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SoVaNow.com / August 15, 2019So, as long as people are asking — and believe me, they are — let's venture the question:
What's the deal with Joe Gasperini?
Our now-former Halifax County School Board chairman threw one heck of a curveball Monday night when, in the middle of an otherwise fairly routine trustees meeting, he resigned from the board, effective at the end of the night, and said he would move to take his name off the ballot in the November election. Gasperini calmly read aloud a statement announcing his intentions, and while you could sense the emotion peeking through, it's never entirely clear in these situations whether that emotion is sorrow or relief.
This would be a good time to repeat an obvious, if often overlooked fact: local government service is a thankless job, offering paltry benefits and guaranteed headaches, and those who are good-hearted and civic-minded enough to take on the challenge can expect to receive nothing but grief and the occasional cheap shot in return. Other than that, I suppose, local political office is a great gig. Remember these words the next time you feel motivated to level a fact-free, bile-ladened accusation against your favorite county elected official.
Of all the jobs in local politics, School Board is certifiably the worst. Why? Because in one way or another, we're all affected by the state of our public school system, and that right there affixes a lightning rod on the backs of everyone responsible for its aspirations and performance. (As a bonus, School Board members have to live with the fact that actually, their capabilities are limited in the respect that matters most — the budget, since it's the Board of Supervisors that holds the purse strings.) Because he was School Board chairman, Gasperini served as the biggest lightning rod of all, although of course that doesn't do full justice to the story. He was an outspoken public figure, especially on the need to build a new high school to replace our current embarrassment. What does it profit a School Board chairman to stick his neck out? "I've been told not to talk about a new high school again," Gasperini said Monday night. Refusal to identify the source of this edict notwithstanding, here's no reason to doubt the veracity of Gasperini's claim, or that the figurative hatchets were out.
Look: It's an open question whether Joe Gasperini's comments on building a new school — declarative, brash, off putting and maybe obnoxious to some, straight talk to others — will end up helping or hurting the chances for passage of the sales tax referendum that voters will decide on Nov. 5. We'll have no basis for making a judgment until the returns are in, and even then — who will really be able to say? There are so many decisions and discrete actions leading up to the referendum, all subject to debate and second-guessing, that we'll never know for sure what may or may not tip the balance of public opinion, whatever it turns out to be. We can speculate till the cows come home, but we cannot know. To steal a line from Cool Hand Luke (a great movie), all of us have gotta know our limitations.
Throwing in my two cents' worth, I would simply say this: the School Board has provided a clear answer for how it wants to fix HCHS — build a replacement facility — and that solution has gained at least the tacit endorsement of the two architectural firms that have studied the question most closely. The first firm, Moseley Architects, was paid by the School Board for a facilities review, and after delivering a worthy report they then went on to compete for the right to design a new high school (although their offer has since been effectively ruled out), so maybe it's easy to pooh-pooh their recommendations. The kicker here is the second review — pardon me, "second opinion" review — that was funded by the Board of Supervisors, a group that plainly hoped to be apprised of some low-cost way to deal with the problem that is HCHS. (I mean seriously, go take the tour, folks.)
The supervisors paid $75,000 to OWPR Inc. for alternatives to new construction, then they heard a presentation by the firm's CEO a week ago that left a couple of members of the board looking as though they had just finished sucking on a very large lemon. The lead company architect, Randy Jones, in a tone that was diplomatic, restrained and carefully considered, delivered a message that was impossible for anyone in the room not to hear. It essentially was this: Sure, you can renovate the high school, but it's still going to cost a load of money, same as building a new school, and by taking the renovation route you'll end up with a facility that will never escape all the errors of the past and will last only two-thirds as long as a new school. The math in favor of renovating HCHS is bad, the balance of the opportunity costs involved— what would be gained with a new facility, especially and most importantly from an educational perspective, versus milking 35 more years out of structure that was a mistake from the get-go — is worse. Against this backdrop, the Board of Supervisors has declined to say how it would choose to invest the proceeds from a sales tax, should the measure pass. The supervisors' pitch going into the November election is essentially "trust us." And folks want to dunk on Joe Gasperini?
We all know the biggest deadweight on the chances of passage for the school sales tax initiative. Everyone together now! Gimme a C, gimme an O, a U, R and T, throw in da HOUSE, whaddaya got? F-I-A-S-C-O! So let's talk a quick second about the differences between the courthouse and the HCHS projects. First off, the courthouse was the product of a closed negotiation that was pretty plainly screwed up by the people who insisted that the process remain closed. We're talking about the Board of Supervisors (a majority of supervisors at the time, to be precise) and county administration here, not the School Board. Second, renovation may be less expensive approach for fixing the high school, on net, but it entails risks. Remember, a majority of supervisors deluded themselves into thinking that the Commonwealth's Attorney's building — a three-story scrap heap — could be renovated, when a five-year-old with a plastic hammer could have brought half the building down in an afternoon. It was this quality of thinking that went into the courthouse botch. And let's be fair here: even with all the mistakes, the cost of the courthouse is basically manageable. There was one modest tax increase involved, and that's been it. What was infuriating is the sense that no one on the outside was allowed to offer input on the courthouse renovation, or suggest alternatives to the more dubious aspects of the design. The money issues, while not insignificant, are secondary.
Which brings us back to HCHS. The School Board's decision-making is far from perfect, but their process has been open, and from all indications it should remain so. Right now the trustees are working with two firms on a conceptual design for a new high school, and once they choose the winner, then we'll arrive at a point where the public can offer suggestions on what, exactly, they'd like to see in a replacement HCHS facility. All of this, of course, is academic if the sales tax referendum doesn't pass. And you know what? There's clearly a contingent of voters that won't vote in favor of doing anything for the high school — not a $10 million renovation, not a $50 million nor a $73.3 million renovation, and certainly not a new facility. From them, the counterproposal will be simple: Nothing.
It's everyone else who will have to work together to push this thing through, God willing. And I get the fact that we'll always have our differences about what, exactly, to do with our poor misbegotten high school. But think about it: without the proceeds from a sales tax, Halifax County will be stuck with a facility that will only get worse with time, will be a disservice to our children and to the entire community, and will take even bigger truckloads of money to fix at some certain point in the future.
That's it. That's all the argument that needs to be made over the next few months. I don't know any better than anyone else what prompted the resignation of the School Board chairman, but instead of obsessing about missteps and contretemps on the road to November, let's stay focused on the fact that Halifax County has a problem that badly needs fixing, and we have a potential way to achieve a fix that lessens the hit on property taxes and deflects a portion of the expense on outsiders passing through. Logic plainly points toward building a new school, but that's logic that will make itself more apparent with time. November is coming. Flawless leadership or not, we'll be there soon enough.


