the COFFEE Society

There are tons of coffee shops in PE but only a handful have been around for ten years or more.  One that has withstood the test of time was the site of Thursday's Crawl.  The Coffee Society, located at 301 Cape Road in Newron Park, has been owned and operated by Christelle Swanepoel since 2000.  The shop's "sister store," situated in The Gardens Centre, Circular Drive in Lorraine, opened for business five years later.

The Crawlers set out on Thursday to the Cape Road shop to check out this PE mainstay.  With Cape Road being a main thoroughfare in PE my concern as I made my way toward The Coffee Society was that parking would be an issue.  I was pleasantly surprised as I was able to get a spot on the street almost directly in front of the shop.  Along with this easy in/easy out street parking there is also a small off-street lot between the coffee shop and the Caltex Station.  Needless to say, the Crawlers had no problems with parking.
Once inside we were greeted and seated by Hostess/Waitress/Barista Robin.

 

Meet the Hostesses/Waitresses/Baristas
Robin and Lisa



The Coffee Society is a comfortable coffee shop with a relaxed atmosphere and interesting decor.  I loved the newspaper covered "faux windows" with red-framed food pic insets.  What a cool idea....it totally works!  I'm also a big fan of their having games available for customers use.... definitely sending the "sit back, relax, there's no rush" message.

What a cool idea!

Meet the Manager
Suzaan Taylor

While we were sitting back and relaxing we all took time to peruse the menu which touts The Coffee Society as the place "Where customers become friends!"  The extensive menu includes various specials and a wide range of breakfasts, lunches, and light dinners.  Aside from the R10 served till noon Breakfast Special, all selections from the entire menu are served all day.  The Coffee Society's own Sumatran coffee blend I found to be exceptional, especially with some cake on the side!  (If I keep up this weekly lemon meringue I'll have to make more trips to the gym.... lucky for me the gym is right next to The Coffee Society's Lorraine location!)

The Cape Road Coffee Society seats about forty customers and is available for special events and functions.  The shop's regular business hours are: Mon-Thurs, 6:30 a.m. - 11 p.m., Fri, 6:30 a.m. - midnight, Sat, 8 a.m. - midnight, Sun, 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.; the Lorraine shop is open Mon - Fri, 7 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sat - Sun, 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.  Both venues are wheelchair accessible.

Thursday's Crawl (Jan 24) happened to fall on my father-in-law's birthday so the Crawlers, Margaret Zoetmulder, Beth Vieira, Fran de Beer, Gail Darne, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Nomusa and Mthulisi Nkomo, June Nash, Colleen Le Roux, started off with a toast and a Hip-Hip-Hooray to Sabie in Binghamton, NY.  The Crawlers all want you to come visit so they can share some coffee with the Pres of the Coffee Crawl Fan Club!!!

Once the birthday celebration was over we got to talking about the AFCON (Africa Cup of Nations) soccer tournament.  This year the event is being hosted by South Africa with some games being held at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in PE.  Despite the initial ticket sales debacle I hear the event has been quite a success.  Go Bafana Bafana!  After the soccer talk I related to the Crawlers a story about a mouse situation at my house in NY.  A friend who was recently checking on the house found evidence of mice having a heyday with some Baileys chocolates that Liz left in the house prior to her trip to PE.  I guess with a sugar high and having a bit of a drunk on,  these mice wreaked havoc in the house.... no room, wine glass, or pair of shoes was spared!  All I can say is thank you, David, for cleaning up the mess and trapping the mice....Oh, and that I'm glad I wasn't there.  Too funny.... yeah, I can say that 10,000 miles away!

This Week's Crawlers
Gail, Stella, Beryl, Beth, Mthulisi, Nomusa,
June, Fran, Margaret
not pictured - Colleen

So, after all the Crawlers left I had an opportunity to chat with Owner, Christelle Swanepoel, Manager (and daughter of the owner), Suzaan Taylor, as well as other family members.  We actually talked for over an hour about a number of things, not the least of which was coffee.  What a wonderful family.... by the time I left I felt as though I had known them forever!  So, what their menu says is true... the COFFEE Society is definitely a place "Where customers become friends!"

