for special [. Clare lopez – vp for research and analysis at the anti-muslim center for security policy, appointed to ted cruz’s national security coalition on march 17 lopez , a longtime gaffney ally, is a key figure at csp, previously serving as a fellow before becoming vice president of the think tank. Islam vs muslim nearly one quarter of the world's population follows the religion that was revealed to the prophet mohammed and subsequently transcribed into the quran despite its number of faithful followers that have now settled across the globe, many westerners don't have a clear idea of what this religion entails.

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Jarin islam of the wilshire center-koreatown neighborhood council joins other community advocates and leaders for a news conference and solidarity rally with the muslimcommunity of los angeles. Best religion for latinos muslim by george lopez. Jennifer lopez has been associated with roman catholicism, buddhism, and scientology new yorker j-lo was raised as a roman catholic, attending catholic schools until she dropped out.

Ivan lopez is suspected of shooting 19 people and killing 3 at fort hood, texas, on april 2 this marks the second mass shooting to take place at the military base in 2009, 13 people were killed. Yes, said muhammad popote, a muslim who told me his grandparents are from india and pakistan popote then spoke in spanish to the custodian, jorge duenas acosta, who was born in el salvador and. Obama’s ambassador to egypt, anne w patterson, “worked with the egyptian muslim brotherhood hand-in-glove–so did the clinton foundation,” lopez


Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says his series and NASCAR won't be competing for the same motorsport fans in Texas when they hold races 190 miles apart in November.

Ecclestone dismissed on Wednesday any clash between the series, after the top executive at Texas Motor Speedway called F1 "arrogant" for scheduling the United States Grand Prix in Austin on the same weekend that his track hosts NASCAR in Fort Worth.

"I absolutely think it's foolish," said Eddie Gossage, the track president and general manager. "It's a shot fired by Formula One at NASCAR. I can't say I was surprised because Bernie Ecclestone does a lot of foolish things. The thing he unfortunately doesn't recognize is there is an 800-pound gorilla when it comes to major American motorsports. The 800-pound gorillaFrench upper house backs same-sex marriage law

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Senate upper house voted in favor of same-sex marriage on Friday, paving the way for it to enter law after street marches rallied hundreds of thousands of demonstrators both for and against it.

The move is France's most important social reform since the 1981 abolition of the death penalty and was a keynote campaign pledge by President Francois Hollande's ruling Socialists.

But it is opposed by social conservatives in the majority Catholic country, and by many French Muslims and evangelical Christians.

The bill, approved by a show of hands with minor amendments, returns in May to the National Assembly lower house where the Socialists have an absolute majority. After final approval there, it is due to take effect mid-year.

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their dominance. The frenzy of uncontrolled rage was the most obvious characteristic of the "militia", who in many photos and videos of the incident appeared to be bristling with fierce looking weapons, many with the substantial bulges of personal body armor.

In the scenes I witnessed, there were no black helicopters from embattled government forces hovering overhead. No sharpshooting snipers appeared to be zeroing in on their assassination targets. Many of the BLM guys appeared to be intimidated and unprepared to confront the screaming mob, their six-shooters holstered against the threat of facing many wielding semiautomatics and high-power hunting rifles. I heard one member of the Bundy family promise that they had a shotgun, and knew how to use it. It looks like the BLM "thugs" were outnumbered byengaged in the business of factoring the claims of doctors.  Wilson was paid a commission on promissory notes of the Carter Company which he sold.  Louis Rigali heard about the Carter Company from Wilson's brother and made an appointment for himself and his wife to see Wilson, who met with them on June 22, 1983.  Wilson met with Harelson on July 1, 1983 after arranging an appointment in response to her telephone call.

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At each of the meetings Wilson used a brochure produced by the Carter Company to explain its program of factoring doctors' claims.  He stated that an investor would receive a return of 7 percent over 90 days on the amount invested but that the rate of return could vary from 20 percent


annually to 30 to 33 percent annually depending on the company's success.  He stated that in the seven-year history of the company it had never failed to pay an investor.  He said that he himself had invested in the company.  He said that Mr. Carter was a man of substantial means.  At the conclusion of each meeting he helped the plaintiffs complete forms by which they invested in exchange for promissory notes of the Carter Company.

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Harelson invested $34,500 on behalf of her corporation's Defined Benefit Plan;  the Rigalis invested $13,000.  Wilson accepted the checks of the plaintiffs.  On June 27, 1983 he forwarded the Rigalis' checks to the Miller Financial Corporation.  He forwarded Harelson's check on some date after July1, 1983.

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When the Carter Company defaulted the plaintiffs brought this suit on June 25, 1984.

ANALYSIS

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1. Wilson as a Seller.    David O. Wilson and the archetypal American salesman, Willie Loman, are scarcely distinguishable.  On the facts found by the district court, Wilson was a seller within the meaning of Sec. 12(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 77l(1).  Wilson did not personally seek out the customers, but, like a car salesman, waited for them to come to his place of business.  He presented the basic facts necessary to effectuate a sale.  His use of a company brochure was typical of any salesman offering a product.  He was compensated for the work he did in bringing the sales about.

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You would be renting the main 1600 sq ft flat which is on the 2nd floor and has a deck off of the living room.campaign since he first ran for the seat in 2008.

The gun debate has already been an issue in the race this year, with Democratic challenger Jason Crow, an Army veteran and attorney, calling on Coffman to return NRA campaign contributions following the shooting in Parkland.

While Coffman has held the district for nearly a decade, Democrats have set their sights on flipping it this fall considering that it went for Barack Obama in 2012 and for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The latest poll from the left-leaning pollster Public Policy Polling released in February shows Crow, the likely Democratic candidate, leading Coffman by 5 points.

Florida’s 26th District

Located on the southern tip of Florida, the district went for Clinton by more than 16 percent in 2016.

The district’s incumbent, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla.,


has held the seat since 2015 and has won support from the NRA in the past. But his stance on guns has shifted in the wake of recent mass shootings. The Miami Republican has introduced gun legislation after shootings in Orlando and Las Vegas and has supported gun control measures such as universal background checks and assault weapons bans.

In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, which took place not far from the district, Curbelo once again joined Democrats in outlining a list of gun safety priorities calling on stricter gun laws. Curbelo also signed onto legislation introduced by Democratic Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy that would allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study gun violence as a mental health issue.

Though Curbelo has been a Republican activelyRep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., after serving nearly 30 years in the House, is seen as one of the country’s most likely districts to flip this fall and is listed among the Washington Post’s top 10 races to watch this year.

Eight candidates are running in the Democratic primary to replace Ros-Lehtinen. Among them, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, who is likely to be the Democratic nominee.

On the Republican side, party leaders have had trouble recruiting candidates, and some view the district as unwinnable. In 2016, Clinton won the district by nearly 20 points, and Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican moderate, faced one of her closest races in years.

Raquel Regaldo, a former Miami-Dade school board member and candidate for Miami-Dade mayor who dropped out of the GOP primary


50 dead and hundreds more injured.

Nevada’s 4th has flipped each election year since its creation in 2013, first won by Democrats in 2012, then by Republicans in 2014, and again by Democrats in 2016. This year, the seat is open as incumbent Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen announced his decision not to seek re-election following sexual misconduct allegations against him.

Third district incumbent Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is running for the Senate, leaving the district open as well. The 3rd district has drawn national attention, including an endorsement from former Vice President Joe Biden for education advocate Susie Lee and President Trump’s endorsement for businessman Danny Tarkanian.

Both districts face crowded primaries, and given recent shootings in the state followed by the Parkland shooting this spring, gun control is likely toWard who lost in a primary campaign against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in 2016.

Ward, who hoped to emerge as the clear front-runner in the race after Flake’s announcement not to run again, now faces a challenge against notorious former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who the president has often spoke favorably of and granted a pardon to last fall.

Ward and Arpaio will also face off against the establishment favorite in the race, McSally. McSally, elected to represent Arizona’s 2nd District in 2014, has tried to distance herself from the establishment label by denouncing political correctness and campaigning as a hard-liner on immigration. The establishment, however, still loves her.

The expected Democratic nominee, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is the first openly bisexual person elected to Congress and would be the second


Potluck is an underground hip hop music group made of American rappers, Underrated and 1 Ton.

They are currently signed with Suburban Noize Records. Potluck has released 6 studio albums, Humboldt County High, Tha Lost Koast Kollective, Harvest Time, Straight Outta Humboldt, Pipe Dreams, and most recently Rhymes & Resin.

Pipe Dreams, released February 10, 2009, appeared on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart at #30 in 2009.

Throughout their career, Potluck has toured with artists such as King Gordy, Twiztid, E-40, Tech N9ne, Lloyd Banks of G-Unit, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, He’d PE, Boondox, Prozak, and the Kottonmouth Kings.

