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Posted: September 27, 2013 | Author: jwheeler1967 | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Books, Children's Books, Top 10 | Tags: a light in the attic, aldous huxley, alice s adventures in wonderland, banned books, brave new world, bridge to terebithia, charlotte's web, e.b. white, garth williams, harper lee, katherine paterson, lewis carroll, mary o'hara, maurice sendak, my friend flicka, quiz, shel silverstein, sylvia plath, the bell jar, the rabbit's wedding, to kill a mockingbird, where the wild things are | 1 CommentIf you've waited to celebrate the chance to be Officially Subversive during Banned Books Week, it's not too late! Sure, you probably figured that Huck Finn is a perennial favorite for its politically incorrect language and Fifty Shades of Grey for its Crimes Against Ink and Trees, but I am willing to bet there are quite a few that will make you say, "Ummm. What?" The alleged "reasons" for protecting Our Nation's Youth are even more bizarre than you can imagine.
Take our quiz and see if you can guess the actual arguments that succeeded in getting the following ten books on the Naughty List. Answers at the end of quiz!
1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
a) The National Pork Council feared declining bacon sales
b) Children were trapping dangerous spiders and being bitten
c) A Kansas school district decided that talking animals are blasphemous and unnatural
d) Girls were being encouraged to defy their fathers
2. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
a) Removed from classrooms in Miller, Missouri, for 'making promiscuous sex look like fun.'
b) Removed from Texas libraries for "encouraging revolution"
c) Attempted ban in California for "focusing on negativity."
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Todd Stroger weighs bid to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter November 21, 2012 3:02PM
12-1-10 Todd Stroger presides over his last meeting as Cook County Board president Wednesday at the County Building. photo by Jean Lachat/Sun-Times
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Add Todd Stroger, the beleaguered former Cook County Board president, to the list of possible candidates for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s old congressional seat.
Stroger told the Sun-Times on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after Jackson's resignation was announced, he's seriously considering it after receiving some calls from listeners to his talk show Tuesday nights on WVON-AM.
"I was on WVON and some callers chatted with me and I'm thinking about it," Stroger said.
Stroger says he lives just outside the Second Congressional District that includes stretches of the South Side and suburbs, but that it's hardly a bump in the road.
"That really isn't a problem, my wife has been trying to get me to move so that wouldn't be a problem," he said.
But it does mean moving from the South Side bungalow where he grew up, and where he and his wife are now raising their young son and daughter.
Stroger isn't that sentimental about it. Right now he's just weighing options. Indeed, he said it's been tough landing full-time work. Last summer he told the Sun-Times that his political rival, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, bad-mouths him so much that he's seen as "radioactive."
"I'm doing, as they say, some exploring at this point," Stroger said when asked just how serious he is.
While he has long-complained about how he was mistreated by the media, he said he'd be ready to get back in to the political game for the congressional seat.
"When you're a congressman, the media they don't come after you. They really can't destroy you way they did when I was at the county," he said.
Reminded that Jackson found himself in the media spotlight time and again, Stroger said: "I just don't think it's the same."
The voters unceremoniously dumped Stroger — whose late father also was the county board president and ruled the black 8th Ward political army for decades — as his first term drew to a close. Preckwinkle, then the 4th Ward alderman, left him and two other challengers in the dust in the Democratic primary.
Today, two of Stroger's top aides are facing public corruption trials. Carla Oglesby, his one-time deputy chief of staff, is set to go on trial Feb. 11 for allegedly steering no-bid, no-work government contracts to friends and her own private public relations firm. She has denied the felony charges she's facing in state court.
And his childhood friend Eugene Mullins, a former Chicago cop who served as Stroger's chief spokesman, is awaiting trial on federal charges he was involved in a kickback scheme involving government contracts. Specifically, authorities say, he accepted $34,700 in exchange for improperly steering four county contracts for disaster relief, energy grants and census work. Mullins has pleaded not guilty.
Stroger said he doesn't think those pending cases would hurt his chances of winning a congressional seat, and he defends the two.
"Gene is my friend and he if he says he's innocent of the charges, I believe him," Stroger said. As for Oglesby, Stroger said: "I don't think she was trying to take money from the government illegally or purposely in any way."
Asked whether he had begun any formal or informal work to launch a campaign, Stroger offered a "whoa.'
"They haven't even announced the election date. First things first."


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The legendary Black Sabbath has had members come and go, but guitarist Tony Iommi has been the mainstay.
The left-handed six-stringer said he never dreamed the group would become so big, not only in music but also in heavy metal.
"You don't really think of that," Iommi said of what prompted the pioneering group's formation in 1968.
"You think of just going out and playing, and getting to be able to play in front of other people. You never think that 'I'm going to be famous one day,' but it's great."
Iommi said what's also great is being back on the road with fellow founding members vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler.
"It's been good all around, doing the album and being able to (tour)," he said.
"It's like a family. We've never been that far from each other. We've always been in contact, so it's been great."
Although some have been critical of Black Sabbath touring without founding drummer Bill Ward, Iommi said he and his bandmates did what they had to do.
"It's difficult," he said. "We wanted to have Bill with us, but it just wasn't possible. What can you do?
"It's either we don't tour, or we go out with somebody so we go out with somebody else."
Tommy Clufetos, the drummer in Osbourne's solo band, is on the skins for the band's 20-city North American tour, which will make a stop Aug. 16 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park.
"We wanted to tour and do the album," Iommi said. "You just can't wait. We waited and waited for Bill for quite a while, and it just didn't materialize."
With Osbourne and Butler both being 64 years old, Iommi said the tour may be one of the last chances fans will have to check out the band live.
"We're not going to be around forever," Iommi, 65, said. "Who knows? We might not tour anymore after this. I just don't know.
"Come and enjoy it. We're enjoying it. We love being out and playing and doing the shows. The audiences so far have been just so phenomenal.
"It's amazing. Because we sort of started this type of music, I think people seem to get attracted to the originators of it. A lot of bands and musicians come to the shows.
"It's sort of a draw because we were there first. I know how I feel about going to see somebody I like, to see people who have broken the mold. I like to go and see that."
Black Sabbath's 19th studio album, "13," marked the first time the British band topped the U.S. charts.
"It's great to, after all this time, have a No. 1," Iommi said of the disc's placement on the Billboard 200 following its June 11 North American release.
