Good Morning Good News !!!! June 24, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

It's above freezing today !!! NO ice to break out of water bowls !!!
No hard packed snow to shovel before gates can be opened !!! No
sweeping snow off the roofs of cat runs !!!! No propane bill to pay
!!!! No dangerous ice on the roads !!!

Our planet is covered in trees that are making shade !!!! We have a
wonderful deep well that gives us beautiful delicious clean cool water !!!

Look who's voting for Vincent and Rikki's Refuge in the Shelter
Challenge $100,000 contest NOW !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4729753821/
Hurry Hurry number 2 is catching up - vote - vote on your computer -
vote on your phone - vote at home - vote at work - ask your friends,
family, co workers to vote - post it every where you can think!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Jennifer voted on a plane yesterday!!!

Mary is my HERO of the day !!!! She typed in some much needed documents
Mom was behind on. And she took some special photos of me. And for the
upcoming card!!! Thank you Mary for your big help. Mary works at
Rikki's two days a week, volunteering to do lots of needed things,
organizing, office work, feeding cats (that's the best!!), and anything
the hoomans need help with! She's a really big help to mom!

Carl brought out a truck of produce for the vegivores. He does that
alternate Wednesdays!!

Two more chickens will be safe and happy forever!!! They were living in
a not safe place, but joined us yesterday. They're in the hospital now
and should be healed up and ready to meet their new friends in Chicken
City in a few weeks.

Jeanette: Have you ever looked into your cats eyes, and felt that
incredible connection, like he was trying to tell you something? Felt
the love pour out of your heart and connect with his eyes. It's the
most incredible feeling ... I believe cats are from heaven, sent by God
as little 4 legged angles, to love and guard us. I believe my cats
guard me all the times. Especially at food time!

Winky Lobe Mom is all excited to go back to "kitty heaven" (aka Rikki's
Refuge) this weekend...

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=110928565622329
I sure hope you can see this!!! Ken, you got the turtle. We'll have
kittens ready to go in a week!!!

I'm a frog today !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696214360/
I'll keep cool hopping from lilly pad to lilly pad !!!!
VOTE now - and today - tell three friends to vote.
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Frankie: One year ago today, my sister Lucy came to live with us. Never
a dull moment since. I complain about her a lot, but she's the best
partner in crime a dog could have. Happy Lucy Day!!!

Teagan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4729744863/

Lesley: Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so
love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones that don't.
Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take
it, if it changes your life, let it!!. No body said that it'd be easy,
they just promised that it would be worth it!!"

Rita: My dog is happy to see me when I get home from work BEFORE asking
for dinner and happily eats whatever I feed her. Why can't husbands be
that way?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4730390342/
You just can't tell me the world isn't getting better and better every
day!!! More and more of you are out there saving the animals and
making planet earth a more compassionate place.

Ontario Feral Cats Benefit Auction, June 30, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Ontario
Golf Club, Great Stuff, including a sailboat, a rifle, power tools,
antiques and more. Good food. Fun people. Call 541-889-6711 or
541-823-2427 for tickets

We're having an auction at the golf tournament and festival
got any good things you'd like to see us auction off ..... let me
know, we need more donations of neat things!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4313928885/

Friends with color printers!!! Donna needs 125 copies of the Funland
flyer - http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/funland%20day.html - for the
goodie bags at the Golf Tournament and Festival. Can you print them
out for me??? Purrrlease.....

Emma: Was worth waiting since December for this boy to find the perfect
home! Cracker went trotting off to his new life today.

Julie writes in that her life has gone to the dogs!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4730390326/

Humphrey: next time you go to a restaurant and ask for a Coke, and they
say "is Pepsi OK?", you should reply "is Monopoly money OK?"

The cat's point of view: I can't decide whether to stay in or go out....
Better get the human to keep opening the door so I can check both sides.

Elizabeth: Hope is a comet on which dreams ride like the little prince.
The more you can hope the brighter it is and the more dreams ride.

Marilyn: is SO grateful for my life. Lord, thank you for my blessings
and thank you for my struggles. Blessings provide strength while my
struggles keep me humble.

Jeanette: Good news! Babette found a home, thank you Mandy and Vera, you
gave her a second chance, no money can ever buy what you did today!!

HELP me get SPEUTERED !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMzW3LIkNLA&feature=player_embedded
Only $300 to go !!!!
http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/doubling-your-donations-speuter-for-fathers-day
The computer did it !!!! Some how this chip in got closed out at 8:33
am yesterday - it was supposed to run thru midnight today. Thank you
for telling me about this when you tried to donate!! Jan's given us an
extension since we lost a day - we now have till midnight on the 25th -
tomorrow - to reach the goal and she'll double it with a $1,000 gift!!!

Keep Cool !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoesPOnRbSo
who can do animation like this for Rikki's???

Will YOU be my HERO today? http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

VOTE EVERYDAY !!!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

I love you all very very much!! You are my LIFE !!!! Tour next Sunday
July 4th, noon, please come visit me!!!
Love, Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

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Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 23, 2010

If you find yourself stuck in the jungle .... you can still vote !!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4726493051/
Everybody is working to help us win!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Good Samaritan is helping traveling cat make trip home
The tabby's trek took him from Albuquerque to Chicago during the eight
months he was missing.

Chicago — No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the
1,100-plus miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he's set for a
complimentary flight home on American Airlines in a carrier donated by
an Albuquerque business. Charles disappeared about eight months ago
while his owner was out of town and a friend was caring for him. "Oh, I
was crushed. And I found out while I was away volunteering with Habitat
for Humanity, and I was so upset because I was in New Orleans so there
was nothing I could do," said Robin Alex of Albuquerque.

Then last week, Alex received a call telling her Chicago Animal Care and
Control had picked up her wandering cat as a stray. Staffers reached out
to Alex after finding that Charles had a tracking microchip embedded
between his shoulder blades, said the agency's executive director,
Cherie Travis. But Alex said she could not afford the round-trip ticket
to Chicago to bring Charles home, so she was afraid he might be euthanized.

Enter fellow Albuquerque resident Lucien Sims. Sims said he has a tabby
cat who strongly resembles Charles, and was moved when his mother sent
him an online story about Alex and her pet. Sims was on his way to
Chicago on Thursday for a wedding, so he said he would go to the
shelter, pick up Charles and bring him back to New Mexico. Sims has
made all the arrangements for Charles' return, including getting a
company to donate a cat carrier and American Airlines to waive the cat's
travel fee. Travis said Charles was ready for his next adventure.

You are signed up for the golf tournament and festival, aren't you!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4313928837/

They crossed a Malamute and a Pointer. The new breed is a Moot Point,
owned by....oh, well, it doesn't really matter. (from Walker)

I'm a pig again today !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696214230/
Mom's snickering and making oink noises at me!
VOTE now - and today - tell three friends to vote.
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

A woman is walking in the park when she sees a man playing chess with
his cat. She says to the man "I can't believe what I m seeing, a cat
that plays chess, what a clever animal!!" The man replied "Nah lady this
cats not clever at all I m beating it 6 games to 1? (by Suzzie)

Only $300 to go !!!!
http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/fathers-day
If we can raise just $300 more before midnight tomorrow - we'll get the
bonus $1,000 !!!! Help us if you can !!!!

Jaguars Are Lured By the Smell of Calvin Klein Cologne
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters Life!) – Biologists tracking jaguars in the
Guatemalan jungle might smell nice but it's all in the name of science,
with researchers finding the Calvin Klein cologne Obsession for Men
attracts big cats.

Biologists Rony Garcia and Jose Moreira from the Wildlife Conservation
Society's (WCS) Jaguar Conservation Program say they use hidden cameras
as a primary source for observing and tracking jaguars in Guatemala's
Maya Biosphere Reserve.