~Thank you to Christelle, Suzaan and family - the COFFEE Society was a tremendous venue for the Crawl
~A big welcome to first time Crawler and Nomusa's younger brother, Mthulisi Nkomo
~Happy Birthday to Angela Vieira - January 29
~Happy Groundhog Day - Feb 2 in the USA.  I'll keep my fingers crossed for an early Spring... you guys
  really need it!

Until next week,

Ellen
   

Moritz Ludwig von Schwind, Der Erlkönig

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Date: 1830
Technique: Oil on wood

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Louis Anquetin, Self Portrait as Devil (Autoportrait en Diable )

Private collection

Date: 20th century
Technique: Oil on wood panel, 500 x 365 mm

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Johann Heinrich Ramberg, Der Freischütz

Date: before 1840
Technique: Lithography

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William Holman Hunt, The Scapegoat

Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight

Date: 1854-56
Technique: Oil on canvas, 86 x 140 cm

The Scapegoat is a painting by William Holman Hunt which depicts the "scapegoat" described in the Book of Leviticus. On the Day of Atonement, a goat would have its horns wrapped with a red cloth - representing the sins of the community - and be driven off.

He started painting on the shore of the Dead Sea, and continued in his studio in London. The work exists in two versions, a small version in brighter colours with a dark-haired goat and a rainbow, held by Manchester Art Gallery, and a larger version in more muted tones with a light-haired goat held by the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight.

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Millinery Department 5th Floor

S and J Watts Football Team

Old Wattsonians Anual Dinner

Singalong After

House Journal 1961

Paul Gustave Doré, The Vision of The Valley of The Dry Bones

Date: 1866
Technique: Engraving

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Bela Čikoš Sesija, Odysseus Kills the Suitors (Odisej ubija prosce)

Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb

Date: 1898
Technique: Oil on canvas

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Check Out Our Stuff!!

The library will lend you more than just books!

We also will lend you devices and other technology!

Come to the Circulation Desk on the first floor to check out:

• iPads
• Netbooks
• Laptops (Mac and Dell)
• USB Cords
• Chargers for your phone, laptop, and other devices
• Mice
• Headphones

David Ryckaert III, The Dance of the Leprechauns (La Ronde des farfadets)

Musée d’art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand

Date: 17th century
Technique: Unknown

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Charles Maurand, Sorcières partant au sabbat

Date: 19th century
Technique: Unknown

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Jacques Callot, The Wheel

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Date: 1633
Technique: Etching, 8.2 x 18.5 cm

Scene from the Grandes Misères de la Guerre.

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Mauro's at Elephant Walk Country Village

After journeying to over eighty coffee shops there are still a number of places in PE we have yet to visit.  Last Thursday, though, we decided to head a little way out of PE just for a change of scenery.  January 17's Crawl took us to Mauro's at Elephant Walk Country Village at Cows Corner in Colleen Glen.  The "Village" is home to an Indigenous Nursery, a Cottage Shoppe which is chock full of antiques and collectibles, and a Farm Shoppe where customers can purchase fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves, and much more. 

The elephant footprint path 

Ellies, ellies, everywhere....

After filling your boot with treasures and veggies, Mauro's, just a short walk from the shoppes down the elephant footprint path, provides a beautiful spot to stop for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  Sixty patrons can enjoy the country coziness inside while about fifty can be seated in the beautiful gardens outside.  There's plenty of off-street parking available.  Mauro's hours are Tues, 8-3; Wed-Sat, 8-late; and Sun, 8-3.  The eatery at The Elephant Walk has been in existence for years but has come under new ownership as of October, 2012.  Owner, Lisa Nettl, and Manager/Barista/"Jill of all Trades," Adel van Rensburg, were both on-site Thursday and took some time for a pic and a chat with the Crawlers.  Thank you, ladies, for the warm welcome.