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Written by the director Cédric Klapisch and his faithful co-writer Santiago Amigorena, the screenplay centres on Rémy and Mélanie, two 30-year-olds who live in the same neighbourhood in Paris. She goes on hopeless date after hopeless date via social media accounts while he struggles to meet anyone at all. Both are victims of big city isolation, at a super-connected time, when meeting people should be simpler… Two individuals, two journeys. Without knowing it, they take two roads that will lead them in the same direction… but will it all end in love? The cast of Cédric Klapisch's romantic comedy include Ana Girardot and François Civil who were already on the bill of the director's previous film, Back to Burgundy. Also featured are Camille Cottin, François Berléand and Simon Abkarian. The film is in the fine tradition of Klapisch's relationship studies, including the trilogy L'auberge espanole (Pot Luck), Russian Dolls, and Chinese Puzzle, as well as Le péril jeune and Un air de famille. The Festival has followed his career from his first film Riens du tout onwards.
Cast Ana Girardot, François Civil, Camille Cottin, François Berléand, Eye Haïdara, Pierre Niney, Simon Abkarian.
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Nou Camp is the football stadium of FC Barcelona, located in the upper part of the city, in the neighborhood of Les Corts, its access is not entirely easy since at the moment, until line 9 of the subway does not arrive, it does not have a subway stop with this specific name. Here we explain what are the most recommended restaurants to eat well near the Camp Nou. Bars, restaurants with photos, prices and expert ratings.You may also be interested: What are the best cocktails for summer Steps to follow: 1
The Can Fusté restaurant It is one of the most typical of Barcelona that is near the Camp Nou, the address is Gran Via de Carles III, 50-52 (Barcelona). The average price is 45 Euros. Food: Market. Mediterranean Comment: Located in the neighborhood of Les Corts, Can Fusté is a restaurant that since its foundation in 1973, has opted for the quality of raw materials.
Here you will discover the best sites for eat well and cheap near Camp Nou.2
The Tapas Workshop restaurant is located at number 64 on Travessera de les Corts street. This "Tapas Workshop" is one of the five establishments in the same chain that are located in Barcelona. A few meters from the Obélix brewery and next to Camp Nou, it offers a select bright space and quality food. The menu includes salads and tapas based on corns, blood sausage, prawns or crashed eggs without neglecting classics such as potato tortillas, croquettes or olives. Prices per plate range between 2 and 8 euros. In addition, it has an extensive wine and champagne menu. Opening hours are also continued from morning until 1 am. It has a terrace and television screens.3
El Fogonet del Peix restaurant It is located on Aristides Maillol street. Very close to Camp Nou. The Fogonet del Peix offers the opportunity to enjoy magnificent fresh fish in the historic district of Les Corts. Aristides Maillol, 21 - 08028 Barcelona (Barcelona). Nearby you have a couple of hotels near the camp very good. Barça players sometimes eat at this restaurant and it is a good place to get an autograph from Messi.4
La Botiga Pedralbes a restaurant with very good value for money and 10 minutes from Camp Nou - Address: Carrer de Gandesa, 10 (Barcelona) Area: Les Corts. Price: Less than 20 Euros. Food: Catalan. Of market. Comment: La Botiga restaurant, which belongs to the AN Grup chain, pursues, with its proposal, a clear objective: to offer Catalan cuisine with a creative and affordable touch.
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During our work in process optimization of cannabis production, we noticed a rate difference of decarboxylation for tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA). The noticeable rate difference between the decarboxylation reactions of THCA & CBDA has been noted but is generally overlooked. [1a, 1b] We were curious to study and understand those rate differences. We took a two-pronged approach. First, we investigated the reaction mechanism in-silico. Secondly, we developed an in-process analytical tool to track decarboxylation in real time.
While the decarboxylation reaction has been studied [1a, 1b], [2a, 2b], [3a], and a mechanism has been proposed [3b], most of this work has been based on basic THCA analogs. Our calculations [4] for decarboxylation of THCA and CBDA show that:
For the in-process analytics we developed a Fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflectance (FT-IR-ATR) method in collaboration with PerkinElmer. We utilized cannabis extracts of different cannabinoid concentrations and decarboxylation ratios in the reaction setup. The extracts were heated in an oil bath equipped with an overhead stirrer.
During an 80-minute reaction time we recorded extract temperature in regular intervals, measured mid-IR spectra every five minutes and collected aliquots for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. For the IR spectra (Figure 2) principal component regression (PCR) was used to generate quantitative models for THCA and THC.
Over the course of the decarboxylation reaction, the change in THCA and THC concentration can be observed (Figure 3). Cannabinoid concentrations predicted from IR spectra are overlaid with the HPLC reference values.
The excellent fit between our IR model and the reference data demonstrates the utility and power of a low-cost, in-process analytical tool for real-time reaction analysis and control.
In conclusion, we showed our multi-level approach to reaction analysis and process development to support the cannabis industry in their production challenges.
If you're interested in our work, reach out to us! We're always happy to chat. You can also find us presenting continuations of this and other work at a handful of conferences in the coming weeks:
Aug 25 - 29: American Chemical Society National Meeting and Expo, San Diego
Sep 4 - 6: Cannabis Science Conference, Portland. Keynote by CEO Dr. Markus Roggen.
Sep 4 - 6: MJBizCon Int'l, Toronto. Panel presentation by Scientific Adviser Dr. Glenn Sammis.
Sep 23 - 24: CannMed Conference, Pasadena. Presentation by CEO Dr. Markus Roggen.
[1a] Wang, M. et al. "Decarboxylation Study of Acidic Cannabinoids: A Novel Approach Using Ultra-High- Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography/ Photodiode Array-Mass Spectrometry", Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2016, Volume 1: 262- 271. [journal impact factor = N/A; cited by 17]
[1b] Veress, T. et al. "Determination of cannabinoid acids by high-performance liquid chromatography of their neutral derivatives formed by thermal decarboxylation: I. Study of the decarboxylation process in open reactors", J. of Chrom. 1990, Volume 520: 339-347. [journal impact factor = 4.169; cited by 43]
[2a] Kanter, S. et al. "Quantitative determination of Δ9- tetrahydrocannabinol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in marihuana by high-pressure liquid chromatography", J. of Chrom. 1979, Volume 171: 504. [journal impact factor = 4.169; cited by 25]
[2b] Taschwer, M. and Schmid, M. "Determination of the relative percentage distribution of THCA and Δ9-THC in herbal cannabis seized in Austria – Impact of different storage temperatures on stability", Forensic Sci. Int., 2015, Volume 254: 167-171. [journal impact factor = 1.947; cited by 25]
[3a] Perrotin-Brunel, H. et al. "Decarboxylation of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol: Kinetics and molecular modeling", J. of Mol. Struc. 2011, Volume 987: 67-73. [journal impact factor = 2.011; cited by 12]
[3b] Chuchev, K. and BelBruno, J. "Mechanisms of decarboxylation of ortho-substituted benzoic acids", J. of Mol. Struc., (THEOCHEM) 2007, Volume 807: 1-9. [journal impact factor = 2.011; cited by 12]
[4] Unpublished work together with Weiying He and Paul Foth.
