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Being a Madrigal feels magical for Lincoln-Way East senior
BY CHERYL DANGEL BARTOLINI Correspondent December 7, 2012 2:28PM
Kayley Smetana, a senior, in her Madrigal costume at Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
Updated: January 11, 2013 6:01AM
Kayley Smetana is appearing in one of the holiday season's most eagerly anticipated musicals.
The Lincoln-Way East High School senior is a member of the Madrigals, the school's elite choral ensemble that performs Renaissance-period holiday music throughout the community.
Smetana, 17, said she is merely following in the footsteps of her older brother, Ryan, 18, now a student at the University of Illinois. He was a Madrigal while at Lincoln-Way East.
"When I first saw him perform in costume, I said, 'I want to do that when I'm in high school,' " Smetana said.
Not only did she fulfill that desire, she carried her musical talent to many more levels.
Smetana started singing in kindergarten, then took a break after third grade until middle school. Despite the interruption, she said, "Music has always been a part of my life. A free way to express yourself, and you can express any emotion with music."
As a freshman at Lincoln-Way East, Smetana auditioned for the Madrigals and made it. As a sophomore, she auditioned for and made the grade for the ensemble, "Ladies." This year, she is a member of the jazz choir, Blue Revue, Troubadours and the Singers, which is a top-level ensemble for boys and girls. Smetana also is the pitch-piper for the latter.
Audiences in the Lincoln-Way area flock to see the Madrigals perform as part of their annual holiday tradition. Many may not realize the hours of preparation that go into the performances or that students are working on holiday music as early as July to be ready for their seasonal performances.
This summer, while new choir director Matthew Granger was getting acclimated to Lincoln-Way East, Smetana stepped up and took on a leadership role in Madrigals.
"I love everything about Madrigals," she said. "The people and the music and the traditions that have grown throughout the past year ... I love the holidays and the holiday music, festivities, the performances. And all the things we do get me in the mood for the holidays."
Smetana said music will always be a part of her life. Next year, she plans to take the first step to ensure that it is. She would like to attend the University of Illinois or Illinois State University and pursue a degree in music education.
Her goal is to become a chorale director for a high school — just like Alysia Lambert, the choir director at Lincoln-Way East last year.
"She was the one who inspired me to want to go into music education for a career, and she always taught us to be a good person and be the best musician we could be and treat everyone with respect," Smetana said. "Mrs. Lambert just really inspired me, and I can't imagine a profession that didn't have anything to do with music. I like teaching people how to do things, and combining those two would be ideal."
Smetana also is a senior class representative for student council and is vice president of the executive board. This year, she is joining Best Buddies, a program for kids with physical and mental disabilities.
"You meet and hang out and go to activities with them. I just always loved spending time with those kids, and one of my friend's little sister has Down syndrome and they just brighten my day. I want to be more involved," Smetana said.
She said her parents, Mark and Karen Smetana, of New Lenox, keep her focused.
"My parents always try to keep me on track to prioritize my list of things to do, and with all of my work and my music, (it) helps me stay on track and keep busy and do all my work," she said.
Madrigal Dinners are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8, with seating beginning at 6 p.m. A matinee also is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Dec. 8. If tickets are still available, order forms can be found by visiting lwemusic.org.
Free Madrigals performances can be seen at several local venues this week: Mr. Benny's restaurant (a toy drive ensemble), at 19200 Everett Lane, Mokena, at 7:15 p.m. Dec. 10; the Mokena Public Library, 11327 W. 195th St., at 6:15 p.m. Dec. 11; and the First United Methodist Church, 215 Linden Drive, Frankfort, at 9 a.m. Dec. 16.


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Sweet! The kids are coming home for Mother's Day weekend. I'll do the grocery shopping, and they'll cook (well, one meal anyway). They plan on making Sunday brunch — our family's favorite. However, these young adults stay out late on Saturday nights, so they'll need to work ahead. The solution: crepes. The simple batter for these delicate pancakes actually improves with resting. A filling of shredded rotisserie chicken comes together in minutes.
Julia Child taught us everything we know about crepes: They cook in less than a minute, they can be made days ahead, and they taste great sweet or savory. She also advocated making the crepe batter in advance so the flour absorbs the liquid, creating tender, lacy thin pancakes every time. In her 1989 book, "The Way to Cook," she advises using instant-blending flour to shorten the waiting time. That works well, but these days, I swap a little of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat for a nutty taste and more healthful profile.
I've also switched from whole milk to skim in the batter. When I cooked with skim and with whole, the results showed little difference. So I'm happy to use skim and skip the added fat.
I don't skip the melted butter added to the batter after the resting. It helps with flavor and tenderness and to release the pancake from the pan.
