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The Social Church
Pastor Sater in front of "The Scandinavian Church" as it was called in 1928.
Celebrating 100 Years of Faith
Esther Sater & Stepmother 1922
BY KARLA CHAMBERLAIN
Imagine a vast forest, split by a river, with an occasional marsh, a few log cabins, a dam, a woolen mill, several gristmills and small foundries. This was the settlement known as Lansing during the 1840's. With a lumber boom and the location of facilities in Lower Town (now known as North Lansing) around the dam, this area was the primary business district until the time of the Civil War. When the lumber boom tapered off and the economy crashed in 1893, community life began to focus around Center Town (near the newly established state capitol) and, after the development of a mineral springs spa and resort, Upper Town (Washington Avenue and Main Street near the convergence of the Grand and Red Cedar Rivers).
Around the turn of the century, shoppers had to visit a meat market, bakery, grocery and produce stand to buy things found in a one-stop modern supermarket. Lansing boasted 17 meat markets, 5 dairies, 51 grocers and 16 bakeries. The ice dealer was an essential part of city life. Without mechanical refrigeration, the icebox kept food cold in the home and chilled the beer in restaurants and saloons.
The Hotel Downey, located about three blocks from the Capitol, was recognized as Lansing's finest. The Downey cost $2.00 - $3.50 per night when Lansing's other hotels were charging $1.00 - $1.50 per night.
Rev. Sater with our first two confirmands from 1919
Baird's Opera House, located at Washington Avenue and Ionia Street, presented opera, melodramas, rollicking Irish comedy and blackface minstrel shows. High school commencement took place at Baird's. Seating capacity was 1,500. Lansing's working class went to the Star Theater for entertainment. Tickets were $.10 - $.30 compared to $.25 to $1.00 at Baird's. The Star could seat 800.
General clothing stores sold items for men, women and children. Tailors sold men's clothing, milliners sold custom or ready-made hats, and dressmakers made custom frocks for women, many working out of their homes. Sewers could purchase fabrics and notions at local dry goods stores.
A man named Ransom Eli Olds built his first car in a Lansing garage in 1897. R.E. Olds built 4 vehicles in 1897. Skeptics thought his horseless carriage business would fail and friends even encouraged Olds' wife, Metta, to leave him. After all, Lansing was a town built on agriculture. Most figured it would remain that way. In December, 1901, a new Olds auto factory opened. The Olds name, later changed to Oldsmobile, became the oldest in North America. The Olds Motor Company made about 2,500 cars per year in the early 1900's. The Curved Dash, weighing 650 pounds and selling for $650.00, was the most popular model. By 1917, Oldsmobile was one of America's top sellers - 21,800 cars. Workers made 50 cents per hour, compared to current times when workers make about 400,000 cars per year and the wage is about $22.00 per hour.
The United States continued to grow. During the late 1800's and early 1900's many western states were admitted to the Union: Colorado, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma and Arizona. Although World War I had been raging for about 3 years, the United States remained neutral until April, 1917. Woodrow Wilson was sworn in for his second term as president. The Panama Canal was about three years old; the disaster of the sinking of the Titanic had happened 5 years previously. The Wright Brothers flight was written in history in 1903. In November, 1917, Lenin led the October Revolution, setting up a Communist organization in Russia. In December,1917, the 18th Amendment to the constitution, prohibiting the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors, was approved by Congress. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles ended World War I. As Lansing grew from a small dot in the vast wilderness to a manufacturing center, large open space was acquired for parks. One such acquisition was land for Potter Park Zoo and Park, founded in 1917. The REO Clubhouse was built in 1917 and became the cultural hub of Lansing, hosting free movies, wedding receptions, basketball games, dress balls and patriotic gatherings. It was home to Lansing's first radio station, WREO, which went on the air in 1921. Known as the "Temple of Leisure", the building comprised a 2,000 person capacity dining room, an auditorium, a library, four bowling alleys, a fireproof movie booth, and smoking lounge and billiard rooms.
During the period 1820-1920, over 1,000,000 people from Sweden emigrated to the United States. Danish immigrants numbered 300,00 and the Norwegians 730,000. Unemployment in Denmark resulted in the increase of immigration to the New World. The number of Norwegians in the United States amounted to a figure larger than 4/5 of the entire population of Norway. This meant that Norway had lost a larger proportion of her total population by immigration to America than any other European country except Ireland. Virtually all Swedes who arrived in the U.S. were members of the Lutheran Church. Swedes were legally born into the State church and could only leave by taking formal action. It is not surprising that early settlers in the United States soon began building Lutheran churches.
Esther Sater, daughter of Grace Lutheran Church's founder and first pastor remembers…
…My father visited Lansing as early as January 1911, then in January 1915. Then off and on in the spring of 1917, he found some Scandinavian Lutherans and services were held in the homes. It was found that Lansing had the greatest number of Scandinavian people, so the Conference (Augustana) decided to start a mission field. Flint was organized the year previous and at Toledo a Norwegian pastor had gathered a group. Most of the flock was Swedish and those at Lansing were Norwegian, so father told Pastor Marvick "you keep the Swedes and I will take the Norwegians at Lansing." The first Swedish service by an Augustana Lutheran pastor was held at Central Methodist Church on October 28, 1917…
The Luther League organized on November 23, 1917 with 18 members and 23 members organized the Ladies Aid Society on November 24th. On November 25, 1917, the congregation was officially organized as the Evangelical Lutheran Scandinavian Church and the articles filed with the State of Michigan for a $5.50 fee. The pages containing the record of charter members have column headings asking "Where Born", "Arrived in America", and "From place and country". Most of the listings indicate that the new church members were of Scandinavian origin, arriving in the U.S. from the 1870's to 1920's.
The first marriage took place on September 25, 1918. The bride was 18 year old Tora Elge and the groom was 23 year old Harold LeClear. Three baptisms were performed in 1918.
Rev. Sater accepted the call from the Augustana Conference and began work as the resident pastor in August 1918. The Conference paid his salary, one half of which went for rent. Pastor Sater had no car. He walked or rode a bicycle. Additional members were sought throughout the city. Sunday morning services were held in the Seventh Day Adventist Church or at the Maccabees Hall; weekday services were held in the homes, many times with worshipers sitting on planks on boxes. Services were spoken in Swedish or Norwegian.
The "Basement Church" from 1922-1949
Esther Sater remembers…
…The first confirmation was held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church with two girls being confirmed; they were Emily Hultberg and Anna Dahlgren. Margaret Hultberg (Mrs. Lloyd Hansen) was baptized the same day…
By July 1919, a meeting was held to consider purchasing property for a church building. The Ladies Aid made the down payment. In December, 1918, their first fall festival was held in a empty auto sales room on North Washtenaw that Mr. Lindell had vacated. The festival netted $90.00. Lunch was served for $.20 and handmade fancywork and baked goods were on sale. Each year thereafter, there was a fall supper and sale. Five lots, located at the corner of North Logan and West Lapeer Streets, were purchased for $6,000.00. Basement excavation began October 16, 1922. On August 12, 1923 the cornerstone was laid with the following contents: the name of President Warren Harding, his death and burial, President Calvin Coolidge, the name of the mayor and city officials of Lansing, the governor of the state of Michigan, a record of all members and officers of the congregation with a brief history of the church's mission work and the steps taken with a view to build the church, the name of the contractor and the building committee, a copy of the 1922 minutes of the Augustana Synod, a copy of the Sunday School paper "The Olive Leaf", the name of Rev. Gustav Andreen, president of Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, IL who officiated at the laying of the cornerstone, and a few new coins. The program included the singing of the hymns "I Need Thee Every Hour", "Rock of Ages Cleft for Me" and "My Country "Tis of Thee". By December, 1923, the dedication was held.
The Basement Church--Altar with Rev. Sater and others.
…The Luther League paid for the windows, laid the hardwood floors, made the altar rail and painted it. A member made a pulpit out of an old organ. The girls did the cleaning up and the Ladies Aid finished the kitchen. A few members gave money donations; the total of outside labor was $1,000.00. One family gave a pulpit chair. The Luther League, Ladies Aid and the pastor gathered the rest of the money...
Through suppers, rummage sales, and membership dues, the Ladies Aid was able to give $491.65. The Luther League collected funds from waffle socials, dues and box socials and was able to give $125.00 to the building fund. The Sunday School was organized on December 29, 1918 with one pupil - Walter Lindell. The Sunday School bought the baptismal font in 1929.
