Guatemala

Guatemala, "the land of eternal spring," is an area roughly the size of Louisiana and the northernmost of the Central American republics.

Recent estimates push the number of inhabitants to over eleven million. More than half that total trace their origins to a rich pre-Columbian Mayan heritage.

Though Spanish is the official language, some 20 Indian dialects are spoken. The country itself divides into two basic areas: the tropical lowlands on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Department of Peten in the northwest, plus the temperate highlands that stretch northwest to southeast.

The extremely fertile Pacific region grows much of the exceptional cotton, sugar cane, bananas, pineapples, and other tropical fruit. Coffee, some of the world's best, is an important commercial crop in the highlands. Corn, rice, and beans, as well as wheat, are basic to the economy. Vegetables, both for domestic use and exportation, have gained importance during the past decade. Mineral resources, including petroleum, are being developed. Industry is concentrated chiefly in the processing of agricultural products and the manufacture of textiles.

Swashbuckling Pedro Alvarado, the Spanish conqueror of Guatemala, established the first capital on the side of the old Indian city of Iximche in 1524. Since then, the capital has moved several times, but maintains the original charter.

On September 15, 1821, Guatemala declared independence from Spain, and after a brief period of annexation to the Mexican empire, joined a short-lived federation called United Provinces of Central America. The Guatemala republic came into being under the dictator Rafael Carrera in 1847.

Most of what is modern Guatemala politically and socially was deeply affected by the reformer Justo Rufino Barrios. Since the mid 1980s, Guatemala has had a democratic form of government.


Guatemala

Guatemala is the northernmost of the Central American republics. Since the mid 1980s, Guatemala has had a democratic form of government.



CAM in Guatemala

In 1899, when Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bishop began the work, it was a far cry from the 100,000+ believers who make up the CAM family in Guatemala today. The work began in Guatemala City but spread rapidly to rural and dialect-speaking areas.

The translation of the New Testament into Cakchiquel was completed in the early 1930s and a pattern was set for further ministry both in Guatemala and around the world. Tribal languages could and should be reduced to writing and the Word of God must be translated.

The oldest of the theological study centers in Guatemala was founded in 1923 as Robinson Bible Institute and dedicated to training in the dialects. It has since changed its focus and name. Now known as the Guatemala Bible Seminary, it serves as a Spanish-language training center. The school offers a diversified program from two to four years in length.

The Central American Bible Institute opened its doors in 1929 for the training of Spanish-speaking students. Known today as the Central American Theological Seminary, it keeps pace with the rising academic expectations of Latin America and attracts students from many Spanish-speaking countries. The total on-campus student body numbers around 1,000. Levels of study include secondary and college, including two levels of masters degrees.

There are other semiformal and non-formal theological training programs scattered throughout the land.

Radio has figured prominently in the evangelism and edification programs. TGNA began broadcasting in 1950 from the capital city. Today the impact of their select program puts the gospel into places difficult or impossible to reach in any other way. Likewise, Radio Maya and Radio Buenas Nuevas, dialect stations in remote mountain areas, broadcast programs in several different dialects.

Translation work continues, especially in the Huehuetenango department. There are still groups that do not have copies of the Scriptures in their own language. In these same areas CAM cooperates with clinics and health centers within the framework of Principles and Practice, a document that clearly states CAM's gospel-preaching and church-establishing purposes.

Numerous options are available for the education of MKs. CAM participates in the Christian Academy of Guatemala (CAG) located in Guatemala City. The CAG is an independent school for MKs whose parents work under several different missions. Christian grade schools supported by the national church are also an important part of the ministry.

CAM Int'l

CAM International
8625 La Prada Drive
Dallas, Texas 75228

CAM International's story really begins in Costa Rica, not Dallas, Texas, and with two women, not Dr. C.I. Scofield.

Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Lang, wives of coffee plantation owners in San José, were burdened for the thousands of Spanish-speaking people around them who were living in spiritual darkness. They were moved to pray that God would send laborers into the Costa Rican harvest field.

It was in 1888, during this time of intercession for Costa Rica, that Dr. C.I. Scofield, through seemingly incidental circumstances and a chance encounter, was confronted and challenged with the spiritual destitution of Costa Rica. While North American missionaries were ministering around the world, in all of the Central American Republics there was only one Spanish-speaking Gospel witness, in Guatemala.

He shared his burden with a small group of spiritual men from the church he was pastoring in Dallas, and after much prayer and a fact-finding trip to Central America, the organization of the Central American Mission took place in Dr. Scofield's home on November 14, 1890.
The McConnell family
The McConnell family

On February 14, 1891 the prayers of Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Lang were answered. In less than four months from the founding of the Mission, William and Minnie McConnell, CAM's first missionaries, arrived in Costa Rica.

Others followed and built well on the foundation laid. Missionaries would reach Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.

In 1944 CAM expanded its horizons and moved into Panama. In 1955 CAM missionaries began the work in Mexico, concentrating on church planting in the large urban areas of central Mexico.

In 1971, after 80 years of ministry on this continent, the Mission's ministry was extended to include Spain. For nearly three centuries there had been practically no evangelical testimony there.


Today, scores of CAM missionaries give themselves daily to evangelism, church planting, leadership training, radio broadcast, publishing Christian literature, educating missionary children, and Bible translation.

These ministries combine to produce healthy and vibrant local churches which stand as an effective Gospel witness and a strong evangelical influence. In the coming decade, the emerging Spanish-speaking Church will grow to play a significant role in world evangelism. CAM International will expand its ministry to facilitate this missionary movement.

Bradenton Missionary Village

The Bradenton Missionary Village was the vision of Mr. Anthony Rossi, Christian philanthropist and founder of Tropicana Orange Juice. His desire was to develop a Christ-centered community where evangelical missionaries could retire and live among others with a similar lifestyle and continue their ministry involvement in the local community. Mr. Rossi's vision became a reality when the first residents moved in, February 1981.

Situated on Central Florida's fabulous Gulf Coast, the Bradenton Missionary Village is located 8 miles east of Bradenton, Florida.Our selection of 130 lakefront and 60 lake view apartments provides privacy and allows enjoyment of a Florida retirement lifestyle while relieving residents of some of the burdensome responsibilities of private home care. All apartments are ground level and come unfurnished.

Standard features for apartment residences are:

* Modern kitchen with frost free refrigerator and electric range/oven
* Ceramic tile bathroom with safety grab bars
* Vinyl floor covering in kitchen and bathroom
* Wall-to-wall carpet
* Wall-mounted air-conditioning/heating controls
* Smoke detectors
* Miniblinds
* 24-hour security
* Laundry facilities available

SERVICES

* Not for profit, Christian Board of Directors
* Chef-prepared evening meals
* Inside and outside maintenance
* Regular lawn mowing and trimming
* County water and sewer

SECURITY

* 24-hour staffed entrance gates
* Total campus enclosed by perimeter security fence
* Evening grounds patrol
* Lighted streets

CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS

* Full-time chaplain
* Weekly, non-denominational chapel service
* Spiritual activities and prayer groups
* Ministry outreach to local community

AMENITIES

* Beautiful landscaped setting
* Spectacular views
* Four fish-stocked lakes
* Two Olympic sized pools - one heated
* Two heated spas
* Dining room
* Additional meals available
* Exercise room
* Scheduled transportation for weekly shopping trips
* Laundry facilities
* Clothing boutique
* Complete library
* Video lending library
* Beauty salon and barber shop
* Large auditorium with stage
* Arts and crafts room
* Lighted shuffle board courts
* Computer center with e-mail
* Personal garden areas
* Cultural, social, educational, and recreational activities and events
* Hospitality House available for meetings and family gatherings
* Many volunteer opportunities

For more information about Bradenton Missionary Village, contact us at:

Bradenton Missionary Village
1200 Aurora Blvd.
Bradenton, FL 34212-9750

Scofield Memorial Church

Pastor Matthew R. St. John

7730 Abrams Road
Dallas, TX 75231 USA

Begun in 1877, Scofield Memorial Church is one of the oldest non-denominational churches in the state of Texas. During its many long years, God has used this congregation to push forward the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the world.