But they also rely on Obsession for Men, a cologne known for its complex
scent, to help lure then research and hopefully ultimately preserve
jaguars in the Central American country.

"The method we are using to study the jaguars here in Guatemala is a
non-invasive method which is based on photographing the individuals by
using camera traps," Moreira told Reuters Television.

"It has been very useful using Obsession (for Men) to get the jaguars in
front of these camera traps ... and that allows us to estimate with
greater confidence the genders and the numbers that live in each studied
site."

The discovery that Obsession for Men acted as a magnet for jaguars was
the result of an experiment by the WCS's Bronx Zoo in New York.

The WCS was looking for ways to get cheetahs in front of camera traps,
and, after several years of testing with different fragrances, found
spraying the musky Obsession For Men near the heat-and-motion-sensitive
cameras drew the cats for longer than other scents.

They also tried out about 23 other fragrances but Obsession for Men kept
the cats' attention for longest with Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps coming
second.

The practice made its way down to Guatemala, where Garcia and Moreira
said they have been recording similar success in the wild since 2007,
allowing them to track jaguars and even record their mating rituals.

Garcia said the results will be invaluable to conservation efforts.

"These camera traps help us to identify how many jaguars are living in
this area ... (and) helps us to have control over the population and
lets us say to the government, to the public, that Laguna del Tigre
still deserves conservation," he said.

The WCS said it tentatively plans to expand the use of the cologne in
programs in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador in coming years.

Be my HERO !!!!!! VOTE EVERYDAY !!!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what
we get, but we make a life by what we give. ---Norman MacEwan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727225574/

Who's HERO are YOU going to be today?

Love, Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

--
Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Hairballs and Happy Tails - Rikki's Refuge Newsletter a

RIKKI'S REFUGE - HAIRBALLS AND HAPPY TAILS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4654847890/
The newsletter of thanks from grateful animals to their beloved rescuers
brought to you by Vincent D. Cat

We are the happy animals of Rikki's Refuge who so thank you for giving
us the gift of our lives. We represent all the animals, the world over,
whose lives have been saved by kind and loving people just like you.
Thank you for being an animal rescuer.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
HOLY COW !!!!
And along with summer comes FUN FUN FUN ......
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH GOING ON
Remember - life is subject to change
Gotta write a "What I Did This Summer" composition in the fall?
Don't say you don't have enough time.
JULY 4TH IS THE NEXT TOUR
JAN GAVE A WONDERFUL TOUR ON THE 13TH!!!!
We celebrated Carolyn's 84th Birthday!!
Things I've Learned The Hard Way, No. 3,575
AUGUST 15TH BIRTHDAY BASH OPEN HOUSE!!
MOM WAS ENTERING STUFF ON THE COMPUTER THIS MORNING.
GOLF TOURNAMENT AND FESTIVAL JULY 16TH FRIDAY
I'm looking for three more on MY team
The excitement is piling up every day
Is this like gorgeous, or what?
VERY IMPORTANT
D'artagnan's new home
SUMMER OF YOUTH STARTS THURSDAY
OK .. SIT ... STAY ... TAKE A TEA BREAK
IS ALL THIS HEAT MAKING YOU THINK ABOUT BEING ON THE WATER?
Got Five Bucks for a Boat???
Do you LIKE Music? LOVE Music?
WANT TO LEARN NEW SKILLS?
MAKE RIKKI'S BEAUTIFUL
RABBIT ROTUNDA II IS GOING UP!
DOUBLE YOUR DONATION
Make YOUR critters as famous as ME !!!!
I'M ON TV AGAIN
SO YOU KNOW THE OFFICE HAS A LOFT.
Nobody messes with Snickers.
So Sam is up in the loft snoozing.
Hiss snarl, kaboom..clatter..clunk
Voting EVERY DAY is really important
Do you know what money means at Rikki's?
You are my HERO
MY BROFUR SPIDER WENT TO RAINBOW BRIDGE
Some of you may think this is bad new.
Live long and prosper, all my leukemia friends!!!
$47 a month provides the total care for one kitty!!!!
FROM THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE READING THIS
EVERY MORNING??? WOW THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.
If you're not getting Good Morning Good News
FUN AT FUNLAND FEEDS THE FATCATS
World's Best Pet Parent Photo Contest
CHILI COOK OFF
OUR CURRENT NEEDS
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS VINCENT ?
THANK YOU
THE FINE PRINT

HOLY COW !!!!
We're on the shortening side of the summer solstice!!! Doesn't it seem
like just a few short weeks ago we were trying to dig out from
underneath the snow!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727311656/

And along with summer comes FUN FUN FUN ......
And voting every day to win money for Rikki's http://bit.ly/bDLKJY
Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

WE'VE GOT SO MUCH GOING ON
at Rikki's - I sure hope you can join us.

Remember - life is subject to change
without notice - make yours change for the better !! Get involved.
Save a life !! Have the best summer ever with Rikki's Refuge.

Gotta write a "What I Did This Summer" composition in the fall?
Make it great. Have experineces like lassoing goats, training dogs,
finding forever homes for pound puppies and kittens, dancing with emus,
full moon walks in the wood, being surrounded by the endless purring and
love of 600 kitties, learning to paint, to build, to remodel rooms, AND
MORE !!!! There's no better place to spend your summer than at
Rikki's. Get involved NOW: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Don't say you don't have enough time.
You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to
Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da
Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.,
author of Life's Little Instruction Book

JULY 4TH IS THE NEXT TOUR
at noon, one tour and one tour only - so please be prompt. Sun hat and
all that good stuff - it's out side, and right now anyway, it's hot hot
hot !!!!! Gates open at 11:30 am and admission is 14 cases of Fancy
Feast per person. (((-----VINCENT .... What have I told you about
sticking to the rules????-----))) Ok ok so it's only two cans of cat
food per person - but you COULD be extra generous and bring me 14 cases
of Fancy Feast.

JAN GAVE A WONDERFUL TOUR ON THE 13TH!!!!
Everybody had lots and lots of fun!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699876012/

Of course me getting love and pats is the best part of any tour!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699075745/

Look at all the food donated to ME !!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699076623/

We celebrated Carolyn's 84th Birthday!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699077219/
Happy Birthday to you !!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6x2heewrI4
Birthday cake by Katarina's mom who's a professional cake maker!!! Yum
Yum Yum. Want a deliciously beautiful cake for any occasion - ask us!
Fredericksburg Va area.

Things I've Learned The Hard Way, No. 3,575
No matter how tempting it looks, DON'T lick velcro.
Posted by Waldo A. Cat

AUGUST 15TH BIRTHDAY BASH OPEN HOUSE!!
Rikki's Refuge will be 12 years old. Just like me!!! Larry will be at
the grill again. Is it my imagination, or does he really outdo himself
every time ??? And the Wonderful Greg Allen Band will be there to
entertain you while you eat!!! Put it on your calendar NOW. August
15th, rain or shine, heat or snow!!! Noon till 4 pm!!!

MOM WAS ENTERING STUFF ON THE COMPUTER THIS MORNING.
She uses a voice thing to talk to the computer. I don't get it, it
won't work for me, no matter what I say all it types is MEOW MEOW MEOW -
anyway, so Mom's entering this data, and it has dates and she's reading
it off 6 slash 21 slash 10 - and being the stupid hooman that she is,
can't figure out why Snickers keeps reaching around the computer and
slapping her, with claws fully extended!

GOLF TOURNAMENT AND FESTIVAL JULY 16TH FRIDAY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4313928863/
This is going to be so much fun. Every year it gets better and better
and this year we've added SO SO SO much more to the program. It's gonna
be a whole day of fantastic fun for everyone. Golfers can start the day
off on the greens, for the rest of us it's visiting with the spokes
animals, vendors with wonderful things, a live auction, door prizes,
raffles and a great buffet lunch. Please let me know if you're
coming!!!! I'll save you a spot.

