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==Church Doctrine==
==Church Doctrine==
===Mormon world view===
===Mormon world view===
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Mormonism, is a religious movement founded by Joseph Smith in the early 1800's. The official name of the church today is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes shortened to LDS to refer to both the church or its members. Mormonism is one of the few young religions, based on Christianity, along with Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology, to have survived with any significant membership.
Church History
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known commonly as the Mormon church) was orginized on April 6th, 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. and several of his followers in Palmyra, New York. Joseph proclaimed himself as a prophet, receiving visions and other revelations from God, angels, biblical figures and even claimed to encounter the Devil. Furthermore, Joseph Smith proclaimed that God and Jesus (although this version of the revelation would be changed many times) told him that he had been chosen by God to restore God's "true church" on this earth. This first revelation is usually set in the Spring of 1820, though the initial versions were not written down until 1828 at the earliest.
Church members are known as Mormons, or amoung themselves the saints. The Mormon Church is officially known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Church headquarters are located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Great Migration to Salt Lake City
Following the death of Joseph Smith, the Mormons moved westwared and eventually settled in the Salt Lake Valley in what would eventually become the Utah Territory and then the State of Utah. In the decades following, converts to Mormonism migrated to Utah, which is still largely dominated politically by the religion.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Sharon, Vermont, to Lucy Mack and Joseph Smith, on December 23, 1805. Smith grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Smith's education consisted of a very limited exposure to the reading, writing, and arithmetic. It is known however that his Father Joseph Sr. was a school teacher.
In 1823, Joseph Smith said he was visited by an angel named Moroni, who told him of an ancient record containing God's dealings with the former inhabitants of the American continent. These writings served as the foundation of the Mormon religion, with Joseph Smith as prophet.
Because of their living prophets, Mormons' doctrine has changed over time, including temple ceremonies and the church's policy of denying the priesthood to racial minorities. Most Mormons are unaware of these significant changes.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young became the second prophet, or president, of the Mormon church after Joseph Smith was killed in 1844. He led the great migration from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley.
Holy Books
Mormons do not rely solely upon the Bible as a basis for their beliefs. According to Mormonism's Articles of Faith (Articles of Faith (Mormonism)), Mormons "believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly" (Articles of Faith, 8). In fact, Joseph Smith did hazard a retranslation of the Bible. Because Mormons believe in a living prophet and continuing revelation, other official church publications are considered to be part of church doctrine.
Book of Mormon
Initially printed in 1830, the Book of Mormon is the primary holy book of Mormonism, though much of the church's structure and rituals are derived from the Doctrine and Covenants, which were written later. The book is similar in style and content to the Bible, but describes God's dealings with the inhabitants of the Americas, the ancestors of Native Americans. It includes the description of Christ's visit to these people after his death and resurrection, as well as the source of the "dark skin" which they received as a curse.
A foreword to the Book of Mormon contains the promise that readers may pray to God for a confirmation of it's authenticity. This promise is used extensively by Mormons (especially missionaries) in proselytizing.
Doctrine and Covenants
The Doctrine and Covenants is a collection of "revelations" that Joseph recieved from Jesus Christ. It contains amoung other things instructions for how the church should be run. It was originally called the "Book of Commandments"
A key section is D&C 132 which gives the requirements for Polygamy. Specificly versus 61-65.
Pearl of Great Price
The Pearl of Great Price is a collection of books, including translations from Egyptian papyri and the official Joseph Smith History. These books include some of the most exotic Mormon doctrines, including the plurality of gods, the potential for humans to become gods and a different portrayal of the creation story from the Old Testament book of Genesis.
Because Mormons have many more writings, there exist more opportunities to find contradictions. Also, their world-view provides much less wiggle room for Mormon apologists. The nature of God and the way the universe works, as described in Mormon scripture, is so much more detailed that Mormons have a much harder time dealing with arguments like the problem of evil, or retreating into an ill-defined deism, without violating their own doctrines.
Other official Mormon publications
Journal of Discourses
The Journal of Discourses (often abbreviated J.D.) is a 26-volume collection of public sermons by early leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first editions of the Journal were published in England by George D. Watt, the stenographer of Brigham Young. Publication began in 1854, with the endorsement of the church's First Presidency, and ended in 1886. The Journal is one of the richest sources of early Mormon theology and thinking. It includes 1,438 sermons given by 55 church leaders, including most numerously Brigham Young, John Taylor, Orson Pratt, Heber C. Kimball, and George Q. Cannon.
While the J.D. is not considered scripture by the modern church it is still important to it's history.
Holy Bible: Joseph Smith Translation
Joseph Smith also performed a "re-translation" of the King James version of the Holy Bible. Mormon's include these translations as footnotes in their versions of the Bible. In his translation, Smith attempts to clarify contradictory passages to fit more precisely with the Book of Mormon and his other writings.
Church Doctrine
The Mormon godhead
Mormons reject the concept of the Trinity, and thus believe that God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are three distinct beings. God and Christ both have resurrected bodies of "flesh and bone" (D&C 130:22), but not blood. The Holy Ghost is made of "spirit" (D&C 130:22). Christ, the Holy Ghost and all human souls are considered the literal "spiritual offspring" of God, the Father.
Because God and Christ are corporeal, it is impossible for Mormons to claim to be deists. Mormons cannot argue that their claims relate to a supernatural realm, because they believe that "There is no such thing as immaterial matter" (D&C 130:22). Claims made by Mormons are therefore subject to scientific inquiry and falsification.
Mormon world view
Mormons believe that human beings have the potential, if they follow God's plan, to become gods themselves(D&C 132:20). In the Mormon world view, the purpose of the existence of this world is as a training ground for new gods. According to that view, human souls or intelligences existed in heaven, with God, before birth. Receiving a physical body, and eventually a perfected body after the final resurrection, is part of becoming like God the Father and Jesus Christ, who both have bodies of "flesh and bones" (D&C 130:22)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the largest church devoted to the Latter-Day Saint movement, openly endorsed and encouraged polygamous relationships for nearly the first century of its existence. Early church leaders such as Brigham Young and Joseph Smith, Jr. had as many as 50 wives, and preached that it was the only way to enter heaven. As the Utah Territory, settled by Mormon pioneers, fought the government of the United States for recognition as a state, the Church came under criticism for its practice of polygamy. In 1890, Church president Wilford Woodruff issued a manifesto that renounced the practice, as a condition of Utah's statehood.