Meet the Manager and Owner
Adel and Lisa

Cozy inside seating



Garden seating



The first order of business as this week's Crawlers, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Gail Darne, Nomusa Nkomo, Fran de Beer, June Nash, Leanne Waller, Beth Vieira, entered Elephant Walk Country Village was to check out the shops.  The need for a caffeine fix soon got the better of us, though, and we quickly headed toward Mauro's.  Once seated with teas and LavAzza coffees ordered we sat back while Fran caught us up on Mandy's move to Guernsey.  Sounds like all is going well.

This Week's Crawlers
Gail, June, Fran, Ellen, Leanne, Beth, Stella, Nomusa, Beryl

Now, in light of both Fran's and my daughters' recent departures from extended visits in South Africa, we started discussing "the empty nest."  Then,..... enter Leanne, whose two children (including the youngest in grade R) just started back to school for the year the day before the Crawl.  Leanne is feeling the "empty nest" big time albeit only during school hours.  All that free time to fill and nothing to do..... I'm sure you'll figure it out, Leanne,..... and love it!!!!

For some reason, no one was up for round two so we called it a short Crawl and headed home.

~Thank you to Lisa and Adel for the wonderful hospitality and great coffee.
~Happy Birthday to my sister, Elaine, in Erie, PA - January 23
~Happy Birthday to my father-in-law and still President of the PE Coffee Crawl Fan Club, Sabie, in
  Binghamton, NY - January 24

Until next week,

Ellen

Welcome to the Albertsons Library!

Welcome to the Albertsons Library! Here are a few of the things available to you to make your visit to the library a fun, research-handy place:

• Access thousands of articles from journals and magazines from the A-Z list of databases. You will find that more and more of our databases are mobile-friendly, too.
• Bring your laptop or mobile device--the whole building is Wi-Fi enabled.
• There are over 110 computers with Microsoft Office 2010, Mac and PC laptops and notebooks for checkout.
• Scanners, microform readers, and multiple BroncoPrint stations in the first and second floors--all wired to include wireless printing from your laptop.
• Access library resources from your portable device via our our mobile-friendly website.
• Check out iPads at the Circulation desk, each with tons of helpful apps.
• A growing collection of streaming video and music databases on a wide range of subjects--watch online or on your portable device. 
• Find an extensive list of subject guides via the library's LibGuides system.
• A variety of digital collections from the university's Special Collections and Archives.
• Check out the scholarly output of the university via ScholarWorks.
• Access a growing eBook collection which you can read books online or download to your portable device.
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Have a great semester!

Frederick Douglass Patterson and Tuskegee's School of Veterinary Medicine

By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University

Posted on January 21, 2013, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

African-American veterinarians have played a special role in animal care and public health since the early days of the profession. The most notable of the approximately 70 African-Americans who received their DVM degrees during the first half of the 20^th century is Frederick Douglass Patterson. Orphaned shortly after his birth in 1901 and raised by his sister in Texas, Patterson received his veterinary degree at Iowa State University and later his PhD from Cornell. He became the third president of Tuskegee Institute in 1935 as the south was moving from cotton plantation agriculture to raising livestock.

Overcoming enormous challenges, Patterson developed a veterinary college for African-Americans at a time when higher education in the South was segregated and there were only 12 other veterinary colleges in the country.

To people outside of the veterinary profession, Patterson’s most memorable achievement was organizing fellow Historic Black College presidents to form the United Negro College Fund in 1946. He was also instrumental in establishing the Tuskegee Airman program during his tenure as university president.

Dr. Eugene W. Adams,
Author of "The Legacy"
A History of The Tuskegee University
School of Veterinary Medicine
(Photo by the author, 2012)

Published on the 50th anniversary of veterinary medicine at Tuskegee, Dr. Eugene Adams' definitive historical book, "The Legacy"  describes Patterson's contributions to Tuskegee and to African-American education in general. 

Dr. Adams received his DVM from Kansas State University and his PhD from Cornell. A distinguished pathologist, Adams served on the Tuskegee faculty for almost four decades.

