Re: Life in Eau Claire is Busy (Ken Anderson)

[Janet Anderson]

Ken, I think that, as long as you are physically able and enjoy it, you should 
keep right on with the parades and appearances.  You bring a lot of joy to 
people, you introduce youngsters to TAGS, and you obviously enjoy it, too.  And 
it would appear that Linda is very supportive.  So my advice is, don't give it 
up!

Thelma Lou
(Janet)


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{Spam?} Life in Eau Claire is Busy

[Ken Anderson]

Well, our car show and parade season is well underway here in Wisconsin.
It got off to a rather rainy start with four events being cancelled in one
week.  But this weekend we did one car show and two parades.

Everytime I start to think of maybe cutting back on the parades something
happens to change my mind.  Today I was doing a parade in a small town and
the parade is a very large one that attracts a lot of very enthusiastic
people.  As I was walking along interacting with the kids and handing out
some citations, a little boy of about four years old came up to me and
shook my hand and said, "When I grow up I want to be just like you."  That
one touched me.

Here is the link to my June column if you are interested.  It is entitled
"Fishing Mayhem in Mayberry"
.
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/179900_90ce43fe837d495d999654d52c738968.pdf

I have two major presentations to do in the next few weeks.  I have been
asked to speak on the history of my small hometown village at the annual
Dorchester Days Celebration.  So I have put together a powerpoint
presentation for that and then I have been asked to do a program
"Remembering 1964" for my 55th high school class reunion.  So I am working
on that.

Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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RE: TAGS and Eau Claire Police

[Ed Mease]

Ken - 

 

Did "the funeral home guy" (. not to be confused with "the My Pillow guy" or
"the Mayberry Guru") also offer to take a look at your television set?  

 

Ed Mease

Leavenworth, KS

me...@kc.rr.com   

 

 

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TAGS and Eau Claire Police

[Ken Anderson]

I was washing my squad car today getting ready for a car show when an Eau
Claire Police Car pulled up to our house.  Two police officers came up to
me and introduced themselves.  The one officer was training a new rookie,
Hmong officer, who was not at all familiar with TAGS.  He wanted the new
officer to meet me.  So they spent about 20 minutes with me talking about
TAGS and Mayberry.  The Hmong officer, whose family came from Laos, of
course had no idea what TAGS was all about.  But he sure did by the time
they left.

Two days ago at a car show a gentleman came up to me and handed me his
business card.  It said he was a U.S. Marshal.  He said he had seen my car
around the city and he always wanted to meet me and talk about TAGS.

Last night I went to the visitation for a 95 year old friend who died.  It
was at a new big funeral home where I had never been.  I walked in the door
and the funeral director walked up to me and said, "Hey, you're the
Mayberry Guy". For a minute I thought he had me mixed up with the "My
Pillow Guy".  He then told me that if I ever wanted to go to Mt. Airy, I
should let him know and he would drive me there.  But I don't know.  I was
afraid to ask if I would have to ride in the back of his hearse.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Decoration Day in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

If you are interested in reading my June article for "The Review" here is
the link.  My article this month is called "Floyd's Barbershop", a
nostalgic look back at the small town barber shops.

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/179900_f19c749666794052a69c32f57cbbe291.pdf

May you all have a safe and wonderful "Decoration Day".  We will be doing
Eau Claire's Parade.  I will be driving the squad car and playing "God
Bless America" with Kate Smith through my car PA system.  My wife will have
the honor once again being the driver for the Gold Star Mother with our
1966 Chevy convertible.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Eau Claire

[Margaret Bentle]

I know this has nothing to do with TAGS, but just hearing Eau Claire made
me think of Mr. Anderson.
Ken Anderson.  I thought you might like the following information.
 Eau Claire Olympian Ben Loomis finished 41st out of 47 competitors
Wednesday in the first Nordic Combined event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in
Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Andy: "Act like somebody."
Have a Mayberry kind of day.

Margaret
Floyd: "I'm going to Nashville."
Margaret: I already live in Nashville.
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Merry Christmas from Cold and Snowy Eau Claire, WI

[Ken Anderson]

It is Christmas Eve and as I sit here listening to Christmas carols, I am
reflecting on how much Christmas has changed since I was a young boy
growing up in a very small town in the 50's.
Christmas was a real time for family and friends.  Our school and town had
no issues with having a "Christmas Program" where the kids portrayed
shepherds and angels.  None of us had to travel for Christmas as most of
our family were all within a few minutes drive from home.  Our gifts were
wonderful, yet our parents did not accumulate a lot of debt in order to
purchase them.  They bought what they could afford.  We had no need for
lengthy printed Christmas letters as we were such a close knit community
that we already knew what our family and friends had done during the year.
No trips to the malls or other big box stores.  A lot of our gifts were
purchased through Christmas catalogs or from local merchants.  We had no
shrimp, crab legs, oysters, or other exotic foods as our local grocers did
not carry any of it and I am sure our mothers would not have known how to
cook them.  No internet to find out either.

