A Better one for Daylight Savings Time

I seemed to get my point across. I have recieved so many jokes about Daylight Savings Time.
This is one of my favorites.
I promise not to say any more about the Gov't on this blog!
Two subjects that are No No's and, I have hit them both. Sorry!

KATHIE CORWIN PAYTON

Kathie Ann Corwin Payton, 55, of Kansas City, Ks passed away Monday, March 23, 2009. She was born Nov. 20, 1953 at Hays, Ks to Chester and Shirley Bashor Corwin of Paradise, Ks.
Kathie graduated from Paradise High School. She married Gary Payton and they had one daughter, Christina Lee Payton, who survives at the home.
Memorial services for Kathie were April 11, 2009 at 2 pm at the Church of Christ at 29th & Franklin in Russell, Ks.
She is also survived by three sisters, Sheri Gerard and Shelly Acosta of Farmington, NM and Lori Schadegg of Albuquerque, NM, one brother, Ronald Corwin of Longmont, Co, three nephews and six nieces.
Kathie was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Sandra Bezy and her grand parents, Albert and Christina Richter Corwin and Leland and Katherine Hutchcraft Bashor.

HE LIVES! HE LIVES! CHRIST JESUS LIVES TODAY!

GOOD FRIDAY

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Millard's recent woodcarving

is a

Crucifix/Veneration Cross

The Cross is approximately 5 ft. tall.

The Crucifix itself was carved from Basswood.

The Cross was Poplar.
He textured it with a gouge
and then stained and sealed it.

He finished it with a coat of polyurethane.

Check out our Foundwoodcarvings Blog

to see the photos of his diary

as he was carving this Crucifix/Veneration Cross

http://foundwoodcarvings.blogspot.com/

When you reach the end of your rope
you will find the hem of His garment.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God,
and die to find out there isn't,
than live my life as if there isn't,
and die to find out there is.

"Lord, I love you and I need you.
Bless me, my family, my home, my finances,
and ALL of my friends and their needs,
in Jesus' name.
Amen."

VOTING IS SO EASY IN PARADISE & WALDO

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4/2/2009
In some towns, filing for office is an exception
By TIM UNRUH
Salina Journal
http://www.saljournal.com/news/Story/waldo-and-paradise-4109

WALDO -- Folks here pick their leaders without the formality of filing fees and candidate names printed on ballots.
The write-in form of choosing a mayor and city council is the method most commonly used at Waldo.
"Whoever gets wrote in the most is on the council," said Albert Clow, mayor of Waldo, population "around 35." He's been the mayor since 1997.
That's also the norm in Paradise, population 60 or fewer. Both towns are in northern Russell County.
For Tuesday's election, no names will be listed on the ballot for city council or mayor in either town. Voters will pencil in their picks when they enter the voting booths, which in each town are in former school buildings.
"It's just a personal preference for them," said Mary Nuss, Russell County clerk. "It doesn't matter to me. Whether they do it by write-in or file, my job is to tally the votes, however they turn them in."
Ballots are often printed without candidates, especially in tiny towns, said Larry Baer, of Topeka, assistant general counsel for the League of Kansas Municipalities. In Kansas, there are 95 towns with fewer than 100 residents. Among those are Clayton, population 66, in western Norton County. No one there filed for mayor or the five city council seats.
"That's a chronic, or recurring, issue," Baer said. "I refer to it as the warm body syndrome, or lack thereof. Most (blank ballots) come when the number of people to choose from is very restricted."
In the past 12 years, Clow, 60, said two people bothered to file for elected office in Waldo, and both were defeated by write-ins.
"With that few of people, your options are limited anyhow," Clow said.

In Paradise, city council member Marilyn Barrett might campaign NOT to be re-elected. She's been on the council since the mid-1990s.
"I got on and I've never been able to get off," she said. "Nobody wants on, so nobody files. It's like a sentence."
Her son, Russell County Undersheriff Max Barrett, holds a seat, along with deputy Fred Whitman. Marilyn Barrett, 79, who serves as a receiving clerk during elections, said people write in their choice for Paradise leadership.
"I'm sure they're going to put me back in. That's the way it works," she said. "We have so few people living here. I feel like somebody has to do their civic duty, so I willingly accept."

