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My child, half way through his/her Kindergarten year, is thoroughly enjoying his first experiences at this school. Her/his teacher is Mrs. Meier and she is VERY patient with him... which is a challenge because s/he is high energy and finds personal-space a challenge. =)
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So far, half way through my first year with this school, it seems like a fine school, and Mrs. Meier is an excellent teacher.


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Something is happening in Ekiti State that needs to be told. And I will since I bear witness to it.
Quite a few folks, including my good friend and brother Femi Orebe and Sam Omatseye, both columnists in The Nation newspaper, have written volubly extolling the "quiet revolution" going on in Ekiti State. It is difficult reading some of the stuff written by them and not think, there's some exaggeration afoot. I needed to be there to see with my own very eyes.
I finally wrestled the demon of procrastinations and made it to Ado-Ekiti last week, my first time there since Dr. Kayode Fayemi became the governor of the state two years ago.
Ekiti had really never been a favourite destination for me. Tucked within the heartland of the old West, it seemed its only distinguishing tourist feature was some "miracle of nature" somewhere in the denseness of the Ekiti forests at a village called Ikogosi, where cold and warm water spring out side by side from the ground into a running stream; and her only claim to fame was that old high school of excellence – Christ School, Ado-Ekiti – along with Ekiti's renown as the land where every household has a Ph.D. holder!
But over the years even those little graces had wilted and become virtually stuff of distant memories. Ekitiland, with all its vaunted brains, had proved not immune to the malaise of a country gone to the dogs: although nature had remained faithful with its "miracle" warm spring at Ikogosi, the forest had reclaimed its own and it would've taken a dare to venture there in a hurry (the way it was fun for me to do some 30 years or so ago); Christ School had become a sham with neither 'Christ' nor 'school' in place; gloom was evident all over the land, the roads were impassable, and even Ado-Ekiti had become no more than a glorified village!
In the few times I had strained to be in Ekiti in the last 10 years – essentially for some ceremony or the other of friends like the late Rufus Orisayomi and Akin Osuntokun – the experiences had been some ordeal.
But there was no mocking of Ekiti, the fate that befell her had befallen virtually all of the old West. Successive governments had been preoccupied with the glamour and self-opportunities of office. Lacking in depth, vision and commitment, governance was essentially cosmetic and nothing beyond how to share the monthly dole from Abuja between individual pockets and token gestures of attention to crying state infrastructure within a governor's very limited horizon. Everything was about politics, politics of the stomach and of longevity in office.
I was in Ado-Ekiti last week at the instance of governor Fayemi who rightly felt this old man has been unfair in not visiting Ekiti since he became governor even when we shared some common history in the struggle against Gen. Abacha and for the enthronement of democracy. Of course Fayemi's antecedent and role far outstripped mine in those years – be it as the brain-box of Radio Kudirat or as intellectual strategist for many global institutions and governments, having himself acquired a doctorate degree in War Studies from the prestigious King's College, University of London.
Accompanied by my barrister son, Kunle, and my friend from way back in England, Taiwo Adedoyin, I was provided with a vehicle and guides (led by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, ex-PUNCH-ER Yinka Oyebode) to tour the state and go as I pleased.
For hours and hours we drove with our mouths drooping in amazement at what we saw. The renewal of the urbanity of Ado-Ekiti as the state capital was clearly evident: arterial roads that had been half-heartedly begun by preceding governments have been widened and dualized with streetlights installed all along the median; as old roads are being reconstructed and retarred to high standards, new ones are surfacing everywhere; city centre is buzzing with new energy –buildings wear new look, shops and petty businesses are all over; new impressive structures are springing up, an arcade here, a centre there.
But the development was not limited to the state capital. As we drove for miles and miles we were stunned to find dualized roads running for long stretches and high-grade roads interconnecting most towns and villages. I learnt other governors wonder how Fayemi has been able to have so many roads done in just two years!
Our eyes connected with schools beckoning with renovated or new buildings wearing bright new looks and we are told about 100 schools have already benefitted in the first phase and the exercise would continue until all public schools have been restored to their old glory.
However, even all would be nothing were they limited to these externalities. Truly concerned about the rottenness of the education standard Fayemi has embarked on a holistic restructuring and restitution of education in the state: reequipping the schools with appropriate furniture and sporting equipment, and starting the teachers on a whole range of training and retraining after the discovery that a scandalous less than 10% of teachers in the state primary schools could pass a primary four exam!
At secondary school level Fayemi has done something unprecedented perhaps in the entire country. He has provided customised and solar-powered laptops to about 30,000 students and 18,000 teachers. The stunning achievement has encouraged the manufacturers of the computers – Samsung – to setting up a computer engineering centre in Ado-Ekiti that would be a manpower training and development centre and assembly workshop for their computers! The buildings' foundations have been laid and work is going on apace.
It is difficult, nay impossible, to write all there is to write about what Fayemi has done or is geared to doing in Ekiti State in just a thousand-word column. And yet it is important to let the world know about every aspect of this amazingly resourceful and talented (genius, I'd say) governor's programme in their uniqueness and developmental pace.
His style of government is similar to that of Fashola of Lagos State in intellectualism, seriousness and time-management, shorn of frivolities and giving no room to entertaining jesters and debilitating stream of unhelpful visitors. And similar to that of Osun's Aregbesola and Edo's Oshiomhole in pace and vision.
Fayemi pioneered a Social Security Programme for the aged, paying a stipend of N5,000 to all registered elderly people and provides free medical services for children, pregnant women and the aged.
His investment programme spans agriculture and industry. The moribund Ire Bricks Factory and Odua Enterprise Centre have been resuscitated. More spectacularly, he is developing a "tourism corridor" around the Ikogosi Warm Spring which is already redeveloped with villa chalets and an amphitheatre, outsourced to a top South African tourism company, to include vast stretches of game reserve, Disneyland type of amusement complexes, etc.
To be honest, I do not know and cannot even imagine how this guy does it. He says he has managed to raise the state's IGR from a paltry N109m to N600m monthly mainly by blocking existing loopholes in the tax collection and management systems
Above all, I think what stands Fayemi in good stead are his frugality, his integrity, his intellectual base, and his vast international connections and credibility all of which have been deployed in the race to making Ekiti a positive example in Nigeria, nay Africa.
If I sound like I've been paid to be Fayemi's megaphone, I apologise; but challenge the reader to go there and come out sounding different!
Re: Something Is Happening In Ekiti - For Real!
