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(Photo by Starr)
Princess candidates for the 1963 Sno-Daze are: Linda Marshall,
freshman from Kansas City, Mo.; Judy Lindaman, sophomore from
Aplington, Iowa; Marilyn Swan, sophomore from Rockford, Ill.; Becky
Odmark, freshman from Cambridge, Minn.; Nancy Jo Fredrickson,
freshman from Seattle, Wash.; and Joan Tatge, sophomore from Chicago,
Cool Yule and Frantic First typifies the
in "Church Militant," one of the two one-act
end by the drama department. The artist
Apostle Paul (Don Foreman) who is being
Recruiter (Larry Hansen).
(Photo by Starr)
church of 1980 as satirized
plays presented last week-
(Pauli Larson) meets the
shown the church by Mr.
Bethel College Learning Resource Center
Banquet, Winter Sports,
Game Highlite Sno-Daze
Comprise Second Semester Changes
masters degree in physiology at
the University of North Dakota,
and his bachelors degree in zoo-logy
at the University of Minne-sota.
He will teach upper division
courses in his field, health and
The art department is employing
additional teachers to assume the
responsibilities of professor Eu-gene
Johnson who has been re-leased
from teaching to assume
the chairmanship of the long-range
planning committee working with
the architect in designing the new
Curriculum alterations in four
departments and the addition of
faculty members in two depart-ments
comprise second semester
academic changes.
Students enrolled in the advanc-ed
standing Freshman English
103A at the beginning of second
semester may elect either to en-roll
in one of the regular sections
of Freshman English 104 or take
a comprehensive examination cov-ering
the major forms of literature
and receive advanced placement.
Those who take the test and
receive a grade "A" earn three
semester credits for Freshman
English and may enroll in World
Literature 152.
Students receiving a grade "B"
are exempt from taking Freshman
English 104, but without credit,
and may take World Literature 152
as substitute credit for Freshman
English 104. Students who receive
Placement testing for Peace
Corps positions will be administer-ed
Jan. 26 at the Minneapolis post
office room 450 at 8:30 a.m. This
test serves as an initial screening
device, given on a non-competitive
basis, to determine individual abili-ties.
General areas covered in the
exam include general aptitude,
reasoning ability, problem solving
and language.
During 1963 the Peace Corps
will call 2,500 volunteers. Anyone
over 18 years of age is eligible for
this organization, although empha-sis
is on the college graduate.
grade "C" must enroll in Fresh-man
English 104.
Elements of Mathematics is be-ing
offered second semester for
non-math majors. The purpose of
the course is to provide a general
understanding of math and may
be used to satisfy the one semester
requirement of a physical science.
Social Psychology will be re-introduced
into the curriculum
second semester. Dr. Ivan Fahs
will be teaching this course deal-ing
with the relationships exist-ing
between individuals and
Church movements, especially
those influential in the thinking of
the Baptist General conference,
will be considered in the course
Modern Christian Movements to
be taught by Dr. Virgil Olson.
Mr. David Purtilo will be re-placing
Mrs. Shirley Short next
semester in the biology depart-ment.
Mr. Purtilo received his
Qualifications for membership in-clude
sound health, emotional sta-bility,
willingness to work with
others and a desire to serve.
Although numerous fields are
open for Peace Corp service, over
50% of the volunteers are placed
in the area of teaching. Gary Scull,
1962 graduate of Bethel, is now
serving in Tunisia as an English
Questionnaires are available in
the student affairs office and
should be obtained before taking
the test. A list of testing stations
throughout the United States is
also available.
immediately followed by the ban-quet.
Dinner music will be pro-vided
by a string quartet, and the
Theater in the Round of St. Paul
will present a reading play at 9
p.m. Coffee and tarts will be serv-ed
following the play.
TICKETS for this event will go
on sale Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the
student center, with Friday, Jan.
25, as the deadline for purchasing
Saturday morning, Feb. 2, will
be devoted to general ice skat-ing
plus inter-class competition
in ice skating and broom hockey.
The traditional hockey game will
be held in the afternoon.
Bethel will face Northland in
basketball at 8 p.m. Saturday.
During half time the Sno -
Princess will award the trophies
for class competition in snow
Dr. Clarence Jordan, director of
the inter-racial Koinonia Commun-ity,
will discuss "The Christian
Response Toward Racial Tension"
at the 10 a.m. convocation tomor-row.
After Dr. Jordan received his
doctorate at Southern Baptist theo-logical
seminary, he founded the
experimental farm in southern
Georgia in 1943, attempting to
create a collective Christian com-munity.
Although idealistically self-sufficient,
the farm has been
forced by continued boycott by
the Southern community to re-duce
its output to those products
which can be sold through the
county auction. Most dealers and
stores in the area have nothing
to do with the farm.
Comprised of Eskimos, Indians,
Negroes and Whites, Koinonia
Community has faced shooting, ar-son
and stonings, yet continues to
uphold Dr. Jordan's philosophy of
love and pacifism.
In the Feb. 7 convocation, Dr.
E. Paul Torrance, director of the
Bureau of Educational research
and professor of Educational Psy-chology
at the University of Min-nesota,
will speak on "Creativity."
His discourse will consider the
capacity of an individual to use
sculpturing and snow activities and
the beard growing contest.
STUDENTS will be encouraged
to participate in ice skating, to-boganning
and traying following
the basketball game as the week-end
clomes to a close, although
there will be no formal organiza-tion
of these activities.
Sno-Daze princess candidates
have recently been selected by
members of the freshman and
sophomore classes. Three final
princess candidates will be de-termined
in the primary election
to be held Friday, Jan. 18.
Freshman representatives are
Nancy Jo Fredrickson, Linda Mar-shall
and Becky Odmark, while the
sophomores selected are Judy Lin-daman,
Marilyn Swan and Joan
An all-school election on Jan. 31
will select the Sno-Princess.
his mind to find solutions to his
Dr. Torrance is engaged in dis-covering
the cross-cultural differ-ences
in creative thinking with re-search
projects now being con-ducted
in Malayo, London, Norway,
New Zealand, Samoa and Germany.
Author of "Guiding Creative
Talent" and editor of "Talent and
Education," Dr. Torrance received
his B.A. from Mercer university
in 1940, his M.A. from the Univer-sity
of Minnesota in 1944, and his
Ph.D. from the University of
Michigan in 1951.
While -serving as directoT of a
survival research field unit for the
Air Force, Dr. Torrance interview-ed
the returning Korean war pri-soners
and later prepared a mono-graph,
"Mastery of Struggle for
Men's Minds," using the informa-tion
he had gathered.
KTCA Series
To Be Produced
By Bethel Staff
KTCA-TV, educational television
station for the Twin Cities, will
feature a series of eighteen tele-casts
produced by departments and
instructors of Bethel college be-ginning
Monday, Jan. 28.
Program time for the weekly
series is 8:30 p.m. "Contemporary
Issues in the Light of Christian
Values" is the coordinating theme
of the programs, which are under
the general direction of Quentin
T. Smith, instructor in speech.
Dr. Robert Mounce, chairman of
the department of Christianity,
will produce the first three thirty-minute
programs of the series.
"The Bible as Literature" will
be presented Jan. 28 with the as-sistance
of Dale Rott, instructor in
religious drama. Mr. Rott will pre-sent
the diversity of literary forms
found in the Bible, while Dr.
Mounce will conclude the program
with a commentary on the unity
which nevertheless ties the scrip-tures
Feb. 4 the topic scheduled is
"How We Got Our Bible," and the
following week a panel will dis-cuss
"The Problems in Biblical
Panel members Dr. Walter Wes-sel,
Dr. Ronald Youngblood and
Dr. Mounce will review some of
the modern English translations
and the cultural problems involved
in translating.
Class competition in snow sculp-turing
will officially inaugurate
the 1963 Sno-Daze activities, "A
Winter Trilogy," to be held Feb.
1, 2. The sculpturing will depict
each class's version of a "Bethel
Sketches for the proposed sculp-turing
must be submitted to Roger
Evans, snow sculpture chairman,
for approval by Jan. 25. Specific
areas of the campus will be assign-ed
to the classes upon approval of
sketches, and a trophy will be a-warded
for the most original and
best carved "Royal."
AS PART of the weekend's acti-vities,
Bethel men are currently
engaged in a beard growing con-test.
Judging of the beards and a-warding
of the trophy for the win-ner
will take place during half-time
entertainment at the basket-ball
game Saturday evening. Beards
will be judged on texture, shape
and fullness.
"510 Groveland," located on
the corner of Hennepin and
Groveland, will be the setting for
Friday evening's acivities. Semi-formal
attire — cocktail dresses
or formals for girls and dark
suits for fellows,—will be the
order of dress for the evening.
Coronation of the Sno-Daze prin-cess
will commence at 7:30 p.m.,
the CLARION
Volume XXXIX—No. 13
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, January 15, 1963
Alterations in Curriculum, Personnel
Peace Corps Sets Tests,
Seeks College Graduates
Jordan To Consider
Racial Tension Reply
by Paul Carlson
In the political give and take
that characterizes Anglo-American
relations, as elsewhere in the free
world, there are the "haves" and
the "have nots."
