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The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Korah contends for the priesthood. (1-11) Disobedience of Dathan and Abiram. (12-15) The glory of the Lord appears The intercession of Moses and Aaron. (16-22) The earth swallows up Dathan and Abiram. (23-34) The company of Korah consumed. (35-40) The people murmur A plague sent. (41-50)
Verses 1-11 Pride and ambition occasion a great deal of mischief both in churches and states. The rebels quarrel with the settlement of the priesthood upon Aaron and his family. Small reason they had to boast of the people's purity, or of God's favour, as the people had been so often and so lately polluted with sin, and were now under the marks of God's displeasure. They unjustly charge Moses and Aaron with taking honour to themselves; whereas they were called of God to it. See here, 1. What spirit levellers are of; those who resist the powers God has set over them. 2. What usage they have been serviceable. Moses sought instruction from God. The heart of the wise studies to answer, and asks counsel of God. Moses shows their privileges as Levites, and convicts them of the sin of undervaluing these privileges. It will help to keep us from envying those above us, duly to consider how many there are below us.
Verses 12-15 Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram to bring their complaints; but they would not obey. They bring very false charges against Moses. Those often fall under the heaviest censures, who in truth deserve the highest praise. Moses, though the meekest man, yet, finding God reproached in him, was very wroth; he could not bear to see the people ruining themselves. He appeals to God as to his own integrity. He bade them appear with Aaron next morning, at the time of offering the morning incense. Korah undertook thus to appear. Proud ambitious men, while projecting their own advancement, often hurry on their own shameful fall.
Verses 16-22 The same glory of the Lord that appeared to place Aaron in his office at first, ( Leviticus 9:23 ) , now appeared to confirm him in it; and to confound those who set up against him. Nothing is more terrible to those who are conscious of guilt, than the appearance of the Divine glory. See how dangerous it is to have fellowship with sinners, and to partake with them. Though the people had treacherously deserted them, yet Moses and Aaron approved themselves faithful shepherds of Israel. If others fail in their duty to us, that does not take away the obligations we are under to seek their welfare. Their prayer was a pleading prayer, and it proved a prevailing one.
Verses 23-34 The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that accompany salvation. God, in justice, left the rebels to the obstinacy and hardness of their own hearts. Moses, by Divine direction, when all Israel were waiting the event, declares that if the rebels die a common death, he will be content to be called and counted an imposter. As soon as Moses had spoken the word, God caused the earth to open and swallow them all up. The children perished with their parents; in which, though we cannot tell how bad they might be to deserve it, or how good God might be otherwise to them; yet of this we are sure, that Infinite Justice did them no wrong. It was altogether miraculous. God has, when he pleases, strange punishments for the workers of iniquity. It was very significant. Considering how the earth is still in like manner loaded with the weight of man's sins, we have reason to wonder that it does not now sink under its load. The ruin of others should be our warning. Could we, by faith, hear the outcries of those that are gone down to the bottomless pit, we should give more diligence than we do to escape for our lives, lest we also come into their condemnation.
Verses 35-40 A fire went out from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense, while Aaron, who stood with them, was preserved alive. God is jealous of the honour of his own institutions, and will not have them invaded. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. The censers are devoted, and, as all devoted things, must be made serviceable to the glory of God. This covering of the altar would remind the children of Israel of this event, that others might hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously. They brought destruction on themselves both in body and soul. Thus all who break the law and neglect the gospel choose and love death.
Verses 41-50 The gaping earth was scarcely closed, before the same sins are again committed, and all these warnings slighted. They called the rebels the people of the Lord; and find fault with Divine justice. The obstinacy of Israel notwithstanding the terrors of God's law, as given on mount Sinai, and the terrors of his judgments, shows how necessary the grace of God is to change men's hearts and lives. Love will do what fear cannot. Moses and Aaron interceded with God for mercy, knowing how great the provocation was. Aaron went, and burned incense between the living and the dead, not to purify the air, but to pacify an offended God. As one tender of the life of every Israelite, Aaron made all possible speed. We must render good for evil. Observe especially, that Aaron was a type of Christ. There is an infection of sin in the world, which only the cross and intercession of Jesus Christ can stay and remove. He enters the defiled and dying camp. He stands between the dead and the living; between the eternal Judge and the souls under condemnation. We must have redemption through His blood, even the remission of sins. We admire the ready devotion of Aaron: shall we not bless and praise the unspeakable grace and love which filled the Saviour's heart, when he placed himself in our stead, and bought us with his life? Greatly indeed hath God commended his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, ( Romans 5:8 ) .
Numbers 16:1-30 . THE REBELLION OF KORAH.
1, 2. Now Korah, the son of Izhar--Izhar, brother of Amram ( Exodus 6:18 ), was the second son of Kohath, and for some reason unrecorded he had been supplanted by a descendant of the fourth son of Kohath, who was appointed prince or chief of the Kohathites ( Numbers 3:30 ). Discontent with the preferment over him of a younger relative was probably the originating cause of this seditious movement on the part of Korah.
Dathan and Abiram, . . . and On--These were confederate leaders in the rebellion, but On seems to have afterwards withdrawn from the conspiracy (compare Numbers 16:12 Numbers 16:24 Numbers 16:25 Numbers 16:27 , 26:9 , Deuteronomy 11:6 , Psalms 106:17 )
took men--The latter mentioned individuals, being all sons of Reuben, the eldest of Jacob's family, had been stimulated to this insurrection on the pretext that Moses had, by an arbitrary arrangement, taken away the right of primogeniture, which had vested the hereditary dignity of the priesthood in the first-born of every family, with a view of transferring the hereditary exercise of the sacred functions to a particular branch of his own house; and that this gross instance of partiality to his own relations, to the permanent detriment of others, was a sufficient ground for refusing allegiance to his government. In addition to this grievance, another cause of jealousy and dissatisfaction that rankled in the breasts of the Reubenites was the advancement of Judah to the leadership among the tribes. These malcontents had been incited by the artful representations of Korah ( Jude 1:11 ), with whom the position of their camp on the south side afforded them facilities of frequent intercourse. In addition to his feeling of personal wrongs, Korah participated in their desire (if he did not originate the attempt) to recover their lost rights of primogeniture. When the conspiracy was ripe, they openly and boldly declared its object, and at the head of two hundred fifty princes, charged Moses with an ambitious and unwarrantable usurpation of authority, especially in the appropriation of the priesthood, for they disputed the claim of Aaron also to pre-eminence [ Numbers 16:3 ].
