MEOWCHAT MEWS
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Octobrr 12 - 18, 2008


FROM THE EDITOR

While a relatiffly quiet week around the Village, things are bizzy one around Clover Blossom Farm. The last of the bejebuls is bein purrocessed, jam is bein made, and fings is bein made reddy fur the comin winter. It’s almost Halloween, and we’ve been bizzy workin on our costumes fur all the festivities to come around the Village on Octobrr 31.
It’s been a ruff week fur our hoomans lately, so make sure you keep an eyeboll on yours. One fambly had a kinda wet weekend, a few new Villagers has made their offishal announcement, and one kitty wasn’t feelin so well. Read about all that’s going on in the Village rite here in the Mews!
Remember, all the most up-to-date mews and infurmashun is on the What’s Mew Meeting Hall messaje boards at http://forums.cathobbyist.com/forum.php?catid=63#80990 and on all of the other MeowChat message boards. Quik links is now found at the top of effurry MeowChat message board. You can also find out what’s going on in the MeowChat chats on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at http://chat.pethobbyist.com/login.php?room_name=MeowChat
If you see braking news or have an item to contribute, the Mews wants to hear from you!

- Bayli Snowta-Wiscat, Editor


LOCAL MEWS

= New Lil Villagers =

Altho most of the Village alreddy knewed it, it was finely publicly admitted and made offishul by the Purr fambly: the three lil ‘foster’ kittens is stayin. ;) Amelia, Rocket, and Turbo Purr are repurrtedly delited by their offishul status. The rest of the fambly ... and the whole Village ... welcomes the newest lil purrmanent residents of MCV!

= MeowChat Pawrent Get-Togeffur =

Several of the MeowChat pawrents got togeffur last weekend at Cathy and Justin NYC’s compartment. Aunty Faye, Aunty Dottie Catnip and her rescue frend, Unkle John Hulakit, and Aunty Karla MewJerseykit enjoyed a nice bisit, and got to luv on the kitties too. The hoomans had a yummy salad bar luncheon, and the pawrents bringed some froot and cookies, and eben some toys fur Cathy and Justin too. Aunty Dottie tooked some bideos of Justin and Cathy, and you can see how adorable and cute they is fur yourownself! Justin: http://forums.cathobbyist.com/view.php?id=109533,109533 Cathy: http://forums.cathobbyist.com/view.php?id=109534,109534

= ‘Fun’ at the Treehouse =

The furries at the Treehouse is gettin all discombobulated lately. Furst, Gramma and Grampa Noble packed up then unpacked the rollin house, and desided to stay home instead of goin to Texcat fur the winter. Sammy Whee and fambly was furry happy fur that. Then Grampa Noble started bangin on the house, which Tonks and Chloe thotted was a houseshake happenin! Furtunately, he was just makin holes in the house (!?) to puts in a new dryin masheen.
Nortee the pup has been growin up and it seems he likes to play wif Tonks by grabbin her necklace and tryin to dragg her around. Tonks isn’t too fond of that, and Wheesmom tooked Tonks necklace and taggs off fur now so Nortee don’t get carried away ... and neither will Tonks!


= SponjeBaby SquareWillie =

Wilbur StLouie, the kit who can’t quite deside when he wants to make the house his purrmenent shelter, has adopted a new baby. After takin several other soft lil creachurs from the Baffroom Adopshun Center fur homevisits and playtime ... includin WashclothKid and SponjeFrend ... Wilbur has desided on a his new lil companyun. SponjeBaby was happily in agreement, and Wilbur carries his new lil babyfrend all around the house wif him. Concatulations, Wilbur!

= Wiggly Water and Kitchen Rain =

The Snowtakits had a kinda wet weekend, and it wasn’t eben stormin outside. A bezoar in the pipes of the hooman waterwashintub upstairs made it rain thru the floor, thru the ceilin of the pantry, and down into the kitchen. The kitties was not amused at the sudden shower, but luckily there wasn’t too big of a lake.
The Clover Blossom Farm gang also gotted their furry own fish pond in the house. SnowtaDad put minnows from fishin in a biggbowl, and let the kitties watch and pat at them. The water wiggled and wiggled, and Graci was mostly interested in just drinkin it. The kits desided to start a pet minnow adopshun purrogram, so any can contact them fur their furry own pet fishie.

