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Oral History Program Sister Iris Beckwith Interviewed by Marci Farr 4 October 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Sister Iris Beckwith Interviewed by Marci Farr 4 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. 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: Sister Iris Beckwith, an oral history by Marci Farr, 4 October 2010, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Sister Iris Beckwith Graduation Photo Class of 1968 Sister Iris Beckwith October 4, 2010 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Sister Iris Beckwith, conducted by Marci Farr and Sarah Langsdon, on October 4, 2010. In this interview, Sister Beckwith discusses her recollections and experiences with the St. Benedict's School of Nursing. MF: This is Marci Farr. We are interviewing Sister Iris Beckwith. It is October 4, 2010. She graduated from the St. Benedict's School of Nursing in 1968, and we are interviewing her at the Mt. Benedict Monastery, South Ogden, Utah. We're just going to start out – tell us a little bit about where you grew up and about your family, and about where you attended school. IB: Well, I'm an army brat by nature. My dad met my mother during World War II in the Panama Canal Zone. My mother was a native – my oldest brother and I were born there. Then we moved to the States, to upstate New York. Then Dad became a civilian for the Air Force, and then we were transferred to Dayton, and from Dayton, Ohio, out here. So this is home. I've been here since I was five and a half or so. My youngest brother is the only Ute Indian in the bunch. He was born at the old St. Benedict's up on the hill. MF: That's exciting. I was trying to remember – you've had quite the experience. That's a great thing. You attended local schools here? IB: Well, pretty much. I went to St. Joseph's grade school for eight years, before your time – it used to be located in a rather seedy part of town, on Lincoln Avenue. Then one year up at the high school. We were a one car family, so we lived in Clearfield, right outside the base, because that's where Dad worked. We 2 were a one car family, so after the bus transportation, city bus took us, every day for those nine years, from our front door practically to St. Joseph's; then, when the bus stopped, there was no choice for my parents. So then we went to Clearfield High, and I can still sing the school song! MF: I went to Clearfield High. IB: All right! MF: Good times. IB: A lot of my friends were going to be teachers, and I always wanted to be a teacher. I thought, you know, that's an okay thing for a woman in those days, the sixties. Then a couple of the sisters – Sister Cassian and Sister Keith, from the school of nursing – came for one of those career day kind of things. So then a couple of my friends decided they were going to be nurses. And I thought, well, that's okay too. My dad was a retired Master Sergeant in the Army, told me I would never make it as a nurse, so I showed him. MF: So that's how you decided to become a nurse? IB: There wasn't any big – you know, you're going to do this wonderful, creative, man-saving service – none of that. Just to prove a point. I did it! MF: What were your first impressions, when you first entered training? Had you decided that you were going to take your vows at that time? IB: Oh, no – I was never going to – not for me, girl. MF: Tell us that story. IB: I was going to join the Air Force, and at that time the Vietnam War was going on. So there was a very big need. So I thought that would be a good thing, to go and 3 help. But as it turned out, I fell in love with the sisters and what they were all about, and I decided that my life would be best suited to service. I always wanted to be a missionary, but this particular group of sisters never did much missionary kind of work. But they were involved in nursing, and I enjoyed the community. We did a lot of things with the sisters. We became friends – not only were they our mentors, teachers, disciplinarians – I know one of the questions was, "Were they strict," and I thought, strict? You guys don't know what strict is! So anyway, no. Then, after – well, my senior year I joined the Sisters' Community. Over the years I've lived with a couple of the sisters who taught me in nurses' training. Sister Danile, she's our prioress, she taught pharmacology. Sister Luke was administrator, that you both know. Sister Virgene, who is in Minnesota right now, she's of an age and is having some bone problems. So she's there at our sisters' retirement home. She was the OR supervisor, and then she was OB/GYN director. So I knew her. Who else – Sister Stephanie, of course, everybody knows Sister Stephanie – taught us dietetics. MF: So that was probably just a great thing. Probably felt like you were just a part of that group. IB: Like I say, we did a lot of things together in the school of nursing – the nuns were always over there, we were always having get-togethers and sing-alongs and badminton, hiking. One of the questions – what did you do in your relaxation time. Well, we hiked, we played – we did the usual kind of things. MF: Did that make them seem more human? IB: Oh, of course. There was never a doubt in my mind that they weren't human. 4 MF: As far as approachability and being able to confide in them? IB: It was very easy to do. MF: So when did you decide to do nursing and also to take your vows? IB: Probably around Christmas time my senior year. MF: That's when you decided? IB: Yes. Then I wrote a letter. I went out at Christmastime my senior year to Minnesota. My folks informed me that was my Christmas gift, a round-trip ticket to Minnesota. I saw the sisters at St. Benedict's, and at that time there were like a thousand sisters there. Not all right at the mother house; on mission, like this is a mission house of St. Benedict's. So I got to meet some of the people – the nuns, the sisters, the people in formation, those that were entering, not finalized. It was a good feeling, a welcoming feeling and a feeling of being at home. MF: When you started, were you with the sisters, or did you have a roommate? When you were in nurses' training. IB: Well, do you know what the buildings are like up there? MF: We've only driven past, we haven't been inside. IB: I haven't been back inside since I graduated. Well, no, I worked in the hospital for a little bit. But the nursing home was