School bus, truck collide; 2 killed
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent
3/30/2005
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CUSHING -- Two people -- one of them a student -- were killed Tuesday in a crash of a Ripley school bus and a truck pulling a stock trailer at Oklahoma 18 and Eseco Road, eight miles southwest of Cushing.
Another student aboard the bus and the bus driver were injured.
The truck driver, Carl Edward Tarver, 58, of Cushing, was killed in the crash and his passenger, Linda Tarver, 55, was injured, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol communications officer told The Associated Press
Ripley Elementary School Principal Lisa Pitts said that Sandra Combs, a 10th-grader who recently turned 16, was killed.
"Her dad, Carlos Combs, was driving into his driveway when he saw the bus spinning" on the highway less than a half-mile away from his home, Pitts said.
"It's sickening. It breaks your heart," Pitts said, fighting tears as she stood across from the Ripley school bus, with its front end demolished.
"We had nine kids on the bus -- a sixth-grader, junior high and high school students. This is the end of the route," Pitts said.
Parents arrived at the accident scene quickly, she said. "Kids passed around a cell phone and called their parents," she said.
Another girl, a 10th-grader, was also injured in the crash, Pitts said.
"She was taken to the Cushing hospital. She'll be all right. She's in fair condition," said Pitts, who did not release that girl's name.
"Both girls were in the front seat. Sandra was behind the driver; the other girl was on the other side," Pitts said.
Ripley School Superintendent Kenny Beams said that the bus driver, Jimmie Sue Blose, who teaches music in the elementary school and was driving a substitute route, "was hurt pretty bad."
Blose was flown by helicopter to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, where she was in critical condition, Pitts said.
A witness, Eric Sams, 21, who works as a car fabricator at Wheels of Past Restoration directly across from the accident scene, said he had stepped outside at 4:03 p.m. for a smoke break when he heard "a loud screech."
"I heard a big boom, like a bomb. I ran for my boss, Dennis Francis, for help, to call 911.
"The truck loaded with cattle hit the front of the bus," which was going east on Eseco Road crossing Oklahoma 18, while the truck was traveling north on the highway, Sams said.
"The bus had stopped and went on," Sams said.
"The bus was taking off. The truck hit the front end of the bus. The bus spun completely around. The front axle of the bus bounced off, onto the road.
"The axle bounced, hitting the front of the bus," Sams said. "Four of us moved it, about 40 feet, out of the road."
He said he, his employer and co-workers, Michael Talent, 18, and Andy Johnson, 21, all worked together to move the about 500-pound axle.
"Four or five of the kids got out of the emergency exit of the bus. The bus driver looked slumped over in the seat.
"The girl who died was lying in the stairs of the bus. Her leg was caught under the bifold door.
"Michael and I jacked the bus up trying to get the door off her leg. Some men were yanking on the door," Sams said.
"It's the worst thing that ever happened that I've seen. It happened so fast."
Cushing Deputy Fire Chief Brent Kerr said, "This is one of the worst accidents we've had here in quite a while; a lot of people, a lot of chaos."
Neither Kerr nor Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Jerry Coyle would release the names of any of the victims.
Superintendent Beams said that Wednesday "will be a voluntary day" in which students would not be required to be in school.
Counselors will be there for students who attend classes Wednesday, he said.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Update on tragic wreck last night....
School bus crash victims identified
By The Associated Press
RIPLEY -- A school bus collided with a flatbed pickup truck near this small Payne County community, killing a 16-year-old Ripley High School girl and the driver of the truck and injuring at least two others, officials said.
Sandra Deann Combs, 16, of Agra, a passenger on the school bus, and Carl Edward Tarver, 57, of Cushing, were killed in the 4:05 p.m. crash on Tuesday, said Diann Warnock, a communications officer with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Combs was pinned for about 1 1/2 hours by jammed bus doors before Cushing firefighters were able to cut her free, troopers said. She suffered massive head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Another passenger on the bus, Halli McKintire, sustained head and internal injuries and was taken to Cushing Regional Hospital in stable condition, the OHP said. Her hometown and age were not available.
The bus driver, Jimmie Sue Blose, 50, was flown by helicopter to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, the patrol reported. Media relations coordinator Hether Haddox said Wednesday morning she could not release information on Blose.
Firefighters worked for about two hours to free Tarver from the wreckage of his truck, but he died of massive head injuries at the scene of the accident, the patrol said.
A passenger in Tarver's truck, Linda Lou Tarver, 54, sustained head and leg injuries and was taken to Cushing Regional Hospital before being transferred to Deaconess Hospital, the OHP said.
There were six other passengers on the bus but information about them, including names, ages and hometowns, wasn't immediately released.
The bus was eastbound on a county road when it failed to yield to the pickup, which was pulling a cattle trailer northbound on State Highway 18, Trooper Steve Burrows said in a report on the accident. The truck crashed into the bus on the front passenger side, Burrows said. (This means she ran the stop sign!!)
Eric Sams, an employee of an auto shop near the intersection where the crash occurred, witnessed the crash.
"The bus was spun completely around," Sams said. "The front axle of the bus bounced off onto the road and onto the bus."
The impact mangled the front end of the truck all the way up to the driver's side windshield and tore off the hood of the bus. Yellow debris from the bus and wheels were strewn about the area.
Ripley softball coach Tony Cazzelle said classes would be voluntary Wednesday and that counselors would be on hand to meet with students. "It's just a little town, and something like this touches everybody," Cazzelle said. "I know that everybody here knows everybody, and half of them are related."
Cazzelle was coaching the girls' softball team when he found out about the crash.
"We finished the game, and I told the girls after the game," he said. He said Combs "was a real good friend to several players. We all prayed..."
Students were encouraged to arrive about 9:30 or 10 a.m. Wednesday. Buses were not scheduled to operate, officials said.
The Ripley district has about 300 elementary pupils and 125 high school students.
The community is about 16 miles southeast of Stillwater and about eight miles northeast of Perkins.
By The Associated Press
RIPLEY -- A school bus collided with a flatbed pickup truck near this small Payne County community, killing a 16-year-old Ripley High School girl and the driver of the truck and injuring at least two others, officials said.
Sandra Deann Combs, 16, of Agra, a passenger on the school bus, and Carl Edward Tarver, 57, of Cushing, were killed in the 4:05 p.m. crash on Tuesday, said Diann Warnock, a communications officer with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Combs was pinned for about 1 1/2 hours by jammed bus doors before Cushing firefighters were able to cut her free, troopers said. She suffered massive head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Another passenger on the bus, Halli McKintire, sustained head and internal injuries and was taken to Cushing Regional Hospital in stable condition, the OHP said. Her hometown and age were not available.
The bus driver, Jimmie Sue Blose, 50, was flown by helicopter to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, the patrol reported. Media relations coordinator Hether Haddox said Wednesday morning she could not release information on Blose.
Firefighters worked for about two hours to free Tarver from the wreckage of his truck, but he died of massive head injuries at the scene of the accident, the patrol said.
A passenger in Tarver's truck, Linda Lou Tarver, 54, sustained head and leg injuries and was taken to Cushing Regional Hospital before being transferred to Deaconess Hospital, the OHP said.
There were six other passengers on the bus but information about them, including names, ages and hometowns, wasn't immediately released.
The bus was eastbound on a county road when it failed to yield to the pickup, which was pulling a cattle trailer northbound on State Highway 18, Trooper Steve Burrows said in a report on the accident. The truck crashed into the bus on the front passenger side, Burrows said. (This means she ran the stop sign!!)
Eric Sams, an employee of an auto shop near the intersection where the crash occurred, witnessed the crash.
"The bus was spun completely around," Sams said. "The front axle of the bus bounced off onto the road and onto the bus."
The impact mangled the front end of the truck all the way up to the driver's side windshield and tore off the hood of the bus. Yellow debris from the bus and wheels were strewn about the area.
Ripley softball coach Tony Cazzelle said classes would be voluntary Wednesday and that counselors would be on hand to meet with students. "It's just a little town, and something like this touches everybody," Cazzelle said. "I know that everybody here knows everybody, and half of them are related."
Cazzelle was coaching the girls' softball team when he found out about the crash.
"We finished the game, and I told the girls after the game," he said. He said Combs "was a real good friend to several players. We all prayed..."
Students were encouraged to arrive about 9:30 or 10 a.m. Wednesday. Buses were not scheduled to operate, officials said.
The Ripley district has about 300 elementary pupils and 125 high school students.
The community is about 16 miles southeast of Stillwater and about eight miles northeast of Perkins.
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
-Unknown
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
-Unknown
Death comes knocking.... close by... and touches our family....
2 Die In Ripley High School Bus Crash
Female Student Among Dead In Ripley School Bus Accident
POSTED: 5:11 pm CST March 29, 2005
UPDATED: 12:58 am CST March 30, 2005
RIPLEY, Okla. -- A school bus collided with a pickup truck near this small Payne County community Tuesday afternoon, killing a 16-year-old Ripley High School girl and the driver of the truck, officials said.
2 Die In Payne County School Bus Crash
Sandra Deann Combs, 16, of Agra, a passenger on the school bus, and Carl Edward Tarver, 58, (Carl is the brother of Kathy Tarver Hanks, wife of Randy Hanks of Ripley. Phillip is very close friends with the family, and Randy and I and Phil used to race pigeons together!) of Cushing, were killed in the crash, said Diann Warnock, a communications officer with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The driver of the bus, Jimmie Sue Blose, 50, (Jimmie is a dear friend of Sharon Robinson, a close personal friend of our family. Jimmie is also a former client of ours at the Feed Barn. She is a super super lady who would do anything anytime to help ANYONE! I can still hear her wonderful voice and see her big ole smile... ) and a passenger in Tarver's truck, Linda Tarver, 55, both were transported to area hospitals, Warnock said. Their conditions weren't immediately available.
The pickup, pulling a cattle trailer, was headed northbound on State Highway 18 and the bus was headed east on a county road when the crash occurred, according to OHP Lt. Brandon Kopepasah.