Speaking of pans, we fussed mightily to properly season our steel crepe pan (carried back from France on an anniversary trip). Now, we simply enlist a small nonstick skillet. Piece of cake to make a thin crepe that slides right out of the pan. More great news from the nonstick world: Zero fat is needed to cook the crepes. Simply use a hot skillet for fewer calories, less stove splatter and easier cleanup.
Two tricky things to figure out — how much heat to use and how much batter per crepe. I use medium to medium-high heat. I heat the pan pretty thoroughly before adding batter: A drop of water should evaporate upon contact. Keep adjusting the heat so the pan is hot enough to start cooking the batter as soon as it hits the pan but does not burn the pancake. You'll want to practice a bit with just how much batter you need. Pour the batter in, then swirl it around to cover the bottom into a thin crepe. For the thinnest crepes, pour off any excess back into the batter bowl.
Stack cooked crepes on top of each other to keep them warm. Cooked crepes also can be cooled on a wire rack for later use. Stack the cooled crepes into a covered container and refrigerate for several days.
If you're not convinced of the simplicity of making crepes, you can use store-bought crepes instead for the chipotle chicken and goat cheese filling. Mom won't mind as long as you stick around to do the dishes.
Whole wheat crepes
Prep: 10 minutes
Chill: 1 hour or overnight
Cook: 15 minutesMakes: 14 to 16 crepes
1 ½ cups skim milk
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 to 2 tablespoons butter
1. Measure milk into a blender; add eggs. Process to mix. Add flours and salt. Blend until smooth. Put the batter (I leave it in the blender jar) into the refrigerator, at least 1 hour or preferably overnight. (Batter will keep in the refrigerator for several days. If necessary, thin it with a little milk to bring it back to the consistency of cream soup.)
2. After batter has chilled, melt the butter in a small dish in the microwave; stir it into the crepe batter.
3. Heat a 7- or 9-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until a drop of water evaporates on contact. Pour or ladle in about 1/4 cup batter. Immediately swirl the pan to distribute batter into a thin, even layer. Tip excess batter back into container. Cook just until golden on the bottom, 20 to 30 seconds. Carefully flip the crepe; cook the second side just long enough to color it, about 15 seconds.
4. Slide the crepe onto a plate. Repeat to cook all the crepes. When cool, the crepes can be wrapped and kept in the refrigerator for several days.
Nutrition information:
Per crepe (for 16 crepes): 74 calories, 2 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 37 mg cholesterol, 11 g carbohydrates, 3 g protein, 44 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Savory crepes with chipotle chicken and goat cheese
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
1 can (15 ounces) petite diced tomatoes, undrained
½ to 3/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder or 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
2 cups shredded cooked chicken, such as rotisserie chicken
1 bunch green onions, trimmed, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
8 cooked 9-inch crepes, see recipe
4 ounces soft goat cheese, crumbled
1/3 cup creme fraiche or sour cream thinned with a little milk
Chopped cilantro
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.
2. Mix tomatoes and chipotle powder in a microwave safe bowl. Stir in chicken. Cover; microwave until hot, 1-2 minutes. Stir in onions, cilantro and salt to taste.
3. To assemble, spoon about 1/3 cup of chicken mixture onto one edge of a crepe. Top with some goat cheese crumbles. Roll up; place in the baking dish. Repeat to fill all the crepes. Drizzle the crepes with the thinned cream. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.
4. Sprinkle with more cilantro and a little chipotle powder.
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Per serving: 440 calories, 18 g fat, 11 g saturated fat, 168 mg cholesterol, 30 g carbohydrates, 36 g protein, 539 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.
Sweet crepes with lemony grapefruit curd
Prep: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Note: Use fresh berries mashed with a little sugar when they are in season. Jarred lemon curd can be substituted for the homemade lemony grapefruit curd. I also like to smear the crepes with apple butter or pumpkin butter and garnish with sauteed apples in place of the berries.
3 tablespoons mascarpone or creme fraiche
A little half-and-half or milk
10 warm cooked 7-inch crepes, see recipe
About 3/4 cup lemony grapefruit curd, at room temperature
½ cup mixed frozen unsweetened berries (such as raspberries, blueberries, sliced small strawberries), thawed
Powdered sugar
Whisk the mascarpone and a little half-and-half in a small bowl until light and almost pourable. Place 1 crepe on a serving plate. Smear with about 1 tablespoon curd. Top with another crepe and smear it with curd. Repeat to stack all the crepes. Spoon thinned mascarpone over the crepe stack. Spoon berries over all. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 456 calories, 24 g fat, 13 g saturated fat, 234 mg cholesterol, 211 g carbohydrates, 13 g protein, 164 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Lemony grapefruit curd
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Chill: several hours
Makes: a generous 1 1/2 cups
2 large eggs
2 egg yolks
1 medium grapefruit, washed
1 small lemon, washed
2 tablespoons cornstarch
½ cup sugar
Pinch salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1. Beat the eggs and egg yolks in a small bowl. Use a rasp grater to remove the colored part of the grapefruit and lemon rinds (do not grate the bitter white pith) into a small saucepan. Squeeze the juices into a measuring cup. Remove the seeds; pour about 2/3 cup of the juice into the saucepan. (Reserve any remaining juice for another use.)
