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Beef Research News
Brought to you by Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine - Farm Animal Section
March 2008
Fresh steps taken in bovine orthopedics
Sire effect on fixed-time AI pregnancy outcome
Effects of long and short term exposure to BVD-PI in feedlot heifers
Comparison of heifer estrus synchronization programs
Neck injection and handler visibility effect on cattle behavioral reaction
BCS effect on endocrine and ovarian factors in post-partum beef cows
Fresh steps taken in bovine orthopedics
Fresh steps are being taken in bovine orthopedics and also by a Jersey cow named Wilhemenia Jolene, thanks to Dr. David Anderson and his team. Dr. Anderson, professor and head of Farm Animal, is launching a new cruciate ligament replacement for cattle, called the Wildcat Power Cord.
"I am proud to be able to announce that K-State is able to provide a life-saving and genetics-saving service to our clients who have valuable cattle suffering from stifling injuries," Dr. Anderson said. "The Wildcat Power Cord offers a solution to culling valuable genetic stock. The first case has progressed beyond expectations, and we are excited to offer this to our valued clients."
Wilhemenia had a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament in her right knee. The surgery took place on Jan. 17, and Wilhemenia is doing extremely well.
Sire effect on fixed-time AI pregnancy outcome
The objective was to determine the sire effect on the pregnancy outcome in beef cows in which stage of estrus was synchronized with progesterone based fixed-time artificial insemination (AI) protocols. Three Angus sires with more than 300 breedings were evaluated for differences in pregnancy outcome from 1868 inseminations. Angus cross beef cows (N = 1868) were synchronized with Ovsynch-CIDR or CO-Synch-CIDR protocols for fixed-time AI. Cows in both groups that showed estrus on day 9 before 1500 h were designated to Selectsynch-CIDR group and were inseminated according to AM-PM rule. Results indicated that Sire 2 had lower fixed-time AI pregnancy rate compared to Sire 3 (48.1% versus 58.7%; P = 0.01). Significant sire × synchronization program and sire × location interactions were observed for fixed-time AI (P < 0.05). Sire 2 had a lesser fixed-time AI pregnancy in both Ovsynch-CIDR and CO-Synch-CIDR groups compared to Sire 3. In two of four locations, Sire 2 had a lesser fixed-time pregnancy rate compared to Sire 3. No sire differences were observed in AI pregnancy for cows in Selectsynch-CIDR group.
In the present study, no
differences in the PR for fixed-time AI among locations were observed (P
> 0.05). However, there was a sire × location interaction observed (P <
0.05). Sire 2 had lesser pregnancy compared to Sire 3 in two of four
locations. This indicates that other factors like environment and
inseminator might play a role. The effect of inseminator on the PR
within farm was not different. In conclusion, evidence in this study
suggest that there are differences in sire fertility when they were used
in fixed-time AI protocols, possibly due to the sire differences in
sperm capacitation process. Further studies are needed to investigate
association of the sire differences in fixed-time AI protocols with sire
differences in the sperm capacitation process.
Kasimanickam, R. J. Hall, J. Currin, W. Whittier Sire Effect on the Pregnancy Outcome in Beef Cows Synchronized with Progesterone Based Ovsynch and CO-Synch Protocols Anim Repro Sci February 2008 Vol. 104, No. 1, pp. 1-8.
Effects of long and short term exposure to BVD-PI in feedlot heifers
A single experiment with a completely randomized design was conducted to evaluate the effects of long- or short-term exposure to a calf identified as persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus (PI-BVD) on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of freshly weaned, transport-stressed, beef heifers. Two hundred eighty-eight heifers that had been vaccinated for BVD before weaning and transport were processed and given a metaphylactic antibiotic treatment at arrival and fed common receiving, growing, and finishing diets for a 215-d period.
