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Ladd observed near the end of his superintendency that the general management plan approved in 1979 suffered from being too narrow in scope and attributed this flaw to the NPS not knowing enough about the monument's resources. [1] Although the GMP gave center stage to paleontology in resources management, it focused largely on in situ protection of fossils on park lands. This stemmed from the planning team wanting to comply with general NPS policy. In doing so they sought to prevent unauthorized disturbance of the park's paleontological resources and allowed only qualified investigators to collect through a permit system. One sentence in the GMP constituted the sole reference to collections, and that made an open-ended reference to repositories where specimens could be made available to scientists for study. [2]
In 1978 Ladd and other members of the planning team envisioned a relatively small on-site collection. This resulted from the monument having limited storage space and the uncertain availability of professional expertise for collecting, preparing, and identifying specimens. [3] Rather than add a paleontologist to his staff at this point, Ladd chose to contract with the cooperative park studies unit (CPSU) at Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis for needed services. [4]
Since fossils could be exposed near existing trails such as the one in Blue Basin, Ladd saw their potential as exhibits. [5]This led to the NPS contracting with the CPSU for the location, relief, and preparation of fossil exhibit material beginning in 1979. [6] Largely through the efforts of OSU paleontologist John Ruben, three specimens had been recovered and prepared for display at the Cant Ranch by the end of 1980. [7] Over the following year, Ruben and a colleague from the University of California at Riverside, Hugh Wagner, began to improve locality information associated with recovered specimens by initiating a grid system for mapping fossil locations in the park. [8]
With a mapping system in place, Ladd felt that Ruben should produce a plan to guide what might be collected and retained at OSU. When Ruben failed to produce such a plan, Ladd changed his thinking in regard to keeping collections at the monument. [9] The NPS then moved to acquire fossil preparation and storage equipment, with establishment of a permanent museum technician position taking place by the end of 1983. As part of his justification for the position, Ladd folded it into the ongoing adaptive rehabilitation of structures at Cant Ranch. He therefore arranged to use a log cabin located in back of the main ranch house to serve as a demonstration exhibit where fossil relief work could be performed in front of visitors. [10] Further justification came from a collections management plan written under contract in 1984, which described specific problems associated with the monument's museum records and care of its collection. [11]
Ladd selected Ted Fremd to fill the museum technician position. Within a few months of his arrival from Fossil Butte National Monument in July 1984, he had completed most of the accession backlog. [12] Fremd's training in paleontology also allowed him to play an important role in field prospecting and fossil recovery. [13] This allowed the NPS to terminate the CPSU contract for survey and recovery of exposed fossils, thereby reassigning those tasks to park staff. [14] Consequently, the park's collection grew from approximately 300 objects in mid-1984 to 1,500 over the next two years. [15]
Fremd revised the monument's scope of collections statement while this first growth spurt took place. Approved in January 1986, the document separated paleontological objects into an exhibit series and a research study series. In the former category, the NPS wanted to have one fossil specimen representing each plant and animal species occurring in the monument's rock formations. The research study series, by contrast, could contain all fossils collected by qualified investigators within the monument's boundaries. It might also include specimens collected from outside the park, as long as retrieval took place from geological deposits similar in age to those represented in the park or local depositional environments. This provision came from Fremd and other paleontologists having recognized the fact that the full breadth of the park's story could not be told within the monument's boundaries. He also made the point that museum catalog records, specimen labels, and associated field data for all fossils collected in the area before the monument's establishment constituted legitimate additions to the research study series. [16]
As intended, the revised scope of collections statement set general goals and limits for maintenance of the museum. It also helped to give the paleontology program momentum, or at least justification, for an aggressive approach to collection and documentation of all fossil material found in the field. By 1986 Fremd and other park employees actively assisted investigators representing a number of institutions with work in all three units of the monument. The museum collection benefited from this work by gaining a number of additional fossil specimens, some of which came from outside the monument's boundaries. [17]
A dramatic increase in the number of specimens coming from outside park boundaries resulted once the NPS and two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) districts signed a cooperative agreement (see Appendix B) in 1987. In order to promote better management of paleontological resources occurring on federal lands in the John Day Basin, the NPS agreed to provide technical expertise to the BLM as well as curation and accountable storage for retrieved specimens. In return, the BLM assented to allowing authorized NPS employees to collect fossils on public lands in the Prineville and Burns districts. The BLM also agreed to provide financial and logistical support for its specimens stored with the NPS museum collection. [18] Fremd touted the pact as a model for partnerships in paleontological stewardship soon after it went into effect. He noted that over 500 specimens from BLM sites had been identified and curated by park staff in only one year. The BLM, in turn, purchased storage equipment and helped to defray the salary of a temporary museum technician. [19]
An expanding horizon in collecting and curation coincided with more concerted efforts by park staff to obtain information about fossil specimens from the John Day Basin housed in other repositories. Fremd began inventorying this material by visiting institutions in Oregon and Washington during 1987. [20] Review of specimens and related records widened somewhat that year when interpreter Kim Sikoryak accepted a three month detail in Washington, D.C. Long-time volunteer Jane Sikoryak responded to this opportunity by compiling a report on park-related collections at the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives, and Library of Congress. [21]
In early 1988 Ladd described the monument as "uniquely positioned to serve as a bridge between science and the general public." [22] Since Fremd and other park employees wanted to build stronger links to academia in order to improve resource management and interpretation, the NPS found it advantageous to prepare a research plan. Written by Fremd and approved by Ladd in February 1989, the plan aimed at assuring continuity in the monument's research program by providing the means to evaluate proposals. [23] It also represented a vehicle to communicate opportunities for study by outside investigators, so Fremd emphasized the monument's research needs and delineated how such work could be accomplished. [24]
