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UILC open house
The Utah Independent Living Center's Tooele Satellite Office invites you to an open house Wednesday, Aug. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 42 S. Main Street in Tooele. Refreshments will be provided. Come learn about independent living skills classes, advocacy, peer support, community integration and more. For information, call 843-7353 or visit uilc.org.
Red Cross blood drive
Aug. 12, 2:30-6:30 p.m., Tooele City Library, 128 W. Vine Street.
Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wells Fargo Bank, 204 N. Main, Tooele — We are also looking for bone marrow donors on Aug. 14.
Aug. 25, 4:30-8:30 p.m., USU Tooele Extension, 1021 W. Vine Street.
Aug. 27, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Tooele East Stake, 751 N. 520 East.
Tea and Crumpets
Aglow in Tooele County invites you to Tea and Crumpets on Aug. 16 at the rear of Phil's Glass, 635 N. Main Street in Tooele at 10 a.m. Cost is $5 or free to both if you bring someone new.
Historic Benson Gristmill
The Benson Gristmill will be open this year. We need volunteers and donations. Please contribute $1, or more, for each family member. The Indians, trappers, explorers, pioneers, farmers, ranchers and miners all camped, rested and got water at Twin Springs. Please bring donations to the boxes at the Benson Gristmill.
Benson Gristmill Fund
The Historic Benson Gristmill Restoration Committee is seeking donations from individuals, groups, and businesses to help with restoration efforts and the operation of the historic Gristmill site. Donations may be sent to Tooele County Benson Gristmill Fund, 47. S. Main Street, Tooele, Utah 84074. For more information contact Mike 602-826-9471.
Tooele City Library
1,000-minute readers party 10-11:30 a.m., Aug. 15 at Pratt Aquatic Center. More summer info available at the library.
Concerts at the farm
Enjoy "Concerts at the Farm" on the first and third Saturdays of the month, 7 p.m. at Clark Historic Farm, 378 W. Clark. Aug. 16: Summer's End with Grantsville Teen Performers. Bring a chair or blanket. Free admission and concessions available.
Celebration Hall flea Market
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until September on the corner of Church Street and Main in Grantsville. Anyone is invited to come sell whatever they want, provided they obtain a $5 business licesense from the city that is good for a month of Saturdays and pay a $10 fee to Celebration Hall, though the latter fee isn't due until you sell something. For more information, please call 801-250-6602 and leave a message.
Family History Center
Greet your ancestors free at the Grantsville Family History Center, 117 E. Cherry St. All are welcome with consultants there to assist you. Open Mondays noon to 4 p.m., and Tuesday through Thursday noon to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Stansbury Park
Red Cross blood drive
Aug. 13, 2:30-7:30 p.m., Stansbury Park South Stake Center, 240 Interlochen Lane.
Stansbury Days Car Show
The 6th-annual Stansbury Days Car Show benefiting the Guide Dogs of America will take place Aug. 16. Registrations starts at 8:30 a.m., the show starts at 10 a.m. and 33 awards will be presented at 3 p.m. Cost is $20 for pre-registration, $25 on the day of the show. The first 100 registered receive a T-shirt and dash plaque. For more information call 435-841-0713 or 801-245-0252, or email firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lake Point
Lake Point Days 5K
The Lake Point Days 5K, un-timed walk, and kid's mile will be Aug. 23. Everyone is welcome. Registration is only $9 and includes a T-shirt. Contact Gwen Ruebush for more information at 801-250-6830 or email@example.com.
Grantsville elementary
Back to school night will be Monday, Aug. 18 from 5-7 p.m.
Tooele Jr High
If you have just moved into the TJHS boundaries, please call 833-1921 to start the registration process. The first TJHS Community Council Meeting will be held Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. All parents are invited and encouraged to attend.
Chinese immersion at Northlake
Northlake Elementary is excited to offer Mandarin Chinese as part of the Dual Language Immersion Program. Currently we have openings on a first-come, first-served basis. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to have your student speak a fluent second language. Research is clear on the benefits of speaking a second language. Please contact Bryce or Jen at 435-833-1940 or stop by the school for details.
Excelsior Academy tours
Curious about charter schools? Want to know more about Excelsior Academy? Tours are held each Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. School tours cover a range of topics such as the Excelsior Academy Philosophy and Vision, Direct Instruction, CHAMPS and the character development program. There is also an opportunity to observe the school's unique group settings. Come and tour the building and have any questions answered. Everyone is welcome, 124 E. Erda Way, Erda. 882-3062.
Tooele Family Center
Story and craft hour
Join us every Monday at 10 a.m. at the Tooele Family Center as we enjoy the adventures of books and make fun crafts. For more info, call 833-1978 ext. 2127 or ext. 2010. We're located at 301 W. Vine St., Bldg. #11 (right behind Tooele High School).
Preschool hour
Every Tuesday at 10 a.m. the Tooele Family Center has a fun activity hour of learning, singing and creating. This Ready, Set, School! preschool class is for all children up to 5 years of age. Please come and enjoy the fun. For more info, call 833-1978 ext. 2127 or ext. 2010. We're located at 301 W. Vine St., Bldg. #11 (right behind Tooele High School).
2015 Garden Tour Applications and Nominations
The Master Gardeners are accepting applications and nominations for the 2015 Spring Garden Tour that will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2015. If you have a great yard you'd like to be considered for the Tour, or know someone that does, contact Jay Cooper at email@example.com or 435-830-1447.
Plant Diagnostic Clinic
From now through September, the USU Extension and the Tooele Master Gardeners conduct a free Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic every Wednesday from 3-6 p.m. at the USU Extension Office, 151 N. Main Street, in Tooele. Bring in your horticulture samples for diagnosis and get your questions answered.
Heavy Duty Diesel
The Heavy Duty Diesel Technician program is now accepting new students. Utah wage for entry level technicians is $14.46-$18.85 per hour. Enroll today and start right away. Call Student Services at 435-248-1800 for more information.
Scholarship fundraiser
Tooele Applied Technology College's Scholarship fundraiser the Annual ATV Roundup has been rescheduled for Sept. 20, 2014. Mark your calendars and join us for this exciting ride.
Hunter education courses
The DWR is offering hunter education courses Aug. 12, 14, 19, 20, 21. All classes are 6-9 p.m., range times are TBA. Note: State law requires students to attend all sessions of class. All students must purchase a hunter education voucher for $10 from a license agent or vender before attending a class. Bring the voucher to the first class and give to the instructor. Classes are at the Tooele County Health Building, 151 N. Main Street. For more info, call Gene at 882-4767 or Bryan at 882-6795.
Network meetings
Looking to obtain or improve your employment? Come join the Tooele Networking Group and learn job seeking techniques, how to market yourself, get support and actually search job leads. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Tooele LDS Employment Resource Center located next to Deseret Industries. Everyone is welcome.
Online courses
Online courses in Network+ and Security+ IT are designed for the IT professional seeking to upgrade their skills and knowledge of networking and security, and prepares you for the CompTIA Network+ and Security+ exams. Call the TATC at 248-1800 for more information or to enroll.
Adult education
Get your high school diploma this year. All classes required for a high school diploma, adult basic education, GED preparation and English as a second language are available. Register now to graduate — just $50 per semester. Located at 211 Tooele Blvd., call 833-8750. Adult education classes are for students 18 and over.
ESOL conversational classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays. ESOL students may also come anytime the center is open for individualized study. Registration is $50 per semester. Call 833-8750 for more information.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
To find a meeting house and time of worship for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, go to http://mormon.org/meetinghouse or contact 435-850-8211.