I'm looking for three more on MY team
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727311700/
who'll help me chase a little white ball thru the grass. Lots of rest
stops with lovely clean white sand !!!!!! PLEASE come play with me
!!!!! Email me for your tickets!!! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

The excitement is piling up every day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4313928837/
- more and more fun is being added. There's something for everyone !!!
PLEASE get your tickets early BEFORE they sell out.

Is this like gorgeous, or what?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4715196914/
This print will be on auction at the July 16th Golf Tournament and
Festival. We've got lots of new fun and excitement added for the event
this year, including a live auction. Keep watching this site:
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/Golf2010.html to see what's coming
your way.

Keep up with the added excitement here, be sure you buy your tickets in
advance, the price goes up at the door.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4311478541/

Greg Allen is our featured performer for this event. You'll love him as
much as I do!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E35dIPAq3j4

VERY IMPORTANT
I have lots of animals signed up to help at the Golf Tournament - I NEED
- DESPERATELY NEED - at least SIX more HOOMANS - if you walk on two and
use the other two to carry things around - can speak reasonably decent
hooman talk - and can follow at least a few simple commands - PLEASE
HELP ME !!!! Sign up now, I beg you Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org Ok I did
it. I begged. I feel like a dawg.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4314665344/

D'artagnan's new home
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4724507170/
Having a little lunch watching the World cup
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4724507414/
Look close if you want to find him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4724507622/

A great big thank you to Ken, Gina for giving D'artagnan a wonderful
forever home and to David for donating housing!!!!

Together we DO change the world!!!! You are D'artagnan's HEROES!
You've taken him from the streets of DC where he was being bumped and
banged about to a wonderful luxury home where his every need will be met.

SUMMER OF YOUTH STARTS THURSDAY
A 10 week long course for youth and those young at heart. You'll be
learning all about the animals of Rikki's Refuge - all 22 species !!!
Helping to feed and clean, train dogs with a professional, fundraising,
and all kinds of fun fun fun. Make your summer COUNT!!! Ask me how you
can join us !!!!

OK .. SIT ... STAY ... TAKE A TEA BREAK
Yummy exotic teas !!! Mommey loves these!! www.prismtea.com
Order anything from now until the end of the July 2010, and 15% of the
profits will be donated to Rikki's Refuge. My facebook friend Rainbow
Diamond arranged this for us!!! Thank you Rainbow.

It is NOT too early to stock up for Christmas !!!!!

Tell everybody you know about this lovely delicious deal!!!!

Lovely encyclopedia of exotic teas: http://www.prismtea.com/tea-gifts.html

I'll stick with Fancy Feast but mommey would sure love some of these if
anybody wants to reward her for opening my Fancy Feast !!!!
http://www.prismtea.com/showTea.php?id=ToppingChaiSugarOrganic
http://www.prismtea.com/showTea.php?id=WhiteDokeJasmine
http://www.prismtea.com/showTea.php?id=BlackVanilla
http://www.prismtea.com/showTea.php?id=ChaiMasala2Organic

IS ALL THIS HEAT MAKING YOU THINK ABOUT BEING ON THE WATER?
Always wanted to be able to hook up that boat trailer, head out to your
favorite lake and just laze around on the water? What's stopping you?
$ ka-ching $ ka-ching$ ka-ching Oh!! Yeah!! That hooman money thing!!!
Where are YOU going to get the $s to own your very own boat - and
trailer too????

Got Five Bucks for a Boat???
Yeah!! You heard me right!! At Rikki's Refuge $5 could buy you a
boat!!!

The boat is a 14 foot aluminium hull Somkercraft 1998. The trailer is a
one axel 1997 Sealion.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699078005/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699708218/

For $5 you could be driving this boat away after the Open House on
August 15th !!! This could be the luckiest $5 you spend all summer !!!

$5 buys you one ticket. $100 buys you 25 tickets!!!! Splurge - it's
all to feed the animals !!!

http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php
Be sure to comment that's it's for the boat raffle until it gets up on
our web page proper!

Do you LIKE Music? LOVE Music?
Mike made us a fabulous 20 minute slide show. We want to have a cd of
music to play along side it. maybe more than one!!! Can you come up
with a cd of your favorite tunes that portray a feeling of love and
compassion and feeling? Something uplifting, joyous, inspiring, happy.
I'd like to hear your choice. Send your cd to Vincent, Rikki's
Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960

WANT TO LEARN NEW SKILLS?
Join us as we work on summer projects.
The new Quarantine Quarters needs exterior painting, interior insultion,
wall boards and ceilings, lighting, vinyl flooring - some and help out
and learn how to improve YOUR own home !!! Please bring an 18 pound bag
of cat food as admission to each class.

MAKE RIKKI'S BEAUTIFUL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727225592/
Rene??? Nothing will ever beat Pana, but we can give her some
competition!!!!
Available: HUGE surfaces just waiting for murals!!!!

RABBIT ROTUNDA II IS GOING UP!
The poles are in. This Saturday is trenching so the fence will be
recessed for diggers. Chain link goes on next. Gates get installed. A
center structure / gazabo goes up, the roof goes on. Please bring 20
pounds of guinea pig or rabbit food as admission to work on this project !!!

DOUBLE YOUR DONATION
http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/fathers-day
This wonderful double your donation special is going on thru midnight on
the 24th. Not much time left. If we can reach $1,000 here - It will be
matched with another $1,000 !!! Please Chip In !!!!

Make YOUR critters as famous as ME !!!!
We're having a photo contest!!! And it's open now - here's the low
down.
Entry fee is: $10 per photo.
Enter as often as you like, as many photos as you like, as many animals
as you like.
Animals - of any species, any number, but no humans - may be in the
photo.
Animals must be the central focus of the picture.
It can be your pets, wildlife or what ever.
Give us your best shot!

You can enter via e-mail by submitting your entry fee here
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php and then submitting your photo to
mail@RikkisRefuge.org - use the same e-mail address on both so we can
link them up. Please limit photos to 5 x 7 inches and 72 dpi. We might
not be able to down load anything else.

You can mail your photo or a disk to us along with your entry fee:
Rikki's Refuge Photo Contest, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960.

All entries must be in by August 3rd at midnight. Our judges will
select their favorite 12 photos. These will go on display at the August
15th Open House and the public will pick the final winner. The top 12
will be on the web site. The winner will be displayed in full size in
Reflections. The runner ups will be there but smaller. Sorry, only so
much space!!! These 12 photos will then be turned into Rikki's Refuge
2011 downloadable calendar just for YOU - our very special hoomans who
make our lives possible!!!

So get out there and start snapping away.

You know how the fine print goes. You must have to have rights to the
photo!!! Once submitted Rikki's has rights to use the photos. Photos
don't get returned. Decisions are final, blah blah blah.....

I'M ON TV AGAIN
in Prince William !!!! Getting a massage from Ms. Virginia! Jealous
?????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rhXXbLqy0c

SO YOU KNOW THE OFFICE HAS A LOFT.
Snickers the evil office kitty has claimed this as HER domain! There's
a ladder and she can zip up and down at lightning speed. Especially if
she sees Lena coming. She hates Lena. Lena cuts her claws and gives
her icky worming medicine and puts stinky flea drops on her. She hates
Lena. the minute she sees Lena, she starts snarling and growling and
heads straight up her ladder.

