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Cead mile failte.
We think often of friends.
How much they become
an integral part of our life,
church, community gather-
ings, our senior music at our
Heroes and heroines of our
great United States, their trek
across the boundless plains,
over mountains, valleys,
fording rivers and streams,
the courage and fortitude to
Senior Center. We've missed travel interminable areas,
Monday evening music,
some have been cancelled
because of the bad weather.
We were looking forward to
this Monday evening with
eagerness. I made blueberry
muffins, fixed something for
the drawing but I became ill;
became worse as time went
on. It became evident that
whatever I tried was of no
avail. We really felt bad
about missing. We're so
sorry. Perhaps next Monday
will be better for us. Have
a happy! See you all later,
hopefully! Love you, may
God bless each of you.
raise families, feed and shel-
ter, take care of them, endure
hardships that we aren't able
to realize 'the full extent of.
They were able to are for
them, find and furnish a
comfortable existence and a
future for everyone.
The prairie cathedrals (grain
elevators, cotton gins, pack-
ing plants, educators, bakers,
and candlestick makers) were
all a part of our beginnings,
forefathers who instilled
faith, integrity, honesty, and
concem for those about us. I
believe that we're learning to
preserve a large part of our
Life ,Center enjoys
making valentines
LIFE Center Participant Roxie Young designs a Valentine for
her family. Arts and crafts are a regular part of the Center's
programming and are often planned in conjunction with spe-
cial events each month. Craft activities provide an outlet for
creative expression, employ cognitive skills such as original
thought, problem solving, and decision making, utilize fine
motor skills, and create opportunities to share talents with
, others in the community. For more information please call
:377-0978 or visit www.lifecenterads.org.
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history, instead of demol-
ishing everything, as soon
as we finish with it, saving
something for posterity.
In the Midwest and all
along our roads and small
towns, our great plains, his-
tory is being preserved. His-
torical buildings are being
preserved and put to use as
businesses and libraries. At
their peak in the 1930's, about
27,000 structures of all types,
wooden, brick, tile, concrete,
dotted the countryside, today
about a third remains. Cost of
maintaining is exorbitant so
unless the structure is going
to be used, upkeep is out of
the question.
***
We missed being with you
this evening. Hope to be with
you next week. Wayne hunt
up your pink hat, if president
Leroy Gibson didn't give it
away. He'll sell tickets to
anything loose.
Hope the Cimarron Valley
Music Makers were there and
in fine fettle. We thanks you
and to those who furnished
snacks. Mmmgood, May-
nard!
***
We visited Mount Rush-
more, the Mammoth Site
where skeletons of Colom-
bian and Wooly Mammoths
also smaller animal's skel-
etons of the ice age were
exhibited of paleontological
activity, more than 26,000
year s ago. These animals
were trapped and died in a
spring-fed sinkhole, near
what is now the southwest
edge of Hot Springs, South
Dakota, Scientists believe
as many as 100 mammoths
died there.
Near Custer in the Black
Hills National Forest, is Mt.
Rushmore. Sculptor Gutzon
Borglum commented, "A
monument's dimensions
should be determiried t tli
importance to civilization of
the events there, carved high,
as close to heaven as we can,
the words of our leaders, their
faces, to show posterity what
manner of men they were.
Then breathe a prayer that
these records will endure
until the wind and the rain
alone shall wear them away.
Washington, Jefferson,
Teddy Roosevelt, and Lin-
coln, magnificent."
Crazy Horse was
being carved by Korczak
Ziolkowski when he died
Oct. 20, 1982, a proud Amer-
ican of Polish descent• Ruth,
the sculptor's wife, directs all
operations, four daughters
and three sons work with
her. They continue. 12-15
people work on the mountain
and in support roles.
Crazy Horse is colossal. It
alone is the largest sculpted
portrait in the world. The
horse's head is 22 stories
tall. Crazy Horse said, "My
lands are where my dead lie
buried." Korczak's epitaph
written for his tomb door is
at the bottom of the same
mountain.
The monument to the presi-
dents and also Crazy Horse
is truly awesome! If you
ever have opportunity to see
them, do so. It fills you with
reverence and awe! Such a
monumental achievement.
We were so thankful to be
able to view each one. You
cannot imagine this undertak-
ing and what it entails unless
you see it. It certainly brings
your patriotism to the fore
and appreciate the wonder-
ful country we live in and
what was done in behalf of
all Americans. God bless
America...may the s t:ars and
stripes fly forever over the
home of the brave and the
land of the free.
The aspen trees turn to gold
in September and October.
That's the time to visit the
Mt. Rushmore area.
On Mulberrry Hill
The aspen grow
On Mulberry Hill,
The leaves come down
The gnomes and fairies play '
And all is very still.
The little spruce
Is secluded there
With yellow leaves
Placed everywhere,
Like a Christmas tree
Adbrnedflvi gold
More beautiful
Than can be told.
A gift from God
For you and me.