Berean Full Gospel Church
We invite you to discover how God's Word can transform your life and provide you with the answers for questions and for problems you may be struggling to overcome. Come join us this Sunday morning for our 10 a.m. worship service where we will assemble in praise, share testimonies and explore worship in ways that strive to highlight the greatness of God. After our morning praise and worship time we enter into a one-hour Bible Study at 11 a.m. Attend with us Sunday mornings at 635 N. Main St., (Phil's Glass), or call 435-578-8022 for more information.
First Baptist Church
What does Jesus say about everyday situations? That's what we'll learn in a series through the Gospels in a chronological order of Jesus' life. Join us in learning and in worship of the Lord, and serve him by serving those around us. Sunday Bible study: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Tooele First Baptist — 580 S. Main St.; 882-2048
United Methodist Church
Tooele United Methodist Church services are held on Sundays at 11 a.m. Please check our website, tooelecumc.org, or call Tooele UMC's office at 882-1349 or Pastor Debi's cell at 801-651-2557 for more info. We are located at 78 E. Utah Ave. in Tooele.
Church of Christ
Church of Christ meets at 430 W. Utah Ave. Bible class, Sunday at 10 a.m. and worship from 11 a.m. to noon. Wednesday Bible class at 7 p.m. We seek to be the Lord's church established about 33 AD. Jesus is our only head of the church, headquarters are heaven. Come and grow with us. Call 882-4642.
Cornerstone Baptist
Passion for God, compassion for people at 276 E. 500 North in Tooele, phone: 882-6263. Come as you are this Sunday, where you can hear a message from the Bible and meet new friends. Service times: Bible study (for all ages) 9:45 a.m.; morning worship 11 a.m.; evening worship 6 p.m.; WiseGuys children's program 6 p.m. Nursery provided for all services, and children's church during morning worship. WiseGuys Program during evening worship.
Mountain of Faith Lutheran
We're a healthy, growing congregation who welcomes newcomers and reaches out to those in need. Join us for worship Sunday mornings at 10 a.m., 560 S. Main, Tooele. We treat the word of God with respect without taking ourselves too seriously. Check us out on Facebook by searching for Mountain of Faith Lutheran Church. Please join us for meaningful worship that is also casual and relaxed. For more information, call 882-7291.
St. Barnabas' Episcopal
Weekly service of word, prayer and sacrament followed by fellowship. Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, 1784 N. Aaron Drive, Tooele. Phone: 882-4721. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Web at www.stbarnabasepiscopal.org. You are God's beloved child, beautifully created in God's own image. Whatever your history, wherever you are in life's journey, the Episcopal Church welcomes you.
Spanish services
La Iglesia Biblica Bautista de Tooele le invita a sus servicios en espanol Jueves 6 p.m., Domingos 2 p.m. We invite you to their Spanish services on Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Come to know a church that focused in the word of God rather than the emotions. God loves you and he wants to reveal himself to you. Located at 276 E. 500 North, Tooele. Call 840-5036, rides provided.
St. Marguerite
St. Marguerite Catholic Community welcomes you to worship with us. Our liturgy schedule is as follows: Celebration of the Eucharist summer schedule: Saturday Vigil 5 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m. (Spanish), 10:30 a.m. Mon-Fri: 9 a.m. Office hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon-Fri. Closed Tues. (435) 882-3860. Elementary & Jr. High- (435) 882-0081. Call 435-882-3860. St. Marguerite Catholic Elementary School can be reached at 435-882-0081. We are located on the corner of Seventh Street and Vine Street.
Brit-Ammi Kahal
Covenant People Assembly are teaching the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith. Visitors welcome on Saturdays at 1 p.m., 37 S. Main Street, Tooele. Call 843-5444 for more information.
Bible Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School for ages 5-12: Aug. 11-14 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Tooele Bible Baptist Church, 286 N. 7th Street. Come and learn about Joshua and the big wall. Prizes, games, crafts, snack. Call Jodie for more information at 840-1559.
The folks at Bible Baptist Church would like to invite you to some old fashioned church services with singing from the old fashioned hymns and messages from the old fashioned KJV Bible. Some things should never change. Sunday Service times: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; gospel hour, 11 a.m.; Bible study, 12:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening services, 6 p.m. Contact Pastor Jeff Sinner at 840-2152.
Mountain View Baptist Church
We would like to invite you to discover what God's plan and purpose is for your life. The Bible contains all of the answers for life's questions. Come and join us this Sunday for our adult Bible study and graded Sunday School which starts at 9:45 a.m. Our worship service begins at 11 a.m. We also have a Bible study time each Sunday at 6 p.m. We meet on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for prayer time. Bring your needs and let us pray together for God's help. Mountain View Baptist Church meets at the Eastgate Plaza in Grantsville, Suite 2C. Join us.
Stansbury Park Baptist Church
Please join us each Sunday morning at 10 a.m. for Worship Services and Bible Study at the Stansbury Park Clubhouse (next to the SP Swimming Pool). For details, please call us at 830-1868 or go to www.stansburyparkbc.org.
First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church, on the corner of 7th and Birch, would like to invite you to hear of God's grace and the love of Christ, who died to forgive you of your sins and attain salvation on your behalf. Worship at 10 a.m., Sunday School at 11:15 a.m., on the second sunday of the month, worship at 3 p.m. Bible study and Sunday School at 4:15 p.m. Vacation bible school July 28 to Aug. 1 from 9-11:30 a.m. for ages 3-12, al are welcome.
New Life Christian Fellowship
We invite you to worship and serve Jesus with us. Our clothing closet and food pantry is open from noon to 3 p.m. every Tuesday to Thursday at 411 E. Utah Ave. Programs for kids, teens, women and men are also available every week. Sunday services are in the Stansbury High School café at 10 a.m. and at our Tooele building at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Come join us. Find out more by calling 843-7430 or visiting www.NLOT.org.
Tooele Christian Fellowship
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. Services are held at 40 N. Main, former Stowes Family Music building. For more information, call 435-224-3392 or www.tooelechristianfellowship.org. Parking and entrance in back of building.
Utah Food Bank
The Utah Food Bank will be at New Life Christian Fellowship 10-11 a.m., Aug. 13. For more information call 435-843-7430 or go to www.nlot.org.
Medical equipment needed
Tooele and Grantsville Senior Centers are in need of donated medical equipment to be used for seniors in need. New or gently used items needed are wheelchairs, walkers, canes or other items that may be useful to our seniors. Contact Debbie Winn at the Tooele center, 435 843-4103, or Dan Lawrence, 435-843-4753, at the Grantsville center.
Tooele Children's Justice Center
Tooele Children's Justice Center is in need of CD-Rs, DVDs and soda. We appreciate all donations. For inquiries or drop-off call 435-843-3440. 25 S. 100 East, Tooele.
United Methodist dinner
Tooele United Methodist church offers a free dinner every Wednesday starting at 4 p.m. All are welcome.
The Tooele Valley Resource Center
The Tooele Valley Resource Center is currently in need of donations. Please consider donating items such as deodorant, chapstick, lotion, diapers, formula, toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, combs and brushes. Cash is also welcomed. Those who receive services include individuals or families in crisis, the homeless and families at risk of becoming homeless. Located 23 S. Main Street, 843-9945.
First Baptist Food Pantry
The First Baptist Church in Tooele is offering an emergency food pantry to meet the needs of our community. The food pantry is available for emergency needs. Hours of operation are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. We are located at 580 S. Main Street. For information call 882-2048.
The Tooele Food Bank
The Tooele Food Bank is seeking donations to increase inventory. Summer is around the corner making it difficult for more families to provide healthy meals. Packaged meals like hamburger helper, mac and cheese, tuna, canned fruits and vegetables, flour, sugar, salt, ketchup, mustard, mayo, bottled water and juice boxes are accepted. Cash donations are also greatly appreciated. Located at 38 S. Main Street, 882-0355.
