BEE REPORT
	During the October bee... ~ We completed a total of 44 quilts!  Of those 44 quilts 21 were Christmas     themed and 2 were Halloween themed. ~ The raffle items raised $64. ~  Congratulations goes out to Diane W, she was the holder of the winning    ticket for the sewing/office chair!  It raised a total of $74.  Thank you to    everyone who participated in this fundraiser buy purchasing chances to win.   As we get ready for the November bee... ~ We will be finishing up the last Christmas quilts. ~ There is a stack of quilts layered and ready for quilting/tying. ~ Volunteers will find a large pile of quilts ready for binding and labels. ~ The cutting station has 22 kit-kits waiting to be cut into kits. ~ There are currently 47 tops in the Piece by Peace closet waiting to be quilted. ~ We will have a FREE table this month so bring all you quilting related items    that need a new home. ~ Duke's mom will be taking pet bed scraps.
DUKE'S CORNER     Hi everyone, Duke here: October sure went by fast and mom was able to deliver another Jeep load of beds to the animal shelter.  One of the fellows even gave her a BIG hug for all those beds.  As always, everyone at the shelter sends their sincere thanks.   With the cooler weather, she'll work hard to get as many beds completed as possible so that the critters there will be comfy and warm, so bring us all your scraps! Happy Thanksgiving from our pack! Puppy hugs & kisses.
QUOTES & TIDBITS
The pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these, who, , set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer  -------------------------------------- Sickness was a constant threat to the pilgrims.  Scurvy, a nasty disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, was high in the list.  Lemon juice was taken to help prevent scurvy. ~Randy Roberts -------------------------------------- The Pilgrims primary beverage was beer, even for kids.  The Pilgrims believed that water was contaminated and often made people sick, which was probably true in a time before reliable water filtration or purification.  Beer's distillation process killed most parasites and bacteria, making the brew safer to sip. ~Randy Roberts

JUST FOR GRINS A man was driving down a country road one day at 45 miles per hour when suddenly he noticed a 3-legged turkey running at the same speed beside his truck.  Though he thought this odd, the man decided to speed up so he wouldn't cause an accident with the turkey. The man sped up to 55 miles per hour only to again be equaled in speed by the 3-legged turkey. The man then sped up to 65 miles per hour only to again be equaled in speed by the 3-legged turkey. As the man watched in amazement, the turkey suddenly made a sharp left turn and took off down a side road toward a small farm. The man quickly also made the left turn and followed the turkey to the small farm, parking out front. Looking around the man found the farmer around back in the midst of many 3-legged turkeys. After greeting the farmer, the a asked him why he was raising 3-leggeg turkeys. "Well we figure," said the farmer, "that with an average family of 3 people, only 2 can have a turkey leg with an average turkey.  But with a three legged turkey, each member of the family can enjoy a turkey leg of their own on Thanksgiving." "That's pretty wise," said the man, who then asked, "Well how do your 3-legged turkeys taste?" I don't know," said the farmer. We've never been able to catch one."

AZ BLANKETS 4 KIDS HAPPENINGS
AZB4K starts the new year out with a bee scheduled for Friday, January 8, 2016.  It will be held at 250 S Tomahawk Rd. in Apache Junction, AZ.  It will be hosted by the Weavers Needle group.  For more information about the bee visit the AZB4K website at azblankets4kids.com.