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FSA is Back to Work – And SVS Provides Title Work to FSA Borrowers
With the government shutdown behind us, the Farm Service Agency can get back to work helping farmers. One way they do that is to offer loans to farmers and ag enterprises. There are a number of loan products, as identified here. My office provides title work to FSA offices who are lending on agricultural real estate. If you are interested in an FSA loan and want title work in Southeastern Minnesota, you have the right to ask your banker or FSA contact to send a title request to the Law Office of Shawn Vogt Sween. After years of experience working with farmers as a lawyer and working on a farm as a farmer's daughter, I'm excited to be able to help farmers with their real estate law needs.
The Legal Costs of Rising Farm Prices Impact Farmers' Pocketbooks
Anyone who lives in a rural area knows that farm prices are through the roof right now. For those selling farmland, it's great news. But many of the farmers I talk to are worried about the high costs. Beyond the simple "It's too expensive to buy land right now" worries, there are a number of hidden ways that these high farm costs affect farmer's wallets. This post touches only on a few ways that high farm costs increase legal fees to farmers, whether they're selling their land or not.
Farmers who are buying or selling land right now are seeing larger numbers all over their settlement statements. Many landowners are choosing to subdivide their land to bring higher prices overall. Smaller parcels mean more abstracts are created, which equates to higher abstracting costs and additional title fees for the same amount of land. Lawyers too, faced with huge sale prices, have to take into account their risk on a given transaction. Liability insurance costs increase as the dollar amount of transactions rises, and farmers are sure to see those increases in their closing fees. The State of Minnesota also charges Deed Tax, which is calculated as a percentage of the sale price. Higher sale prices = higher deed taxes.
Of course there are the capital gains tax issues, as most landowners have a much lower basis in their land than today's high prices.
And for those who plan to never sell, estate planning is becoming more costly. Many of my clients who own land are seeking ways to pass that land on to the next generation. Because land values are high, these clients, who may not be especially wealthy otherwise, have multi-million dollar estates for which they will likely owe estate taxes to either Minnesota or the federal government. These people, who may have been fine with an expensive will before now must do more elaborate tax planning, which increases the cost of estate planning.
And then when these same landowners pass on, their families face increased costs to settle the estate. Because the estates are valued high enough to possibly be subject to tax, it's essential that an appraisal be ordered to determine the value of the land at the time of the landowner's death. Even if the landowner planned ahead to utilize tax savings strategies, the appraisal will be an important part of determining the next generation's basis in the property.
We do everything we can to keep costs to a minimum for our clients, but it's important that people realize that additional legal work may be needed, simply because rising land prices have changed the nature of their legal needs.
Family farms: A model of business
The Atlantic magazine recently published a great article about family farms and how they've weathered changes on the industry to become hugely successful. This is the type of farming I see in my corner of Minnesota. The farms are all owned by families. While they may have incorporated because some lawyer or accountant said it would be good, the people who actually farm are fathers, mothers, brothers, grandparents…real people who do a really hard physical job really well.
The farms here are vast. It's not at all uncommon to see an average farmer handling 5000 or more acres by himself or with just a few hired hands. My own Dad and my uncle are just these kinds of farmers, growing corn and soybeans on the fertile land of southeastern Minnesota.
My favorite part of this article may have been the way the author praised farmers for their foresight in supporting good education. That's precisely the value I see in farming communities around me. Farmers and their families support local schools, sitting on the school boards, attending games, leading youth groups, and encouraging young people. It's why we see such good education systems in states with a farming background. And it's why, when my husband was hired as an engineer in a California company, his boss told him, "I'd hire a farm kid any day. Farmers are some of the smartest, most ingenious people you'll ever meet." Heck, it's why my own farmer dad has a daughter with a Harvard law education, another daughter who's a doctor, and two more well-educated daughters whose families own their own businesses.
Midwesterners sometimes get a bad rap in national magazines as being behind the times or somehow different. It was a refreshing change to read an article praising the business model of the modern family farm.
And with that, I'll put in my normal plug for farm succession planning. If you are the owner of a successful family farm, you have all the more reason to spend just a bit of time with a lawyer thinking about a fair way to pass that farm on to the next generation in your family. Farmers who have built these incredibly successful, sophisticated businesses deserve to have a good plan in place so they don't have to worry about what happens when they're ready to be done farming.
Farmers, CDLs, Cell Phones & Trucks
Everyone knows the laws about commercial trucking are complicated. So when you mix ag laws, farmers operating semi-trucks for their own farms, cell phone use, and commercial driver's licenses, you have an interesting mix of rules and exceptions. Here are a couple things farmers should note:
Minnesota farmers DO NOT need to have a CDL (commercial driver's license) to operate a farm truck.