Greyhound Bus...We Did It!

Portland, Oregon
550 NW 6TH AVE
Portland, OR 97209

to

Miami Downtown, Florida
36 NE 10TH ST
Miami Downtown, FL 33136

Welcome aboard! Thank you for choosing Greyhound. As the largest provider of inter-city bus service in North America, we are proud to provide you with a safe, affordable and enjoyable travel experience.

We want to do everything we can to ensure your experience with us is a good one. Traveling by bus is different from other modes of transportation, so make your travel experience on Greyhound an enjoyable one.

The Bobbsey Twins

-Written by Laura Lee Hope

The Bobbsey Twins live in the "eastern city" of Lakeport, which is clearly in the Northeast because it snows a lot there, at the head of Lake Metoka. Mr. Bobbsey is a prosperous lumber merchant. Mrs. Bobbsey is a housewife. Bert and Nan are the older twins, and Flossie and Freddie are the younger set.

Also living under the Bobbsey roof are Dinah and Sam Johnson, an African-American couple. Dinah is the Bobbsey family's cook and housekeeper, while Sam has been variously described, depending on the vintage of any particular book, as the Bobbseys' "man of all work", their chauffeur, a neighborhood handyman, or a truck driver at the Bobbsey lumberyard (in later volumes, Mr. Bobbsey's most trusted employee). Other characters include Charlie Mason, Bert's best friend, Nellie Parks, Nan's best friend, Susie Larker, Flossie's best friend, and Teddy Blake, Freddie's best friend, as well as "Aunt" Sallie Pry, an elderly, nearly deaf woman, who was a close family friend, and Danny Rugg, a neighborhood bully and nemesis to the Bobbseys. They all live in the fictional city of Lakeport, on the shore of the equally fictional Lake Metoka, presumably somewhere in the Northeastern U.S. The Bobbseys have relatives "in the country" (Richard Bobbsey's brother Daniel and his family, introduced in Vol. 2) on a farm near the rural town of Meadowbrook (in most books set there, that is also the name of the farm itself), and other relatives "at the seashore" (Mary Bobbsey's sister Emily Minturn and her family, introduced in Vol. 3), who live in the seaside hamlet of Ocean Cliff.

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Once upon a time in faraway China there lived two brothers, one named Sam, and one named Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako.

Now one day the two brothers were playing near the well in their garden when Sam fell into the well, and Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako ran to his mother, shouting, "Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?"

"What?" cried the mother, "Sam has fallen into the well? Run and tell father!"

Together they ran to the father and cried, "Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?"

"Sam has fallen into the well?" cried the father. "Run and tell the gardner!"

Then they all ran to the gardner and shouted, "Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?"

"Sam has fallen into the well?" cried the gardner, and then he quickly fetched a ladder and pulled the poor boy from the well, who was wet and cold and frightened, and ever so happy to still be alive.

Some time afterward the two brothers were again playing near the well, and this time Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako fell into the well, and Sam ran to his mother, shouting, "Quick, Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?"

"What?" cried the mother, "Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well? Run and tell father!"

Together they ran to the father and cried, "Quick, Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?"

"Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well?" cried the father. "Run and tell the gardner!"

Then they all ran to the gardner and shouted, "Quick, Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?"

"Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well?" cried the gardner, and then he quickly fetched a ladder and pulled Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako from the well, but the poor boy had been in the water so long that he had drowned.

And from that time forth, the Chinese have given their children short names.

The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

By Margaret Sidney

May we all be encouraged to behave selflessly,
in a Christ-like manner, as these "Little Peppers" did.

"Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receiveth Me: and whosoever shall receive Me, receiveth not Me, but him that sent Me."
~ Mark 9:37 ~

Five Little Peppers was the first in a series of 12 about the Five Pepper children. The Pepper books follow the adventures of the Pepper children and their poor widowed mother. This series exemplifies the importance of family devotion, honesty, simplicity, self-reliance, love, and honesty. Although poverty is continuous, it is not oppressive as the Peppers are very resourceful and vigorous. The children lack for nothing when it comes to love, and must substitute industry and premature responsibilities for academic education.

Trixie Belden Books

Trixie Belden - amateur detective. Her real name is Beatrix which she despises. When the series started, she was thirteen going on fourteen. Her age became fixed at fourteen. She's quick-tempered, smart, but not fond of schoolwork.

Full name: Beatrix Belden
Birthday: May 1.
Interests: Horses, solving mysteries, loves Lucy Radcliffe spy novels. Hopes to be a detective.

Honey Wheeler - Trixie's very best friend. She's pretty, very sweet, an excellent swimmer, and the daughter of wealthy parents. Her home is Manor House, neighboring Crabapple Farm.
Interests: Sewing, solving mysteries. Hopes to be a detective.

Titles for books #1-39:

1. The Secret of the Mansion (1948)

2. The Red Trailer Mystery (1950)

3. The Gatehouse Mystery (1951)

4. The Mysterious Visitor (1954)

5. The Mystery Off Glen Road (1956)

6. The Mystery in Arizona (1958)

7. The Mysterious Code (1961)

8. The Black Jacket Mystery (1961)

9. The Happy Valley Mystery (1962)

10 .The Marshland Mystery (1962)

11. The Mystery at Bob-White Cave (1963)

12. The Mystery of the Blinking Eye (1963)

13. The Mystery on Cobbett's Island (1964)

14. The Mystery of the Emeralds (1965)

15. The Mystery on the Mississippi (1965)

16. The Mystery of the Missing Heiress (1970)

17. The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest (1977)

18. The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper (1977)

19. The Secret of the Unseen Treasure (1977)

20. The Mystery off Old Telegraph Road (1978)

21. The Mystery of the Castaway Children (1978)

22. The Mystery at Mead's Mountain (1978)

23. The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace (1979)

24 .The Mystery at Saratoga (1979)

25 .The Sasquatch Mystery (1979)

26. The Mystery of the Headless Horseman (1979)

27 .The Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon (1979)

28. The Hudson River Mystery (1979)

29. The Mystery of the Velvet Gown (1980)

30. The Mystery of the Midnight Marauder (1980)

31. The Mystery at Maypenny's (1980)

32. The Mystery of the Whispering Witch (1980)

33. The Mystery of the Vanishing Victim (1980)

34 .The Mystery of the Missing Millionaire (1980)

35. The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire (1984)

36. The Mystery of the Antique Doll (1984)

37. The Pet Show Mystery (1985)

38 .The Indian Burial Ground Mystery (1985)

39. The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost (1986)

Mattel "Love 'n Touch Baby"

This is Mattel's Love 'n Touch Baby. The box stated, "Her head is soft 'n heavy. She looks and feels like a newborn baby" back in 1979. Delicate newborn features. The whites of the eyes, are actually blue. There is a tiny logo patch on their p.j.s that has a bluebird and the initials of "T. L. " They are marked on the backs of their heads: ©Mattel Inc./ 1979/ Taiwan

Shape-O Toy

This Tupperware classic brings smiles to customers of every age. A shape-sorter for toddlers and a counting toy for preschoolers. Easy-grasp handles to pull open and reveal fun shapes hidden within. 6 ½" diameter (16.5 cm). Ages 6 months and up.

Neah-Kah-Nie High School

Location Address:
24705 Hwy 101 N
Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136

Home of the Pirates...Class of 1990 and 1991

We are located on the beautiful Oregon coast in Tillamook County just across highway 101 from the Pacific Ocean in Rockaway Beach.

