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How I Got Here - The Path to Becoming a Family Historian
[Please note this article has nothing to do with education or credentials]
In yesterday's blog post "Bridging Generations with Intent" I touched on the idea of raising and nurturing children to become family historians. I thought that this would be good timing to follow it up with my own story.
Professional genealogists are often asked how they came to become professionals at genealogy. It's almost as if non-genealogists are incredulous that someone could become a professional. There is usually an anecdotal story that precedes the education and credentials.
In my case, I became interested in family history on my own, of my own initiative in 1999 when I was pregnant with my first child. It is fairly common that major life events like the birth of children or grandchildren inspire people to seek out of a better understanding of their connection to their own family history. By the time my third child was on the way I was completely absorbed in genealogy and family history research. Shortly after that I decided I wanted to take it to the next level and become a professional.
I could end my story there. That's the very "me" centered story. It's accurate but it's not complete. In the years since then I have pondered the question many times, "Why did I become a genealogist?" The answer is much more involved and complex. In all honesty, it was fairly inevitable. Let me explain.
In order to answer this question for myself I had to look to the past. Seems appropriate for a genealogist. I had to recognize the incredible contribution that my mother had on shaping who I am.
The Influential Genealogist
My mother was a genealogist, a very serious amateur, for as long as I could remember. And she was consistent. There would never be a reunion or family gathering without my mother pulling out family group sheets, interviewing and taping the elders and generally asking questions about people who came before us. She visited cemeteries in search of ancestors, celebrated the birthdays of dead relatives (which, as a kid, I always thought was kind of weird) and constantly talked about family heirlooms and the people who had owned them. Back in the '60s when my Mom was raising young children she would spend every Saturday researching at the Connecticut State Library. Without realizing it, my entire childhood was an apprenticeship for becoming a family historian though I didn't know it at the time. Of course, now I have Mom to thank for all that.
Award for a Supporting Role
But if I'm going to be really honest, it wasn't all about Mom either. How did Mom get to be like that anyway? That answer to that is Dad. It was only recently I learned that my Dad was also a family historian. I'm not going to put him on the same level as my Mom because he hasn't maintained consistent activity throughout his whole life the way my Mom did. But he has maintained his interest and curiosity throughout his life and stills drives me to solve those unanswered family questions. The fun part is that now Dad and I can go on research trips together.
Larger than Life Impact
But, no, that is really not the end of it either. Mom and Dad became interested in family history under the strong influence of another family historian, Uncle Bill. William Henry Edwards (1898 - 1976) was my grandfather's brother. I have no living recollection of him but it is entirely possible that I met him. Uncle Bill, from what I've been told by my parents, was a vivacious man with a passion for family history and the arts. He so strongly influenced my parents that they developed their own interest not only in family history but also in a love of literature and poetry. I think it is interesting that of all the potential disciples (my Dad, his brothers and their cousins (Uncle Bill's kids) it was my Dad and Mom who got bit with the genealogy bug. No one else in the family took as quite a strong interest. (Though to be fair, I do believe Uncle Bill's son was interested in knowing and preserving the family history.)
Where it Began
The paper trail and oral history ends with Seeber and Sarah. Where did they get their desire to become family historians? I'll never know if it was the fad of the times spurred on by the mug books or whether they were influenced by a previous generation to take great care of their family history.
As I evaluate how I got to this point in my life as a family historian and genealogist it is hard for me to deny the strong influence that has been passed through the generations. I could say I became interested on my own and leave it at that. But I think much greater forces were at work. Because I was exposed to genealogy throughout my entire childhood I was much more inclined to take it up as an adult.
Those naysayers out there could be saying, look to your siblings as proof that exposure as a child doesn't turn people into genealogists. Well, yes and no. I have two brothers. Neither of them are professional genealogists nor do they actively do research. But both of them do have a very strong sense of family, a desire to know our family history and a real sense of tradition. And unlike many people, they are interested in listening to family stories and encouraging the preservation of family history. So I'll say it rubbed off on them too.
My Message to You
My message to you is be an example for your children or grandchildren. Don't force them to learn family history but consistently live your life so that you model in all your actions and interactions the importance of family history. I would argue that that is one of the most effective ways to encourage future generations.
photo: Seeber Edwards and Sarah Estella Gurney c. 1897 with their first born son.
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How fortunate that your parents and ancestors were so interested in preserving family history and I can just imagine that the stories you have acquired are legion because of this. I am envious that your brothers will listen, mine would be bored stiff. My great grandfather left us a diary when he died in 1907 and my father's aunt did a partial transcrption of it (I am now transcribing the full diary) and gave copies to various family members back in 1994. That is my very simple story of where my interest started and it very quickly became an obsession..or an illness, LOL! I never thought to take it to a professional level though!ReplyDelete
Love this! I always wonder how and why people take the paths they take... My story is similar in that I developed a love of history through my father (who is an avid history show enthusiast) and through my mother (who was the keeper of the family stories and passed on tales of my grandparents escape from Europe during WWII.) I also had an influential teacher who steered me toward history at an early age...But your post is light-hearted and personal with an important larger message. I am dumbfounded when people say their kids are just not interested in their history. I'm also surprised that my second grader gets little exposure to history through school. We make history part of our every day lives in my home and I am confident that even if my child doesn't choose history in some form as a profession, she will at least have an appreciation for it and a greater sensibility regarding the world, its people, and humanity's relationships. Family history is important and we need to do a better job conveying that to children by sharing family stories, introducing genealogy, making museum visits a regular routine, discussing family heirlooms, and by encouraging the reading of historical biographies in subject areas that interest them.ReplyDelete
I suppose my earliest genealogical memory was stopping in a cemetery at the side of the road with my aunt Peggy. We did visit family grave sites, but I particularly remember reading the stones and seeing two or three wives of one man buried side by side.ReplyDelete
That started me wondering about the stories. Everybody has a story! I hope knowing about those individuals who came before us will give my kids a sense of grounding.
Great story. Thank you.
I 'got it' from one of my daughters. (long story) but she gave me program because she thought I needed something to do. Little did she know ...
From a long line of Quakers, genealogy / family history through letters are in my family. Interesting that it skipped a generation. I asked my Dad, where were you when these stories were being told. He said, I'd rather be fishing.
The good news, my older daughter has picked up her family history going back her mother's line. I guess it helped that as the 'kids' were growing up we would visit historical places.
Like you, I have had some great 'research' trips with her.
Doesn't get too much better then that.
