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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 (lorettacherry76@gmail.com) 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 (judymccallum@verizon.net).– what kind of service, pictures, etc.

President’s Notes

Letters to the Editor

Loretta Cherry, 515 W. Red Bird

Lane, Duncanville, TX, 75116,

lorettacherry76@gmail.com

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: VMSRA2019@GMAIL.COM - 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

mary.lou.adcock@sbcglobal.net

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. ****************************************************************************************“The 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 ****************************************************************************************

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." ****************************************************************************************A 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." ****************************************************************************************As 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." ****************************************************************************************Sign 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,

faithfulfaye@TWC.com

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

lorettacherry76@gmail.com

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 mary.lou.adcock@sbcglobal.net 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.