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Time was when kitchens were so traditional that women — who always did the cooking– rarely ventured to make anything that was not something their moms and grandmoms had made for decades.
Time was when people found foods they were not used to impossible to even contemplate, and therefore eat.
Time was when it was not at all easy to find and shop for ingredients exotic to the region one lived in, restricting even the most innovative cook.
Thank goodness we don't live in those times.
Today, our kitchens — no matter where we live — are infused with global flavors. Most of us have access to and can eat, cook, and rave about food from every corner of the world: Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Thai, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Greek, Lebanese, French, Mexican…there really is no stopping.
So why am I writing this? A few weeks back, the prolific Madhuram suggested that I host a vegan pizza or pasta event. I loved the idea, but I thought, why not run further with it? Why stop at Italian? Why not start a series that celebrates, one at a time, food from every corner of the world? Vegan, of course.
So here's the plan: every month, I'll feature a country or a region (feel free to make any suggestions) as part of this series which I will call It's a Vegan World. And each one of you amazing bloggers and non-blogger cooks is invited to participate with your recipes.
To make the kick-off a little easier on both you and me, I decided to go with one of the most popular cuisines of all: Italian. Who among us doesn't love Italian food, and there's so much to love: pastas, pizzas, risottos, fragrant herbs, delicious sauces, luscious desserts…pure joy, all of it.
Italian food we eat here in the United States often has globs of butter and cheese in it, but I'm hoping that when you're required to cook vegan, you'll come up with healthier alternatives. A win-win all around :).
You can cook anything: entree, appetizer, side-dish, dessert, a snack: your imagination's the only limit. It doesn't have to be a traditional recipe, but it should fit into the parameters of what is generally accepted as Italian food. Don't send me, say, semiya upma made with spaghetti.
Here are the guidelines:
The deadline for It's a Vegan World: Italian is Feb. 28, 2009.
These foods are no-nos in vegan cooking, so please leave them out: honey, butter, eggs, cheese, ghee, milk, yogurt (basically no milk-based products), gelatin, and, of course, no meats or fish. Vegan meat substitutes are fine.
The recipe should be cooked for this event, so please do not recycle old posts.
Link back to this announcement, and feel free to use the logo below.
Send me an email with your post to myveganworld[at]gmail.com. Include these details:
Your name
Blog name
Post url
I'll get the photograph from your post
That's it. I know this is a bit of a challenge, but I also know that most of you out there are up for it. So put on your aprons and get thinking: I can't wait to see what you come up with!


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Video filmed by Chris Ray and Alan Hannon.
Pics by Chris Ray & Jeff Goforth
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-concrete up ledge
-"Sushi Dish" concrete skateable art
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-Fully air conditioned and heating
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-Chill zone with flat screen TV,tables, & vending
Located at 1104 Tinker Road, Rocklin ,CA
Tel (916)408-4200

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Top: V. Henry Peterson, Charles C. Germany, George Johnson; Center: Vernon S. Olson, Roy Clinton Dal-ton,
Harold L. Christenson; Bottom: Vernon David Anderson, Robert T. Sandin, David Emmett Tutt.
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Vol. XXVIII—No. 14
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota Friday, June 3, 1949
Seventy-seven Graduate Tonight
ROY CLINTON DALTON, Presi-dent,
Seat Pleasant, Md. MAJOR:
History; MINOR: Literature; FU-TURE
PLANS: Teaching; NEXT
YEAR'S PLANS: Univ. of Minn.
Graduate School ; Is. 26:3 "Thou
wilt keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on thee, be-cause
he trusteth in thee."
CHARLES C. GERMANY, Vice-president,
Chicago, Ill. MAJOR:
Philosophy; MINOR S: History,
Psychology, FUTURE PL A N S:
Ministry; NEXT YEAR'S PLANS:
,Southern Baptist Seminary, Louis-ville,
Ky. Phil. 3:14 "I press toward
the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus."
GEORGE JOHNSON, Secretary,
Rockford, Ill. MAJOR: English;
MINOR: History; FUTURE
PLANS: Missions; NEXT YEAR'S
PLANS: Univ. of Minn. Ps. 32:8
"I will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt go ; I
will guide thee with mine eye."
V. HENRY PETERSON, Treas-urer,
Eilendale, Mich. MAJOR
History: MINOR S: Philosophy,
Literature; FUTURE PLAN S:
Ministry; NEXT YEAR'S PLANS:
Southern Baptist Seminary, 1,0111:3-
-vine, Ky. Ps. 11:10 "The fear of'
the Lord is the beginning of wis-dom:
a good understanding have
all they that do his command-ments;
his praise endureth for
ROBERT T. SANDIN, Carney,
Mich. MAJOR: Philosophy; MIN-OR:
History; FUTURE PLANS:
Ministry ; NEXT YEAR'S PLANS:
Univ. of Minn. Graduate School;
Gal. 6:14 "But God - forbid that I
should glory, save in the cross of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
DAVID EMMETT T U T T, St.
Paul, Minn. M A J 0 R: History;
M I N 0 R: Psychology-Philosophy ;
FUTURE PLANS: Missions;
NEXT YEAR'S PLANS: Bethel
Seminary; Phil. 3:10 "That I may
know Him, and the power of his
resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made con-formable
unto his death."
Muskegon, Mich. MAJOR: H:stoi•y,
M I N 0 Psychology ; FUTU
PLAN S: Ministry or missions;
NEXT YEAR'S PLANS: Bethel
Seminary; Ps. 91:2 "I will say of
the Lord, He is my refuge and my
fortress; my God; in Him will I
VERNON S. OLSON, Sioux
Falls, S. Dak. MAJOR: History;
MINOR: English-Political Science;
FUTURE PLANS: Ministry;
NEXT YEAR'S PLANS: Bethel
Seminary; John 3:30 . "He must in-crease,
but I must decrease."
?viidale, Sash, Canada, MAJOR:-
History, Philosophy; FU T U R E
PLANS: Missions; NEXT YEAR'S
PLANS: Missionary to Alaska:
Gal. 2:20 "I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless 'T live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in me.
Senior. College Campus Heads
To Be Expanded Are Elected ft631[KOZ
One of the greatest events in Bethel's history will occur tonight
when President Wingblade will present diplomas to almost eighty gradu-ates
at the St. Paul auditorium, theater section at 8:00 p.m.
The commencement speaker will
be Dr. Robert Smith, professor of
philosophy at Dubuque university.
He received his Doctor of Theology
Expansion of the upper division
curriculum is planned for. the
school year 1949-'50. Upper divis-ion
work is being planned for the
fields of sociology, sieech, and re-ligious
In connection with the offerings
of the Sociology Department, the
dean's office announces the ap-pointment
of Mr. David Moberg, an
alumnus of the school, who during
several years past has been doing
graduate work and teaching at the
University of Washington, Seattle.
The work in religious education
will be handled by Miss Esther
Sabel, who returns to the campus
after a year's leave of absence,
having studied at Southwestern
Baptist Seminary.
Mr. Clifford Larson, a doctoral
candidate at the University of
Southern California, has also been
appointed to the Department of Re-ligious
Education. An addition has
been made to the library staff with
the appointment of Rev. David
Guston of New York, who will take
charge of the cataloging depart-ment
of the library.
An additional appointment in the
field of speech is still pending.
Walton Johnson
Seminary Scholar
Walton G. Johnson of Superior,
Wis. brought the valedictory ad-dress
of the seminary this morning
on the theme "A good minister of
Jesus Christ." Emphasizing the
sense in which each Christian is
exhorted to aim at and to attain to
this goal in his own life, he took as
his text I TinI 4:6.
Walton, an ex-serviceman and
graduate of Superior State College,
is the treasurer of the Senior class
and a student pastor at Kelsey,
Minn. During his three years at
Bethel, he has served on the Stud-ent
Council, the Men's Dorm Coun-cil
and the Devotional Committee.
Future plans, though still in-definite,
center around the minis-try
or the mission field.
The new heads of the various
activities follows: Bob Daley, Stu-dent
Council; Gil Anderson, Relig-ious
Council; Bruce Herrstrom,
Clarion.; John Balian, Spire; Ben -
net Asplund, Lads; Jane Johnson,
Lassies; Wally Berke, Lords;
Marianne Ostrom, Ladies; Fay
Seaquist, BWA; Perry Hedberg,
Jim Rentz, Men's Dorm Council;
Dorothy J o h n s o n, Girl's Dorm
Council;- Wanda Schrupp, Girls
Chorus; Len Anderson, Swedish
Club; Harvey Swanberg, German
Club; Robert Muska, Spanish Club.
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After nearly giving up hope
of getting the Spire out on time
this year, the editor received
, welcome word last week that
the printer was exerting special
efforts to get the book out by
class day. This meant quite a
bit of driving on the part of
some of the staff members,
over 400 miles to be exact, but
the desired end was obtained-
Ed Clay Speaks
For Jr. College
Scheduled to be listed in Who's
Who in the Northwest this coming
year, Edward Arthur Clay was the
valedictorian of the sophomore
class. Already a graduate of North-western
Bible School, Mr. Clay has
been doing both college and semin-ary
work at Bethel the last four
years, with a view toward going
into Christian teaching.
