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Don and Lolane wintered each winter in St. George relishing their time together with family and seeking yard sales.
In an odd twist of fate, I thought I might share my latest story in search of the family of Theophilus and Martha France. I stumbled on this photograph when scanning the photos of my Great Great Grandmother. She married Herbert Coley, whose sister, Martha Ann, is shown above. This photo was in the collection, likely from Martha France herself, to my Great Great Grandfather Herbert. The photo just had the two names written on the back of the photo.
Since, I have tried to track down the family with little or no success. I will give some of the limited history I know at this point and then close with my latest little find.
Theophilus was born 26 December 1863 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England. He married Martha Ann Coley 4 November 1891 in Logan, Cache, Utah in the Logan LDS Temple. Martha was born 18 August 1860 in Lutley, Worcestershire, England to Stephen and Hannah Maria Rogers Coley.
Theophilus was a musician that took the family to various places chasing performing and music instructions. Mostly in Cache Valley, but also taking in a jaunt to Salina, Sevier, Utah.
Born to the family were 5 children.
Ada France born 1 April 1893 in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho and died 14 February 1957 in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho. She married Henry James Flippence.
Marguerite France born 19 October 1894 in Franklin and died 20 Mar 1936 in Logan. She married George Bright.
Wilford France born 25 Mar 1897 in Lewiston, Cache, Utah and died 28 August 1986 in Los Angeles County, California. He married Elsie Arvilla Brown.
John France born 22 May 1899 in Lewiston and died 18 June 1953 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He married Meryln Burton.
Beatrice France born 16 October 1901 in Lewiston and died 14 October 1997 in Salt Lake City. She married Robert Wallace Ekenstam.
From the census records, it appears Martha may have had a son (maybe a brother) named Frank. He appears and then disappears. He may be a cousin who came over from England with Martha and then died, married, or just moved away. I cannot trace him down again, so this is one question I have always wanted to answer. But finding a member of this family has not proved easy.
I knew Theophilus and Martha are buried in the Lewiston Cemetery. Her brother, George, and their parents, Stephen and Hannah, my Great Great Great Grandparents are also buried there. Theophilus died 30 October 1923 in Lewiston. Martha died 18 July 1949 in Parma, Canyon, Idaho.
George Bright and Marguerite Coley had at least 8 children, but only one of them lived to marry. I knew her name was Gennevieve Bright and that she had married a man by the name of Elvon Monson Jensen 22 April 1947. He died in 1990 and trying to track down a lady Monson in Utah or Idaho, especially where she could have remarried, seemed an impossible task. I left it there and tried some of the other lines.
In 2011, I was in my office and visiting with the wife of the other attorney from who I rent office space. I knew Kent was from Preston and in a lull of the conversation asked the name of Kent's parents. She mentioned Elvon and Gennevieve. I could not tell where, but I knew that Elvon Jensen was in my family history. That night I looked him up and sure enough, there he was. I rent office space in Burley, Idaho from my 3rd cousin, once removed! Kent's children are my 4th cousins.
It was with some sweet satisfaction that I was able to provide a copy of the photograph of Theophilus and Martha above to him. He had not seen a picture of them before. I asked that he put me in contact with the member of his family who does the family history on the France/Coley line. Maybe I can help bridge some of the divide and flesh out more fully the Coley line in Utah and Idaho.
The picture above of Theophilus and Martha was scanned in 2006. Who knew that I would be providing a photo of ancestors to a line who did not have a photograph. Maybe there will be more such stories in the future with all the photos I have and continue to make available. We can only hope. Here is a photo of Martha later in life, I don't know how old she was at the time.
With the suicide of a dear young man, Bryce Allen Sanderson, I thought I would share these thoughts and this talk once again. In memory of Garrett Lee Smith and Lowell Eugene Hansen. Both of them forced the concept of suicide into my life and required I come to some understanding of the idea. I wanted to give some memories of these two individuals and the doctrinal concepts surrounding suicide. What is suicide? How does God look at suicide? How am I supposed to deal with suicide? How does God deal with those who commit suicide? I hope this talk will help address some of these questions as we all ponder once again this unthinkable act, that brings upon a person their own death.
Lowell Hansen was an acquaintance I knew in Paul, Idaho. I was young enough that I knew who he was, but did not really know anything about him. After I was charged by a bull at our house, I remembered that within days he appeared at our home and removed the charge from the bull. I watched him shoot, hang, gut, clean, and cut the bull. It was fascinating. I remember recognizing the butcher truck each time when I would see it on the road or at some other location. I knew he built a log home because I always saw the truck parked near it. Years later after I became involved in the same congregation and came to know him a little more as Brother Hansen. It was not until I returned from my mission that I realized he even had a family. I moved back to home in the fall of 2002 and I was assigned as a Home Teacher to one of Lowell's daughters. It was only then I really started to get to know the Hansen family more on a personal level. It was shortly after that Lowell decided to end his life much like he did that bull. I attempted to help minister, however weakly, somewhat to the needs of his daughter and her then boyfriend. The talk I reproduce in full below was given at his funeral and has provided much of the basis for my feelings and ideas on suicide. I have gained my own testimony of the talk and testify openly of its principles and truth.
Garrett Smith was on a bit more personal level for me. I first learned of him in Manchester, England when he was assigned my companion as a new missionary. I was called as a trainer to him, although I only knew of him as Elder Smith. We served together, 24 hours a day, for 6 weeks. We had many a conversation and became close friends. I had some frustrations with him due to some of his learning disabilities and my lack of patience. He knew of this and I do not think it always helped in our relationship. When the 6 weeks were up, we had both profoundly influenced the other. He convinced me that I should consider leaving civil engineering and looking more into political science and law. I think I had convinced him that his disabilities were not a very good excuse for settling for mediocrity. I left England to return home in 2000 and he finished in 2002. We had planned several occasions where we would get together for old time's sake, but they kept falling through due to poor scheduling and other issues. We finally set a date to get together on the 13th of September in 2003. I was going to drive down to Orem, Utah where he was and spend the weekend. Unfortunately, I received a phone call that week only to find he had hanged himself in a closet after consuming alcohol and sleeping pills. I had a great desire to attend his funeral so a roommate from Logan drove with me to Pendleton, Oregon for the funeral. I took a copy of the talk from Lowell's funeral with me and gave it to Garrett's parents. Garrett's mom, Sharon, later thanked me for the talk. Our Mission President, Phil Wightman, spoke at the funeral and while I doubt he had read the talk, he referenced very similar themes as Hyrum Smith did at Lowell's funeral (Hyrum Smith was Lowell's Mission President too). Sometimes I find myself wondering what Garrett's life would be like if he wasn't reposing at Weston, Oregon.
I lost the talk over the years and had repeated requests come to me for a copy of it. Those asking were mostly individuals I had shared with at the time of Garrett's funeral who were moved by it and wanted to give a copy of it when someone else took their life. I had probably a dozen requests for the talk in 2010, so I ended up contacting Lowell's widow for a copy.