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Characterization of a newly identified kidney Anion Exchanger 1 mutant, C479W
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Anion Exchanger 1, AE1, is a membrane glycoprotein that functions as a dimer in the red blood cells (RBC) as well the kidney. It functions to exchange Cl- for HCO3- in an electroneutral manner, with the RBC AE1 having an additional function in maintaining its biconcave shape. Mutations in AE1 can cause Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS) and distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (dRTA). A mutation, C479W, has been discovered in Edmonton that caused the rare incidence of HS and dRTA in young patient who is heterozygous for C479W and G701D, a recessive dRTA mutation. Expression in MDCK cells has demonstrated that C479W AE1 is retained intracellularly, is misfolded, but can dimerize. C479W AE1's trafficking to the plasma membrane is not rescued by interaction with WT protein, or the small molecules glycerol and DMSO, or by reduced temperature. C479W AE1 also has an increased interaction with the ER chaperone protein, Calnexin.
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It was the Warr of the roses. And it will never be the same inside the sleek circa 1980 high rise at 3831 Turtle Creek Boulevard.
Thursday night five great homes at The Warrington were opened to CandysDirt.com readers and friends for an evening of exploring and dreaming. In case you missed our coverage, check out each of the units here, here, here and here. You may have counted only four write-ups? Well, our fifth entry was the last-minute but terrific add-on of unit 22C that had only just hit the MLS days before. You'll be reading about that home as soon as the pictures are back from the Fotomat.
The surprise of the night was when CandysDirt.com editrix Jo England confided in me she was now considering leaving Lakewood for a high-rise. At our March event at the Claridge, Candy's husband was glued into one of those units, wistfully wondering how much money he would save if he never had to repair a sprinkler system again. It helped that one of his medical colleague buddies (a happt building resident) spotted him in the lobby.
I wonder if the CDC knows how contagious high-rises are!
Joanna's reasons were not atypical … tired of maintenance, unending foundation issues, and the like. In walking around the Warrington, I was able to point out other reasons. High rise Realtor extraordinaire Judy Pittman also extolled the high-rise life saying there's no home in Park Cities or Preston Hollow that could pry her from her high-rise home.
In chatting with guests, all were in agreement that the Warrington knows how to do master bathrooms right. They're quite large, and most have both a shower and tub along with large walk-in closets. Sometimes high-rises get dinged for smaller closets … not here.
Unlike homes where you can use the attic or garage as your junk room, storage is critical in high-rises. Aside from large master closets, Warrington homes have really good closet space.
This is likely the most photographed bathtub of the evening. Imagine being stretched out here watching the world go by on Turtle Creek with a glass of wine in your hand. Given that Turtle Creek is fairly built-up, this view is a lot less likely to change over time than some views in Uptown.
In fact, neither the downtown nor Park Cities views are likely to change much. Uptown is pretty far away and the creek offers a buffer for any taller buildings. For those who like to see how the other half live, creek-facing units also overlook the very deluxe and private Turtle Creek Drive.
As always, both Judy Pittman and I head for the tallest point in any building. My recent trip to Hong Kong saw me camped out in a bar on the 118th floor overlooking the harbor. While that's some 70-stories taller than any residential high-rise in Dallas, the views from the 22nd floor were just dandy. Just over Pittman's shoulder you can see the Vendome, 3525 Turtle Creek and the Gold Crest.
Each of the units offered something different. There were traditionally decorated homes alongside fresh remodels and renovation candidates. There were lower floor and near-penthouse units. Buyers couldn't ask for more diverse choices … unless they wanted a 500 square foot studio. The Warrington ain't got no none of that!
Being such a sweet evening all around, I'll leave as I began … with some scrumptious strawberry cream puffs courtesy of AJ's Bakery on Oak Lawn near Lemmon.
After the party, I moseyed over to the Rattlesnake Bar for some juicy tidbits. You'll be reading more about that soon!
Remember: High-rises, HOAs and renovation are my beat. But I also appreciate modern and historical architecture balanced against the YIMBY movement. If you're interested in hosting a Candysdirt.com Staff Meeting event, I'm your guy. In 2016, my writing was recognized with Bronze and Silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Have a story to tell or a marriage proposal to make? Shoot me an email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stars over the Botanics with the Astronomer Royal
Issued: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
It's the Oscars next week and you are invited to attend a star-studded evening in the West End just don't buy a new dress or tux - best wrap up warm.
For the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor John Brown is hosting a ticketed evening of star gazing in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow at 7.30pm on Thursday 22 February.
'Myself, other academics and representatives from very strong local amateur astronomy groups are looking forward to welcoming interested members of the public to this event in the park,' said Professor John Brown.
'We will be delivering some short introductory talks before going outside where there will be an ample number of telescopes for all to use and plenty to see in the night sky including lunar mountains and craters, planets, stars and nebulae and man-made satellites.'
Professor Brown is Glasgow University's Regius Professor of Astronomy and only the 10th ever Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
In the event of adverse weather conditions reducing night sky visibility, there will be a rare chance to participate in an open question and answer session with Professor Brown and his team in the Gardens' Hopkirk Building. Entry is via the main gates of the Botanic Gardens on Great Western Road.
Places are limited to 50 for this event so it is essential to book in advance. Tickets, £4 for adults and £2 for children, are available from the main Gardens Office or by calling 0141 334 2422.
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The Relative Rotation Graph shows the five technology stocks inside the DJ Industrials index, all of which are at the right-hand side of the RRG. This is not surprising, considering the strong rotation of the sector as a whole against the S&P 500 index.
Despite the strength of the sector, however, there are a few big differences in the relative strength and the rotation of a few of these individual names.
Intel Corp - INTC
On the RRG above, INTC is crossing over into the weakening quadrant following a sharp rotation down three weeks ago. INTC moved into the leading quadrant at the beginning of the year, but started to roll over quite rapidly, consequently moving lower on the JdK RS-Momentum scale.