3. they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron--The assemblage seems to have been composed of the whole band of conspirators; and they grounded their complaint on the fact that the whole people, being separated to the divine service ( Exodus 19:6 ), were equally qualified to present offerings on the altar, and that God, being graciously, present among them by the tabernacle and the cloud, evinced His readiness to receive sacrifices from the hand of any others as well as from theirs.
4. when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face--This attitude of prostration indicated not only his humble and earnest desire that God would interpose to free him from the false and odious imputation, but also his strong sense of the daring sin involved in this proceeding. Whatever feelings may be entertained respecting Aaron, who had formerly headed a sedition himself [ Numbers 12:1 ], it is impossible not to sympathize with Moses in this difficult emergency. But he was a devout man, and the prudential course he adopted was probably the dictate of that heavenly wisdom with which, in answer to his prayers, he was endowed.
5-11. he spake unto Korah and unto all his company--They were first addressed, not only because they were a party headed by his own cousin and Moses might hope to have more influence in that quarter, but because they were stationed near the tabernacle; and especially because an expostulation was the more weighty coming from him who was a Levite himself, and who was excluded along with his family from the priesthood. But to bring the matter to an issue, he proposed a test which would afford a decisive evidence of the divine appointment.
Even to-morrow--literally, "in the morning," the usual time of meeting in the East for the settlement of public affairs.
the Lord will show who are his, . . . even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him--that is, will bear attestation to his ministry by some visible or miraculous token of His approval.
6, 7. Take you censers, Korah, and all his company, &c.--that is, since you aspire to the priesthood, then go, perform the highest function of the office--that of offering incense; and if you are accepted well. How magnanimous the conduct of Moses, who was now as willing that God's people should be priests, as formerly that they should be prophets ( Numbers 11:29 ). But he warned them that they were making a perilous experiment.
12-14. Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram--in a separate interview, the ground of their mutiny being different; for while Korah murmured against the exclusive appropriation of the priesthood to Aaron and his family, they were opposed to the supremacy of Moses in civil power. They refused to obey the summons; and their refusal was grounded on the plausible pretext that their stay in the desert was prolonged for some secret and selfish purposes of the leader, who was conducting them like blind men wherever it suited him.
15. Moses was very wroth--Though the meekest of all men [ Numbers 12:3 ], he could not restrain his indignation at these unjust and groundless charges; and the highly excited state of his feeling was evinced by the utterance of a brief exclamation in the mixed form of a prayer and an impassioned assertion of his integrity. (Compare 1 Samuel 12:3 ).
and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering--He calls it their offering, because, though it was to be offered by Korah and his Levitical associates, it was the united appeal of all the mutineers for deciding the contested claims of Moses and Aaron.
16-18. Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord--that is, at "the door of the tabernacle" ( Numbers 16:18 ), that the assembled people might witness the experiment and be properly impressed by the issue.
17. two hundred fifty censers--probably the small platters, common in Egyptian families, where incense was offered to household deities and which had been among the precious things borrowed at their departure ( Exodus 12:35 Exodus 12:36 ).
20, 21. the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation--Curiosity to witness the exciting spectacle attracted a vast concourse of the people, and it would seem that the popular mind had been incited to evil by the clamors of the mutineers against Moses and Aaron. There was something in their behavior very offensive to God; for after His glory had appeared--as at the installation of Aaron ( Leviticus 9:23 ), so now for his confirmation in the sacred office--He bade Moses and Aaron withdraw from the assembly "that He might consume them in a moment."
22. they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh--The benevolent importunity of their prayer was the more remarkable that the intercession was made for their enemies.
24-26. Speak unto the congregation, . . . Get you up from about the tabernacle--Moses was attended in the execution of this mission by the elders. The united and urgent entreaties of so many dignified personages produced the desired effect of convincing the people of their crime, and of withdrawing them from the company of men who were doomed to destruction, lest, being partakers of their sins, they should perish along with them.
27. the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram--Korah being a Kohathite, his tent could not have been in the Reubenite camp, and it does not appear that he himself was on the spot where Dathan and Abiram stood with their families. Their attitude of defiance indicated their daring and impenitent character, equally regardless of God and man.
28-34. Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works--The awful catastrophe of the earthquake which, as predicted by Moses, swallowed up those impious rebels in a living tomb, gave the divine attestation to the mission of Moses and struck the spectators with solemn awe.
35. there came out a fire from the Lord--that is, from the cloud. This seems to describe the destruction of Korah and those Levites who with him aspired to the functions of the priesthood. (See Numbers 26:11 Numbers 26:58 , 1 Chronicles 6:22 1 Chronicles 6:37 ).
37-40. Speak unto Eleazar--He was selected lest the high priest might contract defilement from going among the dead carcasses.
39, 40. the brazen censers . . . made broad plates to be a memorial--The altar of burnt offerings, being made of wood and covered with brass, this additional covering of broad plates not only rendered it doubly secure against the fire, but served as a warning beacon to deter all from future invasions of the priesthood.
41. the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord--What a strange exhibition of popular prejudice and passion--to blame the leaders for saving the rebels! Yet Moses and Aaron interceded for the people--the high priest perilling his own life in doing good to that perverse race.
48. he stood between the living and the dead--The plague seems to have begun in the extremities of the camp. Aaron, in this remarkable act, was a type of Christ.


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(UPDATED COVERAGE Dec. 6) California is putting restrictions on citrus fruit and plants in Tulare County after two recent detections of Asian citrus psyllid.
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Purewal said his aril sales are also increasing.
"They're a great year-round item to keep customers with us the whole year, and they help us market Chilean and then California pomegranates," he said.
Simonian Fruit Co. designs mesh bag
Fowler, Calif.-based Simonian Fruit Co. is developing a fixed-weight mesh bag for this year's fresh pomegranate season.
"We've got a prototype and we're looking for customers," said vice president of sales and marketing Jeff Simonian.
The red mesh bag would be ideal for medium or small-sized fruit, Simonian said.
The grower-shipper expected to begin harvesting California pomegranates the second week of September. That's earlier than last season but closer to a normal season, Simonian said.
"We're estimating about 200,000 packages, but we won't know until we start packing," he said.
It's the second year for Simonian's 80 acres of organic pomegranates, or about 10% of its crop.
"Pomegranates are close to organic already because we don't put many sprays on them," he said.
"Some of the sprays we use are allowed under the organic program."
"For now, we're looking at organic as one more thing we can offer customers."
Slayman Marketing adds early varieties
Bakersfield, Calif.-based Slayman Marketing has pulled all its late-variety pomegranate trees — about 100 acres — and replanted them with early granada and foothill varieties.