Bode Eluyera posted on 12-26-2012, 19:21:41 PM
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MEASURING PERFORMANCE: ARE WE USING THE ENOUGH AND RIGHT INDICES FOR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT? Dr. Tunde Fagbenle, thanks for another interesting and informative write-up. You have compelled me again to come out of my self-imposed exile in order to comment on another very important topic to me. Actually, I am surprised that nobody has bothered to comment or take you up on this thread INCLUDING PLUS 'AUSPY BABA.' It seems to me that Auspy Baba and Dr. Fayemi couold very much be the same person: 2 in 1 or 1 in 2. Perhaps, many are just intimidated by the manner that you praised Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Come to think of it, who will dare take on an alumni of King's College who majored in 'War studies.' Fortunately for the villagers, people like Bode Eluyera are not intimidated with the fact that Fayemi has a ph.D from London and regards himself as a scholar. We are also educated and exposed enough to take on and scrutinize Fayemi. However, let me quickly point out here that the sole aim of my post is not to criticize for criticising sake, but help the 'action governor' of Ekiti state to even serve Ekiti people much better. By the way, talking about intimidating credentials, that reminds me of Dimeji Bankole, the former speaker of the House of Reps. Bankole paraded of some of the best education and certificates from the best universities in the world. To be honest, his credentials are really intimidating. And I could also remember that many Nigerians who also felt intimidated naively believed then that Bankole would not just perform excellently but will even 'over-perform.' Unfortunately, he ended up a 'common thief' without any significant contribution neither to the law making body nor the standard of living of an average Nigerian. He ended up a complete failure with all his oyinbo degrees and education. He was disgraced out of office and his political career murdered and buried. However, in Nigeria, A FAILED STATE, BIGGEST BANANA REPUBLIC IN THE WORLD, A DOOMED AND VERY SICK COUNTRY anything is possible. I will not be surprised if Bankole is appointed tomorrow by jonathan badluck, another visionless, incompetent, corrupt and morally bankrupt opportunist to head a ministry. While many were then surprised about the disastrous end of Bankole, political analysts like me were not really surprised about Bankole's failure. We saw the hand-writing or symptoms on the wall. I had some reservation then which later turned out to be right. First, while reading Dimeji Bankole's biography, one of the major facts that drew my attention was the fact that Dimeji is the son of one of the leading stalwarts of the defunct NPN in Ogun state. To a political analyst like me, that was already a RED FLAG. I quickly put 2 and 2 together and came to the conclusion that Dimeji Bankole bought his way into those universities through the ill gotten wealth of his father - and not through his sweat and talent. Nevertheless, I did not want to jump into premature conclusion and decided to give Dimeji the benefits of the doubts. But, after listening to Bankole's address in the House Reps. where he stated categorically that the House and government would not waste time prosecuting those that looted that the country's treasuries especially in the power sector and that the country should turn on a new page and move on, all my doubts and illusion disappeared immediately! Now, I was more than convinced then that his tenure would not only be a failed one, but definitely, he was there to steal TOO; and not make good laws that would make Nigeria a better place to live and have positive impacts on the citizens. The point I am trying to make here is that it's time we understood that piling up degrees from leading global citadels of learning alone is not enough and does not guarantee the success of a Nigerian politician in power. Another bad example of COMPLETE FAILURE is Ngozi Iwealla, an OVER RATED mediocre (from the World Bank) in all sense of the word! It might interest us to know practically none of US presidents, governors and senior officials hold a ph.D degree, however this has not in an y way being an impediment to the United States creating the largest economy in the world and dominating world politics. The same thing goes for British Prime Ministers, French presidents, German Chancellors and other leaders of leading economies. It might also interest your readers to know that FORTUNE 500 companies are run mainly not by ph.D holders nor Havard/Oxford/Cambridge graduates. Furthermore, can we or should we regard the fact that every house-hold in Ekiti/Ondo states respectively has a ph.D holder as a compliment? As far as I am concerned the fact that every household has a ph.D holder, but nevertheless, these 2 states have not been able to create viable and sustainable economies that can compete successfully with that of Lagos state is a serious cause for concern and go a long way to prove my thesis that 'ph.D is not enough.' Most of the ph.D holders and professors in Ekiti/Ondo are teachers who depend solely on government salaries. Well, many of them now smile to the banks thanks to the unjustified increase in the salaries of ph.D holders by the government. These guys now earn $4000 cash!!! THE ONE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. The question we should then ask ourselves is "What is the bottom line then? The bottom line in the short and long runs are the ability of ph.D post holders to convert their knowledge into wealth, better the lots of the people and solve/overcome other major political and economic tasks/challenges before them at 'a minimal cost' to the society. This should be the yard-stick to gauge performance or the value of any so called ph.D holder and/or politician/administrator. If any ph.D holder fails in this task, then his ph.D is of little or no use to the society. It's as simple as ABC! As usual, I had mixed feelings after reading your article. First, it was really pleasant to read from you that Dr. Fayemi is making waves(at least by your report/account). And I was really really really impressed by the video posted by Alhaji Denker, a female member of NVS from Kaduna state. We are grateful to Senator Bola Tinubu for his vision in giving the Ekiti and Yoruba people as a whole such a visionary leader like Fayemi. No doubts about it that the Fayemis: Dr. Kayode Fayemi and his very beautiful wife; are scholars, pride of the Yoruba nation and role models for us all. We all pray and hope that they will succeed in their endeavours including the DAWN PROJECT. At the same time, if we Yoruba want to be pacesetters in Nigeria and Africa, you will surely agree with me that we need to raise the bar or yard stick for measuring performance and excellence much higher for our leaders in the South West. This is the only way that can guarantee the accelerated development of the Yoruba nation that we so much desire and have been talking a lot about recently. This is even more relevant and important if we Yoruba want to guarantee our place as the leader and role models worth emulating both in Nigeria and in Africa. Thus, as I have already written at the beginning ofb this thread, my comment here should be not be regarded as 'criticism for criticism sake' but addition and/or feedback to your article to help the Fayemis' perform much better. Furthermore, I hope that you will be bold enough to send to Dr. Fayemi this post of mine in its complete version without any editing as a feedback to your article on Ekiti state and guidelines for a better Ekiti. END OF PART 1. Re: Something Is Happening In Ekiti - For Real!
