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to see the progress of our dis- tribution outlets. We originally started with 300 locations and now have over 1,000 locations where a person can pick up Up- beat. I thank my 8 distribution team members for a wonderful job!


T en, there are the great


individuals who pack away a copy of the paper and take it to places all over the world. T at


is a lot of fun. Especially the picture you see here. But they wanted too have fun so they su- perimposed holding the paper under water. I published it be- cause I thought it would be fun! And as an upbeat person,


there is no such thing as having too much fun!


May this issue fi nd you well!


Healdsburg, CA. ~ At work one day I overheard a woman talking to her spouse. I didn’t hear any of what he


was saying but I did hear her say, on her end, “Okay, if that’s what you want to do. Okay. No, it’s okay.” She was saying “okay” with her words but not with her tone. The tone of one’s voice is so very important. It’s important when dealing


with anyone but especially in dealing with children. And to try and help my daughters learn this, I often hear myself say, “Check that tone, young lady.” I think most of us dislike it when we get a “tonal disap-


Check That Tone


by Gabriel A. Fraire ~ gafraire@comcast.net proval.”


My prob- lem is, sometimes when deal- ing with my children in the continu- ous hustle bustle of our lives I forget the importance of tone. “All right, I’m almost done, can’t you wait one minute!” I hear the words come out of


my mouth and they sound more like a demand than a question. Without missing a beat my


youngest daughter says, “Check your tone old man.”


T ese columns are excerpts from the book Daddy I Need to Go


Potty by Gabriel A. Fraire. Fraire has been a writer more than 40 years and is the current Literary Laureate of Healdsburg. He can be reached through his website: gabrielfraire.com


BUYING U.S. GOLD COINS


$1.00 GOLD...............................................................$150.00 & up $2.50 GOLD...............................................................$190.00 & up $3.00 GOLD...............................................................$550.00 & up $5.00 GOLD...............................................................$240.00 & up $10.00 GOLD.............................................................$500.00 & up $20.00 GOLD..........................................................$1,075.00 & up $50.00 GOLD 1851 to 1855..................................$10,000.00 & up


BUYING


SILVER DIMES 1964 & Before...................................... $1.16 & up SILVER QUARTERS 1964 & Before..............................$2.88 & up SILVER HALF 1964 & Before.........................................$5.75 & up SILVER HALF 1965 to 1970...........................................$1.42 & up SILVER DOLLAR 1878 to 1904....................................$16.00 & up SILVER DOLLAR 1921 to 1935....................................$15.00 & up


HALF CENTS 1793-1857 LARGE CENTS 1793-1857


BUYING – OLDER U.S. COINS –BUYING DIMES 1796-1891


$30.00 & up $10.00 & up


FLYING EAGLE CENTS 1856-1858 $12.00 & up TWO & THREE CENTS 1851-1889 HALF DIMES 1794-1873


SHIELD NICKELS 1866-1883 LIBERTY NICKELS 1883-1913 . BUFFALO NICKELS 1913-1938


$7.00 & up $7.00 & up $8.00 & up .40 & up .25 & up


TWENTY CENTS 1875-1878 QUARTERS 1796-1891


HALF DOLLARS 1794-1839 HALF DOLLARS 1839-1891 DOLLARS 1794-1804


TRADE DOLLARS 1873-1885


$7.00 & up $55.00 & up $11.00 & up $30.00 & up $14.00 & up $700.00 & up $45.00 & up


SEATED DOLLARS 1840-1873 $150.00 & up


“Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with


IN-SIGHT and knowledge, and by learn- ing the lessons that are


acculated along the way. We become each and every piece within the


game called life!” Allan Rufus


Weird Facts & Fun Trivia - 2


Sixty per cent of the planet is covered by water more than a mile deep.


HMS Challenger sailed around the world between 1873 and 1876, covering 68,000 nautical miles and collected 13,000 plants and animals on its historic voyage.


Tyler, Marine biologist at the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC).


JOKES & Humor # 3


An uncertain nervous man, was being cross-examined as a witness. The lawyer thundered, “Have you ever been married?”


“Yes, sir,” said the witness in a low voice. “Once.” “Whom did you marry?” “Well, a woman.” The lawyer bellowed angrily, “Of course you married a woman. Did you ever hear of anyone marrying a man?”


To which the witness replied meekly, “My sister did.”


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(707) 529-0816 shekeyna@AMiracleProductionAMP.com 6 • April 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. “May you live every day of your life.” ~ Jonathan Swift


If you take the volume of the oceans and divided it between every single person on earth, each person is entitled to 260 million cubic meters of water; says Paul


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