Eric Sams, an employee of an auto shop near the intersection where the crash occurred, witnessed the crash.
"The bus was spun completely around," Sams said. "The front axle of the bus bounced off onto the road and onto the bus."
Ripley softball coach Tony Cazzelle said classes would be voluntary Wednesday and that counselors would be on hand to meet with students.
"It's just a little town, and something like this touches everybody," Cazzelle said. "I know that everybody here knows everybody, and half of them are related."
Cazzelle was coaching the girls' softball team when he found out about the crash.
"We finished the game, and I told the girls after the game," he said.
He said Combs "was a real good friend to several players. We all prayed..."
The Ripley district has about 300 elementary pupils and 125 high school students.
Ed's Note:... please remember these familys in prayer as we go about our lives this day. They will be struggling to understand, as we all are, why, when, what, how, but in the end, it's all God's plan.... The only thing we can do is be ready to go... when the knock comes... on our door, and pray for guidance and understanding of the events... and help and grace and care for the familys... Carl was a wonderful Christian man, as is Jimmie. Sometimes in these deals, those that survive, really don't.
Female Student Among Dead In Ripley School Bus Accident
POSTED: 5:11 pm CST March 29, 2005
UPDATED: 12:58 am CST March 30, 2005
RIPLEY, Okla. -- A school bus collided with a pickup truck near this small Payne County community Tuesday afternoon, killing a 16-year-old Ripley High School girl and the driver of the truck, officials said.
2 Die In Payne County School Bus Crash
Sandra Deann Combs, 16, of Agra, a passenger on the school bus, and Carl Edward Tarver, 58, (Carl is the brother of Kathy Tarver Hanks, wife of Randy Hanks of Ripley. Phillip is very close friends with the family, and Randy and I and Phil used to race pigeons together!) of Cushing, were killed in the crash, said Diann Warnock, a communications officer with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The driver of the bus, Jimmie Sue Blose, 50, (Jimmie is a dear friend of Sharon Robinson, a close personal friend of our family. Jimmie is also a former client of ours at the Feed Barn. She is a super super lady who would do anything anytime to help ANYONE! I can still hear her wonderful voice and see her big ole smile... ) and a passenger in Tarver's truck, Linda Tarver, 55, both were transported to area hospitals, Warnock said. Their conditions weren't immediately available.
The pickup, pulling a cattle trailer, was headed northbound on State Highway 18 and the bus was headed east on a county road when the crash occurred, according to OHP Lt. Brandon Kopepasah.
Eric Sams, an employee of an auto shop near the intersection where the crash occurred, witnessed the crash.
"The bus was spun completely around," Sams said. "The front axle of the bus bounced off onto the road and onto the bus."
Ripley softball coach Tony Cazzelle said classes would be voluntary Wednesday and that counselors would be on hand to meet with students.
"It's just a little town, and something like this touches everybody," Cazzelle said. "I know that everybody here knows everybody, and half of them are related."
Cazzelle was coaching the girls' softball team when he found out about the crash.
"We finished the game, and I told the girls after the game," he said.
He said Combs "was a real good friend to several players. We all prayed..."
The Ripley district has about 300 elementary pupils and 125 high school students.
Ed's Note:... please remember these familys in prayer as we go about our lives this day. They will be struggling to understand, as we all are, why, when, what, how, but in the end, it's all God's plan.... The only thing we can do is be ready to go... when the knock comes... on our door, and pray for guidance and understanding of the events... and help and grace and care for the familys... Carl was a wonderful Christian man, as is Jimmie. Sometimes in these deals, those that survive, really don't.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE... Ann sent this in this am..
LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.
Here we go!
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there in theUSA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What six colors are on the classicCampbell's soup label?
5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
7. How many matches are in a standard pack?
8. On the United Statesflag is the top stripe red or white?
9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? (does anyone have
one of these anymore)?
13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?
14. Which way do fans rotate?
15. What is on the back of a Canadian dime?
16. How many sides does a stop sign have?
17. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
18. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
19. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
20. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
21. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
22. On which playing card s the card maker's trademark?
23. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
24. On the back of a Canadian $1 coin, what is in the centre?
25. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
26. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
27. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
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1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, &gold
5. 1, 0
6. Right
7. 20
8. Red
9. 88
10. Clockwise (north of the equator)
11. Towards bottom right
12. 12 (no #1)
13. Left
14. Clockwise as you look at it
15 The Bluenose
16. 8
17. Left
18. 5
19. 6
20. Bashful
21. 8
22. Ace of spades
23. Left
24. Loon
25. *, #
26. 3
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Here we go!
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there in theUSA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What six colors are on the classicCampbell's soup label?
5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
7. How many matches are in a standard pack?
8. On the United Statesflag is the top stripe red or white?
9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? (does anyone have
one of these anymore)?
13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?
14. Which way do fans rotate?
15. What is on the back of a Canadian dime?
16. How many sides does a stop sign have?
17. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
18. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
19. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
20. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
21. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
22. On which playing card s the card maker's trademark?
23. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
24. On the back of a Canadian $1 coin, what is in the centre?
25. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
26. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
27. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
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1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, &gold
5. 1, 0
6. Right
7. 20
8. Red
9. 88
10. Clockwise (north of the equator)
11. Towards bottom right
12. 12 (no #1)
13. Left
14. Clockwise as you look at it
15 The Bluenose
16. 8
17. Left
18. 5
19. 6
20. Bashful
21. 8
22. Ace of spades
23. Left
24. Loon
25. *, #
26. 3
27 Counter
Carried by a horse drawn cart, the caskets of Indian officer Daryl Lussier and his companion Michelle Sigana go past the Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minn., Saturday, March 26, 2005. Jeff Weise, a 16-year-old student at Red Lake High School shot his grand-father Lussier and his grand-father's companion Michelle Sigana along with seven others at the school and himself on Monday. Funeral services were held for Lussier and Sigana today. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Today's Prayer from Uncle Ivan ~ Thanks...!
"Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives, and email friends that are reading this right now.
Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings.
In Jesus' precious name. Amen."
Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.
Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace.
Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings.
In Jesus' precious name. Amen."
Sweet Hawaiian Baby Burgers
Sweet Hawaiian Baby Burgers
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef chuck
4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
4 canned pineapple slices
Salt
12 Hawaiian sweet or small dinner rolls, split
Lettuce
Sauce:
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup pineapple preserves
1 tbsp packed brown sugar
Instructions:
Combine ground beef and Worcestershire sauce in medium bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Shape into twelve 1/2-inch thick mini patties.
Combine sauce ingredients in small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
Place pineapple slices on rack in broiler pan so surface of pineapple is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Broil 3 to 4 minutes, turning once and brushing with sauce. Remove pineapple; keep warm. Place patties on rack in broiler pan so surface of beef is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Broil 7 to 8 minutes to medium (160°F) doneness, until not pink in center and juices show no pink color, turning halfway through and brushing with sauce. Season with salt, as desired.
Cut each pineapple slice into thirds. Line bottom of each roll with lettuce; top with a burger, then with a pineapple piece. Close sandwiches.
Makes 4 servings.
Nutrition information per serving: 583 calories; 30 g protein; 64 g carbohydrate; 22 g fat; 480 mg sodium; 107 mg cholesterol; 4.6 mg niacin; 0.4 mg vitamin B6; 2.3 mcg vitamin B12; 5.4 mg iron; 5.4 mg zinc
In five short years, coach brings out best in Baylor -
In five short years, coach brings out best in Baylor
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By Nancy Lieberman
Special to ESPN.com
They'll never admit it, but sometimes a coach just doesn't know what to say after a loss.
Kim Mulkey-Robertson and Baylor have reached their first Elite Eight.
You wonder if your players, heads hung low, are even listening. If anything you say can take away the sting.
And boy, you just knew this one would stick with the Baylor Lady Bears for a while.
Down by 21 points against then No. 2-ranked LSU in their season opener, the eighth-ranked Bears staged a furious second-half comeback to tie the score with 1:40 to play, only to lose on the final possession.
But in the locker room afterward, the words flowed freely from Kim Mulkey-Robertson's mouth.
"One day," the Baylor coach told her players, "we're going to be able to win these games."
Turns out, the words were more fact than false hope. And five months later, the Lady Bears' ability to win -- both by blowout and by the skin of their teeth -- has brought the program its first regular-season Big 12 title, its first conference tournament championship and, after Saturday's 64-57 victory over Minnesota, its first trip to the Elite Eight where it will meet North Carolina on Monday (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET).
Along the way, Baylor notched 15 wins by at least 15 points, but also pulled out the tight ones, winning six games that were decided by five or fewer points, including a one-point victory over Sweet 16 competitor Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament semifinals.
Still, the most notable number of all might be the fact that the just five years ago, Baylor was the worst team in the Big 12.
That, of course, was before Mulkey-Robertson arrived. Before the program produced not one but two All-Americans (junior Sophia Young was named to the AP All-America Second Team, while senior Steffanie Blackmon was tabbed a third-team pick) this season. Before Baylor became one of just two teams this year among the major conferences to win its regular-season and tournament titles outright. And before Mulkey-Robertson racked up a stunning 126-38 record.
No one doubted Mulkey-Robertson would be successful as a head coach. People, including the coach herself, just thought it would be at a different school. After helping Louisiana Tech win back-to-back national championships in 1981 and '82, she joined Leon Barmore's staff and served as an assistant for 15 years. By the time Barmore decided to retire, the assumption was that the program would fall into Mulkey-Robertson's hands.
The offer, albeit disappointing, was made. But Mulkey-Robertson declined. And who could blame her? After giving 19 years to Louisiana Tech, she asked for a five-year contract. The best the school came up with was a one-year deal that would be revisited after her first season.
"I had spent 38 years in Louisiana, and had given 19 years of my life to Louisiana Tech," she said. "I never thought I would leave. I never realized there was a bigger world out there."
But Baylor came calling, and Mulkey-Robertson soon made her way to Waco, Texas. Success quickly followed.