This rule applies when the truck is:
- "Operated by the farmer or immediate family member, or an employee of the farmer;
- Used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies, including hazardous materials to or from a farm;
- Not used in a contract or common carrier operation; and
- Used within 150 miles of the farm." (Source: Minnesota Department of Transportation)
So the farmers hauling sweet corn, field corn, soybeans, peas, etc, down the road, do not necessarily have a CDL. And as it's the farmer, relatives or employees driving the truck within 150 miles of the farm, hauling ag products or supplies, farmers can drive those trucks with just a regular driver's license. Many who haven't worked on a farm are surprised by this law, but let me assure you: Farmers get A LOT of practice maneuvering those trucks around very large, very expensive equipment in the dark of night over muddy terrain and in poor conditions with tight deadlines. Most of the farmers I've met are also some of the best truck drivers I've ever met.
Like other truck drivers, farmers can no longer use their cell phones while driving trucks.
A new federal law went into effect this year that restricts commercial truck drivers from using their cell phones while driving. It appears this law applies to farmers who drive a commercial vehicle, even if they don't have a CDL. If you're in a truck, you shouldn't be using your cell phone under the new restrictions. The fines are steep. The driver can be fined $2750 and the company can face fines of $11,000. Certain hands-free mobile devices are still allowed, so if you rely on your phone while trucking, it may be time for you to check out what's new in hands-free technology.
Farmers Now Must Record Concrete & Rebar Burial
Did you know that farmers aren't supposed to bury concrete on their land unless they give legal notice of its location? Most farmers don't, but the issue of concrete and rebar burial is the subject of a recent Minnesota law change.
Based upon a presentation I listened to yesterday from a Freeborn County Land Use official, it sounds like there is differing opinion on whether farmers should be allowed to bury concrete on their land. Having grown up on a farm and living on one now, I know what happens. Buildings fall down, are taken out of use, or are destroyed in other ways. What's left is a mess of concrete that needs to be taken care of, and burying the concrete seems like the fastest and easiest method of disposal. I know buried concrete exists on the farm homesite my family recently purchased, and I've seen other area farmers burying concrete as well. Minnesota lawmakers apparently agreed that the practice happens and isn't against the law, because the recent law change presumes that farmers will bury such materials.
If you do bury concrete on your farm property, beware…Minnesota Statute 17.135, Farm Disposal of Solid Waste, puts additional requirements on landowners. You must bury the materials "in a nuisance-free, pollution-free, and aesthetic manner on the land used for farming." More importantly, however, you're now required to record an affidavit within 90 days of the burial. The affidavit should provide the legal description of the property, certify that you've complied with all applicable laws and regulations, and identify by map the location of the buried materials. The purpose, I suppose, it to give potential future owners of the property some notice that concrete lurks beneath the topsoil.
It currently costs $46 to record a document at your county office, so there is a fee for this reporting requirement. Interestingly, however, the state law does not provide a penalty for failure to record the affidavit. Some counties do have zoning ordinances or planning requirements that provide penalties for failure to comply. I also wouldn't be surprised if purchase agreements are not modified in some way in the future to require disclosure of known concrete burial. And of course, the state law could always change to include a penalty for failure to record the affidavit. So in the meantime…keep in mind that you're supposed to record the burial of concrete and rebar.
Planning to Pass on the Farm – Ag Succession Planning
Farming involves a lot of tough decisions and specialized knowledge. Farmers have to know when to hurry to the field in the middle of the night because a big storm is coming at 6:00 am and the whole chemical application schedule will be thrown off by missing these next 12 hours. Or when to market their livestock or commodities. Or how best to prepare the fields, prevent animal diseases, haul grain, or protect growing livestock. With all these decisions to make on a daily basis, it's no wonder that many farmers put off planning for the future.
Of course you know, though, that a plan is essential, especially when it comes to farm succession planning. Questions of fairness are personal and difficult to discuss in a family business. These are the kinds of questions your lawyer will prompt you to consider when you start making your plans.
I recently ran across an excellent summary of how to start thinking about farm succession planning: Succession Planning and the Family Farm. The authors make some excellent points:
- According to the USDA, approximately 96 percent of the 2.2 million farms are classified as "family farms. The average age of a farm operator is 57 and the fastest growing segment is those over age 65. These ages suggest the need for planning for transitioning due to death, disability or retirement.
- At time of transition, two options (1) maintain the operation while transitioning ownership to a son or daughter; or (2) shut down the farming operation and sell or lease the land. Most would prefer to transition to family. To make this transition more successful, farmers should identify and train potential successors early and determine
what they will need to know and do to qualify as a successor. Although farmers would prefer to retire when they choose, the plan should include all scenarios and consider the financial needs for both the farm operation and the succeeding children in each scenario. Some options would include lifetime purchase, an inheritance, a purchase from the estate, or a long term lease. Financial needs might include financing from a bank, parent financing, disability and/or life insurance. Starting early will increase the liklihood of insurability and affordability.
- Dividing the farm among all children is not always the best idea. It might be better to gift other money or items to non-farming children. Life insurance can benefit your planning by providing a source of funds to for non-farming children to inherit.
- Start talking to your children early about what the plan is and make sure everyone is in agreement. Revise the plan when necessary and continue to communicate.
- Your attorney, accountant, financial planner and insurance professional should all be involved in the planning. In addition a business coach or planner can be helpful in this process. The failure to plan can cause financial problems for all involved and can even result in forced sale of land to pay for taxes or other debt, proper planning will allow the farm to endure while caring for the needs of both generations.