behind the hospital. It's like a big L-shaped building. The sisters were down on the shorter wing, and the students had two floors, and then there was a lounge down at the end. Then downstairs was more receptionist, community kind of stuff. So we had a couple of the sisters living there, but the others lived - behind the nursing home, behind the hospital, that round building was built. That was their chapel. When I first went there, that was 5 not there. The chapel was in the hospital on the second floor. This was then built, and the appendages to that chapel were the private rooms for the sisters. That was the restricted area – you did not enter. That was "the inner sanctum". And I'll tell you, we tried to sneak in… how far do you think we can get before we get caught? That kind of stuff, you know how kids are. But no, I had a roommate from Henefer. Her name was Gloria Dunn. She married John Lopez, who was a respiratory therapist at the hospital. They had three kids. One's an ambassador, one's a lawyer, and one is a doctor. Then their marriage ended, and she married a neurosurgeon. She was like a flight attendant on some helicopter thing out of Vegas or Reno or someplace. They did these sheep clinics – I'd never heard of such a thing, but they'd do testing on these animals. But then her second husband died. Now she's in – I think Phoenix, I'd have to go look at my address book. We keep contact. Every year we write. We started with thirty-one; we graduated eleven. MF: Wow, that's kind of a drop. IB: I believe I am the only full-time nurse in the bunch. Because one has died that I know of; several never practiced nursing; one went into the restaurant business; I don't know. I haven't kept up with a lot, but some – Bonnie Nozaki married Hiroshi Ozaki. She said, "I just dropped the N". She went to Hawaii to meet him; she lives in North Ogden. I don't believe she's ever done nursing; her kids, one's a doctor, one's a lawyer – whatever. Butcher, baker, candlestick maker. MF: Tell us about any curfew-breaking, or rules. 6 IB: Oh my gosh, no, this is not confession, girls. We knew how to get around that. We had a ten o'clock or 10:30 curfew. We were not allowed to wear slacks, but we could carry them with us and put them on outside. I was a very good girl. I only broke it once, and that was the week before I graduated. MF: It was like senior sluffing, right? IB: That's right. I had to do it just one time. But I was a good kid. I was always in on time, and trying not to ruffle the feathers. I was there to learn, you know. One of your questions was working on the floors or something. You know, it was a three year program, and we had clinical either in the morning or the afternoon. The rest of the time we worked the floors, and we ran the floors. We worked very closely with another RN, usually a grad from the school, and we learned bedside nursing. There is a difference between bedside nursing and today's nursing. Today's nursing is computer work, and I'm learning that, but we learned hands-on nursing, and we ran the floors. At night, we were the night charge nurse. I mean, there was somebody that you could call if you needed help, but basically you had the staff and you put out the assignments, and you dealt with it and you learned. MF: Absolutely, because it's right there. I can't imagine. IB: Today it would never fly. There's just too much technical stuff – and the drugs. I mean, they've multiplied by ten million fold. MF: That's true, lots of changes. Tell us – you talked a little bit about the sisters – was there someone who kind of inspired you? 7 IB: Sister Danile. She was the pharmacist, and she's our prioress now, and I remind her of that. Especially if I'm in trouble. No, she was kind of like my mentor, and she was the one I would go visit at night, and we'd talk. She's the one that really encouraged me. I said, "I don't know if this is what I want or not, to be a nun." I didn't have any halo, honey. But I was a good kid. She said, "You'll never know unless you try." So that's when I made the decision I would go to Minnesota, I would meet the community, break the news to my parents, who wanted a million grandkids. MF: That's fun that you've been able to stay with her, and these wonderful ladies. IB: Well, I did go to Minnesota when I graduated, after my state boards. I entered at Minnesota St. Joseph. MF: That's where you did your – training? IB: Yes. We call it formation. So I was a postulant for a year, and I was a novice for two years. Then I was a junior for four years before I made my final vows. MF: That's quite a process. IB: I made my first vows after three years, and then I had a four-year junior. It's kind of like a long – not necessarily probationary, but it's an engagement time. You get to know more in-depth the community, and they know you, and then you ask the question. So everybody knows everybody pretty well. This is what we're getting, and this is what I'm getting. Commitment is non-existent in today's society. "If I don't like it, I'll just go flip burgers." You'd think with this economy, people would latch on to what they have and be more committed – you've got to have some financial security in life. 8 MF: You do – that's what I tell my girls. You have to have a plan. You have to have a backup plan. Because what do you do if you get married and your husband dies? IB: That's exactly right. MF: You know Sarah's situation; if you have children you have to take care of and you're the sole provider, you have to be sure you can do that. Don't you think, as far as your education? SL: Yes. MF: Which sisters that are still here were teaching? IB: Sister Stephanie is here, and she taught nutrition. SL: So Sister Boniface had left by then? IB: I lived with Sister Boniface in St. Cloud. She was a dietitian too. She died – Bonny died maybe eight years ago. But Sister Stephanie, Sister Danile who taught the pharmacology, and Sister Luke was the administrator. So Sister Mary – I didn't know Sister Mary until I really came back here. I came back in '83. My dad died, and I was not able to come home for the funeral. It was always that kind of situation. Minnesota had the worst storm of its life, we would be piled deep in ice, there would be fifty feet of snow, and then you'd get the call – "You've got to come now, so-and-so's sick." I'm going, "I have to go, but how do I get out of this place?" So after Dad died and I wasn't able to come home for that