Today, practice of polygamy can lead to disfellowship (excommunication) from the LDS church, and the church claims it works with the government to stop those who practice polygamy. Nevertheless, many Latter-Day Saint sects, collectively known as fundamentalist Mormons, continue the practice of polygamy. The largest of these groups is the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church), which is based in Texas and has approximately 10,000 members across North America.
Temples and ceremonies
As of 2010, the Mormon church had built 160 temples, with 22 more announced or under construction (LDS.org). Mormon temples are the setting for many of the church's secretive rituals, including marriages, sealings and the mysterious Endownment ceremonies. Mormons also perform all these ceremonies, by proxy, for their ancestors who died before Mormonism came into being. Temples are also the setting for baptism for the dead.
The church claims that ceremonies for the dead are limited to people for whom Mormons have discovered as ancestors through the church's extensive geneology program. But the church has been criticized in the past for posthumously baptizing people outside of their members' family trees, including many of the Founding Fathers and Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
Only Mormons, who have been screened by local priesthood leaders for a "temple recommend," may enter the temple to perform ceremonies.
The Priesthood
The two priesthoods that the Mormons claim are the Aaronic priesthood and the Melchizedek priesthood, referred to collectively as simply the Priesthood. Both of these priesthoods are constituted by various offices and priviledges, called keys, that constitute the Mormon leadership heirarchy. The priesthood is passed, by the laying on of hands, from one priesthood holder higher up on the heirarchy.
Mormons believe that these priesthoods are the only authentic priesthoods on Earth, and that all other churches claiming divine authority from God are without authority. Mormons believe that Peter, one of Jesus's original apostles, was given the priesthood keys. But they believe that the chain of heirarchy was broken and that the Catholic church is bereft of any authority. God supposedly restored these priesthoods to the earth through Joseph Smith.
All the rituals of the Mormon church are conducted by authorized priesthood holders, including baptisms, temple weddings (known as sealings), and general-purpose blessings.
Women's roles in Mormonism
Mormon society, like most of Christianity, is a patriarchy. Women are subordinate to men in the organization of the church and family structures. Women are prohibited from holding either of the church's two priesthoods, and thus are prohibited from holding priesthood based callings or leadership positions within the church. Women do hold leadership positions in the church's women's organizations, such as the Relief Society.
During the Mormon church's bi-annual broadcasts, known as general conference, the majority of the speakers are the male leaders of the church.
As children, girls and boys are separated by gender into separate Sunday school classes. They also share co-ed classes and meetings as part of the regular three hour block of Sunday meetings.
Church leaders repeatedly recommend that women, when possible, should stay at home and rear children rather than pursue professional carreers.
Adam-God doctrine
Brigham Young (who was the 2nd prophet of the LDS church) taught that Adam and God where in fact the same being. He taught that God came with one of his many wives to the Garden of Eden, and he was Adam. - Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, p. 50
Eternal progression
Eternal progression refers to as the continual development of the soul. Mormons consider each human soul to be the spiritual offspring of God, the Father. All humans who have lived, or will live on Earth, are considered to have been spiritually conceived, as spirit children, by God and one or more of his presumed wives. Jehovah is considered the firstborn spirit child of God. Satan and his followers are also spirit children. Mormons also believe that there are other habitable planets (such as Kolob) in the universe, also inhabited by God's children, though Christ lived, died and was resurrected only on this planet. Thus, Mormons believe that Jesus died for the sins of all human mortals, on all planets in the universe. Presumably, there would be other gods' children in the universe, all with their own saviours, going through the same cycle of eternal progression. Whether Mormons consider these humans, belonging to other gods, to be in a separate universe of ours is the matter of some debate.
All spirit children have the potential, through eternal progression, to become gods in their own right, provided they follow God's plan. God himself is considered by Mormons to have once been a spirit child of yet other gods, an also passed through a mortal life, gaining a physical body and following his own eternal progression to his current state of godhood. Gods are thought to be eternally progressing, even though they are considered perfect, through the maturation of their spiritual progeny.
The cycle of spiritual death, physical death and redemption from both through a messianic sacrifice is continual according to this model. The goals of the cycle for each individual include: baptism by immersion, receving the gift of the Holy Ghost, achieving the highest levels of the Mormon priesthood and the various Mormon temple rites. Those who follow God's plan will eventually live with God and Christ in the Celestial kingdom. Those who do not follow that plan will receive lesser degrees of glory and live in either the Terrestrial kingdom, Telestial kingdom or Outer darkness.
The concept of Eternal progression, and of humans as gods in the making, runs into the infinite regress of Who created God?.
According to this view -- gods as fully matured human beings -- God is following his plan and issuing his commandments according to the conditions required to nurture his human children into gods. This means that Mormons believe that the "good" is good, not becuase God declares it so, but because he is operating according to a set of requirements or rules not of his making (see the Euthyphro dilemma). This makes it harder for Mormons to explain away immoral actions taken by their god, including murdering millions in the Flood.
Eternal families
Mormons believe that marital and familial bonds can continue beyond death if those family members are sealed in a Mormon temple by a priesthood holder designated as a sealer. Sealed families will remain families in the afterlife, and will be together if they all go to the same kingdom. Deceased family members may also be sealed, provide they have been baptised posthumously, by proxy.
The doctrine of eternal families is problematic, as the Mormon church does grant petitions to divorced couples to have their sealings annulled. Also, only those who have been baptised into the Mormon church and are vetted through an interview process may enter a temple to perform temple rituals. So Mormons, who's spouses are not baptized, may not be sealed to their children.


