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Spring Issue 2006
Tributes
Rafflemania! 22 Great Prizes!
You could win CASH, JEWELRY, SPA pampering, a fantastic WEEKEND GETAWAY or a number of other great prizes!
1st Prize: A fabulous stay for two at the Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa in Galena, which includes accommodations for two nights, 3 rounds of 18 hole golf (cart included), long and short game golf clinics, club cleaning, complimentary range balls, 2 breakfast buffets (tax included)
Donated by Complete Plumbing of Oak Lawn
2nd Prize: $500.00 cash
Donated by Darlene Novak of Lowell Michigan
3rd Prize: A Pet Stop Fence System; the $463.00 package includes a Pet Stop indoor transmitter, a Pet Stop ultra elite collar, 1 year free battery, 1 collar, lifetime warranty, in house set up and programming
Donated by Daniel Mau of Channahon
4th Prize: Mario Tricoci $227.00 Spa gift certificate
Donated by Don & Jan Rose, Orland Park
5th Prize: $200.00 Old Gold Jewelry Inc. gift certificate
Donated by Viola Wuske of Homewood/Flossmore
6th Prize: $200.00 cash
Donated by Dr. Gianfrancisco, Orland Park
7th Prize: Old Gold Jewelry $150.00 gift certificate
Donated by Kathryn Ashe, Orland Park
8th Prize: $150.00 of Veterinary Service at Animal Clinic of New Lenox
Donated by Dr. Tekyl, New Lenox
9th Prize: Milwaukee Heavy Duty Sawzall
Donated by the Endebak Family, Lockport
10th Prize: Nutritionist Automatic Breadmaker
Donated by Beverly Ermler, Lockport
11th Prize: Avon Gift basket with $125.00 worth of Avon Products
Donated by Mandy DiTola, Lockport
12th Prize: Bakers Suite Mixer/Kitchen Aid Set and Cookbooks
Donated by Jesse and Frank James of Nelson British Columbia, Canada
13th Prize: $100.00 Jewel gift certificate
Donated by Rosemary Webster, Crestwood
14th Prize: $100.00 gift certificate for Body Energetics Medical Rejuvenation and Day Spa
Donated by Teresa Chiletz, Joliet
15th Prize: $100.00 gas gift card for SpeedwaySuperAmerica
Donated by The Barber Shop, Lockport
16th Prize: Ladies Gold Hoop Earrings
Donated by Katheryn Ashe, Orland Park
17th Prize: Beautiful Bear and a $50.00 gift certificate for Bears and Borders
Donated by Leslee Ala of Orland Park
And now for your second chance to win!
The 5 people selling the most raffle tickets will win the following:
1st Prize: Protech Portable DVD Player 7" screen, plays DVD's, CD's CD-R, or JPEG
Donated by the Marion Village Retirement Community of Homer Glen
2nd Prize: $100.00 gift certificate to the Bonfire Restaurant
Donated by Beverly Ermler, Homer Glen
3rd Prize: a Memorex Ultra Slim Progressive Scan DVD Player
Donated by Sandi and Parnell O'Brien, Homer Glen
4th prize: $100.00 gift certificate for a cosmetic laser treatment by Dr. Daniel Clark
Donated by Dr. Daniel Clark, Lockport
5th Prize: 2 $25.00 Hollywood Blvd gift certificates
Donated by the Hollywood Blvd Employees, Woodridge
and the biggest winners of all in this raffle will be all the homeless animals that all the money raised will helping! The more chances you sell, the more chances you are providing the animals at TLC TLCTLC! to have a wonderful future.
Jim Mikota first came to TLC some 30 years ago when the shelter was located in an old building on 159th street. Jim had been looking for a little dog to adopt, at the time, but unbeknownst to us besides adopting a little dog Jim adopted TLC. Jim would stop by to visit from time to time, which eventually led to his volunteering. Even though you may not have known Jim by name, if you stopped down on any given Saturday you would have seen Jim sitting behind the front desk answering the telephone, scheduling appointments, and informing people about the various animals available for adoption, with one of his favorite phrases being "You're not that far away, why don't you come on down and take a look." More often than not Jim was able to talk folks into coming in. Jim was at the shelter like clockwork, he rarely missed a day, he enjoyed dealing with the hustle and bustle of a busy Saturday. Once in a while if it was slow, Jim would leave a little early, and as he walked out the door he would laughingly say "You'll have to dock my pay." which would make us chuckle, because Jim never asked for a cent he gave generously of his time for over 20 years, and he gave generously however he could to help the homeless animals at TLC ..... he became a part of the TLC family...... he became a part of our family.
Jim had a great love for animals. Even though Jim was a Korean War Veteran, when it came to animals he was a softy. If he heard of an animals being abused his eyes would well up with tears. Jim had never married but he dearly loved what he called his "kids" his little Chihuahuas and Rat Terriers, Chico, Pepe, Sandy and Daisy, that he had adopted from the TLC. He enjoyed telling us about their escapades, and how they would curl up and sleep with him. Saturdays are not the same without Jim, he was more than a good volunteer, he was a good friend to all of us, and he is sorely missed.
What do you do with a 1989 DOS mailing program? I should have known when I was hearing snickers from folks who had not seen such an antiquated program in the last ten years, that something was not right. Not being a computer geek I was under the assumption that "if it's not broke, don't fix it"........ WRONG!!! Boy was I sadly mistaken. In the last issue of Paw Prints, you might have noted that the shelters old computer was giving me all kinds of major problems and glitches and two drives failed to work, the only solution to the problem was to purchase a new computer. Little did we realize that our old faithful DOS mailing program did not like the new computer with Windows XP. As if protesting this "new fangled program" what had been my trusted mailing program for years, started to self destruct before my very eyes! It would not permit me to do some of the simplest things, that for me were very necessary, like enabling me to print out a bulk mail report, being able to copy the mailing list to a disk, sorting the names alphabetically etc., you get the picture. To sum it all up, I was in a terrible mess, so much so that everyone tiptoed out of the office for fear I might explode.
That is where Bob Rossi came in to the picture. Bob to put it mildly is a computer wizard. As hard as Bob worked to save all the data for me and transfer it into an up to date mailing program, my once trusted mail program would not hear of it, and even a wizard could not force it to perform.
Bob said he had good news that he and his friend Ted Musto who is a mastermind in creating computer programs, would make one up specifically for TLC with all the bells and whistles at no charge! The bad news was that the entire mailing list would have to be retyped. Upon first hearing that my heart sank, adding this task to everything else I had to get done seemed overwhelming, but I struggled through it and now we are up and running. If there are any errors please let me know, I'm only human and typing is not one of my fortes. Again I want to say thanks a million to Bob and Ted for all the hours they put in making a tailor made program for us.