He has been in the ministry for
sometime and is at present serv-ing
a church in Cambridge, Minn.
His home and family are in
In "Pressing on to the mark,"
Mr. Clay brought out that there
are always goals to be achieved;
under God we have the will to
achieve them; and willingness to
endure is necessary in order to
achieve goals..
Senior Class
The senior class began the policy
of an annual skip day, as several
other policies, in top style.
On the afternoon of Tuesday,
May 17, they left the campus in
two cars and with a box of food,
not knowing where they were go-ing—
except north.
After having dinner in Duluth
they proceeded up the North Shore
to Twin points where they spent
the night—mostly in riot.
Next morning Vern Anderson
and Chris (the two married men)
acted as cooks while President Dal-ton
closely observed. After break-fast
of fruit juce, fried eggs, bacon,
rolls and toast, coffee, etc., the
group went further north.
Returning south they made sev-eral
stops at points of interest (and
for ice cream for Dalton), , arriving
back at Bethel about five o'clock.
The event was completed by a
stag party at the home of the class
advisor, Gene Johnson on Wednes-day
Outing Climaxes Year
With the All-School Picnic held
yesterday at Taylor Falls, the
social program of the year came to
a close. The beautiful St. Croix
River formed a perfect backdrop
for the days many activities. Or-ganized
games and just roaming
around made for an enjoyable time
for all.
The devotional part of the outing
came in the evening, when Wally
Peterson led the vesper service.
Leonard Carroll brought the main
message at this time.
The college senior class valedic-torian,
Roy Clinton Dalton, has
been much in the news this year.
He is president of the Senior class
and also the presiding officer of
the Arconians, the winning col-legiate
society in this year's com-petition.
Roy's address, based on Prov.
23:7, "As a man thinketh in his
heart, so is he," was developed
along the three points of thought
in general, thought and conversa-tion
and thought and action.
Just recently engaged, Roy and
Vi Laven have set the date for
their wedding as Aug. 26th, in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Dorm Reservation
Policy Changed
Upper division students better
make the best possible use of their
dorm priority opportunities for the
school year 1949-'50. The Board has
recently voted that effective for
the school year 1950-'51 the priori-ties
will be held by the freshmen
and the sophomores.
The Board's action Is in line with
the practice of most schools in
favoring the needs of younger stud-ents.
Off-campus provisions will be
arranged for upper division stud-ents
who can not be lodged on the
degree from the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary in Louisville,
He is an outstanding speaker,
especially among youth. His topic
will be "In this our day."
The first senior class will be
graduated from the college, taking
with them nine Bachelor of Arts
degrees. There will also be given
fifty-one Associate of Arts degrees,
and two Associate of Religious
Education degrees from the col-lege.
There will be fourteen Bachelor
of Divinity and four Bachelor of
Theology degrees from the semin-ary.
Three persons are candidates
for two diplomas each, thus mak-ing
a total of seventy-seven candid-ates
for graduation.
Holds Skip Day Dalton, Senior
Page 2 THE CLARION Friday, June 3, 1949
em5 of lEbougbt
By President Wingblade
Federal aid to education is not
the answer to bettering our educa
tional system for two reasons.
First, because federal control of
funds would eventually entail con-trol
of policy.
This arrangement would permit
the possibility of a despotic bur-eaucrat
to dictate educational poli-cies
inimical to our concepts of
Secondly, a consequence of cen-tralization
of authority on educa-tional
matters would be to deprive
the citizenery in the localities of
the interest in their school.
Nicholas Murray Butler, late
president of Columbia university
has stated that the school, as well
as the home and church, is inex-tricably
interwoven into the fabric
of society, and therefore, to taken
control of it from the citizens
would be a grave error.
Consolidation of school districts,
institution of governmental eco-nomies,
and the development of a
greater sense of responsibility by
citizens for more equal educational
opportunities is the direction of
action necessary to better our ed-ucational
—John Balian
It is the hope of the Clarion staff that these pages have given you
a wide-angle view of Bethel's school days and the challenges presented
to you as you sojourned here.
Looking over our year in print, the word "deadline" is one to which
we attach mingled sentiments. Behind the scenes we have witnessed
the ever-present last minute rush,
Editor-In-Chief Robert Hamlett
Assistant Editor & News Editor ....
Charles Germany
Feature Editor Audrey Weldon
Sport Editor Roger Hedberg
Business Manager .. James Rehnberg
Circulation Manager .. Avis Johnson
Reporters: V. Hanson, L. Hendrick-son,
J. Hubbard, Ray Johnson, W.
Lindroth, D. Osterberg, G. Platt, R.
Forsman, J. Balian, D. Brown, M.
Lindstedt, Gene Tupper, Pauline
Pearson, Kurt Janke, M. Sheffler.
Feature Writers: B. Anderson, H.
Bondeson, M. Engstrom, P. Hed-berg,
M. Kortum.
Typists: M. Thompson, Chief; B.
Lindberg, L. Safstrom, V. Larson,
L. Mellbom, J. Widen, Jerry Hasel-blad,
Carol Peterson.
Photographer Harry Palley
Faculty Advisor . V. Elving Anderson
Issued bi-weekly during the school
year except vacations.
Subscription price $1.00 per year
the search for unwritten stories,
and with the advent of spring, the
gradual disappearance of our typ-ists
under the mysterious influence
of spring fever.
Stretching its budget beyond the
limit, the Clarion has given you
fourteen editions with the help of
Student Council funds. But when
the results are all totaled, we can
still say that this has been a great
To our new editor, Bruce Herr-strom,
God's guidance as you take
over the reins of Bethel's paper.
May the Clarion ever grow with
the school the Lord has so richly
blessed. -
-Robert Hamlett,
Editor, 1948-49
Federal aid is nothing new. Since
before the adoption of our federal
constitution the national gc vern-ment
has given material aid i n the
thrill of larid grants to furthe the
development of our education: sys-tem.
At present federal funds arc be-ing
expended for hot lunch pro-grams
in schools.
A compelling reason for int :eas-ed
federal aid is that states with
larger proportion of school age
children tend to have less than
average financial ability to support'.
their schools.
Mississippi with 281 children for
each 1,000 adults in 1946 had an
income of -$575 per capita. Nevada,
with 181 children per 1,000 adults
had a per capita income of $1,770.
According to the National Educa-tion
Association the more than one
million men rejected by selective
service for educational deficiencies
are attributable to inequalities of
educational opportunities to in-equalities
of educational oppor-tunities.
Federal aid is necessary and de-sirable.
As followers of Christ we must
take a true stand for all the teach-ings
of Christ, not only for what
He taught us to believe, but also
for what He taught us to do.
Standing for Christ means stand-ing
with Him, walking with Him,
every day and everywhere, making
Him known to those around us.
To do this we must some times
openly oppose those who deny
Christ whether by false teachings
or 'by shameful living. How is it
done? By "building up yourselves
on your most holy faith," by bold
confession before men, by mutual
exhortation, by suffering for the
Thus we must "keep the faith"
for our own salvation and comfort,
and we must keep it pure for those
who are following that they too
may live.
—Prof. Swan A. Engwall
DENNIS CARLSON expects to go
to Alaska for some fishing and
also to earn some money.
MARIE SCHULTZ is going to
stay in the dorm this summer. Be-sides
working, she is going to try
to keep HELEN FRANKLIN from
getting lonesome. DON (RED)
SHELDON hopes to do some loaf-ing
besides working and acting as
camp counseller. He'll be around
home all summer and will welcome
any visitors, girls. ROY BORGE-SON
is going to spend his time
trying to learn how to win friends
and influence professors.
Home in Omaha, BUD WAAGE
has a full schedule for the sum-mer.
He's going., to be working,
helping with Bible School and has
some plans for helping to entertain
folks when the convention meets
down there. JONAS HAMMER will
be helping with the farm work
during the day time back home
but is not sure just how he'll spend
his evenings.
DAN NORDGREN will be found
either umpiring ball games or rest-ing
on Phalen beach here in St.
There are two things and only two
That cause the potter's "nay,"
A clumsy hand upon the form,
An unresponsive clay.
Our Lord the Perfect Potter is
And Him we cannot blame;
If faulty vessels are produced,
To us must come the shame.
—Baptist Standard
Since this is the last cup of
coffee we'll be sharing together for
a few months, let's just do a little
reminiscing. Remember-
—when we freshmen thought we
weren't being typical college stud-ents
unless we stayed up talking
until the wee hours of the morn-ing?
---the personal invitations a lot
of us received to bathtub parties?
—the struggles with our first
term paper?
- the day we moved the books
into the new library?
—the excitement of Bethel's first
"rush day?"
—the thrills of the chorus trips?
—how the girls dorm flooded
with talk of the coming Sadie Haw-kins
day party, and the familiar
phrase--"but what if he won't go?"