= Meow, Meow ... Who Let the Cats Out? =

It seems Tares Meowzers has a new skill these days. He’s able to open one of the doors by hisownself, and let bruther Ash and sisfur Zade outside! His pawrents is conspirin to figger out a way to purrvent Tares from doin this, and the Meowzer kitties are doin their own plannin to keep up the fun adbenchurs in The Out.


THE MEOWDICAL REPURRT

= Gonzo Zilly =
Gonzo’s had an upset tummy lately, and didn’t wanna eat. His mom thot it mite be cuz he eated grass or was upset, so he got a trip to the vetdokter. The vetdokter thot his hart was a lil jumpy too so he gotted inside pichurs tooked, but nuffin was wrong there. It mighta just been nerfs. His mom is keepin a close eyeboll on him (and so is Squashy), and wif Gonzo’s new food, hopefully he will feel all betterer son.

= Kasha & Bradley Kasiakits =
Kasha and Bradley bofe had vetdokter checkups resently, and they is bofe in grate healf. It’s Smiggle’s turn next fur her checkup.

= Larry & Graci Snowta =
Larry tagged along on Graci’s vetdokter bisit, and got a depo shot in his butt on accounta his azzma been actin up. As usual, he was a bigg hamm, showin off there, but a sissy when he gotted his claws clipped. Graci was a surprisinly good girl (mebbe she didn’t still feel well) when she gotted blood stoled fur more tests. Them tests was sent all ober the midwest, and isn’t back yet, but hopefully don’t show more fings wrong.


THE FOSTER CONNEKSHUN

All fosters seems to be okeydoke around the Village.


HOOMAN BEANS

= Aunty Lenore Ccarlini =
Aunty Lenore banged herself up good when she tripped gettin outta bed the other nite and hit her eyeboll on a dresser corner. She was real worried that it was serious, but after a trip to the hooman ERvet, fankfully it is brooses and cuts that will heal wif no purroblem. She purromises to be more careful in the future.

= Gramma Midask9 =
Marvin and kits’ gramma had sturjery this week to take out some inside parts that wasn’t lookin so good. Effurryfing went well, and Gramma is now at home recoberin and takin it easy.

= GrateGramma Coolcats =
Al and the other Coolcats has repurrted that their grategramma (Aunty Kathryn’s gramma) has had a sort of stroke, and she isn’t doin real well after it. Her worried fambly hopes she will feel okey and comfurrable fur a long time to come.

= Aunty Kaffy Furlorida =
Aunty Kaffy’s tests all camed back a-okeydoke, which is good mews. She gots new pills fur the hedakes, which is working well.

= SnowtaPapa =
Papa’s blood buggies is all goned away after he gots new blood, and he is feelin betterer. He goin back to the other horsepiddle next week to start all ober wif his respurratory and other therapy so he can get off the ventilator and learn to walk and stuff again.

= Aunty Norma Wiscat =
Aunty Norma is off to a trip to Dallas, Texcat, to gives a speech a confurrence. All the Villagers wished her a safe and fun trip.


ON THE SOSHUL AND TRAVEL FRONT

= All Around the Village =

Well it hawrd to beleef anuffur week has pasht, but it has. Fings sthill pwetty kwiet but hawoween comin up fasht. Der gonna be a costhume contest offur at da Nine LIfes Bar an Gwill on Hawoween. Paloma been wurkin furry hawrd on sum cweepy cwaly desserts fur da buffay and Tares an Franci ish workin on a speshul menu.
Meowin bout Tares an Franci, dey gots a anibersary comin up an dis wepurtur has heard der gonna be a biiiiiiig pawrty to selebwate.
Murrray Aridzona got an anibersary too, he jusht selebwated his dopshun day dis week, concats Murray to yu an yur mommy.. An concats to da thwee noo Purr fambly memburs. Sheems dey finawy gotted der mom to admit dey wasnt goin noware
Meowchat went StarWars da uffur nite, wit da furries takin on da roles uf der fafowit Starwars cawakturs...Fings shure did get inturwesting an a dood time was had by awl...exsept maybe da chair, meeheehee
Dat bout it fur dis week effury...shee ya wound da village

~ Franci Pepsicola, Travel and Soshul Repurrter

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"The worlds most fearless human owns a white cat and a black couch"
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OTHER INTERESTIN AND FUN STUFF

= Ask Ash! =

- Dear Ash:
Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food? There is fish flavored!
~ Cheddar K.