John F. Kennedy has just gotten
"A's" in diplomacy, amiability and
conversation, with an "A+" in de-portment,
while his British coun-ter-
part Prime Minister MacMillan
has not.
SLICK POLITICAL maneuvering
pulled JFK out the winner in the
Skybolt missile controversy—slick
not because it saved our country
millions in wasteful spending, but
because in a clever manner he
told MacMillan he wanted to take
the "special" out of our British
Thus, although the Prime Min-ister
returned from Nassau with
submarines and Polaris missies,
he felt he owed his countrymen
an apology.
It was not merely that they had
to accept a military substitute that
seemed second-best, but it was be-cause
MacMillan had been harping
throughout his administration upon
his ability to maintain the advan-tageous
economic and diplomatic
ties with the U.S. that Britain had
enjoyed since the war.
MACMILLAN had built his for-eign
policy upon the faith that
this special relationship would
Alas, poor Nikita!
I knew him,
Samson. A
Fellow of
inPinite jest!
Where be your gibes now?
your gambols? your
songs?9our clashes of
merriment that were
wont to set the
table on a roar?
Oh ,I dunno— Maybe
some day th" jawbone'll
come in handy.
continue to exist. But JFK was of
the persuasion that the hope of
the West lay in military unifica-tion.
Hence, while he granted Po-laris
to Britain, it was only with
the understanding that those
missiles would be pooled into
the NATO nuclear garrison.
As final confirmation that JFK
wanted to loosen our ties with the
British, the President offered
France Polaris missiles on the same
ALTHOUGH MACMILLAN and
his people were not particularly
gleeful concerning this new move,
only the extremely patriotic Brit-ish
took vehement exception to the
Most of the leaders accepted
the alternatives as inevitable
and advantageous, for that coun-try
has economic problems of
such dimension that it seems un-healthy
for her to maintain an
independent nuclear force for
very long.
There is perhaps the tacit as-surance
in the minds of the Wash-ington
administration that military
unity will tend toward economic
and cultural unity, a goal now ham-pered
only by petty and selfish
national interests.
The Cuban affair and the Sky-bolt
controversy established our
country as the unquestioned leader
of the free world and in general
the most respected nation. And
riding on the crest of new pres-tige,
our President has found a
new freedom—a freedom to com-mand
respect and the ability to
quiet the strident extremists in the
various allied countries.
What this can mean for our
country is a greater appreciation
on the part of other countries of
our ideals and also a unity of the
democratic world that could pro-foundly
affect the history of hu-manity.
Tite."4 .. . Week
Jan. 14 - Jan. 18
STUDY WEEK Tuesday, Jan. 15
7-9 p.m. Girls' intramurals. Fieldhouse.
Wednesday, Jan. 16
10 a.m. Convocation. Dr. Clarence Jor-dan.
Racial Tension.
Jan. 21 - Jan. 25
Friday, Jan. 25
7:30 p.m. All-seminary social.
Saturday, Jan. 26
8:30 a.m. Peace corps exam. Minnea-polis
P.O., room 450.
Jan. 26 - Jan. 29
Wednesday, Jan. 30
Second semester begins.
Friday, Feb. 1
7:30 p.m. Sno-Daze banquet. 510 Grove-land.
Saturday, Feb. 2
8 p.m. Basketball — Northland. Field-house.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
5:45 a.m. Edgren dorm breakfast.
6:15 p.m. MENC.
7-9 p.m. Girls' intramurals. Fieldhouse.
8 p.m. College wives. Dining hall.
9 p.m. WMF. Seminary chapel.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
7 p.m. YGOP.
7-9 p.m. Boys' intramurals. Fieldhouse.
Thursday, Feb. 7
10 a.m. Convocation. Dr. Paul Tor-rance.
Monday, Feb. 11
9 p.m. SNEA. Education house.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
Next CLARION edition.
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic year,
except during vacation and examination
periods, by the students of Bethel college
and seminary, St. Paul 1, Minn. Subscrip-tion
rate $3 per year.
Volume XXXIX
No. 13
Editor-in-Chief Dean Dahlquist
Associate Editor Dave Johnson
News Editor Judy Dow
Feature Editor Karen Nelson
Sports Editor Bob Beckstrom
Copy Editor June Erickson
Photo Editor Elizabeth Carlson
Business Manager Bob Larson
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Office Manager Judy Van Wambeke
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the CLARION Tuesday, January 15, 1963 Kennedy Breaks With British;
Senate-controlled Budget New Western Unity Forseen
Offers Many Advantages
Something new for student senate consideration is a pro-jected
plan of incorporating all funds for student publications
directly into the senate budget — an action which would
indicate a growing awareness of the senate's self-designated
role as the "supreme authority within the student association."
If actually carried into effect, this plan offers several
advantages, not the least of which includes the strengthening
of the positions of both groups.
Senate prestige would be enhanced in that its budget
will be substantially increased, more than doubled, and it
will consequently gain financial control of student publica-tions.
Publications gain, in that control rests with their peers,
and a direct financial responsibility is correctly established
with the student association.
However, the move also poses a difficult and delicate
problem, for in order to be honest and representative, the
student press must be comparatively free of outside control.
Thus, to insure this freedom, provisions must be made so that
financial support cannot be withdrawn on mere whim or
One such safeguard might be the requirement that any
motion to limit the funds of any student publication be
passed first by the publications board before it is acted
upon by the senate, requiring there a three-foOrths majority
to prevent hasty passage.
In addition, the question rises of who should determine
the total allotments at the beginning of each semester. Such
a situation might be met by allowing the original budget allo-cations
to be made by a committee of the president, second
vice president and treasurer of the senate and the editors of
the student publications, each with equal vote. Their recom-mendation
would then be submitted for senate approval.
Administrative officials would probably be delighted with
this new arrangement, for it would clear up the perennial
question of who is responsible for the debts of publications.
However, with their release, the senate would have to assume
the responsibility with a tighter control and continuing re-view
of the publications' finances.
The idea, as it has been presented here, has its merits
and its disadvantages. But it does represent a progressive
policy for the student senate, and with the proper arrange-ments,
it can do much for the position of student government
on campus.
Xfie 31nbex:
Lewis' Four Loves' Defines
Christian Love Philosophy
by Jan Owen
a "gift-love—that which moves a
C. S. Lewis in his book The Four man to work and plan and save
Loves analyzes the four types of for the future well-being of his
love and the underlying princi- family"—which includes the over-ples
of love. ruling power of God in the life
Affection is the first of the four of the person who loves.
loves discussed. Affection has its GOD GIVES man an ability to
own standard—familiarity. It loves have "gift-love" for those who are
that with which it can be at ease, unlovable. Charity requires no-that
which is comfortable and un- (cont'd. on p. 3)
derstanding. It loves what might
be considered unlovable in other
circumstances, simply because the
object of love is near.
A SECOND LOVE is friendship.
Lewis believes that friendship is
one of the strongest loves and
that it has been neglected in our
day. Friendship is the least nat-ural
of loves, because it is not
necessary for survival and is least
connected with the nervous sys-tem.
Friendship draws people out of
groups and into intimate contact
and exclusive fellowship. In this
view of love, Lewis denies that
true love loves universally.
Eros is the third of the four
loves. Its most outstanding element
is desire for the happiness and
benefit of the other person in-volved.
This kind of love elimin-ates
the possibility of exploitation.
LEWIS CALLS eros a "need-love—
that which moves a lonely
or frightened child to its mother's
arms"—which has been transform-ed
to a higher realm.
In the love between a man and
woman "Eros makes a man really
want, not a woman, but one par-ticular
woman . . . he desires the
Beloved herself, not the pleasure
she can give." If eros is absent in
love between man and woman, the
love is identified as Venus or the
carnal sexual element of eros only.
Charity is the last of the four
loves which Lewis discusses. It is
acsataa aid oared
by Dan Martinez
for students staying in the Twin
Recognizing that Bethel students Cities during semester break.
will be completely obsessed with
setvuednietss lfiosrte fdin bale eloxwam airnea tsicohnesd, uthleed Jan. 29 in the court of the Archi-tectural
building at 8:30 p.m. with
the annual Bach festival will begin
At the University of Minnesota,
at times that will be convenient performances by the Chamber
choral and the Chamber orchestra.
will perform cello Sonata No. 3,
harpist Jane Burris will perform
English Suite No. 5, and Florence
Strobel will be alto soloist in
Motet No. 5, "Come Jesu Come."
Dr. Henrich Fleischer will per-form
an organ concert in Northrup
auditorium at 8:30 p.m. on Jan.
Feb. 1, the 200 voice Bach chorus
will perform the Magnificent, Can-tata
80 "Mighty Fortress Is Our
God" and Cantata 118. There will
also be a triple concerto for flute,
piano and violin.
FREDERICK FENNELL will lead
the Minneapolis symphony orches-tra
in a festival of marches on Jan.
27. Tickets for this concert of mu-sic
by Berlioz, Schubert, Beet-hoven,
Sibelius and Rimsky Kor-sakov
range from $1.50 - $2.