2. Whisk cornstarch into juices in the saucepan until dissolved. Whisk in sugar and salt. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until clear and thickened, 2-3 minutes.
3. Spoon a little of this thickened juice mixture into the beaten eggs to gently warm them. Then stir the egg mixture back into the saucepan. Cook over very low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, just until the mixture starts to thicken enough to lightly coat the back of the spoon. Do not let it boil or it will curdle. Remove from the heat. Whisk in the butter, a tablespoon at a time, until incorporated. Scrape into a glass jar and refrigerate several hours or up to 2 weeks.
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Per tablespoon: 55 calories, 3 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 37 mg cholesterol, 6 g carbohydrates, 1 g protein, 13 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.
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I don't have the skills to do drywall, but what is a good way to patch a crack in the wall? asked Apr 06 '11 at 18:53 wayne |
Derek and Buckeye are right, practice makes perfect. For a crack that is not wide (<1/4 inch)and is shallow (no day light showing through the wall) get a small container of premixed spackle or wallboard compound and a small container of plaster of paris a flat surface to mix them on and a flexible 4" putty knife. You'll also need a sheet or two of sandpaper. Drop a lump of spackle on your mixing surface and mix in a small amount of plaster of paris. The plaster makes it set up fast and hard so use it sparingly. Spread it on with your knife from top down feathering the edges to minimize sanding. Use multiple coats for deeper cracks. Take your time and good luck. linkanswered May 25 '11 at 11:11 pelicanhook |
I agree with Derek. Skills come with practice. So practice. Get a piece of scrap drywall, some joint compound, a 6 inch joint knife and go at it. Ask for some scrap wherever drywall is sold. Libraries have DIY books. The best of which are published by Taunton Press. linkanswered May 24 '11 at 18:16 |
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The Department of Life Support Education offers basic and advanced resuscitation courses for Wake Forest Baptist employees, as well as interested individuals from the community. Our dedicated staff is committed to providing individuals with the latest evidence-based resuscitation education available. Our courses provide participants with up-to-date information and hands on practice according to the most current American Heart Association recommendations for Emergency Cardiac Care.
The PEARS course is an alternative to the PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) course. PEARS is for healthcare providers such as medical/surgical nurses, pediatric clinic staff, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and any other healthcare provider who infrequently sees critically ill infants and children.
Course Content:• Pediatric assessment• Assessment and management of respiratory problems• Recognition and management of shock• Identification and management of cardiac arrest• Resuscitation team concept
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By Janet Lundquist firstname.lastname@example.com February 22, 2013 1:53PM
Dr. Kishor Jain
Updated: March 25, 2013 6:41AM
Yet another woman came forward this week to accuse an embattled Frankfort pediatrician of groping her during office visits.
Kishor N. Jain, 59, of 767 Tanglewood Lane in Frankfort now faces two civil lawsuits along with 10 criminal counts of sex abuse and five counts of battery, all filed in Will County.
Jain had been working as a pediatrician at Hedges Clinic, 222 Colorado Ave. in Frankfort. He no longer works there, a clinic supervisor confirmed, and has had his medical license temporarily suspended by the state Department of Professional Regulation.
On Tuesday, Kelly Meister filed a civil lawsuit alleging Jain fondled her breasts during medical checkups.
Meister said she saw Jain as her personal doctor even though he was primarily a pediatrician.
During one checkup in late February or early March 2011, Jain massaged her breast while examining a pulled muscle in her chest, Meister said.
"He became aroused and was making panting sounds as if he was clearly enjoying himself," Meister wrote in her complaint.
Jain did not return a call seeking comment.
Last month, Jessica Schubbe filed a similar lawsuit in Will County. She also made a police report in August 2011, when she was allegedly fondled by Jain during an office visit for her child. Her case had been under investigation since then.
Media coverage of Schubbe's lawsuit gave other women — including Meister, her lawyer said — the courage to come forward to Frankfort police, which led to the criminal charges, police said.
Chicago attorney Jeffrey S. Deutschman represents Meister and Schubbe.
Friday afternoon, Deutschman said he was on the phone with another woman looking to sue Jain for the same type of abuse.
"(Hedges) clinic is the one that seems to be, in my opinion, extremely responsible for what's going on. The doctor's a pediatrician, and they're allowing adults to see this pediatrician," he said.
A supervisor at the clinic declined to comment on the lawsuits and Jain.
Jain is scheduled to appear in court May 20 on the Schubbe lawsuit and June 10 on the Meister lawsuit.