Thank you,
Very interesting post, Marian! BTW, where are your Gurney's from? While I don't have any in myReplyDelete
direct line, I have some Gurney cousins by marriage from the Abington and Whitman area.
Bill, my Gurneys are from the Bridgewater area. Right in your neighborhood!ReplyDelete
Hmm. Then we very well might have a connection!ReplyDelete
I've given you the Ancestor Approved Award.
You can pick it up at http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/2010/12/ancestor-approved-award.html
Interesting topic I'm going to compile, add to my 2-vol Whidden/Whitten genealogy/ history.
Briefly here, my Mom/Dad knew little of their history: Mom's Mom died when she was 7 years old and her Dad never talked about life in Finland; Dad left home age 15 years old on a harvest excursion from NS to SK and only returned home once before he died age 80 in 1980, having moved to northern AB. Dad's brother, Percy, was the talker in the family and told me endless tales, long since forgotten about his family. His sister in NS told me some of that in letters, since lost, but the two sparked my interest. Cousins gave me a "Whidden Family of Nova Scotia" for Christmas about 1985 and the rest is history.
The next thing I knew I was spending hours looking at NS census microfilms in the library and contacting people in the phone book. Getting an ex-spouse of a male Whidden from Florida sorta cured me of that as she was NOT the least complimentary about having known him.
Eventually I got PAF v1.0 for CP/M on my Commodore C=128 as well the MS-DOS version as well so when my database outgrew the size of a 3.5" floppy disk I was able to move it to a new IBM compatible computer.
Eventually, about 1994 when the internet became more available, I contacted a fellow researcher in MN whose father and grandfather had been trying to connect their PA branch to the NH bunch who came, supposedly from ENG in 1662, but had been unsuccessful in linking. A cousin of his in Boston who was a volunteer at NEHGS eventually made the connection so we combined my descendants from Samuel/ NH/1662 with his from John/1662 and the result ended up being 2-vol. 1650+ pages and printed about 20 copies, some paid for and other given to contributors.
Four cousins from the two lines, two from each line have had their y-DNA-67 done and confirmed our paper relationship.
It's been exciting and the next stage is to include the census info from US 1940 and CAN 1921 once they are released and print 2nd edition of "Whidden NH, NS and Beyond 1662-2002 a family odyssey."
Cheers, Ray


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By Sean Herman
It's been almost 10 years since I got some of the greatest advice I've ever been lucky enough to receive. I was getting tattooed in Pensacola, Florida at a beautiful shop called Hula Moon. Famous Gabe, a name he received from Bob Montagna, was tattooing me, a little skinny 19-year-old. I had just received news that I was going to start my apprenticeship at Aerochild Tattoos, and was so excited that it was all I could talk about…
While I was going on and on about it, Gabe said something that stays with me to this very day, he said, "Some people want to be rock stars in tattooing, ya know, but fuck that, I would rather tattoo the blue-collar working guy and give him the best tattoo he is gonna get."
Years later, I found myself in a situation where I felt like I had completely lost touch with my roots and where I had come from, and those words rang in my head. In Gabe's words, "You took the road less traveled, the strange road, and you came home." Here is the story that comes from my home, about a man who has changed my life, and how he got into tattooing.
First, a little background about him. Famous Gabe Smith has been tattooing over 20 years now and is the owner of Hula Moon, which has now been open for over 10 years. He's traveled the world, done enough paintings that could line 10 shops, and put in more hours of tattooing than that of 10 tattooers careers combined.
Gabe has traveled the world tattooing and has a good story about every place he has been. To me, Gabe truly is tattooing at it finest, storyteller, artist and honest. Without further ado, here's how Famous Gabe Smith got into tattooing, in his words.
Famous Gabe:
"It seems like yesterday all this started but it wasn't overnight and now I look back at a road traveled and it has been such a long road, over many mountains and rocky steps. There were the ups and downs, but that's life. I learned from a crazy native American guy called Captain Billy. He taught me a lot, not just tattooing but becoming a man too.
The town where I grew up in Mississippi had only two shops. Capt. Billy's place and Junior's. I got some of my earliest work from the old biker dude named Junior. His place was pretty nasty, even for back then. After I met old Billy, which was the night me and my brother fought an entire frat, but again, that's another story. Dave and I hung out at his shop. Since we were kids Dave always pushed me to use my artistic skills for tattooing but I guess I just knew better than to learn how to tattoo on my own. We would stare at the tattoo kit ads in the back Easyriders and dream about it though.
So, I am at Billy's place and I guess I had hung out enough that he didn't run me off. Capt. Billy intimidated the heck outta me. He is still the most talented man I ever met. He might not have been the best tattooer but that guy believed in a naive kid like me. Every chance I could be at the shop I was. It was a competition everyday. It wasn't easy because I wasn't the only one hovering. He had several grommets always hanging out like vultures waiting on the chance to get a foot in the door, but Capt. Billy had his methods for weeding out who was serious and who was not.
Once he made me walk miles to buy him a Coca-Cola and it had to be ice cold when I got back to him. I was only allowed to walk, nothing else. So I did it. I think he was surprised I came back, and the Coca-Cola was cold. It literally took all day. He confided years later that usually that was his go-to to really run someone off.
Back in those days you did what you were told. You mopped floors or shined spokes on the bosses ride. I just watched and did things before he asked. As soon as he was done with a tattoo I broke the station down, set back up and then washed the dirty tubes. You didn't have to tell me to take the trash out! I worked like that to stand out from the other guys hanging around.
I don't miss those days even though they were pure. It was raw back then. Hitting up sewing stores and snipping the heads off sewing needles to tattoo. I used to have to go in Wendy's and get as many of those little ketchup cups as I could to use for ink caps. If it saved the boss a nickel he would do it. I remember too that gloves had only recently found there way into the tattoo industry. I would get yelled at for 'wasting' gloves 'cause I wore a pair one day when scrubbing tubes. I only say those times were pure because I didn't know any better. We tattooed just to tattoo. I was stoked to do anything!
There didn't seem to be fads or if you had a style it was trying to be like Mr. Rudy or Mr. Monte. We had some bunk old Spaulding flash but the real gold was that flash catalog. I could spend hours searching those pages for something cool I saw in there. Customers would pick the pieces out of it and we would have to draw them to actual size. No photo copiers in that shop! I used those old stencil pencils and I still have one after all these years to remind me how good I have got it now.