Treatments were designed to either directly or adjacently expose the cattle to a PI-BVD heifer. Directly exposed treatments were: 1) negative control with no PI-BVD calf exposure (control, CON); 2) PI-BVD calf commingled in the pen for 60 h and then removed (short-term exposure, STE); and 3) PI-BVD calf commingled in the pen for the duration of the study (long-term exposure, LTE), and spatially exposed treatments were: 1) negative control with no PI-BVD calf exposure (adjacent pen control, APC); 2) PI-BVD calf commingled in the adjacent pen for 60 h and then removed (adjacent pen short-term exposure, APS); and 3) PI-BVD calf commingled in the adjacent pen for the duration of the study (adjacent pen long-term exposure, APL).
Exposure to a PI calf either
transiently (60 h) or for the duration of the feeding period (215 d) did
not affect (P 0.25) final BW compared to heifers that were not exposed.
Neither period nor overall DMI was affected (P 0.37) by PI-BVD calf
exposure, and no differences (P 0.44) were observed between short- and
long-term exposed heifers in either the direct or spatially exposed
groups. Likewise, total trial ADG was not affected (P 0.36) and overall
feed efficiency (P 0.19) was unaffected by PI-BVD calf exposure in
either the direct or spatially exposed groups. Results from this study
suggest that exposing previously vaccinated, freshly weaned,
transport-stressed, beef calves to a calf that is persistently infected
with bovine viral diarrhea virus has little, if any, marked affects on
health, performance, and carcass characteristics.
Elam, N.A., D. U. Thomson, J. F. Gleghorn. Effects of long- or short-term exposure to a calf identified as persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus on feedlot performance of freshly weaned, transport-stressed, beef heifers J. Anim Sci. 1910. 0:jas.2007-0535v1. doi:10.2527/jas.2007-0535 Published online first on March 14, 2008.
Comparison of heifer estrus synchronization programs
The objective of the experiment was to compare follicular dynamics, ovulatory response to GnRH, and synchrony of estrus and ovulation among estrous cycling and prepubertal beef heifers synchronized with a controlled internal drug release (CIDR)-based or GnRH-PGF2 (PG) protocols. Estrous cycling beef heifers were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatments (C1, C2, C3, C4) and prepubertal beef heifers were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatments (P1, P2) by age and BW. Blood samples were taken 10 and 1 d before treatment to confirm estrous cyclicity status (progesterone 0.5 ng/mL estrous cycling). CIDR Select (C1, n = 12; P1, n = 14) treated heifers received a CIDR insert (1.38 g progesterone) from d 0 to 14, GnRH (100 µg, i.m.) on d 23 and PG (25 mg, i.m.) on d 30.
Select Synch + CIDR (C2, n = 12; P2, n = 11) treated heifers received a CIDR insert and GnRH on d 23 and PG at CIDR removal on d 30. CIDR-PG (C3, n = 12) treated heifers received a CIDR insert on d 23 and PG at CIDR removal on d 30. Select Synch (C4, n = 12) treated heifers received GnRH on d 23 and PG on d 30. HeatWatch transmitters were fitted at CIDR removal (C1, C2, C3, P1, and P2) or at GnRH administration (C4) for estrus detection.Ultrasound was used to determine response to GnRH and timing of ovulation following estrus. Among the estrous cycling heifers, ovulatory response to GnRH and estrous response did not differ (P > 0.05). Among the prepubertal heifers, more (P = 0.02) P1 heifers responded to GnRH than P2 heifers, but estrous response did not differ (P > 0.05). Among the estrous cycling heifers, variance for interval to estrus after PG was reduced (P < 0.05) for C1 compared with each of the other treatments, and C2 was reduced (P < 0.05) compared with C3.
Variance for interval to ovulation
after PG was reduced (P < 0.05) for C1 compared with each of the other
treatments. Among the prepubertal heifers, there was no difference (P >
0.05) in variance for interval to estrus or ovulation. Results from C1
and P1 (T1) and C2 and P2 (T2) were combined to compare T1 and T2 among
mixed groups of estrous cycling and prepubertal heifers. Response to
GnRH was greater (P < 0.01; 81% T1 and 39% T2), and variances for
interval to estrus and ovulation for T1 were reduced (P < 0.01) compared
with T2. In summary, CIDR Select improved (P < 0.01) synchrony of estrus
and ovulation compared with Select Synch + CIDR.