This year November, December 2014 Potluck just announced The HotboxHolidaze Tour with Johnny Richter, Liquid Assassin, Black Pegasus, and P. WinGiovanni Ganelli

Giovanni Ganelli, an Italian national, is the Deputy Head of Office in the IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) in Tokyo. Giovanni has worked for the Fund since 2003. Before joining OAP, he also worked in the IMF Institute and in the European and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the Fund Headquarters in Washington DC.
He is currently a member of the IMF Japan Article IV team and, during his IMF career, Giovanni has participated in program, surveillance, and capacity building missions to various countries, including Albania, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Mauritius, Moldova, Singapore and Slovenia.
Giovanni has a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". His research has


been published in various academic journals (including the Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control) and focuses on the effects of fiscal policy in New Keynesian models and, more recently, on structural reforms in Japan.

Education:

1995: Laurea in Economics and Statistics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy).

Referee Activities:

Applied Financial Economics; Bulletin of Economic Research; Comparative Economic Studies; Czech Journal of Economics and Finance; Decisions in Economics and Finance; Economics Bulletin; Economic Modelling; Economic and Social Review; European Economic Review; European Journal of Finance; IMF Staff Papers; International Economics and Economic Policy; International Journal of Finance and Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking;Macroeconomic Dynamics; Oxford Economic Papers; Scottish Journal of Political Economy; The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics; The Economic Journal; The Manchester School.

Other Professional Positions:

September 2015-present: Deputy Head of Office, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

August 2012-present: Senior Economist, IMF Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), Tokyo.

November 2011-July 2012: Senior Economist, IMF Institute

Oct 2007-October 2011: Economist, IMF Institute.

November 2009-Nov 2010: Consultant, World Bank Cambodia Country Office and Visiting Lecturer, Royal University of Phnom Penh (while on leave from the Fund).

October 2003-September 2007: Economist, European and Fiscal Affairs Departments, International Monetary Fund.

2002-2003: Research Fellow, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

Other Published Materials

“Fiscal Policy and Public Investment in the New EU Member States” (joint with Ana Corbacho, Qiang Cui, Paolo Manasse, and Gerd


Schwartz), in European Investment Bank Papers, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 114-149.

“Mundell-Fleming Model” and “Marginal Propensity to Import” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. 9 vols. Edited by Darity, William A., Jr. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.

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Giovanni Ganelli, an Italian national, is the Deputy Head of Office in the IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) in Tokyo. Giovanni has worked for the Fund since 2003. Before joining OAP, he also worked in the IMF Institute and in the European and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the Fund Headquarters in Washington DC.
He is currently a member of the IMF Japan Article IV team and, during his IMF career, Giovanni has participated in program, surveillance, and capacity building missions to various countries, includingAlbania, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Mauritius, Moldova, Singapore and Slovenia.
Giovanni has a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". His research has been published in various academic journals (including the Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control) and focuses on the effects of fiscal policy in New Keynesian models and, more recently, on structural reforms in Japan.

Education:

1995: Laurea in Economics and Statistics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy).

Referee Activities:

Applied Financial Economics; Bulletin of Economic Research; Comparative Economic Studies; Czech Journal of Economics and Finance; Decisions in Economics and Finance; Economics Bulletin; Economic Modelling; Economic and Social Review; European Economic Review; European Journal of


Finance; IMF Staff Papers; International Economics and Economic Policy; International Journal of Finance and Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Macroeconomic Dynamics; Oxford Economic Papers; Scottish Journal of Political Economy; The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics; The Economic Journal; The Manchester School.

Other Professional Positions:

September 2015-present: Deputy Head of Office, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

August 2012-present: Senior Economist, IMF Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), Tokyo.

November 2011-July 2012: Senior Economist, IMF Institute

Oct 2007-October 2011: Economist, IMF Institute.

November 2009-Nov 2010: Consultant, World Bank Cambodia Country Office and Visiting Lecturer, Royal University of Phnom Penh (while on leave from the Fund).

October 2003-September 2007: Economist, European and Fiscal AffairsChelsea hope to resolve their coaching position by the end of this week.

Maurizio Sarri and Gianfranco Zola are expected to form the new-look management team once Chelsea reach agreement to terminate Antonio Conte's contract and agree over £9.5million compensation with the 48-year-old and his staff.

Zola, a Stamford Bridge favourite, is cutting short his work as a pundit for South African TV to fly back to London on Wednesday. Sarri is still tied to Napoli who want around £3.5m in compensation.

Chelsea are hoping to resolve their coaching position by appointing Maurizio Sarri this week

Gianfranco Zola is expected to be named No 2 to form Chelsea's new-look management team

However, lawyers are understood to have been trying to argue a constructive dismissal case following Carlo Ancelotti's appointment as Napoli boss.

Chelsea had


Former foreign minister Julie Bishop will be the next chair of the Telethon Kids Institute.

Ms Bishop toured the Perth-based children's research hub this week and said she was feeling "very happy, very relaxed and very excited" about her life beyond politics, the West Australian reported on Friday.

The role is the first the former deputy Liberal leader has taken up since retiring as the MP for Curtin last month.under the Constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or immunity specially set up or claimed by either party under such Constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority.' Rev. Stat. § 709.

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By its answer and its motion for a nonsuit at the close of the plaintiff's evidence, the defendant did distinctly claim that the statute of New York in question was inconsistent with the power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states. But the court of appeals held that the statute was intended to apply and applied only to domestic transportation. We accept this view as to the scope and operation of the statute, and assume that it


Story highlights Palestinian news agency reports 12 people have been arrested

Netanyahu says Palestinian Authority has a "responsibility" to get them

Israeli security have orders to find teens, make sure they aren't moved

Missing teenagers were purportedly taken in settlements in the West Bank

Israel's prime minister on Saturday gave security forces the OK to use "all measures" at their disposal to find and free three teenagers believed kidnapped in an area of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

The teens have been missing since late Thursday or Friday, having last been seen around Gush Etzion, according to Israel Defense Forces.

"(They were) kidnapped by a terror organization, there is no doubt about that," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised address Saturday.

While it wasn't clear which group is behind the allegedabductions, Netanyahu stated explicitly that "it is the responsibility" of the Palestinian Authority to do something about the teens.

To that point, Netanyahu said he's asked the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas "to do everything to help bring them back in peace."

Netanyahu said he's given security force leaders orders to locate the teenagers and prevent them from being moved to Gaza or any other place.

Already, dozens of Palestinians have been arrested in the southern part of the West Bank in connection with the search, and Israeli forces have been reinforced by a paratroop brigade, an Israeli military source said earlier Saturday. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported at least 12 people had been arrested in West Bank.

The IDF is looking at all scenarios as it seeks to identify


who is behind the believed kidnapping, and it has not ruled out the possibility that the perpetrators will try to reach Gaza, the source said.

There is ongoing security coordination with the Palestinian security services, who understand that this "is not just some terror attack. It has substantial meaning to us," the source said.

A burned-out car is being examined for any possible connection to the teens' disappearance.

The deployment of military assets to search for the teens, and the swift presumption of kidnapping, are a reflection of the tensions that exist between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank.

The expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank has been a lasting point of contention in the region.

It has altered the map of the Palestinian territories, making it more difficultsaid justice had not been done. He vowed to file a review petition to the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

The last recourse of the convicts, all of whom are now in their twenties, would be to seek clemency from President Pranab Mukherjee.

The sixth defendant, a minor accused of pulling out part of the woman’s intestines with his own hand, was sent to a reform home for three years and has since been released.

CAPITAL CONTROVERSY

Despite the toughening of the laws, debate continues over whether they serve as a sufficient deterrent.

On average, 50 crimes against women are registered every day by police in Delhi, including at least four cases of rape, according to a senior official in the federal home ministry.

Opponents of capital punishment argue that public and media


pressure swayed the judges in the Delhi gang rape case to impose the death penalty, adding to the hundreds of already waiting on death row in India.

“There are many cases of rape and murder where death sentences were not ordered. It can’t be subjective,” said Seema Misra, a lawyer who has worked extensively on cases involving women.

More than 400 people are known to have been sentenced to death in India, according to a tally by Amnesty International, with 136 being condemned in 2016.

The last rapist to be executed in India was Dhananjoy Chatterjee, on Aug. 14, 2004. He was hanged at Alipore Central Jail in West Bengal, on his 42nd birthday, for raping and murdering a teenage girl.Miami (311-301-318-930) finished in fourth place.

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The facility is the national referral center for oncology, organ transplantation, cardiovascular diseases, neurosciences and genetic diseases. It also specializes in medical, surgical, pediatrics, peri-operative, obstetrics/gynecology, research, education and outpatient and Health Outreach Services.

KFSH&RC\'s internship, residency and fellowship programs are organized in collaboration with Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.

The objective of the residency program in Pediatrics is to provide outstanding education in pediatric medicine while delivering the highest caliber of patient care. The program provides the residents with strong foundation in general pediatrics and allows excellent exposure to all subspecialty care at King Faisal Specialist Hospitalpolicy choice of "extend and pretend" continues which is bullish for gold in the coming months.

Mr Carney, the governor of the Canadian central bank, will serve for five years and will hold new regulatory powers over banks.

Carney would be considered something of a monetary dove. The Goldman Sach's alumni's appointment means that ultra loose monetary policies will likely continue at the Bank of England leading to weakness in sterling - especially versus gold.