The team went 7-20 prior to her arrival, but Mulkey-Robertson has since guided the Lady Bears to the postseason every season. In 2001, Baylor produced its first professional players when Sheila Lambert and Danielle Crockrom were each drafted in the first round. Lambert also became the program's first Kodak All-American, and Baylor continues to break the program's attendance records.
Ironically, Lambert also won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, which recognizes the nation's best player who's 5 feet, 7 inches or shorter. Mulkey-Robertson, who, despite being a playmaker in college scored a then-national record 4,075 points at Hammond High School, won the inaugural award in 1984. Now, with three more wins this season, Mulkey-Robertson could become the first woman to win NCAA titles as both a player and coach.
Junior guard Chameka Scott says her coach's intensity sets the tone for the Lady Bears.
"[Coach] has the ability to get the best out of her players and puts it on the line in every aspect of the game, whether it's going after officials or going after us," Scott said. "She makes you take it up another notch, mentally, emotionally, and how you play on the court."
And yet, despite Mulkey-Robertson's intensity, she has taught Baylor to stay cool and in control in the clutch.
The Lady Bears, who are riding a school-record 17-game winning streak, will need that Monday. Both UNC and Baylor like to run, with the Tar Heels averaging nearly 80 points and the Bears putting about 75 on the board each game. Sounds like it could be another close one.
Ed's note:.... We will have to see. Lou Tech is where OSU's new coach for ladys come's from too, He being the one they chose over Kim... but I bet Coach KIM is the one OSU should have recruited, especially the way the Lady Bears won last night making it to the Final Four of women's bball!! Man, I have never watched the ladies before.. and these ladys are killers!! what an exciting game!!
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By Nancy Lieberman
Special to ESPN.com
They'll never admit it, but sometimes a coach just doesn't know what to say after a loss.
Kim Mulkey-Robertson and Baylor have reached their first Elite Eight.
You wonder if your players, heads hung low, are even listening. If anything you say can take away the sting.
And boy, you just knew this one would stick with the Baylor Lady Bears for a while.
Down by 21 points against then No. 2-ranked LSU in their season opener, the eighth-ranked Bears staged a furious second-half comeback to tie the score with 1:40 to play, only to lose on the final possession.
But in the locker room afterward, the words flowed freely from Kim Mulkey-Robertson's mouth.
"One day," the Baylor coach told her players, "we're going to be able to win these games."
Turns out, the words were more fact than false hope. And five months later, the Lady Bears' ability to win -- both by blowout and by the skin of their teeth -- has brought the program its first regular-season Big 12 title, its first conference tournament championship and, after Saturday's 64-57 victory over Minnesota, its first trip to the Elite Eight where it will meet North Carolina on Monday (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET).
Along the way, Baylor notched 15 wins by at least 15 points, but also pulled out the tight ones, winning six games that were decided by five or fewer points, including a one-point victory over Sweet 16 competitor Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament semifinals.
Still, the most notable number of all might be the fact that the just five years ago, Baylor was the worst team in the Big 12.
That, of course, was before Mulkey-Robertson arrived. Before the program produced not one but two All-Americans (junior Sophia Young was named to the AP All-America Second Team, while senior Steffanie Blackmon was tabbed a third-team pick) this season. Before Baylor became one of just two teams this year among the major conferences to win its regular-season and tournament titles outright. And before Mulkey-Robertson racked up a stunning 126-38 record.
No one doubted Mulkey-Robertson would be successful as a head coach. People, including the coach herself, just thought it would be at a different school. After helping Louisiana Tech win back-to-back national championships in 1981 and '82, she joined Leon Barmore's staff and served as an assistant for 15 years. By the time Barmore decided to retire, the assumption was that the program would fall into Mulkey-Robertson's hands.
The offer, albeit disappointing, was made. But Mulkey-Robertson declined. And who could blame her? After giving 19 years to Louisiana Tech, she asked for a five-year contract. The best the school came up with was a one-year deal that would be revisited after her first season.
"I had spent 38 years in Louisiana, and had given 19 years of my life to Louisiana Tech," she said. "I never thought I would leave. I never realized there was a bigger world out there."
But Baylor came calling, and Mulkey-Robertson soon made her way to Waco, Texas. Success quickly followed.
The team went 7-20 prior to her arrival, but Mulkey-Robertson has since guided the Lady Bears to the postseason every season. In 2001, Baylor produced its first professional players when Sheila Lambert and Danielle Crockrom were each drafted in the first round. Lambert also became the program's first Kodak All-American, and Baylor continues to break the program's attendance records.
Ironically, Lambert also won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, which recognizes the nation's best player who's 5 feet, 7 inches or shorter. Mulkey-Robertson, who, despite being a playmaker in college scored a then-national record 4,075 points at Hammond High School, won the inaugural award in 1984. Now, with three more wins this season, Mulkey-Robertson could become the first woman to win NCAA titles as both a player and coach.
Junior guard Chameka Scott says her coach's intensity sets the tone for the Lady Bears.
"[Coach] has the ability to get the best out of her players and puts it on the line in every aspect of the game, whether it's going after officials or going after us," Scott said. "She makes you take it up another notch, mentally, emotionally, and how you play on the court."
And yet, despite Mulkey-Robertson's intensity, she has taught Baylor to stay cool and in control in the clutch.
The Lady Bears, who are riding a school-record 17-game winning streak, will need that Monday. Both UNC and Baylor like to run, with the Tar Heels averaging nearly 80 points and the Bears putting about 75 on the board each game. Sounds like it could be another close one.
Ed's note:.... We will have to see. Lou Tech is where OSU's new coach for ladys come's from too, He being the one they chose over Kim... but I bet Coach KIM is the one OSU should have recruited, especially the way the Lady Bears won last night making it to the Final Four of women's bball!! Man, I have never watched the ladies before.. and these ladys are killers!! what an exciting game!!
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Special Birthday today ~ Aunt Agnes Siegrist
All day today Tuesday March 29, 2005
Agnes Palmer Siegrist celebrates her 76th birthday!
Congratulations, and Many Many Many More!!!
Agnes Palmer Siegrist celebrates her 76th birthday!
Congratulations, and Many Many Many More!!!
Monday, March 28, 2005
Telluride Marshal's Department, a few hehehe's...
Telluride Marshal's Department
March 17
DUI: A 35-year-old Ouray man who blew a stop sign was asked to provide his license and instead offered the deputy his credit card. He was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. He said: "I wasn't driving, I was just moving my car around the block."
March 18
HIT AND RUN: A dirty SUV hit a car. The driver yelled, "Are you OK?" but took off before he could hear the answer from the victims. The victim couldn't read the license because it was caked in dirt. The victim said the hit and run driver "looked like he was wasted." Within five minutes, a deputy five blocks away from the accident serendipitously stopped a similar SUV on suspicious of DUI. The SUV matched the description of the hit and run vehicle (dried mud on the license plate), and the suspect matched the hit and run victim's description. There was fresh bumper marks on his front bumper.
WARRANT: A 58-year-old Telluride man was arrested on an outstanding warrant. He was unaware of the warrant. He bonded out for $3,000.
DOG AT LARGE: A pit bull was running around, leash-less, trying to play with a pug. It had no town license and no owner. A man clearing snow said the dog had been running loose for 45 minutes. The code enforcement officer took the dog to the pound. When the owner was contacted, he hung up on the cops, and was described by police as having very poor manners. When he came into the marshal's office to retrieve the dog, he threw a $50 bill down on the counter (the fee for dog catching) and said to the officer "I have dealt with you in the past and you were a nice guy, but lately you're a jerk. Some day you will need my help and I'm not going to give it to you." When the officer saw him on the street later, the man yelled, "It's called Karma!" Again, he was described as being very poorly behaved.
March 16
LOUD PARTY: A noise complaint came in about an apartment being too loud at 3:30 a.m. A woman in the apartment was given a warning by the cops. Then, at around 4:10 a.m., another noise complaint came in. The woman explained "the walls are paper thin and we were only talking." The deputy said he had heard music coming from the apartment. The woman was cited for unnecessary noise violation.
March 22
DUI: A 33-year-old Moab woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Feb. 21
HATRED FOR COPS: A driver contacted for erratic driving lost his temper with the cops. He said he was "sick of being harassed by [expletive] cops." When another cop arrived to help out the scene, he said: "how many [expletive] cops do you need to talk to me?"
THEFT: An employee at a local fitness center said she thought her ring had been stolen while she worked out. It was later recovered.
RECOVERED BIKE: A bike found in the Free Box and ridden by a woman turned out to be owned by someone else.
Mountain Village Police Department
March 14
CITIZEN ASSIST: A booted vehicle was released to a citizen, and the past due fine collected.
CARS PARKED TOO LONG: Two vehicles were parked in the upper lot for most of the winter. The cops ran the plates and they turned out to be employee vehicles that will be moved.
PARKING CODE ENFORCEMENT: Ten tickets were issued.
CITIZEN ASSIST: A vehicle was out of gas. Gas was brought to the vehicle but it still would not start. She said she would try again the next day.
BAR CHECK: No problems in a local bar, aside from a few livers being assaulted.
March 15
CITIZEN ASSIST: A person lost his keys. He said he would have the car out of the way by 10 a.m. the next morning. Code enforcement was advised.
CITIZEN ASSIST: A lost guest needed directions to overnight parking and a ride from the B-lot to her hotel.
PARKING PROBLEM: There was a report of an abandoned trailer in the circle of upper San Joaquin. Upon arrival, the fuzz found that the owner was attaching the trailer to his truck. He stated that his other truck had broken down and that he had to get another vehicle to move it.
THEFT: Report of ski privileges being abused. Telski declined to prosecute because the person using the pass did not read or speak English. Telski was satisfied with civil restitution.
CTIZEN ASSIST: A person was concerned with all the construction traffic in the Lost Creek Lane traffic circle. The 5-0 advised him that city officials were working on the problem and would be coming up with a plan to solve these issues.
THEFT: One guy was caught skiing on another guy's ski pass. He was cited into municipal court for misdemeanor theft.
THEFT: Ditto.
