Happy National Johnny Appleseed Day
Happy Birthday: Lindsey March 17 
Happy Anniversary: Zack & Brittany March 13
Prayer: Richard continued healing/ Kala’s house to sell / Tim J family as they mourn the passing of Terri’s mother on Feb. 14 / praise for Cheri’s successful move
Good Morning from chilly NC:
Tuesday, I went to dinner with some friends at a pizza/sports bar that has music bingo on Tuesday night. It was a lot of fun. They play about 30 seconds of the song for you to figure it out. We had a great time. One of the ladies in my group tied for the win for the black out round.
The Cherry Blossoms and Bradford Pears have been blooming so my allergies hare super annoying… The oak trees are going to be leaving their green pollen soon as well…
We got more rain this week, pretty much non-stop from late Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. We have water standing in places it has not before.
There is a new house getting ready to be built near the road on the 13 acres next to us. The good thing is the people are not going to develop the land, just the one house for now anyway.
I saw this photo on facebook. 
Does anyone else remember Katz ? When I was pretty young, I gave my mom quite a scare when I wondered off and she finally found me on one of those horses you put money in to ride.
History:
In 1914, two brothers named Ike and Mike Katz opened two drug stores in Kansas City, Missouri. One was located on 8th Street and Grand Avenue and the second inside the “Argyle Building” on 12th and McGee Street. At the start of WWI, the Katz Drug Stores became famous because they were allowed to stay open past 6 pm, despite wartime curfews on nonessential businesses. They also absorbed the new 10% tax on cigarettes instead of passing the cost to customers, which was incorporated into their new slogan “Katz pays the tax!” Katz also sold more than just drugs: each store had a small grocery store with a soda fountain and lunch counter and sold small home appliances, music records, Katz-branded beer, and even live animals.[1]
Katz focused on low-cost branding, and they quickly grew to 65 stores in 5 states. At their peak, they generated over $100 million in annual sales and employed over 3,000 people. Self-service chain stores became more popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s, so Katz began losing market share. Katz sold itself in 1971 to Skaggs Drug Centers, which eventually merged with Osco Drug, which eventually merged with CVS Pharmacy.[2]
Have a blessed week,
Love,
Gatha