The White House and Republicans are still in a stalemate over the fiscal cliff. The White House press secretary said that President Obama is still waiting for a realistic proposal to look at.

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The force majeure will remain in effect until further notice from the exchange, the CME said. The delivery period for CME's December-delivery precious metals futures begins on Friday.happened before he fell. This includes choosing the location f where the Devil will live and how much power he is garneted.
Ephesians 1:3-6 is a typical verse declaring this truth, which has always been the position of great theologians:

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he c predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Notice everything was known 'before


Interview with Percy Elkins

On February 2, 1937, my folks moved to Jenkins. Approximately eight months thereafter, they moved to Cove Avenue where they have continued to live since the late 1930's.

I attended Jenkins Elementary and Jenkins High School, the University of Louisville two years, Eastern Kentucky University one year, part time, and Clinch Valley College approximately a year and a half to complete work for a degree in Business and Public Administration.

After graduating from high school in 1955, I was married to Linda Potter and we moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where I worked for General Electric Company for approximately 6 months. Then I went to work for the United States Auto Map surveyors, drafting topographical maps. I worked there for approximately two years until the spring of 1957,at which time we returned to Jenkins and I was employed by Beth-Elkhorn. They had just purchased the property from the Consolidation Coal Company. I worked at the central supply
G‑24approximately eleven years until the summer of 1968. During this time I continued seeking a degree and took courses at Eastern, Clinch Valley and Pikeville College.

My wife, Linda, attended Clinch Valley College two years and then attended Eastern State University and she received a degree in elementary education. We both attended Saturday classes for approximately a year and a half at Eastern.

In 1969, I decided to leave Beth-Elkhorn to finish my college work for a degree, so I returned full time to Clinch Valley, and in a year and a half of work completed my work for a degree


in business administration. At this time, I was mayor of Jenkins and also acted as administrative assistant to County Judge Robert B. Collins, for approximately six months until I became employed by the Kentucky River Area Development District in September of 1970.

My work with the KRADD was being in charge of special impact funds granted to the district by the Office of Economic Opportunity through the Farmers Home Administration and accomplishing 14 projects in the eight counties I worked with. In April of 1971, I purchased the Western Shopping Center along with John Larkin Smith of Hazard and managed the Western Shopping Center for two years thereafter.

I returned to the KRADD District in the spring of 1972 in the position of Associate Director and am continuing to workA qualitative study using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected by means of interviews that were tape-recorded.

SETTING: The women's homes or at a hospital in western Sweden.

PARTICIPANTS: 10 women with body mass index greater than 30, three primiparous and seven multiparous, who had given birth at a hospital in western Sweden in the period between October 2006 and September 2007 were interviewed four to six weeks after childbirth.

FINDINGS: The meaning of being both obese and pregnant is living with a constant awareness of the body, and its constant exposure to the close observation and scrutiny of others. It involves negative emotions and experiences of discomfort. Feelings of discomfort increase as a result of humiliating treatment, whilst affirmative encounters alleviate discomfort and provide a sense of well-being.

CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS


Charles Bruene, Deceased, asked that McGuire Auction Co., James McGuire, Holstein State Bank and Arnold Putensen produce and permit them to inspect and to copy all bank statements, deposit slips and cancelled checks of McGuire Auction Co. and of James McGuire, during a certain 18 month period. When that matter came on for hearing before the Honorable Richard Cooper on the 30th day of March, A.D.1981, the Honorable Richard Cooper accused Morris Hurd of grandstanding and threatened to find Morris C. Hurd in contempt if he pursued such discovery and told Morris Hurd that he would put him in jail. Faced with threats of contempt proceedings and jail, Morris C. Hurd suspended his discovery efforts for several months, but in August, 1981, he did seek and obtained athe matter. If they are correct, I wish the court would grant the motion for change of judge and continue the case for a period."
Judge Cooper responded that the motion for change of judge came as a complete surprise to him and that respondent's accusations in the motion were untrue. The judge stated he harbored no prejudice against Steuk whom he had not met until trial of Steuk's appeal of a magistrate conviction of assault in the afternoon of March 24, 1982. That case was still under submission. The judge refused to hold an evidentiary hearing on respondent's charges, stating that the motion revealed a state of mind in respondent that disqualified respondent from trying cases before Judge Cooper and that the merits of respondent's charges could be


investigated and heard by the grievance commission. The Steuk case was continued.
The judge subsequently filed a complaint about respondent's conduct with the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association, and the present disciplinary proceeding ensued. After investigating the complaint, the committee elected to prosecute it before the grievance commission in accordance with Court Rule 118.2. Extensive discovery was conducted by the committee and by respondent. The complaint was then tried in a bifurcated proceeding. The issue of respondent's alleged misconduct was tried first. Later, when the commission determined that respondent was guilty of misconduct, a separate hearing was held on the issue of discipline. The present appeal followed the commission's report and recommendation that respondent's license be suspended for at least six monthsbecause of unethical conduct.
I. Limitations on discovery. Through interrogatories and motions for production of documents, respondent obtained all information requested from the committee *100 except a copy of the report of its investigator and the work product of staff counsel. By order of the grievance commission, respondent was allowed to inspect and copy all other documents in the committee file. In addition the committee provided him with copies of all documents it intended to use in the hearing and names of all persons the committee believed had knowledge of respondent's alleged misconduct. In contending the commission erred in denying him access to the investigator's report and counsel's work product, respondent relies on constitutional grounds and the rules governing discovery in civil cases.
Respondent's constitutional attack is based on an


one of his clients to believe that the hearing concerned the merits of their objections to the final report. At the outset he pretended not to know who attorneys Boerner and McCullough represented, despite having copies of their written resistances to the request for production. Then respondent commenced an argument in which he attempted to address the merits of the objections to the final report rather than the merits of his discovery request. Judge Cooper repeatedly admonished him to limit his argument to the issue before the court.
Attorneys Boerner and McCullough argued their resistances, asserting that the objectors could not use Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 129(a) as a means for obtaining documents from nonparties. Respondent then commenced a rebuttal argument in which he again attempted to addressthe merits of the objections to the final report. Judge Cooper called respondent and other *102 counsel to the bench. He accused respondent of "grandstanding" in an effort to impress his clients, admonished him for ignoring the court's directions to argue only the discovery issue, told him he was on thin ice with respect to contempt, and announced that the remainder of the hearing would be reported.
A transcript of the remainder of the hearing includes the following:
THE COURT: Let the record show in Probate No. 5773 that the Court has been hearing arguments in support of and in opposition to certain parties' application to produce books and records; that Mr. Hurd, representing those parties, has now commenced a rebuttal argument and, after a caution by the Court not


our findings, and one of them is impeached by the partial transcript. We do not find their testimony to be credible.
Sometime after the hearing, before Judge Cooper ruled on the request for production, respondent notified him the matter *103 had been worked out, and no ruling was necessary.
In the months subsequent to the hearing, respondent tried two cases before Judge Cooper without incident. He did not challenge the judge's impartiality, and he was not dissatisfied with the outcome of the cases.
In February 1982, however, respondent raised Judge Cooper's name in asking help from Ida county attorney Robert Belson in the disposition of three assault charges against Jerald C. Steuk. One of the cases was an appeal from a magistrate conviction of simple assault, and the other cases wereMarch 25, 1982, was fixed.
Additional discussions between Belson and respondent occurred in the magistrate courtroom at the courthouse on March 24, 1982, when the parties appeared for trial of the magistrate appeal. Judge Cooper entered the courtroom during the discussions to inquire about the status of the discussions. At that time he asked respondent if his client was aware that a judge would be hard pressed to avoid sentencing a person to some type of incarceration upon conviction of crimes like those facing him. Belson and respondent discussed the possibility with Judge Cooper of defendant pleading guilty in the cases but receiving probation. The judge said he would honor a plea bargain of that nature. Belson said he wanted Rita Steuk's approval before agreeing to the bargain. When


he presented the issue to her she stated her opposition to any plea bargain that would preclude incarceration. Because no agreement could be reached, the parties proceeded to trial of the magistrate appeal. Judge Cooper took the case under submission and planned to start trial of the first Steuk jury case on the morning of March 30, 1982.
On March 26, 1982, respondent filed motions for discovery and for continuance in the case set for trial on March 30. In his discovery motion he asked for copies of any statements or documentary evidence in the State's possession, for a copy of Steuk's criminal record, and for the right to inspect any physical evidence held by the State. In his motion for continuance he alleged he had not had sufficienthim in jail" is also false. This statement is an obvious conversion of the judge's admonition that he confine his argument to the legal issue in the discovery hearing into a threat to jail the attorney for doing exactly that. We find no basis in the record, even under respondent's evidence, to support a good faith belief on his part that Judge Cooper threatened him for pursuing discovery. Respondent's additional statement that such threats caused him to suspend discovery for several months is also obviously false. Furthermore, respondent's self-righteous recital of what his discovery disclosed is no justification for his pretending that he was admonished for pursuing discovery when he knew he was admonished only for arguing issues not related to his discovery request.
This pattern of falsification and


as consequential as they are made out to be in the majority opinion. The grievance commission found as follows on this subject:
At a hearing involving said estate that took place on March 30, 1981, Judge Richard Cooper brought to respondent's attention the contempt powers of the court. The illusion or illusions by the court to its contempt power, in whatever terms expressed, were not stated until after Judge Cooper had admonished respondent on three occasions to keep to the issues of the hearing. All lawyers are aware that contempt powers include the power to incarcerate. Consequently, whether a reference to incarceration was stated by Judge Cooper or not, it is implicit. It is therefore immaterial whether stated in haec verba by the court.
I agree with the commission's findingObstretic medicine: interdisciplinary care for pregnancy and for women wishing to conceive.
The concept of 'obstetrical medicine' was established in the late 19th century, but overshadowed during most of the 20th century by dramatic improvements in surgical, anesthetic, antimicrobial therapeutics, and obstetrical methods and practice. During the last quarter of the 20th century the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality increasingly became pre-existing hereditable and acquired medical disorders and treatable or preventable medical complications of pregnancy. The role of obstetric medicine re-emerged because of surgical, therapeutic, and medical success. New professional associations have been formed to support, through education and research, the growth in numbers of clinicians from many specialties concerned with the medical care of the pregnant patient.