Bode Eluyera posted on 12-26-2012, 20:53:26 PM
HOW REALLY GOOD IS GOOD? HOW REALLY GOOD IS KAYODE FASHOLA The performance of companies are judged through published financial reports certified by accounting/auditing firms. Recently, consolidated reports that go beyond just providing financial ratios or figures are now gaining grounds. But, how do we measure precisely the performanve of a public figure objectively without any prejudice? Dr. Fagbenle, although, you have written a beautiful piece on Dr. Fayemi, but, you have not provided enough information for us to really judge Dr. Kayode Fayemi explicitly and compare his performance with his counterparts in the South West - for a start. All we know is that he has built roads, schools, hospitals, planted flowers, distributed fertilizers ati bebelo. But, unfortunately, you have not provided us information about how much Fayemi receives from the federal government on behalf of Ekiti state and people, the costs of these projects that he has completed. Sadly, these missing information makes it very difficult to judge/assess adequately. My assumption is that Dr. Kayode Fayemi as a scholar ought to know these things and furnish you with the information. But, better late than never. Dr. and Mrs. Fayemi can still address these issues before his term runs out. Luckily, one of my areas of interests and intensive research include the following: 1. How to measure the performance of government officials . 2. How to measure the impact of government policies and projects on the citizens. 3. How to design complex measures that will guarantee the economic security and political sovereignty of developing countries. 4. How to design and impliment government policies that will have maximum positive economic and social impacts on the people and economy. 5. Analysing the long term effects of state/government political, military, social and economic policies in developing countries. OPENING QUESTIONS FIRST OR HOW TO LEAD BY GOOD EXAMPLES. Before providing a long list of the criteria or indices, let me quickly ask you if Fayemi, his deputy, commissioners, advisers, permanent secretaries declare their assets, salaries and are ready too to provide information on their expenses as a confirmation of their intention and desire to run a c transparent, accountable and corrupt free economy? In case, your good friend and brother and his aides are yet to do that, then, I recommend that you quickly give him a call right away and ask him to do so. By so doing, Fayemi will not only be leading by good examples, win the the trust and confidence of Ekiti people and Nigerians, but will as well be building a strong foundation for good governance because as you are very much aware too, good governance comes first and foremost from accountability, transparency of government and the fundamental part of it is ASSETS DECLARATION - and not documentary films/programmes about the number of roads, schools, hospitals built. If Fayemi and his colleagues(Babatunde Fashola, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, Abiola Ajimobi, Ibikunle Amosun, Segun Mimiko) from the South West heed to my advise and declare their assets right now, they will be setting good precedence and this will also give them and their party, the ACN, the moral right to challenge and pressurize jonathan badluck and his cabinet of thieves and bandits headed by Ngozi iwealla and Allison madueke to do the same. They also have to give reports of their expenses too. Remember that I said that if we Yoruba want to lead and be role models, then we need to take the initiative and call the shots. We don't have to wait nor look up to the bandits and murderers in Abuja for leadership and guidance. We must move first and make the South West a real center of excellence for others to emulate. Definitely, I look forward to honouring your invitation to visit Ekiti state and assess myself Fayemi's 'unprecedented' landmarks. But, before making the trip, and seizing the opportunity bestowed on citizens by the recently passed Freedom of Information Bill, I do like to get answers from Dr. Kayode Fayemi and his colleagues in the South West including Kwara, Kogin and Delta states respectively to the following questions: MEASUREMENT OF COST OF GOVERNMENT 1. What amount was collected by Kayode Fayemi in Abuja on behalf of Ekiti state and indigenes? 2. What is the percentage increase(decrease) compared to previous years when Oni and others were in power? 3. Amount of outstanding debts of Ekiti state after Fayemi took over 2 yeras ago. 4. What is the percentage of Internally Generated Revenues (IRG) compared to the total amount received from Abuja in 2 years in power? 5. How many Nigerian owned companies opened or registered in Ekiti within 2 years. What is the percentage increase/decrease in number of companies that opened or closed up? 6. What is the rate of unemployment in the state compared to the average in the SW and Nigeria? 7. How much has the state borrowed within 2 years? 8. What is the percentage or ratio of outstanding debts to IGR and money collected from Abuja? What is the position of Ekiti compared to other SW states? 9. What percentage of outstanding debts are due to be paid in 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 years time? 10. What percentage of the state's budget goes into servicing debts? 11. What is the capitalization of all registered companies in Ekiti state? What is the ratio of capitalization of all businesses to the money received from Abuja. 12. What percentage of the IGR are from taxes? 13. What is the ratio or percentage of taxes paid by businesses to overall IGR? 14. What is the present GDP of Ekiti? What is percentage or ratio compared to money collected from Abuja? 15. What is the percentage of indeginous companies owned by true/real Nigerians(not by naturalised British, Lebanese, Americans, Arabs, Indians, Israelis and other oyinbo) holding Nigerian passports to over all businesses registered in Ekiti state? 16. What is the minimum wage in Ekiti state? What is the average salary in Ekiti state? 17. What are the salaries of the governor and deputy? What are the average salaries of top public figures in Ekiti - starting from the governor, deputy, commissioners, deputies etc? 18. What percentage of the state's budget goes into paying salaries of governors and other state workers on government pay role? 19. What percentage of the state budget goes into maintaining government bureaucrats(salaries, accomodation, medical treatments, travel expenses, domestic workers, cars, drivers, school fees, etc) starting from the governor? 20. What is the percentage increase/decrease in the population of Ekiti state for the past 2 years. 21. What is the percentage increase/decrease in the number of births and deaths in Ekiti within 2 years? 22. What were the main causes of death and percentage of deaths due to curable diseases? 23. What is the average life span in Ekiti today. By what amount has it increased or decreased within 2 years? 24. What percentage of children within the ages of 6-8 are enrolled in schools? 25. What percentage of children within the age of 6-15 are enrolled in schools? 26. What percentage of children within the ages of 16-18 complete secondary schools? 27. WHERE(PUBLIC OR PRIVATE) ARE DR. KAYODE FAYEMI'S CHILDREN STUDYING? IS IT IN THE STATE, SOMEWHERE IN NIGERIA OR ABROAD? IF ABROAD, WHY? IF PRIVATE, HOW MUCH IS THEIR SCHOOL FEES EACH IN A YEAR? END OF PART 2. I WILL BE BACK LATER.
A good and refreshing read from the main author as usual.
I will very much like to visit soon to enjoy all the state has to offer. I like the fact that Governor Fayemi is thoughtful enough to start a scheme for the elderly. Anybody that takes care of the elderly will surely prosper......you can take that to the bank. All i've read about him(the governor) and a few others gladdens my heart. Oh what joy for one to have an intellectual with integrity.... If only the other pretend progressives will roll up their sleeves and get down to real governance instead of creating fiefdoms for themself, family and parties
You are a diamond in the rough indeed. Carry go nothing do you. You know what you are talking about up there. Please just try and make your writing simple to read. Try to find a way to shorten them. It is seldom, because of the volume of reading we do here on NVS, anyone has the time to truly read and digest your genius. Thank you and continue to do what you do in a better way. QUOTE:
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dis lady ya dey talk too much..abi ya no dey for naija..pick up ya camera and do the job...after all ekiti dey for naija..yes i dey talk to you, lady mallam Yum...indeed....merry xmas, happy new year...au revoir.