We live in an area of beautiful sand beaches, offshore rock formations, damp rain forests and to the east the incredible Coast Range.

There is a wide diversity of wildlife in our area from elk to fox, from bald eagles to sand pipers. We are able to view the yearly gray whale migrations from many vantage points in our area. Sometimes we are even lucky enough to see dolphins frolicking outside the beach breakers.

Our school is proud of our academic and athletic accomplishments. Our cross country runners are the three time defending state 2A state champions, our wrestlers placed third in the state 2A tournament this year and our girls and boys basketball team both made the league playoffs in 2001! Our math team always places well in state competitions, our oceanography team has won the state championship in years past and last year placed 4th in nationals!! We have an active and successful speech program where our very talented kids show their reading, writing and dramatic skills.

Oaks Park Skating Rink

Oaks Park Association
Portland, Oregon 97202
Main Office 503-233-5777

The Oaks Skating Rink is part of Oaks Amusement Park, located along the eastern edge of the powerful Willamette River below the Sellwood bridge. The floor is of wood construction with a size of 100' x 200', which is large by most standards. It is maintained meticulously and is in excellent condition.

We have many activities during our weekly sessions for all to enjoy. Many of our sessions you may enjoy the music and sounds of the mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ, with Keith Fortune at the keyboards. Come and celebrate a birthday with us or book a private party for a large group of friends. We even have sessions and activities for your preschool through middle school aged kids.

Oaks Skating Rink is home to three interactive clubs, speed, artistic and our junior Olympic club. All three are recognized by the USA Roller Sports (USA/RS), our governing body. Each year in June, Oaks Park hosts the Northwest Regional Championship comprised of skaters from Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Oregon. Those skaters who place in the top three of their event qualify to skate the US National Roller Skating Championships.

The Ivy Bear

Ivy Bear
54735 East Hwy 26
Sandy, Oregon 97055
(503) 622-0395
Fax: (503) 622-1564
email: ivy_bear@peoplepc.com
Ed & Jackie Riley, Innkeepers

Halfway between Sandy and Welches on U.S. 26, a small community of cabins hides in the woods.

Some may remember the old days when there was an actual bridge at Alder Creek, bear cages and the Ivy Bear Restaurant, whose icon -- a huge bear sculpture covered in ivy -- is still a presence off the highway.

Located on Hwy 26, The Ivy Bear is easy to find. The Ivy Bear sculpture hovers over a chain-saw artist's enterprise, the Gallery at Alder Creek, featuring carved moose, salmon and yes, bears. Alder Creek feels like the true gateway to the Mt. Hood National Forest, where city life is finally left behind. You're so close to Portland but convenient to a huge range of outdoor recreation, including snow sports on Mount Hood and family fun at the nearby Rainbow Trout Pond, which opens for the season March 1 (www.rainbowtroutfarm.com). Its 30 parklike acres with fishing holes are guaranteed to keep everyone happy.

Friends Are Friends Forever By Michael W. Smith

Michael Whitaker Smith has become one of the most enduringly popular artists on the Christian Contemporary Music front and is also finding considerable success as a mainstream artist. He was born in Kenova, West Virginia, the son of an oil refinery worker and a caterer. He became a devout Christian at age ten and spent his teens hanging around with a solid support group of fellow believers who frequently gathered to play and make music. After high school, that support group split up, and Smith turned to alcohol, drugs and wild times. He scraped through a couple semesters of college and began honing his songwriting skills. In 1978, a songwriting company expressed interest in his songwriting, and he moved to Nashville, where he played with local bands, including Rose. He was still heavily into drugs and continued using until October 1979, when he suffered a sort of emotional mental breakdown that culminated in recommitting to Christ. The next day he auditioned for a new CCM group, Higher Ground, as a keyboardist. While touring with them, Smith cleaned up his act.

In 1981, he signed to Meadowgreen Music as a staff writer, where over the next few years he provided gospel hits for such artists as Sandi Patti, Kathy Troccoli, Bill Gaither and Amy Grant. He began touring as a keyboardist with Grant in 1982 and the following year, after releasing his first album, The Michael W. Smith Project, became her opening act. His debut album garnered him a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance. Smith became a headliner following the release of his second album, Michael W. Smith 2. Afterwards, he changed musical directions and began recording more rock-oriented music in order to reach a younger audience. As a result, some of his songs became more secular and began breaking through to mainstream audiences.

Words:Deborah D. Smith
Music: Michael W. Smith

Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
Cant believe the hopes Hes granted
Means a chapter in your life is through
But well keep you close as always
It wont even seem youve gone
cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Chorus:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lords the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
cause the welcome will not end
Though its hard to let you go
In the fathers hands we know
That a lifetimes not too long to live as friends.

With the faith and love gods given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy youll live in
Is the strength that now you show

But well keep you close as always
It wont even seem youve gone
cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Chorus

Destined To Win By Degarmo and Key

Eddie De Garmo & Dana Key are Memphis-reared guitar rockers who started with the Globe band in early 1972. Later they gave it up to create the Christian rock group called the Christian Band, changing the name to DeGarmo & Key later in the decade. They were influenced by ZZ Top, Jimi Hendrix, ELP, and others.

Destined To Win:

This songs to all the people
With light in their hearts
And love in their eyes.
You don't have to worry
When the mountains seem of infinite size.

There is one who goes before you to calm the sea.
There's a king who leads his people to victory.

We are Destined to Win
We're surrounded by his Love
And guarded by his power.
Destined to Win
Following the Lord until the battles over.
We are Destined to Win

We all get discouraged
When the pressures of life start weighing us down
We've learned that in his footsteps
Crosses in life must preceed the crowns.

There is one who goes before you
To calm the sea.
There's a king who leads his people to victory.

We are Destined to Win
We're surrounded by his Love
And guarded by his power.
Destined to Win
Following the Lord until the battles over.
We are Destined to Win

We've got to remember
It's our destiny to win the end
With Christ on our side
We are Destined to Win.

We are Destined to Win
We're surrounded by his Love
And guarded by his power.
Destined to Win
Following the Lord until the battles over.
Destined to Win

We're surrounded by his Love
And guarded by his power.
Destined to Win
Following the Lord until the battles over.

We are Destined
We are Destined
We are Destined to Win

El Shaddai Sung By Amy Grant

Although Amy Grant cannot claim to have invented the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) style of gospel music, she did the most to popularize it in the 1970s and 1980s before successfully crossing over to pop music in the '80s and early '90s. When Grant came along as a teenager in the mid-'70s, "inspirational" (i.e., white) gospel music was a tiny subgenre, its records sold almost exclusively in Christian bookstores and almost exclusively in small numbers.

El Shaddai:

El shaddai, el shaddai,
El-elyon na adonia,
Age to age youre still the same,
By the power of the name.
El shaddai, el shaddai,
Erkamka na adonai,
We will praise and lift you high,
El shaddai.

Through your love and through the ram,
You saved the son of abraham;
Through the power of your hand,
Turned the sea into dry land.
To the outcast on her knees,
You were the God who really sees,
And by your might,
You set your children free.

El shaddai, el shaddai,
El-elyon na adonia,
Age to age youre still the same,
By the power of the name.
El shaddai, el shaddai,
Erkamka na adonai,
We will praise and lift you high,
El shaddai.

Through the years youve made it clear,
That the time of christ was near,
Though the people couldnt see
What messiah ought to be.
Though your word contained the plan,
They just could not understand
Your most awesome work was done
Through the frailty of your son.

El shaddai, el shaddai,
El-elyon na adonai,
Age to age youre still the same,
By the power of the name.
El shaddai, el shaddai,
Erkamka na adonai,
I will praise yo till I die,
El shaddai.