- Dear Cheddar (yum cheese -- I fink I'll go to da kitchen and cut myself off a slice or two)
Dat is one terrific queschun! I haff no idea at all. Dese cat food manufacshuers are missing a good bet! So we went to our twusty friend, Google, and searched fur mouse flabored cat food. I was quite surpwised to see that this is a furry common queshun among felines who are smart enuff to use compooters. Of course for all ob us here in MCV dat is sumfing we learned to do when we was furry tiny kittehs. Anyways, here be a link dat eggsplain da anser much bedder den I can: http://www.purpleslinky.com/Humor/Animal/New-Mouse-Flavored-Cat-Food.101497
Dis writer be very good - in fact I fink we shood inbite him/her's cats to join us in da billage. In da articul it is pointed out dat if dey made it, it wood pwobably just taste like chigguns anyway.
~ Ashums

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- Dear Ash,
My unkul has disowned me and squashy. Unkul simba under da bed and won't come out and just growls and hisses at me and squashy. We being as polite as possible but he just growls and hisses. It our house and we aint hissing or growling, he is. He is making me pant and get cotton mouth. I want him to like me. I can't stand rejection specially from a love one.
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- Dear Gonzo (you dinn't sign your letter but beink da clefur advice columnest dat I is, I figured out who da letter was frum),
You gots a pwoblem dere buddy. Poor Unkul Simba is at strange house wiff strange smells and you KNOWS you is strange. Besides, they are defensiff growls and hisseys not aggwessive ones. He jus plain noivous. Now you jus go dwink some pink lemonade fur dat cotton mouf and leave him be fur a bit. I knows you guys are twyink to be good hosts, but he obviously not haffink none of it. I gess it's troo, you can choose you fwends but you can't choose your fambily. And if him not like da smell of you, well den you mite shood change your colone to sumfing nicer. Eau de Butt may not be hims favorite colone. Haff you twied Eau de Fish Bweaf? It a luffly smell and may help wiff da introducshuns. Good luck and Good luck to Unkul Simba too.

~Ashums

Ash needs more queschuns! Write to Ash wif your queschuns about life, luv, and other impurrtant matters at ask_ash@clearwire.net


= Kitty KrackUps =

“A friend has been considering getting a cat, and is keen to get something a little bit out of the ordinary. He recently read about a breed known as the Golden Apeldoorn, quite a rare breed of cat from Holland, and little known outside its homecountry. With its elegant manner, and striking orange fur, this breed was developed in royal circles, and became a favorite pet of the late Queen Juliana.
He has seen what appeared to be one on display in a pet shop, and decided to call in. While this was certainly a very elegant cat, finding it in a shop like this made him suspicious, so he decided that, before parting with any money, he would insist on seeing proper proof of the
cat's pedigree.
Or, to put it another way, how dutch is that moggy in the window?” ;)

~ contributed by Petie Furlorida


= Cat on the Move =

Hi everykit and species,
This is Squashy, your cat staring at the spare room door. Why am I staring at the door you ask? Because Uncle Simba is in there and Gonzo and I want to play with him, but he wants nothing to do with us. He is growling and hissing at us and we are trying to be nice. Sheesh!!!
But I digress...
He obviously needs some good HaHa pictures to help him relax, and what a perfect picture to show him of Gabby, this week's winner of the HaHa contest. She got herself all contorted in that scratcher and looks like she has a major case of the giggles. Congratulations Gabby!
Second place went to Remi this week with the tea box stuck on his head. Somekit please tell this information to him since his eyes are blocked by the box. Third place went to Gonzo and Charlie. Concatulations to all of our entrants in the contest.
You get from now until Wednesday, October 29th to post your costume pictures. That is 2 weeks. Please do not wait until the last minute to post them, cuz you will forget and you know it cuz your brain is focused on kibbles and catnip.
There will be different CATagories, but you are going to have to read the boards to see the catagories to know where to post. Remember to put your name in the subject heading as well.