Since coming to the park in July 1984, Fremd's position gradually expanded from a largely curatorial one to include the research aspect of paleontology. In early 1988 he began a long-term study of fossilized Turtle Cove fauna aimed at resolving the problem of depositional history in the John Day Formation during the early-middle Miocene. [25] Ladd responded by revising the organizational chart so that Fremd could report directly to the superintendent rather than the monument's chief interpreter. [26] Fremd's expanding role in research and an annual growth rate of 500 or more objects in the museum collection necessitated additional staff support for the curatorial function. [27] Once Ladd found funding from a vacant park ranger position, the NPS added a permanent museum technician in 1989. Working mainly as a preparator under Fremd who now served as the park curator, Camille Evans filled the new position. In addition to bringing better care to a growing fossil collection, her presence also allowed the NPS to generate additional exhibit specimens and permitted a greater number of exchanges with other institutions. [28]
Throughout this period Fremd continued to visit known localities within the park at least once a year as part of a cyclic prospecting system. [29] Since hazards to fossils from weathering and breakage increased significantly once exposed at the surface, he spent at least 25 percent of his time surveying places where easily eroded volcanic tuffs yielded specimens on a regular basis. [30] Upon retrieval of each find, park staff entered information concerning specimens into a database with detailed coordinates. This made it possible to find data on all specimens collected from a small geographical area or within a stratigraphic interval. Fremd also noted the benefit of being able to reunite faunal samples, microinvertebrate assemblages, and even individual organisms separated by different collection episodes through use of this system. [31]
Better locality information available through the database contributed to periodic collection surveys of specimens obtained in the John Day Basin but held by other institutions. Fremd visited the University of California at Berkeley in 1989 and 1991 to photograph and document specimens of interest to the NPS. [32] He also traveled to the University of Oregon to study paleontological holdings there, something which also included negotiations over allowing the NPS to borrow specimens from the Thomas Condon collection. [33] In 1992 Fremd and park volunteer Skylar Rickebaugh went further afield by conducting surveys at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Peabody Museum at Yale University. [34]
Along with a comprehensive literature review, the collection surveys represented an important aspect of a research process described by Fremd as critical for curation of specimens in NPS care. Another aspect of that process involved facilitating needed studies so that time and stratigraphic relationships among specimens could be better understood. [35] In Fremd's view, mapping the stratigraphy of the Painted Hills and Clarno units constituted the top priority among all proposed research because it could establish a geological framework for evaluating the significance of fossil resources located in that part of the monument. [36] Once a three year contract for the mapping began in 1991, investigators found a number of new localities and provided the NPS with associated specimens. [37] The contract's success led directly to another one for stratigraphic work in the Sheep Rock Unit, this time in the Mascall Formation's type area. [38]
Even with much of the geological framework established for the monument's fossil resources, Fremd maintained that determinations of significance often rested with more than one branch of paleontology. As a vertebrate paleontologist, he recognized the need for active consultations with other specialists representing paleobotany, invertebrate paleontology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and paleopedology. [39] With active investigations in the park area numbering more than ten by 1992, Fremd initiated a revival of the John Day Associates primarily as a way to facilitate better communication among these workers. [40] It proved popular enough to attract 40 members in just three years, mainly because Fremd could act as an on site facilitator. [41]
Despite all of the interest from outside investigators in a revived John Day Associates, Fremd stressed that the NPS still had to develop suitable facilities to take advantage of low cost professional help. This consisted of living quarters to offset the independent researcher's cost of rendering assistance, as well as use of equipment in a laboratory large enough to permit year round work by staff, volunteers, and visiting scientists. [42] Little progress toward the provision of such housing had been made by 1995, but the paleontology program registered some gains in regard to work space over the previous five years. Conversion of the Cant Ranch bunkhouse into a fossil preparation laboratory took place in 1990, something which relieved cramped conditions in the log cabin devoted to demonstrating relief work. [43] The program gained more space in the main ranch house for accession storage in 1992, while also obtaining use of a free-standing storage shed inside the Cant Ranch barn for part of the museum collection. [44] Construction of a Bally building inside the barn two years later resulted in a larger and more permanent storage area for a museum collection which, at this point, totaled almost 10,000 objects. [45]
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The judge was hardly being cruel and unusual. It could be argued he was trying to guide the defendant into making choices that would help rehabilitate him. Judges often dispense life advice if they are truly engaged in the case. When they don't, they weren't really giving a darn. We haven't read all the facts of the case. Nor do we know for how long he was suggesting that he not take on romantic relationships, nor why that was even brought up.
I beg the question, who was he attempting to steal from, and what was his emotional state of mind at the time? Did the judge take this into consideration when handing down a sentence? A small paragraph summing up the case is not enough to determine 8th Amendment violation.
The constitutionality could be challenged in higher courts, but no one is going to go that route since only serious limits on judges are put into our constitution through amendments. It would cost someone hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight something like that to the end, and with what potential outcome? Did the judge unfairly imprison him? Take away his right to vote?
Was the judge really be harsh and unfair?
We don't know because we don't know all the details. However the last one mentioned in the article showed a lack of experience in domestic abuse issues by the judge. People who abuse others do it in stages--the national statistics are clear on this. The consequence this man got did not match the severity of what he did. This is a man dealing with anger control issues. This time he threatened to punish her. If she doesn't tow the line then most likely it won't be a threat, and she won't trust the legal system to back her up. A trip to Red Lobster hardly makes up for being pinned and threatened, speaking from experience.
Some people need help before they can successfully cohabitate with others. The first judge seemed to understand this, the last one didn't have a real clue--based on what was presented.
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It isn't our primary chair (we have the Arginton) but it could be if we needed it to be. It would be good for a transition before something like a Trip Trap which really isn't designed for an infant. Easy to wash. Has nice cover to keep tray clean.