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quote:Originally posted by Guest2332all the rookies. It seems they started off great (probably because they had been playing while the majority of the other players were not).huberdeau, tarasenko, granlund, grigorenko, d. hamilton, galchenyuk, gallgher, kreider these guys all started off looking pretty good but really cooled off lately. - grigorenko has been sent back to junior- granlund has been sent to the AHL
quote:Originally posted by slozoI would say RNH has been the biggest disappointment overall (I don't have him, btw). He would have been that one young Oiler I would have been all over if available, and I had him pegged as a future top 5 in the league guy. When a poolie has a young guy who scores above a .8/g rate in his rookie year, and that kid looks like a superstar and gets better and better as the year progresses . . . the expectation is that he actually gets better. He has been extremely disappointing so far though. The guy who has most disappointed on my own hockey pool team?Ryan Kesler. And hey - I knew he was injured and was only slated to come back a couple of months into a REGULAR season, but it's been everything - he comes back almost two months later than he was at first supposed to; he looked terrible / not himself when back; then he's out again. And I picked him early in our keeper league where each of us already has a team starting from 8 kept players.Others not mentioned that have been busts this year:Tyler Myers on DKris Kreider as a rookieMartin HavlatBrent Burns (d)"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
quote:Originally posted by Guest9831Johnathan Quick. Until recently has been bringing up the rear in my pool. Took a full month to actually catch up to the amount of points I've gotten from Craig Anderson.
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Hey everyone,
I told you all I will be out at SC Village next saturday playing ball so if you see me, make sure you stop by and play with No Skillz and I!!!!
The video tape fiasco kind of sucked and SC Village wouldn't let me use the camera on the field for legal reasons. I think that SC Village felt that if I broke my camera they would be liable and I could confront them with a lawsuit. The SC Village fascists had spoken, case closed!
Oh Yah, if this is a "Mini" day I can't wait to see a BIG day!!!!
Everyone fear Leatherpants and his elite "sack shooting" abilities!
NOTE: Alright, the thread is changing a bit and I have changed the image size so this should be more internet friendly now! Next time we plan a day, I will organize with SC Village and convince them that we are a "Team" and I think they will let me videotape. Like I said earlier, I don't know what is up with that.
I have put the pictures in a zip file and they can all be downloaded below. Some pictures didn't come out that well and had to be trashed. Blur, Sun, I have tons of excuses. I apologize to anyone that didn't get a good shot, but hopefully we will get out there again and give it a second chance.
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Pianist Rich Ridenour teams up with comedian/violinist Steve Brook to give the Pratt Community Concert Association audience a Sunday afternoon of comedic effects performing great classics, a little bit of Jack Benny, Victor Borge and Abbott and Costello.
The show begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at Pratt Community College's Carpenter Auditorium. Patrons are reminded Daylight Savings Time begins on this date.
Ridenour has built a formidable career performing concerts of great piano favorites from classical masterworks to American ragtime, jazz and rock and roll.
A Michigan native with a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's from Julliard, he has a long career instructing piano at Calvin College and Western Michigan University.
Violinist Steve Brook has been a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony since 1979 and is currently Assistant Principal Second Violin. He is also a Michigan native, having taught at Calvin College and Cornerstone University.
Currently, he teaches in the Jenison Public Schools' orchestra program and is in high demand as a performer for his unique blend of music, story, and humor.
Individual tickets will be available at the door for those without PCCA season tickets.
RSVP offers a ride to and from each concert. Anyone needing this service may contact the RSVP office at 672-7811.


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Program will take place from February 1 to August 1
Just in time to keep that New Year's resolution alive, the West Side Recreation and Park District is offering the Weight Loss Challenge over a period of six months.
The challenge will start Friday, Feb. 1 and will last until Thursday, Aug. 1. The cost is $30 per person.
The way it works is an individual comes in during designated weight times for a certified trainer to log that person's progress. Trainers will be available to those who would like help (trainers fees applicable).
Those with the highest weight loss will win.
Exercise and eating regimens are up to the individual. Individuals can work out at their own pace and are allowed to use a personal trainer and for meal plans.
Weight loss must be achieved through diet and exercise. No weight loss surgeries, adjustments or medical alterations during the challenge will be counted.
Weight loss due to sickness or out of a person's control is acceptable.
The overall goal of the challenge is to lose 500 pounds. Weigh in times will be given at the time of registration. The deadline to sign up is Thursday, Jan. 31.
For more information about the challenge, contact the Rec at 763-4246.


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take off the PMI reg. you dont need it, your just going to starve your valve of air. If you get a barrel leak, it usually means you need to go down a carrier. As Orge said, you need to use the same o'ring when you do this. Just try the 1.5 carrier with 2 shims and the long spring with that same o'ring(without the PMI reg). Before you gas up, back your velocity out so it doesnt fire, then slowly turn it up bit by bit till the marker fires reliably. Tell us how it goes.
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Posted on April 5, 2010
Americans love to be scared. I have not done a worldwide study, but I believe, being rather nationalistic, that we are second to none in the literature of suspense, horror, and downright fear.
And I'm not talking Twilight or Carrie or Interview With a Vampire, friends. I'm talking nonfiction.
In my quarter century dealing with any and all donated books, I have seen volumes warning that we have too much fluoride in the water, that we do not have enough fluoride in the water, and that we don't drink enough water. Why WOULD we drink water, as dangerous as it is? Anyway, you should see the books on how quickly the world is running out of water.
We have too much fat in our diet, we have too much sodium in our diet, we eat too many carbs, we eat too much protein, we eat too many vegetables, we eat our food cooked instead of raw, and we eat raw food filled with creepy crawlies. The left controls the media, the right controls the media, the media is out of control. The Japanese are plotting to take us over, the Chinese are plotting to take us over, the illegal immigrants are plotting to take us over, the humanists have taken over, the conservative Christians have taken over. Why do they all want us, do you suppose, when we're all about to die while watching bad television?
Nothing will sell a book like the words "at risk". We all want to know about unseen, unsuspected dangers. Authors, whose main danger is starving to death, are glad to oblige, explaining that our schools, our economy, our music, and our football rules are filled with creeping poison. Oh, and that book last year, that said something else? All lies, and part of the plot.
Honest! We have books which prove that civilization is in danger because of the flush toilet, that our population learned to swear through contact with the French during the two World Wars, and that divine vengeance is going to fall on us because women cut their hair short (you should see that one: make-up and short skirts are bad but not divinely forbidden, but women bobbing their hair is explicitly condemned in Scripture.) And we buy it every time, because in our hearts we know that anything really unpleasant has to be the truth.