Here is a copy of the talk by Hyrum Smith given 6 December 2002 at the funeral of Lowell Eugene Hansen in Paul, Idaho. At the end, I will give some other thoughts I remember Phil Wightman giving at Garrett's funeral.
My brothers and sisters, I wasn't really sure until about 3 o'clock this morning why I was asked to be here, but somewhere around three, I knew. The spirit indicated to me that I am uniquely qualified to speak here today, and I'll share with you why as I share some thoughts with you.
I'm honored and humbled that Emma Jean asked me to be here. When she called Monday, I was stunned as I'm sure all of you were.
Public speaking is not something that is foreign to me. I do it for a living. I've spoken before thousands of audiences, but never an assignment like this. I'd like to begin by suggesting that we are met here today in the house of God. That same God who sent Jesus here to help us. We meet today in the name of Jesus Christ who died to save us. I would ask that you keep that in mind as I share a few thoughts with you this morning.
I'd like to begin by sharing four scriptures with you that describe, as many scriptures do, how our Father in Heaven, and our Savior feel about us. I think we need to be especially reminded of that. I'd like to go first with the 29th section of the Doctrine and Covenants and read verse 5 "Lift up your hearts and be glad for I am in your midst and am your advocate with the Father. And it is His good will to give you the kingdom." I would then take you to the 62nd section of the Doctrine and Covenants and read verse 1, "Behold and hearken, o ye Elders of my church saith the Lord your God. Even Jesus Christ, your advocate, who knoweth the weakness of man and how to succor them who are tempted." Now go with me to John, Chapter 3, verse 16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world, through Him, might be saved." Last I would take you back to the Doctrine and Covenants, in section 18. "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God. For behold, the Lord, your Redeemer, suffered death in the flesh. Wherefore He suffered pain of all men that all men might repent and come unto Him. And He hath risen again from the dead that He might bring all men unto Him on conditions of repentance. And how great is His joy in the soul that repenteth." I share those scriptures with you, brothers and sisters, as a preamble to what I would ask you to consider as we have met here today.
This wonderful man, father, husband, son, brother, missionary, I knew him well as a missionary. He was one of the great missionaries of our mission – most of the Idaho people were. He made a big mistake the other night. Huge mistake. He knows that he made that mistake now. It cost him his life. But only his body died the other night. His soul, his spirit, his brain, his mind are still very much alive – very active. It's like going into another room.
I was led to a talk that Elder Jeffrey Holland gave at a very similar funeral. Jeff Holland and I served as missionaries in the same mission, British mission, lots of years ago. He's a very dear friend. He was asked to speak at the funeral of a young man who had taken his life. This is what Elder Holland said, and I am going to interject Lowell's name into these remarks, because they fit perfectly today. "We're here to celebrate Lowell's life, not his death. We're here to praise the Lord and love God for the atonement and the resurrection, but we're also here to say, particularly to the youth in this congregation and others who struggle, that Lowell made a mistake. Now he would be the first to say that. Someone said, 'A man to be good, and I would add a woman, must imagine intensely and comprehensively – he must put himself in the place of another – the pains and pleasures of the man that has become his own. Until he can do that, he must never sit in judgment on a man or his motives.' We need a better vocabulary, Emma Jean. We know what we mean when we use the language of death. But the master of heaven and earth, the Savior of the world, the Redeemer of all mankind, the living Resurrection said that, "When you live and believe in Him, you never die." So, we'll let Lowell go for a while. But he's not dead, in any eternal sense, and you know that. You know that now, you'll know it tomorrow, and you'll know it next week. You'll especially know it when he is spiritually close to you, whispers to you in your dreams, helps through the veil to raise your grandchildren. You'll know that Lowell lives. It is important to me to bear testimony to you that Lowell lives – just as we testify that God lives and Jesus lives. We testify that Lowell lives and spiritually and is loved of God and of us. We miss him. Death was an intruder this week. We weren't ready. We do miss him and we are sorry, but none of that diminishes the brightness of his life. The grandeur of God's plans – the reality of life and the resurrection – of eternity and the Celestial kingdom. Lowell is being buried with all the promises and symbols of his covenants safely around him. God in his mercy will work out all the arrangements even as Lowell works out his acknowledgement of his mistake." Un-quote.
Those are words of an Apostle of God. I would like to pose five questions to you now. The first of which no one has an answer for, but I think we need to deal with it, because I don't think there is a person in this room that hasn't asked this question in the last five days. The second, third, and fourth question, I came from southern Utah this morning, to answer. Because there are answers to those three questions, and I believe I can answer them for you. The fifth question, only the people in this room can answer. I don't know what that answer will be, but I'm going to pose it.
Here's the first question, which has been on the minds and lips of probably everyone. "What was he thinking about?" What possibly could have driven him to make this mistake? What's the answer? I don't know. Nobody here knows. What sort of despair and anguish and pain causes someone to do that? I don't know! He made a mistake, so we really don't know the answer to that question. But that's not the important question.
The second question, the one that I think I am uniquely qualified to answer, and one of the reasons why I think I was asked to be here is, "What is Lowell thinking now?" Lowell's very much alive. He thinks, he breathes; he has probably had an opportunity to walk with his Father in Heaven. DO you want me to tell you what he is thinking now? He's afraid. He's sorry. He's in anguish. He's suffering. He's wishing he hadn't done it. I know that. How do I know? Several years ago, I made some big mistakes. We all make mistakes. Hopefully not as big as the ones I made. Because of those mistakes, it was required that I lose my membership in the church for several years. And after I went through the process of approaching my Bishop and my Stake President, and going through the church judicial system – which is amazing, I found myself asking the first question a lot. What was I thinking? I couldn't even answer that question for me. But I know what I thought about after. I know about the pain. I know about the anguish. I know about the suffering. It's awful! So rest assured, and knowing Lowell as I know him – the integrity of this man, he's in a lot of pain.
Third question, "Will the Lord allow Lowell to repent?" Every natural instinct in your body knows the answer to that question – Of course! He allows everyone to repent. There's a myth that floats around the church from time to time. It suggests that people who take their lives have committed an unpardonable sin. I'm here to tell you today that's just flat not true. The Lord will allow Lowell to repair that mistake. He'll walk him through it. He'll help him do it. He's going to allow that.
Fourth question, "Will the Lord forgive him?" Every natural instinct in your body knows the answer to that question. The answer is yes. He will. He will forgive him. And Lowell will receive all the blessings that he rightly deserves from a wonderful life.
Those are the three questions I can answer with surety. The fifth question, I can't. The fourth question was, "Will the Lord forgive him?" The answer is yes. The fifth question is, "Will you?" I know from sad experience that lots of people don't. But the Lord has asked us to forgive. He said, "I the Lord will forgive whom I choose to forgive, but of you, you're required to forgive all men." I need to talk about forgiveness for a moment. Does the mistake that Lowell made the other night blot out all the good that this man did in his life? No! Elder Holland reflected on that. He was a wonderful missionary. He was a great father. He was a great man. He was dedicated to his Father in Heaven. Like many of us, he made some mistakes, one big one. It doesn't blot out everything he was. We heard of a wonderful tribute from a beautiful daughter today about the kind of dad he was. None of that gets wiped out.
