In short, we require pending members to return an “application” before we approve new membership requests. Until then, you’re stuck in pending member limbo…for approximately two weeks, at which time Yahoo auto-expires your membership request and you have to go through the whole rigmarole again.
If you didn’t receive a copy of the application, most likely it’s in your spam folder, or otherwise eaten by the internets. No problemo; you can find a copy here!: www.kcfreecycle.org/application/
If you did receive a copy of the application and returned it - but your membership request is still pending - then it’s quite possible that we didn’t receive your reply. (Those intertubes be hungry, yo!) Please resend it, to all four email addresses listed in the application (i.e., kcfreecycle-owner [at] yahoogroups.com, freecycler_sheree [at] yahoo.com, ann [at] kcfreecycle.org, kelly [at] kcfreecycle.org). This will help to ensure that it’s not lost a second time.
This week’s Featured Adoptables are an equine first! Jelly Bean and Red Bean are a mother/daughter pair of Quarterhorses from the Humane Society of Missouri’s Longmeadow Rescue Ranch.
First up: Mother Jelly Bean (who is pictured in the top photo above):
Jelly Bean is halter trained, easy to catch, loads on a stock trailer and picks up her feet for the farrier.
1/14/08 - Scott, our on staff trainer, evaluated her today. She accepts a saddle and rider, but doesn’t know a lot. Had not been round pen trained, but was accepting the idea.
Adoption Fee: $300
And of Daughter Red Bean (show in the bottom photo), HSMO says the following:
Red Bean is approximately 1 year old. She is a sorrel with a star and 3 stockings. She was not halter trained when she came in, but has learned fast.
Her mother is Jelly Bean and so she should reach 15 hands in height when mature.
Adoption Fee: $200
It doesn’t seem as though the two have to be adopted as a pair; but if you have room in your heart for two fine fillies, why not keep a family together?
You can find out more about Longmeadow Rescue Ranch (located just a short drive away in Union, MO) here.
I volunteer for a dog rescue based in Kansas City. One of our fosters was in a fatal car accident Wednesday near Cameron. His vehicle caught on fire and he was killed instantly, as was his Jack Russell. His other dog “George” a Shepherd X was injured, but no one had seen him. One of our volunteers spotted him today, but wasn’t able to catch him. George has been seen near the scene of the accident. Are you able to help us look for George? The searching place is Highway 36 West and Sunset Road near Cameron Missouri. Someone put a cross with Jonathan’s initial on the side of the road. If anyone can go down and help we would appreciate it so much. Just imagine if this was one of your dogs….
Thank you,
Brenda
Brenda also emailed me the following info:
It is actually more near Hamilton MO than Cameron. Someone spotted George after our volunteers left for the day yesterday (Monday). It appears that he may have sustained burns in the crash. We worry now that he will succumb to the heat, or infection from his wounds. His mother is devastated at the loss of 2 family members already. We are praying that George is rescued soon. If anyone sees him, please contact the Sheriff, or our volunteer Lisa on her cell # is 913 290 1424. Lisa is most likely the only person that he will go to, especially in his current condition. He is hurt and scared. She said that she spotted him on a hill, near a ravine, where he at least has access to water. She laid out all kinds of dog and cat food yesterday to try to lure him out.
There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger. In such moments, we are called upon to move quickly and boldly to shake off complacency, throw aside old habits and rise, clear-eyed and alert, to the necessity of big changes. Those who, for whatever reason, refuse to do their part must either be persuaded to join the effort or asked to step aside. This is such a moment. The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more - if more should be required - the future of human civilization is at stake.
I don’t remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously. Our economy is in terrible shape and getting worse, gasoline prices are increasing dramatically, and so are electricity rates. Jobs are being outsourced. Home mortgages are in trouble. Banks, automobile companies and other institutions we depend upon are under growing pressure. Distinguished senior business leaders are telling us that this is just the beginning unless we find the courage to make some major changes quickly.
The climate crisis, in particular, is getting a lot worse - much more quickly than predicted. Scientists with access to data from Navy submarines traversing underneath the North polar ice cap have warned that there is now a 75 percent chance that within five years the entire ice cap will completely disappear during the summer months. This will further increase the melting pressure on Greenland. According to experts, the Jakobshavn glacier, one of Greenland’s largest, is moving at a faster rate than ever before, losing 20 million tons of ice every day, equivalent to the amount of water used every year by the residents of New York City.
Two major studies from military intelligence experts have warned our leaders about the dangerous national security implications of the climate crisis, including the possibility of hundreds of millions of climate refugees destabilizing nations around the world.
Just two days ago, 27 senior statesmen and retired military leaders warned of the national security threat from an “energy tsunami” that would be triggered by a loss of our access to foreign oil. Meanwhile, the war in Iraq continues, and now the war in Afghanistan appears to be getting worse.
And by the way, our weather sure is getting strange, isn’t it? There seem to be more tornadoes than in living memory, longer droughts, bigger downpours and record floods. Unprecedented fires are burning in California and elsewhere in the American West. Higher temperatures lead to drier vegetation that makes kindling for mega-fires of the kind that have been raging in Canada, Greece, Russia, China, South America, Australia and Africa. Scientists in the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science at Tel Aviv University tell us that for every one degree increase in temperature, lightning strikes will go up another 10 percent. And it is lightning, after all, that is principally responsible for igniting the conflagration in California today.
Like a lot of people, it seems to me that all these problems are bigger than any of the solutions that have thus far been proposed for them, and that’s been worrying me.
UPDATE, 7/22/08: Abigail’s listing has been removed from Petfinder.
As was the case with Fireball, I don’t know whether this is a good (adopted) or bad (euthanized) outcome.
Still waiting to win the lottery and for now you are stuck working the 9am-5pm? No worries, I’m your new luck of the draw! While you are away at work, I’ll be just fine entertaining myself. Basking in the window sill enjoying the afternoon sunshine, watching the squirrels steal the seed from the bird feeder, taking a nap, stalking that silly toy mouse… oh, life will be just beautiful. When you get home, I’ll rub your leg and let you know that I want your attention. Or, I may just stay put and continue to admire my new palace from my new favorite chair. It really depends on the day. If I get bored, don’t worry, I’ll let you know. When I’m feeling affectionate, I’ll talk to you and let you know how truly wonderful I think you are. Then, I may dash off for a quick game of chase my tail. I’m the perfect kitty for you if you need a companion who can be independent, yet knows exactly how to brighten your day.