WANTED: A subject was arrested on an active warrant, pokey-d, and held on $5,000 bond.
STOLEN SNOWBOARD: Weak, dude.
IRONY ALERT: A No Parking sign broke off and fell on a vehicle parked in front of it, causing minor damage. On further review, the car was found to be legally parked there.
CITIZEN ASSIST: Fines paid = boot removed.
STOLENT SKIS: Super weak, dude.
RUNAWAY JUVENILE: A person called to report that their juvenile son ran away from home. Cops took a report, and gave dispatch information for the national databases.
BAR CHECK: Everything checked out.
March 16
VEHICLE THEFT: Telluride Ski and Golf Company said it could not find one of its company vehicles.
THEFT: Ski pass in the name of one person used by person with different name.
TRAFFIC DETAIL: One person needed to be warned for traveling 25 in a 20 mph zone.
March 17
NOISE COMPLAINT: An unknown female called to report loud music coming from the apartment next door. It turned out to be coming from the apartment below her. The people down under agreed to turn the music down.
GRAFFITTI: No suspects currently in the case of the spray painted Gondola seat.
TRAFFIC DETAIL: Two people were speeding, both going 28 in a 20. One driver had a license plate that appeared expired but it turned out the 2005 sticker had fallen off. The driver said he would get a new sticker.
MOTORIST ASSIST: A driver locked the keys in the car with the motor running.
THEFT ON LIFT 4: A 39-year-old male from New Hampshire was trying to use someone else's ski pass. Then a 55-year-old female from Texas did the same thing. Then a 47-year-old woman did the same.
CONCERT DUTY: 900 or so people showed up for a concert; only six verbal warnings were issued.
March 18
SENT TO HIS ROOM: A person complained that he had had an altercation with a drunk passenger on Dial-a-Ride. The passenger was warned about his behavior and sent to his room.
LOST KEYS: While skiing, a dude lost his keys.
AT LIFT 4: A 54-year-old local man was caught trying to use someone else's pass.
AT LIFT 10: A 54-year-old local woman was caught trying to use someone else's pass.
AT LIFT 10: A 59-year-old man was caught trying to use someone else's five-day ski pass.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON: A male and female were having a heated discussion. They said everything was OK.
March 19
ON LIFT 4: A 46-year-old male was caught using someone else's pass.
March 20
ON LIFT 4: A 19-year-old male was caught using someone else's pass.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT: Three car accident: one car ran off the road and suffered no damage, while two cars slammed into each other head-on, causing between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of damage.
San Miguel Sheriff's Office
March 14
FALSE ALARM: At the airport, a worker arriving at the beginning of the day set off the alarm.
March 15
FRAUD: A landowner suspected fraud in connection with a property he was renting near Sunshine Peak. Counterfeit U.S. Post Service money orders were involved, and the case was transferred to the USPS.
NEAR ILIUM: A man drove clean and sober.
March 16
GAS SKIP: At a gas station Down Valley, somebody skipped out on paying for gas.
FRAUD: A Redvale woman had her identity stolen, and a thief used her credit card to buy over $1,400 in merchandise from New York.
SHEEP: Sheep wandered from their pasture into another. This is a recurring problem.
March 17
TRASH LOSS: A vehicle driving down Highway 145 was losing trash out of the back of the vehicle.
DUCK: An Egnar resident reported a possible gunshot near her residence.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: A Lawson Hill resident awoke to find someone had painted a potentially threatening message on her window.
POACHING: Two people were poaching in the Norwood area.
March 18
RECKLESS DRIVING: There was very nearly a very painful head-on collision east of Sawpit as a driver attempted a dangerous and illegal pass on a curve on Highway 145. An oncoming driver saved himself and others with a successful avoidance maneuver through a ditch. The guy making the dangerous pass was stopped and issued a citation.
CIVIL DISPUTE: A family disputed something.
DOG LOOSE: A heeler-lab mix was found near Norwood.
March 19
DUI: A 47-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A possible domestic violence dispute turned out to be verbal only.
ANIMAL WELFARE CHECK: On Juniper Dr., the dogs had plenty of food and water.
SHEEP: Sheep were out of their pasture. The owner was contacted.
March 20
AIRPLANE CRASH: A single engine airplane performed an emergency landing in the Norwood area after losing power during an approach to Telluride Airport. Due to low visibility, the pilot landed in an open field causing some damage to the plane. The pilot was uninjured.
March 17
DUI: A 35-year-old Ouray man who blew a stop sign was asked to provide his license and instead offered the deputy his credit card. He was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. He said: "I wasn't driving, I was just moving my car around the block."
March 18
HIT AND RUN: A dirty SUV hit a car. The driver yelled, "Are you OK?" but took off before he could hear the answer from the victims. The victim couldn't read the license because it was caked in dirt. The victim said the hit and run driver "looked like he was wasted." Within five minutes, a deputy five blocks away from the accident serendipitously stopped a similar SUV on suspicious of DUI. The SUV matched the description of the hit and run vehicle (dried mud on the license plate), and the suspect matched the hit and run victim's description. There was fresh bumper marks on his front bumper.
WARRANT: A 58-year-old Telluride man was arrested on an outstanding warrant. He was unaware of the warrant. He bonded out for $3,000.
DOG AT LARGE: A pit bull was running around, leash-less, trying to play with a pug. It had no town license and no owner. A man clearing snow said the dog had been running loose for 45 minutes. The code enforcement officer took the dog to the pound. When the owner was contacted, he hung up on the cops, and was described by police as having very poor manners. When he came into the marshal's office to retrieve the dog, he threw a $50 bill down on the counter (the fee for dog catching) and said to the officer "I have dealt with you in the past and you were a nice guy, but lately you're a jerk. Some day you will need my help and I'm not going to give it to you." When the officer saw him on the street later, the man yelled, "It's called Karma!" Again, he was described as being very poorly behaved.
March 16
LOUD PARTY: A noise complaint came in about an apartment being too loud at 3:30 a.m. A woman in the apartment was given a warning by the cops. Then, at around 4:10 a.m., another noise complaint came in. The woman explained "the walls are paper thin and we were only talking." The deputy said he had heard music coming from the apartment. The woman was cited for unnecessary noise violation.
March 22
DUI: A 33-year-old Moab woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Feb. 21
HATRED FOR COPS: A driver contacted for erratic driving lost his temper with the cops. He said he was "sick of being harassed by [expletive] cops." When another cop arrived to help out the scene, he said: "how many [expletive] cops do you need to talk to me?"
THEFT: An employee at a local fitness center said she thought her ring had been stolen while she worked out. It was later recovered.
RECOVERED BIKE: A bike found in the Free Box and ridden by a woman turned out to be owned by someone else.
Mountain Village Police Department
March 14
CITIZEN ASSIST: A booted vehicle was released to a citizen, and the past due fine collected.
CARS PARKED TOO LONG: Two vehicles were parked in the upper lot for most of the winter. The cops ran the plates and they turned out to be employee vehicles that will be moved.
PARKING CODE ENFORCEMENT: Ten tickets were issued.
CITIZEN ASSIST: A vehicle was out of gas. Gas was brought to the vehicle but it still would not start. She said she would try again the next day.
BAR CHECK: No problems in a local bar, aside from a few livers being assaulted.
March 15
CITIZEN ASSIST: A person lost his keys. He said he would have the car out of the way by 10 a.m. the next morning. Code enforcement was advised.
CITIZEN ASSIST: A lost guest needed directions to overnight parking and a ride from the B-lot to her hotel.
PARKING PROBLEM: There was a report of an abandoned trailer in the circle of upper San Joaquin. Upon arrival, the fuzz found that the owner was attaching the trailer to his truck. He stated that his other truck had broken down and that he had to get another vehicle to move it.
THEFT: Report of ski privileges being abused. Telski declined to prosecute because the person using the pass did not read or speak English. Telski was satisfied with civil restitution.
CTIZEN ASSIST: A person was concerned with all the construction traffic in the Lost Creek Lane traffic circle. The 5-0 advised him that city officials were working on the problem and would be coming up with a plan to solve these issues.
THEFT: One guy was caught skiing on another guy's ski pass. He was cited into municipal court for misdemeanor theft.
THEFT: Ditto.
WANTED: A subject was arrested on an active warrant, pokey-d, and held on $5,000 bond.
STOLEN SNOWBOARD: Weak, dude.
IRONY ALERT: A No Parking sign broke off and fell on a vehicle parked in front of it, causing minor damage. On further review, the car was found to be legally parked there.
CITIZEN ASSIST: Fines paid = boot removed.
STOLENT SKIS: Super weak, dude.
RUNAWAY JUVENILE: A person called to report that their juvenile son ran away from home. Cops took a report, and gave dispatch information for the national databases.
BAR CHECK: Everything checked out.
March 16
VEHICLE THEFT: Telluride Ski and Golf Company said it could not find one of its company vehicles.
THEFT: Ski pass in the name of one person used by person with different name.
TRAFFIC DETAIL: One person needed to be warned for traveling 25 in a 20 mph zone.
March 17
NOISE COMPLAINT: An unknown female called to report loud music coming from the apartment next door. It turned out to be coming from the apartment below her. The people down under agreed to turn the music down.
GRAFFITTI: No suspects currently in the case of the spray painted Gondola seat.
TRAFFIC DETAIL: Two people were speeding, both going 28 in a 20. One driver had a license plate that appeared expired but it turned out the 2005 sticker had fallen off. The driver said he would get a new sticker.
MOTORIST ASSIST: A driver locked the keys in the car with the motor running.
THEFT ON LIFT 4: A 39-year-old male from New Hampshire was trying to use someone else's ski pass. Then a 55-year-old female from Texas did the same thing. Then a 47-year-old woman did the same.
CONCERT DUTY: 900 or so people showed up for a concert; only six verbal warnings were issued.
March 18
SENT TO HIS ROOM: A person complained that he had had an altercation with a drunk passenger on Dial-a-Ride. The passenger was warned about his behavior and sent to his room.
LOST KEYS: While skiing, a dude lost his keys.