"It's strictly a numbers game," said president Dee Slayman, who packs under the Slayman and Noble brands.
"There are so many wonderfuls planted, I choose not to be in that deal," Slayman said.
"I just want to haul early stuff and be out early," he said.
Slayman's orchards are located in a microclimate at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley, which allows him to harvest about three weeks earlier than other pomegranate growing areas in the state.
He began packing on Aug. 9 this year and plans to finish around Sept. 15.
"We'll be completely out of production before the wonderful even starts," said Slayman, one of the smallest grower-shippers in the deal with 700 acres of pomegranates.
Trinity Fruit Sales Co. opens facility for arils
In 2000, David White recalls de-seeding pomegranates by hand and offering arils to several retailers.
"We tried them in a small way then stopped as we focused on other things," said White, president of Fresno, Calif.-based Trinity Fruit Sales Co. Inc.


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Did you see Ludemans tweet?
Did you see Ludemans tweet?
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
I like how Warne's tipping a wicket on every ball....
Andrew Symonds 143*
i saw Theo's seal of approval,yes
(theo's got a new account too: https://twitter.com/Brendon_Julian)
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
david hussey: a bad sportsman
can't bat can't bowl can't field can't be a good guy
Why are people surprised with Warne being Warne?
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Social media makes it a lot easier for customer complaints to be heard. A single complaint can mushroom into a roar when it's shared and shared again.
A negative post on Yelp, an angry status update on Facebook, or an irate-sounding Tweet can seriously hurt your business if you don't take action promptly. A recent story in the New York Times offered what I believe is some advice on how to diffuse anger and actually turn the complainer into a loyal customer.
- First, listen carefully. "Listening" is Internet-speak for reading the complaints and responses, but it also can mean real listening, as in picking up the phone and talking to the person. Listen fully to the complainer without interrupting, and try to find common points of frustration. You may indicate you've been in a similar situation – an action by itself often diffuses a situation.
- Keep a positive attitude. When talking to the customer, try to view it as a learning opportunity, and avoid a shouting match as tempting as it may be. Research shows that a calm attitude can be contagious.
- Do apologize, but don't leave it there. Tell the customer what you will do to rectify the situation. Customers usually want someone reprimanded, research shows. What you can do is promise to speak to relevant staff and take corrective action so the problem is avoided in the future. That's the point at which a customer may start to feel a real bond with you.
- Publicly comment back to the person if the complaint is on the Internet. Thank the person, say you're sorry and that the complaint is not representative of your brand. You may even want to offer a discount or coupon. If you don't get a response, post another comment saying you are still concerned. The key is to stay public with your apology, so visitors will understand you're trying to resolve the situation.
- Fix the problem if possible, and ask the customer to give you another chance. Then follow up personally later to make sure the customer got the discount or coupon.
If the customer was at fault, don't blame him or her, or apologize either. Also, if you simply cannot remedy the problem, explain the solution you're offering and say, honestly, that this is the best you can do, but you'll try to find ways to avoid the problem in the future.
At first blush, a negative comment, expressed publicly, may seem like a nightmare, but you can actually impact your brand's stature by appropriately handling a negative comment.


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[OS] KSA - Second Deputy Premier Chairs Cabinet Session
Released on 2012-10-12 10:00 GMT
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Riyadh, Dhu-AlQa'dah 19, 1432, Oct 17, 2011, SPA -- Prince Naif bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior chaired
the Cabinet session held at Al-Yamamah Palace here today.
At the outset, the Second Deputy Premier reassured all of the good health
of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques after his successful surgery, and
that the king nowa**thanks be to Almighty Allaha** enjoys healthy
well-being. His Royal Highness and members of the Cabinet expressed their
heart-felt wishes and prayers that Almighty Allah confer on the king godly
blessings, health, long life, and shield him against all malevolence.
Then, the Second Deputy Premier briefed the Cabinet on the consultations
and contacts that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques made during the
last few days with a number of leaders of brotherly and friendly countries
on the latest developments at regional and international arenas, including
a telephone call the King received from President Barack Obama of the
United States.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Minister
of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja said the
Cabinet reviewed a number of reports on the latest developments at Arab
and international arenas and the Kingdom's and international community's
stances towards them. In this regard, the Cabinet hailed the statement
issued by an extraordinary meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers concluded
here yesterday focusing on the current situation in Syria. The statement
stressed the Arab's stance of stopping immediately all acts of violence,
fighting, ending all military aspects to help prevent more casualties and
to preserve civil peace and the protection of civilians as well as the
unity of the Syrian society fabric.
Dr. Khoja added that the Cabinet followed with immense appreciation the
international reactions to the sinful and unspeakable attempt at the life
of the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the United
States of America. The Cabinet, he added, emphasized that as the Kingdom
gratefully values and appreciates the efforts of the United States in
exposing the assassination attempt and the condemnation expressed by
brotherly and friendly countries along with international organizations
against this contemptible scheme and those who stand behind it, Saudi
Arabia renews its call to Arab and Islamic nations and the international
community to shoulder their responsibilities towards such terrorist acts
and attempts to threaten the stability of States and the international
security and peace.
Second Deputy Premier Chairs Cabinet Session 2 Riyadh
The Minister of Culture and Information said the Cabinet expressed the
pride of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in signing the agreement of
inaugurating King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Global Center for Dialogue in
the Austrian Capital Vienna which aims to promote dialogue among followers
of various religions and cultures; to enhance understanding, respect and
cooperation among peoples; to augment justice, peace and reconciliation;
to confront the justification of violence and conflicts under covers of
religions; and to call for a responsible course that sanctifies religious
and spiritual dimensions for individuals and communities. The Cabinet
thanked the government of Austria the country that will house the Center
and thanked the Kingdom of Spain whose cooperation has helped to translate
this noble vision into a reality, and thanked all those who have supported
this idea. The Cabinet sent its congratulations to the Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques for the International support his initiative has received
and has come to fruition in the inauguration of this center, a crowning
result of his honest efforts to disseminate dialogue among followers of
various religions and cultures.