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Tamara, you are just the greatest! Thank you so much for your fast action on Belle's request. Belle, if you are reading this, would you like to establish a few guidelines for all of us? This could be allot of fun, and a good way to trade or give away things we are no longer using. Nicer having it go to an online friend that just to TS or trash. Luvs |
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Brewery Map
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Beer Dictionary
Indiana Brewing History
List of all Breweries
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A Brief History of Brewing in Lafayette, Indiana
City Brewery, Spring Brewery, Thieme & Wagner, Star City, Lafayette Brewing Co.
City Brewery
Before 1851 - after 1868
"At about 1 a.m. lightning struck Emdee's Brewery." - Tippecanoe County Historical Association - July 27, 1851.
The Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory of 1859 lists "Christian Emdee, brewery, Ohio, between Romig St. and Sample's Tannery."
The Indiana Business Directory for 1868 lists the City Brewery, J & H Emdee, on Third Street between Ramsey and Alabama.
Spring Brewery
Newman's Brewery 1842 - 1857
Spring Brewery 1857 - 1868
Newman & Herbert's Spring Brewery 1868 - 1872
Newman & Bohrer's Spring Brewery 1872 - 1888
George A. Bohrer Brewing Co. 1888 - 1918
Newman moved the brewery in 1856. This new brewery was on the east side of Fourth St. south of Alabama St. (82 or 111 S. Fourth St). Water was brought through a 3-inch pipe from a spring "some distance away", giving it the name.
The brewery started to pipe its water to neighbors in 1858. It also installed a fire plug on the street in front of the brewery and built a bath house next to the brewery offering "hot and cold spring baths". Eventually the spring dried up.
There is evidence that the old location was still used as a second brewery. The City Directory of 1861 lists both "Newman's, Fourth and Alabama" and "Newman's on the Wabash and Erie Canal near Ellsworth Street". In 1868 the county rolls record a "Wabash Brewery, Frederick Newman, prop, cor Canal and South".
Meinrad Hauser was a partner for a short period in 1867 before unsuccessfully opening his own brewery at Fourth St. and Teal Rd.
Dietrich Herbert (late of Wagner & Herbert, below) joined Newman in 1868.
George A. Bohrer, an immigrant from Bavaria and husband of Catherine Newman, moved to Lafayette from Cincinnati in 1872 and bought Dietrech Herbert's interest in the firm. It was renamed Newman & Bohrer. Production capacity was about 10,000 bbls.
1890 drawing from A Glimpse of Lafayette
In 1888, at John Newman's death, it became wholly owned by George A. Bohrer and referred to as "Bohrer's brewery". Bohrer paid $12,000 for Newman's heirs' ownership. Later, his son, Charles J. Bohrer, became the Vice President of the company and his son-in-law, Joseph Blistain, became treasurer.
Bohrer's made Indiana Pride, Bohrer's Amber Beer, and Bohrer's Special Brew ("Brewed expressly for family use").
It had a capacity of about 14,000 bbls before it closed due to Prohibition.
Continued until 1928 under prohibition making ice cream under the name Bohrer Products. Co. The full city-block of building complex was demolished in Sept, 1939 and replaced by a Kroger drive-in supermarket.
Much more information can be found at Ben Ross's pages.
Thieme & Wagner Lafayette Brewery
Thieme & Wagner 1862 - 1918
John Wagner was an immigrant from Weimar, Germany. With the proceeds from the successful brewery he bought interest in several Lafayette banks. He died in 1904 and his house at 715 N. Fourth St. still stands.
Lafayette Artificial Ice Co was a spin-off company in the 1890s. That company became the Lafayette Ice & Coal Co.
"As of 1899, John Wagner was president of the company, Charles C. Thieme was vice president, J. Henry Thieme was secretary and treasurer, Theodore Wagner was superintendent, and Frederick P. Thieme was a brewer. After the death of John Wagner, senior, in 1904, his son, also named John Wagner, became president of the brewing company. When the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce was established in October, 1913, John Wagner, was elected president." - Ben Ross
On April 1, 1901, Frank Wagner, John's son, is reported to have owned Lafayette's first automobile. It was a red steamer built in Indianapolis.
A trademark for "The John Wagner Sons Brewing Co." was filed with the Indiana government on May 12, 1900. This may have been an enterprise of Frank Wagner and it may have never actually been started.
The 1901 City Directory lists John Wagner, Pres. Fred P. Thieme, VP & Treas. Frank H. Wagner, Sec and Mngr Bottling Dept. Telephone number 47.
Brewers around this time included Gustav Schmid, Matthew Schmid, Charles Wagner, and Michael Yost. August Weniger was the Cooper.
As many breweries did at the time, their output was bottled by another firm. In this case it was Tengen & Thieme (below) located across the street. The Tengen part of this company were Wagner's in-laws.
T & W brands included Bohemian, Extra Brew, T&W Special, Lockweiler Special Brew, Star City and Tavern Brew.
By prohibition the company had a production capacity of 35,000 bbls.
Val Blatz 1927 - 1933
Val Blatz Co. took over in 1927.
1933 - 1953
W. G. Gude was the president of the new company. It's possible they had some property at 716-814 N. Fourth St. It's said they gave a free case of beer to every policeman and fireman in Lafayette every Christmas.
LBI's brands included Tippecanoe (1934 - 1945), Kopper Kettle (1935 - 1942), and Ye Tavern ("The Beer De Luxe").
The original Ye Tavern was the same recipe used for Tavern Brew before prohibition. It used hops from Oregon and Czechoslovakia. The brewmaster was Louis F. Panther who had worked for 31 years at the Bohrer brewery (above).
At it's height, the Lafayette Brewery made about 100,000 bbls annually.
LBI closed in 1953 and the buildings were torn down in 1960 in favor of the now Harrison Street bridge.
"In its mammoth new plant which has been in the course of construction for the past six months at the north end of Fourth Street, Lafayette Brewery, Inc., is now engaged in the manufacture of 'Ye Tavern Brew' beer. The first will be ready for market before Christmas.
The first run of the beer, in which the same formula is employed as that used [until 1918] in the Thieme & Wagner company's 'Tavern Brew' is now in receiving tanks and started on its way to aging, kegging and bottling. There are three cellars of aging tanks, and it requires many days to complete the process after the beer is manufactured before it is ready for consumption. In all there are 65 huge tanks used in the ripening of the beer." - Journal and Courier, Oct 12, 1933.
A 5-story addition was built in 1894, shown here about 1900 in a picture from the Herman Berry collection.
before 1903 - 1918
By 1915 were bottling on their own as Noll & Schneider.
"Bottlers of Thieme & Wagner Brewing Co.'s Celebrated Bohemian, Pilsner and Lager Beer; Ginger Ale, Champagne Cider, and all Kinds of Carbonated Drinks."