AT LIFT 4: A 54-year-old local man was caught trying to use someone else's pass.
AT LIFT 10: A 54-year-old local woman was caught trying to use someone else's pass.
AT LIFT 10: A 59-year-old man was caught trying to use someone else's five-day ski pass.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON: A male and female were having a heated discussion. They said everything was OK.
March 19
ON LIFT 4: A 46-year-old male was caught using someone else's pass.
March 20
ON LIFT 4: A 19-year-old male was caught using someone else's pass.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT: Three car accident: one car ran off the road and suffered no damage, while two cars slammed into each other head-on, causing between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of damage.
San Miguel Sheriff's Office
March 14
FALSE ALARM: At the airport, a worker arriving at the beginning of the day set off the alarm.
March 15
FRAUD: A landowner suspected fraud in connection with a property he was renting near Sunshine Peak. Counterfeit U.S. Post Service money orders were involved, and the case was transferred to the USPS.
NEAR ILIUM: A man drove clean and sober.
March 16
GAS SKIP: At a gas station Down Valley, somebody skipped out on paying for gas.
FRAUD: A Redvale woman had her identity stolen, and a thief used her credit card to buy over $1,400 in merchandise from New York.
SHEEP: Sheep wandered from their pasture into another. This is a recurring problem.
March 17
TRASH LOSS: A vehicle driving down Highway 145 was losing trash out of the back of the vehicle.
DUCK: An Egnar resident reported a possible gunshot near her residence.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: A Lawson Hill resident awoke to find someone had painted a potentially threatening message on her window.
POACHING: Two people were poaching in the Norwood area.
March 18
RECKLESS DRIVING: There was very nearly a very painful head-on collision east of Sawpit as a driver attempted a dangerous and illegal pass on a curve on Highway 145. An oncoming driver saved himself and others with a successful avoidance maneuver through a ditch. The guy making the dangerous pass was stopped and issued a citation.
CIVIL DISPUTE: A family disputed something.
DOG LOOSE: A heeler-lab mix was found near Norwood.
March 19
DUI: A 47-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A possible domestic violence dispute turned out to be verbal only.
ANIMAL WELFARE CHECK: On Juniper Dr., the dogs had plenty of food and water.
SHEEP: Sheep were out of their pasture. The owner was contacted.
March 20
AIRPLANE CRASH: A single engine airplane performed an emergency landing in the Norwood area after losing power during an approach to Telluride Airport. Due to low visibility, the pilot landed in an open field causing some damage to the plane. The pilot was uninjured.
Sunday, March 27, 2005
DID YOU SEE.. DID YOU SEE... THE EMPTY TOMB.... ????
HAPPY EASTER TO ONE AND ALL... THE MOST AMAZING THING REGARDING EASTER, I WAS ASKED? Well, that would have to be that Jesus Christ gave his life for me, arose, and is sitting with God in Heaven watching all this, and STILL loves and welcomes me into his arms!!
Friday, March 25, 2005
I know.. need to see Kaitlyn's easter dress.. however, this is an important pic.. Phillip is holding Kaitlyn for the first time.. practicing we hold for even neater things to come!!! from them??? haha... Anyway, thought this was a neat catch, Uncle Phillip and his niece, Kaitlyn... ! All the kiddos were here except the Blankinships. Had a nice visit... but missed them very much... maybe next year, huh? Happy Easter... I will put pics up tomorrow I hope.. so no need to look now.. haha..
From Heather.. HEHE...
For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married,
or wish you weren't married, this is something to smile about the
next time you open a bottle of wine:
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.
Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally.
"What's in the bag?" asked the old woman.
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, "It's a bottle of wine.I got it for my husband."
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said, "Good trade."
or wish you weren't married, this is something to smile about the
next time you open a bottle of wine:
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.
Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally.
"What's in the bag?" asked the old woman.
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, "It's a bottle of wine.I got it for my husband."
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said, "Good trade."
God awesome greatness... and his artful eye...
Did you see the sky last night?? Awesome display.... Enjoy! Jon and Randi and Kaitlyn are here for Easter, and Ann went with them into Heather's office to show off Kaitlyn to Heather's co workers... etc. Then we are going to get family together this evening for a bit of dinner and to enjoy the time together... There is a new album of these pics online now... How lucky we are! Love everyone... Happy Easter!
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Very Timely.....
Putting your wishes in writing
11:14 AM CST on Thursday, March 24, 2005
By KAREN M. THOMAS and MICHAEL PRECKER / The Dallas Morning News
Nearly a month ago, right before surgery, Fred Bailey of Dallas made a decision.
He had had a mild heart attack in 2000 and a triple bypass after that. Now doctors were preparing to install a device in his chest to automatically shock his heart if it beat irregularly. When a staff member at Baylor University Medical Center asked him a routine question – whether he was in interested in a living will – Mr. Bailey said he was. After speaking with a hospital chaplain, he signed an advance directive asking doctors not to resuscitate him if the worst should occur.
"I freely signed," says Mr. Bailey, who's 53. "I have children, grandchildren and living parents. I don't want them to go through anything that remotely resembles that situation in Florida. ... The main thing is that I don't want to be in a vegetative state or a coma."
"That situation," as Mr. Bailey puts it, is the kind of unhappy news that brings advance directives, also known as living wills, back into the spotlight. Terri Schiavo, whose heart stopped in 1990 because of a chemical imbalance when she was 26 and who has been in a vegetative state since, left no answers to crucial questions: Would she want to live this way? What should be done to keep her alive?
The result has been a bitter legal battle between Ms. Schiavo's husband, who wants her to be allowed to die, and her parents, who say there is still hope for recovery. After a court ruled that Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube could be removed last month, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush won legislative approval to restore the tube and prolong her life.
A living will might have prevented the dilemma by making Ms. Schiavo's intentions clear. But when Dallas attorney Shelly B. West and geriatric care manager Kay Paggi make that point and advocate living wills, they run into frustrating, illogical problems.
"Most of my clients are quite convinced that they're not going to die," says Ms. West, who handles many family law and probate cases. "I have to get them past the idea – it's not about them; it's about taking care of their survivors."
Ms. Paggi, who works with elderly people at several facilities in Richardson, says the myth persists "that as soon as you write your will, you will die.
"Everyone knows intellectually that is not true, but you still grapple with that," she says. "It's the same thing with the living will."
Making your wishes known in advance, Ms. West says, "is such a simple, loving thing you can do for your family."
At Aging With Dignity, a nonprofit organization based in Tallahassee, Fla., that distributes a living will form nationwide called Five Wishes, the Schiavo case has sparked a surge of interest.
"We've noticed 10 times the number of orders we normally do," says Paul Malley, president of the organization. "No matter what they think is right or wrong, people are saying, 'Isn't it terrible this is happening?' One woman who called said, 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if this were Terri Schiavo's legacy?'"
Aging With Dignity was founded in 1996 to promote dignified care for people at the end of their lives. Mr. Malley says the organizers quickly realized that people wanted to have their wishes known but were discouraged by what they saw as a complicated legal process.
"People don't want to talk about death and dying to start with," Mr. Malley says. "All the forms seemed too hard to understand, so some people would just rather avoid the topic altogether."
Consider the options
Many states, including Texas, provide a living will form that allows people to choose whether they want life-sustaining treatment if they are terminally ill. The Texas document, which must be signed before two witnesses, also preserves the right for people to change their minds at any point.
But Mr. Malley says some state forms do not go into enough detail, with legal language that some people find off-putting. So his organization put together the Five Wishes booklet, asking questions in plain English covering five categories:
•The person I want to make care decisions for me when I can't
•The kind of medical treatment I want or don't want
•How comfortable I want to be
•How I want people to treat me
•What I want my loved ones to know.
"We want people to fill it out together and discuss it with their family," Mr. Malley says.
Although the Five Wishes booklet is not legally binding in Texas, Ms. Paggi says she recommends it "because it makes you think about options. If you are dying, do you want music? Do you want to die alone?"
She says that many of her elderly clients who are dying don't want their children present, but never tell them.
"They might have said, 'I really want to be alone. It's not a spectator event,'" Ms. Paggi says. "A lot of adult children are guilty because they weren't in the room when their parent died. So it's another benefit of having the document."
Aging With Dignity charges $5 for the booklet, or $25 for 25 of them. Working with attorneys, health groups, senior citizen organizations and private companies, the organization has distributed 3 million booklets.
Spread the word
Mr. Malley and Ms. Paggi recommend that people make copies of their wishes, then distribute them to family members, doctors and whoever is empowered to make decisions.
"If it's legal power of attorney, you do want to keep it locked up," Ms. Paggi says. "But a medical directive? You should make copies of the copies.
"Keep one in the glove compartment of your car, give one to the person who normally takes you on errands. It's only good if someone knows it exists and has access to it when you need it."
Mr. Bailey, who isn't married and owns a construction company, has a copy of his living will at home. He has also given copies to two friends. He's told one of his four children about his wishes. But when he became ill Oct. 28 at home alone, he was too sick to grab his directive before climbing into an ambulance. He simply signed another one after being admitted to Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital.
Staff workers "said they would like to have it on file again. I am fortunate enough that I got here, but if I were to go into cardiac arrest and lose my capacity to do what I am doing now, then I don't want that .... I don't want to be a burden to anyone I love," he says.
Put it in writing
Mr. Malley says that if the Five Wishes document is signed in front of witnesses, it has legal standing in 35 states. Ms. West says that while Five Wishes and other living wills that people do for themselves may be helpful, they may not stand up to a challenge from someone who disagrees with the instructions.
She suggests that a state-recognized living will should be part of a package that includes a will that distributes assets and a document assigning power of attorney to make decisions in case one becomes incapacitated.
In uncomplicated cases, she says, the entire process shouldn't cost more than a few hundred dollars.
"You would hope people would do this," Ms. West says. "But every week I deal with a situation where somebody didn't. Then it becomes this ethical dilemma.
"If everybody knew what I wanted, but I didn't take an hour to go and sign a document, then the hospital is nervous and the doctors are nervous about cutting off life support. And if there's a dispute in my family, then it goes to the court and it's a mess."