The whole article is worth a read. And if you haven't done any succession planning yet, please do so now, whether you are retired, nearing retirement or in the middle of your farming years, there is no better time than now. The sooner you begin your planning, the more options you will have to successfully transition your farm.
Farm Kids Not Allowed to Work? DOL Rules target youth and teens on farms.
Working on the farm is a tradition for farm families. I picked rocks with my parents and the rest of my family from as early as I can remember. When we were very young, we used to sit on the back of the wagon when we got tired, kicking the wagon wheels when no one was looking.
As I got older, I graduated to driver. That meant that I got to drive the tractor and wagon forward and then hop off and pick with everyone else until it was time to pull forward again. My favorite part, though, was switching all the tractors between fields, when we could get the tractors up to top gear and drive full speed (not all that very fast in an old tractor) down the gravel roads. It was a fun bit of freedom, but it was important work. Without our help, my dad would have spent hours shuttling our wagons and tractors between fields by himself.
My parents and uncle always paid us for our work on the farm, and we worked hard. We started each day before 7 am and worked alongside the adults. When it came time to go to college, each of us had a small nest egg that helped us pay for some of our computers, books, room, and tuition. And today, we are all hardworking adults. Between the four of us, my sisters and I own our own businesses, working as doctors, lawyers, and marketing professionals, while managing growing families. Several of us are employed in agri-business. I work with farmers in my law practice. And my parents and the rest of us run a family farm winery, Four Daughters Vineyard and Winery. We work those same long hours, actually getting our hands dirty in the fields, and we are thankful for the strong ethics our farming background instilled in us.
Which brings me to my point…we were able to learn those skills because regulations allowed farm kids to work on their family's farms for pay. Farm labor laws currently exempt young farm workers from Department of Labor standards if they're working on their own family's farm. A proposed change in that law would prohibit farm kids under 16 from operating most machinery or working with livestock. The stated goal is to protect kids from dangerous conditions on the farm, but the change would only affect hired farm workers. In effect, farm families would be prohibited from paying teens under age 16 for their work on the farm…or those paid farm kids would be prohibited from assisting with many jobs they've historically done. This USA Today article describes some of the changes.
Some legislators who grew up on farms understand that kids learn great work ethics and earn good money working on their family farms. Legislation is underway calling on the DOL to withdraw its proposal.
Farm families should watch this legislation and the proposed changes closely. If it passes, it could mean serious changes in the way that families conduct their farm business.
Missing Pigs & Neighbor Relations – Protecting Neighbors from Smells and Pigs from Thieves
The New York Times reports that pig thefts are on the rise in the Midwest, especially in Minnesota and Iowa. If you've ever seen a hog finishing barn, you know that many large pigs live together in long housing facilities. These barns are often located away from towns, main roads, and even the farmers themselves. There are all sorts of laws about hogs, not only animal care laws, but real estate issues as well. For example, depending upon when the farmer put his barn there and how he operates the ag facility, he may or may not be liable to his neighbor for a nuisance claim arising out of the smell that naturally accompanies pigs. Or the farmer may be protected by Minnesota's Right to Farm statute, which states that agricultural operations shall not be considered a nuisance if they meet certain criteria. Counties may even require neighbors of hog farms to sign and record an agreement indicating they know they live in an agricultural area and agree that it has smells and sounds that naturally accompany that line of work.
All of these laws have culminated to keep hog farms away from people, which means they may have inadvertently become a prime target for thieves. Hog prices are high right now. Corn prices are also high. So it's relatively expensive to feed and grow a hog to market weight. But a thief who steals a fully -grown hog may have just found himself a tidy profit. One farmer, for example, estimated his losses at $30,000. Because non-farmers who move to the country often want peace and serenity, they can be surprised at the sounds and smells of agriculture. Farmers have responded by making their barns more automated, locating them on gravel roads, and keeping them out of yards and housing areas. Responsible farming that keeps neighbors happy. Consequently though, there are fewer watchful eyes to protect the farmer's work.
I imagine farmers will be watching more carefully. As rural neighbors, I hope we can do the same.
Ag News – Farm Bill, Pig Farms, and Wind Farm Construction
As always, farmers and the law are in the news this week.
Lawmakers are debating a Farm Bill. This article in Ag Week discusses one legislator's views on the direction the country might take with a new Farm Bill.
The Eagle Tribune reports a pig farmer in Massachusetts is fighting a recent decision to disallow his proposed piggery. Law protecting the right to farm vary across the country. Here in Minnesota, there have been many attempts to protect animal farmers from nuisance claims, including the Right to Farm Law in Statute 561.19. In many cases, though, these laws protect existing operations from new neighbors disturbed by oderrific conditions, not new operations.
South Dakota is considering cutting taxes on wind farm development, in order to better compete with neighboring states. Minnesota is home to many wind farms, and many landowners, farmers, and retired farmers appreciate the opportunity to earn a little extra money each year from their windmills. These contracts are often long-term, run with the land (that means your heirs will be bound by the terms of the contract), and heavily weighted toward protecting the developer and not the farmer. A gentle reminder: if you are considering signing a windmill contract, bring the easement and other documentation to your attorney to be sure you understand exactly what you're signing. Too many times, clients have brought in already signed and recorded windmill easements and were disappointed to discover the terms were not very favorable to their wishes.