They bottled T&W beers at the plant labeled "Chas. E. Noll, bottler, registered, Lafayette, Indiana"
Charles Noll died in 1920.
Star City
1880s - 1918
From this drawing we see they bottled Pabst brand beers.
Employees included Nelllie Ries (wife), Flora Ries, John S. Ries, William A. Ries, and Laura Ries. John A. died about 1900 and the business was run by his wife, Nellie.
The 1901 City Directory lists it at "rear 201 S 4th."
About 1909, Henry W. Gagen became the proprietor and the business moved to 201 S. Fourth St. During prohibition they continued to bottle soft drinks. By 1930 Star City was gone. article
"During the summers of 1878 through 1882 temperance people, mostly women, had protested in vain against licensed beer and gambling stands at the Tippecanoe County Agricultural Association's annual fairs. Now they petitioned against the same practices for 1883, but were turned back on grounds the $1,000 licenses brought money and people to the fairs while the women "did not contribute to the industries of the county and therefore should have no voice in the matter." - Tippecanoe County Historical Association
In 1880, at least, the temperance forces boycotted the fair. In 1883 and 1884 the fair was not held because of the effect these boycotts had. In 1885 the fair returned, although dry.
Howell Bottling Co. was at 121-123 S. Fourth St. "Bottlers of Beer and Mineral Waters" was in business around 1901.
"Partners Stephen J. Hannagan and Patrick L. Fitzgerald had tried a short-lived brewing operation about 1900, producing "Pride Of the State" beer." - Tippecanoe County Historical Association
Modern Era
1993 - Present
Greg's father, Joe, subsequently started the Aberdeen Brewing Company in Valparaiso.
For more information about Lafayette breweries, see Ben Ross's pages.
Copyright 2004, 2006, 2009, Bob Ostrander


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This is a colourful, vegetable-packed noodle dish with a multitude of different textures. Once the vegetables have been prepared, it is very quick to assemble and cook.
Drain the wood ear fungus, and cut out the stems. Thinly sliced.
Add the spinach to a pan of boiling water. Cover and boil for 2 minutes, then drain and rinse under cold water. Drain and squeeze out excess water. Separate the leaves.
Discard the curly outer part of the Chinese leaves. Cut the V-shaped core of the leaves into fine strips. Combine the spinach, wood ear fungus and shiitake mushrooms, spring onions, courgettes, carrot and Chinese leaves.
Heat the oils in a deep skillet. Add the garlic and chillies, and stir-fry for 10 seconds. Add the mixed vegetables and stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes until the vegetables are tender, but crisp. Turn the heat to low and stir in the noodles, soy sauce, sugar and salt. Cook for 2 minutes and serve immediately.
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Education Bill
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Mark Hendrick (Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Preston, Labour)
My question is aimed at David Smellie. In response to a question from Kevin Brennan, you said that clarity in law was very important to make legal challenges less likely in future. On the question about teachers being able to search pupils of the opposite sex without another teacher being present, clearly representatives of head teachers, and, I think, Matt himself, said that that was a bad idea. Do you think that it is important, therefore, that that should be precluded in the legislation, so that such a bad practice would be less likely?


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Adam Sampson
Prior to leading the Legal Ombudsman Adam Sampson was Chief Executive of Shelter, the country's leading housing and homelessness charity.
Following three years (1985-1987) as Junior Dean at Brasenose College, Oxford, Mr Sampson worked as a probation officer in London until being appointed Deputy Director of the Prison Reform Trust in 1989.
Mr Sampson joined the Home Office as Assistant Prisons Ombudsman in 1994, returning to the voluntary sector as Chief Executive of national drugs charity RAPt from 1997-2002.
As Chief Executive of Shelter, Adam Sampson has broadcast and campaigned vigorously on housing and broader social policy issues. He has been a member of various Government Task Forces, and is on the Board of a number of non-Governmental bodies, including the End Child Poverty Campaign and the UK Drugs Policy Commission.


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10 Most Insulting Things Said by Gordon Ramsay
If there's one personality on television who never ever swears, well, that would be Gordon Ramsay. No really. Kidding! He might be a little intimidating when it comes to the kitchen. Oh wait, scratch that. He can be very, very intimidating that sometimes his words are just out of this world, but that does not stop him from being one of the best chefs we've ever seen.
Ramsay has more than 20 restaurants under his name, and a whopping 12 Michelin Stars to top it all off. Gordon Ramsay in Hell's Kitchen is probably one of the most anticipated acts of all time, where he shows his brutalness in judging and teaching these kids how to work in a real, professional kitchen. Yes, he's mean, but he's a perfectionist. His looks are as mean as his words, and his words are nothing compared to what this famed Scottish chef has achieved and done for the industry. I love how he spices up his shows, bring liveliness and reality all at the same time. He's orgasmic, but in a non-sexual way. And yeah, he is a hot trend that we wouldn't want to miss. So tell me, what's your favorite Gordon Ramsey moment or insults on television?
"JP? Jean- Philippe? Look at him standing there — what are you, signing f—ing napkins? Come on, get your Belgian bollocks over here!"
-Gordon Ramsay calling over Jean- Philippe Susilovic, a Belgian maître d' of one of Ramsay's restaurants in London in Season 1 of Hell's Kitchen.
"You serve, they eat – straight after, they vomit."
-Ramsay comments on Lacey's (season 5 contestant) chicken and blackberry dish after spitting it out on Hell's Kitchen, Season 5
"We had all these pizza tossers in and after working for days on end to get these guys to toss dough perfectly, he went back to using frozen dough, which really cheesed me off. I said to him, 'in all the restaurants I've worked in anywhere in the world there's no one I dislike as much as you."
-Blasting on a cook upon knowing he used frozen dough instead of a freshly made pizza dough while being on the show. The cook ended up chasing Ramsay to the streets with a knife on hand, Kitchen Nightmares
"That must be one of the worst combinations I've ever tasted in 21 years of cooking. Piss off, will you."
-referring to Matt's signature dish called Exotic Tartare (diver scallops,and caviar with white chocolate). He spitted it out on the trash bin and threw the whole dish after in Hell's Kitchen, Season 4, episode 1
"Why is the oven not on? Hello, dirt brain! Why is the oven not on?!"
-He was asking Giacomo (contestant) why the oven is cold. Turns out he forgot to turn on the gas. Now, Gordon's on fire in Hell's Kitchen, Season 1, episode 3
"Rachel clearly couldn't handle it. She buckled, panicked, and actually screwed the kitchen completely. You've got no chance of running a successful business if you can't handle one section."
-Giving his reasons after sending off Rachel in Hell's Kitchen, season 2, episode 4
"Here, we're scared of f—ing change. No one wants to change it because it's so safe."