As I went through the initial stages of my repentance process, one of the major sources of the anguish was the worry that no one would forgive me. Because I somehow got it in my mind as I grew up in the church, that to ultimately forgive someone, for a transgression, you had to forget it. Because we were taught in the scriptures, that when repentance was real and complete, the Lord forgets. How does He do that? He forgets! Wow! Can we, mortals, reach a level of spiritual maturity where we can forget what happened the other night? I don't think so. Do you think that anybody in this room will ever forget that Lowell took his life? Not in this life. I don't think so. Do you think anyone, who knows me well, will forget that I was excommunicated from the church? Nope – Hyrum Smith…business leader, great, great grandson of the prophet's brother, Hyrum? No one will ever forget that! Do you think my kids will forget that? No! BUT, and this is one of those moments where the spirit instructs and saves, in the middle of the night, the spirit taught a great lesson. Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting. Forgiveness means remembering – but it doesn't matter any more. I think we can achieve that. I think we can reach a point, as mortals, where we can remember and have forgiven to the point where, in remember, it just doesn't matter anymore. I challenge each to deal with the fifth question, "Will you forgive him?" I believe you can – you must! That's what the Lord wants you to do. But you'll never forget.
I want to share a concept with you that has helped me think through a number of things. During the Vietnam War, I was in the military during that period of time; there was a man by the name of Stockdale. He was an admiral. He was the highest-ranking man to spend time at the Hanoi Hilton as a prisoner of war. And while he was in the prison, for about six years, he discovered that there were three basic types of people incarcerated in that prison. He discovered the same thinking that Victor Frankl discovered at Auschwitz during the Second World War. Victor Frankl wrote about it in his book, "Man's Search for Meaning." Then Stockdale wrote about it, and it has become known and has been written about in a number of books since – the Stockdale paradox. The three groups of people that he discovered were these. There were pessimists, optimists, and realists. And this is how he defined each group. The pessimists saw the brutal facts around him and quit. The optimist had boundless faith and ignored the brutal facts. The realist saw the brutal facts, but had faith they could be dealt with.
The reason I share this with you is that in this book, when he wrote about this he said the interesting thing about these three groups is that the first two groups of people died in the camps at Vietnam. Died! Didn't make it back! I understood why the pessimists didn't make it. They saw the brutal facts. They were in the middle of South-East Asia. They were 8,000 miles from help and the Marines aren't going to get in here. We're going to be here forever, and they died. And some very healthy bodies died.
The second group stunned me! The optimists died! How come the optimists died? Because the optimists had boundless faith but were not willing to look at the brutal facts. And they said to each other, "You know we'll be out of here by Christmas." "We'll be out of here by Valentines." Every rustle in the bush was the Marines coming to save them. And when every rustle in the bush wasn't the Marines coming to save them and when they weren't out by Christmas, and when they weren't out by Valentines, they died. They gave up and died.
The realists survived. They saw the brutal facts. "We're in the middle of South-East Asia. We're not going to be rescued for a long time, but you know what guys, we'll stick together. We can handle this." And they did.
A good friend, by the name of Jensen, was in our mission – Lowell knew him – served six years in that prison. There were several LDS fellows there, and the way they kept themselves sane was they would try and remember LDS hymns. They would tap by Morse code on the bars of the jail, and they would send what they could remember of each hymn. They gathered lots of hymns. And one hymn they worked on for four years. They got the first three verses in about 18 months, but the fourth verse took two and a half years to get. They finally got the fourth verse. When they got back, there was only three verses. They had created their own verse, but they survived. Now why do I share that here? I want to ask you the question as what are you going to do about this issue? Pessimists see the brutal facts – Our dad killed himself. It's pretty awful. Nothing so wrong, it's awful! And you can give up – if you want. The optimist ignores the facts – puts on a smiley face and pretends it didn't happen. And the optimists live a lie. The realist sees the brutal facts – We lost our dad, our husband, our son – pretty awful. We've got to gather together and help each other now to survive financially and economically. We've got to get through school. We've got to do stuff that dad normally would have helped us with. It isn't going to be easy. The optimist has the faith that we can do it. And so I'm asking you today, "What are you going to be?"
On the 19th of October of last year, not this year, but 2001, Steven Covey and I, we have a business together, were asked by Mayor Giuliani of New York City, if we would come back to Manhattan and do a free, one day, workshop for the families of those affected by the 9/11 disaster. He told that their mid-town Manhattan Sheraton had donated their ballroom. They donated our rooms to stay. Would you come back? We've got people in some real pain. Would you come back and speak? We said, "We're there!" We got there on a Thursday night. The seminar was to be on Friday. I got there about midnight. I've been in Manhattan many, many times. As I flew up the East river, I was coming from Chicago, and saw the lights where the World Trade Center used to be, it was kind of an eerie feeling. It was a very different landscape now.
At five o'clock the next morning, Mayor Giuliani had arranged for a tour, a private tour of ground zero for Steven and me. At that point, which was just five weeks after the event; sixteen hundred policeman had surrounded ground zero, and had blocked it off. You couldn't get down there without a police escort. We had to go through four checkpoints to get to ground zero. About 5:15 in the morning, we found ourselves standing on the street in front of where the Marriott Hotel used to be. It used to be called the Vista Hotel. I've stayed in that Hotel many times. Only I wasn't really standing on the street. I was standing on 16 feet of compacted debris. And as we stood there looking at this horrific hole in the ground, the policeman who had been assigned to be our guide began to tell us his story.
He said, "You know, I was here that day. I was standing on the street right about where we are. I heard this big bang, I looked up, and all this stuff came flying out of the World Trade Center." He said, "You know, it looked like paper when it all came out until it started hitting the ground. It was fifty foot I-beams killing everyone it hit." He said, "I watched 34 people jump from those towers. Four of them holding hands. I watched eight firemen lose their lives from falling people." I'm not even believing this. Then he looked at me and said, "Mr. Smith, how many computers do you think there were in the World Trade Center?" I said, "Probably a lot." He said, "We haven't found one!" I said, "How come?" "3,000 degree fire. It's still burning." As he was talking, a crane pulled a big I-beam out of the rubble, and the end of the I-beam was dripping molten steel. Then he said, "You know the second plane hit and then the building started to come down – we all thought we were dead. We got under a car, and somehow we lived." That's how our morning started.