El shaddai, el shaddai,
El-elyon na adonai,
Age to age youre still the same,
By the power of the name.
El shaddai, el shaddai,
Erkamka na adonai,
I will praise you till I die.
El shaddai.

Temple Christian School

Now called City Christian:

Remember our school uniforms? They were plaid jumpers in red, white and blue.


City Christian Schools
9200 N.E. Fremont St.
Portland, Oregon 97220
phone: (503) 252-5207
fax: (503) 257-2221
email: ccs@citychristianschool.com
athletics@citychristianschool.com

City Christian Schools (CCS) were established in 1974 as Bible Temple Christian School with an enrollment of 105 students, grades 1-9. Accelerated Christian Education was the academic program selected and continued to be the core of the curriculum until 1985. The school then changed to the traditional method of classroom instruction. Supervisory and teaching personnel were selected from within the City Bible Church family. This continues to be the only source of staff personnel.

Heads Up 7Up

Seven students were in front of the class. The class laid their heads on their desk. The seven went out and each touched a person. That person would stick his or her thumb up. Then the seven would say "heads up seven up" and each student got one chance to guess which of the seven touched him if they guessed right than they changed places. If they did not the same person got to stay up.

OR

Played inside a classroom...everyone puts their heads down on their desks and extends one thumb. The teacher chooses one person as "It." He/she goes around touching the thumbs of six people. If your thumb is touched, you go to the front of the room. When this has been accomplished, "It" yells, "Seven up!" Everyone raises their heads and has to guess which of the seven people is "It."

Murder Wink Game

Draw pieces of paper from a hat. One person is chosen as 'IT'. Sit in a circle with the lights dim...whoever is 'IT', winks at a victim, the victim then waits about 5 seconds and then 'dies'. The victim chooses his own way of falling. If another player thinks he can identify the killer, he points and says "I accuse you." If he is wrong, both players are dead. Whoever guesses correctly becomes 'IT'.

Woodland Park Hospital

Woodland Park Hospital
10300 NE Hancock St
Portland, OR 97220


Woodland Park Hospital first opened in 1962
with 50 beds and operated successfully as a
locally owned entity. In 1968, purchase and
ownership of the former Woodland Park Hos-
pital moved through a string of national hos-
pital management companies. This continued
through several cycles of profitability followed
by losses. The hospital closed in January 2004,
and 245 employees lost their jobs.

Lava Monster

Game Description:
For this game, pretend IT is like a mysterious sea creature who must live in and can never leave the sea, and then take the sea and replace it with lava. Now imagine that all the ground everywhere around the playground is that lava, and that the only safe place is the playground equipment above.
Choose one unfortunate person to be It, the Lava Monster. That person must stay in the “lava,” the ground for the entire duration of the game. That is, they must always touch the ground in some form, whether it be one finger or two feet. The other players are free to go anywhere on the playground equipment, but will probably go cocky and put themselves in peril of the monster eventually. Be very careful.
Whoever the Lava Monster manages to tag becomes It and the game resumes.

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor

Farrell's The Original Portland Ice Cream Parlour
1613 NE Weidler St, Portland, OR 97232
(503) 281-1271

Farrell's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor Restaurant was created in 1963 by Bob Farrell and Ken McCarthy. They opened their first parlor in Portland, Ore., with the intention of recreating one of the most colorful and memorable periods in American history -- the 1890s. Customers could walk through the doors and step back in time, sit on bentwood chairs under Tiffany-style lamps, feast on yummy food and fantastic ice-cream creations while listening to old tunes on the player piano. And like the 1890s, there were singing waiters and waitresses dressed in the style of the period. Later, they even had a theme song -- "Farrell's is Fabulous Fun!"

Sometime in the 1970s, Farrell's was acquired by the Marriott Corporation, and the years brought many changes, mostly closings.

The original "Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor" in Portland, Oregon is now called "The Original Portland Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant."

The place is very much the same as it was many years ago. The coin
operated player piano is still there and in operating condition. The
coin slot accepts quarters. An engraved brass plate on the fall board
reads "Player Piano House - Portland, Oregon." The brand stamped on
the harp reads "Frederick Piano Company - New York".

This piano has a large spoolbox and plays multiple selections on large
rolls. A xylophone is mounted inside also. Some folks would call this
an orchestrion. An ornate leaded glass panel allows viewing of the
inside and mechanism. The manager told me that it was made by an
elderly gentlemen and he hasn't been seen for quite a few years.

The Organ Grinder

The Organ Grinder opened on August 26, 1973 and was considered by many to be the "grand-daddy" of all theatre organ equipped pizza parlors. The Portland-based Forchuk brothers were the primary owners/ financiers of the endeavor with Dennis Hedberg supplying the organ and its installation. Dennis tried to collect at least one of every pipe rank and percussion ever produced by the Wurlitzer firm. In later years, he assumed 100% ownership of the restaurant.

The Organ Grinder organ was built around a Style 235 "Special" opus #1710 from Portland's Oriental Theatre. The instrument eventually grew to 51 ranks and a four-manual console from the Metropolitan Theatre in Boston was added. The original Oriental Theatre three-manual console went to Uncle Milt's Pizza in Vancouver, WA.

The Organ Grinder closed in February, 1996. The organ was sold to an investor who split it up for parts. The console went to Garrett Shanklin of Groton, MA (30 miles west of Boston) for use in his 4/34 Conference Center installation. The 32 foot Diaphones went to Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa, AZ.

A similar Organ Grinder restaurant opened in Denver, Colorado on February 7, 1979. The organ was based on the 4/20 Wurlitzer Publix #1 from Portland's Paramount Theatre. This restaurant also closed after just a few years.

The Organ Grinder was located on Southeast 82nd Ave. Its big show was to play the theme from 2001; Space Odyssey while releasing Lawence Welk like bubbles over the dance floor and throughout the restaurant. It was loud and a lot of fun!

Freddy

Chuck Wagon Buffet Restaurant

The Chuck Wagon Buffet was the forerunner of the all-you-can-eateries that have become an indespensable part of casinos everywhere and, indeed, an icon of Americana. By today's standards, of course, the selection was miniscule.

The Chuck Wagon Buffet had seating for 250 people and was the largest in town. It was way ahead of its time and set the pace for the future.

Wendy's Salads

Remember Wendy's All-You-Can-Eat Salad Bars? Several years ago, Wendy's advertisement for their Super Bar stated that they had "something for everyone. With over 26,335 possible combinations you can create just the dinner you want at the Super Bar." Going to Wendy's salad bar on special occasions for me was going out to eat.

Doritos

Doritos is a brand of flavored tortilla chips produced since 1966 by the American food company Frito-Lay (a division of PepsiCo, Inc.). Doritos are sold in many countries worldwide.

Originally produced and marketed only as tortilla chips and sold in red bags, over the years Doritos have produced new flavors and corresponding different bag colors. An all-new Doritos look premiered in December 2005, although Doritos' pre-2005 logo was introduced for the Canadian market in 2006, as it is still used for the Mexican market.

The Doritos brand is also known for its marketing campaigns, which have included many television commercials featuring the late Avery Schreiber as well as product placement in movies such as Wayne's World.

The brand name seems to be loosely derived from the Spanish word oro for gold (or dorado for gilded) and the diminuitive suffix -ito meaning small (therefore orito without the D would mean little gold). It also rhymes with other Frito-Lay brand names Cheeto, Tostito, and Frito (which is the Spanish word for fried), so the term fits in with the larger corporate theme.

Montavilla Park

Montavilla Community Center & Pool
8219 NE Glisan St Locate this site in PortlandMaps
503-823-4101

General Info:

Acquired in 1930

Amenities:

Includes basketball court – indoor, community center, gymnasium, kitchen – reservable, meeting room – reservable, party room – reservable and swimming pool – outdoor.

