September 2011


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Pg 3 Upbeat Makes it to the Top of Kilimanjaro!


This photo is of my brother (Peter Menth)


and myself at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in


Tanzania, Africa in July 2011. It took us six days to reach the 19,430 ft. peak. It was an incredible


journey, fulfilling a dream we had for many years. The mountain trek was fol-


lowed by a week of safari on the Serengeti. -John Menth of Sonoma County


On The Cover:


The close up picture was a section a statue here in Santa Rosa and was commissioned from a famous Ruben painting because of its depiction of Neptune, and weighs an excess of 10,000 pounds. It was originally designed as U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans’ Memorial monument


a in honor


of every Merchant Mariner who had crossed the equator. Read the Verbal Commute on page two for more details.


fi ght and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked his son what happened. “Well, Dad,” said the boy, “I challenged Larry to a duel, and, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons.” “Uh-huh,” said the father, “that seems fair.” “I know, but I never thought he’d choose his big sister!”


In my day, we didn't have self- esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than


we had earned. ~Jane Haddam


A little boy came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he’d been in a bad


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