text:
For we are His work-manship,
created in
Christ Jesus unto
good works, . . . .
. . . which God hath
before ordained that
we should walk in
,ate. Official Schaal Pap them. Eph. 2:10
eampea Caleacia4
Tonight, 20 November —
Duo-piano recital presented
Smith in the college chapel,
8:30 p.m.
Monday, 23 November —
All-school roller skating party,
7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Colise-um,
Lexington and University
Tuesday, 24 November —
Spanish club meeting, boys
dorm recreation room, 7:30
Thursday and Friday, 26, 27 No-vember
Thanksgiving vacation
Monday, 30 November —
Student Recital, college chap-el,
8 p.m.
Friday, 4 December —
Christmas concert, college
chapel, 8 p.m.
December 7-11 —
Fall quarter examinations
December 11 —
Christmas vacation begins,
5 p.m.
Tuesday, 5 January—
Winter quarter begins
Rev. Lundquist
3rd prize — $1.00
Watch for these photos
in the 1954 SPIRE
Vol. XXXI — No. 5
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, November 20, 1953
Faculty Recital Features Duo-Pianists
School Board Appoints
Lundquist Acting Dean
Rev. Carl Lundqust, president-elect of Bethel College, was recently
appointed by the Bethel school board to, serve as acting dean, tempor-arily
replacing Dean Carlson.
Dr. Carl Burton, chairman of the school board, stated that the board
is in the process of choosing a permanent dean, and even though the
new dean may be appointed in the near future, he will not take office
before next September. Until then, Rev. Lundquist will be acting dean.
Because Rev. Lundquist serves
in other capacities on campus as
well as doing graduate work at the
University in preparation for tak-ing
his position of president next
September, he will not fully serve
the capacity of dean, but will be
overseer of the duties of the dean's
office. The work will be shared by
several staff members.
Rev. Lundquist will begin his
work as acting dean January 1
when Dean Carlson leaves for his
position as Executive Director of
the Baptist Joint Committee or
Public Affairs in Washington, D.C.
Roger Bailey Organizes
Chamber Singing Group
Roger Bailey, instructor in music, announced recently the plans for
the organization of a chamber singer group again on campus. This sing-ing
group, under the direction of Mr. Bailey, is designed to give students
an opportunity for choral work who are unable to belong to any other
singing groups. As it is a smaller group than any other musical organ-ization
on campus the chamber singers will do interesting and various
types of music designed especially for small groups.
No choral experience is neces-sary,
nor is a solo voice a prereq-uisite,
but students with an interest
in the musical world and perform•
ante of music such as this, are
urged to see Mr. Bailey the week
following Thanksgiving, either
Tuesday or Thursday. He will be
in his teaching room, 205 in the
college building, all day December
1 or 3 to see both former members
of the singing group and anyone
else interested in the same.
Practices will begin immediately
following Christmas vacation, and,
although the time has not been def-initely
set, they will probably be
held sometime Tuesday or Thurs-day
The chamber singer group last
year made two appearances. Once,
with an orchestral group from the
University of Minnesota, they pre-sented
Kaljo Raid's "Proverbs,"
and the other time, they partici-pated
in Mr. Bailey's recital, sing-ing
"Five Mystical Songs" by
Vaughan Williams.
Annual Smorgasbord
Scheduled Dec. 10
The annual Christmas smorgas-bord
will be held Thursday, Decem-ber
10 in the Bethel dining hall.
Hours for serving are from 5 to 7
One of the highlights of the year,
the annual smorgasbord combines
many of the favorite Swedish
dishes into a Christmassy atmo-sphere
for one of the last meals
before vacation begins. Those taking part in the tourna-
Tickets, at the price of $1.50, will ments were Robert Hilton, Don
go on sale soon, and will be avail- Richardson, Don Fuller and Ron
able to the public. Students on the Palosaari at Iowa State Teachers
budget plan will not be charged and Kay Hanson, Barbara Olander,
extra. Cathy Babcock, Vivian Weekley
$8,500 Set As
Missionary goal
The stewardship committee upon
affirmation of the religious council
announces today the missionary
goal to be reached this -year. This
decision was reached after many
weeks of investigation and deliber-ation
over student means, poten-tials,
and interest.
There has been an increase in
giving the last few weeks. A note-worthy
example might be over the
first and second weeks of this
month. One-hundred-fifty-six dol-lars
was received during the first
week while the following week wit-nessed
a decided increase totaling
The budget breakdown by quar-ters
Fall Quarter $2500.00
Winter Quarter 3000.00
Spring Quarter 3000.00
Total $8500.00
Total receipts thus far $1614.00
With three weeks remaining, vn
must average $300.00 a week in
order to reach our goal of $2500.00
this quarter.
It has been sugested for those
unable to attend chapels on Friday
that offerings be placed at the
bank window or with the school re-ceptionist
any time during the
and Lois Eliassen at St. Olaf.
For all the girls except Cathy
this was their first college debate
The next debate tournament will
be at Bradley College in Peoria, Ill.
Bisgrove and Smith Present
Fourth Annual Concert Tonight
Miss Mildred Bisgrove and C. Howard Smith, assistant pro-fessors
of music, will present a duo-piano recital tonight at 8:30 p.m. in
the chapel of the college building.
Miss Bisgrove is an instructor in music literature and music appreci-ation
courses as well as music theory and piano. Mr. Smith teaches
conducting and hymnology both in the college and seminary and is the
director of the chapel choir.
presented tonight have been given
Concerts such as the one to be Skating Rink Constr.
by Miss Bisgrove and Mr. Smith In order to provide facilities for
for the last three years. Both clas- winter recreation the Student Sen-sical
and modern music will be fea- ate has constructed a skating rink
tured. between Bodien residence and the
The program which will be college parking lot. Arrangements
played is as follows: have been made with the local fire
I department to flood the rink as
In Thee Is Joy Bach soon as the weather is cold enough.
Mortify As By Thy Grace Bach When the rink is ready for use
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Bach there will be a schedule providing
II special time for gym classes, hock-Passacaglia
in G minor Handel ey games, and neighborhood
III skaters. Most of the time, how-Variation
on a Theme ever, the rink will be available for
by Haydn ___ Brahms all the Bethel family.
IV Ronald Olson was in charge of
Le Bal Martiniquais _ Milhaud building the rink. He was assisted
Chanson Creole by Jim Niles, Ritchie Peterson, and
Biguine Dallas Engel.
Music Students Perform
In Recital November 30
Monday, November 30, is the fall quarter student recital in the col-lege
chapel at 8 p.m. During the quarter several students have par-ticipated
in piano, organ, and voice lessons under the direction of
Mildred Bisgrove and C. Howard Smith, assistant professors of music,
and Roger Bailey, instructor in music, respectively; but only eleven stu-dents
will take part in the recital.
The pianists include: Cathy Bab-cock,
Phil Caldeen, Alden Moberg,
Barbara Nelson, and Joan Num-bers;
Nancy Schnorr is the only
organ student participating; and At a recent meeting of tilt
the voice students are: David Clark, judges, the SPIRE chose the
Marion Erickson, Curt Fauth ,and following people as winners in
Nancy Swanson. Cathy Babcock the SPIRE snapshot contest:
will accompany all voice students.
The department of music offers
professional training and also
work for the general college stu- 2nd prize — $2.00
dent. Music minors must have. CAROLYN CLARK
three years and majors must have
four years of applied music. The
students who major in music must
also participate in a joint junior
recital in the third year a full sen-ior
recital in the fourth year.
Choir and Choruses
Will Combine for
Christmas Concert
The annual Christmas concert
will be held on Friday, December
4, at 8:00 p.m. in the college
chapel (not the field house as was
oringinally announced). The chap-el
choir under the direction of C.
Howard Smith, assistant professor
of music, and the male chorus and
girls' chorus directed by Nels
Stjernstrom, instructor in music,
will sing.
The guest soloist will be Mr.
Johannes Tall, a cellist from Es-tonia
who recently came to the
United States from Austria. Mr.
Tell is a friend of Valdeko Kangro
and Kaljo Raid, two former in-structors
in music at Bethel. Mr.
Tall is now teaching at the St. Paul
Bible Institute.
The public is cordially invited.
Hilton and Richardson Undefeated
At First Debate Tournament.,
The Bethel debate teams participated in their first tournament of
the year last weekend. Two women's teams traveled to St. Olaf College
and two men's teams traveled to Iowa State Teachers College.
The team of Robert Hilton and Don Richardson did outstanding
work. They were one of the three undefeated teams at the tournament.
Bob Hilton also tied for first in oratory and tied for the lead in his dis-cussion
1st prize —$5.00
Page 2 THE CLARION Friday, November 20, 1953
Pe lb iBarb apetb Smorgy the Silverfish ...
by Einar Gjestland
I sighed and I said unto the Old Bard,
"How is it, sire, my fellows and I are suf-fering
divers troubles in that school down
there? Indeed, I heard one say, 'If I attain
not goodlier grades next time and if things
continue to get me down like this, I will
not tarry next quarter.' Sire, what shall we
say when our little bodies wax weary of
this world?"
The Old Bard smiled wistfully as he
stroked his shiny beard before giving an-swer
(and I thought that when I should
have such a beard I would also be wise).