Montavilla Pool is open from mid-June through early-September.

Program Information:

Outdoor 25-yard shallow pool and 25-yard deep pool, heated to 84 degrees. Water depths range from 2 feet to 8 feet. Has a drop slide and a kiddie slide.

Historical Information:

This center was at its busy location long before all of the traffic. One of the original four community centers built by the city in the 1920s, at that time the building consisted of just the current gymnasium with an adjacent outdoor pool. The gym usually housed a variety of recreational activities, but during the summer months when the pool was in use, two floor-to-ceiling wood walls were put into place. These boards divided the gym into a boys' dressing room and a girls' dressing room, with a center walkway between them. Legend has it that boys would try to line up the knotholes in the wooden walls - never successfully.

In 1992, the first phase of renovations at Montavilla was completed. The aquatics facilities were relocated, which provided permanent preschool and gymnastics rooms. Previously, these rooms doubled as dressing rooms during the busy summer season. The rest of the improvements scheduled for Montavilla are to provide a craft shop and develop a multipurpose room. The mechanical and plumbing systems will also be improved, along with the pool and locker rooms.

Tetherball

The Rules of Tetherball:
For any game to work well, it needs rules that make play as lively and as fair as possible. The rules by which many people play tetherball fall far short of making the most of the game. The tetherball rules described below are the best I have used.

Games and Matches:
A game is won when one player has wrapped the rope as far as it can go in her own direction.

The outcome of each game is powerfully influenced by which player serves, as explained below. For this reason, a match must consist of several games, with the players taking turns at serving. The players can choose how many games must be won to win the match, but the margin of victory must be at least two games, otherwise the player who serves the first game will be at a disadvantage.

Serve:

In tetherball, possession is everything. Once a good player gets control of the ball, her opponent is in trouble.

In the most common rules of tetherball, one player serves, then either player can hit the ball from that point on. Under these rules, the server has an immense advantage. She has complete control of the ball from the start of the game, and if she's an advanced player facing an opponent of equal skill, she should be able to hit the ball over her opponent each time it comes around, wrapping it to win the game without her opponent even touching the ball.

The better rule requires the server to wait until either the opponent strikes the ball or the ball has wrapped four times before she can strike the ball again. This actually gives the receiver the advantage, because he gets the first chance at unrestricted control of the ball. His advantage, though, is tempered by the fact that the server can wind the ball at least one wrap in her own direction and use an angled serve to prevent him from getting a clean first hit on the ball. This makes the contest as fair as it can be, although winning one's serving games is still about as rare in advanced tetherball as breaking serve is in advanced tennis.

Direction:
Given the disadvantage of serving, the server may choose in which direction to hit for each game in which she serves. For each new game that she begins, she may choose either direction.

Penalties:
In many versions of tetherball rules, all violations result in loss of game. A fairer system distinguishes between intentional and unintentional violations.

Unintentional violations include the following:

* Stepping off sides.
* Touching the rope.
* Carrying or throwing. When hitting a ball back against the direction from which it comes, the ball should bounce off the hands immediately, with no lingering contact. When hitting a ball that has passed the opponent and continuing it on its way, the ball still cannot be carried or thrown, but a less distinctive impact is to be expected. Serves must be hit, not thrown.
* Double hitting may or may not be intentional, but we give the benefit of the doubt. A player can hit the ball only once per wrap around the pole, except if the ball hits the pole between hits. He could conceivably "dribble" the ball against the pole, but this would be of little advantage, because he would not gain any wraps, and his opponent would likely get an opportunity to steal the ball.

When one player commits any one of these violations, the ball is stopped and returned to the place it was wrapped when the violation occurred. Both the number of wraps and their height should be re-created. The other player gets to serve, then either player can hit the ball from that point on. If a player commits three unintentional violations, in any combination, the opponent wins the game.

The only intentional violation is grabbing the pole. The penalty is immediate loss of game.

If both players commit a violation at the same time, then a "pole drop" is performed. Both players place one hand on the ball, holding it three feet out from the pole, directly above the line dividing the forward ends of their two sides. They release the ball simultaneously. Once the ball hits the pole, either player can hit it, and play continues normally.

Other rules:
All specific violations are listed above. Other violations would fall under the category of "unsportsmanlike conduct," which we needn't explain here.

Tactics such as hitting the ball in the opponent's direction to gain control are essential to the game, and rules outlawing them only limit the fun and sophistication of the game. Also legal are punching the ball, jumping directly in front of the opponent, and any other tactics that are consistent with good sportsmanship and not specifically prohibited above.

Four Square Game

Four Square Game Rules:

Looking for fun way to get some exercise and get out of the house this summer? Read on for more about the rules of Four Square.

Four Squares - What You Need:

The only things you need to get started in a game of Four Squares are some chalk, a patch of concrete somewhere, a bouncy ball like a soccer ball or volleyball and at least four people. With the chalk, draw a large square at least six feet wide and divide this big square into four equally sized small squares. Each of the four squares should be numbered 1 to 4.

Four Squares - How To Play:

- Each player stands in one of the four squares.
- To start the game, the player in square four serves the ball by bouncing it in their square once and then hitting it towards one of the other squares. The receiving player then hits the ball to any other player in one of the other squares.
- The ball must bounce in another player's square, and they must hit it to another player before it bounces a second time.
- A player may hit the ball before it bounces, if they choose to do so.
- If a player hits the ball so that it misses another player's square, or fails to hit the ball before the second bounce after it has landed in their square, they are "out".
- When a player is out, the other players move up to take their place, and that player moves to the last square, or to the end of the line, if there are more than four players.
- The object of the game is to move up to and hold the server's position.

Four Square - Different Variations:

- Instead of numbering the squares 1 to 4, you can play the game by naming the squares Ace, King, Queen, President, or in some other ranking order.
- If you have eight or more players, you can have two players for each square. Each time a player hits the ball to another square, they will jump out of the court, and their partner will jump in. The two players will keep trading places each time the ball is hit towards their square.
- When players bounce the ball, they must also call out the name of a country, a state an animal, a movie star, or whatever the category may be. A player is out if they repeat something that's already been said.

Bible Temple

1951 Montavilla Tabernacle:

Ivy & Sylvia IversonIn 1951 a group of 13 people stepped out in faith to start what would someday become City Bible Church. Pastored by Dick Iverson's parents, L.N. and Sylva Iverson, the church began meeting as Deliverance Tabernacle in an old building on SE 80th and Washington Street.

1959 Old Granada Theater:

Dick & Edie IversonAs the church grew, the Lord miraculously provided a new location, the old Granada Theater at NE 76th and Glisan. The congregation responded with sacrificial giving and in 1959 Deliverance Temple moved into the remodeled theater, surrounded by storefronts and a tavern.

1967 Bible Temple:

In 1966 the church changed their name to Bible Temple and the following year, with a congregation of 600, the church opened Portland Bible College with an inaugural class of 23 students. In 1974, as a congregation of 900, they established a Christian school, began Bible Temple Publishing (now City Bible Publishing) and other ministries.

1977 76th & Glisan:

In 1977 the church began to build a new facility at 76th and Glisan. Through miraculous provision from the sacrificial giving of the congregation, $1.2 million came in, financing the new property. This new sanctuary was an important chapter, but not the end, of God's vision for the growing congregation.

1991 Rocky Butte:

In 1981 the Lord opened the door for Bible Temple to purchase 32 acres on Rocky Butte and the church rose to the challenge. In the midst of an economic recession, the congregation sacrificially gave $2.7 million to purchase the property. In 1986 construction began on the domes and in 1991 the congregation moved into their new church home, raising a total of $7.5 million toward the project.

