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Thanksgiving Dinner Without Lifting a FingerGet your Thanksgiving Orders in NOWOnly a limited amount of orders will be taken!

Jean Baptiste Massieu

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

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$69.99

10 ~ 12 pound Hickory Smoked TurkeyGarlic Mashed Potatoes & Brown GravyBrick Oven Signature StuffingTasso Corn Bake, RollsServes 8 ~ 10 people

Order before November 21st

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$29.99

Individual Smoked TurkeyServes 8 ~ 10 people Add a side for only $2.00 a person

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Stop in the restaurant3030 SW Wanamker Rd.Topeka, Kansas 66614 www.brickovencourtyardgrille.comOffer not valid with any other coupons, discounts oroffers. Offer expires December 24th 2009.

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

Come in & tell us

where

&

what

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.

October Where in the World Answer:

Boulder HotSprings Innand Spa ~Boulder,Montana

Did you ever wonder

...

About starting a new familytradition? About fifteen years ago one of my brothers, Ben, was about tohave a garage sale, when my parents asked if they could give him a fewthings to include in the sale. “You can keep any money you make.You’re doing us a favor by getting this old stuff out of here,” my fathersaid.Naturally, my brother took the items over to his house and began to go through and price them.One of the items was a large brown, ugly vase that Ben made in grade school for my mother. Mybrother called me laughing that our mother had passed off this elementary art project for sale in theown artist’s garage sale! We laughed and laughed until I said, “Wait. Don’t you dare sell the vase!”Ben said, “It’s ugly. Nobody is going to buy it anyway.” I agreed on its unattractive look and said,“Wrap it up and giveit to Mom for Christmas. We’ll write a poem, place it inside with instructions forthe family “ugly.” Again, we laughed.Several months later on Christmas morning, all six of my mother’s children, with our husbands,wives and smaller children of our own looked on as my mother began to unwrap her present fromBen. My siblings and I knew what was coming. It took my mother forever to peel off the wrappingas we all tried to hold back our excitement and laughter.As my mother pulled back the tissue paper and saw the vase, she burst out laughing. “I got rid ofthis,” she managed to squeak out between gasping for her breath.“There’s something inside. Read it,” I said.After my mother reached inside and pulled out the piece of paper, she read:

Ken & Deb Burns

aretheNovember V.I.P. winnersand will receive a $25.00gift certificate.

November ~ Give & BeGrateful ~

Your most precious, valued posses-sions and your greatest powers areinvisible and intangible. No one cantake them. You, and you alone, cangive them. You will receive abun-dance for your giving~W. Clement Stone

It doesn’t cost you a dime to give tothose around you ~~ Be patient & understanding to thegrocery store clerk~ Donate clothing to your favoritecharity~Visit the elderly in a nursing home~ Allow a car in front of you~ Read to the blind~ Smile to a stranger And when you rise in the morning,may your first words be ~Thank you ~

Ode to the Family Ugly

To you I pass on this cherished ugly.It’s been part of the family for years.Do not take this passage lightly or smugly.Or you may be foiled in future careers.Let me tell you the story of this pottery’s latest travail.This past summer Dad handed Ben old things in a box.His school days brown vase must be allowed to prevail, And honestly when Ben shared this news the family felt shocks.However, with this gift do not plunder.Do not now become overly attached.Even though this ugly may appear as a blunder,It must, in the future, be re-dispatched.Take this torch and guard it with respect.For this is your present for Christmas celebration.I know you wanted it back and will not object.Shame on you, Mom for attempted abrogation!No. No. Not this. Anything in the world but this.This piece has history, memories and multiple use.To get rid of this treasure would be certain remiss.Mom, how could you perpetrate such nostalgic abuse?We laughed and laughed until we cried. Over the last fifteen years this ugly vase has been giftedand regifted to various family members for weddings, graduations, birthdays, house closings,Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day and even one Groundhog’s Day.It’s seen some wear and tear ~ one year it was dropped and broke into seven or eight pieces. Itwas promptly super-glued back to its near original shape.It has become one of the most delightful family traditions we have. One rule is the “ugly” must be ondisplay~not shoved into a closet or cabinet. And whenever the “ugly” is gifted, a note which in-cludes the date, the occasion and both the giver’s and recipient’s name, is folded and put insidewith all the other notes. To further the tradition, all the notes are reread as the next recipient beginshis/her turn with the “ugly.”

Catering Corner

Tricia Adolphson, Catering Director

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

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.

Make Your Holiday Reservations Now!

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25 - 49 guests 50-74 guests 75-99 guests 100+ guests9.00 8.75 8.50

8.00

(per guest)

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.

This last Halloween weekend, on Halloween, my son turned 15. I don’t know if I had alapse in sanity or what when I told him he could invite 14 same aged kids to the housefor a dance, band, birthday, costume party. As could be guessed, I didn’t recognizemost of his friends because of masks, face paint, unusual hairdos and dress. My sondressed up like a hippy. Upside: I only spent about three dollars on pink John Lennon styleglasses as between my husband, brother and myself, we had all the hippy accoutrements:moccasin boots, beads, peace signs, head bands and a Bob Marley tie dyed shirt. Downside: Mychild is dressing up as me in my youth ~ who knew? About an hour into the party, I took my dog outside to do his duty. Two costumed girls walked uptoward me. “Hi,” I said. “What are your names?” One of the girls spoke up and said, “Amber.” Ibacked up to the front door and opened it. “Go inside. My brother will show you where the restof the kids are.” Amber and her friend walked into the house, turned and looked at me. The othergirl said, “We’re just a trick or treaters.” I immediately apologized and gave them extra candy.Thankfully we all laughed at the misunderstanding as they walked back out of the house.

Footnote: The kids were well behaved at the party, but I wasn’t sorry to see them go home.

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.

November Wordof the Month

Serendipity (ser'n-dip'i-te) noun

1.The faculty of making fortunate discoveries byaccident.2.The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.3.An instance of making such a discovery.

Finding the hundred dollar bill inthe field of grass while looking formy key was pureserendipity.

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

MUST