Agriculture a "Bright Spot" in a Down Economy – Earnings, Incomes increase in 2010
At a time when many farm families are struggling, it's encouraging to hear good news about farm profits. The Star Tribune recently reported that "Agriculture rebounded sharply in Minnesota, but gains weren't evenly spread." Although not all farmers reported higher earnings, a number of farmers saw their earnings increase in 2010 thanks to a good growing year compared to 2009's difficult growing conditions.
As you begin the 2011 planting season and hope for another good year, consider protecting your family by putting together a good estate plan or farm transition plan. You'll never be sorry to have done some advance business and estate planning. I see far too many people in my practice who own land – extremely valuable land – and have failed to plan for what will happen with that farm as the years go by. Consider consulting an attorney if you haven't taken this important step yet.


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Waste Not, Want Not
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07 Feb 13
Can you imagine the immorality of throwing food you've just bought into the trash? Just thinking about it seems paradoxical, but that's what happens, far too often, in the rich West.
In January, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London published a fascinating report on food waste, entitled Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not, which looked at the situation in both rich and developing countries. For example, the report has calculated that household waste in the United Kingdom alone amounts to 7 million tons of food every year, worth £10.2 billion. On average, all this discarded food costs every family £480 annually, which over the course of a lifetime means a waste of between £15,000 and £24,000.
The report is most critical of the richest countries, where waste is greater and also more easily avoidable. The main problems the report highlights are the same as those given in many similar studies, and include impossible-to-finish super-sized portions, "all-you-can-eat" offers, the supermarkets' refusal to sell slightly crooked carrots or blemished apples and consumers' confusion between best-before and expiry dates.
Additionally, the report makes the point that this waste of food translates into a waste of water, land and energy. According to the researchers, if those 7 million tons of food were not wasted in the United Kingdom, the saving of the energy consumed to produce, package and transport it would be the same as removing 20% of cars from the country's streets.
But as well as drawing attention to the waste correlated to the food we throw out, the report also shows that if we adopted a series of virtuous behaviors at an individual and collective level, and adopted appropriate solutions on a case-by-case basis, we would be able to provide 60 to 100% more food, while also freeing up water, land and energy. Slow Food believes we should be taking advantage of this opportunity, and is closely following the issue at a European level. Specifically, the international organization is participating in a work group on food waste coordinated by DG SANCO, which will meet for the second time on February 8 in Brussels.
Global food: waste not, want not
New Scientist, 14th January 2013
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A winner of Astral Artists' 2012 National Auditions, Ms. Kim has been performing concerts and dedicating herself to many outreach programs. She is the recipient of many awards and honors including prizes from the California International Violin Competition, the Pacific Music Society Competition, the Korea Times String Competition, and the Youth Excellence Scholarship for the Arts. Her performances have been broadcast on NPR's "From the Top" with Christopher O'Riley, American Public Media, Performance Today, New Tang Dynasty Television, Philadelphia's WHYY, Taos's KTAOS Solar Radio, and KEMS. She has recently taken part in the Philadelphia Orchestra Education Partnership, working with artists to reach out, teach, and perform to the community.
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In many of the recent articles on millennials, there is a critical narrative that has emerged and has lead to what I believe is the beginning of a cultural zeitgeist, and that narrative is about purpose.
There seems to be a quest is toward a seemingly-impossible dream, and the journey is exhaustive. Even when all seems to be in order on the outside, there remains a longing and an unsatisfied yearning for an unidentified quality that will comfort, connect and center a person.
In a world of rising consumer cynicism about brands, Joel and his team have distinguished themselves within the crowded tech startup space by firmly believing in not just improving their core product, but also in improving the well-being of their users.
Without knowing why you're doing something, it's only a matter of time before your motivation runs dry and you wake up one morning with that question burning in your heart: "Why am I doing this?"
We are now more concerned about being smarter, wiser, improving collective well being and are now more willing to punish brands which do not engage in sustainable practices.
I am a huge proponent of figuring out one's purpose and living it fully. The part I have a problem with is the misconceptions people have about finding it and what they think it should be.
To find meaning in life, one needs to reframe reality in a cumulative way. Thus, our actions and activities get stored in a metaphorical bucket. We should set goals and make progress toward these goals.
When you learn to serve others selflessly you tap into the inner goodness and love buried beneath your ego and protective facade. The joy of putting a smile on another person's face is by far the most precious thing you'll experience in this lifetime.
What's the point of living a full life if one only uses it to burden others? We may live in a world of classes and hierarchies, but life itself is equal, and because it's short, rare, and not absolute, it also makes it special.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Four years ago, we featured Cedar Rapids Washington freshman Kyle Kaness and his unique two-handed bowling style.
"It's not really something I was taught to do, I have just done it ever since i started bowling," he said then.
Kaness is now a senior, but he never graduated to the more traditional one-handed delivery.