Gerald Bales will give an
organ recital assisted by contralto
Beth Bales on Jan. 22 at 8:30 p.m.
in St. Mark's cathedral in Minne-apolis.
"Homage to Braque," a retro-spective
exhibition of works by
one of the foremost artists of the
twentieth century, will be an exhi-bition
Jan. 20 through Feb. at
the Walker Art gallery.
Jan. 13 - Feb. 24 the Walker art
center will also place on exhibi-tion
recen4 examples of printmak-ing
in America.
Mounce Suggests Slogan
Editor's Note : The following article by Dr. Robert Mounce, chair-man
of the department of Christianity, is reprinted with permission
from the Dec. 12, 1962, edition of the FACULTY JOURNAL.
If I correctly sense faculty reaction to the slogan "A Cam-pus
of Christian Scholarship," it is high time that an accept-able
alternative be proposed. Response to this attempt to con-cisely
portray the Bethel image ranges from mild disapproval
to vehement opposition. Yet since it seems that something
must be said, what else can the copy men do while they patient-ly
wait until we provide something better?
Opposition to the slogan centers in two infelicities: (1)
the implication that there exists such a thing as "Christian"
scholarship which takes its stand over against scholarship
per se; (2) the propriety of a Johnny-come-lately liberal arts
college suggesting that genuine scholarship (in the sense of
recognized research and living on the "cutting edge of know-ledge")
actually characterizes Bethel.
My own suggestion for an alternate description is the
phrase "Cultivating Christian Excellence."
The word "cultivating" describes the development of a
potential which the student himself brings to the campus. It
is proper modesty to recognize that we do not create worth
or manufacture greatness: we simply cultivate, we create an
environment and nurture the potential for growth.
"Christian" is a broad word. It stands for everything that
is high and noble — all the best which flows from our religious
heritage. It leaps over time and includes Calvins, Augustines
and Christians at Antioch. It is neither Baptist nor Pretribula-tionist.
"Excellence" is a meaningful objective. Rightly defined
it can be achieved yet always remaining a goal for the future.
Mere scholarship is too narrow a perspective. Piety in and
of itself fails. Excellence relates to the whole man — academic
maturity, spiritual sensitivity, the ability to communicate.
"Cultivating Christian Excellence," what's wrong with it?
(Photo by Ostrum)
On display in the student center through January is an art exhibit
by Urban Couch, a native of Minnesota and Administrator of Education
at the Minneapolis School of Art. He has had exhibits throughout the
United States.
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Morning Services 9 & 11
Church Bible School 10
Young Peoples class taught by Dr. Walfred
Peterson meets in the auditorium of Midway
Nurse's dormitory.
Evening Service
Pro Bu Cols
(Professional, Business, College)
Bus Leaves Bodien 9:40 a.m., 6:40 p.m.
Minister of Music, Julius Whitinger
Pastor Magnuson
by Minda Pearson
Jolting is the effect of Church
Militant, a sickening prophecy of
the church in 1980 presented last
weekend by the drama department.
While the play might not be com-pletely
relevant to our General
conference, or even to the church
in general, yet its exaggerations
were entertaining and revealing.
"The friendliest church this side
of heaven," characterized by its
over-organization, worldliness, fan-tastic
membership drives and in-ternal
disension, is rightly dubbed
the most typical church of that
"things come about so gradually
you hardly know they're differ-ent,"
the janitor indicates a dull-ing
of sensitivity and an obscur-ing
of purpose which could con-ceivably
also affect us.
After a meeting of the Celes-tial
council, the Apostle Paul
imple Art;
Tuesday, January 15, 1963
goes to earth to witness the
state of the church and to find
one who can save the church.
He encounters the Church Mili-tant
whose activities include fights
between the recruiter and guide,
fashion boards and T. V. contests,
mermaids instead of angels and
Rachel Sisters' bridge clubs.
PAUL CALLS them heretics, per-verts,
blasphemers, and the mem-bers
label him crazy and attack
him as the final spotlight freezes
the scene. Paul steps forward:
"Church Militant, onward to
where? God show some hope." The
janitor reaches forth his hand.
Written by Dale Rott, Bethel
drama instructor, the play indi-cates
promising things to come,
and under the direction of Tuffy
Bryant, the actors admirably
succeeded in their characteriza-tions
of stereotyped church mem-bers.
In contrast, the second play, dir-ected
by Mr. Rott, recalled the
life of Adoniram Judson, first Am-the
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erican missionary to Burma. The
narrator called it "a song, a ballad
of conquest, a hymn of faith, a
song of love . . . the moving story
of Adoniram and Anne."
TOUCH OF HUMOR in the first
scenes balanced a fleeting moment
of melodrama in the prison scene.
Admittedly it is difficult to ex-press
the grief, anguish and suf-fering
really experienced, but
Carole Lundquist and Jerry Oas
sensitively portrayed Anne and
Other members of the cast
added color — varying accents,
with mild personalities opposing
persuasive persons. Particularly
impressive was the refreshing
contrast provided by the dialect
of Steve Seidl and the pompo-sity
of Larry Hansen.
Conquest in Burma was a mov-ing
experience and an interesting
missionary biography. Its purpose
was not clear, but perhaps a story
showing missionaries facing sor-row
and difficult with courage is
Church Prophecy, Missionary Story
Provide Contrast in Drama Program
Nelson Probes Artist's, Viewer's Roles
by Jud Nelson
The so-called spirit of uneasi-ness
found so frequently among
the viewers of modern abstract
art is caused mainly by misconcep-tions
as to what art really is, an
unwillingness on our part to give
up those cherished common con-ceptions
as to just what we feel
art should be, and a misunder-standing
of the artists' intentions
in relation to our present age.
Abstract art is subject to all the
influences of our social institu-tions
and in it we see ourselves,
our own struggles and our battles
for survival.
URBAN COUCH, who holds the
present exhibition, is an artist who
is extremely individualistic in his
chosen form of expression. The
massive bold forms no doubt de-pict
the artist. These forms have a
deliberate security which give them
definite frankness.
Obvious simplicity is developed
through thoughtful organization
and a good understanding of de-sign.
A fine example of the design
quality which Mr. Coach incor-porates
into his paintings is the
figure-ground relationship, which
may be readily observed in his
works entitled "Savanna" and
"Centenial Steppe."
MOOD AND ACTION are creat-ed
in an original manner by smear-ing
the edges of the forms and
giving them texture. This method
also leads to a well-developed over-lapping
quality and an inter-rela-tionship
of these figures.
Color is definitely of great im-portance
in these paintings. The
viewer becomes highly conscious
of pure paint in which the pig-ments
maintain a clear and bright
quality and range in variety from
cool to hot tones.
A typical example of the artist's
versatility in his control of color
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good of the loved one. It is this
love which the Christian is ad-monished
to have.
In discussing the relationship
of love to God, Lewis names God
"Love Himself," but he states
strongly, "I cannot now deny the
name love to need-love." In ex-planation
the author says that a
person's love for God is always a
The Four Loves is a significant
contribution to this much discus-sed
subject. It has some important
insights to give a Christian philo-sophy
of love and deserves
thoughtful attention in Christian
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Bethel's basketball team, since
returning from the Christmas lay-off,
has suffered three straight
setbacks to Northwestern (Iowa),
River Falls and Concordia (Ill.).
Two hard fought losses to North-western
56-49 and Concordia 75-65
showed a much awaited improve-ment.
Bethel's "B" team won three
straight over Northwestern (Mpls.)
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Hard skating Doug Todd moves the puck up the ice in spite of the
efforts of an unidentified opponent as Jim Spiceland looks on. Bethel
students lost to the Minneapolis Park board all-stars 5-2 last Saturday,
with goals by Todd and Willie Larson. (See Sidelines column for more
on hockey.)
Cagers Lose Against Concordia,
Try to End Seven-game Streak
"B," River Falls "B," and North-western
Chiropractor college last
week to give them a 4-1 record.
Roger Olson and Lee Bajun-iemi,
with 14 and 10 points re-spectively,
led the Bethel cagers
to tie Northwestern 34-34 with
10 minutes in the game. Ber-kempas
with 20 of his 28 points
in the second half took charge
and led Northwestern to the
final 7 point victory.
River Falls gave the Royals their
second straight setback 80-62 in a
game played at River Falls. Bo-linder
and retention, with 18 and
12 points respectively, led the
Bethel attack but were unable to
overcome the home team's 41-28
half time lead.
Visiting Concordia, led by Schua-macher's
23 points, won a hard-fought
71-65 victory over the
Royals. Bajuniemi and Peterman,
with 20 and 13 points respectively,
were unable to overtake Concor-dia's
slim 30-27 half time lead.
Bethel had an amazing 44%
shooting average as they played
their best game of the season.
