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Oral History Program Katherine Francis Crawford Interviewed by Marci Farr 7 October 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Katherine Francis Crawford Interviewed by Marci Farr 7 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: Katherine Francis Crawford, an oral history by Marci Farr, 7 October 2010, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Katherine Francis Crawford Graduation Photo Class of 1955 Katherine Francis Crawford October 7, 2010 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Katherine Francis Crawford, conducted by Marci Farr and Sarah Langsdon, on October 7, 2010. In this interview, Katherine discusses her recollections and experiences with the St. Benedict's School of Nursing. Melissa Johnson was also present during the interview. MF: This is Marci Farr. We're interviewing Kay Crawford, who graduated from St. Benedict's School of Nursing in 1955. It is October 7, 2010, and we are interviewing her at her home in Harrisville, Utah. Tell us a little bit about where you grew up, about your family, and where you attended school. KC: I was born in Ogden, and when I was about three months old, my parents, who were immigrants from Italy, since there was no work here, moved to –Dines, Wyoming at that time - but I was raised in Rock Springs. Unfortunately, soon after they moved to Dines; my sister was four, and I was eleven months old by that time, my dad was killed in a mine accident. So then we moved into Blairtown, which is another town outside of Rock Springs, and then my mother about eight years later remarried, because she was very young when dad was killed. They went into the hotel business there in Rock Springs, so that's where I was raised, and I graduated from Rock Springs High School in '52. I actually came down to nurses' training here because I had two aunts – my real dad's sisters lived here, and my mother and dad wanted me to be someplace where I had some family. My roommate was also from Rock Springs; she just lived up the street, and we graduated together and we came down here together. 2 MF: What was her name? KC: Sue Motichka. She's the one who lives in Rawlins. Well, let's see, it wouldn't be Motichka, it's Maffoni is her name now. So that's how I got down here. My aunts really did take care of me – they'd have us down for dinner, and kind of watched over me. Then Mom would come down to visit, and then she could stay with them. So that worked out really well. I had come down here often as a young girl and stayed with my aunts, and at that time they were building St. Benedict's, when I would come down. I remember the last time I had come, and it was by then a hospital, and it was way up in the hills. There was nothing. There was Harrison Boulevard. I remember thinking, that hospital way up there… but I never had any idea that I would end up as a student nurse there. That's my first memory of St. Benedict's, is up in the hills. It was so far away – now, of course – then when I entered, I couldn't believe that it was the same place. I thought, what happened? This isn't the place I used to remember when I was younger. But of course, it had become surrounded. MF: That's good. Why did you decide to become a nurse? Was there a reason? KC: You know, I had never planned to be a nurse. My best girlfriend, we'd been best friends since we were six. She lives in Denver – she's not a nurse – in fact, she was just here. She comes every year, and we e-mail every day. Her mother was a nurse in Rock Springs. She did a lot of special duty nursing. I used to just think she looked so neat in her crisp uniform and her cap, and I always admired her so much and thought what a great thing she did. But it still never entered my mind, and I was a senior, and I had taken all office courses, because I was going to be 3 a secretary. I'd actually been offered a job. Later in my senior year, I just decided no, I think I want to be a nurse. I had talked with my classmate, and she said, "Well, I'm going to go down to St. Benedict's." I don't know that my mother and dad were really sold on this – I think they worried about me leaving, because my sister stayed there. She didn't go to college, and I think they were just very – in that culture, you're just kind of protected, and I think they just hated to see me leave home. So I said, is this really what I want to do? And you know, I just really had never taken any courses for it; I wasn't really prepared for that. I thought, I hope I can get in, because you had to pass an entrance exam, and I had no idea if I would have the knowledge to get in. But I made up my mind, so I graduated from high school, and that summer you had to go down – you had to make the contacts and get in touch with the school. It seems to me that it was during the summer. Sue���s mother came down with us on the train, and we took the entrance exam at St. Benedict's. Then you didn't know until later in the summer whether you were accepted or not. We both did get accepted. I had had no chemistry, and so that of course was a requirement when I got in, but they said they thought I could pick it up, because of my grade average. But I had a tough, tough time. I remember Sister Estelle was the chemistry teacher, and bless her heart, she'd spend a lot of time with me after school, because I said, I'm just not getting this. She said, I'll work with you extra. So 4 bless her heart, she got me through that course. So anyway, that's kind of how it all started. MF: That's how it all began. So this was your first time away from home? KC: Actually, it was. Because I was in drama, I had gone to Laramie and different places. I was in the singing group and we would leave – but it was just in the state of Wyoming, to perform and compete and such. But no, other than that – and believe me, I had a horrible time. My roommate and I would cry, and we were homesick. The course was tough, and the first six months you could go home on the weekend, so we'd go home on the bus, but we'd cry… here again, Sister Estelle was our advisor for our class. We used to go to her and cry and say, "We're homesick, and we don't know if we want to do this." She said, "It means you came from a good home if you get homesick. It means you had a good childhood and a good home." So she encouraged us, but it was tough. That first six months is rough. You're completely away from home, and you're going to school. Right away you're starting in the hospital; from the beginning, you are working in that hospital, and you're twenty-four seven, you're right here at this building. Even the girls who lived in Ogden had to live at the St. Benedict's dorm. They could go home on the weekend if they weren't involved in something, but you had to live there. The sisters were very strict, and there were a lot of rules, and you had to comply with the rules, or you were done. We had thirty-two girls start, and sixteen of us graduated. So that's how difficult that course was. MF: Wow. So do you think once you made it up to that six months? 5 KC: It was hard all the way through, except that you became older and you became more – we were what they called the probies, so it was just like in any college. We were the ones who didn't know anything, and you looked up to the older students to help you. They were always tremendous. We had the first, second, and third year, and the second and third year girls would kind of take over the first-year girls and help us. But you really had to just want to do it and want to finish and want to do that, because it was a difficult course. MF: You couldn't just do it because you went, oh, I'm going into nurses' training just to say that. KC: You had to be dedicated, and they found out within the first six months whether or not you were ready for that, you were made for that school. If not, you were gone. So many girls just said, I can't do it, and they didn't want to be away from home, and it was just difficult, and they just quit. Usually it happened in the first six months. MF: So I'm sure once you got to your capping, you were so excited. KC: Yes, once you did your capping – and we did our capping in January. This was the picture of the capping, and actually it was my roommate and I – I don't know how we got picked for the picture; anyway, this was my roommate and myself, and then this was Jo Davis. She was of Indian descent, and she was from some fort, some Indian fort somewhere. But anyway, there we were with our capes. I still have my cape – I don't have my cap any more, but I still have my cape. We would have a ceremony with the candles, and your family all came. It was a really nice ceremony. So we did that at about six months – I'm trying to see what 6 the date was on this newspaper. January 25th of 1953. So we entered in '52, so it was about six months. MF: Six months into it. Very nice. KC: So in order to make it – usually if you didn't make it, you didn't get to capping. So that was your big thing MF: So that probably was a big deal. KC: Yes, when you got your cap, you knew you were pretty much on your way. MF: One of the nurses told us that she was so excited that day she got her cap, she slept in it. She said, we were so proud we slept in our caps. KC: I don't remember doing that. See, when you first went in, you didn't have a cap. I don't remember if we even had uniforms. I can't remember. But then when you got that cap and that uniform, and your cape, it was really quite a ceremony. It was really a big deal. MF: Where did that take place? KC: Actually, in the dorm waiting room. You came in the front door, and it was a really nice waiting room, as I recall, the floors were kind of a marble, and it was decorated really nice. That's where you greeted your guests, or if you had a date come and pick you up, that was as far as they could go, was that room. That's actually where the capping ceremony was held, because there weren't that many of us. MF: Tell us a little about some of your other classmates. Are there any funny stories about them that you remember? KC: About my other classmates? 