Leitman, N.R., D. C. Busch, J. F. Bader, D. A. Mallory, D. J. Wilson, M. C. Lucy, M. R. Ellersieck , M. F. Smith, D. J. Patterson Comparison of protocols to synchronize estrus and ovulation in estrous cycling and prepubertal beef heifers J. Anim Sci. 1910. 0:jas.2008-0970v1. doi:10.2527/jas.2008-0970 Published online first on April 11, 2008.
Neck injection and handler visibility effect on cattle behavioral reaction
The use of the neck region as injection site in cattle is becoming routine. Use of a blind may reduce aversive behavior caused by the presence of the person administering the injection. To evaluate whether cattle react to the proximity of the stockperson or to the actual injection, 120, 10-mo-old, Angus steers weighing 298 ± 28 kg (mean ± SD) were assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups using a partial crossover design (neck/sham injection x blind/no blind) replicated over 2 d (3 d apart). Cattle were restrained for a total of 60 s in a squeeze chute with treatment being administered 20 s after entry. Animal reactivity was rated using 2 scoring methods including a visual and an electronic score for three 20-s intervals (pre-treatment, treatment, and post-treatment intervals).
Flight speed (m/s) was used as a
measure of aversion to treatments and was taken upon release from the
chute. No interactions (P > 0.10) were observed between the blind and
injection treatments for any of the measurements taken. No treatment or
day effect on flight speed (2.7 vs. 2.6 m/s; P > 0.03) was observed;
however, correlation between days (r = 0.74; P < 0.001) was significant.
Visual scores indicated that injected cattle were more agitated during
the treatment interval than sham injected cattle (1.9 vs. 1.6,
respectively) (P = 0.01). However, no differences (P > 0.10) were found
between injection and sham injection treatments for any of the
electronic scores. Steers exposed to the blind had lower electronic
reactivity scores (P < 0.05) than those not exposed to the blind, which
was in contrast to the results obtained for the visual scores (P <
0.05). Discrepancies between reactivity scores may be due to the
difficulty in accurately assessing minor animal responses using the
visual method. Presence of a handler during an injection procedure could
be a contributor to the aversion response observed in cattle undergoing
routine neck injections and use of a blind helped to reduce the
reactivity in the animals.
Müller, R., K. S. Schwartzkopf-Genswein, M. A. Shah, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk. Effect of neck injection and handler visibility on behavioral reactivity of beef cattle. J. Anim Sci. 1910. 0:jas.2007-0452v1. doi:10.2527/jas.2007-0452 Published online first on February 13, 2008.
BCS effect on endocrine factors and ovarian follicles in post-partum beef cows
Multiparous beef (1/4 to 3/8 Bos indicus; n = 99) cows were managed to achieve low (BCS = 4.3 ± 0.1; n = 50) or moderate (BCS = 6.1 ± 0.1; n = 49) body condition (BC) to determine the influence of bovine (b) ST on number of follicles, diameter of largest follicle, and serum concentrations of IGF-I, triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), and prolactin. Beginning 32 d postpartum, cows within each BC were assigned randomly to treatment with or without bST. Non-bST-treated cows received no treatment, and treated cows were administered bST (Posilac, 500 mg, s.c.) on d 32, 46, and 60 postpartum.
On d 60, all cows received a controlled internal drug-releasing (CIDR) device for 7 d and PGF2 at CIDR removal (CIDR-PGF2 ). Blood samples (7 mL) were collected at each bST treatment and d 39 and 67 postpartum. Ultrasound was performed 1 d after CIDR-PGF2 to determine number of small (2 to 9 mm) and large ( 10 mm) follicles, and diameter of largest follicle. Cows treated with bST in low BC had increased (P < 0.05) IGF-I vs. low BC-non-bST-treated cows on d 39, 46, 60, and 67 postpartum. Prolactin and T3 were greater (P < 0.05) in moderate BC than low BC cows on all sample dates.