Concern for public health has always been a feature of Tuskegee’s veterinary program, and many of their graduates have had careers in food safety and research. The college is now even closely aligned with human health because of its unique organizational structure that combines Veterinary Medicine as well as Nursing and Allied Health in the same college. Veterinarian Tsegaye Habtemariam, who jointly administers all of these programs, feels that the unified governance facilitates opportunities for advancing the ‘one health’ agenda by which veterinarians can have a stronger role in promoting the health of people as well as animals.

Two current deans of veterinary medicine in the United States are graduates of Tuskegee: Willy Reed (Purdue University) and Phillip Nelson (Western University of the Health Sciences). Along with another alumnus, Michael Blackwell (dean emeritus of the University of Tennessee) and Tuskegee’s current dean, Dr. Habtemarian, these distinguished educators serve as great role models for young African-Americans who aspire to leadership positions in the health professions. 

Sign at the entrance to Moton Field, named after Tuskegee's
second president and made famous by the
Tuskegee Airmen who trained there during World War II.
(Photo by the author, 2012)

Visitors to Tuskegee's campus are deeply moved by symbols of the African-American educational tradition. An inspiring sculpture of founder Booker T. Washington sits beside the campus chapel and is inscribed by the words, "He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry." A few miles from campus is the airfield used by the Tuskegee Airman and made famous by the 2012 movie “Red Tails” and the current off-Broadway play, “Black Angels over Tuskegee".  

For current and future veterinarians of all backgrounds, one cannot consider Tuskegee University or her veterinary graduates without acknowledging the extraordinary legacy of Frederick Douglass Patterson, DVM, PhD, one of the most important veterinarians of the 20^th century.

Dr. Smith invites comments at dfs6@cornell.edu

Édouard Manet, The Raven (Le Corbeau)

Date: 1875
Technique: Lithography

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Alfons Maria Mucha, The Abyss

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Date: 1898-99
Technique: Pastel

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Martin Luther King Jr. - Idaho Human Rights Day

On Monday, January 21, the entire Boise State Campus will be closed to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. Twenty three years ago, on January 15, 1990, over 700 Boise State students rallied in support of Idaho’s recognition of this holiday.

January 15, 1990 MLK Day rally

Boise State student leader Eric Love worked with University President Dr. John Keiser to coordinate a new committee to plan events for MLK Day for the Boise State community. From that spurred the MLK Living Legacy Committee, which is alive and well today. Read articles from the 1990 rally from the digital collection of student newspapers available through Scholarworks.

January 15, 1990 MLK Day rally

This committee plans the MLK Living Legacy event every year. This year’s celebration starts at 9:00 on January 21 with poster making and a march to the Capitol at 10:40am. For more information visit their website http://mlk.boisestate.edu/

January 15, 1990 MLK Day rally

For more information on the history of Idaho’s recognition and creation of the Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day, see Dr. Jill Gill’s recent article in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly, ”Idaho’s ‘Aryan’ Education: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day and Racial Politics.” Vol. 102, Number 4 (Fall 2011) - available in the print collection.

Jim Duran,
Special Collections and Archives

Arizona's New College of Veterinary Medicine

By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University

Posted January 18, 2013

With the appointment last week of a dean of veterinary medicine for Midwestern University, Arizona is moving forward with plans to open the 29^th veterinary college in the United States in fall 2014. They have already received a State of Arizona License and are scheduled for a site team by the Council on Education of the American Veterinary Medical Association starting January 20, 2013.

Dr. Brian Sidaway is the
dean of veterinary medicine
at Midwestern University
in Glendale, Arizon
(Photo by Midwestern University)

Midwestern University, a not for profit health sciences university in Glendale, Arizona is home to colleges of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, optometry, dental health and a large number of master and doctorate programs in its health science college.  When I asked President and CEO Kathleen H. Goeppinger, Ph.D. last year why she would contemplate starting a college of veterinary medicine, she gave one of the most compelling rationales I have ever heard by a senior university administrator.  “Quite simply,” she said, “animals contribute to human health and I felt having a health sciences campus without veterinary medicine would be incomplete.”  Apart from the important role that animals play in supporting human health and well-being, she also pointed to the need to educate more veterinarians to serve in rural areas of Arizona.