"I always felt eventually we would do something and do an album or at least do some shows," Iommi said.
"It was great to do an album. It was the right time. That's the key to it. Everybody wanted to do it. We didn't need to do it. Everybody wanted to do it.
"That's the whole thing that worked with this lineup. Everybody put 100 percent into it."
Despite Black Sabbath being synonymous with heavy metal, Iommi has a different take on the group's musical style.
"I've always called our band hard rock and heavy rock," he said. "I think it's just a basic sort of vibe of the whole music.
"It's honest. I just think people are drawn to that sort of thing. The people who love it love it and the people who hate it hate it."
Black Sabbath (blacksabbath.com) worked with legendary producer Rick Rubin, whom some have called eccentric to put together "13."
"At first we thought, 'What is going on?' When we were rehearsing, we hardly saw him," Iommi said of Rubin.
"We would get in touch with him and ask him to come down. We thought he might be there all the time but he wasn't, which was good really because it gave us space to write the songs and put them together.
"When we actually got into the studio, he was there and he was involved. We thought he was a little strange. Normally you do preproduction with a producer, but he waited until we got into the studio."
Drummer Brad Wilk, of Rage Against the Machine, joined Iommi, Osbourne and Butler for the recording sessions for "13."
"It was good because it kept us on our toes," Iommi said of Rubin's studio style. "I found it went well with Ozzy. I think it was great all around.
"In the past when we've done stuff with this lineup, you'd come to the studio and Ozzy would disappear for an hour.
"This time everybody's been fully involved and Ozzy's been in the booth and in the back of the studio, and he's been there full time every time we played the track.
"It's worked great. That's the good thing of having a producer as well. If it's one of the band, we say, 'Let's have a break.'
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The CD includes "End of the Beginning," which the band debuted on the season 13 finale of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
"I enjoyed meeting the cast and doing that," Iommi said of the band's appearance on the CBS TV show.
The 53-minute album includes lead single "God is Dead?" and seven other tunes.
"We've done the best we could," Iommi said. "Rick Rubin managed to get 16 songs out of us, which nobody has.
"There's eight on the album. That's all that can be fit on it. There's a bonus track. I just hope people get it and like it."
Liking what you do may sound like a simple philosophy when it comes to career, but Iommi swears by it.
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The danger and distress of Judah. (1-13) Jahaziel's prophecy of victory. (14-19) The thanksgiving of Judah. (20-30) Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahaziah. (31-37)
Verses 1-13 In all dangers, public or personal, our first business should be to seek help from God. Hence the advantage of days for national fasting and prayer. From the first to the last of our seeking the Lord, we must approach him with humiliation for our sins, trusting only in his mercy and power. Jehoshaphat acknowledges the sovereign dominion of the Divine Providence. Lord, exert it on our behalf. Whom should we seek to, whom should we trust to for relief, but the God we have chosen and served. Those that use what they have for God, may comfortably hope he will secure it to them. Every true believer is a son of Abraham, a friend of God; with such the everlasting covenant is established, to such every promise belongs. We are assured of God's love, by his dwelling in human nature in the person of the Saviour. Jehoshaphat mentions the temple, as a token of God's favourable presence. He pleads the injustice of his enemies. We may well appeal to God against those that render us evil for good. Though he had a great army, he said, We have no might without thee; we rely upon thee.
Verses 14-19 The Spirit of prophecy came upon a Levite in the midst of the congregation. The Spirit, like the wind, blows where and on whom He listeth. He encouraged them to trust in God. Let the Christian soldier go out against his spiritual enemies, and the God of peace will make him more than a conqueror. Our trials will prove our gain. The advantage will be all our own, but the whole glory must be given to God.
Verses 20-30 Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will any thing help more to the establishing of the heart in shaking times, than a firm belief of the power, and mercy, and promise of God. In all our trust in the Lord, and our praises of him, let us especially look at his everlasting mercy to sinners through Jesus Christ. Never was an army so destroyed as that of the enemy. Thus God often makes wicked people destroy one another. And never was a victory celebrated with more solemn thanksgivings.
Verses 31-37 Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he would not, 1Ki. 22:49 . Thus the alliance was broken, and the Divine rebuke had its effect, at least for a season. Let us be thankful for any losses which may have prevented the loss of our immortal souls. Let us praise the Lord, who sought after us, and left us not to perish in our sins.
2 Chronicles 20:1-21 . JEHOSHAPHAT, INVADED BY THE MOABITES, PROCLAIMS A FAST.
1. the children of Moab . . . Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites--supposed to be rather the name of a certain people called Mohammonim or Mehunim ( 2 Chronicles 26:7 ), who dwelt in Mount Seir--either a branch of the old Edomite race or a separate tribe who were settled there.
2. from beyond the sea on this side Syria--Instead of "Syria," some versions read "Edom," and many able critics prefer this reading, both because the nomad tribes here mentioned were far from Syria, and because express mention is made of Mount Seir, that is, Edom. The meaning then is: this confederate horde was composed of the different tribes that inhabited the far distant regions bordering on the northern and eastern coasts of the Red Sea. Their progress was apparently by the southern point of the Dead Sea, as far as En-gedi, which, more anciently, was called Hazezon-tamar ( Genesis 14:7 ). This is the uniform route taken by the Arabs in their marauding expeditions at the present day; and in coming round the southern end of the Dead Sea, they can penetrate along the low-lying Ghor far north, without letting their movements be known to the tribes and villages west of the mountain chain [ROBINSON]. Thus, anciently, the invading horde in Jehoshaphat's time had marched as far north as En-gedi, before intelligence of their advance was conveyed to the court. En-gedi is recognized in the modern Ainjidy and is situated at a point of the western shore, nearly equidistant from both extremities of the lake [ROBINSON].
3, 4. Jehoshaphat . . . proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah--Alarmed by the intelligence and conscious of his total inability to repel this host of invaders, Jehoshaphat felt his only refuge was at the horns of the altar. He resolved to employ the aid of his God, and, in conformity with this resolution, he summoned all his subjects to observe a solemn fast at the sanctuary. It was customary with the Hebrew kings to proclaim fasts in perilous circumstances, either in a city, a district, or throughout the entire kingdom, according to the greatness of the emergency. On this occasion, it was a universal fast, which extended to infants ( 2 Chronicles 20:13 ; see also Joel 2:15 Joel 2:16 , Jonah 3:7 ).