7 MF: Or your roommate. KC: Sue, who came down with me from home, was my roommate, but you became sisters with these girls. You became really close to them. I'm really close to the ones that are in Layton. We actually just became so close – this was your life, this is who you knew, this is who you were with every day. You became really close with your classmates, and there was never a classmate that I didn't like, that I wasn't close to, that I cared about. You just became one group. We had to work together on some services. You usually went through the same services with pretty much the same girls, so it was just really a family. You became friends with the upperclassmen, and they looked out for you. Then as the next group came in, we became the next group, and you just looked out. So the three years that you were there, those groups that you were with, you became really close to, and you liked everybody else. MF: Probably just for the reason of what you had to go through, to have their support. KC: You did, because you'd kind of commiserate together. I remember we had a TV room. You didn't get up there much, but you'd go up, and we'd make popcorn, and whoever was off or not having to study or something would be there. I remember watching the Hit Parade a lot. I don't know why that sticks in my mind, the Hit Parade, but anyway… We would do things together, and on holidays. You know, it was just groups of girls, and we were all close, really close. So that was a nice part of my life. You don't forget them. MF: And are you still close? I can't imagine having to do that, and the things you'd learn, and not having those people there to be able to support you. 8 KC: Yes, because when my older daughter – she's a respiratory therapist, and she went to Weber College, but she lived at home. So she didn't get into all of that college life. She just went to school and did her thing, she didn't enter into anything. My younger daughter started working for a doctor when she got out of high school – she's been with him for twenty-nine years. I wanted one of them to go into nursing, but that's not what they wanted. They're kind of still in the medical field, and of course, Kelly became a respiratory therapist. But I could see it wasn't the same. You know, there just wasn't that camaraderie that we had. There wasn't that closeness, and those memories, and those fun things that you did together. I didn't see that. MF: Just a very different experience. KC: Yes, it was totally different. MF: Tell us what you remember most about the sisters. KC: I was thinking today about them. I remember the swishing of the skirts. You know, you'd be in your room, because we'd leave our doors open, and you could hear their skirts swishing, and that was the funniest thing. We'd say, here comes sister so-and-so – I can hear the swishing of her skirt. You knew she was checking on you, or she was looking for you to babysit for one of the doctors. We hated to do that. We'd hide in the closet or something, and say, or tell her we were busy, because we didn't like to babysit. The doctors kind of relied on the students, and they'd call the sisters and say, "We need a babysitter, will you find someone?" And of course, they'd come down looking for you. No, they would check on you. But it was so funny when we'd talk about the swishing of the skirts, 9 because they had those long habits on, and you could just hear them coming down the hall. See, they lived with us. We had two floors to the nursing home. The upstairs – you lived upstairs when you were first entering, and the sisters lived at the south end of the hall. You didn't go down there, because that was private – that was the sisters' quarters. Then you had the two halls, and that was the younger students, and then when you got to be a senior and a junior, if you were lucky, then you moved downstairs. Then we had the south end, where they had nurses who lived – that's where our house mother lived. She lived right with us too, and then they had nurses who worked at the hospital who weren't married, and they supplied room and board for them. So we were all in one building. If there was commotion or something, they'd just come and check on you. Or your house mother did. I remember when Sue and I were seniors, you had to really behave yourself, because Lena was right down the hall. They did check on you, but they let us party and laugh. They were really good about that. There were the favorite sisters – Sister Estelle was really a mentor of both of us, and she was wonderful. She became the administrator of the hospital later on. Sister Berno – we called her the head honcho. She was the one that was the most intimidating. She'd fold her arms and look at you – they never called you by your first name, they called you "Miss Francis", or always "Miss", they never called you by your first name. They never gave you that confidence. But we had a great group of sisters. 10 Sister Mercy was actually in our class. She didn't start with us, but she graduated with us. But she lived with the sisters. Then she actually took over the OB – she was in charge of OB. I worked for her for a while. So they did have some sisters who would graduate with a class. She was real cute. We'd invite her to the parties and stuff, and she was real cute, but she did more or less have to stay with the order. MF: Outside of the hospital, did you have any activities that you would do with them? KC: Once in a while we'd go over with the Dee nurses and have an activity. That was the only other school we associated with. You could leave; of course, none of us owned cars, so you'd take the bus, and you could go to the movie if you were off. I remember – you kids are too young – Vogel's was down on 30th Street, and I don't know what's there now, but that's where you'd get a hamburger. Then right there where this coffee shop is, they had Judy's Ice Cream. So we went to Judy's Ice Cream, and down to Vogel's, and then if you were lucky and had some money, which your parents had to send to you – we earned no money – so you'd maybe get to go to the show. You could date, you were allowed to date. We had a sign-in book; you did have a curfew, and you had to go in and out of the front of the hospital at the front desk, and they signed you in and out. Then you had to enter the nursing home via a tunnel, which we called The Tunnel. That was the scariest thing – I hated that tunnel. Because it was after evening, you had to go through the tunnel. Otherwise, you could go through the back door and over to the nursing 11 home. But you did sign in and out. They always knew if you were in or out. They kept very close tabs on you. MF: So did you ever try sneaking in without signing out? KC: Oh, I'm sure we did. We had one gal – her name is Allie – actually, she goes to my church, and she's older now, she's like in her eighties. She worked at the desk, she worked at St. Benedict's. I'd say to her, do you remember when you would be so good and we'd be late, and we'd tell you not to report us, and you were so good to say, "Well, I won't report you this time…" And she remembered that. She said, "I remember your class very well." I said, we were kind of stinkers. But they all did that – but she would be so cute. She would say, just go on. Just sign in, and we won't say anything. But they were pretty strict, because they had to know where you were at all times. Then, if they thought you had bent the rules or something – you got confined to the library. I never did. I don't think anybody in our class did, but some did. You'd get confined to the library for a week. You couldn't do anything. MF: No fun. KC: No – so some of the girls, I know there were a few – got caught bending the rules, and they'd get confined to the library. You made sure you stayed out of trouble, because it just wasn't worth it. MF: Tell us about some of your instructors that you remember. KC: When I was going over that list, Lavinia McKellar was one of them, and she was the one who – she was killed in an accident at the dam. We had a lot of the doctors who were instructors, and the one doctor that stands out in my mind is 12 Dr. Swindler, because we were scared to death of him. He was an orthopedic surgeon here – a very good orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Nelson was one who taught us OB, and actually I ended up working for him. Then – he and Dr. Naisbitt – and I actually was there forty years, but Dr. Nelson died while I was there. Dr. Jorgenson taught us – we had a lot of doctors who came in and taught us. Then Lavinia McKellar, of course, was the head of the nurses, and she was one of our teachers. That's mainly all the ones I can remember. I just remember the doctors coming in. We had classes downstairs in the basement – our classrooms were in the basement of the nursing home. That's where the classrooms were, that's where the dummies were that you worked on and learned how to give treatments. We actually worked on each other; we drew blood from each other, we dropped gastric tubes down each other, we were kind of the guinea pigs for each other, but we also had this dummy. We had a name for her, and I cannot remember her name, but we had this dummy that we worked on. All the classes were held right within the building, so you didn't leave the campus. You didn't leave there for anything. MF: So no affiliations with Weber at all? KC: No affiliation with Weber, no affiliation as far as schooling with the Dee. They had their own setup, so everything was contained right in our own school, in our own hospital. Of course, most of your learning came at the hospital. We actually staffed the hospital. We had the RNs, the people who worked there, and we worked under them, but we were a main part of the staff. As you got into your 13 older years, you were in charge of floors, you were in charge at night, so you had a big responsibility when you became seniors. Because by that time, they figured you were ready to be a nurse. It was a lot of responsibility – we learned very quickly. Good experience, because we had a lot of hands-on patient care, that's what it was all about. So