"There was not a chance of me going one-handed," he said.
The results speak for themselves. In his freshman year, he averaged a 170 score. As a senior, it's up to 230. This past year, Kyle was named first team All-district and Mississippi Valley bowler of the year.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Albert Laflam, formerly of Belmont, N.H., passed away on the 29th of May, 2014 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he resided for many years. He was 85 years old. Albert died after a lengthy struggle with Lewy Body Dementia and was comforted in his last days by his loving wife Joan (Bissonette) Laflam. He is also survived by his sister-in-law Florence Laflam, his cousins Colonel Robert Laflam, Paul Laflam, Donald Laflam and Samuel Corriveau; his nephews Lawrence Laflam and Daniel Laflam and niece Christine Clark. He is the last surviving child of Albert Laflam, Sr. and Vilida (Cote) Laflam late of Belmont, New Hampshire. He was pre-deceased by his brother Armand and Armand's first wife Elizabeth and their child Jacqueline.
Albert graduated from Saint Michael's College in 1951 and returned to his home state of New Hampshire. He spent the next ten years working in the transportation industry, before moving to Washington, D.C. for a life in public service. Prior to leaving New Hampshire, Al met the young woman he would take as his bride nine years later. Al and Joan were married forty-five years, enjoying the social, cultural and political life of Washington, D.C.
Al's career was in the field of information technology. Computer utilization was in its infancy and Al was on the ground floor. Soon after arriving in Washington, D.C., he was assigned by the General Services Administration to one of the first task forces to develop an internal program to track inventory within the largest US government agency. That was the start of a career in project management that would span over thirty-five years, until the early stages of his disease made it difficult for him to function effectively.
Al loved his work and he especially loved to help young people navigate the emerging information technology. He also loved music and the performing arts. Al and Joan were long-standing patrons of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., attending many performances until Al's illness made it difficult to manage.
Joan would like to thank the staff and nurses at the Sunrise Senior Living Center for their wonderful care.
There will be no calling hours.
There will be a Memorial Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Parish in Belmont, N.H. on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 10 a.m. followed by a reception in the parish hall. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Laconia, N.H. will follow the reception.
Contributions in Albert's memory may be made to Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Road, S. W. Lilburn, GA 30047.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Wilkinson- Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.


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May. 28, 2015
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May. 22, 2015
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May. 21, 2015
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May. 14, 2015
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May. 9, 2015
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May. 6, 2015
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May. 5, 2015
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May. 2, 2015
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May. 2, 2015
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Apr. 25, 2015
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Apr. 17, 2015
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Apr. 15, 2015
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Apr. 8, 2015
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Mar. 19, 2015
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Mar. 15, 2015
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Mar. 8, 2015
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Feb. 11, 2015
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Jan. 16, 2015
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Jan. 3, 2015
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Dec. 18, 2014
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Dec. 14, 2014
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Dec. 6, 2014
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Nov. 29, 2014
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Nov. 25, 2014
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Sep. 26, 2014
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Mississippi State women's coach Vic Schaefer must be forgiven if he checked twice that Candace Foster was on the bus for Duluth, Ga.
He just doesn't want to enter any competitive situation like the Southeastern Conference Tournament without the junior guard being around.
Without Foster's presence, practices haven't turned out very well and her play during games has been valuable also for the Bulldogs.
"You talk about a kid who was a walk-on before we got here and we started her on and off throughout the season," Schaefer said. "I can't have practice without her. She's our energizer bunny. Practices are not any good if she's not in the building. We've had to work around that a little bit with her class schedule."
Foster's impact has not only been felt on the court, but around the community as well.
For her service in the local area, Foster was recognized on Monday as a member of the SEC Community Service Team.
The honor was something Foster embraced because Starkville has meant so much to her since arriving from Jackson.
"This is such a great community that has been instrumental in my growth as a young women during my time at Mississippi State," Foster said.
"It's important for me to give back to the community. My desire to give back is what led me to wanting to be an educator."
Foster was exposed to area schools with the Bully's Book Blitz program, which stresses the importance of reading. She participated in Christmas giveaways with the collection of school supplies and toys for children.
With her work as an active member of Mississippi State's M-Club student-athlete service organization and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Foster is deserving of the SEC recognition in the eyes of her coach.
"She is that award," Schaefer said. "She's a tremendous Christian young lady, a spiritual leader and lives the right way. She makes great decisions and she's a Mississippi State Bulldog."
As part of FCA, Foster has served as a sports camp instructor and been a featured speaker to local middle school students.
Foster and the Bulldogs take on Alabama today at the SEC Tournament. The tip at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth is set for 5 p.m.
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September Artist: Becky Johnson, Sweetie Pie Press
The Sweetie Pie Press is an independently owned and operated art and craft operation that is run out of a modest and warm apartment in Toronto. We also plan annual tours and sometimes act as a completely organic connective tissue between artists and makers the world over.
The Sweetie Pie Press is run entirely by Becky Johnson. Becky also helms City of Craft, an indie craft organization in Toronto that presents a major holiday craft fair, gallery events, trunk shows and other craft-based programming. Becky is a contributor to the Toronto Craft Alert, too – an online source for critical thinking and news about craft happenings in and around Toronto. She teaches skill-based workshops, shares ideas for free and sometimes lectures about topics from the indie craft world. She also crochets just about every day.