Later on, I got hit on my bicycle by some old drunk guy (that's another story) and when I got the check from him I signed it over to Billy and we went in together and opened a shop. It was a small town in the greatest state in the nation, Mississippi. Meridian had a training base for the navy and on the weekend they would pile into the shop. There would be tattooing around-the-clock on the weekends.
During the week not so much, but it gave me time to paint. I was into doing big canvas stuff. Jim Perlman stopped by the shop the other day and we were reminiscing about the old days. He reminded me of how prolific the painting was back then. I forgot but the whole shop was lined up two and three paintings deep leaned up everywhere.
Jim toured with different bands. He came to Meridian back in the early 90s with one of my favorite bands Doc Hopper. I remember Jim had tattooed the bass player and it was the best tattoo I had every seen. I was blown away. Here I was owning a shop and I knew right then I just wasn't doing things right. I had to change. When Jim Perlman showed up with the band Doc Hopper (pop-punk outta Boston) he had just tattooed the Mickey's bee on the bass player. It was so bright and bold lines. I guess it was something new to me.
Jim had been hanging in Baltimore with the left overs of the old Flint, Michigan crew. Seth and Brady Duncan to name a few, and it showed. We barely had quality mags, and the phones back then were still attached to the wall and didn't take photos. There really was no way to readily spread information back then even though we were into the 90s by then.
It wasn't an exact point I guess but it weighed on my mind. I knew I could do better. So I started branching out. I went to who I knew was good in my area. I made the drive to the coast to go to Sailor Moses' shop. I was so intimidated that I wouldn't say I tattooed. I went here and there and finally felt the urge. It was a big world and I wanted to see it. I went all over in my old VW van and ended up chasing a girl to Wisconsin. It was from there I went to Florida. My van had about seen the end of it's days and I broke down in Pensacola. I guess it has been home ever since.
In my travels before and after landing in Pensacola I always took advantage to always gain as an artist. In my college years I fell in love with an artist named Walter Ingles Anderson. I made it a point, no matter where I was, I always went to the museums.
I also fell in love with Edo period wood block prints from Japan back in college. It went with my fascination of medieval manuscripts. My father was so supportive. He always made sure I had paper and pencils to draw with even though we didn't have a lot of money. He bought me a book I still carry around today of old manuscripts. The idea of the patience and diligence those artist spent just to hand write and draw the pages of the bible was amazing.
I always find it hilarious when I hear artists or clients say they are tired of koi fish or it's a fad, or whatever. It has been over 20 years for me. I can't imagine ever walking up to one of the master artists in Japan and say that. I think the one way I have progressed the most is from the drawing and painting. I try to everyday. I hear people say they have to be in the mood, but not me. If I can move my arm and one eye is open I will draw.
On a wild weekend at a tattoo show in Tampa I guess I fell asleep standing up in the shower (dang Grady Spades got me all snookered!) and I turned around to see a beautiful English countryside instead of the hotel shower stall. I was dreaming and there I was by a white picket fence and Shay Cannon walked up and said, 'Remember to always take the strange road!' and I woke up! What a statement… and believe me I do try."
To this day, Gabe tattoos, draws and paints more than anyone I know. He is always creating something, be it a good story, joke or an amazing tattoo. Gabe's mind is always going, and tattooing is always at the center of it. I am lucky and proud to call him one of my mentor's, and am excited to see where his career goes in the next 20 years.
Contact Gabe @Hula Moon
473 North Pace Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32505
(Sean Herman is a tattooer and contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine.)
Sean Herman works at The Bell Rose in Daphne, Alabama. www.thebellrosetattoo.com www.seanherman.com
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Sean Herman: Jeff Ensminger Interview (Part I)
Sean Herman: Preaching for the Love of Tattooing
Sean Herman: Famous Gabe Smith
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O Holy Martyr Daniil intercede for us!
Quote from: arimethea on November 20, 2009, 01:54:10 PMO Holy Martyr Daniil intercede for us!Indeed, I would think that getting gunned down for preaching against Islam and telling your flock not to marry outside the faith would constitute being a martyr...is anything being done to look into this formally?
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Memory eternal!DavidBryan: apparently the Russian authorities are looking into the murder. The local Council of Muftis also condemned it. Everyone: was Fr. Daniil married or a monk? If he was married and especially if he had children, perhaps somebody is setting up a fund to help them with expenses? Could anybody find this out?
Father Daniel foresaw his death even a few years before what has happened.He always wanted to be worthy of a martyr's crown and the Lord has given him such a crown. Those who shot at him wanted to spit yet another time into the face of the Church, as they once spit in the face of Christ, but they have not obtained their desire as it is impossible to spit in the face of the Church. Father Daniel went to his own Golgotha right in the church, which he had been building and to which he had been giving all time and energy. He was killed like an ancient prophet, that is, between the altar and the sanctuary, and he was really worthy of being called a martyr.He died for Christ, Whom he served with all his strength.He often told me that he was afraid that he would not manage to do the things he wanted, very many things. He hurried. Humanly speaking, he had some extremes and exaggerations, he stumbled and made mistakes, but he did not make mistakes in the main thing; his life was completely dedicated to HIM.I didn't understand why he hurried. For the final three years he devoted himself to ministry without days off or vacation. I grumbled; I desired, at least sometimes, simple happiness: that my husband and my kids father would be with me and them But a different path had been prepared for him.He would say that he would be killed. I asked him who would take care of us-me and three kids-when he would leave. He answered that he would leave us in good hands. "I will give you to the Mother of God, she will take care of you."Those words were forgotten until now. He told me which vestments to bury him in. I joked at the time that we should not talk about that as it is not known who will be burying whom. He said that I would be burying him. One day funerals were brought up in a conversation. I do not remember the whole conversation but I said that I had never been at a funeral service for a priest. And he told me not to worry, that I would be at his.Now, many words are remembered and their meaning has been found. Now, my perplexity has been resolved and my incomprehension has been dispersed.<snip>I'm not in the least broken. He is supporting me; I feel that he is near. During this time we have told each other many tender words, more than we said throughout our whole life. Only now I understand how strongly we loved each other.The 40th day after Fr. Daniel's repose (December 29) falls on the day before his name's day and the feast day of the future church, Prophet Daniel: December 30. According to an elders prophecy, the church would be built but Fr. Daniel would not serve in it. The second has already been fulfilled.
Memory eternal!DavidBryan: apparently the Russian authorities are looking into the murder. The local Council of Muftis also condemned it. Everyone: was Fr. Daniil married or a monk? If he was married and especially if he had children, perhaps somebody is setting up a fund to help them with expenses? Could anybody find this out?