With the end of World War I, the United States entered an era known as "The Roaring 20's". The 19th amendment to the constitution in 1920 gave women the right to vote. Women could actually swim in public in bathing suits, but strict rules prohibited white or flesh-colored suits, armpits had to be covered and the bathing suit skirt could not be shorter than four inches above the knee. A five day, 40 hour workweek for factory workers was adopted. Wonder Bread, Wheaties, Kool-Aid, Gerber baby foods and Milk Duds began to appear on store shelves. Popular songs included Tiger Rag, 12th Street Rag, For Me and My Gal and M-O-T-H-E-R. The Girl Scouts started the annual tradition of selling cookies.
The 1924 church directory lists 84 names. Married couples were listed as Mr. Anderson and wife or Mr. Johnson and wife, women rarely listed by their own name unless single or widowed.
Pastor Sater continued to serve the Lansing church. The congregation was finally able to pay him a salary of $300.00 per year and the janitor $5.00 per month. One member of the church was authorized, in July of 1929, to buy a scythe to cut grass on the lots around Grace if he could get it at a "reasonable price". In 1930 at the age of 75, Pastor Sater retired.
The Reverend Reuben Kron
With the year 1929 drawing to a close, the Great Depression hit the United States. A woman's winter coat cost $28.00, a man's shirt $1.00, a child's doll $1.95 and a gas stove $19.95. Many people were jobless. A production worker earned $16.89 per week, a doctor $61.11 per week and a cook $15.00 per week, if you were fortunate enough to be employed.
May 19, 1930 was a bright day in the bleakness of the Depression and put Lansing in the spotlight. The famous Morlok quadruplets were born at Edward W. Sparrow Hospital. Their names came from the initials of the hospital: Edna, Wilma, Sarah, Helen. They were listed several times in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest identical quadruplets.
Grace's second pastor, Reuben Kron, arrived. Pastor Kron served from 1930 - 1937.
Edna Mathiasen remembers…
… Around 1934 or 1935, before my husband Chris and I were married, he invited me to accompany him to a "Penny Supper" at the church. People would pay a penny for a fork, a penny for a knife, a penny for a plate, etc. and a penny for a serving of each type of food that you wanted. The menu was a smorgasbord of Scandinavian foods that were totally unfamiliar to me. Chris's aunt, Inga Jacobsen, would encourage me to "try it"...
The third pastor was Amos T. Lundquist who served from 1938 - 1942. While he was pastor, the name of the church was changed to Grace Lutheran Church. As early as 1925, thought was given to building a parsonage. With Pastor Lundquist as the architect, building supervisor and solicitor, the church parsonage was finally built by church members during the summer of 1938 at 1017 West Lapeer
Pastor Amos Lundquist, 1938-1942
…the parsonage was built very reasonable as much free labor was donated. A river used to run through this property several years ago so they ran into difficulty in digging…
Phyllis Gottschalk remembers…
…My mother wanted me baptized by a Lutheran minister. She found Pastor Sater at the church although it was not known as Grace Lutheran at that time. Pastor Lundquist confirmed me…
Pastor Lundquist served Grace Church for 4 years and left to enlist as a chaplain in the Navy.
In 1940, church membership was composed of 54 men, 66 women and 36 children.
Grace Church was without a resident pastor. During the Christmas holidays, Rev. Olaf Nelsen and his son helped for one year. Pastor Sater helped out as well. Then a theological student, John E. Johnson, was appointed on February 18, 1943 to serve until a regular pastor came. He left Lansing in the fall to finish his studies at the seminary. Student Arnold Olson served during this time. The Sunday School was reorganized. And John E. Johnson was called to be the fourth resident pastor. John E. Johnson had changed his name and returned to Grace Lutheran as Pastor John E. Breck on August 12, 1944. He served until 1959.
Pastor John E. Breck 1944-1959
The United States entry into World War II began after December 7, 1941, the day that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Oldsmobile detoured from the auto industry. The company's wartime workforce of 11,000 made artillery shells, rockets, guns and parts for aircraft engines. On November 15, 1942, the church's 25th anniversary, 5 members were in the armed forces: Kenneth Bennetts, Robert Leaf, Jr., Kenneth Mattson, Howard Sandin, Carl Smith, Jr.
…Two young lads baptized and confirmed in our church laid down their lives for this country during World War II. They were: Captain C. Jessen and Peter Rockstad…
Lynn Cotter Truax remembers…
…We each have unique experiences and while I don't remember it, my first experience with Grace Lutheran Church was in 1945. I was born during World War II and my mother's sister was to be my sponsor but she was an Army nurse in England so I was told my baptism "sponsor" was Grace Lutheran Church….
During the years that Pastor Breck served Grace Lutheran, the Daniel Boone Patrol of Grace Lutheran Troop 89, Explorer Post 389, a young married couples club called The Two - Or - One Club, and a choir for grade school youth were organized, helping the church achieve the goal "every member in some organization".
The mortgage for the basement church was burned on December 30, 1945 and the congregation approved a $40,000.00 expansion plan for a building program to erect a sanctuary above the existing basement. Plans for the new church were drawn by Elmer J. Manson. An article in the Lansing State Journal dated September 26, 1948 stated " the new sanctuary will provide seating for 152 persons and another 50 will be accommodated in the choir loft and in auxiliary seating. The steeply pitched roof supported by laminated wood scissors trusses suggests a spirit of worship. The sanctuary is designed so that the main lines will converge at the altar. A large dossal hanging will provide a restful background which will receive special lighting." Since construction would begin at least 6 feet off the ground, it was impossible to have a groundbreaking ceremony. Some consideration was given to a ceremony of "raising the roof", but that was ruled out as well as the contractor planned to leave the present roof intact until the new walls and roof were built. Celebrating the laying of the first brick was the congregation's only choice. And the Ladies Aid provided refreshments.
…Pastor Breck was the one that put the top on the church…The Ladies Aid Society immediately made plans to earn money. And those plans involved food, a smorgasbord featuring 25 varieties of typically Swedish dishes presented on two large tables. Diners were invited to take as many varieties of the delicacies as they desired. Menu items included: Swedish meatballs, pickled herring, herring salad, anchovies, baked ham, goat cheese, mashed rutabagas mixed with mashed Irish potatoes, potato salad, pickled beets, lingon berries, rice pudding, cheesecake with raspberry jam, spice cookies, spritz, home-made rye bread, rye krisp, white bread and, of course, coffee. Plans were made to serve 300 people; tickets were $.75 each. Church women dressed in Swedish costumes...
The Lansing State Journal happily reported that more guests showed up than could be accommodated. Those who came late were told of another and larger supper of this kind in the spring. The Journal also included the recipes for three of the desserts featured at the smorgasbord. The first was Ostkaka, baked by Mrs. Harold House and Mrs. George Lutey, sisters, and Mrs. Chester Helgemo, sister-in-law, from their mother's recipe:
Ostkaka (Cheesecake); Mrs. Amos Lundquist made spritz cookies using this Swedish recipe: Spritz; The last featured recipe was for Pepparkakar by Mrs. Mary Binder: Pepparkakar.
With the help of a 100 foot boom crane used to support the trusses, the new sanctuary construction was completed by October 15, 1949. Moving in was delayed several weeks as the congregation waited for the delivery of pews and chancel furniture and a special carved stone above the entrance, bearing the symbols of the four evangelists gathered around a Maltese cross.
The sanctuary was dedicated on Palm Sunday April 2, 1950 after worshiping in the basement for 27 years. Total cost of the project was $35,000 plus $10,000 for furnishings and a newly installed Wurlitzer electronic organ. The chancel was dedicated to the memory of August P. Sater.
18 living charter members still on the church rolls were honored during the church's 33rd anniversary on November 26, 1950.
A booklet from the 1947-1948 Two-or-One Club shows that the purpose was to promote Christian faith and fellowship, to help assimilate new members into the life of the parish and to support and encourage the general program of the church. Members had to be at least 18 years old. Dues were $1.00 per year. Some of the planned events were: a steak fry, progressive dinner, Valentine dinner, Easter party, potluck dinner, guest night, Christian parenthood night, and scavenger hunt.