The "volunteer" job in Waldo involves a monthly meeting to pay the bills, Clow said, and those gatherings of elected officials last 30 minutes to an hour. The five-member council includes one married couple, Dustin and Sarah Finkenbinder. Votes are almost always unanimous.
"If somebody wants it, they can sure take it, but I haven't heard of anybody. You never campaign for a job like this," Clow said.
Voters don't take elections for granted. He would pit Waldo's voter turnout -- nearly 100 percent for city elections -- against any Kansas town of any size.
"Those who are registered will generally make the effort to come up here and vote," Clow said.
Waldo's revenue comes from providing water, its portion of Russell County's 0.5 percent sales tax ($2,022.83 in 2008) and property tax. There is no city sewer, so residents use septic tank systems.
"We have a water maintenance man who also does the streets and mows the ditches and park. That's me," he said.
There are two other part-time Waldo workers -- City Clerk Barbara Robertson and Treasurer Joan Pitts. Retired from the military, Clow said he's paid $180 a month, or $6 an hour for 30 hours of work. He doesn't recall how much his colleagues make.
"I don't get paid to be mayor. The president of the council (James Piland) is my boss," Clow said.
Waldo became an incorporated city in 1911, he said, and at times enjoyed a population of 300 or more. That's the minimum requirement for a new town to incorporate, Baer said.
"We're grandfathered in," Clow said.
Today, Waldo has a beauty salon, a grain elevator that's open during wheat harvest, a convenience store that doesn't sell fuel and an antique shop. The antique shop is open by appointment.
Half of the residents are elderly, Clow said, but there are a number of younger families with preschool and school-aged children.
"By and large, everybody gets along," Clow. "We're basically a very quiet town."

ARTHUR LEE

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I must have had a bad senior moment. I remember reading this e-mail from Arthur Lee, but I must have set it back and didn't get it on the blog.
This is a very nice e-mail from Arthur. It was sent 2-3-2009.
Thank You very much Arthur.
Millard enjoys the e-mails that you send to him also.

"I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy the Paradise blog. I was in the
class with Millard but transferred at the semester of my sophmore year.
I attended eight grade in Fairport.
The girl in question is Miriam Beller. She lived in the first house north of Eric
Harberer. I lived in the next place, called the Sutton ranch. Dan Hoisington
has a building there now, the house I lived in and all the out buildings are
gone. There is an oil well there tho.
Gene Eulert lived in the next place and Harold Eulert lived a short distance to the east.
Thank You ,
Arthur Lee"

JUST BECAUSE . . . . .

FANTASTIC!

Another Email

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Just because Scott Tichenor contributed to Kansas Public Radio . . and . . .

Just because I was listening when he contributed . . and . . .

Just because I have a Paradise Blog Guardian Angel . . .

I received another email this morning.

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Subject - "Another Tichenor"

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Dear Mrs. Harrell,

Scott sent me the link to your Paradise Educated blog. It's true! I did eventually grow up. Actually, what I prefer to tell people is that I'm certainly growing older but I refuse to grow up.

I was in Paradise in December for my mother's memorial service. The old water tower and the school look about the same I thought.

After I graduated high school I attended junior college for awhile, graduating eventually from Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa.

After that I worked for several years driving trucks and doing farm labor.

In 1977, I moved to Oklahoma City and started working as a welder.

That profession kept me going until 1988. In January 1989, I went back to college to get my teaching degree, graduating from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in December 1990.

In the summer of 1991, I moved to Stillwater to work on my Master's degree, graduating from there with a degree in English in December 1993.

In August of 1994, I accepted a teaching position at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee. There, I teach technical writing and freshman composition; I'm now in my 15th year and looking forward to retiring from teaching in about five years.

I have two daughters, Jodi of Smith Center, and Shelly of Hays.

Two granddaughters, Kandis and Kaley.

