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Thursday, June25thWine Dinner, 7pm

Smoked Chicken & Roasted Pecan Puffs

Charles Krug Chardonnay

Zesty Tomato & Shrimp Ceviche

EOS Sauvignon Blanc

Bacon Wrapped-Stuffed Filet served with Parmesan Mashed Potato-Stuffed Bell Pepper

Geyser Peak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Almond Amaretto Crown Jewel

Osborne Cream Sherry

$55 per person ~ Call to reserve your seat soon!Space is limited.This offer is not valid with any coupon or any other offer.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.~Wallace Stevens

Online Ordering at the Brick Oven ~ 20% off on Sundays

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Brick Oven Courtyard Grille3030 SW Wanamaker Rd.Topeka, Kansas 66614785.478.2742 brickovencourtyardgrille.com

Maybe this person was starving, maybe this person’schildren were starving, maybe this person was cold. Thepossibilities are infinite; I know this. Regardless, I haveforgiven the person, no matter the reason. In this instance,I remembered rather quickly to stay in the present, begrateful, and let go. And, look--how lucky I am to have ahappy picture of me wearing the jacket.Lest anyone think that I think I have it all figured out . . . yesterday I nearly threw my lap top computer out theclosed window of my home office. Extreme frustrationsmothered me and I did allow a less than pleasant mood totake over . . . where was my toolbox yesterday?

June Where in the World is This? Win aFREE Dinner!

Come in & tell us

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this is & ifyou are one of the first twenty people toanswer correctly, you’ll win a FREE dinner($12.00 value).

Not valid with any other offer.

May Where in the World Answer:

Dunbar Rock, Honduras

Did you ever wonder

what “tools” people carry in their toolboxes to lead a relativelyhappy life?The more tools you collect for your toolbox, the better lives we will all have— because feeling good is contagious. I've been through quite a bit in my life and therehave been many times when I've had a crisis occur where I was quite quick to jumpoff into hysteria, depression, anxiety attacks, bad tempers. In recent years I've got-ten much better about reaching into my “toolbox” to live a happier life.Just over a month ago, while in the middle of my two week trip in South Africa, I had a jacket stolen fromme. This wasn't just any jacket. My mother had given me this very beautiful white jacket with a very unique design on it.It had been my mother's jacket and when she gave it to me she said, "Whenever you wear this I will have my arms around you." This jacket has had monumental sentimental value to me and even more so since my mother's death. When I real-ized the jacket was missing, I felt panic and loss and sadness. Like any dark cloud, I could feel the beginnings of lettingthis event take over my thought process. As I sat in a van riding across the spectacular savanna landscape of Autumngolds and reds, not appreciating where I was in the present moment, I suddenly thought, I’m in South Africa! How manypeople get the opportunity to visit such an amazing place?I reached further into my toolbox. I brought out, "Someone must have really needed this jacket more than me" and"My mother always has her arms around me" and "I'm so grateful that I wasn't injured" and "I'm so grateful for all of thethings I do have" and "I'm so grateful my children are healthy" and finally, "What am I to learn from this experience?" And I was sincere in all of these thoughts.I'm still a little saddened by the loss of the jacket, but of all the gazillion things I

do

have, why should I lose my balanceover the one thing I

don't

have? It doesn't make sense. I stayed with the thought about what does this experience have toteach me? The jacket was a thing. Yes, it had personal value, but bottom line, it was a thing and I was faced with twochoices: hang on to the sadness or let it go. The lesson for me was letting go and truly believing that someone had a big-ger need for the jacket than I did. I'm not excusing theft, but I feel that to dwell on anger and sadness has no effect on theperson who took my jacket. It only has a negative effect on me, and then those around me.

Joshua Skahan

isthe JuneV.I.P. winner and willreceive a $25.00gift certificate.

Vision in the 2009

Keep a small notebook next to where you sitwhen you watch television...

write down at leastone new thing you learn every day...if you’re notlearning at least one new thing, change the channel.

Little Known Facts

1 A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.2 The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.3 The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence con-tains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets ofScarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."4 The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.5 Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.6 The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "theking is dead".7 Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."8 In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.9 The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.10 If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. Theheads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

Catering Corner

Tricia Adolphson, Catering Director

785-478-2742(BRIC) Direct Catering 785-249-1282

Picnic season is here!