Ruth Hallman remembers…
…The first time we came to Grace was Easter 1952. Everyone seemed friendly and back in those days Mrs. Breck baked Swedish rye bread and Pastor came by with a loaf of delicious bread and invited us to attend Grace Lutheran, which we did, having Carleen baptized shortly thereafter. Back in those days there was a once a month Sunday night group, I believe called Two Or One Club. When we joined the club we then formed many close friendships and were encouraged to invite friends from church to our homes, for dinner or to play cards, discuss movies or books, etc. In December we always had a traveling dinner, with one course of the meal at someone's home ending with a big turkey dinner at church…
If you look at the "No Parking" signs on Lapeer Street, you will notice that they have a smaller sign on top that exempts the no parking ordinance on Sundays. In a Lansing State Journal article of March 22, 1955, it was reported that Grace Lutheran Church members were receiving parking tickets while parked on the street to attend church. When the alderman for the area brought up the issue at the next city council meeting and suggested that the police be directed to be lenient on Sunday mornings in that area, or perhaps the tickets themselves could be fixed, the alderman from the St. Mary's Catholic Church district asked that the same courtesy be extended to his constituents, who also were receiving tickets on Sunday mornings while at church. An alderwoman spoke up and said that she would expect the police to enforce the laws of the city. After some verbal wrangling, Judge McDonald, local magistrate, spoke and said that if he was expected to fix parking tickets, he wanted it in writing so his "skirts would be clean".
Mother-Daughter Banquets were popular events. Themes varied from "Lullabies Around The World" to "Our North American Neighbors and Alaska and Hawaii" to a series of tableaus on the theme of "Seven Ages of Women". The men of the church worked the kitchen detail that evening. Menus were carefully worked out by the committee and varied from Swiss Steak with mashed or whipped potatoes and gravy to ham with scalloped potatoes, accompanied by rolls, coffee and milk, and the Lutheran stand-by - molded salad. Lutherans found the joys of Jell-O to be irresistible and included it frequently on any menu.
…I remember the Mother and Daughter banquets very well. Crystal Sturk and I presented two programs different years. Once we had the women who still had their wedding gowns wear them for the program, or if they didn't fit into them any longer, perhaps have their daughter wear them. That was really sentimental. Another year Crystal and I recruited women and daughters to present a fashion show with the garments from a shop in Frandor located where Krogers is now. There was always a group that worked together to make table decorations that worked with the theme of the year's program. I remember some real treasures. The year my daughter lost her life in a plane crash, the women contacted everyone who had purchased tickets for the Mother and Daughter banquet to see if they were willing to have the money be used to purchase a ticket to bring my other daughter from Alaska, something we were not aware of at first. The dinner was cancelled that year with funerals for three of our young people from the crash held that week, including the son of Pastor and Mrs. Leonardson...
…My mind also remembers some of the Mother-Daughter banquets that were held in the 1970's as I organized the "This is Your Life, Dorothy Young" as a surprise for her as she and George were leaving for the Traverse City area. I remember cutting up vegetables with Nancy Hunt for pasties one year and another year when the theme was weddings and some of the daughters modeled their mother's gowns. It was a somber moment one year when there was a meeting in the church office to discuss canceling the banquet. They decided to use the funds for a plane ticket for Carol Hallman Wood to fly from Alaska to Michigan for her sister's funeral…
The church men organized on February 28, 1957. As you can guess, they had banquets, too.
By January, 1955 the church was able to burn the mortgage on the sanctuary and approved an $85,000.00 Parish Center addition to provide Sunday School classrooms, nursery, administrative offices, library-classroom, organization room, choir rehearsal room, storage and restroom facilities. Groundbreaking for the new center was held on May 22, 1955. And by May 6, 1956, the dedication for the new parish center was held.
…The men also had Father and Son dinners as well. I remember my husband teaching me how to make fishing flies for each table setting. That took both of us a couple of weeks. Their programs I am sort of blank on but I bet there are men who do remember. There was a men's club that met every month and in December they had a big venison dinner (all venison donated by our hunters and cooked by their wives) for the men and their wives. I forget who always got their deer, but Clifford Klefstad and Phil Rosenquist were two I remember and their wives made that venison taste like the best beef with gravy and mashed potatoes. The men also had a bowling club that they loved. Back in those days the members were not so committed to outside organizations and due to the economy, most of the wives didn't have jobs as well, so there was more time for church activities…
On January 23, 1956, the Women's Guild reorganized with four circles and the Ladies Aid Society and Women's Missionary Society passed out of existence.
Ruth Hallman remembers...
…I think there were four women's circle groups. I forget all the names, Ruth, Dorcas, and Martha are the ones I remember. We met once a month and worked on projects in the church and were also active in the Synod…
The women's groups continued with a successful plan for raising money and… you guessed it, it involved food. "Salad luncheons" were hosted each spring and fall.
Pastor C. Oscar Leonardson 1960-1970
…Preparation would begin two days before. I can remember the hours that Roberta Aho and I would spend shredding cabbage for coleslaw. Ethel Ungren always cooked the meatballs along with Eva Bergman and Leila Ohman. Our reputation for good food got around and the state workers always had a big contingent that would come. I don't know why they were called salad luncheons as the menu included meatballs, potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, apple pie and coffee...
…I remember that we had business lunches for the public, as fund raisers. They were so successful that we could have served twice the number we had room for. Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, some of what I remember, we all worked to prepare…
A Saturday evening banquet was a part of the celebration for the church's 40th anniversary on November 23, 1957. Some of the charter members dressed in clothing styles popular about 1917. Esther Sater was driven to the church in a REO Touring car; others came in 1906 and 1932 vintage cars and a brand new Olds, representing present and future opportunities.
40th Anniversary Celebration, with Esther Sater and Pastor Breck
Helen Lott remembers…
…Our life in the church began in 1958/59. We had moved from Jacksonville, Florida to East Lansing in order to be closer to our relatives in the U.P. As I was raised Lutheran, we wanted to find a Lutheran church that was affiliated with Augustana Synod. We found Grace Church listed in the telephone directory and enrolled our four oldest children (Lester, Jim, Jane and Carolyn) in Sunday School. We would drop them off and pick them up afterward. Pastor Leonardson was just starting his first year as presiding minister. It was his wondering whose children were being dropped off and picked up that prompted my husband, Charles, and me to decide to attend services with our children after Sunday School. Charles and I eventually were recruited to be Sunday School teachers, which enabled us to get acquainted with more people, and led us to become more active in the church. We became members in 1961, and we feel that it was and is the church for us…
In the mid-1960's, under the sponsorship of the Women's Guild, Barbara Klefstad, Edna Mathiasen and Karla Chamberlain (then Mathiasen) compiled, printed and sold a recipe book entitled "Eating With Grace". The price was $5.00.
Karla Chamberlain remembers…
…I was still in high school and only had one semester of typing, but I was a willing partner in the venture. Church members submitted favorite recipes. I typed all the recipes on the long blue mimeograph masters. Any mistakes had to be fixed with a smelly blue liquid. After the typing was completed, the masters were turned into the church office to be run off on the machine by church secretary Lois Liebold. We compiled them, punched holes, and put in notebook rings. The cover was a light blue cardstock printed with dark blue ink. I can remember thinking how clever we were with the creative play on the words of the title - Eating With Grace…
The recipe book was a big success and later additional recipes were printed and sold.
Each circle also had it's own rummage sale to earn money for church projects. $2,450.00 worth of kitchen alterations, funded by circle projects, were completed in September, 1958.
The youth in the church were not forgotten. The Luther League continued to be very active in Grace Lutheran Church activities.
Confirmation Class from 1961 with Pastor C. Oscar Leonardson
…The teens belonged to Luther League and met every month also. They were very active in amusement programs as well as church. They also went to the National League Conferences held in other states. I remember early years in the Luther League some of our young men and women later in life married those they associated with in the league and church…
…One Sunday every year, the youth of the church, usually those in Luther League, would plan and carry out a Youth Sunday. We would "take over" the entire Sunday service, doing everything from the liturgy to the sermon to singing in the choir to ushering to passing out bulletins. We looked forward to participating in the liturgical church (there was not the lay participation that there is now), even though we were scared. Little did we realize that the people in the pews were our friends and family and were just as nervous for us to do well in our efforts…
On Saturday, May 3, 1958 Grace Lutheran Church hosted more than 200 Luther Leaguers from Augustana Lutheran Churches in lower Michigan. The afternoon sessions included Bible study and a study of the new and recently introduced hymn books and liturgy. President of the Eastern district Luther League was Larry Foster. President of the Grace Lutheran Luther League was Diane Tullos, Ethel Luoto was in charge of the book table, Jim Shutes took care of the physical arrangements and Milton Bloomquist handled registration.
Sunday School was a vital part of life in the church for youth.
Confirmation Class 1959 with Pastor Breck
…Mr. Rasmussen owned an apple orchard. At Christmas, he would bring in apples to give to the children in the church. The children would also get a box of hard candy...
…Until the educational wing was built, I can remember sitting on the basement steps for my Sunday School class because there was no other empty place. The Social Room, with it's brown tile floors and green curtains that opened and closed on tracks in the ceilings, was full. My teacher was Wanda Singleton...
