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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 6 Aug.
24, 2012
From the
Editor
Well, well what a week for
we Republicans! You just can’t make
stuff up like this. Representative Todd Akin from the “show me” state of
If that isn’t bad enough for
the Republicans, Politico has leaked word that last year while on a “fact
finding” mission to Israel with several of his Republican colleagues, Kansas
Representative Kevin Yoder decided to go “skinny-dipping” in the Sea of
Galilee! On the surface, this seems like
a more logical “stunt” to be performed by a representative from the “show me”
state rather than from
Ok, to sum this up, let me
simply say, “How many times can members of “The Grand Old Party” continue to
“shoot themselves in the foot” and expect their Presidential Candidate to have
a “snowball’s chance in hell” of winning the election.” Jus sayin’
mlm
Content Contributors
for the Week
Austilene
(Turner) Borum, Class of 1962
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
Gary
Wax
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
I wanted to go back to some
early times in the
“Since the time of our forefathers, ways and methods
of teaching our children have changed immensely. First we had the
Many, many improvements have been made in our
educational methods since those earliest days.
Our latest newcomer is what we call VISUAL EDUCATION—teaching by seeing.
Film libraries have been set up all over the
We are indeed fortunate this year in having a movie
projector and screen with which to show these films to our students. In this way they not only hear their subject
matter presented by their teacher and read it in their textbooks—they also are
able to see and hear it on the screen, thereby making it possible to learn more
and more.
Following is a list of films that have been shown to
date this years: Arts and Crafts of
Mexico; What is Four; Woodwind Choir; Gray Squirrel; The Teeth; Milk; First
Aid; How to Study; Seed Dispersal; Development of Communication; Let’s Go
America; Basic Typing Methods; Bus Driver; Simple Machines; Animal of the Zoo;
Navajo Children; Farm Children; Long Division; Brass Choir; A Woolen Yarn; Food
and Nutrition; Common Animals of the Woods; House I Live In; Earth in Motion;
Bread; Colonial Children; Industrial Revolution; Percussion Group; Shy Guy;
Fundamental of Dieting; The Frog; Secretary’s Day; Hunting without a Gun;
Poultry on the Farm; Tiny Water Animals; How Nature Protects Animals; Volcanoes
in Action; The Secretary Takes Dictation; How to Read a Book; Principals of
Cooking; Children of Japan; Cotton; Passenger Train; Safety Patrol; Three
Little kittens; Eyes and their Care; Children of Switzerland; Sound Waves and
Their Source; The Secretary Transcribes; Boat Ride; Eskimo Children; You and
Your Family; Light Waves and their Use; Curves of Color; Beaver Family; and The
Other Family.
The following is a list of the educational films yet
to be shown: Children of Holland;
Spiders; For Western States; Our Federal Government; Parliamentary Procedure;
Adventures of Bunny Rabbit; The Fireman; Children of China; The Study of RN;
Robin Redbreast; We Discover the Dictionary; Alaska, Reservoir Resources; Body
Defense against Disease; Plant Growth; Energy and Its Transformation; Pygmies
of Africa; Hitting a Baseball; Throwing a Baseball; Catching a Baseball;
Flowers at Work; What Makes Rain; Gardening; Airplane Trip; Development of
Transportation; Pottery Making; People of Mexico; Birds Rare and Fantastic;
Beach and Sea Animals; and The Honey Bee.”
This obviously was a big
step in the education of the late 1940’s and Roosevelt Schools proudly
participated in the Visual Education program so that they could offer the best
education possible to their students.
Now, I think about what the
students of today use to enhance the classroom experience. Of course, textbooks have been a standard
learning tool for years but today the schools on the “leading edge” no longer
have hard copy text books but rely on digital textbooks that students read from
their laptop, iPad, or e-reader. Many
classrooms are equipped with “Smart Boards” rather than or in addition to a
black board or a dry erase board. Wait a
minute. I may be dating myself as I’m
not sure blackboards have been used in several years. Yes, students visit the library but many do
more research on the computer over the internet than in the library. I’m not sure the libraries even have card catalogs
any more as most books are digitally cataloged on the computer. Many classrooms have TV’s so that they can
tune into the educational networks for educational programs. Certainly any films that are shown would be
on a tape and shown over the TV—no movie projectors and screens—in fact, I
doubt that students of today would even know what those are. Even some of our younger teachers may not
know. Yes, over the years the methods of
teaching and the tools used have certainly changed but the TEACHER is just as
important today as he/she was many years ago.