1995 Frank & Sharon Damazio:

In 1992 Dick Iverson announced his change of ministry plans. He would move to a full- time ministry with Ministers Fellowship International, a network of pastors he founded in 1987. With the confirmation of the eldership, he announced Pastor Frank Damazio as his successor. After a three-year transition, Pastor Frank and Sharon became the senior pastors of Bible Temple in October, 1995. The name of the church was changed City Bible Church in 1998.

Choose Your Own Adventure

The Cave of Time, the first Choose Your Own Adventure book.

Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's books first published by Bantam Books from 1979 to 1998 and currently published by Chooseco of Warren, Vermont. Each story is written from a second person point-of-view, with the reader assuming the role of the main character.

After an introduction to the story, the reader was given choices of how the story should progress. For instance:

If you decide to start back home, turn to page 4.
If you decide to wait, turn to page 5.

Depending on the reader's choice, the plot will unfold in different ways and eventually lead to many different possible endings.

Often, a Choose Your Own Adventure book has multiple endings -- possibly 15 or more -- which include:

* At least one -- but often a few -- endings depicting the most desired resolution (e.g., the villain's plans are foiled and he/she subsequently either arrested or killed) and the main character, friend, or other "good guy" character is rewarded handsomely.
* Endings that result in death, either of the main character, one or more "friends," or both, because of an incorrect choice the reader made. Usually, this plot twist involves the villain learning of the good guys' investigation, subsequent confrontation and deadly resolution.
* Other endings that may either be satisfactory (but not the most desired ending) or unsatisfactory (but not always totally bad).

Agates

Many people have heard of Agate Beach and even agate hunting, but how many really know what agates are?

Those that are seen in stores are usually smooth and shiny, sometimes sliced to show off their inner beauty -- but they all started out looking like a plain old rock.

It takes practice to recognize an agate on a stretch of rock and gravel on the beach, but Oregon beaches, especially many areas not too far from Salem, offer some of the best agate hunting around.

There are about 20 varieties of beach agates in Oregon, but many of the stones are quite rare.

Agates were produced in the spaces left by decaying plants and animals well before the Ice Age. These spaces were filled with silicone, metals, oxides and minerals carried by water.

The coloring and formations of agates depends on what materials were carried into these voids. The colors range from reds, yellows, whites, browns, greens, pinks and blues, and relatively transparent to cloudy or opaque. Some can contain spots, banding, ribbons or even bubbles of water or air.

So, how can the average person discover these ancient treasures?

They are just lying around waiting to be discovered in the many gravel beds along the Oregon Coast.

Unfortunately for hunters, many of them are under the sand, and can only be uncovered during times of high winds and water.

There is sometimes an incorrect assumption that agates wash up from the ocean during storms, however the truth is that they are uncovered by these events as the sand is eroded from the beach.

Hunters are more likely to discover agates after a major winter storm, but it is possible to find some at other times of the year as well.

Outgoing tides are the key to success -- when the sand is being pulled out to sea.

Although agate beds are all along the coast, the highest concentrations are between the Lincoln City and Florence areas, with Newport having several hunting areas nearby.

As the tide goes out, it can expose gravel beds that look as if they contain only a bunch of gray rocks of different shapes and sizes, but there are a few things to watch for to discover which stones are something more.

Since many of the agates will be smooth or have smooth sections and are quite hard, they will remain wet longer than more porous rock and also will tend to shine or shimmer in the sunlight.

The translucent quality that many agates have is helpful to distinguish them from other rocks.

It takes patience, determination and a sharp eye to find these beauties, but the quest also can be a time to relax. Walking along the beach, breathing the fresh air, feeling the wind and hearing the sounds of the sea are refreshing and rejuvenating.

Adults and children alike will take pleasure in agate hunting.

With a few pointers even the little ones can discover ancient gems.

As with any activity on the beach, there are safety concerns.

Dressing for the weather is the most obvious -- the temperatures and winds can make it chilly along the coast.

Sneaker waves are always something to be wary of, as are strong outgoing currents.

Logs on the beach and in the water should be avoided because it only takes an inch of water to move or roll them, which can be very dangerous.

And the very tides themselves often catch beachgoers off guard.

Being aware of when the tides are expected to change is not only important for locating agates, but also for safety.

Tide charts are available in many coastal locations as well as online from the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Agates are not the only ancient treasures to look for on the beach. Fossils also can be found along our beaches.

Millions of years ago, many dying plants or animals were trapped in sand or other soils which over the passage of time have been transformed into rock, trapping the ancient remnants within them.

Many rocks contain small bits of shell, but whole clam and snail shells and bone can be discovered if you are lucky and attentive.

There are regulations concerning the removal of fossils in certain areas, and it is illegal to sell them, however as long as you follow these rules, fossil collecting is permitted.

The Oregon Fossil Guy Web site has information on current Oregon fossil regulations.

Many rock shops also have information on agates and fossils available, and owners and employees will often offer advice on a great place to search.

One such shop is in Newport -- Facets Gem and Mineral Gallery, which also has a Web site full of products and supplies. The site has books, maps and field guides that can answer many of your questions and get you started in the right direction.

There also is another option if you would like a little more assistance in the process.

The Oregon Fossil Guy Web site master, Guy Di Torrice, will take you on guided tours to suit your desires, sharing knowledge and experience.

So no matter which option you choose, keep your eyes open and wear clothes with plenty of pockets.

Tide Pools

EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF THE OREGON COAST'S "TIDE POOLS OF LIFE":

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area is a narrow point of land jutting due west into the Pacific Ocean on the north end of Newport, this headland provides visitors with one of the most accessible, safe wildlife and ocean-viewing locations on the Pacific Coast. Handicap-accessible tidepools constructed at Quarry Cove are being occupied by an ever-increasing array of marine life including kelp crabs, sea urchins, sea anemones and an occasional sea star or octopus. Wildlife-watchers experience incredibly close views of nesting sea birds, and marine mammals resting on the offshore rocks, as well as the annual migrations of gray whales. Open year-round from dawn to dusk, with the Yaquina Head Interpretive Center open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Yaquina Head Lighthouse opening at noon daily.

Haystack Rock is a 235-foot tall monolith on the Oregon coast in the northwestern United States, the third-tallest such structure in the world. A popular tourist destination, the rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot during low tide. Haystack Rock tide pools are home to many intertidal animals, including sea stars, anemone, crabs, chitons, limpets, and sea slugs. The rock is also a refuge for many sea birds including terns and puffins. Haystack Rock is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.2 km) south of downtown Cannon Beach in Clatsop County, Oregon, approximately 80 miles west of Portland. The nearest major road is U.S. Route 101. Haystack Rock is part of the Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site and is managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department below the mean high water (MHW) level, and above the MHW level by the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Located on the Southern Oregon Coast at the mouth of the Coquille River, Bandon Oregon is 90 miles north of the California border, about a 90 minute drive to Interstate 5 at Roseburg, five hours by car from Portland and about nine hours from San Francisco. The sandy beach has lots of tide pools and large rocks for exploring.

The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 film directed by Nick Castle.

When her father kills himself, Milly loses interest in almost everything around her. But before long, she makes friends with Eric, a young autistic neighbor who just lost both of his parents. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope with the loss and the pain, as they escape to far away places.

Cast: Colleen Dewhurst, Bonnie Bedelia, Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins.

Trivia:

* "The Boy Who Could Fly" won Best Fantasy Film in The Saturn Awards in 1986.
* The actor who played Eric's uncle also played Herman Munster on "The Munsters."
* A young Jason Priestley stars as "Gary."
* A young Fred Savage (later from The Wonder Years) plays the younger brother.