I guess what I am trying to say is that like everything else in life,
Christmas has changed a lot.  And I don't think it has been for the better
either.

So now I am going to pop my TAGS DVD in the TV and watch "The Christmas
Story".

Merry Christmas everyone and may you have a happy and healthy 2018.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Update from Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

My wife and I attended a funeral at our former church.  As soon as the
funeral director saw me she had to come up to me and tell me about her new
grandson.  The parents are such TAGS fans that they named their little boy
after one of the Mayberry good citizens.  Yep, they named him Asa.  Bet you
didn't see that one coming;  She said they just loved Asa when he was the
bank guard and the night watchman so they had to name their son after him.
I told her I thought Otis would be a better choice as the little guy
probably has a hard time walking without falling down.

We did our 68th event yesterday and we have three this weekend.  Rather
than slowing down, our schedule is getting busier.  Luckily we have had a
nice cool summer thus far so the parades and car shows have been great.

I did my presentation at a senior citizen luncheon on Tuesday and when I
finished quite a few of the seniors were wiping their eyes.  They thanked
me so much for bringing back so many memories for them.  I even sold  six
books.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Mayberry Guru Night in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

We had a couple of great days here in Eau Claire.  Our Ford and Lincoln
Dealership had their 3rd annual Rendition Car Show.  We were the winners of
their top Rendition Award for my portrayal of Barney Fife along with our
squad car.  It was a great event.

Last night the Burger King Corporation in Eau Claire hosted a Mayberry Guru
Night at their Weekly Car Show.  What a great night that was.  I received
so much recognition by Burger King with lots of interviews. TV station was
there for their weather report and they too showed the car and talked about
the Mayberry night.  A friend of mine dressed up as Otis and came and he
was a big hit.  There was so much Mayberry love around that a young man got
down on his knees in front of the squad car and proposed to his
girlfriend.  She accepted.

We also won the People's Choice Award.  We have another big car show on
Saturday and a Parade at a Nabor's Day Celebration in a neighboring town.

Check my website at www.themayberryguru,com to see a page dedicated to
Mayberry Guru Night at Burger King.

Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Eau Claire

[luke bandit]

I enjoyed the post Mr. Anderson posted about his 
lecture in Eau Claire.
I looked up Patty Regan on IMDB and found her.
 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716461/ 

Here is a commercial with Patty Regan and Jeno's Pizza Rolls!  So funny!   To 
all of you trained noticers out there,the living room set on the commerical 
looks a awful like the living room set on Bewitched. Also, Patty played a role 
on Bewitched namedDolly.  A human horse!   Mizzes Why-lee of Sand Mt. 
180movie.com
Phil. 4:13  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  
  
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Is Newton Monroe in Eau Claire????

[Ken Anderson]

I have a feeling Monroe Newton might be in Eau Claire this weekend.  I just
listened to our five o'clock news and they told us that the Big Liquidation
Event that a gentleman had set up at our Expo Center has been shut down.
It was suppose to run the entire weekend but the sheriff's department
closed it down after just one hour.  They had received complaints about
some of the merchandise and apparently there was some illegal activity
going on.  I guess old Newton wasn't as ept with painting as he thunk he
was.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Dynamite near Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

The following news story was on one of our TV stations today.  I called the
police to find out if any goats were found in the vicinity, but they
assured me none were seen.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU)- Dynamite was found in an abandoned building in
Buffalo Co. Saturday.

Around 1 A.M. Saturday the Buffalo County Sheriff's office got the call. A
man told deputies he had found the dynamite while cleaning the building.

Deputies say they setup a perimeter around the area until the Dane County
explosives unit arrived.

The unit then brought the dynamite to a secluded area and destroyed it.