The Minister pointed out that the cabinet heard a report on the Custodian
of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud International
Prize for Translation which was delivered to the winners of the fourth
session in the Chinese capital Beijing, stressing that the wide ranging
appreciation given to the prize by cultural and world elites reflects its
importance in promoting the translation movement and enhancing
opportunities for cultural dialogue and rapprochement among cultures
sought by the Kingdom. The cabinet said the prize handing this year took
place in conjunction with the signing of the convention establishing King
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Global Center for Dialogue in the Austrian capital
Vienna and shortly before that the signing of an agreement establishing
the "United Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism" which was called for by
the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
The cabinet briefly reviewed the overall intensive activities witnessed by
the local scene during the last few days at various economic, social and
cultural arenas, as well as the security achievements in the fight against
drugs and their promotion, highlighting the holding of the Forum on Recent
Trends in Alternative Sentences organized by the Ministry of Justice
within the scientific framework the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi has adopted to develop the judiciary.
Second Deputy Premier Chairs Cabinet Session 3 Riyadh
The Cabinet discussed the participation of the Kingdom in some
international economic and political symposia, including the Saudi
Financial Forum held in London. This forum is an opportunity for
participants to be briefed on the strong Saudi economy within the
conditions of international economy.
The Cabinet listened to a report read by Minister of Finance on the
Kingdom's participation in the meetings of Finance Ministers of the Group
of Twenty (G-20) in Paris to discuss the preparations for the G-20 Summit
to be held in France next month.
Dr. Khoja then said the Cabinet continued discussion of its agenda and
issued the following decisions:
The Cabinet approved a number of decisions regarding subsidies of
agricultural crops including dates.
The Cabinet approved recommendations in minutes of the ministerial
committee for administrative organization regarding certain schools at the
Ministry of Education.
The Cabinet approved the final account of the General Commission for
Tourism and Antiquities for the fiscal year (1430/1431H).
The Cabinet approved the appointment of governmental representatives in
the board of directors of Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation
(SABIC) as follows:
1- Reappointing Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al Saud and Eng.
Mohammed bin Hamed Al-Madhi as two representatives of the government in
the board of directors of SABIC for three years as of the decision's date.
2- Appointing Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al-Hamidi and Bandar bin
Abdulaziz Al-Waili as two representatives of the government in the board
of directors of SABIC for three years as of the decision's date.
3- Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al Saud is Chairman of the board
of directors of SABIC and Eng. Mohammed bin Hamed Al-Madhi is Vice
Chairman of the board of directors of SABIC for the period pointed out in
the first item of the decision.
Second Deputy Premier Chairs Cabinet Session 4 Riyadh
The cabinet approved the following appointments:
1- Abdullah bin Hasan bin Mohammad Mastoor Alzahrani is appointed to the
position of information advisor (rank 15) at the General Intelligence
2- Abdulrahman bin Rashid bin Saeed Alyamani is appointed to the position
of director general of administrative and financial affairs (rank 14) at
Prince Noora bint Abdulrahman University.
3- Hasan bin Bakar bin Mohammad Hariri is appointed to the position of
director general of the affairs of teaching staff (rank 14) at King
Abdulaziz University.
4- Hamad bin Ibrahim bin Mohammad Almubarak is appointed to the position
of director general of administrative and financial affairs (rank 14) at
the General Audit Bureau.
5- Othman bin Abdulrahman bin Othman Alyahya is appointed to the position
of director general of the general department of monitoring of performance
of establishments and companies (rank 14) at the General Audit Bureau.


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A new, large blueberry from the University of Georgia is appropriately named Titan.
Average blueberries are slightly smaller than a dime, but Titan berries can grow as large as a quarter.
The variety is a rabbiteye blueberry, which is well suited to growing conditions in Georgia, according to a news release.
The university's Research Foundation has applied for a plant patent on the variety.
Titan yields berries that are two to four times the size of average blueberries, making picking much easier, according to the release.
"Common sense tells you that picking blueberries by hand takes a long time. Not with Titan," Scott NeSmith, a university breeder, said in the release.
The variety yields best when used with a pollinizer variety.
Nurseries already have a waiting list for plants.
Titan is available through these licensed nurseries: Ken James Greenhouses, Cornelius Farms and Oregon Blueberry.


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Links and documents of interest
Links and documents related to our governance process
Academic Staff Website (UW Madison)
A very comprehensive and useful website with information pertaining the Academic Staff at UW Madison. Links, policies and issues are also useful to our governance group.
CUWC Final Report
The Growth Agenda for Wisconsin is the University of Wisconsin System's long-term strategic plan to strengthen Wisconsin by increasing the number of baccalaureate degree holders and well-paying jobs in Wisconsin communities. Created after a strategic planning process in 2007, the Growth Agenda has three core principles: to grow people, jobs, and communities. Since the Growth Agenda's inception, and despite a struggling economy, enrollment at UW institutions reached an all-time high in the fall of 2009 with nearly 179,000 students. In 2010, the Growth Agenda will include more specific increases in graduation targets that should propel Wisconsin to be a national leader in its number of degree holders per capita. The University System's ability to deliver these goals is dependent on a variety of funding mechanisms. It is also dependent on having a high quality faculty, academic staff, and academic and administrative leaders (limited appointees). Federal and state funding, tuition, and continuing improvements in cost efficiency are all necessary for the System to optimize its operations. Competitive compensation and benefits are also required in order to recruit and retain a top-notch University System workforce. The ability of the UW System to deliver on the Growth Agenda requires that a reasonable match be found between quality of programs and services and the compensation of those who create and deliver them.


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Victoria Justice currently finds herself in that all-familiar territory between carefree teen and responsible adult.
She sleeps late and wears Juicy Couture sweatpants and is always the first one on the dance floor. At the same time, she is more than ready to be taken a bit more seriously.
"I would love to follow in the path of someone like Zooey Deschanel," explains the 20-year-old during a recent phone call from a soundcheck for her Summer Break Tour with fellow Nickelodeon favorites Big Time Rush.
"She has her own show and has been in movies, but she also has a passion for music that she can do just as well on the side."
Justice is a Nickelodeon favorite who in 2012 came off an impressive three-year run as the lead character of her own hit TV series, "Victorious."
Justice says she's currently searching to find the right combination of success and privacy.
"I love acting and I have been doing it forever, but I also think this is a good time to also focus on my music and songwriting," says Justice, who will make her Chicago-area singing debuton Aug. 4.
"When 'Victorious' was over, it was a little bittersweet, but I feel like 20 is the perfect age to start exploring new horizons. I'm looking forward to new opportunities around the corner and aging myself up a bit."
While Justice saw much success with recording pieces of music that were ultimately featured in various "Victorious" soundtracks, she admits there was a bit of a cap on what she could do creatively.