Most high chairs are really poorly designed. Seriously- what is with the "recline" feature some have. This one is great and deserves the reviews it has on amazon.com .
We have the FP Rainforest booster which looks just like the green Healthy Care Deluxe but it has a cool toy thing that snaps onto the tray and it's great for keeping the baby entertained while I finish making dinner. We use it instead of a high chair and also take it with us when we go somewhere else for dinner. I also love that there are no crevices or fabric to keep clean, just smooth plastic which is easy to wipe clean.
Here you go, in yellow: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Healthy-Care-Booster-Seat/dp/B000WU3DVG
I like that color combo! We have the seat in the blue/green combo. It replaced a big old high chair that we got with our oldest kid when we thought, "We have a baby and babies sit in high chairs so I guess we should get a high chair." Not so! Much prefer the booster option. And, all of our kids far preferred being able to sit right up to the table with us. It's much more social.
We use this booster chair instead of a highchair and think its fantastic! I would recognize it anywhere!
We have this FP chair in the blue/green combination with the adjustable hight. We never bought a high chair (we thought they took too much space) and my daughter used this from six months to now (22 months). We have another baby on the way and are planning on buying a second. I like this color combination! Thanks for the post!
I recognized it immediatly! the FP booster! I wish they had those colours when I was looking!
We have it in the beige/khaki/red version (which matches our kitchen.) I love it. Wish I'd used it instead of a high chair, and probably will just buy a second with kid #2 if we're so lucky as to be able to have another. Very portable, easy to use, easy to clean. I love it.
We have the same booster seat (in blue/green) on the same chairs (Bellini, but ours are dark gray).


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Funeral arrangements are now set for an Iowa police officer shot and killed in the line of duty.
A visitation for officer Jamie Buenting, of Rockwell City, will be Monday from 4-8 at the Palmer & Swank Funeral Home.
The funeral will take place at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday at the South Central Calhoun Middle School gym in Rockwell City.
Buenting was killed during a eight-hour standoff Friday morning.
He and several law enforcement officers were trying to serve a warrant when authorities say a shot was fired from inside the home.
Buenting, who was standing just a few feet from the home, according to court records, was hit in the neck.
Thirty-two-year-old Corey Trott was arrested, and according to a probable cause statement, admitted to firing a high powered rifle at the officer.
Trott was arraigned on a 1st degree murder charge, Saturday.
A fund has been set up to help the Buenting family.
Donations can be made, in their name, to any 1st Community Bank in Rockwell City, Newell, Fonda, or Pomeroy.


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This question is probably better for the queue, but here goes:
What do you think will happen to monk healers doing the Staghelm fight? During cat phase, he targets people people with range and heal speccs regardless of position. What I think will happen is make them a 'melee' designation rather than neuter the spec during the cat phase.
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Cmon guys, I think he meant "what are they going to do about that mechanic in general."
That's really the question, though: "Will the monk in healing spec be considered a melee spec by boss mechanics?" And it really depends on what those mechanics turn out to be. If by the end of beta, monks need to be in melee to do their jobs 'right' then they should be.
Heck, I'm also interested in what Nefarian's class call for monks will be; I was surprised when they added one for Death Knights, but since they did they'll almost certainly follow it up with monks.


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It was that Unit throwing them at Gunga that did it. He didn't want to be embarrassed because Gunga looked better in the t-shirt than he did.
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that's a bit too close. The stones were thrown up by units bike (from a pothole in the outside lane of the motorway )
Nasty things.A few months ago, we went down a road that was in a terrible condition (a rarity here). When we finally got onto the proper road, we were all flinging stones at each other from our treads. Thankfully - no damage ensued (just a lot of ducking and diving!)
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to meet everyone today, well almost everyone - hope you got home okay gungerdin. Cheers for organising it preunit. Oh and Mrs H gets the award for best polished machinery
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I now have radiator cover after mate a few weeks ago did the same thing
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Winter Constellation
He came to me in such a way I had to keep turning to keep him in my vision. Walking in circles made him think clearer, he said. The night he came his thoughts and the sky were clear. He traced stars with his fingertips to tarry the time—maybe he was waiting for one to fall to speak for him—for it, instead, to tell me what I'd made him do—for me. It took a few more orbits to talk. In a way, he was a constellation himself, that arched across my sky. Orion, he pulled my wrist until my pointer finger laid on the belt, is best seen in January and is completely gone by June. I'd have to turn my head all winter to follow him. He must've thought hard those months—I felt dizzy.
Now, he is footprints in the snow on the roof leading up to my window; a blanket spread shoulders to shoulders across a sill; a light on in a girl's bedroom and two lips meeting between the line of 60 watt bulb light and cold specks of starglow between the blackness. I'd open my window to him and gusts of tiny white ballerinas would twirl in and the whole world around us would be magnificent and invisible. All the heights above us, I couldn't see: the shimmering shingles beneath the tangle of power lines—moonlight catching stitches of sparkles in snow flurries—and the laced branches of trees bundled up in coldness. A little west—the highway headlights move slowly. From up in the air the mismatched patches of lined farm field terrain flicker with small shapes of light from porches and billboards and shop signs and traffic signals. Even higher still, an airplane blinks red light, by blue light, by red light—and the clinks of soda cans on a flight attendant's cart repeat softly as she passes by a sleeper—quietly. Quietly, the world breathes its unseen magnificence. Quietly, the unnoticed beauty is humble.
I see only from my height. I see only his eyes and feel only his trembling lips over chattering teeth.