-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Robin Hood Comes to Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

-- One of our city theater groups is putting on a production of Robin
Hood.  It is a play about a stupid sheriff and his stupid deputy.  They are
allowing children to attend.  What kind of play is that for children to
see?  A play like that ought to be banned from being on stage.  I know from
personal experience how damaging to a child Robin Hood can be.  When I was
a kid my friends and I would play Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest, I mean
Rau's Woods.  And what character did I get to be?  I always had to be Maid
Marian.  My friends said it was because I had cute legs and I was the only
one who had a sister who would let me wear her dress.  They didn't even let
me have any weenies and root beer.  I had to have cookies and tea.  To this
day I will not allow my wife to buy Robin Hood flour.  I insist she buys
Gold Medal.



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Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Ducks in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

You folks thing good old Andy and Barney are great police officers.  Wait
till you see this short video news clip about one of our Eau Claire police
officers.  He is helping a family of ducks cross a busy street.  And where
are the ducks heading?  Why to the duck pond of course so Barney and Thelma
Lou can watch them.

http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Video-of-Eau-Claire-police-officer-helping-ducks-gains-national-attention-260467841.html

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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The Gypsy Curse in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

Our first parade of the season was a great parade but awful weather.  It
was very cold, windy, and just as the parade began it started to rain and
no sooner was it over and the rain stopped, just like that.  Very strange.
 I think it was a gypsy curse.

Through the forest wild and free comes a gypsy melody.
-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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News from Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

I did a Mayberry presentation last night at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau
Claire.  Great turnout and a very receptive audience.

Picked up the squad car from body shop today.  The new paint job turned out
just beautiful.  So it is all set to go again in the spring.  I put it
away this Saturday in winter storage.  That is always a sad time.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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A Mayberry Saturday in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

A busy Mayberry day here in Eau Claire.  I will have the squad car at our
Chippewa Valley Technical College all day for their 100th Anniversary.  The
criminal justice department is hosting an invite only car show with
vintage cars from the various decades.  They want mine to represent the
police departments from the 60's.  A big celebration with lots going on
albeit will be a cold day only in the 50's.  Then immediately following
that I will be arriving at a home in Eau Claire with lights flashing and
siren blaring to pick up a couple from Chicago.  A lady will be going in to
the hospital for a lung transplant and their family thought a nice ride
around town in the Mayberry Squad Car and the Mayberry Guru would be a good
gift to her before her major surgery.  So I am looking forward to both
event.  Not nearly as good as being at Mayberry Days bu it will certainly
be a great second choice.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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RE: Inarculation Time in Eau Claire

[Good, Don]

...I just realized today that I haven't had my flu shot yet.  So tomorrow I
plan to get inarculated.  I hope they don't wipe off the alcohol after the
inarculation.  I love that smell.
-

Ken, just don't go getting yourself incarcerated. Too much alcohol can do that 
to you.

Don Otis Good

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Inarculation Time in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

I just realized today that I haven't had my flu shot yet.  So tomorrow I
plan to get inarculated.  I hope they don't wipe off the alcohol after the
inarculation.  I love that smell.

Why can't you have cookies and milk after you have been inarculated?

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Mayberry Christmas in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

Our home in Eau Claire is slowly being transformed to a Christmas
Wonderland with our many Christmas trees, outdoor lights, and numerous
decorations.  Among the most prominent is my Hawthorne Mayberry Christmas
Village which is proudly displayed under our Christmas tree in our living
room.  This past summer my wife bought me a beautiful Lionel Polar Express
train which now circles Mayberry as we sit in the living room.  It is
especially enjoyable as our new kitten, Tillie, finds the train
fascinating.  While it slowly circles the tree she follows along behind it
and will occasionally stop to watch it pass through Mayberry.  Then she
once again gets under the tree and follows the train around the tree.  So
we have begun a new Christmas tradition.  I continue to have my other train
sets circling through my other Mayberry Hawthorne Village down in our
family room, so the spirit of Mayberry is found throughout our entire house.

-- 
Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Happy Days and Mayberry Connections in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

I had new carpeting installed in my squad car today.  Not sure if I ever 
mentioned it, but the body shop where I have all the work done is called
Happy Days.  The owner named it such as he was such a big fan of the TV show 
Happy Days and especially Henry Winkler and Ron Howard.
When I picked the car up there were two gentleman standing by it talking about 
just that thing.  So I guess I couldn't have taken it to a better place.
The owner of the shop is so proud of the fact that he gets to do work on it. He 
sponsors many of the car shows that I attend and he represents
what so much of Mayberry is all about.