—the fun of playing hosts to
prospective students?
—the long treks over to Mac for
basketball games?
—the scramble for the shelter
of the closets at the approaching
footsteps of the dorm moniter?
—Mantzke's rendition of Jack
and Jill? How can we forget!
—the Homecoro,ing game and the
"determination" of the football
Yes, we could go on and mention
other activities of the year at
Bethel. You can't say on ink and
paper what this year at Bethel has
meant to each of us—spiritually
we have grown, mentally we have
developed and physically we hay(
Summing Up
The Blessings
Spiritually speaking, 'Bethelites
will chalk up this year at Bethel
as the most outstanding one in re-cent
A backward glance proves that
Dr. J. E. Orr, whose stirring mes-sages
wrought conviction of sin in
many hearts and were instrumen-tal
in kindling revival fires in the
lives of students and faculty alike,
did not by mere accident stand be-hind
the chapel pulpit that Monday
in April and prayerfully begin his
week of meetings.
The Welsh evangelist faced stud-ents
whose hearts had been under-going,
at God's hands, a unique
preparation for the Word he
Behind that bright Thursday
when so many students met God
in a new, vital way, stood hours
of earnest prayer in months past.
In January God drew the attention
of many students to chapters 6,
7 and 8 of Romans. Prayer-lives
took on new meaning and the per-iod
of heart-searching began.
Founder's Week brought Drs.
Adams, Ramm and Byus on the
scene, emphasizing the magnifice-nce
of God's Word. Rev. Clyde
Taylor's "You can't be a mission-ary
over there if you won't be a
missionary here" wrote Missionary
Emphasis Week in red letters on
the Bethel calendar%
When Queen Victoria asked
Cecil Rhodes what he was doing in
Africa, he replied, "Building an-other
empire for your majesty."
And when he lay dying he bemoan-ed
the fact that "so little was done
—so much to do."
Tennyson sang of "following
knowledge like a sinking star to
the u t most bounds of human
thought." And Brown i n g held
strongly that "a man's reach
should exceed his grasp—or what's
a heaven for?"
And the greatest of men and the
wisest of men who have gone the
farthest in study and research have
found themselves like little 'child-ren
in the valley of humiliation or
like those gathering pebbles on a
limitless shore.
Dr. Len Broughton of the south-land
was visiting with Thomas
Edison; and, thinking it an oppor-tune
time to learn something, he
asked that great genius what elec-tricity
was. With a twinkle in his
eye Thomas Edison asked Dr.
Broughten if he would promise not
to tell. Upon Dr. Broughton's ac-quiesing,
the wizard of electricity
replied: "We don't know anything
about it."
But there are those who know or
think they do. I was riding on a
fast train between New York and
Bridgeport, and beside me sat a
man from the U. S. Treasury De-partment.
I had just been taken
through the mammoth battleship
North Carolina, and had been tre-mendously
impressed — especially
by the radar in the captain's quar-ters.
When I referred to this in
conversation as being wonderful,
my friend from the Treasury De-partment
replied, "Why no, that
is not wonderful." Then he proce-eded
to tell me exactly how it
Well, that was fine, but I recall
how John Ruskin lamented the
passing of the sense of wonder in
the hearts of people today. They
know all about the phenomena of
_nature now—or they think they do.
But William Wordsworth sings
sadly of his own loss:
"The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose:
The moon doth with delight
Look down when the heavens are
The stars on frosty nights
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunlight is a glorious birth—
But this I know wherever I go
That there has passed away a
glory from the earth.
But not so, I believe, for the
true child of God. He stands with
amazement, with the. Psalmist,
contemplating the glory of God's
handiwork, and he praises Him
for the mystic wonder of redemp-tion.
The child-like spirit is ever
present. And indeed the greatest
of the great are those "who hum-ble
themselves like this child."
And so at this commencement
season we are looking ahead. We
are still in "the glory of the un-finished."
May we say with Paul,
"I press toward the mark"; and
may we say with Columbus, at
each eventide (in his log book),
"This day we sailed on" — until
the foliage and flowers of a new
shore, shall greet our ken and the
day star arise in our hearts.
May you all have a wonderful
summer—basking in the sunshine
of His love.
Dr. Clarence Nelson of Minneha-ha
Academy followed on his heels
with a Deeper Life Week used of
God to produce a Spiritual thought-fulness
that ripened under Dr.
Orr's ministry into conviction of
sin and simple, but powerful, revi-val.'
Chapel Quotes
"Prayer is the golden river at
whose brink some die of thirst
while others stoop to drink."
—H. Wyman Malmsten
* * *
"It isn't far from the deepest pit
to the highest height if God is with
—President Wingblade
"If we are to realize the promise
of things above, we will have to
put first things first. We will seek
a prayer life—one which carries
us beyond the mere mechanisms of
repeating the Lord's Prayer. ....
—Lloyd Sprecker
This Year's Days of Significance
Prepare Us For Victorious Future
A year ago Dr. Koller spoke to us on "This is the day the Lord
hath made . . ." Tonight Dr. Smith will speak to us on "In this out
day." Our days at Bethel have been varied in activity, but each with
its significant meaning in our lives. We are well aware that we cannot
always live in the days of Orr, Havner, and Byus, for "rear-view living"
is not victorious living.
Aid to Education
Intellects Reflect
The last issue of the Clarion and with the end of school near, the
current inquiry is, what are you going to do this summer? One can find
about as many different answers as there are people.
DOTTIE JOHNSON and MARIE ANN NELSON are among the many
kids that are going to be teaching Daily Vacation Bible School. Others
are LUCLIE REIK, PAUL DANIELSON, EILEEN SATHER, and DAVE
TUTT to name just a few of them.
FRANK DOTEN is planning on a fishing trip up in northern Minne-sota
and possible Canada before leaving for home. DOROTHY J.
NELSON is going to be church missionary for a church in Escanaba,
Michigan, and FLORENCE NORDSTROM is planning to help with Bible
School work in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Acting as nurse at a summer camp is one of the jobs DELORES
MACKEY has besides teaching Bible School in Bay City, Michigan.
Earnestly Contend
To Christ's followers has been delivered the "faith," i.e. the Oracles
of God—the history, doctrines, precepts of the Church of Christ. This
"faith" represents truths so important for the salvation of man that
Satan wants to destroy their value.
To you and me this is a challenge to responsibility and stewardship.
It is a trustee's duty to keep the deposit intact, to protect it against
corruption and robbery and to hand it on to others unimpaired.
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Friday, June 3, 1949 THE CLARION Page 3
Indians End Season With 9 Wins, 1 Loss
Lads and Lassies Win
Field Events 165-146
A crowd that averaged over 300 watched Bethel students participate
in the first annual Field Day events held on Edwards Field, Thursday,
May 19th. The gala event featured competition in almost every field that
could be witnessed in any major track meet. Competition consisted
of both boys and girls and took the form of rivallry between the Collegi-ate
Societies, the Lords and the Ladies against the Lads and Lassies.
When all the scores were tallied, there was no question that the
Lads and Lassies were victorious over their rivals by a combined score
of 165-146. The Lords won over the Lads, 104-81, and the Lassies over-came
the Ladies, 84-42, which indicates that the Lassies share the great-est
amount of credit for the victors.
High scorers in the Men's Divis-ion
were Roy Johnson and Ronald
Skoog who scored 25 and 24 points
respectively, Bud Dunn, scoring 18
points, C. Anderson 17, Bob Fry-kenberg
14, Bob Daley 13, and Fen
Swanson 12.
Lassie Marilyn Kortum totaled
the highest number of points for
the day by being a victor in al-most
all of the women's events,
netting 48 points.
Other high s c or e r s for the
Womens Division were M. J. Daley,
scoring 23 points, Ruth Erbst 13,
Florence Nordstrom 8, B. Cooper
8, and M. Holm 7.
The following is a list of the 1st
place winners in the various
50 yd. M. Kortum :7.2 Lassie
Event Winners Time Team
Footballers Plan
Early Return
Next Fall
On Tuesday, 24th May, 15 pros-pective
football players for next
year's team met with Coach Hol-strom
and discussed the necessity
of keeping in trim throughout the
summer in order that a stronger
more agile team can quickly be
put into action against next year's
Realizing that last season's team
was not in shape at the time com-petition
began, the Coach continu-ed
by challenging the gridmen to
prove their worth as a team that
was now to represent a four year
college. Holstrom indicated that
the speed of the backfield must be
increased 20V, and that of the line
Tentative plans are in the mak-ing
to have the footballers arrive
at school a week early next fall
and then go to a camp where they
would go through extensive "body
roughing" exercises — minus the
uniforms. If such plans are car-ried
out, it will certainly indicate
greater results for the team.
Along with the usual conference
teams, the Indians will possibly
add Northland and Augsburg to
'heir list of foes. As a final thought
.or the boys, the coach affirmed
that there was a place for every-
,ine in football and that the boys
',hould honestly find their proper
:dace and then train to carry out
that place in the best possible
Sports Sketch
Our last athlete to introduced
through this column this year is
25 year-old Harold Wertz, who
holds down the shortstop position
on the Indian Baseball team.