If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.
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NEW YORK – In a game where weather conditions were a major factor in eliminating both teams' ability to throw the ball, Yale's ground game produced the two touchdowns that the Bulldogs needed -- combined with a 38-yard field goal from junior placekicker Philippe Panico -- to edge Columbia 16-13. Junior tailback Mordecai Cargill, starting for injured senior Alex Thomas, ran for 230 yards and a pair of scores in the snowstorm that blanketed Columbia's Kraft field at Wien Stadium on a cold and windy day.
The snow began falling shortly before game time, but it had been predicted well in advance of the game and the Bulldogs were as prepared as they could be. Since Thomas left last Saturday's game at Penn with an injury, Cargill knew all week that he would be called upon to step up.
"I was just looking at [the weather] as a great opportunity, because I knew the offense was going to be more focused on the run," Cargill said. "We were just ready to pound the rock today. I was ready for it. I had to just pick up the slack after Alex went down. The offensive line did a great job of opening up holes today."
Just holding on to the ball was an accomplishment on Saturday, as the teams combined for nine fumbles (five lost). Throwing and catching the ball were practically out of the question, and the Bulldogs did not attempt a pass in the second half after completing just two of 10 tries in the first.
With the game scoreless, Columbia's offense did get a big pass play right as the first quarter ended -- quarterback Sean Brackett connected with receiver Louis DiNovo for a 32-yard gain. But on the first play of the second quarter, Eli defensive back Collin Bibb sacked Brackett, knocking the ball loose as Brackett attempted to throw. Columbia recovered at its own 40, but two plays later, senior free safety Geoff Dunham intercepted Brackett at the Yale five.
Junior linebacker Will McHale created the field position edge Yale needed later in the second when he tipped Brackett's pass, which was then caught by a Lion lineman who fumbled thanks to a hit from senior defensive end Cliff Foreman. McHale recovered the fumble at the Columbia 19. That enabled Panico to drill a 38-yard field goal at 10:38 to put Yale up 3-0.
"I didn't get all of it," Panico said. "It was a little low, but I think that kept it out of the wind."
The Bulldogs tried to take advantage of another Columbia miscue when a high snap on a Lion punt attempt forced punter Paul Delaney to kick the ball from deep in his own territory after he chased the ball down. The Bulldogs took over at the Columbia 24, but a fumbled snap on fourth-and-seven was recovered by Columbia at the Lion 34. Yale headed into the half with a 3-0 lead.
"We were very confident," said Tom Williams, Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football. "We felt like a three-point lead would be enough to hold up if we could just possess the ball. That was our plan going into the game."
After Brackett had to fall on a fumbled snap on the first play of the third quarter, the Bulldog defense kept the Lions contained. First, senior defensive lineman Jake Stoller tackled running back Griffin Lowry for no gain. Then, Bibb tackled running back Alec Fisher on a screen pass for a three-yard loss to force a punt.
The Bulldog offense then executed eight straight running plays for a total of 41 yards, the last 19 coming on a touchdown run by Cargill. He also converted a third-and-two and a fourth-and-two earlier in the drive.
A fumble ended Yale's next drive, but the Bulldogs got the ball right back when senior linebacker Jordan Haynes recovered a Lion fumble at the Yale 47.
"We capitalized on a lot of the mistakes they made because of the bad weather," Haynes said. "That's just something we practice. It's kind of an everyday thing for us."
Cargill added another touchdown on a four-yard run early in the fourth, capping a 51-yard drive in which he rushed for 43 yards and the rest came from sophomore receiver/running back Deon Randall. The Bulldogs missed the extra point but still led 16-0.
Columbia (0-7, 0-4 Ivy League) scored on a 26-yard play-action pass from Brackett to tight end Zack McKown with 8:54 to play. But Brackett's toss into the end zone for the attempted two-point conversion fell incomplete. That became even more important when a fumbled punt gave the Lions the ball at the Yale five with 5:24 to play, and they got another touchdown pass from Brackett. His four-yard toss to receiver Mike Stephens made it 16-13 with 4:04 to play.
The Lions stopped Yale at the Columbia 16 on a fourth-and-one, setting up one last chance for the Columbia offense. The Lions got one first down, and got as far as their own 31 before sophomore strong safety Nick Okano's interception at the Columbia 45 with 58 seconds left enabled the Yale offense to come out on the field to take a knee three times to run out the clock.
Right around that same time, Yale (4-3, 3-1 Ivy League) found out that Brown had knocked off first-place Penn 6-0 in Providence. That dropped the Quakers to 3-1 in the league, tied with the Bulldogs and the Bears. It also gave Yale control of a chance for at least a share of the Ivy League title. Winning the next three games would guarantee Yale at least a piece of the Ancient Eight crown. That stretch begins with a game against the Bears next Saturday at the Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field.
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Hi all...my name is David, I'm 43, live in VA. I have been lurking this board fo ra couple of weeks now, gettting the feel of it.I'm currently Episcopalian, interested in Eastern liturgy and spirituality. I'm also interested in monasticism and the desert fathers; I thought learning more about Eastern Christianity might help me understand the ancient fathers. Don't be surprised if I bug y'all to death w/ questions !
Welcome, Crucifer.Beware of the answers you obtain here. You might be better off learning about Eastern Christianity through books. One would be wise to double check and verify any information he gets on this or any other web site.
I am reading The Orthodox Way (Kallistos Ware) and have visited a local Orthodox church- also feel that seeing how Orthodox actaully worship and live thier lives is as important as reading books and info from websites.
welcome! hope that the some of the discussions here don't scare you away from orthodoxy. the arguments get heated up sometimes :)where in Virginia are you?
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MINISINK HILLS — A thrice waterlogged field is apparently enough.
Smithfield Township is looking into building a new, public baseball field at its Waterfront Park property to replace the Al Wilson Field.
The Wilson Field, along River Road, has been flooded out three times in the last 30 months, and remains in a flood-prone area.
"We have the land, we need the field, we should be looking at this," township Supervisor Brian Barrett said. "The Wilson Field may never be able to be rehabbed."
The township is paying Niclaus Engineering $3,500 to put together a feasibility plan for a new field, including cost. There is no estimate yet as to how much a new field would cost.
The Wilson Field have been flooded during each of the last three major floods, in September 2004, April 2005 and June 2006. Each time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has covered the cost of rebuilding the field, at least partially.