At Baylor, the Rev. Kara Leslie Stalcup says that hospital staffers ask every patient whether he or she wants a living will and offers help filling it out. The free form then becomes part of the patient's chart.
"We send patients home with the original," says Ms. Stalcup, a hospital chaplain. "We tell them to give copies to two people. It helps start the conversation. It is difficult for parents to have this conversation with their children. They can say, 'I know you don't want to talk about this, but I have already made my wishes known.'"
Peace of mind
Ms. Stalcup says people shouldn't wait until they're seriously ill to deal with the issue.
"We do believe that it is a spiritual decision as well as an emotional and physical one," she says. "The key is doing it when you don't really need to. Then you can make a decision out of faith and guidance instead of fear."
Mr. Malley says his organization hopes to convince the Texas Legislature to recognize the Five Wishes booklet as legally binding, as other states have. Meanwhile, he says, it can be a useful adjunct to the state-approved living will for a family's peace of mind.
"We're getting feedback from family members that this is immeasurably helpful," he says. "Not only in making decisions, but in knowing that they did the right thing."
"There are lots of families out there that had horror stories of having to make these life-and-death decisions without knowing what the person really wanted."
E-mail kthomas@dallasnews.com or mprecker@dallasnews.com
11:14 AM CST on Thursday, March 24, 2005
By KAREN M. THOMAS and MICHAEL PRECKER / The Dallas Morning News
Nearly a month ago, right before surgery, Fred Bailey of Dallas made a decision.
He had had a mild heart attack in 2000 and a triple bypass after that. Now doctors were preparing to install a device in his chest to automatically shock his heart if it beat irregularly. When a staff member at Baylor University Medical Center asked him a routine question – whether he was in interested in a living will – Mr. Bailey said he was. After speaking with a hospital chaplain, he signed an advance directive asking doctors not to resuscitate him if the worst should occur.
"I freely signed," says Mr. Bailey, who's 53. "I have children, grandchildren and living parents. I don't want them to go through anything that remotely resembles that situation in Florida. ... The main thing is that I don't want to be in a vegetative state or a coma."
"That situation," as Mr. Bailey puts it, is the kind of unhappy news that brings advance directives, also known as living wills, back into the spotlight. Terri Schiavo, whose heart stopped in 1990 because of a chemical imbalance when she was 26 and who has been in a vegetative state since, left no answers to crucial questions: Would she want to live this way? What should be done to keep her alive?
The result has been a bitter legal battle between Ms. Schiavo's husband, who wants her to be allowed to die, and her parents, who say there is still hope for recovery. After a court ruled that Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube could be removed last month, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush won legislative approval to restore the tube and prolong her life.
A living will might have prevented the dilemma by making Ms. Schiavo's intentions clear. But when Dallas attorney Shelly B. West and geriatric care manager Kay Paggi make that point and advocate living wills, they run into frustrating, illogical problems.
"Most of my clients are quite convinced that they're not going to die," says Ms. West, who handles many family law and probate cases. "I have to get them past the idea – it's not about them; it's about taking care of their survivors."
Ms. Paggi, who works with elderly people at several facilities in Richardson, says the myth persists "that as soon as you write your will, you will die.
"Everyone knows intellectually that is not true, but you still grapple with that," she says. "It's the same thing with the living will."
Making your wishes known in advance, Ms. West says, "is such a simple, loving thing you can do for your family."
At Aging With Dignity, a nonprofit organization based in Tallahassee, Fla., that distributes a living will form nationwide called Five Wishes, the Schiavo case has sparked a surge of interest.
"We've noticed 10 times the number of orders we normally do," says Paul Malley, president of the organization. "No matter what they think is right or wrong, people are saying, 'Isn't it terrible this is happening?' One woman who called said, 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if this were Terri Schiavo's legacy?'"
Aging With Dignity was founded in 1996 to promote dignified care for people at the end of their lives. Mr. Malley says the organizers quickly realized that people wanted to have their wishes known but were discouraged by what they saw as a complicated legal process.
"People don't want to talk about death and dying to start with," Mr. Malley says. "All the forms seemed too hard to understand, so some people would just rather avoid the topic altogether."
Consider the options
Many states, including Texas, provide a living will form that allows people to choose whether they want life-sustaining treatment if they are terminally ill. The Texas document, which must be signed before two witnesses, also preserves the right for people to change their minds at any point.
But Mr. Malley says some state forms do not go into enough detail, with legal language that some people find off-putting. So his organization put together the Five Wishes booklet, asking questions in plain English covering five categories:
•The person I want to make care decisions for me when I can't
•The kind of medical treatment I want or don't want
•How comfortable I want to be
•How I want people to treat me
•What I want my loved ones to know.
"We want people to fill it out together and discuss it with their family," Mr. Malley says.
Although the Five Wishes booklet is not legally binding in Texas, Ms. Paggi says she recommends it "because it makes you think about options. If you are dying, do you want music? Do you want to die alone?"
She says that many of her elderly clients who are dying don't want their children present, but never tell them.
"They might have said, 'I really want to be alone. It's not a spectator event,'" Ms. Paggi says. "A lot of adult children are guilty because they weren't in the room when their parent died. So it's another benefit of having the document."
Aging With Dignity charges $5 for the booklet, or $25 for 25 of them. Working with attorneys, health groups, senior citizen organizations and private companies, the organization has distributed 3 million booklets.
Spread the word
Mr. Malley and Ms. Paggi recommend that people make copies of their wishes, then distribute them to family members, doctors and whoever is empowered to make decisions.
"If it's legal power of attorney, you do want to keep it locked up," Ms. Paggi says. "But a medical directive? You should make copies of the copies.
"Keep one in the glove compartment of your car, give one to the person who normally takes you on errands. It's only good if someone knows it exists and has access to it when you need it."
Mr. Bailey, who isn't married and owns a construction company, has a copy of his living will at home. He has also given copies to two friends. He's told one of his four children about his wishes. But when he became ill Oct. 28 at home alone, he was too sick to grab his directive before climbing into an ambulance. He simply signed another one after being admitted to Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital.
Staff workers "said they would like to have it on file again. I am fortunate enough that I got here, but if I were to go into cardiac arrest and lose my capacity to do what I am doing now, then I don't want that .... I don't want to be a burden to anyone I love," he says.
Put it in writing
Mr. Malley says that if the Five Wishes document is signed in front of witnesses, it has legal standing in 35 states. Ms. West says that while Five Wishes and other living wills that people do for themselves may be helpful, they may not stand up to a challenge from someone who disagrees with the instructions.
She suggests that a state-recognized living will should be part of a package that includes a will that distributes assets and a document assigning power of attorney to make decisions in case one becomes incapacitated.
In uncomplicated cases, she says, the entire process shouldn't cost more than a few hundred dollars.
"You would hope people would do this," Ms. West says. "But every week I deal with a situation where somebody didn't. Then it becomes this ethical dilemma.
"If everybody knew what I wanted, but I didn't take an hour to go and sign a document, then the hospital is nervous and the doctors are nervous about cutting off life support. And if there's a dispute in my family, then it goes to the court and it's a mess."
At Baylor, the Rev. Kara Leslie Stalcup says that hospital staffers ask every patient whether he or she wants a living will and offers help filling it out. The free form then becomes part of the patient's chart.
"We send patients home with the original," says Ms. Stalcup, a hospital chaplain. "We tell them to give copies to two people. It helps start the conversation. It is difficult for parents to have this conversation with their children. They can say, 'I know you don't want to talk about this, but I have already made my wishes known.'"
Peace of mind
Ms. Stalcup says people shouldn't wait until they're seriously ill to deal with the issue.
"We do believe that it is a spiritual decision as well as an emotional and physical one," she says. "The key is doing it when you don't really need to. Then you can make a decision out of faith and guidance instead of fear."
Mr. Malley says his organization hopes to convince the Texas Legislature to recognize the Five Wishes booklet as legally binding, as other states have. Meanwhile, he says, it can be a useful adjunct to the state-approved living will for a family's peace of mind.
"We're getting feedback from family members that this is immeasurably helpful," he says. "Not only in making decisions, but in knowing that they did the right thing."
"There are lots of families out there that had horror stories of having to make these life-and-death decisions without knowing what the person really wanted."
E-mail kthomas@dallasnews.com or mprecker@dallasnews.com
Phil's first first Raku firing... pics thereof.. haha.. enjoy!
Wow, what a night! Phil called about 9pm and told me to get a move on!! So, Ann and I loaded up the ole buggy with a camera and dashed off to Stillwater to Multigraphics. Phil is taking classes on (wish I knew the correct title! haha) how to make pottery, or sculpture with clay... and his first firing was about to happen. We arrived in time to see the final firing, and the "coming out" of the pieces. It is a cool process, and Ann loves this type of art too... She took classes in school for this art as well, along with painting, etc., She is where the kiddos get their artist ability, even as a step mom!! Anyway, there are now some photos of the event online in our photos section, along with a couple of videos! Sorry, one video is on it's side, I forgot to turn the camera, sigh... so it's my fault, but you can still see and get the idea of what was happening. There was one sad note.. and we caught it on the second video.. a piece was accidently dropped and broken. But beyond that it was a great event. His instructor is the nice lady in the green jacket. The fire reached temps around 2000 degrees and .. well I think it's time for Phil to take over telling you what happened in the photos.. I asked him to do such.. so we will see.. haha.. have a great day, and thanks Phil for calling and inviting us to your unveiling.. haha.. we loved it. Might have to put an art center in the old feed store, so all can play and enjoy things.. later.. enjoy the day!! the pics are a bit dark to show the colors of the flames and heat, etc..
Click on these pics to see larger version of them... keep forgetting to let folks know~~!!
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Catherine Aird
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Catherine Aird
I think this started with Susan Rush.... haha.. love it...
Obedient Wife
There was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.
Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the
afterlife with me."
And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him.
Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!"
She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket.
Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away. So her friend said, "Girl, I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband."