Nobody messes with Snickers.
This is what she does if you do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4454539347/

Sam, 20 years old, has recently learned to go up and down the ladder to
the loft. Well up anyway. He does up really good. He's still a bit
awkward on the down part. Me? I don't do ladders!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4479881710/

So Sam is up in the loft snoozing.
Snickers is sitting half way on the ladder not yet decided if it's up
time or down time. She spends a lot of time just sitting on a rung of
the ladder undecided. Ancient Psycho Shadow comes in the office and mom
opens a can for him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4685189111/

Hiss snarl, kaboom..clatter..clunk
Sam hears that pop top and in a flash he's coming down the ladder - to
heck with Snickers in the way - trying to bound over her, around her, he
don't care he just wants down. Snickers, caught in the middle of some
commotion she's yet to figure out what, starts bounding up the ladder.
They collide and spat and hiss and slap. But lucky nobody falls off.
And Sam gets down to take the food away from Shadow.

Voting EVERY DAY is really important
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
Please make this a really serious campaign. Get every body you know to
vote. Invite just three new people every day to start voting. If you
will be willing to spend just a couple minutes voting for me every day
thru August 22, you can keep Rikki's as the top in the state and we can
win money.

Do you know what money means at Rikki's?
It means LIFE. Plain and simple. With out money we don't get to live.
Mom needs money to care for us.

You are my HERO
Thanks for voting every day !!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4714244838/
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

MY BROFUR SPIDER WENT TO RAINBOW BRIDGE
It happened very suddenly the other night. It looked like he had a
stroke. He was a great big healthy long haired black boy. He had
leukemia, but had always been very healthy. He came here almost 6 years
ago, when he was only 12 weeks old. He had the longest gangly legs, and
he skittered all over the place, up and down walls. He was just growing
in long hair and looked all prickly and scraggly and that's why he got
the name Spider. He was always full of life and loved everything, his
human visitors, his brofurs and sisfurs. He'd love to greet new kittens
and play with them his whole life. Everybody was Spider's friend. He's
the guy in Cat House #2 who'd ride shoulders. Just the second you
stepped in he'd run for you and climb up to your shoulder and ride
around rubbing your face and purring. Every now and then he'd leap off,
do racing circles around the run and then climb back up again.

You have lots of friends at Rainbow Bridge Spider, I'm glad you had 6
years to love life.

Some of you may think this is bad new.
But I think it's good news. Spider had six wonderful years of
happiness, joy and fun. He never knew there was a thing wrong with him.
Did his leukemia kill him? It probably, at least, contributed to it.
But even hoomans in their 30's can suddenly die from something like a
stroke. I don't think Spider was ever sick a day in his life, at least
never anything more than a cold. But that blood test in a shelter,
those six long years ago, when he was just a poor little orphaned stray
kitten - was a death sentence.

If you were not there making Rikki's Refuge possible, not creating this
safe haven for animals society does not consider worth saving - he'd
have been dead 6 years ago. Instead YOU saved him and YOU allowed him
to live a wonderful life of joy for all the time possible, a full six
years.

The older a cat is when he contracts leukemia the longer they usually
live with the disease. A kitten born with it often only has months or a
year or two at best to live. Six years is fabulous!!!

Was his life worth it? It cost $3,384 to house him for six years,
provide for him, feed him, give him routine preventative medications,
vitamins and supplements, lots of yummy food, canned and dry and treats
and special nums, to give him clean litter, a clean blanket, to mow his
grass and keep his house in good repair.

I think that $3,384 was very well spent!! I loved my brofur Spider,
even though I wasn't allowed to play with him (cuz I don't have
leukemia). I know he thought it was worth it!!!! He was the purfect
picture of a kitty loving life.

Live long and prosper, all my leukemia friends!!!
We have donors out there who agree that your lives are worth it!!!!
No matter how long or how short - every day is worth it.

$47 a month provides the total care for one kitty!!!!
This is story time and not nagging time, yet if you can, would you help
us care for the kitties and the doggies and the goats and the pigs ....
here. It's really difficult this month, I think lots of folks are on
vacation and have forgotten to support us. The 'lectricity goes off on
the 27th and I won't be able to write to you anymore cuz the 'puter
needs 'lectricity. http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

FROM THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
Spider sent me a photo and I was surprised!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29504_130714486946075_100000225729967_377839_4026602_n.jpg
He told me his home coming present was a brand new truck and a set of
keys! Bast pointed to the Rainbow Bridge and said, There my friend, on
the other side of the bridge is a kitty food store where the doors are
always open and you need no money! And off Spider zoomed .... he's
trying to find a way to send some back to this side !!!!!

OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE READING THIS
you get Hairballs and Happy Tails. This comes out about once a week ..
or when I can get my paws on the 'puter. Once upon a time, not so very
long ago, there was so much Bad News going around on facebook that
morning that I was getting depressed so I posted Good Morning Good News
and told a couple happy stories. I needed to smile and feel good. I
work better when I feel good. When I smile I remember why I work my
paws to the bone saving my kindred spirits. When I get sad and
depressed I think I'm just getting no where and then I don't do such a
good job.

I was so surprised when lots of my friends wrote and said WOW thank YOU
for making my day. I was drying and when I read your post, I smiled and
I was able to get back in the swing of things and do good. Please send
me a note every morning!

EVERY MORNING??? WOW THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.
But I decided to do it. One of my very important jobs is to make YOU
happy. When YOU are happy, when YOU feel empowered, it's easier for YOU
to be somebody's HERO !!!!

Soon some of my Hairball friends heard about how happy my face book
friends were and they asked to get a subscription to Good Morning Good
News and so it began. I had my special list of my VIP friends who help
out at Rikki's a lot and they start their day with a smile thanks to
Good Morning Good News.

If you're not getting Good Morning Good News
I'd be happy to give you a subscription. Can you guess what the price
is? Oh I know, you're thinking that sly kitty, he's gonna ask for
something like Fancy Feast. But you're wrong!!! I'm gonna ask that you
smile and that every day you try, just one little bit of a few minutes,
to be somebody's HERO. That'll make you smile too.

If you want to start getting Good Morning Good News tomorrow just put on
a big smile and tell me !!! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

FUN AT FUNLAND FEEDS THE FATCATS
And everybody else too !!!!

YOU get to PLAY and have FUN - WE get to EAT !!!! Now what better deal
is there?
Have Fun and Help the Rikki's Animals

http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/funland%20day.html --- print your
flyer here, you MUST have this flyer in hand when you buy your entrance
wristband to get this SPECIAL PRICE and to participate in the FUNDRAISER
FOR RIKKI'S. Print out a dozen and take all your friends.

Somebody come pick me up - I wanna ride a bumper car !!!!!

Print out hundreds of flyers and pass them out everywhere - Funland will
donate $5 to Rikki's for every participant on July 24th!!!!

Central Park Fun Land
1351 Central Park Boulevard, Fredericksburg (540) 785-6700
www.centralparkfun-land.com
Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:00 PM-10:00 PM
$20 Unlimited Rides & Attractions (For an additional $5, receive $10
in arcade tokens! Games are 1 or 2 tokens each.)
For every wristband sold Rikki's Refuge will get $5

You must present this flyer when purchasing the wristband for this
special price
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/funland%20day.html
so print out a dozen and keep them in your car!

TONS OF FUN INDOORS AND OUT!!!
40,000+ square foot facility, over 4 acres, arcade games, food, rides,
and attractions, Two Go Kart Tracks, Bumper Boats, Batting Cage, Laser
Tag, Rock Wall, Bumper Cars, The Frog Hopper, The Himalaya, The
Jett-Star indoor mini roller coaster, HUGE Soft Play Maze for the kids,
Billiard Tables, Over 100 Video and Arcade Games, Pizza and tasty
treats, Miniature Golf, Water Wars NEWEST WATER BALLOON WARZONE!

WOW something for everybody - no matter how young or how old you are -
this is THE place to be on July 24th. You PARTY - We EAT !!!!

You must present the flyer when purchasing the wristband for this
special price.

