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Hi  and  Happy New Years 
  To All You Wonderful  Funny People  we are starting a new year of laughter and smiles and I am praying that each and everyone of you not only gives out a hole lot of  laughter and smiles but receives many back in returns.  May you find Peace that surpasses all understanding and Love that touches your hearts like never before ! 
P.S.
May peace break into your house, and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires, and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! In simple words .............
May 2008 be the  Your Best year yet !!!!!!! 
 Oh my goodness if you didn't make it to that holiday party you really missed out everyone had a ball we had gift games ,karaoke,face painting, the food was great the fellowship was outstanding Our very own Tiny celebrated his 70th B-day with us !

Our hostess with the mostest Klico had every thing cozy and beautiful THANK So Much  you really  know how to throw a party and also thank you for Princess Pipsqueak who also ran around for food and stuff . And one of the greatest highlights is the show that Warner put on I will never look at puppetry the same it was truly a most awesome performance I hope that everyone that missed the show  is able to see it in the near future maybe a class on puppets would be great soon !!  

January 2008 Meeting
The Most Favorite thing you learned at convention. If you didn’t make it to WRCA but attended another convention or class and have something that might help your fellow clowns out with their clowning feel free to share and if you have hand outs to share that would be great! Please don't be shy we want everyone  to participate a lil we all have special gifts !

Balloon Of the Month
By
Din Dong

Song of the Month
Klinco and Princess Pipsqueak

This is so true!
George Carlin on aging!
(Absolutely Brilliant)
IF YOU DON'T READ THIS TO THE VERY END, YOU HAVE LOST A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, DO AS I AM DOING AND SEND IT ON.
George Carlin's Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get
old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so
excited about aging that you think in fractions.
'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to
the next number, or even a few ahead.
'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life ! You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound Like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa!
Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you
REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become
a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!'
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age,weight
and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay'them.'
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person,
who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the
next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them
, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but
by the moments that take our breath away.

Boo Boo the Clown

Hello COAI members!

What a great year Clowns of America has to offer this year in Virginia!  The theme for the convention is “Your favorite Race Car Driver”!  There will be contests for decorating your tables with race car paraphernalia and the host alley is even going to be offering pace car rides around the track at $10 a ride!  The dates are April 15 through the 20th.  Any questions?  Please don’t hesitate to ask.

Also, don’t forget, if anyone is interested in getting a scholarship to any clown education offered from different organizations (not just COAI) you can send in one by March 1st for consideration.  Please check out the website at www.coai.org for all the benefits COAI has available for the membership!

See you soon!

Candy, Butterscotch the Clown

COAI SW Regional VP 

 

Jan 13-20 Clown Cruise to the Caribbean (Funny Business Reunion)
Contact: Cruises, cruises, cruises (800) 745-7545 cruises3@pacbell.net

Jan 9 Bam n Jam Contact: Kenneth Dolinger 323- 896 – 4282 or  duffyuclown2007@gmail.com  5pm – 10 pm La Casa Blue Café
5930 York Blvd Loa Angeles CA. 90042 Free Parking : Highland Park Automotive across the street. No Entrance Free: Support La Casa Blue  By purchasing food and drinks

 

WITH MORE & MORE DISASTERS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, RED NOSE RESPONSE IS NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.

I have been thinking of ways to have anyone statewide get into a disaster area for RED NOSE RESPONSE and working with the Red Cross.  TWINKLES d’ KLOWN and BOO-BOO had a hard time getting into the evacuation center in Riverside during the month of October 2007.  And I even had the “proper” Red Nose Response identification.
     This past weekend Modjeska Canyon was gearing up incase we had the torrential rains that were being predicted and they would then get floods.  There was even a shelter being prepared “just in case” by the Red Cross.  I immediately contacted them, explained about Red Nose Response and they did not know about us and did not know what to do with us.
     A woman at my church had worked for a Red Cross chapter for years and just got a job closer to her home at another company.  I will be meeting with her and she will be telling me about the “system” of the California Red Cross and what to do with them statewide regarding Red Nose Response.   Stay tuned, as I will be getting back to you regarding what to do with future disasters, Red Nose Response and the Red Cross.  – Pam House – Red nose

The holiday season was busy for all.  And volunteer clown gigs to help the low income and homeless were plentiful! 
TWINKLES d’ KLOWN was involved with the annual “Matthew’s Kidz Christmas party” at a low-income trailer park on Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove.  Two new Volunteer Clowns of Orange County were there with me.  And La Casa Garcia Restaurant and the We Give Thanks Inc. committee did their annual Santa Clause gift giving to low-income & homeless children.  This year it was held at Mega Daniels Home Center in Anaheim.  We usually have between 200-300 children when it is at La Casa Garcia restaurant’s parking lot.  This year the Marines  (Camp Pendleton) Toy’s For Tots gave us 3,000 toys.  We had 4,000 children at the event.  Frank Garcia donated the food and ran out of hot dogs at 3,000 and had to go back to his restaurant to get more hot dogs and the “fixins”.  I want to thank the clowns that assisted TWINKLES d’ KLOWN (me) on that day.  Club member “Tiny” was in attendance – THANK YOU!  And from the Joy Klown’s of Seal Beach Leisure World came SUNSHINE and TOOTSIE (she just turned 90-years old in the summer) THANK YOU!  We were busy from 9:30AM to 4PM.  If any other clown was there in attendance that I did not see, please let me know and I will give you recognition also.  The line went all around the side of the building and all around the back of the building all the way to the street.  I followed the line all around the store meeting with EVERRYONE!  I brought 1,400 stickers and used them all up and just did walk arounds after that.  And they had a stage with music and people did perform.  And TWINKLES d’ KLOWN did dance off and on below the stage and got some of the children up to dance also.  It was a fun but busy day for the clowns in attendance.
     When you come to the January meeting, please tell us some of the humanitarian things that you did as a clown during the holiday season such as SNOWBALL EXPRESS! It may give others ideas on what to do to help others less fortunate or hurting during the 2008 holiday season.  The joy you get from doing this is FANTASTIC!   
- Vice-President Pam -

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Stacey Anderson "BooBoo" President/Treasurer
(909)496-8393 clowns4ministry@yahoo.com

Pam "Twinkles d'Clown" House, Vice President/Treasurer
562-431- 5785 klassyklowns1@yahoo.com
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