 Dave and Janet King check out an old BGM Echo yearbook at the BHS/BGM All-School Reunion on Saturday, May 28. By Denise Ford The 142nd annual meeting of the BHS-BGM Alumni Association was held Saturday, May 28, 2022 at the Michael J Manatt Community Center with 120 alums, spouses and friends attending. Brooklyn Grocery catered the meal. Susan (Stone) Knox (’71) and Denise (Hall) Ford (’77) registered guests. Dick Simmons (’83) presided over the business meeting. The eldest male grad was Don Brannian from the Class of 1948. Marilyn (Wagner) Lang and Dolores (Roudabush) McLain, 1950 grads, were the eldest female alums. The youngest grad from the Class of ‘88 was Shawn Roberts. Ed Graham spoke on behalf of the Class of 1957, which held their reunion at the Classic Deli with 14 alums in attendance. Spokesperson for the 60 year class (1962) was Dianne (Young) Dalton. They held their reunion at the English Valley B & B with 16 grads present. They were the second class to graduate from BGM and of their 42 grads, 19 served in the armed forces. One of their classmates created the bear school logo, and they also chose the BGM fight song. The 50 year class (1972) held their reunion on June 11 at John McCammant’s home near Malcom. It was suggested that we invite Guernsey and Malcom graduates to future alumni events. Discussion was also held regarding changing the date of the 2023 reception to coincide with the Brooklyn Flag Festival, the second weekend in June. Following a vote of the association attendees, it was decided the next reception will be held on May 27, 2023.
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 Twisted Ribbons, 2022. Design from Nine Patch and Snowball Quilts by Elsie Campbell, pieced by Jewel Box Quilters Guild, machine quilted by Julie Fisher. 115 x 101 inches. Guild members are hosting a raffle for this quilt. The Grinnell College Museum of Art (GCMoA) opened the Jewel Box Quilters Guild Exhibition on Tuesday, June 28. The show will run until Saturday, Aug.27. This exhibition will feature quilts of all sizes, techniques, colors, and patterns, designed and quilted by local guild members. The exhibition will include 87 quilts, ranging from king-sized bed quilts to small wall hangings and pillows. Thirty-two members of the guild have submitted work.
Museum Director Susan Baley believes this is a perfect time for a quilt exhibition. “For most of us, quilts signify comfort, and we could all use some comfort after dealing with a global pandemic for two years,” Baley said. “The community fostered by quilters is a welcome contrast to the necessary isolation many people have experienced since 2020. Although quilting bees are largely a thing of the past, quilters still collaborate and create a sense of belonging.” Guild members were given three challenges for this exhibition: President’s Challenge, Jennifer Palmer, Book Quilt “I love to read more than I love to create quilts, and so I thought that a challenge for the guild members would be to create a quilt that reflects a favorite book,” noted Palmer. “There were no restrictions on the type of book; fiction, travel, cookbooks, poetry, etc. I am excited to see what books have inspired the quilts in this challenge.” Past President, Karen Clark, WIP Challenge “WIP stands for Work in Progress. During the pandemic, while we were forced to stay home, many of us kept our sewing machines humming,” Clark said. “We were either making face masks or we were working on projects we had on hand. In my mind, a project is ‘in progress’ if I have fabric and/or pattern on hand and an idea in mind. It could also mean I have started something, set it aside, and picked it up to work on once again. It could also be something I have been working on continually over a period of time. My challenge is to finish a WIP.” Tear and Share Challenge The Jewel Box Quilters Guild also held a Tear and Share activity, where each person started with a yard of fabric. That yard is torn in half, and one piece is kept, and the other half passed to another person. Members continued to Tear and Share until each person had seven fabrics ranging in size from ½ yard to a small square. The challenge was to make something quilted with those fabrics. The project can be any shape or size but must include all seven fabrics and be quilted in three layers. Five other categories will be judged by local jurors. Ribbons will be awarded at 3 p.m. on Celebration Day, July 9. Ribbon medallions were made by Karen Cochran and Susie Kinney and embroidered by Sherry Folks. As part of the exhibition, the guild will raffle Twisted Ribbons, a 115"x 101" quilt that would fit a queen- or king-sized bed. Guild members pieced the quilt, which is based on a design by Elsie Campbell, and Julie Fisher machine quilted it. Raffle tickets are available through the Jewel Box Quilters Guild. Please send inquiries to: [email protected]. Related Events and Programs
Grinnell College Museum of Art, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, 1108 Park St., Grinnell. Information about the exhibition and programming available at:grinnell.edu/museum or call 641-269-4660. The museum is open to the public and always free. All visitors should use the north (campus-facing) doors to the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, and the museum guard will let you in. At this time, masks are optional; check the campus activity level for up-to-date guidance. Minors under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Grinnell College welcomes the participation of people with disabilities. Information about parking and accessibility is available on the college website: grinnell.edu. Accommodation requests may be made to Conference Operations at 641-269-3235or [email protected]. Grants support local projects enhancing the quality of life in Grinnell