But he spake. thus: "My son, the first
thing to say is that thou wilt always be so
strong that nothing can disturb thee. In-stead
of dwelling on the mistakes of the
past, profit by them. Thou wouldst try
harder, but in all pursuits remember that
enthusiasm is the thing: start each day with
a song even from the moment thou gettest
out of bed in the morning. And when suc-cess
comes, forget not to rejoice as much
o'er the success of others as thine own. Be
too happy to worry, too kind for anger, too
strong for fear, and too confident to permit
the presence of trouble. For soon or late
the man who wins is the one who thinks he
A Perfect Friend
For Anyone
by Cliff Schroeder
I'm going to a conference tonight. It is a
very important meeting. My complete board
of advisers is going to be there to discuss a
serious problem. So far we have not been
able to reach any satisfactory answer to it
even though we have had just such a meet-ing
every evening for some time.
The board consists of some very compet-ent
people. They include a physician who
is known for his miraculous healings. There
is a brilliant lawyer who has obtained a
pardon for many persons who despaired of
life. Another member is an explorer who
has traveled through deep wilderness and
over stormy seas. I have also a teacher who
has dedicated his life to the human race.
A fisherman who was always glad to pass on
his secrets to those who cared to listen will
be there. We have a great scientist with us
who has often astounded the world with
his correct predictions and statements. A
food economist who once arranged for the
the feeding of a great number of people at
almost no expense is coming.
I'd like to invite you to come also and
meet all my friends and perhaps discuss
with us our problem. We hope that we can
show you a way to a happier, more mean-ingful
life on earth. -We are anxious that
you realize the importance or preparing
your soul for the life after death. Jesus
Christ alone is all those persons I men-tioned
and much more. However, His great-est
concern right now is winning your
friendship, trust and confidence. That is
why, each night, I meet Him in prayer.
Please, won't you come, too?
by President Wingblade
Once upon a time there was a great bon-fire,
according to Nathaniel Hawthorne.
People were going to clean up the com-munity
and they were burning everything
that seemed obnoxious.
Everything of evil — gambling cards, liq-uor,
tobacco — was burned. They even
went into the church and dragged out some
of the dead liturgy and threw that on the
flame. Then with satisfaction of a job well
done the people stood around and watched
the blaze.
But there was one old fellow chewing a
straw who less optimistic. He kept mutter-ing
— "It will all come back. It will all
come back!"
What do you mean — it will all come
back? Can't you see the the sparks flying?
Can't you see it all burning?"
"It will all come back," he replied. "As
long as the human heart is the same cess
pool of iniquity, it will all come back."
And so the voice of wisdom warns, "Keep
your heart with all diligence, for out of it
are the issues of life." And also, "As a man
thinketh in his heart — so is he."
How true it is that thought is basic and
determining. Except in reflex action we al-ways
think, more or less, before we act. We
sow a thought, and then we reap an act, a
habit and a possible destiny.
"Nothing is good or bad" for us, until
"thinking makes it so." It is when the evil
about us pollutes our own thoughts that
it becomes evil for us.
And so the antidote is "positive thinking."
"Think ten times of Christ for once of your-self."
Meditate on things high and holy and
the life becomes high and holy. The au-thentic
recipe becomes once more — Thy.
Word have I hid in my heart that I might
not sin against Thee."
Why Not a
Library Change
by Bunny Dahlquist
And when the library was built maybe
someone misunderstood and thought it was
to be a nursery. At least that's one way of
accounting for it. And maybe that's why
things are at such a low level. It's hard
to get any use out of it, at least for me, but
maybe I'm more grown up than other stu-dents,
But I'm sure I'm not. I guess others
don't mind stooping so low; I find it quite
unbecoming. When you once lower your-self
it's hard to straighten up. I'm sure a
firm hand in control wouldn't be the an-swer
either. What is needed here is not
force that any one can see. How shall I
say it? But if it is to serve the purpose for
which it was intended, the drinking foun-tain
just must be raised.
i work part time at the falcon heights hard-ware
and everyone complains that prices
are going up, things are going up at bethel
too, before nik dag tickets were 50c meal
included, and this year the sophomores
needed money so tickets were $1.00 and no
eats, then in the dining hall things are go-ing
up, take the line for instance, sometimes
it is way up to the second floor, won't be
long and an escalator is going to be in-stalled
at the college entrance, (up only)
things are going up, they've always said it
is easy to get into college and hard to get
out, we'll know now, yep, everything is
going up here, even the prices for next
quarter, i saw a paper on the deans' sec-retary
desk, guess tuition will be up to
7.22 112 a credit hour, the student center fee
will be 2.22 including cream, and infirmary
charge is 3.23 without bed, 17.76 with, also
dormitory costs are up, the boys and girls
will exchange dorms next quarter, the
moving charge is .23 per article, blue and
gold pin stripe sheets are optional at .661/4
cents per quarter per stripe, new locks are
to be installed on all doors, one knife furn-ished
with each room, keys extra at 34.43
per quarter, ladders furnished to windows
where locks stick in door, (charge extra),
sounds different but should we complain,
after all things are going up, an alternative
is offered, each student may pay $1,000.00
cash at quarters beginning and if anything
is left over a refund may be given, next
quarter a new building is going up too, the
foundation is now being laid for a huge en-
Dear Editor,
We are writing in regard to the para-graph
about the football team your Uncle
Screwtape letter of the last CLARION. After
considerable discussion we came to the con-elusion
that the author is insinuating that
most of us on the team are unspiritual and
the victims of some demon. We would very
much appreciate a further writing by that
author on just what specific instances he
bases his accusations. Perhaps he could
even furnish a list of those names who are,
in his judgement, so erroneous in their
We of the football team feel that there
are no grounds for the hazy insinuations of
the letter. We hope that you will give us
a chance -to defend ourselves by printing
our letter in your next issue. Please re-
member that the CLARION is read not only
by Bethel students but also by our home
churches where such suggestions could be-come
marks against our reputations and
Thank you,
The Football players
Editor's note: Pope said, "To err is hu-man;
to forgive, divine." We sincerely re-gret
that sometimes a line, a paragraph, or
a whole article passes our better judgment
and gets into print when it should not. The
last issue of the CLARION contained one
such misprint. In an honest effort of stat-ing
a definite need for spiritual stress for
all of Bethel we erred greatly in singling
out a particular group — the football team.
Besides defeating somewhat of our own
aim, this has also lead to obvious misunder-standing.
In this the words of Pope are
tertainment building to be built between
the girls dorm and the college, so far steel
beam prices are up, our priority is not up,
and the work is held up, things are going
up in the boys dorm, someone must have
put helium in the pingpong balls and when
wally pete plays pingpong he gets some-what
balled up, and you can tell wormwood
that the chapel attendance is going up too,
basketball season is around the corner so
our scoring will be going up, looking over
the schedule we should win close games
from at least the following teams, 'savage
boys club juniors' (they only have four on
their team), laden 6th grade all-stars' (our
homecoming game); `st. catherines b squad'
(playing mens rules); 'falcon heights mid-gets'
(they just play once a year), `linnea
home for the aged' (this game not allowed
on our floor, their crutch tips mark up the
floor), and the 'bethel faculty' (this game is
scheduled just after finals and will be a
revenge battle), yes sir, things are going
up, even opposing coaches fear bethel this
year, they say 'this year we fear bethel
height', with things going up here they
should, our starting lineup may include,
r.f. don richardson 4'11"
1.f. ed meyer 5'1"
c. chuck franson 4'10"
r.g. harold richardson
1.g. dale larson 5'2"
and remember blue and gold rooters, every-thing
at bethel is going up, I'm convinced
of it, whoops, what's this, oh me, the final
grades just came out,
Dear Editor,
Concerning the articles printed in the
November 6 edition about the ebbing spirit-ual
life on campus, I would like to say that
they were among the most stimulating that
I have read in the school paper. However,
some people to whom I have spoken think
that the printing showed very poor judg-ment
on the part of the CLARION Staff.
They say such articles are degrading to thf..
school. Criticism, I believe, is always in
place when there is something that needs
to be brought to our attention, and when it
is constructive. Certainly these things need
to be brought to our attention, and cer
tainly the criticism was constructive.
Also, if Bethel as a whole is to maintain
a high level of spiritual life, then Bethel as
a whole must be aware of its spiritual mis-takes,
problems, and sins. These articles
have been a help in awakening Bethel from
its sleep. And it is significant and a matter
to be thankful for that the criticism has
come from within the student body, and
shows an alert insight and Christ-like com-passion
on the part of students themselves
to remedy the situation.
BETHEL'S ROYAL ROSTER has now
been put into your boxes. Students are
urged to use them wisely in checking on
P.O. boxes as well as campus
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Photos by Bob and Ralph Carlson
Molitor's Jewelry
Larpenteur and Snelling
Midway 8000
Friday, November 20 — Minneapolis Symphony; Yehudi Menuhin,
Violinist; Northrop Auditorium.
Saturday, November 21 — Hamline "U" Symphony Orchestra; June
Peterson Jeffrey, sop.; Norton Fieldhouse; 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, November 22 — Film; "Bob White through the Air"; Min-nesota
Museum of Natural History; 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24 — "U" Artist's Course; George London, bass-baritone;
Northrop Auditorium; 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25 — Fred Waring and Pennsylvanians; St.
Paul Auditorium.
Friday, November 27 — Minneapolis Symphony Orchestral Program;
assisted by "U" chorus; Northrop Auditorium.
Saturday, November 28 — George Beverly Shea Concert; Minneapolis
Sunday, November 29 — Film; "The Future of our Deer and Elk
Herds"; Minnesota Museum of Natural History; 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 29 — "Messiah; 1,000 voice choir under direction
of Western Nobel of Luther College; Minneapolis Auditorium;
3:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 29—Twilight Pop concert; Tchaikowsky; Complete
ballet music; Northrop Auditorium.
moves from the Campus
to its new ,location
(1 mile north of Larpenteur)
Join the procession — Car Caravan leaves Bethel Seminary Build-ing
11:15 a.m. after short opening service in Chapel — Morning
service concluded in new building.
