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Grand Saint of God

Messerschmidt, Ruth Bergert
TUSCALOOSA Ruth Bergert Messerschmidt, age 88, of Tuscaloosa, was invited by her Lord Jesus to come home on Monday, April 27, 2009, at Heritage Health Care Facility. She is survived by her beloved husband of 47 years, Edwin; a foster daughter, Faye Carlson and her husband Kenneth, who have three children and six grandchildren. Ruth was blessed with a fulfilling life as she served the Lord as a musician, and missionary alongside her husband Edwin. A memorial service will be held at Grace Church at 2112 Hargrove Road E. in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 8. 2009. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Ruth Messerschmidt Missionary Fund at Grace Church, 2112 Hargrove Rd E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35405. Donations made to this fund will be used for worldwide mission work.
Published in the Tuscaloosa News on 4/29/2009

Oldest Competitive Bowler

Centenarian rolls into bowling history in Nevada

By MARTIN GRIFFITH
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

RENO, Nev. -- A 100-year-old woman from New Jersey has become the oldest competitor in the history of the United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships.

Emma Hendrickson of Morris Plains, N.J., was presented Saturday night with a plaque and a medallion to commemorate her 50th consecutive appearance in the tournament. She also received a pendant with her birthstone in recognition of her status as the tournament's oldest participant.

The great-great-grandmother rolled a 115, 97 and 106 for a 318 series during team competition at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno.

Hendrickson, who celebrated her birthday less than a month ago, said her teammates sometimes help her line up because her eyesight has diminished over the years.

"I can see the ten pins standing clearly, but it's difficult to see what pins are standing for spares," she said.

Hendrickson previously shared the record with Ethel Brunnick of Santa Monica, Calif., who competed in 1987 at 99.

Hendrickson's bowling activity is supported by her 27 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Her husband and two children have passed away.

"I think it's what keeps her going," granddaughter Karen Mariani, 45, told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "It's something she did with her husband, with our mother."

She has no plans to stop; she has already signed up to compete in the 2010 event in El Paso, Texas

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Hold My Beer and Watch This.

Woman with beer can in hand starts brawl at wake

Posted: Apr. 6 4:34 p.m.

MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Sheriff's deputies said a Texas woman started a brawl at a wake in Arkansas when she arrived with a beer can in her hand. The woman, 52, faces a third-degree domestic battery charges, as does another woman, 46, over the March 29 fight. Deputies said the first woman arrived at the Christies Chapel Church with a beer can in hand and that she refused to leave.

The first woman then allegedly grabbed a man by the face, leaving scratch marks on his lower right cheek and causing him to bleed. The man's mother, then allegedly slapped the woman and kicked another woman in the chest.

A sheriff's report claimed the woman with the beer became "passively aggressive" with deputies and said that "no backwood country cop" was going to take her to jail

Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle festival

Fri Mar 27, 9:55 pm ET

OAKDALE, Calif. – The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale's annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. On Monday, volunteers with the town's Rotary Club plan to fry up 400 pounds of the private parts of bulls and serve them to diners who pay $50 apiece for the sit-down meal.

The event, whose proceeds also benefit the Oakland Cowboy Museum, has drawn an average of 450 people and last year raised $28,000.

It's common practice on cattle ranches for young male bovines to be castrated into steers, which after the initial loss, eventually makes them more docile and easier to handle. Fans of the delicacy, also referred to as "mountain oysters," come from around the state.

According to Rotarians, everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to "have a ball."

Wedgie Woman

Woman uses wedgie to capture suspected thief

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SALT LAKE CITY – It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car. Yvonne Morris, a technician at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, said she chased a man who broke into a co-worker's car, but he kept squirming away from her.

The third time, Morris grabbed hold of the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive.

The man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of vehicle burglary, possession of stolen property and outstanding warrants.