They have to be able to disseminate the information in a way that all
students can learn—and that requires using all tools available to them and
having patience beyond imagination.
So as schools have already
started in many parts of the country and schools in other parts will be
starting in the next week or so, I thought it important to reflect back on
educational methods of earlier days compared to that of today and to say a big
“Thank You” to the teachers who so diligently work to educate our children to
be the future of our great country. cnm
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Mother
This
is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece.
Please
read this at a slow pace, digesting every word and in leisure...
do
not hurry....this is a treasure....
For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom, this is beautiful.
For
those of us who aren't, this is even more beautiful.
For those who are moms, you'll love this.
http://llerrah.com/amotherswalk.htm
PS This is
awesome! mlm
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THE GINGHAM DRESS
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a
homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in
The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country
hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in
“We'd like to see the president,” the man said softly. “He'll be busy all day,” the secretary
snapped. “We'll wait,” the lady replied.
For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become
discouraged and go a way. They didn't,
and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president,
even though it was a chore she always regretted.
“Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave,” she said to him!
He sighed in exasperation and nodded.
Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with
them, and he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his
outer office. The president, stern faced
and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.
The lady told him, '”We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally
killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on
campus.”
The president wasn't touched. He was
shocked. “Madam,” he said, gruffly, “we
can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a
cemetery.”
“Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly.
“We don't want to erect a statue.
We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard.”
The president rolled his eyes. He
glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then
exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any
earthly idea how much a building costs?
We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings
here at Harvard.”
For a moment the lady was silent. The
president was pleased. Maybe he could
get rid of them now.
The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start
a university? Why don't we just start
our own?”
Her husband nodded. The president's face
wilted in confusion and bewilderment.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they
think can do nothing for them.
A TRUE STORY By Malcolm Forbes
“People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
At the request of
We
all need to thank Karen for bringing this site to our attention so we could
reactivate it. According to the email we
receive each week from Picture Trail providing data on visits to the site, 2107
visits were made to this site in the past 7 days. Obviously, many have enjoyed viewing pictures
of friends.
Interesting
Tidbits
The Stranger
Read to the end; you will be
surprised.
A few years after I was
born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with
this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was
around from then on.
As I grew up, I never
questioned his place in my family. In my
young mind, he had a special niche. My
parents were complementary instructors:
Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey. But the stranger…he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end
with adventures, mysteries and comedies.
If I wanted to know anything
about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past,
understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He took my family to the first major league
ball game. He made me laugh, and he made
me cry. The stranger never stopped
talking, but Dad didn’t seem to mind.
Sometimes, Mom would get up
quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had
to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the
stranger to leave.)
Dad ruled our household with
certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor
them. Profanity, for example, was not
allowed in our home—not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our long time visitor, however, got away from
four-letter words that burned my ears and made my dad squirm and my mother
blush.
My Dad didn’t permit the
liberal use of alcohol but the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular
basis. He made cigarettes look cool,
cigars manly, and pipes distinguished.
He talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant,
sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing.
I now know that my early concepts
about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my
parents, yet he was seldom rebuked…and NEVER asked to leave.
More than fifty years have
passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as
fascinating as he was at first. Still,
if you could walk into my parents’ den today, you would still find him sitting
over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him
draw his pictures.
His name?
We just call him ‘TV.’
(Note: This should be required reading for every
household!)
He has a wife now…we call
her ‘Computer.’
Their first child is ‘Cell
phone.’ His girlfriend was ‘Facebook!’
Second
child, ‘Ipod.”
And JUST BORN LAST YEAR WAS
A grandchild: IPAD.
HOW TRUE IS THIS!!
News
Fire Storm
2012
The
Southern Kiowa Chamber of Snyder,
“Due
to the severe drought that our country is in, Farmrail has pulled all passenger
trains out to haul cargo, which means we were unable to book the train for this
year’s Fall Festival. The Southern Kiowa
Chamber has voted to turn our efforts and attention to help our local volunteer
fire fighters instead of Fall Festival this year, an idea given to us by Brent
Ervin, Ag Advisor at Snyder Public Schools.
We will be holding Fire Storm 2012 on August 26 at the Snyder School
Cafeteria. The event will include a
Spaghetti Dinner (donations only) and a live and silent auction. If you would like to donate items for the
auctions, please deliver auction items to the Bank of the
Thanks!
Southern
Kiowa Chamber”
The
Spaghetti Dinner is Sunday, August 26, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Silent Auction begins at 11:00 a.m. and
the Live Auction will begin at 1:30 p.m.