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SHELBURNE -- A fire early Sunday morning consumed the historic Old Dairy Barn on the Shelburne Farms property at 989 South Gate Road in Shelburne.

Shelburne Fire Chief Jerry Ouimet said the cause of the fire is most likely lightning from the early morning storms.

The barn was used to store lumber, and there were no animals or people in it at the time of the fire, according to Megan Camp, vice president and program director of Shelburne Farms.

Ouimet said there were no reported injuries. The building had been leveled by the time the blaze was extinguished.

"Losing one of these buildings is like losing a family member," Camp said. "You don't replace a building like this."

According to a post on the Shelburne CommunicationsCenter Facebook page, a motorist passing on Shelburne Road reported at about 7:07 a.m seeing the fire west of the Shelburne Museum, whose property abuts the farm.

Ouimet said his department shortly afterward began to respond to reports about a fire that could be seen from U.S. 7.

A large number of departments responded to the call, including Shelburne Fire and Rescue and fire departments from Essex, Hinesburg, Ferrisburgh, Monkton, Williston, Burlington and South Burlington. The Vermont Air National Guard and the American Red Cross also responded to the scene, the Shelburne dispatch center said on its Facebook page.

Fire departments transported water to the property where they put the water in pools near the fire-engulfed barn because the property has few hydrants, Ouimet said.

Green Mountain Power and Champlain Water District


were also notified of the blaze, the dispatch center stated.

Camp described the structure as being part of the original Shelburne Farms complex designed by R.H. Robertson. She said they had been making plans to renovate the barn for educational programs using the latest green technology. The organization's website dates the building to 1891.

"In 1994, Shelburne Farms acquired the Old Dairy Barn, Breeding Barn, and 400 surrounding acres from the Shelburne Museum," the website states. "The Barn has been structurally stabilized with a new roof, foundation, and beams. The long-range plan is to convert the building into a residential learning center, where students, educators and families can convene for in-depth programs."

Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit educational organization on the estate formerly owned by the Webb family. The farms campusconsists of a 1,400-acre working farm, forest and National Historic Landmark, that includes historic buildings such as the Shelburne Inn.

"It makes you appreciate all the more what is here," Alec Webb, president of Shelburne Farms, said. He also described the barn as irreplaceable.

"It changes the landscape, the historic fabric of the property. The place won't be the same," Webb said.

Marshall Webb, woodlands manager at the farm, said the barn contained 71 piles of lumber. He said he had been storing wood there since 1997.

"Yesterday we had eight UVM students here to choose lumber to make long boards. It was the last sale of lumber," Marshall Webb said. "More than just a building went up in smoke. A lot of dreams for the future went with it."

Marshall Webb said


that the stored wood was used for the farm, but also by Shelburne Craft School's programs. He was still tallying the effects of the loss this morning.

In a note on Shelburne Farms' Facebook page, Alec Webb stated that all activities and programs at the Farm and Inn will carry on as normal. Monday's historic barns tour at the farm has been cancelled.

"We are very fortunate and grateful that no animals or people were harmed in the fire," he wrote. "It will take a while to assess the full impacts of the loss of this amazing building, which was located opposite the Breeding Barn on the Southern Acres portion of the property. In the meantime, we are extremely grateful to all the firefighters and emergency responders who helped outspeech earnings last year, $4.8 million, came from 18 speeches delivered in 13 other countries, ranging in distance from Canada and Mexico to India, the Philippines, and South Africa. The remainder was earned in 34 speeches delivered in eight states and the District of Columbia.

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Penny was on her usual run to the bank, I’d made sure of that. Two of them turned up in a brand new chocolate brown Citroen, one of those funny looking ones that remind you of a French farm vehicle from the Second World War, as if they’re built from an old shed. It was just after nine and it looked like they meant business by the way they strode towards the entrance, neat brown leather folders under their arms, smiling comfortably with each other, like two halves of the same grapefruit.

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A restaurateur has been spared jail but was fined €10,000 for obstructing an inspection of his employment records.

Dublin District Court heard that an inspector from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) feared he was going to be punched or would get a headbutt.

Tropica M & J Limited, trading as the Tropica restaurant, with an address at 3C Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin faced charges of obstructing WRC inspectors and failing to comply with their requirements.

Its director Mr Xiao Jin Xu, with an address at Southpoint, Main Street, Bray, Co Wicklow, was accused of related charges of conniving to obstruct the inspection but had no prior conviction and was spared a possible 12-month sentence.

Mr Xu and the company were each fined €10,000 and ordered to pay a total


of €600 in legal costs.

He was not present for the hearing at Dublin District Court, however, Judge John Brennan held the director and his company were aware of the proceedings, and he allowed the case proceed in their absence.

WRC inspector Sergei Bakirov told the court he was carrying out unnanounced compliance checks in relation to workers who may have been non-EU nationals with no employment permits.

He said he also intended to inspect other documents in relation to rates of pay, annual leave and holiday payments.

On June 15 last year, he called to the Tropica restaurant at 3C Castle Street, Dalkey, and introduced himself to Xu and told him he wanted to interview his employees.

Revenue officials and gardaí were also present for the inspection at the Asian food restaurant.The revenue officials were permitted entry but the WRC officials were not allowed go into the kitchen to interview staff, the court heard.

He told Judge Brennan he wanted to go into the kitchen but was not allowed and Xu blocked their way. Mr Bakirov said Xu started pushing him and put his hands on him.

A garda explained to him that the inspector was doing his job but Xu said he did not he not care, Mr Bakirov told the court.

He said he was pushed to the exit. The WRC inspector said he cautioned Xu that for compliance with employment legislation he needed to see the restaurant’s records and interview the staff.

He alleged Xu was verbally aggressive to him and his WRC colleague Leonard Carrigan.

He alleged that despite gardaí


being present he was pushed several times and was let speak to Xu’s employees.

He said he cautioned him formally but Xu responded, “I don’t care”.

Mr Bakirov said he felt unsafe because Xu was aggressive. He claimed the accused was yelling at him and he was afraid the restaurateur was going to throw a punch at him or headbutt him.

After 30 minutes a female came out to him and produced some paperwork of staff allegedly on the premises but he was not allowed talk to them.

WRC inspector Leonard Carrigan had been outside at a side door in the event any employees tried to leave. He told the hearing that after a while he decided to enter the restaurant and he witnessed Xu shouting at his colleague to “get out”.

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It's nearly impossible to talk about Samurai Champloo without discussing director Shinichiro Watanabe 's more famous project, Cowboy Bebop . Both series are episodic action-adventure tales that seek to blend stylized Western influences into the Japanese art of anime, and both rely on eclectic soundtracks and slick-action to do so. In the English dub , Mugen is even voiced by Steve Blum, who is most recognized for his work in Cowboy Bebop as the hero, Spike. In the same way that Bebop was happy to mash-up genres and tones to amplify its style, Samurai Champloo eschews historical realism in favor of a presentation more concerned with being cool than accurate. It would be unfair to expect any anime to live up to the legendary status of Cowboy Bebopand inconsistent animation haven't aged very well over the years, but Watanabe's direction feels as modern as ever, and that makes even the series' lesser episodes breeze by without ever killing the mood. The sword fights are almost universally excellent too, overcoming the animation's limits by being inarguably cool in their choreography. The soundtrack is also killer, even when the show tries a little too hard for radical-ness by adding record-scratches and overdubs into scene transitions.

The central cast of heroes also work well, especially Mugen and Jin. The pair's status as rivals-turned-reluctant-partners leads to a lot of fun interplay between them, and the constant conflict keeps the energy up through each episodic story. Given that most of the episodes are standalone in Samurai Champloo , they can vary


and wring emotional climaxes out of its heroes' respective journeys, but they largely didn't land for me.