This weakening was interrupted very briefly in the first few weeks of April, when INTC hooked right to seemingly get back on track. That was short-lived, however, and the stock is now weakening on both scales and heading towards the lagging quadrant.
Looking at the price chart above, we can see where the "hook" came from. That sharp move was caused by the upward break above INTC's previous high, which was reversed in the week immediately following the break. Such reversals back below the former resistance level are usually not very good signs, often leading to further downward movement.
The emerging uptrend in relative strength gave way as a result of the reversal, pushing the RS-Momentum line back below 100. It is now starting to drag the JdK RS-Ratio line down as well.
Given the failed break and, therefore, the limited upward potential and the big(ger) downside risk, I would advise staying away from Intel for the moment.
International Business Machines - IBM
The price chart of IBM is very volatile, which makes it hard to read. Wide swings are never easy when you are looking for trends. In the chart above, the only trend(line) that makes sense, IMHO, is the one drawn across the major highs since early 2017.
That falling resistance line was tested once again a few weeks ago and, once again, it was too heavy to break. The weekly bar for the week that the trend was tested is a nasty reversal bar.
A falling resistance line is also visible in the relative strength chart. Here also, the resistance was too strong. When this relative downtrend started back in April/May 2017, both RRG lines dropped below 100. Until February this year, the RS-Ratio remained below 100 while RS-Momentum had a few oscillations above 100, causing rotations at the left-hand side of the RRG.
The relative up-move out of its 2018 low looks like the early start of a new relative uptrend, pushing both RRG-Lines above 100. However, momentum very rapidly started to roll over, causing the tail to bend down again while inside the leading quadrant. This has been pushing IBM back down towards the weakening quadrant.
It is still possible that relative strength is in a turnaround phase for IBM, but we have seen very little confirmation yet.
With both price and relative strength making another touch-point at a falling resistance line and JdK RS-Momentum heading lower, I still prefer a cautious approach for IBM. The risk for a rotation back to lagging and a continuation of the underperformance against the DJ Industrials is significant.
Cisco Systems - CSCO
The weekly chart above for CSCO gives no reason for concern. The price trend is strongly up while the relative trend is moving well within the boundaries of a rising channel, causing both RRG-Lines to be comfortably above 100.
The daily picture is slightly less favorable at the moment.
A small double top has been completed, ending the steep up-trending channel out of the December low. At the same time, the relative strength line is rolling over and the RS-Momentum line is already below 100, dragging the RS-Ratio lower towards the 100-level as well.
This puts CSCO inside the weakening quadrant on the daily RRG.
Given the steep rise, a scenario in which we will see some consolidation or corrective movement for CSCO before it resumes its relative uptrend is likely.
Apple Inc - AAPL
On the Relative Rotation Graph, AAPL is the stock with the highest RS-Momentum reading. But it has been at a flat RS-ratio level already for three to four weeks. This makes a continuation of this rotation questionable at this point in time.
The rally out of the December low was impressive, but it looks as if the old support line is now coming back into play as resistance. Just like CSCO, the weekly chart is still okay-ish, but, on the daily chart, a small reversal is in place, which suggests at least some short-term weakness.
For AAPL also, the daily chart and rotation suggest some weakness ahead before a potential resumption of the uptrend in play on the weekly charts.
Microsoft Corp - MSFT
Out of these five tech stocks inside the DJ Industrials index, the clear winner, for now, is Microsoft.
The weekly chart above shows a fantastic uptrend in price that is getting steeper every few months. How long can this go on? I have no idea but, for now, it would not be a smart move to swim against the tide on this one.
Despite a small rotation through lagging in 2016, MSFT has predominantly been rotating at the right-hand side of the RRG since June 2016. After the recent move through weakening (RS-Momentum below 100 and RS-Ratio above 100), MSFT just jumped back into leading after "hugging" the 100-level on RS-Ratio but not crossing over.
The current strength of MSFT can also be seen really well when you put the weekly and the daily RRG side by side, as shown below.
Both tails are well inside the leading quadrant. Both entered that leading quadrant from the weakening, which usually signals a continuation of the existing relative uptrend trend following a short retracement.
This makes MSFT the preferred tech stock with the least downside risk within the Dow Industrials, for the time being.
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — In a controversial move that drew immediate fire, the Town Council cut $441,000 that had been budgeted for the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library for 2019-20 at an April 25 work session.
The move also stoked the division between supporters of opening a new library in the building that formerly housed the Belmont Market and a majority on the council that voted in January to sell the building instead.
Project supporters now plan a protest march at 6:30 p.m. on Monday from the library to the Town Council budget hearing at Town Hall to demand that the funding be restored.
The cut to the library's total $841,000 allocation, bringing it down to $400,000, came in the final 20 minutes of a three-hour work session on various budget items. According to library supporters, the cut reportedly threatens $181,000 in matching state library funds.
"This is a travesty," Councilman Patrick Murray said. "How many people go there? Two-hundred or 300 a day, and we're cutting funding?"
Councilors Richard Lema and Jill Lawler, along with President Matthew Mannix, supported the cut. The same three were also the majority that voted to sell the Belmont building in January.
The library maintains a fund balance that is currently at about $686,000, and has a budget of slightly more than $1 million.
Lema said the fund balance amount shows that the library is over-budgeted.
"They haven't used it if they've got $686,443 in the budget right now," Lema said. He said the fund was at about $321,000 in 2014 and 2015, and at $596,000 in 2016.
"They're not using that money," Lema said. "This is taxpayers giving money to the library. I don't think anyone should be able to build up a piggy bank and do what they want with it."
Pugh argued that the library built up the fund balance from other sources of revenue, not entirely from town dollars.
"You don't know where other revenue is coming from," he said. "It's not all from that transfer."
He also said the library is spending from its reserve, which was $709,000 last year and will decrease another $77,000 this coming year.
"It's not going up," he said. "It's weird that, all of a sudden this year, let's cut the budget."
Then there was a back-and-forth argument between Pugh and Lema about whether either was a socialist before Mannix steered the discussion back on track.
Lawler said the surplus should be used to operate the library.
"They do have a surplus, we were just made aware of this. It's a very high surplus," she said.
She said the town should still cover a high increase in the library insurance payment, however. Lema agreed, and set the $400,000 number.
"Unbelievable," Pugh said. "You're going to cut half their budget. This is shameful."
Lema and Pugh then both charged that the other man should resign. Pugh called Lema a liar.
"Were you using the f-word," Lema asked.