We cater hors d'oeuvres and party trays, buffets, picnics and formalsit down dinners. We want to help make your celebrations more enjoyable. You can be a guest at your ownevent. Give Tricia Adolphson a call to place your order or set up an appointment to plan your event. Are you having a fund raiser, social gathering, office luncheon, corporate event, wedding rehearsal, orwedding reception? Do you want your event to be memorable? We can help you plan your event whetherit's casual, semi-casual or formal and make it spectacular with our great menu selections and excellentservice.

Drop-n-Go Buffet

Our most economical buffet. Drop-n-Go Buffets serve one-third pound of sliced meat per person with yourchoice of two meats: Beef Brisket, Chopped Kobe-style Burnt Ends, Hickory Roasted Ham, Smoked TurkeyBreast or Pulled Pork50-74 guests 75-99 guests 100+ guests9.25 9.00 8.75

Wood Grilled Buffet

A genuine hickory wood-fired delight. All wood grilled buffets are prepared on site. Customize your meal.Choose from:Backyard Picnic (burgers, brats and hot dogs) -------- 11.95 per person Add Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets--------------------- 1.99 per personThe 12 oz. K.C. Strip---------------------------------------25.99 per person½ Marinated Grilled Chicken------------------------------12.99 per person All buffets include the delivery & set-up of disposable table covering for 8 foot tables(provided by you). Food arrives in disposable containers. Our sides include our famousiron-skillet beans, creamy coleslaw, pasta salad, barbeque sauce, pickles, and variety ofbreads, paperware, and serving utensils. Call me to plan your event and give you furtherdetails on our catering

.

Thanks, Tricia Adolphson

Brick Oven Courtyard Grille will give you a $10.00 gift certificate for helpingsupport our community by donating to Working Class Hero Fund. Go to

www.brickovencourtyardgrille.com

for more information.

Working Class Hero Fundis a newly established organization founded on the tenet thatthere are many good, hard working people in today’s society that experience traumaticevents that leave them unable to meet basic necessities. While these individuals wouldchoose not to seek charity, they find themselves in an unenviable position of needing assistance, and thenfind that they do not meet guidelines of more traditional providers.WCHF will provide crisis funding for local individuals that can prove they are gainfully employed and canshow need. Participants must be able to articulate what circumstances caused the crisis, and what stepsthey plan to take to prevent similar circumstances from occurring again. Funds will not be distributed to theindividuals, but directly used to resolve the immediate crisis. Participants will not be asked to repay theamount, but will be asked to sign an ethical contract that will require that they somehow “pay forward” thegood will assistance that was given to them. That “pay it forward” can be as simple as helping a friend inneed, mowing the lawn of an elderly neighbor, or volunteering at a local non-profit.

GuncottonThough strictly forbidden by his wife from conducting experiments in their home, theGerman chemist Christian F. Schonbein sometimes disobeyed her when she wasn'taround.While experimenting in the kitchen one day in 1845, Schonbein acciden-tally spilled a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids. In a panic, he grabbedhis wife's cotton apron and mopped up the mess. He then hung it overthe stove to dry before its unsuspecting owner came home.Schonbein's deception went unnoticed - until - while both he and his wifestood in the kitchen, the apron spontaneously ignited and burned soquickly that it virtually disappeared in a flash. Fortunately, his wife wasn'twearing it at the time.

Right Time, Right Price!

Monday through Saturdayfrom 4pm-6pm. For only

$9.99

choose from any ofthe following menu items(comes with

1

side dish):

~ Oven Roasted Chicken~ The Carolina~ Oven Roasted Chicken &Kobe-Style Burnt Ends~ Fire-Seared Eggplant~ Fire-Seared Sirloin~ Wood-Grilled Tilapia~ Tomato Relish Meatloaf~ Wild Mushrooms, Tasso& Angel Hair Pasta

Prices are only valid on these items listed above.This offer not valid with any other discount, cou-pon or offer. These items come with

1

side dish.

June Word of the Month

blatherskite

(BLATH-uhr-skyt) noun A person who babbles about inane matters.Nonsense; foolish talk

You can plug yourears and play it solo,but that bouncing,blatherskite of anuncle keeps naggingat you to get a wife.

Monday NightsPrime Rib Night

Enjoy our Prime Rib Dinnerfor ONLY $14.99

Entrée includes:10 ounce slice of delicious smoked Prime Ribserved with one of our fabulous side dishes anda dinner salad.

This offer is not valid with any other offer, coupon ordiscount. Price does not include beverages, tax orgratuity. You

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