The loyal wife replied," Listen, I'm a Christian, I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him!!!!?"
"I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a check.
If he can cash it, he can spend it."
There was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.
Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the
afterlife with me."
And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him.
Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!"
She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket.
Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away. So her friend said, "Girl, I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband."
The loyal wife replied," Listen, I'm a Christian, I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him!!!!?"
"I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a check.
If he can cash it, he can spend it."
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
from Uncle Ivan.... rings a bell..... haha
To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP.
One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound Of Music."
However, the lyrics of the song were deliberately changed for the entertainment of her "blue hair" audience. Here are the lyrics she recited:
"Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the pipes leak,
When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.
When the joints ache, when the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad."
Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores
One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound Of Music."
However, the lyrics of the song were deliberately changed for the entertainment of her "blue hair" audience. Here are the lyrics she recited:
"Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the pipes leak,
When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.
When the joints ache, when the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad."
Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Austyn came over yesterday afternoon and evening and we watched the new Garfield movie he brought, and then ate some of Grandma Moffat's good cookin', and then watched some OSU wrestling.. they won, yeah!!, and then watched some great basketball and a Disney movie with Tim Allen while we ate a Big OLE bowl of Grandma Moffat's popcorn.... wow.. what a busy time we had... and then we watched Wake get beat to top off the night with Phil and Tammy ... and Austyn... Great Saturday... great time... how lucky we are!!! Austyn and I took some pics and will post them in a bit.. but this is a nice shot of the REAL Austyn.... Who came up with a joke about his Grandpa's cows... When you drive along Mehan Road, our cows are sticking their heads through the fence eating the new spring growth on the other side.. and Austyn saw this one day and asked me last night.. Grandpa, do you know why your cows are sticking their heads through the fence? Cause they want to go out to eat!!!
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
What is beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful.
-Unknown
What is beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful.
-Unknown
Friday, March 18, 2005
2nd Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
-Maurice Setter
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
-Maurice Setter
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
Aldous Huxley
"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him."
Aldous Huxley
"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him."
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
Irish Blessing
May you always have work for your hands to do,
May your pockets hold always a coin or two,
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane,
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
Irish Blessing
May you always have work for your hands to do,
May your pockets hold always a coin or two,
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane,
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
St. Pat's Day ... wishing you all things green...haha...
Happy St. Pat's Day to everyone.. here is what a friend of mine wrote about the day. JJ is the drummer for the band The Great Divide and he send this note...
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for thousands of years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Catholic season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army. Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.
Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to a million poor, uneducated, Catholic Irish began to pour into America to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country 's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys. However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New York City 's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.
JJ
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Heather sends along this note.... Mom sells monster....
Mom Uses eBay To Sell Monster Under Child's Bed - Bidders Asked To Remove Monster From Girl's Room
PHILADELPHIA -- One of the duties of a parent is to make sure the monster under their child's bed is held at bay -- even when the monster
exists solely in that child's imagination. One local parent had a high-tech solution to the problem -- she has put the monster up for auction on eBay. Kathleen Tait had her daughter draw the monster under her bed and is selling the image on the online auction site, WCAU-TV in Philadelphia
reported. Tait's daughter said the monster would make her room a mess. Kathleen Tait said the whole thing began months ago, when her daughter
would wake up, afraid that the monster would get her and her toys. "To this day, I sleep with her," Tait said. "I lay down with her until she falls asleep."
Tait tried several ways to bait the monster, including peanut butter and jelly. Then, she hit upon eBay. Those who bid on the monster are asked to take it out of Tait's daughter's room. It is hoped that by selling the monster, it will be gone for good. There are five days left on the auction, and the bidding early Tuesday evening was $2.25. "People can sell pretzels, so why not a monster?" Tait said.
PHILADELPHIA -- One of the duties of a parent is to make sure the monster under their child's bed is held at bay -- even when the monster
exists solely in that child's imagination. One local parent had a high-tech solution to the problem -- she has put the monster up for auction on eBay. Kathleen Tait had her daughter draw the monster under her bed and is selling the image on the online auction site, WCAU-TV in Philadelphia
reported. Tait's daughter said the monster would make her room a mess. Kathleen Tait said the whole thing began months ago, when her daughter
would wake up, afraid that the monster would get her and her toys. "To this day, I sleep with her," Tait said. "I lay down with her until she falls asleep."
Tait tried several ways to bait the monster, including peanut butter and jelly. Then, she hit upon eBay. Those who bid on the monster are asked to take it out of Tait's daughter's room. It is hoped that by selling the monster, it will be gone for good. There are five days left on the auction, and the bidding early Tuesday evening was $2.25. "People can sell pretzels, so why not a monster?" Tait said.
Clipping of the Day
Clipping of the Day
Grinding the Faces of the Poor
From the New York Herald (New York, New York), 16 March 1870, page 5
Slow Progress of the Pension Payments--A System of Extortions that Aggregates Handsomely for the Pension Agents and Robs the Poor Widows.
Payment of pensions to widows of soldiers killed during the war, begun on the 4th instant in a basement room of the Custom House, is still daily continued under the direction of General Lawrence, Pension Agent. Thus far about 2,500 have been paid from the list of 6,000 whom General Lawrence has to pay. . . At the present rate of progress it will take about two weeks longer to get through the list. Too frequent description has been given in the Herald of the poverty-stricken appearance of the widows and mothers who put in their semi-annual appearance here for the pensions allowed them by the government on account of husbands and sons killed in the late war to render further description necessary. Wretchedness and poverty in their most pitiful phases stare one in the face, and stony hard is the heart that is not moved at the spectacle.
Paying these pensioners is not to be characterized as an act of humanity by the government. It is an act of duty, and most pitiful is the amount paid. And this is not all. The most unjust extortions, though made legal by Congressional enactment, accompany the payment. Every widow has to pay seventy cents, or rather this sum is deducted from the amount due her before she can get her pension. In the first place, twenty-five cents are exacted for making out the papers, and then fifteen cents each for three oaths respectively of two witnesses, and the one to whom the pension is to be paid. One woman came there yesterday from Forty-second street. She was told that she must bring two witnesses to swear that she has not remarried since her husband's death, on whose account the pension was claimed. It was a new arrangement, and the first she had heard of it. The result was that she had to hunt up her witnesses and pay two car fares each for them, besides her own riding, altogether putting her to an outlay of $1.12 before she got her pension. . .
Grinding the Faces of the Poor
From the New York Herald (New York, New York), 16 March 1870, page 5
Slow Progress of the Pension Payments--A System of Extortions that Aggregates Handsomely for the Pension Agents and Robs the Poor Widows.
Payment of pensions to widows of soldiers killed during the war, begun on the 4th instant in a basement room of the Custom House, is still daily continued under the direction of General Lawrence, Pension Agent. Thus far about 2,500 have been paid from the list of 6,000 whom General Lawrence has to pay. . . At the present rate of progress it will take about two weeks longer to get through the list. Too frequent description has been given in the Herald of the poverty-stricken appearance of the widows and mothers who put in their semi-annual appearance here for the pensions allowed them by the government on account of husbands and sons killed in the late war to render further description necessary. Wretchedness and poverty in their most pitiful phases stare one in the face, and stony hard is the heart that is not moved at the spectacle.
Paying these pensioners is not to be characterized as an act of humanity by the government. It is an act of duty, and most pitiful is the amount paid. And this is not all. The most unjust extortions, though made legal by Congressional enactment, accompany the payment. Every widow has to pay seventy cents, or rather this sum is deducted from the amount due her before she can get her pension. In the first place, twenty-five cents are exacted for making out the papers, and then fifteen cents each for three oaths respectively of two witnesses, and the one to whom the pension is to be paid. One woman came there yesterday from Forty-second street. She was told that she must bring two witnesses to swear that she has not remarried since her husband's death, on whose account the pension was claimed. It was a new arrangement, and the first she had heard of it. The result was that she had to hunt up her witnesses and pay two car fares each for them, besides her own riding, altogether putting her to an outlay of $1.12 before she got her pension. . .
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
If Dad were here...... he'd love this....
Homestyle Corned Beef with Dilled Cabbage
Ingredients:
2-1/2 to 3-1/2 lb boneless corned beef brisket
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp Dijon-style mustard
Dilled Cabbage:
1 medium head cabbage (about 2 pounds), cut into 8 wedges
3 tbsp butter, softened
1 tbsp Dijon-style mustard
1-1/2 tsp chopped fresh dill
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350°F. Place corned beef brisket and 2 cups water in Dutch oven. Bring just to a simmer; do not boil. Cover tightly and cook in 350°F oven 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours or until fork-tender.
About 20 minutes before brisket is done, steam cabbage 15 to 20 minutes or until tender.
Remove brisket from water; trim fat. Place on rack in broiler pan so surface of beef is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Combine honey and 1 tablespoon mustard. Brush top of brisket with 1/2 of glaze; broil 3 minutes. Brush with remaining glaze; broil 2 minutes or until glazed.
Combine butter, 1 tablespoon mustard and dill; spread on hot cabbage. Carve brisket diagonally across the grain. Serve with cabbage.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Ingredients:
2-1/2 to 3-1/2 lb boneless corned beef brisket
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp Dijon-style mustard
Dilled Cabbage:
1 medium head cabbage (about 2 pounds), cut into 8 wedges
3 tbsp butter, softened
1 tbsp Dijon-style mustard
1-1/2 tsp chopped fresh dill
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350°F. Place corned beef brisket and 2 cups water in Dutch oven. Bring just to a simmer; do not boil. Cover tightly and cook in 350°F oven 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours or until fork-tender.
About 20 minutes before brisket is done, steam cabbage 15 to 20 minutes or until tender.
Remove brisket from water; trim fat. Place on rack in broiler pan so surface of beef is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Combine honey and 1 tablespoon mustard. Brush top of brisket with 1/2 of glaze; broil 3 minutes. Brush with remaining glaze; broil 2 minutes or until glazed.
