707-494-1767 FIRST UP! UPBEAT's Yearbook 2020


Our phone:


Upbeat Times


Publisher, President, Founder & CEO


Paul Andrew Doyle paul@upbeattimes.com


Writing team: Co-Publisher,VP & CFO


Valerie A. Doyle Jo Diaz


Barry O’Meara Gabriel Fraire Marcia Singer Kimberly Childers Ellie Schmidt


Joanne Mumola Williams Shekeyna Black James Fish


Distribution team: Paula Hamdorf Paul Behringer Matt Scuteri Paul Quistgard Al Gotlieb Rick Slottow Paul Schaffer Rick Feldman Paul Doyle


New! Roger Bell


"No Bad News is Always Good News!


SUBSCRIPTIONS: $65 a YEAR.


Upbeat Times ~ P.O. Box 7312 Santa Rosa, CA. 95407


Send Check to:


Tis is also our regular mail address!


Regular Mail: Upbeat Times


Santa Rosa, CA. 95407


©2019 PAD STUDIOS & Upbeat Times, Inc. All rights reserved.


P.O. Box 7312 CELEBRATING OUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTORS


Upbeat Times at Palma de Mallorca, one of the Spanish Balearic Islands!


Hello Paul – It has been a while since we last contributed, but we are out there once again carrying Upbeat Times to all corners of the world. This pic- ture was taken from our cruise ship while in the port of Palma the capital of Mallorca one of the Spanish Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. The castle on the hill in the back- ground is Bellver Castle – the first circular castle in Europe. ~ Keep up the good work,


& Becky Schwer of Windsor, CA.


Len & Becky Schwer of Windsor, California have taken the Upbeat Times to more ends of the planet than any other reader to date!


Sonoma County, CA. ~ When we first started the Upbeat Times back in 1997,


and officially launching it in 1998, we've wanted to put to- gether a compilation of all of the readers holding Upbeat Times from the far reaches of the world. These great readers went the extra mile in 2019 to get there first and we thought


SIGMOND


it would be fun to honor them each year from now on! A huge salute to all of you out there who have participated in this positive project we call good news/Upbeat Times! It is our positive approach


to life! It has taken all of us together; the writers, the dis- tribution team of Upbeat, the advertisers and sponsors, in- cluding my family and friends,


the readers and random con- tributors to make it happen year after year. We are now approaching our 22nd year! We are ready for the next 20 years and beyond! Keep sending the photos


of your Upbeat Times to us and we'll make the year- book a tradition to remem- ber


each and every


A fun & silly cartoon about a California Carnivorous Plant and its hip perspective of life in the real world.


I'D LIKE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MY CARNIVOROUS PLANT SIGMOND CAN CATCH FLYING BUGS!


year! ~ Paul A. Doyle, Founder


Original Cartoon From 1991


by Paul Andrew Doyle HEY! THAT WAS A


PERFECTLY GOOD FLY! WHY DID YOU LET IT GET AWAY?


I WASN'T HUNGRY!


FirsT HumoR


People think "icy" is the easiest word to spell. Come to think of it, I see why. ~


A grasshopper sits down at a bar. The bartender says, "We have a drink named after you!" The grasshopper replies, "Who names a drink 'Steve?'" ~


I went into a store to buy some books about turtles. "Hardbacks?" asked the shopkeeper."Yes," I replied. "And they have little heads, too."


Len First Quote:


I don't have false teeth.


Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?


Carol Burnett


Pg 2 • JANUARY 2020 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC.


Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read. Leo Burnett


NEW!


NOTE:


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32