Thyroxine was greater (P < 0.001)
in moderate BC cows on d 46, 60, and 67 compared with low BC cows. On d
67, bST-treated cows had greater (P < 0.05) T4 compared with non-bST
treated cows. Diameter of the largest follicle 1 d after CIDR-PGF2 was
greater (P < 0.01) in anestrous cows treated with bST than for non-bST-treated-anestrous
cows. Diameter of largest follicle was correlated with concentrations of
IGF-I (r 0.18; P 0.08), T3 (r 0.17; P 0.10), and prolactin (r 0.20; P
.05). Treatment with bST increased IGF-I in low BC cows, and IGF-I was
correlated with diameter of the largest follicle 1 d after CIDR-PGF2 .
Undernutrition of cattle may be communicated to the
hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis via metabolic hormones that include
IGF-I, thyroid hormones and (or) prolactin.
Flores, R., M. L. Looper, R. W. Rorie, D. M. Hallford, C. F. Rosenkrans Jr.. Endocrine factors and ovarian follicles are influenced by body condition and somatotropin in postpartum beef cows J. Anim Sci. 1910. 0:jas.2007-0574v1. doi:10.2527/jas.2007-0574 Published online first on February 13, 2008
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Sunday brunch at Boerner ends until 2014; Pastiche in final week of lunch service
Brunch at Boerner: Bartolotta Catering has ended its Sunday buffet brunch at Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners.
The division of the Bartolotta Restaurant Group lost its catering contract with Milwaukee County for Boerner in May. The county instead awarded the contract, effective Jan. 1, to Zilli Hospitality, which offered a higher bid.
Chief executive officer Jim Zilli said his company will serve Friday fish fry during the winter months at Boerner and Sunday brunch during the summer, when the gardens are in bloom, and on holidays such as Easter and Mother's Day.
Pastiche Bistro: The final lunch service at Pastiche Bistro, 3001 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., will be Friday, Aug. 30.
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By Rebecca Todd
— I am the first to admit I am behind the times when it comes to technology. I remember way back in the olden days of the 1990s when I was actually ahead of the game. Now there are second-graders that are more tech savvy than me. I just decided to stop my forward technological progression a few years back.
Did you ever notice how people do that? They just decide that they are done and don't want to learn anything new about technology. I remember my father often referred to the rotary dial phone that hung on the wall as that new-fangeldy thing. It was yellow, hung on the wall in the kitchen and was the only one in the house. Guess what decade it was when Dad gave up on technology.
My mother did a little better. She even has a VCR and a flip phone. Sadly, she sometimes tries to use the cell phone to power on the VCR, but at least she's trying.
However, the more I read and the more I learn about new technologies that are on the horizon, the happier I am that I stopped my forward technological progression about five years ago. Sure, I have an iPhone, but I don't listen to music or play games or use the multitude of available apps. I use it to make phone calls. I text, albeit slowly and with one finger, which tends to drive my 14-year-old into screaming fits of exasperation. I even use Google on my phone to cheat on crossword puzzles on occasion. I am just that cool.
Cool, yes, but what I've been reading lately turns my blood cold.
It seems that at the recent All Things Digital D11 conference, Regina Dugan, the former head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), whose mission is to "maintain the technological superiority of the U.S. military and prevent technological surprise from harming our national security," discussed the future of authentication. According to Dugan, this could possibly include digital tattoos or managing passwords via a daily password "vitamin." And I quote, "This pill has a small chip inside of it, with a switch. It also has what amounts to an inside-out potato battery," she said. "When you swallow it, the acids in your stomach serve as the electrolyte, and they power it up and the switch goes on and off and it creates an 18-bit ECG-like signal in your body. Essentially, your entire body becomes your authentication token."