Have fun! Who's taking Vincent on the go-carts??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727204992/

World's Best Pet Parent Photo Contest
http://www.petfinder.com/best-pet-parent-contest
Enter the best pic of you and your pet, and a short essay on why you are
the best parent, before July 25th. Designate your favorite shelter as
Virginia, Rikki Refuge and if your picture is the best Rikki's can win
up to $10,000. EVERYBODY get out there and enter. All entries are
great publicity for Rikki's AND

I'll put your photos and essays in future editions of Hairballs too !!!

CHILI COOK OFF
Ahhh to hot for that -- but by October 17th from Noon to 4 pm when
Culpeper Animal Hospital has their fall animal fundraiser you'll be
looking forward to something warming!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727225486/
Block that date off in your calendar!!!!

OUR CURRENT NEEDS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727225538/

Money - gotta catch up on the bills, really critical right now, mom's
been making phone calls and begging to be allowed to get more food, more
time to pay up. Things had been going ok since Christmas and then
Summer can and I guess everybody's gone off on vacation and forgot to
help us out. We have no way of getting money except from you nice
hoomans. If you can help, please, please do -- if every one of you
just spared us $5 it'd keep us going another week.
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Need pickup in Aroda in early July - can you help?
John writes in: Hi. We live in Aroda, near Good Hope Baptist Church.
We're remodeling our kitchen and have a Kenmore 21 cu ft, Energy Star
(very quiet), bisque refrigerator that we want to give to charity. It
was purchased new in 2002 and is in excellent condition. If you're
interested, someone would have to pick it up the beginning of July. We
can be reached at 540-661-3275.
John and Linda Cann lcann.diabetes@gmail.com If you can help please
contact them. We're ok right now, but would feel very comfortable and
safe with a fridge in storage for the next disaster ......

Spare Newspapers? Recycle them here! We're saving bunches using them
instead of puppy pads!

Pray that the cat litter packaging factory will have an extra pallet to
donate soon!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4341980865/

Nice smelling stuff to put in the mop water - but no pine sol type stuff
as the pine oil is bad for us.

Cat food - how'd you guess !!! Canned and dry are really needed bad here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4685189111/

High protein high fat puppy food for Lucky doggy who desperately is
trying to gain some weight.
Hey doggies, get your mom or dad to make a $25 minimum donation for Feed
Lucky Fund and I'll send you a sample pack of dog treats !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4654847990/

Carrots, apples, spinich for the rabbits:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/194806638

Paper Towels: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/3654855155

Oranges for the guinea pigs.

Romaine Lettuce for Nanny.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4311420679/

Cat food - anything, dry and canned needed - either that or take a cat !!!!!

17 sheets of a good quality tile board for the walls of the new
quarantine building. We're ready to insulate and then put up the
board!!! Wanna come help!!

Tarps for shade.

Small kids plastic swimming pools. No silly, the goats don't use them.
The ducks and geese do!

Trash bags.

Sandwich sized zip lock baggies - for meds.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4726579689/
YOU and your MOWER - come on out and get to work !!!!!!

YOUR vote !!!! http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS VINCENT ?
Web: www.RikkisRefuge.org
Twitter: rikkisrefuge
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vincent-D-Cat/370191432578?v=photos&ref=ts#!/pages/Vincent-D-Cat/370191432578?ref=ts
Blog: http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/
TV: http://vimeo.com/11079648 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rhXXbLqy0c
Vote: http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

THANK YOU
For saving our lives and giving us hope and love and comfort and care
every single day!!!

True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through
fidelity to a worthy purpose.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4727225672/
See you next week!!!!

Love, Vincent
6/23/10

THE FINE PRINT
Rikki's Refuge in Orange County, Virginia, is a 367-acre, no-kill, all
species, peaceful sanctuary supported solely by donations from kind and
loving individuals just like you! We help farm animals, domestic
animals, and wildlife. Over 1200 individuals of 22 different species
now reside at Rikki's Refuge. Please continue to help us help the
animals. To learn more about Rikki's Refuge go to
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/, http://www.rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/, and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge .

We survive on donations from kind and loving people, just like you. We
live on a shoestring and make it on less than one dollar per day, per
animal. So if you can spare a couple of bucks to buy a few meals,
please go to http://www.paypal.com/ and use our email address of
mail@rikkisrefuge.org . We do accept checks, money orders, cash and
stuff, too! Thanks for your support. Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357,
Orange VA 22960

Your donations directly support the Critters of Rikki's Refuge. Rikki's
Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS
501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation. Federal Tax-ID
54-1911042. We hold membership in all Combined Federal Campaigns in
Virginia #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart
Charities #1377, iGive, Benevolink, paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer Affairs.

If you know others who'd enjoy reading about the exciting adventures at
Rikki's Refuge let me know and I'll be happy to include them. If you
are one of those strange humans who does not wish to laugh and cry with
us, simply reply with "REMOVE" and nothing but "REMOVE" in the subject
line.

--
Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 22, 2010

Be my HERO !!!!!! VOTE EVERYDAY !!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4723787927/
Everybody can work to help us win!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Ashley did fabulous on her first day and came back for a second!!! Do
we have a keeper here???? Paws crossed !!!!!!

Jan shares a quote: "Don't say you don't have enough time. You have
exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen
Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci,
Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr., author
of Life's Little Instruction Book

Rene - stopped in with yummies for rabbits and goats and cinnamon rolls
and a lovely dish of beans and squash fresh out her garden for Mom!!!!!

You're my HERO! Preciate you feeding her, keeps her grubby fingers out
my Fancy Feast!!!

Sharon dropped in for a quick visit and brought 386 cans of Fancy Feast
and Produce. Num Num

Kimberly Ridpath kim_ridpath@yahoo.com and PCHS Office pchsva@gmail.com
Subject: Rocky's Clinic June 27 2010, 2-5PM
We are planning a Rocky's Clinic, to provide Low-Cost Vaccines to the
public and raise awarenesss about pet health and Spay/Neuter services we
offer. If you would like to Volunteer to help out or know someone that
the Clinic would benefit, please let us know. It is scheduled for
Sunday, June 27 from 2-5PM and an appointment is needed-Please call
540-674-0089 to schedule. -- Pulaski County Humane Society

Mom was entering stuff on the computer. She uses a voice thing to talk
to the computer. I don't get it, it won't work for me, no matter what I
say all it types is MEOW MEOW MEOW - anyway, so Mom's entering this
data, and it has dates and she's reading it off 6 slash 21 slash 10 -
and being the stupid hooman that she is, can't figure out why Snickers
keeps reaching around the computer and slapping her, with claws fully
extended!

Several folks have told me this is spectacular - I haven't been able to
see it yet - speed not high enough !!!!
http://www.pawnation.com/2010/05/24/sweet-reunion-between-a-man-and-the-gorilla-he-raised-as-a-baby/?sms_ss=email

I'm a pig today !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696214230/
Oink Oink you better feed me.
VOTE now - and today - tell three friends to vote.
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Mom's being mean to me. She says it's looks like a portrait not a silly
picture. Please stand up for me. Be my hero and tell me I'm sleek and
gorgeous. Well at least fluffy! Maybe if enough of you write to me and
tell me I'm PURRRRRFFFECT she won't try to be me on that D-I-E-T I've
heard her talking about.