Luff,
~ Squashy, your cat at the water dish. (I have given up on Simba and moved on)

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A fortune cookie fur you:

>) >) >No kit is happwhee who does not think so his self} >) >)
~ complyments of ChoWhee, co-chef at Wooo-Naeng Lee’s!
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= One Year Ago ... =

... KC Connecticat made his journey to the Bridge {{ }} ... there was storms in many areas of the Village ... the 9Lives Bar was sold ... Sunny Connecticat becomed a pirate ... Aunty Libbee Cat bisited the Snowtakits ... Ash & Nikki Meowzers adopted Buttercup ... Amber Idyhokit played spades ... and where was you one year ago ... ?


= Sellybrashuns =


A happy week and concatulashuns was wished to the sellybrants last week:
10-13 Star & Quentin’s dad’s purrday
10-15 Aunty MC THCats’ purrday
10-16 Murray Purrple’s purrday

Make sure you wish a happy day to those in this week’s sellybrashuns:
10-24 MeowzersMom & Dad's annipurrsary
10-25 Tares Meowzers


= Glow Requests =

GLOW deposits is appurreciated fur the following. The GLOW Bank is open 24/7:

= Aunty Lenore, fur her eyeboll to heal quik
= Gramma Midask9, to recober easily from her sturjery
= Gramma & Grampa Purrple, who is havin helth isshues
= GrateGramma Coolcat, to do better soon
= All who is in need of GLOW, bigg or small ...


CLAWSIFIED ADS

– Ye Olde Candy Shoppe –
“Fresh ’n’ sweet ... that’s our bizness!” NOW OPEN!
This weeks speshul: Homemade Caramel and Choklit-cobered Yapples: 2 greenpapers each

– Puter Tude –
Puter acting more fractious den youse do at da v*t? Call us at 1-800-333-TUDE or stop by and we’ll help youse! We do hardware, softwares, puter training, and w also will do web sights and puter bookkeepings. Puter Tude ... it run by two Calicos. Any queschuns?

– EmCin’s Café –
“Your home away from home! Come for the food ... Stay for the company!”
BlooPlate Speshul This Week: Glazed Hamm, UggRotten Taters (but they is yummy!), Fresh Sprouts of Brussel: 2 greenpapers

– Flying Fish Market --
Dis weeks speshul , fwesh off da boat Wed Snapper gweat fur baking or gwilling..we fillay to owrdur...2.99 a pownd

– Wooo-Naeng Lee’s Asian Cuisine –
“The Best of the East in the West!” Always free furtune cookies!
No impurrts ... only fresh homegrown Village ingreedients!
- Reopening soon. Check the Mews each week fur a free fortune cookie! ;)

– Nine Lifes Bar and Gwill
Sunday Supper Speshul....Oystur Stew wit cwacurs, sawad bar an dessert 3.99

-- NiDa’s Meowmurries Past --
“Visit the past in the present with quality old-fashuned pawcrafts”
Now under new ownership! Coopon Speshul this week:
[ 1 greenpaper off ]
[ beeded rosaries ]

– Purreshun Anteeks & Cowektibuls –
Halloween ish on da way, anteek costumes afailabul in many sizes...

– SnakeBusters, Imp. –
Got snakes in your basement? Ants in your food bowl? Birdies in your windows? Bobs in your vents? Bats in your belfry? No matter the pest, our teem of eggsperts can help with any kind of creepycrawly situashun and unwanted guest! Call Russ at 555-555 fur a speshulized consultashun on the purroblem that buggs you!


– Conributors Wanted –
Want to be part of the publish bizness? We is hirin contributors fur short columms, anecdotes, quotes, pomes, and other occashunal feechurs. Contact the Editor of the MeowChat Mews, Bayli Snowta-Wiscat, at phkellen@pethobbyist.com fur further infurmashun and purrposals. Pay of catnip and toona commenshurate on eggsperience.


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Feedback, sugjeschuns, correkshuns, Glow requests, ads, and announcements is always welcome! We want to hear from YOU! It’s YOUR mewspaper, so tell us what you want to see in the Mews! ;) - Bayli