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THIS CORNER
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| By: SCOTT GONZALES |
May 10, 2012 |
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Three years ago the daughters of John and Marietta Fiarkoski of Lake Panorama bought their mother a rose bush.
Despite some loving care, the bush did not thrive but neither did it die.
Last August, the Fiarkoski's five children visited their parents in what was the final family gathering at Lake Panorama as John and Marietta are planning to move from the area.
All five children were here on a Saturday and that day, the bush five beautiful roses blossomed.
Four children left the next day and four of the flowers dropped from the bush.
The final rose fell when the Fiarkoski's son left on Monday.
What a wonderful Mother's Day memory that sickly rose bush provided.
--TC--
Ladies--What's the fastest way to a man's heart?
Through his chest with a sharp knife.
--TC--
A blonde was flying in a two-seater airplane with the pilot who suffered a heart attack and died.
She, frantic, calls out a May Day.
"May Day! May Day! Help me! Help me! My pilot had a heart attack and is dead and I don't know how to fly. Help me! Please help me!"
A voice came over the radio saying:
"This is Air Traffic Control and I have you loud and clear. I will talk you through this and get you back on the ground. I've had a lot of experience with this kind of problem. Now, just take a deep breath. Everything will be fine! Now give me your height and position."
She reported, "I'm 5'4'' and I'm in the front seat."
"O.K." said the voice on the radio, "Repeat after me: Our Father, Who art in Heaven..."
--TC--
A couple of weeks ago a car drove into the golf course and struck a tree at Lake Panorama. Last week a car nearly drove into the lake.
Over the years I've seen one vehicle sink into the water and that happened while the owners were taking out their boat at the marina. Last week would have been nearly as entertaining.
Over the years lake residents have devised various methods of driving geese from their properties. My neighbor, Bill Clarke, purchased a remote control car to patrol his yard and shoreline.
When several unsuspecting geese roamed into his yard last week, he sicced his battery operated vehicle on them. All appeared well until the car made a 45-degree angle turn into my yard. That's when Bill realized he'd lost control.
The remote and the car both have batteries. The one in the remote wasn't working, the one in the car was.
The vehicle was speeding toward the lake with Bill in hot? pursuit. He watched it jump from the shoreline out of sight into no doubt a watery grave.
But, when he got to the entry point he was surprised to hear its wheels spinning. Upon further inspection, he found it caught up in a clump of foliage in the rip-rap. Fortunately I had not taken the weed eater out of the shed yet this spring.
You're welcome, Bill.
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©Guthrie Center Times 2013
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