Believe it or not, the pill already has initial clearance from the FDA.
It sounds like a movie on the SyFy Channel, doesn't it? A sketchy, (allegedly) government-funded agency develops a technology that has people ingesting or tattooing digital sensors. People believe that it will help them download e-mail and start their cars. Instead, A) the government takes control of your bodies and turns you all into drones B) the government takes control of your bodies and throws you into battle; or C) the government's evil plot to control you goes wrong and you go all Stephen King on each other. These are not pretty scenarios.
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Oral appliances (OA) have emerged as an alternative to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment. The most commonly used OA reduces upper airway collapse by advancing the mandible (OAm). There is a strong evidence base demonstrating OAm improve OSA in the majority of patients, including some with more severe disease. However OAm are not efficacious for all, with approximately one-third of patients experiencing no therapeutic benefit. OAm are generally well tolerated, although short-term adverse effects during acclimatization are common. Long-term dental changes do occur, but these are for the most part subclinical and do not preclude continued use. Patients often prefer OAm to gold-standard CPAP treatment. Head-to-head trials confirm CPAP is superior in reducing OSA parameters on polysomnography; however, this greater efficacy does not necessarily translate into better health outcomes in clinical practice. Comparable effectiveness of OAm and CPAP has been attributed to higher reported nightly use of OAm, suggesting that inferiority in reducing apneic events may be counteracted by greater treatment adherence. Recently, significant advances in commercially available OAm technologies have been made. Remotely controlled mandibular positioners have the potential to identify treatment responders and the level of therapeutic advancement required in single night titration polysomnography. Objective monitoring of OAm adherence using small embedded temperature sensing data loggers is now available and will enhance clinical practice and research. These technologies will further enhance efficacy and effectiveness of OAm treatment for OSA.
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The lost dream of Egyptian pluralism: With the fall of Mubarak, the country was supposed to be a place where dissent could thrive. A year later, that possibility looks increasingly remote.
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It might have seemed naïve to an outsider, but one of the great hopes among the revolutionaries who humiliated Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak more than a year ago was that the country's strongman regime would finally yield to a democratic variety of voices. Both Islamic revolutionaries and secular liberals spoke up for modern ideas of pluralism, tolerance, and minority rights. Tahrir Square was supposed to turn the page on a half-century or more of one-party rule, and open the door to something new not just for Egypt, but for the Arab world: a genuine diversity of opinion about how a nation should govern itself."We disagree about many things, but that is the point," one of the protest organizers, Moaz Abdelkareem, said in February 2011, the week that Mubarak quit. "We come from many backgrounds. We can work together to dismantle the old regime and make a new Egypt."
A year later, it is still far from clear what that new Egypt will look like. The country awaits a new constitution, and although a competitively elected parliament sat in January for the first time in contemporary Egyptian history, it is still subordinate to a secretive military regime. Like all transitions, the struggle against Egyptian authoritarianism has been messy and complex. But for those who hoped that Egypt would emerge as a beacon of tolerant, or at least diverse, politics in the Arab world, there has been one big disappointment: It's safe to say that one early casualty of the struggle has been that spirit of pluralism.
"I do not trust the military. I do not trust the Muslim Brothers," Abdelkareem says in an interview a year later. In the past year, he helped establish the Egyptian Current, a small liberal party that wants to bring direct democracy to Egyptian government. Despite his inclusive principles, he's urged the dismissal from public life of major political constituencies with whom he disagrees: former regime supporters, many Islamists, old-line liberals, and supporters of the military. He shrugs: "It's necessary, if we're going to change."