No wonder vampire romance fiction has become so popular. At least with a vampire you know where you stand. (You may not be sure where to lie down, but I covered that in a previous blog.)


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No. 2 Maryland wraps up its preseason slate with a match against St. John's at Ludwig Field Saturday night at 7 p.m.
The Terps tied Penn State 1-1 Tuesday, courtesy of a Patrick Mullins penalty kick. Mullins was also tabbed to the 2013 MAC Hermann Trophy watch list this week. The forward became the second Terrapin to win the coveted award last season.
Maryland will play a total of 10 regular season games at the friendly confines of Ludwig this season. The home schedule is listed below:
Sept. 6 DUKE*
Sept. 8 VCU
Sept. 24 OLD DOMINION
Sept. 27 PITTSBURGH*
Oct. 1 TULSA
Oct. 4 BOSTON COLLEGE*
Oct. 15 MARSHALL
Oct. 19 WAKE FOREST*
Oct. 22 DREXEL
Nov. 1 NC STATE*
Tickets for Saturday's exhibition are free. Season tickets for the highly-anticipated 2013 campaign are $69 for adults and $39 for youth (3-17) and seniors (62+). A family 4pak is also available for $175. Single game tickets are also on-sale now and range from $10 for adults to $5 for youth and seniors.
The Terps first regular season home game is against Duke Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m.


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Peugeot's bumpy road: French carmaker announces shock loss (part 2)
The European slump translates into shocking losses for car maker Peugeot. The company says it must slash jobs and cut costs if it is to survive, but the French government has other ideas. Laura Baines and her panel also discuss why just across the border, in Germany, Volkswagen is booming.
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We set up the new scarecrow today for the competition.
About as Traditional as I could get.
Voting takes place over the next couple of weeks starting tomorrow.
Not crazy about the location, since it's a part of the Village that doesn't get a lot of foot traffic, though foot traffic never helped me in the past.
Click below for pics from a photoshoot we did yesterday in a giant field of pumpkins and gourds. Hope you dig.
All the wonderful instant photographs are by Bean.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
2010 Scarecrow: SEEDS
We set up the new scarecrow today for the competition.
34 comments:
- SmartLiLBtch said...
I love all of your scarecrows, Rot, and I'm glad to see you did something traditional. SEEDS is old school, not cute and whimsical. And if I may be honest here, I'd rather see your infinite imagination go into your Halloween display...especially since these Peddler's Village people clearly don't get the value of your work like we fans do.
- September 5, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Very cool! And it is about the closest to traditional to a Halloween scarecrow as you can get. If this one doesn't take first place then I think you should burn the village down....
- September 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Chad said...
I'm in looooove! Beautiful.
- September 5, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- HalloweeNut said...
- September 5, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Sara said...
Amazing, I love it. Infatuated with the traditional aspects of it. Loving the detail.
I hope you win.
- September 5, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Arcane said...
Seeds looks fantastic! That's a first place in my book. Looking forward to seeing more pics of him.
- September 5, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Rot said...
Thanks : )
I'm really really pleased with him.
I tried to overload him with detail.
He's positioned right outside a restaurant's main windows, so a bunch of people are going to be forced to stare at him through their meals.
- September 5, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Ghoul Friday said...
All through the time he's displayed, the restaurant owners will be scratching their heads "I don't understand it. We're only selling half the amount of the pumpkin pie that we did last year. And even weirder, the few orders we get come from the back of the house."
You've good reason to be pleased with him.
As for the voting, I think people who don't normally dig your style at these things might be won over by the hat, and the fact that he has a big smiling pumpkin for a head.
Or maybe this competition is the universe's twisted way to keep you humble since we all dig on your stuff so much ;) It's certainly pushed you to come up with different figures and approach them, perhaps, from a perspective you wouldn't have had otherwise. Which in the end, doesn't sound so bad at all.
- September 5, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- adam said...
Looks fantastic. I wish I had those type of awesome vines in my area.
- September 5, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- Yalco (Chris) said...
Your work is really incredible. If Seeds can't scare away the crows, they are some pretty bold birds. Not sure what your competition looks like for this year's contest, but after seeing this guy, they should just pack up and head home. Keep up the dark and twisted work. It is the best!
- September 5, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Pam Morris said...
he's absolutely wonderful! (and bean took some great shots) if you don't get first place this year, there is simply no hope for the artistic sensibilities of America! best of luck
- September 5, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Vintage Seance said...
One of the best ones you have ever done! I love it! You gave it traditional elements, but made it look even cooler by making it spooky. I did a little post on it because it looked so good I couldn't resist! Anyway, great concept and execution with this one! Good luck!
- September 5, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Bob said...
Another winner, Rot. Pure genius. We'll be up there for the festival next weekend and will definitely be taking some fan photos. Can't wait!!
- September 5, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Rot said...
Thanks, everyone : )
So glad you're all digging him.
Next weekend is the scarecrow festival - pumpkin fritters, outdoor vendors, scarecrow building workshops for families... neat time to go.
SEEDS is located right outside of EARL'S restaurant. At the farthest corner of the Village..across from the Golden Plough Inn.
- September 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Der Krampus said...
Great scarecrow as always, so are those the little ceramic or clay pumpkin seeds that you make yourself?
- September 5, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Darkrose Manor/Filialuna Designs said...
We LOVE him!! He is a perfect representation of all things Rot.
Told hubs that you haven't won the competition as of yet... he replied... 'That's make no sense. He's the scarecrow master, period!'
- September 5, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- ShellHawk said...
Rot, I have to tell you, he's terrible! An absolute piece of junk.
Send him to my haunt-I mean, house-and I'll dispose of him appropriately. Just to save you the trouble of doing it yourself, of course.
Give, give, give, never take, that's me!
- September 5, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- Jesse said...
Very cool! Great job! So inspiring.
- September 5, 2010 at 11:06 PM
- Marrow said...
Can't put how awesome this is into proper words! This is DEFINITELY your best yet! Almost exactly how I imagined him when you published his name.