"I can't wait to release more of my own music," says Justice, who released her new single, "Gold," just a few weeks back. "Not only is my new song a really fun and catchy song that I thought would be perfect for a summer single release, but I like it because it is a bit more edgier and a bit more mature than the stuff I was singing on 'Victorious.' I'm singing something a 20-year-old would be singing about."
Under the watchful eye of more than 5.6 million Twitter followers, Justice admits that living in the spotlight is no easier now than when she first broke into the acting and singing business more than 10 years ago.
"Even though my life is so abnormal, my parents have really grounded me and I think I have a pretty good head on my shoulders despite the craziness," she says. "I try to stay as low-key as I can because I truly value my personal life. It's not something I want in the pages of magazines. It's always been important to me to separate my personal and professional life. Some things just are meant to stay private because once you let people in that way, it's hard to close that door. I'm very close to my family and I still live at home. I have tried my best not to grow up too fast."
Tricia Despres is a local freelance writer.


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Oral History Program Carolyn Barr Wold Interviewed by Melissa Johnson 29 October 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Carolyn Barr Wold Interviewed by Melissa Johnson 29 October 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. 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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: Carolyn Barr Wold, an oral history by Melissa Johnson, 29 October 2010, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Carolyn Barr Wold Graduation Photo Class of 1954 Carolyn Barr Wold October 29, 2010 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Carolyn Barr Wold, conducted by Melissa Johnson and Marci Farr, on October 29, 2010. In this interview, Carolyn discusses her recollections and experiences with the St. Benedict's School of Nursing. MJ: This is Melissa Johnson, and we are in the home of Carolyn Wold, who was a graduate of St. Benedict's School of Nursing in 1954. We're here in her home in South Ogden, and it is October 29, 2010. Just to start off, tell us a little bit about where you grew up and where you went to school. CW: I was born at the Dee Hospital, and I grew up in Ogden, at 2521 Gramercy Avenue. I attended St. Joseph's School on Lincoln from the first grade to the tenth grade; Ogden High School as a junior, and a senior at Weber. I graduated from Weber June 1951. I attended St. Benedict's School of Nursing from September of 1951 to September of 1954. MJ: So were there any classes in high school that you took that prepared you for nursing? CW: There were. I did not take typing or secretarial classes. Everything I took was geared toward math and chemistry, and anything that had to do with the sciences. MJ: So had you already decided that you wanted to be a nurse? CW: Yes, I did. MJ: How did you decide that? 2 CW: Well, when I was ten, I guess, I was riding horses with Janet Glassman, and I got off the horse to go tell my mother to bring us a candy bar; she was headed to the grocery store. I looked toward 25th Street, and not toward the street that I was crossing, and got hit by a car. So I flew up in the air – this little lady was going very slowly – and I broke my collarbone. I landed on my knees, and I never hit my head, but I was kind of stunned. when I was twelve, I started having trouble with a leg. It was Osgood Schlatter from the accident, and I was in a cast from my thigh to my ankle all summer. So what does one do? Well, one reads books, and I read all of Cherry Ames - I had read all of Nancy Drew prior to that. I decided that's what I was going to be, a nurse. MJ: Why did you decide to go to St. Benedict's? CW: Well, because I am Catholic and it was just a foregone conclusion that that's where I was going to go. Obviously I would have loved to have gone out of state, but we didn't have the funds. It was $460 for the three years at St. Benedict's, and that was room and board, and education, everything. Of course, in those days, the hospital was staffed with students, so there were not as many nurses; it wasn't as costly because they didn't have staff to pay. Anyway, that's why I went to St. Benedict's, because it was affordable, and I was going to be living there. MJ: Did it include your textbooks as well? CW: Everything. $460 for the three years, and that was everything. 3 MJ: When you first got to St. Benedict's and into nursing school, what were some of your impressions of the program and the school? CW: Well, of course it was very strict. We had to be in the library studying, be in our pajamas by 8:30, and in bed by ten. We had classes until we received our cap, which I thought was three months; I'm not sure I remember that correctly. But anyway, we were taught how to go and do AM cares, and then we came back and did class; then we went and did PM cares, then came back and did our studying. We had classes every day. We could not leave the campus – we were locked in, actually – we could not leave the campus until we had been capped. Then we could get a pass to go home overnight, but that was it. I mean, it was very strict and very regimented. They checked on us constantly to make sure that we were in bed, and see what we were doing. MJ: What was the difference between the AM and the PM cares? CW: Well, in AM you gave fresh water, and you gave them a washcloth to wash their face, and then you set up their tray for breakfast. That was AM care. Then you collected the trays, and I believe we gave them oral hygiene. Then we went to class and came back at four o'clock and we gave fresh water and back rubs and set up their dinner tray. Then we'd collect their tray and that was the end of the day. Then we had to go home and have dinner – well, we had dinner at the hospital, then we had to go home and study, because we had to be in pajamas and down in the library studying again. So that was the routine. On weekends you did study more, to write your papers, or prepare for a test on Monday. But you still did your AM care and PM care on Saturday and 4 Sunday. After you got capped, then you were taught how to do bed baths, so then you did the bed bath before you went to class. So you were always doing something. MJ: Tell us a little about your classes. CW: Well, we had nursing arts. We started out with forty students, and at capping we were down to twenty, and we only graduated thirteen. So it was very tough. You couldn't be married, so that was one of the other things that kind of stymied people to not stay. It was tough, and they weren't about to do that. Sister Estelle taught chemistry. She was an excellent teacher. She was very strict, and very hard, but you learned. We did have a great nursing arts teacher. There was actual hands on, patient learning. You learned in a lab, but you went and did it right away. You did it over and over again, and you were graded. I can honestly say that my grades were average, but my actual application was always A. I didn't do as well on the written tests, because I'm not a great test-taker, but my applications were always high, so there you go. MJ: Do you remember any of the other instructors that you had? CW: Yes, specifically Mary Kay Erdwig. She was a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Master's degree nurse, who taught us operating room nursing. There just wasn't a program, as far as I know, in any other school of nursing. She was very strict, and very, very good. I really enjoyed that particular service. I enjoyed the operating room and orthopedics. MJ: So, did the doctors ever come and teach you? 5 CW: Oh, absolutely. They did, indeed. Dr. Swindler taught us orthopedics and Dr. Lund taught us urology. There were other physicians I can't remember. Those two stand out, because they were there repetitiously. As I said, working in the OR, we had Mary Kay Erdwig, and