When we got back to the hotel at about 7:30, we had to shower. We were covered with soot. At 8:00, this meeting began. There were 2,000 people jammed into a ballroom designed for 1,500. People were sitting on the floor. It started by two New York policemen and two New York Firemen, carrying the American flag in. I will tell you, It's hard. And then the Harlem girls choir, sixty young women from Harlem, filed in and sang three patriotic songs, and the music that came out of those kids was amazing. I was very grateful that Steven Covey had to speak first because I was a mess. He spoke for two hours, and then I had to speak for two hours. As I approached the front of the room, there were people all around on the floor. A fireman, about half way back, in uniform, stood up, and he said, "Mr. Smith, are you going to tell us how we get of bed in the morning when we just don't give a darn anymore?" That's how it started. It turned out to be one of the toughest, and ultimately the most rewarding experiences I've had. I said these words to the fireman – and I want to say these words to you – Emma Jean and the children, and their extended family, and everybody here. If you don't remember a think I've said, remember this statement. I said to this fireman, "Pain is inevitable. Misery is an option." And he seemed a little stunned. Now what do I mean by that? The fact is, brothers and sisters, bad things happen to good people. They just do. Airplanes fly into buildings. Rivers overflow their banks. Dams break and flood out villages. Accidents happen – people die prematurely. Bad stuff happens to good people. How we choose to deal with the pain is ultimately a measure of who we are.
That's why the Lord gave us the gospel of Jesus Christ. To help us deal with the pain. Some of the most serene, magnificent, wonderful people I've ever known have gone through some major pain in their lives.
Will the Lord forgive? Yes! Ten days ago, tomorrow, President Hinckley and Elder Maxwell, laid their hands on my head and restored all my blessings. Not just some of them. All of them. And President Hinckley mentioned three times in the most amazing blessing I've ever heard, all the blessings. I'm here to testify to you today that that will happen to Lowell. He'll be there. He'll be ready, Emma Jean. He'll welcome you with all his blessings. So the challenge for us as the living – to go on.
When the pioneers came across the plains, they periodically had to stop and bury the dead. And the scene was always the same. There'd be a family standing around the grave, and if you looked off into the distance, you could see the wagons – and the wagons were ready to go. The wagons had riders in them. They were waiting for the family to get through with that funeral so that they could move on because they knew, "If we don't move on, then we'll die!" They buried their dead, and they moved on.
Well, the wagons are surrounding the building, and they're ready for us to move on. We pulled off the highways of our lives to pay tribute to a great human being – who made a mistake that can be fixed. And when we're through here today, we'll get back in our wagons and move on. We'll survive. Don't ever forget the brutal facts, but never lose faith that they can be dealt with. I bear you my testimony that God lives. Jesus is the Christ. He loves everybody in the room. He'll take care of Lowell. He'll take care of us too. I bear that witness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Here are a few more thoughts from my memory of Phil Wightman's talk from Garrett's funeral. The talk centered around the scripture in 1 Corinthians 13:12-13 which states, "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
In essence, since I went to the funeral with Lowell's funeral talk in my mind (in fact, my friend, Taylor Willingham, read it to me again on the drive up and I gave a copy to Garrett's parents) the basics of the talk were the same. Brother Smith approached it with some practical questions and answers to those questions. President Wightman approached it from a doctrine side that we do not really know what goes on in the minds of these individuals when suicide is completed. But we have to have charity, love them and their families, and move forward. In the end, the Lord will sort all things out.
Rest in peace Garrett and Lowell. I look forward to meeting up with you both again some day. Until then, I hope we all can appreciate the suicidal act and hopefully help avoid it in the future, and work forward from those who do commit this unthinkable deed.
First published 5 Jun 2011.
Going through some more old photos, I stumbled upon this graduation portrait. I cannot remember who orchestrated this, but I am glad we did it. Thank goodness for great friends. I loved high school and am happy to report this seems to capture some of that feeling. I graduated in 1997 as did a number of these friends, but not all of us in the photo.
I could go through on where all these individuals have ended up but it would likely be outdated within a few months. Plus, some might want to keep some of their information more private. So I won't write more.
I thought I would write on my Great Grandfather's brother in anticipation of his birthday, he would be 125 this year. Growing up, I never knew of Uncle John Nelson Jonas likely because nobody in my family ever knew him. He passed away at the ripe age of 30 in 1918, a victim of Influenza. The family knew of his widow as she lived on Main Street in Richmond, Cache, Utah and associated with their children. Since I have some pictures of his family, I thought I would make them available. My Great Grandfather Joseph Nelson Jonas did not live to be much older and so personal memories of him were lost many decades ago as well.
John Nelson Jonas was the fourth of seven children born in the marriage of Annetta Josephine Nelson and Joseph Jonas 14 August 1888 in or near Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington. He was christened 10 September 1888 at St. Andrews in Ellensburg. About 1896, John's mother, Annie, went to the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane in Fancher, Spokane, Washington (she is listed as Ann J Jonas). She was in and out of hospitals throughout her life but as John was one of the older children, he would have known his mother a little better.
Annie got out of the Eastern Washington Hospital 31 October 1899 and went home to Ellensburg and continued to be a handful for the family. The family on the 1900 Census was in Cle Elum, Kittitias, Washington. Although that census does not include Annie and the census that year has Joseph Sr in both Cle Elum and Spokane about two weeks apart in June 1900. Annie must have been back in Fancher. Annie's sister, Charlotte, visited in 1901. Due to Annie's mental and emotional state, and with Joseph's approval, the Jonas family went to Utah to stay temporarily with Annie's brother, Nels August Nelson. Uncle August lived in Crescent, Salt Lake, Utah and the Jonas party arrived 3 July 1901 from Washington.
Joseph for one reason or another went back to Washington with the oldest child Margaret. Nels suggested it was legal issues; it might have just been the farm that needed attention. Annie's issues were such that Nels and his wife, Fidelia, signed an affidavit of insanity and had her admitted to the Utah State Hospital 1 November 1901.
Joseph had been raised as a Catholic and Annie Nelson had been raised LDS. Annie decided she did not like LDS men and wanted to marry a Gentile and did so. The children were raised Catholic in Washington. Now in Utah, Uncle August made sure the children learned about the LDS faith. The three boys, John, William, and Joseph, elected to be baptized LDS on 10 January 1902 in Crescent by their Uncle August in an ice-covered Jordan River. All three were confirmed 12 January 1902 by Jaime P Jensen. Rosa joined 6 February 1902, also in Crescent under the hand of Uncle August in a hole chipped in the Jordan River. Margaret did not join as she stayed near her father in Washington.
In 1904, Rosa married a boy, Christian Andersen, from Richmond. They married in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. They moved to 137 E 100 S in Richmond. John and his brothers resided with Uncle August until after their mother passed in 1907, then they would regularly and for prolonged periods stay with Rosa in Richmond. William and John were both ordained Elders 6 January 1908 in Crescent. In Richmond, both were again ordained Seventies 19 September 1909 by Charles Hart (1866 – 1934, 1st Council of Seventy). John was endowed in the Logan LDS Temple 1 October 1909 and left to serve in the Southern States Mission. He left 10 October 1909, arrived at Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 18 Oct, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama 21 Oct, and formally starting 25 October 1909. The 1910 Census lists John at home in Crescent.
I understand John attended Brigham Young College in Logan but I don't know any of the details of when or if he graduated. Nellie told her nephew, Ellis Jonas, that John was the only one of the brothers who could keep a level head. Just remember the source of that compliment – his wife.
John met Nellie Armina Andersen, a cousin of Rosa's husband Christian, while staying in Richmond. Nellie and John fell in love and were married 5 June 1912 in the Logan, Cache, Utah at the LDS Temple.
