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Belated Happy Birthday wishes go out to Lynn Prudhomme who celebrated her birthday several weeks ago. Hubby Don flew in several friends to Las Vegas where they had the time of her life partying until the sun came up. Lynn and Don also celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at Steve Gibbs' retirement party. So what is the "Snake's" favorite pastime of late? "Planting trees," says Lynn. "Well, not actually doing the digging or anything but he has a new passion for having trees planted at the house." Prudhomme has definitely mellowed from the sixties where he would rather plant a rear-end housing on the lawn of the Del- Haven Motel, College Park, Maryland - which he was known to do on at least on one occasion after losing an engine during a match race at Englishtown . . . For anyone covering the murder trial of Mickey Thompson you will want to know that his sister, Colleen Campbell, recently gave testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the Crime Victims Constitutional Amendment. Because of the forum and subject matter, Colleen was not able to do much more than mention Mickey and Trudy's murder case, but at least it's a step in the right direction. "It will finally mean that victims and honest, law- abiding citizens will have the same Constitutional rights as murders, rapists and other accused criminals." Good work Colleen!

While Whit may be the headliner of the family, wife Michelle Bazemore is no slouch when it comes to racing. Michelle is proud to be one of the few amateur bicycle racers that even finish a race and has placed third and fourth at recent indoor events. Bicycle riding is a passion the Bazemores share and they both love riding in the Red Rock country of Arizona.

Congratulations to Valerie Harrell who, after years of waiting, was finally awarded her share of a personal injury case in Kansas City. The daughter of Funny Car Legend Dickie Harrell now resides in California with ex-funny car pilot Dale Pulde . . . . . Don't forget that D.R.A.W. (Drag Racing Association of Women) will hold it's first Annual Auction of the year at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois, on Saturday, May 31st. Please forward your auction items to DRAW, c/o Dave Oxley Construction, Inc., 16556 W. 159th St., Lockport, IL 60441. Items should be shipped so they reach D.R.A.W. by May 23, 2003 . . . Another worthy cause worth noting is the Drag Racing Program taught by Robert Donovan at Del Crest Technology Department. Any monetary contribution would help keep their program alive as the school district is forced to close all nonessential programs such as sports, art and their CO2 drag racing program. Please send your contributions to Del Crest Jr. High, c/o Kelly Fry, 4731 Judy Dr., Del City, Oklahoma 73115 . . . On a funnier note Sonnie "Bride-zilla" Herbert, Doug's lovely wife, simply cannot have her photograph taken with a flash camera. Her eyes automatically close as soon as the light goes off and Sonnie stated that during a recent family portrait session the rest of group were getting annoyed at her and she was so embarrassed for causing such grief among to her family . . . Barbara Troxel, who drives the country in her 40-foot motorhome usually accompanied by hers and daughter's Melanie's Yorkies, Spike and Toby, has a hidden desire to go skydiving. When she was a teenager Barbara's mother was a skydiver and she is trying to talk her daughter into jumping out of a plane with her on Melanie's next birthday . . . While Dale Creasy, Jr. and Gary Densham seemed to lose a lot of their quarters in the slot machines in Las Vegas at least Dale had something to brag about, " I got some of there free beer." . . . Don't forget to send well-wishes to Andrew Cowin at supportandrew@rocketindustries.com.au. Andrew is being encouraged back to good health by his family and girlfriend, Jenny Rhodes, daughter of racing great Walt and could use some notes from everyone.

If there is any question why Steve Gibbs recently retired from his post with the NHRA, you just need to see him with his granddaughter Kyla.

A belated congratulations go out to Steve Gibbs who recently retired as Director of the NHRA's Motorsports Museum. Daughter Cindy threw a small get-together with about 300 personal friends. This will give Steve and wife Gordy the freedom to travel in their new motorhome, see more of their grandchildren and attend the two drag racing reunions in Bowling Green and Bakersfield . . . To close on a happy note, Jerry Gross's 15-year-old grandson, Adam Pager, is home from the hospital and recovering from a major car accident, and although he'll have months of rehabilitation ahead of him "he's young and will mend fast." Next time Adam gets in a car we're betting he wears his seat belt.

Until we meet again, Suzy welcomes your input at suzysscrapbook@sedonalink.com.