Poetry is Vision
Poetry is universal. Even if you do not write it—you inspire it. How can you be so modest as to hate it? Probably none of your thoughts are original but it is somehow comforting to know the thinking patterns of life on this planet are shared throughout. You find your own thoughts in poetry—things you couldn't make sense of on your own; lines of a poem, like picked up pieces of your own mind—like little lenses that make sense when compared to a different lens. A poet is an optometrist flipping lenses of the phoropter until you see clearly. A poem is an instrument to measure your refractive error and a prescription all in one. Poetry is necessary for vision.
When I come across a poem that reiterates a thought I've had in a more precise and articulate manner than I ever could have expressed—when I come across a poem that is able to transcribe my own feelings so that I feel a burden lifted (people are always afraid of the unknown, but a poem can make an incomplete thought or feeling a solid object able to be held and inspected and seen) than that poem becomes a light. That poem becomes a light shining on the soul of the poet—a flame that spans from them to me and on the way leaps to light the lampposts of all those who have read it and connected with it. In this way, a poem lights the darkened areas of hearts and souls and minds across the world and when we are able to see what we hadn't before—when our paths to others are lit—we become less alone, we become filled with courage to travel them.
Getting Inspired (Revised)
I've already addressed how I get my inspiration for my poetry—but since I get asked this question almost daily, I guess I haven't said enough. (Or you all are too lazy to browse my writing advice page! Or I wrote too many paragraphs; who wants to read all that anyway?) This time I'll keep my advice in list form:
How inspiration comes to me:
1. Writing everyday- even if you have nothing to say, inspiration will come to you if you just pick up the pen and keep your hand moving, writing whatever comes to mind.
2. Writing down bits and pieces of conversations that I find interesting.
3. Strong emotions. Anytime I'm feeling an extreme of any emotion—it's time to write. (I don't care if I can barely see the computer screen through my tears, I will write).
4. Reading other poetry. Watching slam poetry. Reading my peers' poetry. Reading classical poetry. (If you write prose, do the same.) You cannot be a writer without first being a reader. Some of those old poets are boring. Read them. Become a critical reader—a good analyzer. If you can't understand how poetry is written, you won't be able to write it yourself. What other poets write about will spark your own ideas.
5. Eavesdropping. Writing it down.
6. Poetry/writing exercises. Highlight the first line or a random line in every article of your local newspaper or a magazine and use them to create a poem. Copy and paste text from other languages you don't understand, Google translate them to English, mix and match phrases to create a poem. Do something crazy—it'll inspire you.
7. Challenging myself. I'll tell myself, "today I'll write a concrete poem" or, "today I'll write in a fixed form." Sometimes the limitations of fixed form poetry can force you to craft an idea into that form. A sestina is a poem of 39-lines, 6-lines each stanza: the last words of the first stanza are rotated throughout the ends of each of the other stanzas. Pick 6 words. Write.
8. Dreams.
9. Thinking of a really cool line, and then crafting a poem around it.
10. Thinking of issues that are important to me and what I could say about them.
11. Going to a poetry reading.
12. Thinking of something that annoyed me, or something someone said that angered me and then writing about it.
13. Remembering that I am the poet of my poetry and not necessarily the narrator—not everything you write is going to be about you, nor does it have to be.
14. I don't know why, but science always inspires me to write poetry.
15. Unique or cool sounding words make me want to incorporate them into my poetry, or write a poem that would include them.
16. If I'm not writing, I'm always thinking. I'm always paying attention to what people are saying—how they're saying it—so I'm able to find poetry, rather than create it at times.
17. Looking at something basic and giving it a new meaning, or thinking about it in a new way. Like maybe looking at a bug zapper and making a comparison to something else—eventually creating a metaphor out of it.
18. Paying attention to the style of other poets and trying to copy that style. (Imitate styles you like. Combine styles you like. Make it your own. Find your poetic voice.)
19. Writing about memories.
Ask yourself questions. Who are you? What do you hate? What do you love? What do you want to tell the world—about yourself—about your generation—about your gender—about your ideals? Write about it.
I'll keep adding to this.
Hey guys, I added a new "writing advice page" under "links" on my blog!
(Because all of my advice posts are from questions that get asked a lot and they get lost easily. So if you're interested, you can check it out in case you missed any of my seriously long and rambling writing advice! Check back because I'll keep adding to it whenever I think I answer someone's question particularly thoroughly.)
Like Rain
If beauty made noise, it would sound like rain. I would walk the streets and let it hit me. I would carry pails and catch it by the bucketful.
At the crack of thunder, I'd grab my Herbal Essences and a loofah, strip my clothes, and bathe in the nude between 5th and Broadway.
I would come back inside looking like Beyonce.
But beauty doesn't wear a collar of bells. You cannot hear it coming. Beauty rises silently with the sun. It stills itself in puddles on the fingertips of a heartbroken girl. It materializes in mirrors in front of those who do not see it.
If you're real quiet you can almost catch it.
It's like listening for hooves of reindeer on a rooftop. It sounds like Hachiko's endless paw steps on his way to Shibuya Station. It sounds like the click of a camera. It sounds like a cloud walking. It sounds like blood running through veins. It sounds like a heartbeat of a lover an ocean away. It sounds like sand art. It sounds like the shake of a Magic 8 Ball. It sounds like a snowflake. It sounds like a breath.
A Picasso
He kisses my lips and says he can taste the lies in my teeth. I grab some Colgate and run my tongue over my molars but I cannot taste a thing, except the salt.
"Maybe it's the tears you taste," I say bitterly. He laughs a laugh that I don't love for the first time.
If I broke him, I've spent these months molding him back with clay. I never said I was an artist. I never touched hands with Michelangelo.
I never made you David.
I was broken when you found me, young, naïve, but beautiful. Beauty is overrated; I never aspired to be a statue. I would've loved you both before and after a membership to Gold's gym.