At the national level, many practicing veterinarians feel that the 25% growth in the number of veterinary graduates in the last decade has created an oversupply of new veterinarians entering clinical practice. However, Arizona is the second most populous state without a veterinary college (1) and the number of Arizona residents who are accepted each year into U.S. veterinary colleges is among the lowest in the country. Similarly, the number of veterinarians per capita practicing in Arizona is much less than the national average.

When it comes to the vast rural areas in Arizona, the need for veterinarians is especially acute for both livestock and horses, but also for companion animals. Midwestern proposes to accept more students from rural areas with the hope that they will fill that critical need.

Another great unmet need for veterinarians across the entire U.S. is in public and corporate practice. This priority is recognized by former surgeon general Rich Carmona, MD, who lives in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Carmona is a strong supporter of the critical role of veterinarians in public health and he shared the following with me in March last year when the first announcement of Midwestern’s plans were made public.

"During my tenure as United States Surgeon General [2002-06], it became very apparent that veterinarians were essential elements not only to the nation's health, but also to national and global preparedness activities, and as leaders of our multidisciplinary teams.

Veterinarians were some of the most sought-after professionals by all branches of the Federal Government. Whether from traditional veterinary practice to research and development, zoonoses, emerging infectious and global health, we were always in short supply of veterinarians."

Midwestern will be just the fourth veterinary college in the U.S. to be established on a non land-grant campus. Though it will fulfill the need to educate students in species of agricultural interest, its urban location (2) and its educational priorities will also reflect the reality that the overwhelming majority of practicing veterinarians are needed in companion animal practice. These veterinarians not only serve the health needs of the family pet, but also promote the concept of one health for all species because of the positive impact pets have for human health and well-being.

1)  Arizona's population is 6.6 million (2012 estimate). New Jersey, the most populous state without a veterinary college, has 8.9 million people.
2)  Midwestern is located in a metropolitan area of over four million people, one of only four veterinary colleges in the country located in the top 15 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Like Midwestern, each of the other three colleges is located on a campus with other health science colleges (University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University and Western University of the Health Sciences).

Adrià Gual i Queralt, The Dew (La Rosada)

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Date: 1897
Technique: Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 130.5 cm

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William Blake, The Whore of Babylon

British Museum, London

Date: 1809

Technique: Pen and black ink and watercolour, 266 x 223 mm 

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Richard Doyle, The Knight and the Spectre

British Library, London

Date: 19th century
Technique: Watercolour on paper

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Family Caregiver Conference at Boise State

Boise State University is hosting the Family Caregiver Conference on Saturday, January 26 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union.

This educational opportunity is aimed for family caregivers and anyone interested in receiving the latest information about caregiving.

The conference will also identify community resources to help meet the needs of caregivers and care recipients.

Family Caregiver Conference
8am – 2pm
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Boise State University, Student Union
Boise, Idaho
$15 (includes lunch, community resource expo, and parking)

For more information or to register for this event, call 208- 333-1363 or visit the Friends in Action website at http://www.fiaboise.org/. Please register by January 24, 2013.

Specialized gerontology resources including caregiving resources are also available at the Albertsons Library in the Gerontology Guide and the Top Gerontology Resources Guide.

Marilia Antunez,
Reference Librarian

Charles Maurand, Le Freischütz - Wolf's Glen scene (Act 2, scene 3)

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Date: 1866
Technique: Lithography

Press illustration of the Wolf's Glen scene (Act 2, scene 3) of Le Freischütz, a French adaptation by Henri Trianon and Eugène Gautier of Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz, which was performed by the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris beginning on 8 December 1866.

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Unidentified artist, Vase Bat

Marc Heiremans Gallery, Brussels

Date: c. 1905

Riessner & Kessel Porzellanfabrik Turn-Teplitz

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