we did that for three years. After your first six months as probies, you kind of went over and did bed baths, and followed the other gals around, and did the PM care. PM care was a lot different at that time. You actually went in and helped bathe the patient, clean them up, you gave them back rubs – now, you know, when I've been a patient, there's no such thing as PM care. They don't do that. So those are the things that we did to start out with. Then you started to move into actually doing procedures: catheterizations, starting IVs, passing meds. You were just right into it by that time. MF: That probably is the difference, where you had the hands-on, the clinicals; that was such a big part of your training. You think about it now, and it's so different, where they have the technology and all these things, but look at what you were able to do, the personal care. KC: My sister's oldest daughter is a nurse, and she worked for me in my office, and she was a two-year graduate from Weber. I saw a whole different thing; it was mostly Weber school, and the hands-on care, you know, they just went to the hospital. It was a whole different program. I thought, boy, that had to be hard for them to go into the hospital and get a job and work. That had to be difficult. MF: Because they have no experience to draw on. 14 KC: Yes, nothing to fall back on. MF: Was Jeane Barker there at that time? KC: Yes, she was our director of nursing. She was so sweet. She married – not while we were in training, but she married Dr. Morton later. I think she's still living, I've never seen her. MF: She is; we just interviewed her about a month ago. KC: Did you really? MF: She's darling, absolutely. She's sharp as a tack. KC: She's got to be in her eighties. MF: I think she's eighty-seven. KC: She's got to be. I have to tell you a funny story about her, and I'm sure I told her – the first day we came in, we had been accepted, and we had packed our stuff, and we headed down to St. Ben's. They had assigned us our rooms, and we were down looking at the schedule, and I saw this little tiny gal in this white uniform. She had this little crinoline hat on, and I said to Sue, do you think she's the maid? She said, I don't know, maybe she is. I said, but she's got a uniform. Then she came down to introduce herself, and here she is, Jeane Barker, the director of nursing. But she had this little crinoline cap that looked like the little maid ones. MF: Massachusetts General. KC: Yes, from Massachusetts. So anyway, she had the funny cap, and I thought she was the maid. I'm sure I later told her that story. But anyway, we thought "Gee, we have a maid?" 15 MF: Lucky us! KC: But here she was, one of the big honchos. But she was very, very nice. She was wonderful to the students. I can't remember if she had anything to do with our teaching – she must have, but I remember she was very involved with our capping and all of our ceremonies, and she was always there for us. You know, if you had a problem for something, you could always go to her. She was great, she was just wonderful – I just loved her. MF: She seemed like she was so passionate about her teaching. KC: She was. She was excellent. MF: It was fun. She called, and she's like, "I don't know if you'd want to talk to me." Yeah, we'd want to talk to you. KC: Oh, yeah, because she was a big part. I didn't know whether she was – I'd never seen an obituary on her, you know, and she was at the last reunion, so I knew she was probably still living, but then we were so happy that she later got married. She did have a daughter named Amy – I can't remember – it wasn't during our years that she was married, but we were so tickled when she got married, because I think she was older when she got married. MF: I think she was, too, but yeah, she's wonderful. We were excited. Now, did you have rotations outside of St. Ben's? KC: Yes. Our class went to Children's Hospital. You had to spend three months at Children's Hospital; you went in groups of four. That was interesting because every school sent a group of four, so they were from Idaho, they were from Colorado, they were from all over, and you all merged there. I did go with my 16 roommate, but there you lived in what they call Tammen Hall. It was down below Colfax Avenue, and you had your own room, so you spent three months there, and you worked at Children's Hospital, and Tammen Hall was next door. Now, as the later years came in, the girls went to Hastings, Nebraska for psychiatric, but our class didn't get to do that. So the only affiliation we had was in Denver. MF: That's good to know. So what was your favorite rotation when you were at the hospital, on the floors? KC: My least favorite was psychiatry. That's when they were performing lobotomies, and that's when you'd put your patients down into a coma, and I remember that room – they called it the strong room – they told us never to go in there without an orderly or somebody with us. One day this lady was just screaming bloody murder, and I went in to check on her, and I'll never forget – she took me and just literally threw me against the wall. I thought, "This is it, I'm going to die." Luckily, the orderly had seen me go down there, and he came down and immediately intervened. To me, that was the most scary rotation. I did not like the psychiatric part. MF: Because you have no idea. KC: You have no idea, and it was just so scary, and those patients were just very frightening, 'cause you're young – so that rotation I didn't care for. I think my favorite was surgical nursing, and the OB department, which I worked in for a short time after I graduated. And Children's Hospital, even though you were working with children and seeing children die, and I think that was the hard part of that, and the terrible diseases they had. Hydrocephalics; they had a special 17 room just for the hydrocephalics, and when you went in to take care of them, their heads were so big, and they didn't know what to do with them back then, and you'd have to lay the head on something and hold the body. I have visions of that. It was so, so hard. MF: That would be, because they had all the worst cases I'm sure, because it was the hospital that would be trying to find the cure. KC: Right. They had a burn center there that was really difficult to work in, and you had to rotate through all of their areas. Actually, that's where I had met my husband. He was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, and I was there for those three months. I enjoyed it, but at the same time, there was a lot of heartache with that particular service, because you see little children die. That's hard when you're that young, and you're having to see children so sick, and you'd never seen that before. We would see adults die, but to see children die, you know, was hard. That was the summer before my senior year, so by that time – that was the only affiliation we had outside of the hospital. MF: You couldn't be married, right, at that time, during your training? KC: No. They kind of frowned on you even becoming engaged, but I did – a lot of us were engaged, and I did get engaged in December of my senior year. You were not allowed to wear that engagement ring, so with your uniform, we had a little pocket on there, and you'd safety pin your ring inside your pocket. So if anybody saw that safety pin, they knew you were engaged. So that was a symbol of oh, she's engaged. You know, they didn't push it, because they were afraid – and it was difficult, because I had to come back and do my whole senior year; my 18 husband had another year in the Air Force, so we were actually separated. And it was difficult, because that's not where I wanted to be, and it's just hard to do a year, and you want to be with your fiancé and you can't be. So my senior year was difficult. It was a difficult year as far as what we had to accomplish by that time, plus the fact that I didn't want to be there. So I kept thinking, am I going to finish? And I'd say to my fiancé, I think I'm going to chuck this – and he'd say, no, you've got to finish, and I've got to finish what I'm doing, and then we'll both start our careers. He was very encouraging about me not leaving. But boy, there were times when I thought, I can't do this anymore. All the other girls were dating and stuff, and going out, and you're kind of stuck. I told my girls I didn't advise that. That's hard. You should just keep yourself free while you're trying to get your education. Figure out what you're doing. MF: That would be hard. What do you think was your greatest challenge while you were in nurses' training? KC: The greatest challenge? I think just getting finished. That was my greatest challenge, was whether I was going to graduate. You just hope you meet that graduation day with all the qualifications, and then to make your state boards, because – we actually had to stay there. My husband was discharged from the service in May, so he actually came out here. He was from Georgia, and he was just going to come out while I graduated, and our plans were to live there. Then he thought, in June, that I was done, but you're not. You have to actually have thirty-six full months, so I wasn't done until September, and I had to explain that 19 to him. I said, I cannot leave in June. I have to complete the course. He said, "Well, I don't want to be separated again, so I'll just stay here for the summer, until you finish." Then he really liked it here. He liked the mountains, and coming from Georgia was different, and so anyway, that's why we settled – he got on with the government, and we decided to settle here. So anyway, the big challenge is to meet that graduation day and to pass those state boards. You don't take those until October. We went down to the Salt Lake Capitol to take those; there were three days we had to stay down there, and that was my biggest challenge, was 'am I going to pass state boards?' Our whole class passed, so that was good. MF: That would be a hard thing. Tell us a little bit about graduation. KC: Graduation took place at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The Bishop came from Salt Lake to award your diplomas, and Dr. Nelson was a speaker and would introduce us, and then you'd go before the Bishop. So actually you'd line up - this picture was actually taken down in the basement of the church - and they had given us roses. So you went in a procession from the back of the church, and you processed up the aisle, and as you approached the front Dr. Nelson called your name. You went up onto the altar, and you were presented with your diploma, and you went over to the Bishop and you had to kneel before him. Then you rotated out and went to your seat. Very impressive, and of course all the families were there, and all the sisters were there. A lot of doctors were there. We had a lot of support from doctors. Doctors supported the students, so the place was packed. 