…I remember one year they offered Sunday School during worship time. I was blessed with a humble servant, Denise Swanson, as my teacher...
…The children in Sunday School did beautiful pageants every year for Christmas. I think Gary Jackson has many of those on video...
Lynn Cotter Truax remembers...
…Our confirmation class was the last one led by Pastor John E. Breck and we were confirmed on August 23, 1959. Some in that class were Patsy Carr, Karen Mathiasen, Dorothy (Luoto) Harney and Tom Struble…
Pastor Breck accepted a call to Rock Island, IL in 1959. Once again, Grace Lutheran was without a pastor.
Dr. Joseph Anderson served as supply pastor. During this time, congregational participation in the worship service increased. Hawaii and Alaska were admitted to the United States in 1959. Pastor C. Oscar Leonardson arrived in 1960 and served until 1970. In January, 1961, Grace Lutheran Church hosted the newly elected 40th state governor John B. Swainson at a 7:30 AM service before he and his family attended inauguration festivities later in the day. Also attending that service was G. Mennon "Soapy" Williams, outgoing governor.
…It was exciting to have Gov. Swainson and Gov. Williams attend our church. Both very graciously signed my autograph book, which I still have. Yes, Gov. Williams wore his trademark green and white dotted bowtie…
The Augustana Lutheran Church went out of existence on December 31, 1962, merging with three other national churches to form the new Lutheran Church in America.
…I was before the altar with Pastor C. Oscar Leonardson as he united John Truax and me in marriage. Ruth Brunke was the organist, Esther Sater decorated the table at the reception in the fellowship hall and the ladies from Grace helped in the kitchen...
Jim Lott remembers…
…I liked Pastor C. Oscar Leonardson's sermons. Not as much as the "Fire and Brimstone" procedure, but the significance or consequence of the content. Sermons that also warned you concerning your conduct or going astray…
The 1960's were busy times for the church. Property south of the church was acquired and landscaped, property at 1003 W. Lapeer acquired, the parking lot east of the parsonage refurbished, new carpeting and dossal curtain installed, and improvements made to the Audio-Visual, Social and Fireside Rooms.
The 50th anniversary of Grace Church was in 1967. The festivities began with a banquet on December 1st at Central United Methodist. The speaker was Dr. Harold E. Sponberg, president of Eastern Michigan University and a former member of Grace Lutheran while on the faculty at MSU. At the Sunday services on December 3rd, special guests were Pastor and Mrs. Kron, Pastor and Mrs. Lundquist and Pastor and Mrs. Breck and sons. Holy Communion was celebrated at the 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM services, with coffee between services. A special afternoon program at the church at 4:30 PM featured guest speaker Rev. Dr. Frank Madsen, president of the Michigan Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, speaking on the theme "Thanksgiving and Courage". There was reminiscing about the church and a piano solo by Karla Mathiasen, with a light supper and fellowship following in the social parlor.
On July 24, 1969 Neil Armstrong reached the moon.
Pastor Larry Foster in 1975
Edward Baker and Roger Bergh were installed as deacons in 1969. They were the first to be elected while still in their teens. This was an effort by the congregation to become more youth conscious in its approach to the problems of the day.
On April 13, 1969, Grace Church issued a call for an assistant pastor. One of Grace's own, Larry Foster, was ordained May 20th and began serving Grace Lutheran on July 1, 1969 as an assistant pastor. Larry entered the ministry after a career with the Detroit Tigers.
…Pastor Larry Foster's sermons were by far "Fire and Brimstone". Yet his were directed to all, but emphasized toward youth and the era…
A pipe organ, with seven ranks and 450 pipes, was ordered from the Temple Pipe Organ Company in Burlington, Iowa. A dedication on February 8, 1970 accompanied a recital by organist and choir director Claire Lauchner.
…I did lead Bible Study for a few years, when Pastor Foster was here and during the time he left before Pastor Kamens arrived...
…My experience with people at Grace became more personal in the 1970's when church secretary Joan Nolff and Pastor Larry Foster started a group of "Volunteers". We would meet on Thursday mornings for various activities and this is where I became acquainted with Myrna Kangas, Elaine Gustafson, Roberta Aho and still recall memories of Helen Stemwedel singing "Good Morning to You" on the intercom. In the early 1970's I was invited to the women's circle Christmas party at Helen Stemwedel's. The women would share their Christmas memories and I remember especially what was shared by Mary Dropping about a really great Christmas as a child when she received an orange. I was thinking of all the shopping I had to do and what I might anticipate receiving and here Mary was telling how thrilled she had been to receive an orange. Ever since that time, each Christmas I have placed an orange in our Christmas stockings to remind me of Mary's humble story and of God's generosity. Another event, I believe it was January of 1973, was the weekend that Dave Peterson's father passed away. The funeral home was in Grand Ledge near our home and that weekend there was a large snowstorm. Saturday night Dave and his wife Pat, his mother, his sister and brother stayed the night in our small home and the next morning we headed for church. It seems like there are times that you just want to be surrounded with people that love and care for you and we knew this was such a time for the Petersons. There was still a lot of snow and we made it to church to discover the services had been cancelled. Pastor Larry Foster had made it there and also Mr. Lott so we all sat in the Fireside Room and had "church". Even without the organ, choir or a large crowd, you can still worship and fellowship. (When my father passed away in 1984, Dave Peterson was on crutches and attended the funeral. I told him it wasn't necessary because of his injury and he said he wanted to be there for us as we had been there for him.)...
…Among the things I liked about Grace Lutheran Church was when my brother Lester and I participated in the youth group during the late 1960's and early 70's. We helped organize camp-canoe trips. It was a great time! Rev. Larry and Ginny Foster chaperoned, along with other parents who could make the trip. We always chose the Pine River, but I don't remember where our camps along there were. Anyway, I believe that they were always planned to leave on Friday and return on Sunday. Those of us of the youth group who I remember that usually made it to the camp were: Cary (Gus) Gustafson, a friend of his Jim Jenkins, Donna Kangas, Connie or Deborah Olsen, Pete Govorchin, Janet or Valerie (and maybe) Julie? Nemetz, John Young, Nancy (maybe Steve and Julie?) Rieger and Debra Mitchell. Dale Stanaway, Jim Breck and his wife were among those who chaperoned. Again, it was a great time!...
Jan Kadlub remembers…
…We had the wonderful opportunity to join a "Movie Night" with fellow Grace members when Jessica was little. Being homebound with a 3 year old, we didn't get out much. It was alota fun and we looked forward to going to Sam and Carol Johnson's house those Friday nights. Jessica was welcomed with open arms and a warm place to sleep while we watched and discussed a particular movie for that evening...
…Picnics at Francis Park were fun! Getting a ball game going, a sack race, or some other sport or game seemed to be very active and it also seemed like most of the congregation was there!…
The 1970's were a time of unrest in society. Protests against US involvement in Vietnam were reported almost daily on the television. One of Grace's own - John Cotter - was killed in Vietnam and the sanctuary light was given to the church in his memory.
In 1973, the church council borrowed $6,300.00 to raze the house near the parking lot and to refurbish the Social Room. Grace Lutheran voted in 1975 to participate in the newly established Capital Area Lutheran Cluster (CALC). One of the projects of this group was the establishment of the Food Bank.
Pastor Foster accepted a call to Lebanon Church and left in 1975 for Whitehall, Michigan.
Pastor Alan Kamens in 1976
Pastor Alan W. Kamens was called to Grace Church and arrived February 8, 1976.
…Our first son, James, was born February of 1976 and was the first baptism for Pastor Alan Kamens in June of that year. Baptisms of our sons, Joel, in 1977 and Jason, in 1980, were also held at Grace by Pastor Kamens. It was shortly after Jason's baptism that our family moved and our membership was transferred to Advent Lutheran in Arlington, Texas….
Grace Lutheran members and friends have remained busy and involved from the late 1970's to the present, from a successful effort to preserve the neighborhood from a highway development that would have displaced many families and divided the community to a tutoring program for neighborhood children, still running presently, started by Pastor Kamens and Karla Chamberlain in the mid 1980's. Grace supports a summer day camp for church and community youth for one week each summer. Themes have included studying people and cultures from Scandinavian countries and Australia. Participants also are involved in art activities, field trips and swimming events. Each day closes with a meal.
…When the Kamens family came to Grace Church, you could not have found a more loving family. They had two beautiful daughters, but I especially remember all the many hours of care that they gave to Alison…
Renovations to the building, an addition of an elevator, barrier-free restrooms, and a re-designed chancel to make the communion rail accessible to those with physical challenges culminated on September 14, 1986 with the dedication of our barrier-free building.
