiddish Folk Tale An old man sat outside the walls
of a great city. When travelers approached, they would ask the old
man, "What kind of people live in this city?" The old man would
answer, "What kind of people live in the place where you came
from?" If the travelers answered, "Only bad people live in the
place where we came from," the old man would reply, "Continue on;
you will find only bad people here." But if the travelers answered,
"Good people live in the place where we came from," then the old
man would say, "Enter, for here too, you will find only good
people."
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young man named Nasreddin planted a flower garden, but when the
flowers came up so did a great crop of dandelions among them.
Wishing to eliminate the unwanted guests, Nasreddin consulted with
gardeners near and far, but none of their solutions worked.
Finally, Nasreddin traveled to the palace of the sheik to seek the
wisdom of the royal gardener himself. But alas, Nasreddin had
already tried all the methods the kind old man recommended to him
for eradicating such troublesome weeds. Silently they sat together
for a good long time. At last, the royal gardener looked at
Nasreddin and said, "Well, then, the only thing I can suggest is
that you learn to love them."
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Gandhi stepped aboard a train one day, one of his shoes slipped off
and landed on the track. He was unable to retrieve it as the train
was moving. To the amazement of his companions, Gandhi calmly took
off his other shoe and threw it back along the track to land close
to the first. Asked by a fellow passenger why he did so, Gandhi
smiled. "The poor man who finds the shoes lying on the track," he
replied, "will now have a pair he can use."
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at the Electric Company: "We would be delighted if you send in your
payment on time. However, if you don't, YOU will be
de-lighted.”
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL FOR BEER LED TO A WARMER
HEMI-SPHERE.
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By: Faye Spencer 972-240-7836, 5324 Pensacola Dr., Garland, TX
75043,
[email protected]
In Loving Memory BLAND, MIRIAM Nov 30, 2018 MCKINNEY, JAMES R
Dec 15, 2018 MCCLUNG, MILDRED Dec 21, 2018 PUMPHREY, DEBRA Dec 27,
018 MARTIN-MANN,GERALDINE P Dec 31, 2018 MORRISETT, JANICE L Dec
31, 2018 EDWARDS JR, HORACE Jan 05, 2019 KING, ROBERT P Jan 12,
2019 HUNSAKER, BILLY JOE Jan 12, 2019 NEELEY, J KAY Jan 13, 2019
BUTNER, KENNETH E Jan 15, 2019 SENTERS, GREGORY K Jan 15, 2019
BRYANT, BOBBY Jan 22, 2019 MORRIS, ALLEN P Jan 31, 2019 DAUGHERITY,
RALPH CLINTON Feb 2, 2019 SCHWING, JOHN HAROLD Feb 5, 2019 BLAND,
KATHLEEN A Feb 10, 2019 CLOWER, JOYCE Feb 20, 2019 MOORE, ELIZABETH
P Feb 21, 2019 FIELDS JR, ALPHONZO Feb 22, 2019 CARTER, DOROTHY
LAMB Mar, 2019 WALKER, DARROW G Mar 5, 2019 COLLINS, FRANCES MARIE
Mar 6, 2019 RENFRO , EDNA FAY Mar7, 2019 STEWART, EARL E Mar 13,
2019 TURBEVILLE, ANNIE KATHLEEN Mar, 13, 2019 ELLIOTT, J.C. Mar 19,
2019 LORD, JOY GENEVA Mar 19, 2019 BOWLING, MARGUERITE Mar 19, 2019
MEYERS, CATHERINE Mar 20, 2019 FAUROT, GENE Mar 22, 2019 FISCHER,
MARSHA LEIGH Mar 25, 2019 FISHER, DORIS MARIE Mar 25, 2019 WASKOM,
EDITH L Mar 26, 2019 JOHNSON, ANITA “SAM” April 3, 2019 GALLATIN,
JAMES “JIM” S. April 10, 2019
Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby
giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother’s womb and usually lands on
its back. Within seconds it rolls over and tucks its legs under its
body. From this position it consid-ers the world for the first time
and shakes off the last ves-tiges of the birthing fluid from its
eyes and ears. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its
offspring to the reality of life. In his book, “A View from the
Zoo”, Gary Rich-mond describes how a newborn giraffe learns its
first les-son. The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to
take a quick look. Then she positions herself directly over her
calf. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most
unreasonable thing. She swings her long, pendu-lous leg outward and
kicks her baby, so that it is sent sprawling head over heels. When
it doesn’t get up, the violent process is repeated over and over
again. The struggle to rise is momentous. As the baby calf grows
tired, the mother kicks it again to stimulate its efforts.
Fi-nally, the calf stands for the first time on its wobbly legs.
Then the mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing. She kicks
it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to re-member how it got
up. In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as quickly as
possible to stay with the herd, where there is safety. Lions,
hyenas, leopards, and wild hunting dogs all enjoy young giraffes,
and they’d get it too, if the mother didn’t teach her calf to get
up quickly and get with it. The late Irving Stone understood this.
He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing novelized
biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sig-mund
Freud, and Charles Darwin. Stone was once asked if he had found a
thread that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people.
He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a
vision or dream of something that should be accomplished and they
go to work. “They are beaten over the head, knocked down, vilified,
and for years they get nowhere. But every time they’re knocked down
they stand up. You cannot destroy these people. And at the end of
their lives they’ve accom-plished some modest part of what they set
out to do.”
• Craig B. Larson Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching
from Leader-ship Journal
• Love, Faye
Prayer List
Mary Wooten, Faye Spencer & LuAnn Eakin
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Loretta Cherry, Editor
515 W. Red Bird Lane Duncanville, TX 75116
972-741-6962
[email protected]
RESERVATION COUPON Dallas Athletic Club July 9, 2019 Social Hour
10-11 am; Lunch 11 am
NAME:_______________________
SPOUSE/FRIEND________________________
TOTAL # RESERVATIONS _____TELEPHONE
#___________________________
Mail coupon for reservations to Mary Lou Adcock, 709 Monterey,
Rockwall, TX 75087. Please
notify Mary Lou, email her at [email protected] or
call 214-212-8701, as soon as
possible but no later than July 4, if unable to keep your
reservations. Our Club has to pay for no-
shows! Luncheon price is $20.00. Thank you.
Volunteer hours:________________________ Partner:
______________________
Dallas Life Council
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Directions to Dallas Athletic Club—From the North: Take I635
east & exit on La Prada, turning right.
Club is one mile on the right. From the South: Take I20 east to
I635 north & exit on Oates turning left; go
right on Galloway. At La Prada, turn left. Club will be on
right.
Entertainment at our next DAC luncheon will be K3 Sisters Band.
Very versatile;
you will enjoy.