The above photo indicates it was taken in Salt Lake City at Cusworth's Studio. We don't know the occasion, but it must have been something to dress up for, or just a sitting for a portrait. Either way, the photo was shared with my Great Grandmother.
The wedding announcement in the Logan Republican on 25 June 1925, "On June 5th Mr. John Jonas and Miss Nellie Anderson of this place were married in the Logan Temple. Mr. Jonas is managing his Uncle's farm at Murray, Utah. After a family reception at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Armina Anderson, the couple departed for Murray where they will make their future home."
John and Nellie had three children.
Calvin Andersen Jonas born 6 August 1913 and died 17 June 1991 both in Richmond. He married Viola Florence Chapman (1921 – 2006) on 30 March 1957 in Elko, Elko, Nevada. Calvin lived in his mother's home until he passed away and then Viola remained in the same home until her passing. It was Calvin who took the land and created a trailer park on the rest of the property to the welcome or chagrin of Richmond. Calvin and Viola did not have any children, although Viola brought children to the marriage from her previous marriage. I last visited Viola about 2005 and Viola had her daughter Dixie living with her to take care of her, the trailer park, and their ceramic store.
Melvin Andersen Jonas born 13 March 1917 in Richmond and drowned 16 Jul 1944 in San Marcos, Hays, Texas while he was in training at San Marcos Army Air Field. Apparently he had just married Doris Everts on 17 March 1944 somewhere in Texas. It is not believed they had any children. Melvin was a lieutenant in the Army.
John and Nellie purchased a home 3 April 1917 on the corner of Main and 200 E in Richmond (now 195 E Main). The entire lot one, block 25 of Richmond City came with the home for $1,200.00. They moved in when Melvin was only a few days old. When John registered for the World War I Draft, he indicated he was a laborer at Utah Condensed Milk Company in Richmond.
I have included a copy of the full Draft Registration. It is interesting to note John's signature on the first page.
Nellie became pregnant and while with their third children tragedy struck. John caught the spreading Influenza virus in the epidemic of 1918 and passed away shortly before Christmas on 19 December 1918 at home in Richmond. Nellie gave birth to their last child months later.
Our cousin, Carvel Jonas wrote of John's death, "'Prior to 1974, 38 major flu outbreaks had been recorded, including the disastrous pandemic in 1918 which attached an estimated 500 million people, leaving 20 million dead,' according to Science Digest March 1975. The severity of the 1918 pandemic was due to the fact that it lasted for more than 14 months; ordinary epidemics in the average community last no more than six weeks before running their course,' quoted from 'The Encyclopedia of Common Diseases, p 722; by the Staff of Prevention Magazine, co 1976'. Unfortunately John was one of the estimated 20 million who died."
Carvel also writes, "Before John died he would play hide and seek with his two boys. After John died the boys thought that their father was still playing the game and would try to find him when Nellie would come home."
His obituary in the Deseret News stated, "Funeral of John Jonas. Richmond, Dec 30 – Funeral services were held Sunday for John Jonas who died of Pneumonia, following influenza. Mrs. A. A. Thomas and W.J. Thomas of Salt Lake furnished music. The speakers were Bishop P.N. Nelson, Bishop J.L. McCarrey, and A.S. Schow. The deceased is survived by a wife and two small children and several brothers and sisters. The flu conditions have so well improved that the local health board has permitted the opening of places of amusement."
Armina Andersen Jonas was born 5 March 1919 in Richmond and died 30 March 2011 in St. George, Washington, Utah. She married Don Farnes (1916 – 1978) 10 March 1937 in Logan. Don was gone by the time I was born, but I remember stopping to visit Armina at her home in Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho with my Grandma in the late 1980's. I stopped the last time in Kimberly about 2008 shortly before she moved to live with her daughter in Southern Utah.
Nellie remarried to Arnold Thornley (1893 – 1969) on 14 April 1926 in Logan. It must not have been a very long marriage as very few seemed to remember him.
Nellie continued to live in their home until she passed away 11 December 1953 in Salt Lake City of myocarditis.
Her obituary stated, "Nellie A. Jonas – Richmond, Cache County – Mrs. Nellie Andersen Jonas, 64, died Friday night in a Salt Lake hospital after an operation. Born July 26, 1889 at Richmond, daughter of George and Armina Carson Andersen. Resident in Richmond entire life. Married to John N. Jonas in 1912, in Logan L.D.S. Temple. He died in 1918. Active in L.D.S. Church…" I need to get a copy of the full obituary to share it.
John and Nellie are buried together in the Richmond Cemetery. All three children are buried within a stone's throw. John's father and Nellie's parents are also a stone's throw away.
With my brother-in-law entering the Missionary Training Center (and now already left for his Carlsbad California Mission) I looked through some of the photos I have from the MTC.
That morning we met with the Stake President to finalize everything before driving out to Provo, Utah, Utah.
One final blessing and setting apart before leaving.
The first picture is at the front doors before going in.
My first companion Elder Kody Young from St. George, Washington, Utah.
Our first snow while at the MTC.
One of my most distinct memories from the MTC was the heating. I don't know what it was, but I ended up with a bloody nose at least once a day. I was not the only one. Apparently it had something to do with the dryness of the air and the ventilation systems. It made for long days where my head was not always in the lessons but often worrying about the next nosebleed and whether I had tissues nearby. If I had to go to the bathroom, the paper towels only seemed to make the problem worse.
Elder Holland came and spoke to the MTC while we were there. He insisted on the opening hymn as "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer." After we sang it, he wanted us to sing it again with the silly extra phrases we all know. It was quite a bit of fun hearing an organ play the introduction and then for us to sing along. It was also in this talk that he told us that if we had to come home before our time was up, we better come home on a stretcher. Even at the end, we should have worn out our days as missionaries. We were so close the the Christmas holidays that we regularly sang Christmas music.
Our MTC District attending the Provo Temple. Four of us were going to England, the remaining ones were headed to Peoria, Illinois. The thing I remember most about the Provo Temple were the white escalators. Years later when I went back, they were gone! I was a bit disappointed not to see the white escalators again.
There were a few things in the MTC that disgusted and horrified me but I will not relate them here. They were not becoming of missionaries and I let them know. There were also plenty of fun and enjoyable times.
Then the five of us were flying off to Manchester, England just in time for Christmas.
Some good friends and family came to see us off.
More friends and family. My Sister, Dad, and Great Aunt Andra and cousin Denise, all came to share. Sadly, my Grandma was told I was leaving from the wrong gate and was not present so I did not get to see her one last time. She made it to the concourse just as the plane was about to leave and they let her send a package on the plane to me. Very good friends to come say goodbye!
Maybe I can start sharing some more photos of the mission as time goes on. I should get out my journals to add some more flavor to these entries than just photos.
With Aunt Sergene's passing, I thought I would make some of the photographs I have of her and her life available. I am wrapping this around the language of her obituary.
Sergene was born 2 February 1932 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho. She is the sixth of twelve children born to Mary Louise Wanner and William Fredrick Andra. My Grandmother, Colleen, is the fifth and was four years older than Sergene.