What did you do for the Solstice????
We all celebrated and caterwallered and barked and howled and screached
and crowed !!!!! It was a chorus filled night at Rikki's!!! The
fewest hours of darkness we'll have for another year !!!!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/Stonehenge-photos/images/primary/1_STONEHENGE_461.jpg

Summer Solstice Dawns at Stonehenge
Thousands danced and whooped in delight as a bright early-morning sun
rose above the ancient stone circle Stonehenge, marking the summer
solstice. Unlike previous recent years, when the sunrise has been
obscured by clouds, the bright sun bathed the monument in orange and
gold today. As the sun rose, a woman climbed a rock in the circle
center and blew a horn, welcoming in the longest day of the year north
of the equator. Drums, tambourines and cheers reverberated in the
background. "It is stunning," said Stewart Dyer, a 43-year-old National
Health Service worker and dancer on his first trip to the solstice
celebration. "To actually be able to dance amongst the stones, to be
able to touch the stones, to be that close to such an ancient monument
is unbelievable." Stonehenge's origins remain a mystery, but theories
suggest the grounds were part of a huge astronomical calendar. Others
say an ancient sun worshipping culture aligned the structure with the
midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/09/stonehenge_2.jpg

Plan Ahead!!!
Get your tickets NOW for next year's Summer Solstice at Rikki's.

D'artagnan's new home
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4724507170/
Having a little lunch watching the World cup
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4724507414/
Look close if you want to find him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4724507622/

You DID vote, right? http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

It takes so little to be someone's hero. Keep your eyes open today.
Reach out to someone. Be their two minute hero for the day !!!!!

Who's HERO are YOU going to be today?

Love, Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

--
Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 21, 2010

YOU are my HERO !!!!!! EVERYDAY !!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4720824910/
You are telling everybody to vote. We've got to work extra hard. Those
cocker spaniels are catching up. We can't let one species one breed
beat 22 species all breeds!! Get three friends to vote today.
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Craig's List this morning
American Alligator 2- 2 1/2 foot long. May come with 85 gallon aquarium,
but preferably needs a larger holding device. He was previously in a 500
gallon pond that was more suitable. Serious inquiries only please, and
not all are eligible. You must have experience with related animals to
be considered. ---- anybody up to building the moat this week?

Or more seriously - have any idea where a good home would be?

Spare Newspapers? Recycle them here! We're saving bunches using them
instead of puppy pads!

Jan is Rikki's Hero of the day !!!!

Big BOO BOO I forgot to include Laurie for helping with the Richmond
Vegetarian Festival on Saturday. She came out yesterday to bring the
donations from the event.

Katarina worked all day. And if you've done heavy labor in that kind of
heat all day long non stop - you know how hard she worked. She had
several volunteers out helping too.

Dovi and Kayli came out to help and though Kayli is on the younger side
of our youths she was wonderful !!!!! And thank you Dovi for the
comcast channel Spotsylvania ads you're running for Rikki's!!!! We need
all the support we can get!

We're Half Way to our Double It Challenge !!!
The challenge runs thru the 24th so we still have time to win. We're
only about half way there - so please - be my hero and help me win!!!
http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/fathers-day

Cindy writes in: Good morning Vincent! Walker wanted to thank you for
mentioning his good Alumni Spokesdog work at the Richmond Vegetarian
Festival yesterday. He wants to add another 2 names to the list of
helpful volunteers who worked there!!! Laurie Karnay - who is always so
nice to me and pets me and hugs me, and another woman who lives in
Richmond and brings donations to Rikki's a few times a year. We ginned
up a lot of interest for the August Open House, July tours, and Katarina
got a list of volunteer signups!!!!

Walker was especially moved by one visitor that came yesterday. Yes,
many people stopped by to say they are "Facebook friends with Vincent".
Hm! But one girl came by and remembered me from a tour 1 or 2 years ago
from a girls school in Richmond (Grovewood? Again my dog brain doesn't
remember). The girl was all grown up so I didn't recognize her at first,
but she hugged me and told me she remembered that my story made her cry.
I remembered her too, because she was the one with grit and
determination in her eyes about wanting to stop animal abuse. She said
then that she wanted to become an Animal Cop. And I believed her! She
was fearless about going into Duke's dog run and Momma and Sonny's
(mosty people hesitate a little because they don't know if the dogs are
really friendly) She remembers Duke really well too. Well, that young
lady is now in community college and working to fulfill her dream - of
being an animal cop or animal rescuer in some capacity. She said she
wants to come volunteer and see me and Duke -- so she took my mom's cell
phone number down. It is so nice to hear how my story can motivate
people to action, even in some little way! Mom says that is why I
survived the woods after being shot -- to help change the world by
letting people see the results of animal abuse. And more importantly, to
show people that there really are second chances and happy endings!!
Rikki's has over 1200 happy endings!!! --- Love, Walker

I love Donna's outlook: When my mom was in a "home" We made sure it was
right by the house, then we could see her everyday. Since she was
senile, and would ask why we were there and we'd always say it was her
birthday, or Christmas, or St. Paddy's. It was fun to see her eyes light
up!!! Of course, we were only bringing clean socks and underwear....but
she thought they were presents!

I think of senility as a chance to be creative! Everyday is a new
beginning and we can make it be exactly what we want. She wouldn't
remember my name, or who I was, so I'd make up a name and a character.
We had lots of good laughs.

I'm a lion today !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696213934/
Roarrr you better open those cans up faster mom or I'll just eat you !!!!!
VOTE now - and today - tell three friends to vote.
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Even with Toddlers, It's the Thought that Counts - A reassuring new
study finds that even in toddlers, intentions matter more than actions.

You probably get bummed if you promise something but can't come through
with it. While your child might be a little disappointed, a new study
says that even toddlers are able to recognize good intentions in others,
and will help people who've tried to help them, even if the attempt failed.

Series of experiments, 16 toddlers, 2 actresses. One actresses would
deliberately refuse to give a child a toy. The other actress would
attempt to pass the toy, but accidentally push it out of reach.

When the tables were turned and the actresses asked for the children's
help, 75 percent of them assisted the one who had tried to pass over a
toy, even though she'd been unsuccessful. None of them helped the other
actress. So even though the first actress hadn't actually helped them,
they'd realized that she was trying to do something kind, and returned
the favor anyway. The study seems to illustrate that intentions are more
powerful than actions, even for young children.

Cool Animals
http://www.bing.com/travel/content/search?q=Weird+Animals%3a+Aye-aye&FORM=RQTRAV

Statistics show that close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on
television, only do so to view the commercials. ----- Is that really
possible?

Looks good about now - doesn't it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4342709520/

Pray that the cat litter packaging factory will have an extra pallet to
donate soon!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4341980865/

Is this like gorgeous, or what?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4715196914/
This print will be on auction at the July 16th Golf Tournament and
Festival. We've got lots of new fun and excitement added for the event
this year, including a live auction.
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/Golf2010.html
Keep up with the added excitement here, be sure you buy your tickets in
advance, the price goes up at the door.

Funnies to smile by!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs127.snc3/17437_1378601543678_1191085206_1120048_4783137_n.jpg

Ashley has joined the crew this morning, paws crossed that this is a
good match.

Walker says: They crossed a Bloodhound and a Labrador. The new breed is
a Blabador, a dog that barks incessantly. (Tippy!)

Girl raises thousands for Gulf birds - 'It's really crazy how many
people want my drawings'
Olivia Bouler doesn't have time for anything else these days except to
draw and paint. But that's OK for the artistic fifth-grader, because
everything she does is for the birds. The Islip, N.Y., girl, who turns
11 on Friday, has raised an estimated $80,000 by sending her sketches
and paintings of birds to people who donate to organizations helping
with relief efforts in the Gulf of Mexico spill disaster. "I do some in
the mornings and some in the afternoons, and weekends are really the
time for me get cracking at them," Olivia told msnbc.com on Thursday in
a telephone interview as she and her parents were headed to the Gulf for
a visit.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37620887/ns/us_news-giving/

Does this give anybody any ideas ???????

You DID vote, right? http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

One small act of kindness will make you somebody's hero.

Who's HERO are YOU going to be today?

Love, Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

--
Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 20, 2010

Send me YOUR good news everyday !!!! I love to hear from you !!!!

