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onto the deer and that would create a story that I would never hear the end of.  I will give updates as they become available.  Stay tuned.
• Rod Hinrichs just arrived with some actual news for us.  I hope you're still reading.  This past weekend Brad, Jean and Davis Carson came for a visit.  Jean and Rod's mother, Marge Hinrichs is a resident at Wheatcrest Hills so the four of them spent Sunday visiting with Marge.
• Plans are underway for our annual Claremont Santa Day.  It will be held at the Claremont Legion Hall on December 7th.  Coffee and cookies will be served.  There will be a craft show running from 10 until 3pm.  Santa and Mrs Claus will bring candy for the kids and there will be drawings for turkeys as well again this year. Plan

now to attend.  Last year was the first time we added crafters and what a nice assortment of reasonably priced merchandise we had for sale.  I was able to accomplish quite a bit of my Christmas shopping right here in Claremont!!!
• I need to get going.  I hope you have a wonderful week.  I plan to sit down with my alarm clock tonight before bed just to see if we can work something out.  I haven't set my sights too high so I guess I'll just have to see what happens.  Best case scenario: everything goes like "clockwork" (I have half a mind to smack the person that coined that phrase.) or worst case scenario: I continue waking up at a concert!