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Mayberry News 2011

to the owners. While these vandals, normally teens and young adults with

nothing better to do, have their fun destroying other people’s property. Our local

sheriff’s department, sheriff Griffith and Deputy Fife is taking steps in bringing these

people to justice!

Sheriff Griffith “Andy”, is putting out a $100 Personal Reward for anyone who can

properly identify the person(s) involved in destroying nearly 50 mailboxes over

Labor Day weekend. The reward will only be given once the person(s) involved have

been locked up in our town jail.

A Crime all
“There is no way that people can stay up all night to protect their mailbox, “Sheriff

Griffith said. “ I am offering the reward because some of the elder residents of the

over the county cannot afford to buy a new mailbox”. Until these perpetrators are brought to

County justice, there are ways to protect your mailbox and the precious mail inside it.

Instead of replacing smashed mailboxes with the same flimsy tin cans that vandals
By Marsha Lueck
love to whack, there are “heavy duty” mailboxes available. These mailboxes are
News Reporter
meant to withstand abuse from baseball bats, rocks, bricks, even the shot gun.
The threat of identity theft
There are many options to consider if we want to get back at these vandals.
has engulfed Mayberry residents this

past week as several homes have Mailbox vandalism hits our County residents Along with financial strain; Griffith also

had their mailbox vandalized. While said that there is a possibility of identity theft because if the boxes are damaged

most residents have seen the than the mail delivered will be at risk. "This is the first time that something like this

vandalism across the county, there is has happened within the county," he added. "I hope that the reward will help stop

a wide concern. Mailboxes cracked any more vandalism from happening." Griffith said that if anyone has any

and busted along many of the roads information on those responsible, please contact the sheriff’s office with any

including Peasticks, and Salt Lick, questions. Aunt Bee will be more than happy to assist you, please ask the operator

and Sharpsburg. Rural area to connect you to 003. We will make an end to this!

mailboxes are always vulnerable to

vandalism because they are usually

isolated, located on public

thoroughfares and usually not visible

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Mayberry News 2011

“Save the
fishies”
Kathleen Vargas

The entire student population


at Mayberry Primary School will
be honored today in a
ceremony hosted by Mayor
Pike. Hailing the students as
“heroes”, Mayor Pike will be the City Planning Committee established the area as a city park.
presenting Mayberry Primary However, that was only half the battle. The newly coined “Mudkip
School with a plaque Park” was in desperate need of labor and funds to repair the damage
commemorating the done by the fences and construction equipment that had been on the
outstanding contributions of site for weeks.
the students and their
teachers. Just why is our Mayberry students, now organized under their new mascot Marty
esteemed Mayor hosting such Mudkip, appealed to local businesses, held fundraisers and organized
an event? Archie Swanson, a volunteer drives in order to raise the money and labor to restore the
second grade student, park and clean the pond. More changes came as volunteers added
explains: “We saved the benches, swings, a jogging path and a sign which proudly displayed
fishies!” “Mudkip Park: A Place for Our Children”. As it turns out, “Save the
Fishies” and the Mudkips have become a symbol for strengthening our
“Save the Fishies”, that was community and caring for our children. While the students and
the slogan of the campaign teachers are being honored today by the Mayor, all residents can count
started last year by the 8th themselves “heroes” in this tale.
grade class to preserve the
nearby pond and its population
of endangered Mudkips. The
parcel of land that the pond
occupied had recently been
purchased by a developer,
Pahr Dunn Ardust Inc. who
planned to drain the pond and
turn the area into a local strip Aunt Bee’s Corner
mall. Students and parents at
all levels signed the petition to
preserve the area for the
community, expanding their Carrot Cake
efforts to accumulate an
amazing 8,000 resident Ingredients
signatures.

The petition and personal  4 eggs


appeals delivered by residents  1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
at the City Planning meeting
persuaded the members to
 2 cups white sugar
block the zoning changes Pahr  2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Dunn Ardust had requested.  2 cups all-purpose flour
Instead, by unanimous vote,  2 teaspoons baking soda
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Mayberry News 2011

 2 teaspoons 3. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50


baking powder minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the
 1/2 teaspoon center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in
salt pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire
 2 teaspoons rack and cool completely.
ground 4. To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine
cinnamon butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and
 3 cups grated 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is
carrots smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans.
 1 cup chopped Frost the cooled cak e.

pecans

“When Pigs Fly”



 1/2 cup butter,
softened
 8 ounces cream
cheese, By Chad Miyamoto
softened
Have you ever heard the saying “when pigs fly?” Well for
 4 cups
anyone that hasn’t, it means that when you know someone has
confectioners'
no chance in the world of accomplishing something then you
sugar
say “yeah, when pigs fly.” Today in Mayberry, everyone
 1 teaspoon thought that it wasn’t just a saying anymore.
vanilla extract
 1 cup chopped It all started when Goober from the gas station saw
pecans something fly over his head. He looked as quickly as possible,
but he didn’t really get to see exactly what it was so he went
Directions on with his business. Later that day, Floyd from the barber
shop saw the exact same thing, but he actually saw what it
1. Preheat oven to was and ran to the mayor’s office to tell him what happened.
350 degrees F (175 On his way there, he ran into Goober and told him what he
degrees C). Grease saw and he told him he also saw something fly over his head.
and flour a 9x13
inch pan. Around noon everyone had already seen tons of pigs
2. In a large bowl, flying in the air and had already gathered at the mayor’s
beat together eggs, office to see what was going on. People started to remind the
oil, white sugar and mayor that he owed them things; for example, Otis who
2 teaspoons worked at the hardware store said that he owed him ten
vanilla. Mix in flour, bottles of vodka and the children reminded him that there was
going to be no school all next week. In the middle of hearing
baking soda,
about all of the things that the townspeople said that he owed
baking powder, salt
them he stopped and said, that he didn’t promise any of these
and cinnamon. Stir things to anyone. After the mayor said that, Opie, who was
in carrots. Fold in one of the elementary students, explained that he told him that
pecans. Pour into school would be out for a week when pigs fly.
prepared pan.

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Mayberry News 2011

“FINGER LIcK’IN GOOD”


By Michelle Flippen

Mayberry, North Carolina, Christmas Eve, 12/24, Sheriff


Andy throws a party for the town’s guest. Aunt Bea
made several awesome dishes and desserts, including
her famous blueberry pie. The guests are having a blast
and among them are Will Farrow, Kevin Hart and
Shaquille O’Neal. They have all grown fond of little
Mayberry since they filmed one of their last comedy
shows there about a year ago.

“Man, this party is great, but where’s the basketball


court”?, asked Shaq, while Will Farrow is going around
He ended up giving the the dining room table taking a little finger test to all the
people of Mayberry what tasty foods; licking his finger and dipping it into the next
he promised them and scrumptious dish. Kevin Hart, in his high pitch voice,
everybody jumped for joy. says “dude, where yo manners at”? "We ain’t at
The mayor couldn’t Kentucky Fried Chicken where the food is finger lick-in
believe that something like good"!
this would ever happen.
What the mayor didn’t
know was that the next
town over was having a
pig tossing competition,
which was being held at
the park right outside of
Mayberry. It just so
happened that the path of
the flying pigs went right
over Mayberry.

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