DAV Chapter 20
The next meeting of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 20 will be held at 1 p.m., Aug. 16, for the EC meeting and 2 p.m. for the General Membership Meeting. both will be held at the Moose Lodge at 1100 E. Vine Street in Tooele.
Volunteer Drivers Needed: The DAV is looking for three volunteer drivers. No DAV membership is required. Will need a VA physical. Call Jim Yale at 435-849-0521 or 882-7626. Or call Les Peterson at 435-830-7812.
Eagle Steak Night
Aug. 22: 12-ounce sirloin steak dinner $12.
Eagles car show
The Eagles will have a car show at the lodge parking lot Aug. 16 at noon. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and drinks will be sold. All vehicles are welcome to participate — cars, truck and motorcycles. Bring your motor vehicle down and have a little fun.
Past presidents dinner
PMP Kathy Wamsley will host the dinner at Casa Del Rey in Grantsville on Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. All PPs are invited to attend.
Birthday celebration
The Auxiliary will celebrate 68 years Aug. 25, 2014, at 7 p.m. After a short meeting, the Past Presidents will be honored and a light luncheon will be served. Sisters, please come out and join in this most important celebration. All sisters are invited to attend.
Moose Lodge
Meals at the lodge
Friday and Saturday night dinners will be served from 5-9 p.m. Friday night dinners include clam chowder or homemade chili, and/or fish baskets (halibut, shrimp or chicken strips). Saturday night dinners include 16-oz ribeye or T-bone steak with choice of baked potato or fries, salad and roll; halibut or salmon steak with choice of baked potato or fries, salad and roll, or jumbo shrimp with choice of baked potato or fries, salad and roll. All meals are for a reasonable price. No orders taken after 8:45 p.m. Daily lunch specials are available at the lodge from 11 a.m. For members and their guests only. After buying 10 meals either Friday or Saturday night, you get a free one.
Special events:
ID/UT Moose Association Convention, Aug. 21-24.
Patriot's Moose Golf Scramble, Sunday Sept. 7 at 8 a.m., shotgun at Oquirrh Hills. Call for details and to sign up.
Golf scramble
Sunday, Aug. 17 at Oquirrh Hills Golf Course, 1255 E. Vine Street, Tooele. 8 a.m. shotgun start. Green fees $20, golf cart $12, prizes and donation $10, chicken cordon bleu $8. Sign up at the lodge only. All proceeds go toward the lodge building fund.
Tooele County Historical Society
Historical Society Books
Tooele County Historical Society's books will be available to purchase at our meeting. The History of Tooele County Volume II is $30, The Mining, Smelting, and Railroading in Tooele is $20, and we also have eight note cards depicting four different pioneer buildings for $4. These will make great gifts for your family and friends.
Seeking Historical Items
Tooele County Historical Society would like members of the community who have any family or personal histories, photographs, books, brochures, DVDs, VHS tapes, or newspaper articles that you would like to donate to our organization to please call us. We are also looking for books, newspaper articles, photos, brochures or any history that pertains to the Tooele County area. If you would like to donate them to our organization, or if you would let us make a copy for the Tooele County Historical Society, please call Alice Dale at 435-882-1612.
Groups and events
Rush Valley Stockton Camp fundraiser
Vendors and crafters are wanted for a fund raiser Sept. 13, 2014, at the Stockton town hall parking lot from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Booth rental is $20. Proceeds will be used to purchase a display case for the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. For info: Lela Anderson 435-882-8785. To reserve a booth: Nadine West
Benson Gristmill Farmers Market
Benson Gristmill Farmers Market, 325 State Road 138, Stansbury Park, Saturdays beginning July 12th through October at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. SNAP EBT accepted.
Masons meeting second Friday at 7 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m., 22 Settlement Canyon, Tooele. Breakfast on the second Saturday, 9 a.m., Jim's Cafe. For more information or a ride, call Blair 801-554-0527.
Ophir Historical District
The Ophir Historical District will be open Saturdays through Sept. 20 (weather permitting). Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For information, call (435)849-0254 or (435)830-2120.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Tooele
Summer Club, ages 6-12, begins June 9 and runs through Aug. 15, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is $375 for summer ($125 due upon registration). Space is limited. Interested? Call 843-5719.
Stansbury Riders
The Stansbury Riders are looking for new youth and adult members. The youth ages are 6 to 15 and will do sign ups for both adult and youth at 6 p.m. on Monday or Wednesday at the Grantsville arena located behind City Hall in Grantsville, Utah. The adult ages are 15 and up. Youth practice will be begin Mondays and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Practice will also be held at the Grantsville arena. Must have own horse in order to participate. For more information please contact Chevelle Anderson 435-841-2851.
Tooele Valley Family History Center
Research your ancestors free with trained FamilySearch volunteers at the Tooele Valley Family History Center, 751 N. 520 East, Tooele. Phone 435-882-1396. Hours of operation: Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7-9 p.m. Wednesday evenings by appointment only. Special classes offered regularly. Call the center for more information.
Recovery International
We have a very structured group that follows a format of four basic steps: report an upset, describe thoughts, impulses, feelings and sensations. If you can't change a situation, you can change your attitude toward it. Life can be distressing, but not dangerous. Recovery is helpful for handling addictions, fears, anxiety, anger, loneliness, worries and any challenge. Try it for six weeks. For more information, call MaryAnn 884-0215.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly
Give yourself the gift of health and wellness. Resolve to lose those extra pounds. TOPS can help you achieve your goals and support you in your journey. We provide accountability through weekly weigh-ins and support and encouragement in a non-judgmental environment. TOPS is open to all men, women, teens and preteens. There are now two TOPS chapters in Tooele to accommodate your schedule. UT 330 Tooele meets Tuesday at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 276 E. 500 North. Weigh in from 5:30-6 p.m., meeting at 6 p.m. Call Mary Lou at 830-1150 for information. UT 365 Tooele meets Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Bit n Spur Clubhouse, 240 W. 500 North. This chapter will meet occasionally at a private residence, so call ahead for the exact location. Call Lisa at 882-1442 for information. Also see the TOPS website at www.tops.org.
Tooele Gem and Mineral Society
Tooele Gem and Mineral Society normally meets the second Tuesday of the month, however there is NOT a regular meeting in August. Our steak fry/grab bag fill will be Aug. 23 at 2 p.m., please call for location. Come learn about rocks, minerals and ways to craft with them and enjoy field trips for rock collecting. Membership is $10 per year. Our "Festival of the Old West" Rock Show and Mountain Man Rendezvous is Sept. 26-28. Visit us on Facebook or www.tooelegem.com. Contact info: 435-882-5752, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sons of Utah Pioneers
The goals of the Sons of Utah Pioneers Settlement Canyon Chapter is to keep our pioneer heritage alive. We do this through histories, stories, artifacts, monuments, museums, service and scholarships. Much of this labor of love is found in the Tooele Pioneer Museum at 47 E. Vine in Tooele, as well as various statues and monuments around the county. The Tooele Pioneer cemetery, at the mouth of Settlement Canyon, is another of our projects. We are always looking for artifacts and histories, including yearbooks, as a loan or gift to be displayed for everyone's benefit at the Tooele Pioneer Museum. If you are interested in the values of honoring past and future pioneers and in visiting their historical settings and learning more about those who settled and shaped Utah, attend our business and education meeting the first Thursday of each month. A pot-luck dinner followed by various presentations starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. in the Tooele Senior Citizens Center at 53 E. Vine. Call Gene White at 435-882-0805 for additional information.
Mood disorder support group
Do you or someone you love have a mood disorder? NAMI-Tooele affiliation offers help, hope and healing. Please join us for support group sessions every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at the New Reflection Clubhouse on 900 South in Tooele. For more info, contact Kelly at 841-9903.