funeral, I asked if I could please go back home. My mother was of an age, and I just had one brother left. So I thought maybe for a while I could be there near her. Well, the "while" turned into – how many years has it been? I've been back since '83, before you guys were born. 9 MF: No, no. IB: But I've been here since '83. SL: So was Sister Berno still around? IB: I lived with Sister Berno, also, in St. Cloud. SL: I'm trying to think of the other names – Sister Estelle, Sister Mary Gerald. IB: Sister Estelle – I came out and got Sister Estelle from here when she lost her second leg, and took her back on the plane. That was a trip, literally. Took care of her at St. Scholastica; I was Director of Nursing at our nursing home, where Sister Virgene now is. I started that program out there, was there for two years. I went out East – I brought all my diplomas – I went out East and got my degree, because this was just a three-year diploma. Then I got my degree from St. Anselm's, and Bob Hope was our guest speaker at that – got to shake his little hand. These were the pins – this is the nursing one when we graduated from St. Benedict's, and then when we were capped we also got a class pin, and then St. Anselm's; this is an extra pin from St. Anselm's, because I wasn't going to buy one, because that really wasn't "my school", I just got a bunch of BS from it. So there you go. MF: Very nice. IB: Some people used to pin them on their caps, and we were told by the nuns, that's unprofessional, you can only pin them on your shoulder. MF: We met one lady who has made this into a necklace, and that's what she wears. What do you think was probably your greatest challenge while you were in nurses' training? 10 IB: Studying. We studied day and night, it seemed. Like I say, we had the clinical stuff either in the morning or the afternoon, and we worked the opposite. So four hours on the floor, four hours in class, or vice versa. It was very comprehensive. Then in the summertimes, most of us – at least I did, and several others worked as aides in the hospital. MF: And you would get paid? IB: Minimum $1.11 an hour was my first paycheck. $1.11. If you were a student. I think the minimum wage at that time was $1.26 or something, and because we were students we got paid less, because it was a privilege. My first paycheck, after eight hours, was seven dollars and something cents after Uncle Sam took his little bite. It was something else. I mean, it was acceptable – there was nothing wrong with that, that's the way it was. MF: At least you had the chance, you know, it was probably a great thing. Did you have rotations at that time? Did you go out of state for rotations? IB: No. Everything was in the school of nursing except my senior year I spent a semester at Holy Cross doing OB/GYN nursing and getting taught. Also a semester at the University of Utah with the psych nursing. See, they used to go to Denver for the pediatrics, but we then had a pediatric instructor. MF: So that's why. Okay. IB: We had a couple of lay-women, Joann and Mary Lou. Mary Lou Stephan was director of the school of nursing down there at Westminster. I think Sister Cassian taught there – she was our director – she taught there after the school closed. 11 MF: Oh, she went down there? IB: Yes – my class, when we became juniors, the next year they accepted a freshman class, but then halfway through that class they said they were going to dissolve the school of nursing, and these students transferred to Holy Cross where they could finish off. Some of the Weber students – Jo Burt, who was our director of nursing here – reminds me that she was one of the students from Weber that came and lived with us. They got the impression that they were tramping on holy ground. I don't know how we treated them, but we were told by some of the kids from Weber that we would be nothing more than glorified aides when we graduated, because they would have their degrees, and we didn't, we just had a diploma. MF: I don't even remember who we were talking to said, this nurse had her four-year degree, and she had her three-year diploma, but this nurse had to show the four-year degree girl what to do, because she had no clinical training. IB: That's the way it's been. MF: As far as anything in the field of nursing, she was the one that had to say, this is how you do it. She had no training, no idea. She was very smart, but as far as being able to practice it. IB: See, I believe that people who go into nursing today ought to first get their CNA and work for a year, or their LPN. Work for a while before you invest all that money into a degree program that doesn't – I'm not saying none have them – but most of what you learn is hands-on stuff, and working with others, and learning about situations. It just scares me – what frightens me the most about nursing 12 today is the new grad that comes in, and they are fearless. I'm thinking, how can you even think of going into that room and taking care of these lines, and you don't know what you're doing? It scares me. MF: The commitment to know you're doing a job, and performing it. IB: To know what questions to ask, instead of just, I've done that before. It's not my job! MF: So after graduation, you went to Minnesota, and you came back – so since '83 you've been here. IB: I worked on the surgical floor here at the hospital. They had moved from the top of 30th Street down here to South Ogden in I think 1977. I worked on the surgical unit, and I had come from an intensive care situation in St. Cloud – big intensive care. It just wasn't cuttin' it. I knew more than my head nurse, and it was very frustrating. So then a job opened up in single-day surgery, and I was hired for one of the positions. I don't know if you know the hospital, but out on the end is the heart center. That used to be our single-day surgery unit. We had three operating rooms, our own recovery room, six patient rooms. I got a job there. That closed after ten years, and then I moved over to the day surgery area in the hospital, because what was happening – don't put all this on the record anywhere – but what was happening was, most of the surgeries were coming to single day because things improved, technology improved, and things were much faster. People were going home right away. It was very rare that somebody would stay in the hospital. So we had a main OR staff sitting there, three shifts, doing minimal, and we were in