tions plus 1,433 sporting clays, trap and skeet clubs, all cataloged on a practical state-by-state basis. And you get as bonus of 79 shotgun shooting schools plus hundreds of shooting clinics across the country. What a resource! Now you can pack a shotgun along with your fishing gear and golf clubs, certain in the knowledge of no matter where you travel, on business or pleasure, you'll be able to get in some shotgun time.
This adds only $14.95 to the tally
Anne Perry got it right the first time, of course: "How much it costs has nothing to do with how much it is worth." Anybody who has ever watched his pup hit its first point will tell you that. And the fifty bucks you may spend to extend the pleasures of the hunt as suggested here, can be counted as money well spent.
Bill Hanus hails from Newport OR

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The IRS Called
Reverend O'Malley answers the phone: "Hello, First Baptist Church."
"Is this Reverend Michael O'Malley?"
"It is"
"This is the IRS. Can you help us?"
"I can"
"Do you know a Ted Houlihan?"
"I do"
"Is he a member of your congregation?"
"He is"
"Did he donate $10,000 to the church?"
"He will"

Oil Shortage
There are a lot of folks who can't understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in the USA. Well, there's a very simple answer.
Nobody bothered to check the oil.
We just didn't know we were getting low. The reason for this is purely geographical. All the oil is in Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, etc. All the dipsticks are in Washington, DC.