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Privileged Members & Guests Of
Sizzler Nation:
SIZZLER CITY------Toasty Greetings From Sizzler
Central, where there has been some light
rain,temporarily precluding my blueberry picking.
Fear not ye! Prognosticators are calling for more of
that dreaded humidity and even peaks of
sunshine.Then we will commence toil.
* Employees of The Nation are under orders to select
only the finest berries for its citizens. You
deserve no less than the best. When they have been
harvested from the fields, our workers( all
documented, with green cards to prove it) will
squash them with their bare feet MOST (75%?) OF OUR
EMPLOYEES ARE OVER THE PODIATRIC FUNGAL EPIDEMIC,
WHICH WROUGHT UNTOLD ECONOMIC HARM TO THE INDUSTRY
FOR A SPELL.), thus producing the choicest elixir
known to mankind. Its flavor is exquisite and best
experienced by our annual taste test. This fruit of
the vine, once aged, has a market value which only
increases in value. It can also be savored freshly
squeezed and unfermented. Or a la carte.
At any rate, we will make every effort to see that
you and your family can experience this delectable
libation for yourselves or simply pop the berries
into your mouth before they have been mashed by
the feet of our employees.It is your choice.
So tomorrow evening concludes the 10th annual summer
sizzler races. And it has been a fine year indeed.
Tempus fugits. Verily.
* I am hereby putting the clarion call for
volunteers out there as well.I may need four.
>One to mind a water table I want to have for the
runners at the halfway mark, as it is supposed to be
100 F and our race name will get to be fully
realized. A sizzlin' scorcher .
>One to hand out our novelty items at the end of the
finish line chute.
>One to help Molly with cookin' up them hot dogs.
Quite a task. Maybe two there.
>One extra to help with the finish line timing.
Please call our Volunteer Coordinator Raoul
Castro(who is taking over until Fidel gets over his
stomach virus from some bad marinara sauce he had
last week) at 525-9357 here in Sizzler City.
* What a relay we had last week!Thanks and congrats
to all 41 participants.I knew it was going to be a
fast field after I found myself in midpack with a
5:05 first mile.Mark Miller hung a 4;08 on the
board, while Ben Jenkins posted a 4:13.How humbling
is that! I think I am ready for Rivermeade after
all.
Thanks to Bob,Lisa,Gina and Bill & Kathy for helping
out last week.
* Speaking of same,we hit the Big Time!
The Race Report I wrote last week on that event made
the online edition of New England Runner magazine,
under both "regional" and 'national" news. Check it
out. ( www.nerunner.com). It
is nice to see the smaller races like ours
appreciated by those who value quality over quantity
in the print medium. The little races capture
the essence of distance running, not the
mega stampedes which leave you lighter on the
wallet, another t-shirt richer, feeling used, and
which are so antithetical to our heritage in the
sport. Thank you.......Bob Fitzgerald, Michelle Le
Brun and New England Runner!! That magazine
and The Hockomock Swamp Rat are the only true
publications that put the runner first and which
care deeply about both the past and future of
long-distance competition. Both very -well written.
Danke.
* Enjoy the three enclosures, all free with your
annual Sizzler Nation membership. The relay results,
point standings, and race report on the relay all
for your perusal and edification. Share it with a
friend or beloved family member.
* The novelty items arrived on Friday last and my
cabinet members here are beside themselves with
glee. Some may need taser-tx or tear gas to be kept
in check. They( novelty items, not tear gas or
tasers) will be distributed at the conclusion of the
race.
* Race fee is $5.00 for Nation members, and $10.00
for non-members, visitors and those who only ran in
3 or fewer races this year.No one is refused.
* It is Customer Appreciation Night.On this eve we
show blatant partiality to those who have supported
the races this season.Order of prize selection will
be those who have run the most Sizzlers this year,
down to newbies who will have just completed their
first.
* Also, assuming they show, we salute Iron Men Troy
French and Nick Jenkins, They will not only pick
first from the Table Of Plenty, but both are to be
recipients of a one minute advantage. Moreover, I
will have 2 trivia questions apiece on those
gentlemen. Way to go, guys.
* Our awards night is to be August 9th.If you
have completed four races or more( including the
relay), then you are invited.
* Also, relative to that, we will be voting on which
of the four sizzler locations you'd like to see the
ceremony held:
Nuby.Depot. Norway Hill. Oak Park.
The vote will be conducted by paper ballot. We
promise not to tamper with those things, like they
do in Florida or Ohio.
*Race Details: Oak Park, Greenfield. 6:30 p.m.. Four
miles.$5.00 for Nation Members, $10.00 for
non-members and undocumented guest runners.
Hope to see you there.Thank you all so much for your
faithful support.
Ah-hah! Rain has stopped.
I hope.
Time to make the doughnuts................ and pluck
the fruit from the vines. I understand the laborers
are sanitizing their tootsies and doing toe
exercises massaging heels and arches alike. Oh. What
preparation. I am most blessed to have the under my
employ.
Feel free to call or write about whatever issue
concerns you. Sizzler Nation is a Republic.
Of, by, and for the runners.
Salutations & Well Wishes.
Mr Birse, Proprietor
Sizzler Nation Vineyards
525.9357
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