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THE TREASURE HUNT GAME!
by Marilyn Martin


WE HAD A WINNER!!

Yes, we do have a winner of the last Treasure Hunt game! Congratulations to MRS ROELI LUTZ, you are our winner! You just won some great advertising credits donated by our very generous CEO, Mr Bogdan Fiedur.

Don't forget to play the new Treasure Hunt game here in this issue and maybe you will be our next lucky winner of some great advertising credits!! We can all use advertising credits, right? So, Good Luck and Have Fun Playing!

Here are the correct answers; 1) Mrs. Ana Marie Padurean 2) Mr. Pierre Louma 3) Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper4) Jill Bachman 5) Ms. Pat B. 6) 'Poem of Gratitude' 7) Mr. Alan Long 8) Thomas Orban 9) "Snickers Loves to Fish" 10) knife painting 11) Christmas - December 25

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Hi Everyone! This is Marilyn Martin, the Editor here, and I just wanted to let you all know that I would love to hear from you. Do you have any comments or suggestions you would like to make about the Newsletter? If so, feel free to contact me any time, and let me know what you have to say...positive or negative! I have no problem with criticism because that just lets me know where we need to improve.

Marilyn Martin

We have a couple of Prayer Requests that need to go out this time around!

We would like to continue to send our prayers out to MS LISA WESTBERRY and her family. Elizabeth is finished with radiation now, but she is still not eating very well. This week she had managed to eat a couple of little bites of food, but she is now back in the hospital with an infection. We pray that she gets the medicine needed to kill this infection and the doctors can find out what is causing it.

We would like to send our thoughts and prayers to Heidi Stern and her family. Heidi and her family have been going through some very trying times for about a month now, and they need some prayers to help them get through these trials and tribulations.

The Newsletter Team would like to send our "Congratulations" to Louis Pominville on his recent marriage! CONGRATULATIONS LOUIS! May You and Your New Wife Enjoy A Long and Happy Life Together.

If you know of someone that needs praying for please send us the information and we will add them to our prayer list in the next Newsletter. Thank you.

Marilyn Martin and her team members work very hard to bring this forum
to you each and every week. Everyone loves the forum, and lots of people write and tell the Team how they look forward to it coming out each week, and enjoy reading it.

Introducing our 71st Shining Star: MS MARION TUCKER.

MARION is a very dear, sweet, kind, and loving person. She is very well liked here at ALP and she is a friend to everyone. Marion is involved with Direct Matches, and has made a very successful with them. Marion (aka Goldie) has many interests to include reading, photography, self-development, and health... to name just a few. Please help us to Congratulate this very beautiful lady as one of our *Shining Stars* for this week! HERE

Introducing our 72nd Shining Star: MR LEE TALMADGE.

LEE is a really great guy with a wonderful sense of humor, and a fantastic smile! Lee, aka Joelees Wholesale, is a good friend to many here, and is always willing to help whenever he is needed. Lee's interests include gardening, skiing, camping, and friends...just to name a few. Please help us to Congratulate this wonderful man as one of this week's *Shining Star* HERE

Introducing our 73rd Shining Star: MS YVETTE LEMON TOLLIVER.

YVETTE is a very sweet and lovely lady with a smile that lights up any room she is in! She is always kind, considerate, very friendly, and always willing to help others. Some of Yvette's interests include cooking, movies, and games just to name a few! Please help us to Congratulate this very lovely and sweet lady as one of this week's *Shining Stars* HERE

Introducing our 74th Shining Star: MR. JIM ALLEN III

JIM is a true Southern gentleman from Tennessee! Jim has been happily married for 23 years and has 2 wonderful sons. Some of his interests include gardening, fishing and hunting, and football...just to name a few. Please help us to Congratulate this good ole Country Boy as one of our *Shining Stars* for this week! HERE

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In this issue of the Newsletter we are featuring another one of AdlandPro's poets, MS. BABETTE GUMAHAD. Babette is an awesome poet.