Maybe Bella wasn't so stupid for loving a man a thousand years old. Maybe I was wrong for making fun of her. Edward must have it all figured out. He'd never make a mistake or hurt her because he's had a thousand years to grow up. Just like that Christina Perri song. Unlike me. Unlike us.
You have hurt me everyday. I am built in pieces. I am a piñata—paper mache constructed from strips of newspaper and glue, so fragilely held around a balloon. I am a mosaic in the stained glass window of the church in town. I am the beauty stitched together by the broken. My face is now a Picasso, but still worth $100 million.
But you don't see it's worth.
But you tell me it's I, that doesn't see—
I have broken every mirror I've ever received, eyed my reflection and said,
"Look, now this is reality."
But I'm kind of glad. It's something like the lasagna in the Tour of Italy you always order at Olive Garden. You always yelled at me for picking off the cheese as I was tasting it. Left with the basic layers torn apart: tomato sauce, pasta, cheeses; I got to see myself down to the ingredients. I got to pick out the parts of myself that were flawed.
Now I pick up the pieces and toss them to the sun. If I am broken, I will glitter. I will be the rainbow. I will be colors come together. You broke me, and I can build myself up.
I am strong.
I will come to you shining.
I will set down my paints because I cannot capture the complexity of the colors in your eyes. It isn't my responsibility to make you whole again.
It's your responsibility to make art with the pieces.


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Barton In bis Christmas greeting to the students at the University of Michigan. **Have a genuinely Merry Christmas by doing; your share to make the folks at home bapyy. They have suffered and sacrificed for yon more than yon will ever know. Make tbem see that it baa been worth while. Ton will stake good in tbe best sense of the term by givins unmistakable evidence of filial devotion and* affection. * Yon aaay not understand that even 'Dad* ie srUliag to be told, in some way, ttMA yon really care for him*." , By Edgar A- Quest. The Old Year's slipping out to sea To join the years which used to be, A few more boars it has to last And then with the remembered past It takes its place with thousands more Just like it- which have gone before. Some of ub mourn its passing on. Otbers may smile when it has gone And hopefully embrace the new, Turning to it as bnmans do Unto tbe friend wbo comes to bring Tbem comfort for their sorrowing. What is tbe cargo of a Tear? Joy, hope, success and doubt and fear, Failure and victory and mirth, The pain of death, the tnrilt of birth And gain and loss, and each in turn Some portion of it all ehali earn. Each of us by his strength of will _ Shall shape the year, for good or ill. Save the inevitable blow 'Which strikes the dearly loved ones low, . By all we do and all we are. The year that comes we make or mar. Within tbe year tonight that dies The record of oar service lies; Unchanged through all that shall occur This year shall tell the men we were, Ages unborn shall run it through And iearn joat what we dared to do. (CopywriKht. 1920. by Edtrar A' Quest) - Card of ThaYiks ' We wish to express oor heart-felt thanksto all wbo have been so kind and aelpfal to us during tbe sickness a»d death of our dear wife and,mother. David R~ Johnston -' ; Mr. aad Mrs. Jobo Johnston ..., .. Mr. aad Mae. I» B. Hampton • ■' aadPaasfty. , Stockholders Meeting. The annual meeting of the .stockholders of the Citizens State Bank for tbe election of Directors and such other business as may properly come before such meeting will be beld Tuesday Jan. 11th at 2 p. m. in the Directors room of said bank. James 8, BlckneH, Cashier Notice Effective January 1st Special delivery maU will be delivered without reelepte and will be left in regular mail receptacles when personal delivery can not be effected Tbe Special delivery system is designed to expedite and not to safe guard mail, and mall containing carrenoy or atfea? aiMblee of value should Invariably fea registered. Report cards for December will be issued Friday of this week in the upper six ^grades, and daring tbe week in the other grade- rooms. If \ and* of any parent does not receive a card inquiry_8boutd be made at the office of the superintendent. - .a ^ It should be noted at this time that tbe standing or mark required for passing has been raised from E to D. A mark of E now represents ^conditional passing" and means either tbat specific back work mast be made up or that improvement must be shown in future work before credit wilt be given. The mark of F indicates outright failure to do passing work in the subject. In tbe business world this is tbe time for inventory. It would be weir for each parent to check up at this time on tbe work of their boy or girl in school. If it is not paying value received on tbe investment of time and money an investigation should be made. The prudent business man does not permit a department of bis business to show a loss or deficit without trying to find ana remove the cause of the difficulty if possible. Tbe next meeting of the Parent- Teachers' Association will he beld at tbe high school at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, January 10. This will be an informal meeting for just tbe purpose mentioned above: for parents to come and talk with tbe teachers and tbe superintendent regarding school matters in general and the work of their children in particular. Alt'parents are urged to come. . Tbe Colombia Sugar company's plant in this city expects to finish slicing beats for this season tomorrow This season's work in tbe plant will be finished the first of next week About 46,000 tons of beets were sliced this year. '- Over one-bait million dollars was paid to tbe farmers of Isabella county for tbis'years products. Add to this the thousands upon thous dollars for labor and other expenses and it will give some idea of tbe great commercial value this industry is to our city and county. About 350 men bave been employed by the company in manufacturing beets broogbi to this plant. ' -- The sugar beet crop this year was tbe average crop in both yield and content of sugar. Mt. Pleasant Times. STOCK TONICS Greatly Overrated' As By Analysis. Shown A warning that certain stock tonics or conditioners which are being sold Michigan farnitrs are far overrated by their manufacturers, claims of great disease preventive powers having little