20 Then we had a reception downstairs, and then you were free to do what you wanted to do after that. Like I said, my fiancé had come, so it was just a really impressive ceremony, and these beautiful roses. You thought, gee, finally made it down this aisle. I remember breathing a sigh of relief when I got handed that diploma, but I still wasn't a nurse, you know; you still had that next step to take your state boards. Then when you got that certificate, you knew you were there. MF: Tell us just a little bit about what you did after graduation. KC: I was working on the surgical floor, and I loved it there. My husband was working, and I actually had moved back to the nursing home in that adult area. We lived in an apartment for a while, my roommate and another girl, but then they both decided to go back home to their own hospitals, so I couldn't stay in the apartment alone. Mother said, no, that's too scary for you. So I moved back to the nursing home. My husband was living in a boardinghouse. So I was working on third surgical, and then Sister Berno, who was one of the ones we were so intimidated by, came to me and said, "They're needing somebody up in OB, and I'd like you to go there." I remember thinking, that's not what I want to do. I said, "It's not where I want to go." She said, "Well, you know, you're a graduate of St. Benedict's; we did give you a scholarship." I had been awarded a scholarship my junior year by the alumni association, and I felt so obligated. I thought, you don't say no. So, with a heavy heart, I went up to OB, because it was all those nurses that had worked there for so many years. I knew I was starting right at the bottom. So of course I worked the three to eleven; I 21 worked the holidays; I was on call. By that time, I had gotten married. We had waited a year, but then that January had gotten married, and that's about the time they sent me up there. I was really unhappy. It just wasn't working out. My husband was working days and had entered Weber College, and it was just crazy. I mean, holidays I worked, I was on call, I mean – I thought, this isn't working out for me. So one of the head nurses in the nursery said, "Dr. Dean Nelson was here, one of the OB men. Do you know him?" I said, "Well, yes, I used to babysit for him." She said, "He's looking for an office nurse; would you be interested in that?" I said, "Boy, I don't know. That's a far cry from what I'm doing. I really don't want to leave St. Benedict's." She said, "You know, why don't you just go down for the interview and see how you feel about it?" So I went down for the interview. Well, Dr. Byron Naisbitt walked in, and I thought, what's he doing in here? I said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm supposed to be interviewing with Dr. Nelson." He said, "Did you not know we were partners?" I said, "No, I didn't." This Dr. Naisbitt, do you know who he is? MF: Yes, yes. KC: Anyway, he's so handsome. I thought, "Oh, my word. I remember scrubbing for him, and I can't work for this man." He said, "Yes, we're partners. You'd be working for both of us." I said, "Me alone?" And he said, "Yes. You'd be covering everything in here. We just have one girl." I thought, well, okay – Dr. Nelson came in and they both sat down with me, and they offered me the same wage as I was making at the hospital; I was going to have holidays off, weekends off. So I 22 thought, how can I say no? I like the office, I like them – I knew Dr. Nelson better than I did Dr. Naisbitt – so I did, I went to work for them. It's kind of a no-no when you do that. Sister Berno was not thrilled that I had made that choice, and I said, "Well, had I stayed on third surgical, I was working days, and I liked that, it was working out; but you just have to make some choices for your marriage, too." MF: You do, absolutely. KC: That's something you have to do it for yourself. So I really left with some really – I just was so sad when I left there. I thought, this has been my whole life, has been St. Benedict's, for three years. Can I leave them and be happy? But you know, I did. The doctors were wonderful to work for. And as I say, Dr. Nelson died while I was working, but I ended up working there forty years. To begin with I took some time off, because I had two children, but I always worked part-time or something, and then I became the manager. But I was there forty years. So that's where I started and finished my career, was actually with Dr. Naisbitt, and we're still very good friends. You probably know his wife; she's a graduate of the Dee. Actually, we did not know it, but we took state boards together. The Dee merged with us and took state boards, and she and I were talking one day and realized we had taken state boards together. I didn't remember her then. MF: Right, because she graduated in '54. Oh, that's so interesting. KC: Yeah, it was really strange. So anyway. I just kept thinking, I'll someday go back to the hospital, but I just had such a good job. We moved to three different offices; we went from one to another, but I just loved what I was doing – I never really worked full time for a long time. I managed the office, but I was just there a 23 few days a week, because my husband really wanted me to be home with the girls. So I was able to kind of work my career and my family too, until they were married and such. MF: That's great. Well, we appreciate you letting us visit with you today. MJ: I was curious about how you celebrated holidays when you were all there together KC: Actually, at Christmastime you generally got to go home. The other holidays you were free to do what you wanted if there was somebody from the outside; like my aunts would have us for Thanksgiving dinner, and they always had my roommate. You were kind of free to go with a family who invited you for dinner. They didn't have anything particular up there. We would have our little Christmas parties and such, but most of us you had to kind of rotate to go home, because we did staff the hospital. So they didn't really have anything planned for us; you kind of provided your own type of thing for holidays. But it was nice to be home for Christmas. I can't remember what they did with staff; I can't remember when I was a senior if I was still going home for Christmas. I think you got to go home a couple of days, though, so I think they kind of rotated us around so that you did get to go home for part of the holiday. So that was nice, to be able to go home. We did get to go home – see, you worked year round. You didn't have summers off; you had a two-week vacation in the summer where you could go home or do what you wanted, but we stayed there year-round. It was a three-year, year-round program. It was actually thirty-six months, so we had to stay right there. But I look back on it as one of the greatest experiences of my life. I go 24 back and I think oh, that was the greatest time of my life. The friendships you made, and such. MF: Absolutely. MJ: One other thing I was kind of curious about was, working with the children, were there ever a lot of polio cases? KC: I worked with the polio cases when I was at St. Benedict's. We didn't work with those at Children's. The orthopedic ward was the ward that had the polio, and we had the incubators at that time, and if the electricity was out, you had to hand-pump those respirators. That's where I was in touch with the polio patients, was in St. Benedict's in the orthopedic ward. That was a really hard thing too, because some of them would not make it. It was frightening when you had to take them out of the respirator and give them care, then put them back in the respirators. But I remember that very well. Of course, the later years they didn't have that any more, but we did have the respirators at St. Benedict's. I don't remember working with polio at Children's Hospital. They didn't have us work in that particular area. I'm sure they had them; I don't remember, but that was a frightening thing, all those. My kids were asking me about that; we were talking about that the other day. I said, I was in that era, when they still had the polio patients. That was frightening. MF: That would be. I can't even imagine. KC: It's just so different. Now, on the other end, being a patient a lot, they work the twelve-hour shifts, and the thing I notice too, is you don't see the same nurse the next day; you have a totally different nurse because she's worked her forty hours 25 and she's not back that day. You're not in the hospital very long, so you don't really get to know your nurses very well. Whereas when we did that, you were there every day, and you pretty much saw that patient in and out of there. So it's totally different now. MF: It is different. KC: I think it's a real challenge now to be a nurse, and like I say, they have to learn very quickly. So I don't know whether these diploma programs – I don't think they'll ever come back. But ours was a diploma school, and then they had the four-year nursing program I think down in Salt Lake, but they've pretty much done away with that kind of program. It's all, like you say, Weber College or University of Utah and such. A totally different nursing program now. MF: More book-learning. KC: Yes, more book work. MF: Thank you for letting us come visit with you today.