Life is good. In my spare time, I work with leather--doing some braiding, ride my Quarter Horse, and my new Harley-Davidson (because I'm too old to rodeo anymore!).

Every once in awhile a song runs through my head that we sang in chorus or one of the quartets. We must have practiced quite a bit for me to still remember the words!

Regards,

Stuart Tichenor

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I am just completely twitterpated with these new email's.

Now . . . Steve! Where are YOU?

RETURN TO PARADISE

Another Video by

Devin Strecker

"Return to Paradise"

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Devin sent me a DVD that he filmed while he was in Paradise for the last Paradise Reunion - 2007.

Again, Millard and I were very impressed - as anything from Paradise brings back wonderful memories. After viewing the DVD I asked Devin if he would be willing to make these available to anyone wishing to buy one.

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He said . . . . .

" I really don't know if it's good enough to "sell" or even distribute, I am sort of embarrassed about the amateurishness of some of the production aspects of it! If I had known ahead of time that anyone other than my family would be interested in watching it, I would have filmed it differently and gotten different aspects filmed. But, if you liked it, maybe there is a chance other people would. I certainly would only want to charge to cover postage and the actual cost of duplication, which is very minimal."

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I am personally making a Gospel Express Youth Choir tape of a Youth Choir that I had for 7 years while we were in Elkhart, Ks. My youth choir made a record one of the years - then the other years all the performances were recorded on inexpensive cassettes on very portable (not very good) recorders. Like Devin, if I would have thought at the time of each performances that I would want to put each years youth choir's songs on a CD along with the recording of the record, I would have done a better job. Our friend that did the recording of the CD charged $10.00 per CD, as it was not an easy job to transfer performance songs - done in churches and civic places where people coughed and babies cried and babbled . Then, to pay for the postage, photo copying, envelopes and all the other added expenses, I had to add $5.00 to cover my basic costs - making the CD cost $15.00. In fact, you can read all about that on Facebook . . . .

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http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?aid=144178&id=1467279396

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I said all of that to say this . . . Devin said that he would consider selling them for $6.00. I'm not sure he will be able to pay all of his expenses . . . but, it certainly is worth the $6.00 for the memories. He added several photos from this blog and without thinking of doing this for other people, Yes, he has his family and their dog on it too. However he also has the choir singing at the Church and he has many people that were at the reunion.

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Devin also said . . . .

"Like I said, I am sort of not completely happy with it and not sure if I want everyone looking at it thinking "that's all the better he could do?!?!" because if I had set out to do a documentary on the Reunion and church celebration I certainly could have done much better, but as it was, I thought I was just doing a home video. I am glad you liked it!!! Devin"

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If you decide you want to see this "amateurishness production which includes the Strecker's and their dog" (ha!) you may order one by sending a check or money order to Devin for $6.00. I am requesting that he does nor send a DVD until he has your money and your address with your request.

Send the money with your address to:

Devin Strecker

8011 Romaine St. #308

West Hollywood, CA 90046

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3The front of the cover for the DVD

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Scott Tichenor

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How exciting!
I heard Scott Tichenor's name on Kansas Public Radio this morning.

There can't be too many Scott Tichenor's in this area - but this Scott Tichenor has a wife, Amy and a daughter, Shannon. Is this our Scott?
If so, Thank You Scott, Amy and Shannon for contributing to our local Public Radio Station in Lawrence!

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March 31, 2009

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There is someone on the blog that looks after me all the time. As soon as he read this, he sent me Scott's web site. I found a way to contact Scott, then emailed him immediately. Within an hour Scott responded.

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Hi, Onnalee.

Yes, it is a Fairport Tichenor living in Lawrence. I do remember you... its been a few years :).

Glad to see Paradise joining the web. Thanks for getting in touch.

Stuart teaches English at a 2 yr. college in Okmulgee, Oklahoma these days and Steve is just about to retire from the railroad. He lives in Marysville.

best regards,

Scott Tichenor

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Thank You Scott for the update. We all appreciate hearing from everyone.

This was on Scott's web site.