Funimation 's “Classics” Blu-Ray box set is a reasonably priced collection that preserves the same Geneon Dub from back in 2005, and it's just as fun as its always been. Shows like Bebop and Champloo are the kinds of anime I actually prefer to watch in English, so its good that the performances have held up so well. Steve Blum is doing his usual gruff guy shtick with gusto as Mugen, and Kirk Thornton plays Jin capably as the stoic yet deadly foil to Mugen's impulsive irrationality. Kari Wahlgren does great work as Fuu, especially since the character is so often played as a nag and a straight-woman to the gang's anticsTwo House Democrats on Monday asked a federal watchdog to investigate whether Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump and one of his senior advisers, violated the Hatch Act, a law which prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activities in their official duties.

Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia and Ted Lieu of California asked the independent Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a federal watchdog agency not to be confused with the now-defunct office of special counsel, to launch an investigation to determine if Kushner violated the statute in the wake of news reports that claimed he has been engaging in campaign fundraising activities from the White House.

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The lawmakers cited a report published in the New York Times that claimed Kushner recently organized a meeting at the White


House with Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and "a group of big donors" to discuss the fundraising strategy for 2020. They also pointed to a Yahoo News report that alleged Kushner is "the campaign's key liaison in the West Wing" and has "multiple daily conversations" with Parscale.

"The stated purpose of the Hatch Act is to prevent federal civil servants from using their official authority to help elect candidates to office, and we have strong reason to believe that Jared Kushner is in violation of both the spirit and the letter of that act," Beyer and Lieu wrote in a letter to Henry Kerner, the head of the OSC.

The request that the agency investigate Kushner comes less than aweek after the OSC recommended that Trump fire White House adviser Kellyanne Conway for repeatedly violating the Hatch Act.

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The OSC issued a scathing report to Trump last week accusing Conway of breaking the law on multiple occasions "by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media."

"As a highly visible member of the administration, Ms. Conway's violations, if left unpunished, would send a message to all federal employees that they need not abide by the Hatch Act's restrictions," Kerner wrote last week. "Her actions thus erode the principal foundation of our democratic system — the rule of law."

Trump rejected the OSC's recommendation and said he will not fire Conway.

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The president's comments followed a White House statement slamming the watchdog and accusing the agency of attempting to "weaponize" the Hatch Act and violate Conway's "constitutional rights." (The Supreme Court has long held the constitutionality of the Hatch Act, which was enacted in 1939.)

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Beyer and Lieu argued in their letter to Kerner that Conway's alleged violations suggest that Kushner's actions "merit enhanced scrutiny."

"The larger context of Trump administration officials failing to comply, being previously reprimanded by OSC, and in some cases, openly flouting Hatch Act requirements also argues against giving senior Administration officials benefit of the doubt when considering potential violations," they wrote.Some media incorrectly declare Giffords dead – An interesting rundown of the American media’s initial reporting of the shooting in Tucson where the fact that Rep. Giffords was shot in the head appeared to convince some that she had died as a result.

Pakistan’s struggle with extremism – The Guardian’s Declan Walsh has a fascinating insight into the story behind the death of the governor Salmaan Taseer this week. His assassination was in response to his calls for a woman sentenced to death for blasphemy to be released, a campaign he learnt about via Twitter.

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RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Raleigh City Council approved a $2 million sale Tuesday of the old Stone's Warehouse that's sat vacant on E. Davie Street for years to Transfer Company LLC.Owner Jason Queen lives in the Old East Raleigh neighborhood and has walked by the old, run-down building for more than a decade."You see development all over town, and it's high time southeast Raleigh had their share," said Queen.Queen and his team at Transfer Company got together with neighbors to develop their own vision for the former bus depot - turning the historic, city-owned building into a production hub for local food entrepreneurs.Plans call for a new 13,000 sq. ft. building, including a neighborhood grocery store and cafe, a marketplace, and a community hall accessible to downtown.Chris Mceachinproject also calls for a row of 15 townhomes facing the greenway on the south side of the building.The city plans to use some of the money from the property sale to help other local developers build affordable housing in the area."Our goal is to make sure it's sustainable in the long-term," said Queen.Rex Senior Health Center, currently next to Stone's Warehouse, will eventually move to the new Wake Health Services building on Rock Quarry Rd.Queen hopes to break ground on the project as early as next spring.It should be open to the public by 2017.


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Although our club is small in comparison to groups in other regions of the county and state, our twenty members are active in church, school, historic preservation, town council, Lions Club, 4-H, the local Garden Club, quilting guilds, and other social


the Montgomery Country Club.

Back in the 1960s, a couple named Warren and Anna Marie Tydings moved from Chevy Chase to Laytonsville. Warren Tydings had retired from working for the Hecht Company for many years, and he was ready for a new opportunity. The Tydings built the Montgomery Country Club, where we celebrated our 50th anniversary. Anne Marie Tydings had been a member of the Chevy Chase Women’s Club – she must have missed the camaraderie and the sense of purpose -- and she set about organizing a new chapter here in her new community.

At the time we were first organized, back in April of 1968, we were known as the Rolling Acres Woman’s Club. Two of the original charter members of that Rolling Acres Club – Elsie Dewallsing at church events. When Jennifer goes into her “Beyonce” mode, she rocks the house.

March 2018

We met at the home of Jane Evans. Anne Wolf was her co-hostess. Our first order of business was a moment of silence in memory of one of our beloved members, Laura Turner.

Laura Lee Legg Turner (1932-2018)

Laura was born in Silver Spring, MD, on September 1, 1932, to Bessie and Herbert B. Legg. She received her undergraduate degree from Marshall University and her Master's degree from the University of Virginia. Laura and Russell "Russ" H. Turner were married for 52 years. She taught in the Baltimore County Public School System as well as Frederick and Montgomery Counties. Most importantly to our small town, Laura was the principal of Laytonsville Elementary School.

Laura brought energy,


creativity, and determination to whatever she did. As principal, she changed the Laytonsville community forever when she fell in love with this small town and its people. Laura was the principal of Laytonsville Elementary School from 1977 to 1997. In any small town, the school principal will be an important figure, but Laura has a special place in our history.

When she arrived in 1977, she found file drawers and closets full of old school photos, records, and PTA files. She could have opted to declutter all this and gain space, but Laura had a special love for history, whether on a grand scale or in the little details of life in a small town. The school had a small conference room, and Laura envisioned it as a placefor the children to learn more about where they live. She designated it as an Archives Room, and provided a place for local history within the school.

She encouraged the children to explore and to appreciate their town. With her support, the art teacher could take 4th graders to walk through the town, to draw and to paint the old houses. Fourth grade teachers could invite senior citizens and other longtime members of the community to visit her class to talk about early days and their lives.

Women like Laura don’t really “retire” from working -- they just open up their schedules to explore more and different opportunities. After her retirement, Laura became a substitute principal within the school system and helped with the supervision of teachers. She was also


a volunteer at Asbury Methodist Village for several years. A member of Phi Delta Kappa, DarneBloomers Garden Club, Laytonsville Woman's Club, and the Montgomery County Historical Society, Laura was also instrumental in the founding of the Laytonsville Historical Center.

A friend to all, Laura was an active member of our Laytonsville Woman’s Club for many years. Her beautiful smile and loving spirit will be missed.

Our club’s March meeting was all business. We reviewed our by-laws, made plans for the 2018 Laytonsville Parade to be held in May, and discussed our upcoming 50th anniversary event in April. We will have a luncheon with our members and invited guests from Town Hall and the community on April 10. Then, instead of our regularly scheduled meeting, which would have been April 9,TOWN PICNIC EVER!

Our club treasurer, Sheree Wenger, wears many other hats in town government as she guides the Historic District Commission and participates in town management and organization. No wonder she was awarded Laytonsville’s Citizen of the Year Award.

Our 2017 coverlet has arrived. Here is club president Gerda Sherwood giving the big reveal to the town and presenting a coverlet to Mayor Ruspi.

Want to tour the Laytonsville Historical Center during the picnic? Member Anne Wolf, 2017 president of the Center, will give you a tour.

This year we are selling the new coverlet, nuts, and town souvenirs. Here Sheree Wenger, Jane Evans, Anna Mae Pointer, and Peggy Burton Ols plan a sales strategy.

Every year the Woman’s Club runs the Dottie Tessier Memorial Cake Walk in memory of our sadly


break from the kitchen. Left to right, Dawn DeBarros, Barbara Olsen, Pamela Longmire, Jennifer Rutherford, and Iver Olsen.

June picnic at Town Hall. Nancy Willett updates the club about progress on the design of our third coverlet. This one celebrates the 125th anniversary of Laytonsville’s incorporation.
Behind her is Martha Oberle.
Left to right after Nancy are Pat McAuliffe, Michelle LoConte, Barbara Olsen, Anna Mae Pointer, Anna Mae’s guest, and Robin Johnson.

May 2017

May Day in Laytonsville brought us a beautiful day at Jennifer Rutherford’s house with the fragrance of blooming lilacs wafting across her garden. Robin Johnson and Nancy Willett were her co-hostesses.

