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OUR MUGGS IS NlIMf3I3t ONE !
On May 21st t h e YNCA chose our Muggs a s s wnmm of Distinction i n t h e community
s e r v i c e category. I wasn't t h e r e . Rob was, t h e only man t h e r e a t t h e fancy do without a jacket. P a t t i , Muggs' s i s t e r , was t h e r e , the only woman i n t h e room wearing a long dress. I f I ' d made i t , I would have been t h e only person carrying a bucket of i c e . But my f e e t were shooting o u t flames 6 I needed t o go home. So I d i d n ' t get t o see our Muggs g e t s e l e c t e d , even though I got her i n t o h t e game In t h e first p l a c e . So how did Muggs end up on t h e stage of a fancy ballroom a t a dawntown hotel? Four years ago I heard Paul Taylor ask Muggs i f he could nominate h e r f o r the YWCA Woman of D i s t i n c t i o n Award. Efuggs j u s t laughed E s a i d , "0 Paul, g e t a l i f e . " This spring 1 observed how proud t h e community was of th6 Four S i s t e r s g e t t i n g a United Nations Habitat nomination. O f course, not everybody l i v e s t h e r e , but somehow t h e honour t o DERA r e f l e c t e d on everyone i n t h e aommunity. I wondered if recognition of Muggs would a l s o be good f o r t h e nieghbourhood. , So I broached the s u b j e c t . I a c t u a l l y waited u n t i l n e a r t h e nomination d a t e when Bob was away v i s i t i n g h i s mother 4 Ehggs was overloadyI with school 6 Stan E p r e t t y vulnerable & I s a i d i n one breath: "Oh by t h e way Muggs can I nominate you f o r t h e ywca woman o f d i s t i n c t i o n award I t h i n k you're t e r r i f i c & i t would be r e a l l y good f o r t h e community s o do I have your permis s i o n 6 I ' l l give you a day o r two t o think about it 6 i n the meantime I ' l l