single-day doing most of the business. So they 13 decided to combine the two, and put the day surgery patients and the bigger cases together again, back in the OR. So then I moved to the other side – I was manager of that for about a year until I couldn't stand it anymore. Then the pre-op clinic opened up and I said, that's what I want. So I've been in pre-op – I've been doing pre-op nursing and teaching for about fourteen years, since I started that job. And that's where I am now. MF: And that's what you do, because you still work? IB: Best job ever. No nights, no holidays, no weekends, no call-back. Girl, it's great. I love it. MF: Nine to five, love this. IB: Not quite nine to five, more like seven to 5:30. But it's great. And I work a ten-hour shift, so I get Mondays off. MF: I get Mondays off too, but I'm actually working today. IB: But here you are – child, what is that? MF: I like to work six days a week… SL: She does. IB: Six days, forty hours a day. MF: It's all good, and get paid for thirty, it's okay. No comp time. No, we're fine. Well, that's great. I appreciate you letting us visit with you. Did you have anything else? SL: What was your favorite rotation when you were in training? IB: My favorite rotation – what was my favorite rotation? I hated the OR, although that's where I wound up being now. I didn't like psych, but I loved it when I worked it. I kind of have had a jack-of-all trades. I don't know if I had a real 14 favorite in nurses' training, but my first job was working on a med surg unit that dealt basically with isolation. That was fun. I didn't like it, but I got to like it. There's never been a position that I've been in, that I didn't learn to love. I worked psych for three years – I loved it! I hated it going into it, but I loved it coming out. I hated intensive care when I went into it. I love it coming out. I hated the float pool – loved it coming out. I mean, I've done just about everything. In a float situation, you do everything. I loved orthopedics during the summer when I was a student, because the staff was so much fun. They were crazy people, crazy – I loved them. They were just fun. We had a great time, and the patients were fun. MF: It was probably nice to be able to have that, you know, where you were on every single floor, so you learned everything, so when you had that situation. IB: My current boss says to me, how do you know what to tell these patients about surgery? And I said, Lori, see this grey hair? You know what, experience really does help. MF: Absolutely, it does. IB: Plus, you want to see my scars? No. MF: Do you have a favorite patient that kind of sticks in your mind while you were in training? IB: Honey, do you know how long ago training was? SL: I know, but sometimes you have those ones. IB: My favorite patient in nurses' training. I remember – I grew up here and I'm Catholic, and of course this is an LDS area, but I remember one lady on the 15 medical unit, I was giving her a bed bath, and she was LDS. She was from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. I said, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, where is that? You know, because I was interested at that point. So we started talking. That was my first time I ever dressed an LDS person in their garments – it was not pretty. I don't know how – how or if. And she was blind. I don't know if I had an arm into a leg, I don't know what I did. MF: It was the one-piece. IB: We laughed – she said, I don't think this is right, doesn't feel right. I said, I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like, even. We laughed a lot about that, that was one lady. Then I remember one gentleman I had, he was young, kind of my age at that time. He had a colostomy bag on, and it had blown – I mean, it was huge. I looked at that, and I looked at him, and I said, I am not taking that off. He said, neither am I. He started to laugh – my head nurse came in – what is going on in here. We couldn't talk. I was sitting down, just crying, laughing so hard. It was fun. MF: That's funny. Graduation, I forgot to ask you about graduation. Tell us about graduation. IB: Here, there's graduation. MF: Good pictures. IB: That's capping, this is graduation, that's my dad. Long sleeves, below the knee hemline. Regular Florence Nightingale look. SL: Was it at St. Joseph's? 16 IB: St. Joseph's, yes. The capping was at the hospital, the chapel – the round chapel. That's where we were capped. There's some pictures in there of the whole class and stuff. I don't know if it's that book or the other book. I don't put things together. I find pictures later and I think, oh, rats, I should have put this. That's the capping picture. MF: That's great. Very nice. IB: But you know, I've traveled around a lot, and I had to get rid of a lot of stuff because I just couldn't carry it with me any more. I dumped a lot of pictures I had of nurses' training – just dumped them. I went through everything and picked a few; you can't just keep hanging on to everything. MF: For your graduation, did your family come? IB: Oh, sure. They were all there. Then I entered that summer – I went to Jamaica for about three weeks to visit some relatives down there, and then I came back and I worked for a little while, about a month, and then I went to Minnesota. Then I worked in the infirmary for a while, and then went out and worked at St. Cloud hospital off and on for several years. Then I went out East to St. Anselm's and got my degree – that's in New Hampshire – and then came back and worked at the nursing home, and then worked intensive care. I mean, I went from extremes. Nursing home to intensive care? Arterial lines and Swanz-Ganz– oh my goodness. We didn't have that at the nursing home. Then I came out here. MF: That's good. Thanks for letting us visit with you, it's been so much fun. 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Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
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Vascular Biology; Acute lung injury; Apoptosis in lung disease
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- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA ) (2000)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Medicine (Baltimore MD ) (2003)
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A Nebraska Wesleyan University English professor has been awarded a Fulbright Specialists Grant to teach in India next fall.