Our members exchanged warm memories of Mable Sawhill, who died last month at the age of 103 ½ years. A member of the Bethesda Woman’s Club, Mable impressed allas her co-hostess, for a much-awaited event. Having met several times at the home of Jennifer Rutherford, we have already seen some of her paintings. The March meeting was an opportunity to hear more about how she became interested in art and to learn about an important local art organization.

In 2000 Jennifer Rutherford was already an artist in a musical sense with a Master of Music degree in Voice Opera from the University of Alberta in Canada. Her life changed that year when she enrolled in a painting class at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. She loved it from the start.

Her instructor suggested that it would be easier for Jennifer to avoid the Beltway traffic between Alexandria and her Maryland home by taking the same


painting class offered through her local Woman’s Club. That’s how she first became involved with the GFWCMD.

An artist needs room to work, and Jennifer became involved with Artists and Makers, now the largest art studio and display space in Montgomery County, MD. She gave us the history of the organization and Judith Heartsong, its founder and executive director. Artists and Makers now uses two buildings in Rockville, located at Wilkens Avenue and Parklawn Drive, and is happily at 95% occupancy.

Our members peppered Jennifer with questions about the art center and how she works. She brought along several portraits as well as a laptop display of her series of famous women characters from the opera world. Pat McAuliffe and her daughter had attended an art exhibit there the previousthat, we moved on to our traditional Christmas luncheon and ornament exchange, held this year at the Golden Bull in Gaithersburg.

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The ornament exchange gets underway. At front, Laura Turner and Joan Eam
New member Dawn De Barros displays the ornament she drew. At right, Jennifer Rutherford.

New member Dawn De Barros displays the ornament she drew. At right, Jennifer Rutherford.

Anna Mae Pointer makes her selection from the table.

Pamela Longmire shows her ornament to the group.

Michelle LoConte. From the box, it looks as if this will be a snowman ornament.

November 2016

Louisa White Riggs
1925 - 2016

Sadly our club has lost another longtime member. Louisa White Riggs passed away on October 27, only three months after her sister Dottie Tessier passed on. Her obituary listed many social and business accomplishments:

Louisa was a graduate


of Gaithersburg High School and the University of Maryland. She was a prominent local businesswoman. A lifelong member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Laytonsville; the Ladies Guild of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church; Laytonsville Woman's Club; a life member of the University of Maryland Alumni Association; Sister of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority; a former member of the Board of Directors of Sandy Spring Bank; former president of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair; as well as many other life achievements.

All true, but we remember Louisa as so much more than that. For example, we can’t remember ever seeing her in a bad mood. Louisa was one of those people who move directly from hearing about bad news or a problem on to thinking of a practical solution orGoshen Elementary School -- fundraising with our brooms and candy/nuts offerings. We met lots of voters and were able to explain the purpose of our club and our local service projects.

Robin Johnson and Anna Mae Pointer

Our second location on Election Day 2016 was at Montgomery County’s Agricultural Farm Park. We also sell the local history book written by club members Jane Griffith Evans and Anne Burke Wolf on behalf of Laytonsville Historical Center.

What to say about our two days in November? On Monday we were thinking about the pain and bravery of young Americans in their beds or wheelchairs, injured physically, mentally, and emotionally through their service to our country, as they seek healing and new meaning in their lives. On Tuesday, as we watched hundreds of voters


the memory of Dottie White Tessier through the TREE-mendous Maryland program. Dottie was always a great supporter of the program and the benefits it brings to our state.

Every summer our club donates a gift to the winner of the Best Baker award at the Montgomery County Fair. It was a particular pleasure this year to learn that the winner was Donna Wayne Hill, the daughter of our past member Augusta Mae Wayne. Donna submitted twenty items to the baking competition at the fair and won TWELVE blue ribbons.

Our September speaker was one of our own members. Sheree Wenger is active in Laytonsville government and has been honored as the town’s Citizen of the Year. Sheree spoke to us about two housing developments on the east and west sidesthe Laytonsville area. Jane Evans, our April hostess, organized a field trip to the Sandy Spring Slave Museum and African Art Gallery, followed by lunch at El Andariego. Anne Wolf was her co-hostess.

The museum’s Executive Director, Dr. Winston Anderson, and Mr. Stanley Johnson, Dr. Anderson’s partner in developing and maintaining the museum, welcomed us and gave a tour of the buildings and this fascinating collection of African-American historical items.

Born in Jamaica, Dr. Anderson is a leading cell biologist, a Howard University professor of biology, and a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He is dedicated to helping today's students develop into the next generation of top scientists.

Sandy Spring, only a few miles from Laytonsville, has the oldest free black community in


Maryland. Dr. Anderson and Mr. Johnson developed a cultural center here to benefit the entire community through shared experiences and education. The grounds include ample parking and picnic tables for family reunions or group visits.

Four structures present different insights about African-American history. The cutaway clipper ship reveals the ordeal of enslaved Africans transported to the new world. The polygonal art gallery is based on N’debele huts to honor South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, and it houses a wide collection of art from the Africa Diaspora. Built with logs that date to the 1850’s, the cabin was transported here from the nearby Hallowell farm and demonstrated the living conditions of the poor before and after the Civil War and Emancipation. The Great Hall of the museum offers five galleries thatbring alive the art and history of African Americans, both far away and in our own local communities.

Sheree Wenger, Carrie Bohrer, and Gerda Sherwood wait for Dr. Anderson to explain the slave ship. This is a two-level structure built of wood with plexiglass cutaways to show what the living conditions were like for slaves in the clipper ships of the late 19th Century.

Dr. Anderson explains to Nancy Willett how workers used this caulking mallet to waterproof ships. This mallet reminded many of us of the Frederick Douglass autobiographical excerpt that we read in high school about Douglass’s experiences as a young man working in the Baltimore shipyards.

The museum displays a large collection of items African-Americans used in daily occupations – farming, construction, shipbuilding, housekeeping, barber shops, the military,


a week of shoveling, cranking up the snowblower, and waiting for the snowplow to find us, our members were happy to get out of the house and head for Carrie Bohrer’s home for the first meeting of 2016. Sheree Wenger was Carrie’s co-hostess.

We began the year on a sad note because two of our longtime members have passed away since our last meeting.

Carrie Allnutt Griffith, 96, died on December 31, 2015 at her home. As she was remembered, “Carrie was a ‘farm girl’ all her life. She was born on the farm of her parents, Edwin Ruthvin Allnutt and Carrie Williams Allnutt, in Dawsonville, Maryland. She was a farm wife of nearly 70 years to Wiley Gaither Griffith in the Laytonsville-Gaithersburg area. Though her homes were farm based,she was a true lady who was mannerly, organized, intelligent (a lifelong learner), well dressed, an extraordinarily delicious cook (made rolls, baked and cooked from scratch all her life, she blessed her family this way; as did her mother, great aunts, and her three sisters), hard working, goal oriented, and an impeccable hostess who entertained using her finest recipes, linens, china, and table settings.”

Velma Cordelia (Pugh) Oland, 96, died on January 11, 2016 at her assisted living home in Frederick, MD. As she was remembered, “She was born in Piney Creek, NC to the late Dodge and Cordelia Moxley Pugh. In 1943, following graduation from Piney Creek High School in North Carolina, Velma moved to Maryland where she was employed at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,


Maryland. In 1947, Velma married Simon Craver Oland. They were married 65 years upon his passing in 2013. Velma enjoyed being a long-time member of the Laytonsville Volunteer Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary and a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church where she was active in the Women’s Society.”

Both of these ladies were very active in the Laytonsville Woman’s Club for years as well as supporting their church, school, and community organizations. They were both genuinely lovely people, and our members will deeply miss them.

The February meeting is our time to review goals and projects for the coming year -- budgets, speakers, nominations, schedules, fundraisers, yes or no to new ideas. It’s good to get all these plans and issues worked out at the start of the Newof young trees growing near our town, but for most of us this was a first opportunity to visit the headquarters. A 100-year-old farmhouse has been preserved and incorporated with newer buildings to serve as a center of business activities for 150 employees.

The Ruppert Nurseries Headquarters in Laytonsville, Maryland

Jay Long presented a history of the Ruppert enterprises in landscaping and landscape maintenance and how these evolved into the Laytonsville nursery operation. Ruppert Nurseries specializes in growing 70 to 100 varieties of high quality, large landscape-size trees as well as moving and planting some very large trees. There are about 100,000 trees of various sizes in the ground. The nursery has about an acre of solar panels providing enough energy to run the entire headquarters facility.

Jay Long takes the


GFWC. Please send your volunteer hours to Anna Mae before January 5 at ampointer@comcast.net . Include all your meetings, travel time, volunteering at elections, soup kitchen, hospital work, etc. We will review and sort the hours out as needed.

November
Our Laytonsville club hosted the Montgomery County Federation of Women’s Clubs Board of Directors meeting and luncheon on October 28, 2014 at the Montgomery Country Club. Jane Griffith Evans and Anne Burke Wolf spoke to the group about “The Women of Laytonsville” – a brief look at the lives of seven interesting Laytonsville women from 1814 and 1914.