The game's 6 point spread was
determined on the foul line
where Concordia outshot Bethel
Edgar Peterman's 22 point aver-age
and Jim Stanley's and Randy
Johnson's fine rebounding have
sparked the "B" team as they over-powered
Northwestern "B" 58-44,
upset River Falls "B" 48-44 and
edged Northwestern Chiropractor
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During Break
by Bob Beckstrom
Due to the encouraging response An innovation on the Bethel sports scene is the formation of a
and outstanding success of last Bethel hockey squad. Before Christmas vacation several interested play-year's
ski trip, the athletic corn- ers formed a team and have since battled Alexander Ramsey high
mittee and intramural department school's varsity in a scrimmage and the Minneapolis Park board All-are
again sponsoring a two-day stars in a game last Saturday.
trip to northern Wis. during sem- Icemen Vince Bloom, Don Foreman, Don Frost, Dave Gehrke, Craig
ester break. Kronholm, Willie Larson, Brice Martinson, Len Molberg, Bob Smith,
Karl Smith, Jim Spiceland, Doug Todd and Dick Young are included
on the new team. Canadians Willie Larson and Doug Todd have carried
most of the scoring, with Dave Gehrke tallying two in the Ramsey game.
Player-coach for the squad is veteran U of M player Dick Young.
Young, who is a junior in the seminary, captained the Minnesota team
last year. He will be schedulig games primarily with park board teams
this year. Gehrke, who is supervisor at Ramsey, has obtained the
Ramsey ice for practice and games.
Scoring in the Ramsey scrimmage were forwards Willie Larson,
Doug Todd (2 points) and Dave Gehrke (2 points) as Bethel won 6-2.
Kronholm (all-state from Crookston), Foreman, Spiceland, Molberg and
Bob Smith also play forward, while Bloom, Frost, Martinson and Young
handle the defense. Karl Smith is goalie.
Larson and Todd each scored in the park board all-star game, but
Bethel still took a 5-2 loss. The next game will possibly be a Sno-Daze
tilt with Northland's hockey team. Don't miss it; it is worth braving the
weather alone to see Vince Bloom on ice skates.
Counts Win Ping-Pong Title,
Squires Beat Dukes 65-56
Paul Wicklund and Al Brown the intramural records as he broke
finished first and second, respec- Sid Duren's established mark of
tively, to give the Counts the intra- 55 points in one game as well as
mural ping pong championship. set a scoring record for one half:
Dennis Gustafson of the Knights 51 points.
placed third while Duke John Last week's action also included
Holmberg finished fourth. a 65-56 upset by the Squires over
Point totals for the tournament the Dukes. Don Land led the vic-were:
Counts 25, Dukes 21, Knights torious Squires with 20 points
21, Barons 16, Seminary 13, Squires while John Holmberg scored 18
10, Jesters 7, Pages 4 and Peasants for the Dukes.
1. Dick Lawrence and Paul Wede-
Lowell Gause highlighted bas- king led the Peasants to an easy
ketball action last week as he 82-58 victory over the Knights
paced the Jesters to a 85-42 tri- with 20 points each. Bill Madsen
umph over the Barons with the scored 22 for the losers. The
first (and only) two points of Pages beat the Counts by for-his
intramural basketball career. feit.
Gause's effort was aided by February 14 marks the beginning
teammate Lyle Anderson's 62-point of the paddle ball tournament. In-performance.
Anderson re-wrote terested contestants are requested
to sign up on the intramural bulle-
M a tm en Hos t Ham lin e Today, tin board.
Travel to River Falls Friday
Bethel's wrestling team resumes Scheduled for Friday afternoon
intercollegiate action today as they is a match with the River Falls B
host Hamline university's varsity. team. The Royal matmen will try
Coach Doug Culver optimistically to avenge last year's two losses to
anticipates a good showing, if not the strong River Falls squad. The
a victory for the young squad. return match will be at Bethel.
Wrestlers participating in the
meet are Dennis Clothier, John
Dischinger, Roger Gronau, Paul
Sloan, Stan Nelson, Keith Ander-son,
Ron Larson and Dave Hag-feldt.
Dischinger, Nelson and Hag-f
eldt are recent additions to the
Skiers Travel
To Wisconsin
Ski enthusiasts as well as poten-tial
skiers are urged to make this
bargain weekend a must. The total
price for the two days' lodging,
skiing and meals is $13, plus equip-ment
Gene Glader and Miss Marilyn
Starr announced that overnight
accommodations and meals will
be provided at the Bayfield inn
in Bayfield, two miles from the
ski facilities of Mount Ashwa-bay.
Departure time for the trip is
2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. Besides
the two days of skiing, evening
get-togethers are being planned by
the committee.
An informal worship service on
Sunday evening will begin the two
days' activities, and a dinner, ski
films, singing and light entertain-ment
will highlight Monday night's
This trip is an ideal opportun-ity
for the non-skier to become
initiated to the sport. The low
cost, absence of weekend crowds,
free instruction and companion-ship
of fellow novices offer an
excellent chance to begin skiing,
as well as a relaxing and fun-filled
Indications from last year's trip,
Bethel's first such venture, promise
an even better time this year. Al-though
there were 35 students and
faculty who went last year, Glader
anticipates a group of 50 to 60 for
the current trip.
Besides the River Falls and Ham-line
contests, Bethel has at least
one other home match with Con-cordia,
and possibly one with
Augustana's B team. Return meets
with Macalester and Hamline will
be away.
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The General Catering Assistant (Wash Up) - as it has been formally described - will mainly work in the staff restaurant of the Royal Household but also wash other Royal dishes too.
"You must be willing to work away from London for up to three months of the year," says the job advert on the Royal website.
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NEWPORT BEACH — Chase Valentine, 3, wanted something for Christmas that's little difficult to come by in Orange County: snow.
"It was so cool. On the way over here he said, 'Mom, the twee is so big,'" said Chase's mom, Tiffany Valentine, while nestled on a blanket with the shy tyke at Fashion Island's annual tree-lighting ceremony Friday night.
The Valentines from Newport Beach showed up at 4 p.m. to grab prime real estate in front of the stage where students from Laguna Beach's Musical Theatre University performed alongside Mickey, Minnie and Goofy from the Disneyland Resort.
The event at the Neiman Marcus-Bloomingdale's Courtyard was the first of two nights of tree lightings and visits from Santa.
Showing up just a bit earlier than the Valentines was Newport Beach resident Kimberly Smedeby. Her 16-year-old daughter, Claire Smedeby, attends the Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana and was one of the lucky youths performing with Disney's debut appearance at the annual event.
"Claire grew up in awe of the characters and now she's performing with them," Smedeby said.
The stage was set in front of Fashion Island's 90-foot white fir Christmas tree adorned with more than 20,000 lights and red, silver and gold ornaments. The tree was hoisted in place on a rainy morning Nov. 4.
However, despite Friday's early-morning clouds, the weather became in favor for the crowd. About 5,000 were there by 7 p.m., said Fashion Island spokeswoman Jane Gillespie.
"It's great that we have weather like this with us," said Laura Davis, senior director of marketing of regional centers. "It keeps the holiday mood going."
The shopping center is optimistic about the holiday shopping season, Davis said.
Tesla Motors, Happy Nails and Casey's Cupcakes also opened this week at the Irvine Co.-owned center in time for the shopping rush.
"Obviously, the way people are coming out to celebrate like this shows that they are ready for [the holidays]," Davis said.
The tree was lit just after 6:30 p.m., but not until after the three Disney icons invited the whole audience to join them in singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
Metallic streamers of red, green and silver showered over the stage and audience during the song.
It wasn't snow, but it was close.
"Kids don't normally sit though shows, but they love this," Valentine said. "The music, the lights, Santa — it's a great way to start the season."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from ''Sesame Street'' in the wake of an allegation that he had sex with an underage youth.
In its statement Tuesday, Sesame Workshop said ''the controversy surrounding Kevin's personal life has become a distraction that none of us want,'' leading Clash to conclude ''that he can no longer be effective in his job.''
''This is a sad day for Sesame Street,'' the company said.
In a statement of his own, Clash said ''personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work Sesame Street is doing and I cannot allow it to go on any longer. I am deeply sorry to be leaving and am looking forward to resolving these personal matters privately.''
As the announcement was made, a lawsuit was being filed in federal court in New York charging Clash with sexual abuse of a second youth. The lawsuit alleges that Cecil Singleton, then 15 and now an adult, was persuaded by Clash to meet for sexual encounters.
The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $5 million.
Clash, who had been on ''Sesame Street'' for 28 years, created the high-pitched voice and child-like persona for Elmo, a furry, red Muppet that became one of the most popular characters on the show and one of the company's most lucrative properties. Sesame Workshop produces ''Sesame Street'' in New York.
Clash's exit followed a tumultuous week that began on Nov. 12 with a statement from the company that Clash had requested a leave of absence following the charge by a man in his early 20s that he had had a relationship with Clash when he was 16.
Clash denied the charge from that man, who has not been publicly identified, calling it ''false and defamatory.''
Clash, the 52-year-old divorced father of a grown daughter, acknowledged that he is gay in that statement.
Sesame Workshop, which said it was first contacted by the accuser in June, said it had launched an investigation that included meeting with the accuser twice and meeting with Clash. Its investigation found the charge of underage conduct to be unsubstantiated.
The next day Clash's accuser recanted his charge, describing his sexual relationship with Clash as adult and consensual. Clash responded that he was ''relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest.''
In addition to his marquee role as Elmo, Clash had served as the show's senior Muppet coordinator and Muppet captain. He won 23 daytime Emmy awards and one prime-time Emmy.