Advent House Ministries, located at nearby Westminster Presbyterian Church, is a program to serve homeless people in the area. It also provides a week-end meal program. Grace Lutheran members prepare and serve food once a month.
Grace Lutheran Church was and remains an active participant in the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition and Habitat for Humanity, serving the neighborhood of the church by participating in building or rehabilitating existing homes for a lease to purchase program serving lower income families.
Members of Grace Lutheran helped organize and remain active in the Neighborhood Watch program, helping to combat crime in the area.
Kurt Peterson and Eric Miller, two young men from Grace Lutheran, completed seminary studies, became ordained ministers and serve Lutheran churches.
Pastor Kamens and confirmands from 1981
…Grace Lutheran was my lifeline. It was here for all my happy days and it strengthened my faith in the days of sorrow when I lost my daughter and my husband. Nothing is the same as it was years ago, but Pastor is the same helpful man he was when he came here, encouraging us in our faith, counseling with us when necessary and celebrating with us the significant events in our lives...
…I have had many blessings in my life and among them I count the friendships of Sharon Rozell, Judy Foote and Helen Stemwedel. When we would return to Michigan from Texas, Oklahoma, or South Carolina, there were many luncheons with these women that have blessed my heart. I am especially grateful for the impact that Helen made in my life as her testimony and faith were in evidence in her letters, calls and conversations. It was difficult for our family when we returned to Michigan in 1991 after John lost his job but there was still lunch with the "girls" as Helen said she wanted to treat me as she missed my birthday. Helen was a joy and generous person as one year I think she paid three times for my birthday! I don't think she ever knew I wouldn't have had the extra money to join them without her generosity. When I think back on that difficult time, I think of the prayers and support that they provided my family and myself and realize how God used them to bless us. Although we have not been members on the church roll since 1980, we have visited on occasion and continue to receive the church newsletter. We have and always will feel a part of the family at Grace…
Grace Lutheran Church recently and successfully completed a pledge drive for funds to replace the original roof over the Parish wing and to reconfigure the entry stairs at the front entrance. The roof replacement is complete. The stairway is in the near future.
On November 24, 2002, Grace Lutheran Church members and friends joined together to celebrate 85 years of faithful service. Now we are more than 95 years of singing and service. We have accomplished many things in the past, but the future is yet to be written.
"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." Corrie ten Boom
The writing of the history of Grace Lutheran Church has been successful because of the efforts of many people. Thanks to those who submitted remembrances in writing, by e-mail, tape or interview. Thanks to the members who compiled scrapbooks of pictures, programs and newspaper articles. Thanks to photographers who visually recorded important events in our past. Thanks to those who offered encouragement.


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Movie night in North Texas: Here's what movies are coming to theaters Jan. 13
by: Tyler Manning
DALLAS (KDAF) — We are one step closer to the weekend, and if you are looking for a fun way to pass the time, maybe take a trip to the cinema.
There are quite a lot of films releasing in North Texas this week. So if you want something fresh for your viewing experience, here is a list of the new films releasing this weekend Jan. 13.
A Man Called Otto: Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.
House Party: A high school student decides to host a house party while his parents are away. A remake of the 1990 comedy, ' House Party'.
Plane: A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.
Saint Omer: This film follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Missing: When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers
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Gergely Kunt Ph.D. is a social historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Miskolc, Hungary. Kunt teaches the social history of Hungary and East Central Europe. His dissertation was a comparative analysis of the social imaginaries and prejudices of Jewish and Christian adolescents during World War II in Hungary as reflected in their diaries. Kunt earned his PhD in history at the University of Budapest (ELTE) in 2013. He has been collecting privately-owned diaries and has acquired numerous unpublished diary manuscripts from the period of the Holocaust and the Communist era. In his new project he explores the worldviews of the generation of Austrian and Hungarian adolescents born in the interwar period through a comparative analysis of the mentalities of adolescent diarists.


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Originally named 'Neue Haas Grotesk', Helvetica was designed by Max Miedinger in 1957 with input by Eduard Hoffmann. Their goal - 'to create a neutral typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be used on a wide variety of signage.' I'd say they did just that. Helvetica is one of the most used typefaces today. This poster was created to show off the typeface as well as give a little insight into it's Swiss history.


Eight soldiers are being held without bail for allegedly killing a couple and their 3-year-old daughter, and falsely reporting them as FARC guerrillas killed in combat.
On November 26, 2006, the soldiers, based in Garzon, Huila, reportedly fired on Daniel Alvarado Rivera, his wife Alba Luz Mejia, and their 3-year-old daughter, while the family was riding a motorbike.
According to the prosecution, the troops were conducting an ambush operation in the area and waiting for the FARC to pass through. They had orders to shoot only if they were attacked.
An attorney in the case established that there was no firefight as initially claimed by the soldiers, and that neither Rivera nor Mejia belonged to any illegal armed group.


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Citadines Kurfürstendamm Berlin is a business-friendly property located in Berlin's Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf neighborhood, close to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Reichstag Building, and Brandenburg Gate. Additional points of interest include Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and Berlin Zoo.
Citadines Kurfürstendamm Berlin features a coffee shop/café and a bar/lounge. The property serves hot and cold buffet breakfasts each morning in the breakfast area (surcharges apply). This 3.5-star property has a business center and offers business services. Complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access is available in public areas.
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Q: When does order matter when decomposing a boundedly generated group A group $G$ is said to be boundedly generated if (it is finitely generated and) there exists a finite family of cyclic subgroups (not necessarily normal or distinct) $\lbrace C_i \rbrace_{i =1, \ldots, k}$ such that $G = C_1 \cdots C_k$.
Simplest examples of boundedly generated groups are finite groups and polycyclic groups. Free groups are not boundedly generated, and $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ also isn't (since passing to finite index subgroups does not change this property).
A priori, the order in the product matters. Assume $G = C_1 \cdots C_k$ is a boundedly generated group so that $G = C_{\sigma(1)} \cdots C_{\sigma(k)}$ for any permutation $\sigma \in Sym_k$. In particular, one may then assume the $C_i$ are distinct. Except virtually polycyclic groups, which group has this property?

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Monroe's wanted an updated site with a modern look that focused on their long history and famous chile.
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Cardinal calls for Marian devotion to be protected from mafia exploitation
Cardinal Pietro Parolin at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome April 27, 2017. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
By Courtney Mares
Rome Newsroom, Sep 11, 2020 / 09:30 am
During a visit to a Marian shrine in southern Italy this week, the Vatican Secretary of State issued a warning that Marian devotion must be safeguarded from mafia exploitation.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin offered Mass for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- a date associated with the Italian Marian devotion to Madonna delle Grazie, or Our Lady of Grace -- at the Shrine of Torre Ruggiero in Calabria, the region that is home to the 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one of the most powerful mafia groups in Italy.
Italian media reported that during a procession of the Madonna delle Grazie in Reggio Calabria in 2014 the procession stopped in front of the house of a mafia boss under house arrest as a sign of respect. This is one example of how Marian devotion can become entangled with mafia culture in southern Italy.
"Popular piety is a great treasure that the Church cannot do without precisely because it supports faith in all situations. But it also needs to be purified from some elements that are not appropriate, all the more so if they are underworld or criminal elements," Parolin said Sept. 8, according to L'Osservatore Romano.
At the Mass, Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone of Catanzaro-Squillace in Calabria told the cardinal: "Old and new mafia forces try to pollute popular faith with malignant weeds, passing off a pseudo religion as devout. From this sanctuary, your presence recalls the duty to free the devotion of the Madonna from any risk of exploitation."
Parolin said: "There is a lot of work to be done to which pastors dedicate themselves with great attention ... We must be careful not to throw away the baby with the bathwater."
With these statements, the Vatican Secretary of State echoed Pope Francis' approval of an initiative of the Pontifical International Marian Academy (PAMI) to counter mafia organizations' use of the figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary to promote submission to the will of the mafia boss.
A working group starting in October will bring together about 40 Church and civil leaders to address this issue, to "restore the purity of the image of Jesus and Mary which comes from the Gospels," Fr. Stefano Cecchin told CNA in an interview on Aug. 20.
"Marian devotion is a religious-cultural heritage to be safeguarded in its original purity, freeing it from superstructures, powers or conditioning that do not meet the evangelical criteria of justice, freedom, honesty and solidarity," Pope Francis wrote in a letter to Cecchin Aug. 15.
In the interview, Cecchin described how criminal organizations exploit Marian devotion in some towns and villages in southern Italy.