Loving the crooked witches hat. The torn up coat reminds me of Johnny Appleseed a lot. Such a great job! The vile green mush oozing from his mouth is just disgusting.
I love the way all your pumpkin headed creations never have hollow heads. In the holes of their eyes and mouth is this black, putrid ... stuff. Shows real creativity.
I bet this one will win this year. If not, track down the judges houses and place some pumpkin headed zombies at the end of their beds in the night. How you they like that eh?
Really cool work on the sign too!
There was really no proper previews at all for this one was there? maybe you could give us just a very little hint on this years yard haunt please?
- September 5, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- NoahFentz said...
Its Officially Halloween Season...
Love it!!
I hope you didnt cannibalize Johnny Appleseed.
- September 5, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- House Bloodthorn said...
I dig, man. I dig.
- September 5, 2010 at 11:56 PM
- Jason-v said...
First place to me Rot! I love the detail of the seeds spewing from his neck.. the vines..everthing is perfect!! YOU deserve FIRST place in ANY scarecrow contest...PERIOD..
- September 5, 2010 at 11:57 PM
- THORNHILL WOODS HAUNTED HOUSE said...
Rot your scarecrows continue to get better every time you create a new one. There is so much detail on SEEDS, love how he's ouzing out pumpkin seeds.
Good Luck in the contest.
- September 6, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- GoneferalinID said...
Outside the restaurant? Hilarious! That is so wrong, in such a right way. Great job on another great scarecrow. Maybe this Mormon town has gotten to me a little bit... Shoot, time for me to go pick up the dead.
- September 6, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- Grim said...
Another great one! Looks awesome!
- September 6, 2010 at 1:08 AM
- Drop Gallow said...
Gorgeous as always, Rot. Conjures up a most welcome nostalgia - all creep and shiver...
- September 6, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- FULL MOON INDUSTRIES said...
This is your year guys. The smell of death is in the air! I will be sending you positive vibes best of luck to you both!
StaY True~
- September 6, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- Rot said...
Thanks SO much, everyone.
I'll have to get back up there to see what the competition is like. The TRADITIONAL category is the smallest this year. Looks like they only had 8 posts set up. We were the first ones there and set up SEEDS and left before anyone else arrived. So it'll be neat to see what else is up there.
The seeds are made of clay. Bean carves them whenever I need them for a prop. When we drove by the scarecrow as we were leaving, a family was studying his open chest and it looked like they were poking at the seeds to see if they were real. It's a weird thing to leave a prop that you've worked on so hard 30 miles away. But they're always fine at the end of the contest.
- September 6, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- Bob said...
Rot, we'll be there Sunday. We always try to go to the Scarecrow Festival. That's when Peddler's Village comes alive!
Earls is a perfect location because of all the traffic there. You're liable to cause a few fender benders of drivers doing a double-take at the creepy host of the festival standing front and center!
You're right, that side of the village is a bit forgotten as far as foot traffic, but we just found an incredible folk art store back there in that square that sells TONS of awesome vintage Halloween stuff. If you're up there for the festival, you gotta check it out.
I actually have photos of Tin Man from last year I forgot to share with you. It was so awesome to see your work in person and watch people take it in, some with an approving smile, some with a look of disgust. Can't wait to see SEEDS in person!
- September 6, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Autumnleaf said...
Rot, Seeds is amazing!! I LOVE the trench coat and your mastery of combining natural elements in mixed media. He WORKS!! How I wish I could go see him in person. First place or BUST!!
- September 6, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- ShellHawk said...
Out of curiosity, I wonder what the difference would be between carving the seeds by hand and using a press mold. In other words, make a small 2 piece mold with ten or twenty seeds and squash the clay into it, let it dry a bit and pull them out.
Maybe it's more trouble than it's worth, since the seeds are so small...
- September 6, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- jon said...
Fantastic 'crow and fantastic photos!
- September 7, 2010 at 8:31 PM
- Otaku said...
Definitely a more traditional scarecow, but still with the dark overtones that we all have come to love. I just can't picture SEEDS not taking first place this year. But then, didn't an over-the-top gnome win a couple of years ago? Wish I could see this guy in person. Good luck in the voting - hope you take home the gold. Well done, Rot!
- September 9, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- Dave Lowe said...
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Happy birthday soon and I hope you find just the right boot!
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As for the new ones, I like the first pair then the first two pairs in the 2nd row.
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I have also heard great things about boots from Banana Republic, especially quality-wise, but I haven't found a suitable pair there.
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I'm sorry your second pair split, that SUCKS! I'll never buy that brand!
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I have the Steven by Steve Madden Intyce boot and I absolutely love it as well -- it has a "hidden" wedge and is pretty tall. A little pricey but I got them on sale.
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i think u should ge the 2nd pair of brown boots for urself. i think their cute. and going down i like the very last to the right and the very frist one for the black. i think u should get those lol ;) by the way can u tell where to find those boots in the lower right please? the far right???ReplyDelete
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Northeast Regional Medical Center unveiled its newest multi-million dollar expansion in February.
NRMC spent $1.5 million on a new cardiac catheterization lab and $1.5 million more to expand and renovate the cardiac services unit.
The new lab provides a higher level of accessibility and convenience for doctors making a diagnosis of heart problems. A new Phillips FD 20 is used to obtain images of the heart and locate blockages. It was a step forward for NRMC.
"It's incredible," said Scott Baker, RN. "This is the gold standard."
Taking control
In July, NRCM CEO Eric Barber said the hospital was taking another step toward giving residents "every excuse we can to stay local" by opening the Northeast Regional Heart Center.
For the first time, the local hospital would employ two full-time cardiologists and offer 24-hour coverage for matters of the heart in Kirksville.
"Being able to get the cardiac care when patients present with chest pain at 2 in the morning is something I see as a vital service we should be providing to this community," Barber said.
The doctors are in
Northeast Regional welcomed Dr. Dana Valencia and Dr. Eliot Nissenbaum with the move. Dr. Nissenbaum is a board certified invasive cardiologist who previously practiced at Skaggs Memorial in Branson, where he was voted top cardiologist in the city multiple times by his peers.