Jain turned himself in to Frankfort police Feb. 15 when he learned of a warrant for his arrest on the criminal charges. He posted bond and was released.
Five women, Schubbe and Meister not among them, are named as victims in the criminal complaint. Jain is scheduled to appear on the criminal case at 1:30 p.m. March 19 in Will County court.
Jain was acquitted more than 10 years ago of a criminal charge for allegedly fondling a woman. In 2002, Jain claimed "justice prevailed" after a Will County judge acquitted him of misdemeanor battery.
That charge stemmed from claims by one of Jain's former pediatric patients, Brenda Doyle, who told Frankfort police that when she brought her infant in for a checkup in December 2001, Jain touched her breasts and tried to put his hand down her pants while asking her about sex positions.
Despite the acquittal, the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation reprimanded Jain for the incident in 2006. As part of the discipline, Jain was required to complete 20 hours of continuing education in record keeping, case management and boundary issues.
In 2002, Robin Mendoza and Kerry Tadej filed a lawsuit claiming Jain fondled them on two separate office visits in 2001. Tadej was Jain's patient, while Mendoza's child was Jain's patient.
Mendoza testified about the encounter during Jain's 2002 battery trial, claiming Jain touched her inappropriately when she and her 5-year-old son came to the Frankfort clinic complaining of illness.
She testified that she told the doctor she had a fever and difficulty breathing and that she ached all over her body, and claimed that he fondled her during the exam while she was alone in the room with him.
The lawsuit brought by Mendoza and Tadej was settled out of court in 2007.


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No, really. Stay with me here.
The "Shit Girls Say" video, inspired by Twitter and recently gone viral, is a compilation of supposedly common "girl" vernacular. In it, a woman, played by a man, is seemingly incapable of speaking in anything but rejected dialouge snippets from Mean Girls. My Facebook feed ate it up this week, as men and women reposted the video. "So. True." "Best thing ever." "So, so funny."
These types of viral vids are meant to be subversive and cheeky; to be parody; to impress viewers with the creators' uncanny ability to point out "funny 'cause it's true" bon mots that have gone previously unrecognized by pop culture.
But on the contrary, they're merely mining gender stereotypes that have been with us for decades, long before the first "Take my wife, please" punchline was ever uttered in a dank comedy club and repeated every time a new romantic comedy hits theaters. Aspiring comedians, take note: "Girls" is not a genre. It's neither parody nor subversive when you're simply regurgitating stereotypes and parroting the status quo.
But beyond the exhausted portrayal of women as helpless, whiny, incoherent, flaky, screechy, clueless, insecure girls (Juliette Lewis, who appears in the clip, is nearly 40 years old), there's something actually interesting happening here. It's the string of "Could you's": Could you do me a huge favor? Could you not do that, please? Could you pass me that blanket? Could you turn it up a bit? Sorry, could you just turn it down? Could you go into my purse?
How can politely asking for a favor be a gendered behavior?
It's a well-documented truth that women's tendency to use deferential language is one of the reasons we lag behind in both leadership roles in the workplace as well as salary. We ask for favors, instead of giving direction. We ask for permission and ask for forgiveness. Rather than exhibit confidence in our plan of action, we act as though our every request is a great intrusion on someone else's more important agenda.
When you stop and count all of those little words you use that steadily chip away at your message — "I'm sorry," "Could you," "Can you," "Would you," "I just," "I think," "A bit," "I don't know for sure, but" — you'll be shocked at how often you use minimizing language when it's completely unnecessary.
Bonnie Marcus addressed this phenomenon of women sabotaging themselves with weak language recently on Forbes.com. "I'm convinced that even if we take one small step and eliminate the word 'just' from our communication, we would see a huge difference in the way we are perceived in the workplace," she says. "I am amazed how much I use this word unnecessarily and unconsciously." She goes on to quote Victoria Simon, PhD, and Holly Pedersen, PhD:
"Women have a tendency to use 'weak' language that serves to water down their message. One example of weak language is using tag lines at the end of sentences…'This is a great angle, don't you think?' and 'Our department is doing well, isn't it?' A tag line at the end of a sentence weakens the statement being made as well as the authority of the speaker. It communicates that the speaker is not completely confident so must ask for reassurance."
This need to use deferential language is a characteristic largely held by women, and socialized into us by traditional expectations of gender traits: men = assertive, women = submissive. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recalls a story in her now famous TED Talk about "sitting at the table." When an important government official came to visit Facebook, the tech team gathered around the conference table; two of the male government official's female senior staff members chose to sit, instead, in chairs on the sidelines. Ms. Sandberg noted in a commencement address at Barnard last May:
"Studies also show that compared to men, women underestimate their performance. If you ask men and women questions about completely objective criteria such as GPAs or sales goals, men get it wrong slightly high; women get it wrong slightly low. More importantly, if you ask men why they succeeded, men attribute that success to themselves; and women, they attribute it to other factors like working harder, help from others. Ask a woman why she did well on something, and she'll say, 'I got lucky. All of these great people helped me. I worked really hard.' Ask a man and he'll say or think, 'What a dumb question. I'm awesome.'"