-Ramsay giving a pep talk to Rococo Head Chef and Owner, Nick in Kitchen Nightmares
"You know, there's two ways in this industry – you move with the times or the times move you. And, unfortunately, you've been caught in a time bomb."
-Ramsey, after having a few meals, heads down to the kitchen and talks to La Gondola's head chef in Kitchen Nightmares
"Don't whistle at me. I'm not your f—in'dog. You look more like a dog than I do."
– Furious Ramsay talks to a stunned customer after brining her dish back into the kitchen and whistling for his attention in Hell's Kitchen
"That's the engine room in there, if that is not firing on all cylinders, we're screwed."
-Ramsey waking up the owners and what the problem in La Frite is. Kitchen Nightmares La Frite, Season 4, episode 11.
Now, he may have abused the F-word a couple of times (he did 114 in a single program at one point), but he is not Gordon Ramsey for nothing. Ramsay may have become a little less insulting in MasterChef, but who could forget the things that the world has seen and heard from him. For some people, Chef Gordon Ramsay exceeds the limit of kitchen intimidation, but for those who have watched him for many, many years, somehow, they've come to understand why. He is really someone that is hard to please, but when you, you'd be screaming for joy.


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Well today's stage was 50 kilometers less than yesterday and that was a real bonus…but it was very, very fast and I have to say, very nervous!
I hate to say it but it was just another day in the Tour de France. We had big cross winds and lots of crashes. Everybody was fighting for position, trying to move up. We were just flying! I mean we were going so fast that nobody could get a feed at the feed zone! Heck I saw three guys slide out in turns simply because they came into them too fast. Cavendish went down. And I saw Janez Brajkovic go down. I think he was on the ground for awhile.
But there were no crashes in the final and fortunately for my team, none of our boys fell.
And as a German, I would have to say that it was a good day since my countryman Andre Greipel won. Cavendish seemed a little isolated in the final, and Greipel's Lotto team was just perfect!
And like I said yesterday, today we hit the 1,000-kilometer mark in the Tour de France. So we are almost 1/3 of the way there!
But yeah, today was a very hot, very fast day in the saddle. And from the looks of it, tomorrow will be more of the same!


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Ryan Chittum's "The Washington Post Co.'s Self-Destructive Course" is a blistering attack on the paper's management of its journalistic mission and its economic viability. Chittum examines the financial structure of both the The Washington Post and its parent, the Washington Post Company, most of whose revenue (and all of whose profits) come from Kaplan, the test prep service.
Chittum notes that, despite the paper's declining readership and revenues, the company is not investing in the Post itself, but is instead using the profits generated from Kaplan to issue shareholder dividends and buy back stock. Chittum instead wants that money plowed back into the paper, so that it can again become a profitable business that creates great journalism. Unfortunately for him, those two goals are increasingly incompatible.
Chittum comes closest to admitting this when he writes:
By handing all that cash back to shareholders while disinvesting in its newspaper, the company is effectively saying that spending money on the hallowed Post is like throwing it down the rathole—it sees no possibility of making a return on any net investment there. That may actually be true, but it's bad for the country, and it's not very Swashbuckling Capitalist of them.
Chittum is of course correct that when the Post Company cuts back on journalism, it's bad for the country. He's also correct that investing in the Post would be money down a rathole. He fails to mention, however, that the logic of these two observations point in opposite ways.
If, as a citizen, he wants investment in journalism, then he doesn't want more capitalism from owners, especially not the swashbuckling kind. If, as a shareholder, he wants more profit, then the last thing he wants the Washington Post Company to do is spend more on the newsroom. Chittum comes so close to arriving at the obvious conclusion—in its current configuration, the Post is basically screwed—then doesn't follow his own logic all the way through. If he did, the animating theme of his piece—blame management—would be harder to support.
Yet Chittum's own observation about the investment rathole points to deeper, more secular changes than mere financial nous could quickly remedy. The problem the Post faces, the deep problem, isn't bad management (though good management would be useful right about now). The problem is that the odd logic of newspapers, where the owner of a reliably profitable advertising platform would be willing and able to subsidize a newsroom, doesn't work as well as it used to.
The Post has responded to these grim realities with significant newsroom cuts, but they have dissembled about the effect of these cuts, which Chittum rightly calls them on:
The Post would like you to think that it's doing more with less, but that's hamsterized nonsense. Then-managing editor Raju Narisetti's assertion last summer … that he had slashed the newsroom by 25 percent "without overtly impacting quality" was as bogus as it was offensive.
This is right—merely cutting headcount from a traditional newsroom just forces more work into fewer hands. But no matter how papers respond, making do with less is a forced move. Chittum is right that the Post Co. management should stop propping up its share price. (The New York Times's greatest financial misstep in 50 years didn't have to do with acquisitions or real estate, but buybacks.) He's also right that they should turn to their most loyal readers for income, via a digital subscription service of the sort the Times has implemented. But even successes like that don't replace past losses.
Furthermore, lost revenue isn't the only change befalling what we used to call the news industry. It's not even the most significant change. To adapt to the current ecosystem, the Post (like all papers) will have to alter the way it works, not just the way it makes money.
A good example of altered process has sprung up in the Post's back yard: Homicide Watch. The website covers every murder in DC. (Contrast the Post's embarrassingly selective coverage.) The front page lists breaking news on homicides and updates on existing cases; there is a page for every victim as well (and one for every named assailant). Every update tied to a particular murder is posted on the victim's page, providing a chronology of the investigation and any subsequent trial. The comments on the victim pages, heartbreaking and vital, serve as a rolling eulogy for one of most murder-prone cities in the country.
Because the content is so intertwined (the pages of multiple victims in the same assault are linked, as are the pages of the victim and the accused), Homicide Watch is more like a database than a news wire; each additional detail posted raises the value of the whole collection, a pattern that copies more from Wikipedia than from the traditional newspaper coverage.


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It takes big men to make Ska Brewing's Big Shikes Orange Blossom Imperial Pilsner
Brewing beer is physical work.Hop to it.
Every day, the guys in rubber waders who do it for a living hump (not that kind of "hump"; c'mon, people) dozens and dozens of fifty-pound sacks of malted barley, rip them open and pour them into a mill. They carry heavy bags, buckets and barrels full of sugar, hops, honey and other ingredients. They run up and down metal stairways to heave open giant doors and peer into boiling pots of beer from slippery catwalks high above concrete floors. Afterward, they spend hours scrubbing the inside and outside of huge tanks and kettles. It's the kind of work that puts you in the mood for a beer. Lucky for them, beer is never far away.
