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Show o f' ' ! t L- ( - i ' t a Lakeside Review f ' fit V 1 1W 9 Tuesday, August 12, 1997 New life breathed into WSU sorority Two young Layton women revivo chapter SENIOR CALENDAR Heritage Senior Citizens Center, CC2 S. 1000 East, Clearfield, 773-700- 5 , Blood pressure itirtM are the lirst 1 hurvday and third 1 uewlay lrrtt to to I l;J0 a m. fy gjZAu stratton bnrtW)Uwa( (wwW LAYTON - Knowledge, hap pincv and hope have special meanings to Kcbccea Wangsgard, 21 and Amanda Harding 20, both of Layton. 'Hie Weber State University vorortiy the two have revived is represented by those words. WSU Greek system has just seen more growth with the revival of a chapter of Sharmca. a sorority that was laid to rest in 1965 at Weber. WSU had been seeing a decline in the Greek system and Stephen Hunt, coordinator for Student Organizations at WSU approached Wangsgard about reviving the dead sorority. lie knew I wasn't as happy as I wanted to be in my sorority," Wangsgard said. "So, he asked me if I would like to head up a new sorority." Wangsgard said that Hunt had been looking through old WSU annuals back when Weber was a college. He looked for a sorority that was well established and had plenty of alumni in the area. "Sharmca was an obvious choice," Wangsgard said. "We had the most info on it, the most alumni. It had been around the longest and it had been one of the strongest clubs. V J5 vlv No anointments are I. necessary, Senior Day Wednesday at the fair. 1 tie van will take seniors to the fairgrounds after lunch, llebbie Unite will be teaching a special flower arranging class on Aug. 1 4 at 12:30 p.m. There is a blood pressure clinic on Aug. 19 from 10 to r-- 4. ll:30am. Aug. 19 and 20 is the trip to St. George to see "Utah" at the Tuacuhn Theater, with overnight stay in Mesquite and Zions National I'ark on Wednesday. T uesday dinner is included in the SI 1 1 per person (double occupanc) cost. A brief history of Syracuse w ill be given on Aug. 20 at 1 1:43 a.m. Join the center for a Hawaiian holiday on Aug. 21 at 1 1:45 a.m. Brown and Sons Barbershop Quartette will entertain Aug. 21 at 1 1:45 a.m. The August birthday party is Aug. 25 at 1 1 :30 a.m. Mary Myers will tell about her VI W experiences on Aug. 27 at 1 :4S a.m. And on Aug. 28 there is a with Ctrl Baker at 1 :45 a.m. Sept. 30 lake a ride on the lleber Creeper and have lunch at the Farm House restaurant in lleber City for the cost of $23 per person. Call for reservations now. Roy Thompson of Clinton will be entertaining each Monday from 1 1 to 1 1:30 a.m. He has presented many programs of his piano music through the years. Come to hear him play to piano. The Old Time Singers entertain each Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Doctor appointments are on Thursday afternoons. Grocery shopping is done on Mondays at 12:30 p.m. Bingo is played every Wednesday and Friday following lunch. Pinochle is played each Tuesday and Thursday after lunch. Volunteer drivers and Home Visitors for Meals on Wheels program are needed, one day a week from 10:45 a.m. until 1 p.m. The volunteers deliver in the North Davis Area. Wangsgard asked Harding shortly after to be the sorority's vice president. Harding readily accepted. "I wanted there to be a more traditional sorority on campus." She saw Sharmca as that sorority. Sharmca's advisor, Julie Anderson, who works at the WSU Student Health Center, is an alumni to the sorority herself. Her involvement in the revival of the sorority came as a surprise to her. "I turned around one day and this man was standing in my lab holding an old yearbook, Anderson said. Hunt happened to . be that man and the page was opened to Sharmea's photo containing Anderson. He then asked Anderson if she would like to be involved in the resurrection of the old sorority. Anderson gladly accepted. Anderson said she would absolutely love to see more alumni involvement. There are about 50 Sharmca alumni in the Ogden area. Some of the alumni have already been contacted. They all have shown real support for us and have been willing to help us. A few of the members helped with the initiation of the new members of Sharmea. We would like the alumni to come and learn with us, Wangsgard said. These are ladies that have lived here their whole life and that have a lot of history and a lot of background at Weber State and in Ogden. They have a 1 sing-alon- lot of suggestions and ideas on whose good at this and who can donate this." Wangsgard, the sororitys president, and Harding, the vice president and Rush chair, look forward to fall quarter. The sorority has about eight active members, but hopes to have 12 to 20 after Rush Week in September. If you have too many girls, they get lost in the shuffle and you dont get to be as close as you want to be, Wangsgard said. Because of their current low numbers, sorority members have been pulling double duty. Were all doing a couple of jobs with as many of us that there are, Wangsgard said. Were excited but nervous at the same time because it can make us or break us, Harding said of Rush Week. Sharmea is still so new. But for the effort that we have put into it, I think that we have had a pretty good response. Sharmea was officially revived during spring quarter. We did a little bit with Weber State Greek Week, Wangsgard said. We had meetings all quarter long, once a week. Things will not be easy for the Looking forward to Rush Week, when new members are recruited into