He's not the only one who has left the ideal of pluralism behind. A survey of the major players in Egyptian politics yields a list of people and groups who have worked harder to shut down their opponents than to engage them. The Muslim Brotherhood — the Islamist party that is the oldest opposition group in Egypt, and the one with by far the most popular support — has run roughshod over its rivals, hoarding almost every significant procedural power in the legislature and cutting a series of exclusive deals with the ruling generals. Secular liberals, for their part, have suggested that an outright coup by secular officers would be better than a plural democracy that ended up empowering bearded fundamentalists who disagree with them.
When pressed, most will still say they want Egypt to be the birthplace of a new kind of Arab political culture — one in which differences are respected, minorities have rights, and dissent is protected. However, their behavior suggests that Egypt might have trouble escaping the more repressive patterns of its past.
IN A COUNTRY that had long barred any meaningful politics at all, Tahrir's leaderless revolution begat a brief but golden moment of political pluralism. Activists across the spectrum agreed to disagree — this, it was widely believed, was the very practice that would lead Egypt from dictatorship to democracy. During the first month of maneuvering after Mubarak resigned in February 2011, Muslim Brotherhood leaders vowed to restrain their quest for political power; socialists and liberals emphasized due process and fair elections. The revolution took special pride in its unity, inclusiveness, and plethora of leaders: It included representatives of every part of society, and aspired to exclude nobody.
"Our first priority is to start rebuilding Egypt, cooperating with all groups of people: Muslims and Christians, men and women, all the political parties," the Muslim Brotherhood's most powerful leader, Khairat Al-Shater, told me in an interview last March, a year ago. "The first thing is to start political life in the right, democratic way."
Within a month, however, that commitment had begun to fray. Jostling factions were quick to question the motives and patriotism of their rivals, as might be expected from political movements trying to position themselves in an unfolding power struggle. More surprising, and more dangerous, has been the tendency of important groups to seek the silencing or outright disenfranchisement of competitors.
The military sponsored a constitutional referendum in March 2011 that supposedly laid out a path to transfer power to an elected, civilian government, but which depended on provisions poorly understood by Egyptian voters. The Islamists sided with the military, helping the referendum win 77 percent of the votes, and leaving secular liberal parties feeling tricked and overpowered. The real winner turned out to be the ruling generals, who took the win as an endorsement of their primacy over all political factions. The military promptly began rewriting the rules of the transition process.
With the army now the country's uncontested power, some leading liberal political parties entered negotiations with the generals over the summer to secure one of their primary goals — a secular state — in a most illiberal manner: a deal with the army that would preempt any future constitution written by a democratically selected assembly.
The Muslim Brotherhood responded by branding the liberals traitors and scrapping its conciliatory rhetoric. The Islamists, with huge popular support, abandoned their initial promise of political restraint and instead moved to contest all seats and seek a dominant position in the post-Mubarak order. The Brotherhood now holds 46 percent of the seats in parliament, and with the ultra-Islamist Salafists holding another 24 percent, the Brotherhood effectively controls enough of the body to shut down debate. Within the Brotherhood, Khairat Al-Shater has led a ruthless purge of members who sought internal transparency and democracy — and is now considered a front-runner to be Egypt's next prime minister.
The army generals in charge, meanwhile, have been using state media to demonize secular democracy activists and street protesters as paid foreign agents, bent on destroying Egyptian society in the service of Israel, the United States, and other bogeymen.
Since the parliament opened deliberations in January, the rupture has been on full and sordid display. The military has sought legal censure against a liberal member of parliament, Zyad Elelaimy, because he criticized army rule. State prosecutors have gone after liberals and Islamists who have voiced controversial political positions. Islamists and military supporters have also filed lawsuits against liberal politicians and human rights activists, while the military-appointed government has mounted a legal and public relations campaign against civil society groups…


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Driving rain, lightning, thunder – even nickel-sized hail – couldn't dampen the spirits of visitors to last week's Operation Renovation kickoff party at Lake Forest's Ragdale House. Guests filled both floors of the historic home with lively conversation as they explored the empty structure.
The celebration signaled the start of the active construction phase to renovate the landmark structure. Ragdale House was built in 1897 by Arts and Crafts architect Howard Van Doren Shaw and is now home to the nation's fourth largest artists' community.