From The Sweetie Pie Press Blog on August 12, 2011:
"As those who follow this blog will know, I have more than a passing interest in stuff. Why do objects hold such value in our lives? Why do certain objects hold more value than others? Why does that value shift from person to person? Where is the line between collecting and hoarding? These questions have lead me all over the place and are the borne of my earliest days and experiences.
For over a year now, I have been percolating Awards for Nothing, a button-based gallery project that addresses some of these concerns by illuminating scrappy detritus and converting it into makers of worth. Finding a venue for the project's initial outing has been a challenge. Enter Printshop Forever, a Milwaukee-based one-year project of monthly artist editions that matches awards for nothing so much it aches.
Initially, I had envisioned editions of 1000 unique awards for a gallery installation, but since Printshop Forever is a mostly online project that number didn't make sense. At 100 awards, this first release is still going to be the largest release the site will deal with this year. 100 is probably a more reasonable edition to start with anyway. And it's nice to have conditions that force me to be at least mildly reasonable from time to time.
So here I am in Albuquerque with a month (and roughly 1500 miles) between me and the launch of the project. I will be driving to Milwaukee (with plenty of stops in between) to hand deliver my edition… For now, I am armed with a porta file that is quickly filling with scraps from Portland, Arcata, Eureka, Berkeley, Oakland, Phoenix and my mother's home in Vancouver."
-Becky Johnson, Sweetie Pie Press
These drawings were meant to serve as a hunting dog in the bush, to flush out what may be hiding, and help capture it. Each deals with barriers to be examined and methods for surmounting them. The characters represent emotional states of denial and achievement, shame and buffoonery, young love and jealousy.
Just before sleep there is a time between dream and wake where the mind function jumps from real to unreal. In this time I will often rub my eyes for pressure vision and wonder which things I am truly seeing and which are imagined. Then my thoughts are scattered and sent on opposing voyages. To try and speak would only slow the process and yield jumbled poetry. Drawing is the closest I can come to recording this place I visit often and bring back a map to the discoveries.
Hailing from the swamps and tundra of Racine, Wisconsin, Evan Ross Murphy's work reflect symbolic discovery and mastery of diverse theoretical landscapes. Envisioning frontier worlds where primitive skill sets are still needed, and are won from native guides and hardship. Trapping, tracking, building shelter and fire are still done today, but have been evolved. He aims to reconcile this knowledge with the places it comes from and is used. With a style informed by his own gathering of these skills, his works, from paintings and sculpture to music and film, act as a map for adventuring through his and our world.
Currently living and working as an Art Director in Los Angeles, California.
Faythe Levine is based out of Milwaukee, WI where she curates Sky High Gallery and produces the annual Art vs. Craft fair. She is the director and co-author of Handmade Nation: The Rise of D.I.Y. Art, Craft and Design and is currently working on a new documentary Sign Painters: Stories from an American Trade.
Treasure Balls: South East Asia series are the creation of artist, curator, filmmaker, collector and author Faythe Levine. Generally based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Levine also spends much of her time traveling the world coordinating programs surrounding handmade and creative empowerment. During these travels she compulsively photographs her explorations of markets, fairs and boutiques documenting her travels through her blog "I Was Born in 1977″. Through her exploration, her creative process has continued to evolve now incorporating small, obsolete souvenirs, which have spent lifetimes on shelves overlooked by others. As time has passed, this ephemera has found a place within her work. Inspired by the "Surprise Balls" she saw in 2008 at Kisok in New York, Levine has dubbed her version "Treasure Balls". These art objects can be left as a mystery or slowly unwrapped to unveil the treasures hidden inside. This series is inspired by her recent travels in Bali and Thailand where there is no shortage of small, beautiful and bizarre objects. Each Treasure Ball contains 15 small treasures.
Twitter: @faythelevine
May Artist: Sarah Jane Harper
My home and family have shaped who I am as a person today. I have very vivid memories of my home and the events that took place there throughout my life. Naturally, I want to be surrounded by the feeling of comfort that I get from my home so I have chosen to make my work about this theme. By combining methods of printmaking, such as screen-printing, with embroidery, quilting, collage, three-dimensional objects and installation, I have been able to convey this comfort to the viewer. Much of my work sits on the thin line between art and craft, by combining very domestic, feminine processes with those of fine art. I am intrigued by the use of pattern. Also, I enjoy creating usable objects from my prints, whether the use is pure decoration, or shelter or a household item.
These flags are an extension of my latest body of work. I enjoy printing on fabrics and incorporating textiles into my art, allowing embroidery and sewing to become part of the process. I have used images that create comfort for me and want the viewer to be able to hang these flags in their home to create their own sense of comfort.
Sarah Jane Harper grew up on a small farm in Burlington, Wisconsin. She was always a creative child, but didn't fully realize her love for art until high school, when she was exposed to a vast array of art-making processes. After making the decision to pursue an advanced education in find art she attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. During her education at MIAD she worked with the themes of home and family, as well as combining printmaking with other art forms, such as stitching, installation and three-dimensional work. She currently lives in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee where she continues to create.