The Professional Family Child Care Association of Utah will be holding Chapter Meetings in Tooele the fourth Tuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. This support group/training meeting is open to all childcare providers in Stockton, Tooele, Erda, Stansbury, Grantsville and Lake Point. For more information, call Kathy Witt, 435-830-9614.
Family Support Center
The Family Support Center is a non-profit agency providing services in Salt Lake and Tooele County. Free 12-week in-home parenting skills program. Families with children birth to 17 will receive instruction during an 80-minute weekly visit to gain the tools they need to strengthen their family. Topics discussed include communication, conflict resolution, attachment and bonding, establishing rules and routines as well as managing stress. Please contact Rachel at (801) 955-9110 ext. 107 for more information. You can also visit familysupportcenter.org.
Tooele Family Al-Anon
Wednesdays at 11am at 77 West 400 North. For questions or more information, please call Allene at (435)830-0465 or Elizabeth at (435)884-0825 or (435)241-9200.
Wednesdays at 5 p.m. at Alano Club (by White's Trailer Court), 1120 Utah Ave., Sundays at 5 p.m. at Mountain of Faith Lutheran Church. Call Gesele with questions, 435-224-4015.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is a program based on the 12 steps of AA. FA is a fellowship of individuals who through shared experiences and mutual support are recovering from the disease of food addiction. Meetings are held every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Pioneer Museum, 47 East Vine Street, Tooele, Utah. Enter at back entrance on north side of building. For more information contact Millicent at 435-882-7094 or Carolyn at 435-882-0805.
Class reunions
Grantsville 1964
The Class of '64 summer reunion will be at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 23. at the home of Gary Fawson at 187 Waterhole Way. A main course will be provided, please bring a salad or dessert. Contact Glenn for more information, 884-3745.
Tooele 1974
THS Class of 1974 40-year reunion: Sept. 6 at Tooele High School at 3 p.m., with the social lasting till 4 p.m., the dinner from 4-5 p.m. and entertainment from 5-6 p.m. Hawaiian theme, dress festive — prizes go to the best-dressed. Hawaiian dinner and entertainment provided from a special guest star. $40 per person. Seating is limited. Please make your own name tags. Contact Randy Stevens at 801-471-3643 or email@example.com. THS Class Reunion 74 on Facebook look for the buffalo in the cafeteria.
Tooele 1974
Tooele High School Class of 1974 is holding a 40-year reunion on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. There will also be a friday-evening event Sept. 5: A gathering at the home of a classmate's private residence. Call Dan Shields at 435-764-3444 for more information and for the address. The class will meet at the Miller Motorsports Park on Sept. 6 for dinner, music and dancing to a live band, and reuniting and reminisching at Legends Hall. The Friday event is free of charge, but you are asked to bring your own adult beverage if you so desire. Bottled water and soft drinks will be provided. The main event Saturday is $65 per person or $120 per couple. Call Dan Shields for information on the menu or to RSVP. We're hoping for our best reunion ever after 40 years and have been unable to get correct addresses for some classmates, please spread the word to those you know who graduated in 1974.


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Lapatinib Ditosylate in Treating Patients With Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00555152
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 7, 2007
Results First Posted : November 25, 2015
Last Update Posted : April 20, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ HER2/Neu Positive
|Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Lapatinib Ditosylate Other: Placebo
|Not Applicable
I. Determine whether lapatinib (lapatinib ditosylate) therapy at the dose of 1000 mg results in a statistically significantly lower rate of proliferation in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) breast cancer cells as measured by Ki67 when compared to placebo.
II. Determine the toxicity profile and frequency of adverse events in women with DCIS breast cancer taking lapatinib at 1000 mg as compared to women taking placebo.
I. Determine whether lapatinib treatment affects the incidence of DCIS seen at the time of surgical excision.
II. Determine whether treatment with lapatinib will modulate breast tissue histology or the expression of specific biomarkers in normal and DCIS breast cancer cells.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive lapatinib ditosylate orally (PO) once daily (QD) for 2-6 weeks until the time of surgery.
ARM II: Patients receive placebo PO QD for 2-6 weeks until the time of surgery.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 4-5 weeks.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|22 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Neoadjuvant Trial of Lapatinib for the Treatment of Women With DCIS Breast Cancer
|Actual Study Start Date :
|August 19, 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 28, 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 28, 2014
Experimental: Arm I (lapatinib ditosylate)
Patients receive lapatinib ditosylate PO once QD for 2-6 weeks until the time of surgery.
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Lapatinib Ditosylate
Given PO
Other Name: Tykerb
Placebo Comparator: Arm II (placebo)
Patients receive placebo PO QD for 2-6 weeks until the time of surgery.
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Other: Placebo
Given PO
Other Names:
- Proliferation (Ki67 IHC) in Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) [ Time Frame: 2-6 weeks from baseline to surgery, up to 6 weeks ]Reduction in percent of Ki67 positive cells at surgery compared to baseline as a function of treatment. Analysis of the primary treatment comparison will be based on a two sample t-test comparing change in log-transformed Ki67% for placebo and treated subjects. P-values of 0.05 will be considered significant. Proliferation will be assessed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for Ki67, and the change in percentage of Ki67 positive cells will be compared in lapatinib-treated samples versus placebo.
- Incidence of Adverse Events Graded According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria (CTCAE) Version 3.0 [ Time Frame: From baseline to 4-5 weeks after surgery ]Toxicity profile summarized reflects incidence by number of participants affected with adverse events by Maximum Grade 1 to 3, additional adverse event according to the NCI CTCAE version 3.0 reported in Adverse Event section results.
- Incidence of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Remaining at Resection [ Time Frame: 2-6 weeks from baseline to surgery, up to 6 weeks ]Number of participants with DCIS incidence on surgical excision. Differences in histologic response (disappearance of DCIS) will be evaluated using Fisher's exact test. Correlation analysis and linear models will be used to evaluate associations among marker values at baseline and among changes in marker values and treatment. All statistical tests will be two-sided.