5-13. Jehoshaphat stood . . . in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court ( 2 Chronicles 4:9 ) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.
6-12. And said, O Lord God of our fathers--This earnest and impressive prayer embraces every topic and argument which, as king and representative of the chosen people, he could urge. Then it concludes with an earnest appeal to the justice of God to protect those who, without provocation, were attacked and who were unable to defend themselves against overwhelming numbers.
14-18. Then upon Jahaziel . . . came the Spirit of the Lord--This prophet is not elsewhere mentioned, but his claim to the inspiration of a prophetic spirit was verified by the calm and distinct announcement he gave, both of the manner and the completeness of the deliverance he predicted.
16. they come up by the cliff of Ziz--This seems to have been nothing else than the present pass which leads northwards, by an ascent from En-gedi to Jerusalem, issuing a little below Tekoa. The wilderness of Jeruel was probably the large flat district adjoining the desert of Tekoa, called El-Husasah, from a wady on its northern side [ROBINSON].
18. Jehoshaphat bowed his head . . . and all Judah, &c.--This attitude was expressive of reverence to God and His Word, of confidence in His promise, and thankfulness for so extraordinary a favor.
19. the Levites . . . stood up to praise the Lord--doubtless by the king's command. Their anthem was sung with such a joyful acclaim as showed that they universally regarded the victory as already obtained.
20, 21. as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood . . . Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem--probably in the gate of Jerusalem, the place of general rendezvous; and as the people were on the eve of setting out, he exhorted them to repose implicit trust in the Lord and His prophet, not to be timid or desponding at sight of the enemy, but to remain firm in the confident assurance of a miraculous deliverance, without their striking a single stroke.
21. he appointed singers . . . that they should praise . . . as they went out before the army--Having arranged the line of procession, he gave the signal to move forwards. The Levites led the van with their musical instruments; and singing the 136th Psalm, the people went on, not as an army marching against an enemy, but returning in joyful triumph after a victory.
2 Chronicles 20:22-30 . THE OVERTHROW OF HIS ENEMIES.
22. when they began to sing and to praise the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir--Some think that this was done by angels in human form, whose sudden appearance diffused an uncontrollable panic. Others entertain the more probable opinion that, in the camp of this vast horde, composed of different tribes, jealousies and animosities had sprung up, which led to widespread dissensions and fierce feuds, in which they drew the sword against each other. The consequence was, that as the mutual strife commenced when the Hebrew procession set out from Jerusalem, the work of destruction was completed before Jehoshaphat and his people arrived at the battlefield. Thus easy is it for God to make the wrath of man to praise Him, to confound the counsels of His enemies and employ their own passions in defeating the machinations they have devised for the overthrow of His Church and people.
24-26. when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness--Most probably the conical hill, Jebel Fereidis, or Frank Mountain, from the summit of which they obtained the first view of the scene of slaughter. Jehoshaphat and his people found the field strewed with dead bodies, so that they had not to fight at all, but rather to take possession of an immense booty, the collection of which occupied three days. On the fourth they set out on their return to Jerusalem in the same order and joyful mood as they came. The place where they mustered previous to departure was, from their public thanksgiving service, called, "The Valley of Berachah" ("benediction"), now Wady Bereikut.
2 Chronicles 20:31-37 . HIS REIGN.
31. Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah--(See 2 Chronicles 24:1 ).
32. walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it--He was more steadfast and consistently religious (compare 2 Chronicles 15:18 ).
33. the high places were not taken away--Those on which idolatry was practised were entirely destroyed ( 2 Chronicles 17:6 ); but those where the people, notwithstanding the erection of the temple, continued to worship the true God, prudence required to be slowly and gradually abolished, in deference to popular prejudice.
35-37. after this did Jehoshaphat . . . join himself with Ahaziah . . . to make ships--A combined fleet was built at Ezion-geber, the destination of which was to voyage to Tartessus, but it was wrecked. Jehoshaphat's motive for entering into this partnership was to secure a free passage through Israel, for the vessels were to be conveyed across the Isthmus of Suez, and to sail to the west of Europe from one of the ports of Palestine on the Mediterranean. Eliezer, a prophet, denounced this unholy alliance, and foretold, as divine judgment, the total wreck of the whole fleet. The consequence was, that although Jehoshaphat broke off-- in obedience to the divine will--his league with Ahaziah, he formed a new scheme of a merchant fleet, and Ahaziah wished to be admitted a partner [ 1 Kings 22:48 ]. The proposal of the Israelitish king was respectfully declined [ 1 Kings 22:49 ]. The destination of this new fleet was to Ophir, because the Israelitish seaports were not accessible to him for the Tartessus trade; but the ships, when just off the docks, were wrecked in the rocky creek of Ezion-geber.


