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Joined: 21 Jun 2010
Posts: 17
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:33 pm
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I just can't imaging driving a boring car (like prius or van) doesn't matter how much staff I can put in. It is not a image thing, I just want a fast and reliable car that I can load my staff in and be comfortable. Manual transmission is also a must.
I plan to have boards on the rack and rig inside.
Thanks for jetta idea. I will check it out (not the TDI however, I hate diesel cars).
Thanks for rack setup forum.
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Posts: 2252
Location: Connecticut, USA
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:16 pm
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I drive a Jeep Wrangler as my go-tp windsurf mobile. Great upsides: it is a rolling roof rack. No effective weight limit when using the A-pillars/windshield surround and the roll bar. You can stack as high as you dare. I have also lashed boards to the side for short trips! The Wrangler will get me to any launch whatsoever, and my kids LOVE riding down bouncy, dirt roads with all the beach gear on top.
Downsides a.k.a. the Jeep Wrongler: It's tiny. I can fit moderate sails inside, but no board without going diagonally down into the passenger footwell. It's gas mileage is pitiful loaded up, but not unexpected given that it is a two-brick design. And there is no gear security at all unless you use a hardtop which I do use in the cool New England seasons.
That said, you can still get a Wrangler for under $20K and make it through more conditions better than anything on the road save a HUMV or Defender D90, the price for each of which will cost you several Wranglers.
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Posts: 2647
Location: SF bay area
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:08 pm
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That's getting to be a tall order: A fast, reliable, under 22K, and a manual trans car, that carries stuff. It's hard to find "fast" under 22K.
Most of Japan's cars are discontinuing the manuals.
Subaru Outback XT (up to 2009) was good, They discontinued the manual
on the turbo model in 2010. You could get one used probably for 20K.
There's a wagon version of the Mini Cooper, the Clubman. I've seen a guy put one small board and 3 sails in a standard Mini and still could see out. The Clubman is almost 1ft longer.
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Posts: 68
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:31 pm
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Whats wrong with the CVT on the new outback. You get better milage than the manual and you can opt to paddleshift. I guess it's not the same. Power of the 4 cyl without turbo is way better in comparison to my H6 Outback from 2003. I'm sure the xt is fun to drive but the price of the car and premium fuel will crush the 22k barrier I would think.
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:34 am
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Vans "boring"? My wife's Odyssey feels very secure going well over 100 on twisty two-lane blacktops. It's like WSing; its up to us to dial in some entertainment.
But back to the OPs question: we can't answer it without knowing your criteria. If it's merely "carrying WSing gear, you can do that for a couple of grand. If you also want "fun to drive", I've seen no car this century win that title more often than Subaru's WRX. An expert driver can pack 3 boards and five complete rigs in one and still outrun almost any car costing under 6 figures from any Point A to any Point B, according to the magazines. It will sure as hell go fast enough on ANY dirt or paved road to send yer butt straight to jail for felony reckless endangerment and get your insurance canceled, and you'd STILL have a hard time wiping the smile off your face. Tip: the pre-2008's, I think it is, have a slightly flatter and longer space for boards inside.
Mike \m/
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Posts: 17
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:15 am
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isobars wrote:
Vans "boring"? My wife's Odyssey feels very secure going well over 100 on twisty two-lane blacktops. It's like WSing; its up to us to dial in some entertainment.
But back to the OPs question: we can't answer it without knowing your criteria. If it's merely "carrying WSing gear, you can do that for a couple of grand. If you also want "fun to drive", I've seen no car this century win that title more often than Subaru's WRX. An expert driver can pack 3 boards and five complete rigs in one and still outrun almost any car costing under 6 figures from any Point A to any Point B, according to the magazines. It will sure as hell go fast enough on ANY dirt or paved road to send yer butt straight to jail for felony reckless endangerment and get your insurance canceled, and you'd STILL have a hard time wiping the smile off your face. Tip: the pre-2008's, I think it is, have a slightly flatter and longer space for boards inside.
Mike \m/
Oh, I wouldn't dare going over 100 in a van (I do sometimes go that high in my current car, but really not often). I am not a speed maniac, so I am not talking about mazdaspeed, wrx, lancer evo "fast". In an urban life, fast is mostly acceleration from traffic light. Almost any car now can go fast on the highway. I do however hate slow vehicles traveling in left lane.
WRX would be a little over the budget, so let's say impreza outback sport wagon?
So far, I have 3 candidates:
Mazda 3 hatchback
VW Jetta wagon
Subaru Impreza outback sports wagon
Anyone has impreza? Is there a manufacturer rack option available?
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:47 am
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I'm looking out my office window at an impreza (brand new) that at neighbor just bought. Looks like a factory rack that clips into the roof rails.
Careful with factory racks and ws gear and high speeds. My bro in law knocked his racks off his suburu hitting the garage with bikes (barely hurt the bikes because the rack was weak and ripped off the roof) This was sometime back - maybe stronger now?
I drove all cars listed when looking for a replacement for my BMW wagon. I thought the Mazda was the best driving experience for the money; but alas, not up to the old bimmer.
Good luck.
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Posts: 19
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:58 am
Post subject: ROADMASTER STATION WAGON IS THE BEST WS VEHICLE!
Buick Roadmaster Wagon (or Chevy Caprise wagon) is THE BEST WS vehicle. You can buy them for $3-5K in a very decent shape. These cars last forver, have good gas mileage (20-25 mpg) and are very cheap to maintain or fix. They are long enough to fit even formula sails in (although it will stick between the front seats) and wide enough to carry all your gear. Unlike SUVs, they are low enough to easily put your boards on the roof-rack that comes with 94-96 models. They are super comfortable to ride, have an LT1 corvette engine and most come with a towing package so you can add a trailor. Fold the rear seat down and you can a flat area the size of a full bed so you can even camp in comfortably!!!!
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Posts: 1500
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:04 am
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FWIW: I recently used my brother-in-laws Mazda3 sedan during my visit to the Bay Area. My gear fit inside no problem through the trunk with the back and front passenger seats folded (240cm x 57cm wave board, 2-piece mast, 2 sails, boom, gear bag). The car feels great around town and is very quick. I wasn't crazy about the amount of torque steer (lots of HP per pound for a front-wheel drive car) but I guess you can get used to it.
I use an Outback Wagon at home, and it's very practical for transporting gear. The fixed roof rack is useless for transporting boards side-by-side, but you can stack 2 boards with confidence or put them inside the car if you travel without a front seat passenger. It's a much bigger car, though, and quite thirsty around town. I imagine that the turbo gets pretty awful mileage when you're not careful with your right foot. The automatic is a better off-roader, BTW, since you use the breaks along with throttle to keep the wheels from spinning. With the manual, you'll need to spring for a new clutch by the time you've figured this out and AWDs are hard on clutches anyway.
I have also used a rental Jeep Patriot on a trip recently. The CVT in this vehicle doesn't seem to be stepped (i.e. emulating actual gears) so it feels absolutely gross to a stick shift driver. It does get in the high 20s on the highway, thanks to the CVT spooling down engine speed to an easy 2k rpm at 70. The ease of folding the seats, the easy to clean, cheap interior and optional 4wd mode seem all very windsurf-friendly. And you can buy more gear with the money you save.
florian - ny22
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Posts: 2647
Location: SF bay area
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:06 am
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Since we're taking really "fast" out, there's several others to concider:
Toyota Matrix and Dodge Caliber, on both you can still get a manual and they have a fold flat passenger seat.
The Honda Element may be worth considering since the back seats all come out and the front reclines flat, for almost "van like" room. Iv'e seen 3 boards inside those. You can get a manual too, but it won't handle like a sports car. The new larger Scion xB looks interesting but haven't checked it out.
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President Lundquist will receive an honorary D.D. degree on May 20.
t e CLARION
Vol. X XXIV — No. 17
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, May 7, 1957
Contemplating on how nice it would be to be going to the J. S.
Banquet, Maureen Bronstein (on chair) models her roommate's formal.
Patti Sanders makes certain that the pleats lie straight.
Honor Convocation
Scheduled May 15 Marjory Peterson and Charles Anderson, valedictorians of the
college and seminary respectively, will give their valedictory addresses
before the graduates, faculty, and student body at the honors convo-cation
in the chapel hour, May 15.
A processional will precede the convocation including the gradu-ates
of the senior college, junior college, and seminary, and will include
this year, for the first time, the faculty wearing their academic gowns.
The annual presentation of scholarships will be also included in
the program. Students who have excelled in studies and co-curricular
activities will be receiving the scholarships.
The honor scholarships presented to juniors and seniors attaining
a 2.5 average will presented in an opening convocation next fall.
also lead his college class, major-ing
in philosophy.
Planning to take further train-ing,
he stated that he intends to
enter some other school, perhaps
the University of Chicago.
At present Charles is active at
First Baptist church of Minnea-polis,
participating in the Sunday
school and choir.
Robert Erickson, salutatorian,
graduated from the University of
Minnesota at Duluth in 1953. Ro-bert
has been serving a student
pastorate at Fish Lake, but will
soon take charge at the Hinsdale
church in Chicago. He too, intends
to take additional schooling.