- Biomarker Analysis of Proliferation Markers [ Time Frame: 2-6 weeks from baseline to surgery, Up to 6 weeks ]Correlation analysis and linear models will be used to evaluate associations among marker values at baseline and among changes in marker values and treatment. All statistical tests will be two-sided.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants must be premenopausal or postmenopausal
- Participants must have a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ made by core needle biopsy
- The DCIS cells must have high expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (erbB2) (3+ by immunohistochemical staining or amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH]), and/or have detectable expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (1+ or more by immunohistochemical staining)
- All participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
- Individuals with a diagnosis of breast cancer, non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical cancer in situ, or early bladder cancer are eligible if they have not been treated with chemotherapy, biological therapy, or breast radiotherapy to the breast currently affected by DCIS within one year; in addition, individuals with a diagnosis of breast cancer may not have used tamoxifen, raloxifene, or other antiestrogen compounds within three months of study day 1
- If subjects are of reproductive potential, they must agree to use a reliable contraceptive method or be sexually abstinent; subjects must fulfill these conditions beginning at the time of starting study medications and ending one month after study termination
- Negative serum pregnancy test (beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG]) at baseline (within 30 days of day 0) for women of child bearing potential
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 times the institution?s upper limit of normal
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 times the institution's upper limits of normal
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) =< 1.5 times the institution's upper limits of normal
- Alkaline phosphatase =< 1.5 times the institution's upper limits of normal
- Albumin =< 1.5 times the institution's upper limits of normal
- White blood cells (WBC) > 4.0 k/uL
- Platelet count > 100,000/uL
- Hematocrit of > 30%
- Cardiac ejection fraction within normal limits for the institution by multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) scan or normal cardiac ultrasound (defined as within the upper limit of normal [ULN] for the institution)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
- Willingness to refrain from donating blood to others during the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals are ineligible if they have either active cancer or a prior history of malignancies other than (e.g., breast cancer, skin cancer [basal or squamous cell carcinoma], cervical cancer in situ, or early bladder cancer [preinvasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder]) within the past five years
- Participants are ineligible if they are currently being treated with tamoxifen, raloxifene, or with aromatase inhibitors (letrozole, anastrozole, exemestane)
- Individuals are ineligible if they have received chemotherapy, biological therapy (e.g., Herceptin), or radiotherapy for the treatment of any cancer within 1 year or if they have received tamoxifen, raloxifene, letrozole, anastrozole, or exemestane therapy within 3 months of study day 1
- Individuals currently receiving anticoagulation therapy (e.g., Coumadin) are ineligible
- Blood urea nitrogen [BUN] > 1.5 x ULN or
- Creatinine [Cr] > 1.5 x ULN
- SGOT > 1.5 x ULN
- Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) > 1.5 x ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase > 1.5 x ULN
- Bilirubin > 1.5x ULN
- Individuals who are currently participating in a study of an investigational drug
- Pregnancy, lactation or unwillingness to use a reliable contraceptive method in women of childbearing potential
- Severe underlying chronic illness or disease, such as uncontrolled diabetes
- Individuals with known congestive heart disease or previous myocardial infarction are ineligible
- Patients taking any prohibited medications
- Individuals with hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia are ineligible unless these conditions are corrected to within normal limits before starting drug
- Individuals with congenital long QT syndrome or baseline QTcF intervals > 480 msec on electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Individuals taking anti-arrhythmics, beta blockers, or other medications that may lead to QT prolongation
- Individuals who have received a cumulative dose of anthracycline therapy greater than 500 mg/m^2 are ineligible
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00555152
|United States, Alabama
|University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
|United States, Texas
|M D Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Powel Brown
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2009-00875 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
P50CA058183 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
P30CA016672 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 7, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|November 25, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|April 20, 2018
|Last Verified:
|March 2018
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma in Situ
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Breast Carcinoma In Situ
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Carcinoma, Ductal
Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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It's 1968 All Over Again, and King's Fight For Unions Is Still EssentialNews at Home
In light of the clash of wills in Wisconsin, we should remember the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of King's slogans that we rarely hear is this one: "all labor has dignity."
King spoke these words in Memphis on March 18, 1968, in the midst of a strike of 1,200 black sanitation workers that had lasted over a month. After rousing them to a fever pitch, King called for a general strike by all workers to shut the city down on behalf of the sanitation workers.
What was the demand of these workers? Improved wages and benefits, yes, but their key demand was that the City of Memphis grant collective bargaining rights and the collection of union dues, without which they knew they could not maintain their union.
These are the very two items that Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker wants to take away from public employees. He knows, as did Mayor Henry Loeb in Memphis, that if you can kill union bargaining rights and dues collection, you can kill the union.
Also like Loeb, Walker is a fiscal conservative. As he cuts taxes for business he raises costs for workers and says ending union power will benefit the fiscal health of the state. Walker wants to end the right of public employees to bargain collectively, even though the workers have accepted a tripling of their health-care costs and a wage cut to help offset the state's fiscal crisis.
In nearby Ohio, Gov. John Kasich wants to take away the right to join a union for 14,000 state-financed child-care and home-care workers, among the most overworked and underpaid of public servants. In other states, Republicans want to adopt "right to work" (for less) laws that would take away the requirement that workers in unionized jobs pay union dues. This would undermine the unions while, in King's words, providing "no rights and no work."
Even in Midwest states that have been union strongholds, Republicans now have public-employee unions in their cross-hairs. This is the latest and potentially most deadly phase of government assault on unions. Ever since the Reagan counterrevolution, government policies joined with private sector profiteers have vastly worsened racial-economic inequalities, created a gambling casino on Wall Street and paved the way for the current economic crisis.
Conservatives rationalize their attacks on unions by saying unionized public workers are unfairly privileged. But they only look privileged by comparison to the rest of the working class, which is suffering economic catastrophe and has almost entirely lost the benefits of unionization. Yet class envy is an easy means to divide and rule.
Racism is another part of the Republican arsenal of divide and rule. Thanks to the destruction of manufacturing jobs and unions, black and Latino workers in manual occupations have disproportionately suffered high rates of poverty and incarceration as many of their families disintegrate. The one toe-hold many black and minority workers (and especially women among them) still have in the economy is in unionized public employment. Now, the Republicans want to take that away.
In one stroke, by eliminating both bargaining rights and union dues, Republicans can insure that organized, dues-paying workers and particularly minorities and women will no longer provide a potent base for the Democratic Party. There will be few grassroots organizations left to counter the huge infusion of money into politics by the rich.
Workers in Wisconsin have agreed to make sacrifices to get state government out of its budgetary hole. But it would be a huge mistake for anyone to go beyond that and buy into attacks on public employee unions. Loss of unions will further decimate the spending power of working people, thereby intensifying the economic crisis while further removing the voice of workers from politics. That's a downward spiral.
Republicans most especially wants to undermine the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Founded in Wisconsin, AFSCME flowered after King died in the fight for union rights in Memphis in 1968. AFSCME became one of the largest unions in the country, with King regarded as an honorary member and practically a founder of the union.
In King's framework, killing public employees unions today would be immoral as well as foolish. He said the three evils facing humankind are war, racism and economic injustice, and that the purpose of a union is to overcome the latter evil. King said the civil-rights movement from 1954 to 1965 was "phase one," to be followed by a second phase—the struggle for economic advancement. We are not doing very well in phase two, and unions remain essential to carry it out.
I've recently finished a new collection of King's remarkable speeches, titled "All Labor Has Dignity," which shows that throughout his life, King stood up for union rights. There is no more important time than the present for us all to follow his lead.
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Peter Kovachev - 3/7/2011
There you are! What took so long, Arnie? What a droll forum of astounding revelations this one turned to be, eh? I get "outed" as an artist, Maarja finally flakes off to reveal her rage and biggotry and you, of all people, reveal yourself as a defender of US and Israeli policies!
Peter Kovachev - 3/7/2011
Hoo-boy; melt-down time at the local library. Didn't like me warning off Andrew? I guess that would convert the trendy "lulz" into the old-school demented cackle. Sorry, but any chap who likes some of my art deserves some of my mercy. Anyway, I see the ever-lurking Arnold is working on getting him back, so have hope...remember that hopey-changey thing?
Truth be known, Maarja, I had you figured only for an egocentric nutter with an internet account and poor social services supervision, not the the creepy, ethnicity-obsessed biggot you've revealed yourself as. Wow, that's some pretty ugly stuff. Pity the poor stars-and-stripes you try to cover your nastiness with. You even got me to cringe in embarrassment for you, and I guess that means you win this round.
Arnold Shcherban - 3/6/2011
Mr. Todd,
Don't get insulted or surprised, Kovachev and Co. calls every Jew who criticizes some Israel's and US policies "self-hated Jew", and everyone else from the same opinion category - anti-semitic.
However, his sense of humor and sharp satiric style cannot be denied.
Once I called him "clown off politics". I think this was one of the best characterizations of his epistolary productions: content-empty, but entertaining.
It's actually a pity, but this HISTORIC and POLITICAL forum is not a place for his type.
Maarja Krusten - 3/3/2011
Once again you demonstrate that you really don't understand the West. I'll spell it out one more time and then we are done. I don't deal in hate and fear the way you do, my country, faith and friends don't warrant tht. And I can't begin to fathom what you are so terribley afraid of, other than the obvious points that come through as metamessages. You're only hurting yourself and conservative men but I don't think you'll ever see that. Not my game, don't care.
Here in the free West, it is OK for people to be different. We don't believe in groupthink. We don't fear different ideas and ideologies. It's not like "Back in the USSR." You don't have to be so afraid of diversity of thought or gender or profession, all those things that make the U.S. so strong. It's not your fault, you don't live here, you may never understand us. None of those things are as big a threat to you as you imply in everything your write here.
