Commun ty Matters Salina Presbyterian Manor
March 2016
Kelly Wellbrock, human resource director, created this item from cast-off jewelry.
Art Discovery Do you have jewelry you no longer wear? Want to get rid of? Think again. Art Discovery for March will involve creating a necklace with pins, broaches, earrings, bracelet charms and other jewelry items you don’t currently use. The necklaces are created on fabric. If you don’t want to remake your jewelry into a new piece, consider donating your unwanted jewelry for the class. This will also be a good item for the Soup Supper craft sale next fall. Contact Mary Bridges if interested.
Mary’s Musings I was fortunate to grow up in Russell, because that gave me a front row seat to our election process. Bob Dole graduated from RHS with my oldest brother and lived three houses from our house when I was growing up. Russell was a Republican town, and Bob Dole was the hometown hero. Bob Dole and Arlen Specter were both Russell High School graduates. Russell was the only town that had two Senators serving at the same time. They were both members of a winning RHS debate squad. My husband worked for the telephone company, and when the politicians came to town you could be sure the media frenzy was not far behind them. Since this was way before cell phones, they would bring in trailers with multiple phone booths, and if someone wanted to make a little cash, you could rent out your spare bedroom to media crews. In 1976, when Gerald Ford was running for president he asked Bob to be his vice president. Bob said yes, “if you’ll come to Russell.” They appeared on the lawn of the courthouse, and it was wall to wall people and excitement. As they were leaving my husband reached out to shake Ford’s hand. He accidentally touched his wristwatch and got his hand slapped by MUSINGS, continued on page 2