Senior Youth Fellowship 8:15 p.m. — Evening service 7 p.m.
Arthur E. Ellison, Pastor
TtiC lot ?Zen Oniti
Oftentimes a fellow wishes he had the ability to be a referee or
some other official in the athletical realms. Some Bethel students are
interested in the missionary aspects of athletics. Now the door of oppor-tunity
has opened for those interested.
Del Ray Peterson, athletic director and basketball coach, is looking
for prospects who are interested in forming some kind of a class of
instruction in athletic officiating. Contact him if you are interested.
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Page 4 THE CLARION Friday, November 20, 1953
This year's season also tested
the fortitude and diligence of the
small squad. It isn't difficult to
practice everyday when the team
has the winning chips; but a team
that keeps plowing the turf
even in losing streaks has some-thing.
The Royals left a testimony for
other teams in spite of the scores.
Marquette Wildcats commented.
"Your team has showed the great
est determination of any team
we've played this year, win or
lose." Also they said, "Bethel is
the best clean-playing team we've
played all season.
b• Men Bruisers
Watch for them at the on-com-ing
basketball games. Who? The
"B" men of Bethel. This year,
again the "B" men ( composed of
those students who have earned
a letter "B" for their athletic en-deavors)
will have full charge of
the concession stand in the field-house
for the home games.
All proceeds above the opera-tional
expenses are directed to
the athletic department and are
used for the strengthening of the
Bethel Royals.
for reservations call
Mrs. Lidbom
by Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. Nov. 24
Student Meal Ticket
$1:50 for guests
Dinner to be served at
1:00 p.m.
Sem B-Ballers
In Full Swing
According to Everett Johnson,
seminary junior, the 1953-54 sem-inary
basketball team is ready
for action. The team this year
has bought its own uniforms. The
team thus far is comprised of 18
men. Some of those participating
are past college varsity players.
The team has scheduled a prac-tice
for each noon in the Field
Some of the teams they expect
to meet are Northwestern "B",
Concordia Junior College and
Minnesota School of Business and
Agriculture. Everett remarked
that the team is not a closed or-ganization:
"All seminary men
are welcome."
Flip or Flop?
Whether it's "fiddle faddle" or
"piddle paddle" the ping pong
tournament finally is under way
for the contesting enthusiasts.
Last year's champ seemed to be
Morris Magnuson. No one seems
to know for sure! But there are
plenty of Bethel men who are
ready to vie for the title.
It is restricted competition, how-ever.
No girls are permitted, and
no sem students will be eligible.
This is unfortunate because last
year's champ Magnuson lives at
the sem. Only Edgren residents
are eligible.
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In Season's Last Game
Royals Show Ability
Even N1 ith a record of 0-7 Bethel's football season was far from
a flop.
The football season gave gridmen much valuable experience which
the coach can use as a foundation for next year's squad. For example,
the Berg twins had played no football until this year. Nevertheless, by
the end of the season their playing was among the best on the team. Ed
Brunzell is another grid star of the season who will be a valuable asset
to the Royal eleven next season.
a gowe...
by Dale Nystrom
"Sure, the Royals can face the Goliaths again and again. But
maybe they should tarry for a while in their own class of competion.
David had a stone."
The above paragraph is an excerpt from an article which appeared
in the October 9 issue of the CLARION. David and Goliath were used
as an analogy against the Royal gridmen and their outclassed compe-tition
of the season. Insinuated in this last paragraph is the truth that
the Royals could not indefinitely continue in such ridiculous compet-ition
even though they have nothing with which to fight.
Sentiments, in the past few weeks, have generally remained un-changed
by fans in reference to confidence in the gridmen. "Little
Bethel with only three T. D.'s," "We got the coach, ha! ha! We got the
team, ha! ha!" and "Bethel, who limps for need of manpower," are
more examples of pertinent quotations accrued since the last game.
Even so, these do not make so great a difference to members of the
team (most of whom are inexperienced players and under-classmen)
as they do to the game arrangements.
In Christian circles we recognize the importance of the element
of faith when David slew Goliath. But that element has not been ev-aded
by the Royals. It is still contested that David had a stone.
Already the football perspective of the Royals has changed. Plans
are currently under way for a more point-prospective grid future in-cluding
teams of a more equal competition. Next fall the Royals will
plow the turf again; but they'll have a stone. That's better than a
Spire Pushes On
Plans are being already laid,
deadlines set, and layout being de-cided
on for the 1954 Spire.
Working on the Spire staff this
year are the following: Barbara
Olander, editor; Marlys Malmsten,
assistant editor; Wayne Blomgren,
business manager; Eugene Sprin-kel,
advertising manager; Jim
Long and Glenn Nelson, advertis-ing
staff; Frank Shindo, layout edi-tor;
Ann Beard, copy editor; and
working on the various sections of
the book are Bunny Dahiquist,
Merrille Olander, Carolyn Brown,
Flossie Jacobson, Edna Kipp, Marie
Magnuson, Lenore White, Becky
Gotfredson, Jay Dikkers, Fred
Thomas, David Seaquist, Shirley
Christenson, and Joyce Jackson.
Photographers for the Spire this
year are Jim Papules, Einar Gjest-land,
Ralph Carlson, and Bob
Dr. Virginia Grabill is the staff
adviser, and Mr. Harold Lidbom is
the financial adviser.
New Insurance
For Sem Men
by Robert Hilton
Sixty per cent of the seminary
men have adopted a new insur-ance
plan offered them by the
Ministers Life and Casualty Un-ion.
Sixty per cent participation of
the seminary body was necessary
for the adoption of the program.
In total, 87 men signed up for the
The policy covers accident, sick•
ness, surgical and life insurance.
The insurance rates are at a spe-cial
low rate because it is a group
policy plus the fact that those in-volved
are students and potential
ministers. the coverage is for one
year at which time the policy
must be renewed. The rate for
one year of full coverage is $12
for a single person and $26 for
a married couple and family. Clif-ford
Anderson is the representa-tive
in charge of the program.
Above: Royals Prepare For Season
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Friday, November 20, 1953 THE CLARION Page 5
Royals Romped 21-7
Wildcats Prove Too Much
by Don Stipe
The Bethel Royals finished the '53 grid season November 7, at Mar-quette,
Michigan by falling to Northern College 21-7.
The Wildcat scoring threats repeatedly ground to a halt at the hands
of a stubborn Bethel Eleven. The line play on the part of the Royals was
characterized by vicious blocking and tackling which up until this game
had been noticeably lacking.
In the first quarter Bruce Steinhaus intercepted a Northern aerial
and broke away to the opponents' 17 yard mark before being brought
down. However, the scoring threat died as the Wildcats took over on
downs. The key note of the first half was rugged defense by both teams.
The Northern squad, after being
held scoreless in the first half,
came back on the field a fired up
crew. The second time they hand-led
the pigskin in the third quar-ter
the Wildcats drove from their
own 45 to pay dirt on a series of
runs climaxed by an off tackle
plunge which was good for four
yards. This served as incentive and
moments later they scored again
on a short jaunt which brought
the score to 14-0.
ew System
Cuts the Work
The athletic department is now
reorganizing the handling and is-suing
of its equipment. The new
storeroom will be the extreme
southeast room of the main floor of
the fieldhouse. Appropriate shelves
and racks have been built there to
store and handle the athletic gear
properly. The door of the room
has a regular counter window to
aid the team managers in their
work. These improvements over
the temporary tables and bins of
the old storeroom will ,no doubt,
speed up handling of equipment
besides cutting losses to a mini-mum.
Sports Suppose-etry
Someone would like to see Jay
Dikkers (that cute li'l cheerleader
at the Koffe Rup game) become a
gen-oo wine altar-nut.
Toothleth Theinhouth ith at it
again with bathketball. He wanth
three ofem for Chrithmath.
Rip Moore is the chapel choir's
choice for the psychic basketball
player of the year.
on Duane Pople
(originated in iambic pent-challenge)
There wa' a lad wi' haer so faer'
Comparable to i'? Na'more wa'
But o style ay mus' confess
Some grew,
Part crew;
Wha' a mess!
Hi' buddies eyed tha' lock wi'
Wan dae they followed wi' sissors
a' arm.
They seized the haer a' he tryd to
save i'.
Too late!
Sad fate!
Goss shave i'!
There vver .. no upsets in the re-cent
grid season for the Royals,
but "B-ball Royal" Harold Erick-son
very ntarly had one last Mon-day
during practice. He felt better
Helen Messenger, Mona Nelson,
Mary Nicol, Carla Kern, and Jo-anne
Bennett have promised to
play girls' basketball if hair nets
and aprons are provided by the
athletic department. Manager Del
Ray Peterson has made no com-ment.
The twin trouble-shooters, John
and Paul Berg, may fool a lot of
guys on the grid-field, but they
have no defense for their "Opera-tion
Lynn and Lois."
Coach Lynn Lundeen played the
role of a compassionate mother for
the gridders at their first game in
Marquette, Michigan. Upon being
tucked into bed for the overnight
visit they discovered their ideal
had short-sheeted them.
Don Helton, Wayne McArthur,
and two other cripples brought
the grid team to early season form
as they suited up for the team
The Royal score was set up late
in the fourth period on a blocked
punt. Bethel took possession of the
ball on the Northern 30 yard line.