It's an "I'm ok, you're ok" vibe here in the U.S. It's fascinating to observe so much fear in everything you write. Being afraid of the U.S. is the one element that defines your writing. If you want to do that, go ahead, but it sure hurts conservatism here in this great country. You don't even understand why I said, stop being such a thug and beating up on Dr. Bornet. Becaue I really did think before I posted under Dr. Bornet's line, do I really want to draw the attention of that Peter guy who struggles with the democracy thing. The one who sounds as if he would make a good commisar in totalitarian country.
Of course you wouldn't understand why I would call Andrew "a good man." I'd be disappointed if you said you did understand, LOL. Your loss, not mine. The marriage proposal line reeks with fear, why you would want to display such a quality in public, when your schtick seems to be bravado, I sure don't know. Don't care, actually.
In any event, we're done here, I can't relate to people who live in fear of democracy and who come across as such haters of Americans. Write what you want on HNN, I won't click on anything with your name. You've established the hate and fear thing and I have no expectation you would add anything to it. If hate of a country you don't live in and fear of its democratic culture is what you want to display, go right ahead, others may get some lulz, I'll take a pass from now on.
And lulz there have been. Because you your hate and angst filled presentations are better arguments for having unions than anything the AFSCME could make. It's funny that you whined I haven't answered Dr. Honey when I put up a response to him well before you came back to throw some more hissy fits. U.S. union members should be giving you a payment in thanks for strengthening their arguments.
Perhaps this is a false flag operation and your are a liberal Democratic operative out to make conservatives look bad. Got it! That must be it. Carry on, I won't intefere with the game, good one.
Peter Kovachev - 3/3/2011
Gosh, Andrew, or "Andrew," that's quite a bombastic "expose" ....on info I've made public here and elsewhere. My advertising dollars at work, I guess.
I don't recall you, but calling someone a "self-hating Jew" does seem like my style and, anyway, I was most likely right. It's that right side/left side brain stuff, as you opine. I think, btw, Maarja is about to offer her hand in marriage to you for all the juicy bits you fed her. Get a pre-nup and a get-away vehicle.
Can't help you with the "mudak" term, old boy, but my site (www.barzel.ca) should be up again soon, so you can continue to enojy that portrait of the 12 year-old girl.
Peter Kovachev - 3/3/2011
No need to apologize to me, Maarja; be flippant, insulting and outrageous if you will, that's always fun ... just spare me the dreary ego-focussed, pseudo-analytical blabber.
My occupation and background are irrelevant, but your digs about me being an authoritarian greenie from a commie country do amuse quite a bit. So, now that you've established without a challenge from me that I'm some sort of a tyrannical Hun, while you are a paragon of American democratic virtues, mom's apple pie and whatever, any chance you'll actually address any of the salient points? Any chance that you even have a clue by now what they are? Or is all of this still all about you?
As for your friend, Dr Bornet, who you say is in his 90s, the first thing I'll say is: Congratulations, a long life to him, and may we all be blessed with such vigour in our old age. As for what he wrote in his reply to me, however, age and status are irrelevant, and I'll gladly continue to take gratuitous digs at his silly scolding. What may be deeply insulting and patronizing to him, though, is your ludicrous plea for me to "spare him," and your melodramatic self-sacrificial offer to "take the fire" for him, as if he were a feeble old nitwit and I a Dzerzhynsky Square commissar with an attitude. "Nyet, nyet, comrade kapitan, take me instead, let grandfather Bornetsky live!" Good heavens, lady, get some sense.
Maarja Krusten - 3/3/2011
Dr. Honey,
I read your essay with interest, as I have studied Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement as a hobby. (My field is federal government history, with a specialization in modern presidential history.) I am a federal employee, not a state or municipal employee. I don't belong to a union, my particular position precludes that. I have, however, observed union representatives in action at the government agency at which I once worked (the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.)
Your focus on Dr. King and the Memphis sanitation workers is commendable but there are additional points which would strengthen your presentation, if you had a chance to expand on it. Having published articles at HNN, I understand about the space limitaiton. I would have touched on an examination of some of the most contentious issues that surround public sector workers at the state and local levels. Michael Bloomberg addressed some of those issues in an op ed he wrote this week, "Collective Bargaining Can Lower Deficits."
Mayor Bloomberg noted that "the scale has been increasingly tipping away from taxpayers" on some wage and benefit issues. As a federal employee, I take no position on that. I lack the ability to comment, for a number of reasons. At any rate, those of my federal friends who do belong to unions in executive branch agencies do not bargain on issues of base pay.
What I can comment on is something else Mayor Bloomberg said. He wrote, "Correcting this imbalance is not easy, but in a growing number of states, budget deficits are being used to justify efforts to scale back not only labor costs, but labor rights. The impulse is understandable; public sector unions all too often stand in the way of reform. But unions also play a vital role in protecting against abuses in the workplace, and in my experience they are integral to training, deploying and managing a professional work force.
Organizing around a common interest is a fundamental part of democracy. We should no more try to take away the right of individuals to collectively bargain than we should try to take away the right to a secret ballot."
I saw first hand at NARA how union representatives played the type of role in handling *non-financial* issues to which Mayor Bloomberg alludes. And I also saw them act as mediators and facilitators. In one instance, a colleague of mine became verbally abusive towards a manager. A union rep, who had more street cred than any of us in the office, was able to calm the man down and to explain what was reasonable in his assertions about the boss and what was not. It was a pretty tense environment in which to work.
Some of my colleagues thought the disgruntled employee might physically harm the boss. Many avoided being in a room with the two men I did the opposite, I tended to hang around, to ensure there always was a third person present. I had talked to the disgruntled employee myself, to listen to his take on things. This was decades ago, early in my federal career. I didn't think the disgruntled employee would harm the boss, although they never saw eye to eye. But I was not as effective in serving as a sounding board as the union rep, who was fully versed in workplace rights and procedures and had a lot of experience in talking to employees in difficult situations. Far from stirring up trouble, the union rep helped soothe a troubled situation.
I know of other instances at NARA where the union reps spoke up courageously for people whom others were afraid to defend. That impressed me, I learned about moral courage that way. They played a useful role that way, in a way that actually benefited employees, but not in a way that affected taxpayers, except positively in that it helped boost morale and unit cohesion. People such as Mayor Bloomberg seem to understand that.
Although we are right to honor Dr. King, and the desire of the downtrodden working men in Memphis to have their labor treated with dignity, the situation with public sector unions at the state level deserves a more nuanced take than you offered. You may find this article from an expert on education of interest, since teachers' unions are involved in these issues. I've never been a teacher, I never worked in academe but am a research historian for the federal government. But I found the points in the article in the Washington Post's Outlook section interesting, as you perhaps may, as well:
Maarja Krusten - 3/3/2011
Andrew, old friend, thanks for clarifying that. I really did mix him up with someone else, if I thought he was a lawyer. Wow, what an error on my part, I must have read someone else describe himself that way and mixed it up with him. Very poor form for an historian, I really blew that one, didn't I?
I can't help you with anything Slavic, my people are from one of the many countries once subjugated by the Soviet Union but are not Slavic.
It's interesting how differently people process information. I learned a lot from Myers Briggs Type Indicators, when I was tested in the early 1990s, along with my colleagues. It helps at work to know how people are "wired," you learn to be less frustated by different approaches to communication, at least intellectually, if not always viscerally, ha! Thanks for weighing in. In a quote from one of my favoarite movies, The Lives of Others, which is set in East Germany, you are "a good man." I highly recommend Das Leben Der Anderen (the film's title in the original German). It provides a pretty vivid depiction of life under totalitarian Communism. We Americans truly are blessed never to have endured what so many in Europe once did.