then the doctors taught us at the same time. I mean, we'd follow through with what she'd taught us. So those were the things I remember the most. MJ: Good. So who was your roommate? CW: Her name was Norma Hill, and she was from Milad, Idaho - I think Downey and Milad. She was great. We used to go up and visit. I'd go stay with her parents up there, and chum around up there, and then she would come and stay with me at home. But most of the time we were just at the nurses' home. MJ: Not a whole lot of extra free time. CW: No. MJ: So when you did have that little bit of free time, and you weren't up visiting her, what did you guys do? CW: Got in trouble. You don't want to know. We chummed around with two fellows a little bit. They would be throwing rocks at our windows on the second floor. That's when I got in trouble. They decided that we needed to go with them but I was not supposed to be leaving the campus. Now, it didn't matter that my roommate left the campus, because she wasn't Catholic, but I was supposed to be reading about Saint Helen. Well, the fellows called and said they wanted to go get a milkshake in their new convertible. I thought, "Okay, well, if I'm back by ten, nobody will know I'm gone." 6 Well, we didn't get back by ten, so we're sneaking in the doctor's entrance, and Sister Mary Margaret was the hospital administrator. If you were to come in at ten o'clock, you were to sign in at the hospital switchboard with Sylvia and show your pass. Then you would go through the hospital and down under through the tunnel and back into the nursing home, because everything at the nursing home was locked up. You couldn't get in. Well, it was past ten o'clock, and I didn't have a pass. So we were sneaking in, and we knew we could get past Sylvia at the switch board by the hospital front doors because she wasn't watching the doctor's entrance. But guess who's coming down the hall when we get past? Sister Mary Margaret. Oh, dear. She chased us down the stairs and into Dr. O'Gorman's waiting room. She caught us and said a few things. This was now 12:30 a.m - maybe one o'clock. We were supposed to appear in her office the next morning at seven, and I was to go to Mass at six o'clock. Well, we didn't make either one. So here comes Sister Berno, who was over the school of nursing, and we ended up in Sister Berno's office, not Sister Mary Margaret's. Sister Estelle wanted to kick us out of school. It was October 1952, so we were quite a ways along. I graduated in 1954. So my father came and talked to Sister Berno, and Sister Berno said, "All right, we will campus the two girls. You will not go home for Thanksgiving, and you must write these three essays." One was on democracy in the school of nursing, the art of conversation, and I don't remember what the third one was. We had to go to the library and write them. That was tough. 7 So I couldn't go home for Thanksgiving, and my mother was absolutely furious, because her father - my grandfather - died in December, right after Christmas. My mother was furious. My dad says, "Listen, at least she's still in school.�� That was my bad time. I was the only child delinquent that ever got campused. I had to put in an extra month of training at the end of my senior year. Everybody else got through in August, I got through in September of '54. I was just a little stinker. MJ: Tell us about some of your other classmates. CW: Well, as I said, we had a small class the last year, and we had a pediatric rotation up in Denver. Three of us went at a time. The two that went with me to Children's Hospital were Jean Garside and Marilyn Davis. We spent three months there learning pediatrics. We did not go for a rotation to a psych hospital. Students before us did, and I believe students after us, but we did our rotation right there at St. Benedict's. When I was a senior, I was in charge of the psych ward at night with a male attendant who knew how to do IVs. I was administering doses of insulin to induce shock therapy. I took their vitals and then restrained their hands and their feet to their bed to prevent injury. To terminate the therapy glucose was administered per nasogastric tube. I would pray, "Gracious Lord, please allow them to respond." Not all of them did, so you'd have a syringe of 50 CCs of glucose ready to give though an IV. That was not my favorite rotation either, but my very worst was OB. MJ: You didn't like OB? 8 CW: I hated OB. First of all, there was a very strict nurse in charge – Miss Rubleman. She was elderly, and she didn't like me. We had an extra room upstairs that we had to sleep in so that when somebody came in to the hospital in labor, you would be available to set up for the delivery. But she never taught me how to check patients for how far along they were in labor prior to delivery. No, all I got to do was set up for delivery and clean up the mess. Then they put me in the nursery - that was another thing. I was alone at night with the regular nursery and also these little teeny-tiny preemies. I had two little preemies and to feed them I had to put a little tube down in their stomach. You put a little tube down, and then you stick the other end in a little medicine glass, and if there are bubbles, you're in their lung and not in their stomach. I used to pray that I would not kill one of those babies while I was giving them formula, because gastric, they can bubble too. Oh, my gosh, I'd take that tube and put it down, pull it out, put it down, then I'd take it back out – it was awful. I couldn't wait to get out of that service. Wasn't my idea of fun at all. Even to this day I don't like babies. I didn't like my own. My husband is great with babies, but he doesn't like teenagers. I'll take the teenagers any time. MJ: See, so it all worked out. CW: It all worked out well. He's really good with babies. Not me. MJ: How long were you on each rotation? CW: Usually about three months. If they found that you were acclimated to one better than the other, they would give you more time there. When I did my OR rotation, I picked up on that really quickly so when Dr. Howe had a private scrub that 9 wanted to go abroad to ski, he went to Sister Mary Margaret, the hospital administrator, and asked if I could skip classes and come and scrub for him the two weeks she was gone. She said that was fine, so I did. Another thing with that delivery room was that she kept me up cleaning floors all the time. So in class I would fall sound asleep. I'd wake up and there's Dr. Lund standing right there. "Miss Barr, are we keeping you awake?" It was awful because I hadn't been asleep all night. They lecture, and the voice just drones on and on. That was one of the things. One other thing about Miss Rubleman – One day I had had enough. I was ready to walk out. I helped Dr. Sterling do a delivery and after he says, "Boy, she's tough on you. She doesn't treat anybody else like that." I said, "Well, she and I just don't like each other, I guess." So he took me back in the little room where they kept the ice. We used to have glass pitchers and glasses that we had to sterilize, so they were in this special room to be kept clean. So Dr. Sterling gave me this pep talk that it wasn't worth putting two and a half years down the drain for her. But I was ready to walk out the next morning. I thought, "You can't get me out of here quick enough." But he talked me into staying, which I was grateful for. He was my grandmother's doctor at the time. He was a general practitioner. My grandmother had leukemia, and he was taking care of her. He was actually my husband's doctor, too, so it kind of worked out. I spent a lot of time my senior year on the psych ward. Then I went to the orthopedics floor a lot, which was the polio ward also. I spent a great deal of my time in the polio patient area. If I were free in the summer and didn't have 10 classes, I would special some of those patients, because they needed extra care, especially the little ones. We had what became the orthopedic men's ward at one time, was filled with two iron lungs and two children that had just come out of