Sergene graduated from Preston High School in 1950. She was a cheerleader and the Preston Night Rodeo Queen where she was pictured on Roy Roger's horse, Trigger Jr., on the cover of the Preston Rodeo program in 1949.
Immediately after high school she married a guy from Malad who turned out to be quite abusive. Sergene defended herself and quickly had the marriage annulled.
Sergene married Bert B Sorenson 22 August 1950 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho. Two children were born to the marriage, Scott B Sorenson (1951) and Andrew S Sorenson (1953). Bert worked for Mountain Bell.
Sergene purchased The Wig Wam in Burley in 1969. She purchased the Ponderosa Beauty Salon in 1973 and the Merle Norman Cosmetics store in Twin Falls in 1976. She only purchased the businesses, not the buildings in which they were located. The Ponderosa closed in the 1980's and the salon with it. I don't know when she sold or gave up the Twin Falls store. She ran the Burley location until she retired from it in the early 1990's. It was a sort of forced retirement as the restaurant next door caught fire and Sergene not to make the repairs to her building but just close shop.
Sergene had a knack for golf and bowling. She participated in the Idaho State Amateur Golf Tournament for 53 consecutive years. She was honored as the Burley Municipal Ladies Golf Association champion from 1956 to 1986. She regularly participated on the Idaho Women's and Chapman couple's golf circuits. She also served as a member of the Idaho Couples Golf Association.
Bert passed away 4 March 1991 in Burley, Cassia, Idaho.
Sergene married Harlan Brent Jensen 13 November 1991 in Elko, Elko, Nevada.
Harlan passed away 4 February 2002 in Burley.
Sergene then spent considerable time with her dear friend and companion Edward Neil Dean from that point forward. They were close friends and golfing buddies.
Sergene passed 14 February 2013 in Lake Havasu, Mohave, Arizona.


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THE NEW splash pad on Mundy Playing Fields is now up and running and despite some concerns raised by residents the new feature seems to have impressed many of Thornbury's youngsters.
In February voted on whether they would prefer for the paddling pool to be refurbished or whether they wanted a new water park to be built in its place.
The outcome of the voting made the new splash pad the pretty clear winner and after quotes being provided to the council work got underway to have it built.
Having the splash pad up and running at the very end of the school holidays is disappointing but trying to construct a project like this during the depths of winter would have been more hassle and undoubtedly more expensive.
The paddling pool has always been a popular attraction in the town, particularly during school holidays but the new splash pad ensures that Mundy Playing Fields still has some kind of water feature, on offer for free, something not very many places can offer.
The council is often criticised, and rightly so in many cases, but for them to continue to provide Thornbury with a water park for the youngsters to use for no cost is something unique to Thornbury.
The modernisation of Mundy Playing Fields should, of course, be encouraged with facilities on offer on the site continuing to be well-used by many of the town's residents.
Having to, on occasion, wait for the splash pad to regenerate is inconvenient but an inconvenience that is unavoidable.
The modernisation of the unique water park offered by the council is a really positive move to keep Thornbury as an attractive destination for all ages.

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Welcome to Timberpups.com's NBA Western Conference preview, where we'll be taking you through our predictions of how the conference will shake out, in reverse-rank-order. The West is stacked and it is going to be a tough road for any of the few teams that have a legitimate shot at the title. Let's get right to it:
15. Sacramento Kings: Look, the Kings have talent on the roster – DeMarcus Cousins, Tyreke Evans, and rookie, Thomas Robinson leading the way here – but this team screams "bad karma". The Maloof family wants to get out of Sacramento and have been doing everything in their power to turn off their fans. I think it has worked and this team is going to bickering by Christmas. No one on the roster is known to be a leader, and I don't believe that this is a great place for Keith Smart to try a coaching comeback.
14. Houston Rockets: Going up and down this roster and it screams 20 wins. However, I think the Rockets will scrap night in and night out and surprise a few teams once in a while. Kevin McHale won't let them play any other way. (Yes, that's a compliment to McHale, my first in about 20 years.) Their two highest played players weigh a combined 350 lbs soaking wet and one of them is more of a marketing ploy than the value he'll provide on the court. As an added bonus, their most talented rookie (Royce White) will likely miss games because he doesn't like to fly in airplanes.
13. Phoenix Suns: Otherwise known as the Wolves of the Southwest Division, the Suns have a few ex-Wolves on the roster (Beasley, W. Johnson, and Telfair) and their record will be similar to those Wolves teams of the past. Congratulations to Robert Sarver for having the lowest payroll in the conference and for continuously doing all in his power to make a dollar. Nash is gone and it wouldn't surprise me to see Phoenix drop below Houston.
12. New Orleans Hornets: Now that the Hornets have a legitimate owner (Tom Benson) they can start to put together the pieces, and that got a nice boost in the draft with the #1 pick, Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers. If Eric Gordon can get/stay healthy, this team could be a lot of fun to watch.
11. Golden State Warriors: When your team's chances depend on the health of Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut, you might have a problem. I'm going to set expectations low for GSW. I just don't see how these guys stay healthy while the rest of the roster is underwhelming relative to …
10. Portland Trail Blazers: The Pups new 'rivals' land outside the playoffs again this season, with Aldridge and Batum forming a respectable 1-2 punch at the forward spots. The Blazers can reach the 10 spot if Damian Lillard is three-quarters as good as they are touting him to be. Note: watching the Blazers may lead to an Adam Morrison sighting. You've been warned.
9. Utah Jazz: The Jazz need to figure out who they want to keep and then trade away at least one of their near handful of quality forward/centers – Favors, Jefferson, Kanter, and Millsap. If this were to happen, I think they would take a leap into the playoffs, assuming they were to pick up a better PG or wing. There are just too few minutes to let all of those guys split time and be their own, respective best.
8. Minnesota Timberwolves: Our Pups show up here on the list due to Ricky Rubio's season getting off to a late start, the recent hand injury to Kevin Love, and a desire to temper my expectations with this latest news. However, I still think this team makes the playoffs when all is said and done. Had I put this preview together two weeks ago, the Wolves would have been a 6 seed. Let's move on to the rest of the conference before I have to break something of my own.
7. Memphis Grizzlies: Memphis has Zach Randolph back to pair with Marc Gasol, who has come into his own in the league. Rudy Gay will be their leading scorer but I'm not sold on their backcourt. They have a tremendous home crowd though but won't be surprising anyone anymore.
6. Dallas Mavericks: If it wasn't for Dirk's injury to his knee, this was going to be my "surprise" pick and I would have had the Mavs as the 4 seed. I think this team is going to surprise a lot of people and I like the veteran presence throughout the roster. I also really wanted Jae Crowder to go to the Wolves on draft night. Must … move … on …
5. Denver Nuggets: This is the one team in the playoffs that I don't feel comfortable with trying to pick where they land, so I've stuck them right in the middle of the playoffs. If the Wolves and Mavs were healthy, I could absolutely see them ahead of the Nuggets. However, I've bought into the hype that they are getting. I feel like I should know better and wouldn't be surprised to see Karl lose this team and then see them subsequently slide in the standings.