Ken Anderson
The Mayberry Guru
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-839-8470
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Mayberry on Eau Claire TV News

[Ken Anderson]

I had a very wonderful experience yesterday.  One of our local TV stations, 
WQOW, came to our house to do some taping and interviewing for a Mayberry piece 
they are going to run next Monday night on their six o'clock news.  The 
reporter was really excited about doing a Mayberry story so he spent an hour 
video taping all my Mayberry collections and especially the squad car.  He 
asked me numerous questions and had me demonstrate everything on the car.  I 
had to explain the significance of the one bullet and even had to demonstrate 
taking my gun out of my holster.  First question was whether or not I was a 
Barney Fife impersonator, and I certainly set the record straight on that.  I 
was able to share my story of how I received my uniform from our own David 
Browning and I was able to put in a nice plug for the Digest and of course the 
Taylor Home Inn. He really enjoyed the Hawthorne Villages and taped my trains 
traveling through Mayberry for quite a while too.  He said the piece he was 
planning would be about two minutes long on the nightly news but he wanted to 
do a lot of taping and interviewing so he could do a good job of it.  It will 
be very interesting to see what he comes up with.  I will post a link to the 
video next week after it airs.  I offered my video on the chicken trick but he 
wasn't really interested in that. I suppose he figured it would take the edge 
away from Mr. Food's Program.

Kenneth G. Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-839-8470
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Mayberry in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

  Old Deputy Ken has been mighty busy in Eau Claire since purchasing the 
squad car.  I have won three awards with it already including two very nice 
First Place Trophies.  But the fun part is being dressed in uniform at the 
shows and talking with all the people and handing out junior Mayberry 
Sheriff Badge stickers.  I have three more presentations lined up as a 
result of the car shows so I now have six scheduled in the next few months 
with four alone in October. I am really looking forward to the Mayberry 
Night at Christ Lutheran Church in Rochester, MN on October 1.  This 
Saturday my  wife is driving the Squad Car in our International Folk 
Festival Parade and Deputy Ken will be walking along side handing out 
stickers to the kids.


Kenneth G. Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-839-8470
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Two Ken Anderson's in Eau Claire?

[GRITTON, JOE A (ATTOPS)]

Two Ken Anderson's in the same town?

I just want to know which one of them was the quarterback of the
Cincinnati Bengals a few year back.

The Untrained Voice
 
2 Ken's on the Digest is good too.   I thought the one In Toy Story 3
was hilarious.



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Eau Claire

[Harry Brewbaker]

Ken, You might want to speak to city council and make sure any ordinance 
requires that fences put up to keep chickens out of your yard be made out of 
chicken wire.  Those laying hens like the sun.
  
Harry in Salem, VA
  
This case could be tied up in court for years.


  

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Sharing of Mayberry in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

I have been asked to give my Mayberry presentation at our city Sunrise 
Exchange Club.  It is an organization that raises funds for children's 
projects in Eau Claire. It must be a branch of the Mayberry Underprivileged 
Children's Fund.  The only problem is my presentation is at six thirty in 
the morning for their breakfast meeting.  I think I will forgo my Barney 
Fife uniform and look for a nightshirt and nightcap like Andy wore when he 
was justice of the peace.  It seems that would be more fitting so early in 
the morning.  I am also scheduled to present at the University of 
Wisconsin - Eau Claire's 22nd Annual Senior America Day in March.   I did 
that event last year and had over 80 seniors attend, so I am looking forward 
to it again this year.  Now I have my Power-Point Presentation so I can 
include some episode clips.  My presentation is entitled What's Your Hurry 
and I have about 100 slides that I have created.  There are no Mayberry 
Events here in our part of the state so it is always a joy and privilege 
when I can share my love for Mayberry.


Ken Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire WI 54701
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Eau Claire is not Mayberry

[Ken Anderson]

My subject line is an exact quote Eau Claire is not Mayberry used by a 
local talk show host on one of our Eau Claire radio stations.
What precipitated the comment was the fact that a middle school teacher in 
Eau Claire yesterday announced to five middle school classes that she is 
gay.  I do not want to start a debate, but I just thought it was interesting 
how once again our beloved Mayberry entered into a very controversial 
debate.  Bottom line is:  no place is Mayberry.  There is one and only one 
Mayberry and that is what makes it so special.