I got a little taste of what a brewer's life is like (see video on following page) in February when I flew to Durango (on my own dime) to help Ska Brewing co-founder Dave Thibodeau, head brewer Thomas Larsen and the rest of the brewery staff whip up a sixty-barrel batch of a new, limited-edition beer called Big Shikes Orange Blossom Imperial Pilsner. It will be served exclusively at Old Chicago restaurants in Colorado from May 16 to June 5. (Join me and representatives from Ska, Old Chicago and the Brewers Association at 5:30 p.m. on May 16 at Old Chicago in LoDo as we toast American Craft Beer Week.)
And while that's not a long time, it works because the guys at Ska did me the honor of naming the brew after me. Which rocks!
Thibodeau had invited me to help craft the recipe, as well. But since time was short and ingredients aren't always easy to come by, we stuck with a classic formula that included 2,300 pounds of malted barley -- Rahr two-row and pilsen -- along with seventeen pounds of CTZ hops for bittering and 42 pounds of Saaz and Hallertau hops for flavor and aroma. My only suggestion was honey, and Larsen was able to grab something even tastier: 120 pounds of orange-blossom honey from Arizona's Crockett Honey.
Ska was taking part in a newish program that Old Chicago began last fall, asking some Colorado brewers to make a beer just for them, something special, something that no one else had. Old Chicago's goal was to reacquaint itself with the local craft beer scene.
Aside from Ska, other breweries that have participated include: Breckenridge Brewing, Tommyknocker, Oskar Blues and Boulder Beer (whose intellectual rights are owned by Craftworks, the same company that owns Old Chicago, Rock Bottom, Gordon Biersch, Chop House and others). Each beer goes on tap at all 26 Old Chicago locations in Colorado as part of one of the restaurant's group's three-week Mini Tours.
Founded in 1995 by Thibodeau and Bill Graham, Ska now has a third partner, Matt Vincent, and he is the one who designed the four-story fortress that the company built three years ago in a business park just outside town. The $5 million, 24,000-square foot building includes a taproom and a small homebrewing shop; two canning lines, a bottling line, a massive brewhouse, offices, two walk-in freezers, an additional private tasting room and an empty floor that could one day be used for guest rooms. There is also an outdoor patio and an area where farmers pull up to load up spent brewing grain that they use as fertilizer. And with the addition of three 240-barrel fermenters, Ska plans to ramp up production from 15,000 barrels in 2010 to 25,000 barrels this year.Ska head brewer Thomas Larsen.
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-- 194th giraffe calf born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo!--
November 18, 2010 – Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomes the latest addition to their reticulated giraffe herd, a female calf born Sunday evening, November 14. We are happy to report she is nursing, which provides essential antibodies to help build her immune system. She underwent a neonatal exam by zoo veterinarian Dr. Liza Dadone Wednesday, November 17. Dr. Dadone micro-chipped the calf, checked vital signs, and took blood samples. Dr. Dadone confirmed the 5'9" calf is in good health, weighing in at 132 pounds. See the first photos of the new baby on Facebook!
This was mother Riyadh's (RE-ahd) ninth birth. The calf was sired by the zoo's bull giraffe, Mawimbi (ma-WIM-bee). The zoo will name the calf in the next few weeks.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, America's only mountain zoo, is home to the world's most prolific captive reticulated giraffe herd, with 194 births at the zoo since 1954. Guests can get up close with giraffes on our special elevated platform and even have the opportunity to feed them.


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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Ameguide-Oloumou, Francois URN etd-04072010-133307 Document Title The development and evolution of the HQ-Subsidiary relationship in an emerging market MNC : the case of UTi Worldwide Inc Degree MBA Department Gordon Institute of Business Science Supervisor
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Date 2010-04-01 Availability unrestricted Abstract The study deals with the relatively unexplored area of the evolution of HQ-subsidiary relations in emerging market Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The study uses a framework proposed by Harzing, Sourge and Paauwe (2001) to study the evolution of four components of the relationship over a ten year period, namely: control mechanisms, expatriate assignments, level of interdependence and degree of local responsiveness. The paper also assesses the impact of two additional factors on the relationship, namely subsidiary evolution and the country-of-origin effect.
The study analyses the case of a South African MNC, UTi Worldwide Inc. ("UTi") a leader in the global network of freight forwarding and contract logistics and distribution services. Seven propositions are tested by means of the case study method to analyse the factors that contribute to the said evolution in the MNC.
The study found that there was indeed an evolution in most aspects of the MNC's HQsubsidiary relationship over that last ten years. In addition, the subsidiary themselves had evolved and the nature of the country-of-origin effect had significantly changed over the same period. This evolution process was influenced by a number of factors specific to and circumstances unique to the MNC.
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Review: Uneven and Unfunny 'Price Check' Still Features a Great Parker Posey Performance
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on November 15, 2012 | Be the First To CommentEditor's note: Sundance premiere Price Check hits limited release tomorrow. Here's a re-run of our Sundance review of the film, originally published on January 26, 2012. Michael Walker's feature directorial debut, Price Check, starts off innocently enough, sort of a twist on Office Space if Lumbergh was actually a nice guy who wanted his unmotivated employees to succeed. Eric Mabius stars as Pete, who lost his dream job in music and is now forced to work in a regional pricing and marketing division for a failing division of a multi-brand grocery store company. Like most people these days, Pete is concerned about finances – he's the only breadwinner in the house, and he and his wife have credit card bills to pay and a three-year-old to raise and probably a new car to get – and the recent departure of his beloved boss isn't helping matters much. Who is going to replace him? And how is that going to affect Pete and his life? If this plotline doesn't sound just a bit boring, that's okay, it is. But instead of beefing up his film with great lines and performances from more than just Mabius' co-star, Parker Posey, Walker decides to go for some cheap switcheroos that left the audience at Eccles Theatre (where the film premiered) groaning.
'Price Check' Trailer Features an Overly-Enthusiastic Parker Posey Being Inappropriate
Movie News By Nathan Adams on September 25, 2012 | Comments (2)The trailer for Michael Walker's (Chasing Sleep) latest comedy, Price Check, starts off looking like it's going to be an ironic-in-tone workplace comedy along the lines of things like Office Space or The Office, but then, halfway through, there's a shocker of a line that puts a whole new spin on the story and probably shouldn't be given away. So we're not going to talk much about what this movie is about here in this trailer write-up. What we should talk about though are the performances on display, and, more specifically, how fun Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty) and Parker Posey (Waiting for Guffman) look like they're going to be in this. Price Check debuted this year at Sundance, where our own Kate Erbland saw it and called it "laughably uneven," but also made clear that it "features a solid comedic performance from star Posey." If this trailer accomplishes anything, it successfully sells that performance. Posey's going big here with the obnoxious enthusiasm and the uncomfortable directness, basically assaulting everyone around her with her personality, and it looks like Mabius is going to be a great foil for her, being the straight man who is, at the same time, conflicted and frightened by their interactions.