Pugh and Murray then appeared to leave the work session, about 10 minutes before it wrapped up with other business, including allocating the $441,000 library cut to other parts of the budget. Of that amount $40,000 went toward a pickle ball court at the Parks and Recreation center on Clarke Road, $80,000 to the community center and $50,000 to add a Public Works employee on Jan. 1.
The remaining unallocated $188,000 was split 50-50 between reducing taxes and adding to the town's fund balance.
The moves reduced the estimated tax increase by two cents, to bring next year's rate to $10.28 per $1,000 of assessed real property. The current rate is $9.95.
The workshops last week trimmed the town's overall budget proposal from $61.6 million to $61.1 million, before the library cut.


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"Opal" The Hog Farmer by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
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The Hog Farmer
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Opal M. DeLong Warren, would proudly proclaim to someone she had just met, " I am a Missouri Hillbilly." Opal may not be The Show Me State's First Woman Hog Farmer, but, she should certainly be in the rankings as "One Of Missouri's Most Prolific Women Hog Farmers." From 1960 until 1982, Opal had 25 sows of the Yorkshire, Hampshire and Duroc breeds that raised litters of pigs that averaged 12 to 18 pigs per litter. Of the awards that she earned in her lifetime, one of her favorites was the year, the Galena Chapter of the Future Farmers of America presented her with a Chapter Farmer Award.
by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
In 1960, momma and I moved to a farm in Missouri. Through the years, her herd of hogs would expand to 25 sows of Yorkshire, Hampshire and Duroc breeds.
Our United Nations of Pork would welcome litters of 10 to 18 pigs, running, rooting and squealing over the landscape for 20 years.
In the process, the 10 acres of land would come to resemble the lunar landscape thanks to the dedicated snouts of hogs rooting into the soil. The air was always fresh and clean.
Of course, when the wind shifted and the aroma of hog manure assaulted your nostrils, people would always reconsider their "Tom Sawyer" and "Little House On The Prairie" philosophies of "Life In The Country."
"The Good Ole' Days Of Pork Production"
Hogs always got the "bad publicity" for the smell of livestock manure in the country. Every time people "pushed" to implement "Planning and Zoning" one of the favorite fairy tales that the critics would shout is, "You don't want your neighbor to put in a 'hog farm', next to your property."
The Planning and Zoning argument is silly. If you have a "sensitive nose" – stay the hell away from a farm !
Hogs always got the bad publicity. Yet, all farms have barns, barnyards and feed lots. It does not matter if the farm is a dairy farm, a cattle farm, a mule farm, a horse farm, or a horse ranch, livestock takes care of their daily body functions. When the breeze shifts, your nose will notice. Manure is manure and it always smells bad.
Nonetheless, the 1960s through the early 1980s were "The Good Ole' Days Of Pork Production," when hog buyers through the country would stop by and pay you top dollar for a litter of well-fed feeder pigs ready for market.
Lost In Place
"Green Acres" was one of my favorite television shows as a kid. Eddie Albert played the New York City lawyer, who moves to the "boonies" to live the simple life of a farmer. There was a major element of truth to the script; you really do need "a successful lawyer's salary if you want to be a farmer in the United States."
Hungarian bombshell actress, Eva Gabor played the role of the New York City socialite wife, who was miserable living out in the "boonies" on a farm. The actresses discontent is another major element of "truth": rural life is not as convenient as city life.
In Galena, Missouri in 2011, the nearest hospital was at least 40 miles away in Springfield, Missouri and Aurora, Missouri. There is also a hospital about 25 miles away in Branson, Missouri. Medical emergencies rely on the ambulances and sometimes medical helicopter flights.
The nearest pizza in the rural area around Galena in 2011 was about five miles away at Speedee's in Galena or 10 miles away in Crane, Missouri.
In the rural surroundings of Galena, Missouri, after 8 p.m., you will have to wait to the next day or get in the car and drive to Springfield, Branson West or Branson if you want a pizza, taco or movie.
The Biggest Gamblers In The World
A curious irony of life in the Midwest is the conservative, religious culture is against "gambling"; yet, farmers are some of the 'Biggest Gamblers In The World" because nature and weather always seems to be "rigging the deck" against farmers.
Everyday is a "Gamble" for a farmer because nature, weather, falling crop and livestock prices can leave a farmer and his or her family homeless in a couple of years.
Cash Cows Of Farm Finances
A cow will have one calf a year, while an old sow can have two to three litters a year with the number of pigs ranging from six to 18.
In farming, cattle are usually considered as the "Cash Cows of Farm Finances" in raising livestock, but, in southwest Missouri in the 1960s, it was easier to get into hog farming. Hogs provided a stable, consistent revenue stream which allowed a farmer to expand into other areas of livestock production like beef cattle. Momma's hogs provided the money for her to get a herd of about 50 Black Angus cattle. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
It takes about a year to raise a beef heifer or steer to the size to send to market. It takes a few months to raise a pork litter of pigs to the size to send to market.
If you have the land and the money then buy your Stetson, boots, high priced tractors, babe magnet farm pickups, fancy stock trailers and invest in a herd of horses or cattle.
If you have a small budget and need to get into livestock farming quickly, buy you a couple of sows, rent you a couple of acres of land away from nosy neighbors and planning and zoning bureaucrats and get into hog farming.
Farming is a business like any business with it's own up and downs. Cattle and horse farming is like trying to build a multinational, global corporation overnight. Hog farming is like realizing you need a small business to build into a global corporation.
Momma grew up on a farm, so she knew that hogs is your best overall money-making agricultural investment.
Chicken farming and turkey farming makes money, but, there is a sizable investment in building the big, long chicken and turkey houses for poultry. Raccoons, foxes, wolves and snakes love chicken and turkey, perhaps, more than people, so the "hen house" and turkey houses have to be designed to keep out these types of wildlife.
Crop farming takes a lot of land and you have to rely on the weather to give you the right amount of rainfall and sunshine at the right time. Weather never cooperates with farmers.
Plus crop farming takes several months to get the seeds in the ground up to a harvest height. If the weather doesn't get you, then, falling prices and insect pests will. After the American Civil War, a small pest,called the "boll weevil" kept cotton crop production down in the south until during the 1980s.
Hog farmers usually stand a greater chance of success than other types of farmers based on the investment needed to get up and running and the ability to keep things up and running over time.
As you make money, then, you can invest in cattle or crops and consider setting aside your rubber boots for the hand tooled leather cowboy boots to wear to the stockman's club.