the Greek system, Rebecca Wangsgard (left) and Amanda Harding are ready to introduce Sharmea sorority. GETTING READY FOR RUSH: sorority, however. Financially, Sharmea is struggling, Wangsgard said. They have held a cous, one being a ple of yard sale that was held recently. fund-raiser- $300. All of the items were donated by neighbors and alumni, making it a community event, Wangsgard said. Another challenge will be try It nettled around ing to get people to join and interested in Sharmea," Harding said. With a new sorority, there are no traditions, Wangsgard said. Anything that you do now is what will be there for years to come. Some girls like to have the traditions already set in, she said. The sorority has a way to reach potential sorority members, however. We have just tried to be friendly and outgoing, Harding said. "We have just reached out to people and weve wanted people to know that even if they didnt want to join the sorority. Theyre always welcome to do things with us anyway. Service and campus involvement are the two biggest goals, Wangsgard said. Our biggest goal is to become really strong and close with the girls. College is kind of a scary time. I see a sorority as a way to help girls stay in college and have a fun time in college. Were hoping to bring girls in that are looking for that. Once we get close to each other, we want to do more things with the community. Sharmca alumni who want to become involved can contact 7 or Hunt Wangsgard at at Autumn Glow Senior Citizens Center, 81 E Center Street, Kaysville, 544-123- - Most of the brass art is found in old churches in Europe, with the majority being in England. At one time there were about 100,000 brass images in England. Many have been destroyed, bringing that number down to around 10,000, he said. brass rubbings. Using a special paper, he would place it onto brass images and brush over it with a crayon, rubbing the image onto the paper. It was quite an undertaking, he said. Fournier talked to senior citizens at Autumn Glow Senior Center last week about the art. - Fournier had spent nine years in England, but it wasnt until the last few months of his living there that he was introduced to t the art of brass rubbings. A friend of his, a nurse, taught him how the work was done and it wasnt long until it was in his blood. When he was supposed to be getting ready to move back to the United States, he would go out with his tools in hand and a pillow under his arm in search of the brass replicas. had the brass likenesses left in them, so he would search them out. They are on alters, on the walls, between pews and under carpets in the aisle, he said. When needing to go into a church that was still in use, he would go to the vicar to get permission to do rubbings. We were never refused except on Sunday, he said, we were reminded churches are not there for doing brass rubbings. Many of the brass images are found on the floor of churches and often are covered with rugs or carpet which would have to be removed. The images are mostly of people who have died. Done during the 1400s to 1600s, they were honoring the dead. According to Fournier, families would give the engraver the description of the dead person and the artist would engrave it into the brass. Since there were no photographs at that time, he had England had chance to study engravings -By- RUTH MALAN Standard-Examin- t- - correspondent Thirty years Fournier of a lot of time on his knees inside churches, but he wasnt praying. He was doing LAYTON 5 546-481- The Wendover trip is Aug. 14. The cost is $12. Wednesday is Senior Day at the fair. Transportation is 626-711- 9. Brass rubbings preserve ancient art n Layton man who lived in g 1 available, but reservations are required. The monthly birthday party is Aug. 15 at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are required. Aug. 1 8 is puzzle day. There will be a Farmington historic tour on Aug. 19. The tour leaves at 1 1 a.m and the cost is $2. Lunch is on your . own. Reservations should be made by Aug. 1 5. There will be a lapidary presentation by Boyd Probst on Aug. 20 at noon. Ice cream sundaes will be served at 1 1 :30, reservations are required. Several events will be taking place on Aug. 21. There will be a free Check Your Health, blood pressure and skin cancer screening at 10 a.m.; the Layton Quilters will meet at 3 p.m. and there will be a trip to Sundance Theater to see Music Man, leaving at 5 p.m. The cost is $26. Reservations for the Sundance trip must be made by Aug. 18. There will be a Great Salt Lake Lunch Cruise on Aug. , 22. The cost is $17 and they leave at noon. Reservations need to be made by Aug. 18. The Autumn Glow Singers will entertain at noon on Aug. . Abandoned churches often Chuck Fournier shows the tools of the brass rubbings trade to a crowd at the Autumn Glow Senior Center. Fournier spent countless hours on his knees in dark English churches making the rubbings. TOOLS OF THE TRADE: only the description to go by. Because of this many of the peoples features are the same. The brass images are mostly in the form of plaques. Some are placed directly over the tombs. The brass will last for centuries while the monuments chip and get damaged, he said. The people in the images are i 22. dressed in the costume of the period including the jewelry and headdress. Many have a canopy See BRASS1 1 f I The trip to Tuacahn to see Utah, will be on Aug. 25. The cost is $ 1 1 0 which includes dinner, breakfast, See SENIORS10 . |