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"I am proud to share my life with two very special ladies (human), two cats and a very special dog in a 100 year old home in Lawrence, Kansas.
Shannon Skye Tichenor was born October 9, 1996 and is herself a marvelous piano player. Annie Tichenor is my wife, best friend and a world-class print graphic designer. If I ever manage to get her interested in web development this site will sure look a lot better. She's also a top-notch jazz guitarist with a great voice to match."

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Scott's web site is http://www.mandolincafe.com/

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Scott also has a neat story about his daughter, Shannon, on his web site.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/22/soldier-without-armor-raintree-students-produce-cd/

1961-62 7th and 8th Grade Classes

A Neat Grade School Photo

from Dan Hoisington

Left to Right
Jan Weilert, Helen Hoisington,
Francis Mahoney, Sheila Smith
Don Seimans

Deanna McNeal, Jerry Keeler

Dan Hoisington, Denton Whitman,
Dean Chesney, Charles McNeal,
Ramona Karst, Dwight Elliott,
Shirley Elliott

Gene Angel, Mike Weilert,
Charles Heitschmidt ,
Denny Fink, Glen Strecker

Thanks Dan for the photo. We need more!
More from Dan and more from all the classes.

1957 - School Play?

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Memories

What a nice (?) looking group of people!

Millard, Randall, Pat, Dorene

Won't our grandchildren get a kick out of seeing
their grandpa as the town drunk?
They probably won't even know what that is.

Thank You for the photo, Dan Hoisington
The date on this photo was Sept. 1957
(That was the date the picture was developed.)

Daylight Savings Time

It probably doesn't matter how I feel,

but I very much dislike Daylight Savings Time!

"Only white man would believe you could cut off top of blanket,

sew it to bottom of blanket, and have longer blanket."

Neil Smith

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Neil Smith

playing his trumpet at contest.

Look at that posture and embouchure!

Great Neal!

I was priviledged to be his accompanist.

Do you have an 8th Grade Education?

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What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...

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Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education?
Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA .
It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,' 'play ,' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide.
How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft.. Long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

[Do we even know what this is??]

1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequ ently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North Amer ica
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.
Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become and, NO, I don't have the answers!

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I received an email this past week and I thought it was very good. Especially since I haven't been keeping up with the blog very well lately. I seem to have several projects, and of course income tax, that keeps me preoccupied. I will try to do some research and do better with the blog. In the meantime, here are some memories for you to ponder. This was the email . . . .
A trivia for you - can you guess who wrote this?


Not much been going on in the blog.
Have you not been up to it?
Have you run out of things to post?

I don't have much to offer as the age group is well beyond my time.

Ok, beyond my time.

Millard most likely doesn't remember me standing in what was my grandparent's house, at the bottom of the steps. My mother asked him about sleeping. He was so tall, how does he sleep in the bed? His response was that you hang your feet over the edge of the bed.

The door way to the steps was at the bottom where in what I will call the dinning room. That was just west of the kitchen. The kitchen was just west of the pantry. My youngest son has the table from my
Grandmother's house. The master bedroom was in the east central of the house. There was another bedroom in the southeast part of the house. The family room was in the southwest of the house. The crank telephone was in the hallway about 8 or so feet, on the east wall of the hallway that lead from the front door to the dining room.

Grandma liked Horehound candy. She always had it setting on a shelf that had curtain on the north side of the family room to another room. I never knew what was behind the curtain.

I have stories about the Rogers also. Freda and my mother had some of the greatest roses that anyone could produce. Their back yards were of limestone, terraced and would make a lot of the shows that you see on TV jealous.

Freda was a Notary Public. I can remember my dad sending me to see Freda and get something notarized. It cost quarter; I thought I was big stuff as I could get something done and give them a quarter as I was supposed to do.

The house that was on the hill across from Rod and Freda Rogers, it was Millard's folks as I remember it.
There was a bird cage that hung just to the south of the front room in Millard's folk's house. Just to the south of that were bedrooms.

I have pictures of Red. Red was chicken I got from Melvin Store. Melvin was a mechanic that worked for my dad. Red was in a cage in our backyard. Red succumbed to a fox.