Jack Danch, director of property at Ragdale, sighed as he surveyed the stripped walls and vacant rooms. "This house has never been empty since it was built," he mused.
Danch and Ragdale staff have spent the last six months emptying the double-peaked, white stucco home along Green Bay Road and placing all of the items in storage. A portion of the storage space was donated by in Lake Bluff and dumpsters for the project were provided by .
Renovation of the historic structure is necessary to bring the infrastructure – heating, wiring and plumbing – up to 21st century standards. Bulley and Andrews LLC serves as the project's general contractors, while Johnson Lasky Architects works on the architectural aspects of the restoration. The reconstruction work, which began last week, is expected to take nine months.
Ryan Stetler of Bulley and Andrews said that the first month of the home's restitution will involve placement of the exterior scaffolding and interior work by mechanical, electrical and plumbing tradespeople. Next project phases will include replacement of the windows and doors. Stetler said by late summer or early fall, all of the exterior work should be completed.
When asked if he expects to find some surprises along the way, Stetler said, "No, I think there's very little unknown. Walker's [Johnson Lasky Architects] team did a great job with the HSR."
He continued, "We also found the original drawings for the home and they were very accurate. Will we find major items we didn't know about? Probably not."
"I think the entire renovation will go very smoothly," Stetler added. "The Ragdale Taskforce has been phenomenal to work with."
Operation Renovation is a public/private partnership established between the and the . Under a long-term agreement with the City, the Foundation leases the property and will raise $3 million in private donations to fund restoration of Ragdale House.
Bob Kiely, Lake Forest city manager, said, "We have a community treasure in Ragdale. During this year of the City's 150th anniversary, this project is not only a tribute to the Ragdale Foundation, but to Howard Van Doren Shaw's significant legacy in Lake Forest."
To date, nearly $1.6 million in renovation donations and pledges have been received, according to Phoebe Chandler Turner, president of the Ragdale board of trustees. This number includes donations of more than $100,000 made by members of the Ragdale 21st Century Circle of Angels, of which there are currently nine members.
Circle of Angels members will have their names inscribed on stones circling Shaw's famous fountain on the south side of the property.
Roland Kulla, Ragdale board of trustees vice president and a member of the Ragdale House Taskforce, has committed to funding the restoration of interior paint and wallpaper in the home and will personally paint the interior of the home.
Kulla, who is a visual artist, has taken a forensic approach to determining the history of the interior finishes.
"Some of the original wallpaper was here for 43 years and then Shaw's daughter replaced it; and the second wallpaper was up for 70 years," Kulla explained.
"In the original [historic structures report] there was some guessing as to what was underneath," said Kulla. "Now [that the walls have been stripped] we can actually see what was here. That will inform us when we try to recreate the room."
In the course of his "forensic" investigation, Kulla uncovered some treasures – including a section of the wall in one bedroom that features a "punch list" of to-do jobs written by Shaw himself.
Many kickoff party visitors took advantage of the invitation to sign the stripped walls on the second floor of the home. One wall signer was Chicago resident Dana Krueger, who grew up in Lake Forest and whose parents still live there. Krueger, whose mother has been involved with Ragdale, said that she has vivid memories of the place from her youth.
"Ragdale is one of those magical places that continues to support artists and provides them with inspiration from this beautiful environment," she said.
Wandering through the home's dining room, Lake Forest residents Nancy and Kent Novit said that they have always supported Ragdale and are excited about the restoration. Nancy is a former member of the Friends of Ragdale Board and their daughter interned at the retreat for the last two summers.
"The house is beautiful and it's significant that the city invested in its future," Kent commented. "We are thrilled in this economy to be able to raise these dollars. It's a tribute to the Lake Forest community."
Nancy added, "What I love about Ragdale – as a non-artist – it's a creative retreat that allows and encourages people who are creative to thrive. Ragdale is a jewel that a lot of places don't have."