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A Bee Friendly Company has a new hive coming out March 2009...have to wate for paten to finish. we take 500 of them to Africa in JULY of 2009. this will help stop CCD and make hobby beekeeping fun and easy....long live the new ENVRO GREEN HIVE BY BEE FRIENDLY....wish us luck. and Thanks Haggen Dazz for the support |
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Hummmmm a hive to stop CCD verrrry intersting!!! Do they have CCD in Africa?? |
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CCD is everywhere! That's really great to here! The more options available to people to sustain themselves, the better off the world will be! |
I'm looking forward to seeing more information about this--I would like to keep a hive but the disease concerns have been stopping me. |
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What disease concerns? this is my first time looking at the bee sight |
With good management practices most colonies survive just fine for the hobbiest. Probably the biggest concerns are mite management and having good feed stores going into the fall. |
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I hope he is not talking about top bar hives. |
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About two months ago I received a press packet on a product called Maggie Bags. Now, I receive a lot of press materials—and I do try to peruse each one. When I opened the packet on Maggie Bags I discovered that this particular line of handbags was made out of seatbelt material. Instantly, I was brought back to my middle-school days when, yes, kids would wear belts that were made out of actual seatbelts. Hastily I almost dismissed the press packet, not wanting to revisit the days of grunge (ick!)—only this time in a handbag. But since we were doing a "green" focus in our August issue and I was working on a green product spread, I decided to take a second look on their website, and boy, am I glad I did.
Instantly I was seduced by Maggie Bags' fuschia clutch (shown) and was wowed by their stunning array of really cute totes, and even a little wallet. I realized that looks were deceiving—these really stylish bags were eco-friendly! I decided to investigate further and called Maggie Bags' director of marketing and public relations, Margaret Grigsby, for the scoop on the bags, which, by the way, appear in this photo spread in our August 2010 issue!
What is the history behind Maggie Bags?
Maggie Bags started in March 2009 and is owned by Tennessee Webbing, which has been buying and selling rejected seatbelt materials called webbing for about twenty years now. Tennessee Webbing also owns other lines like Bednet, which is a truck bed net made of webbing to tie down whatever's in the back, and Scout, which makes harnesses for deer stands. [These products are all] reclaimed webbing. One of Tennessee Webbing's owners, Woody Dew, wanted to name wanted to name [Maggie Bags] after his daughter.
You said you use "rejected" webbing. Why is some of it rejected?
Webbing is rejected by automakers for a number of different reasons. [It might not pass] safety standard tests or, usually, it's because of the color. [Automakers] are very specific about the color they want—if there's even a little bit of variation they'll throw it to the side. The problem with that is that [the webbing] lasts forever, landfills don't want to take it, and it sits on top of biodegradable product. So, Woody and his brother Steve saw an opportunity.
Some of your bags come in very surprising colors, like lime green and fuschia, which you don't see in cars. Where does that webbing come from?
[The] lime green color was intended for FedEx truck drivers so that their supervisors and the general public could see they were wearing their seatbelts. Bright orange is used with the U.S. Postal Service for the same reason. Some of the colors we don't have a clue! It could be a special run for someone who does custom auto work or someone who's making tie-down straps for a truck and they didn't need the rest of the webbing. We like the stories when we get the specific colors. But any of the big automakers are the bread and butter of where we get our webbing—Saturn, Toyota, any of those.
Obviously it's very green to reuse the webbing.
In all honesty in the beginning it was more like, this was money going into a landfill! It didn't start of that way, but it became that way. It's a good time to be in the green business. It feels better to do something that does good. And it keeps stuff out of landfills!
What kinds of customer comments do you hear?
Usually people are surprised when they realize it's seatbelt material. They'll see the bag from afar and think 'that's a cute bag.' Once you say it's recycled seatbelt material you see the look on their face and they want to know more about it. We try to make them fashionable above all else—it doesn't matter how green it is, you're not going to carry an ugly bag!
Since the webbing is recycled, is it hard to keep a certain color in stock since you never know what you'll get?
Well, we buy the webbing from all different sources. But yes, one of the downfalls is that being a recycled product we can't guarantee what we have. Just because we have red in a certain style we can't always guarantee we'll get it in, and we want to avoid dying the webbing if at all possible.
Any other philanthropic efforts?
We did an initiative for Earth Day—for every bag we sold we planted a tree. Another general thing we have is the USA Tote/Help for Haiti tote. All of the proceeds from those bags are donated to Doctors Without Borders for the Haiti relief fund. So that was a social responsibility thing.
Where are Maggie Bags sold?
Five hundred retailers nationwide, including Overstock.com, NeimanMarcus.com, MaggieBags.net, Neiman Marcus catalogs, QVC and boutiques all over the country. (Editor's note: in Madison, Maggie Bags are sold at Olivia's Gift, Madison College's gift shop).


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News Release Minister Gail Gago
Minister for Regional Development
Tuesday 22 January, 2013
A grant of $2 million has been awarded to a Whyalla manufacturing and fabrication company from the Enterprise Zone Fund Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback.
E&A Contractors will use the funds towards the upgrade of existing buildings and for the acquisition of heavy engineering equipment, including specialist wind tower fabrication plant, and to refurbish blast and paint facilities.
Minister for Regional Development, Gail Gago, said the expansion would give the region a competitive edge and build local capacity to support economic development and jobs growth.
The project will create approximately 100 full time jobs over four years; with the total cost of the project at approximately $7.5 million.
"In addition to the fabrication of wind towers, the upgraded Whyalla workshop facilities will be better positioned to service mining, processing and infrastructure developments in the Upper Spencer Gulf (USG), Eyre Peninsula and Roxby Downs," Ms Gago said.
"The project is consistent with the State Government's Growing Advanced Manufacturing priority, while positioning Whyalla as a manufacturing hub and service centre for the renewable energy industry.
"We are delivering benefits and opening the door to countless opportunities economically, socially and environmentally."
E&A Contractors Executive Chairman, Stephen Young, thanked Minister Gago and the Government for its support.
"We will now be able to promptly complete the upgrade which is a critical step towards gaining the accreditation from Siemens who are the principal supplier of wind towers," Mr Young said.
While the fabrication of 20 wind towers for Snowtown II was the immediate opportunity, Mr Young said that EAC would be able to manufacture approximately 100 wind towers per annum once the facilities were established and operational.
"The expanded facility will also diversify our customer base and open up opportunities for us to undertake other large mining, renewable energy and defence sector work," he said.
The Enterprise Zone Fund Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback is a $4 million rolling fund,available over four years. The Fund is aimed at capturing the benefits of growing industries to further strengthen Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback communities.
For more information go to: www.pir.sa.gov.au/regions/programs/ezf.