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A scholar who says religion is going through a challenging period of change, erosion and decline, will share her research at an upcoming Nebraska Wesleyan University lecture.
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The new student organization Exuberance will present "Art Is Life: Africa" on Wednesday, April 18.
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Former Congressman Doug Bereuter will deliver Nebraska Wesleyan University's Curtis Lecture on Public Leadership on Thursday, April 19.
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The former editor of The Nation, the oldest weekly magazine devoted to politics and culture, will speak at Nebraska Wesleyan University on Thursday, April 12.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University's Spring Writers Series concludes Tuesday, April 10 with award-winning author David Philip Mullins.
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- 8 small chicken thighs, skin removed
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Money Museum
Meadow Farm Museum
Museum of the Confederacy
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
University of Richmond Museums
Valentine Richmond History Center
Virginia Aviation Museum
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Virginia War Memorial
Organizations - Family
Commonwealth Parenting Center
Homeschooling Parents - Eastern Henrico
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
Mocha Moms – Richmond West group
Newcomers Club
Richmond Area Mothers of Multiples
Richmond area stay-at-home dads
West End MOMS Club
Organizations - Non-Profit
American Cancer Society
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond
Good Neighbor Village
Greater Richmond ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens
Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now)
Junior League of Richmond
Meals on Wheels of Greater Richmond
Relay for Life of Western Henrico
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness/Race for the Cure
United Way of Greater Richmond
Urban League of Greater Richmond
Virginia Asian Foundation
Organizations - Service
Henrico East Rotary Club
Henrico North Rotary Club
Innsbrook Rotary Club
Western Henrico Rotary Club
Eastern Henrico Ruritan Club
Glendale Ruritan Club
Fairfield Ruritan Club
Glen Allen Ruritan Club
Short Pump Ruritan Club
West End Jaycees
Varina Ruritan Club
Battlefield Park Lions Club
Glen Allen-Short Pump Lions Club
Organizations - Youth
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond
Heart of Virginia Boy Scouts Council
Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia
School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC)
Pets and Animals
Henrico Animal Protection Unit
Henrico Humane Society
Metro Richmond Zoo
Richmond SPCA
Somebuddies, Inc.
Henrico County Democratic Party
Henrico County Republican Party
Public Safety
Henrico County Division of Police
Henrico County Division of Fire
Henrico Volunteer Rescue Squad
Metro Richmond Crimestoppers
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad
Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond
Islamic Society of Greater Richmond
Sports and Recreation - Organizations and Pro Teams
Greater Richmond Sailing Association
Greater Richmond Ultimate Frisbee League
James River Advisory Council
James River Woodcarvers
Richmond Flying Squirrels
Richmond Kickers
Richmond Revolution
Richmond Raiders
YMCA of Greater Richmond
Sports and Recreation - Youth Leagues
Bethlehem Little League
Chamberlayne Packers Youth Football
Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association
Glen Lea Metropolitan Youth Football League
Kanawha Football
Lakeside Youth Baseball
Laurel Panthers Youth Football Association
Parham Bears Youth Football
Sandston Babe Ruth League Baseball
Short Pump Community Center
Tuckahoe Little League
Tuckahoe Tomahawks Youth Football
Varina Athletics
Varina Youth Sports
Virginia Randolph Athletic Association
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Current Local Traffic Conditions
GRTC (Greater Richmond Transit Company)
Henrico County Gasoline Prices
Richmond International Airport
Virginia Traffic Conditions
'Secret Keeper Girl - Crazy Hair Tour' returning to West End Assembly of God
Hundreds of 'tweens' and their moms will attend the Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour at West End Assembly of God on Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m., a popular Bible-based tour geared toward building and strengthening relationships between mothers and their daughters (typically ages 8 to 12).
The event will feature a full fashion show, oversized balloon sculptures and confetti cannons – all in the name of inner beauty, Biblical modesty and vibrant purity. > Read more.
OutRVA, 'Say I Do!' to give away all-expenses paid wedding at Lewis Ginter
Citizen Staff Reports 01/15/2015
OutRVA and Say I Do! have collaborated to offer LGBT couples an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid wedding at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's Robins Tea House on March 7.
In September, Richmond Region Tourism launched OutRVA, a campaign designed to show people Richmond's strong LGBT community and highlight the area as a travel destination.
The winning couple will say "I do" in a ceremony coordinated by event designer and floral artist Casey Godlove of Strawberry Fields Flowers & Gifts and marriage concierge, Ayana Obika of All About The Journey. The couple will receive wardrobe and styling, a custom wedding cake, florals, an overnight stay at the Linden Row Inn (including a suite on the day of the wedding for preparation), and a post-wedding brunch at the Hilton Garden Inn on Sunday, March 8. > Read more.
No CVWMA collection delays for Lee-Jackson, MLK holidays
Citizen Staff Reports 01/12/2015
CVWMA residential recycling and trash collections will continue as regularly scheduled for the Lee-Jackson (Jan. 16) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 19) holidays. Residential recycling collections on Friday, Jan. 16 and the week of Jan 19-23 will take place on normal collection day. Residents should place recycling container(s) out for pick-up by 7 a.m. on their regular scheduled collection day. > Read more.