The Electric Company

Originally on: PBS (30 min.)
Premiered: October 25, 1971

On the heels of its fabulously successful Sesame Street, the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) created The Electric Company. With its roots in Motown Sound, Broadway and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Electric Company drew attention for six years as the most popular instructional television show. It would win an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series, and its soundtrack album earned a Grammy.

Targeting children ages 6 through 10, The Electric Company aimed to teach basic reading and grammar skills to the young viewers. The show's cast of skit players helped teach these concepts through the use of skits, songs, cartoon and blackout segments and regular features; all of them revolved around sound clusters (e.g., sh-, -ly, -oo-), contractions, punctuation marks, etc. The series provided material for elementary schools, as CTW published a biweekly TEC Teacher's Guide detailing program contents.

Quickly, the cast members began to establish themselves with various personas:
• Skip Hinnant (who had played Schroeder in the off-Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) had one of the best known characters: Fargo North, Decoder. Early in the run, this Peter Sellers knock-off interpreted messages that people gave to him when they couldn't understand what had been written.
• The show also made Morgan Freeman. He created Easy Reader, the cool dude who loved reading anything he could get his hands on. Freeman also played radio disc jockey Mel Mounds, who usually introduced The Short Circus tunes (see below).
• Rita Moreno created her tagline, "Hey You Guys!", while playing Millie, the Milkman's helper. She put the same fire into playing Otto the Director, who fumed as her actors didn't read their lines properly.
• Judy Graubart, alumnus of The Second City in Chicago, became Jennifer of the Jungle, teaching bits of phonetics to her friend Paul the Gorilla.
• And who can forget J. Arthur Crank? Jimmy Boyd (B. 1939) created the character, strictly as a voice on a telephone during the first season. In all future years, Crank was seen as that bad-tempered loud dresser.

Complimenting the adults in the cast was The Short Circus, a group of five teenaged performers usually involved in songs or dances. Members of The Short Circus drew names from a hat to determine what would be their character name. While the Short Circus changed its talents from one season to the next, they did keep one member constant: June Angela.

The show also set itself apart with the cloud sets by Nat Mongioi (which members of the cast called "Limbo Land"), cool music by the late Joe Raposo and others, unique sound effects Dick Maitland pinned to punctuation marks, and the high-tech computer animation. The logo above can only suggest these elements, which seemed to represent the New Era back in the 1970s.

Among the most popular of the regular features was Spiderman, a live-action segment added during the series' fourth season. The Spiderman segments (for which there were about two dozen or so made) featured The Electric Company cast as various characters.

Beginning in 1972, there was also The Adventures of Letterman cartoon series. The evil Spell Binder would cause trouble by using his magic wand, replacing key letters to make the worse of situations (e.g.: Train into Rain). Then Letterman would take the letter(s) off his varsity sweater and correct the hazard.

Muppet characters from Sesame Street (including Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and Grover) also visited on occasion through the years.

A total of 780 episodes of The Electric Company aired from 1971 to 1977 on PBS; reruns of the final two seasons aired through the fall of 1985. Programs always ended with one of its cast members stating:

The Electric Company
gets its power from
The Children's Television Workshop.

This was followed by a superimposed caption:

The Electric Company is a
trademark and service mark of the
Children's Television Workshop.
© Copyright Children's Television Workshop 1971 to 1977

In 1972, CTW began issuing The Electric Company magazine. Appropriately enough, the mag contained feature articles, games and other activities featuring members of the show's cast. It was published until the late-1980s, when replaced with a magazine called Kid City. A sister magazine, Spidey Super Stories (also issued and endorsed by The Electric Company's producers) contained children's reading level-versions of the web slinger's battles with his arch-enemies plus comic strip versions of the The Electric Company Spiderman segments. Spidey Super Stories were published from October 1974 to January 1982.

Sixty-five episodes of The Electric Company from various seasons – a good share from the 1972-1973 and 1973-1974 seasons – began airing on Nickelodeon's new Noggin network in the spring of 1999 (kicked off with a two-hour retrospective of the show on TV Land, another Nickelodeon sister network). The shows were edited slightly, removing all program numbers and show-ending teases (see Notes within Show 131). Also for the Noggin run, CTW gave credit to Marvel Comics, which had never received a copyright notice on the original run. Thus all episodes from Seasons 4 to 6 had their copyrights redisplayed:

The Electric Company is a
trademark and service mark of the
Children's Television Workshop.
© Copyright Children's Television Workshop 1974 to 1976
The use of the character Spiderman
was provided as a courtesy to
the Children's Television Workshop by
Marvel Comics Group.
© Copyright Marvel Comics Group 1974 to 1976

At first, Noggin aired The Electric Company during several daytime and overnight time slots seven days a week. By the time CTW was renamed Sesame Workshop in 2000, however, the show's timeslots were downgraded to late-nights and then, in 2002, only a couple of weekend overnight airings. In early 2003, with the value of Sesame Workshop's interest in Noggin even less (if not zero), The Electric Company was pulled from Noggin's schedule altogether.

(Note: Classic episodes of Sesame Street, which were shown under the title Sesame Street Unpaved, had also been a part of Noggin's schedule. Noggin had shown 65 classic episodes (originally airing between 1969 to 1986) of the series. Like The Electric Company, Sesame Street Unpaved had originally aired weekdays before being placed in downgraded timeslots (eventually weekend overnights). Both shows had attracted primarily adults (who had watched the show as children) and college-aged fans, and both shows were too dated for their intended childhood audience. Noggin underwent a total personality change beginning April 1, 2002, placing more emphasis on original programming (in addition to airing reruns of Nickelodeon kiddie shows).

The general effect of removing The Electric Company from the airwaves, has not been a pleasant one for American society. Some people believe Sesame Workshop discusses The Electric Company only when lowering the wrecker's ball on those who have violated their copyrights. (To this day, The Electric Company™ and the logo are trademarks and service marks of Sesame Workshop, © 1971-1977.) Though it appears Sesame Workshop chooses not to live in the past, it has been digitizing segments from all its old shows in preparation for DVD releases. The first DVD of The Electric Company is scheduled for release in 2006. (This is the result of an independent campaign for a TEC DVD release; see below.)

The Electric Company will always be remembered by its fans as an entertaining series which taught children to read. Elementary classroom teachers regularly scheduled their days so their students could watch the show, and reading scores increased as a result of in-class and home viewing.

Hey You Guys!

petersmith among them

We're gonna turn it on
We're gonna bring you the power
We're gonna light up
The dark of night
Like the brightest day
In a whole new way

We're gonna turn it on
We're gonna bring you the power
It's coming down the line
Strong as it can be
Through the courtesy
Of The Electric Company™

from The Electric Company Theme
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
© 1971 Jonico Music

The Littles

Premiered: September 10, 1983

This series focuses on one particular family of Littles - Grandpa, Mom and Dad, Dinky, and the two youngest: Tom and Lucy. In their quest to become productive adults, the Littles and their 12-year old huge friend Henry face the same kinds of problems that young children face every day - issues of friendship, jealousy, honesty, prejudice, consideration for others, kindness, responsibility, risk-taking ... and more. Each episode of the Littles focuses on one such issue, presenting it in explicit, concrete terms. And young, attractive characters with whom children can identify carry out these actions, they serve as excellent role models for young viewers. Younger and older children, boys and girls, loners and social butterflies...all can find a character with whom to identify and from whom to learn. And last but far from least, the character of Grandpa, a wise, experienced, older Little who clearly loves and cares for the Little kids, functions as the kind of non-threatening, non-didactic teacher to whom children respond. He frequently articulates the lesson inherent in the action as he interacts with and advises the Little children. He is the best kind of teacher.

The exciting adventures of the Littles and the suspense generated by their frequent narrow escapes from Dr Hunter are designed to capture and hold young viewers' attention. The explicitness with which each lesson is articulated and role models with whom children can identify are designed to ensure that children note and understand the embedded pro-social content as they derive delight from the action.