This work is a memorial to the passion and fury felt in Wisconsin beginning February 14th, 2011 but which is ongoing and existed before our time: the beauty and inspiration of Wisconsin as a people; the natural spirit that invigorates–earth and scientific wonders; and the spirit of communities gathering together with common goals, changing each other in small ways.
Art serves the needs of human beings: belly laughter and tears, gross out moments, community interest and support, preservation of history, drawing music, playing music appreciating music, broad positive social commentary or critique, intimate and/or uncomfortable social settings, interacting with rejects, dreams for day and night, running free, letting wild things be free, appreciating surroundings, growing up, freaking out; my art is for finding value in art as these things are all it. It's the ordinary people who have the most control–if only they care to ignite it.
Alyssa Schulte is an artist from and currently living in Milwaukee. She graduated in 2005 from the University of Milwaukee Wisconsin with a BFA focusing in drawing and painting. She briefly studied painting at Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence Italy that same year. She was co-owner, curator and participating designer of Fasten Collective in Bayview, WI, a store and gallery which helped promote local Milwaukee area artists. She is a participating set designer and assistant of Rock and Roller Remote Controller a Milwaukee based television show and music video production company. She is a co-founder, curator, and participating artist of Hovercraft, an annual Milwaukee music and art event whose purpose is to support local artists. Her work has been shown at Paper Boat Gallery, Sky High Gallery, UW-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, Art Vs. Craft and featured on My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses. She has also shown work at various underground galleries and spaces in Milwaukee as well as highly accessible places such as the internet and outside.
March Artist: Eduardo J. Villanueva
Exploding Equestrian, Horse dynamos bursting into bits on tessellated heraldry. Min•stallation.
I wanted this print to function as both a piece to be admired and as a piece to be played with. An image of three inverted horses was manipulated through 18 varied color schemes. These images were then segmented by a pattern of 70 squares and equilateral triangles. Finally the 1,260 tiles were mixed through systematic shuffling in order to complicate and obscure the original image.
Pattern and animal iconography have had a consistent presence in my work. In the last year, my work has focused on the use of geometric tiling and pattern as a source of rigidity in drawing. In this pattern I am using equilateral triangles and squares to explore secondary shapes that appear through their manipulation and orientation. Egg shapes, hoops, donuts, and I'm not quite sure how to call are visible by combining simpler shapes. The horse was chosen as a sort of ultimate challenge. In the last 100,000 years of history, the horse has found itself the subject of the artist. In past representations, the beast was shown as a symbol of a natural force, as a steed to be conquered, and as the very bringer of death. Who the hell am I to think that I can top that lineage. For me, animal imagery is a symbolic language that is an ever persisting challenge posed to artists. For this and several works before it, I have attempted to tame the language of the horse. Much like the breaking of a horse to make it suitable for riding, I have been manipulating and aggressively attacking the subject in order to get it to follow my rules. The obscuring and degrading of the horse figures attempts to only suggest the presence of an animal without explicitly presenting it to the viewer, avoiding unwanted associations. However, this attempt at containing the language of the horse is ultimately unobtainable, much like a rider being bucked from a bronco. I can only give an assumed orientation to the piece through numbering and a guide, but who can resist making their own story. As a mini installation (or minstallation) I invite the viewer to determine the pieces orientation so that they may engage with the work, handle it, and hope to tame it.
February Artist: Rebecca Rose Tanner
As a recent transplant to Savannah, the last year or so has been shaped by acclimating myself to my new environment. This series of replicated hand-painted signs serves to represent the character of my new home. By duplicating a sign – a piece of public information – I am transforming it into a private commodity and calling attention to the relationships we develop with our surroundings and the things we are likely to dismiss and the obscurities we covet. The signs that I have chosen to replicate are signs that over the past year I have really gotten to know and make me laugh. I decided to do this project when I noticed I would opt to take alternate routes, in many cases longer routes on my day to day journeys only to catch a glimpse of these signs and business along my path. Before I made solid friends, I built a solid relationship with my city. I have been asked why I didn't just do a photo essay or documentation of signs. To be honest, this method never entered my mind as a possibility. I use a camera only as a tool for forgetting, a machine that will remember things for me as a reference. With this series, I wanted to really get to know the images and through them get to know the person who made them. By duplicating someone elses decisions, and in many cases their mistakes, I had to alter my approach with each individual piece. There are many signs or pieces of graffiti and other public markings that I was not able to complete for this installment, but this will be a continuing project woven throughout my stay in this city.
I grew up in Appleton, WI and left at 16 to attend the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. In 2005 I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Printmaking. During the course of my study I attended the New York Studio program and due to a change in studio space and facilities that were available I started working outside of the printed medium. In the fall of 2004, I began my focus in needlework. I started my exploration of text and the transcendent and transformative effect that the repeated motion of embroidery had on a basic statement. I used phrases that were both pertinent to my daily life and relevant to everyone. For instance, "I'll talk to you tomorrow" in its basic state is a common, throw-away statement. However, after repeating this for hours on end, the phrase becomes something much different – it becomes a mantra, a feeling. Since my creative methods changed in 2004, my work has had some resonance with the idea of altering the context of day to day social exchanges, be they personal or commercial.