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CAT Theatre announces auditions for 'Quartet'
CAT Theatre will hold auditions for Quartet on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 22, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Auditions will be held at the theatre, located at 319 N. Wilkinson Road in Richmond. Quartet will run May 22 through June 6 and will close out CAT's 51st season.
Director Laurie Follmer is seeking two males, ages 50-70 and two females ages 50-70. British accents are required for roles and are requested for auditions. There is no actual singing in the show. Singing ability and experience is not a requirement. Audition sides are available at http://www.cattheatre.com on the Audition Page. > Read more.
Restaurant watch
Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
It's off to the theatre – this weekend in Henrico! "Two on Tap" at CACGA brings audiences back in time to an era when couples like Fred & Ginger and Mickey & Judy filled the silver screen. CAT Theatre's production of "Book of Days" begins tonight and runs through Feb. 7. Fans of the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon "Schoolhouse Rock!" will love the live adaptation at the University of Richmond on Sunday. The Shanghai Quartet will also perform at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Law would let Dominion hike electric bills
Health secretary urges Medicaid expansion
Bill would ease prescription hassles
Small fire extinguished at Mondelez factory
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Obituary – Charles Wilbur "Bill" Emery
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'Secret Keeper Girl - Crazy Hair Tour' returning to West End Assembly of God
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Gasparilla Island State Park
Range light at sunset.
Great blue heron posing for picture in marshy grass at sunset.
Sun setting, reflecting off of marshmallow sky over water.
Great blue heron
Gasparilla Island and Gulf of Mexico
View of shoreline at Boca Grande Pass.
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This flyer provides easy steps to take charge of stress to manage your health and live healthier.
Prescription Solutions
This national weight management program is designed to help veterans lose weight, keep it off, and improve their health. The materials available on this website can also be used to help non-VA patients manage their weight. En español
U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA)
This online tracking tool lets you track what you eat to manage your diabetes and prevent the onset of complications. Explore nearly 5,000 foods and find recipes and healthy alternatives to improve your meals. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
This booklet provides concise information for African Americans on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains how to reduce risk factors for heart disease, prevent and control high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, prevent and control diabetes, manage weight, and stop smoking.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This article emphasizes the importance of incorporating physical activity in your everyday life to reduce your risk of chronic diseases.
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
This curriculum provides communities, diabetes educators, and other program leaders steps to help lead African Americans in making healthy lifestyle changes for themselves and for their families.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This comprehensive kit includes reproducible patient education handouts on 29 topics related to cardiometabolic risk reduction, prediabetes, diabetes, and CVD. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
This bilingual Vietnamese and English booklet explains the heart health benefits of proper nutrition and how to lower your risk for heart disease. Tiếng việt
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This televised chair exercise program was developed by a team of medical and fitness professionals to improve the health and wellness of older adults, physically limited individuals, and those managing chronic conditions and chronic pain.
Sit and Be Fit
This three-booklet package helps you assess your risk for developing diabetes and implement a program to prevent or delay the onset of the disease. Use the activity tracker and fat and calorie counter to help track your progress. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)


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Kat Nouri believes that what you eat on is as important as what you eat. That's why the mother of three founded Modern-twist, a California-based company that brings art to the table, collaborating with independent artists and designers on silicone home accessories. Free of BPA, latex, and chemicals, the eco-conscious brand leaves a minimal footprint with its elegant and playful mealtime basics.


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Monday-Friday -- 7pm-Midnight
Sunday -- 3pm-7pm
April 4th
Upstate New York (land of wineries, apple farms and tons of mountains..)
What is your favorite drink?
Chocolate Milk… MMMMmmmmmm
What would I find in your refrigerator right now?
Bottled Water, left over home-made lasagna, milk (reg & chocolate), juices, all kinds of fruit & vegetables and CHEESE! Lots and lots of CHEESE… LOL.
What are your favorite movies?
By far mob movies like the Godfather series, A Bronx Tale & Goodfellas. LOVE Disney movies too though and comedy. Like all kinds actually. (This is hard!)
If aliens landed in front of you and, in exchange for anything you desire, offered you any position on their planet, what would you want?
If their planet was like ours (and of course I'm comparing it to all of the alien movies I've seen in my life), I'd like to have a position of not necessarily of power but a position or stature or influence to make a lot of the bad things much better for everyone. Comparing to our planet, we need help and fast and I do as much as I can now but if it was stronger in position, I'd make some serious waves for the better.
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?
Jim Caviezel (Count of Monte Cristo) His determination, his passion of life and his sensitivity to others would make a perfect fit for someone who could play me… and a little bit of goofiness too, heh heh heh.
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
Invisibility. Would love to catch bad people in the act and then smack 'em in the back of the head for doing it. ;-)
If you were a car, what kind would you be?
A classy Italian car
What is your favorite type of food?
Italian, Mexican, Asian, Peruvian, American…. This one is a hard choice although my favorite dish is lasagna… mmmmmmm.
What's the most important part of eating a meal?
The SMILE I get when I eat it… Man I LOVE food!