On Tuesday our club members turned out as always to help at the polls and to staff sales tables for Woman’s Club, Town of Laytonsville, and Laytonsville Historic Center items at our twoand Barbara Olsen coordinate the cake walk for children aged ten and younger. Sheree Wenger at the microphone calls the winning numbers.

August 2014
Our planning meeting was held at the home of our club President, Peggy Burton Ols. At the recent Montgomery County meeting, four of our members were recognized as new officers:
Martha Oberle – Vice President
Dorothy Tessier – Timekeeper
Anna Mae Pointer – Teller
Christie Swiger – Chesapeake Bay Conservation Chairman

Remember to bring your checkbook to the September meeting. It’s time once again to pay our dues.

June2014
Our annual June picnic meeting was held at Town Hall. Our White Elephant sale at the May meeting brought $180 to our bank account. The next fundraiser will be the sale of brooms at the two local polling places on Maryland Primary Day, Tuesday,


June 24.

May 2014The May meeting was held at the home of Barbara Olsen. Robin Johnson was her co-hostess.
Jesi Roman, who grew up in Laytonsville on Second Street, was our speaker. She explained how her project began with a heartfelt discussion with her mother, Carolyn Finley, about how difficult -- and expensive -- new babies can be. They started searching for a way to help others, and the result was Baby’s Bounty MC Inc., online at babysbounty.org.
Baby’s Bounty provides newborns in need with essential clothing and gear, such as a new car seat, a bathtub filled with hygiene items, a pack ‘n’ play bassinet, bottles, blankets, and new/gently used infant clothing as well as other useful items. The group deals with multiple referring agencies and high schools in Montgomeryreal pleasure to get together again in April. Anna Mae Pointer hosted our April meeting at her home, with Sheree Wenger as her co-hostess.

The club voted to donate two trees to the Tree-Mendous Maryland program. One will be in honor of our current club president, Joan Christensen Eames. Joan has served the Laytonsville community for many years through her talents for writing, painting, volunteerism, and leadership. At present she finds time to be president of our club as well as president of the Chevy Chase chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. We also voted to donate a tree in memory of Francis Hewitt, who passed away on February 26, 2014. Mr. Hewitt was an active member of the local community who was always supportive of


town improvements and activities, and he will be greatly missed.

Club members Jane Griffith Evans, Robin Duvall Johnson, and Anne Burke Wolf collaborated on a local history book, Laytonsville: From Crossroads to Community, published in December, 2013.

For our April program, Jane and Anne presented “Women in Laytonsville History” – a multi-media look at fourteen women who made a difference to the town. The presentation also explained how the authors did their historical research and some of the surprises they encountered.

Four Laytonsville women authors and journalists – Elsie White Haines, Marion Taylor Griffith, Rosemary Zibart, and Joan Christensen – were represented with a display of their biographies and examples of their news columns and articles about local history.

Storeowner Catherine Riordan was depicted in a display of photos of her well-knowngeneral store, a Laytonsville landmark, along with her biography.

Local activist Maggie Weeks Dwyer, an accomplished seamstress who won awards at the county fair, was represented by a quilt featuring old photographs of herself, her friends, and her family life from 1870-1960.

A PowerPoint presentation told about the roles of Margaret O’Neale and Jane Stone Gloyd in the early 1800s, when Laytonsville was still known as Cracklin Town. Lucy Jane Newman and Vashti Bartlett followed different paths to medical careers. Mattie Branch Simpson and Mary Oliphant Fulks were the principals of Brooke Grove School and Laytonsville Elementary School through the decades of progress, the Great Depression, and the changes of the 1940s.

The presentation concluded with a discussion of ways that we as local residents could be helping to preserve the


history of our own era in Laytonsville history. As a club, we have maintained scrapbooks of our own activities since the beginning, and these are stored at the Laytonsville Historical Center. Most of us, though, are involved in many other local activities – town government, churches, schools, and other organizations. We have a wealth of knowledge about people who have lived here and the progress of the town, and perhaps we can work on some historical projects in the future.

Dottie Tessier brought a donation to the Laytonsville Historical Society – an almanac printed and distributed at the George Mobley general store in 1869. Club members will copy and preserve this booklet and make the copies available to everyone.

December 2013:
Our annual Christmas luncheon and ornament exchange was held atthe Golden Bull Restaurant in Gaithersburg.

This 120-page, full color history is an all Laytonsville Woman’s Club project. Club members Jane Evans, Robin Johnson, and Anne Wolf wrote and edited the text and photos. One of our former members, Susann Mick, has moved away from the Laytonsville area, but she volunteered to handle the layout, design, and desktop publishing. The book is being published by the Laytonsville Historical Center. Quite a few of our members are also trustees or members of that group as well.

Club members Jane Evans and Robin Duvall check the proofs for Laytonsville: From Crossroads to Community, the new local history book, which went on sale December 6. Check our web site at LaytonsvilleHistory.com for more information about content, prices, and availability.

October 2013

October – We met


MOOseum in September and October. Following the meeting we enjoyed lunch and a short business meeting at Buffalo Wings and Beer. There were two items on our business agenda.

Time for dues. For new members who joined the club last spring, those dues will carry over for this 2012-2014.

We discussed preparations for the September 21 Laytonsville Town Picnic and the Cake Walk.

The members voted to redirect a $75.00 donation to the Laytonsville Fire Station Construction Fund.

The MOOseum is a dairy heritage museum dedicated to interpreting the rich history of the farms, the families, and related organizations in Montgomery County, MD. Our club members include local women who grew up on dairy farms, women who grew up in New York City, women who grew up in Palm Springs, women whogrew up in Austria, and so on. We bring many different backgrounds and experiences to this field trip.

We didn’t have to travel too far for this experience. The MOOseum is located in the South Germantown Recreational Park.

Mr. Putt Willett of Century Farm near Laytonsville explains the history of dairy farms in Montgomery County. There were once 300 dairy farms in the county. Now there are six.
Left to right, Barbara Olsen, Jane Evans (signing in), Sheree Wenger, Mr. Willett, Joan Eames.

Club member Nancy Willett with her husband Putt, pointing out their own farm and the historic dairy farms in the Laytonsville area.

We met at the home of Barbara Olsen. Dottie Tessier reported on the events and the budget discussion at the April conference. Martha Oberle presented a copy of


was slow in coming in 2013, but a chilly start to April gave way to warmth and sunshine on the 8th, just in time for our Welcome to Newcomers Tea. Gerda Sherwood hosted the tea.

MARCH 2013

We met at the home of Joan Eames for a business and spring planning meeting. The committee to organize our April Welcome for Newcomers Tea gave their report and – everything is organized! Well done to Peggy Ols and her committee.
Do you have a friend or neighbor you would like to invite to the tea? Please let Gerda Sherwood know that person’s name and address as soon as possible.
Gerda’s email: gerdoug@gmail.com

FEBRUARY

We met at the Laytonsville Town Hall. Our first action was to express our deepest sympathy to our President, Joan Eames, on theand Montgomery County’s three questions. We covered extension of in-state college tuition rates for children of undocumented aliens, marriage equality, gerrymandering, jobs for the disabled, the county police union’s authority, whether alcohol should come to dry Damascus, the dueling casinos issue, the state gaming commission, and whether imprisoned elected officials are still entitled to collect a salary. Quite a discussion!

The Town Hall also contains the Laytonsville Historical Center and a collection of items related to the history of this election district. Here is the original post office –movable from general store to saddle shop and so on, depending on who was the current postmaster.

Our September meeting was held at the home of Diane Ecklund. We began with the nomination and election of our new president, Joan Eames. Our


League of American Pen Women, Inc. The NLAPW is a professional organization for women artists, composers, and writers, founded in 1897.

There will be a tribute concert for Phil Mathieu on Sunday, June 24 at the Hamilton Theater. Phil Mathieu, who passed away last February, had visited our club and entertained us with his music. The Hamilton is located at 14th and F, NW, in Washington, DC. Tickets are $27.50.

Our June fundraiser project was managing the snack bar for the ABC Summer Bonanza Jackpot Show at the Howard County Fairgrounds. We provided a range of breakfast and lunch items on June 8 and 9 for the participants and visitors.

The ABC Show is an opportunity for young people to compete and gain experience showing their heifer and steers. Originally anrationale for the change.

Our club will have several activities at the Laytonsville town parade on May 19. We will
be setting up for the volunteers’ luncheon in the St. Bartholomew’s church hall on Friday
night, the 18th. On the day of the parade, our members will be supporting Peggy Ols and
Mindy Chacon, co-chairs of the float project, with decorating the truck and riding in the
parade. Afterward we will be serving lunch at the church hall.

On a sad note, the Laytonsville Woman’s Club noted the sudden passing of Phil Mathieu
in February. Phil Mathieu was one of the Washington area’s noted guitarists. We in
Laytonsville have been honored and delighted by having him as our guest, entertaining the
Woman’s Club members with his music. We read his Washington Post obituary and shared
memories of his


50-50 raffle for the day.