The impact is pervasive. Women aren't socialized to negotiate; 57 percent of men entering the workplace negotiate their first salary, while only 7 percent of women do the same. When women do negotiate, they are penalized for it by both male and female superiors, whereas men are rewarded for it. The Chicago Network's most recent census revealed that among Chicago's top 50 public companies, only about 9.1 percent of the women at those firms were top earners, while the majority of companies had no female top earners at all.
This deferential language extends beyond the officesphere. Author Sara Benincasa recently wrote a post on Jezebel.com, "I Am So Not Sorry About My Vagina and Other Apologies We Should Retract," cataloging an increasingly ridiculous list of things real women apologized for before, or even as, they realized the insanity of their mea culpa. "We're smart, we're ambitious, we're hardworking, we're determined, we're badass, we're brilliant — and we're still so very, very sorry," Ms. Benincasa wrote. "I wonder when we'll stop apologizing for existing."
So back to that "Shit Girls Say" video. There's something especially twisted about a societal standard that requires women to act in certain way, and then mocks them for fitting into that prefabricated box. The clip reemphasizes the many contradictory expectations for female behaviors that remain tightly embedded in our communal psyche, how difficult it can be to walk that thin line, and the consequences for women who don't conform.
Women who act like girly-girls are disrespected here, but women who break out of traditional gendered behaviors are shunned just as often. As Ms. Sandberg noted in that Barnard address:
"[S]uccess and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. This means that as men get more successful and powerful, both men and women like them better. As women get more powerful and successful, everyone, including women, likes them less."
At the end of the "Shit Girls Say" clip, the girlfriend snacks loudly on a bowl of potato chips, oblivious to the annoyance it's creating; her faceless boyfriend, without a word, uses the remote control he's holding to turn up the volume on the TV. He wants something, he acts on it, he gets it.
Women, if you find yourself watching that video and thinking, "So funny, because it's so true," you might want to check your language. And grab the damn remote.
Oh, and if you want a real take down of stereotypical "dumb girl" behavior? Check out Alison Brie on Community, ripping through the sexy-little-girl-lost trope in under two minutes. This, viewers, is an actual parody, in that it mocks a genre of performance, not the person or gender performing it.


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Well… so… mini-blowouts, blowouts and tight games. We've gotten some pretty good entertainment this weekend.
July 15th, 2011. In the scheme of blowouts, Giants vs. Padres game ranked with some of the best. If you're looking at the 6-1 final score and wondering what's up with me, then just believe me when I say that felt like a blowout/offensive explosion, overall nice game. We could call it a mini-blowout.
July 16th, 2011? That's maybe a more classic blowout, featuring a Padres win, a 11-3 final score and a Zito meltdown of vaguely epic proportions. Painful doesn't cut it. I mean, I would say that one blowout deserves another, except if that was going to happen, couldn't we have at least scored a nice round 10 runs or something, before we gave it right back?
And then July 17th, 2011. Let's just say the two teams together left 18 runners on and neither got even one extra base hit. It was a nail-biter and the Giants won 4-3 in the 11th with a suicide squeeze. That kind of game.
I think whether or not you're a Zito fan like me, his start has to be disappointing and the one real downer of the series. It has so felt like he might be getting something good going. I said his third start back from the disabled list would be the catalyst, but I was wrong. This is what everyone's going to remember.
Let me give you my favorite Zito analogy.
Zito when he's doing well is a chocolate ice cream cone.
But when he goes… he goes fast. Like an ice cream cone in the sun.
Let's do a little brightsideness! The offense has looked encouraging. While Pablo's hit streak ended on Friday, he got it right back going, Tejada has looked- dare I say it?- okay, actually and Fontenot's been a total sparkplug. Even Aubrey's gotten a few hits. You have to get those sad games like Saturday's out of the way and the Giants just took three out of four from San Diego. That feels absolutely magic to say. Not to mention that Matt came out victorious in the Matt vs. Mat matchup. Small pleasures, you know?
And don't look now but he Rangers are on an, eh, 11 game winning streak. Say that aloud for good measure, okay? I am excited about this because a) that that means they have an identical record to the Giants (World Series re-match, anyone?) and b) I have a sneaking suspicion/dream that Jon Daniels will die his hair blonde again. And make pictures available to the media. In the meantime, this will have to do.
