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Sonoma County, CA. ~ Hi Paul, I just want to thank you for continuing to produce Up- beat Times. When I tell you it’s a life saver I’m not exaggerat- ing. I suffer from depression and I tell you there are times when I feel really down. I look forward to your paper ev- ery month. It always cheers me up and helps me feel connected


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too. You may not have any idea what a help it is for me. I don’t mind rereading the jokes and some of the articles. They’re al- ways good. And the “facts” of- ten get me out of my head and inspired to further research. ~ So, thank you from the bot- tom of my heart. xox - (A So- noma County Resident: she asked we not print her name)


Upbeat at Santa Rosa West Rotary Crab Feed 2018


Weird Facts & Trivia - 3


The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.


The world’s deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It’s 10 metres underwater.


Most Muppets are left-hand- ed. (Because most


Muppeteers are right-hand- ed, so they operate the head with their favored hand.)


Light doesn’t necessarily travel at the speed of light. The slowest anyone has ever recorded light moving: 38 mph.


Chris Parr (President) and David McDonald(President elect/ Fund-raising) for Rotary Club of Santa Rosa West (Selfi e) at the 2018 Crab Feed they put on every year! It was a blast as usual and lots of money was raised for various organizations in So- noma County! The theme this year was ‘super heroes’ to honor police, fi re and fi rst responders to the fi re disasters of 2017!


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The spikes on the end of a stegosaurus’ tail are known among paleontologists as the “thagomizer” — a term coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in a 1982 Far Side drawing.


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