In 2006, he published an autobiography, ''My Life as a Furry Red Monster,'' and was the subject of the 2011 documentary ''Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey.''
Though it remained unclear who might take over for Clash performing as Elmo, other ''Sesame Street'' puppeteers have been trained to serve as his stand-in, Sesame Workshop said.
''Elmo is bigger than any one person,'' the company said last week.
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Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey unveiled a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for commercial gun purchases — including those at gun shows and online — Wednesday morning, opening a pathway for the biggest change in U.S. gun laws in nearly two decades.
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"I have to tell you candidly that I don't consider criminal background checks to be gun control," said Toomey, who has a lifetime "A" rating from the powerful National Rifle Association. "I think it's just common sense."
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Toomey said he and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) will back the measure, but he would not predict whether other Republicans would back it as well.
"Nobody here in this great Capitol of ours with a good conscience could sit by and not try to prevent a day like that from happening again," said Manchin of the Newtown shooting. "I think that's what we're doing."
The bipartisan agreement could give political cover for enough Republicans to vote Thursday and exceed the 60-vote requirement needed to allow the Senate to proceed to what would be an emotional floor debate on gun control legislation. That debate could last one to two weeks before a final vote, said Senate aides.
The Manchin-Toomey proposal would require background checks for sales at gun shows and online, but it will exempt personal transfers from such checks.
It also calls for the creation of a "commission on mass violence" that will study the sources of, and ways to prevent, the mass shootings that have plagued the country over the last decade.
The NRA, which has dominated any gun-related bills moving through Congress for years, has already come out in opposition to the proposal.
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"Expanding background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting, will not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in schools," the National Rifle Association said in a statement issued even before Manchin and Toomey finished their press conference.
"While the overwhelming rejection of President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg's 'universal' background check agenda is a positive development, we have a broken mental health system that is not going to be fixed with more background checks at gun shows. The sad truth is that no background check would have prevented the tragedy in Newtown, Aurora or Tucson."
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has been closely involved in the gun talks, called Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), on Wednesday morning to inform them he had signed off on the agreement, according to a Senate aide.
Giffords was seriously wounded in a Jan. 2011 shooting that left six other people dead. Giffords resigned from Congress the next year, and she and Kelly — a former astronaut — have becoming leading gun-control advocates.
Schumer also spoke to Vice President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to give them details of agreement and his support for it.
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Schumer negotiated several changes to the initial Manchin-Toomey proposal, including striking language from the agreement allowing concealed permit holders to carry their weapons in other states, and limiting Internet sales to five guns per year. He also worked to make sure there is a 72-hour window for performing background checks except for gun-show sales, which will be cleared in 48 hours initially.
Kirk and Schumer were no-shows at Wednesday's presser. Senate sources say Schumer in particular was directed to stay away at Toomey's request.
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The Dreadful Past
What makes Allen's ministry success all the more amazing is the childhood he had to overcome. Of all the hardship stories, his home life was among the most dreadful. Allen and his six siblings had two alcoholic parents who were wild drunks, brewed their own liquor, and grew their own smoking tobacco. For entertainment they gave their kids this moonshine and watched them get drunk. Allen's mother put home brew in his baby bottle to keep him from crying, and he was smoking before he was old enough to go to school.
Needless to say, the Allen home was not a happy one. There were constant tussles. Allen's mother left his father when A. A. was only four years old to marry another abusive, alcoholic. By the time he was six, he was carrying tin buckets of beer home from the saloon to his stepfather. This man left his mother when A. A. was eleven, at which time Allen attempted to run away himself. If the weather had not turned bad, he might have succeeded. He left home for good when he was fourteen.
Meeting Jesus
By the time Allen was twenty-one, his health had badly deteriorated. He had the shakes so bad he couldn't light a cigarette or hold a cup of coffee without spilling it. His chest burned and he was racked with a deep, hacking cough. Even his memory was slipping. He was already dying the death of an old man. Hoping to restore his health there, he returned home to the farm where his mother still lived. The two of them soon slipped into their old ways and started stilling their own liquor and hosting wild parties. Their regular Saturday night shindig became known as the "Allen Dance Hall and Still."
A neighbor had a different type of celebration in mind. He was a Pentecostal preacher who wanted to start a Holy Ghost revival out of his home just down the road. He and his little flock started to pray that the Allen parties would stop—they prayed that the Lord would either run him out of the neighborhood or kill him.
God did better than that. Allen happened upon a country Methodist church one day where they were singing and dancing inside. Out of curiosity he went in and was mesmerized by the woman preacher and the celebratory atmosphere. He knew he wanted what they had. The next night he returned and answered the altar call to be saved. From that point on, the parties and bootlegging ended.
Hook, Line, and Sinker
Allen went home and found an old Bible up in the attic. He read it voraciously, from cover to cover. He showed up at the Pentecostal home meeting down the road and after he left the people there prayed he would be filled with the Holy Spirit and used to win souls for Christ. The next day he visited a Methodist pastor who told him to stay away from the Pentecostals because they spoke in tongues. This just piqued Allen's curiosity even more and now he wanted that too. Not long afterward, he and his sister attended a Pentecostal camp meeting where he received the baptism and shouted out in tongues.
When drought hit Missouri in 1934, Allen moved to Colorado where he was offered a job on a ranch. There he came across a Foursquare Church and met a young neighbor named Lexie Scriven. She felt she was called to preach and soon the two became close friends. When she left for Missouri to attend Central Bible Institute, Allen also returned to Missouri to help his mother. Allen wrote Lexie daily and finally proposed marriage. On September 19, 1936, the two returned to Colorado to marry.
The couple knew they were called to preach, so they both enrolled at Central Bible Institute. On the way there they stopped to see Allen's ailing mother and ended up staying to nurse her back to health, spending all the money they had saved for school in the process. After her health improved, they continued on their way searching for jobs and a place to live. During this time Allen had the opportunity to preach at a church meeting in a local home.
The Journey Begins
The Allens wasted no time holding meetings wherever they could. They struggled with money, having to chop and sell wood to survive, sleeping in a dilapidated shack on a bed made from their car seats, and eating nothing but beans for weeks at a time. In the late 1930's, Allen was offered the pastorate of an Assembly of God church in Holly, Colorado, when they also licensed him.
It was while pastoring that Allen began to truly seek God. He was determined to discover the secret of God's power and how to flow with it. He prayed and fasted until he heard from the Lord how to increase his effectiveness as a preacher. And as promised in the Bible, those who seek will surely find. God revealed Himself to Allen in a powerful, life-changing way.
The Price Tag
Allen received clear direction from the Lord about exactly what he should do in order to operate in the miracle-working power of God. Allen recalled that "God revealed to me that the things that were hindrances to my ministry . . . were the very same things which were hindering so many thousands of others. At last, here was the price I must pay for the power of God in my life and ministry. The price tag for the miracle-working power of God!"3
Here are eleven of the thirteen things Allen said the Lord told him he must understand and do to see His Miracle-Working Power:
- He must realize he couldn't do greater quality miracles than Jesus.
- He could walk as Jesus walked.
- He must be blameless like God Himself.
- He must measure himself to Jesus alone.
- He must deny his fleshly desires with fasting.
- After self-denial, he must follow Jesus seven days a week.
- Without God, he could do nothing.
- He must do away with sin in his body.
- He must not continue in shallow, pointless discussions.
- He must give his body wholly to God forever.
- He must believe all of God's promises.
The remaining two guidelines were "pet sins" that God had pointed out by name, which Allen felt he could not share.4
Miracle-Working Power
Shortly after this visitation, Allen resigned from his position as pastor. The Allens had an invitation to minister in Missouri and here is where their first miracle service took place. A blind man came forward for healing in response to the altar call. Allen asked for all those with faith for the healing of this blind man to come up and pray with him. Then he said, "There is unbelief in this room, I can feel it!". With that a man got up and stomped out the door. When the believers finished praying, the blind man could name the color of Allen's tie!5
Throughout the first half of the 1940's, Allen traveled around the country leading miracle-working healing revivals. Lexie was left alone for months at a time to care for their young babies. It was a difficult time for the family as they continued to struggle financially and Lexie was left with the burden of raising the children single-handedly. Then, in 1947, Allen was offered the pastorate of one of the largest Assemblies of God churches in Texas. He accepted and the family moved to Corpus Christi in search of a more normal family life and financial stability.
Going to the Next Level
For the next couple of years, Allen threw himself into building the church and the congregation grew until they needed a new building. He oversaw the exciting and successful church building project, but then searched for the next great adventure to throw himself into. He felt called to pursue a radio outreach, but the church board rejected the idea and Allen fell into a severe depression. Lexie recognized it as a spiritual attack and commanded the tormenting spirit to leave him. Miraculously it did, and Allen was back to his ambitious self.
By the fall of 1949, Allen began to hear stories of miraculous healing meetings from church members and the widely circulated Voice of Healing publication. He attended an Oral Roberts tent revival in Dallas, Texas, with some ministry friends and felt God tugging on his heart about the vision he originally gave him. He rededicated himself to fulfilling that calling and upon returning home resigned the pastorate once again.