Combine butter, 1 tablespoon mustard and dill; spread on hot cabbage. Carve brisket diagonally across the grain. Serve with cabbage.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Thinking of my tummy.......
Herbed Beef Tenderloin with Holiday Rice
Ingredients:
1 well-trimmed center-cut beef tenderloin roast (2 to 3 pounds)
Seasoning:
2 tsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1-1/2 tsp dried basil
1 tsp coarse grind black pepper
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
Holiday Rice :
2 tbsp butter
3/4 cup each chopped onion and chopped red bell pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 package (9 ounces) frozen French-style green beans, defrosted
3 cups hot cooked rice
1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted
Instructions:
Heat oven to 425�F. Combine seasoning ingredients; press onto beef roast. Place roast on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is centered in thickest part of beef, not resting in fat. Do not add water or cover. Roast in 425�F oven 35 to 40 minutes for medium rare; 45 to 50 minutes for medium doneness.
Remove roast when meat thermometer registers 135�F for medium rare; 150�F for medium. Tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes. (Temperature will continue to rise about 10�F to reach 145�F for medium rare; 160�F for medium.)
Heat butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic; cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender. Add beans; cook and stir 2 minutes. Stir in rice and almonds; heat through. Carve roast; season with salt. Serve with rice.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Ingredients:
1 well-trimmed center-cut beef tenderloin roast (2 to 3 pounds)
Seasoning:
2 tsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1-1/2 tsp dried basil
1 tsp coarse grind black pepper
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
Holiday Rice :
2 tbsp butter
3/4 cup each chopped onion and chopped red bell pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 package (9 ounces) frozen French-style green beans, defrosted
3 cups hot cooked rice
1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted
Instructions:
Heat oven to 425�F. Combine seasoning ingredients; press onto beef roast. Place roast on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is centered in thickest part of beef, not resting in fat. Do not add water or cover. Roast in 425�F oven 35 to 40 minutes for medium rare; 45 to 50 minutes for medium doneness.
Remove roast when meat thermometer registers 135�F for medium rare; 150�F for medium. Tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes. (Temperature will continue to rise about 10�F to reach 145�F for medium rare; 160�F for medium.)
Heat butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic; cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender. Add beans; cook and stir 2 minutes. Stir in rice and almonds; heat through. Carve roast; season with salt. Serve with rice.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Monday, March 14, 2005
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Wow... more neat days.....
Friday, Austyn spent the day with us.. and we had a blast. Then, Saturday, due to illness in the family, we got to see Jon and Randi and Kaitlyn along with Jake and Heather and Andrew for part of Heather's Birthday, and today, we get to see the rest of the family for the rest of Heather's Birthday. Paul has been home sick with the flu.. so we are doing it this way!! Will post some pics from yesterday online and from today later on.. have a great day!
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
-Thornton Wilder
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
-Thornton Wilder
Friday, March 11, 2005
Hayden Howard's Birthday....
Hayden Howard's Birthday in Topeka, KS. at Chuckie Cheese..... Happy B'day Hayden!!!!
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot
Thursday, March 10, 2005
I think I am going to live....
Guess that's the case. This is the first day in more than a week that I have woke up and not had wet eyes... wow.. how cool! I got this virus in my lungs and I felt like I was drowning... and after setting through Dad's dealy.. it was a bit scarey.... I never had anything quite like it.. my lungs were full of junk and I could cough up hands full of this yuck.. and every breathe was a wheeze instead of easy.. and labored.. Then it went to the lining on the outside of my head.. and it hurt to breathe.. ect.. you get the pic.. but hopefully, that is past.
Austyn has a skit at school this am and Phil is on the way to see him in it.. he is carrying the flag, *I think he said... Jake is out feeding cattle, Ann and I are better, we think, and all is well in the world.. have a 76 degree day coming soon, Sat. I think.. how wonderful that is.. it's about time to start farming again.. love the first earth turned smell..... but alas, by the end of summer, I am ready to quite for a bit.. haha..
We have a family who keeps their kiddos calves here with us for showing and they have done quite well this spring in the livestock shows. They are to wonderful young ladys who fight like two sisters, and get along like to sisters..haha.. Jake is taking them over Saturday morning to meet Fred Shultz and look at his great livestock. I think Saturday, the family is getting together to celebrate the birth of Heather Ann and the anniversary of Phil and Tammy. Twill be another wonderful family moment!!
All I know for now.. Have a great day!!
Austyn has a skit at school this am and Phil is on the way to see him in it.. he is carrying the flag, *I think he said... Jake is out feeding cattle, Ann and I are better, we think, and all is well in the world.. have a 76 degree day coming soon, Sat. I think.. how wonderful that is.. it's about time to start farming again.. love the first earth turned smell..... but alas, by the end of summer, I am ready to quite for a bit.. haha..
We have a family who keeps their kiddos calves here with us for showing and they have done quite well this spring in the livestock shows. They are to wonderful young ladys who fight like two sisters, and get along like to sisters..haha.. Jake is taking them over Saturday morning to meet Fred Shultz and look at his great livestock. I think Saturday, the family is getting together to celebrate the birth of Heather Ann and the anniversary of Phil and Tammy. Twill be another wonderful family moment!!
All I know for now.. Have a great day!!
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Does God Exist?
Does God Exist?
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt!
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber and I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
If you think God exists, send this to other people---If you think God does not exist, delete it!
BE BLESSED AND BE A BLESSING !!!!
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt!
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber and I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
If you think God exists, send this to other people---If you think God does not exist, delete it!
BE BLESSED AND BE A BLESSING !!!!
As a father, I have failed the test.......
As a father, I have failed the test. I forgot to mention that Wednesday is Heather Ann Moffat Blankinship's 32nd Birthday and the day is special to another family of Moffat's as well. It is also Phillip and Tammy Moffat's 13 Anniversary of their Wedding. We wish you all the best and many many more. I think there is a family get to gether coming up soon to celebrate, so maybe I will be forgiven, hopefully, ???
Friday, March 04, 2005
Has been a week among weeks... haha...
Seems like only yesterday, think I have heard this one before.. haha!!
What a week. Ann sick, me sick, cows out on wheat when not supposed to be, our own house dog ran away from us overnight, Zoe went to spend the night a the neighbors... Truck not running right, beautiful weather, mom has back ache and now this am she has an unexplained black eye!! hummmmmmmmmm.... and on and on. Jake is heading up to the farm to work with Uncle Mike tomorrow so we will not have him this weekend and this is the week that the fat pigs that Paul was feeding out, with Andrew's help, went to the butchers.. haha.. guess you can guess where this story is headed, yelp, Andrew wants to know where his pigs are and he is MAD!!! Plus Dad had Grandpa Roy's trailer and he was not supposed to have it.. and on and on.. Andrew, our little ole 85 year old three year old... Ann is home today, but received a job at 4:30 pm yesterday that is a rush job so she has been on the phone trying to help get it out most of the morning.
I am heading out to work on fence when Jake gets back with the truck and my claw hammer! We only own one, so have to share!
This has also been a week for geese... everywhere!! thousands of them and they can mow off a wheat field in nothing flat. I saw this for the first time last two days. The wheat field of ours that is across the fence from the pond on this quarter was about three inches tall, and in two days.. clear to the ground!! They are unbelievable in their ablility to mow it off!!
Heard someone has an anniversay this coming Wednesday, March 9th... and someone else has a birthday on that same date.. right??? Phillip and Tammy will be married 13 years.. getting married in 1992.. and ole Heather, Madison's mom, a 1973 model will be 32 on that same date, goodness Heather is that right???
All for now, enjoy the day....
What a week. Ann sick, me sick, cows out on wheat when not supposed to be, our own house dog ran away from us overnight, Zoe went to spend the night a the neighbors... Truck not running right, beautiful weather, mom has back ache and now this am she has an unexplained black eye!! hummmmmmmmmm.... and on and on. Jake is heading up to the farm to work with Uncle Mike tomorrow so we will not have him this weekend and this is the week that the fat pigs that Paul was feeding out, with Andrew's help, went to the butchers.. haha.. guess you can guess where this story is headed, yelp, Andrew wants to know where his pigs are and he is MAD!!! Plus Dad had Grandpa Roy's trailer and he was not supposed to have it.. and on and on.. Andrew, our little ole 85 year old three year old... Ann is home today, but received a job at 4:30 pm yesterday that is a rush job so she has been on the phone trying to help get it out most of the morning.
I am heading out to work on fence when Jake gets back with the truck and my claw hammer! We only own one, so have to share!
This has also been a week for geese... everywhere!! thousands of them and they can mow off a wheat field in nothing flat. I saw this for the first time last two days. The wheat field of ours that is across the fence from the pond on this quarter was about three inches tall, and in two days.. clear to the ground!! They are unbelievable in their ablility to mow it off!!
Heard someone has an anniversay this coming Wednesday, March 9th... and someone else has a birthday on that same date.. right??? Phillip and Tammy will be married 13 years.. getting married in 1992.. and ole Heather, Madison's mom, a 1973 model will be 32 on that same date, goodness Heather is that right???
All for now, enjoy the day....
From Joanna and Clinton, Sunday School Lessons....
STORY OF ELIJAH
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the
altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces, and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now," said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, "I know! I know!" she said, "To make the gravy!"
LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Johnny interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was DRIVING," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described
the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama. Then, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?"
A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."
DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?"
"No," replied Johnny. "How could he, with just two worms."
HIGHER POWER
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Nine year old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school.
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked.
"Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Bobby was excited about the task -- but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Bobby was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd and that's all I need to know.
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the
altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces, and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now," said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, "I know! I know!" she said, "To make the gravy!"
LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Johnny interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was DRIVING," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described
the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama. Then, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?"
A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."
DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?"
"No," replied Johnny. "How could he, with just two worms."
HIGHER POWER
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Nine year old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school.
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked.
"Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Bobby was excited about the task -- but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Bobby was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd and that's all I need to know.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily.
-Zig Ziglar
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily.
-Zig Ziglar
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
-Vesta M. Kelly
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
-Vesta M. Kelly
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