Township officials estimate about $60,000 spent trying to rehab the field after the three floods.
"Why throw good money away anymore?" Supervisor Vince Della Ferra asked.
The field is at a precarious location, on the banks of the Brodhead Creek near its confluence with the Delaware River. After each flood, it has been closed for months. At the time of the June 2006 flood, it hadn't even been opened from the repairs from the April 2005 flood.
"I think there is a desperate need for this field," Barrett said. "We've got a lot of players with nowhere to go."
More than 100 baseball players used the Wilson Field each season, township officials said.
As for the soccer fields at the township's park on River Road, they could be open this summer, Della Ferra said. The township's parks commission plans to discuss an August opening later this year.
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Wilson Field could be converted into a soccer field in the future.
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The township's planning commission already approved the plans for the 100,000-square-foot office building. The building is proposed at 42 feet tall.
Barrett appointed himself to fill a vacancy at the township's sewer authority. The township's planning commission will be extended from seven members to nine, an unusually high number for a secondary township commission.
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Police opened fire on a man and woman in a pickup during a chase in the Memorial Villages Friday morning.
No injuries were reported. The suspects were taken into custody after they crashed their pickup during the chase.
The chase began as a police officer was monitoring traffic with his radar gun about 9 a.m. at 9500 Westheimer, said Jodi Silva, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department.
Silva said the officer spotted a gray pickup traveling at a high rate of speed and tried to stop it, but the driver sped away. The officer followed him.
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Silva said the chase meandered through several neighborhoods in the Memorial Villages. Then the truck veered from the road and got stuck in a ditch in the 11900 block of Taylorcrest near J Star in the City of Bunker Hill Village.
By then, Silva said, officers with the Memorial Villages Police Department had joined the pursuit. The officers got out of their patrol cars to try to pulled the driver from the truck. But the suspect revved his engine. Fearing for their safety and the safety of other officers, an HPD officer and a Memorial Village officer each fired more than one shot toward the truck, Silva said.
It is unknown if the truck was hit by the gunfire.
The suspect, however, managed to dislodge the mired pickup and sped away again. The officers again chased him.
Silva said the chase ended when the driver crashed the pickup into a pole on Gessner and near Tanner about 10:30 a.m.
The man and woman jumped out of the truck and tried to run away, but officers captured them a short time later.
Silva said officers found stolen items inside the truck, though investigators declined to disclose what was found. A gun was discovered along the chase route in The Memorial Villages, but it was not known if the suspects had tossed it of the truck during the pursuit.
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Oscar Maldonado, 25, said he was near the crash site applying for a job when he saw the truck traveling on Gessner and police cars chasing it. He said the truck was coming upon several cars near Tanner and tried to avoid the traffic, but veered off the road and slammed into the pole. Then he saw a man and woman jump out and run. Officers ran after them and arrested them. He had never seen anything like it.
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BOULDER Boulder ranks near the bottom of cities where people say theyre very religious, according to a nationwide Gallup poll.
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The Denver Post Sunday reported that in both those cities, 17 percent classified themselves as very religious.
The Provo-Orem, Utah, area ranked the highest with 77 percent.
According to the poll, 40 percent of Americans surveyed rate themselves as very religious, while in Colorado the statewide average is 34 percent.
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A large Pennsylvania outdoors show was postponed indefinitely Thursday after its organizers' ban on assault weapons triggered a backlash and a growing vendor boycott.
HARRISBURG (AP) — A large Pennsylvania outdoors show was postponed indefinitely Thursday after its organizers' ban on assault weapons triggered a backlash and a growing vendor boycott.
Reed Exhibitions posted a notice on the website of the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show that said an "emotionally charged atmosphere" had been created that would make it impossible to hold an event "designed to provide family enjoyment."
The nine-day show had been scheduled to start Feb. 2 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. Reed's statement said the show was being postponed "for now" but did not elaborate, and a Reed spokeswoman declined an interview request or to provide details beyond that posting.
"Our original decision not to include certain products in the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show this year was made in order to preserve the event's historical focus on the hunting and fishing traditions enjoyed by American families," Chet Burchett, Reed Exhibitions' regional president, said in a statement.
He said that the presence of "modern sporting rifles" would have distracted from the show's focus on hunting and fishing, "a product decision ... of the type event organizers need to make every day."
The ban, Burchett said, would have affected a small percentage of the show's 1,000 exhibits.
"We hope that as the national debate clarifies, we will have an opportunity to consider rescheduling the event when the time is right to focus on the themes it celebrates," he said.
An email sent Thursday to ticket-buyers promised refunds and said the process will be posted on the show's website.
Reed had decided to ban the sale and display of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The company had previously said the decision was made because of concerns that the "current climate" would distract from the emphasis on hunting and fishing "and possibly disrupt the broader positive experience of our guests."
The move angered a significant portion of the show's customer base, and a growing number of vendors had announced they were pulling out of the show. Online listings showed more than 200 sellers had decided against participation, a number Reed did not confirm.


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Baltimore County elected its first African-American member of the County Council yesterday, but the tightest race last night involved Councilman Vincent J. Gardina, who narrowly defeated Del. James F. Ports Jr. for the seat representing the 5th District.
In the only close council race this year, Gardina beat Ports by less than 1,000 votes, according to unofficial results with all 37 precincts reporting.
The redrawn district includes part of Towson, Perry Hall and Chase.
"I'm very pleased, I'm very humbled, and most importantly I look forward to serving the people of the new 5th District," Gardina said.
As expected in the 4th District representing Woodlawn, Randallstown, Granite and part of Owings Mills, Kenneth N. Oliver, former chairman of the planning board, soundly defeated Republican Gail M. Thies.
With all 33 precincts reporting, Oliver had more than 25,000 votes to the slightly more than 6,000 collected by Thies.
Oliver could not be reached last night for comment.
In the 1st District, which includes Catonsville and Arbutus, Democratic Councilman Stephen G. Samuel Moxley defeated Republican Berchie Lee Manley, a community activist who served on the council from that district.
With all 27 precincts reporting, Moxley almost doubled the vote tally of his opponent with more than 21,000 votes, according to unofficial results.
Four uncontested seats
The remaining four council seats were uncontested.
That means council members Kevin Kamenetz, a Pikesville Democrat; T. Bryan McIntire, a north county Republican; Joseph Bartenfelder, a Fullerton Democrat; and John A. Olszewski Sr., a Dundalk Democrat, will serve new four-year terms.