In May of 1950, Allen sent his first report to the Voice of Healing after the awe-inspiring results of a miracle campaign he held in Oakland, California. People were healed sitting in their seats as "waves of divine glory swept over the congregation."6 In 1951, Allen purchased a tent and on July 4, 1951, the A. A. Allen Revival Tent went up for the first campaign in Yakima, Washington.
In November of 1953, Allen finally broke into radio with the Allen Revival Hour on eleven stations. By 1955 he was being broadcast on seventeen Latin American stations and eighteen American ones.7 Allen conducted yearly revivals in Cuba and Mexico from 1955 until 1959 when Castro took power.
Persecution and Progress
As Allen's fame grew, so did opposition. At the height of his ministry success, his enemies slandered Allen publicly with accusations of being a drunkard. The newspapers published accounts of public drunkenness and he was even arrested for drunk driving. The charges were trumped up and widely disputed across factions of friend and foe. R.W. Schambach, who was traveling with him at the time, testified that he was in the car the night he was arrested and that Allen was by no means under the influence of alcohol. Nevertheless, the bad press did great harm to his ministry and reputation. Ultimately he was forced to withdraw from the Assemblies of God denomination and Voice of Healing network.
However, what the enemy means for harm can often work for good. In the midst of persecution, Allen launched the Miracle Revival Fellowship, which licensed ministers and supported missions. Five hundred ministers were licensed in its first ordination. During this time he also began publishing the Miracle Magazine, which boasted two hundred thousand paid subscribers by the end of 1956. In January of 1958, he established the International Miracle Revival Training Camp for ministers near Tombstone, Arizona. He was given 1,250 acres of land and called it "Miracle Valley." In 1960, he built a four thousand seat church hoping to one day to develop a city there with flourishing neighborhoods, recreational facilities, and media centers.
A Sudden End
Throughout the late 1950's, great public controversy continued to surround Allen, as well as hostile persecution, yet he pressed on. The miraculous followed his preaching in unprecedented forms. Unheard of signs and wonders were manifested during his campaigns, such as a flame appearing above his revival tent, oil flowing from the heads and hands of people in the audience, crosses appearing on foreheads, and a radio listener having organs reappear that had previously been removed.
Allen worked as hard as ever well into the next decade. He continued to fervently teach on healing, and then more and more on financial prosperity. By 1967, the ministry suffered a debilitating blow when it was sued for $300,000 in back taxes. By 1969, Allen's health began to deteriorate and he battled severe arthritis in his knees. He suffered with so much pain that a protégé had to fill in during the crusades. Allen had already undergone surgery on one of his knees and in June of 1970, was considering surgery on the other knee.
Works Consulted
- Lexie E. Allen, God's Man of Faith and Power, (Hereford, AZ: A.A.
Allen Publications, 1954), 165.
- David Harrell Jr., All Things Are Possible (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University
Press, 1975), 66.
- L. Allen, God's Man of Faith and Power, 98-104
- A. A. Allen, Price of God's Miracle-Working Power (Miracle Valley,
AZ: A. A. Allen Revivals Inc., 1950).
- L. Allen, 106-108
- Ibid, 165.
- Harrell, All Things Are Possible, 68.


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The Blue Ridge Country Club Ladies' Golf Association ended its 2010 season with its annual Memorial Tournament, and Mary Jane Carico was the tournament champion with a net score of 67.
In conjunction with the Memorial Tournament, the association also played a best-ball tournament with three-player teams. The winning team consisted of Margaret Cheek, Diane Taylor and Wilda Fayne with a 79, followed by Mary Jane Carico, Wanda Cox and Alice Thomason (81), Myra Kirby, Carol Lundquist and Lucy Neff (82), Margaret Hensley, Emmy Rotenizer and Brenda Harmon (85), Trish Golding, Jackie Butler and Martha Rose (85) and the threesome of Linda Painter, JoAnn Richardson and Earlene Ogburn.
The association also presented its end-of-year awards. Bertha Nunley was the ringer card tournament winner and Cherie Downey was named the most improved player. Birdie tree tournament winners were Judy Chambers (Division I), Margaret Cheek (Division II), Emmy Rotenizer and JoAnn Richardson (Division III) and Carol Lundquist (Division IV).
Member-member match play winners were Margaret Cheek (gross) and Lucy Neff (net).
Eagle awards were presented to Judy Chambers and Margaret Cheek, and holes-in-one by Alice Hill and Linda Painter were recognized.
The association also elected its officers for the 2011 season. Officers will be Mary Jane Carico (president), Cherie Downey (vice-president), Margaret Hensley (treasurer), JoAnn Richardson (secretary), Trish Golding and Emmy Rotenizer (tournament co-chairs), Margaret Cheek (social chair) and Earlene Ogburn (sunshine chair).
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After a few months not blogging, I have now finally settled in a bit into my new life in Bristol. Although have been sewing, I just haven't had the mindset to get blogging again, but now I'm energised and ready to go!
I have managed to make two skirts since moving to Bristol.
I had planned back in February to make a few skirts of different styles (a-line, gathered, pleated) to see which suited me best. However I have realised by doing some "research" in a few shops (basically just trying a lot of things on in changing rooms) that gathered skirts and my posterior are not friends, so should never go together! Instead I'm having a go at a few pleated skirts. Firstly a Simplicity Cynthia Rowley pattern 2215.
I made it from a nice cotton drill so it's more of an autumn-winter skirt, but can work for summer. I've never used a Simplicity pattern before, and despite checking my sizing on the envelope and measuring the waistband pattern piece before cutting out, it came out way too big, so I had to take the waist in by at least an inch. I love the a-symmetrical pleats on this, which is handy if you aren't the neatest sewer in the world (I'm not).
I also added some secret fabric to the pockets, it's some cute animal print that I used for friend's baby blanket way back when I first started this blog.
Although I like this skirt, it is still quite big and flouncy, and doesn't exactly slim down my lower half, so I am not certain that I would make it again.
So next up was a Simplicity Project Runway skirt 2698, which I think is now out of print. I made View J with yoke B.
This skirt is more a wearable muslin than an actual finished piece, and I haven't hemmed it yet. Mainly because I'm not sure the back pleats work.
I went down a size with Simplicity this time, and that seemed to work a lot better. However I am definitely not sure about the back pleats. I want to make this skirt again from some olive cotton sateen I have, as I love the look of the front pleats, but I'm not sure what to do about the back. Can I get the pleats to lie flatter, if so how? Should I move them closer to the centre back? Could I eliminate them somehow by adjusting the pattern (slash and spread or something??).
What do you think?
My next make is going to be a chambray Kelly skirt, by Megan Nielsen. I have been lusting after a button-down skirt for a while, and now after several versions of this have been popping up in Blogland I want one even more. But again the back pleats are causing me concern.


text: Beef's Saving Value July 4, 2014 06:19 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Feeding the family healthy, enjoyable meals within a budget can be challenging. As my children have grown over the past few years, so have their appetites and food preferences. The one thing I can count on is their love for beef's great flavor, which thankfully pairs well with many fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Here are some easy shopping tips for planning meals that help keep the family happy and healthy with beef's saving value. Consider cost-per-serving ratio. One serving of protein is equivalent to 4-ounces of raw or 3-ounces of cooked beef. On average, one pound (16-ounces) of beef is about $4. That means beef costs about $1 per 3-ounce cooked serving. Beef is packed with 10 essential nutrients for that $1. Its value you can count on. Purchase family-size packs/bundles. Look for family packs or bundles in the meat case that have a variety of items for a lower price-per-pound. If you can't use all the items at one meal, simply freeze them or use the cooked leftovers for sandwiches, salads or stir-fry the next day. Go small. If you don't need a full pound of beef, just purchase the amount needed. Simply visit the meat case to find perfectly-portioned steaks and roasts. You can buy high-quality beef at just the right size and just the right price. Buy in bulk and cut your own. By purchasing larger cuts of beef and slicing them into steaks at home, you can save up to $2 per pound. You can freeze cuts individually or use for your next meal. Hunt for bargains. Every week your local grocers will offer specials on beef. Watch the paper for coupons and deals. When you find a good deal be sure to buy enough to stock your freezer. Uncooked ground beef can be properly stored in the freezer for approximately 3-4 months. Uncooked steaks and roasts can be frozen for approximately 4-12 months. Ask for help. Talk to your local butcher or meat counter clerk. Their job is to help you find the most appropriate cut of meat to suit your needs. You can also look for recipe labels on the corners of packages of beef for helpful information. Or, if you have a smart phone, you can visit the online Interactive Butcher Counter while shopping to find helpful information regarding cuts, nutrition and recipes. Recipe: Grilled Beef Tri-tip This delicious Grilled Beef Tri-tip with Tropical Fruit Salsa recipe is a great value for any meal. Stretch your dollar further by serving it with a wholegrain option, such as brown rice, and save the leftovers for steak tacos the following day. Source: South Dakota Beef Industry Council Back to news


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Hi Bill,I just pasted the url's for you photos and tried to view them, but only got a 'page not found' error page instead. Is there any other way to see your Ischia foccaccia photos?Thanks
Bill,Nice photos; the new links to the Foccaccia Genovese photos worked fine, too.So, how would you characterize the Austrian starter; how would you compare it to the Italian starters?