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At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offers us only two options. Either we will build our lives on His teaching and survive in that last day or we will build our lives on the sinking sand ...Read More
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Because He is the Holy One of Israel, Jesus can, through the power of His Holy Spirit, make us into His holy people. As we grow older, we should be seeing this work of holiness progress in our lives, as ...Read More
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The Chicago Urban League (CUL) has been a champion of change and a leader in the National Urban League movement with one main thought at the helm of its existence: A strong African-American community makes a better Chicago.
Drawing from its rich history and strategic focus on educational equality, economic development and social justice, the CUL has come full circle since organizing in the early 1900s to accommodate the large volume of African-Americans that moved to Chicago during the Great Migration. And while the issues unique to Chicago may have shifted, the organization has maintained a critical role in the African-American community that still reigns today.
"The power of opportunity" is what the CUL has sought for African-Americans since the beginning, explains Andrea Zopp, current CUL president/CEO and former National Urban League trustee (photo above). "Trying to make sure that African-Americans have the chance – that's what we've been about for a long time. Those things that we hope will strengthen our community."
With a strong focus on education, the CUL has consistently provided year-round programming for children, specifically targeting kids in middle school through college with college persistence programs. "We work with that group because we think it's critically important to keep these kids focused on staying in school and being successful," shares Ms. Zopp on the organization, which incorporates leadership development, academic support and service learning and helps students find employment through internships at its office as well as corporate and community partners.
Committed to exposing children to different career paths, the CUL hosts a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) camp for middle schoolers, participates in local non-violence campaigns and took a few students to the National Urban League Conference in July. Additionally, 23 high school students recently returned from a two-week trip to China, "to learn about the importance of our global world and one of our global partners," explains Ms. Zopp.
The CUL also continues to focus on job creation for African-Americans, most recently working with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as it renovates a portion of the Red Line train system on the South Side of the city. "We've worked very closely with the CTA on the Red Line project in ensuring that not only African-American businesses were part of the project, but also that African-American workers, both skilled and unskilled, are on the job taking part in the opportunities," shares Ms. Zopp. She adds, "We've been very successful. Literally hundreds of people have been hired."
The CUL plans on using that same model to create job opportunities for African-Americans with upcoming projects happening within Malcolm X College and the Illinois Department of Transportation. Also assisting those affected by the housing crisis, Ms. Zopp and her team are working on a project with Freddie Mac called Take Root Chicago, which will help individuals stay in their homes. "The program will assist those who are buying new homes, to make sure that they are ready and are going to have the financial wherewithal, so that once they buy, the people stay in their homes," she explains. "So as we start to come out of the foreclosure crisis, we can rebuild and start stabilizing our communities that were devastated by so many people losing their homes."
As the National Urban League approaches its 100th birthday in 2014 and the CUL in 2016, Ms. Zopp affirms the mission remains the same as the organization has expanded to serve other minorities and the poor. "We are focused on continuing the work we've been doing for almost 100 years and working to really strengthen the African-American community, because we really believe that a strong African-American community gives a better Chicago. We are and will continue to be an important voice for the African-American community and create an agent of change for the African-American community, which we think is great for our city."


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Oral History Program Pamala Sutton Bindrup Interviewed by Marci Farr 19 August 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Pamala Sutton Bindrup Interviewed by Marci Farr 19 August 2010 Copyright © 2010 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. The reviewed and corrected transcripts are indexed, printed, and bound with photographs and illustrative materials as available. Archival copies are placed in Special Collections. The Stewart Library also houses the original recording so researchers can gain a sense of the interviewee's voice and intonations. Project Description The St. Benedict's School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over the forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State College's Practical Nursing Program. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedict's Hospital. This project received funding from the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Division of State History. ____________________________________ Oral history is a method of collecting historical information through recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account. It reflects personal opinion offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ____________________________________ Rights Management Special Collections All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to the Stewart Library of Weber State University. 