Dave Seaquist and Bruce Peterson
combined their efforts in two runs
which totaled 20 yards to the
Girls Basketball
Mrs. Lynn Lundin, wife of the
football coach, who is a physical
education major and has had
much experience with girls' ath-letics,
will coach the girls' bas-ketball
team this year.
It is hoped this season that the
team will be able to get into the
St. Paul League. If this is pos-sible,
a number of games will be
scheduled with such teams as
Macalester, Northwestern, Mounds
Midway School of Nursing and
Practice will begin soon and all
girls interested are urged to come
Players returning from previous
years are Ruth Martinson, Joyce
Martinson, Gloria Manseau, Mary
Nicol, Carla Kern, Joanne Ben-nett,
Carolyn Dahlquist and Don-na
The game as a whole was the best
of the current season and several
gridders showed up exceptionally
well. Ron Skoog, playing his last
game in college competition,
showed up brilliantly on defense.
Paul Berg, Dale Shellman, Dick
Pearson, Jay Dikkers, Vern Peter-son,
and Harold Erickson are
among the linemen who played
some of the best ball of the sea-son.
Ed Brunzell and Cliff sparked
the team at the quarterback slot
with Bruce Steinhaus doing the
bulk of the running.
Volley-ball Next
Illinois, rounding out the cur-rent
intra-mural football season
with five wins and no defeats,
emerged as undisputed title hold-er
in this sport.
The intra-mural program for
this year has proved much more
successful than in years past. Stu-dent
enthusiasm has been run-ning
high and each team was well
represented in the Saturday morn-ing
Next on the intra-mural agenda
is volley-ball. The teams will be
grouped in the same manner as
they were in football; many close
games are anticipated.
Nov. 24 St. Cloud T.C. There
Nov. 28 Open
Dec. 1 Superior T. C. Here
Dec. 5 Valley City Here
Dec. 11 Bemidji T. C. Here
Hoop Season Begins at Bethel
It's full scale preparation in the gym these days as the Bethel bas-ketball
spuad rounds into shape for their first contest November 24.
The football players have made a valuable addition to the squad and
the team has much more depth this year than last. Coach Del Ray
Peterson is pleased with the over-all prospects and adds that the material
this year is some of the best he has worked with in years.
The players that will make up
the varsity in the first game are,
Burleson, Conrad, Dikkers, Erick-son,
Johnson, Kile, Redin, Messen-ger,
Rekstad, Sandberg, Steinhaus,
Walberg, and Quarnstrom.
Friday Bethel scrimmaged Min-nehaha
Academy. The team as a
whole played well and the specta-tors
were pleased with the results.
However, the scrimmage exposed
several weak points, and work this
week has been concentrated on cor-recting
The team met real competition
Tuesday in its scrimmage with
Hamline. Although the results were
decidedly different from the pre-vious
scrimmage, the team left the
floor with a clear picture of their
prospects for the year.
Northern 5. Cliff Schroeder pushed
into the end zone on two consecu-tive
quarterback sneaks. Ed "the
toe"' Brunzell booted the extra
point which rounded out the scor-ing
of the game and the season.
The greatest weakness on the
part of the Royals was the inability
of line to hold out the defenders
long enough to give Brunzell time
to get his passes away. He was
repeatedly thrown for big losses
The fired up Wildcats scored which nullified previous gains.
again late in the third period on an
off tackle slant which netted 30
yards. However, the Royals weren't
sitting idly by. Steinhaus broke
away for his best run of the season
on a pitchout and was stopped on
the Northern 30 yard line, but not
before he had gained 50 yards.
Winfrey's Variety
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Gloria Manseau, president; Elo
ise Anderson, vice president; Bar-bara
Martin, secretary - treasurer;
Esther Kamphausen, librarian; and
Ruth Martinson, business manager.
Registration Set
For Dec. 2, 3, and 4
December 2, 3, and 4, are the
dates set for registration for winter
quarter. During this time, students
are to fill out their registration
forms (which will be placed in the
p.o. boxes next week) have them
signed by their advisers and com-pleted
in the dean• _office.
Fees are payable any time during
registration week, final examina-tion
week or during Christmas va-cation
through Monday, January 4.
Any person not paying his fees
by that time will be charged late
registration fees starting Tuesday,
January 5, amounting to $1.00 the
first day and $.50 each additional
Freshmen Sponsor
Roller Skate Party
An all-school roller skating party
will be held next Monday, Novem-ber
23, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the
Coliseum, Lexington and Universi-ty.
The freshman class of the college
is sponsoring the party. Wayne
MacArthur, president of the
class, invites all students to
attend, not limiting the party to
freshmen only.
The cost is $.50 per person with
an additional $.25 for shoe skates.
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THE CLARION Friday, November 20, 1953
Male Chorus to Sing at
Chamber-Commerce Luncheon
Girls' Chorus To Appear
At Oak Hill Baptist Sunday
Oratorio Choir
To Sing "Elijah"
Under the direction of Mildred
Bisgrove, assistant professor of mu-sic,
the oratorio choir will be or-ganized
after the holidays, and
practices will begin for the per-formance
of Mendelssohn's
The choir diverted this year
from its former practice of singing
the "Messiah" and will instead
present the "Elijah," April 9, 1954.
Practices will be held every Mon-day
evening at 7 p.m. in the col-lege
chapel beginning immediately
after the Christmas vacation. Miss
Bisgrove invites all past members
of the oratorio choir as well as
new students to attend the prac-tices.
Columbia Conference
Students Have Social
All Bethel students from the Col-umbia
conference will Meet at 8
p.m. in the boy's recreation room,
Saturday, November 21, for fun,
fellowship and food.
Included in this conference are
those students from Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and British Colum-bia.
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Camera fans who attended the
regular meeting of the Camera
Club Monday, November 2, heard
an open discussion on photographic
principles as applied to camera
construction. Leaders of the dis-cussion
were Mr. Glaser, the club
adviser, and Ralph Carlson, presi-dent.
Printing techniques will be dis-cussed
at the next meeting, which
will be held December 7. All who
are interested in photography are
invited to attend. Regular meetings
of the club are held at 8:00 p.m.
in room 3 of the college building
the first Monday of every month.
The German Club held its first
meeting of the year on November
11. The club ate lunch as a group in
the cafeteria, and the program was
held immediately afterwards in the
girls' lounge.
President Bud Lee acted as pro-gram
chairman. The main speaker
was Friedhelm Radandt, a student
on campus from Germany. Follow-ing
his talk there was time for
questions from the group.
A film on Mexico City will, be
shown November 24, at the regular
Spanish club meeting. All who are
interested in seeing it are invited
to attend.
Wednesday — Close 10 p.m.
Friday — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday — 9 a.m. to 12 noon
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Hours for the coffee shop are as
Mon.-Thurs.— 8:30-5; 9 - 10:15
Friday— 8:30.5; 9-10:45
Saturday — 8:30.12; 9-10:45
Sunday — 4-6; 910.10:45
It has been requested by the
management of the coffee
shop that students please come
earlier than 6 p.m. on Sunday
evenings so that the workers
will be able to clean up and
leave on time for church. The
grill will close at 5:45 p.m. on
Sundays to eliminate the last-minute
ChoirMembers Hold
Progressive Supper
A progressive supper Friday
evening, November 12, began the
,Chapel Choir's social program for
the year. The singers first went
to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Johnson's
home for appetizers. Nancy
Schnorr, a choir member, was host-ess
to the group, at her parents'
Minneapolis home, for their second
course which was a fruit salad.
For the main course of the • dinner
the choir members were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Malmsten.
The grOup had dessert at Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Lidbom's home where
the evening's program was con-cluded
with group games.
Nancy Swanson was chairman of
the committee for the supper. As-sisting
her were Bonnie Carlson,
Roger Moberg, and Dick Varberg.
Chapel Choir at
Park Baptist Sunday
This year's chapel choir will
make its first appearance off cam-pus
Sunday evening, November 22,
at the Park Baptist Church, Minne-apolis.
They will be taking part in
the dedication service of the re-cently
completed structure.
Choir members are to meet it,
the Bodien Residence lounge at
510 p.m. if they wish to ride to
the church.
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Gospel Teams Make
Tape Recording
As a means of reaching small
churches and communities where
gospel teams are unable to go, a
tape recording will be made after
Christmas, vacation which will be
available for use in church groups
requesting this.
Don Richardson will speak, Nan-cy
Swanson will sing and musical
numbers will be featured on one
side of the tape, and the reverse
side will contain part of the duo
piano concert which is being pre-sented
Gospel Team
Members Announced
Robert A. Featherstone, direc-tor
of the Christian service de-partment,
has announced the or-ganization
of the following gos-pel
John Swanson, leader, Eloise
Anderson, Martha Tieszen, Doro-thy
Larson, Earl Grano. Tom War-den,
leader, Ren Lohr, Dave Mill-er,
Don Stipe, Bud DeBar. Don
Fuller. leader, Dan Helmich, Jo-anne
Bennett, John Yonkers,
Gladys Johnson. Don Richardson,
leader, Eric Warnstrom, Ralph
Carlson, Nancy Swanson, Einar
Gjestland, Bonnie Carlson.
Foreign Missions Fellowship
gospel team, Don Dye, leader,
Marian Holm, Carl Holmgren,
Phil McLain, Ron Skoog, Ida
Lundsten, Dave Sperry, Lawrence
Van Heerden.