I'm a fish today !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696214298/
That might sound good on a hot day like this EXCEPT for the fact that
I'm a cat and I hate water!!!!
VOTE now - and today - tell three friends to vote.
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

It's already warm this morning !!!! It's been cool during the week and
then blistering on the weekends!!!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

You didn't forget Fathers Day did you? Anybody got left off your list?
How about that nice guy down the street who helps animals? Bet he'd be
honored to get a Fathers Day wish from the critters! Here's a special
for you too !!!! I've got a sponsor who'll match Fathers Day
Donations!!! RIGHT !!! Match them - up... to $1,000 !!!! AND BESTEST OF
ALL I'll send your dad - or whoever - a personal note from you - just
give me his name and email address. Love, Vincent
http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/fathers-day

Thank you Mariza, Katarina, Cindy and Walker for representing Rikki's at
the Richmond Vegetarian Festival yesterday.

Ron worked on the interior framing for the Quarantine Room so the studs
are in the right places for hanging the tile board.

Any brought produce out and fed the bunnies and guinea pigs.

David set poles all the way round Rabbit Rotunda II and NOBODY fell in
the wet cement !!!!

Ken & Gina brought out collected donations and adopted turtle d'Artagnan
who will now have a wonderful forever home. Poor guy was found
wondering the streets of DC, got injured, picked up by animal control,
sheltered and fortunately transferred here for healing of the shell and
one leg. The friendliest turtle I've ever met. He puts his nose out
for kisses!!

Jane & Bob brought bread for the piggies and doggies and chickens. Lots
of the doggies love bread and guard their french loaf like a bone.

Melanie tells me about Rikki's alumni now living with her - Ms.
Victoria and Casey Mae are doing great, Vicky has claimed the rocking
chair (only if it has a blanket on it) and Casey likes the air vent cool
in the summer and warm in the winter. Casey's exercise is playing cat
me if you can with Godiva and wrestling with Natasha, just one big happy
family thanks to you and Rikkis. Our family would not be complete
without Vicky and Casey. Hugs

Lisa adopted out 6 puppies yesterday to loving forever homes.

Jimmy Jet Golub Got a call from Charmi's new Mom - THEY LOVE HER and she
loves them! Meanwhile, Nelly Frittata, the cat Mom trapped the day
Charmi left, is doing great. She's sweet and gentle and loves being
inside in the lap of luxury!

check out this entertaining doggy babysitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulyVur9WpKo&feature=player_embedded
The kid is squealing in delight, not crying. Gee and they complain
about barking dogs?

Mr. Fancy Pants - my facebook pal
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs345.snc4/41446_1473588504_9447_n.jpg

Just like Boomer and Duke! Sent in my Cindy
Blind Dog Has Her Own Seeing-Eye Dog

Ellie, a young King Charles cavalier spaniel in England, is almost
completely blind. A German shepherd named Leo has taken matters into
his own paws, and is protecting and guiding her. Ellie has cataracts on
both eyes and is only aware of shadows. Leo, who's an absolutely
massive dog, has become her eyes. It's touching to watch them together.
She follows him around and snuggles up to him.
http://www.pawnation.com/2010/06/11/blind-dog-has-her-own-seeing-eye-dog/?sms_ss=email

Some Fathers Day Wisdom
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and
get used to the idea. -- Robert A. Heinlein

What's YOUR good news?

No Discrimination at Rikki's Refuge
No matter your Age, your Size or your Species
You gotta get out there and VOTE !!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4716464181/
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
Every day thru Aug 22 - the shelter with the most total votes wins the
bucks !!!
Get three friends to vote today!!!

Caribbean Limeade
* 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
* 2/3 cup water
* 1 Tbsp sliced ginger root
* Juice from 4 limes, chilled
* 32 ounces ice cold water
Mix sugar and water in a saucepan. Heat to boiling, add ginger root, and
boil for 1 minute. Cool, then refrigerate until cold. Remove ginger root
from sugar syrup. Mix sugar syrup, fresh lime juice, and cold water.
Serve over ice.

unStir Fry http://rawon10.blogspot.com/
6 spears asparagus, chopped / 4 oz mushrooms / 2 carrots, thinly
sliced / 2 stalks celery, sliced / 6 leaves kale, chopped / 1
medium onion, chopped / 2 medium zucchini

juice of one orange / 1 inch piece ginger, grated / 1 clove garlic,
pressed / 2 tablespoons olive oil / 2 tablespoons braggs liquid
aminos / 2 tablespoons agave / 1/2 teaspoon salt / 1/4 - 1/2
teaspoon cayenne / 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes

Put the asparagus, mushrooms, carrots, celery, kale, and onion in a
lidded tub. Combine the orange juice, ginger, garlic, olive oil, liquid
aminos, agave, cayenne, and red pepper flakes. Whisk to combine, or use
a bullet type blender. Pour half this marinade over the vegetables in
the tub and place the lid on. Set aside the other half of the marinade
for later. Let sit, stirring or shaking every so often, for about an
hour. Then pour onto lined dehydrator tray and dehydrate for an hour or
two, until the vegetables are slightly soft and warm.

Slice the zucchini into noodles and top with the vegetables. Dress with
the remaining marinade.

You can hear SUNNYSIDE Play !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22b7QQ_bg_8
Jim Lilly-Guitar (540) 289-5868, Betty Calvert-Bass (804) 837-2476,
Carol Phillips-Autoharp (540) 846-3522, www.sunnysidemusic.webs.com
Old Time Mountain, Classic Country and Gospel Music
2nd Friday every month: The Recreation Center 8:00 to 11:00pm
With Special Guest: Spoonman Dan Willoughby & VA State Fiddle Champion
Jimmy Delozier
213 William St., Fredericksburg 540-371-6498
6/25 Lydia Mountain Jam 7:00 to 11:00 pm Rt. 33, Stanardsville
540-289-5868
6/27 Old Settlers Museum @ Humpback Rocks 2:00 to 4:00 pm mile post 5.8
on Blue Ridge Parkway 540-943-4716

My Brofur Spider
My brofur Spider went to Rainbow Bridge very suddenly overnight. It
looks like he had a stroke. He was a great big healthy long haired black
boy. He had leukemia, but had always been very healthy. He came here
almost 6 years ago, when he was only 12 weeks old. He had the longest
gangly legs, and he skittered all over the place, up and down walls. He
was just growing in long hair and looked all prickly and scraggly and
that's why he got the name Spider. He was always full of life and loved
everything, his human visitors, his brofurs and sisfurs. He'd love to
greet new kittens and play with them his whole life. Everybody was
Spider's friend. He's the guy in Cat House #2 who'd ride shoulders.
Just the second you stepped in he'd run for you and climb up to your
shoulder and ride around rubbing your face and purring. Every now and
then he'd leap off, do racing circles around the run and then climb back
up again.

You have lots of friends at Rainbow Bridge Spider, I'm glad you had 6
years to love life.

Some of you may think this is bad new. But I think it's good news.
Spider had six wonderful years of happiness, joy and fun. He never knew
there was a thing wrong with him. Did his leukemia kill him? It
probably, at least, contributed to it. But even hoomans in their 30's
can suddenly die from something like a stroke. I don't think Spider was
ever sick a day in his life, at least never anything more than a cold.
But that blood test in a shelter, those six long years ago, when he was
just a poor little orphaned stray kitten - was a death sentence.

If you were not there making Rikki's Refuge possible, not creating this
safe haven for animals society does not consider worth saving - he'd
have been dead 6 years ago. Instead YOU saved him and YOU allowed him
to live a wonderful life of joy for all the time possible, a full six
years.

The older a cat is when he contracts leukemia the longer they usually
live with the disease. A kitten born with it often only has months or a
year or two at best to live. Six years is fabulous!!!