Ken Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(Home) 715-839-8470
( Cell ) 715-210-1556
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Mayberry Fun Time in Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

Once a month for the past two years I have been leading the Back to Mayberry 
Bible Study at a large retirement apartment complex. I have gone through all 
of the lessons so we thought we would be through last month. But I asked if 
they would like me to keep coming once a month and just have a Mayberry 
afternoon fun time.  The residents overwhelmingly agreed to this.  So I will 
be continuing once a month.  They want to watch an episode each time and 
then have me read that particular reflection from my book.  I am going to 
take some of my collectibles each time to share with them and I have plans 
to make up trivia games, take my Mayberry jigsaw puzzles, and just come up 
with some good old fashioned Old Time Mayberry Fun.  The average age of 
the residents there is 83 and we have one lady who comes every time who is 
92.  Just thought I would share with you that Mayberry is alive and well in 
Eau Claire.  I am even going to take some rocks one time and show an episode 
of Ernest T, and give them there own personal rock and I am going to paint 
the name Ernest T.  I have an old joke I tell people that I was a rock 
singer when I was young.  I tell them I would stand on a street corner and 
sing and people would throw rocks at me.

Lots of luck to you and yours from me and mine.

Kenneth G. Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
715-839-8470
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Mayberry in Eau Claire, WI

[Ken Anderson]

I was listening to one of our local radio talk shows this morning and they 
were discussing how times have changed and how difficult it is for young 
people now days. The one host mentioned that even though Eau Claire is over 
60,000 people we are in many ways just like Mayberry in that kids can still 
do many of the same things the kids in Mayberry were able to do.  I thought 
this was a fine credit to our community and an even finer credit to 
Mayberry. They went on to say that although we cannot reinvent Mayberry, it 
is good to see our community like it in some ways.  This was a very unusual 
discussion for these two talk show hosts as they are usually very negative 
and critical of all most anything. So it was a nice turnaround for their 
discussion, and to think it took Mayberry to make it happen.

Kenneth G. Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
715-839-8470
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Barney's Visit to Eau Claire

[Ken Anderson]

Being summer is rapidly drawing to a close; I thought I would invite Barney 
to Eau Claire to spend a week with me.  I have an exciting week all planned 
out, and I am sure he will enjoy his visit.  I have a 1966 Chevy convertible 
so I think one night I will get him a date. I have a single blonde neighbor 
gal who is really a fun girl, so I thought we can go to our outdoor drive in 
movie.  On the way home we can drive down to Carson Park and look at the 
ducks.  I have a club meeting on Thursday night and I am hoping to put 
Barney up for an honorary membership.  We will go for the dinner first and 
they can look him over.  Hopefully they will serve their specialty, 
California burger, that's a new sandwich that came out since California 
became a state.  I have a free coupon from Karate America for a free lesson, 
so on Monday I hope to take Barney there and let him use it.  If it is 
really nice we may go golfing.  I usually shoot around 80, so if Barney is 
lucky he might even hit 90 and beat me. Boy that would really be something, 
if old Barn could beat me, wouldn't it? Tuesday morning I have an 
appointment at our bank to let Barney inspect their security system.  They 
just installed new alarms and a video camera.  That should really make 
Barney happy.   On Tuesday night I plan to rent a doctor show video and my 
wife is going to make a pan of cashew fudge.  I hope that doesn't make 
Barney too homesick.  On Friday night we will go out to Smith's Country Inn 
for a pounded steak dinner.  It is located just off the highway outside of 
Eau Claire.  They have place mats on the table and cloth napkins.  Fancy 
fancy.  I just hope Barney isn't disappointed because the waitresses don't 
wear peek a boo blouses. I don't think they will let us take a bottle in 
their either. On Saturday afternoon the Oakwood changes the movie marquee, 
and with a ten screen theater, Barney should really enjoy watching them 
change ten names.  On the way though, I am going to have to avoid driving on 
London Road.  Every Saturday farmers come to town in their pick up trucks 
and they sell their vegetables along that street.  I wouldn't want Barney to 
try and arrest them. But I will take him down to Phoenix Park where we have 
a huge farmer's market, where the farmers are actually invited to come sell 
their produce.  Barney may have a bit of trouble understanding that. I do 
hope Barney remembers to bring his Salt and Pepper, because on Saturday 
night I am hoping to take him to our Arthur Murray dance studio for a free 
dance lesson they offer.  Sunday will be a quiet day.  We will go to church 
and then after dinner we will sit out on the patio.  We will walk down to 
the corner gas station after a while and get a bottle of pop and maybe pick 
up some ice cream.  We might go out to the mall too.  They have an arcade 
there with all kinds of games Barney might like.  They even have a booth 
where we can have our pictures taken, and they are guaranteed not to turn 
yellow.  All in all, I would think Barney is in for a great time.  I can 
hardly wait.  But he did say something about bringing Cousin Virgil along, 
and I am not too sure about that.  I will report back to the digest and let 
you know how things went with Barney's visit to Eau Claire.



Kenneth G. Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
715-839-8470
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