Jim Niles, leader, Morris Mot-ley,
John Sheldon, Ruth Gustaf-son,
Elaine Larson, Anna Karch-er.
Cal Fernlund, leader, Bill Sliv-ka,
Russ Sandblom, Wes Forsline,
Marilyn Anderson. Don Lindgren,
leader, Dick Varberg, Clair Cable,
Don Sheldon. Curt Fauth, leader,
Dave Clark, Roy Walters, Carolyn
Clark, Dick Peterson.
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The Bethel Male chorus will sing at a noon luncheon sponsored by
the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce at the St. Paul Hotel, November 23.
They are also practicing for their part in the Bethel Christmas program,
December 4.
John Soneson is the new president for the organization. Dick Dahl-quist
is secretary - treasurer; Linden Magnuson and Dave Seaquist,
librarians; and Bill Conrad, riser chairman.
The chorus is composed of the
following members:
Bill Conrad, Paul Sandberg, John
Soneson and Dale Larson, first ten-or;
David Clark, Dwight Erickson,
Linden Magnuson, Dave Seaquist,
Ray Singleton, and Al Windham
second tenor; Wendell Anderson,
Dick Dahlquist, Curt Fauth, Cal
Fernlund, Norris Magnuson, Dick
Peterson, Howard Rekstad, Russ
Sandblom, Jim Stjernstrom, Tom
Warden and Floyd Meyer, first
bass; and Russ Baustian, Peter
Holm, Bob Peterson, David Miller
and Garry Ubben, second bass.
Among the personel there are
17 new members this year.
Cittla . . .
Bethel Girls' chorus will make its first appearance at Oak Hill Baptist
Church Sunday evening, November 22, led by Mr. Nels Stjernstrom,
director, who is also the special speaker for the evening.
The chorus will also participate in the annual Bethel Christmas
concert, December 4. A special feature of this concert will be a com-bined
number by the male chorus and girls' chorus.
Officers elected for the year are
as follows:
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text:
"Broken sky" (photo credit: Julian Hernandez, copyright D.R.)
If we are in prison,
It's as real as a deadly illusion,
If we are in prison,
We're as alive as this poor confusion !
And days go by like barbed wire,
And I can't stand the midnight choir,
Every time we dance on fire,
You just want to take me higher…
And if we are in prison,
I guess this is a golden cage,
And if we are in prison,
I only have to calm my rage !
For it's a sin to stay awake
When everyone sleeps in one's bed,
Although we still have love to make,
Even to watch the walking dead.
February, the 10th

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text:
In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
The Only Authoritative Voice
The sole purpose of our birth is to come to a final decision of whether or not to accept God's absolute authority. This second life is our FINAL chance to decide on this matter. As we all know, we failed to make up our mind once before (38:69, 2:30, 36:60.)
Once we make this crucial decision, the one option we are left with is to proclaim God's absolute authority through our choices, actions, and utterances. We come to an agreement that His final proven word is our only ultimate judge (4:105, 42:15.) Satan will always introduce his idols and logic to distract us, but, hopefully, we take our final chance seriously and our focus always stays on God's beacon and His straight path. There is no more time to waste on personal opinions, egos, and conjecture. There is no more room for fear or intimidation except to fear God alone, reverence Him, and proclaim His full authority by validating His Truth, promoting His teachings, and upholding His commands:
[33:39] Those who deliver GOD's messages, and who reverence Him alone, shall never fear anyone but GOD. GOD is the most efficient reckoner.
[5:54] O you who believe, if you revert from your religion, then GOD will substitute in your place people whom He loves and who love Him. They will be kind with the believers, stern with the disbelievers, and will strive in the cause of GOD without fear of any blame. Such is GOD's blessing; He bestows it upon whomever He wills. GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient.
[2:150] Wherever you go, you shall turn your face (during Salat) towards the Sacred Masjid; wherever you might be, you shall turn your faces (during Salat) towards it. Thus, the people will have no argument against you, except the transgressors among them. Do not fear them, and fear Me instead. I will then perfect My blessings upon you, that you may be guided.
[30:60] Therefore, you shall steadfastly persevere - for GOD's promise is the truth - and do not be intimidated by those who have not attained certainty.
We all know that freedom of choice is one of God's gifts to the human race (33:72.) We're free to choose, then it is God who augments our guidance(19:76) or misguidance (2:10.) Once we choose God over Satan, upholding His authoritative teachings becomes an OBLIGATION to our submission to Him alone, not an option of this freedom.
Absolute Freedom of Religion [18:29] Proclaim: "This is the truth from your Lord," then whoever wills let him believe, and whoever wills let him disbelieve.......
[109:1] Say, "O you disbelievers.
[109:2] "I do not worship what you worship.
[109:3] "Nor do you worship what I worship.
[109:4] "Nor will I ever worship what you worship.
[109:5] "Nor will you ever worship what I worship.
[109:6] "To you is your religion, and to me is my religion."
No Compulsion in Religion [2:256] There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way. Anyone who denounces the devil and believes in GOD has grasped the strongest bond; one that never breaks. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.
The Most Merciful, God, has BLESSED us with the Quran, and with the proofs of its divine authority. This Quran serves as a detailed road map with clear guidance and laws. God states in His proven book that His teachings and commands are easy (54:17,22,32,40), perfect (11:1, 18:2, 22:52), complete (6:115), have the details of everything (12:111, 6:38), and all what we need for salvation (6:51, 6:153). He also states that the essence of His scripture is straightforward (3:7). Once we choose this guiding scripture, there is not much room left for disagreements. God's clear commands/teachings unify our voices and dictate our actions, and therefore we are in perfect peace and harmony.
Satan, however, is always in the background to claim the majority. He has been successful throughout the history of humanity. Some of his dark history is detailed in the Quran. Among his tricks that we should always pay attention to is misleading us into the thinking that after believing in God and His proven word, there can be still room to disagree with any basic fundamental idea that is clearly stated in the Quran. He sometimes manages to convince us that it is OK to have different opinions and understandings of God's straightforward statements! Therefore, he deceives us to confounding the truth with falsehood and compromising God's clear commands. We become Satan's partners and let go of the rope of God that we once were holding fast to. And isn't this all what Satan is here for? (7:16-17). Indeed, once we decide on belief, our choices become limited to the straightforward truth in the Quran. This becomes the only authoritative voice that UNITES us:
The Best Community [3:110] You are the best community ever raised among the people: you advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and you believe in GOD. If the followers of the scripture believed, it would be better for them. Some of them do believe, but the majority of them are wicked.
[3:104] Let there be a community of you who invite to what is good, advocate righteousness, and forbid evil. These are the winners.
[61:4] GOD loves those who fight in His cause united in one column, like the bricks in one wall.
Believers are United [3:103] You shall hold fast to the rope of GOD, all of you, and do not be divided. Recall GOD's blessings upon you - you used to be enemies and He reconciled your hearts. By His grace, you became brethren. You were at the brink of a pit of fire, and He saved you therefrom. GOD thus explains His revelations for you, that you may be guided.
Expressing tolerance, under the banner of humility, towards opinions that are opposing basic standards and systems in the Quran for the sake of unity is a failure to uphold God's absolute authority. Satan convinces us that we can be more kind, more merciful, and more tolerant than God. This is how he inflates our egos, while we think we are humble and compassionate! Indeed the human being rarely takes heed (7:3, 27:62, 40:58, 69:42).
Believers Or Hypocrites? [4:60] Have you noted those who claim that they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, then uphold the unjust laws of their idols? They were commanded to reject such laws. Indeed, it is the devil's wish to lead them far astray.
Deterioration of Religion [57:16] Is it not time for those who believed to open up their hearts for GOD's message, and the truth that is revealed herein? They should not be like the followers of previous scriptures whose hearts became hardened with time and, consequently, many of them turned wicked.
[38:26] O David, we have made you a ruler on earth. Therefore, you shall judge among the people equitably, and do not follow your personal opinion, lest it diverts you from the way of GOD. Surely, those who stray off the way of GOD incur severe retribution for forgetting the Day of Reckoning.
Chance to Remember God:
Mention God's Name Before You Eat [6:119] Why should you not eat from that upon which GOD's name has been mentioned? He has detailed for you what is prohibited for you, unless you are forced. Indeed, many people mislead others with their personal opinions, without knowledge. Your Lord is fully aware of the transgressors.
[6:56] Say, "I am forbidden from worshiping what you worship besides GOD." Say, "I will not follow your opinions. Otherwise, I will go astray, and not be guided.
[28:50] If they fail to respond to you, then know that they follow only their own opinions. Who is farther astray than those who follow their own opinions, without guidance from GOD? GOD does not guide such wicked people.
God augments the guidance of those who proclaim God's absolute authority through their choices, actions and utterances. He blesses them with certainty. This is His law. We will not achieve this certainty if we don't persevere in worshiping Him and upholding His authoritative law. When we are certain, we are more immune to Satan and all of his schemes.
[14:27] GOD strengthens those who believe with the proven word, in this life and in the Hereafter. And GOD sends the transgressors astray. Everything is in accordance with GOD's will.
[19:76] GOD augments the guidance of those who choose to be guided. For the good deeds are eternally rewarded by your Lord, and bring far better returns.
[15:99] And worship your Lord, in order to attain certainty.*
[5:50] Is it the law of the days of ignorance that they seek to uphold? Whose law is better than GOD's for those who have attained certainty?
Praise be to God, the one who assumed all authority:
[21:22] If there were in them (the heavens and the earth) other gods beside GOD, there would have been chaos. Glory be to GOD; the Lord with absolute authority. He is high above their claims.
