Hi. My appologies to anyone who has tried to contact me at the club lately. I had surgery myself recently and it's a slow recovery. On Wednesday, November 6, 1996, the club was the topic of a feature story in the Peoria Observer. We were in the Peoria Journal Star the following day. From those two stories, our CBS station in Peoria came out and did a story on the ferrets. CNN got wind of that and aired the approximately 60 second spot that weekend. When it rains - IT POURS!! The stories were all really well done and were done in very good taste. Unfortunately, I was in the process of scheduling my surgery. The surgery was early last week and I came home from the hospital last Friday. I still have a very sore stomache, but I am healing pretty quickly and feeling better day by day. I am still about 2 weeks behind in the FML and trying to catch up. I have been trying to catch up on some e-mail, too. If anyone sent me mail and I didn't respond, please re-send it. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone and I appologize for any inconvenience I may have caused anyone. Mary Peoria Area Ferret Connection Morton, Illinois [Posted in FML issue 1767]