basis in fact, is being sent out by the .Viehigan Agricultural College. Analysis of certain of these pro-" duels recently made by tbe chemical division of the college Experiment Station is used as the basis for tbe report. Sal-Tonik, a mixture for which great things are claimed in sale pamphlets, and which is being distributed through state dealers, furnisned particularly interesting results when analyzed. Slightly more than 94 per cent of tbe total bulk of this product was found to be common or ordinary salt. Tobacco, worm seed, and Capsicum, combined, ingredients for which great value is claimed by the selling company, were not present in an amount to exceed thirty-four one-hundredtbs of one per cent, a quantity too small to consider. "Oar analysis showed -Sal-Tonik to be 94 per cent common salt," says A. J. Patton, M. A. C. experiment Station Chemist. "The other materials found to be present are in such small quantities tbat they would bave no appreciable value as a conditioner worm destroyer, or, in fact, anything else. The only valu<s which this 8a-1 Tjnik possesses is in its content of common salt, and it would in reality be wortb no more than a like amount of ordinary salt. Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks to all our frienda and neighbors, also to oar friends of the Eagle for their sympathy and many acts ot kindness daring the' lingering illness and death of oar beloved wife, mother and slater. Also Rev. Davis for bis comforting words, tbe singers and ail wbo famished autos, also for the beautiful floral offering. * Matb Keebler and Children ' Henry Kleiner and Family Cbris Kleiner and Family ; ~ Notice Special meeting; of the American Legion Thursday evening, Jan. IS. All mam bora and former eoldier* and eailors urged to attend. "R. B. pyor, v lft-S PoetOomdr. Mrs. Rosine Keebler. Rosine Christina Kleiner was born in the County of Weinsberg,Kingdom of Wuritemberg, Germany, Jan. 5. 1865, and departed this life at her hoine (in Grant Twp, Dec. 30, 1920, aged 55 years, 11 months and 25 days. Sbe was the third child of Conrad and Catherine Kleiner, there being 8 children in tbe family. 4 sons and 4 daughters,-Christ, Henry, Conrad'and Krnest, Rosina Christina, Carrie, Catherine and Pauline who died in Germany when about 24 years old. - When 17 years of age sbe came alone to America in 1882. After about 2X years, in 1885, she was united in marriage to Matthew Keebler of Sher- dan Twp. Clare Co. Mich. About six years later they removed to Grant Twp. where-they baye since lived.' Mrs. Keebler was the mother of eleven children, six of whom are tiv ing: Henry Conrad the eldest son was drowned some years ago and Con. rad the 4th died in infancy. Those living are: Louise Marie, Helen Martha, Pauline Roeina, Fdward Ernest at home, .Mrs. Ray Bateley of Detroit and Mrs. Ray Hardy of Saginaw, besides two step-daughters, Mrs. Henry Ott of Hatton Twp. and Mrs. Wm. cirhardt of Arthur Twp. Mrs. Keebier's parents and people were Lutherans in faitb but 16 years ago March 29, 1903, on Palm Sunday, sbe wae converted and united with tbe Baptist church of Clare. Later sbe transferred her membership to tbe Methodist church where she has continued to worship. Several years ago her- health failed and she underwent several operations, but she gradually grew worse till death came. Sbe was a truly devoted wife and mother, a kind neighbor and friend. The funeral was in charge of her pastor, Rev. E. W. Davis, assisted by Revs. Teed, Bates and Kieinhardt, and sbe was laid to rest beside her children in the Thompson cemetery. All the children were present at tbe service besides the two brothers, Christ and Henry of Clare. "Tbere is no death; tbe stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore; And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. And ever near as though unseen The dear immortal spirits tread; For all tbe boundless universe ■ Is life—there are no dead." e^s>o,ie> e><^.s>j*e> ^>»-<^<» e> a^s'* I School News i High School Notes. Teachers and scholars alike were delightfully surprised at tbe generaV air or cleanliness and - order whicn prevailed throughout the v school building upon their return from Christmas vacation. Tbelma Faugbt entered the ninth grade Monday. The regular meeting of the Delphic Literary Society occurred Tuesday evening Dec. 21 at tbe home of Mary Lister. A fine program was given whlcb consisted of tbe following;— Chriatmaa Song Marlon Davy An Original Christmas Story, Mildred Harvey - Christmas Carols Girls Quartet An Original Poem Wayne Scbeiber , Piano Solo Wendell Doberty Reading Don Waller Piano Duet Florence Green, Anna- belle Qrover. After tbe program Santa Olans distributed presents to all, games ware played and refreshments served. Bert Maxwell wbo baa lagteM*. Wednesday work* boas' Book FARM ACCOUNT College Prepared': At Now Ready. THE COST Only A i rifle And Every Farmer Needs Similar Book. A revised and enlarged farm account ooo.k, wbicb offers .increased facilities for keeping a business record of all operations on tbe farm, is ready for rtis riborion at the Micb- igan|Agricultural College. Tbe book, wbicn is a revision of what is known as Farmer's Account Book 1, , has been, edited by H. M. Eliot, Farm Management Demonstrator at M. A. c."-.. - ■ •-' . - ■'-:\---~ ' Earlier announcements were made to the effect tbat tbe account books would not be ready for distribntion until late in January, but delivery from tbe printer began last week,— nearly a month ahead of schedule. Farmers can get the books at cost, forty-five cen»s each, by writing to H. M. Eliot, M A. C, East LacBing, and requesting revised account book number one. A request that payment for the books be made by money order or check, rather than by stamps, has been made by the college autborities, who have found themselves buried under an avalanche of surplus postage on similar occasions in the past. EAST LANSING Setting Good Example In Church Work. LIBERTY BONDS Proposed To Be Money. Used For Senator Elect ' Tom Watsonv of Georgia will introduce in tbe senate at tbe special session, expected to be called booi: arer Mar. 4, a bill making Liberty Bonds legal tender. He thinks this will bave tbe effect of patting new life into business. '. Tbe plan wil- require tbe federal reserve and farm loan benbs to lend money directly to individuals and the secretary of the treasury to' issue the unissued greenbacks authorized by a bill signed by Pros.