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Join entrepreneur Ellen Burton as she tackles every aspect of a personal branding makeover with The Image Studios. Today, she talks about meeting with a color analyst in order to refine her wardrobe color choices.
After consulting with the color analyst, I now know that I am a "dark winter." Some of the colors in this pallet that complement me are white, black, royal blue, blue/red and orange/red. And honestly, knowing that I'm a dark winter means nothing to me. I wasn't sure what impact wearing these colors would have, but I started wearing these colors from my wardrobe more often.
Now that I'm wearing the correct colors, there is a huge difference in the reactions I get in the form of compliments. I get compliments from strangers, as well as friends and acquaintances, much more than at any point in my life. About two to four compliments a day! Historically, I have not been very concerned about getting attention. I love color and clothing that feel good to wear, but could never coordinate those desires into an attention-grabbing look. The only thing I can attest to this increase in attention is the convergence of a more focused and conscious attention to my hair and clothing choices.
When I started to realize the power of my personal presence, I recognized how "blah" my professional wardrobe was. For a professional look, I bought quality clothes but, more often, clothes that were a great deal. I make sure to stock up on what magazines call "fashion basics": black dress, black blazer, white shirts, black and blue dress slacks, and shoes to match. Oh, and also a few suites in dark green, black and blue. I guess "basic" says it all. I've even called them my utility outfits. Writing this now, my wardrobe feels pretty un-inspired–with the exception of a few beautiful and comfortable pieces. But I still don't know that they're "me."
My questions this week are all about color and wardrobe, so I am directing them to Maegan Zarley, director of wardrobe at The Image Studios. Maegan, what is the connection between my colors and my style baseline; and how can knowing one's power colors/color pallet make such a difference in people's response?
Your colors and your style baseline have no direct cause and effect correlation; they are both a product of what make you who you are. However, wearing the colors in your dark winter color pallet allow you to live your style baseline: healthy, spiritual, intelligent, wise and sensitive. Choosing dark winter colors, which are colors that are cool, clear and dark (i.e., many jewel tones) allow your facial features to be brighter and clearer. This can emulate the healthy aspect of your style baseline.
Has anyone ever asked you if you are tired or sick, but you are actually healthy and well-rested? This is likely the result of wearing the wrong colors. Your colors are cool, clear and dark; thus, if you were wearing a muted yellow, for example, your eyes can look tired; any wrinkles can become more obvious; and your skin can look sallow. Wearing the right colors allows people to see your features at their best. My opinion is that this can likely make you feel your best as well. Looking, and feeling, your best is a key aspect of living your personal brand to its fullest potential.


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No one in its class performs better* and no one in its class cleans better.**
The Kenmore® 28103 washer is now bigger.*** It also features the high-performing Triple Action® impeller to provide a deep clean, 3-part wash motion while using less water. This triple action system includes a wash basket motion, an impeller action and a burst of concentrated detergent pumped through the wash plate.
The stainless Kenmore 2810 washing machine uses 63% less water and 73% less energy for over $175 per year in total savings.† It also makes it easier than ever to get whiter whites, thanks to the Timed Oxi™ dispenser. Just press a button, and your oxi additives are released into the wash at the right time to help boost cleaning power. Set-in stains are no match for the Soak cycle that helps eliminate tough stains from clothing. The PreWash option also lets you customize your wash to clean organic stains like berries, wine or extra-dirty loads.
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I'm not big on the whole high efficiency thing and this machine lets me opt out of it if I want. Lets face it, how often do you really use a cycle other than the Normal cycle? For me, it's almost never. I might use Delicate once in a blue moon, I may even use Express on this washer, but otherwise, I use Normal. This machine essentially has 2 Normal cycles: Normal and Deep Wash. Normal is the new high efficiency way of washing, it uses a lot less water than my old topload agitator machine which is green or whatever. I can try it if I want to. Then there's Deep Wash which makes the machine behave almost exactly like my old low efficiency agitator machine. This washer uses the same amount of water on Deep Wash I would have set on my old machine and gives BETTER performance thanks to the recirculating concentrated detergent spray thing it does at the beginning of the wash. The only downside is that it takes a little longer to complete the cycle. Not to worry though since it also holds a lot more laundry than my old machine and spins everything sooo much faster that my dryer takes less time even with a larger load!
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My second move is to dash down to the Ferry Building, originally completed in 1898 as the main gateway to the city. In 2003, after years of painstaking renovation, it reopened as a foodie haven with more than 30 vendors, selling everything from locally produced olive oil to chocolates. There's a farmers' market on Tuesdays and Saturdays where the produce includes California specialties like navel oranges, avocados, and artichokes. The Saturday farmers' market is over for the day by the time I arrive, so I take a seat at the Hog Island Oyster Bar inside the Ferry Building. I order a half-dozen Sweetwater oysters, harvested in Marin County's Tomales Bay, and a Scrimshaw Pilsner, brewed up the coast in Fort Bragg. It's local food, untainted by corporate culture, unsullied by jet travel. Al Green's greatest hits are playing on the sound system. I'm eating organic, drinking organic, looking out at the bay, listening to Green sing "Love and Happiness," and thinking about how supremely intertwined virtue and pleasure are in this town.
Actually, I think that's the real draw. People don't come to San Francisco just for its values, they come because those values are always presented as part of an enviable lifestyle. Later in my visit, I mention to Chez Panisse's Alice Waters, the inventor of California cuisine and lately a proponent of the Slow Food movement, that while green activism is often identified with things you can't have—rules and prohibitions—this revolution in dining seems very much to be about pleasure. "It is," she says. "It's all about bringing people to biodiversity and sustainability through pleasure. By eating heirloom tomatoes, you can be doing exactly the right thing and having the flavor and experience. It's the best."
But even San Francisco, as alluringly progressive as it often is, does not wholeheartedly embrace change. It can be a confounding place: slow-moving, provincial, and weirdly dysfunctional. I've been visiting at regular intervals since I was in college. On my first trip, in the 1970's, bleary-eyed from nights spent in a series of hellish post-hippie crash pads, I wandered into the lobby of the Embarcadero's Hyatt, one of the first of those John Portman–designed atrium hotels, and thought that I'd somehow crawled out of the miasma left over from the Summer of Love and into an amazing vision of the future. Later, in 1999, I moved to San Francisco and lived there for three years, from the height of the dot-com boom to the bottom of the bust. Again, I found the city was sometimes excruciatingly stodgy and at other times dizzyingly future-forward.