4. Los Angeles Clippers: I hate watching the Clippers, which bothers me because I used to love watching Chris Paul. However, the LA hype that they get now just bothers me. Paul and Griffin whine to the refs at every whistle. Anyone that thinks Griffin is a better pro than Love doesn't understand basketball. The owner of this team is disgusting. Have I mentioned I don't like the Clippers?
3. San Antonio Spurs: These guys have to start showing their age at some point, right? Right?! I have no idea how this team keeps trucking along but they do and I'm done betting against it. (You may want to look back at this and say "Kiss of death".)
2. Oklahoma City Thunder: The Thunder get the two seed here because they will have a slightly tougher schedule playing in the Northwest division. Assuming Harden's contract doesn't become a distraction for them, they should have no problem locking up a very high seed going into the playoffs. If you don't enjoy Kevin Durant, I have no idea why you are reading a basketball blog.
1. Los Angeles Lakers: Remember that lockout that was positioned by the owners as providing a level of competitive balance? Well, does it look like that was the actual reason when you see this roster? Newsflash, the Lakers are really, really good and play in the weakest division in the conference. Assuming Nash, Kobe, or Howard don't lose a limb, this team is one of less than a handful that can win the championship.
Here's how I see the playoffs shaking out:
OK, maybe not. I wanted to make sure you were still paying attention. Here's how I actually see the Western Conference playoffs unfolding:
I still think the Thunder can and will make it back to the NBA Finals. Will the Lakers give them a run for their money? Absolutely. Would I be shocked if the Lakers were back in the Finals? Absolutely not. To be honest, there is a little bit of me rooting for the Thunder in these predictions as well. We'll see.
What do you think of the Western Conference? Any surprise teams on your radar? Let us know in the comments below.


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Pitt's Big East men's basketball schedule for next season, released today, will include a trip to Louisville, a Final Four team in last season's NCAA Tournament, and home-and-home games against Marquette and Cincinnati, both of whom advanced to the Sweet 16.
Pitt will play nine home games and nine away from the Petersen Events Center during the conference regular season. Home opponents will be Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, South Florida, Villanova and 2012 regular-season champion Syracuse.
Road games will be at Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's and Villanova.
For the sixth consecutive season, Pitt will play an 18-game Big East regular-season schedule and will face each of the 14 opponents at least once. The Big East Tournament is scheduled for March 12-16 at Madison Square Garden.
Pitt's entire 2012-13 men's basketball schedule will be released at a later date.
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|�Young Eagles� will take to the sky Saturday
|Faith Huffman | News-Telegram News Editor
Oct. 19, 2006 - On Saturday, youths ages 8 to 17 will be flying high in the sky in one of eight aircraft from Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport.
Of course, they won't be flying the planes, which will be piloted by experienced, insured pilots.
Any youth between those ages with an interest in aviation is encouraged to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1094's Young Eagles Flight Rally.
"This is a real worthwhile project. This is designed to get young people interested in flying," said Jerry Voss, one of the EAA members participating in Saturday's rally and a B-737 captain, check airman, APA National Aeromedical vice chairman, and Checkmate chairman for American Airlines.
"Free airplane rides are just part of the Flight Rally," said another spokesman for the event. "We hope to build one-to-one relationships between pilots and young people, giving a new generation a chance to learn more about the possibilities that exist in the world of aviation."
Pilots will also explain about the eight airplanes, familiarizing their young charges with the inner workings and the safety measures taken by pilots.
Youths ages 8-17 should report to the Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport terminal at 8 a.m., along with a parent or legal guardian, who will be required to sign a release permitting them to fly with a qualified, insured pilot. Once registered, children will be assigned a flight time.
Flights will follow a predetermined route, and EAA event organizers anticipate being able to take up about 25 children an hour for a total of about 100 youths before the noon hour. Each kid will be in the air between 15 and 20 minutes, following the designated flight route per plane. Each plane will be an FAA registered airplane flown by a licensed pilot. No aerobatics or non-standard maneuvers will be performed.
Each participant will learn about the airplane, review aeronautical charts identifying reference points they will see during the flight, observe a "walk around" preflight inspection of the airplane, as well as becoming familiar with the parts of the plane and the instrument panel.
At the conclusion of the Young Eagles Rally, each youth will receive a certificate making them an official Young Eagle. Their name will also be entered into the "World's Largest Logbook," which is on permanent display at the EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wis., or can be accessed online.
The participants will also receive additional information on other aviation organizations, activities and scholarship programs administered by EAA.
Youths planning to participate are asked to send and e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com notifying organizers if possible, so they will have a general count for planning purposes.
The event is being hosted by area Chapter 1094 of EAA, which has a membership of around 50 people who are donating their time and aircraft so the rally can be offered free of charge.
EAA is an international aviation membership association founded in 1953. More than 170,000 people belong to EAA, with chapters in all 50 states as well as other countries. Membership consists of aviation enthusiasts of all ages, including airline and commercial pilots, engineers, business people, astronauts and even celebrities such as Harrison Ford, who serves as chairman of the Young Eagles Program.
Young Eagles Program was started in 1992 at a Fly-In Convention in Oshkosh, Wis. The initial goal of the program was to fly 1 million children for the 100th anniversary of flight in December 2003. They had reached that goal by November of 2003. Since then, EAA's goal for Young Eagles is to introduce 100,000 kids to Young Eagles each year. More than 1.2 million Young Eagles have been registered on the flight list to date.
For more information about Saturday's rally or the local EAA, call Jerry Voss at 903-945-2921.
More information about EAA can be found at www.eaa.org, and about the Young Eagles Program at www.youngeagles.org.
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When MM and I first started dating, I made chocolate chip cookies, A LOT. I think it's important when you are dating to show off some of the skills you are bringing to the table. I have a friend who calls this the "marketing mode" of dating. MM loved my chocolate chip cookies, or, at least, he claimed to, as he was also in "marketing mode." Others have told me that I make really good chocolate chip cookies, and up until recently, I was simply following the standard Toll House recipe that I found on the back of the bag. Now I'm sticking to the "Best" Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe that I found via Pinterest.
When I was in college, my friend Ned's mother came to lots of events, and she was known for her tailgating spread. She could bake and cook and party-plan. One of the things that she was particularly known for were her special oatmeal cookies. She would have dozens of them for all of the college kids to eat. At graduation, I asked her if I could have her special recipe for oatmeal cookies– I needed to know her secret! She laughed, and said, "It's the Oatmeal Scotchie recipe on the back of the butterscotch chip bag!"