Marjory Peterson, college vale-dictorian,
graduates with a leader-ship
record in co-curricular as well
as academic work. In her three
years on campus she has served as
Bodien dormitory president, secre-tary
of her junior class, and co-feature
editor of the CLARION.
Last year she was editor of the
Spire, which received a first-class
Marge is valedictorian for the
second time this year, having also
been at the head of her high school
class in Marinette, Wisc. Follow-ing
high school she attended the
University of Minnesota for two
years. The degree she received
qualified her for present part-time
job as dental hygienist.
Next year Marge will be attend-ing
the University again, where
she will be working for a master's
degree in literature and humani-ties.
Planning to attend Bethel sem-inary
next year is Linden Magnu-son,
college salutatorian. Vice -
president of the Student Senate
this year, Linden has served as
president of his junior class, vice-president
of his sophomore class,
and a member of the male chorus
for four years. Linden graduated
from Davenport, Iowa, high school.
Seminary valedictorian is Charles
Antlei.on uf eapolis. Charles,
entering seminary after graduat-ing
from Bethel college in 1954,
Recitals Given
By Students
Twenty student performers will
be featured in three recitals sched-uled
next week. Each of these will
be held in the college chapel and
is open to the public.
A piano and vocal recital, Mon-day,
May 13, begins at 7:30 p.m.
John A. Anderson, Morris Ander-son,
Ardyce Baber, Marjorie Dubs,
Linda Dupree, Barbara Gibson,
Bonnie Hohm, Lois Hultberg, Betty
Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Vera
Xnels, Lorraine Lundberg, and
Roberta Smith will play piano
selections: Vocalists appearing will
be Dorothy Bajuniemi, Dave
Davies, Merton Sheetz, and Wendy
Beth Magnuson and Sylvia Jack-son
will appear in a joint recital
at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14.
Sylvia will sing, Beth accompany-ing
her on the organ.
Tenor Ron Eckert will give a
full junior recital on Friday, May
17, at 8 p.m.
Chopin's Life
Shown In Film
by Elaine Johnson
"A Song to Remember," a drama
portraying the life of composer
Frederic Chopin will be shown May
11, 7:30 p.m. in the college chapel.
The Immortal Compositions by
the famed composer provide a rich
background for the drama set in
19th century Europe.
The setting, plus the rich musi-cal
score, intrinsic reproduction of
the great piano music, and the no-ticeably
fine acting provide the
basis for one of the truly great
dramas of the time.
An evening of music will replace
the traditional speaker at the Jun-
Far,4or h vu2 to he 11 1 -1 in
the George Washington room of
the Lowell Inn in Stillwater, Minn.,
on May 10 at 8 p.m.
The program of classical and
informal music which will include
sacred music, American folk
songs, and English madrigals will
be presented by the Madrigal
Choir director of the Central
Lutheran church in Minneapolis,
Mr. Fred Hillary, directs the sing-ing
group which consists of 24
alumni of the Gustavus Adolphus
college in St. Peter, Minnesota.
Last minute reservations may
be made with either Ed Brunzell or
Bruce Erickson no later than to-night,
stated John F. Anderson,
committee member. Ticket price is
$7 per couple.
H. Christensen
To Be Speaker
Park Plaza in Minneapolis is
the scene for the Freshman-Sopho-more
banquet on Friday night at
6:30 p.m., with Rev. Harold Chris-tensen,
pastor of the Temple Bap-tist
church of Rockford, Ill., as
guest speaker.
Virgil Hale, instructor in music
at the St. Paul Bible institute, will
render several semi-classical num-bers
in song. Master of ceremonies
for the evening is Rev. Peter Un-ruh,
the new pastor of the Wood-dale
Baptist church in Minnea-polis.
Tickets for the banquet are $6.50
per couple and will be on sale
until tomorrow in the main hall
of the college building and the din-ing
hall during meals.
Banquet pictures may be order-ed
when the tickets are purchased.
"Banquet tickets will be received
at the door," stated committeeman
Rich Massey.
Is Granted
An honorary Doctor of Divinity
degree from Northern Baptist
Theological seminary in Chicago
will be conferred upon Pres. Carl
H. Lundquist at the school's com-mencement
exercises to be held in
Orchestra Hall in Chicago, May
Pres. Lundquist will present the
baccalaureate sermon there on
Sunday, May 19.
Prior to accepting his present
administrative position at Bethel,
Pres. Lundquist taught for two
years at the Northern Baptist sem-inary
while serving as pastor of
Elim Baptist church in Chicago.
In preparation for a Th.D. de-gree
in homelitics and speech,
Pres. Lundquist has completed his
four years' study in residence at
the Northern Baptist seminary. He
has not as yet completed the dis-sertation
for the degree.
On May 16, 1944, Pres. Lund-quist
was ordained, following
graduation from Bethel seminary
in 1942 with a B.D. degree and one
year of graduate studies at East-ern
Baptist seminary. In 1939 he
was graduated from Sioux Falls
college with a B.A. degree.
Pres. Lundquist began his dut-ies
as president in September, 1954.
Dr. Henry Wingblade, Pres.
Lundquist's predecessor at Bethel,
also received an honorary doctor-ate
shortly after he assumed his
duties at Bethel.
Six Top Grads
Honored May 9
Bethel's top six graduates have
been invited to attend the 20th An-nual
College Court of Honor Ban-quet,
Thursday, May 9, at the St.
Paul Athletic club. These six sen-iors,
Marie Magnuson, Marjory
Peterson, Ardith Rust, Bob Carl-son,
William Conrad, and Linden
'Magnuson, will be guests of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The purpose of this banquet is
to honor the outstanding senior
students of St. Paul's six major
colleges: Bethel, College of Law,
Hamline, Macalester, St. Catherine
and St. Thomas.
Each college makes a contribu-tion
to the program. Bethel will
be represented by President Lund-quist
who has been asked to give
the invocation.
In addition to receiving the meal
and transportation, each graduate
will be presented with a certificate.
Campus Calendar
May 7—preliminaries for the An-nual
Speech Contest, 3:15
p.m., 204 (oration) and 210
—baseball—Concordia (here)
8—camp and DVBS workshop, 7
p.m., college chapel
9��Court of Honor banquet
10—FS banquet, 8p.m., Park Plaza
—JS banquet, 8 p.m., Lowell Inn
11—"A Song to Remember", 7:30
p.m., college chapel
—baseball—Bethany (there)
13 Student recital, 7:30 p.m., col-lege
—Student Wives, 8 p.m., dining
—President's reception for Sen-iors
(there), 2:30 p.m.
14—Recital by Beth Magnuson and
Sylvia Jackson, 8 p.m., col-lege
—Annual Speech Contest finals,
7:30, seminary chapel
15—Honors convocation
—polio retakes, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Health Service
17—Junior recital by Ron Eckert,
8 p.m., college chapel
William C. Lang, Ph.D., chair-man
of the Department of Social
Sciences of Iowa State Teachers
college, Cedar Falls, Iowa, will
bring the address at the commence-ment
exercises at 3 p.m., Sunday,
May 26 in the fieldhouse.
Degrees will be conferred upon
69 college and seminary graduates
at this time. Receiving Bachelor
of Arts degrees will be 40 college
seniors. Four Bachelor of Religious
Education degrees will be given as
well as siv Associate of Arts de-grees
and one Associate in Relig-ious
From the seminary, one will
receive the Bachelor of Theology
degree and 17 the Bachelor of
Divinity degree.
An innovation in the commence-ment
program this year is the
scheduling of both the baccalaur-eate
and Commencement exercises
on the same day.
Wayne I. Wessner, pastor of
Bethany Baptist church of Whit-tier,
California, will speak at the
Baccalaureate service at 11 a.m. in
the College chapel.
Leading the procession of grad-uates
at both the commencement
exercises and baccalaureate ser-vice
will be the marshalls, George
Dvirnak, highest ranking junior,
and Dick Otteson, highest ranking
seminary middle-man.
Prexy Invites Grads
President and Mrs. Lundquist
have extended an invitation to the
graduating classes of 1957, from
both the college and the seminary,
to their home on Monday evening,
May 13. This open house to honor
the graduates is an annual event.
Dr. Lang To Speak JS Banquet
Uses Musk At Commencement
the CLARION
BRUCE RICHARDSON, editor
assistant editor
Department Editor: Morris Anderson, As-trid
Barbins, Maureen Bronstein, Betty
Hendrickson, Marie Magnuson & Gerry
Business: John Berg, Wayne Henry, Jo-anne
Lindquist, and Allan Stahnke.
Reporters: Dick Benert, Terry Benz, Arlene
Bergstrom, Sharon Bergstrom, Junetta
Best, Karen Christensen, Lowell Gard-ner,
Dwight Jessup, Elaine Johnson,
Lois Larson, Betty Nord, Ardith Rust,
and Pat Sanders
Advisor : Dr. Virginia Grabill
Issued bi-weekly during the
school year by Bethel college
and seminary, St. Paul 1, Minn.
Subscription price: $3
Page 2
the CLARION
Tuesday, May 7, 1957
•Student's Role
Dear Editor,
I heartily agree with the editor
in his call for better understand-ing
and cooperative action on our
campus among students, teachers
and staff. During the present
school year w ehave become keenly
aware of this need. It is my im-pression,
however, that we have
not yet fully defined the basic
A report has recently come to
my attention entitled The Stu-dents'
Role in College Polick Mak-ing.)