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: Pamala Sutton Bindrup, an oral history by Marci Farr, 19 August 2010, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Pamala Sutton Bindrup Graduation Photo Class of 1962 Pamala Sutton Bindrup August 19, 2010 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Pamala Sutton Bindrup, conducted by Marci Farr and Sarah Langsdon, on August 19, 2010. In this interview, Pamala discusses her recollections and experiences with the St. Benedict's School of Nursing. Darlene Allen, Marjorie Porter and Annette Saxton were also present during the interview. MF: This is Marci Farr. I am interviewing Pamala Sutton Bindrup. She graduated St. Benedict's Hospital School of Nursing in 1962. Tell me about your early life, your family, and where you grew up and where you attended school. PB: I grew up in Washington Terrace, in South Ogden, Utah. I am the oldest of four girls. I went to Washington Terrace Elementary, South Junior High and Weber High School. In High School, I enjoyed my anatomy and physiology and thought dissecting frogs was very interesting and fun. MF: Tell me about your decision to become a nurse. PB: I loved to babysit and take care of my three younger sisters. When I helped my mom bottle fruit and vegetables and do the weekly was, I would pretend I was nurse helping the doctor. My mom had pneumonia and was on bed rest. I took care of her while she was very ill. That reinforced the idea that being a nurse was what I wanted to do. My grandfather and uncle were doctors and my aunt was a nurse and they were very encouraging. MF: What made you select St. Benedict's Hospital School of Nursing? PB: During Career days, different schools and colleges were mentioned. St. Benedict's Hospital had a good program and was not that expensive. 2 I remember my father cashed in his insurance policy for $1000.00 MF: Were there any assessments which had to be taken to be accepted into nurse's training? PB: We were required in high school to take certain courses in order to apply for nursing. We were assessed according to these classes and grades. At the end of my senior year I took an aptitude test. The results showed I would be a good LPN but not an RN. I was hysterical; I had already applied to St. Benedict's. I was accepted to nursing school and everything worked out. MF: What were your first impressions upon entering nurse's training? PB: I had never been away from home before and had never associated with Catholic sisters before. I was nervous and excited. My mom helped me move in and as she was getting ready to leave, she started to cry. I said to her, "Mom we live in South Ogden, so I am only a few miles away." MF: Was there a housemother? PB: Our housemother was Lena Borino. MF: Describe the nurse's home. PB: When you entered the nurse's home, there was a large foyer and at the end of the foyer was an office where you checked in and out. To the left was a very formal living room with a fireplace and a piano. Your visitors would meet with you in the living room. To the right was the hallway to the dorms. At the end of the dorms was a lounge with a pop machine and a television. MF: What was your dorm room like? PB: The room consisted of two beds, a desk and a closet. We had a window 3 which faced the mountains. The room was quite small. The bathroom and showers were at the end of the hall. MF: Who was your roommate? PB: My first roommate was Vivian Henrie. She stayed in training for about six months and then left. My second roommate was Darlene Armstrong. She graduated from Ben Lomond High School along with two other students in our school, Annette Taylor and Marjorie Lepley. At Weber High School, Ben Lomond was our rival, we played sports against each other. It was interesting having a rival as a roommate, and fellow classmates, but differences aside we became very good friends and have remained friends throughout the years and get together often. MF: Were the Sister's strict? PB: The Sister's we very strict and expected you to obey the dorm rules and curfews. Lights were to be out at 10:00 p.m. on school nights and if you went out, you had to be in at 10:00 p.m. Our curfew on the weekends was 12:00 a.m.; you came in the front door of the hospital and signed in at the desk. You then had to walk through the tunnel which connected the hospital to the dorms. It was well lit but still scary to be in there alone. The first six months of training you could not leave the dorm in the evenings and were required to study. You were not allowed to marry while in training. MF: Was there a probationary period while you were in training? PB: The first six months of training was the probationary period. We were called probies and had a big sister, one of the older students to help us adjust. Sister 4 Berno was the director of the school. She was very nice and concerned about all of us. If your grades were not good enough or you had broken some rules, you were gone. MF: What were some of the courses you took? Were the courses taught at Weber College or at the hospital? PB: Our classes were in the basement of the dormitory. We studied chemistry for nursing, math for nursing, pharmacology for nursing, anatomy and physiology, sociology and ethics classes. I always remember in every class the instructor would say, "This question will be on the state boards". I thought I probably will never pass state boards. We also had classes on patient care, treatments and procedures. We would practice on each other, giving bed baths and treatments. To give injections we would practice on an orange. MF: Who were some of your instructors? PB: Ruth Wheeler, Verla Ekins, Rosemary Sullivan, Joan White, Janice Hassell. We had a sister who taught anatomy and physiology. She would lecture during the class period and you would write notes frantically. You would study the notes all night and try to have every bit of it in your mind. She would call on you the next day and say, "Miss Sutton", and then ask you a question about what she had lectured on. You never said, "I don't know". You came up with something, and some parts of the body would have some really weird or funny names. But you didn't laugh about it because this was serious business. Sister Rebecca taught math. She was wonderful. If it had not been for Sister Rebecca we would not have made it in our math class. She would spend extra time with Darlene 5 and I and helped us understand the math problems we were struggling with. We had Sister Bonaface who was our dietary instructor. She had glasses that were thick as coke bottles. She could hardly see. She was so intimidating. As students, we worked in the tray line. We had to work very fast, with the hot liquids and make sure everything was marked on the diet plan was on the tray. She would say, "Don't drop a tray", and the minute she would say that, that was the first thing you would do. We also had doctors who would come and lecture to us. Some