Why I sent this I have no idea.
I'm seeing if my Alzheimer's is still working!!!
Let me know!!!!!

This email is correct. We seem to have one special age group that is sharing on the blog. Do you suppose we can get more people from different age groups to respond?

PARADISE PHOTOS

These are neat photos of Paradise.
Can anyone identify the people in
the photos?

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Today on Valentine's Day

I wish you...

Comfort in difficult times,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow your dreams,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Gentle hugs when spirits sag,
Friendships to brighten your days,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Faith to comfort your soul,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
And love to complete your life.

Have A Blessed Day!--

Julie Hollar

DO WE REMEMBER THESE?

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Burma Shave with the Statler Brothers

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I had to watch it twice;

once to watch the Burma shave signs change and

once to catch all the pictures that go with the words of the song.

Plus, listening to the music of the Statler Brothers IS REALLY GREAT.

For those of you too young to remember - "too bad you missed it!"

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http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KANSAS

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Kansas was admitted to Statehood

January 29, 1861

Kansas was the 34th State to enter the Union

as a Free State

Great Seal of the State of Kansas

The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature May 25, 1861.

The seal is described in the resolution as follows:

"The east is represented by a rising sun, in the right-hand corner of the seal;

to the left of it, commerce is represented by a river and a steamboat;

in the foreground, agriculture is represented as the basis of the future prosperity of the state, by a settler's cabin and a man plowing with a pair of horses;

beyond this is a train of ox-wagons, going west; in the background is seen a herd of buffalo, retreating, pursued by two Indians, on horseback;

around the top is the motto, 'Ad astra per aspera,' and beneath a cluster of thirty-four stars.

The circle is surrounded by the words, 'Great seal of the state of Kansas. January 29, 1861.'

" The motto, "Ad astra per aspera," means "To the stars through difficulties,"

and was adopted as part of the Great Seal of the State of Kansas.

The Nickname for Kansas is: The Sunflower State

On a navy blue field is a sunflower, the state flower.
Also, the state seal and the words "Kansas".
In the picture of the state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood.
Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties".
On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagontrain heading west and Native Americans hunting bison.
The flag was adopted in 1927.


To listen to the State Song
click here
http://mclib.elkhart.com/Kansas.htm

We are very proud of this link from our
Morton County Library - Elkhart, KS
(Elkhart was our home for 32 years.)

For more about Kansas - Click on this link and Scroll down a ways.

http://www.foundwoodcarvings.com/emp1502.htm

Famous Kansans

Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle actor, Smith Center

Clarence D. Batchelor political cartoonist, Osage City

Gwendolyn Brooks poet, Topeka

Walter P. Chrysler auto manufacturer, Wamego

Clark M. Clifford secretary of defense, Fort Scott

John Steuart Curry painter, Dunavant

Bob Dole politician, Russell

Amelia Earhart aviator, Atchison

Milton S. Eisenhower educator, Abilene

Carl A. Hatch politician, Kirwin

Dennis Hopper actor, Dodge City

William Inge playwright, Independence

Walter Johnson baseball pitcher, Humboldt

Buster Keaton comedian, Piqua

Emmett Kelly clown, Sedan

Stan Kenton jazz musician, Wichita

Harold Lloyd actor, Burchard

Edgar Lee Masters poet, Garnett

Hattie McDaniel actress, Wichita

William C. Menninger psychiatrist, Topeka

Gordon Parks film director, Fort Scott

Zasu Pitts actress, Parsons

Charles Buddy Rogers actor, Olathe

Damon Runyon journalist, Manhattan

Barry Sanders football player, Wichita

Eugene W. Smith photojournalist, Wichita

William E. Stafford poet, Hutchinson

John Cameron Swayze news commentator, Atchison
Vivan Vance actress, Cherryvale
William Allen White journalist, Emporia
Charles E. Whittaker jurist, Troy

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This list leaves off Clint Boyers, Emporia
Probably other recent ones also.