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Oral History Program Dora Leskow Peterson Interviewed by Marci Farr 30 July 2008 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Dora Leskow Peterson Interviewed by Marci Farr 30 July 2008 Copyright © 2009 by Weber State University, Stewart Library Mission Statement The Oral History Program of the Stewart Library was created to preserve the institutional history of Weber State University and the Davis, Ogden and Weber County communities. By conducting carefully researched, recorded, and transcribed interviews, the Oral History Program creates archival oral histories intended for the widest possible use. Interviews are conducted with the goal of eliciting from each participant a full and accurate account of events. The interviews are transcribed, edited for accuracy and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewees (as available), who are encouraged to augment or correct their spoken words. 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No part of the manuscript may be published without the written permission of the University Librarian. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed to the Administration Office, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 84408. The request should include identification of the specific item and identification of the user. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: Dora Leskow Peterson, an oral history by Marci Farr, 30 July 2008, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Dora Leskow Peterson Application Photo February 14, 1950 Graduation Photo Class of 1953 Dora Leskow Peterson July 30, 2008 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Dora Leskow Peterson. It was conducted July 30, 2008 and concerns her recollections and experiences with the Dee School of Nursing. The interviewer is Marci Farr. MF: This is Marci Farr. We are interviewing Dora Leskow Peterson. She graduated in 1953 from the Dee School of Nursing. It is July 30, 2008. We are interviewing her at her home in Clinton, Utah. Dora could you tell us a little about your early life, about your education, where you grew up? DP: I was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1933 and in 1942 we moved to Logan, Utah and settled there. I grew up there in Logan, Utah. MF: Where did you attend school? DP: Woodruff Elementary, the Junior High, and Senior High School in Logan. MF: What made your decision to become a nurse? DP: We had a small farm in Logan. The railroad tracks ran between some of our pastures. One day, I was herding cows on the railroad tracks so they could eat the grass. An ambulance went by, a nice big, red ambulance. I knew that nurses usually accompanied the ambulance. It hit me as that ambulance went by that I wanted to be a nurse. MF: Tell us about when you were at Utah State, did you start your nurses training while you were there? DP: I started at Logan LDS Hospital. We did attend classes at Utah State Agricultural College. MF: The AC. 2 DP: We had some classes at the hospital. They were taught by the nursing staff. We basically had two instructors, Sylvia Mylensik…Gloria Farr…I think it was Gloria Farr. At Utah State, we walked to our classes from the Logan Hospital which was located kitty corner from the Logan L.D.S. temple. MF: Did you spend a year there at nurses training? DP: Two years. MF: Tell us why you came to the Dee Hospital. DP: Because the Logan LDS Hospital was very small. It didn't pass accreditation to have a student nurse program. Twelve of us for our senior year were transferred to the Thomas D. Dee Memorial hospital and we completed our training there. MF: You graduated in '53 right? DP: Yes. MF: Were there any difference between the two training hospitals? DP: It was pretty much the same. MF: Were there any supervisors that you remember at the Dee Hospital? DP: Not really because when I transferred there my senior year I still had the affiliations to do in Denver, Colorado for pediatrics. I think they were six weeks at Pueblo, Colorado for psychiatric training, six weeks at the TB sanatorium in Ogden and a month vacation. I know I finished my OB training at the Dee Hospital. MF: You had your other training you had to do and you were gone so you really did not spend a lot of time there. DP: I did not really spend a concentrated amount of time at the Dee Hospital. 3 MF: Tell us about a typical day at the hospital when you were on shift duty. What did you do if you were on the morning shift? DP: You are making me think now. As students, you know that was a long time ago, we did temperature, pulse, and respirations on a typical day. I do remember we had all these thermometers we had to wash and clean and shake down. MF: Yes, we heard about that. If they broke you were responsible for breakage? DP: I do not remember that part of it. MF: Somebody said they had a towel with one hundred and you'd sit there and… DP: Oh they were doing that because otherwise… you are going like this, shaking each one, and it takes forever. Other things we did were to give bed baths and make beds with clean linens using flat sheets, and the corners needed to be mitered. MF: So what did you do when you had a night off? What did you typically do with your friends? Did you stay at the nurse's home? DP: Sometimes we stayed at the nurses' home. Sometimes we walked into Ogden and back. We didn't have any other transportation at that time. We walked and it was fairly safe to do that then. MF: Did you go home to Logan very often? DP: No. MF: Because you were working most of the time? DP: Yes. That whole year I basically stayed there. I don't remember going home during that time frame. MF: Were you required to attend church if you had a Sunday off? 4 DP: I do not know if it was a requirement. We were basically LDS, the twelve of us that had transferred over and it was a customary thing that we did. MF: I've asked some people and they said that early on it was. They had to go sign a paper or they would just say yes they went to church. Just asking… DP: We had to sign in and out of the nursing home every time we left and say where we were going and when we would be back. We had a mother, the nursing home mother. MF: Yes. You had a curfew right? DP: Yes, definitely, there was a curfew. MF: For your capping and pinning ceremony when you were in Logan, it was probably the same as at the Dee Hospital? It was after six months right? DP: We got the lantern, the Florence Nightingale lantern. It was part of the capping ceremony. MF: Did you get your pin at that same time too or was that not until graduation? DP: That was graduation. What we received were stripes on our cap for which year we were. MF: That is how they would tell right? DP: I think, the first…we had them down the sides. One year was this [demonstrating]…and two years…and the third year…when you graduated you got to wear the stripe all the way across your cap. MF: That is good to know. Graduation, you said, was at the twenty-ninth ward, right? DP: Yes, that is what this newspaper article says. MF: Did you have a January and a June graduation or was it all at once? 5 DP: It was all at once. MF: I know they said in 1947 it was January and June, they had two graduations. When you were in training did they pay you at all? DP: No I do not remember getting any stipend. When I started in Logan some of the senior class members were talking about receiving a stipend. MF: You received room and board? DP: Right. We had room and board. Actually, my tuition for the first year at Logan LDS hospital was thirty-five dollars. For the whole year, can you imagine that? MF: That would be nice now instead of…what…three thousand dollars? DP: I don't remember paying for class books for college. Somehow the hospital covered that. MF: Did you have to buy your uniforms or were they supplied? Do you remember? DP: They were supplied. MF: Did you stay at the Dee after graduation? DP: I went back to Logan. I worked at the Logan LDS hospital. I went on to another year of college so I had four years of college. MF: Were you able to get your bachelors of nursing or did you just get your bachelors degree? DP: It was just a bachelor's degree because they didn't have a nursing program at U.S.A.C. at that point in time. MF: Alright. Did you stay up in Logan? What did you do after that? DP: I roomed with a friend named Janeal Bell that graduated with us. We decided to go to Salt Lake. We went to the LDS hospital in Salt Lake, worked there for 6 awhile. I was dissatisfied there. Because I had to work Sundays. The new nurses that they hired in always had to take the Sunday shifts and I was tired of that. They put us on the gynecology unit. I told the director of nurses that I was quitting. I didn't have another job. She asked me, "Do you have another job?" I said, "No." I told her I was quitting because I didn't want to work Sundays all the