Where did my passion for radio come from?
Well, I've always been moved and drawn to music and everything about it but also radio in a big way because I thought when I was a child that's where music came from, lol. The DJ's, the excitement they caused with and about the music they were playing and everything. I was amazed by it. Even when I was 7 years old I created my own radio show by recording the local station and then transcribing what the DJ said and re-record my own voice and inserted it where he would talk around the music and timed it out perfectly (well I thought I did at the time)... it was a hoot! Then my older sister dated a DJ from a local station that I listened to incessantly. I was 15 at that time and BEGGED her to bring me to meet him up there and show me what he did... From THAT day when it finally happened I was obsessed, lol.


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New York Senate
How Open Source Social Publishing Has Transformed The New York Senate
This case study examines how the New York Senate was able to leverage Drupal, a true Content Management System, to restructure their online presence, improve internal collaboration and establish the NY Senate as leaders in the Gov 2.0 space.
In 1777, the New York State Senate consisted of 24 members under the State's first Constitution. Today the State Senate has 62 members who are tasked with crafting the legislation and policies that shape the State of New York.
The Changing Face of the New York Senate
2009 represented a dramatic shift in the make-up of the New York State Senate. Voters cast their ballots for change, ending a long period of incumbent government. Some of the motivation for change was due to a perception that the Senate lacked the transparency and accountability, and accusations of corruption. With the challenging party winning in large numbers, an opportunity was created to improve the Senate's relationship with its constituents. Some of the most fundamental improvements to the Senate's transparency and accessibility have happened by way of its online presence.
One of the logistical challenges created by a shift in party majority is change management. In addition to the turnover of elected officials, a substantial workforce of over 1,300 employees also changed. Not surprisingly, this change put the new majority party in a jump-start mode. The Senate was put in the difficult position of having to work quickly to minimize interruptions to government continuity, while not hastily jeopardizing existing institutions. The Senate web site – both highly flawed and highly visible – typified these challenges.
Evaluating the Incumbent Senate's Online Tools
The previous incarnation of the Senate's site was a series of static "brochure-ware" pages coded without a true Content Management System (CMS). A link to a streaming broadcast of Senate proceedings was the extent of dynamic media. Because of its static nature and limited substance, the site was of little value to the citizens of the state. There was no content available about legislative committees or ongoing legislative activity.
Individual senators had their own websites, which were not associated with the main Senate website. It was clear that senators from the outgoing majority party had previously enjoyed official pages with functionality superior to counterpart pages for the outgoing minority party, and often the official Senate site itself. Unfortunately, there were no clear standards governing how senators' websites could and could not be used, which resulted in a blurring of government and politics.
In many ways, the problems with the incumbent-managed web site plan mirrored overall complaints about the Senate itself. Communication was sparse, one-way, and inaccessible to many constituents. Having won the majority, the new party made revising the entire online strategy a key initiative.
Advisors to the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating transparency in government, worked with technology consultants to review the existing site and propose a plan of action. Their determination was to replace the static site with a platform that could drive bi-directional communication. Specifically, they recognized the need for an interface that would let non-technical users contribute content, including the Senate, staff, and the electorate as registered members. In this way, the Senate could improve transparency through real-time documentation of committee activities, and voters could submit questions and provide feedback on issues. To provide this Web 2.0 level of interactivity, the Senate was encouraged by these advisors to use Drupal, the Open Source social publishing platform. Furthermore, it was strongly advised that the Senate obtain technical talent experienced with Drupal, and to recruit a CIO who could deliver a swift, effective implementation.
The Move to Drupal
Andrew Hoppin was hired as the CIO responsible for overseeing the transition. To ensure a rapid, successful launch, the first thing he did was put the brakes on. "As I came in, I saw there was somewhat of a mad scramble to get the new site up. Page mock-ups were already being scripted – there was too much action without enough planning.
My concern, which was shared and supported by the Senate, was that a failed attempt would be worse than doing nothing at all. There were actual political ramifications tied to the success of the relaunch." Andrew took the Drupal planning back to drawing board – including policy development.
The New Site Demands New Policies
Part of the extensive planning went beyond the domain of technical expertise, including drafting new policies and practices. Because the new site was going to introduce so much new functionality, there were risks associated with how information was going to be shared. One of the first decisions to be made was how to treat the intellectual property rights of content published to the site. Hoppin successfully argued the case to use Creative Commons licensing to keep all content open and free. This was part of a larger commitment to remove confidentiality and ownership from any and all content posted on the New York Senate site.
Another area of concern was the code of conduct regarding how senators used respective content areas dedicated specifically for them. Under the old paradigm, senators had their own sites hosted externally, where they enjoyed full license to post whatever content suited their interests. The new site strategy called for bringing the senators' sites into the Drupal fold, where they could be more fully integrated with the website of the institution, and centrally supported (via Drupal's Views module). Hoppin and the Senate crafted policies and technology that ensured senators would use their respective microsites for appropriate government purposes, and not for inappropriate campaign purposes such as making requests for campaign contributions.
The policy development is ongoing in areas such as exploring how to authenticate legally registered voters, as the site continues to grow in functionality, particularly in areas where constituents can vote and debate on issues.