In the preface the asser-tion
is made "that student leader-ship
can make useful contributions
to educational policy making, giv-en
the right conditions and op-portunities,
and that there are
significant educational values for
the students involved."
The report identifies four major
problem areas which are common
in many colleges: (1) establishing
the avenues of student participa-tion,
(2) defining the areas and
degrees of student participation
deemed appropriate in any given
institution, (3) developing effec-tiveness
of student participation,
and (4) developing adequate inter-personal
relationships between stu-dents
and members of the faculty
and administration.
We cannot make any real pro-gress
in inter-communication until
campus groups arrive at the faith
that they share the same basic
goals. Then we can shift our at-tention
from the individual cir-cumstances
of the past and take
the time to explore the issues stat-ed
V. Elving Anderson
•Signed Letters
Dear Editor;
Recently I wrote the CLARION
a letter suggesting that letters-to-the-
editor should be signed. The
CLARION rejected my suggestion
by simply saying that it would
adhere to a traditional policy of
withholding the names on request.
No reasons were given. Tradition
—that was that.
But I am convinced that my
arguments were good ones. A sig-nature
would tend to (1) open dis-cussion
by interested parties, (2)
discourage the crank-letter, (3)
discourage the irresponsible imp-letter.
No one has offered rebuttal
to these points, and no one has
shown other points against my
What does the CLARION think
are the reasons for its policy?
Let the readers know! I am will-ing
to hear your case. I can be
I notice you advocate free, open
discussion. I notice you deplore
action that is not followed or pre-ceded
by information. Come, come
then. Give me—the lowly, unwash-ed,
average reader—the reasons
for your action. Surely the CLAR-ION
does not support a double
Walfred Peterson
•When, Where, Why?
Dear Editor,
It seems to me that some peo-ple
on this campus are somewhat
confused about their Christian
standards. I'm referring to the
recent thesis taped upon the walls
around campus.
Basically the problem lies in the
properness of dress and not with
a disruption of our Christian stan-dards.
It is merely a misunder-standing
on the students part in
knowing when and where the Ber-mudas
and slacks should be worn.
This problem arises in every
college. However, here at Bethel
some people want to make it a
moral issue. They say "keep
Bethel's standards high," and we
want to, but we need to look at
the real hindrances here on cam-pus,
conflicting against that high
I think that Bethel girls have a
right to know the reason for the
restrictions an sport clothes. A
reason would prevent many rebel-lious
feelings the girls may have.
It is only natural for people to
build up little things and give
them an unjustified importance.
There would be much more ac-complished,
if the students would
put as much energy in the really
important issues as they do in the
minor ones.
If others think that our stan-dards
are wrong, perhaps it would
be a good idea to have a meeting
of the student body concerning the
problem. Given a chance to reason
four ourselves, we may decide that
slacks are improper dress. Let the
students decide. What we do to
ourselves we cannot blame on any-one
Time For
With gratitude and fear I ap-proach
Thy throne. With grati-tude
because in Thee I have found
a solution for my life; with fear,
because again I have soiled my-self.
I pray, wash me again, for
Thy work requires clean hands
and a clean heart.
Lord, teach me to live a life
worthy of thee. Give me strength
to act whenever I see a need and
not to rationalize for my laziness.
Help me to do my duty today in-stead
of putting it off. I do that
so often. Grant me a faith daring
enough to believe that Thou art
leading me. Don't make my path
so pleasant that I would be tempt-ed
to wander from it, nor make it
so difficult that I would faint be-fore
my course is finished.
Remind me often that one day,
when I see Thee in Thy glory, I
shall have to give an account of
my life.
*Library Noise
Dear Editor:
A letter appeared in the April
30 CLARION strongly critical of
the library noise allegedly made
by the library staff. The letter
was quite obviously an extreme
description of the true conditions,
and this was obviously done to ex-aggerate
the issue in the eyes of
the Bethel community. I do not be-lieve
that the letter was written
to attack the library staff.
Although the writer used a pseu-donym,
his or their identity is well
known. It was the writer's inten-tion
to raise the issue in an ex-treme
way to get the attention of
the community focused on the is-sue
without again laying it com-pletely
to the blame of the stu-dents.
Therefore, in order to give
the issue this different slant, it
was exaggerated out of all pro-portion.
I do not believe that the charges
are accurate or descriptive. It
seems to me that the staff work-ers
make only the minimum noise
necessary. The staff is willing to
be of service far beyond that ex-pected
in a library.
In short, may this letter serve
as both an explanation of the
original letter and as a commen-dation
for the staff.
Paul Schlueter
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dreams at last is opening as the
happy bride is carried over the
Bethel is no exception. After
finals and graduation several girls
will wear another ring with their
diamonds. Here is a list of those
who plan to be married this spring
and summer:
Donelda Hoover and Rod Thomp-son,
May 25
Mavis Johnson and Glenn Ogren,
May 25
Sheila Newlander and Ken Al-bright,
May 31.
Dr. Virgil Olson:
Imitation of Christ: A. Kempis
Germainica Theologica
Diary of Brainerd
Christian Religion
Glory Christ: Owen
A History of Missions
Rev. Dave Guston:
Young's Analytical Concordance
to the Bible
Harper's Bible Dictionary
Oxford Unabridged Dictionary
(1 vol.)
Columbia Encyclopedia (1 vol.)
The New Bible Commentary
Anthology of English Literature
Dr. Paul Grabill:
Shakespeare Anthology
Dante Anthology
Plato Anthology
Brother's Karamazov: Dostoyev-sky
Ibsen Anthology
Kirkegaard Anthology
Mr. Swan Engwall:
Man the Unknown: Cornell
The Robe : Douglas
Guide to Philosophy : Joad
Psychology, Health and Religion:
Columbia Encyclopedia
Coreen Berry and Peter Larson,
June 1
Ruth Ladd and Ben Cording, June
Carolyn Anderson and Bob Single-ton,
June 15
Colleen Peterson and Roger Holm,
June 21
Carla Kern and Howard Rekstad,
June 22
Bev Bowman and Bob Reynolds,
June 22
Elaine Mattson and Marvin P.
Johnson, August 14
Marlene Hawkinson and Hartley
Christensen, August 17
Ardith Rust and Lowell Gardner,
August 31
Marjorie Dubs and Delmar Int-
Veld, August
Carol Martinson and Ron Eckert,
Bobby Wall and Ed Brunzell, late
Freedom For Expression
Letters to the editor, one of the oldest practices of journalism, is
the place where newspapers express the opinions and ideas of its read-ers.
Although the letters printed in this column are not the last rule
of interpreting campus opinion and are not necessarily the attitudes of
the editors, it is still an important source for ideas, reactions, and in-terests
of the students.
Some people are more strongly and liberally opinionated than
others, but all should be allowed as much freedom of expression as
possible. In a student body, such as ours, it is extremely hard to get
people to express themselves publicly even when they should. Because
of this, and to encourage the wide use of this column for student views,
the CLARION has withheld the names of its letters writers upon
request. We feel that imposing a restriction such as Mr. Peterson sug-gests,
although it might eliminate the crank and childish letter, would
incur a severe stifling of this mode of expression that we believe is
extremely valuable.
Admittedly some letter's opinions are worth more than others, but
intelligent, discerning readers must evaluate and decide for themselves
the strength, validity, and truthfulness of each letter. Signed letters
at times might detract from the reader's giving each one of its justi-fied
The CLARION will therefore continue to withhold the names of
writers upon request, but will publish no letters whose writers are un-known
to it. Letters longer than 250 words are subject to editing as
well as letters using libelous, obscene, or violently abusive language.
You must trust us to treat all letters with fairness and consideration.
Ideal letters are varied, well written in style and content, and timely.
Effective letters are the result of clear, constructive, and careful think-ing.
Please use this opportunity liberally and well.
While You're Resting-----
by Lawrence Van Heerden
If you knew that you would be thrown into isolated circumstances
for at least a year, (like a barren island or something) which six books
would you be sure to include in your brief case ? Try and figure it out
Here are the selections chosen by members of the Bethel faculty.
Each of them said that the Bible would be their first choice. In addi-tion
they listed following:
Zetteta to de Ederen
The Night Is Coming
by Astrid Barbins
One of life's great delights is work.
The truly happy people are those who have found their purpose
in life and are working toward it. They have little doubts and fears,
for they have no time to think of themselves. Unlike many mortals
who eddy back and forth, tossed about by fears and uncertainty, these
men, have a clear aim which they must reach before night hides it
from their sight.
Work is its own reward. Can there be a greater delight to a farmer
than to gather in a rich harvest, the fruit of the seeds that he scattered ?
What greater joy can a child have than to give his mother something
which his little hands have made ?
Man's natural tendency is to take the easy road, to choose the
things that offer the most pleasure for the least work. Often men reach
out for a shining red apple, only to discover that it conceals poison.
Such poison is laziness hidden in the mask of happiness. Because peo-ple
eagerly pick this fruit and feast on it, they lose the joy and zest
for life.