Dr. Valencia is a board certified invasive cardiologist with extensive training in peripheral interventional treatment. He previously practiced at Missouri Baptist and Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis and was a physician with the U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army Medical Corp.
Counting down the Top 10 local stories of the last year...
10. Jason Haxton goes Hollywood
9. Kirksville responds to Buddy Pack crisis
8. Kirksville R-III implements drug testing
7. NEMO Heart Health hit 50 AEDs
6. NRMC opened its own heart center
5. Revealed December 26
4. Revealed December 27
3. Revealed December 28
2. Revealed December 30
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UNIV (UCOLLEGE) 300, Accessing Information for Research, is a one-credit course offered as a cooperative effort between the University College and the WSU Libraries. All sections provide a small-class environment and are taught exclusively by library faculty members. The course is designed to aid students in understanding the components of the modern "information landscape" including scholarly communication and the Internet. Students also learn important concepts and skills related to information access and evaluation. Since its inception in 1995, the UNIV (UCOLLEGE) 300 program has grown to encompass many discipline specific and distance education sections.
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Bill Gates' keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 revealed a rather startling statistic with regards to the sales and acceptance performance of Windows Vista. Gates told the audience that Windows Vista has sold more than 100 million copies since the operating system's launch in January 2007. When comparing pure numbers against Windows XP, which sold only 89 million copies in its first year, Windows Vista appears to be a hit – but looking at the big picture sheds a different sort of light on the matter.
With the PC market at nearly twice the size today as it was in 2001, InformationWeek surmises that Windows Vista captured around 39 percent of the new PC market in its first year, while Windows XP managed to grab 67 percent of the new PC market during its initial period. The rather lukewarm response to Windows Vista must be troubling for Microsoft. In response to customers with cold feet on the new OS, Dell in April 2007 brought back the option for its customers to choose Windows XP. Microsoft then took things another step further by allowing OEMs to downgrade Windows Vista Business and Ultimate installations to Windows XP.


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The Luther women's tennis team finished out its home opening weekend by hosting College of Saint Benedict in the afternoon match. For the fifth straight match, the Norse grabbed the advantage after doubles, but ultimately did not get to finish as the end of the match was stopped due to heavy rain in the area. The Norse were up a set at four of the six singles positions when play was halted.
Jenna Myers and Olivia Heitz moved to 5-0 this fall with an (8-1) victory over MacKenzie Rixe and Erin Stocker at No. 3 doubles. Lola White-Baer and Hailey Johnson took care of business with an (8-2) decision against Daley Rupar and Victoria Beach at No. 2, giving the Norse a 2-0 lead. The Blazers tallied their first point with an (8-4) win from Jamie Hoffman and Laura Finn over Luther's Maggie Helms and Caroline Treis.
When singles play was stopped, Luther was up a set at No. 1, No. 3, No. 5, and No. 6. College of Saint Benedict was in front at No. 4 while No. 2 was still in its opening set. White-Baer came out firing at No. 1 and was leading Rupar (6-3, 1-3) while Helms was cruising at No. 3 with a commanding (6-3, 4-1) advantage over Beach. Treis led Stocker (6-3, 0-2) while Lauren Welch was well on her way to a win, sitting at (6-0, 3-1) when matches finished. The Blazers' Finn was ahead of Myers by a (6-1, 4-1) margin at No. 4. College of Saint Benedict also enjoyed a slight edge at No. 2 where Hoffman led Luther's Adriana DePaolis by a (6-5) margin.
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LaVerta Marie Meta Hillman Heusman Van Winkle Emshoff, 84, of Syracuse, died March 9, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse. She was born Aug. 10, 1928 on the family farm near Otoe, the 11th child of Anna (Ottens) and Fritz Hillman.
LaVerta Marie Meta Hillman Heusman Van Winkle Emshoff, 84, of Syracuse, died March 9, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse. She was born Aug. 10, 1928 on the family farm near Otoe, the 11th child of Anna (Ottens) and Fritz Hillman.
She was baptized Sept. 11, 1928 and confirmed on May 10, 1942 at North Branch Lutheran Church. She graduated from Otoe High in 1945, attended Peru Sate College and taught District 10 near Syracuse.
On May 27, 1947 she married Marvin Heusman. They made their home northwest of Sterling and had a Grade A Dairy for many years. They had two children, Bob and Jill, and also opened their home to a number of foster children. LaVerta began work Jan 10, 1972 at the Department of Roads. She was employed there for 18 ½ years.
June 16, 1973 she married Donald J. Van Winkle at Sterling. On Feb. 17, 1990 she married Elvin F. Emshoff at First Lutheran Church of Avoca.
She was a member of the Ladies Aid and taught Sunday school for many years.
LaVerta is survived by husband Elvin Emshoff of Syracuse; daughter Jill McAuliffe of Sterling; daughter-in-law Barb Heusman; sisters Bernice Lenker of Syracuse and Marian Curtis of California; grandchildren Trish Bessey (Jeff), Bob Heusman Jr. (Wendy), Kevin Heusman (Marissa), Ryan McAuliffe (Becky) and Kristi Furtado; nine great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and step daughters Sue Crafton, Polly Frye, Jonna Hubbard and their families.
She was preceded in death by husbands Marvin Heusman and Donald Van Winkle; son Robert Heusman Sr.; son-in-law Mike McAuliffe; grandson Darrin (Heusman) Bouc; sisters Alma Hillman, Lena Knickman (William), Sophie Jacobson (Alvin), Dorothy Buchholz (John), Verena Paap (Lawrence) and Helen Kepler (John); brothers Alvin Hillman (Viola) and Paul Hillman (Wanda); and brother-in-law Harold Heusman (Doris).
Funeral Services are Tuesday, March 12, at 10:30 a.m. at First Lutheran Church (North Branch) in rural Avoca. Burial is at the Sterling Cemetery in Rural Sterling t 2:30 p.m.
Visitation is Monday, March 11, until 9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m., all at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Fusselman Allen Harvey Funeral Home, Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.