A year ago, Gardina's political fortunes received a major blow when five council members passed a redistricting plan that cut off most of the constituency he had represented for more than a decade and put him in the same district with incumbent Republican Wayne M. Skinner.
Last-minute bid
For a time, Gardina considered retirement from politics or a run for the Maryland Senate, but at the last minute, the three-term incumbent filed for his old council seat and easily defeated his primary opposition.
Meanwhile, Ports, who raised his political profile in a series of debates with County Executive C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger over the condemnation and revitalization plan known as Senate Bill 509, decided against runs for Congress, state Senate or county executive and challenged Skinner in the Republican primary, saying he wanted to serve in the office closest to the people.
Now, just two years after helping the SB 509 opponents overwhelmingly defeat the plan at the polls, Ports finds himself out of political office.
Ports, 43, an account executive with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., attributed part of his defeat to negative campaigning by Gardina, but he also said he didn't perform as well in Towson as he had hoped.
'An uphill battle'
"Obviously, it was an uphill battle to begin with" because of the number of Democrats in the district, Ports said.
But Gardina said it was hard work that led to his victory. "I campaigned seven days a week for five months."
Gardina, 46, an environmental engineer, said he planned to revive the area's business district, cut down on crime, limit the impact of growth on schools and promote open space.
The 4th District is heavily Democratic, so when Oliver emerged from a six-candidate field in the primary, his general election victory was all but a foregone conclusion.
When Oliver is sworn in next month. he will face the task of representing communities where many residents feel their needs have been ignored by the county government.
Angered activists
In a series of community forums during the primary, residents expressed grave concerns about the pace and quality of development in the area, the low performance of students in local schools and the profusion of group homes in the community.
A year ago, some community activists, angered by a council redistricting process they said was completed behind closed doors, promised to repay the incumbents at the ballot box.
Sun staff writer Jennifer M. Sims contributed to this article.


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The Great Vet Food Debate
I'm trying to find a new food for my cats. One of them, Mulder, has had several run ins with struvite crystals a couple of years ago now.
First the vet had him on Medi-cal Dissolution. Then switched to Royal Canin - Urinary s/o..then finally told me to take him off of all dry food and only feed him canned RC Urinary S/o. At almost $2/can and 3 cats..I just could not feed them only the canned vet food. So i have been feeding them 2 cans of the S/o per day (I mix 1 can food with 1 can water to make them get extra water) and some of the Medical Dental dry. All purchased from vet with the thought that that was the best food I could buy for them.
Recently I bought a puppy and was doing research on pet foods. I have had an education to say the least!
First I discovered from the Royal Canin website that the main ingredient in the canned food is water, and it also has by products in it. It also smells foul but that could be another thread. I regularly clean up cat puke.
Then I read the ingredients list for the Dental - main ingred = corn. Chicken meal might have made it to the top 5 ingredients but most of it seems to be wheat and I think this one also had "cellulose" in it.
So I did more research. I found it very difficult to find an unbiased source of information. I seem to find 2 extreme views - only feed RAW or 'Corn is GREAT!' Or websites by vets that also have pet food advertising on it. That kind of leads to independence issues in my mind so I'm not sure if I can really trust their opinions.
Now I'm not a vet, or even in the medical field so I could be wrong about my conclusions about pet food. I would love to be enlightened or pointed to some good, scientific research on the reason for preferring corn over meat protein in cat/dog food.
I went to the vet today and asked about the food.I was told that sometimes pet food companies will list ingredients alphabetically so that makes them seem better and that pet food saying it was tested according to AAFA(?) standards does not mean that it is certified. And also that 'human grade" doesn't always mean that humans could eat it. I suppose that could be true. Since they have a vested interest in selling the prescription food, I did not expect them to say they sold substandard fare. On the other hand, if you are going to get me to pay almost $100 for a bag of special vet food..you'd better have a logical, scientifically backed reason for using so much of what is considered fillers.
Needless to say, I got a pamphlet prepared by the manufacturers of RC with "myths" about pet food, and was told..feed your cat what you want and see what happens.
I just feel so disillusioned. I mean, here I was buying what I thought was the best quality food for my sick cat, sold to me by someone who should know something about animal nutrition, and I have been feeding my cats CORN for 3 years and paying top dollar for the privilege. If I had been picking this stuff up for $14 bucks a bag at the corner store I could rationalize it.
Maybe corn is perfectly fine to feed to cats. It doesn't really make sense to me to feed mainly corn to a carnivore..but if someone could enlighten me, I'd really welcome it!!! BUT if money was no object and you could feed meat to a cat instead of corn..would you feed your cat corn?
This is getting rambling, but I'm getting to a question.
I'm a bit nervous to take my cat off of the Urinary s/o. So far as I can tell, it has no real "prescriptive" qualities except maybe extra sodium to make the cat drink more. And maybe lower magnesium levels.
Does anyone know the difference between a good quality canned food and the vet prescriptions?
Many of the canned foods have various fish in it - I've read that fish isn't that great for cats with urinary problems. Why is that? is it fish in any quantity? or just a LOT of fish?
I've also read that more protein = better ph balance, more acidic(?) than a carbohydrate based diet. If this is the case...wouldn't that mean that corn or other grains should be totally off the menu? And I should be feeding solid protein diet?
There is a sticky here with some excellent websites that breakdown and tell you the best foods and all the ingredients.
A dog has so many friends because they wag their tails not their tongues.
R.I.P. Buddy 2002-2008 The best Mastiff ever.
Now owned by Clark the Crazy American Bulldog
Also check out some of the links found here: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=73489
But especially these 2:
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
Duh sorry I copied the dog link and not the cat one. Sorry about that.
A dog has so many friends because they wag their tails not their tongues.