[55:7] He constructed the sky and established the law.
[55:8] You shall not transgress the law.
[55:9] You shall establish justice; do not violate the law.
Honesty & Justice Advocated [4:58] GOD commands you to give back anything the people have entrusted to you. If you judge among the people, you shall judge equitably. The best enlightenment indeed is what GOD recommends for you. GOD is Hearer, Seer.
[20:2] We did not reveal the Quran to you, to cause you any hardship.
[20:3] Only to remind the reverent.
[20:4] A revelation from the Creator of the earth and the high heavens.
[20:5] The Most Gracious; He has assumed all authority.
[20:6] To Him belongs everything in the heavens, and the earth, and everything between them, and everything beneath the ground.
[20:7] Whether you declare your convictions (or not) He knows the secret, and what is even more hidden.
[20:8] GOD: there is no other god besides Him. To Him belong the most beautiful names.
[23:116] Most exalted is GOD, the true Sovereign. There is no other god beside Him; the Most Honorable Lord, possessor of all authority.
Peaceful Friday, salaam and God bless.


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OROVILLE — Survival can often depend on the ability to adapt to shifting conditions, and the Butte County Fair is looking for ways to do just that.
This year the state canceled the $270,000 in annual assistance the fair has received, and that is forcing the Butte County Fair Association to find a new way to do business if it is going to survive.
The 37-acre Butte County Fairgrounds is owned by the county, Shari McCracken, deputy chief administrative officer for Butte County, told the Board of Supervisors last week.
But in the 1940s, the county made the Fair Association the county"s agent to operate the fair and the fairgrounds. The fair was established in 1937.
With the current agreement expiring at the end of this year, the association asked the county to provide some temporary and one-time funds to give it some time to create a new business plan. The proposed agreement asked for $50,000 in revenue the first year and $25,000 the second year.
On top of that, the association sought $90,000 to review and repair critical fairground facilities.
Leigh Ann Jones, chair of the Fair Association board, told the supervisors the fair has to create a new business plan that will revitalize the operation financially. She said one of the keys to that process is to find a new fair manager to replace Sean Early, who left the fair to take a position with the Richvale Irrigation District.
Jones said the new person will be an "event manager" more than purely a fair manager. She explained that finding special events to use the facilities will be essential to the future of the fair. "Our goal is to have somebody hired by February," said Jones.
At the same time, she said the fair itself must continue and flourish to support the youth in the 4-H and the Future Farmers of America.
The supervisors voted unanimously to approve the new agreement with the fair association and the groups" revised bylaws.


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DANVILLE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- When Joseph Homicz's doctor found what could be dangerous blockages of the arteries, he ordered catheterization, a common procedure in which tubes are inserted into the body to check the blood flow.
Dr. Peter Berger, far right, has a 40-item checklist covering steps before, during and after a procedure.
But Homicz's treatment was not quite ordinary because he was sent to a cardiologist working at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania.
Geisinger, which operates hospitals, community clinics and its own insurance company, is enacting what some consider radical ideas to improve patient care and lower costs.
It's a system that President Obama has billed as one of the nation's "islands of excellence."
Homicz's procedure was part of the Proven Care program, in which all of a patient's medical professionals work together to ensure no mistakes are made.
It is everyone's job to make sure any errors are caught, and doctors are graded on the entire treatment a patient receives from the time of diagnosis through an operation to the care received weeks or even months later.
"We want to make it harder to make a mistake," Dr. Peter Berger, Homicz's cardiologist, said after the procedure. Watch more on Geisinger's approach to health care »
Berger has a 40-item checklist covering steps before, during and after the procedure, including checking whether the catheterization is really needed to ensuring he has the right patient on the table.
Berger, who is also the system's director of clinical research, says patients and doctors both benefit from this type of medicine.
"Every study that has been done has shown that doctors and health care systems aren't as good at administering all of the things a patient needs as we ought to be," Berger says. "There are so many watchful eyes on the patient. All members of the team have an assigned responsibility, and we are all making sure we all do our job. I absolutely think that the patients benefit from that kind of approach."
Leading up to Homicz's catheterization and during the procedure, nurses and doctors checked off specific items and were encouraged to check in on what Berger was doing.
Geisinger says this approach encourages teamwork, which leads to better results, less mistakes and increased profits.
"We got a lot of buzz out of the fact that we re-engineered all our care from beginning to end," Dr. Glenn Steele, president and CEO of Geisinger said. He said company employees went out and studied how medical professionals around the country were conducting specific procedures and incorporated the best of what was found. Watch more of Steele's take »
"When you're having heart surgery how tightly should you control the level of your blood sugar? Should you do that with a continuous drip of a medicine called insulin? What should your temperature be exactly when you come out of the operating room and go to recovery room? All of those things are thought or have been proven to be related to the probability of you having a perfect outcome, but none of those things has been formally engineered into a process until we did it," Steele said.
Geisinger says its procedures and operations cost patients less than others.
Some patients who have Geisinger insurance are able to pay a set price. In return, if within 90 days after a procedure they develop any related complications -- for example an infection, pneumonia, a bleed in the area -- they get free treatment. Geisinger estimates about a third of those using Proven Care are eligible for this guarantee.
"We've found huge decreases in hospitalization and rehospitalization for those patients because they're better cared for," Steele says.
The company also helps keep patients with chronic problems from getting worse by assigning case managers to consult and check in with patients as often as necessary.
For example, James Connelly, a 78-year-old patient with a history of congestive heart failure, kidney disease and artery disease, was admitted to the hospital in May of last year after gaining 14 pounds. After doctors stabilized him and sent him home, Connelly enrolled in the partnering initiative. Each day he enters his weight on a Web site, which is monitored by his case worker. A year later he has lost 14 pounds and is much healthier.
Through technology and its use of electronic medical records, the company says it has shaved costs by preventing unnecessary tests. Also, patient data can be accessed at any of the hospitals or 40 clinics Geisinger operates.
So can the Geisinger system be replicated nationwide?
Geisinger executives say not all of what they have put in place will work elsewhere, however, they say a good portion -- more reliance on electronic records and a greater emphasis on collaboration -- will help dramatically improve health care.
"I think what we can do over the next few years is rather than to try to come on the right formula, the right template for all of the reform, I think what we can do is scale this thing up," Steele said.
"I don't think we have to push the entire system off the cliff because...there is a lot that is designed out there that couldn't do what we are doing."
CNN national political correspondent Jessica Yellin contributed to this report.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Sophomore Lena White (Smyrna, Ga.) came less than a full second from her first career race win, charging the Georgia College cross country team to a second-place finish at the Captain Chris Invitational at Christopher Newport University.
White washed the 5K course for a 19:42, beating a quartet of CNU runners by 14 seconds. The time was a personal best for White, and the third best time in school history.
Sophomore Rachel Pasko (Jefferson, Ga.) finished second on the squad and seventh overall among 26 runners in 20:25, leading a trio of Bobcats. Taylor Roeck (Cumming, Ga.) was eighth and Bekah Houston (Dalton, Ga.) ninth in 20:29 and 20:36, respectively.
Rounding out the scoring for Georgia College was junior Whitney Sweet (Roswell, Ga.) in 13th at 21:08.
The Bobcats had 39 team points, losing to host CWU by 10. The Captains are members of the NCAA Division III Capital Athletic Conference (CAC).
GC cross country is back in action Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships in Americus, Ga.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Wounded Vegas mom facing charges after 2 sons rescued, officer shot ending 22-hour standoff
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas mother of three who was wounded by police after holding her young sons hostage at home during a 22-hour standoff will face multiple felony charges, authorities said Wednesday.
Sara Jones, 29, remained hospitalized with a face wound but is expected to survive after being shot by a SWAT officer as she retreated into a bathroom and fired shots through the door in a home in southeast Las Vegas, according to police. The toddlers were rescued.
One SWAT officer was shot in the lower leg but was protected by a ballistic shin guard, police Sgt. John Sheahan said. One officer fired one shot, wounding Jones. The officer who was allegedly shot by Jones was treated at the scene and didn't require hospitalization.
Court and jail records show Jones faces first-degree kidnapping, child endangerment with a weapon, resisting a police officer and assault with a deadly weapon charges.
She allegedly threatened her husband with a shotgun before he and their 10-year-old daughter got out of the house late Monday as police arrived to a domestic disturbance call, police said.
Jones also allegedly made verbal threats to harm the boys, ages 2 and 3.
Police had prepared for a long standoff before hearing a shot inside the house late Tuesday. After officers blasted through the front door, the toddlers were whisked out of the house in the arms of SWAT officers, checked at a local hospital and placed in county Child Protective Services custody pending an investigation, Sheahan said.
The officer who shot the woman was placed on paid leave pending district attorney and departmental reviews of the shooting. His name is expected to be made public by Friday.
Sheahan said Jones' husband gave police the shotgun and the daughter brought a handgun out of the house when police arrived.
With law enforcement outside the house, Jones brandished a .45-caliber handgun and held one of the boys in her arms in the doorway, police said.
Talks went on for hours, with more than 100 police officers, firefighters and FBI agents at the scene, adjacent homes evacuated, school officials busing students from nearby campuses to another school for release at the end of the class day and a busy southeast crossroads closed.


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VERGENNES — Although Coach Connie LaRose's Mount Abraham Union High School girls' basketball team did not earn its third straight Division II title this winter, the Eagles compiled a 15-7 record that was easily the area's best despite a rash of injuries and illnesses.