The Coal Oil Lantern
Farmers in the Missouri Ozarks usually called the lanterns, "coal oil lanterns", instead of kerosene. In the 1960s, in southwest Missouri, electricity wasn't always stable, especially when heavy snowfall had tree limbs freezing, breaking off and taking down power lines for two to three days at a time. The lanterns provided light in a hog shed at night, which came in handy when an old sow was giving birth to a litter of pigs. By the mid-1960s, Samuel E. Warren, my father, used his electrician skills to put lights in momma's hog sheds. Still, we kept a lantern, in the corner of the sheds, just in case the lights went out. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Thank God For Hogs
Momma's hogs put me through grade school, high school and let me chill out in college until I signed up for a military career.
Around 1965, momma got some Black Angus cattle, which made money. But, the real dollars and sense of southwest Missouri farming for our family from the 1960s through 1980 came from the hogs.
Opal M. DeLong Warren, my mother, the business woman, knew the secret of financial success is saving and managing your money whether you work in public or are self employed. I should of learned these lessons earlier in life.
Perhaps, now, that I have written down these lessons, people will read and understand the common sense Ozarks logic, so that you never go hungry or thirsty and you don't always have to worry about the roof over your head at night.
As long as people enjoy a good steak or a slice of ham, farmers will have jobs. In my country boy opinion, vegans and vegetarians are welcome to their plants and pasture grasses.
Keep in mind, though on any farm I live on, "The cattle have first choice at the pasture grasses. The vegans and vegetarians will just have to settle for the blades of grass in my front yard."
And, come breakfast, I usually have a "hankerin'" for some pork chops, ham,sausage,and bacon.
Opal The Business Woman Welder by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Parental Portrait for Christmas
The Business Woman
Opal M. DeLong Warren was born in 1920, the year women got the "right to vote" in Missouri. Opal never claimed to be a feminist or a women's libber, but, she bought land in Missouri in her own name at a time, when a woman usually had to buy land in her father's name or a husband's name. She bought land in Texas in her own name, when usually a woman had to purhase land in a father or husband's name. When it came to "business", Opal didn't take risk. Her financial secret was, "she learned to save and manage her money." During World War II, Opal worked as a welder in the Todd-Houston shipyard.
by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Opal M. DeLong Warren, my mother, began telling me her "business stories" as soon as my young ears could add meaning to sound.
Like my father, Samuel, my mother, Opal, had grew up "dirt poor."
Aries Entrepreneur Grandfather
Charley Herman DeLong, my mother's father, had been born an Aries. He apparently was an Aries man, who never succeeded in a business of any kind.
He had tried several different business enterprises in his life and never found his niche.
Grandpa DeLong didn't make it as a farmer, but, his eldest son, Richard the Capricorn learned how to plant crops and raise livestock.
Grandpa had a short career as a fur trapper. But, he never made any money selling animal pelts, so his old animal traps got inherited by momma.
Missouri Moonshine Manufacturer
Grandpa DeLong even tried his hand at alcohol production. Not a wise decision, in the years, when "Prohibition" was "The Law Of The Land" in the United States.
One of momma's earliest memories is that her father would have her stay in a holler, during the day, while he went to work deeper in the holler at an undisclosed location,
Of course, if their was any "commotion" in the woods, young Opal had been told to yell and run frantically through the woods screaming.
Grandpa like other "moonshiners" kept his still hidden in the woods. Unfortunately, the brewing process creates smoke that rises into the sky and can be seen for miles away, especially by the sheriff and deputies looking for the still.
Momma told me she did remember Grandpa staying for a time in the courthouse at Galena. As a young girl, she got to "visit" him for awhile.
This little brown jug belonged to Charley Herman DeLong, who tried his hand at making Missouri "Moonshine." Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Stone County, Missouri courthouse records reveal "Grandpa DeLong" was a "guest of Stone County and The State Of Missouri." He had been caught at his still and didn't have money for bail.
Momma always told me she was "a daddy's girl." While momma respected and admired her father, she must of known in her heart that his lack of success in a legal business had to be one of the reasons it was difficult for the family to "make ends meet."
Grandpa DeLong's
Great Business Decision
Grandpa DeLong tried throughout his life to find a successful way to make money for his family. He made one great business decision that stood the test of time.
His signature is on the yellowing Bank of Reeds Spring "loan" paperwork where he signed for five dollars to "buy" a pear orchard. The Land joined Land already owned by the DeLong Family.
In The Great Depression, the purchase of the pear orchard was a "wise" decision. Commercial cattle and hog feed had not been introduced into rural southwest Missouri farms beyond Greene County. Even if farmers knew about the feed, they would not of had the money to buy it. Cattle had to live off acorns and the pasture grasses and perhaps, some hay in the winter.
Hogs find food by routing their snouts in the soil and finding what they want to eat like roots, worms and snakes that slither away too slow.
The Slop Bucket
In the country, before the 1970s, homes didn't have waste cans and trash cans. The Slop Bucket sit on the floor. Old dishwater, vegetable peelings, fruit rinds and old meat got dumped into the slop bucket.
Before nightfall, the slop bucket was taken down on the hill to the hog pen and poured into the trough. Hogs, "The Almighty's Ultimate Shredding And Recycle Machines" would consume the kitchen garbage.
Hogs are "Bulldozers With An Appetite" because they drop their snouts in the soil and bulldoze away at anything that slips between their teeth.
Like people, hogs eat pears. While people pick the pears to eat right off the trees. The pears can also be chilled for use in a dessert. Grandma and other women, would save the pears for the "canning" process to save the pears in Mason jars.
Ozarks women were skilled at canning the fruit and using different fruits for preserves, jams and jellies.
Through the years, the pear orchard provided the DeLong Family, the hogs, and local neighbors with bushel baskets of pears for food. While the DeLong Family, to my knowledge, never charged anyone for picking pears, there are commercial orchards in the United States where the farmers charge people to pick the fruit,
The pear orchard is an excellent example of a piece of land that always paid for itself several times over until it was sold with the rest of the land in 2007.
My Virgo Agribusiness Grandmother
Grandma DeLong, a Virgo woman had to earn a daily living for the family. She would gather the chicken eggs, milk the cows to churn butter and then walk miles to a local store at Sack And All City, a rural grist mill and country store, or to Reeds Spring to sell them to a larger grocer.
In spring through autumn, Grandma and Uncle Richard would take the buckboard wagon into the woods to cut down trees for two weeks at a time, They would take the logs on the wagon to Reeds Spring to sell to the Union Pacific buyer, who bought the logs for railroad ties.
