Miniature Pinscher Cherry Ann Hershberger Declared Worthy of First Class Seats on Flights

www.SaintsforSinners.com has learned that the Miniature Pinscher "Cherry Ann" Hershberger, will be approved for flying in First or Business Class when seats are available.

Cherry's image is, for security reasons, secreted in a shadow and located to the right.

Cherry's Human is known as Sally Hershberger, a famous Stylist, who travels throughout the world, working diligently to help folks look their best.

Her web site is found at http://www.sallyhershberger.com/ and it provides fascinating glimpses into the world of fashion. We will have to contact our friends, Jill Spitznass, and Miguel Sirgrado, the Style Editors for Portland Monthly and People EN ESPANOL, and the folks at OK!, three of the magazines who have placed our imported Italian hand-painted saint medallions on the Style Pages of their magazines, and let them know about Sally Hershberger's web site (and her wonderfully rascally dog, Cherry).

The Official Announcement came from Our Lady of Loreto, one of the well-known images of the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Loreto is known as the patron saint of Aviators and is invoked for safe flights.

Our Lady said that she consulted with the patron saint of animals and "birders," Saint Francis of Assisi, (featured 3 times, far right) and the patron of dogs, Saint Rocco, (also featured) who is invoked against dog bites and rabies.

Both Francis and Rocco agreed that "having Cherry Ann sit in her own seat in Business or First Class, does not harm anyone."

Even Saint Gertrude of Nevilles, the patron of cats and cat lovers, approved of letting Cherry sit in her own seat, "it's purrfectly fine, as long as she pays for it," Gertrude hissed.

Some may think letting a dog like Cherry Ann have a Business Class seat upgrade is indulgent, but Joan Raymond, writing today in the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/ and Cherry's Human noted today that "[a]pparently Cherry wanted an upgrade.

Perhaps it is time for the airlines to follow the lead of our bank, Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank, and begin offering "Milk Bones" to its patrons like Cherry Ann, and the dogs who will undoubtedly follow along in her footsteps.

Saint Francis of Assisi Endorses Birchwood Cutlery from Mxyplyzyk.com

BREAKING NEWS! Say "YES" to Wood!

Saint Francis Urges Use of Birchwood Cutlery for July 4th Weekend, thanks to Marianne Rohrlich from the New York Times.

www.SaintsforSinners.com received a telepathy from Saint Francis of Assisi (pictured and quoted, far left) earlier today and he asked us to "Say Yes to Wood!"Initially, we had no idea what he was talking about. He finally got his point across and said "Plastic is Spastic and not biodegradable!"

Frank then said that everyone should consider patronizing www.Mxyplyzyk.com, a company he heard about through Currents writer Marianne Rohlich, the columnist for the New York Times. Francis said that "it is just plain silly to use plastic forks and knives and spoons at picnics, especially since you can get nice birch wood utensils for a great price, while helping the environment. Mother Earth and Sister Sun would really appreciate it if you would help the environment."

The utensils from MXYPLYZYK are compostable and priced nice.

So, we are doing our due diligence and reminding everyone to say "YES" to wood and order some nice utensils from www.MXYPLYZYK.com, a company in New York City with a store at 125 Greenwich Avenue (13th Street), Telephone 1 800.243.9810

Each package includes a knife, fork, spoon, and napkin and six come in a pack!

Celebrating the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi

Hello all - sorry the blog has been quiet for so long - we are making lots of progress so hopefully you will start to see more posts. The Gretna Heritage Festival was fantastic and we were happily surprised our idea ended up raising money for the Louisiana SPCA! www.SaintsforSinners.com Imported Italian Saints Medallions Hand-Painted in New Orleans, Louisiana 5866 General Diaz Street, New Orleans, LA 70124 504.482.2467 (Office) 504.239.3143 (Mobil) Rock504@aol.com Rob Clemenz, Founder Ms. Ana Zorrilla , Executive Director October 6, 2008 Louisiana SPCA 1700 Mardi Gras Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70114 Reference: Donation to the Louisiana SPCA via SaintsforSinners.com Dear Ana, Please find enclosed a check for $ 211.47, which is a donation from many of the animal lovers who attended the Gretna Heritage Festival this past weekend. We sold our hand-painted Saints medallions at the Festival and tried a fund raising idea to gather donations for the SPCA. Since Saint Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day was this past Saturday, we wanted to honor him by helping the SPCA. We put a plate on our table and filled it with the old, rusty Saints medals we lost in the flood of August, 2005. When we returned to New Orleans in September, ’05, we decided we simply could not let our Saints medals just be bulldozed away, along with the rest of our house. So, we dug through the muck of our flood ravaged home until we uncovered all of our bins of thousands of Saints medals. They were very messy and dirty and seemed completely useless. But you could still tell they were Saints medals. So we let them dry in the sun and then put them all in a big bucket. And then, this past weekend, we treated our Saints medals as the tiny pieces of history that they have become. We put up a sign by our plate of ruined “flood medals,” left out an empty jar, and put the Saints medals up for sale, asking for a donation. The response was fantastic! Many Gretna Festival goers dug through the medals until they found the Saint they wanted. Others just put money in the jar and handed us a medal. We placed each “flood medal” in a clear zip locked bag and made a notation with our Sharpie markers. We hope the money we collected helps the Louisiana SPCA and the animals. Respectfully yours, Rob Clemenz, SfS Jess LiRocchi, SfS Christina E. McCarson, SfS & all the Generous Gretna Festival Goers!