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     As many of you know we like things celestial and talk quite a bit about planets, the International Space Station and other astronomical phenomena. One thing we haven't mentioned is alien space craft. You know, flying saucers and little green, big eyed men. While Area 51 has always been a fascination and it's fun to think about the possibilities of life from outer space real proof is hard to come by.
This week's site muddies the water a little more as to whether there really are E.T.'s out there. www.ufoartwork.com has a collection of UFO art that is quite incredible. It's categorized into Artwork A.D., Artwork B.C., Pre 1974 photographs and Hoaxes and Misinterpretations. It's truly amazing how much information Matthew Hurley has pulled together. It has to be a labor of love. We hope you find this web site as interesting and thought provoking as we have.

Fall Leaves Book Mark

     Now that you are back in school you are probably doing lots of reading and have lots of assignments. These book marks look really great and will help you keep your place. This project uses scissors so please get some adult supervision when cutting out the felt.

Here's what you'll need:

Felt, fall colors
Small hair clips
3" X 5" Cards or heavy card stock
Tacky Glue

There are a lot of different ways to make this project. I'm sure you will figure out which way works best for you.
You can use stamps to imprint a leaf onto a piece of felt or you can draw a leaf. It needs to be about 1 1/2" to 2" long.
Cut out around the leaf.
Glue the leaf to another piece of felt that's a different color.

Remember we have all of our past projects archived on our web site at www.runnerduck.com. Just click on the Projects or Kids Only Eggs.

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We thought it would be fun to bring you some more music humor. Theses song titles come from Jeffery F. in Texas.

Subject: Favorite Country Western Titles

I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like Having You Here

Four on the Floor and a Fifth Under the Seat

If You Can't Be Good, Be Bad With Me

How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?

Welcome to Dumpsville, Population Me

If Love Were Oil, I'd Be a Quart Low

My Phone Ain't Been Ringing, So I Guess it Wasn't You

Is It Cold In Here, or Is It Just You?

We Used to Kiss on the Lips, But It's All Over Now

Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone

How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me?

You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly

You Were Only a Splinter as I Slid Down the Banister of Life

I Fell in a Pile of You and Got Love All Over Me

My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, and I Sure Do Miss Him

If You Want to Keep the Beer Real Cold, Put it Next to My Ex-Wife's Heart

She Looks Good Through the Bottom of My Shot Glass

If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead?

I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim is Getting Better

I'll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let's Honeymoon Tonight

     The Tempos big swing band is available for hire. If you have a special event that could use the wonderful music of a classic sixteen piece big band be sure to contact thetempos@runnerduck.com. We perform all over the Seattle area for all sorts of events.

Artie Shaw - still as feisty as ever! I got the following from my friend Jeff F.

A story in the Los Angeles Times today reports on Artie Shaw, 93, being honored in Westlake Village as he was presented with the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal for his contributions to music. Shaw lives in Newbury Park, about 5 miles from my house and occasionally pops up in the news. This time he was presenting two of his clarinets, which have remained dormant and unplayed since 1954, to the Smithsonian in Washington. Artie's hearing and eyesight have been deteriorating lately and he is wheelchair bound, but his mind is still active as well as his aversion to stupid questions from the press. Here are some exchanges that were reported in the Times:

Q: "What's the difference between you and Benny Goodman?"
A: "Well, I'm alive."

Q: "What's so special about this clarinet you're donating?"
A: "It's not the clarinet. It's me."

Q: "Why did you switch from alto sax to clarinet?"
A: "I was playing and recording in studios around New York - we had to run from program to program - and I was always having to run around with my sax, and, well, the clarinet weighs less."

When asked why he left the U.S. in 1954: "I could no longer stand the fulminating of McCarthy, so I went to Spain. Five years later, someone told me 'It's better now,' so I came home, and the first thing I heard was Lawrence Welk on TV."

Despite all his infirmities, Artie remains Artie.

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Remember, we have a link on our web site, www.runnerduck.com, to our ever popular Grammy® Shopper site. If you haven't been there yet just click HERE to see all the 2003 Grammy® winners complete with links to purchase any one of them.

