Happy Days Links

Our "Dinner Theater" on June 12 will feature a "Happy Days Talent Show."

This is posted for the education of our young actors who don't really remember watching Happy Days on TV.


Pilot introduces Richie and Potsie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ViNy6JDTg

Fonzie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2i0QWXvOn0&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NxGO2lx-A0

Catchphrases from the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvU1vJ29C4&NR=1

Joanie grows up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5lBs_j-5Wg

There are quite a few more clips from the show on You Tube.

Marriage Matters

Adam Faughn, who preaches in Nashville, TN, does a great job with his blog. Recently, he offered a recommended reading list for newlyweds. I'm familiar with most of the books on Adam's list and add my thumbs up to them ... not just for newlyweds, but for anyone interested in making his or her marriage better. It's ideal for husbands and wives to read some of these books together. Here's a link to Adam's blog

Kenny Pearson to Speak Sunday

Scheduling was late so no earlier announcements were possible, but Kenny Pearson will be speaking for us Sunday morning, May 24. He will give an update about his prison ministry work, which has been partially supported by the Skagit Valley church for many years.

Ida, the Monkey (Does This Prove Evolution?)

You can't get away from news of the fantastic discovery of the "missing link." Even trying to do a Google search and you see the fossil. The word spreading like wildfire is that this discovering proves evolution to be true.

Not so fast. There is a great deal yet to be proven before these claims can be accepted. Here's a link to the Institute for Creation Research web site which gives their preliminary reaction to the news.

May 17, 2009

Attendance was way down today because we had many people out-of-town and did not have as many visitors as we had on recent Sundays. 71 were present, with only 3 visitors. Regular attenders absent today totaled 36, the highest number since we started keeping that statistic.

Your prayers are requested for Hazel Holden, Trish Gaines' mother, who is now staying with the Gaineses. Hazel has been a faithful Christian for many years, but she is suffering from rapidly-advancing Alzheimer's disease (which has resulted in drastic changes in her personality). Please remember Trish as well as she undertakes the trying job of being a caregiver for her mother.

Karla Williamson offered a card of praise that her parents arrived safely home after their visit to Karla and her family last week.

Karla also offered a card announcing that all ladies should bring a brunch item for Sunday May 31st during the Bible class hour. The ladies will meet to organize their new Ladies' Bible class and enjoy fellowship together. Please let Karla know if you would like the study book that the class will be using. It will cost $8.

Please continue to remember Rentz Gullick, who will have a procedure done for bladder cancer on Tuesday, May 26. Also remember Ruth Lake Wilkison who had an ingrown toenail removed Friday.

Just FYI: Major Mount Vernon Intersection to be Closed

What follows is an email from the Washington DOT announcing that the intersection of College Way and Riverside Drive in Mount Vernon will be closed for one week beginning May 10th. I am posting this information here for the convenience of our members who will have to take detours around this major intersection in our just-across-the-river neighboring city:

SR 538/Riverside Drive intersection closure delayed one week

MOUNT VERNON – Crews have delayed the weeklong SR 538/Riverside Drive intersection closure for one week due to a forecast of rainy, cool weather for the week of May 4. The closure was originally scheduled for May 3 through May 11.

The weeklong intersection closure will now start at 9 p.m. Sunday, May 10, and end by 6 a.m. Monday, May 18.

This $2.7 million project will help support more than 27 local workers and several local construction companies.

Detour signs will be posted in advance along Riverside Drive and SR 538 (College Way) to direct drivers around the closure. Signed detours will direct traffic north around the intersection via Urban Avenue, Commercial and Market streets. Drivers will use 18^th and Fir streets and Freeway Drive to detour south around the closure.

Drivers will still have access to all businesses near the intersection. For more details on detour routes and business access, see our maps on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157616809468328/

The Riverside Drive improvements are the first part of a project that also includes repaving a five-mile stretch of SR 536 and a half-mile of SR 538 in Mount Vernon. Construction at all three locations is expected to be complete by fall 2009.

For more information about this project, visit the project Web page at www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR536/SR538Paving.

Travelers Coming Home

Judy Hill is traveling home from California today. Her son, Robbie, has made considerable improvement after the accident where he was seriously burned. He is now home and on the road to recovery.

Roger and Jacqueline Todd are coming back from Germany this week. It will be good to have them home.