To keep memories
Near our heart
Forever you see
On Mulberry Hill.
Kathleen Johnson, Oct.
2003 ©
Till we meet again, dear
friends, pour pren dre conge,
deo volente, ! wish you peace
and love, sevate.
Poetry and art
My sweet little wife is
an artist. I am not. Some
years ago in Texas, she
exhibited her paintings in
art shows, and her paint-
ings now hang in our
home, in several places
across the country, and in
at least one foreign coun-
try. She turned down an
offer to paint a mural on
the side' of a very popu-
lar caf6 in central Texas.
Her specialty is nostalgic
country scenes with fields
of bluebonnets and a trade-
mark windmill somewhere
in the picture. Since she
was going to art shows, I
decided to carve several
etchings of ships at sea in
glass. They actually sold,
but I learned quickly that
my talent in that area was
woefully lacking.
Back in the 60's, some
of my high school students
entered a big painting con-
test, and I went to see how
they did. Their paintings
were beautiful, and I was
very impressed with their
ability, Later, I told a
friend of mine, who is a
modern art teacher, what
great talent these kids had.
The paintings made me feel
that I wasactually there in"
those beautiful settings.
She was not impressed.
She offered that, "Anyone
can paint like that. It takes
real talent to create modern
art."
There are two paint-
ings now displayed in an
art center atthe Ltnivere
sity of Texas. One is.a
totally blank canvas with
no paint on it anywhere.
The other is also a blank
canvas except for a care-
fully placed black dot on
it somewhere. Back in the
50's, when I was stationed
at Ft. Campbell and living
in Clarksville, Tennes-
see, Austin Pea College
sponsored a big modern
art contest. The president
of the college and his five-
year old son got down on
the floor of their living
room, covered a canvas
with streaks of paint, and
entered it in the contest
under an assumed name.
To their amazement,
they actually won a prize,
whereupon, the president
thanked the judges .but
then informed them that
they had hung their paint-
ing upside down. You
can't make this stuff upI
In one of my teach-
ers' training'cdhrses, my
professor told us that we
should accept whateve
.aul: stqdent didwi!h equa
approval and that all ways
of speaking, from slum
talk to the king's English
were of equal qtlity,
that music produced by
the steady pounding of
drums in Africa was jOst
as praiseworthy as that
produced by accomplished
musicians in an orchestra,
and exquisite paintings by
professional artists were
no better than stick figure
drawings of children.
Thus, we were introduced
to the Postmodern era that
we are bombard" by. •
today. All things, includ-
ing ideas, beliefs, abilities,
accomplishments, and
whatever, are of equal
value. ° Nothing is better
than anything else'. •
IfI remember correctlyl •
one poetry contest was won
by a poem of three words,
or was it just one word?
That will not happen in
my poetry contest. Great
ideas can be expressed
in many ways, but in my
contest, poems should
rhyme, flow with a steady
rhythm, and stimulate spe-
cial thoughts in some pro,
found way. Please remem-
ber, your poems should be
in by February 19, and
you may e-mail them to
news@thejournalok.com.
They should be 24 lines
long or less, and prizes will
be $100 for first place, $50
for second, $25 for third,
and $10 for fourth place.
CHURCH
continued from page C4
provide a safe place for kids
to learn biblical truth and have
fun. Grace hosts Bible stud-
ies, community groups, film
nights and cultural equipping,
as well as service opportuni-
ties. Our new office is at the
comer of Seventh and Main.
Information: 334-2188 or
www'macestillwater'us"
First United Methodist
Church, Stillwater
Join us for worship this First
Sunday of Advent at Slillwater
Ft United Methodist Church.
Worship is at 8:30 and 11:10
at our 7 & Duck location and
at 11:00 at our South Husband
location. This Sunday Stan
Warfield, senior pastor, will
preach at the 8:30 and 11:10
a.m. at our 7' & Duck loca-
tion. The title of his sermon
is "Beware of Lies that Sound
Truthful" based on text taken
from Luke 4:1- 13.
In both the 8:30 and 11:
10 a.m. worship services the
Chancel Choir will sing "All
Things of Dust to Dust Return".
The 8:30 a.m. worship service
is broadcast live each week on
Sfillwater radio station KSPI-
AM 780. A nursery is pro-
vided for children 5 and under
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during both services. Steve
Roach will preach this Sunday
at our South Campus, 2823 S.
Husband, at 11:00 a.m. The
title of his sermon is "Troth or
Consequences" based on text
taken from Luke 5:1-11.
Closer Walk, a new modem
service is held every Sunday
morning in the Family Life
Center on the comer of 7 and
Duck at 10 a.m. This music-
rich service will enlighten your
spirit and energize you. This
Sunday Richard Ayers will
preach at the Closer Walk
service. This will truly be a
unique worshipping experi-
ence with Methodist traditions
in a casual atmosphere. Please
join us!
The Lord s Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass
against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