Mary is an image of God's beauty, the priest and former exorcist explained. "We know that the evil one, evil, wants to ruin the beauty God has created. In Mary, for us, is the image of absolutely the enemy of evil. With her, by her birth, the head of the serpent is crushed."
"Therefore, evil also uses the figure of Mary to go against God," he noted. "So, we must rediscover the beauty of the religious cultural heritage of every people and, furthermore, safeguard it in its original purity."
The new working group of the Pontifical International Marian Academy wants to use formation to teach children and families a true theology of Mary, Cecchin said.
Cardinal Parolin said in his homily on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: "God loves humility supremely and rejects ostentation and pride."
"The history of salvation does not pass on the golden roads of the 'sensational', but takes place through the humble and demanding paths of reality, in the ordinary heartbeat in which the life of every man passes ... The mission of the Son of God is made concrete through the generous availability of Mary, a humble creature on whom God lays his admiring gaze," he said.
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Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents and was awarded the Gardner Fellowship for her work with North Korean refugees.
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Environmental Health States Back in Court over EPA and Emissions
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One year ago yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that EPA must formally declare whether greenhouse gases could harm human health, and if they find that they do, regulate automobile greenhouse-gas emissions. Last week, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson revealed the Bush administration's response to the Court's requirement: they're going to drag their feet some more, using the excuse of more information-gathering.
Eighteen states, led by Massachusetts, have responded by filing a petition in federal court, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to order the EPA to make its determination about greenhouse gases' harm to human health within the next 60 days. Beth Daley and Stephanie Ebbert of the Boston Globe explain the states' position:
The states argue that the government has improperly delayed a decision. They cite the findings of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which concluded that the EPA's proposed decision that greenhouse gases threaten health had been sent to the Office of Management and Budget in December 2007. The states' petition contends that the decision is now being held up by the White House budget office.
Pat Parenteau, professor of law at Vermont Law School, said the states' case has a chance of succeeding. "If the petitioners can convince the Court of Appeals that there's some monkey business going on here . . . then I think they get across the goal line," he said.
If the appeals court orders the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases are a hazard, the agency would still need time to develop, publicize, and finalize regulations for regulating vehicle emissions – a process expected to outlast the Bush administration.
Still, the states and advocates petitioning the court maintained that action should not be postponed for the next administration.
"I want to emphasize: Time is not on our side," said Assistant Attorney General James R. Milkey of Massachusetts. "Every day that goes by without a solution, the window of opportunity to fix the problem closes a little more."
Environmental organizations have joined in the suit; NRDC's David Doniger explains that they're not content to wait for the next administration because "we're not going to let this administration play us for fools, run out the clock, and get out of town after eight years of successfully ducking global warming." He also emphasizes that the EPA had been doing the right thing, until lobbyists intervened:
EPA actually did all its homework and late last year delivered to the White House a fully documented "endangerment" determination. The agency also prepared proposed emission standards for new vehicles.Â
But then, after all the promises, everything stopped.
What happened? A collection of industries, trade associations, and right-wing think tanks lobbied the White House relentlessly last fall. Don't do it, they said. You can still run out the clock. Just sit tight, or maybe ask for yet another round of public comments. That way you can postpone anything until your term is up.
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Spaniard Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) has extended his lead in the 2016 MotoGP™ world title after claiming a stunning victory at Sachsenring in Germany ahead of Briton Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) and Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).
The 30-lap race began on a wet track – which had spectacularly claimed the scalp of Marquez in morning warm-up – but with the rain having subsided a dry line started to appear from about mid-race distance with Dovizioso leading the way and Marquez having already run off at turn eight.
With the drying dynamics in play, Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) was the first big gun to enter the pits, swapping to his second intermediate tyre-laden machine, while Marquez followed soon after but returned to the track on slicks.
That proved to be a masterstroke from the Honda factory team as his lap times were immediately four seconds faster than the leading group on wets – which also included Australia's Assen hero, Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS), Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) and Crutchlow. Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati) had earlier crashed out of the lead.
Eventually, all the leading group swapped to slick-shod machines, but it was all too late as Marquez's pre-emptive strike saw him carve his way back into the lead and win by nearly 10 seconds. He now remains undefeated in all classes at Sachsenring since 2010, which includes the last four MotoGP™ races.
Meanwhile, it was a disaster for Marquez's two main championship rivals, with world champion Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha) never in the hunt as he finished 15th, while Rossi got pipped in the dying stages of the last lap by Miller to finish eighth.
"At a certain point today, I thought my run at this circuit was going to come to an end, but in the end we succeeded and earned a very good result, especially considering how Valentino [Rossi] and Jorge [Lorenzo] finished the race," said Marquez. "I'm very happy with how we worked with the team today: they did a great job preparing my bike after my crash in the warm-up, and then in the race our strategy proved to be perfect.
"It was a very difficult race, with it being flag-to-flag and the track conditions so delicate. In the first part of the race, in the wet, I found things a little difficult. I had picked the wrong front tyre for my riding style, but I was able to switch to slicks. I was very careful in the opening laps after changing bikes, because the dry line was very narrow and there was still a lot of water on the surface.
"It's always very difficult to decide when to change bikes, and perhaps we made our switch very early – I think I was the second rider to do so – but I decided to take a chance and it went well. We end the first half of the season with our homework done and off the back of a good race, but we must not forget to prepare well for the second half of the year."
Marquez now leads the championship by 48pts (170 to 122) over Lorenzo at the halfway mark in the season, with Rossi a further 11pts behind in third. The summer break now kicks in before the title resumes in Austria from August 12-14.
Meanwhile, Crutchlow and Dovizioso finished second and third after passing Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati) in the final stages. It was Crutchlow's first podium finish since Argentina in 2015.
Iannone was fifth from Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda), Miller, Rossi, front row starter Hector Barbera (Avintia Racing Ducati) and Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini). Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was the second rider to crash out, while local man Stefan Bradl (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) didn't start after he had a bad spill in warm-up and suffered concussion.
Miller led the race briefly during the flurry of pit stops, but admitted he stayed out too long on wet tyres.
"It was a really good race and I can be happy with the result, but in all honesty I should have trusted my team more and come in earlier for the bike change," said Miller. "It's a real shame I stayed out a little bit too long because I am sure I could have been standing on the podium again. It was a tough call to make and there was about seven laps to go and I kept thinking about finishing the race on the wet tyres.
"It was frustrating to see everybody come flying by me and I knew I had to come in and change. As soon as I went back out on slicks I just said 'why didn't I do this earlier?' It was a big lesson for me to take on board but it was my first real flag-to-flag race and it is good experience for me.
"I still had a lot of fun racing at the front with the likes of Valentino and I nearly passed Dani on the last lap to take the top six. When I was out on the slicks at the end my pace was really competitive and that gives me a big boost of confidence for the future."
MotoGP™ results
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda, 47m03.239s
Cal Crutchlow, LCR Honda +9.857s
Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team, +11.613s
Pole position: Marquez, 1m21.160s = 162.8km/h
Fastest lap: Crutchlow 1m25.017s = 155.4km/h
Championship top 3: Marquez 170 • Jorge Lorenzo 122 • Valentino Rossi 111
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World champion Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorpsort) is on a high at the moment, wet or dry, and so it was again as the Frenchman won ahead of German Jonas Folger (Dynavolt Intact GP) and Julian Simon (QMMF Racing Team).
On a wet track, Folger made a brave lunge up the inside of his soon-to-be 2017 MotoGP™ teammate on the final corner of the race, but ran just a little bit wide allowing Zarco to win the drag to the finish line.
"I'm very happy. It was a very difficult race, especially riding in the rain," said Zarco. "Normally the track dries out as the laps go by, but today it was raining for most of the race, the track was completely wet and that made it very easy to crash.
"I saw that my pace was good and I preferred not to risk things, because I had a couple of scares. At the end, what I wanted was to be at the front and I felt good on the bike. When the team told me Rins was out of the race I relaxed a bit but did not want to stop – I wanted to win.
"On the last corner I tried to shut the door; Folger passed me but he was going too fast and I was able to recover the position. It was nice to win in these conditions and the outcome for the world championship is better than I could have expected. Now it is time to enjoy the summer break."
Zarco shared co-leadership with Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) heading into Sachsenring, but he's now 25pts clear after Rins crashed out of third place with three laps to go. Another leading championship light, Briton Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini), also fell as did others like Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS pair Franco Morbidelli and Alex Marquez, Tom Luthi (Garage Plus Interwetten) and polesitter Takaaki Nakagami (Honda Team Asia).
Nakagami finished in 11th position after remounting, while Australia's Remy Gardner (Tasca Racing Scuderia) scored points in 12th position. Gardner said: The race was tough today, it was my first time on a Moto2 bike in the wet and while I wasn't super-fast our mission was to finish the race and we did that."