Harold is just a small man, stand-ing
5'9", however, he ma kes up for
his lack of height by tipping the
scale at 205.
Harold, who enrolled at Bethel
just this quarter, came to Bethel
from his home town in Alton, Illi-nois:
Before graduating from high-school
in 1940, Harold was active
in all types of highschool sports.
During the war years, alerts
spent three years in the U. S. Air
Force, part of which was spent in
the South Pacific. While in the
service, Harold played on several
baseball teams, the most outstand-ing
being the "Muroc Air Base 9"
of California.
Next fall Harold expects to be
back at Bethel playing football at
the tackle position. He will defi-nitely
prove an asset to the Bethel
When asked how he liked Bethel
Harold replied that he rates the
school very high and likes the
Christian atmosphere not only in
the school but also on the playing
field. Harold plans on attending
Bethel for two more years after
which he will transfer to another
Northwest college to continue in
a Physical Education major.
Athletes Honored
At Banquet Held
At Hasty Tasty
An athletic banquet in honor of
this year's football and basketball
players was held at the Hasty
Tasty Dining Hall on Thursday,
May 12th. Sixty persons attended.
After the menu of pork chops,
mashed potatoes, green peas, and
ice cream, was served, a short pro-gram
Was presented with Coach
Edwards acting as toastmaster.
Two vocal numbers were given
by the "Shower Room Quartet."
Pete Unruh and Kenny Greenman
played a trumpet duet which was
followed by a trumpet solo by Pete
A short reseme of both the foot-ball
and basketball seasons was
given by their respective coaches
Edwards and Holstrom, at which
time each coach expressed his ap-preciation
to the team members
for team cooperation throughout
the season. Mr. W. Malmsten ex-pressed
his thanks and apprecia-tion
to the teams and to the coach-es
and encouraged the expansion
of Bethel's sports program in as-suring
his backing.
Dean Carlson was the main
speaker for the event and he pre-sented
a challenge to the athletes
and also commended the teams
and the coaches for the overall
success of the past seasons. The
banquet was closed with prayer.
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Tennis Team Is
SMJCC Champs.
Golf Team Wins
On Thursday, May 19th, the Bet-hel
tennis team won the SMJCC
tennis singles and doubles champ-ionship
at a Conference meet held
at Rochester. As an entire team,
the netsters went undef eat ed
throughout the season to become
Conference Champions,
Bethel's side-shot artist Bob Mac-
Kinnon, won the singles champion-ship
by defeating each of the three
other singles teams represented at
the . meet, Bethany, Austin, and
Rochester. Roger Berg, who specia-lizes
in power shots, teamed up
with MacKinnon to defeat all their
opponents in the doub:es match.
3oth Berg and MacKinnon were
awarded medals.
The Bethel golf team accompani-ed
the tennis team to Rochester
and engaged in the conference golf
meet. Not being as fortunate as
the tennis team, the local golfers
took third place out of the four
teams represented. Frank Schlader
and Roger Hedberg represented
Bethel in the match.
On Saturday, the 21st of May,
both the tennis and golf teams ac-companied
the baseball team to
Mankato and competed against the
Bethany teams. MacKinnon, R.
Berg, and D. Baltz represented the
netmen, and the golf team consist-ed
of Schlader, C. Anderson, and
Hedberg. Once again the netmen
won every match.
The golfers were equally as for-tunate
as all three honors were
taken. Bethel returned home with
complete victories in baseball, ten-nis,
and golf.
Last Saturday, another local golf
and tennis meet was held with
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The Indians started out the sea-son
by defeating Waldorf 8-5 and
topping Concordia 9-0. Eklof was
the winning pitcher in both of
these games, and in the Concordia
meet, he pitched a no hitter and
struck out 19 opponents. After the
loss to Augsburg, the locallers won
over Northwestern, 8-7, with San-die
getting the credit, and were
also victorious over Waldorf, 5-3,
the winning pitcher being Green-man.
Eklof led the Indians to another
close victory over Northwestern,
9-8, and in their second game with
Concordia, Sandin pitched to an
easy win of 17-1. On a visit to
Mankato, the Bethel nine suppres-sed
Bethany 18-8, and in a local
meet against Luther, Eklof pitched
for a 4-2 win. Last Saturday's vic-tory
over Bethany completed a
successful baseball season for
Credit goes to more than just the
Bethel pitchers. Hitting home runs
throughout the season were
Waage, Greenman, and Bloom.
Along with these home-run hitters
has been left fielder Gaylord and
shortstop Wertz who have had
their share in the double and triple
sackers. The entire team has shar-ed
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100 yd. R. Skoog :10.9
200 yd. R. Johnson :26
440 yd. J. Schubring 1:3.5
100 yd. M. Kortum :13.2
Mens Relays
880 yd. Lord
Distance Runs
880 yd. R. Daley 2:14.9
Mile R. Frykenberg 5:4
Field Events
High Jump C. Anderson 5' Lad
Broad Jump R. Skoog 18'5" Lord
Discus Hurl M. Dunn 83'10" Lad
Shot Put R. Skoog 40'10" Lord
H. Jump M. J. Daley 3'8 1/2 " Ladie
Broad Jump R. Erbst 12' Lassie
Ball Throw B. Cooper Lassie
Three Legged Elliason-Kortum
Sack Race Kortum Lassie
Archery Kortum Lassie
No Hitter By Ekloi And Hard
Hitting Highlight Season
A victorious season of 9 wins and only 1 loss has been completed
by the Indian diamondmen as they closed the season by defeating Beth-any
last Saturday 3-2. In their third encounter, the Indians were defeated
by a strong Augsburg nine, 4-2.
Although the local nine completed an undefeated season against
SMJCC teams, they are not entitled to the Conference championship
due to the fact that veteran pitcher Bob Sandin was used against Con-ference
teams. Sandin has already completed the three year maximum
of Conference sports participation. Luther College was awarded Con-ference
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If this column were to have a title, it would no doubt be "Things
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you have finished reading it, will whisper (especially if you're in the
library at the time) a hearty "Amen." Here they are:
The smiles on students' faces as some of the teachers served coffee
to their final classes . . . That last wonderful chapel service . . : The
spring banquets,, expecially the B.W.A., where Myrt Rhenberg summed
up campus life in these words, "At night we talk over the woes of the
day with our roommates, yet remind ourselves that these are the hap-piest
days of our lives" .
How a fellow beat me at pingpong left-handed . . . Sweet rolls
served with hard-boiled eggs for breakfast . . . People who talk in class
so I can't hear the professor when I'm trying to concentrate on writing
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Friday, June 3, 1949
Ericsson Forensic Prize, fifteen dollars, to Lee Kingsley.
Ericsson Forensic Prize, ten dollars, to Harold Christenson.
Bethel Alumni Association Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to
Oliver Ohsberg and Dwight Ericsson; thirty-five dollars each, to
Edward Clay and Joy Ingalls.
Bethel Leadership Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Marwin
Lindstedt, Robert Hamlett, and John Dischinger.
Gordh Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to Rudolph.Forsman.
Fred Swedberg Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, giyen by the
Newport Church at Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, to Glen Swanson.
Canadian Scholarship, given by the Women's Commission of the Central
Canada Conference, twenty-five dollars, to Douglas Stimers.
Dr. Wilbert S. Port Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to David Brown.
Boston Young People's Society Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Harvey
Signe Erickson, Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, given by the War-ren,
Fa. Baptist Church, to -Marjorie Malm.
Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam, given by Harold L.
Kerfoot, in memory of his father, Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, fifty
dollars, to Marilyn Kortum.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Peterson Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Rudolph
Musk a.
Lagerquist Memorial Scholarship, given by the Iowa Young People's
Union, fifty dollars, to Perry Hedberg.
Freda Wall Encouragement Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Beverly Lewis
and Richard Dahlquist.
The Chaplain Earl Widen Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Del-mar
Klingberg Memorial Scholarship, given by the Historical Society of the
Baptist General Conference of America, fifty ,dollars, to Earl Byleen.
Lake Harriet Baptist Church Scholarship, seventy-five dollars, to Dennis
Esther Lundholm Memorial Scholarship, one hundred dollars, to Eleanor
The Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Burton Honor Scholarship, one hundred dollars,
to Walter Peterson.
Religious Council Scholarship, thirty-five dollars, to Myrtle Rehnberg.
Lords and Ladies
Win Schultz Cup
The collegiate societies launched
another new first Thursday even-ing,
May 10, in the colleg chapel
when they presented a program of
competition in the fields of -speak-ing,
singing, and writing.
The Lords and Ladies Society
the winner of this first annual Col-legiate
Cup Contest, and was a-warded
a beautiful trophy donat-ed
by Professor and Mrs. Samuel
Musical participants in the con-test
were judged by Mr. Harry
Opel of Minnehaha Academy, and
Forensics were judged by Mr.
Joseph Wenninger of St. Paul
Bible Institute. The judging was
done as objectivly as possible be-cause
of the impartiality of the
outside judges.