Was his life worth it? It cost $3,384 to house him for six years,
provide for him, feed him, give him routine preventative medications,
vitamins and supplements, lots of yummy food, canned and dry and treats
and special nums, to give him clean litter, a clean blanket, to mow his
grass and keep his house in good repair.

I think that $3,384 was very well spent!! I loved my brofur Spider,
even though I wasn't allowed to play with him (cuz I don't have
leukemia). I know he thought it was worth it!!!! He was the purfect
picture of a kitty loving life.

Live long and prosper, all my leukemia friends!!! We have donors out
there who agree that your lives are worth it!!!! No matter how long
or how short - every day is worth it.

$47 a month provides for the care of one kitty!!!! This is Good
Morning time and not nagging time, yet if you can, would you help us
care for the kitties and the doggies and the goats and the pigs ....
here. It's really difficult this month, I think lots of folks are on
vacation and have forgotten to support us. The 'lectricity goes off on
the 27th and I won't be able to write to you anymore cuz the 'puter
needs 'lectricity. http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

LOOK Mom !!! No Hands !!!!
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/06/17/funny-pictures-i-can-walk/

Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from
a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow.
They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! -- Anne Tyler

You DID vote, right? http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

A very special HAPPY Fathers day to you, no matter who you are, you're
like a father to me cuz you care about me and protect me and make sure
I'm safe, and that's what a father does, Right?
Love, Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

--
Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 19, 2010

Good Morning ..... Look.... I made it !!! All the morning chores done
and the sun hasn't been up that long. Now if nobody yells Vincent DO
before I finish writing to you ..... !!

Richmond Vegetarian Festival today - Noon to 6:00 pm - Azalea Gardens at
Bryan Park
http://www.veggiefest.org/
Free Admission. Stop by our booth and meet Mariza, Katarina, Cindy and
Walker the alumni spokes dog! Me? I'll be home eating Fancy Feast.
Catch me at the Richmond Mouseatarian Festival!!!!

Peggi sent me a note: Awww Vincent, we love you! Did you know you were
the one responsible for us putting together a page for Sugar Dial, to
help promote awareness for differently abled creatures? We met you in
the Bissell contest, and was so impressed with your work, that we wanted
to do something like it in a very small way. Sugar Dial's... owner/boy,
is autistic; he has Asperger's Syndrome. Sugar teaches him how to be in
touch with feelings. So, Vincent, thank you for what you do!

Wow is that humbling. See how much you help not just me, but other
animals the world over? By supporting me in the Bissel Contest - even
though I didn't win - joy and happiness - gee just LIFE - is being
brought to others !! This is what it's all about. Single handedly it's
real hard. TOGETHER paw in hand we CAN make it HAPPEN !!!! We ARE
making it HAPPEN !!!!

OOppp ssss gotta stop and vote!! You do it too and we compare notes
when I come back ..... http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange,
VA, USA
Oh yippee I got a white tiger. That means I get to stand in the
kitchen all day and ROAR .... for Fancy Feast !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696214054/ I really like
it when I get a feline of any kind!!! I feel funny stomping around all
day like an elephant!!!

White Tigers - Did you know?
This coloration is caused by a recessive gene. It's not a breed thing.
An additional genetic condition can remove most of the striping of a
white tiger, making the animal almost pure white.
Outside of India, white tigers have been prone to crossed eyes.
Siamese cats are also sometimes cross-eyed, as are some albino ferrets.
Siamese cats and albinos of every species which have been studied all
exhibit the same visual pathway abnormality found in white tigers.
Some of the white tigers born to North American lines have bulldog faces
with a snub nose. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4714221680/

Happy Birthday Louise Hilliard !!!
Yesterday was her birthday. Without her, none of us would be here. Her
beloved kitty Rikki came to her in a dream and asked her to share the
love they had shared with other homeless animals - and she bought and
donated the land that became Rikki's Refuge. She crossed the Rainbow
Bridge in 2004 to be with Rikki, after seeing her dream of love and life
given to thousands of homeless critters!!! She loved to come visit and
let us crawl all over her!!

Louise is Kerry's mom. Kerry is my mom. Kerry, really wishes her mom
was here now to see how much bigger and better you make Rikki's Refuge
every year. Kerry misses her mom and it'd makes her real happy to see
donations in her honor so Kerry can keep carrying out her mom's dream.
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

So you know the office has a loft. Snickers the evil office kitty has
claimed this as HER domain! There's a ladder and she can zip up and
down at lightning speed. Especially if she sees Lena coming. She hates
Lena. Lena cuts her claws and gives her icky worming medicine and puts
stinky flea drops on her. She hates Lena. the minute she sees Lena,
she starts snarling and growling and heads straight up her ladder.

Nobody messes with Snickers. This is what she does if you do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4454539347/

Sam, 20 years old, has recently learned to go up and down the ladder to
the loft. Well up anyway. He does up really good. He's still a bit
awkward on the down part. Me? I don't do ladders!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4479881710/

So Sam is up in the loft snoozing. Snickers is sitting half way on the
ladder not yet decided if it's up time or down time. She spends a lot
of time just sitting on a rung of the ladder undecided. Ancient Psycho
Shadow comes in the office and mom opens a can for him.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4685189111/

Hiss snarl, kaboom..clatter..clunk
Sam hears that pop top and in a flash he's coming down the ladder - to
heck with Snickers in the way - trying to bound over her, around her, he
don't care he just wants down. Snickers, caught in the middle of some
commotion she's yet to figure out what, starts bounding up the ladder.
They collide and spat and hiss and slap. But lucky nobody falls off.
And Sam gets down to take the food away from Shadow.

Things I've Learned The Hard Way, No. 3,575
No matter how tempting it looks, DON'T lick velcro.
Posted by Waldo A. Cat

Even though Ernie has leukemia, he votes every day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4714244838/
He says he'd never let a handicap come between Rikki's Refuge winning
money to care for him and his siblings and being able to offer a safe
haven to others in need.
No matter what !! YOU can vote ever day too!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
Every day thru Aug 22 - the shelter with the most total votes wins the
bucks !!!
Get three friends to vote today!!!

Rainbow Bridge???
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29504_130714486946075_100000225729967_377839_4026602_n.jpg

Fathers Day Special: http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/fathers-day
Good for Double Your Donation thru June 24th, help us reach our goal.

Candy brought a load of produce and brought in the mail yesterday!! I
can't wait to see who's gonna come to visit me today !!!!

Did you get any good shots of your animals for the photo contest?
Details yesterday or ask me.

Win a boat for only $5!!!
Raffle - $5 for the tickets!! Boat and trailer.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699078005/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699708218/

Old Sayings I've Said, No. 91
The squeaky wheel gets the grease; the squeaky mouse gets deceased.
Posted by Waldo A. Cat

Need pickup in Aroda in early July - can you help?
John writes in: Hi. We live in Aroda, near Good Hope Baptist Church.
We're remodeling our kitchen and have a Kenmore 21 cu ft, Energy Star
(very quiet), bisque refrigerator that we want to give to charity. It
was purchased new in 2002 and is in excellent condition. If you're
interested, someone would have to pick it up the beginning of July. We
can be reached at 540-661-3275.
John and Linda Cann lcann.diabetes@gmail.com

If you can help please contact them. We're ok right now, but would feel
very comfortable and safe with a fridge in storage for the next disaster
......

Yikers! I went to send the and it was saying NO emails for Vincent!! I
thought WHAT, even though I checked late last night - well ok - early
this morning - you'd think SOMEBODY would have written!!! Opps I had to
hit refresh!!! And now I have 488 emails!! Poor mom - she's got almost
10x more than that!!!!

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You're the bestest friends in the whole wide world !! SMILE - I love
YOU !!!
Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

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