time. A few months after that she called me and said, "Do you have a job yet or are you out on the street selling pencils?" I said, "Well, I'm still here." I had saved some money so I was fine. She said, "Well I've just talked to Doctor Bryner in surgery today and he has an opening in his office for a nurse. The office staff is LDS. They don't work on Sundays. He said to come down and get an interview." MF: So that was perfect. DP: So that was good. I had other interviews for another job but it was not working, it was not what I wanted. I went there and worked in their office. Let's see, that would have been 1955 to about 1957. That was when I got married and left. It was a wonderful office to work for. Doctor Richards, Doctor Wood, Doctor Bryner, Doctor Sharp… MF: That was in Salt Lake right? DP: Yes that was in Salt Lake. MF: Did you keep up with nursing after you got married? DP: I kept up with nursing after we got married. I got married and we moved to Ogden. I worked at the Ogden Clinic for Doctor Rulon Howe. Then I ended up 7 having babies. When you get three babies in one year, it is hard to get back to work right away. MF: That is true. DP: I basically stayed home for a year. Weber County Chronic Disease hospital in Roy opened up and needed nurses. I went there. At that time we were living in Clinton, Utah. My husband said you need to get to work. He knew how stressful it was staying home with the kids all the time, so I went there. I worked the evening shift a couple evenings a week. I stayed there for the next thirty-three years. When time was ready and my children were certain ages…we had six children total…then I went to Days and spent my last eight years as Assistant Director of Nurses there. By then it was Weber Memorial Care Center because they had changed from the hospital status. MF: Is that where the nursing home is now? DP: Yes, it is a nursing home care center with physical therapy in it. MF: Is it Heritage Park now? Is that what it is? DP: It is. They changed the name because when it was Weber County and the hospital, they were trying to limit their intake of people just from Weber County. It went into a nursing home and that was not so good. They asked us what we thought and I said I think we need a name change so it does not limit us to Weber County because so many people feel like it is, and in the past that was what it was restricted to, taking people from Weber County. The name change took place. MF: That is where you retired from. 8 DP: It is. MF: Did you have any associations with any members of the Dee family? Did you know any of them? DP: I did not. MF: Is there anything else that you thought of that you wanted to share with us? DP: Do you want to know some of the techniques we used in nurses training? MF: Tell us what you have. We would like to know whatever you would like to share with us. DP: We had to sharpen all of our own needles. MF: How did you do that? DP: We sharpened them on a little sharpening stone. Then you tested them to see if they were sharp. You had to make sure they did not have little prongs on them. You rubbed them against your fingers to make sure you did not have any little prongs on them. We had the glass syringes. You had to sterilize everything yourself in a little sterilizing…water sterilizing unit. Our pain medications, most of the Demerol, the Morphine, and Codeine came in little pills. MF: Oh really? DP: You signed out for it because it was still a narcotic and you had it under control. You put one pill at the bottom of that glass syringe, took the plunger and squished it. You drew out solution and shook it to let it dissolve. MF: That is interesting. 9 DP: I know. This is unheard of nowadays. The distilled water or NS solution, whichever they recommended to be used was in a 30 cc vile. You withdrew a cc of that and shook it in there until it was dissolved and injected that. MF: You had to save everything, redo it, sterilize everything… DP: You want to hear what we did with the leftover soap that people didn't use in the hospital? MF: Tell us about that. DP: I am not sure people want to hear that anymore. We put it into a large pitcher and put water in it. We had an enema can with a long hose on it and then an enema tip. The tip was always changed. Well the can was reused though but the solution we used in the enema can was from the soap suds that we got from the leftover soap. We put it in this pitcher, and you had water in it, and you swirled it around and you got soap suds from it. That was part of it. You put that in there and some water and the doctor would recommend an HHH enema… MF: Yes… DP: The high, hot, and hell of a lot. MF: We haven't heard that story yet. DP: Really? Oh I'm surprised. We all had so many bed pans. Everybody was using bed pans in those days. They did not have the nice individual bathrooms that they have nowadays. MF: Yes. DP: Patients stayed longer at the hospital in those days. The bedpans…we had a special bedpan sterilizer. Did you hear of that one? 10 MF: I think my mom's cousin was telling us about that. DP: Phyllis? MF: Phyllis, yes. DP: As we emptied the bedpans we would put them in this sterilizer which flushed hot water through them which was really nice. Then we would put it back in the patient's room. We always had to be sure we had a cover over the bedpan as we carried it through the halls from the patient's room to this bedpan sterilizer where we emptied the bedpans. MF: She said they were good on ice when you wanted to go sleigh riding. DP: I bet they were. MF: That is what she said. We were like ok that is perfect, you know, Ogden has lots of hills so it is all good. Well I appreciate you letting us come Dora and sharing with us. Is there anything else you would like to share with us? DP: I know you have seen the set of the nursing books up at McKay Dee. At one time they were on display, the exact identical set that we used. I have my copies. They are really nice to have. MF: I was talking to Faye Ball. Do you know Faye? DP: Yes. MF: I was talking to her yesterday and she was showing me some of her anatomy book. She still has it; where you had to draw everything. It is totally different than now because you were trained how to be nurses and now you are educated on how to be a nurse. I think there is a total difference because you learned how to do everything. 11 DP: We learned everything that was available knowledge-wise to learn at that point in time but so much more has come to light and surfaced. It is just marvelous and wonderful, the technology that takes place now. Nurses are trained differently now. They do not have all the bedside training I do not think. A friend of mine that grew up in Salt Lake, Grace Matsumura, took her nurses training in Salt Lake but she came to Ogden for affiliations. MF: I know some nurses went to the University of Utah right? DP: That is possible but I wasn't aware of it. Whether that was after they started the Weber program and no longer had the Dee hospital training program which was a three year program and then Weber State did the two year program. Things really changed. In one year you could get your LPN… MF: …and then get your RN for the next… DP: I remember when they even grandfathered in LPN's…when they started the LPN program there had been so many that had worked basically doing what LPN's did or were being trained to do but they were nurses aides…they grandfathered them in to the LPN program. MF: They would be able to be credited for what they did. DP: Yes MF: It is a great program. DP: Of course LPN's get more training and different type of training now than what they did then. We did a lot of bedside nursing. It was very hard to read the doctors orders. MF: Chicken scratches. 12 DP: Yes. MF: You had to transcribe everything too. DP: I remember when I went back to work at the Logan hospital and was a nurse on the division then. The doctor was making rounds. They were always dressed in a suit. They were never casual like they are now. They were dressed in a Sunday suit to come visit their patients. You would walk around with them from room to room and you had better have a notepad and pen in your hand because they would give you the orders for that patient right there. We would have to go transcribe them onto their records. If you were sitting at the nurses station when the doctor came you always had to stand showing respect for the doctor. In the nursing program we were always called by our last name, never our first name as it showed respect and professionalism. Our charting had to be done in printing, not cursive. In Logan, when oxygen was ordered, maintenance brought up a large cylinder of oxygen which was then connected to a clear plastic tent that went over the patient and the top portion of the bed. MF: Well thank you for sharing everything with us. We appreciate you taking time. DP: You are welcome. MF: We appreciate your time.