Moto2™ results
Johann Zarco, Ajo Motorsport, 47m18.656s
Jonas Folger, Dynavolt Intact, +0.059s
Julian Simon, QMMF Racing Team, +20.433s
Australian: 12. Remy Gardner, Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2, +1:13.865s
Pole position: Takaaki Nakagami, Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, 1m24.274s = 156.8km/h
Fastest lap: Xavier Simeon, QMMF Racing Team, 1m36.619s = 136.7km/h
Championship top 3: Zarco 151 • Alex Rins 126 • Sam Lowes 121
Despite a few nervous moments along the way, Malaysia's wet-weather demon Khairul Idham Pawi (Honda Team Asia) cruised to his second win of the year.
By the end of the first lap Pawi had shot from 20th to seventh, and he was in the lead by lap five. As lap 14 began he ran off track, a clear warning sign to ease off. But he didn't relent, growing his lead with each lap and crossing the line 11.131secs ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Leopard Racing KTM), with polesitter Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing Honda) filling the last podium spot.
"Many thanks to my team which is always working hard for me," said Pawi. "This race was hard for me because I made a lot of drama and then I saved the crash. I pushed a little bit and I say 'okay, maybe cool down'. Then I managed the time until the finish. Many thanks to everyone who has supported me and I hope my family and my friends enjoyed!"
Further down the order, Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Jorge Navarro (Estrella Galicia 0,0) battled for seventh place, neither wanting to risk as much as the likes of Pawi with a championship on the line. Navarro would win the battle, crossing the line in seventh and gaining one point on Binder, who was eighth.
Khairul Idham Pawi, Honda Team Asia, 47m07.763s
Andrea Locatelli, Leopard Racing KTM, +11.131s
Enea Bastianini, Gresini Racing Honda, KTM +13.359s
Pole position: Bastianini, 1m27.129s = 151.6km/h
Fastest lap: Pawi, 1m42.544s = 128.8km/h
Championship top 3: Brad Binder 159 • Jorge Navarro 112 • Romano Fenati 93
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Re: Portland Sea Dogs Running Thread
by MattyB » Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:35 am
Sea Dogs walk off with a win! https://t.co/PXHIcl5zWO
Jordan Weems earned the win for the @PortlandSeaDogs tonight, but a few years ago he was a catcher for Portland: https://t.co/nZpHOoimi4
by MattyB » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:20 am
Portland swept in a doubleheader by the Fisher Cats on Wednesday. https://t.co/a5sS7aNcSj
by MattyB » Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:16 am
The Sea Dogs score all six runs with two outs, winning 6-0 at New Hampshire. https://t.co/oMgiEyDG65
by MattyB » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:23 am
After falling behind 3-0 at First Energy Stadium in Reading on Friday night, the Reading Fightin' Phils fought back to defeat the Portland Sea Dogs 5-4 in 10 innings. The winning run came on a bases loaded walk.
Reading first baseman Austin Listi went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs on the night.
Esteban Quiroz went 1-for-5 in his return to the Portland lineup and drove in two runs. Danny Mars knocked a run home as well.
Kyle Hart went six innings for the Sea Dogs. He allowed just four hits and two runs while striking out four, but got a no-decision.
Portland and Reading play the second game of their three game series tomorrow night at 6:45.
by MattyB » Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:45 am
Sea Dogs get even in Reading with a 4-3 win on Saturday: https://t.co/wo951oZdQP
by MattyB » Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:24 am
Portland takes the series with a 10-2 win at Reading: https://t.co/r64FITsHV2
The Sea Dogs start their home series with a 12 to 6 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The Sea Dogs were the first to score bringing in two runs in the bottom of the 1st, highlighted by a Christian Vazquez sac fly that brought home Jeremy Rivera. The Dogs would tack on five more runs in the bottom of the 2nd three of those runs would come of the bat of Jantzen Witte who hit a three run shot.
New Hampshire would get on the board in the 5th with three runs. The Sea Dogs would answer driving in three runs of their own in the bottom of the 5th. The Sea Dogs would drive in two more runs in the bottom of the 7th to make it 12-3. New Hampshire would get three more runs in the top of the 9th.
Eduardo Rodriguez worked four scoreless innings and Christian Vazquez had three RBIs as the Sea Dogs defeated the Fisher Cats 12-6: https://t.co/YOS9eJCQQy
Celtics center Aron Baynes visits Hadlock: https://t.co/a4N8NvlRtZ
Jacoby Ellsbury and Charlie Eshbach are the newest inductees into @PortlandSeaDogs Hall of Fame, Sea Dogs lose to Fisher Cats on Tuesday #mesports: https://t.co/Q666hJ16qP
The Portland Sea Dogs out-slug the Fisher Cats 10-9: https://t.co/emzKNCWQ9g
Portland, Maine - The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (75-59) scored twice in the seventh inning and defeated the Sea Dogs (60-75) 4-2 in the final game at Hadlock Field in 2018.
Portland and New Hampshire split the four-game series as well as the 22-game season series.
With the game tied 2-2 in the top of the seventh, Jon Berti led off the inning with a triple off of Harrison Cooney (L, 0-1). Bo Bichette hit an infield single to break the tie, then after a walk to Max Pentecost Harold Ramirez doubled to give the 'Cats a 4-2 advantage.
Josh DeGraaf (W, 7-5) earned the win with three scoreless innings in relief of Hector Perez. DeGraaf struck out six and allowed just two hits. Perez went five innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits while walking one and striking out seven. Corey Copping earned his second save of the year with a scoreless ninth and stranded the tying runs on base to end the game.
Kyle Hart made his 24th and final start of the season for Portland, the southpaw went six innings and allowed two runs on eight hits with one walk and six punch-outs. The quality start was Hart's team-leading 13th of the year.
New Hampshire took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI singles by Bichette and Santiago Espinal. Bichette, Berti, and Espinal each had three hits apiece, while Ramirez had two.
Portland tied the game in the fourth on an RBI single by Chris Madera and an RBI groundout by Deiner Lopez.
The Sea Dogs drew 346,341 fans through the gates at Hadlock Field in 2018. Single game tickets for 2019 go on sale Saturday, November 3rd.
The Sea Dogs open up their final series of the season on Friday night against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Mets affiliate) at NYSEG Stadium. LHP Dedgar Jimenez (9-7, 4.59) is on the mound for Portland. Binghamton counters with RHP Harold Gonzalez (0-8, 7.85). Radio coverage begins at 6:50 PM on the WPEI U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network. MiLB.TV starts at 7:00 PM
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absolutely not an easy task………the longer the harder I suppose……?
Another chapter to be added to Chris's adventures in cooking in his well known cookbook…"Two Guy Traveling Guide" Coming to a bookstore near you.
Oh, I guess you must be really happy having the chance of working at the back kitchen of your favorite restaurant! Well done!
well done. we do have the attachment and made sausages using the KitchenAid for Oscar Dinner a couple years back. I agree, it was a very time consumnig activity.
It is time consuming but certainly worth the end product – no pun intended. I did it once with a friend who sold fresh meats. I don't think I would do it again.
My mother had (has) an attchment for grinding but not for stuffing… I have never been brave enough to attempt making sausage but the apple sausage sounds delicious!
Fine presentation. I never connected sausage to Thai cuisine before.
sounds like a fun adventure, although a lot of work! i can't imagine what it was like to work with real intestines… must have been a bit of a mental hurdle to overcome.
You do cooking such as I have seen only on the cooking channel. So fancy and always so tidy. It's impressive!
This reminds me of the first time I cooked with fresh octopus; I kept gagging, especially when I accidentally cut into the head and excrement started leaking out. I nearly forgot to cut out the teeth, and overall the whole process was mildly scarring, haha. I've definitely come to respect people that can cook with raw meat without twitching like I do!
Did you fry or bake the bulk sausages? That banh mi looks awesome. I guess mustard would not work well with this sausage. p.s. I think you need to raise your eyebrows if you want to use that picture as your profile pic.
You are such a master Chris. You SHOULD publish your own cook book with pictures. I will be the first one to buy it.