Q. How long have you been writing poetry, Babette?

A. I used to write as a child, but stopped when I went through teen-age "rebellion". Then I started writing again in my mid-late 20's, and then I stopped completely again. I recently started writing again, all the poems posted in my forum I wrote in July 2007.

What motivates your writings?

Well, Nov. 05 I began experiencing neurological symptoms. Jan. 06, I was diagnosed with having a brain lesion, then Feb. with a serious neurological illness. Procedures were again repeated in latter part of April 06 to re-confirm. Went through the whole roller coaster ride of emotions, denial, etc. I had to take medical leave from work Feb 5, 2006 and returned April 9, 2006. I found out that day that I had been demoted from being Executive Director to Sr. Director of Operations. It took a lot of courage to continue with the company. May 21, 2006, 911 was called...then I knew I was going to be placed on short-term disability and now long-term disability through my employer. My illness is my motivation. I find it as a release of internal and external emotional pain and anger

Does the writing just flow, or is it something you have to work at?

For some reason words suddenly appear in my vision. Once I start writing, all words used just fluidly flow in my vision, then onto the paper. I can describe it as if someone is dictating these words to me. It takes about 5-10 mins to finish a poem. This is considered as God's blessing, bringing back the creativity once hidden and lost.

I want to thank Babette for this great poem, and for letting us know a little bit more about herself. We would like to wish Babette much more continued success with writing her poetry, and with whatever else life has to offer her. Good Luck to you!

Written By: JUDY SMITH

I was trying to mow the lawn before my husband got home from work, but our electric lawn mower refused to cooperate. It would run fine for a few seconds, then cut off, run again, cut off. Finally, I gave up and waited for my husband. He had a good laugh when he diagnosed the problem. Instead of plugging in the mower using a three-prong adapter, I'd hooked up the cord through the Christmas-tree light blinker control.

When I stopped the bus to pick up Chris for preschool, I noticed an older woman hugging him as he left the house. "Is that your grandmother?" I asked.
"Yes," Chris said. "She's come to visit us for Christmas."
"How nice," I said. "Where does she live?"
"At the airport," Chris replied. "Whenever we want her we just go out there and get her."

My wife asked me to help wrap Christmas presents this year, but I was watching football and declined to help. She then informed me that if I didn't help, I'd be in big, big trouble, so I helped.
However, she didn't tell me to put tags on them, so I think I may be in trouble anyway.

In Modesto, California, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.

Contributed By: NAN HERRING

* * * *THE ART CORNER* * * *

I am thrilled and honored to be the writer of this edition of THE ART CORNER. These ladies work so hard always. These 3 ladies, ROSE ENDERUD, JENNY SJ, VENERINA CONTI, really out do themselves presenting this forum to us every 3 weeks.

I have the pleasure and high honor of bringing you the art of Cindy Beck. She is an accomplished equine artist, and also likes to do other animals. Her horses are so lifelike that you can almost see them running and here their thundering hoofs pounding the ground. She credits all her time working with the horse closely to her ability to portray the equine form so well. All that time grooming, feeding, riding, and watching gave her an intimate understanding of the form, the movement and the grace these majestic animals have.

Alan is an amazing artist, he has mastered the skill of knife paintings, and is able to paint and complete the entire picture with the use of painting knives, except his signature. You see those little birds flying in his beautiful landscapes and seascapes are by sharp tiny brushes. With the special skill of knife painting, Alan has established his very own characteristic impressionism. His art lovers can easily identify his paintings before even looking at his signature.

My personal favorite is the leopard. I have been fortunate to be up close and personal with one of these magnificent creatures and Cindy has captured a side of this animal that we don't normally get to experience.

She is self taught except for art in high school. She mostly works in acrylics and pastels. I, for one, am looking forward to seeing much more of this fine artist's work. Go enjoy the magical stories she weaves with her art.

It has been an extreme pleasure for me to bring you this addition of The Art Corner