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West Alex Fair is a Hunter family affair
Annual September event brings the Hunters out in force
Earl Slowik, of Pleasant Hills, and Art Gatts, of Claysville, show off their saddles for sale at the West Alexander Fair. Gatts said he had been coming to the fair since he was 10, which was more than seventy years ago.
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One of the sheep in the sheep exhibit tent poses for the camera at the West Alexander Fair. Cows, goats, pig and sheep were some of the animals entered in for judging.
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Joe Minch and uncle Jim Minch both of West Alexander try their luck with no avail to toss the ring around the bottle game at the fair. The fair will run through Saturday with ticket prices $8 a day.
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Brooke Criswell, 15 months, takes her first ride on a carousel with her grandmother, Melinda Oliver of Elm Grove, W.Va., at the West Alexander Fair Monday. Criswell had no fear when it came to the ride and smiled the whole way around.
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With a cloudy background riders of the umbrella ride kick their feet in the air waiting for their turn to get off the ride after spinning through the sky at the West Alexander Fair on Monday, September 2. Live bands, demolition derby, tractor pull and a hot dog eating contest are some of the highlighted events of the week.
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Kathy Morgan, a member of the fair board directors and daughter of the president of the board, John Hunter, talks to a band member Denis Moreau before the band Triadelphia begins their performance. Morgan continues a long line of family members volunteering their time at the West Alexander fair.
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It is truly all in the family for the Hunters of West Alexander as the West Alexander Fair opens for the 107th time at the fairgrounds off Route 40.
John Hunter is following in the footsteps of his late father, J. Garrett Hunter, who served as president for 43 years. His brother, Dwight Hunter, and Dwight's son, Richard Hunter, are fair board directors. Richard Hunter even enlisted his children, 16-year-old Ali and 12-year-old Brin, to help out this year. John Hunter's daughter, Kathy Morgan, is also on the fair board, as is her husband, Robert Morgan.
After a fair that had been held across the state line in West Virginia ceased operations in 1905, a group of men from the West Alexander area started talking about starting an annual agricultural fair in the community.
West Alexander Agricultural Association was chartered in April 1906 with the first fair held that September on a 57-acre farm purchased just north of West Alexander. The fair board also purchased some of the buildings from the former West Virginia fair and moved those to the West Alexander fairgrounds.
As a youngster, J. Garrett Hunter was one of the early competitors at the fair.
"My dad told a story of how 20 heifers were brought in from Ohio County, W.Va., for 4-H competitors to show at the fair," said Dwight Hunter. "The heifer my dad got won first place and $100."
"That was like winning a million dollars back then," his brother laughed. "That was a lot of money."
The two brothers also recalled their father telling of "driving" his cows from his former farm near Dallas, W.Va., to the fairgrounds. And, it was not putting the cattle into a trailer attached to the back of a pickup truck, but rather the patriarch of the family walking behind the cows as he directed them along Old Brick Road to the fairgrounds.
J. Garrett Hunter moved in 1938 to Donegal Township and established Toll Gate Ayr Farms, where he raised Ayshires and Holsteins for 57 years before selling off the herd in 1997.
The Hunters said it is important not only to maintain the traditions of the fair, but also to make improvements.
"I think that visitors like coming here because it is so relaxed," John Hunter said. "Kids grew up coming here and now they are coming back with their families."
Dwight Hunter said a grant from Washington County Tourist Promotion Agency was used to advertise the fair in other areas in an effort to attract new customers. An exit poll done last year at the fair indicated 60 percent of fairgoers come from West Virginia and Ohio.
"There is not a fair in West Virginia so a lot of people refer to this as their fair," John Hunter said.
With more aid being available from the state, the fair was able to construct a show tent for entertainment acts.
"Before we built this building this year, we'd rent tents for the entertainment," John Hunter said. "The tents would cost us $2,000 to $3,000, and then they'd leak. Now, the entertainment acts have a nicer place to perform."
Being on the fair board is almost a lifelong position, joke the two brothers along with Nelson Ealy, fair board president. One member recently retired at the age of 90 and another who recently died left the board at the age of 88.
"We are like a big family," Ealy quipped.
The fair continues today with judging of goats and market lambs as well as the 4-H and FFA showmanship and fitting contest. The demolition derby is set for 7 p.m. tonight and Wednesday.
And, when the fair closes the 2013 edition Saturday after the market livestock sale at 11 a.m. through the Farmer's Olympics at 8 p.m., the facility will not stay idle for long. The first West Alexander Scare at the Fair, including a haunted house, will be held Friday and Saturday nights in October as well as Halloween night.
For a complete fair schedule and more on the Scare at the Fair, go to www.westalexfair.com.


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Only 60 pieces per side (cmon guys, no 116 piece behemoth can be beaten by 4 pieces)
Knock the opponents ball off of their side to win (Or have them knock their own ball off their side >:D)
*NOTE TO THE ABOVE RULE: the ball must also leave the playing field off the opponents side (holding your ball over the side IS legal)
Phasing ANYTHING through any piece or joint of the opponents bot is illegal.
Phasing a stick underneath an opponents bot is only legal if the stick is equal to or longer than the default stick length.
Edit: No pins :c
No whining that you can't beat someone's ÜB3R P00N4GE D3S1GN!!!1!one!
No having no fun :P
Other than that is OK :D
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Let's talk about corn chowder for a little bit. I think it's pretty delicious, but then again, I love all things corn (corn on the cob, popcorn, cornbread, etc.) If you, like me, also enjoy this soup, perhaps you share my frustration with the fact that it's often made with such a creamy base. Sure, this makes it taste good, but it also ups the calories and fat substantially. A medium-sized bowl (12 ounces) at Au Bon Pain, for example, provides 350 calories, 42% of the daily value for saturated fat and 47% of the DV for sodium.
