PLEASE SAVE THE GOOSE FAMILY! MY HUSBAND , BOB SPARKS, WAS HIT BY A MOTORIST, WHILE HELPING ANOTHER MOTORIST, THAT WAS OUT OF GAS! HE WAS SMASHED BETWEEN A CAR AND A TRUCK. HE SUFFERED THREE BRAIN BLEEDS, ALTERING HIS MEMORY, COGNITIVE SKILLS AND MOTOR SKILLS. BOTH OF MY HUSBANDS LEGS WERE BROKEN AND ONE HAD A DEGLOVING. THIS IS WHERE THE SKIN AND MUSCLE ARE RIPPED FROM THE BONE! THEY COULD NOT DO PLASTIC SURGERY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT DO IT OVER JUST BONE. THEY WANTED TO CUT BOTH OF HIS LEGS OFF, BECAUSE THE TRAUMA WAS TOO GREAT, FOR HIS LEGS AND HIS BRAIN! THEY DID NOT THINK THAT HE COULD FIGHT THROUGH IT! IN FACT, I WAS TOLD THAT MY HUSBAND WOULD NEVER EVEN KNOW THAT I HAD BEEN THERE! THEY DID NOT EXPECT HIM TO WAKE UP OUT OF HIS COMA, BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NEVER HAD ANYONE SURVIVE WITH THESE KINDS OF INJURIES BEFORE! HE CAME HOME IN A WHEEL CHAIR WITH THE DOCTORS NEVER EXPECTING FOR HIM TO WALK AGAIN! ONE OF THE DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT BOB NEEDED A PURPOSE THAT WOULD MAKE HIM GET UP IN THE MORNINGS AND WANT TO LIVE AGAIN! HE LAY IN A HOSPITAL BED, WISHING HIS LIFE AWAY! SO,I ACQUIRED A MINIATURE HORSE FOR HIM. HE HAD THIS HORSE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. [ YOU SEE, BOB USED TO GENTLE HORSES AS A YOUNG MAN!] WE HAD HIM THROUGH A SPRING,SUMMER, A FALL, A WINTER, ANOTHER SPRING, SUMMER .AND MY HUSBAND WOULD AT FIRST USE HIS WHEEL CHAIR TO GO OUT EVERY MORNING AND TAKE CARE OF THIS HORSE! HE WOULD FORCE THE WHEELCHAIR THROUGH THE YARD AND TAKE THAT HORSE OUT AND BRUSH IT, FEED AND WATER IT. THAT HORSE NEEDED HIM AND MY HUSBAND NEEDED IT EVEN MORE. YOU SEE, THAT HORSE SAVED MY HUSBAND! HE EVENTUALLY WOULD PULL HIMSELF UP WITH A WALKER AND DRAG HIS BODY OUT TO THE HORSE. THEN THE DAY CAME THAT HE WALKED DOWN THE WHEEL CHAIR RAMP, WITHOUT THE WALKER! EVERY SINGLE DOCTOR, THAT HE HAD [AND BELIEVE ME, HE HAD MANY] SAID THAT IT WAS A MIRACLE! BUT YOU SEE, BOB HAD FOUND A PURPOSE!!BUT THEN ,WHEN FALL SEASON ENTERED AGAIN, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CAME OUT AND TOLD US THAT WE HAD TO GET RID OF THE HORSE. WE DID NOT QUESTION IT, AS THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, SAID THAT IT WAS THE LAW. [SINCE THEN, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY SO! THERE IS A AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED BOB TO KEEP HIS HORSE!] BUT WE TOOK THIS MANS WORD, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD NOT SENT US OFFICIAL PAPERWORK, WE NOW REALIZE! MY HUSBAND, THEN BEGAN TO GO INTO A DECLINE! HE HAD LOST HIS PURPOSE. HIS REASON TO GET UP! HE HAD LOST HIS BUDDY. SOMETHING THAT NEEDED HIM FOR SURVIVAL, JUST LIKE HE NEEDED IT. BOB SEES HIS DOCTORS, ONCE A MONTH. SOME BEGAN TO QUESTION WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO BOB! THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAD LOST HIS HORSE! THEN A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY MADE AN ALLOWANCE FOR PEOPLE IN THE TOWNSHIP TO HAVE CHICKENS. SOON AFTER, AN OLD FRIEND FROM SCHOOL NEEDED TO FIND A HOME FOR HIS GOOSE. I SENT BOB, AND MY SON, RIVER, TO GET THE GOOSE! BY THE TIME THEY GOT HOME, BOB HAD FOUND A FRIEND! AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED, I FOUND THAT I WOULD HAVE A FRIEND IN LUCY, AS WELL. THAT IS HER NAME! LUCY! LUCY WILL FOLLOW US AROUND THE YARD LIKE A LAP DOG. BUT SHE ALSO REQUIRES CARE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING BOB NEEDED TO GIVE. OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH LUCY! FROM BOB TO THE GRANDCHILDREN! THEN WE READ THAT A GOOSE NEEDS A FRIEND, ELSE THEY WILL DIE FROM LONELINESS! SO WE ACQUIRED RICKY. THEY NOW HAVE A LITTLE FRED, ETHEL AND MRS, TRUMBLE! WE HAVE HAD THEM FOR OVER A YEAR NOW! BUT, ALAS, THE TOWN OF BELOIT ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS MADE IT KNOWN THAT WE NOW MUST GET RID OF THE GOOSE FAMILY! YOU SEE! THEY ARE NOT CHICKENS ! HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND NEEDS THIS GOOSE FAMILY FOR HIS CONTINUED REHABILITATION, WHICH WILL BE LIFE LONG! MY HUSBAND WILL NEVER BE THE OLD BOB, BUT HE CAN STILL BE BOB WITH A PURPOSE! I SOMETIMES WRITE STORIES OF LUCY AND THE GOOSE FAMILY! PEOPLE FIND THEM INTERESTING ! I HAVE CLOSE TO TWELVE CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT I HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT THEM! PEOPLE LOVE OUR GOOSE FAMILY AND FIND THEM ENTERTAINING! THEY ARE A LOVELY , LITTLE FAMILY AND A IT WILL BREAK ALL OF OUR HEARTS TO GET RID OF THEM! AND I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL BREAK MY HUSBANDS SPIRIT! PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE THE GOOSE FAMILY! DON'T LET THEM BREAK OUR HAPPY LITTLE HOME APART! PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION TO SAVE OUR GOOSE FAMILY! PLEASE EVERYONE! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! ALSO, I AM BUSY TRYING TO GET THE GOOSE FAMILY STORIES FINISHED AND PUBLISHED! I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER BOON FOR OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN! ESPECIALLY FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF BELOIT, AS THIS IS WHERE OUR LITTLE GOOSE FAMILY RESIDES. I BELIEVE THEIR STORIES TO BE ENTERTAINING FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE! THEY ARE A FAMILY! THEY ARE OUR FAMILY! PLEASE HELP, BY SIGNING THIS PETITION! ALSO, THESE ARE DOMESTICATED AFRICAN SWAN GEESE, THEY ARE ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, IN THE WILD. JUST ANOTHER REASON FOR SAVING THESE GEESE!THANK YOU!