Bill, Looks like you're enjoying the new camera. That second batch looks great. Did you use the American pie recipe for that as well? I have yet to try one of his recipes but after seeing your pictures, I think it's time pull out the little black book.
HiMind sharing rough hydration percent, temp and time of bake? I am desperately wanting to make rustic sandwicheson foccia or ciabatta like bread and while I have come close, I have had more failures. I need a consistent productthat I can make with IDY, flour, H20, salt, sugar, and olive oil.Nice - pics looks really rich!
Bill, Which yeast did you use for the ciabatta? I would like to try this one as well. Looks great!
Hi-gluten flour 778 gWater 661 g Milk 31gSalt 19g Olive Oil 31gThis is what I used for a batch of two 700g loaves (90g bowl res.) Can't help you with IDY.
Starter weight was 15% of total dough weight.
See if my math is right. 228g
You're way off! It's 227.55g. Bill/SFNM


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VERGENNES — At their regular meeting last Tuesday, aldermen discussed signage at Vergennes' oldest cemetery, the addition of a Police Explorers program for youths interested in police work, and the need — or lack thereof — for a city conservation commission.
In other business, aldermen:
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MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont League of Cities and Towns, at its annual Town Fair in Essex Junction on Oct. 5, will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to recently retired Middlebury Town Manager Bill Finger.
This award is presented to a municipal official or employee who has dedicated his or her career to serving local government within his or her own community and through service on a statewide level on boards or commissions or the VLCT.
VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen at their Sept. 18 meeting accepted a recommendation from the city's planning commission that Vergennes does not need to create a conservation commission.
Specifically, planners suggested that aldermen not place an article on the city meeting ballot asking residents to approve a conservation commission, and aldermen agreed.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) has welcomed Carl Robinson as its new executive director.
Originally from Arizona, Robinson and his family have called Middlebury their home for the past seven years. Prior to moving to Vermont, he received his B.S. in Parks and Recreation Management with an emphasis in Outdoor Education from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
MIDDLEBURY — After state regulators recently OK'd Porter Medical Center's proposed fiscal year 2013 budget with conditions, Porter officials said the hospital will meet the state's request to cut $465,930 from its $69 million spending plan, and it will do it in a manner that does not affect direct patient services.
BRISTOL — Renewed concern over the sharply angled slope of the gravel extraction sites near Mount Abraham Union High School has led to some community questions on one of Bristol's most contentious issues — gravel pits — that could lead to discussion on how to reclaim the site.
Bristol resident David Brynn recently initiated some conversation on the subject with a letter to the editor published in the Addison Independent and with posts on a social media site.
VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen are asking neighbors and other parties interested in the city's oldest cemetery to help create a new sign for the historic burial ground, for which the city assumed maintenance responsibilities this year.
An older sign now identifies it as "Vergennes First Cemetery," and the site, at the end of Mountain View Lane, is commonly known as the First Cemetery or as the Old Cemetery.
VERGENNES — Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel has chartered a city branch of the national Police Explorers organization, a program that allows youths to learn about police work and even help police do some jobs, such as direct traffic, City Manager Mel Hawley told aldermen at their Sept. 18 meeting.
Hawley said Merkel has already held two organizational meetings at Vergennes Union High School, and about 15 students have said they will sign up.
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The Calusa Blueway Interactive Exhibit will run from Aug. 15 through Oct. 1 at the Northwest Regional Library in Cape Coral. The exhibit will feature a collection of equipment used by paddlers and Blueway enthusiasts, prize-winning nature photographs from past paddle festivals and interactive presentations covering many interesting and adventurous subjects. This is your chance to see what kayaking and canoeing around Southwest Florida is like.
Visitors will be able to attend presentations on the Calusa Indians, the ancient civilization which populated the region some 13,000 years ago; bird watching, ecology, geocaching, kayaking/stand-up paddling, marine wildlife, the 190-mile public waterway know as the Great Calusa Paddling Trail, and a hands-on introduction to kayaking fun for the whole family. Check the schedule for the dates and times of the intriguing presentations.
"If you have never had the opportunity to kayak or canoe in Southwest Florida waterways, you will find this exhibit fascinating and will probably find yourself wanting to experience the waterway first hand!" said Nancy MacPhee, program manager for the Lee County Florida Convention and Visitor's Bureau. "The water, the trails, the mangroves, are all captivating and this is your chance to experience it all from dry land in the library."
During the exhibit the library will have a daily trivia contest and will award a small prize to one winner every day. At the close of the exhibit, five winners will be selected from all trivia entries and awarded one $40 gift certificate from one of the following outfitters: Kayak Southwest Florida, Calusa Ghost Tours, GAEA Guides - Guided Kayak Nature Tours, Florida Paddle Sports, Kayak Excursions.
The Northwest Regional Library is located at 519 Chiquita Blvd., N., in Cape Coral and is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, from noon-8 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library is closed on Sundays.
The interactive presentation date and times can be found below. All programs are free and open to the public. A sign language interpreter is available with 5 business days notice to library staff. Assistive listening system available; request at desk.
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Schedule of special presentations
5 p.m., Aug. 16
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Leave No Trace
Connie Langmann, a GAEA guide, of Guided Kayak Nature Tours will explain how to use the "Leave No Trace" concept while visiting local ecology.
3 p.m., Aug. 24
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Bird watching in SW Florida
Charlie Ewell a member of a number of Lee County bird related organizations will share his knowledge and experiences from years of bird watching along the Calusa Blueway and other Lee County areas.
3 p.m., Aug. 27
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Calusa Ghost Tours Demonstration
John Paeno of Calusa Ghost Tours says "it's all about having fun." Whether photographing wildlife, walking ancient archeological sites or catching fish, a day on the water is a perfect family adventure. Paeno will describe and discuss what is available for you to experience on the Blueway.
3 p.m., Sept. 10 & 20
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Florida Paddling Trails are for Everyone
Nancy MacPhee, region director of Florida Paddling Trails Association, will introduce you to the goals and successes of the FPTA. FPTA is a state-wide, community of paddlers, clubs, outfitters and other water trail supporters, which has a common purpose of "connecting paddlers to water trails." It works to knit the paddle community together and protect the environment.
3 p.m., Sept. 14 & 27
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Discover the Blueway Paddling Trail
Betsy Clayton, Lee County Parks & Recreation waterway coordinator, will describe and discuss Lee County's own 190-mile public waterway, The Great Calusa Paddling Trail!
3 p.m., Sept. 15
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: The Calusas: The Earliest Users of Our Blueway
Meet a fifth-generation Floridian, Cindy Bear, site coordinator for the Randell Research Center's Calusa Heritage Trail. Bear knows a lot about the history of people living in Southwest Florida. In fact, her area of expertise - the Calusa Indians - dates back to an era long before any European settlers "discovered" the New World. Come listen to her share some details about the ancient civilization which populated the region some 13,000 years ago.
10 a.m., Sept. 17
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Interactive Kayaking
Cynthia Gilbert of Kayak Southwest Florida will present a fun, interactive, educational presentation about kayaking for the whole family.
3 p.m., Sept. 22
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: A Naturalist's View of Our Waterways
Joy Hazell, a marine sea grantagent for Lee County, will talk about her organization's work to help create a sustainable coastal economy and environment In Lee County. She will discuss the wonderful natural resources we enjoy now and hopefully for many years to come.
12 p.m., Sept. 24
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: Hands-On Kayaking
Stefan Kuenzel of Kayak Excursions will give a "hands-on" introduction to kayaking fun for the whole family!
3 p.m., Sept. 24
Great Calusa Blueway Exhibit: So, You Want to Know About Paddling?
Jory Pearson of Florida Paddle Sports is the man to pay attention to when it comes to any paddle sports in the area. Jory will talk about kayaking, Stand-Up Paddleboarding, Geocaching, kayak fishing or any form of paddling on the Blueways. Pearson will also answer some of your safety and equipment questions.
For more information on the exhibit, go to www.lee-county.com/library or call Telephone Reference at 239-479-INFO (4636). For more information on the Great Blueway visit www.calusablueway.com or www.calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com.


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Inflatable / February 3, 2019 / Esperanza Langlais
Paying a little more for your Inflatables can save you a lot of money in the long run not to mention a whole lot of aggravation and lost customers! Buying the cheapest Inflatables can many times turn out to be a very expensive mistake. You should ask yourself how much in lost rental revenue you will incur if that bargain Inflatable falls apart in a few months right in the middle of your busy season. A lot more than you might think. And good luck trying to get it fixed in less than a month or two. (Especially if it has to be shipped back to China for repairs.) During that time you would have lost 10-15 rentals multiplied by your average rental rate which could cost you as much as Two Thousand Dollars or more each time your China Inflatable is out for repair.