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Norma commented that "it was interesting that Dwight Eisenhowers name was not on the list." I had noticed it later in the day, but neglected to go back and add it.

I can not understand why a list like that would not have Dwight D. Eisenhower. Thanks Norma for reminding me.

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Here is a History Lesson in a Nut Shell

Click on each link

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight Eisenhower's family settled in Abilene, Kansas in 1892. His father David Eisenhower was a college-educated engineer. Dwight Eisenhower graduated from Abilene High School in 1909

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general in the United States Army. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.[
As President, he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the Space Race, enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstate Highway System. Eisenhower also was highly involved in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the overthrow of Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh and replacing him with the pro-Western Shah. He has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

THREE THINGS

I have received "Three Things" Three Times from a favorite
person of ours. This is the third time I have tried to put it
on the blog and what do you know! I succeeded.
The message is wonderful and so is the music.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we have and evidently as much
as the one that has sent it to me. Thanks!

MY TRIBUTE TO CAROL STIELOW

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I wish to Thank Carol Stielow for introducing me to

Paradise, Kansas USA.

I don’t remember the circumstances, or why Carol picked me, but while Carol and I were both at Bethany Nazarene College (now known as Southern Nazarene College) Carol invited me to go to Paradise to her home town and visit with her for a week end. She had told me that her Dad was on the school board and they were looking for a music teacher and she just wanted me to check it out. I’m sure Carol could tell you more - why she invited me, as I can’t remember the circumstances.

I was graduating in the spring of 1963 with a degree in Psychology/Sociology and a minor in Music - only needing Student Teaching to complete my degree in Music Education. The week end to Paradise was very eventful. The school board - Frank Stielow, Vern Hoisington and Otto Eulert were very easy to talk to and I enjoyed my interview very much, although I do remember that I was in a daze. If I remember correctly, I think they asked me to apply for the job and hired me all in that week end, but Carol may remember it differently. Actually, I think they were very desperate for a music teacher.

I say the above to say this - I Thank God for this opportunity - but I also Thank Carol for inviting me to go to her home that week end, which was a recommendation to her father and to the other school board members. I Thank Carol, as it was because of this that this Paradise Blog is even a possibility. Because of Carol, I met my husband, I had 3 delightful first years of teaching and I had the best students in the world to train me for the rest of my years of teaching. My teaching career was very successful and success for a teacher depends on his/her first years of teaching. Thank You to all of my Paradise students for training me so well.

During my first semester of teaching, the Paradise School Board allowed me to do my Student Teaching in Russell. I would go to Russell in the mornings and teach in Paradise in the afternoons. This gave me the credits I needed to receive my degree in Music Education. By the second semester, I was a full fledged music teacher - Instrumental and Vocal - Grades 1-12.

I couldn’t close without saying that the fellow music teacher that I met (which grew up in Paradise), that became my husband, was the high light of teaching in Paradise. We have had 44 wonderful years and many memories have been highlighted during our marriage.

Again, I give God the credit for leading me to Paradise, but . . . Thank You Carol Stielow for believing in me and recommending that I check out Paradise for my first job.

SENIOR CLASS PHOTOS

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Thanks to Dan Hoisington
These are the photos from the wall in the auditorium.

It is very hard to take pictures there as there are so many

windows with so much glare.

He said he would continue at another time of day,

but you can enjoy these for the time being.

Click on each one to make it larger.

(However, you may have to have a magnifying glass to read the names.)

Thanks Dan!

BACK TO THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES

Someone did an awesome job putting this together!

(Turn up your sound)

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http://thefiftiesandsixties.com:80/CarsWeDrove.htm

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Right at the very end of the video you will hear the song ' Thunder Road ' sung by the star of the movie for which it was the theme! This isn't uncommon except this is the one and only song ever recorded, for publication, sung by Robert Mitchum!

SPECIAL THANKS TO NEVA AND NORMA

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THANK YOU

NEVA ANDERSON

AND

NORMA WILLIAMS

They each bought one of Millard's 2008 Santa Face Ornaments

They have their Certificate's of Authenticity

stating that

"A Stump of a Pipe 2008 Santa" Series

was

Created Exclusively as a Collection for Neva or for Norma

and that

they received the benefits of Foundwood Carvings total commitment to

authenticity and verification

that this is an original piece of art produced with traditional hand carving tools.