Bethel's faculty donned mortar-board
and hood on Sunday after-noon,
May 22, and followed the
prospective graduating classes into
the college chapel for the Bacca-laureate
While Prof. Smith played Men-delssohn's
traditional War March
of the Priests, the graduating
classes took their appointed places
of honor at the front of the chapel.
The main speaker of the occas-ion
was Rev. Eric Lindholm, who
used Moses as the subject for his
message, pointing out his great
patience as _a quality to be sought
after by all even today. Dean Carl-son
opened the . service and Dean
Oinark led in the closing prayer.
Special music NIY as provided by the
Chapel Choir.
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Missionary Band held its last
meeting of the year on Friday,
May 20. Mrs. Alma Bjork present-ed
the challenge for China through
the medium of colored slides.
"Sighted sub, sank same," was
an expression that came out of the
last war. Missionary Band can
state that phrase and say, "Stated
goal, reached same."
During the testimony period
George Johnson stated that in In-dia
he will be the supervisor of
the Elarrisinga school. This is the
school which the Bethel family is
helping to build with the $3,000 re-ceived
this school year. a letter home . . . The
Morrie's Glories
by Morrie Engstrom
Generally this last issue of the Clarion brings on a lot of reminisc-ing.
But, i.vhy bring in the past? True, it was one of the great years of
Bethel history. But let's look to the future. A good way to do that is
to take another look at the class prophecy and class will as mentioned
at the banquet. Some may have missed out.
Congratulations to the graduating seniors! Hazies Haze prophesied
success and Vernon Anderson ably handled the class will as witnessed
by Trewy Lawson.
Bethel's sports program is mov-ing
forward. Future years will
bring about the new stadium to
be used for the inter-collegiate
sports, it seems that Bob Bronko society competition. Speaking of At Alexis
Lodges Discussed
poured out a speech on Intera- The Alexis society held its last
mural Sports. It was entitled, "Hip meeting of the year on May 17 at
Hip Away." He argued that the S:00 p.m. Arnie Olson was song
modern pastors are going to waist. leader, and June Bruce lead in de-
The pastors are putting on a votions.
front. The pastors program, not the
The official Alexis pianist, Jean
pastor, should be well rounded. We
Sinclair, brought a piano solo. The
should either support a sport or
surprise sermon was a topical,
snort a support. Unquote. After based on the choius, "Do You
that, you can expect next year's Know That You've Been Born
seminary team to win the annual
Again." Surprised song leader
softball game with the college. Arnie Olson was the preacher.
The end of the year came in a
hurry. The Clarion will be taking
a rest for the summer, along with
the students.
Anderson Wins Award
In a National Short Story
Contest sponsored by Young
People for Baptist students,
Betty Anderson of Bethel recei-ved
an honorable mention for
her entry entitled "Peter Barn-aby's
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Dr. Carl Burton led the brief
library dedication service held
Sunday, May 22 on campus. Dr.
W. F. Widen centered his remarks
on Psalm 127:1, "Except the Lord
build the house, they labor in vain
that build it."
Others on the program included
the Rev. Wyman Malmsten, the
Bethel quartet, and the Rev. Rod-ger
Goodman, who led in the dedi-catory
Ice cream, cake, and sandwiches
were served to the more than 500
in attendance. Eating, talking, and
singing, otherwise forbidden in the
home of 24,000 books, closed the
afternoon's activities.
Held May 22
The only criticism of the even-ing
by the judges was their dif-ficulty
in making accurate judg-ments
due to the differenc of
selections between the two oups.
The points of the evening ided
up to a total of 260 of which the
Lords and Ladles earned 185. This
includes 25 points earned by the
Athletic games played earlier in
the year.
The Field Day competition that
took place earlier in the day is
entirely independent of this Col-legiate
Cup Contest and the points
are not included in this total.
Winners of any event this year
may not participate in that same
event next year.
Royal Peterson spoke on the sub-ject,
"Are Lodges Christian?" The
concensus of opinion expressed
was that any organization which
does not give Christ preeminence,
cannot be Christian. Lodges do not
give Christ alone the preeminence.
Installation of the new cabinet
was held following the main speak-er.
The new officers are: Douglas
Stimmers, president; William Mur-ray,
vice president; Mrs. Sydney
Wyma, secretary; Donald Gold-smith,
Fire Damages
Girl's Dorm
Residents of the Girls' Dormi-tory
were forced out into the street
by a fire which began in the closet
of room 302 at about midnight on
May 25. Eleanor Johnson, who had
been in another room, entered to
find the curtains in flames and her
roommate, Margaret Frieberg
....Marilyn Eastman was the first
to fight the blaze with the fire
extinguisher. Helen Olson aided
her and when Mr. Lawson arrived
he took over until the fire depart-ment
had dome.
The belongings of Margaret Frie-bei•
g and Dorothy Johnson were
completely destroyed by the blaze,
while the other two girls in the
room came out of the ordeal with
only a small loss. No injuries were
sustained in the fire, the cause of
which is still undertermined. Dam-age
is estimated at well over a
thousand dollars.
fellowship around the coffee cup . . . The testi-mony
of Christian teachers . . .
The good singing in chapel . . .
The enlightening discussions of
"World affairs" (?) after the moni-tor
has gone by . How the libr-ary
door always stuck, hindering
us from or study pursuits . . .
The fellowship of prayer . . .
Our last Botany field trip, end-ing
in a weiner roast . . . How Vi
La ven received the answer to her
perennial spring question: "Spring
is sprung; the grass is rizz; I
wonder where the diamonds izz?"..
The way the magazines which we
finally chose to use for research
on our term papers where always
at the bindery . . .
How I learned to find the loop-hole
in every rule, though cam-pused
. . . The contribution which
the collegiate societies have made
to the culture at Bethel ... How a
fe:low 'student was peeking through
a classroom keyhole to see if de-votions
were over before he en-tered,
when President WIngblade
spied him, saying, "You, could see
and hear better if you went in-side".
. .
Ma Olson's cooking . . How
Clara Leggett was composing a
"Symphony of Unfinished Assign-ments"
on the Chapel Choir trip ..
The privilege and fun of writing
this column . . . And, oh yes, a
few other things!
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A simple example to demonstrate the behavior:
namespace RedefinedConstants {
// redefining global namespace constants has no effect
define('NULL', 'I am not global NULL!');
define('TRUE', 'I am not global TRUE!');
define('FALSE', 'I am not global FALSE!');
// redefining local namespace constants will work
define('RedefinedConstants\NULL', 'I am not NULL!', \TRUE);
define('RedefinedConstants\FALSE', 'I am not FALSE!', \TRUE);
define('RedefinedConstants\TRUE', 'I am not TRUE!', \TRUE);
NULL, \NULL, null, \null, Null, \Null,
FALSE, \FALSE, false, \false, False, \False,
TRUE, \TRUE, true, \true, True, \True
Nulls are almost the same as unset variables and it is hard to tell the difference without creating errors from the interpreter:
$var = NULL;
isset($var) is FALSE
empty($var) is TRUE
is_null($var) is TRUE
isset($novar) is FALSE
empty($novar) is TRUE
is_null($novar) gives an Undefined variable error
$var IS in the symbol table (from get_defined_vars())
$var CAN be used as an argument or an expression.
So, in most cases I found that we needed to use !isset($var) intead of is_null($var) and then set $var = NULL if the variable needs to be used later to guarantee that $var is a valid variable with a NULL value instead of being undefined.
a quick note about the magic function __get() :
class Foo{
protected $bar;
public function __construct(){
$this->bar = NULL;
var_dump( $this->bar ); //prit 'NULL' but won't call the magic method __get()
unset( $this->bar );
var_dump( $this->bar ); //print 'GET bar' and 'NULL'
public function __get( $var ){ echo "GET " . $var; }
new Foo();


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After several semi-successful tries at the health club industry, Curves International Founder, Gary Heavin, decided to concentrate on the 100-million strong "niche" of the women's fitness market. In the 11 years since opening the first Curves, Heavin has seen his niche club grow into a chain of close to 6,000 franchises open worldwide, with no slowdown in sight.
Ci: How did you get started in the industry?
I went to college a couple of years pre-med, waiting tables trying to get through school and I realized that I wasn't going to be able to go to med school waiting tables. I saw an opportunity to take over a health club in Houston that was going out of business, and with the help of my brother — I think we paid $10,000 for the place — I went in and started to run it hands-on. I didn't know anything about running a health club, but I knew about people and caring about people and I had a good physiology background, so I was able to approach the exercise and the weight loss from a perspective that was teachable. I found out very quickly that I was good at it.
The club was an alternate club. One day it was men, and one day it was women. I realized that women's days were a heck of a lot more fun and we also produced 70 percent of the revenue on women's days. So as fast as I could I threw the men out and became a women-only facility, and it was called Women's World of Fitness. I almost starved to death the first year. If I didn't sell a membership they turned the lights off. I didn't have a car. I slept in the nursery and it was a struggle, but that's how you learn. You are highly motivated when you are going to lose everything if the next sell doesn't happen. But while dealing with the first year, I had built up a pretty good membership, had figured out some effective methods and scripted some sales presentations that were pretty reliable and were successful enough to take over another facility nearby under a management agreement.