iron lungs with trachs. So I would special them three to eleven. I worked my regular shift, and then I would special them three to eleven for about three weeks. MJ: So were you a private care nurse for them? CW: Yes, and I would be paid. I was given a stipend for taking care of them, because those kids needed extra help that the floor couldn't give. See, the Dee Hospital didn't do polio patients, we did them all. They sent them all to us. I put several in iron lungs. One woman patient I remember because of the fact that she was a young mother. Her youngest was nine months old, and she had four or five children, and she was completely paralyzed from the neck down. She was in 204, one of the isolation rooms. The isolation rooms – rooms 204 through 208 – had big windows so that you could observe the patients and really see them. I was walking past, doing the meds and everybody had gone to lunch. Sister Josette was over that division, and I was still a student. Everybody had gone to lunch, and all of a sudden I looked at her; her bed was rolled up, and she just had this horrible look on her face. I thought, "She cannot breathe." The iron lung was outside of her room, so I'm pushing it in, and I'm yelling to second medical, "Help, help, help!" And who comes off that elevator – God sent him – it was her husband. He was a great big man, and I just yelled at him, "I need your help!" He helped me put her in the lung, and plug it in, and she could breathe, because it breathed for her. So she had both bulbar and spinal polio. He took 11 such good care of her. It's amazing. Her whole family did. She just passed away two years ago, I guess it was. He died a year before she did, but she had those kids to help take care of her. But she couldn't move anything. MJ: Such a scary time. CW: It was just awful. You know, you would have three in a family walk in - I remember this one family from Brigham. We saved the two children, the mother never did get it, and the father died. It was a terrible disease. Now, people are coming back with the relapses. They had it thirty or forty years ago, and here they are now, relapsing. MJ: My friend, her grandmother had polio, and had relapses later in her life. She had some heart problems, but the complications of the polio added to it and contributed to her death later on. CW: Yes. It was absolutely amazing that we learned these things as we went on. When I graduated, that's where I ended up: on orthopedic and polio ward, as head nurse under Sister Josette. So that's what I did. MJ: For how long? CW: Let's see. I got through in September, got married in November. November the 6th – this is my 56th wedding anniversary coming up. I got pregnant in April, and had a girl in January of '56. So I worked up until ten days before she was born, because I wasn't actually doing patient care. I was doing head the nurse job. When she was born, I stayed home for two months with her. I went back, and was going to work three days a week on that department doing patient care or whatever they wanted me to do. Sister Josette was gone by this time and Sister 12 Marlus was back. I had been a student under Sister Marlus and I loved them both. Sister Josette was just a young, sweet thing, but Sister Marlus was an older nun, and I really liked her a lot. She gave me so much responsibility and taught me how to do so many things. So anyway, I get to work and she says, "You're not doing patient care today, you're doing meds." I said, "Okay, fine, I like that." We always went to work at seven and at about eleven o'clock, she comes to me and says, "Sister Mary Margaret wants to see you." I thought, "Oh my hell, I've only been here three hours, what have I done now?" So down to her office I go, and she said, "So who's taking care of your baby?" I said, "My mother-in-law." "How many days are you working?" "Three." "Would she take care of your baby for the other two days?" And I said, "Well, I guess." "Would your husband let you work two more days?" "Well, I guess. I better call, I don't know." So I call my mother-in-law, and she had my husband call me. We all agreed that I could work the other two days. I asked sister Mary Margaret, "Why? Are you that short of help?" She said, "No, I need Sister Marlus for the three to eleven supervisor. You'll be the department head." So I was the first department head at St. Benedict's that wasn't a nun, and I had that position for three years, until I had my second child, and then that was too much. Two kids and that job 13 was just way too much. So I went down to Sister Mary Margaret and I said, "I can't handle this job with these two babies." They were twenty-one months apart. She said, "I can see that. We need somebody to run the ENT (Earn, Nose, and Throat) room in the OR." So there I went. I did that from seven to one, five days a week. But running the ENT room was wonderful. I really enjoyed it. In the other position, as department head over orthopedics and polio, I had nurses that worked for me that had been on that department for many years. They were very good. I never had a bit of trouble. But I always felt that there was resentment towards me and nurses thinking that I had just been the teacher's pet to get in this position. I was anything but teacher's pet – I was the child delinquent. In fact, Dr. Swindler got up and said that once at our ten-year reunion, "We've only ever had one child delinquent, and she's now running my department." But still, there was animosity, because I didn't have to take calls and I didn't have to work weekends. Sister Eddicta, who was over the OR, said, "Don't pay any attention to them." I tried not to, but it was hard. One day Dr. Howe came to me and he said, "I don't know why you put up with this. Come and work for me." He said, "I'll give you holidays off, and you can go home at five o'clock every day, and you don't have to come in until 9:30 or 10:00, and you can go home for lunch, and I'll pay you more." So I went to work for him at the Ogden Clinic for five years, and that was wonderful. My husband was, by this time, Chief of Police in South Ogden, and he says, "You know, you really don't need to work that much. I'd like you to be home 14 with the children a little bit." We had the two, a girl and a boy. We were having trouble because our daughter had had a subluxation of her neck. She was playing and fell, so she was in a collar for three months. Then our boy, I kept thinking, "He's got petit mal. The pediatricians at the Ogden Clinic kept telling me no, it's just you, you're an overzealous mother. We went to Disneyland, and I counted how many times he did this [blinks eyes rapidly]. To me, that was petit mal. By now he was in the fourth grade, and my mother was teaching second grade over at Marlon where my kids went to school. One day both the kids came home in tears. My daughter's got her head like this again [indicates with head], and he said, "I got sent to first grade because the teacher said I did not do what she told me to do, I did not pay attention." I called Van Hook, who was still at work, and he said, "Bring those kids to me, and quit your sniveling." So I did. He x-rayed my daughter's neck and put her back in her collar and wrote a big letter to the school that she was never to do any tumbling, she has a subluxation of the neck, and this was never to happen again. (Her father had had the same thing playing football when he was in high school.) Then he looked at my boy, and he decided that he did have petit mal. He sent him for an EEG (electroencephalogram), and it was confirmed. He was put on six drugs, every day, for ten years. They weaned him off in the tenth grade, and later he had to go every year to get his license renewed with a neurosurgeon signing the paper, and he never had another problem. He's fifty-three today, it's his birthday. But I was right, he did have petit mal, and they kept saying, "He doesn't drop anything?" No. He just loses the train of thought – he does this 15 [blinks rapidly], he just blinks. He didn't lose his urine, like a lot of petit mals do, but they put him on Tridione