The June Metcalf Elder in Residence - Winter 2012 - Bernice "Bunny" Wachtel
18 April 2013
It is not difficult to get excited about Abraham Lincoln when one is in the presence of BerniceࠓBunnṔ Wachtel of Ashland, selected as The June Metcalf Elder in Residence for Winter 2013. Wachtel was honored at a reception attended by family and friends on Lincolᮒs birthday, Tuesday, February 12, at the Kroc Corps Community Center in Ashland.
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Elders In Residence - Fall 2012 - June Metcalf
1 October 2012
In the Buckeye Nation, the rallying cry heard round the state is “O-H,” with the automatic response, “I-O.” Diehard Ohio State fans take special pride if their infant’s first recognizable utterance is “I-O” rather than “ma-ma.” A call and response can often be heard in church settings, political rallies and the sports arena, but I was surprised to hear a similar pattern at the recent reception for the first Kroc Center Elder in Resident.
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2012 Fall & Winter Program Guide
20 August 2012
You hold in your hands the Fall 2012 Program Guide for the Ray & Joan
Kroc Corps Community Center of The Salvation Army. We’ve read it too, of
course, and all we can say is, “Wow!”
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Farewell
21 May 2012
When Joan Kroc (McDonalds’ heiress) died in 2003, her passing created a tiny ripple in the pond of world events, hardly noticed by most of Ashland. Yet over the course of the last nine years, that gentle wave has continued to swell, spreading across 12 acres on East Liberty Street and splashing thousands of Ohio residents with its refreshing mist.
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Thanksgiving 2011
22 November 2011
While I don’t remember watching television a great deal as a child (I tended to have my nose in a book instead), we always tuned into Captain Kangaroo to greet the morning on Thanksgiving. After all the ping pong balls fell from the sky and Bunny Rabbit got his laugh for the day, it was time to bring in the turkey. Did the characters sing, or did the Captain put on a record? I can’t remember, but the arrival of the bird was always accompanied by “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing.” As Captain Kangaroo welcomed his extended family to the table, we knew it was time for Thanksgiving.
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Kids and Parents
7 November 2011
I’m not usually the first person to catch on to a new fad or to try a new food, but I’m guessing I may be the first person in Ashland to have attended a Christmas party in 2011 (along with my husband Larry). It’s a tradition in Salvation Army circles to have a Christmas party for the region’s officers (clergy) and their families prior to the start of the kettle season (kicking off on November 17). So two days before Halloween we attended a Christmas party complete with a decorated tree and Christmas carols.
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Long Journey Home
7 November 2011
In my first year serving in Salvation Army ministry, I attended a continuing education session that addressed a variety of social problems that I might be encountering in my work.
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Disaster Press Release
20 September 2011
The Salvation Army is now entering its third week of disaster response in central New York, where teams of staff and volunteers have shifted from the Schenectady and Oneonta areas , hit by the remnants of Hurricane Irene, to the southern tier of the state, serving communities nestled alongside the Susquehanna River whose waters inundated thousands of homes during Tropical Storm Lee.
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Disaster Response in New York
20 September 2011
If “Good Night, Irene” was the tune of the day when Hurricane Irene didn’t live up to her anticipated destruction, “We’ve Only Just Begun” is the theme song for hamlets, villages and cities along the Susquehanna River in New York and Pennsylvania, as they’ve just begun the long journey to recovery from Irene’s kid brother Lee.
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Good Night Irene
20 September 2011
Good night, Irene. I’ll see you in my dreams. Millions of people up and down the eastern seaboard breathed a sigh of relief when Hurricane Irene failed to live up to her threat of massive destruction. While she did cause her share of damage, major US cities were spared the doomsday scenario predicted by some, and the clean-up in the New York and Vermont towns and the Outer Banks was getting underway when tropical storm Lee tried to sneak under the radar into communities along the Susquehanna River in New York and Pennsylvania.
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