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- Juice of 1 Lemon
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- Dec 19:
- Football: CU Buffs compliance office says Jon Embree conscientious about rules
- Dec 2:
- Football: Butch Jones to visit CU Buffs Monday
- Nov 30:
- Louisville, Florida ADs suggest CU Buffs' Mike Bohn follow his gut
- Football: CU Buffs staff connecting with recruits
- Nov 29:
- Football: Mike Bohn debunks CU Buffs search rumors
- Thorburn: Perception of racism could be big trouble for Buffs and not just in football
- Jon Embree 'I'm a Buff'
- Nov 26:
- Football: CU Buffs looking to make splash with next hire
- Thorburn: Mike Bohn appears untouchable despite failed football hires at CU
- Mike Bohn's next CU Buffs football hire pivotal
- CU regents to meet tonight to get update on Jon Embree firing
- Jon Embree on being fired as CU Buffs' coach: 'I did things the right way'
- Black Coaches Association chief 'disappointed' in CU Buffs' firing of Jon Embree
- Nov 25:
- Thorburn: Time for CU Buffs brass to decide if they're committed
- Football: CU Buffs players disappointed to see Jon Embree fired
- Football: CU Buffs fire Jon Embree
The Colorado football team began Friday with 13 players committed to the Class of 2013.
The Buffs ended the day with 12.
Rivals.com reported that Marcus Loud, a defensive end from Houston, de-committed and gave a verbal commitment to Missouri, a former Big 12 rival of the Buffs.
Without a head coach in place -- Jon Embree was fired on Nov. 25 -- and with its staff of assistants currently in limbo, CU runs the risk of losing more commitments.
"It's certainly not a good thing that a coach isn't in place and that there's really no stability there right now," said Adam Gorney, West recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. "A lot of prospects, and especially their parents, are looking at this thing and kind of questioning where it's headed, and other schools are coming in and recruiting some of them. There's obviously a few concerns there if you're a Colorado fan of when a coach is going to be named, who it's going to be, who their assistant coaches are going to be."
CU's drawn-out search for a new head coach enters Day 13 on Saturday. With the recruiting dead period looming, from Dec. 17-Jan. 3, there is concern among CU fans about the Buffs falling further behind in recruiting.
Loud may not be the only CU recruit with a change of heart.
"I think Devin Ross is probably a kid who will look elsewhere," Gorney said.
Ross, a receiver from Mission Hills, Calif., told the Daily Camera last week that he was already looking at other schools because of CU's poor play this season. The Buffs went 1-11 and were blown out in several losses. Not having a head coach isn't helping.
On Friday, receiver Elijah Dunston, from West Hills, Calif., said he's still committed to CU, but he is taking an official visit to Fresno State. (Ironically, Bulldogs head coach Tim DeRuyter is rumored to be a candidate for CU's vacancy.)
"I'm just looking to see who the new coach is going to be (at CU), see what his strengths are with offense and see if I'll fit in," Dunston said.
This is a critical time for Colorado. During the dead period, no face-to-face visits are allowed with recruits and coaches are allowed just one phone call per week to a player (although e-mails are allowed, and players can call coaches as often as they want). Gorney said it would be to CU's advantage to have a coach and staff in place as soon as possible.
"Opening up those lines of communication (before the dead period) for recruits to become aware of who the assistants are and to start building a relationship with those guys, that's really the crucial thing there," Gorney said.
Gorney said the bigger concern for CU is the parents of recruits, and not so much the recruits themselves.
"Once that coach is in place and assistants start visiting, (the players) are not going to care that it took an extra two or three weeks to get a coach in place," Gorney said. "But, I do think from a parents' perspective, they would feel more comfortable with things in place so they know where their kid is going."
Certainly, the news isn't all bad for the Buffs. Denver South running Phillip Lindsay has told the Camera he will stick with CU no matter who winds up as the coach.
Offensive lineman Sam Kronshage, from The Woodlands, Texas, said on Friday that he will keep his options open, but that he is "still very excited to become a Buffalo."
Kronshage does not agree with CU's decision to fire Embree. But, he said he loves the school and hopes the Buffs can get on track soon.
"I think they need to talk to all their recruits (during the transition period) and make sure that everyone is still strong on Colorado and make sure we still have a good recruiting class," Kronshage said.
Kronshage said he's had very little contact with CU line coach Steve Marshall.
"He just told me what he knows and that's not anything I don't know," Kronshage said.
In the end, CU's recruiting class may not take much of a hit. Losing Loud, and possibly Ross, would hurt, but Embree was criticized for filling his class with unheralded players that aren't getting looks from other top schools. That ultimately may wind up being what helps CU's new coach -- whoever that might be -- to a smoother transition.
"That sort of is the blessing and the curse of this class," Gorney said. "Not a lot of these schools want these kids at the high end of the Pac-12, but that means the new coach might have a little bit of an easier time convincing them to come because they're still going to be playing Pac-12 football."
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text: PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- We're just going to go ahead and put it out there: We have nothing left to say about Super Bowl ads.We told you what companies could use one. We told you which National Football League sponsors should have blocked their competitors from getting one. We let you know which industries won't be airing commercials when the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers take the field on Sunday or on any other Super Bowl Sunday, for that matter. That has to cover just about every way a company can wring a cent out of the Super Bowl, right? Wrong. Though companies have spent $1.85 billion on Super Bowl ads in the past decade, according to Kantar Media, there are a lot more ways to cash in on the more than 160 million total viewers in the U.S. who watched the big game last year. We took a look around the Super Bowl's edges and found five cash-producing portions of the Super Bowl that marketing departments and ad firms just don't tend to cover:


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Desert lands have taken a beating from military exercises that date back to General George Patton's World War II maneuvers in the Mojave Desert of California.
Now, a team of ecologists led by a University of Colorado professor will work to restore the fragile habitats that have been crushed by tanks and heavy foot traffic -- and have tracks embedded in the land that hint at their battle wounds.
For the long-term project, the scientists will grow biological soil crusts -- or biocrusts -- in a nursery in Arizona. While they may just look like desert dirt, the biocrusts are a veneer of life important to the desert ecosystem and are crawling with lichens, mosses, fungi and bacteria, according to CU officials.