In
addition to the dinner and auctions, the Southern Kiowa Chamber has donated a
16’ tandem axle trailer for a raffle.
The raffle tickets are being sold for $1 and are available at the Bank
of the
If you are unable to attend any of these events but would
like to make a donation to the fire departments through the Fire Storm project,
send a check designated for Fire Storm project to the Southern Kiowa Chamber,
Come
out and join the Southern Kiowa Chamber in their effort to support the
wonderful work the volunteer fire departments of the locality are doing to
protect the area from the many wildfires that have plagued the area.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
August 24 – Karla
Jackson, Class of 1969
August 25 – Kelcie Howard
August 25 – Paul Files, Class of 1988
August 27 – Tracy Ellis
August 27 – Gracie Gean Mahoney
August 27 – Angela Suanny Block, Class of 1985
August 27 – Amber Reeves
August 28 – Reubin Smith, Class of 1987
August 29 – Shane Cooper
August 29 – Ryan Sears
August 29 – Bill Forbes
August 30 – Sara Copeland
August 30 – Jared Ryan Raasch
Happy
Anniversary To:
August 29 – Clyde &
Mabel (Block) Blackwood, Classes of 1943 and 1946
Humor
How to
Mildred, the church gossip
and self-appointed monitor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into
other people’s business. Several members
did not approve of her extra-curricular activities, but feared her enough to
maintain their silence. She made a
mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic
after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town’s only bar one
afternoon. She emphatically told Frank
(and several others) that everyone seeing it there would know what he was
doing!
Frank, a man of few words,
stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn’t explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing. Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his
pickup in front of Mildred’s house, walked home…and left it there all night.
You gotta love Frank!
From the Email
“Bag”
August
18, 2012
Enjoyed you and Marilyn's banter. Wanted you to
know that my dad, Wilson, bought LeRoy's 1963 4010 LP Tractor in 1964. LeRoy got a diesel. Marilyn's middle son Brent has that tractor
in Blanchard, Ok. Also, THANK YOU BOTH
for taking on this task that Wanda began. We all realize that it more than takes up your
spare time.
Dave Lester
********
August 21, 2012
First
of all, thank you for publishing our article about Heroes and Miracles. It gave us a voice to give honor and thanks to
those heroes who helped save our home.
Next
I have a question about your Fire Storm 2012 article. It didn't include an address for donations for
those who can not attend the dinner. Is
there a way to send a donation to this worthy cause?
Thank
you,
Leland
and Bonnie White
Editor’s Note: See the article on Fire Storm 2012 in the
News section above if you would like to make a monetary donation to the Fire
Storm project.
Political
Fodder
Paradoxical Quote of the Day from Ben
Stein:
"Fathom the
hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove
they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen."
Now add this, "Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are
citizens will receive free insurance, paid for by those who are forced to
buy insurance because they are citizens."
********
Who Am I?
If this doesn’t make you
think then I don’t know what will!!
I was born in one country, raised in another.
My father was born in
another country.
He fathered several children
with numerous women.
I was not his only child.
I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me.
My mother died at an early age from cancer.
Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later wrote a book
idolizing my father not my mother.
Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
My birth records were sketchy.
No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely
accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-traditional beliefs and didn't
follow Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.
I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising myself
as someone who really cared about them.
That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and
embarked on a new career.
I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.
It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties
accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
I became active in local politics in my 30's then, with help behind the scenes,
I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national office in my 40s.
They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything.
I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no experience
in leading a single organization.
Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me, as though I were a
magnet and they were small roofing tacks.
I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances. This bolstered my ego.
At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign policy...
I was very critical of my country in the last war, and seized every opportunity
to bash my country.
But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on the country's
economy. I pretended to have a really
good plan on how we could do better, and every poor person would be fed and
housed for free. I knew which group was
responsible for getting us into this mess.
It was the free market, banks and corporations. I decided to start making citizens hate them
and, if they became envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched
tight.
I called mine "A People's Campaign.”
That sounded good to all people.
I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the traditional
path of politics and was able to gain widespread popular support.
I knew that, if I merely offered the people 'hope', together we could change
our country and the world.
So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the
downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include "persecuted minorities."
My true views were not widely known and I kept them unknown, until after I
became my nation's leader.
I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found out what I
really believed, if they had simply read my writings and examined those people
I associated with. I'm glad they didn't.
Then I became the most powerful man in the world. And then the world learned the truth.
Who am I?
Answer:
ADOLPH
HITLER
If you were thinking of SOMEONE ELSE, you should be scared, very scared!
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