and Dexidrine and Phenobarbital. He was a good little man. He took those pills at school. Your school nurses, they were extinct - they didn't exist. He did okay and took care of himself. After I was through there, I decided that I was going to work a couple three-elevens back at St. Benedict's. Sister Mary Margaret was gone – all of my champions were gone. I had had my sons EEG done there, and I went to pay the bill. I went to find out what three to elevens I was going to work and where also. They said, "Every Friday and Saturday night." I just looked at them and said, "Pardon me? This party girl? No, that's not going to happen." I walked out of there furious, and my next door neighbor was driving the car. She said, "You know, just because you're Catholic, it's not the only hospital in this town." I said, "Okay, take me over to the old Dee." So we went. The Human Resource fellow was a young man I had dated in high school. The director of nurses was in there too, and they hired me for any three to eleven I wanted to work and paid me more money. So I ended up as the Director of Nursing in ICU, and I worked there for two years, three to eleven. I started out at two nights a week, then I went to three within a month and was on four within two months. I went full time after five months because they were so short of help. I did that for two years, and then I got tired of people dying. So I went down to Eva Jean, and I said, "Enough of that." She says, "We need help in the OR." I said, "I'll go there." So I went down 16 there. I started in 1964 at the Dee Hospital, and I went to the OR at '66. I took over as head nurse in 1970 and department head in 1973. MJ: You've had quite the career. CW: I had a great career. McKay Dee paid for my Bachelor's at the University of Utah and my Master's at the University of Utah, and my post-graduate work. I had a great job. I loved that. I was department head over the surgical services, operating room, recovery room, same-day surgery, and the vascular lab from 1973-1993. Well, I actually went into OR education in 1987 or 1988. I can't remember. I was getting older. I was fifty-eight or sixty by that time. I went into OR education and IHC needed somebody to put together a whole new system. It would be used in all the OR's for nursing for the whole system of IHC, so I did that for them, and I also became chairman of OR capital equipment. I had to go meet at IHC Corporate once per month. So that was what I did for the last few years, and I retired in December of 1993. I worked forty years. Let me tell you, I am not a morning person, so it's so nice not to have to get up in the morning and be there at seven o'clock. I can remember once, when I moved home right after I finished, my dad – he was assistant superintendent OUR&D down at the railroad, and he had to be to work at seven o'clock. He'd say, "I want to know how your feet can hit the floor at twenty after six and you're at work at seven o'clock. I want to know how that happens." I said, "Lots of practice, Dad. Lots of practice." MJ: You got it down to a science. 17 CW: Absolutely. You take your bath at night, and you go to bed, and you get up and you just brush your teeth and you're on the road. You've got your clothes all laid out, you wore a white uniform and white socks, and it was real easy. MJ: No decisions about "What do I have to wear today?" CW: Just as long as you have those starched uniforms, that's all you needed. MJ: Tell us a little about the nuns. You've talked a little bit, but did you do any social activities with them or anything like that? CW: They used to have a little something at Christmas time. In the nurses' home, when you came in the door, there were about three rooms on each side which were actually for women that were single who worked full-time at the hospital and lived there. One was for our house mother. She was from Wyoming, and she was from the same town that my grandfather owned the Kemmer Hotel, the bar and the barbershop – my mother's father. My mother was from that very same town. Our house mother was Italian, but she was a spinster, and so were the other three- maybe it was only four rooms. Then there was a door that you went in, and from that place on, it was bathrooms, where our showers were, and our washroom was there. Then you finally hit our actual rooms, and then the nuns were all on this same first floor. Then there was a great big living room, which was just really pretty. It had a piano, a fireplace, and there was a big double door over here [indicates left]. It was an entrance hall, and a double door that was always locked, but it was open when they did their receptions. We had our capping ceremony in that living room. We got this little Florence Nightingale lamp, with a candle, which I still have, and our hat but we 18 didn't get our pin until we graduated. So I guess that was it. They would have a spring tea and we had a Christmas program. I remember once we all went caroling. Sister Mary Gerald was a hiker and she would take us hiking. We'd go up to Mt. Ogden Park, and above it – there must have been apple trees. We used to pick apples up there. I can barely remember that. She was always outdoors. They still wore all those habits and everything, and I'd think "Gosh, I'm hot. What are you doing?" You know, with all that garb on. I noticed one of your questions was if we ever played any pranks. Yes, we did. The famous one was the saran wrap on the toilet seat, with the honey, or karo syrup, because it was clear. That's always nice. One time I was coming out of that shower, and I had this real short bathrobe on, and Sister Berno, who was the director of nurses then, was coming down the hall, and she swatted me on the butt. She says, "You don't prance around this hall like that, Miss Barr." I said, "Oh, I don't? Okay, all right." I think it's when they had played this prank on everybody, and I'm thinking, "I hope she doesn't go in there and go to the john." That would have been awful. I was in the shower when one gal did sit on that, and she screamed – maybe that's why Sister Berno came down the hall, I don't know, but oh my Lord, it was ugly. That was pretty funny. In our rooms, you went through the door, and there was a closet on either side. Our big thing was that you would close the door to your room, and open both closet doors. Then there was a chest of drawers at the end of each bed, and we had a desk that we shared with our roommates. We weren't supposed to have food in the rooms but of course we had food. Our famous one was peanut 19 butter sandwiches. One night Sister Estelle was making the rounds to check and make sure we were all in the room. There were four of us, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We had the doors all open. "Miss Barr?" she opened that door, and of course it hit the closet door, so one of the gals went under the bed, and the other one went in the closet. Here we're sitting, Norma and I, with these sandwiches. We weren't quick enough. We got lecture number 2,550, about being nice ladies and following the rules. I was not one to follow the rules too much, except in my actual application of nursing. That was okay. MJ: Except where it's important. CW: Yes, that's where it was important. I guess that's my story. MJ: Let's see. Do you remember where you had graduation? CW: I believe it was the St. Joseph's Church. It seems to me like that's where we were. This is my actual book [picks up yearbook]. There's a history – has anyone shown you this before? MJ: Do we have this one? MF: I don't think we have that one. CW: You're welcome to take that if you'll return it to me. MF: Do you mind if we scan it? CW: No, no. There's a little bit of history there in the front, and maybe that'll tell you where we graduated. I don't know – I'm seventy-seven, what do you want to know? MJ: Is there anything else that we haven't asked you about? CW: I don't think so. I think you have all the information I can remember. 20 MJ: Did you have any questions, Marci? MF: No, you asked them all.
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