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The following is an excerpt from the book: Daddy I Need to Go Potty


The First Day Of School B by Gabriel A. Fraire • gafraire@comcast.net


efore we left for my oldest daughter’s first day of school, I was up


two hours ear- lier than any- one else, get- ting everything ready. I made my daughter’s lunch even though she was only going to be


gone half


a day. I sewed her name and address on


all her clothes and pasted my office and home phone numbers to her identifica- tion bracelet, and without telling her I pinned a small Saint Christopher’s medal to the underside of her dress (even though we are not Catholics.) I asked my wife if maybe somebody had switched kids on us because


there was no way our baby could be old enough to go to school. My wife assured me that this was our daughter and yes she was old enough for school.


The first day of my daughter’s kindergarten year there was a lot of crying and moan- ing. By the first grade the moan- ing and fear had ceased but there


was still a lot of crying. But the third year wasn’t nearly as bad. No moaning, or complaining, no wishing the school would disappear and never reappear. There wasn’t even any crying, just a few small tears and a little lump in the throat. Yes, I’ve definitely come a long way in three years.


The school is the last expenditure upon which America


should be willing to economize. Franklin D. Roosevelt


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SANTA ROSA, CA. ~ If you didn't know about it already, there is this guy, George Fiori who wanted to bring back peoples interest in old classic auto mobiles and vehicles with motors. So, George and a few friends decided they would get local merchants around the Larkfield Center to get involved. George hap- pens


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owner of Big Boys Buns & Burgers and launched his idea 'Friday Night Cruise-In Classics'. Because the event is free, people who have cars they've worked on from times of old now have a venue to show them off, and it's also open to the public. The businesses that surround the event, held every Friday night through November benefit from the increased


traffic. Mainly,


the idea is to get classic car hobbyists together & have a bit of fun.


The winner is chose by the previous weeks


owner. The winner receives an engraved trophy like in the photo above and there are many runner-up prizes given in a raffle George holds just before the winner of the finest classic is announced. This event is just getting started this year and growing by the week. If you want more info you can go by Big Boys Buns & Burgers and tell them Upbeat Times sent you!


Location: 406 Larkfield Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Want to enter yours? Call George at 707-849-2076


UPBEAT TIMES • September 2013 • 17


A Classic Car Winner Every Friday Through September


Weird Facts & Trivia -7


Nectarines, like peaches, probably originated in China over 2,000 years ago and were cultivated in ancient Persia, Greece and Rome. They were grown in Great Britain in the late 16th or early 17th centuries, and were introduced to America by the Spanish.


Peach seeds may occasionally grow into trees that bear nectarines, and nectarine seeds may grow into trees that bear either nectarines or peaches. It is not possible to know which fruit will grow on trees grown from nectarine seeds, so nectarine branches are grafted onto peach trees to guarantee a crop of nectarines.


In the 1930s, Admiral Byrd took 2½ tons of NECCO Wafers to the South Pole -- almost a pound a week for each of his men during their two-year stay in the Antarctic. During World War II, the U.S. government ordered a major portion of the production of the wafers. Since the candy doesn't melt and is 'practically indestruc- tible' during transit, it was the perfect food to ship overseas to the troops.


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