FEBRUARY

We met February 6th at the home of Dottie Tessier, with Robin Johnson as co-hostess. Michelle Ecklund was our guest.

Dottie Tessier, our president, opened a discussion on the nature of service in elected office in a small club, small town environment like Laytonsville. Every one of our members is active in town council, town committees, local churches, school organizations, various historical societies, charity groups, retiree committees, and so on. Many of us do our best to juggle different roles in all these groups – secretary of this, trustee of that, faithful car pool driver or phone tree chairman. Many of us have already been president or secretary of some organization several times over. And all this has to be combined with family activities andobligations. Usually we succeed! Laytonsville is a great place to live and to join with neighbors to play a part in our community.

Dottie pointed out that while participation in some organizations keeps a person busy and involved on a very local level, serving in elected office in Woman’s Club leads in a different direction. The more opportunities you find to attend GFWC meetings on wider levels – county, state, regional – the more people you meet and the more interesting the entire scope of our activities becomes.

In a small group such as ours, the burden of being the local club president or vice- president never falls on one person. There is always much support from other members who provide direction, help, or services and who generously open their


homes for meetings or activities.

Consider, Dottie suggested, letting elected office be your opportunity to move beyond our local activities and meet some new and interesting folks and projects at these other events. Come along to some of the regional meetings and see how much fun we have and how varied the clubs and the members really are.

DECEMBER

We met for our Christmas luncheon in the Great Room at Tower Oaks Lodge in Rockville.

November 28 – Our club visit to Joan Eames’s exhibit of her oil paintings at Kentlands Manor.

According to Joan, “Painting lets me tell a story on a single page, the canvas.” During our meetings at her home, club members have often admired her beautiful oil landscapes. She has painted landscapes from Vermont, Maine, Maryland, Hilton Head Island,Florida, and Europe. She also paints scenes that incorporate local figures of today and yesterday.

A native of Massachusetts, she often finds herself influenced by her memories of New England settings. Her passion for painting has been more of an avocation than a career. Joan has worked as a journalist in Boston and Washington, earning numerous awards. In the Laytonsville area, she has also long been known as a local news columnist with a particular interest in local history. Joan’s oil paintings have been displayed throughout Montgomery County, and she has won numerous awards for her paintings of scenic sites along the Eastern seaboard and garden spots in Italy and France.

Robin entertained the group with stories of her adventures in developing and
promoting enjoyable cookie exchanges. Originally inspired by her


Club members were also involved with two local history displays at
the picnic. Some of us are involved with the Laytonsville Historic Center’s display
and video presentation about the historic houses in Laytonsville. Some of us are
members of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, which prepared an excellent
display of its nearly 200 years of history and the families who have worshiped in this
parish.

Notice to all members – We will be filling gift bags for women veterans at the
November meeting. Please bring a pair of white socks or footies, women’s sizes, for this project.

SEPTEMBER

The September meeting was held at the home of Cindi Olive. Cindi was a longtime
resident of the UK before moving to Laytonsville, and she collects antiques from the
Victorian era and from the 1930s. She has been restoring an historic Laytonsville
house,Mayor of Laytonsville ended on July 4th, and our
long-time Town Clerk, Cathy Buit, has also recently retired to enjoy her new farm in
Virginia. Townspeople thought that it would be proper to honor both of them with a
picnic to thank them for all they have done for the town (and for the LWC).

Laytonsville Woman’s Club members set up the picnic pavilion area at Town Hall
and coordinated the event preparations along with the Laytonsville Lions Club and
Goshen Enterprises. They also contributed many of their favorite salads, vegetable
dishes, and desserts.

The Laytonsville Town Hall was the site for the June meeting and annual picnic. All
members were encouraged to bring friends and visitors. Mayor Willard Oland and
the rest of the Town Hall staff and visitors were welcomed as well.

Our president, Dorothy Tessier, commended


the club members for their many
aspects of participation at the Town Parade on May 21 and for all the other
Woman’s Club activities over the past year.

Club members signed up both for hosting our meetings from next September
through June and for serving as co-hostesses.

The guest speaker was Anne Wolf, who spoke about her recent trip to Turkey. This
presentation was held indoors at the Town Hall meeting room. Anne, who grew
up in Laytonsville, had been Gaithersburg High School’s American Field Service
exchange student to Turkey back in the 1960’s. At that time she had stayed with
the Nalbantoğlu family in Bakırköy, a town near Istanbul. This was her first return
visit to the country after many years and an opportunity to reunite with Papatya
Nalbantoğlu, her Turkish sister in the host family. Papatya hadalso participated in
an USA - Turkey exchange student program during her college years, at which time
she visited Anne’s family and Laytonsville.

Anne described her travels through western Turkey, visiting the ancient ruins at
Epheses, Pergamon, Hieropolis, and Perge. She also visited the Cappadocia region
with its underground cities, cave churches, and many cultural attractions. But what
everyone always enjoys most are the photos from the bazaar. Here are a few.

MAY

Louisa Riggs hosted the May meeting, which featured a lively and competitive plant auction. Nancy Willett provided refreshments.

The LWC was sent a check in the amount of $400+. This money was interest from the account that was established for the legal fund to defeat the Oaks Landfill back in the late 1970s. Our club members would rather have defeated the landfill, but they


were pleased that the Club benefited somehow from its presence. (Another happy landfill update: volunteers planted 750 trees and shrubs at the former landfill on Earth Day of this year.)

The Laytonsville Town Parade on May 21 found our members involved in many ways, often in several capacities.

We were active as:

Parade marshal volunteers

Riding in our float

Selling brooms as a fundraiser

Serving lunch to the parade volunteers

Carrying a banner for the Laytonsville Historical Center

Participating in the azalea sales

The LWC membership extends our deepest sympathies to Barbara White and her family for the loss of her husband, Charles Thomas White, on May 15. He was a lifelong resident of Laytonsville and served as mayor from 1980 to 2003. Mayor White was always interested in and supportive of the activities of the Woman’sClub, as well as the Laytonsville Lions Club, the Olney American Legion, GLAYCA, the Laytonsville Garden Club, and the Laytonsville Historical Center.

Charles White’s sisters, Louisa Riggs and Dorothy Tessier, are also Laytonsville Woman’s Club members, so the loss affects our club deeply. We are very honored to have known him, and we will miss him very much.

APRIL

At the April meeting the Club members discussed plans to give practical support to the Laytonsville Elementary School PTA's Scholastic Book Fair in early June. There is a need for additional volunteers to help with the Book Fair and to support reading and the love of books in general.

The other main topic of planning and preparation was the Woman's Club annual participation in the Laytonsville Community Parade. This year the parade will


be held on Saturday, May 21. The Club plans to acquire a reasonably priced permanent parade banner to use now and in the future. Our members are involved in this parade every year in a variety of ways, as shown in these photos from 2010.

We organized a luncheon for parade volunteers at St. Batholomew's Church hall, and we helped staff the historical center at Town Hall.

We represent the Woman's Club in the aprade itself with a vehicle and Club members.

Although we are a small club, our members play a big part in both town activities and in the agricultural community.

Our members are active participants in the town's Historical Center. We are interested in preserving the history of Laytonsville even as it continues to grow and change with thepassing centuries.

MARCH

Through the TREE-MENDOUS MARYLAND organization, our Club will donate a memorial tree in the name of Maude Duvall Burke in addition to our regular donation. Maude was an active member of the group for many years. She was the author of the Laytonsville Town History book, which our Woman’s Club has sold for many years as a fundraiser. She also wrote a history of Laytonsville for Maryland’s 157: The Incorporated Cities and Towns, the Maryland Municipal League’s pictorial and textual tour of all of Maryland's self-governing cities & towns. (This book is available through Amazon.com.) After retiring from her career with the Montgomery County Public Schools, she was a volunteer reader at Laytonsville Elementary. Maude was a lifelong active gardener who loved trees, Maryland, and especially Maryland


history.

The theme of our March discussion was New Ways to Serve Our Local Community.

We will be working of “First Night” bags for the Betty Ann Krahnke Center for New Beginnings. This center, founded in 2000, is the only domestic violence shelter serving Montgomery County, Maryland. With a 54-bed capacity, BAK provides safety for women and children, support in trauma recovery, and empowerment to increase their personal safety within the community.

First Night bags include personal items for women or children who may have had to leave suddenly and seek shelter with no time to collect their belongings. The bags should include toiletries and basic pajamas, slipper socks, casual clothing, etc. Club members will get this project started with cash donations and then consider how to expand our efforts.

The secondin your height and weight, and the calculator will give you the figure for your BMI.

Peggy brought a basket of Red Dress Pins for the Club members. Red Dress Pins are the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness, serving as a “red alert” for women and reminding them of The Heart Truth message:

Preemie Quilts Project – Club members are continuing to sew baby quilts for premature babies at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. Premature babies receive these quilts during their stay in the NICU. When the babies are ready to go home, they take the quilts with them as a memento.

Ditty Bag Workshop
Ditty bags are an old tradition in the Laytonsville area. When the Methodist Home for the Aged, now the Asbury Methodist Village, was