The "Stump of a Pipe" Santa 2008

is inspired by the words from

The Night Before Christmas

which reads,
"A stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth . . ."

In the collection of

Neva Anderson

In the collection of
Norma Williams

ENJOY 2008 IN REVIEW

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http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY

LET'S CHECK IN ON GENE EULERT

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Gene Eulert (class of 1959) is presently in Egan, SD. He would like to move back to Kansas one of these days but that's all up in the air right now as he is looking for work in this area, with no success as of now.
Maybe some of us could help him out. We would love to have him in Emporia.

Gene has one son, Joshua. Joshua is married and he and his wife have a new baby - Gene's new granddaughter - Megan. They live in Edmonton Alberta.

Gene worked in Vail from May through "mad" Dec. He has worked in Vail, including one winter in a large ski shop. The Vail work fit nicely into those times between international consulting contracts. It is expensive to live there but the wages are also higher.

Gene has a wonderful hobby and does a fantastic job.
Here are a few of his projects with his descriptions.

A rolling butcher block out of

Osage Orange (Hedge)

for Rebecca Johnson in Sioux Falls

about 17 x 17 x 35

A large chest I sold out of Craftsman Creek Studio in Sioux Falls..
Made from good ole Kansas Walnut and Poplar from the lumber yard.




















The 3rd, 4th, and 5th is a mixture of parts that make first a crib,
then with different parts toddlers bed, and finally a full size bed.
I made this for my son Josh and wife for my grandchild in Edmonton Alberta.
It is made from Burr Oak my son and I cut in the log and took
to the sawmill some years ago in Kansas.


























The rolling Kitchen Island from the same Burr Oak with black granite
inlays that are .04 inches proud so hot pans will not touch the finish
on the top.
About 2' x 3' x 35"




















This is a corner cabinet out of "Monteray Pine" a California pine
widely grown in the southern hemishere, as it grows rapidly
but is a bitch to finish.
I made it for a faculty member at SDSU.





















These two pieces I made for myself out of Burr Oak with Walnut accents.
The cushion on the rocker is leather that I made.
Later I had two made up for the settle out of Naugahyde
by a shop in Dell Rapids.
















This is an example of a number of small tables I have made out of
Burr Oak or Walnut in a bunch of sizes and shapes.




















These two stands were made for a couple of cousins (Maupins)
for their wedding present.
Made of Kansas Walnut and Honey Locust.
Would have been called telephone tables in the old days!


















Lastly is a stand up desk I made for myself out of Burr Oak
and Walnut from the Paradise and Eagle Creek locations.










Oh! How Wonderful!
A piece of furniture from Paradise.
Wow!

Note: I did not edit Gene's descriptions. Gene has such a way with words that I would not want to touch. Ha!

I asked Gene to comment on the "international consulting contracts".

Gene . . . . . .
"Not much to tell. I have worked in over a dozen countries including the Middle and Far East, Canada, East and West Africa, and several Central American countries. Between professional contracts I have done lots of drywall, taping and steel stud construction work mostly in the Vail area. I have worked in the areas of Ecology and Natural Resources, Satellite Imagery and Photo interpretation, GIS (Geographical Information Systems), Internet based Clearinghouses and institution building in the just-mentioned areas of expertise. Employers have included education institutions, private companies (from the US, Canada and Australia and England), and several UN agencies. Even taught at the University level at Montana State University, North Dakota State, and in the Visiting International Scientist Program at the former Remote Sensing Institute at South Dakota State University.

I have had to get lots of shots .... sometimes I would wonder why my arms don't leak. Most of this isn't of much interest to most people I would guess. Was really just lot of work under sometimes trying and occasionally dangerous circumstances getting by as best one can."

Personally, I found this very interesting, Gene. Thanks so much for your photos and information. We will see what we can do to get you to Emporia.