On the DeLong Land in Stone County, Missouri, Grandma DeLong always "put out" a large "truck patch" garden. She would use her "Ladies' Birthday Almanac" to plant the vegetable seeds in the "sign."
Blackberry Season and Gooseberry Season, Grandma DeLong would "fetch" her bucket and head off down over the hill into the hollers to pick the berries for pies, cobblers and canning.
The Tree Tragedy
On one of these annual berry-picking trips, one of grandma's sisters from Springfield had come to visit for the day. Grandma's sister went into the woods with the rest of the women to pick berries. A tree fell on the woman.
An obituary in the Springfield newspaper recounts the tragic accident. The old tree simply fell and the woman was unable to move out of the path of the falling tree.
The Land Plan
My Virgo grandmother with the help of Richard, her eldest Capricorn son always made the ends meet to raise the rest of the family whether they lived in a holler, near Reeds Spring, or out on the highway between Galena and Abesville.
Grandma and Uncle Richard raised the livestock and the crops that paid for the DeLong Land between Galena and Abesville. Uncle Richard worked with an extension agent to get two ponds dug and stocked on the farm with catfish.
Human Shock Absorbers
In his younger years, Uncle Richard would break the ground by Highway A and plant rows of corn. One year, Cousin Donna and I sat on the disk harrow that was attached to the back of the John Deere A Model tractor.
A huge rock surrounded by bailing wire was tied to each end of the harrow to try to keep the metal frame weighed down close to the soil. I and Cousin Donna were the human weights that sat on the plow.
The slender metal disc points went down into the soil and kept digging up rocks of all sizes from Stone County's rocky, dusty, light gray soil. By day's end, Cousin Donna and I looked like we were covered by the volcanic ash of Mount Pinatubo.
The soil had been broke to plant the corn. We had sat on the plow, which had been dragged over the acreage to break the soil. The Life Of A Human Shock Absorber is not a job I ever wanted after being bounced around over the countryside for 12 hours.
Farm Ponds For Fishing
The ponds provided water for the cattle, hogs and a few head of horses and mules. Uncle Charley Ball, of Springfield, Missouri, always looked forward to the visits to "Richard and Marthy" because he could take the fishing rod out of the back of his green 1952 Chevrolet sedan and go sit on the pond bank to fish and smoke his pipe.
Grandma and Uncle Richard's agricultural business decisions allowed the DeLong Family to farm and own 360 acres, on both sides of State Highway 176 in Stone County, in southwest Missouri from the 1930s until 2007.
Opal's First Public Job
Opal had always been tall for her age. She went to school and learned to cook for her brothers, who were out in the fields farming, near Reeds Spring and later, near Abesville, Missouri.
At a young age, Opal worked for a few weeks cleaning house for a woman in Galena, known as "Grandma Stewart." She lived in a white house, across the road, in front of the Warren Lumber Yard. "I made 25 cents a week. I got paid to clean her house," said Opal.
Opal's First Public Job of earning a regular salary was in northern Missouri.
Brother Willie decided to become an "outdoors man" and lived off the land, near Reeds Spring and James River, hunting and fishing. Willie had a son, Harold, and a daughter, Reva. His life ended abruptly at a country wedding reception, near Reeds Spring, in the early 1930s.
A gunman began shooting people and Uncle Willie was fatally wounded.
Brother Hobert moved to a farm near Abesville. He and his wife, Mary had two sons, Bill, Bob and a daughter, Donna. Uncle Hobert always had the reputation of being a "marksman" and an excellent hunter. He would always return from the woods with "a mess of squirrels or rabbits" for dinner.
Brother Joe went to work for the Burlington Northern railroad and later retired back to Stone County, Missouri. He had a daughter, named Darlene, who lives in Michigan.
Opal, my Pisces mother, learned how to drive by sitting in a Ford Model T and having one of her brothers push the vehicle at the top of a hill. "As the vehicle rushed down off over the hill on the rough, gravel farm road, the engine would start. I would hold on to the steering wheel and turn it to keep the Model T in the road. That is how I learned to drive," said Opal.
At about age 16, Opal hitchhiked up to northern Missouri and got a job on the Illinois and Missouri border, near St. Charles, Missouri. She was tall for her age, so no one asked for an I.D., and momma got her first job as a clerk in a "liquor store."
She only worked at that job a few months, but, in the process, discovered "relatives" on her mother's side that she never knew existed.
Carol Jane Bellamy
Sagittarian Family Banker
My great-grandmother and my mother's grandmother,Carol Jane Bellamy, a Sagittarius woman, had left northern Missouri and moved to Stone County, Missouri sometime near 1900.
Great-grandmother Bellamy the Sagittarian, outlived her first husband. When her second husband didn't want to leave northern Missouri. My great-grandmother embraced the Sagittarian passion for travel and the maternal love for her daughters and son and left her husband for a chance at a better life in Stone County, Missouri.
It was the right decision. Grandma Bellamy raised her children and became a financial role model for her Pisces granddaughter, Opal.
Momma always remembered, everyone was poor, but, Grandma Bellamy never went hungry and she kept her children from going hungry by always having enough money for food.
Long Lost Relatives
A woman who walked past the liquor store thought my mother looked familiar. She went in and talked to her, A few days later, the woman returned with a photo album. She asked momma if any of the people in the photographs looked familiar. Momma recognized a maternal aunt in one of the photos. Suddenly the family connections to northern Missouri cousins became clear and obvious.
You Have To Earn Your Way In The World
A young woman of The Great Depression, momma knew "You have to earn your way in the world," Momma loved to remind me, "The world will not 'give' you a living; you have to 'earn' your way in the world. Work for what you have and want. No one is going to give you anything other than a hard time."
Hospital Cook
Opal left northern Missouri and returned to Greene County, in southwest Missouri. For a brief time, she worked as one of the cooks at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
"The old nuns on staff at the hospital were jealous of all the young girls on the staff and in the nursing school. They had all kinds of rules that made work and life difficult because they were always looking over your shoulder," said Opal.
"The cooking job at St. John's didn't pay enough to put up with that kind of silliness from the old nuns. I quit and found another better paying job that allowed me to make my own decisions about my life," said Opal.
Railroad Bar And Grill Waitress
Then, momma went to work at a bar for railroad men, near Commercial Street in Springfield Missouri, and close to the Frisco railroad yard.
"The railroad men worked hard and would come into the bar for something to eat or drink. I never had any problems being a young girl and working there. Times were tough. No one really had any money. You usually made enough just to get by from week to week," said Opal.