There's a spot where you can see this duality, the sleepy old city that refuses to change and the radical, cutting-edge city that is always miles ahead of everyone else. Happily for the values tourist, this spot is a tower with an observation deck, in Golden Gate Park. The De Young Museum, an aggressively 21st-century building by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, completed in 2005, is clad in recycled copper—perforated to shade the building while letting daylight in—which will turn green as the metal patinates. Its café serves food from growers and providers within a 150-mile radius. The art collection is expansive and absorbing. And from the observation deck of the distinctive wedge-shaped tower, a mere 144 feet tall, there's a panoramic view of San Francisco. Gaze north and the view is of the Richmond district, an endless, timeless, monotonous swath of small-scale pinkish stucco houses. But swivel east and you look directly across the shady Music Concourse at the new Academy of Sciences. Designed by Renzo Piano and scheduled to open in September 2008, it's got an undulating green roof—an artificial terrain dotted with seven hills, planted with beach strawberries, miniature lupine, and California poppies.
Also in Golden Gate Park, the new Academy of Sciences is expected to be the largest public LEED-certified building in the world. It will have highly efficient heating and cooling systems and natural ventilation; produce a relatively small amount of solar power (5 to 10 percent of the building's needs); and use recycled materials, including insulation made from blue jeans. Visitors will likely not notice most of the green features, but instead be swept away by the exhibitions, which are to include a multilevel rain forest, the world's deepest coral-reef tank, and some very imposing snakes. "I think an anaconda goes on this side," says my tour guide, Kip Trexel, the project director for Webcor Builders. The Academy's living roof, though, will be a crowd-pleaser—a deck will allow visitor access—and also a draw for wildlife, including the threatened San Bruno elfin butterfly.


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Bay Area JusticeCorps Court Staff:
Dan Siskind oversees activities of the Bay Area program on a daily basis, coordinates partners and member trainings, directs program staff, and oversees the collection of data for performance measurements that help depict the impact of the program on legal-self-help. Mr. Siskind has been running the Bay Area program since August 2006. In his tenure as director of the Bay Area program, he created and developed the JusticeCorps Fellowship position, and has successfully steered the program through its first multi-county incarnation. Mr. Siskind received his Bachelors from Bates College in Lewiston Maine and a Masters from the University of San Francisco in Teaching for Social Justice. Mr. Siskind served two terms as a Teach for America AmeriCorps member and has worked as an AmeriCorps Site Supervisor. As an Executive Branch fellow he served with the California Service Corps. Mr. Siskind's favorite parts of the job are working with students, learning about the courts, and fostering program growth and development.
Yana Pavlova joined the JusticeCorps Program two years ago. She served as a Part-Time Member in 2011 and a Campus Representative in 2012. She joined the JusticeCorps Staff full-time in July 2013. Ms. Pavlova provides administrative support for all JusticeCorps Program operations, including recruiting new members, assisting in member and court staff trainings, tracking member service hours, and reporting JusticeCorps performance measurement data. Ms. Pavlova earned a B.A. in Legal Studies and a Minor in Chinese Language from the University of California, Berkeley. Her favorite part of the JusticeCorps Program is supporting and mentoring the new volunteers throughout the year.
Tere Kong has been with the Alameda Superior Court for 12 years and joined the JusticeCorps program in 2006. Prior to JusticeCorps, she worked for the Family and Children's Bureau of the court for 8 years. Ms. Kong works closely with the program director and coordinator to organize member site assignments, plan and coordinating member training events, oversee the collection of member timesheets, and track members to be sure they are on-track to complete the program. Ms. Kong has a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Cal State East Bay with a minor in human development. Her favorite part about the JusticeCorps program is seeing the members grow from the start of the program year to the end.


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What I really want to here do is give you people the right level. When you look at the greatest contraptioneers, it's just like the person found the perfect level for them.
Some of you can make ridiculously incredible things, but everyone has their own style. That is why here there will be levels that are ridiculously difficult, but all will require different contraptions. This is not in any way a contest.
If you look at the list of levels and find a one that you think you're up for, do it. But only if you think that it will push you right to your limit, and only if you think that the level it's self is as clever as the contraption will be.
I will add more levels as time goes on, and you're free to submit any level that's ipecac and insane.
The levels may be slow coming, but hopefully it will be worth it.
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And remember! just solving a level sometimes isn't what makes a contraption fantastic. You need a little creativity! So even if a level already has an edit, you can still solve an older version, and make it amazing! And if it's worthy of a " " to you then I will put it up.
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In October of 2009, Lauren Moffatt, along with partner Rob Pepin, launched their debut collection of vintage-chic looks. For the first two seasons of her collection with Rob Pepin, Lauren Moffatt sewed all the pieces, over several hundred, out of her 31-foot sailboat home docked in NYC's Hudson River. In just a few years, Lauren Moffatt's collection has grown from ready-to-wear clothing to include swimwear, handbags, and accessories. Inspired by fabric, colors and textures, Lauren Moffatt continues to design garments with a refined feminine aesthetic. Back To Product View All From This Designer
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Long, double-breasted wool coat featuring contrast collar and oversize gold buttons. Features form-fitting seam details throughout upper and two hand pockets at the sides.
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Indicative Rate* $320.00 to $400.00 Room and Breakfast
Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat is a boutique luxury resort comprising six fully self-contained secluded pavilions nestled in two hectares of pristine rainforest in the Blackall Range, near Lake Baroon, Montville. The property is adjacent to Kondalilla National Park in Queensland's Sunshine Coast Hinterland. The facility targets the luxury adult couples market, providing an exclusive rainforest retreat experience. Located at the start of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk, Narrows Escape appeals to visitors seeking a luxury stay connected to nature.
... morePavilions are positioned throughout the property to maximise the rainforest setting and to provide guests with total privacy and seclusion in a self contained luxury cottage with all amenities provided. Guests experience romance, seclusion and tranquillity of nature in eco luxury surrounds.
Spoil yourself in the peacefulness of the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Experience the tranquillity of nature from the seclusion of your luxurious rainforest cottage. Breathe in the crisp, rainforest air, unwind with a sensuous massage, snuggle by your fireplace or dive into the sparkling pool. Or simply enjoy the chorus of birdsong from your hammock. Your perfect romantic escape awaits!
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Cancellation Policy
Cancellation within 21 days, refund of first night stay only if cottage is re-let. Cancellation fee of AUD50.00 will be charged. Cancellation more than 21 days, refund full amount minus AUD50.00. Minimum stay on weekends of two nights.
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Other facilities provided; guest laundry, hammock, private barbecue.
Entity Restrictions
Minimum stay on weekends of two nights.
General Comments
Dinner hampers are available on request. A complimentary breakfast hamper is supplied on arrival.
All cottages are serviced daily. Check in is available 24 hours.
How To Get There
One and a half hours north of Brisbane. Follow the Glasshouse Mountains scenic route and turn left into Western Avenue (at Montville Village) for three and a half kilometres, then turn left into Narrows Road. The Narrows Escape is one kilometre along, on the right.
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A deposit equal to the first night of stay is required within seven days to secure reservation.
Dinner hampers are available on request. A complimentary breakfast hamper is supplied on arrival. Other facilities provided included guest laundry, hammock, and private barbecue.
Each cottage has a separate bedroom with en suite, a queen size bed, an open plan lounge, dining room and a fully equipped kitchen. Double spas with carved Red Cedar steps and Marble surrounds add to the luxury feel of the air-conditioned cottages and log fires exude cosy warmth for those winter months in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
On spacious decks which have creek and forest views, there is a hammock and gas barbecue as well as outside furniture for those leisurely breakfasts and lunches. Little extras such as bathrobes, chocolates, aromatherapy skin products and organic natural shampoos/conditioners and shower gel. Freshly baked croissants are delivered each morning, with gourmet plunger coffee, fine loose tea and a selection of normal and herbal tea bags provided.
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The Passing Zone, a finalist from the TV show "America's Got Talent," will perform Nov. 2 at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox. | Jay Blakesberg photo
Updated: November 27, 2012 10:33AM
Have you ever seen someone perform ballet while juggling chain saws or ride Segways while juggling plastic garbage bags full of air?