God instituted work. He created the heavens and the earth so that
they would bring forth fruit and glorify the Creator. He created man
and commanded him to work. Christ spent His time on earth working,
and He died having accomplished the greatest work of all times. For
His followers Christ chose strong, hardworking men, men whom He
prepared to do this impossible. There was no vacation with pay for the
Master's disciples; the reward was inner joy and peace.
It would be interesting to watch the face of Christ when Christians
sing such choruses as "Safe am I, safe am I in the hollow of His hand."
Does He really want His people to be "sheltered in His love forever-more"
or would He rather see them in real life situations working out
their salvation?
etea46, 21ft 'Me 9aft
by Ozzie
Bill Larson and Chuck Elven watch Joel Stolte demonstrate the
form for a drive.
Golf Team Triumphs
Over Concordia, Luther
1558 Como Ave.
A six-man match with Conco-dia
was won by the Bethel golfers
last Thursday afternoon, 14 1/2 to
3 1/2.
Participating in the match play
for Bethel was Bill Conrad, Dave
Davies, Joel 'Stolte, Bill Larson,
Tennis Team
Wins, Loses
May 1, proved to be a bright
one for the Royal tennis team when
they defeated Luther College of
New Ulm, Minn., 5-3.
Scoring victories for Bethel were
Hank Peterson and Don Sension
playing at the Como courts. Ed
Tegenfeldt, Ed Holzhouse, and the
Dick Benert - Don Sension double
team won for Bethel on our own
The previous day was not as
successful unfortunately for the
netmen as the talented Hamline
outfit rolled up a 9-0 score over
the Royals. The entire match was
over in only two hours, indicating
the ease with which the Hamline
players handled Bethel.
Hamline and Hoyt Mi 6-9272
Brake and Mechanical Work
Towing Service
Snelling and Larpenteur
MIdway 6-9185
Complete Lubrication — Towing
Brake Work
10% Discount to Students
O'Neill's Wee-Wash-It
1558 COMO AVE. (at Snelling)
Cleaners and Launderers
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Westlund's Food
Market, Inc.
597 N. Snelling Ave.
MIdway 6-8621
1692 North Lexington Ave.
(in the Plaza)
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1544 West Larpenteur
Deposits insured to $10,000 by the
Federal Deposit insurance Corporation
Tuesday, May 7, 1957
the CLARION
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Cindermen Place
Third In Meet
Royals Score 25-10 Victory
Jim Jackson, proving to be
Bethel's most outstanding track-ster
this year, won the Royal's
only blue ribbons. His leap of 20'
10" and time of 10:3 were the best
in the broad jump and 100 yard
dash, and his clearance of 5'8"
was sufficient for fifth in the high
jump event. The Royal's mile re-lay
team of Munson, Henry, Luck-man,
and Jackson captured second
with a time of 3:42.2, and Al Chris-tensen's
10' polevault was good
for asecon d place. Running the
half-mile in 2:07.4, Beryl Munson
garnered a second ranking also.
Other tracksters who earned points
were Don Becker, fourth in the
discus; Jim Reinholt, fifth in the
two mile run; Stu Luckman, third
in the 220 yard low hurdles; John
Reed, fourth in the 440 yard dash;
Wally Shold, fourth in the 120
yard high hurdles; and Ron Olson,
third in the 220 yard and fifth in
the 100 yard dashes.
Royals Win
In Tenth 7-6
After a wild first inning in
which he gave up four walks,
Stahnke settled down to pitch a
two hit, 19 strike out ball game
against Martin Luther college last
Wednesday afternoon at Dunning,
as the Royals won 7-6 in ten in-nings.
Luther scored all their runs in
the first, as three errors, all on
easy plays, didn't help Stahnke
at all.
The Royals scored once in the
first and once in the third but
couldn't get any more until the
eighth when they tied it up.
In the bottom of the ninth,
Baurle got his second hit of the
game, but he died on second. In
the deciding tenth, Larson led off
with a solid single and Stahnke
got on when the shortstop booted
his grounder. Larson was immed-iately
picked off second, but the
shortstop kicked another which set
the stage for Les Borms. He sin-gled
sharply over second and drove
in Stahnke for the winning run.
Brunzell started it all with the
first of his five hits, and Albright,
Baurle, and Berg, Inc., pounded
Luther pitchers all afternoon as
the Royals romped to a 25-10 vic-tory
last Saturday.
The Rolays dropped in a total
of 27 hits, including five doubles
and four triples to give Bob Porn-merenke
an easy time in coasting
to his second victory of the sea-son.
Ken Albright led the club with
six hits in seven at bats, Brun-zell
got five, Baurle went four for
four including two triples, and
Berg went three for five.
Not only did every regular hit
safely, but they fielded the best
of the season. Albright made some
very nice plays on hard ground
balls and Baurle started a first
to second to first double play that
helped Pommerenke early in the
game when it looked like it might
be a contest.
Luther got eleven hits, three by
Raabe including a triple with the
bases loaded. But the Royals, un-like
their first game, wore their
hitting clothes from the start, and
handed Luther their second defeat
of the year.
Starter and Generator
Engine Repairs
Midway 6-9153 1588 Como
N. L. Hermes
1709 N. Snelling
Mi 4-1017 Mi 4-6270
Open evenings
till 10:00
1556 Como Ave. MI 6-9295
Chuck Elven, and Al Christensen.
Conrad, Larson, and Davies won 3
points each; Stolte and Elven 2;
and Christensen 1 1/2.
Luther college stood little chance
against the Bethel golf squad when
they gained only 1/2 point to
Bethel's 11 1/2 at the Como course
last Wednesday .
Teeing off line-up for the Roy-als
were Conrad, Davies, Stolte,
and Larson. Each scored 3 points
except Davies who gained only
2 1/2.
Today the golfers are scheduled
to line up against Hamline at
Keller golf course.
Garnering 35 1/2 points, Bethel's Coach Fredrickson's men will
cindermen placed third in a meet compete with Hamline, Augsburg,
last Tuesday which was dominated and Gustavus Adolphus in their
by Macalester's track team. Mac- next meet Friday, 3:30 p.m. at
alester massed 105 points—more Hamline.
than the total points of the other
competing schools—in the tourney
which was staged on their own
track. Hamline tracksters, whom
the Royals had previously topped
this season, took second with 43
points, and Augsburg finished
fourth with 11 points.
Midtown Cleaners
Discount to Students
Finest Cleaning in Town
1672 N. Hamline HU 9-7300
Falcon Heights
Pharmacy & Gift Shop
At a new and modern
1707 N. Snelling Ave.
Now Open
Open Sunday 11:30 a.m. 'til 8:00 p.m.
Week-days 5:00 p.m. 'til 9:00 p.m.
(Closed Tuesday)
Snelling & Larpenteur Ave.
(or we'll do it)
15 Bendix Washers and Dryers
for your convenience
1658 N. Snelling at
Quality Hair-cutting
1546 W. Larpentuer
A Nationally Accredited
The Mounds-Midway Unit of the Hamline University
School of Nursing, operated in connection with Mounds
Park and Midway Hospitals, offers the unusual opportunity
of studying nursing in hospitals of high standards in an
atmosphere of Christian fellowship and missionary interest.
• Our next class begins in Sept., 1957. Application's should
be made to
Mounds Park Hospital
Dorm construction is proceeding rapidly as this school year draws
to a close. By next fall the new wings should be ready for occupation.
Poetry Reading Contest
To Be Held In Sem Chapel
Como and Snelling Ayes.
Monday-1 p.m. till 6 p.m.
- Sat.-8 a.m. till 6 P"
Lubrication and Repairs
Snelling and Larpenteur
Mi 6-9179
.eida Cale
Italian Foods — American Foods
Orders to take out
1611 W. Larpenteur at Snelling
Similar projects will be set up
at other university centers through-out
the country and the data ob-tained
from all the projects will
be compared.
1583 Hemline Avenue North
MIdway 6-2034
Down Town
Shopping In
Your Neighborhood
Gray's Drugs
Snelling & Larpenteur
10% Discount to Bethel Students at
7aleon Zry Cleaners and ,Caunderers
1541 West Larpenteur, near Snelling
Home of the Charburger
Larpenteur and Snelling Avenues Open 6 am till 2 a.m.
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the CLARION
Tuesday, May 7, 1957
First Class
Rate Given
To CLARION
A first class rank was recently
assigned to the CLARION for the
first half of the school year by
the critical service of the Associa-ted
Collegiate Press.
Higher ratings in coverage, bal-ance,
and treatment of the news
scored many of the 65 additional
points necessary to raise the
CLARION from second class rat-ing.,
which it has received since it
joined ACP in the school year,
1954-55. Other areas of improve-ment
were photography, sports
coverage and writing, and the con-tent
of features and speech and
interview stories.
Lower scores than usual were re-ceived
on editorials, where the
main criticism was lack of con-cern
with school problems, balance
of the feature page, and headlines.
This semi-annual service criti-cizes
the paper in the content and
style of articles—news, features,
editorials, sports, and others—and
the overall physical properties, in-cluding
headlines, photography,
and typography. The ratings, from
all-American to third class, are
determined by a point system.
The CLARION as a bi-weekly
paper in a school with an enroll-ment
of 500 - 1,000, was in compe-tion
with 37 other schools in its
Students Used
As Counsellors
The administration announced
recently that several upper-class
or graduate students will be used
as resident counsellors in each of
the dormitories next year.
