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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}dave-mahan.jpg" style="float: right; width: 250px; height: 332px; " />Poor Dave Mahan.&nbsp; The man came to Au Sable 26 years ago, a vital and vibrant young guy who enjoyed nothing more than celebrating his birthday with friends and family. &nbsp;But that was before Professor Chris Newhouse discovered that Dave&rsquo;s birthday occurred in January right in the middle of J-Term.&nbsp; Chris started by giving Dave tasteless birthday cards and tacky gifts.&nbsp; How can we forget the &ldquo;fish finder,&rdquo; a stethoscope with a small funnel on the end which was to be placed just below the surface of the water, or the wooden placque with the decoupaged photo of Dwight Eisenhower?&nbsp; Eventually, Chris escalated his efforts to include the students doing things like dressing in black and powdering their hair gray.&nbsp; The low point (or high depending upon your perspective) came when Dave made the mistake of sharing with Chris how he accidently shot a hole in the bumper of his father&rsquo;s truck on the opening day of hunting season.&nbsp; The fallout from that indiscretion resulted in small bullseyes being glued to every car bumper in the parking lot.&nbsp; So if you want to restore a small measure of joy to an old man on his birthday, do something nice for Dave on January 14<sup>th</sup>.</p>
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