Then, by the time I was 26, I had six locations. I had a million-dollar financial statement and was providing fitness services to tens of thousands of women. At age 30, I had 14 locations, 50,000 members, I'd written my first book and had developed a method to raise metabolism either following a diet or after reaching a goal for women who had been yo-yo dieting. That was a profound tool that I was able to bring to the marketplace as a weight loss counselor. So that was many years ago, and of course, my new book is based on that formula.
Then, at about age 30 I lost everything. What I had done was expanded markets that were too small to support the conventional women's facility. What I mean by conventional is the 5,000-square-foot club that had an aerobic room and a sauna and a steam. And I also went into the men's fitness business, which was a mistake. So I lost it all. As I began to rebuild I looked at the mistakes I made and learned from them and began to do it differently.
Ci: Is that where the Curves concept was founded?
It took me until about age 40 to perfect the Curves formula. At age 40 I really felt that I had the solution to meet the needs of the niche. And I like the word niche because people used to say, "Oh, your niche is the women-only market," well that niche is 100 million women. It was my little secret that this niche had the potential to become what it was. So my wife and I opened the first Curves in 1992. We really perfected this formula. It was really the smallest denominator of what was working out there — 30-minute total fitness. It sounds too good to be true, but if you understand there are only three parts to a total workout. There's cardio where you raise your heart rate, you do some kind of work that raises the heart rate to training level and keeps it there for 20 minutes or so. There is strength training, which means you move a resistance that's heavier than what the muscles are accustomed to in reps and sets, and then there's stretching, which shouldn't take very long. Now, we use technology, hydraulic resistance, to allow us to use strength training as the work of cardio. That's the magic. It's not a gimmick, it's the toughest 30 minutes of your day, but it's efficient.
Ci: Why does that formula work?
Seventy percent of women across this country are not exercising on a regular basis, according to the National Institute of Health. The two complaints women have were time and not feeling comfortable in the co-ed club. Your conventional workout is an hour and a half. You do your cardio for 30 minutes, then you go on to the weight room. So 30-minute fitness was medicine these women would take. And the other thing was the atmosphere. In the conventional gyms across the land, the equipment is designed to fit the average man and the environment was comfortable only for men. Women were welcome, but they weren't comfortable there. So they didn't go. Women used to tell me, "Before I can go to that gym I've got to lose 10 pounds." We focus on meeting the needs of women who really felt like second-class citizens in the gyms across the land.
Ci: Why the decision to franchise rather than grow the chain internally and through corporate build-out?
I knew that this business was perfect for a local owner that had passion for the community — so it had to be done as a franchise. But the business model had to be so simple that you could teach these women — many of them housewives — to close a sale, generate a lead, be a personal trainer and a nutritional counselor. It had to be simple enough, much like the workout and my weight loss method — effective and simple.
Ci: It has been a successful formula for you, and it seems that there's more interest in women's, especially at the weight-loss end of the market, with some of the traditional health clubs expanding that role. Is that something that still has growth potential for you and other companies?
Well, it's one of those little secrets that they're catching on to. Well, you just let the cat out of the bag right now. The weight-loss business is bigger than the fitness business. The people that are in the weight-loss business have produced a 95 percent failure rate in long-term weight loss. If ever there was an opportunity for growth for all of us, fitness has to be a part of successful weight loss. There are people who are teaching weight loss, you know Jenny Craig has dropped 200 to 300 locations in the last 24 months; its program fails and it's defective. I mentioned this method of raising metabolism that I developed well over 20 years ago. It's a paradox shift in the way weight loss is delivered in this country. My book outlines the method that changes weight loss in this country. Every weight loss program, whether it is Atkins' For Life, Jenny Craig, Weight Watcher's, etc is an ongoing program. The Curves approach to weight loss is to raise metabolism so you don't have to be stuck with a maintenance diet — that has failed for Americans time and time again. I plan on doubling the memberships in our facilities by taking over the weight loss business in this country. We are uniquely positioned to do that with 6,000 locations in every market in this country that offer a better mousetrap for approaching weight loss. We use a temporary diet that produces permanent weight loss. Curves franchisees are very successful — we have about a 96 percent success rate.
Ci: Do you plan on doing that by adding locations, growing the size of the clubs to allow more members or other methods?
There are only about 8,000 to 9,000 potential locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. We are already at about 7,000 locations sold with 5,500 open and another 250 opening every month, which is about one every four hours. By this time next year we will be sold out. We now constitute about 25 percent of all health clubs in America. We grew steadily and own the markets. We did this by word of mouth, as we did with our memberships. We became the largest fitness franchise in each of the 50 states before anyone knew we were there. We are also the largest fitness franchise in Spain, Mexico and Canada. We are now open in England, Ireland, Scotland and Portugal. We have some advantages in foreign cultures because the government makes it difficult to build-out and it takes traditional facilities far longer to get open than a Curves franchise.
Ci: How about growth among the individual franchisees?
The individual locations are expanding, in some instances. Overall, our sales average last month was 94 percent, so if 10 women walk into a Curves anywhere in America, 9.4 of them bought. It's hard to believe, but we track these numbers very closely and three years ago it was only 75 percent — which is good — so we've had great, sustained growth.
Our top franchise in St. Louis is 2,300 square feet and has 1,600 members and the owner pays $2,300 in rent, and has a big circuit with 26 stations. We have a fixed royalty, which is rare in the franchise business. She paid 20,000 for the franchise, which includes equipment and another $15,000 or so for build-out. In all, I'd say she has $50,0000 total in this business. She is open five days and a couple of hours on Saturday, so all told her expenses run about $12,000 a month. She has 1,600 members at $29 each and signs new people up all the time, so in all she does about $50,000 a month in revenue. She nets $500,000 a year off of a $20,000 franchise and now owns a second franchise down the street with 1,000 members. And you know what, she didn't go into this to make money; she went into it because she had a passion to help people. Unfortunately, our industry has attracted people that are founding their businesses on profit and we are a service business. If you serve people the profits will come. That's the message that I'd like people in this industry to get hold of, they have their priorities wrong.
Ci: To what do you attribute that spike in sales success overall at Curves?
I think our commercials helped because women got to see Curves before they walked in the door and knew it was a safe place that provided comfort and effective results, so they were walking in the door with their checkbooks out. You have to remember that these are housewives that have been trained to sell memberships and they are selling 94 percent, which is top-level professional performance.
Ci: So the basic demographic of the Curves staff and owner is the housewife going back to work?
As a matter of fact, almost every franchise sale comes to us as a former member. We are the fastest-growing franchise in the world according to Entrepreneur magazine and we don't advertise. That is a testament to a number of things. First, it works for the franchisee, the investor in this opportunity. They do get a great return on their time and money, plus it is gratifying for them. It also works for the members. They are getting off the couch and doing strength training, cardio, stretching, and they are getting results. More than that they are telling others about the experience, who are then buying memberships and franchises.
Ci: Many see the Curves 30-minute workout plan as a stepping stone for the demographic that makes up your memberships to a more conventional fitness facility. Is this the case from your perspective?
I get that question all the time from so-called experts who think we are only going to get to a certain level of success with our formula. What makes Curves fun isn't the equipment, the music, etc. It is the culture. The social aspect allows us to maintain a fun environment because of the way the product is used from the circuit, to the trainer coaching members along. Members will do basically the same thing every time they come in but the environment will always be more fun than going from a treadmill to a stepper, by yourself. As for the workout, it is a misnomer that you can't get in shape by doing the same workout every time. As members get in more shape they will encounter greater resistance and move at greater speeds so their heart rates will elevate and their muscles will become stronger and they will always stretch. So they will get an optimum quality of workout and can live the active lifestyle that should complement a Curves workout. And if the women want to go join a traditional facility, do longer workouts and maybe meet some men, we don't mind that either.
Ci: What about competitors in the women's marketplace? It seems as if there is renewed focus for that 100 million-strong niche you mentioned. Could this affect Curves' expansion pace?
We're limited in our openings because we don't want Curves locations competing with each other. We have carefully sculpted out markets that give our franchisees the ability to build and sustain a reasonable membership. We have been careful not to leave gaps that would allow competitors to come in. But we really don't see us as having true competitors. We have people that copy what we do. We have about 6,000 locations and Lady of America is probably the largest one of these and they only have 500 locations because they bought out Ladies Workout Express. So, over 20 years they have built 250 locations and we do that every month. We are the McDonald's, but they are really no Burger King or Wendy's. There is still potential in this market. We are comfortable because it is really about the service and not the money. We, as fitness providers, are about the only hope in this country in the battle against chronic disease and rate of obesity, so there is really a lot of opportunity for everyone. What's unique about Curves, though, is that you can copy the equipment but not the culture. We have grown totally by word of mouth so we have attracted people with the right priorities — people with a passion for service. It is the Curves culture that is empowering women to become exercisers with support and encouragement from someone that has experienced it themselves.