In June, community grants were awarded to local initiatives, totaling $38,639. Grants support local initiatives to enhance the quality of life in our community by addressing issues of importance to the campus and community at large Sarah Fischer, Grinnell College director of admissions and committee member for the Mini-Grant Program, shared, “It is inspirational the wide array of grant requests that come through the Grinnell College Community Grant program, ranging from projects that address food insecurity, to beautifying our public spaces, to addressing community health and public safety issues. While we always wish we could fund every project that comes our way, I am so grateful that we are able to provide funding for a select few projects that will truly help our community become an even better place to live.” The grant recipients are: Drake Community Library Drake Community Library received $7,500 for an upgraded audio system in the Caulkins Community Room. The upgraded system will add functionality and the ability to send sound system output directly to devices for recording or streaming events from the space. The goal is to have all the upgrades complete by Aug. 31, as the Community Education Council plans to restart in person courses in their “Bucket Class” series in September at the library. The Drake Community Library and Iowa Kitchen Read It/ See It/ Make It/ Eat It: Storytime Art in the Park with Iowa Kitchen received $5,260 through the Mellon Foundation. In June and July, Grinnell College Museum of Art and Drake Community Library will partner with the Iowa Kitchen project to help address food security as part of their summer learning programs. The Community Mini-Grant program also contributed $1,120 for this summer program to cover food costs. Storytime Art in the Park is a summer learning program provided by Drake Community Library (DCL) and Grinnell College Museum of Art (GCMoA). This program brings eight weeks of free arts and literacy programs to children in parks and locations throughout the Grinnell community. The program has a 15-year history and serves between 20 – 80 children per session. An important goal of Storytime Art in the Park is to support underserved children. Grinnell-Newburg Community School District and LINK Grinnell Grinnell-Newburg Community School District and LINK Grinnell received $7,500 for two refrigerators to help combat food insecurity. The refrigerators will be used for the Tiger Pack program in Grinnell, Summer SLICK morning snacks, LINK after school and summer snacks, and milk that is distributed to families in need each week at the elementary level. In addition, there are creative uses on the horizon for these refrigerators that could help us serve our community most effectively. One of those projects would incorporate donations to the community through the Community Giving Gardens that are on site at Davis Elementary. Grinnell Community Early Learning Center Grinnell Community Early Learning Center received $2,824 to be used for professional staff development courses. The project, "Professional Development for GCELC Leaders" is to fund professional development conference registration fees for staff in the areas of nature play, diversity in social-emotional learning and childcare advocacy. With the increased education in nature play, diversity and social-emotional learning staff will gain new ideas, skills and concepts that are brought back to the center to implement with children. Grinnell Historical Museum Grinnell Historical Museum received $1,124 for the Textile Preservation Project. Clothing and textiles are subject to deterioration from light, temperature, humidity, pests and pollutants. The funds will be used to purchase archival supplies to protect all the textiles in the museum's collection. Grinnell Volunteer Fire Association Grinnell Volunteer Fire Association received $3,400 for twenty new firefighter helmets. The new helmets are built to a higher standard including a higher heat and crush rating. They also offer eye protection for the firefighters that is easier and quicker to deploy. Poweshiek Animal League Shelter (PALS) Poweshiek Animal League Shelter (PALS) received $2,900 to upgrade the laundry facility. Adding a secondary washier and dryer will double their capacity to launder leaving more time for staff and volunteers to spend time on enrichment activities with the animals in their care. Poweshiek County Emergency Management Poweshiek County Emergency Management Agency received $2,511 for an AKC Pet Reunite Program-Pet Sheltering Trailer. This program from the AKC began in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina left many pets stranded in their homes and abandoned by their owners left to survive on their own due to human shelters not accepting pets with evacuees and the lack of pet shelter resources in the area. Partnering with the AKC and the local Central Iowa Kennel Club to bring this program to life will be a first for Poweshiek County and the first in Iowa! Engaged Communities in Conversation The department of Theater and Dance received $4,500 from the Mellon Foundation for “Engaged Communities in Conversation” to present a topic of universal interest that is designed to be informational and to invite people into a meaningful and thoughtful conversation. Participants will learn about something they may not have thought about before and will have questions and observations to share. |
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