How To Duplicate a Twinkie

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Incredible Story about Little Girl Named Hannah. Please Read and Respond

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This little girl is dying of brain cancer and all she wants is Christmas cards. You can also check her story of www.caringbridge.org/visit/hannahgarman. She is a precious looking child.

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Tail Gating Dog

A lady was telling the other day that she saw a man driving down the interstate, and a dog was hanging on to the tail gate for dear life. She said if he hadn't been going so fast in the other direction she would have tried to stop him.

A few weeks later her son see's this truck at the bass pro shop! It's a taxidermist! THIS IS REALLY IN DAPHNE ALABAMA!

The Worst Best Man Ever

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Blind Dare Devil/ Unbelievable

Blind Belgian drives at 192 miles per hour

By AFP 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

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ISTRES, France (AFP) – Blind Belgian daredevil Luc Costermans won a world record Saturday when he hit 308.78 kilometres (192 miles) per hour driving a Lamborghini Gallardo supercar on a French airstrip.

The 43-year-old, who was blinded in an accident four years ago, hit the top speed twice in the borrowed car at the Istres airbase in southern France.

Costermans thanked his co-pilot Guillaume Roman, the air force and his sponsors, and dedicated his record to the Formula 1 driver Philippe Streiff, who has been a tetraplegic since an accident in the 1989 Brasil Grand Prix.

The blind road speed record was previously held by Britain’s Mike Newman, who hit 268 kilometres per hour in October 2005 in a modified BMW M5.

"In God We Trust"

Insanity, Vanity or Blasphemous? What do you think? Please let me know.

ZION, Ill. - A school bus driver and amateur artist from the Chicago suburb of Zion has legally changed his name to "In God We Trust."

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A Lake County circuit court judge approved Steve Kreuscher's (CROY'-shirz) name change petition on Friday.

The 57-year-old's first name was changed to "In God," while his last name was changed to "We Trust."

He says the new name symbolizes the help God gave him during tough times and says he can't wait to begin signing his artwork with the new moniker.

Unicorn Deer

This deer was found in Italy on a reserve. It's twin has two horns.

Big Day For the Fondren's

For those who don't know yet Tina and Wes are expecting their fourth child. HE will be here in Dec. That's right I am getting another grandson to go along with all those beautiful granddaughters. Congratulations Wes, Tina, Lyndal, Alina and Cohen.

Jacob and the Staggs

This is my daughter Joy Staggs and Jacob. Jeremy and Joy are Jacob's guardians. Jacob is 8 mos. old and is sweet as can be. He has captivated all of our hearts and loves to be loved on. I just wanted to introduce him to the one's who have not met him yet.

Man in Coffee Beans

FIND THE MAN IN THE COFFEE BEAN S:
This is bizarre -- after you find the guy -- it's so obvious. Once you fin d h im it's embarrassing, and you think, Why didn't I see him i mmediately?

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein. If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!
And, yes, the man is really there!!!

Where Two or More Are Gathered Toghether.

Humor While At The Pump

READ THIS ARTICLE & WEEP!!!

Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...

Trying to find something funny in the absurdity of it all .......................

The price of Gas versus Printer Ink

All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are....

You will be really shocked by the last one!

(At least, I was...)

Compared with Gasoline......

Think a gallon of gas is expensive?

This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective to other things we buy.

Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ... $10.32 per gallon

Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ..........$9.52 per gallon<>

Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon

Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 .......... $10.00 per gallon

Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ....... $33.60 per gallon

Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 .... $178.13 per gallon

Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .. $123.20 per gallon

Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ...... . $25.42 per gallon

Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon

And this is the REAL KICKER...

Evian water 9 oz $1.49..$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the buyers don't even know the source

(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)

Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?

So they have you hooked for the ink.

Someone calculated the cost of the ink at...............

(you won't believe it....but it is true........)

$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)

So, the next time you're at the pump ,be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!

Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...

And - If you don't pass this along to at least one person,

your muffler will fall off!!

Okay, your muffler won't really fall off...