I was intrigued by Nile Spice soup cups ever since trying the Chicken and Vegetable flavor (although I was not so happy with the 670 mg of sodium). The soup cups are all natural, so when I saw Nile Spice Sweet Corn Chowder, also for only $1.19, I had to buy it.
An entire package of this soup has only 110 calories, 2 grams of fat, 17% of the daily value for sodium (much better than many other packaged soups!), 3 grams of fiber, 4 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein. In terms of ingredients, this stuff is pretty natural as well, with ingredients limited to dehydrated vegetables (sweet corn, potato, onion, red bell peppers), butter bowder (cream), salt, molasses, nonfat milk, spices, honey, natural flavors, and citric acid.
Making this soup couldn't be easier - you simply shake the cup, add boiling water, stir, and wait a few minutes. As for taste, I really like this chowder. It doesn't taste exactly like store-bought corn chowder (probably because the first ingredients aren't whole milk and/or half and half), and it's somewhat grainy, but it's filling and it definitely satisfies a craving.
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Big G simply dominates certain areas of the web. Search is a biggie. Email is another one. However, the empire's expansionism occurs in less transparent ways. Business listings. Recommendations. In every possible way a person can operate the Internet, Google aims to be monolithic.
Through integration, they are socializing web activity and the average netizen doesn't even realize it. I always thought that Google Plus was failing because there was nothing being said. No buzz. No press. No blogger frothing at the mouth. But that's exactly the point. Google is winning by duping us like the foolish and ravenous consumers we are. Dangling the carrot without showing the stick. The general public may later realize that we are a part of an online ecosystem where communication with each other is happening on their domain, on their watch, and on their terms. Obviously, they won't please everybody. That's the point though. You gotta suck it up and deal with it. Empires are built on fealty and folly.


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TODAY , Monday, June 25
TRAVELERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION MEETING: 6:30 p.m., Golden Coral, 2300 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia. TPA is know for its safety projects that help children, including Watch That Child bumper stickers placed on school buses and public work vehicles. The group also raises money for scholarships for the hearing impaired. New members are welcome.
THE GASTON COUNTY QUILTERS GUILD MEETING: 6:30 p.m., Woodlawn Baptist Church, 1101 N. Main St., Lowell. The demonstration will be by Nancy Fisher and Suellen Grant on hand quilting. Participants should bring a solid square of fabric as well as batting and backing fabric ready to quilt. Supplies to bring include sewing kit, scissors, needle and thread and quilting thimble. There will also be a demonstration by Cathy Stokes on re-purposing, recycling and reusing. The guild's charitable activities include making quilts for veterans, tote bags for the women's shelter and quilts for stuffed animals for first responders to give to children for comfort during in crisis situations. The goal of the guild is to preserve and promote quilting techniques. For more information, e-mail email@example.com
TUESDAY , June 26
MILTON COMMUNITY WATCH: 6 p.m., Myrtle United Methodist, 1135 Bessemer City Road, Gastonia
EFIRD COMMUNITY WATCH: 6:30 p.m., Salem Baptist, 1534 Rolling Meadow Lane, Gastonia.
SMYRE COMMUNITY WATCH: 6:30 p.m., Fraley Memorial Baptist, 3025 Fraley Church Road, Gastonia.
PARKDALE COMMUNITY WATCH: 7 p.m., Macedonia Apostles & Prophets Ministries, 405 Sherman St., Gastonia.
WEDNESDAY , Wednesday, June 27
"RISE AND SHINE" FREE BREAKFAST: 7:30-9 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1621 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia. The breakfast is for the homeless, unemployed and those just going through a tough time. The first 100 people to arrive will get served. Enter through the main entrance/circle on Garrison Boulevard.
FREE, CONFIDENTIAL HIV TESTS: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Gaston County Health Department, 991 W. Hudson Blvd, Gastonia. No appointment is necessary. The test involves a single needle stick to the arm. The tests are confidential and results will be available in about two weeks. The event is being held in conjunction with National HIV Testing Day. Call 704-853-5142.
PROGRAM ABOUT CANCER: Noon, First Presbyterian, 1621 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia. Guest speaker Dr. Charles Meakin will discuss myths about cancer. The program is free and lunch is available for $5. Reservations can be made by calling 704-864-2651. The event is sponsored by the Gastonia Parish Nurse Ministry, CaroMont Cancer Center and Cancer Services of Gaston County.
VILLAGE SQUARE COMMUNITY WATCH: 2 p.m., 1400 Page Court, Gastonia.
EXODUS CHURCH SOCCER CAMP: 6-8 p.m., Davis Park, 204 Park Dr., Belmont. For children ages 4 to 12 years old; children 4 to 6 years old must have a parent/guardian present during camp hours. Camp leader/coach is Jeff Phillips, who played collegiately at Wingate and also played for the Charlotte Eagles. Free. To register, visit www.theexoduschurch.org.
CAROLINA-JACKSON COMMUNITY WATCH: 6:30 p.m., 700 Carolina Ave., Gastonia.
THURSDAY , June 28
GASTONIA TOASTMASTERS A.M. MEETING: 7-8:15 a.m., YMCA, 615 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia. Helps people become more comfortable with public speaking. Meets Thursdays.
NABVETS MEETING : 6:30 p.m., 709 Cason St., Belmont, located near Belmont Abbey College. The guest speaker will be Kurt Geske, veterans service administrator with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. NABVETS is the National Association for Black Veterans. For more information, contact: Commander Dennis Wilson, 704-488-6901; First Vice Commander Foster Steen, 704-853-9403; Second Vice Commander James Irby, 704-691-0517; Third Vice Commander Samuel Gregory, 704-460-4989 or Fourth Vice Commander Calvin Johnson, 704-530-6901.
GASTONIA TOASTMASTERS P.M. MEETING: 7-8:15 p.m., Gastonia Fire Station, 900 Armstrong Park Road, Gastonia. Call Dan Stinson, 980-329-2063.
FRIDAY , June 29
FISH FRY AND CHICKEN DINNER SALE: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Third Street Presbyterian Church, 605 N. Highland St., Gastonia. Cost: $7.50 for fish dinners, $7.50 for chicken dinners. Delivery available for orders of five plates or more. Call 704-866-9220.