Well, get ready as Lincoln-Way High School District 210 will bring the Passing Zone to Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox on Nov. 2.
"Known for its comedic antics and exceptional juggling, the Passing Zone is sure to delight, mesmerize and entertain audiences of all ages as it presents its hilarious, high-energy show 'Gravity Attacks' in conjunction with District 210's popular Spotlight Series," officials said.
One can see what jugglers Jon Wee and Owen Morse have in store by visiting a clip of past shows online at passingzone.com.
"Once you see these two Guinness World Record holders whip chain saws, knives and clubs, you won't want to miss out on the fun," officials said.
The New York Times has described the show as "controlled mayhem."
The Los Angeles Times has called the Passing Zone "classy, edgy, jaw-dropping and hilarious … a steady stream of genuinely comic banter."
"Rivaling such greats as Martin and Lewis or Abbott & Costello" is what the Mustang Daily writes about an experience with the comedy duo.
"Perhaps you have already caught snippets of the talented duo's antics on the 'Today' show, 'The Tonight Show' or 'America's Got Talent,' " officials said.
"They have been popular guests on those television shows in recent years."
The two-hour Passing Zone show will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln-Way West High School Performing Arts Center, 21701 S. Gougar Road, New Lenox.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for youth.
Ticket orders can be placed by phone with a credit card (MasterCard, Visa and Discover) at (815) 534-3004.
Or an order form can be downloaded at lw210.org/spotlightseries, which also features more information on the show and series.
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Material: Tumbled Leather
Brand: Alexis Hudson
Origin: Imported
If you're a "handbag addict," Alexis Hudson has your fix. Designers Rachelle Copeland and Emily Ironi create chic leather satchels that marry form with function through the addition of keychain clasps, magnetic closures, and other smart design elements. Shoulder bag enthusiasts love Alexis Hudson's vintage, edgy Sybil bag, which is big enough to hold all your every essentials and comes with a convertible strap; the pebbled leather Chelsea hobo is similarly roomy, with a retro tassel and golden hardware. For nights on the town, a Ciara envelope clutch dazzles with sequins in black, bronze, or purple. Alexis Hudson bags are beloved by stylish women everywhere and tastemaking celebs such as Kate Hudson, Keira Knightley and Mary-Kate Olsen.


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Safe, Hassle-Free Warmth With Our Electric "Hot Water" Bottle
Electric Hot Water Bottle
Safe, Hassle-Free Warmth With Our Electric "Hot Water" Bottle
Our easy-to-use electric hot water bottle comes permanently filled and sealed, so there's no risk of a burn from spilling boiling water. Plug it in for 15 minutes, remove the power cord, and treat your upset stomach or aching joints to up to 5 hours of continuous heat. Electric hot water bottle features a 15-minute safety shut-off so you never have to worry about overcharging it. Features a 15-minute safety shutoff. Made of sturdy PVC. Hot water bottle measures approx. 11"x8". Includes a comfy cozy (polyester/cotton). Imported.
- Electric hot water bottle comes permanently filled with water and is sealed tight
- Fully charges in 15 minutes
- Includes removable power cord and comfy cozy
- Features safety shut-off
Now there's a safe and easy way to treat your ailments, thanks to our electric hot water bottle with removable power cord.
Electric Hot Water Bottle
Do not rinse with water.
Bag: PVC, Copper needle filled with salt water,
Cover: Polyester/cotton blend
Plug in for 15 minutes, heat will last from 2-5 hours on a single charge. Temperature will range from 148 to 156 F. Bag can be wiped with a damp cloth. Cloth cover is machine washable.
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Discover the very best McLaren Vale has to offer all on one road as you walk, drive or ride the McMurtrie Mile. Choose from a passport card, self drive tour or hosted tour.Explore cellar doors, restaurants and galleries with the McMurtrie Mile passport card. Receive a Spiegelau wine glass when you purchase a card for AUD15.00 and spend AUD25.00 at any participating venue - Red Poles, Primo Estate, Hugh Hamilton Wines and Wirra Wirra. Receive your sixth glass by returning to any of the listed venues. The McLaren Vale Beer Company cellar door is located at Red Poles.Treat yourself to a gourmet self drive tour. The cost is AUS99.00 per person. Your fantastic day includes a Wirra Wirra working winery tour and private tasting in cellars, Hugh Hamilton exclusive varietal tastings, Primo Estate Joseph Experience and sample platter, Red Poles two course regional lunch and art tour, Sabella Vineyards hands on vineyard tour and barrel tasting and McLaren Vale Beer Company introduction to beer making at the brewery in Willunga with tastings.Go the extra mile on a hosted tour. The cost is AUD195.00 per person and includes exclusive experiences and transport with commentary and local tales.
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His life's journey was completed on Monday, March 11, 2013. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church. He was born in Greene County and moved to Bradley County in 1924.
He served in the U.S. Army Field Artillery during World War II in Fayetteville, N.C. There he met the love of his life, Doris Downing, and they were happily married for 63 years.
He was a member of Bradley County Farm Bureau and was inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1995. He was a member of Dairymen, Inc. and was named Outstanding Conservation Farmer of 1979 by the Bradley Soil Conservation District for his efforts to conserve soil, water and related resources. He and Doris operated a farm in the Red Hill community for approximately 50 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris; and parents, W.A. and Louisa Renner. He was also preceded in death by his siblings: Clara Bennett, Dorothy McCoy, Willie Ruth May, Sue Ada Clabo, Marvin Renner, Paul Renner, and Archie Renner (infant); and several nieces and nephews.
He is survived by two sisters who cherish his memory: Chassie Renner Hannah and Amy Dean Pinckard; and many nieces and nephews. Our appreciation to Cora and David Shope and Kaye and Josh Edwards for taking excellent care of Uncle Oscar.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2013, in the chapel of Fike Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Gibson officiating.
Interment will follow at Flint Springs Cemetery with Kyle Holmes, Vernon Renner, Ernie Scroggins, Ashley Senters, David Allen Clabo, Kenneth Renner, Bobby McCoy and Olin Bennett serving as pallbearers.
A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Flint Springs Cemetery Fund, in care of David Hannah, 7688 Dalton Pike S.E., Cleveland, TN 37323
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Henderson Beach State Park
Photos of Henderson Beach State Park
Page 1Sand fencing, sea oats and sand dunes with Gulf of Mexico in the background.
Camping site with a pop up camper.
Class A RV on camping site.
Sea Oats with emerald green water of the Gulf of Mexico in the distance.
Flock of Laughing Gulls resting.
Bright orange flowering plant on the beach.
Washers and dryers at campground bath house.
Sugar white sand castle with Laughing Gulls.
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by LAUREN MOFFATT
In October of 2009, Lauren Moffatt, along with partner Rob Pepin, launched their debut collection of vintage-chic looks. For the first two seasons of her collection with Rob Pepin, Lauren Moffatt sewed all the pieces, over several hundred, out of her 31-foot sailboat home docked in NYC's Hudson River. In just a few years, Lauren Moffatt's collection has grown from ready-to-wear clothing to include swimwear, handbags, and accessories. Inspired by fabric, colors and textures, Lauren Moffatt continues to design garments with a refined feminine aesthetic. Back To Product View All From This Designer
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Printed silk blouse with gathered pintuck detailing under the neck, sleeves, and back. Extended length in the front with a relaxed, draping finish at the hem. Asymmetrical snap button front, three quarter length sleeves with two snap button cuffs.
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The Les Chats de la Marine collection offers a fun design and coordinated animated cat scratches motif.