Those persons interested in such
positions should contact Elving
Anderson, dean of students, in the
Student Affairs office.
This is part of a program simi-lar
to that of other schools for us-ing
upper-class or older students
in guidance and orientation work.
It is also another extension of the
counselling program that is being
developed here.
Dean Anderson stated that the
responsibilities of these counsellors
have not been definitely formulat-ed
but that they will help plan
dormitory activities, be available
to help with personal problems, be
able to refer students to other
staff for particular problems, and
help in the general orientation of
new students to campus life.
Students interested should con-tact
and fill out applications in the
student affairs office.
A letter from Pres. Lundquist
to the Student Senate regarding
next year's English department
was read at the Senate meeting,
April 25, by Pres. Glenn Ogren.
The letter was in answer to a
request from the Senate for such
The Senate voted to publish the
pertinent sections of the letter in
the CLARION, as a method of
communicating this information to
the student body:
"I would be happy to have you
pass on the information that the
Administration is deeply concerned
about keeping the Department of
English on the high level to which
it has been lifted by its present
leadership. It is one of the strong
Departments at Bethel and we are
anxious that it continue to be so.
"We are hopeful that all of our
part-time teaching staff in that
Department may be gradually re-placed
with competent and quali-fied
full-time personnel as the
Department continues to grow. We
are hopeful that several of these
shall be individuals of experience
who already possess their doc-toral
degrees in the area.
"It is our expectation that we
Dr. Anderson
To Participate
In U. Project
V. Elving Anderson, assoc-iate
professor of zoology and
chairman of the Department of
Biology, will be participating in
the cerebral palsy project at the
University of Minnesota next year.
This project, sponsored by the
National Institute of Health and
under a five-year grant from the
national government, is "an at-tempt
to explore the causes of
cerebral palsy," Dr. Anderson
Four areas of study will be in-cluded
in the project: pediatrics,
neurology, obstetrics and gynec-ology,
and genetics. Dr. Anderson
will be working in the area of
An extensive study will be made
of factors related to birth, Dr.
Anderson explained. Cerebral palsy
cases in this area will be subjects
of analysis and the health histor-ies
of their families will be traced.
shall be applying for regional ac-creditation
on July 1, 1958, and
we want every Department to be
as solidified as possible by then.
"I appreciate the inquiry re-garding
shifts in personnel but
feel that it is inadvisable to dis-cuss
these yet in view of the nego-tiations
currently going on with a
number of potential faculty mem-bers
in several fields. At the pro-per
time we shall want to indicate
to our students any personnel
changes or additions for the next
academic year. I trust you will
have patience."
Three things were prominent in
this letter:
1. The desire of the Administra-tion
to keep the English Depart-ment
at the present high level.
2. The application for accredi-tation
on July 1, 1958.
3. The inadvisability of disclos-ing
faculty changes at this time.
Pres. Lundquist also stated that
he would be glad to talk to any
student personally on these mat-ters.
S. Jackson Installed
As BWA President
At Spring Banquet
Sylvia Jackson, junior, was in-stalled
as 1957-58 president of the
Bethel Women's Association at the
annual B.W.A. spring formal ban-quet
last Wednesday evening, May
Other officers installed at the
banquet were:
Vice president, Janet Lindquist,
sophomore; Secretary, Elaine John-son,
freshman; Assistant secre-tary,
June Sparling, junior; Treas-urer,
Nancy Russell, freshman;
Assistant treasurer, Barbara Gib-son,
freshman; Chairman of the
Big-Little Sis tea, Marilyn Junker,
junior; Assistant chairman of the
Big-Little Sis tea, Marlene Dur-scher,
junior; and Cabinet mem-bers,
Annette Burgess, freshman;
Marlys Lehman, freshman; Judy
Powell, freshman; and Shirley
Wall, sophomore.
Ladies' and Men's Apparel
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Letter From President
Read At Senate Meeting
by Hope Seffens
Ten contestants have entered
the poetry reading contest which
will be held May 14 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Seminary chapel. They are
Astrid Barbins, Karen Christen-sen,
Les Funk, Lowell Gardner,
Ross Howell, Priscilla Knapp, Paul
'Schlueter, Hope Seffens, Beverly
Voldseth, and Wendy Wickholm.
Dr. Paul Grabill, assistant profes-sor
of English, will be the coach.
Judges will be Pres. Carl Lund-quist;
Anton Pearson, seminary
professor of Old Testament lan-guage
and literature; the Rev.
Maurice Lawson, assistant profes-sor
of English; Mrs. Al Glenn,
Bethel alumna; and Don Richard-son,
seminary student.
W. Nelson Elected
President of FMF
Warren Nelson, seminary mid-dleman,
was elected president of
the Foreign Missions Fellowship
at the last meeting of the year,
May 2. He succeeds Ben Cording,
who will be graduated this spring.
Other new officers are Roger
Erickson, vice president; Suzanne
Starkey, secretary; and Ed Tegen-feldt,
Highlights of the F.M.F. year
have been the annual Interna-tional
Smorgasbord dinner in No-vember,
the International Music
festival in March, and the forma-tion
of three gospel teams this
The prizes, which have been
raised to $20 for first place, $15
for second place, and $10 for third
place, will be presented by Pres.
There will be no preliminaries
in the poetry reading contest. And,
as only two contestants entered,
the oratory contest will not be
The prizes for the poetry read-ing
contest are from the Dr. Mar-tin
Ericsson awards for a contest
in some field of speech.
Student Wives
Install Officers
Monday, May 13
Officers of the Student Wives
association will be installed at
their meeting, Monday, May 13.
It will be held at 8 p.m. in the din-ing
The newly-elected officers are:
President, Mrs. Leonard Karl-berg;
Vice president, Mrs. Carroll
Van Anda; Secretary, Mrs. George
Dvirnak; Treasurer, Mrs. Gordon
Olson; Assistant secretary-treas-urer,
Mrs. Norris Magnuson; and
Historian, Mrs. Charles Franzen.
The installation service will be
centered around the theme "Jesus,
Rose of Sharon." Special music will
include a marimba solo by Mrs.
William Van Antwerp and the
Bethel Girls' Trio.
Following the program, refresh-ments
will be served.
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Christine Johnson has been doling out the artwork she owns, asking friends to hang favorite pieces in their homes so she can visit them.Paintings are the one thing she has a tough time doing without.This summer, Johnson, 42, is downsizing from a loft apartment in downtown Columbia to a 350-square-foot pontoon boat she has restored on Lake Murray.
She can't bring herself to sell her artwork.Everything else is expendable.She has to cull her professional clothes to three or four suits. That's all that will fit in the closet.A gourmet cook, she's keeping the wok but getting rid of the KitchenAid mixer and Le Creuset pots.When she considers buying something, she said, she's guided by one issue: "Where am I going to put it?"Her boat, she said, has become "an expression of me and my values and what matters."Johnson is a South Carolina native who moved back here about a year ago.Before that, she was Rep. Christine Johnson, a state legislator in Utah, doing something she loved in a place she no longer wanted to be.Her relationship with her partner had dissolved. She had just had a baby, as a surrogate mother, for two friends who are gay. Her daughter was moving away to college.She found herself in a midlife crisis - 10 years early.And so she decided to come home for a job as director of S.C. Equality, an organization advocating for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, addressing the bias she has learned to confront.Life on the lake provides freedom, tranquility, simplicity.In February, Johnson found a place in Camden she thought she might want to buy. It had four acres and a pond. But the thought of furnishing such a large home "made me feel really heavy," she said.
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A one-year extension of the current farm bill – once a non-starter among many veteran farm-state lawmakers -- is being considered as a path toward not only passing a new farm bill but ensuring disaster relief reaches drought-struck farms and ranches.
On Friday afternoon, a package including disaster assistance programs and the one-year extension – along with many of the 37 farm bill programs set to expire – was released in anticipation of a House vote as early as August 1.
The push for the extension follows several weeks of House leadership dithering over allocating floor time for the farm bill passed out of the House Agriculture Committee on July 11 (see here). The full Senate passed its version of the farm bill on June 21 (see here) and it has since been waiting for conference.
The nation's prolonged, worsening drought, alongside House leadership's aversion to farm bill debate in an election year, has softened opponents to the idea of an extension. However, Republican leaders' wishes to avoid a potentially blistering House floor showdown did not solve the additional problem of the party's farm-state lawmakers returning home on recess to confront unhappy constituents. They hope the move for an extension will tamp down such potential.
For more on the drought and the House farm bill convergence, see here and here.
Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, reportedly began pitching an extension to committee members during a mid-week meeting. He argued that not only would the approach secure disaster funds but would alleviate concerns that it is too late for USDA to implement some of the programs new legislation would require in 2013.
In recent days, fears about the inability of USDA to get up-to-speed quickly on several of the new programs key to the South have been broached by producers and farm group leaders.
The calendar is also working against Lucas, who has repeatedly expressed his preference for passing new legislation over short-term fixes. As of Friday (July 27), four legislative days remain prior to Congress' August recess. Adding to the time-crunch is the fact that current law expires at the end of September.
Blog: What are we waiting for on the next farm bill? Christmas?