SATURDAY , June 30
MISSION BENEFIT: 7 a.m.-noon, parking lot of Gaston Skills, 1301 Bessemer City Road, Gastonia, a yard, bake and craft sale to raise money for missionary Sherika Lockhart who is serving in the Philippines with The Fire International Mission group. The yard sale is being sponsored by the leaders of the Children in Action ministry at Crowders Mountain Baptist.
COMMUNITY-WIDE BREAKFAST: 7-10 a.m., Cherryville First United Methodist, 601 N. Pink St., in the fellowship hall. Donations will be accepted. Call 704-435-6732.
HOT DOG/FISH PLATE BUILDING FUNDRAISER: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Center Missionary Baptist Church, 3301 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia, sponsored by the Seniors of the Move Ministry. Hot dogs are $1.50/ hot dog plates are $7 (hot dogs, slaw, bake beans, dessert and drink). Fish sandwich is $3.50/ Fish plates $7 (fish, slaw, bake beans, roll, dessert and drink).
POPS IN THE PARK: 7 p.m., Gaston County Park, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas. Sponsored by the Gaston Arts Council and Gaston County Parks and Recreation Department, the free concert features the Gaston Symphonic Band. There will be a classic car show before the show and concertgoers are encouraged to pack picnic spreads to enjoy. Call 704-853-2787.
THE MISS FOURTH OF JULY PAGEANT: 4:30 p.m. July 3, the mini-park gazebo, downtown Cherryville. The event, sponsored by the Miss Gastonia Scholarship Association, is open to girls up to age 19 who may compete in one of eight age categories. Contestants will model a casual outfit or sundress with a patriotic theme. All girls entering will receive a tiara and qualify to enter this year's Little Miss Gastonia Pageant. Applications are available online at www.missgastoniapageant.com and at the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce. The deadline to enter is June 29. Proceeds will benefit the Miss Gastonia Scholarship Fund. Call 704-827-7277.
FAMILY DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP: 5:30-7 p.m. July 3, Kings Mountain Life Enrichment Center, 222 Kings Mountain Blvd., Kings Mountain. Attorney Susan Biggers will discuss family issues and the format of the meeting will be a question and answer session. A sitter service for persons with dementia is provided. Requests are required by June 29. Call Debbie Vaughan, 704-739-4858.
MOVIE IN THE PARK: 6 p.m. July 7, Stowe Park, Belmont, sponsored by Exodus Church. The movies will be shown at dusk at the downtown Park. The evenings will be begin at 6 p.m. with music by Big D's DJ Service and the movies are scheduled to start around 8:30 p.m. Call 704-214-3025. A movie will be shown Aug. 4.
WILD-CAT FISH KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT: 9 a.m. July 7, Gaston County Park, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas, part of the Gaston County Parks and Recreation Department's celebration of Parks and Recreation Month. The event is for ages 2-15and prizes will be awarded. A limited amount of fishing poles will be loaned out through the Kids Fishing Program. Participants should wear shoes that can get wet or muddy. No sandals are allowed. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults will not fish during the tournament. Call 704-922-2163 or visit www.gastongov.com.
SENIOR WATERMELON JUBLILEE: 11 a.m. July 13, Gaston County Park, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas, part of the Gaston County Parks and Recreation Department's celebration of Parks and Recreation Month. Features hot dogs, watermelon and activities. Call 704-922-2163.
"CHRISTMAS IN JULY" : 6:30 p.m. July 13, Puett United Methodist Church, 3009 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas. The event features a full Christmas Dinner, entertainment and door prizes. Dinner includes turkey and ham with all the trimmings, served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and must be purchased in advance. Call Marilyn, 704-922-4280 or Beth, 704-922-5680
"SOUTH SURFER" SCREENING: 8 p.m. July 20, Gaston County Park, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas, part of the Gaston County Parks and Recreation Department's celebration of Parks and Recreation Month. The movie will be shown at the park's amphitheatre at 8 p.m. Call 704-922-2163.
BARK IN THE PARK HAPPY HOUR: 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 27, George Poston Park, 1101 Lowell-Spencer Mountain Road, Gastonia, part of the Gaston County Parks and Recreation Department's celebration of Parks and Recreation Month. Call 704-922-2163.


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President Barack Obama wipes his eye as he speaks about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Updated: December 15, 2012 6:31PM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Sunday in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of Friday's deadly elementary school shooting.
Twenty-six people, including 20 children, were killed when a man opened fire inside the school.
Hours after the shooting, a tearful Obama said he grieved first as a father. In those remarks and later in his Saturday radio address, Obama called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings, but did not say what it should be.
Obama's visit to Newtown for an interfaith vigil would be the fourth time he has traveled to a city after a mass shooting.
The president had planned to travel to Maine on Wednesday for an event promoting his positions in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, but the White House canceled that trip because of the shooting.


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Montmedy France January 19-19. Mother Mine. Just received your letter of Dec 24th and will answer although I have no news of a startling nature to transmit. We have rumors every day concerning our departure. One day we move to Germany then the next to Langy sur Ourq near Paris. Then it is home next month then in 3, 7, etc. So far have had nothing official although we have a lot of general orders on proceedure in case of being mustered out. The rumor seems strongest that thirty five sections will leave for home in Feb, and then twenty a month after but then as there are 35 sections at base camp who have never been to the front expect them to leave first. Then the twenty to follow will be from the French Division's who no longer need them. Our division is one of the oldest Divisions in the French Armies and all losses have been made up to pre war strength so it may be sometime for us still. I have everything that I need to wear and eat and if it wasn't for the lack of mail wouldn't have a thing to complain of, so keep the news coming. Glad to know that you are all well, and to hear your report of Wattis. Your son Ted. TO: Mrs. Florence Littlefield 2528 Madison Ave. Ogden, Utah U.S.A. FROM: E.A. Littlefield SSU 64R Par BCM Paris France.
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Attica Raceway Park Junior Fan Club Winner |
Thursday, 10 June 2010 | |
Congratulations to Lauren Wood from Wooster, Ohio who is this week's Attica Raceway Park Junior Fan winner! Along with getting some great prizes and riding in the Attica Pace Truck, she will get the chance to meet her favorite driver Jody Keegan. Jody will be on hand competing in 410 sprint car division during Night #9 of the Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series competition. Learn more about the FREE Attica Raceway Park Junior Fan Club program by clicking here |
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