When I am not working on 'fine art' I make clothing. I design my own patterns, carve my own buttons and crochet my own lace. Being involved in every aspect of a garment alters my attention to detail, my accountability for failures and the pride I take when I finish something that fits perfectly. In many ways, I am taking a fine art or craftsman approach to clothing. I sell my custom wears on etsy and at craft fairs around the country.
Currently I live, work, and make things in Savannah, GA.
January Artist: Cassandra Smith
Cassandra Smith is an artist and freelance curator working in Milwaukee. She graduated in 2006 from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design with a degree in sculpture. After graduating, Cassandra co-owned the now defunct Armoury Gallery which exhibited contemporary work by local and national emerging artists. Her work has been shown at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Philadelphia, John Michael Kohler Art Center, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Paper Boat Gallery and the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. Her recent collaborative venture is a bi-monthly visual arts magazine entitled Fine Line Magazine.
My work is about manipulation and transformation. It is about understanding the implications of a found object and enhancing them in ways to challenge those implications. I am interested in comparing and contrasting shapes and patterns. This concept often manifests into an additional comparison between masculine and feminine forms of craft. I enjoy the juxtaposition of the traditionally masculine art of taxidermy with the mainly feminine art of patterning and decorating.
For this project I kept with my interests and created the additional challenge of working on the small scale. I have typically worked on a much larger scale, but the challenge of fitting a geometrical pattern on a small organic form was both difficult and satisfying.


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August - Sunrise
Rothera Diary - August 2003
written by Andrew Porte
August has been a month of mixed emotions. As July ended and August started the base team was still trying to comprehend and come to terms with the loss of Kirsty. The initial shock was starting to ease and preparations to allow the Dash-7 to get in had started and were providing a much needed distraction for everyone.
Above: Kirsty in July - Click to enlarge
Most people on the base had a lot to complete before the plane would be able to fly in. The Vehicle Mechanics (Chris and Iain) had their work cut out to clear the runway and apron of four months worth of snow. Along with work on the apron and runway there was also the hangar which had to be emptied. In the summer this is not normally a problem, during the winter though it's a cracking place to park all the machines, trailers and other bits and bobs, not forgetting of course it's the badminton court. It's really easy to forget how much space these things require, and best of all when we did get the plane in there all the vehicles had to be squeezed in around it again.
To read about the strange world of the snow blowing Vehicle Mechanics click here.
Above: Snow blowing at Rothera. Click to enlarge.
Other work on the runway required that the runway lights were cleared and prepared. These lights are used to give the pilots an indication of where the runway starts and finishes as well as information on the angle of approach to the landing point. It was back aching work at times and involved digging out the drums that cover them, checking that the lights were working and then putting the drums back to stop any new snow from covering them. But with the help of a few willing souls it was soon finished. Once all the checks had been completed we only needed to take off the drums when the aircraft was on its way.
Above: The north end of the runway - Click to enlarge.
In the end after a week of long days the runway had been cleared and everything was in place for the arrival of the Dash-7. All we needed was some good weather that would allow it to get in, and this being the Antarctic winter we may have been in for a bit of a wait. Luckily the met team (Adam and Rich F) must have had a favour owed by the big man upstairs and so the day after we had finished the aircraft arrived in the Falkland Islands and it was good enough for it to fly south.
The Dash-7 arrival brought some new faces to the station. Most of the visitors had all been south before which helped, as we had got to know them well during the previous summer season. The aircrafts arrival was certainly met with some degree of mixed emotion, everyone was pleased to see it arrive safely, however this was tempered by sadness because of why it had come.
With the planes return, one of the happier moments that gave us all a lift was to receive post from friends and loved ones back home, as well as the welcome luxury of some fresh fruit and veg.
During the twenty-four hour period they were here, the visiting team were supportive and understanding and when they departed the following morning it was almost as if the only evidence of them being here were the tyre tracks that disappeared two thirds the way up the runway.
Also this month...
A week on the night shift. Written by Issy Gerrard.
To read about nights click here
Above: Issy singing during the summer. Click the images to enlarge them.
A new found love of Ski's. Written by Eric Thornthwaite.
To read about Eric skiing click here
Above: Eric walking around the point. Click to enlarge.
And finally for this month
Some pictures from around the base.
Above: A station member watching the sun and the first sunrise after midwinter - Click to enlarge.
Next month..... The second winter trips
Above: Matt forgetting to seep indoors again - Click to enlarge.
By Andrew Porte
Pictures by winter 2003 team


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Couple renovating Kulm building into offices, residence
January 10, 2013 at 11:56 pm in The Jamestown Sun
Loren and Mary Liechty spend much of their time in Texas or Florida, depending on the time of year.
Kulm, N.D., is where they want to be for at least part of each summer. The couple now own a historic building in the town, the First State Bank building, and are restoring it.
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