of them were, Dr. Swindler, an orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Demars, an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist and Dr. Utterback, a dermatologist. MF: What were some of your first assigned duties on the floor? PB: Every morning we would do AM care which consisted of gathering all of the water pitchers and filling them with fresh water. Darlene and I were doing this together and walked into a room. We discovered this young man lying on the bed in his underwear; his whitey tighties. I turned around and walked out of the room, Darlene grabbed me and said, "Pam, it's just his underwear." We would go to the floor after our classes and do PM care in the afternoon. From September to March these were our duties. I was in charge of half the floor and had patients to get ready for surgery. I said to the other nurse who covered the other half of the floor, "I have to do this procedure. I watched them do it in class." She said, "Well go ahead, you will be fine and if you need any help, let me know." MF: Were you required to attend Mass on Sunday? PB: We were not required to attend Mass on Sunday. We were asked to attend 6 morning prayers during the week. You would walk into the chapel and they would hand you a piece of paper with the prayer written on it which you would repeat all together. Following the recitation everyone would file out of the chapel. It was so different from our LDS prayers. We attended for about a week and then decided to meet as a group of LDS girls and have our own prayers. We knelt in prayer every morning in one of our rooms. I think these prayers sustained and helped us through our nurse's training. MF: Tell us about the capping ceremony. PB: The capping ceremony was held in the living room of the nurse's home. We wore our white starched dresses, white stockings, and white shoes. The cap was placed on our heads and we carried a Florence Nightingale Lamp, which was lit. We repeated the Florence Nightingale pledge and sang a song. It was a great climax to the first six months of very hard work, worry and stress. MF: How long were you assigned to each floor? Describe duties assigned. PB: We had three months rotation through the departments of the hospital. There were four students in a rotation. We gave bed baths, treatments, and medications. We had an instructor with us to supervise. The hardest thing I found when working on the floors was getting everything done in a certain time frame. We practiced giving bed baths to each other and had plenty of time. On the floor you had four bed baths to give, plus treatments in three or four hours. It was hard to give good care and yet meet time constraints. Welcome to the real world. MF: Were there any traditions at St. Benedict's? During the holidays? PB: We would have a banquet during the holidays. It was a very formal sit down 7 dinner and we wore dresses. We were seated two students to a Sister so everybody was sitting by a Sister. We were told to watch Sister Berno and do what she does. That is how I learned to eat chicken with a knife and fork. To this day I sill eat chicken with a knife and fork and it feels strange to pick up a piece of chicken with my fingers. We had a yearly spaghetti dinner. It was a benefit dinner and the public was invited. The money we earned was used to send two students to a nurse's convention. MF: When and where was graduation held? What were your impressions? PB: Our graduation was held August 1, 1962 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ogden. We walked down the aisle flanked by the Knights of Columbus carrying a bouquet of roses. We received our diploma and knelt and kissed the Father's ring. This was all very different for me, but I enjoyed seeing the way the Catholic Church did things. MF: After graduation did you stay at St. Benedict's? PB: I worked at St. Benedict's for ten years. My first assignment was as a float nurse going to different floors as I was needed. I didn't like working as a float nurse, you would get used to their routines and personnel and then you were moved to another floor. An opening became available in the Emergency Room and I was transferred there. I really liked working in the ER. I worked afternoons, so I didn't have to get a babysitter for a long period of time. I worked two days a week and a lot of those days would be on the weekends. That was hard to do but one of the things you expected when you were low man on the totem pole. MF: Did you work at any other hospital besides St. Benedict's? 8 PB: In 1975, I started working at McKay-Dee Hospital in outpatient surgery and worked there for 26 years. MF: How do you think your training at St. Benedict's served you after graduation? PB: When we graduated we could work on most any floor and were able to do all the procedures. It was interesting to see the difference in our capabilities and those of four year graduates from college programs. They knew everything in the books but could not care for patents, do procedures or treatments. MF: When did you retire? PB: I retired in 2001, but worked for two years on an on call status which turned out to be one ten hour shift a week. I couldn't just quit completely all at once. When we were called on a mission for my church for eighteen months, I wanted a leave of absence but not possible so I finally called it quits in 2003. MF: How has nursing changed over the years? PB: When I worked in the ER we didn't have a full time ER doctor. When a patient came in we would call the doctor on call. They would get there in 15 or 20 minutes. If we needed help right away we would call one of the interns. The ambulance drivers did not call ahead and tell us what they were bringing in; they just drove up to the entrance and wheeled the patient in. It was a miracle we kept people alive. You could never relax as a nurse because you never knew what was going to happen next. When I worked in outpatient we did not have a lot of nurses or rooms. We were required to get 30-40 patients ready for surgery and recovered with 13 cubicles. Some of the patients were inpatients after surgery which helped. We 9 also did blood transfusions and minor surgery. It was non-stop all day long. When the new hospital was built, there was an area to get patients ready for surgery, another area to take care of the out patients. We didn't do any IV therapy that was done in another department. Minor surgery was done in the OR. We had more nurses to cover that area.
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