      Fall is here and the leaves will soon be falling. When I was growing up everyone would rake the leaves into big piles and burn them. I always sort of liked that smell but with all the environmental concerns they don't let you do that much any more. We how have yard waste pick-up to hall all of those leaves away. We think we have a better suggestion. Use those leaves for winter protection on the plants you've pruned back and for compost. Rake the leaves onto the flower gardens and it will work like an insulating blanket. As the rains come the leaves will compress down and become compost in the spring. Ken's dad use to do that with the Fuchsias that he had planted it the ground and it worked great.

If you have a conservation tip please send it to conservation@runnerduck.com and we'll post it in our newsletter.

   THIS WEEK'S FREE RECIPE

Topping:

• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 1/3 Cup Flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 1/2 Cup Butter
• 1/2 Cup Nuts (optional)

Remember, if you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to marilyn@runnerduck.com.

     Every month we post a new recipe on our web page. Be sure and check out the September recipe at the RunnerDuck Kitchen Store.
We'd be happy to post your favorite recipe there or in our newsletter and give you credit. Just drop a line to marilyn@runnerduck.com.

"Scones, Muffins, and Tea Cakes: Breakfast Breads and Teatime Spreads" by Heidi H. Cusick

To compliment our fabulous coffee cake recipe this week we found this great cookbook. Dani Crum from Alice Springs, Australia reviewed this cookbook and wrote the following. This book is fabulous! I've made most of the scone recipes and am starting to work my way through the muffins and tea cakes. I usually bring the results in to work, and everyone (Australians and Americans, both) loves the dishes from this cookbook. In addition, the recipes are straight forward, nicely illustrated, and easily lend themselves to experimentation. An excellent book for anyone who likes to bake quick breads of any type.

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5 Drawer Tool Box

Circa 1940's

This week we've added the hardware to the shopping list and cut the panels to size.

Here's what you'll need.

WOOD:
1/2" Oak 204" X 6"
1/2" Plywood 2' X 2'
1/4" Plywood 2' X 6'
1/2" Maple 19" X 72"
1/4" Maple 5" X 60"

HARDWARE:
We ordered all our hardware from Rockler and it arrived within a week. They had what we needed and their prices seemed fair. To place an order with them just click on the link above and enter the SKU numbers below.

Brass Plated Corners
1 package of 4 SKU 27508

Leather Handle
1 each SKU 90255

Brass Plated Unpinned Loops for Leather Handle
1 pair SKU 90241

Brass Plated Classic Oblong Catches
4 each SKU 89921

Butterfly Hinges
1 pair SKU 25783

Tool Box Lock
1 each SKU 79236

Briefcase Support
1 each SKU 34090

Brass Plated Locking Drawbolt
1 pair SKU 53538

As I mentioned last week this project will take a while. First there were the glue-ups that we started last week. After you've glued up the panels you need to clean off all the glue on the joint. The best tool I've found for this is a scraper. You can purchase scrapers at most any of the woodworking stores like Rockler or you can use the blade of a plane. Just drag the scraper toward you along the glue joint. Take nice smooth long strokes and don't get in a hurry. Depending on how well you aligned the seams it could take lots of scraping.

We hope you enjoy our projects. Remember, if you ever have any problems with our projects just drop us a line and we'll try to help. Since we build every one of these projects we have a pretty good idea of how to get through them. We also make lots of mistakes so we can help avoid them. If you have a project that you would like to share please send us an email and we'll help get it published in the RunnerDuck review. We are looking for woodworking, gardening, crafts and kids projects so send us your thoughts at projects@runnerduck.com .

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Roger H. one of the trumpet players in The Tempos sent us this riddle.

See if you can figure out this riddle before you read the solution. This is a detective story so pay close attention!!!

Three elderly ladies are excited about seeing their first Cardinals baseball game. They smuggle a bottle of Jack Daniel's into the ball park. The game is real exciting and they are enjoying themselves immensely mixing the Jack Daniel's with soft drinks. Soon they realize that the bottle is almost gone and the game has a lot of innings to go. Based on the given information, what inning is it and how many players are on base?

Think!

Think some more!!

You're gonna love it......

Answer: it's the bottom of the fifth and the bags are loaded........

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