Take Your Dog to Work Day

But please, even though it may be casual Friday, make sure your dog looks professional.

Thank you.

It is also Work on your Handshake Day.  You can practice with your dog!

Good boy!

And speaking of dogs…City Councilman Miguel Silva was doing some volunteer work with the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley and he brought “Beta” in for a visit -

Beta is a female Chihuahua mix and is about 8 years old.  She’s been at the center since December and, while she appreciates the good care she’s gotten there, she’d really love a permanent home.  Since she’s already spayed and older, you’d probably get a great deal.  BTW, adults cats can be adopted free until the end of the month.  ASCMV is open at noon and is at 3551 Bataan Memorial Las Cruces, NM 88012.  The telephone number is (575) 382-0018.

1892: Robert Ford was gunned down in a Creede, Colorado, saloon. Ten years earlier, as a new recruit in the Jesse James gang, he had killed Jesse for a $10,000 reward.

Music History 101: 1999: A man parted with 100 of his guitars and generated over $5 million for his Crossroads Centre at Antigua, an alcohol and drug-dependency treatment center in the West Indies. It was Eric Clapton.

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded almost by accident by a man named Gary Anderson who got his stage name pretty much the same way.

He was working with called the Church Street five on an instrumental single, “A Night with Daddy G” and by all accounts the session wasn’t going to well. After everyone had more than enough to drink, they just started to jam and then Gary started working in some lyrics. Although many rock historians claim the resulting song was recorded by accident, Gary did say that he deliberately turned on the tape recorder and they just let things develop from there. As for the stage name, he was surprised to see it show up on his first record, “New Orleans” but he was an unknown at the time and the studio was next store to a delicatessen where his producer, Frank Guida, often ate. The owner of the deli was a strong believer in Uncle Sam and had numerous posters on the wall urging patrons to buy savings bonds. And that brings us to the song that was number one this week in June 1961 for the newly name Gary “U.S.” Bonds – A Quarter to Three.