Ci: Do you feel you may be missing out on a large segment of women that are looking for more amenities, such as day spa services, massage, etc. that they don't find at Curves?
For the most part, the majority of women have been too busy to go to those places and invest the hour and a half that it takes. Or many have been too uncomfortable. Let's face it, men stare at them and hit on them that's just the way it is. Those conventional gyms have been splitting up the men's fitness pie and the women's fitness pie from 18 to 32 years old. We realize that some percentage of our members become exercise fanatics and want to do other stuff or want the pampering, but there are 100 million women and when enough of them enjoy 30-minute fitness they will see the typical workout as a waste of time.


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Monday, February 20, 2012
This last weekend on the CBC Radio One program "North by Northwest" they were asking for readers' stories and experiences looking for lost childhood favorite recipes or foods. That got me thinking about my own childhood favorites. Of course, like most of us, I was not raised vegan, so some of my old favorites were "meaty". My late mother, Eve Urbina, was a great cook, but not a baker, so not many homemade desserts came to mind (we mostly had yogurt and fruit for dessert). But one of my real favorite from my Mom's repertoire was chicken sauteed in olive oil with white wine and rosemary, which resulted in a sticky, flavorful "goo" at the bottom of the pan, which she would mix with steamed long-grain rice to serve with the chicken.
So, I attempted a vegan version for our Saturday night dinner, using some Gardein-made meatless "chicken breasts" we can buy frozen in our local Great Canadian Superstore. The most difficult part is getting the "goo" at the bottom of the pan. I tried a trick from my Italian cookbook "Nonna's Italian Kitchen", agar-jelled broth, but made with Better Than Bouillon No-Chicken Vegan Broth Paste instead of my homemade broth from the book. However, despite my jelled broth addition and cooking it down, the residue in the pan refused to get as "sticky-gooey" as the original. That's probably because there was much more fat in my childhood version. But no worries— the resulting sauce was absolutely delish!
Servings: 4
UPDATE: This reviewer loved the dish and he made it with my "Breast of Tofu" (recipe in most of my books and online here), known as "Crispy Marinated Tofu" in "World Vegan Feast", instead of the chicken sub. You could also use homemade seitan "cutlets". We can no longer get the Gardein or PC Blue Menu vegan products (made by Gardein) in Canada, so I will be using my "Breast of Tofu", or my homemade cutlets (see Light Seitan Cutlets" recipe, p.5 in "World Vegan Feast" from now on.
23 comments:
- Debbie said...
For Valentine's Day I made vegan 'chicken' cacciatore. It was jusr as delicious as I remembered it to be. More so, because no animals died for my pleasure. Gardein breasts make it easy to veganize so many old favorites.
- Mon Feb 20, 04:11:00 PM PST
- Mattheworbit said...
That looks really fantastic. And thanks for the agar-coaty-broth tip!
- Mon Feb 20, 05:03:00 PM PST
My husband is going to love that recipe, Bryanna. Except I can't find a really good chicken sub locally but it should work with marinated extra firm tofu, don't you think?
One of my childhood favourites was what my mother called "Grashak Paprikash" and my grandma called "Goulash" (former Yugoslav, latter Hungarian). It's not the goulash recipe I see most often, although I've never seen two identical ones! It is similar to one that was served at a temporary Hungarian restaurant at the World Expo when it came to Aus in the '80s though. It's a very simple stew consisting of just about any meat (usually beef but often made with chicken and pork by both matriarchs), potatoes, peas and dumplings. The meat's no problem to veganize and I veganised the dumplings by trial and error, only to end up with something virtually identical to your "feather-light dumplings" from one of your cookbooks.
One desert I'd love to veganise but haven't had enough time to play with and am not sure on best subs is a cheesecake mum makes with cottage cheese, cream and maybe some beaten eggwhite (but I'm not sure about that bit). It's a cold set, European style of cheesecake but a bit lighter with just a tiny bit of graininess which normally I wouldn't like, but it's just right for that dessert somehow. I can't get vegan versions of cottage cheese or cream here and I'm not sure which of the homemade varieties would be best so I haven't really tried. Would be nice to have it for my birthday, though, which is coming up....
- Tue Feb 21, 02:22:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
KathyG, I wonder if you could work with this Italian recipe to make something like what you describe? http://veganfeastkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/pastiera-napolitana-vegan-neapolitan.html
- Tue Feb 21, 07:24:00 AM PST
- Sarah said...
My favorite recipe from childhood was London Broil. I wonder what preparation for seitan would be ideal to simulate the texture of flank steak? Or should I try soy curls? I haven't eaten meat is so long I actually can't remember what the texture should be. Thanks!
- Tue Feb 21, 08:42:00 AM PST
- elizabeth said...
What a great recipe, would love to try it but I don't have any of the cutlets available. I know it wouldn't be in "chicken breast" form, but do you think I could try a version with soy curls?
- Tue Feb 21, 09:16:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
elizabeth, you could try it with Soy Curls. But you could also try it with my "Breast of Tofu" from my older books or "Crispy Marinated Tofu" from World Vegan Feast. Do you have any of those books? Also, where do you live-- just wondering if some product that you're not aware of might be available in your area.
- Tue Feb 21, 09:26:00 PM PST
- elizabeth said...
I live and hour from Butte, MT. I've never looked for vegan chicken cutlets, but am sure the local health food store would order some for me. I've never bought any meat subs and don't have my eye out for them when I'm shopping. I love tofu and do have some in the fridge. I don't have your books, but will have to order some soon!
- Tue Feb 21, 09:39:00 PM PST
- elizabeth said...
Sounds like you have some great products where you live in Canada. I wish I could get the PC Blue Menu Peach & Passion Fruit Twice The Fruit Spread that I read about on your site, sounds so delicious! My parents go to B.C. every summer, so I'm going to have my Mom look for it.
- Tue Feb 21, 09:47:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
elizabeth, I went on the "store locator" on the Gardein site, and they have Gardein products at the Safeway in Dillon and Helena. Is that any help?
- Tue Feb 21, 09:50:00 PM PST
- elizabeth said...
My husband is going to Helena in a couple weeks, I'll have him check Safeway. Thank you Bryanna! Now where can I buy that passionfruit jam?
- Tue Feb 21, 09:54:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
You've got me there!
- Wed Feb 22, 07:44:00 AM PST
- in2insight said...
This looks wonderful, and have printed it to make this weekend.
My childhood fav was rosted chicken and potatoes, done in a pan. No clue how it was made however.
- Wed Feb 22, 07:55:00 AM PST
- Spice Island Vegan said...
My childhood favorite is Lumpia Semarang (Semarang is the town where I was born). http://whattocooktoday.com/semarang-style-lumpia-lumpia-semarang.html Here is what it looks like. It looks like fried spring rolls but the filling is made of bamboo shoots, pork, prawn, and eggs. They are not always fried. We also like it soft like the Vietnamese spring roll (rice paper rolls).
I can veganize it but haven't tried it yet.
- Wed Feb 22, 03:52:00 PM PST
Chicken and dumplings! I would also enjoy a vegan pansit recipe. This southeast Asian dish is noodles, veggies and roasted chopped up pork chops!
- Wed Feb 22, 07:19:00 PM PST
I saw that recipe when you posted it and it looks nice but a bit involved for me. I don't think it will end up like mum's cheese cake, but I have considered using the filling to replicate her ricotta strudel which she makes with philo pastry.
In the meantime, I've emailed my sister to get the recipe for mum's cheesecake... Experimenting to start soon...
- Wed Feb 22, 11:29:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
kathyG, I was thinking of the "cheese-y" part, without the cooked grains...and, of course, with your own flavoring.
- Thu Feb 23, 08:08:00 AM PST
Oh, ok. I'll have a closer look at it again. Probably not for a couple of weeks though.
On another note, what's happening with that buttery spread experiment? I was wanting some the other day....
- Thu Feb 23, 11:52:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
I'm just waiting for final testing results from the testers.
- Thu Feb 23, 12:17:00 PM PST
I used to like Lemon Chicken from Asian restaurants very much,
Would also love a good whipped cream recipe sub.
- Sat Feb 25, 10:33:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Anonymous, there are 2 different lemon Chicken recipes in my Chinese cookbook "Authentic Chinese Cuisine for the Contemporary Kitchen"( http://tinyurl.com/3gsutls ), and my favorite "whipped cream" recipe (from my new book" is here; http://veganfeastkitchen.blogspot.com/2011/09/almond-cream-whipped-topping.html
- Sat Feb 25, 01:35:00 PM PST
- in2insight said...
Wow, this was a real winner. Thank you, thank you, so much for sharing this recipe. Truly outstanding dish.
I blogged about it on my site too.
- Sun Feb 26, 12:30:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Thanks for the feedback, in2sight! And I'm so glad you liked the cassoulette, too!