Andrew D. Todd - 3/3/2011
I took the trouble to look Peter Kovachev up on the internet, a couple of months ago, after he had called me a "self-hating Jew." I thought that was sufficient provocation.... As Athos says to Young D'Artagnan: "You can find me without running, Sir. Me, you understand!" and later, at the meeting place, "I'm glad to see you-- even though you aren't running." If he wants to return the compliment, I am entirely at his service. For clarification of search results (only about half of the Google hits refer to me), I should say that I am not the Cambridge medievalist, nor yet again the SUNY neurologist. I am the man of Morgantown, WV, associated with the Rowboats of San Diego website, have posted comments on HNN, on Techdirt.com, on Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor site, on the Washington Monthly site (previously on Calpundit), and a few others; have had letters published in various paper magazines, before the internet, (Dr. Dobbs Journal, Byte, The Atlantic, Harpers, The World & I, The Whole Earth Review, The Futurist, American. Historical Review, Technology and Culture, and a few others).
At any rate, Peter Kovachev admits to being the owner of the "nom de brush" Avi Barzel (Kovachev is Bulgarian for Smith, Avi Barzel translates from Hebrew as something like "father of iron," i.e. Smith, in short, the standard process of adopting a Sabra name).
Zoominfo says that his undergraduate majors were in History and Judaic Studies, at York University and University of Toronto, and I understand that he makes his living as a graphics designer or website designer. Artists seem to think in different dimensions than we do. It's this left-brain-right-brain stuff. I don't know whether he is old enough to have been liable to conscription under the Warsaw pact, or at what age he arrived in Canada. His art website seems to be down for the time being-- which I trust he will correct. But I looked at it a couple of months ago, and I rather liked some of his pictures, especially the "Bat Mitzvah" painting.
Incidentally, on Techdirt, there's a Russian American character using the pseudonym of Angry Dude, who disagrees with me about software patents. He keeps calling me a "mudak," (*) and telling me to write his latest dogmatic assertion on my forehead. By that standard, our Peter is at least housebroken. Does the business of my forehead have some obscure slavic significance which means something to you or Peter?
(*) Yes, I looked it up.
Maarja Krusten - 3/3/2011
My apologies for the flippant tone in my earlier note. I had just replied to a couple of text messages from a younger friend and was still oriented towards a environment of lulz. You didnt' deserve that type of response, my fault entirely.
I believe I also erred in telling Dr. Bornet you were a lawyer and describing your style as that of a litigator. That was impressionistic on my part and I should not have relied on what evidently was a false memory or second hand account. My memory apparently being wrong, I don't know what field you work in. Not history, perhaps not a data reliant field, but given Dr. Bornet's stated hope that you aren't an historian, that probably is all that matters within the framework of my response.
My response was directed to Dr. Bornet, not to Dr. Honey. He raised the question of tone, which is what I addressed. I may reply to Dr. Honey as I have more time. Indeed, I probably shall, simply because the same feistiness that led my parents to resist Communism motivates me to speak freely in open forums. That you mistake pushback or the offering of counter views for efforts to silence or control you, which is how I interpret your Uncle and Aunt references, shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how we roll here in the US of A.
People look at things differently. Very differently. There are no winners or losers, it's not a zero sum game. I have no objection to your representing the right as you do, although I find your tactial choices puzzling. Take your reference to "retired Presidential Librarians." Someone tells you she is not retired and that there is o job such as Presidential Librarian. Instead of asking what the actual facts are, you repeat the error. That raises the question, what other misunderstandings or misperceptions you may repeat, when talking about other issues. Why raise such doubts by unnecessarily repeating demonstrably untrue assertions that you would lose no face at at to correct?
I asked where you grew up, because the way you debate issues reminds me of what my parents resisted when they lived under Soviet occupation. There were good guys and bad guys, and the bad guys were demonized and no argument or pushback was permitted. That simply isn't the way we do things in the free West. While you are of the right, the way you present seems a mirror image of Soviet-speak. Hence my wondering if you once had to go to school under a Soviet system, rejected the ideologogy, but embraced the intimidation and demonization as acceptable tactics.
Finally, Dr. Bornet is a respected academic historian who is in his early 90s. He doesn't deserve the insulting references to him that you worked into your response to me. If you must hurl insults at someone, I'lll take the fire -- as I said, anti-Communism and a love of liberty of the type we embrace in my country, the United States, makes me feisty -- but please spare him. I regret only that I addressed him and thereby drew your fire at him. That was a miscalculation and for that, Dr. Bornet deserves an apology from me. I should have addressed you, not him, and spared him your insults. I see no way to talk to you, however, as I am acculturated very differently than you, it seems.
Peter Kovachev - 3/3/2011
More trashed electrons on the side of the "information super-highway." And, still no argument.
"Party on, dude"? Yeah, ok, party-on!
Maarja Krusten - 3/3/2011
As someone once said on the Washington Post's website, "Your fixation on President Obama is sad. I am a Republican, and it's negative people like you who make us look like fools." You, sir, are Barack Obama's Best Friend. And that of the Democrats as well. And it looks as if you are determined to be O's BFF 4 evah. It is people such as you who will guarantee his re-election by making conservatives look bad. Too funny. Party on, dude. I belong to neither party. If you want to campaign for Obama and for stronger unions and more regulation of men and woman, because, as scripture teaches us, humans are weak, then carry on as you are. I once asked where you grew up because you seem so unaccustomed to democracy. The way you argue makes it sound as if you grew up under one party rule somewhere and think that's the way to roll. You just don't understand us freedom loving Americans, at all. There is nothing to fear in democracy. Nor are facts and data your enemies. Go back and look at your response to me on museums—you countered nothing I argued, just whined about my profession and gender, neither of which is a characteristic to fear. Your rejection of facts and data is fascinating (I must have been mistaken in thinking your were a lawyer.) You continue to refer to Presidential Librarians when there are no such things. A lawyer would lose every case he was involved in if he pulled stunts like that. I was certain that I could not draw you into a serious adult convo; thanks for proving me right. You are the biggest foe of conservatism I've seen here on HNN; too bad, because it really isn't as awful as reading your posts suggests.
Signing off, 2 tuff 2 use my Smartphone
Peter Kovachev - 3/3/2011
I guess you're done with expending electrons on fixings which few will miss, much less appreciate, Maarja, so perhaps I can throw in my two-pence?
First, a tangential observation. The contentious, adversarial approach, together with a few hyperbolae and mild ad hominems thrown in, provokes a much more revealing and enternaining discussion than other alternatives. People react to it according to character; strong, confident and knowledgeable types are rarely thrown by it, whereas those lacking such qualities get bogged down in a sorry mess of their own making. The latter type loses focus, gets overly defensive, bristles with pomposity, becomes obsessively formal and detailed, bitter, vindictive and hilariously irrational. The impact of this phenomenon on historiography and history-themed debates has been woefully under-appreciated. Methinks so, at least. The phenomenon needs to be studied (with proper funding, of course), preferably by someone who has nothing better to do...or by someone looking for a Master's thesis.
Anyhow, with Uncle Vaughn's classically passive-aggressive snubbing by addressing me as "The Writer of this Intemperate Reply," his paradigm-shattering observation that English does what every language on the planet does, and Auntie Maarja's peevish tick over urinating cats, there is plenty of hilarity to be enjoyed by all. In terms of substance, though, the cupboard is rather bare. No attempt to refute my charge that Mr Honey's essay is crude, emotional and biased, and that it rudely slanders a state governor and his government, a national party and a majority of the US electorate. And, no evidence that I'm personally against unions and workers' rights either in practice or in principle. Instead, Uncle and Auntie circle the proverbial wagons in defense of irrelevancies such as age, stature, status, style and of course, privilege. We get scolding, polyanish advice, soporific prose, and psychologically revealing but otherwise pointless personal anecdotes. Yes, we know that the times have changed. Duh! But, we can all now enjoy how some of the changes deliciously mess with the once-privileged and unassailable elites (the old *nomenklatura,* to borrow from Soviet terminology), from the current Commander-in-Chief, the protected special interests, entitlement junkies....all the way through to ensconced or pastured academics, and even retired presidential librarians. I, for one, like these changes.