Unsurprisingly, four of those Eagles are represented on the 2015 Addison Independent Girls' Basketball All-Star Team, two achieving first-team recognition and two more earning honorable mention.
ADDISON COUNTY — Many local high school athletes earned statewide and league all-star recognition this fall for their efforts in girls' soccer, field hockey and boys' soccer.
Named to the Division II girls' soccer all-state team were Mount Abraham's Zoe Cassels-Brown, Ernesta McIntosh, Jesse McKean, Juniper Nardiello-Smith and Amy Nault, and Middlebury's Claire Armstrong and Kelsey Smith. Smith was also named the Lake Division Defensive Player of the Year.
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ADDISON COUNTY — The Mount Abraham Union High School girls' soccer team made history this fall by earning the program's first Division II championship, and unsurprisingly Coach Dustin Corrigan's 14-4 Eagles are well-represented on the 2014 Addison Independent Girls' Soccer All-Star team. Six Eagles are honored here, three from a back line that allowed just 10 goals in 18 games.
ADDISON COUNTY — This fall saw solid results for the area's union high school field hockey teams, with Middlebury and Otter Valley making state semifinals and Mount Abraham pushing OV to the limit in a Division II quarterfinal.
Chemistry, skill and hard work helped create success for the teams, as did a number of excellent individual efforts that are recognized here on the 2014 Addison Independent Field Hockey All-Star Team.
ADDISON COUNTY — The four local union high school boys' soccer teams didn't really make their mark this fall, with only Vergennes winning a postseason contest.
But each squad played a number of competitive contests, especially Coach Kevin Hayes' 5-8-3 Commodores, who lost seven times by one goal, twice to Division II champion Rice.
CASTLETON — A dozen Middlebury, Otter Valley and Mount Abraham/Vergennes union high school football players will join their counterparts from around the state this Saturday at Castleton State College, which is hosting the 2014 North-South Senior All-Star Football Game.
ADDISON COUNTY — Locally in high school field hockey, 2013 was the year of the Eagle. After a highly competitive regular season in the Division I Metro Conference, the Mount Abraham Union High School team dominated the D-II playoffs on the way to the program's seventh championship and first since 2006.
ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County teams have won eight of the past 12 Vermont Division II high school baseball championships. Of course six of those titles belong to Mount Abraham, but in June Vergennes — the 2008 winner — joined the multiple-crown club by defeating Missisquoi in the final, 4-3.
The winning pitcher in that game also scored the winning run — Commodore junior Devin Hayes, the 2012 Addison Independent Baseball Player of the Year and the top pick for the 2012 Addison Independent Baseball All-Star Team.
ADDISON COUNTY — The spring of 2012 proved to be solid across the board for the local high school softball teams. Vergennes surged to a 14-5 record and a berth in the Division II semifinals, while the other three squads played well enough to earn home playoff games.
ADDISON COUNTY — A deep and disciplined Mount Abraham Union High School group enjoyed the best season among local girls' basketball teams, earning the top seed in Division II and reaching the final in Barre.
While the hard-working Eagles had many contributors, one stood out for her across-the-board efforts — sophomore Ashlie Fay, the 2012 Addison Independent Player of the Year.
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Muji Karim didn't want to talk to anyone, least of all a stranger. For days, he had met the unimaginable with a refusal to despair. As the extent of his injuries became clearer, though, he wondered what his life had become.
The 29-year-old former football star had been trapped in a fiery car wreck in August 2011. Both legs were amputated. Much of his left hand was gone, and injuries to the right arm left him with no fully functional limb. Normally gregarious, he grew quiet.
Then George Pessotti walked into his intensive-care room at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The healthy, bald-headed volunteer more than twice Karim's age had come to talk about recovery — physical and mental.
"What does this guy know?" Karim thought.
Pessotti, it turned out, knew plenty about injury, although his scars were not obvious. In 1979, then 31 and a father of two young sons, he was burned over most of his body when gas fumes ignited in his Westford kitchen.
Pessotti gave Karim some advice: He could choose to spend the next months worrying that he wouldn't run or play football again, that he wouldn't get married or have a life apart from his injuries — but if Karim thought that way, Pessotti warned, he would indeed be disabled.
With Pessotti's encouragement, Karim began attending meetings of the Phoenix Society, a burn survivor support group. He set a goal: He could have a down day, even feel sorry for himself, but not two days in a row.
Pessotti became Karim's example of life after trauma, when such a thing was hard to picture. And he inspired Karim to think about someday helping others through their bleakest moments.
"If I could do that for somebody," Karim said five months after the accident, sitting in a wheelchair in a sunroom at the old Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, "that would definitely be something I would want to do."
Karim couldn't have known on that day in January 2012 that 15 months later bombs would explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, stealing the limbs of at least 16 people, many young and healthy like him, and leaving others with serious burns. He couldn't have imagined that he would stand at their bedsides, and — tentatively at first — teach others how to survive trauma, in the process finding a new path forward for himself.
'By some miracle' still alive
One of six children raised by a single mother, Karim made his mark on the football field as a teenager at Burlington High School in Vermont and then at Worcester Academy. He and his younger brother played together for the University of New Hampshire for two years before Muji Karim graduated in 2007, just as the team was ascending from its familiar place as an underdog to become top-ranked in its division.
Karim was a strong safety on the field and a charmer with a wide smile off. The brothers embraced an ethic that was the team's hallmark: to live with a chip on your shoulder, to play like you have something to prove. They were at the heart of the team, counseling younger players and hosting post-game parties.
"They attracted good people," said head coach Sean McDonnell, for whom those parties could be a headache. "They attracted a lot of fun."
After college, with dreams of someday returning to coaching, Karim pursued work as a financial planner while living in North Andover. On Aug. 20, 2011, a Saturday night, the brothers met up with friends at a Boston bar.
'His reaction was striking. He said, "OK. I don't have any legs. What do we do now?" ' — Dr. Simon Talbot, Brigham surgeon
Their mother, Aiyana Blackhawk , was at home in Virginia recovering from back surgery, when she got a phone call early Sunday morning. The caller ID said it was her son Muji, but a police officer was on the line.
There had been an accident, she recalled him saying, with fire and Jaws of Life and many first responders.
"Are they alive?" she yelled into the phone.
"By some miracle," the officer replied.
It's not clear exactly what happened that night. The brothers had left their friends in Boston at about 1:30 a.m. with plans to meet up again in Medford. They didn't arrive.
Just after 4 a.m., according to police reports, the car that Karim's brother was driving nicked the back bumper of one stopped at a light where Cambridge Street meets Soldiers Field Road in Allston, then turned east onto Storrow Drive. As the car approached the Kenmore Square off-ramp, it skidded onto a grass divider, hit a pole and then a tree, and erupted in flames.
When Karim arrived at Brigham and Women's Hospital, parts of his lower legs were burned to the bone.
Word of the accident spread Sunday morning among friends and siblings. E.J. DeWitt, whose locker was next to Karim's at UNH and who had lived with him for several years, rushed to see his friends, who were transported to separate hospitals.
"Just seeing how helpless they looked, and how helpless I felt," was overwhelming, he said. The news that Muji Karim would lose limbs, a certainty from the start, "crushed me."
Brigham surgeons began the tedious work of removing dead tissue from Karim's body. In the coming months, he would make 15 trips to the operating room, as surgeons gauged how much they could save. Every inch preserved on his legs and left hand could mean more mobility later.
His left leg was amputated through the knee. Doctors removed a 4-by-8-inch section of skin and blood vessels from below his left shoulder blade and reattached it to cover exposed bone on his right leg, allowing him to keep his knee on that side.
Karim battled nightmares and paranoia caused by a powerful anesthesia given during surgery. In early September 2011, as he gained clarity, medical staff gathered around his bed in the intensive care unit to explain to him what he had lost. The group waited for Karim's despair to surface, for the anger that often explodes from people whose bodies have been so badly damaged.
"His reaction was striking," Brigham surgeon Dr. Simon Talbot recalled. "He said, 'OK. I don't have any legs. What do we do now?' "
Hard work of healing begins
Karim earned a reputation for tenacity, eating more protein than doctors ordered to help his body rebuild, or doubling prescribed exercises to build his strength.
Despite his naturally positive spirit, there were still low points, days when the journey seemed too hard. But the perspective he gained from Pessotti and the Phoenix Society helped him through. While he couldn't undo his injuries, Karim said, "I can do everything about how I feel, how I react, and how hard I work to get back on my feet."
He was eager to get prosthetics. He wanted his mother and brother to see him heal. And there was his daughter to consider. He kept her photo near his hospital bed.
Karim had met her mother at UNH, but their relationship dissolved. His daughter turned 1 while he was at the Brigham. He hoped that, when he was well again, he could be a bigger part of her life, that she would know him as her father. For that, he needed to be ready.
"I have to be able to completely take care of myself," he said, "before I could take care of her."
Doctors had said Karim might not walk for a year or more, the process complicated by the injuries to his upper body. Instead, it would be less than half that time.
Karim had known his body so well before the crash, the mechanics of pressing his feet into the floor as he did squats during a workout and feeling the energy rise up his legs to lift him. Now, he had to rely on the strength of his quads and hamstrings and the sensations at the new ends of his limbs.
After weeks of building core strength, it took three physical therapists to lift Karim to upright for the first time after the accident.
On Jan. 20, 2012, they left him alone with his new legs. He knew he wasn't supposed to use the prosthetics without help from a therapist. Still, Karim closed the door to his room and squeezed into them. Slowly, carefully, he took small steps toward the mirror, where he could see himself stand on his own.