Theme Song

Henry: "I have a very special secret, i'm the only one who knows about tiny people living in our walls called The Littles".
Lucy: Hello Henry Bigg!
Henry: Hello, Lucy Little!
Grandpa: Wait a second, Dinky Little!
Dinky: No time, Grandpa Little!
Lucy: Jump, Tom Little!
Henry: Someone's Coming
Mr. Little: Come home kids!
Lucy: Quick slick!

Second Version - 1984-1985
Here Come The Littles,
always running to and fro,
here come the Littles,
there living with ya don't ya know?

One day when Henry went away,
the littles fell inside his suitcase.
He laid it down just half-ways.
When he opened his luggage and the littles jumped out.

They've been the best friends ever since.
He's kept in secret there existence.
Inside the walls they've always been.
You cant stop the littles cause the littles dont stop!

Second Version - Final Season: 1985-1986
Here come The Littles (Hurry Up Grandpa),
Traveling around the world,
They go from one land to the other,
They know theres so much to discover,(Come on Then)
Here come The Littles so you better watch out

They learn with such Fascination,
in almost every situation
Here come the littles so you better watch out.

Ending Theme - All Seasons

We are the littles,
tails that squiggle to and fro,
we are the littles
were living with you dont ya know?

we keep a secret from the outside.
From Mr. Bigg we gotta hide,
we use a pencil for a slide,
you can't stop the littles cause the littles don't stop.

The show is based on a series of books written by John Peterson.

The Smurfs

Originally on: NBC (30 min.)
Status: Ended Premiered: September 1, 1981

The Smurfs are a group of over 100 bluish, three-apple tall creatures who live in the mushroom homes of Smurf Village. They are led by 543-year-old Papa Smurf (who doesn't look a day over 530). Their lives would be perfect were it not for the villainous Gargamel, a wizard who spends his days trying to capture them to eat, turn into gold, or for some other evil reason. Gargamel's cat Azrael adds to the menace, always looking for a smurfalicious snack. The single-emotioned smurfs, including Brainy, Jokey, Vanity, Grouchy and Clumsy, and others, were later joined by Grandpa Smurf, five Smurflings (who went back in time to become youngsters), and even Nanny late in the series. Gargamel, too, got a friend in the form of the unscrupulous Scruple.

In 1982, the Culliford characters Johan and his aide Peewit ("Peewee" to U.S. kids) were given their own segments during the expanded, 90-minute The Smurfs, but the two humans simply weren't as smurfy as their tiny friends, and thus did not last. Despite its incredible popularity, The Smurfs actually encountered some controversy. Some adults considered the show quite sexist in its use of the one original female character, Smurfette, who was created by Gargamel as a way to fool the other Smurfs. In reaction to the criticism, the siren was changed into a sweetie via some Papa Smurf magic, and later seasons brought further smurf femmes like Sassette and Nanny.

Perhaps the most memorable feature of the show was the use of the word "smurf" in every possible tense and construction. For instance, it wouldn't be unusual to hear a Smurf remark something like, "It's such a smurfy day, I think I'll go smurfing in Lake Smurf." In any case, the show won two Emmys as Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series and, in 1987, actually did a message episode. In an anti-drug show, Poet Smurf became addicted after rubbing a witch's magic orb, requiring the help of Papa and the gang to overcome his problem. The Smurfs hit the silver screen in 1984 with The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. The film was actually a dubbed version of an older Belgian Schtroumpfs feature, and our teeny weeny heroes didn't even appear until a ways in. The film flopped, but the cartoon continued to rule Saturday morning for the better part of the decade.

In 1989, in an attempt to save the nearly decade-old show, the producers had the Smurfs leaving Smurf Village to visit various times and locations. Fans were smurfed off. The show was cancelled after that season, surviving only in the syndicated package titled The Smurfs' Adventures.

The Thornbirds

The miniseries The Thorn Birds, based on Colleen McCullough's 1977 best selling novel, was broadcast on ABC for 10 hours between 27 and 30 March 1983. Set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian outback, the melodrama focused on the multi-generational Cleary family, and spanned the years 1920-1962.

At the outset, the family--patriarch Paddy Cleary (Richard Kiley), his wife, Fiona (Jean Simmons), and children--moved from New Zealand to Australia to help run Drogheda, owned by Paddy's wealthy sister, Mary Carson (Barbara Stanwyck). Over the years, numerous deaths and disasters--fire, a drowning, a goring by a wild boar-- were to befall the family.

While the saga recounted the story of the entire Cleary clan, it focused primarily on the lone Cleary daughter, Meggie (Rachel Ward) and her relationship with Father Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain). Although they met when she was just a child, Meggie grew up to fall in love with the handsome, young Catholic priest who had been banished to the outback for a previous disobedience. Father Ralph was torn between his own love for Meggie, his love for God, and his ambition to rise in the Catholic hierarchy. Spurred on by the spiteful Mary Carson--who was herself attracted to the priest--Father Ralph was forced to choose between his own advancement in the church and his love for Meggie. He chose the former, and soon found himself at the Vatican. As Father Ralph rose quickly through the hierarchy of the Catholic church (eventually becoming a Cardinal), Meggie married a sheep shearer named Luke O'Neill (Bryan Brown), bore a daughter (played as an adult by Mare Winningham), and ended up working as a maid in Queensland.

Years later, de Bricassart returned to Australia and to Meggie, who eventually left her husband. In the controversial third episode, the two consummated their relationship in what Newsweek's Harry F. Waters called "the most erotic love scene ever to ignite the home screen," but de Bricassart still was unable to give up the church. Unbeknownst to him, Meggie gave birth to his son (played as an adult by Philip Anglim), who in an ironic twist of fate himself became a priest before dying in a drowning accident. As in McCullough's novel, the key underlying message of this miniseries was that each generation is doomed to repeat the missteps and failures of the previous generation.

While winning the 1983 Golden Globe award for Best MiniSeries, The Thorn Birds was not without its controversy. The subject matter--a priest breaking his vow of celibacy--was contestable enough, but the fact that ABC chose to broadcast the program beginning on Palm Sunday and running through Holy Week, raised the ire of the United States Catholic Conference. In response, McDonald's Corporation initially requested that its franchisees not advertise during the broadcasts. In the end, however, the company simply advised its franchisees to advertise only before Father Ralph and Meggie consummated their relationship.

Despite its controversial subject matter (or perhaps because of it), The Thorn Birds garnered an average 41 rating and 59 share over the course of its four-night run, making it then the second highest rated miniseries ever, second only to Roots (1977). Its controversial third episode, in which Meggie and Father Ralph consummated their relationship, was at the time the fourth highest rated network entertainment show of all time (preceded only by the final episode of M*A*S*H, the "Who Shot JR?" episode of Dallas, and the eighth episode of Roots.) In the end, an estimated 110 million-140 million viewers saw all or some of the miniseries. TV Guide, in fact, has listed The Thorn Birds as one of the top 20 programs of the 1980s.

Produced for an estimated $21 million, The Thorn Birds appeared during the heyday of the network television miniseries, from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, when the form was seen as "the salvation of commercial television." In this context The Thorn Birds stood out for both its controversial qualities and its success. Like Roots and The Winds of War before it, The Thorn Birds exemplified the miniseries genre--family sagas spanning multiple generations, featuring large, big-name casts, and laden with tales of love, sex, tragedy, and transcendence that kept the audience coming back night after night. In 1996 ABC broadcast a sequel to The Thorn Birds in which Father Ralph and Meggie are again untied, and again struggle with their passion and their consciences. Though widely promoted, the program received far less attention from both critics and audiences.

-Sharon A. Mazzarella