The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
"I'll never forget the day World War II started for the United States. I was sitting in a theater in Springfield, Missouri. They stopped the movie. The house lights came on. They made the announcement over the loud speaker that Pearl Harbor had just been bombed," Momma said.
"I was a young woman in Springfield. At the time, I was engaged to Lowell Wilson, a young Marine. His parents owned the Cortez Motor Court in Springfield. I really wasn't ready to get married."
"When the war broke out, I talked to some other young women, who had joined the Army and the Navy in Springfield. I had my heart set on joining the Army for a time. There was an Army camp in Springfield. You could join up and serve, without ever leaving Springfield they told me," said Opal.
Opal and another waitress at the railroad bar talked about the war. Then, on a whim, they went to the Greyhound bus station. They looked up at the destinations and chose Texas.
Momma and her friend, knew no one in Texas.
The Bus Trip
"The decision was one of the craziest things I have ever done. I still don't know why I did it. My friend and I were just tired of living and working in Springfield. We had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. We just went for a bus ride. We got on and off at the different stops," said Opal.
"We got off the Greyhound in Dallas. We looked around. She liked the look of Dallas and didn't get back on the bus. I got back on the bus. When the bus, stopped in Houston, I got off and decided I liked the looks of Houston,"said Momma.
"I walked out of the bus station and had no idea what I was going to do. I only had a few dollars left in my purse. I got a room at a boarding house, near the bus station for two dollars a week. The next day, I went out looking for work. I saw a newspaper ad that they were hiring welders at the Todd-Houston shipyard," said Opal.
Bread And Water
"I didn't have any money for food. I just had a few cents left in my wallet, so I bought a couple of slices of bread. Water was free. I got a glass at the boarding house and got me a glass of water to have with my bread,"said Opal.
"The heat in Houston would wear you out just walking up the street. There was an old electric fan in the room. I drew a tub of cool water and took my clothes off. I got in the tub, ate my bread and drank my water," said Momma.
She had an overnight bag and a small suitcase to put in the boarding room closet. "I got up and got dressed the next day to go out looking for a job. I had a nice white satin blouse I wore. I got the job and they sent me straight to welding school the same day," said Opal.
The Satin Blouse
"Arc welding throws off sparks that hit my blouse all over. By the end of the day, I had all these tiny burnt pinholes all over my blouse. I was so embarrassed. I hunkered over in the bus seat. I kept my head down and my arms folded hoping that no one would notice how my skin was showing through the blouse. That was the longest bus ride home that night," frowns Momma.
Anyone who ever met Opal M. DeLong Warren knew she was not the type of woman to act on a "whim."
Youth can trump logic and common sense. The optimism of youth can shrug off the "Fear Of The Unknown." Young people don't fear the future; they challenge it.
Opal stayed on the job at the shipyard throughout the war building ships for the United States Navy, United States Merchant Marine, United States Coast Guard and welding on the "liberty ships."
"We were always so proud whenever we finished one of those big, beautiful ships. We would attend the christening and watch the ship slip down the rails of the dry dock into the water. Then, I would get sad. I would think about all the boys, who were going to sail on that ship into war," said Momma.
The FBI Special Agent
"Another welder at the shipyard, introduced himself to Opal. "He was a lousy welder. You would always have to go back, chip away at his welds and brush away the slag metal. Then, you would have to run a good bead of metal over the work. I couldn't imagine why the bosses at the shipyard didn't fire this man. We always had to go back over his work," said Opal.
"He invited me for a cup of coffee a couple of times. I always turned him down. "Then, one day, he came clean. He admitted he was an FBI agent working under cover. At first, I thought he was pulling my leg."
"A few days later, he did show me his badge. During the war, there was always the fear of saboteurs. There were posters all around the shipyard and the bosses and the foremen would always remind you, 'Loose Lips Sinks Ships,'"said Momma.
"He told me he had been sent there to look for someone. He didn't get specific. I didn't ask questions. He wanted me to introduce him to some of the workers around the shipyard and I did. He must of got whoever he was looking for. A few weeks later, we gave him a going away party as a welder, who was leaving," said Momma.
Dollar Document
She reaches into her purse and takes out a one dollar bill. Carefully, she holds it and a portion of the dollar folds back. "I had never seen anyone split a dollar bill this way. At the party, he asked me for a dollar. I watched him move it between his fingers, until it started to separate. Then, he had people at the party sign the inside of the dollar bill. He laughed and told me, now, I had a souvenir to remember him by." Momma laughs,"I still remember, he was a lousy welder."
Lousy Painter
Opal became a shop steward at the shipyard. "I met your daddy at the shipyard. After he got his honorable discharge from the Army, he got on out at Todd-Houston as a painter. A friend set me up on a blind date for Thanksgiving. I wasn't impressed.
"Your daddy was a lousy painter. A friend told me later that the first time Sammy seen me, he told his friend, 'I'm going to marry that woman.' I accepted his invitation for a second date. We started dating. Then, in January of 1947, we got married," said Momma.
Samuel E. Warren made a smart decision to marry Opal M. DeLong. His second smart decision was to marry her on his birthday, which meant he would never "forget" his anniversary.
Family Is Everything
Momma always stressed the importance of family to me in her business conversations. "You get many things in life. The only thing that matters is family. You get one mother. You get one father. Your brothers and sisters can't be replaced. Once they are gone – they are gone. Always love and take care of your family. Family Is Everything," she would emphasize time and again.
Momma told me that wherever she worked, she always sent money home to her mother. The psychology of the Ozarks at that time would never view the money as "charity."
People in the Ozarks have a stubborn "work ethic." The money was simply money from family for the family. And, family always takes care of one another.
Balancing The Books
As a kid, I would always smile whenever money changed hands in the DeLong Family. They always took a simple act of human kindness in the family and made it seem like Federal Reserve bankers accounting for each coin and currency in a US Mint shipment.
If Momma went to a grocery store and saw food or drink that grandma and Uncle Richard liked, she would buy it. Grandma DeLong always made Momma get her "change purse" and take out the money to pay for the groceries.
Uncle Richard always did the same thing if Momma picked up groceries or farm supplies for him.
It never mattered if the cost was a few cents or several dollars, Grandma and Uncle Richard always made sure Momma got paid back any money she spent for them.
Birthdays and Christmas were the only times that you could give Grandma DeLong or Uncle Richard a "gift" because they had the Ozarks belief that "You Pay Your Way In Life."
Save And Manage Your Money
When Sammy and Opal got married,for a time, they lived at Opal's apartment at 1414 Austin, Houston Texas. Opal M. DeLong Warren in her business stories always emphasized "Family" and "Save Your Money And Learn To Manage Your Money."