Video: Lucas to do "everything" he can to complete farm bill
Democrats were once staunchly opposed to the idea of an extension. Before voting to pass the farm bill out of the House Agriculture Committee, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member, fretted about the tight timeframe for passing a new farm bill.
Alluding to the reluctance of Republican House leadership to schedule floor time for the farm bill, Peterson warned that if they fail "to bring up this farm bill before the (August) recess, they will jeopardize one of the economic bright spots of our nation's fragile economy.
"Farmers need the certainty of a five year farm bill. We cannot wait for the mess that will occur during the lame duck and get drug into that whole mess. Frankly, I think an extension of current farm policy potentially creates more problems than it solves. I am hopeful the House leadership gets this right and brings the bill to the floor shortly after we move it out of this committee, so we can ultimately finish the bill in September.
"Let's hope we don't get drug into this partisanship that pervades the rest of this place."
However, following Lucas' entreaties this week, Peterson and Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman, may have been finally swayed to an extension with the promise that it will lead to a farm bill conference before the September end-date.
"If you're going to provide certainty out in the drought areas, if you're going to enable an orderly transition from the completion of the regular farm bill, then a one-year [extension] makes sense," Lucas said on Wednesday, according to a National Journal report.
Cards to play?
It may indeed make sense, but on the way to a new farm bill, veteran southern farm leaders warn that Republican leadership may still play an unexpected card, or two.
"I'm still reluctant to say that an extension is the end game. It's a chess match right now, an attempt to one-up each other," says Jeffery Hall, associate director of national affairs for the Arkansas Farm Bureau. "I don't see (an extension) being good for us. Farmers would lose baseline and take another cut on top. And there's no guarantee that the (lawmakers) won't do that.
"It's dangerous when you consider the ones pushing for no action on the farm bill. When you have (Ohio Rep. John Boehner, House Speaker, and Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, Majority Leader) pushing for an extension, farmers must remember that they're not the friend of farm programs anyway."
While it is true that farmers in the South might love to have another year of direct payments there is also no guarantee that a straight extension would carry those payments into 2013.
"It wouldn't surprise me at all if they took the direct payment funds and use those to pay for the (drought) disaster," says Hall.
A kind of pay-go?
"That's exactly right. The livestock disaster program is not paid for currently. It has expired. So, they could use the $5 billion in direct payments to pay for the livestock disaster. That would leave row crop producers out in the cold."
Meanwhile, with some two-thirds of the nation in drought, farm groups continue to pressure Congress over a new farm bill. In a Thursday letter to Boehner, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson said, "Further delay of long-term legislation will only present more challenges to passing a bill. Extension of the current legislation is merely a temporary fix, while a five-year farm bill would be a more responsible and viable solution for today and the coming years.
"Standing disaster programs that protect against low yields, price volatility and high input costs are needed so that farmers, especially livestock producers, can withstand these difficult times. These disaster programs need to be included as part of the long-term farm bill. In fact, most of these necessary provisions are already included in the Senate bill and in the House agriculture committee bill."
Also on Thursday, Minnesota Rep. Tim Walz, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, pointed to a Politico report that "looked back 50 years, longer than I've been alive, and found that never before has a farm bill been this close to being passed and then blocked by House leadership.
"This is absolutely unacceptable. Southern Minnesotans can't afford to deal with the uncertainty that follows out-of-date policy extension that follows lame duck session; lame for sure…
Time is running out, said Walz. "We have 17 days between now and November 6 to work here in Washington. That is so unacceptable, no one will agree to that. Pass the farm bill, pass it now."
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Note: As part of Women's History Month, this blog post honors Mary Ann Shrock Burns as one of America's many women settlers who lived in adverse conditions and during difficult times that included dangerous cross country moves, illness, death, and war.
As many family history researchers will attest, any document created by an ancestor and preserved over time, is a valuable find. This fact is especially true when the document is a handwritten diary that contains very personal family history that spans over fifty years. The subject of this blog post today, the "Religious Diary of Mrs. Mary Ann (Shrock) Burns," is all that and more. For at least two Attala and Madison County families, Burns and Shrock, it is indeed, a priceless family treasure.
I first became aware of the diary when a Burns family descendant, searching online for family information in Attala County, Mississippi, stumbled upon this blog and contacted me. After we had exchanged several emails and various bits of family history information, my contact, an Oklahoma resident, told me about the diary and offered to send me a copy of its transcription. Based on conversations with my contact, the original diary was found among Mary Ann's possessions. Later, the diary was transcribed and was donated by one of Mary Ann's granddaughters to a museum near where her grandmother died. Although I am not related to the Shrock family or to the Burns family, at least as far as I know, some of my own ancestors lived for decades in Attala County, Mississippi, in close proximity to members of the Schrock family. And it was for that reason, as well as the fact that I write about Mississippi genealogy, that I was pleased when my contact offered to mail a copy of the transcription to me. Our agreement was that I would read the diary, write a blog post about its contents, and donate it to the Attala County Library in Kosciusko, Mississippi. My contact asked only that I honor the museum's request that the transcription itself would not be scanned and made available on the internet. The copy in my temporary possession is a reproduction of the diary's transcription, part of the Hildegard & Richard Wheeler Collection, contained within the holdings of the E. A. Arnim Archives & Museum in Flatonia, Texas. It was there, in Fayette County, Texas, that Mary Ann Shrock Burns, her husband, William Dennis Burns, and other family members would later settle, where they died, and where they are also buried.
Since I am one of "those people" who often look first through the index of a book, and on occasion, read a few pages near the end, I thumbed through the transcription of the diary to see what I could find. And in this case, I was pleased to find vital information about the Shrock family recorded at the end of the diary. Dates and places of births, as well as dates of marriages and dates and locations of deaths, helped me to better understand names and events contained within the diary's contents. I found that Mary Ann Schrock was born on December 28, 1812, the daughter of Henry and Mary Shrock, and the third oldest of seven daughters and one son born to that couple. Her oldest sister, Elizabeth, was born on March 3, 1809, and Catherine Houseman Shrock, the next oldest of her sisters, was born on March 13, 1811. Grace Shrock, almost two years younger than Mary Ann, was born on November 26, 1814. Two younger sisters, Sarah Shrock, born on May 6, 1817, and Nancy Shrock, who was born on August 17, 1819, completed the list of Shrock daughters. Mary Ann's only brother was Joseph Kilpatrick Shrock, born about 1821.
When Mary Ann Shrock began to keep her diary on March 22, 1837, she did so with the intention that she had that day "covenanted afresh to the Lord's" and desired to "be more devoted to his service." According to information recorded at the back of the diary, by early 1837, Miss Mary Ann Shrock was an unmarried 25 year old woman who had already experienced enough grief for several lifetimes. On July 4, 1824, she had lost her mother to "bilious fever," and shortly after her mother's death, her sister, Martha Jane Shrock, died in October of 1827. Tragedy soon struck the Shrock family three more times, when her sister Gracie died, also from bilious fever, when she was only 17 years old, Catherine H. Shrock died at age 18, and her youngest sister, Sarah, died at age 19. Mary Ann's diary states her father remained a widower for eight years before he married for a second time. According to details included in a diary entry dated November 4, 1852, Henry Shrock "sold out" in South Carolina and in the spring of 1834, moved to an area of Madison County, Mississippi, known as Camden. Other former residents of Camden, South Carolina would call Camden, Mississippi "home," including an early Mississippi Governor, William McWillie, and Chapman Levy, the latter of whom would later serve in Mississippi's legislature.
In an early diary entry dated August 18, 1838, Mary Ann Shrock's words convey homesickness and sadness as she wrote of being "deprived of some precious friends by death, being removed several hundred miles from the place of my nativity......cast among strangers where there appears to be but little religious." Almost a year later, in an entry written from Mount Olive and dated July 12, 1839, she seemed joyful in spirit when she wrote that she had "entered into a matrimonial conversion..," and was now filling "the important station of wife and mother, my dear companion having five children before our marriage." She added that her step-children "appear fond of me and I love them dearly, and am well pleased with my new home, (and) think I have one of the best of husbands." According to information that appears on the last pages of the transcription, Mary Ann Shrock married William Dennis Burns on May 15, 1839. At the time of their marriage, Mary would have been 26 years old and Dennis, 45.
Although Mary Ann's entries were somewhat infrequent after her marriage, at least for the first several years, she continued to write about her family and her strong faith in God. That faith would be severely tested shortly after her marriage, when, on December 2, 1839, Mary Ann's oldest step-son "killed himself accidentally with a gun.....in the 21st year of his age." Mary's quiet observation in the diary entry was "Mysterious are the ways of providence," and the impact of the incident apparently caused her to write of her concern to "to live every day as if it were her last." According to her diary entry dated July 31, 1842, Mary Ann had given birth to two sons since her marriage in 1839 to Dennis Burns, and according to the account, their youngest son was just twelve months old. In the same entry, Mary Ann notes that she and Dennis have four older daughters who also live at home.