The project is funded by a $2.3 million U.S. Department of Defense research grant. Sponsored research funding for faculty members at CU has been increasing on an annual basis, according to CU officials. The type of funding registered at $380.7 million during the last fiscal year -- which is a 6 percent increase over the previous year.
The biocrust team -- led by CU Assistant Professor Nichole Barger -- will work at military bases such as Fort Bliss, where scars of Patton's troops past military activity are still evident. Fort Bliss, which stretches between southern Texas and New Mexico, is in a hot desert environment and is the military's second largest installation. It stages military exercises and houses thousands of military vehicles.
The scientists will also work at the Dugway Proving Ground in northwest Utah, which is a cooler desert environment.
Barger said the grant is for five years of work.
The adaptation of biocrusts could become increasingly more important as climate change heats the West, Barger said.
Biocrusts can cover up to 70 percent of the ground in arid ecosystems. The biocrusts are important because they stabilize soil against wind and water erosion and they can increase water retention and better soil fertility. Barger said that biocrusts are mostly resilient to wind and water erosion -- but they are highly susceptible to foot and vehicle traffic, like that associated with military activity.
The desert is a fragile ecosystem, partly because of its lack of water.
"As you get less vegetation, these soils are exposed to environmental forces such as wind and water erosion," Barger said.
Barger said that she plans to do her first set of site visits in December. The project will provide internship and research opportunities for students, she said.
The first step will be to grow biocrusts in the labs at Arizona State University. The lab biocrusts will be exposed to a bootcamp of their own, she said, with stressors such as heath, light and dryness. She said that she expects the researchers will be able to transplant the biocrusts into the preservation areas of the military bases and they'll have a higher likelihood of survival.
The lab-grown biocrusts will be dried out, bagged and then taken to the test sites and sprinkled onto the soil surfaces. They'll be combined with other soil stabilization methods. For example, the team will experiment with adding a soil-stabilizing compound that is shown to increase soil porosity and reduce erosion.
Next, the team will start a series of seeding trials to see if native plants can be grown.
The final step of the project will involve simulated rainfall and tunnel experiments combined with soil erosion modeling to evaluate the influence of the biocrusts and native plant restoration.
Military installations cover nearly 30 million acres. The work done by the scientists could help provide a blueprint for other federal lands and could interest land managers at agencies including the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Services.
The project also has health implications. When biocrusts are disturbed, they can trigger the release of atmospheric dust -- a pollutant in some desert metro areas, Barger said.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Brittany Anas at 303-473-1132 or email@example.com.


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Kirksville's Pennington first from KHS since 2002 to be named all-state choir
Gathered in Columbia in November, Kirksville High School choir members were anticipating the announcement of the year's All-State Choir selections.
For the past decade, year after year, Kirksville and its hardworking singers had been skipped over for the state's elite choir.
But not this year.
Kirksville High School's Caitlin Pennington broke the streak and became the first choir member in a decade to grace the state's about 200-strong choir group for the three days of breakneck rehearsals and culminating concert at the Lake of the Ozarks in late January.
One of four sopranos from the Northeast Missouri district, Pennington represented Kirksville during the four days of rehearsals starting after breakfast and many days leading past dinner.
The pace was grueling and the music challenging, but the experience was "absolutely amazing," Pennington said earlier this week.
"It was an honor to rehearse and perform with such talented students," she told the Kirksville R-III School Board during its "Good Things" report Wednesday. "It was absolutely amazing. I've never sang with a choir of that caliber and honestly may never again."
Pennington started her path toward a career in music after watching her mother play organ at church on the weekends in Kirksville. Her repertoire includes the guitar, percussion instruments and dance and she's interested in pursuing music as a career, but not in a traditional sense.
"Going to All-State really solidified the fact I know I want to be a music therapist," Pennington said. "I'm sure I want to work in some type of music field because of my life and the experiences I've had, I want to be able to share that with others."
Those experiences include walking onto the state stage as Kirksville's only choir representative, performing in the high school's many musicals and being surrounded by the intense dedication of her fellow choir members at the state level.
"It made me proud to be part of Kirksville and show we do have a really good choir program even though we haven't had anyone to represent us in the past 10 years," Pennington said.
Kirksville High Choir Director Rebecca Murphy praised Pennington for her technical abilities and drive. She said after so many years of being passed over, "it was nice to hear our name called."
"She was really repping the entire high school in the choir the whole time," Murphy said.
And being the sole Kirksville Tiger to roam the rehearsal halls, Pennington said she felt honored to simply be there much less to perform with her peers.
"The caliber of the choir was so much higher than any I've ever performed with," she said. "It will stick with me. The fact that such a wonderful sound, such an experience can be had, it will stay with me the rest of my life."
Pennington told the School Board she is preparing for a music audition for Western Illinois University on Monday. She's attending the university on a music scholarship next fall and will be pursuing a double major in music education and music therapy.
And as the resident expert on what it takes to make it to the state level, Pennington advised prospective members focus on their sight reading and continue to audition and strive for the top honor.
"Definitely try it," she said, as advice. "Don't hold anything back and if they can work on sight reading, put in the effort to practice. They can definitely make it and have this amazing experience."


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The "Blind Sheik" planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He was apprehended, tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which wants him released, met in the White House with President Barack Obama before Sept. 11 of this year. Why?
Obama could not release/pardon the Blind Sheik. However, Obama could have traded him for a kidnapped American ambassador and be hailed a hero by the press and many Americans just before an election.
Everything that was done concerning the Benghazi attack would have aided the Muslims in capturing the ambassador:
Don't increase security. Order the SEALs to "stand-down." Relieve the U.S. Army general who wanted to rescue the Americans. Refuse to allow an AC-47 (DC-3) gunship to provide needed air support. Watch the videos and listen to the frantic pleas for help — but do nothing. Where was the president? Why were there no pictures of him with his staff — like there were when the SEALs went after Osama bin Laden?
Why did Obama leave the White House the next day without knowing the ambassador's status? Was this all planned? Did the fleeing of the ambassador to a "safe room" foil a kidnapping? Did the potential kidnappers make an unplanned "mistake" by using fire to try to force the ambassador's surrender?
We need Congress to investigate.
The election is over. Now get the truth, no matter where it leads.