* Lincoln, tbe total of these according '*■ to Mr. Watson, being 8102,000,000 Mary Jane Johnston. marriage . with the spring of morning tbey Later in 1872 county where Tbe following which we clip from tbe daily press would indicate tbat the people of East LahBing. are doing a commendable thing in the matter of surmounting denominational barriers. It says: ''More than a hundred M. A. O. students have become associate members of the People's oburcb, an organization whieb serves tbe religious needs of the college, as well as tnose of the city community itself. Nearly twenty different denominations are represented in tbe member- snip of this church, which has "succeeded in putting into actual practice the modern teachings of cooperation among all denominations. Denominational barriers are dropped in East Lansing, college atud nts and town peopie uniting in tbe sepport of a single, powerful church organization. In addition to those wbo have actually joined the People'e church, hundreds of other college students come under its influence annually. The church handles all rooming problems for students through its room bureau, provides a meeting place for many students organizations, reaches many through its various weekly Bible classes, and keeps a student pastor at work constantly among tbe college men and women, giving valuable vocational guidance as well as furnishing religious leadership. Tbe People's church is said to be tbe only interdenominational church of its kind in a college community anywhere in tbe country. Its connection with the college has earned tbe name of state experiment station, for tbe example and teachings of tbe church are spread throughout all Michigan by tbe M. A, C. students, who take tbe community church idea back to tbeir local communities." . Mary Jane McDonald was born in Canada, August 2, 1845, and passed from this earthly life at her home in Vernon Saturday, morning, Jan. 1, .1921. being 75 years, 4 months and 29 days of age. x She was united in David R. Johnston in 1865 and the following started to Michigan. . they removed to Clare thev have since resided. Two children were born to them, on9 son Jobn of Shelby, Mich., and and one daughtet, Mrs. I. E. Hampton of Denver, Col , both of whom survive. ' Mrs. Johnston was a member of tbe Babtist church of Sheridan Twp. and was a cbeerfal worker as long as health permitted. Daring ber illness she was a very patient sufferer and was fully resigned to whatever was best for her. She was a faithful wife, a loving, mother and a highly esteemed neighbor and friend. She leaves to mourn her beloved husband,'"her two children, two sisters Mrs. BLcCumber of Canada, and Mrs. Margaret Axford of Detroit, besides a host of friends. '..»-.' The faneral, in charge of Rev. Davis was held at the home on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 4, with burial in Cherry Grove. OAr^ Goes Over The Top Hoover Relief Drive. In ENTIRE AMOUNT Made Up By Quite Contributions. Small David D. Miller. Resolution Of Condolence. Whereas, the Almighty has seen fit to remove from onr midst onr beloved sister, Mrs. Thoe. Abbott, therefore be it. ' v Resolved: That while we las members of Tneron Temple No. 128, Pythian Sisters of Clare, will greatly miss ber, we feel sbe has earned a crown- j ewel in the Great Beyond. Resolved: Tbat we -extend our L koartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and tbat a copy of these resolutions he sent to the family of tbe deceased and also be spread on tbe records ot our lodge. -Mrs. H. P, Hnbel x Mrs. G. B. Pettit. David Dill man Miller was born in Putnam (Jo., Ohio, Sept. 11, 1890. The father died wben David was but nine years old, , at which time tbe family moved to a farm near this city, and David was the main support of the family for a number of years. He continued to live on the farm until be was called into service for ' the World War on Nov. 19, 1917. He served with the 126th Infantry of tbe 32nd Division and was killed in action August 30, 1918, while serving hie country near Juyigny, France. The remains were laid to rest in the American cemetery in Juvigny, and recently were brought to this country. He leaves to mourn bis loss his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Miller of Alma, two brothers, Jobn J. of Lansing, Cbae. S. of Chesaning, and two sisters. Mrs. Edward Lora of Morenci and Sarah B. of Oxford. The fnneral in charge of Rev. Davis was beld at tbe Methodist church on Monday afternoon, Jan. 3, with burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery. X. As we go to press this week- the final total of subscriptions in Clare County to the European Relief Fund total jost about even eight hundred- dollars, which is tbe exact amount of tbe quota assigned to the county by the state committee. T Of this amount, S151 00 is credited to Far* ell, $25 50 to Harrison, $18 0O to Laltc*, and about 3600.00 to tbe city of Clare. * The latter figure does not include tbe sum raised by tba Clare Methodist Sunday School. This, we are tolr}, exceeded one hundred dollars, of which probably more than half will be apportioned to European refief Since this is paid through the ebu-ch_board it cannot be credited officially to the.. Clare quota, but this fact in no wise dinoin- isnes tbe good which tbe money will do which is the only real consideration Tbe city of Clare is certainly to be congratulated upon the splendid showing made, tbe more eo because of two facts: first, because a large proportion of tois money was voluntarily subscribed without personal solicitation; second, because the six hundred dollars includes subscriptions from more Itban one hundred individuals, no subscription from any individual being for .more than ten dollars. Too often in a drive of this nature the entire amount raised is contributed, by only a few, while in thiB case a larger number of people shared the "blessings of civing. Iu fact, tbe tremendous xesponse thru- out tbe councry to the Hoover appeal proves that surely a large number of tbe American people are not guilty of tbe charge that since tbe war America bas undergone a general reaction of selfishness. Of conrse tbere have beeri~some wbo have refused to give. Probably most of these could have afforded a single doilar. Some are notably well to-do. For these peopie we feel only a- sympathy fur their point of view as to what are the really worth while things of life. ' X. Pay Your Do* Tax. Notice la hereby given that tbe dog tax for the year 1821 is now due and must be paid on or before January 26th, rosi. Bdith B. Stevens, City Tt Jest try « liner. COURT HOUSE NEWS CURE GOUMTY MAEBIAQES LICKNSBS Forest R. Scott 20, Lake Gertrude M Irwin 20, Farweli Joseph Boulton 22, Summerneld Twp. Zelda Bailey 17, Sommerflelo Twp. Henry Jos. Weutwortb^2, Grant Twp Josephine Nellie Dora 18, Grant Twp. Cecil L. Matthew id, Hamilton Twp. Gretcben L. 8keels 18, Hamilton,Twp Card of Thanks We wish to thank the American Legion and the singers for their services also Rev. Davis for his com forting words. Mrs. Mary BJ. Miller and Family. Community Party. Tbe Gnild will give a Community Party Friday evening, Jan. 14, at Duncan's Hail. Come and bring your frienda and bave a good time. 10-2 ^ Well Drilling. * Well drilling and repairing. All work guaranteed, M. B, Green 813 B. Seventh _ street, Clara . Mton. Phone bob;""** ■^*'*f~r-;',-'!