Material: 100% Cotton
Brand: Catimini Bedding
Origin: France
In just over a decade, Catimini went from a French boutique children's brand to a multinational sensation. One look at its use of exclusive fabrics, refined tailoring and creative interplay of color and pattern and it's easy to see why. Founded in 1972 by Monique and Paul Salmon, Catimini offers seasonal collections that include numbered, limited-edition pieces and complete looks inspired by evocative locales. Recently, the brand expanded into room wares and accessories, lending its lively aesthetic to wallpaper, bed linens, eyeglasses and shoes.


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+ Staff Photographer meets famed photographer
Black Tie photographer Rachel S. O'Hara is enthusiastic by nature, but she was particularly excited to see Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly speak. Here's her experience:
Ringling students and photography enthusiasts gathered Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Ringling College Academic Center Auditorium to hear Kennerly speak. Kennerly, who won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1972, has a variety of credits to his name including photographing eight wars and every president since Richard Nixon; and producing two official inaugural books for President Barack Obama.
During his two-hour presentation, Kennerly showed a slideshow of his work and talked about photos and stories that had a profound effect on him, not only as a photographer, but as a human being. He also gave a sneak peek of the video documentary he is helping to produce for the Discovery Chanel called "The Presidents' Gatekeepers." The documentary will show what it is like to be the White House chief of staff.
+ LeBell talks opera, go figure
In November, music reviewer June LeBell went to see Sarasota Youth Opera's "Little Nemo in Slumberland." Her husband, Edward Alley, and a visiting friend opted to grab a drink at Maximo before the performance. While there, LeBell overheard a woman, Andrea Fellows, discussing Santa Fe, N.M. — a favorite vacation spot for LeBell, whose ears immediately perked up.
"Ed and I fell in love with Santa Fe a few summers ago and have made a point of visiting there and going to the opera there every summer," she says. Plus, she thinks it's great that members of the Sarasota Orchestra perform with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra regularly.
The two women started talking.
"What do you do in Santa Fe?" LeBell asked. It turned out the woman works for Santa Fe Opera House. LeBell explained her history as a concert-singer-turned-announcer on a major commercial classical music radio station WQXR, in New York City. The two hit it off, then, in June LeBell nature, she invited her new friend to dinner that evening following the performance, and Fellows obliged. A new friendship formed.
When Santa Fe Opera's Preview Talks narrator said she wouldn't be in attendance for a week in August, Fellows thought of LeBell to fill in.
LeBell will conduct six of the Santa Fe Opera's Preview Talks and present an informative talk about the evening's opera in the open-air cantina on the rehearsal grounds.
Her talks will include five operas: two she knows well (Verdi's "La Traviata" and Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"). Of the other three operas — one of which is performed twice — two are rare (Rossini's "La Donna del Lago" and Offenbach's "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein") and the other is a world premiere ("Oscar" by Theodore Morrison).
So, LeBell has her work cut out for her. She'll head out to the opera house a week early to see each production ahead of time.
+ Local film makes festival debut
In January, I wrote a story, "SRQ couple conquers big-screen dream," about Lakewood Ranch residents Karl and Rhonda Wilson filming a full-length independent film in Sarasota called "Breaking up with Rosie."
When I talked to them in January, they had just sent the film to festivals around the region to see if it would be accepted. I've recieved word from Rhonda Wilson that "Breaking up with Rosie" was selected for the 2013 Gasparilla International Film Festival March 19 through March 24, in Tampa. I'll keep you posted on the Wilsons' happenings.
+ Flight 347 bonds over blizzard and FST Improv
Two weeks ago, Associate Director of Florida Studio Theatre Kate Alexander boarded a flight following a casting session in New York City — just as a nor'easter decided to blanket the city. But, as Alexander says, "Neither hail, nor sleet, nor snow stopped flight 237 from leaving La Guardia."
But, after a flight to Sarasota, there was no way the plane and its crew would be able to return home and was, therefore, grounded for the evening. Alexander heard one of the flight attendants, Patricia Tomaszewski, had birthday plans for her 60th birthday that night in New York City. Alexander would not let Tomaszewski's birthday be spoiled and sent the whole crew to FST Improv.
Tomaszewski sent Alexander an email when she returned home, "We will forever be in your debt for the BEST birthday celebration ever."
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'We Are Because They Were': There's only one chance to see the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's original performance that pays tribute to black history in America. The special Black History Month song, dance and drama performance takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's theater, 1646 10th Way, Sarasota. Tickets are $20. Call 366-1505 for more information.
Samba Jazz Concert at LBKCA: This show offers a cool night of hot jazz in the intimate setting of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts and features Thomas Carabasi Samba Jazz Quintet. Doors open at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, 6860 Longboat Drive S. Call 383-2345 for more information.
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Is there anything prettier than a shower or bath accompanied by subway tile? Okay, yes, a lot of things are more appealing than an element used for bathroom and/or kitchen walls, but I can't help but be completely charmed by this classic look nonetheless. For starters, I love how streamlined and simple the brick pattern shows against any architectural or design esthetic already within the space. I also love that you can make subway tile feel as refined or rustic as you'd like depending on the grout, material (ceramic, glass, marble, etc.), and color of choice. Plus, did I mention that it's just plain pretty?!
A few subway tiled bathrooms I cannot get enough of, along with some tile picks:


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"This GRAMMY® Museum is starting to come together," said Cleveland Alderman Gary Gainspoletti at Tuesday's board of aldermen meeting. "The city of Cleveland is certainly going to get a lot of attention from this and we all need to cherish it because it is going to be a real big thing for Cleveland."
"I almost have to pinch myself," said Mayor Billy Nowell. "The GRAMMY® name recognition is beyond imagination. It really carries a lot of value and I think that we have a lot of reasons to be proud of the hard work and efforts that have been put forward in bringing this project here."
These statements came on the heels of a visit from Rita George, deputy director of GRAMMY® Museum in Los Angles, who spoke at the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce's Annual Chamber Banquet Monday.
"The GRAMMY® Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music; the creative process; the art and technology of the recording process; and the history of the GRAMMY® Awards, the premier recognition of recorded music accomplishment," said George.
With a grand opening target of the end of 2014 for the GRAMMY® Museum in Mississippi, George said that there is much legwork to still being done.
"We have still been in the fundraising frame of mind, and there was some confusion from the Mississippi Governor's Office on the amount of legislative support that was going to be given to the project."
Mississippi Sen. Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland, said that a letter addressed to the Bob Santelli, Executive Director of GRAMMY Museum L.A. from Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant states that the project would receive the $6 million in funding initially granted during the legislation's session in January.
"The governor, lieutenant governor and leadership in the house and senate have committed to supporting the cause," said Simmons.
In January, the legislature agreed to make a $3 million contribution this year and another $3 million contribution in 2013.
In Bryant's letter, the governor has changed the allocation schedule of when the foundation will receive the funding.
"One million dollars has been allocated to the Cleveland Music Foundation this year," said Simmons. "The remaining five million will be coming in payment by next year.
"I should really give thanks to the governor, lieutenant governor, chairman of the allocations committee and speaker of the house for stepping up and guaranteeing the funding that we needed to make this project a reality."
"Now that much of the funding sources for the project have been identified, a location for the museum has been chosen and an exhibit architect has been hired.
"We find ourselves now in the process is figuring out the legal structure of the project," said George.
Cleveland Attorney Kirkham Povall said that since the foundation has already acquired 501(c)3 charitable status, the remaining legal steps are customary to a project of this size.
"We are in the legal process of finding partnerships and coming to standard agreements," Povall said. "The project is moving forward and is on schedule."
See tomorrow's edition of The Bolivar Commercial for more on Cleveland's GRAMMY® Museum project.