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Also attending the celebration was visual artist Nancy Van Kanegan, a Ragdale resident who walked over to the house from the Meadows Studio, where she is currently on retreat.
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With the primary purpose of a commercial radio station complete with paid advertising, WXER also serves as a learning lab for students in Meridian Community College's Broadcast Communications Program.
"You're waking up with Roy and Ryan in the morning on 106.9 the Eagle," said Robby Atkinson, program director for the campus radio station, into a microphone as he was completing a three-hour shift with a new student assistant. "Rob's a great guy," said MCC freshman Ryan Johnson, "we bounce off each other well."
When Johnson, 23, a resident of Thomasville, Ala., came to campus for his studies, he approached Atkinson wanting to work with him at WEXR. Johnson didn't come empty handed; he had logged in three years of work a country music radio station in his hometown and he garnered radio show hosting experience.
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Atkinson acknowledges students working on the station are beneficial for both station and students. "That's a good thing about Ryan… he's worked in radio before. He knows the basics and more," he said.
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Most people never notice the differences between credit unions and banks. They offer similar products and services, but they're not the same. Find out what makes credit unions different and what you can expect in terms of safety and service.
Who Owns a Credit Union?
A credit union is an institution owned by the "members" or customers. Contrast this with banks where the customers are just customers. Banks answer to profitability – usually shareholders own a bank and expect financial performance from bank management.
Credit unions are nonprofit organizations that strive for service over profitability. Note that this does not mean they are charities. Credit unions must make sound financial decisions, collect revenue, pay salaries, and compete with other institutions.
Who Runs a Credit Union?
If all the customers own the credit union, then who has time to run the place? Credit unions actually have the same types of personnel as banks. Upper management consists of a board of directors who makes decisions on credit union operations. This board is composed of elected volunteers. They don't do it for pay – rather, they're credit union members who want a say in how the place is run.
Who Can be a Credit Union Member?
So, what does it take to be a member of a credit union? It depends on the credit union. Credit unions simply have to limit their offerings to people who have a common bond. This bond may be the geographic community, a workplace, a religion, or other type of bond.
Credit unions cannot simply offer their services to anybody who has a pulse. Instead, they are limited to working with those who share the common bond. If a credit union fails to limit membership in this way, they risk losing their status as a credit union.CU Service Centers.
What Products do Credit Unions Offer?
In its simplest form, a credit union gets money from its customers and loans that money out to other customers.
Credit unions will typically offer the same products and services as larger banks. However, some credit unions will choose not to offer every product and service out there. The reason is that these credit unions do not do the same amount of volume that larger banks do. Banks can afford to have "loss-leaders" or products that get customers in the door. Credit unions will more likely only offer the products and services that a large portion of the membership is likely to use.
Remember how we talked about the members owning the credit union? Some credit union products have different names than their banking counterparts. Your deposits are called shares because they represent ownership (like shares of stock) in the institution.
How Competitive are Credit Unions?
Small credit unions give the big banks a run for their money. Because credit unions tend to focus on service over profitability, the rates can be better at a credit union. If you are a rate shopper, you may not find the attractive CD sales as often. However, a long-term relationship with a good credit union can be profitable.
Remember that some credit unions do not offer the whole universe of products and services that larger banks will. This can give the banks an advantage if you happen to want those particular services.
- Read a comparison: Banks vs Credit Unions
Is Your Money Safe at a Credit Union?
Credit union deposits are insured very much like your bank deposits. The organization that insures the two types of institutions is different. However, as long as you use a federally insured credit union, the quality of insurance is the same - backed by the full faith and credit of the US government.
- Are you protected? See How NCUSIF Insurance Works
If your credit union is not federally insured, you still might be protected and your money might be safe, but NCUSIF insurance is best. For more discussion, read about credit union safety.Now that you know all about credit unions, learn how to find a credit union and how to switch your bank accounts to a new institution.