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Now owned by Clark the Crazy American Bulldog
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text: Behind Vermeer's Brand Promise Revolution February 12, 2014 11:00 PM Tweet By embracing the tagline "Equipped to do more," Vermeer Corporation aims to empower employees to help customers become more productive and profitable. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Gary Vermeer revolutionized the way livestock producers manage hay and forage by inventing the round hay baler in 1971. Now, Vermeer Corporation aims to revolutionize the way its employees think about customer service, with the goal of providing measurable benefits to farmers and other end users. "Our customers need to be productive, and they need to be profitable," says Mary Andringa, president and CEO, describing key findings from a two-year research study with Vermeer's global customers. She spoke to media Wednesday night at an event held in conjunction with the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show. Vermeer Corporation has grown significantly since its founding in 1948. It serves industries ranging from agriculture to surface mining and employs more than 3,000 workers. While agriculture represents just 25% of its business, farming laid the foundation for the product sectors Vermeer has since added. To capture that diversity, Vermeer worked with an outside firm to conduct 45-minute surveys, most of them by phone, with customers around the world representing each industry. The resulting 1,100 pages of notes led to the development of three key brand promises that the company plans to deliver into the future, Andringa says: business confidence, productivity advantage and smart progress. In keeping with those focus areas, the company has adopted the tagline, "Equipped to do more". The research shows that across its diverse business segments, all Vermeer customers share common goals of improving productivity and profitability, says Jason Andringa, president, environmental and forage solutions for Vermeer. While there are small variations—for example, some industries are able to withstand more machine downtime than others—the similarities stand out. "I think we were more surprised by the consistency than the differences," he notes. Click here for complete coverage of the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show. And don't miss these three free Farm Journal Media events featuring Greg "Machinery Pete" Peterson, Bob Utterback and more! To meet those common needs, Vermeer rolled out its brand promises to employees, dealers and customers during 2013. The company has integrated customers into its strategy by giving them time to interact with employees on the production line at Vermeer's manufacturing headquarters in Pella, Iowa, Mary Andringa notes. In turn, employees ask questions about the machines they build to identify challenges that farmers and other customers are facing so they can identify solutions. At the dealer level, Vermeer has focus groups for different products that meet quarterly to identify opportunities as well as challenges customers are facing, Jason Andringa notes. The company intends to measure its progress by tracking the resale value of its equipment as well as drilling down to industry-specific financials such as customers' cost per bale or cost per foot of drilling. That reflects a different approach than in the past, when manufacturers might have spent more time looking at the initial purchase price of a machine, its horsepower or pump size. "It isn't a hollow promise," he says. The company will continue to focus on agriculture through its equipment and strategic partnerships with companies such as Lely. "We're always learning, we're always going to be getting better," Mary Andringa says. "Our goal is to be stellar in all of those segments." Back to news


text: The new "ethics guidelines" written by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists instruct its members that they needn't perform any procedure that they take moral issue with. In other words: abortions, prescribing the morning-after pill or even regular ol' birth control pills — they don't have to do these things. The problem (okay, the other problem) is that though the ethics guidelines state that in this situation, a doctor should refer his patient to a physician who will perform such procedures, it is unclear whether a doctor has to make this referral. Says Joseph DeCook, an ob/gyn and the vice-president of the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, "I'm not going to refer someone to a hit man to put to death someone that's inconvenient in their life." Charming! [NPR]


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Yacht Club Partners
GERMANY: Bayerisher Yacht Club, Starnberg See, Munchen. The first Yacht Club that has chosen the Melges 20 as its club sportboat. The BYC every year hosts a sanctioned Melges 20 events and many other regattas for members and friends on Melges 20.
Website: http://www.byc.de
ITALY: Circolo Vela Erix, Lerici (Spezia): a new fleet has been created by the Club offering the chartering boats to all members and sailors for competing in any national or international regatta. The same boats are available for daily sailing or sailing accademy or technical regatta clinics supported by some of the best italian athletes.
Website: http://www.cdverix.it
ITALY: Circolo Canottieri Napoli, Napoli: that's the base of one for the most consistent fleet in Europe. The Club has already hosted many European Sailing Series regattas and a Melges 20 Gold Cup.
Website: http://www.circolocanottierinapoli.it
MONTECARLO: Yacht Club de Monaco: since 2013 a new fleet sails in Montecarlo making this spot on of the centre of Melges 20 competitions. YCM hosts the first annual sanctioned event - Primo Cup - and the new brand Monaco Melges 20 Winter Series. More than 25 boats competed in the first 2013-14 edition of Winter Series in Monaco. The boats owned by some very passionate international club members ready to race in the all european and the main US events.
Website: http://www.yacht-club-monaco.mc/en/
US: Coconut Grove Sailing Club; Miami, FL : The CGSC was founded in 1946 on a parcel of land that was deeded by the State of Florida to the City of Miami. CGSC continues to be a leader in the sailing community and continues to stand by its mission by offering adult and children sailing classes, racing, education programs and community service sailing programs. All sailing instruction courses are sanctioned by US Sailing Association.
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Knucklehead With No Sense of Awareness Gets Run Over in Cart Race
This isn't exactly a photo finish.
In this video of a cart race in Chile, a youngster in the crowd somehow completely loses grip on the fact that, you know, there's a race going on. He walks onto the course, totally unaware a cart is making a beeline for him. He finds out soon enough, though.
It just goes to prove that old adage about how you shouldn't put the cart before the boneheaded kid.


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Alluvial plains & sabkha
Plains are a common feature in many parts of the UAE. Around the Hajar Mountains, they occur as wide, flat expanses, covered in coarse rocks and gravels. In other parts of the country, plains are intimately associated with dune systems, forming loosely connected networks of interdunes.
Sabkha, an Arabic term referring to flat, salt-encrusted desert, usually devoid of any significant plant cover, frequently develops on alluvial plains, with groundwater occurring close to the surface. Coastal sabkha also occurs, dominating the coastline from the area of Abu Dhabi Island westward.


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5 Boating and Fishing Feeds to Follow on Twitter
If you're like me, Twitter is still a bit of a mystery sometimes. There's a ton of information flying around, and trying to pick out what's useful and what isn't can be like staring at one of those computer screens of descending green digits like they had in The Matrix. So to simplify, we've picked out a few interesting Tweeps (that's what they call them) for you to follow if you're into boating and fishing. Of course, we already assume you're following us at http://twitter.com/manitoupontoons
Predict Wind
Predict Wind hails from New Zealand and typically caters to the sailboat crowd, but tends to have some fun links on general boating news and weather as well. Definitely worth checking out, as more than 12,500 people follow them already.
Take Me Fishing
Into fishing? Take Me Fishing provides a heavy stream of links full of fishing stories, pictures, news, recipes and anything else you can think of fishing related.
Boating Magazine
You guessed it, it's Boating Magazine's Twitter feed. If you like the magazine you'll probably find a lot of things worth following on their feed, full of all kinds of cool photos and videos.
I Love Boats
Yes, these people love boats. They Tweet about it. A lot. They crank out a ton of information on places to buy boats and boating gear, news, random facts and quotes…I'm convinced. If you question these people's love of boats, you likely are still questioning gravity.