Maarja Krusten - 3/2/2011
That should be men, not mean, I still didn't get it right. I should have had more coffee before I posted. Well, I'm not a conservative, and my faith and my life eperiences have taught me that it is perfectly ok to admit error, LOL. That there sometimes are typos in my posts may draw some flaming, as may my posting here at all. If so, then so be it. As I said, there's so much to learn in how people apply Barack Obama's observations about how we treat each other. As I've observed here before, we all shall meet our Maker one day.
Maarja Krusten - 3/2/2011
Sorry, spellcheck didn't catch some of my errors. That should be "mean who served George W. Bush." And, of course, "be well, sir." May apologies for not proofreading, Dr. Bornet.
Maarja Krusten - 3/2/2011
Dr. Bornet, it's always good to see you posting here. You represent an older generation, so I feel confident that I can offer the response to you that I am about to post. Unlike some of my younger friends, you are unlikely to harrumpf, Too Long: Didn't Read, or TL:DR in social media-speak. I often use a long essay approach similar to that of historian Timothy Burke, whose blog, Easily Distracted, is one of my favorites among those written by academic historians. So I'll take a few minutes of your reading time to share some of my past interactions with Mr. Kovachev.
I remember your thoughtful HNN front page essay in 2008 about voting, which you composed in the form of a letter to your grandaughter. I also recall with warm gratitude your tribute to Dr. Norman Graebner, an advisor and mentor to me early in my career as a federal historian.
In your essay about voting, you wrote, "Extreme expressions dot the party landscape. They inflamed emotions in yesteryear but now have less power to arouse." Some of that has changed, of course. People use different approaches to advocacy. Still, as President Obama observed in Tucson in January, "how we treat each other is entirely up to us." His tribute to the murdered child, Christina Taylor-Green, exemplified America at its best, with its thoughtful references to a good, decent, people. As does the President, I see America as a force for good. Different peoples' values are modeled in their everyday actions. That includes how they approach advocacy. Tactics that work with some backfire with others. There are many lessons to be learned about people and what they say and write and what they might do, if they had power or could influence those that do.
If I remember correctly, Mr. Kovachev is neither as an American nor an historian. As I understand it, he lives in Canada. I believe he is a lawyer. He argues issues here as a litigator and advocate rather than as a salesman. Whether that is effective or not is up to the individual reader. I've previously argued that his approach hurts conservatism, which in my view has some good principles and deserves much better than the angry, grievance based image created by the Limbaughs and the Hannitys. (I once considered myself a Republican in Reagan's day but have been an Independent, voting sometimes for Democrats, sometimes for Republicans, since 1989.)
My observation about the strength of conservative principles came up after Mr. Kovachev observed of my background as a federal historian-archivist that "I'm not likely to ever manage a museum, but if I ever wind up with a multitude of yowling and urinating stray cats in my flat, I will immediately seek your expertise with regard to their care."
Bada ba bada bing to some. A content-free and transparent effort at conversational domination to another. To each his or her own.
In a more recent comment after I praised Richard Dreyfuss's call for more civics education, Mr. Kovachev suggested I wanted to shut down cable tv and talk radio (a common right wing talking point but way off the mark here) and dismissively appeared to suggest that I might join "Cathy Couric" in a classroom, with "comfortably retired presidential librarians to take attendance and to make sure no one snickers at the wrong things."
It was a revealing exchange, as I am neither retired (I'm in the 38th year of my working career). Nor is there such as thing as a "presidential librarian," whatever stereotypes of women and taking attendance (as also the reference to curating urinating cats) may conjure up. Rather, it is history-trained federal archivists who do disclosure reviews.
As to talk radio, cable, and Mr. Kovachev's comments here, I say, the more exposure to the values of those who support conservatism or liberalism (as opposed to the underlying principles) themselves, the better. Why not see what lies beneath? There's no better way to decide the extent to which workers may or may not need protective measures in the workplace than to see how people deal with each other. If I were facing ethical issues in the workplace, and were a state worker, which I am not, I can see going to a Mitch Daniels to work them out. Mr. Kovchev? Not so much.
I read with the greatest interest opinions by those who have worked as executives in the private and public sector, such as Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/opinion/28mayor.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
But there is much to be learned from voters, too, even ones outside the United States who join our conversations here on HNN. Seeing verbal abuse and ad hominems on the issue of non-financial collective bargaining may trigger a desire to hold on to protective measures by some liberals, which I am not. I don't know what the response would be by conservatives, as I don't view them as monolithic. I distinguish between the David Frums, Peter Wehners, Michael Gersons – mean who once worked with George W. Bush and who often offer useful observations – and the Limbaughs and Hannitys and Becks.
Perhaps there are readers here who would feel comfortable working for a boss who approaches discourse and human interaction as Mr. Kovachev does, without the right to collectively bargain on any issues and with a sense that as in a country with one-party rule, there's only one side to issues and that people who speak up from other viewpoints must be crushed or beaten down. Of course, if a right-leaning boss is replaced by a left-leaning one, you can't say, "oh, never mind, give me back my regulatory protections."
Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons:
"William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!"
Be well, serve. It's an honor to discuss issues with you here, as always.
vaughn davis bornet - 3/1/2011
I comfort myself by thinking that maybe the writer of this intemporate reply is not a trained historian.
Reading this I thought of the many thousands of pages of trade union material I read, 1949 to 1952, and of the tranquil prose I used to write of unionists, socialists, and communists in our System.
Invective and strong words of insult are not the way to win points in this environment. English is a remarkable language for putdowns and praise alike.
I thought this a good, sound, substantial account of its subject matter, frankly.
Vaughn Davis Bornet Ashland, Oregon
Peter Kovachev - 3/1/2011
...perhaps this essay is a desperate, misleading and insulting jeremiad against the over-burdened citizen tax-serfs of Wisconsin and elsewhere? As in the ones who once politely kept their mouths shut, but now seem to be having their own, far more genuine, "1968 moment," albeit with peaceful counter-rallies and the honest ballot, rather than brass knuckles or behind-the-scenes politicking.
Face the facts, Mr Honey, it's the lucrative, sickly incestuous affair between government and powerful, wealthy and corrupt civil service unions that's at issue for most people today. Not M.L. King's legacy you are pathetically exploiting, the job-for-life bureacrat drones you confuse with "working people," or the small business owners and a fiscally conservative electorate you crudely villify and dismiss as sinister Republicans and "private sector profiteers," who of course must be "racists" to boot.
Big Labour is losing ground for many reasons (least of all the ones you make up), but repugnant union cleptocrats, nutty ideologies and aggressive demands for special entitlements and benefits seem to come up quite often. No amount of patronizing drivel or out-moded pseudo-Marxist gobledeygook will hide the fact that when government functionaries in the form of civil service employees conspire to hold their own membership, elected governments and the voting public with their hams over a barrel, a clear conflict of interest and a serious danger to liberal democratic principles emerge. No, this is no longer the proverbial "working people" and the beatified and unassailable "women and minorities" against a nasty (i.e., Republican) "government" scenario, but quite the opposite; it's an ugly power play of government-protected, predominantly White, white-collar civil service monopolies against ordinary, hard-working, over-taxed and fed-up citizens. Lest you forget, a famous community organizer once did say, "elections have consequences," didn't he? So, eat this one up with grace, Mr Honey, and show at least a modicum of respect for the real people out there.
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