- Sun Feb 26, 01:53:00 PM PST


text: Brisbane - Cricket Australia team performance manager Pat Howard says all-rounder Shane Watson's calf injury and resulting inability to bowl is adding to the selection issues for the second test against South Africa in Adelaide beginning November 22. Howard said Wednesday that the national selection panel wants the Australian vice-captain to prove his fitness to play as an allrounder, indicating they're unlikely to consider him solely as a batsman for the second of three Tests. The first Test ended in a draw at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday. Watson was replaced in the Brisbane Test by left-hander Rob Quiney, who was forced to bowl seven overs of his part-time medium pace to help Australia get through the overs as South Africa made 450 in its first innings of the rain-affected match.


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News Briefs
January/February 2010
Treatment Guidelines Updated
It's official. U.S. HIV treatment guidelines, updated in December, now recommend starting therapy when a person's T-cells drop to 350. The previous recommendation was 200. However, therapy is recommended for anyone, regardless of T-cell count, who has had an AIDS-defining illness (such as PCP), is pregnant, has HIV-associated nephropathy (kidney illness), or have hepatitis B for which treatment is warranted. Treatment should be considered for people with T-cells between 350 and 500, although the panel of experts was divided on the strength of this recommendation. The panel was more divided on the idea of starting therapy above 500 T-cells: half was for it, half saw it as optional.
Always of interest in guideline changes are recommendations for drug treatment. The following recommendations were made for people taking HIV treatment for the first time:
For when to use genotypic versus phenotypic resistance testing in treatment-experienced patients with viremia while on therapy, the guidelines recommend:
Substantial changes were made to these areas:
The guidelines panel also added a section on treatment consideration for HIV-2, the virus endemic in poor countries. Visit www.aidsinfo.nih.gov to see the guidelines.
Selzentry Now for First-Timers
People going on HIV therapy for the first time now have the option of taking Selzentry (maraviroc). In November, the FDA expanded the Selzentry drug label to include first-time users of HIV medications, called "treatment-naive." Selzentry works by blocking HIV from binding to CCR5 sites on human cells. Therefore, it can only be taken by people with CCR5-tropic HIV. A tropism test helps determine whether or not a person's HIV is CCR5-tropic. For more information, see the March/April Positively Aware Annual HIV Drug Guide.
GSK and Pfizer Combine HIV Efforts Into a New Company: ViiV Healthcare
Two large pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer, Inc., have combined their HIV medications and development divisions into a new company, called ViiV Healthcare ("ViiV," pronounced "veev"). In a press release, GSK called the company "a new specialist HIV company." ViiV is expected to increase "flexibility" in responding to changing needs, as well as developing new drugs and treatment strategies. The company has a combination of 10 medicines currently on the market (including Ziagen, Epivir, Epzicom, and Selzentry), and reported that it has 17 molecules to work on, including seven in Phase 2 (early) development. In the release, Dr. Dominique Limet, the Chief Executive Officer of ViiV Healthcare, said, "A core objective of ViiV Healthcare will be to address the current treatment and formulation gaps faced in responding to pediatric needs. One of our first tasks will be to identify partners to help develop fixed-dosed combinations, and we are providing ?10 million of seed funding to support a Public Private Partnership approach to the discovery of much needed clinical evidence into new HIV/AIDS medicines for children." According to the release, "ViiV Healthcare is committed to broadening access to its current medicines for all those people requiring life-saving treatment regardless of income and geography." Visit www.viivhealthcare.com.
Retrovir (Zidovudine) for Pediatrics
On November 6, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved revised pediatric dosing recommendations for Retrovir (zidovudine, AZT) that expands dosing to include children starting treatment at four weeks of age. Visit www.retrovir.com to view the revised drug label with its updated pediatric dosage of zidovudine syrup.
Entry Ban on HIV Lifted
On October 30, President Barack Obama lifted the ban on entry to the U.S. by HIV-positive people. The lifting of the ban, which was established in 1987, will officially take effect on January 1, 2010. The ban affected tourists as well as people applying for residency. Because of it, international HIV conferences did not take place in the U.S.
New Drug Interactions for Norvir
The HIV drug Norvir has a long list of drugs it interacts with. In November, the FDA added two more. The FDA approved the following changes to Norvir's drug label. Increased levels of the asthma medication salmeterol (Serevent) are seen with Norvir and co-administration of the two drugs is not recommended because of the potential for increased cardiovascular adverse events. Salmeterol is also available in combination with fluticasone propionate (Advair). Also, sildenafil (Revatio) when used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) should not be taken by people using Norvir. The label change states that a safe and effective dose has not been established for the two drugs when co-administered, and there is an increased potential for sildenafil-associated adverse events, including visual abnormalities, low blood pressure, and loss of consciousness. Sildenafil is the active ingredient in both Viagra and Revatio, medications used to treat erectile dysfunction in addition to high blood pressure. Norvir is one of two medications in the HIV drug Kaletra.
New TPAN Program Helps Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) now has a program for HIV-positive survivors of childhood sexual abuse, whether they were children or adolescents at the time.
LIFT -- Living in the Face of Trauma -- teaches participants coping skills to help in their emotional healing. LIFT is an established, evidence-based (scientifically proven to be effective) program that helps to reduce the stress and negative behaviors that arise from trauma.
"It has been very well documented that people who are sexual abuse survivors are much more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors such as sex work, multiple sex partners, substance abuse, and adult sexual victimization, whether as a perpetrator or as a victim," says Bill Farrand, Director of Programs and Client Services at TPAN. He said being a survivor doubles a person's risk of HIV infection.
In LIFT, survivors learn how to form and sustain healthy relationships. They also gain insight into negative and self-destructive behaviors, including drinking and using drugs, that have resulted from the trauma of sexual abuse that they have endured. There are separate groups for men and women, with up to eight participants per group. Sessions include skills training in relaxation, expressing emotions, problem solving, and risk reduction. Another focus is looking at the effect of HIV on the participants' lives.
To join LIFT, or for more information about the program, call Paul Wiemerslage at TPAN at (773) 989-9400, ext. 245.
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By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - As the battle in Congress over the U.S. budget grinds on, states say they may soon have to choose between putting their own dollars into federal programs for residents or letting vitally important services such as food stamps lapse.
"States have thus far managed to avoid closing or suspending most programs and services by using carry-over funds or, in some cases, by using state spending to fill in for missing federal dollars," the bipartisan National Governors Association said in a letter sent to congressional leaders on Thursday. "However, states are not in a position to be the bank for the federal government,"
The letter, which was copied to President Barack Obama, asked for reimbursements for expenses that states might incur while funding for federal programs is in limbo. This included paying for personnel whose salaries are supported, at least in part, by federal grants.
Programs such as Women Infants and Children, which provides food assistance to mothers and their offspring, have provisional funding measures until the end of the month. But states are uncertain about how much money is available.
States also do not know if they will be reimbursed should the shutdown extend past Nov. 1 and they step in to cover the costs, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers.
States administer numerous federally funded programs including food stamps, bearing part of the operational costs and dealing directly with the recipients.
Several states have already furloughed federally funded employees and others notified workers of potential layoffs. Michigan this week sent out notices it could furlough 20,000 people after Oct. 31.
Connecticut's Democratic governor, Dannel Malloy, ventured to a Head Start center in Bridgeport on Wednesday to announce the state would spend $800,000 to keep the federally funded preschool operating. Head Start provides education and care to young children from low-income families across the country.
"Obviously, Connecticut cannot pick up the slack for the entire federal government," Malloy said at the event. "But we can try to do what's possible in the short term to make sure our most vulnerable citizens receive the services they need."
States' revenues only returned to their pre-recession peaks at the end of 2012. Almost all states were forced to slash spending, hike taxes, raid reserves and turn to the federal government for help during the 2007-2009 downturn. Now they are focused on strengthening their budgets in case another economic storm strikes.
Republican demands to defund or delay Obama's healthcare reforms as a condition of passing a broad government spending bill led to deadlock, triggering a partial government shutdown with the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.
Negotiations intensified on Friday, with Obama, a Democrat, meeting with Senate Republicans at the White House and speaking to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner by phone. House Republicans will meet at the Capitol on Saturday to discuss their options.
Besides arguing over ending the shutdown that is 11 days old, political leaders are focused on raising U.S. borrowing authority and possibly finding longer-term government spending cuts.
Thirty states have Republican governors.
Kansas has "$430 million in the bank," Governor Sam Brownback, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday. "This strong ending balance provides us with flexibility in cash flow management that we can use to minimize the effect of the federal government shutdown on programs critical to the citizens of Kansas."
NASBO, though, said not all states have enough cash on hand to "backfill" federal programs and some states have looked into selling short-term assets.
Pew Charitable Trusts said states may struggle with tapping reserves to backfill, as well, as 10 states require approval special legislative approval to use rainy day funds, and four others can only use reserves for a shortfall or similar problem.
Pew said after sequestration a handful of states enacted policies to stave off potential federal shortages, including Vermont, which set aside $4 million from its recent surplus.