^--'-.-'^'**'io-4' STATE VETERINARY y . - =■•• -.'■-. Must- Exercise Reason In Official Acts. The supreme court of Michigan, fnr a decieion handed down last Tuesday, confirms the judgement for $3,000. given by Judge Hart in the case of Fred C Stevens of Breckenridge against Judson Black, at that time secretary of the state veterinary board. Stevens owned a valuable stallion, which was being kept at Mt. Pleasant and cared for by Neil Mclsaac. As is provided by law, the horse waa examined bv tbe state veterinary to see tbat be was a proper animal to be in use—and there is where the trouble came in. Black came bere, and just after the horse had been given a good feed, ordered him taken out for exercise, and according to tbe testimony, tbe exercise was so strenuous tbat tbe horse was taken sick and died in a few hours. Stevens sued Black for $6000, and when the matter came up for trial* it was agreed between tbe lawyera to consent to a $3000 lodgement, ia anticipation of tbe appeal, which. was to be taken. Black contended that he wm acting under his dutiea as a state offiioial, that be could not be beld for the resultant damagee. - Tbe supreme court sustains tba finding of this court. Isabella; Enterprise* Epworth League Notes. Editor, Dorothy Moyer ^Next meeting Snnday January 8th., 1921. Everybody weloome. Topic, 4*Favorite Passages of the Bible." Leader, Mrs. Lampmeu. We are to begin the study ot missions at onr next meeting. Tfce book which we are to study on this topic ia. entitled "New People at Cad Taeim>» This work will ha found very Interesting; ■■■" ' ' »■• ' Take Notice. Painting and papering, tinting and wood finishing. W. M. Buhls «4 B. Foartk Be tOMI .J^JJM :" -r.* ".*? U
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|1921-01-06; Clare Sentinel
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|Thursday, January 6, 1921 issue of the Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press.
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Parenting a Generation of Heroes
- Wednesday, February 03, 2010
If your family is like ours in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, questions begin to surface: What can I do? What can my family do to make a difference?
In any emergency or catastrophic event, every informed family takes up one of three roles—intentionally or not. So the first thing we must determine is, what are the roles, and which one will our family assume? And more importantly, how does the role we engage relate to our family's purpose in this world?
Bystanders. Bystanders are those who are aware that something tragic has happened, but they are ill equipped, disinterested, or unable to help. Perhaps they live too far away, or they don't have the resources, skills, or opportunities to help out. Or maybe like many in Haiti, their own troubles are so crushing they can't take on one more heartache in this world. Whatever the case, bystanders see the problem but don't get involved.
Victims. The victims are those who have suffered loss, injury, or even death. In Haiti so far, over 150,000 people have been buried with an estimated 50,000 still unaccounted for. Can you imagine how many families—moms, dads, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents—have been affected? The survivors are left questioning so many things. Why did this happen? Who will help me? What do I do next? Where do I turn with my grief? Why am I still alive?
Obviously, with the Haiti event, this is not the role in which most of us find our families. But we have certainly had such situations in our own country in the recent past with hurricanes and other natural disasters. If you think about it, families may not have a choice about being victims of circumstance (feeling the effects of tragedy, loss, and suffering), but every family certainly has a choice about allowing their circumstances to victimize them. As an example, I have seen many individuals and families who experience tragedy rising above their circumstances to help others. Which leads to our final role.
Rescue workers. These are the individuals who tirelessly put aside their comforts, sometimes risking their very lives, in order to help save others. They might be getting involved from a distance, giving what they have or getting others involved with them to aid the rescue process. Or they might be those on the front lines, handing out food, offering a shoulder to cry on, bringing chaos into order, or digging through rubble to find as many survivors as possible. And after the dust settles, these same kinds of people are there to lend a hand to rebuild lives. In stories of loss and grief, this category of people are always regarded as the heroes. They are the ones who bring hope and help save lives.
Haiti is just one instance in a world both near and far of major hurts, loss, and anguish. In fact, it's only a part of the greatest tragedy of all—a world full of people who are lost and suffering without Jesus. People are dying every day who don't know Jesus, and almost as bad, people are living every day who don't know Jesus. I can't imagine struggling through the hardships, losses, disappointments, and sorrows of this world without the comfort and peace of knowing Jesus and His love. Without Jesus, there is no true hope, no lasting peace, and no chance at inner abundant life.
This reality in most of the world around us—as well as the world at large—raises some questions: What is my family here for? As believers, is parenting a more significant and eternity-impacting role than I've given it credit for? Am I satisfied with happy, well-adjusted, even ambitious kids who happen to love God, or is there something more?
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