Two weeks later, Karim was climbing stairs in Spaulding's therapy room. At the top, he reached out with his abbreviated left palm to fistbump physical therapist Alyson Jodoin.
Beads of sweat grew at Karim's temples as he walked the 250 feet from the therapy room to his own, one arm on a crutch and the other around Jodoin.
"We could skip," Jodoin told him, their laughter filling the tiled corridor.
"I'm not ready for that one," he said.
They turned at the end to make another pass and were almost back where they had started when Karim's left toe caught the floor. His left leg buckled and he collapsed onto his right knee, the lightness of the moment falling with him. Jodoin held him up in a bear hug, and an intern rushed over with a wheelchair.
"OK, OK," Karim said in a whisper, as he struggled into it. "I'm alright."
Setbacks, small victories
Someone should take the wheelchair, Karim said. "I want us all to walk out together."
Family and friends were shuttling back and forth from his room at Spaulding to cars waiting below, carrying out posters friends had made and photos that had filled the walls. It was Feb. 17, 2012. Discharge day.
Nurses and therapists lined the hallway, wearing UNH football T-shirts with the brothers' jersey numbers. They applauded and wiped away tears as Karim walked past, arm in arm with his brother.
Karim's mother had helped him find a Quincy apartment complex with an on-site gym. She stood at the entranceway when he arrived. "Welcome home," she said. He stepped across the threshold into the apartment where he would live alone, to know that he could do it.
Spring 2012 brought stinging setbacks. A quick surgery to fix his left elbow, which froze after a fracture had gone unnoticed in the aftermath of the crash, led to infection that kept him in the hospital for 10 days. In May, he returned — another infection.
There were many small victories, too. Karim progressed from walking the hallways of his apartment building to navigating the pockmarked pavement of the parking lot outside. With crutches for support, he learned the nuances of how his computer-controlled left knee responded to different surfaces and inclines. He mastered the hill between his door and the gym. Elderly neighbors paused on the sidewalk to applaud his progress.
In the months before the accident, Karim had reconnected with Jenelle Aponte, a friend from high school. Afterward, Aponte had visited him often in the hospital, traveling to see him from her home in New York. By late winter, she had moved in. She made all the difference, DeWitt, the college friend, said. She made him happy.
On back roads and in parking lots, Aponte would ride along while Karim practiced driving with his prosthetics. In March of this year, he passed the state test with new legs.
One by one, Karim met his physical goals even as he struggled to figure out what would be next for him.
Answering the call to help
On April 15, Karim, now 31, was at home with Aponte. A friend texted him to ask whether he was safe and he turned on the television to see the news: Dozens of people had been injured by explosions near the Boston Marathon finish line. When newscasters began talking about missing limbs, he turned it off.
"It hit close to home," he said.
Karim went to the gym for five hours that day. He talked to friends, including Jodoin, the physical therapist. She told him to think of all he could offer to those who were about to face what he had been through. He could help, she recalled telling him, "just like we helped you."
It was something he had already begun thinking about. For months, he had been ruminating on a motto adopted from coach McDonnell: Figure it out — FIO, for short. If you have a problem, make a plan and act on it.
Karim knew what Pessotti's first bedside visit had meant to him. He had begun this year occasionally visiting patients at the Brigham and Spaulding. After the bombing, he volunteered to do for the victims what Pessotti had done for him.
His first visit was early this month, to James "Bim" Costello of Malden, burned over the right side of his body from the second Marathon explosion. Pessotti went, too.
As Pessotti bantered easily with Costello, Karim stood 6 feet tall and quieter than usual at the end of Costello's bed at Spaulding, wearing a crisp purple shirt, black trousers, and loafers. The signs of his injuries were subtle: the way he shifted his weight from side to side, or swiped at the light sweat of effort on his forehead. Halfway through their meeting, Costello's eyes lingered a moment on Karim's prosthetic hand, thumb tucked into his pocket, as if noticing it for the first time.
Costello said he was optimistic about his recovery. Buddies also injured in the blast, several of whom lost limbs, had it worse off. Pessotti invited him to a burn support group.
"It definitely helps," Karim told him, but said little else.
Karim was still learning how to tell the story of his own injuries and recovery. It was not easy. With practice, he found his voice.
At a meeting last week with Celeste Corcoran, who lost both legs in the Marathon bombing, Karim was far less guarded.
He pulled up his pant legs to show her his amputations, and how his prosthetics worked. They joked about someday doing cartwheels together down the halls of Spaulding.
Karim hopes to continue as a mentor. In June, he plans to take a peer counseling course with the Phoenix Society, to make his role with that group official.
In giving, he is building his own strength. "It's making me feel better and more at peace," Karim said.
One recent Monday morning, Karim rose before dawn. He slipped on his legs, dress pants, and a suit jacket. He drove himself to a court in New Hampshire, where three months earlier he had filed a petition for rights to see his daughter.
His mother and Aponte had offered to come along. Karim declined.
"I wanted to go by myself," he said, so there could be no doubts, in his mind or others', that he was prepared. "I can do it, both mentally and physically now."
Without a crutch, Karim walked into the courtroom.Chelsea Conaboy can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @cconaboy.


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Iowa code section 68A.404 requires most statements and reports be filed electronically on the Board's web site. Electronic filing is beneficial for several reasons:
It allows the public to access statements and reports as soon as they are filed; it streamlines the auditing process for the Board's staff and it enables the public to electronically search reports by name of contributors and other criteria. In addition, it allows a committee to keep ongoing records of campaign activity in a current period while not submitting that information until the reporting due date. Please contact the Board's staff if you are unsure whether a committee is required to file electronically or if you need assistance filing a statement or report.
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Farm-state senators have written Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici requesting that he include a provision for emergency economic loss assistance for farmers in the fiscal 2002 budget resolution. The letter, drafted by Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and signed by 20 other senators, asked that the assistance be provided through 2002 or until a replacement for the 1996 farm bill can be enacted.
"Since conditions are not appreciably improved for 2001, we support making market loss assistance available so that the total amount of assistance available through the 2001 AMTA payment and Market Loss Assistance payments will be the same as was available for the 2000 crop," it said.
"We understand it is unusual to ask that funds to be made available in the current fiscal year be provided in a budget resolution covering the next fiscal year, but the financial stress in U.S. agriculture is extraordinary."
The senators noted that USDA projects 2001 cash farm income to be the lowest since 1994. Farmers also face rapidly increasing fuel and fertilizer costs while prices are expected to show only modest improvement from last year's 15 to 25-year lows.
In the last three years, the Commodity Credit Corp. has provided $72 billion in economic and weather-related loss assistance and conservation payments. Expenditures for 2001 are projected to total $14 billion to $17 billion without additional market or weather loss assistance.
"With these projections, we believe it is vitally important to provide at least as much total economic assistance for 2001 and 2002 as was provided for the 2000 crop," the letter said.
The House Budget Committee approved a resolution that says farmers can share in a $500 billion strategic reserve. The resolution puts farmers on a level with national defense for access to the reserve, part of the Budget Committee's spending blueprint for the 2002 Fiscal Year.
"Farmers are officially recognized in this budget committee with a place at the head of the table in policy and budget decisions, and funding reserved on a par with our national defense," House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest, who lobbied the Budget Committee hard for increased spending authority for agriculture.
Democrats on the House Ag Committee criticized the proposal, however, arguing that it shortchanges agriculture by failing to earmark funds for specific needs such as increased Agricultural Market Transition Act payments or marketing loan gains.
Some said agriculture could be left holding an empty bag if the strategic reserve is wiped out by a downturn in the economy or the President's proposed tax cut reduces the amount of money available for the reserve.
"Look at the risk that is going to be involved for agriculture," said Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas, the ranking minority member on the House Agriculture Committee. "This is a disaster for farmers."
Although Combest tried to put a good face on the House Budget Committee resolution, he earlier sent the committee a letter, saying that "Rather than yearly assistance packages that might or might not come in the fall, farmers need a program they can bank on at this time of year. That money needs to be added to the agricultural baseline."
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If marijuana was legal for adults in California, would more people show up at work high? And how would that change the definition of a "smoke break" during work hours?
That's the latest issue facing proponents of Proposition 19, the ballot measure that would make marijuana legal for adults in California.
Voters will have a chance in November to decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes for adults over 21 but the political debate over the controversial issue has been heating up for quite some time. The latest argument against the ballot measure is that given the legal freedom to smoke pot, people will be high at work.
The California Chamber of Commerce on Thursday released a legal analysis that claims Proposition 19 would lead to more workplace accidents by forcing employers to let workers smoke pot on the job.
The analysis by the non-profit group also challenges the proposed law by claiming it would make California companies ineligible for federal contracts because employers could not guarantee a drug-free workplace.
From the CalChamber website:
If this measure were approved, employers, including the State of California, would be faced with the burden of proving that an employee who tests positive for marijuana is "actually impaired" from performing the job before taking any adverse action against the employee. This process would delay disciplinary actions used to protect workplace safety and drive up costs due to increased litigation.
But the debate hits a wall with medical marijuana proponents, who say it's much safer than certain prescription drugs.
Nick Willis, of Palliative Health Care in San Jose, argues that in some cases, worker performance could be enhanced by cannabis.
"I have families members with severe arthirtis." Willis told us, "If they're typing or driving for work, they apply it to their knuckles and it helps relieve some pain."
Prop 19 supporters say under the law, employers will still have the right to make their own rules and if being drug-free is a job requirement, employers can ban their workers from smoking marijuana.