The few hundred dollars you thought you were saving when you bought your China Inflatable has now turned your "Great Deal" into the most expensive Inflatable youve ever purchased! Most of the Inflatable Manufacturers take the easy way out by giving away American jobs and going the cheap route by making our products overseas. And while it would be much more profitable to do so You would pay the price in the form of inferior quality of raw materials and substandard workmanship. You cannot control Safety Quality and Production Times if your products are being made a world away. Most of the US Inflatable Manufacturers start cutting corners by buying cheap vinyl inexpensive thread and single stitching. They cut corners on many exclusive safety features to save even more money. They do not have product liability insurance and so you are left to battle it out yourself in case of an accident for defective products. Before you make the decision on who youre going to buy from you should ask all the right questions then consider all the facts features and benefits of doing business with each company youre comparing and resist the temptation to buy on price alone. Like a trusted advisor once told me "A smart investment is one you still feel good about many years down the road."
Inflatable costumes are lightweight and cool thus the wearer would not have a difficult time carrying it around for hours. There is also no need for the person inside the costume to worry about dripping sweat and losing his or her breath-the wearer will bring with him a fan and an equally lightweight power pack to keep the costume inflated. Thus it will be entirely comfortable to be inside the inflated suit and interaction with audiences will be more genuine and heartfelt. The inflatable balloons on the other hand are durable balloons that incorporate a companys brand pr product catch images.
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COMICS CONTEST ENTRY:A Dark Deed1 | 2 | 3 | 4Full comic(>9MB, >15Kpx long)---EVERYTHING ELSE:Part of the International Comic ContinuityWelcome to TavKorp!We're not entirely sure what we've been bringing you, but we can assure you we've been bringing this kind of stuff to you since 2008!(I say "we" because that sounds like something a company would say, and if you couldn't tell from the title, this is kind of a pretense company I've got going here. I'll go ahead and use "I" from now on.)If you're someone who likes to read things in chronological order, you might want to start way back with my first series, VakamaTK's Comics, which can be found in the archive."Sweet! Seeing a new series from the first comic maker I ever read is definitely quite nostalgic. I'm definitely liking this."-Shadonix"Room with a Mahi is probably your most original work to date. It's thoroughly entertaining, and it has an interesting blend of reality and fantasy that keeps things interesting."-Nuparurocks"Tav, that was the best comic. Of all time."-Gavla"Now, this... this is the very definition of 'boss'. http://www.bzpower.c...tyle_emoticons/default/cool.png"-Dlakii"Words fail me to describe that level of epicness..."-Kahinuva"Nice job with the PowerPoint drawings. http://www.bzpower.c...tyle_emoticons/default/cool.png Looks very pro."-Darcsyde"I'm starting to like this series.Guess this is more proof I need to start lurking around the comics forum more often. XP"-Venom"Nice closeups, and the suspense has been built up very well. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes."-Gerlicky"Tav, you impress me yet again with this. KUTGW."-Nuzar"Never stop being amazing at comics. Ever. They are most lulz-inducing indeed. I would high-five you but this is the internet"-Tapika"Great as always, of course, Tav."-Coleanuva"This series sucks and I hate you. http://www.bzpower.c...tyle_emoticons/default/mad.gif"-Tavakai"Genius. Absolute Genius."-Biocryptid21"Wow, nice job with the special effects!"-Miraka"I never read your stuff before, I'm terribly sorry that I missed out. "-Calvirick"And now, I am at a loss of words. Even after my sudden boost in Gimp effects, you're still far superior than me."-BladeranMiscellaneous Comics (Non-series)Christmas 2010: "Hazardous Season"(Mirror) (Featured in The 2010 Comic Advent Calendar hosted by Lavaside Rahi!)Third Anniversary Special: Courtroom Chaos(Mirror)Christmas 2011: The Ghost of Comics Past(Mirror) (Featured in The 2011 Christmas Advent Calendar hosted by Kahinuva!)Multi-Author series--IN THE ARCHIVE--Noob War (currently on hold; these comics were made since then):An Aura of OminosityShark AttackTeaming up for AvdenchurzMini-series: Disregard Forums/Acquire Pokemans:1. Obsession(Mirror)2. Philbert Saves the Day?(Mirror)3. Escape Plan(Mirror)4. The Plan is Foiled(Mirror)5. The Mysterious Salesman(Mirror)6. How to Catch a Pokemon(Mirror)7. Everybody Loves Surfing(Mirror)8. The Secret of the Closet(Mirror)9. The Hazards of the 3DS(Mirror)There are currently two running operations: A Room With a Mahi and Tavakai: The Movie (which is actually an epic). They are located below in that order.This was originally intended to come after my movie, but then I changed my mind because Liveswif was getting annoying and then my computer crashed. So I adapted the intro storyline a bit to sort of reflect my situation, and now here we are.BZP Comics Wiki ArticleChapter I: Procrastination and Crashes1. The First Comic(Mirror)2. Murphey Enforces his Law(Mirror)3. A Tale of Two Viruses(Mirror)4. Procrastination is an Understatement(Mirror)5. Three-Year Huna(Mirror)6. The Interdimensional Nonagonal Prism(Mirror)Chapter II: The Interdimensional Journey Begins7. Sprite Kit Alterations(Mirror)8. Chimoru Omega III(Mirror)9. The Gavla Your Man Could Make Comics Like(Mirror)Chapter III: Role Reversal10. Emergency Stop(Mirror)11. Gnue Yoark Citi(Mirror)Chapter IV: The Conclusion (Abridged remainder of storyline)12. Bow to Your King(Mirror)13. Operation: ContinuityKill(Mirror)14. ROBOT ROCK(Mirror)15. 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If you want to see it with the music in sync but with bad quality, see here.)Scene 2: Watch Where You Step(Mirror)Scene 3: Sunset of an Era(Mirror)Part 2:Scene 1: A Few Calls(Mirror)Scene 2: Nearing Departure(Mirror)The remainder of the story can only be viewed as an epic. The epic is here; please post your posts over here though or I will be forced to report you to the authorities.Previews/banners/stuffs(Images here are only to be used as banners if a codebox is provided, meaning they have been checked to make sure they follow the Signature Guidelines and are intended by me for that kind of use)There is also a smaller size available for some of these banners. Just replace "bzpready.jpg" in the file URL with "downsized.png"--This may not work depending on the banner.
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EEOC Said Skilled Laborers Recruited from India were Imprisoned, Exploited and Abused
TULSA, Okla. – In a significant legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal judge has ordered John Pickle Company, Inc. (JPC) and its president, John Pickle, to pay $1.24 million to 52 male victims of national origin discrimination and "human trafficking" who were recruited from India as skilled laborers and then subjected to widespread abuse, intimidation and exploitation.
In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged the Tulsa, Okla.-based oil industry parts manufacturer with recruiting the class of foreign employees to the United States with assurances they would work under conditions similar to those of Americans. However, in her 71-page written opinion, Federal District Court Judge Claire V. Eagan detailed evidence of unlawful and egregious conduct by JPC against the Indian-born high-tech welders, fitters, electricians, engineers and cooks once they arrived in the United States.
The judge ruled that JPC was responsible for subjecting the Indian workers to fraud and deceit, inadequate pay, sub-standard living conditions, false imprisonment, lockdowns with an armed guard, phone tapping, food rationing, restrictions on freedom to worship, degrading job assignments, ethnic slurs, intimidation, and the non-payment of wages earned. The court concluded that this conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, because the treatment was based on the national origin of the foreign workers.
"This is a case in which the American dream turned into a workplace nightmare," said EEOC's Dallas Regional Attorney Robert A, Canino, the agency's trial counsel and member of a federal interagency Worker Exploitation Task Force. "We expect that a decision like this, which wraps the civil rights laws of Title VII and §1981 around the country's growing problem of human trafficking, will serve as valuable precedent and give the government one more weapon in the fight against exploitation and forced labor.
Indian witnesses testified at trial to being deceived by JPC that they were being brought to the United States with the promise of lawful wages and appropriate working conditions. However, once they arrived, the workers had their identification and immigration documents confiscated by JPC, were crammed into a warehouse "dormitory," and only paid between $1.00 and $3.17 per hour (while non-Indian employees of JPC were paid approximately $14.00 per hour for performing the same type of skilled work).
The court relied on findings from testimony that the highly skilled welders and fitters from India were also made to perform janitorial work, replace a septic tank, and perform kitchen duties and yard work for JPC officers. Beginning in October 2001, the Indian workers were forced to live behind the gates of the company until escaping from the facility in February 2002 with the aid of area churches.
Regional Attorney Canino added, "This case is a prime example of where the purposes of the U.S. anti-discrimination laws and immigration laws converge to protect both American and foreign workers with needed skills. American companies would be undermined by unfair competition if employers like JPC were allowed to engage in illegal schemes to obtain cheap foreign labor."
Judge Eagan's 71-page decision followed two earlier trials and prior "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law" issued in August 2004. The EEOC's lawsuit was joined with a related civil action which had been filed by the workers on their own behalf alleging false imprisonment, minimum wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), deceit, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. (Chellen et al. and EEOC v. John Pickle Company, Inc., Case No. 02-CV-0085-CVE-FHM [Base File] and 02-CV-0979-CVE-FHM [Consolidated] in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma). The total damages awarded by the Court addressed the claims in both the government's suit and the private action.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the nation's laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, gender (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, disability and retaliation. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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