Thomas Paylor
Primarily focuses on fishing in the UK, but still has a ton of cool links, how else would I have found out about a change to go fishing with a star (http://bit.ly/qHF3lC)?


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Sick leave bill would harm small business owners
If enacted, City Council Bill 080474, the Sick Leave Bill, would have detrimental effects on Philadelphia restaurants, other small businesses and their employees
On the surface, this legislation sounds great – give employees seven days of paid sick leave that they can use when they really need them. Unfortunately, nothing could be farther from the truth!
Firstly, to make up for the cost of these guaranteed sick days, restaurant owners will have to decrease pay for hourly workers or expect more hours out of salaried employees. I know my employees would rather be paid more rather than have paid sick days that more responsible employees will never use.
Secondly, my general manager reports to me that 50 percent of all employee health related call outs are because the employee has stayed out too late the previous night partying. I am not passing judgment on these employees. What they do on their own time is up to them. I am simply suggesting that less responsible employees will use up all seven of the sick days every year while the other more responsible employees will have to pick up their shifts and cover for them, while experiencing pay decreases to cover the cost.
I am not your usual small business owner that opposes all legislation that will hurt our bottom line. I have strongly supported minimum wage increases, no smoking in restaurants and guaranteed health care coverage. This issue is different. It will help a small group of employees who work for unreasonable small business owners that don't provide sick leave when necessary while hurting a majority of the employees that don't work for one of these unreasonable bosses.
Instead of forcing paid sick leave, why not enact legislation that forces business owners to provide unpaid sick leave when an employee really needs it? No one should be fired because they need time off for health reasons, just as no one should be rewarded for staying out too late and drinking heavily the night before they are expected to work.
Proponents of this legislation do not understand the nature of the restaurant business. I gladly supply five paid sick days per year to my real estate staff but none of them have ever used all five days
An across-the-board requirement does not make sense. I hope you will join me in opposing Bill 080474 before damage is done to our industry.
Ken Weinstein Owner
Trolley Car Diner, Mt. Airy
Trolley Car Café, East Falls
Nothing beats living here
What a delight! Nothing beats living in this neighborhood. I spent Saturday June 4, peeking in neighbor's back yards, and boy was it fun! I was on the Mt Airy Learning Tree's Hidden Garden Tour 2011.
I thank the record number of attendees for supporting MALT via this annual event. It was spectacular thanks to the efforts of all the talented gardeners and the innovations of Eric Sternfels – our tour organizer this year. Eric added all sorts of fun new flair to our long time event.
For the first time we had a sponsor – The Secret Garden in Roxborough. Thanks for assisting us with a broader promotion to spread the word about this great community building event.
The MALT staff gets a pat on the back for putting together a snazzier booklet and map than ever. And Eric lined up 13 fantastic gardens – granted you could do it in eight stops as some were clustered together. It had so much variety I was rolling in it! Some were amazing plant gardens, and others were beautiful space gardens and some had cool water features. All were unique to our stunning community! It was a blast.
I also need to tell gardeners who allowed over 120 neighbors to meander through their yards how much we all loved it! Thank you for your willingness to share your oasis. We also recognize and appreciate the knowledge, vision, sweat and time you gave both in advance to prepare and on Saturday as we all flowed past you.
From all the stories I heard, I can tell you that not only did you touch us, but it seems in the end we touched you as well! Thanks for letting me know later that evening how much you all enjoyed having us and how much fun it was to get all the positive feedback on your hard work! I tell you – are we lucky or what? Nothing beats living in this community.
Jonna Naylor
MALT Executive Director
Chestnut Hill Hospital thanks Cosimo's Pizza
Chestnut Hill Hospital (CHH) extends a heart-felt thank you to Cosimo's Pizza owner Enzo Mandaran and the whole team at Cosimo's. Partnerships like the one we most recently engaged in with Cosimo's Pizza are what make Chestnut Hill a special place to operate a business – businesses that truly serve our community
Recently, hospital employees exceeded expectations by surpassing prior year participation in the hospital's employee satisfaction survey. As an incentive to take part in the survey, a pizza party was offered to the entire hospital staff if participation was better than in 2010. Not only did employees achieve the goal for the pizza party, they increased participation by more than 15 percent.
Now, we had to keep our end of the agreement and figure out how to conduct a pizza party for 700 busy staff members on different shifts and at different locations. That's when John Scanlon, our CMO, gave Enzo Mandarano a call. The call started a collaboration that would lead to the successful delivery of 250 hot pizzas. They delivered to eight off-site offices including our GYN practice and Women's Center located in Blue Bell.
Cosimo's staff stayed after closing on a Friday night to have pies ready for the hospital's night shift. Enzo Mandarano went above and beyond to accommodate our requests and make our Pizza Party a success.
Along with our pizza, we celebrated success with our survey results that showed improvements in many areas including employees' "Overall satisfaction" (up 5 percent).
On behalf of all the CHH employees and physicians I want to say thank you for your delicious pizza, your considerate staff, your commitment to quality and – most importantly–being our community partner.
Brooks Turkel,
Chief Executive Officer
Chestnut Hill Hospital
John Scanlon, DPM
Chief Medical Officer
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Walk for Epilepsy
My sister Andrea had epilepsy most of her life. About five years ago I got involved with a great organization that helps people with epilepsy/seizure disorder and their families to enhance their quality of life. The foundation provides free educational programs, referral services, and a summer camp for children.
The camp is a wonderful experience for children with epilepsy who are not able to attend most traditional camps. The enjoyment the kids get from the camp is truly amazing.
I would like to thank all of you who have either joined us for the walk or contributed to this worthy organization over the past few years. Your dollars and support really make a difference.
Like all non-profits, the Epilepsy Foundation Eastern PA relies on grants from the state and contributions from individuals and businesses. Due to the continued challenging economic conditions, reduced funding from the state puts many of the programs at risk. This makes it more important than ever for those involved with the organization to reach out to our friends for support.
Each year, the Epilepsy Foundation Eastern PA holds a five mile walk (Summer Stroll) in Valley Green to raise money and awareness. Abby and I started a team in memory of my sister in 2008 in order to support the foundation and remember Andrea who took many walks on this trail. This year the stroll will take place on Saturday June 18. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the stroll follows at 9 a.m.. Last year through all your generous support we raised close to $2,500. This year we want to break that mark and need your support.
For more information on the walk and the Epilepsy Foundation, visit www.efepa.org.
– Paul Keehn Erdenheim