The recipe is yummy, and readily available to anyone buying the chips, but it has a special place in my heart. If you haven't tried them you might want to check out Ned's Mother's Special Oatmeal Cookies:
1 and 1/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Cinnamon
2 Sticks Unsalted Butter, room temperature.
3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
3 Cups Old-Fashioned Oats
1 Bag Butterscotch Chips
Mix first 4 dry ingredients in bowl and set aside. Cream butter, and add in both brown and white sugar. Add in one egg at a time, and then add in the Vanilla. Slowly add in bowl of dry ingredients, and mix thoroughly. Add in oats and chips. The dough will be thick and lumpy. The instructions on the bag indicate that you should bake them at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes. I bake the cookies at 350 for 9 and a half minutes. This is the same time and temperature that I cook my chocolate chip cookies, so that may help as a guide.
While I love warm chocolate chip cookies, I think these taste better the next morning, but you'll have to see for yourself!
Enjoy Ned's mother's cookies, otherwise known as Oatmeal Scotchies!
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpfulFebruary 01, 2014Reviewer: Kyra in Pennsylvania* I gave this product a 3 because I think it's a bit pricey. Flavor is good & only 2-3 drops are necessary.This review is specific to Flavor Drops, Marshmallow
September 28, 2013Reviewer: Shelby in Michigan* I ordered the butter, peanut butter, and snick snack. I wanted butter flavoring so i could add it to my protein pancakes, but it's just weird. It does not taste like butter at all. Peanut butter is pretty good, but not very flavorful. Snick snack is pretty good-- it adds a nice chocolately, slightly nutty warmness. But it requires a good amount of drops. I might try a few other flavors, but I was much happier with the sugar free syrup I ordered.


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Fred Jung: Let's start from the beginning.
Christian McBride: My father plays bass and my great uncle plays bass, so it was pretty obvious from the get that I was going to be a bassist too.
FJ: Not the easiest traveling companion.
CM: I always had one of my teachers who had a station wagon lug me around.
FJ: How have you developed since your last Verve record and Vertical Vision ?
CM: I think for starters, I have a better band. The guys that I have playing in my band now, with Geoffrey Keezer and Terreon Gully and Ron Blake. Ron has been there for a while, but Geoffrey and Terreon joined just a little over two years ago. They brought such a new air of excitement and daring to the group. I think that is by far what separates this CD from the last two CDs I did for Verve, which were also band CDs.
This was the first band I had where there is absolutely no musical tension from anyone in the group. Everybody loves to try different things. No idea is too crazy for these guys, which is just the kind of musicians I have always wanted.
First of all, the concept for this record was to just capture the band energy. I didn't really have a serious, drawn out, deep musical concept that I wanted to go with. The CD was merely to capture the band's energy. If you listen to "Technicolor Nightmare" or "The Ballad of Little Girl Dancer" or "Boogie Woogie Waltz," I would like to think it gets pretty intense at times and that would not have happened with any of my last two bands.
FJ: Over the last few years, very few bass players have been documented both as a leader and a sideman.
CM: I have never really had a period where I did one thing more than another, particularly in the last couple of years. I have never had a one year stretch where I only did bandleading or I only did sideman. I think the fact that I have been able to juggle both things pretty evenly, particularly being sideman, it helps me keep my bandleading focused in order.
It is always good to step in someone else's space and check out how they run the band and you can take in little bits and pieces. I will check out how Sting runs his ship or how Roy Haynes or Chick Corea run their ship. I will learn a lot from some guys who are a little more direct and some guys are a little more strict and some guys are a little more loose. I am learning a little bit from everybody.
I think the biggest thing I have learned is great bandleaders let guys in their band be themselves. What good is it to hire a really great pianist or great saxophonist if you are going to order him around and tell him what to play all the time? Then you don't really get the energy that made you want to hire that person.
I have been in situations where some guys will hire somebody and they say that they want you to do this and do that and they end up sounding just like the guy that they fired. There is no change. I think Miles proved that. He was the greatest bandleader of all time because he let guys be who they were. He gave just enough instruction that he got what he wanted out of them, but they didn't lose their own identity. And that is the key to being a great bandleader.
I think the biggest compliment that I have ever gotten is that we just got back from Europe just yesterday and Gary Burton was opening for us and this was the first time that Gary had heard the band and he said, "You know what is great about your band, Chris? I can't tell whose band it is." That is actually the biggest compliment that I could get.
FJ: We live in a time when technology allows communication on levels unimagined a decade ago. How have you utilized the advancements in communication to reach out to your audience?
CM: I have certainly been one for direct communication with the listener. Certainly, with the age of the internet, I try my very best to keep my website up and running and current and try to make it very user friendly. I think my website has been one of the more successful ones of most jazz artists. I am really surprised that more jazz artists don't have websites, especially now. It is really not that big a deal to have a website. Everybody has got them. That is the one thing. I try to keep my website pretty happening.
Secondly, when I am in certain cities and when I am on the road, you have record companies that set up and take you out to retail places so that you meet the owner and shake hands. All these years, I met a lot of people and friends so not only do I try to go to the big retail shops, but I try to go to a lot of the mom and pop stores too.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Mars with free breakfast and fitness center
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Situated in Mars, this hotel is 11.6 mi (18.7 km) from Ross Park Mall and within 20 mi (32 km) of Heinz Field and PNC Park. Wildwood Highlands and Moon Park are also within 20 mi (32 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a fitness center, this smoke-free hotel has coffee/tea in a common area and a business center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and express check-in are onsite.
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Comfort Inn Cranberry Township
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a business center. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Mars hotel also offers a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Comfort Inn Cranberry Township is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 103
- Number of floors - 5
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Laundry facilities
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
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Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 1:00 AM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per accommodation, per stay
- 2 per room (up to 50 lb)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 20 per accommodation, per stay
Hotel Name
- Comfort Inn Cranberry Township
- Comfort Inn Hotel Cranberry Township
- Comfort Inn Cranberry Township Hotel
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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If there is no custody order, she has the absolute right to have the children with her, just as he does. However, if she is the one with custody, she does not have to "give up" custody. She can keep them until the Judge makes the order - and this is probably smart anyway considering his past.
Right now neither of them have custody but they are in her care
Custody has been given to someone else?
No they are still married
Yes, that means that they both have custody at this ponit.
He filed for divorce online and she saw an attorney for the first time today
She does not have to allow him to see the children.
Thank you so much that makes me so happy
does this work in Missouri?
I'm unsure what you mean.
this law ? about her not having to let him have the kids .
until court
It's not a law. It's a general principle. For instance, when two people are married, one person can take the children on vacation without the other parent's consent. Each parent has the absolute right to make decisions for the child.
you have helped so much . She was ready to let him come over tonight . She thought she had to
She does not.
May I ask another question?
Her lawyer said her husbands record of possession of child porn may not help her get custody since its a military charge is that correct ? If she has all the paperwork
he is supposed to register as a sex offender but has not
It would really be up the particular Judge. If I were the Judge, I would certainly consider it. It speaks to his fitness as a parent of a minor.
I am sorry I am having a hard time reading your reply it shifts too quickly on my pc
It would really be up the particular Judge. If I were the Judge, I would certainly consider it. It speaks to his fitness as a parent of a minor.
You have answered all my questions . Am I able to save this conversation so she can read it?
You'll have to left click with the mouse, copy it, and paste to a word document.
Thank you you have been very helpful and I really appreciate it .