The rigorous dedication to solving these challenges was worth the effort, according to Hoppin. "We are currently regarded as having one of the best legislative sites in the country. Our policies and even our software code are now being used by other government entities looking to match our success. I often receive requests to share policy information and lessons learned, which I gladly provide."
Launching the New Site
A 3rd party development and design shop created the look and feel for the new site, and worked with Hoppin and the Senate to establish a compatible set of user groups. With senators, staff, and constituents all contributing content, the site required a myriad of user types with unique complex permissions. A plan for identifying and tagging content was executed, enabling users to see and access related content from committees, senators, bills, etc. "With a government site, a lot of the time voters 'don't know what they don't know'. Powerful search tools are good, and we have placed emphasis on search, but if we can effectively populate and present related information in context, without the need to search for it, it's going to more effectively serve the public."
The Drupal Views module is used extensively to deliver senator-specific and committee- specific microsite content. In total, NYSenate.gov uses over 20 custom modules, and more than 100 contributed modules. Actively engaged in the Drupal developer community, the Senate web team has submitted custom modules of its own to Drupal. org (http://drupal.org/project/nyss).
Engaging Acquia
The Senate had concerns about Open Source that are common in the public sector; they were worried about the reliability and availability of support. In order to maximize reliability of the website, and to more fully leverage the benefits of participating in the Drupal community, Hoppin followed the example of leading federal government entities that used Drupal in mission critical situations; he turned to Acquia.
Acquia provides commercial support for Open Source Drupal; specifically Acquia provides consulting, hosting, technical support and remote administration. The result of an unlimited community of developers, Open Source platforms provide an unequaled pace of innovation. The absence of licensing costs also provide Open Source users with cost savings and the flexibility to invest creatively. One of the traditional challenge areas surrounding Open Source has been support. Companies like Acquia are focused on removing that obstacle for companies who are serious about harnessing the benefits of Drupal.
Living with the Benefits of Drupal
The NYSenate.gov site is dramatically different from its predecessor. Content is well organized, highly visible, and exhaustive. Where the previous Senate Majority didn't actively invite broad citizen participation, the current Senate Majority has made a commitment to reaching out to voters, and the Drupal-powered website is an example of that. All of the Senate's ongoing activities and committees are well documented, and all Senate administrative and legislative data is published and easy to search upon. Users can provide input and feedback, as well as contact senators from their respective districts.
One of the best measurements of the impact of the new Drupal site was a recent debate over marriage equality legislation. Both New York and New Jersey were debating the contentious issue during a similar time period. The New York Senate streamed the event live, with senators' speeches embedded and available for download and public comment. Over fifteen thousand voters watched the debate live online, and one senator's rousing speech was viewed online hundreds of thousands of times. As a result, the issue gained a very high profile in regional and national media. Several weeks later, the same debate was fought in New Jersey. Without the social publishing tools at their disposal, the debate came and went with much less public attention and awareness.
Live events have become a highly active and visible part of the legislative process. With streaming and archived footage, online town halls, mailing list sign ups, and the ability to republish content through social networks – the New York Senate's online presence is now visible and highly interactive.
The web team at NYSenate.gov is continuing to explore and introduce online innovations. Thanks to the modular architecture of Drupal and the prolific community of developers, new features are continually being created and refined. A crowdsourcing strategy is currently being pursued, with the Senate recognizing that oftentimes the best ideas come from the constituents themselves.
Hoppin is keenly aware of the role of Drupal in the technology landscape, and how well aligned it is with current Senate needs. "As an Open Source platform, Drupal suits us in a number of ways," says Hoppin. "Drupal is the result of a passionate community, which I believe is aligned with how our senators view their work with their constituents. With no licensing costs, we feel that we are being responsible with limited taxpayer resources. Drupal is also a work in progress – much like work in the Senate. As we tackle new challenges and issues, we're confident that new features will be available. We're indebted to Drupal.org and all of the members contributing to the Drupal community-- so much so that we are contributing our own patch fixes and modules, so that others may benefit from the investment we have made. It's very satisfying to be able to give back to a platform that is serving us so well."
Acquia helps organizations of all sizes build social publishing websites quickly, easily and with a lower total cost of ownership by leveraging Drupal, the open source social publishing platform that blends content and community. Our products, services and support enable companies to leverage the power, technical innovation and economic value of Drupal while simplifying the experience, removing the complexity and minimizing the risk. Please visit: http://acquia.com. Download Acquia Drupal, the completely free Drupal distribution, at http://acquia.com/downloads.
- Static legacy site, with negative public perception
- Short time to launch
- Extreme pressure to execute without error
- Lack of licensing costs reflect fiscal responsibility
- Ability to keep pace with online trends
- Offers public transparency and accessibility
- Easier to manage and monitor individual senator online practice
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I don't see a fuse in the picture.
That black round thing on the right bottom looks to me like a torx head mounting screw for mounting the PCB to the chassis.
Just got a headache staring at that picture. You might be right, but that's where the fuses for the 24s are and that's what they look like. Looking at it, if you're right, it might not even be the PS. I've never had a 23 apart, owned one, but it crapped out on me within a week or so. But if you took a picture of a 24's PS, you'd see the same thing.