First of all, thank you to everyone for your kind comments. This sausage making was an exciting adventure and I'm lucky that I had friends to help me experience it.@ZSA_MD – That is very nice of you. I certainly don't think my recipes are worth compiling, though… especially since I only rarely use recipes and sticking to them is an even rarer occurrence!@ElusiveWords – I fried the bulk sausage for some applications but for the sandwich (which I made again last night, in fact), I baked it.@secade – @kunhuo42 – To some extent, I want to challenge myself to face up to the reality that when we eat meat products, another life was sacrificed. Back in university, I was a vegetarian for about two years. Eventually, I rethought my position and figured that eating meat was okay, so long as I was thoughtful and aware about what that decision meant.@iskrak – Labor is cheap here in Thailand, I guess, so using a funnel and manually stuffing works out okay. Actually, Jarrett mentioned that he used to have a stuffing machine but it broke down and his cooks prefer to manually stuff anyhow. Same is true for frying – he bought them a spiffy deep fryer but they prefer to use the wok!@DivaJyoti – Oh, thank you for the very nice compliment. I try to keep things cleaned and organized as I work. Always frustrates me when Tawn is cooking in the kitchen because his style is much more… creative? artistic? What's the right word?@Inciteful – Thank you for the recommendation. Yes, sausages seem to be a part of just about every culture. Here in Thailand, the north and northeast regions both have several unique types of sausage. One I just learned about from a friend is called look rok. It is used as an ingredient in a clear soup with minced pork and shrimps. The look rok is made by beating eggs and filling natural pork casings (intestines) with them. You then boil the resulting sausage and, once the egg is cooked, slice it and add the pieces to the soup. The result is quite pretty. Here's a link to a picture of it.@murisopsis – Upon reflection, I think the stuffing part could be pretty well skipped. Simply frying up bulk sausage in patties is good enough. When I do the chicken apple sausage again, I will add some cooked bacon to up the flavor a bit!@slmret – Squid = little sausage! =D@Roadlesstaken – It is all in the marketing, Alex. Clearly, a skill I need to work on improving. LOL@Fatcat723 – "End product"… ha ha. You're funny, Robert.@AppsScraps – Thank you, Brent. Coming from you, that means a lot.@CurryPuffy – Actually, it isn't exactly a glamorous kitchen. It is clean and all that, but it is on the third story of an old shop house, so the facilities are a bit retro. Still, they turn out some wonderful food from that kitchen.@The_Eyes_Of_A_Painter – How much of a commission will I owe you when I do eventually make that book? @agmhkg – Oh, dear… the bad jokes are endless for this entry, aren't they? When I brought the sausages to one of Tawn's friends' house for grilling on Sunday, her husband kept making jokes about American sausages being bigger than Thai sausage. (rolls eyes)@Sinful_Sundae – Oh, you are much too nice with your compliments! Thank you.
@christao408 – squid stuffed with mushrooms & bread crumbs = yummy little sausage, but not worth the effort! As I remember, they cook down to tiny, and you have to have several per person!
LOL the right words are probably messy and scattered but you are just putting it nicely. He's lucky to have the organized person with him!
Looks so fun though!Chuckled at the magician comment. Should have acted it out and taped it!
@yang1815 – That would have been funny.


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Born in Bermuda on 31 March 1833, Thomas Pattison Wood was the son of Richard Wood.
He entered the Army as an Ensign (by purchase) in the 81st Foot on 23 November 1852. He became a Lieutenant (by purchase) on 10 November 1854. On 2 August 1855 he exchanged into the 29th Regiment of Foot.
On 12 June 1862 at All Souls, Langham Place, he married Maria Frances Jane Young, only daughter of the late George Renny Young, barrister. Their marriage was to last less than a year.
'ACCIDENTAL POISONING OF A LADY — Mrs Wood, the wife of Captain Thomas Pattison Wood, late of the 29th Regiment of Foot, has just met with her death under very melancholic circumstances. The deceased lady, who was only 21 years of age, had been staying at Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells, with her husband, and had been confined about two weeks ago. Early on Saturday morning last she requested her maid to give her some of Dinneford's fluid magnesia, this being a medicine she was in the habit of taking. The bottle containing the magnesia stood on a shelf along with several other bottles, and the maid unfortunately took one closely resembling it, which she poured out and gave to her mistress. Immediately on swallowing it Mrs Wood complained of a hot, burning sensation, such as she had never experienced from the medicine before. This induced the attendant to examine the bottle from which she had taken it, and her mistake was then discovered; but as it was not at first deemed a serious matter, no alarm was felt, and some simple antidotes were resorted to. The unpleasant symptoms increasing, however, two medical men were called in, by whom the usual remedies were applied, but without success. After suffering great pain and sickness, the unfortunate lady expired on Sunday about midnight. The lady's maid, who was deeply attached to her mistress, was overwhelmed with grief at this sad result of her mistake' (Morning Post, 28 May 1863).
Captain Wood appears on the 1871 census, a retired army officer living at 'Holly Bank' in the village of Rusthall in the parish of Speldhurst in Kent. The household included his eight-year-old son, Richard Francis Marmaduke Wood, a governess and two female servants. According to the census, he was 'Blind from sun stroke.'
Captain Thomas Pattison Wood 'formerly a Captain in Her Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot but late of Rusthall Speldhurst in the County of Kent' died on 25 November 1874 at Rusthall, leaving an estate valued at £8000. He was 41 years old.
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24th March 2014 By N8 Research Partnership
Academics, police professionals and partner organisations have united to identify opportunities for collaboration and innovation in regional policing.
At a special event today at the University of Leeds, participants discussed ways in which partnerships can generate new ideas for research, test methods and techniques for tackling crime and contribute to knowledge exchange.
The N8 already has a strong track record in creating pioneering research collaborations in science and engineering by forging strong links with industry and bringing companies and academics together in key challenge areas. Now, this expertise is helping to shape innovative approaches to policing. Earlier this year the N8 established the N8 Policing Research Partnership (N8PRP) – a new network for evidence-based policing.
With funding from the College of Policing, the N8PRP is creating a new regional hub for policing research, made up of academics working with police officers, Police and Crime Commissioners and partner organisations to build their knowledge of evidence-based research and provide opportunities to start research in their own area of expertise, which can then be shared with their colleagues across the country.
At the event, delegates discussed research priorities in eight key areas:
Serious and organised crime
Critical incident decision making
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Policing partnerships
Prof Adam Crawford, from the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies in the School of Law, University of Leeds, is leading the N8 PRP for the N8. He said:
"Policing, community safety, and crime prevention have all gone through unprecedented change in recent years. Building collaborations, fostering innovation and enhancing knowledge exchange between partners are recurring themes of good practice supported by research evidence. Today's event has been a key milestone for the N8PRP as we look for new ways to address a number of issues relating to policing in the 21st century.
"The feedback from today has shown us that there is a significant opportunity to draw on the collective and individual research strengths of the N8 and the experience of police practitioners and policy makers in order to open up and develop a high quality evidence-base."
Among the speakers at today's event were Professor Dame Shirley Pearce, Chair of the College of Policing and Sir Peter Fahy QPM, Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police.
Professor Dame Shirley Pearce, Chair of the College of Policing, said:
"I am delighted that the College is supporting the N8 Policing Research Partnership. It's a truly collaborative approach bringing together practitioners, academics, Police and Crime Commissioners and others; working to increase the evidence base available in some of the highest priority areas for the police and public today.
"It will take time to effect the change required for policing to get to a position where it is truly an evidence-based profession and it is something the College of Policing is committed to. It is essential we have good evidence to ensure those working in policing are making the most robust decisions, using precious resources in the most effective way possible and better protecting the public. Partnerships like the N8 will be important in this overall success."
Sir Peter Fahy, Chief Constable for Greater Manchester Police, said:
"Given that we will have fewer resources in the future, it is crucial that high-quality research informs the choices we will need to make. We need a clearer view of what works and why, and what is the evidence behind different police strategies.
"It is good to see how this group of universities have come together so that we can share expertise and commission new work for the public good. Policing needs to be more thoughtful and considered in the future, and build its reputation for professional practice."
Also among the N8PRP partners are the Police and Crime Commissioners. Ron Hogg, Police and Crime Commissioner for County Durham and Darlington, said:
"It is vital that we work closely with our academic partners in order to develop effective, evidenced based strategies for tackling crime and community problems. This will ensure the best return for the investments, and efforts, made by the Police and our partners, both statutory and voluntary."
The N8 PRP brings together world-leading research expertise from a range of social sciences such as criminology, business studies, psychology, law and urban geography to address policing issues locally, nationally and internationally. The event today followed a series of thematic workshops which took place throughout February and March and were aimed at identifying gaps in the evidence base relating to how policing is conducted.
Featured image: Professor Dame Shirley Pearce addresses delegates. Image courtesy of Clifford Stott, Security and Justice Research Group, University of Leeds.
Pictured above: Sir Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police gives the keynote address. Image courtesy of Clifford Stott, Security and Justice Research Group, University of Leeds.
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