[please sign our petition and give our family a fighting chance!]

please give your name and addresses! thank you so much! anyone wanting to sign the petition, but that wants their address kept private can message me the address separately. i will add later, for the town board. thanks!



ROBERT SPARKS, WISCONSIN

SYLVIA DAVIS WI

SCARLET OWENS 751 ELM STREET BELOIT, WISCONSIN

river sparks , ,wi

justice owens , beloit, wisconsin

Miguel Viilegas Bellflower, Ca. 90706

Monica Ford Monica Ford, Beloit WI

Susan K. 'SHAFER' hAASE beloit, wisconsin

COLEEN PUCKET BELOIT WISCONSIN

Bob Clark beloit, wis

Jeanne Martin beloit, wis

Felicia Reismann MINDORO, WI54644 HOPE YOU GET TO KEEP THEM!

Charmel Jacobs ROCKTON, ILLINOIS 6107

DALANIE SCHLENZ MT. PLEASANT , WI

CHARLOTTE HANAMAN HATCH ~ I HAVE BEEN WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE STORIES ABOUT LUCY. THEN RICKY CAME ALONG, THEN THERE WERE EGGS.I FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL OF THEM FROM THE STORIES AND PICTURES SYLVIA SHARED WITH US. WHEN THE EGGS HATCHED AND THEY WERE LITTLE CHICKS, IT WAS GREAT. I MADE A SPECIAL TRIP TO SYLVIA AND BOBS WHEN I CAME TO BELOIT, FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS, WIS. I GOT TO SEE THEM IN PERSON. I FELT LIKE THEY WERE FAMILY. SYLVIA AND BOB ARE WONDERFUL PARENTS TO THESE GEESE. CHARLOTTE HANAMAN HATCH

Rhonda Salyers , beloit, wisconsin

Loretta Hatch ~Stoehr Drive South Beloit, Illinois

GREG ELWOOD TRICKIE SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS

HANNAH ADAMS SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS

KATHERINE ODOM GRAND MARSH, WI 53936

WILLIAM FRISBEE ` FORMER MAYOR CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS 229 SOUTH LINCOLN STREET SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS 61080

PLEASE CONTINUE TO SCROLL PAST THE WHITE~YES, IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN THERE! COMMENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD! UPDATES! HOW ME FIRST MET! AND STORIES OF LUCY AND RICKY! JUST TAP ON TO SEE! PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN COMMENTS AND FEEL FREE TO LIKE ! THANK YOU, SYLVIA AND BOB

THE NAMES AND ADDRESS ABOVE WERE ADDED TO THE FIRST PETITION! ANY NEW ONES WILL NOT SHOW ON THIS LIST! THEY WILL BE PRINTED FOR THE TOWN ZONING BOARD LISTS!

ANYONE WISHING TO DONATE TO A FUND FOR THE VARIANCE APPLICATION FEE , CAN GO TO ANY ASSOCIATED BANK AND ASK TO ADD MONEY TO THE ROBERT SPARKS VARIANCE APPLICATION FEE FUND ! THANK YOU EVERYONE!

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