Over the next forty-plus years, Mary Ann Shrock Burns made time to include details in her diary that would chronicle the birth of more children, tell about the death of a baby girl, describe family illnesses, including information about her own "various trials and afflictions," and would tell about several family moves. In an entry dated November 30, 1856, Mary Ann describes the loss of her baby daughter, sadly writing "Gave birth to an infant, a daughter, that never opened its eyes to behold the sad earth made its early escape to the paradise of God." Various diary entries provided brief insights into the family's moves from Madison County to Forest Hill, to two separate places in Mount Olive, and to Steam Mill, in Attala County, Mississippi, the latter in early 1855. During the time she lived near Steam Mill, Mary Ann expressed feelings of concern when she wrote in her diary of being "shut out from society" and "deprived of church privileges." She wrote of her longing to "see the work of God received in this neighborhood," and the wish that "the time (would) soon come when we shall see the wilderness rejoice and the desert blossom as a rose." In an entry dated April 20, 1858, Mary prays for strength as she writes that her "dear father (Henry Shrock) has closed his eyes in death. He passed away the 11th, .......after suffering for some months, both bodily and mentally."
The next year, on November 2, 1859, Mary Ann writes that she has "left my home in Attala County, Mississippi, Oct. 25th. Have been on the road eight days, am now on the west bank of the great Miss. river, have had a pleasant time, excepting the dust. Passed Oakland College this morning. visited the burying ground before sun rise saw the tombs of some who had come from the far east to seek their fortunes in the south. We go to the far west." Mary Ann's next diary entry is dated May 11, 1861, when she writes "We have again changed our home, are now living in Fayette Co. (TX)."
Over the next several years, according to her diary entries, Mary Ann would see three sons go off to fight in the Civil War. On August 8, 1863, she writes that one of the sons, Billie "....reached home two days ago in tottering health, after being shut up in Vicksburg 48 days living on half rations and then walking one hundred miles home. Nothing short of the power and goodness of God could have brought him safe through." A subsequent entry on November 8, 1863, states "My dear Billie, after remaining with us two months has again been called out in defense of his country, to be again exposed to the evils of camp life." The entry includes a prayer that he will be preserved from harm. On May 8, 1864, Mary Ann states she is "now called to give up my Joseph to go in defense of our country, which is a hard trial as he is feeble in health." And she again prays for the well-being of yet another son gone off to war.
Mary Ann's prayers would be answered, according to a diary entry on May 28, 1865, when she fervently wrote "My three sons have returned home in safety....."
Although three of Mary Ann's sons lived through the Civil War, another son died on June 4, 1862. According to a diary entry made on June 4, 1878, Mary Ann lamented the sixteenth anniversary of the death of her son, Henry, who "was buried in a distant land, in a soldier's burying ground.....O, who will take care of mother now."
Almost three years later, on May 6, 1868, Mary Ann writes "Oh, what scenes of sorrow and affliction have I passed through since my last entry. My dear husband after twelve days of great suffering closed his eyes in death on.....3rd of May.....O, how dreary does the world appear to me now." On January 3, 1869, Mary would write "He (Dennis) was a good man, and a kind husband and father." And during the next decade, she would continue to mourn the loss of her beloved husband in diary entries written on anniversaries of his birth and of his death. According to information contained in one of those entries, William Dennis Burns had been born in 1794.
Mary Ann Shrock Burns, a woman of intense courage, great faith, and a sincere belief in an eternal future, continued to live in Fayette County, Texas, near living loved ones, until her death on September 10, 1887. She is buried near her husband in Pine Springs Cemetery, near Flatonia, Texas.


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Foreclosure Process Timeline in Miami Florida
Foreclosure is a legal process in which mortgaged property is sold to pay the loan of the defaulting borrower. Few people think they will lose their home, they think they have more time. This is the timeline of events that will take place:
First month missed payment – your lender will contact you by letter or phone.
Second month missed payment – your lender is likely to begin calling you to discuss why you have not made your payments. It is important that you take their phone calls. Talk to a Prevention Advocate and explain your situation and what you are trying to do to resolve it. At this time, a Prevention Advocate will inform you of what services are available to you.
Third month missed payment – after the third payment is missed, you will receive a letter from your lender stating the amount you are delinquent, and that you have 30 days to bring your mortgage current. This is called a "Demand Letter" or "Notice to Accelerate". If you do not pay the specified amount or make some type of arrangements by the given date, the lender may begin foreclosure proceedings. They are unlikely to accept less than the total due without arrangements being made if you receive this letter. Contact a Prevention Advocate immediately to inform you on how to prevent foreclosure.
Fourth month missed payment – now you are nearing the end of time allowed in your Demand or Notice to Accelerate Letter. When the 30 days ends, if you have not paid the full amount or worked our arrangements you will be referred to your lender's attorneys.
You will incur all lender attorney fees as part of your delinquency if you don't call us immediately.
Sheriff's or Public Trustee's Sale – the attorney will schedule a Sale. This is the actual day of foreclosure. You may be notified of the date by mail, a notice is taped to your door, and the sale may be advertised in a local paper. The time between the Demand or Notice to Accelerate Letter and the actual Sale varies by state. In some states it can be as quick as 2-3 months. You have until the date of sale to make arrangements with your lender, or pay the total amount owed, including attorney fees.
Redemption Period – after the sale date, you may enter a redemption period. You will be notified of your time frame on the same notice that your state uses for your Sheriff's or Public Trustee's Sale. Contact your Prevention Advocate to find out more.
In general, mortgage companies start foreclosure processes about 3-6 months after the first missed mortgage payment. Late fees are charged after 10-15 days, however most mortgage companies recognize that homeowners may be facing short-term financial hardships. It's important that you speak with a Prevention Advocate about your situation.
After 30 days, the borrower is in default, and the foreclosure processes begin to accelerate. If you do not call a Prevention Advocate and ignore the calls of your lender, then the foreclosure process will begin much earlier. At any time during the process, talk to your Prevention Advocate about the different alternatives and solutions that may exist.
As often happens in foreclosure cases, homeowners do not have enough information regarding their rights. Homeowners often believe the only rights they have, is to either pay back the amount due on the mortgage, work with the bank to pursue a loan modification, or to vacate the house before they are evicted. In most cases, people try to work with the bank desperately looking for ways to save their home. Unfortunately, during the process of trying to work with the bank in seeking a loan modification, many homeowners ignore the legal process in the courts, thereby giving up their rights to challenge the foreclosure.
Therefore, instead of standing up for their rights under the law, many homeowners spend a great deal of time trying to convince the bank to work with them to save their home from foreclosure. While sometimes those negotiations are effective resulting in a loan modification, many more times they are not and, when the bank turns down the modification there may be nothing further that can be done to save the home from foreclosure.
Even borrowers that have missed a great many mortgage payments still have rights to help defend against foreclosure and fight for their home. These rights allow a homeowner to demand that banks follow the strict legal procedures and laws before obtaining a foreclosure judgment and forcing people to vacate their homes after foreclosure. Defending these critical rights in a court of law must begin before any foreclosure auction sale of the property is concluded and the ownership is transferred to a new owner or back to the bank.
All families facing foreclosure have rights they need to be aware of and to be prepared to exercise those rights to defend their home. Failure to do so will allow the bank to have an easy or streamlined foreclosure. If the homeowner does not defend their rights in the courts, the entire foreclosure process may take as little as a few months to complete. By challenging the foreclosure in court and standing up for their legal rights, homeowners can prolong the entire foreclosure process, allowing more time to establish a negotiated resolution with the bank. By fighting the foreclosure, homeowners greatly increase their chances of saving their home.
There are many legal defenses that homeowners can raise to oppose the banks right to foreclose. The best example that most people are aware of is that if the bank does not possess the original mortgage note. In this instance, the plaintiff in the case cannot prove its legal standing to sue and therefore, cannot obtain a foreclosure judgment. In addition to the "missing or lost original note" defense, with proper analysis and qualified legal representation, there are many other defenses that homeowners can assert to help them protect their homes.
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Take the remarkably disingenuous "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," then replace the exploitation of 9/11 with an insulting adoption fairy tale—and you've got "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," a family film so simultaneously phony and saccharine that five out of five dentists guarantee it will rot both your teeth and brain. (Results not scientific.)
Ten-year-old Timothy Green (CJ Adams) literally emerges from the ground when Jim (Joel Edgerton) and Cindy Green (Jennifer Garner) bury a box with descriptions of their hypothetical, ideal child after learning they will never be able to conceive one of their own. Don't worry, though. Timothy's personality has been expertly designed (by "Dan in Real Life" writer-director Peter Hedges, working from a story by Ahmet Zappa) to maximize wit and cuteness while avoiding any possible complications or emotional challenges presented by a kid trying to acclimate to a new family.
Timothy calls Cindy and Jim "Mom" and "Dad" right away, without batting an eye when Cindy initially asks about his parents. He doesn't mind when his new mom tries to cut off the leaves growing from his ankles, smiling like a perfect little pixie who has no self-esteem issues but embraces his parents' plan to hide his unusual foliage. And despite Timothy supposedly being "honest to a fault," he withholds crucial information about what happens when his leaves fall off (cough, "A Thousand Words") so "The Odd Life" can achieve peak levels of empty manipulation. The only impact is that at one point you wonder if maybe Timothy's about to reveal that he's the antichrist or something.
