HELPING FITS SHOP OWNER TO A GOLF TEE.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
``My wife keeps referring to me as her first husband. What do you think that means?''- Jacques Jacques [ʒɑk] (French for Jacob and James) can refer to: People with the surname of Jacques:
I think it means you're you're Contraction of you are. you're you are you're be in trouble, pal. It means when your wife, Judy Judy is most commonly a female given name, as well as a shorten form of Judith. It may also refer to:
Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant , she's she's 1. Contraction of she is: She's going away for the weekend. 2. Contraction of she has: She's been to the symphony twice this month. going to say, ``Oh, Jacques, not again.'' Of course, again. Some guys can't control their bad habits bad habit Unhealthy habit Clinical medicine A patterned behavior regarded as detrimental to physical or mental health, which is often linked to a lack of self-control. Cf Good habit. . Jacques Hay can't control his good ones. He owns Award Winners, a trophy shop on Reseda Boulevard. At least, that's what it says on the sign outside. But don't be fooled: The awards and trophy business is just a front. Jacques was building a miniature-golf course inside when I saw him Friday. He had palm trees, putters and Hawaiian shirts Hawaiian shirt n. A colorfully patterned short-sleeved sport shirt. [From the fact that the style originated in Hawaii.] lying all over the place. ``The second hole is going to be a bank shot off two walls,'' Jacques said, proudly. ``Don't tell my wife. She thinks I'm working.'' Technically, he was working - getting his 1,800-square-foot store ready for next month's first ``Fore Our Friends'' miniature-golf tournament benefiting the special-education students over at Miller High School in Reseda. Jacques is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. players willing to pony up po·ny n. pl. po·nies 1. Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony. 2. a. Informal A racehorse. b. $200 to adopt one of the 19 special-ed classrooms at the school for a year. Donors get to visit with the students throughout the year and see how they're doing. So far, about six classrooms have been adopted. There'll be plenty of great prizes on every hole of the miniature-golf tournament, and the money - all the money, Jacques promises - will go to help the teachers at Miller get the 210 special-ed teenagers there ready for the work force when they graduate. It's a tough, demanding job being done by some very dedicated teachers. They could use a little community help. Jacques, of course, was the first guy to raise his hand. It's not the first time, says Miller High Principal Wayne Fogelsong. And it won't be the last. ``Whenever I see Jacques, the first thing he says is, `What do you need, pal? I'll help, whatever it is.' When he told me he was holding a miniature-golf tournament in his store for us, I thought he was kidding.'' Jacques wasn't. It was just another challenge for a guy who can't control his good habits good habit Healthy habit Clinical medicine A behavior that is beneficial to one's physical or mental health, often linked to a high level of discipline and self-control Examples Regular exercise, consumption of alcohol in moderation–if at all, a properly . For the past 12 years, he's been reaching into his own pocket to provide a free summer day camp in West Hills for Jewish kids who are physically or mentally challenged. His sons and friends volunteer as counselors, and the camp averages about 40 kids a summer. If you want to see some great kids who don't often get these kinds of opportunities have the time of their lives, stop by Jacques' camp this summer at the West Valley Jewish Center. You'll walk away on air. ``When I picked my son up that first day after camp, he was smiling from ear to ear,'' said Julie Fine, whose son Mason has attended a half-dozen of Jacques' camps. ``I've never seen Mason so happy. They welcomed him with open arms. It was the best two weeks he had the whole year, he told me later,'' she says. So, yeah, technically, the owner of Award Winners wasn't working Friday - he was playing a little miniature golf at his shop, instead. But his wife, Judy, said she's not mad. How could she be? ``I'm married to a man with a heart of gold, who has instilled goodness and giving in a falling inwards; a collapse. See also: Giving our children, and in so many other families who help him do all these wonderful things,'' she said Friday. So why do you go around referring to him as your first husband? Judy laughs. ``Jacques likes to joke about that, but it never hurts for wives to keep their husbands on their toes,'' she says, with a smile. ``I totally support everything he's doing for the kids at Miller, even playing miniature golf when he should be working.'' So, relax, pal, your wife's not mad. Enjoy your good habits. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO The Fore Our Friends miniature-golf tournament will be held 11 a.m., March 26, at Award Winners, 8939 Reseda Blvd., Reseda. For more information, give Jacques Hay a call at the store, (818) 349-3932. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Jacques Hay, front left, stands with, from left, Albert Barkey, John Hernandez, Eli Brami and Wayne Fogelsong. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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