Laughter is the Best Medicine

Sometimes mistakes just happen and, if luck holds out, nobody notices or nobody pays much attention.
So there shouldn't be “L” to pay for those who didn't catch the misspelling of “health” in the classy mailed, full-color invitation to the reception and ribbon-cutting celebrating the new Acequia Wing at the Kaweah Delta Medical Center last Friday.
The card reads “Kaweah Delta Heath Care District cordially invites you to a reception…” Well pholks, perhaps it is a bit of history revisited, as I recall, because in 1969, the local daily newspaper published a special section heralding the opening of the “new” Kaweah Delta Hospital. A front page headline misspelled “hospital.” I remember writing stories for that special section but did not write the headline, I'm pretty sure, but who the “L” cares.
Things happen and the only one likely to feel any pain is the person who wrongly typed the word or didn't catch it. For that, there is no cure, but they should just remember that laughter is the best medicine, even in a hospital.

THERE WERE LOTS OF SMILES last Saturday at the Woodlake Airport when more than 90 young people got free airplane rides as part of the Aviation Day sponsored by the Flying Tigers Chapter 1292 which took the youngsters aloft as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles project to introduce young people to the EAA.
Chris Crumly, Byron Taylor and George Benson volunteered their planes, piloting skills and fuel to give the youngsters a ride. Crumly estimated about 75 percent of those getting rides were “first-timers” who probably will always remember their first day in the air.
This year, riders came at a more even pace than in past year so the waiting time was shorter than in other years, reducing the anxiety of those concerned they would not get their ride.

THERE WAS SOME WAITING, much like the '50s and '60s when the new American cars were unveiled, when Ed Dena threw a “Reveal Party” at his Dinuba dealership this week. The new Camaro has been exposed already but now it's at the dealerships.
Most of us at least aged 50, especially guys, remember counting the days until the new Chevys or Fords, Pontiacs, Dodges, Plymouths, Mercs, DeSotos and even the Edsels were shown at local dealerships. I can remember waiting to see the '57 Chevy and the following year to eyeball the all-new Impala with its touted “Gull Wing Styling.”
I remember getting a “yard” stick equal in inches to the roof line of that first Impala.
But I'll have to wait until the end of this week to see how the new old unveilings went in Dinuba and at the Selma Auto Mall.
A similar unwrapping at the May 2 Morro Bay car show, however, provides a good outlook.
A GM executive who just happened to be there for the weekend when Dena, one of the show sponsors, took the yellow Camaro and several other GM classics to the coastal extravaganza. Dena kept the Camaro in its trailer until noon Saturday.
According to an e-mail forwarded to Dena from another GM official, the executive wrote: “What a treat it was to have 'lucked out' to be there for that weekend.”
The e-mail continues, “When the Camaro was unveiled, it was just swarmed by the crowd!!!
“The response was overwhelming. For the entire four hours that I was at the show, you could not get near the Camaro. The crowd was just enamored with the bright yellow Camaro. It was a pleasure to be there. It made me proud to work for GM/Chevrolet.”
Well pholks, I guess there really is something to be said about sneak previews and not showing everything all at once.

Miles can be reached at mshuper@valleyvoicenewspaper.com