As if this weren't enough, the film takes place in the small town of Stanleyville, the "pencil factory of the world," which means Jim's a pencil inspector, Cindy gives tours of the factory and a major plot point involves the development of a new kind of pencil. (Common plays the coach of Timothy's soccer team called, yes, the Erasers.)
Cindy can't stand her uptight boss Ms. Crudstaff (Dianne Wiest), who figures most prominently in a scene in which Timothy volunteers to take another stab at drawing her portrait. As he lets her hair down and sketches her, one person in the screening shouted "Titanic," underlining a scene that already dripped with creepiness and unsettling intimacy between an elderly woman and a young boy. Though that's not much more ridiculous than a scene in which Jim, Cindy and Timothy perform an a cappella version of War's "Low Rider," with Timothy on cowbell.
Focusing on people who can't conceive and a character who springs from the page, "Odd Life" follows "The Babymakers" and "Ruby Sparks," respectively, without honestly confronting either situation. Instead, this offensive garbage, aside from the fair point about parents who filter their own failures through their children, hops from cloying moment to the next, whether it's Timothy attempting to steal an underwater kiss from a young girl trying to save his life or the film coldly moving on after the death of a family member. The story of "Odd Life" unfolds as Cindy and Jim recount their experiences with Timothy, telling an adoption counselor (Shohreh Aghdashloo), "You're going to find it hard to believe." Understatement of the year.
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I've worked out why for such a tiny community they get such good participation at local functions. This is a typical afternoon tea.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Photography not sewing.
It seems my sewing hobby has taken a back seat to my photography hobby. Spring has brought with it some exceptional photo opportunities. I've been asked by several families to photograph their children which has been so much fun. We made great use of the canola crops in flower, some children brought their horses, we dressed up and generally mucked around. I've chosen a few with parents permission to post here. When one Mum told me she was bringing her three children and two horses I thought it was a recipe for disaster, you know the "never work with children or animals" saying. Well, it actually went really well!!
I love having backdrops like this at my back door. My photo portfolio is coming along nicely.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Sewing dress ups.........for horses.
A few weeks ago I got a sewing request that I had never had before, to create some costumes for some horses. Yep, horses. Eeek. I'll give anything a shot so I said yes.
A couple of costumes look a little short on this horse as they are for a smaller pony but you get the idea.
Here we have Bo peep and her "sheep" and Alice in Wonderland and her "cat". Most impressed with my cat ears that the horses ears actually go into.
B1 and "B2" and Jeanie horse and rider. The ballooning chiffon pants were a challenge.
and Dorothy and the "Tin Man". Note sparkly yellow brick road on rump.
So thats what I've been up to. Can I say I'm quite impressed with the final outcome and apparently Dorothy won her event at pony club last week so happy customers too.
Friday, July 4, 2014
Snow trip.
The kids decided they wanted to go to the snow this year. We have never been as a family, we thought the kids were perfect ages so we thought we would go. We stayed in Marysville and travelled up to Lake Mountain. We considered a few different resorts and in the end decided this one seemed the very kid friendly and slightly closer to home. We were very happy with our decision.
We hired pants, boots and toboggans in Marysville which was slightly cheaper than hiring on the mountain. We took our own hats, gloves and coats. Make sure you do your homework and compare all the various packages and offers. It can be quite confusing, work out what you need and find a package to suit. We also purchased our day pass and hired our chains on the day prior so we didn't waste too much time on the day which was excellent thinking if I may say so myself.
We were very lucky choosing a day that wasn't busy (week day) and the snow cover was incredible. Even the resort staff said they haven't seen it this good for about fourteen years. (Obviously they have good memories). We got their early so had a great play in the powdery snow, making huge snowballs by just rolling them down slopes, having snow balls fights and tobogganing and in the afternoon it snowed. The kids just lay on the ground watching it float down and catching it on their tongues.
We made a snow man.
More your classic style snow man, carrot for a nose, you know the one.
Some people got very creative.
The trees burnt in the bush fires looked amazing with the snow settled on them and disappearing into the fog.
My speed demon below.
I would be interested in other people's snow experiences in Victoria. We want to go again and Mr Eleven wants to have a go at snow boarding which you can't do at Lake Mountain so we may try another resort in future.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
New phase for us.
Yikes. Haven't blogged since March. Not that it matters does it but I do miss it. Since I made my grand statement of getting back into blogging our world stepped up a gear and has only just settled down again. Feels like a new phase. Here's where I've been....
We sold our little farm that we bought ten years ago. We had a couple of interested buyers and as we weren't living at the property any longer we had lots of weekend trips to keep things maintained, sell cattle, and move the last of our belongings. It was a busy time, everything else (such as housework and blogging) kind of fell by the wayside. Anyway now its all done and dusted and we are living full time in one place now which feels great. We are free to do what we like on weekends. We have been living between the two places for two years so its a nice feeling not having to worry about mowing, chasing cattle, irrigating and all the other things that come with running a little farm especially from long distance. I haven't liked to advertise all over the internet which house we were living in and when either which is another reason for my lack of time here.
We are still in country Victoria but are a lot more remote than we were. We have gone from a town of 400 to a town of 40 people. Its a 60km round trip to a supermarket but the killer is the four hour round trip to Spotlight. We get fresh bread three days a week and there is no petrol available on weekends so I've become a lot more organised with my food shopping and checking the fuel gauge. The few visitors we have had wonder why on earth we are living here but we quite like it which is all that matters. You get used to not having all of life's conveniences at your fingertips. The locals are a great bunch and there is always something to do or somewhere new to explore and the kids are doing really well in their tiny school with just over a dozen students.
I haven't had a lot of crafty dabbles, just some paid mending and custom making for a few locals but I have managed one frivolous dalliance. I made some costumes and took Miss Six and her friend out to an old house for a photo session. So excited how these came out, see above. I'll post some more soon.
So folks, whoever is still there, thats where I've been.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Acquisitions, a tidy up and more bunting.
Weekly wrap time. There's been a few goings on. Husband and son have been away on Somers camp so its been just us girls at home the sewing machine whizzing, visitors staying, slack meals and half the usual washing.
Copperpatch and her two boys came for a few nights. The kids swapped a few germs, they all had the sniffles but we powered through, going through lots of tissues.
On Saturday we rang and had the shop opened at Boort by appointment, we made a few purchases. Here's my random pile of fabrics for skirts, bunting, a flannel pillow and hexagon cushions I'm making. We bought lunch and sat by the lake and watched the skiers before we came home.
I've had orders for more bunting.
This is the Christmas bunting I've just finished, my customer was thrilled and has ordered more for her daughter's bedroom. I've also heard today of a long lost girl friend having her first baby so some baby girl bunting might be on the cards there too.
In all my spare time I've also been organising my shelves. I'm half way there. Every time I've made something lately I've thrown the scraps into a pile which is a really bad habit. The pile was getting rather large, I needed to get things back in order. I have a little card I press them around to get them all the same size so they stack nicely. I know thats a little over the top but makes it easy to see and select fabrics for new projects.
In the garden the sunflowers were ready to snip off and save for seeds. We grew one enormous flower nearly 30cms across and many around 20cms. the seeds were originally from the Diggers club about four years ago, I've grown and collected and grown and collected so have quite a bag of seeds now, well worth the couple of dollars I originally spent for about 20 seeds.
Off to tidy some more fabric and pull some colours out for MORE bunting and get ready for these boys to get home.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Bunting, bunting and more bunting.
All my sewing since my last post seems to have consisted of making bunting. One lot has led to someone else asking for some and so on and so on. I have a couple more metres to make and then on to some other sewing. I'm having some crafty company to stay this week so hopefully there will be some more blogable creations to show later in the week. Here is some of what I've made this week.
A couple of lengths for a gift to our neighbour who has just had twin girls.
A string for an elderly lady in a nursing home.
Some bright coloured celebratory bunting.
Finally, 25 metres of satin rainbow bunting for the local shop. It is not the best material to use as it frays so much. I've overlocked and made up as best I can.
Its looking good on the front of the shop and is apparently attracting trade so a job well done.
Posted by Julie at 8:57 PM 2 comments: Labels: bunting
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Fancy dress, a new desk and slippery bunting.
Its a mixed bag on the sewing side of things this week.
I've started some costumes for a photo shoot I want to do with my little girl and her friend. I've found an unusual old barn that I've been given permission to use. I've been trying to think of something arty to do as the location is great. I'm experimenting with creating some historical/bohemian type outfits for the girls. I want them to look quite over the top. I picked up some clothes at the op shop and I am just adding fabrics until I get the look I want. The is my first prototype. Its not finished but you can sort of get the look I'm going for. I've used lots of cream, brown, gold and tan, no bright colours to go with the old barn and surrounds. I picked up a broderie anglaise bedspread which has provided a lot of fullness for the skirts.
In other news I started a job. Just part time locally during school hours. Perfect for our current situation. I'm still picking up quite a bit of sewing work so between the two I'm fairly busy. On my travels this week I saw this old sewing desk for sale for $40. I had to have it. Its crying out for a new paint job and handles but impatient me has cleaned it up and has it inside already with my overlocker on it. Its a great little desk.
Today I'm working on 22 metres of bunting for a local store to attract travellers to stop on their way to an upcoming alternative festival. Its the first and last time I make bunting out of satin. Its going to look good but I realise now why I like cotton fabric so much.
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