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EXPEDITED RULES
[Filed March 28, 2014, 3:55 p.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 458-20-169 Nonprofit organizations, this rule reviews how the B&O tax, retail sales and use taxes apply to activities often performed by nonprofit organizations.
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Gayle Carlson, Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 47453, Olympia, WA 98504-7453, e-mail GayleC@dor.wa.gov, AND RECEIVED BY June 2, 2014.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The department is proposing to make the following changes to WAC 458-20-169:
Add information pertaining to 2013 legislation that provides a use tax exemption for items valued at less than $10,000 and purchased or received as a prize from a nonprofit organization or a library.
Replace resale certificate language with reseller permit language.
Change references pertaining to "nonprofit boarding homes" to "nonprofit assisted living facilities."
Include reference to RCW 82.08.02573 that provides a retail sales tax exemption for the sales exempt under RCW 82.04.3651.
Add language that health or social welfare organizations qualify for a deduction for compensation received for providing mental health services, and child welfare services, when under a government-funded program.
Add that temporary medical housing qualifies under health or welfare services when criteria are met.
Copies of draft rules are available for viewing and printing on our web site at Rules Agenda.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Legislation.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 82.32.300 and 82.01.060(2).
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Department of revenue, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Gayle Carlson, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 534-1576; Implementation: Dylan Waits, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 534-1583; and Enforcement: Alan R. Lynn, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 534-1599.
Dylan Waits
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 10-06-070, filed 2/25/10, effective 3/28/10)
WAC 458-20-169 Nonprofit organizations.
(1) Introduction. Unlike most states' and the federal tax systems, Washington's tax system, specifically its business tax, applies to the activities of nonprofit organizations. Washington's business tax is imposed upon all entities that generate gross receipts or proceeds, unless there is a specific statutory exemption or deduction. This ((section)) rule reviews how the business and occupation (B&O), retail sales, and use taxes apply to activities often performed by nonprofit organizations. Although some nonprofit organizations may be subject to other taxes (e.g., public utility or insurance premium taxes on income from utility or insurance activities), these taxes are not discussed in this ((section)) rule. The ((section)) rule describes the most common exemptions and deductions for the B&O, retail sales, and use taxes specifically provided to nonprofit organizations by state law. Other exemptions and/or deductions not specific to nonprofit organizations may also apply.
Other ((sections)) rules that may be relevant to specific activities of nonprofit organizations include the following:
(a) ((Artistic or cultural organizations, WAC 458-20-249;
(b) Educational institutions, school districts, student organizations, and private schools, WAC 458-20-167;
(c) Hospitals, nursing homes, boarding homes, adult family homes and similar health care facilities, WAC 458-20-168;
(d) Membership organizations, nonprofit groups and clubs providing amusement, recreation, or physical fitness services, WAC 458-20-183; and
(e) Organizations holding trade shows, conventions, or seminars, WAC 458-20-256.)) WAC 458-20-167, Educational institutions, school districts, student organizations, and private schools;
(b) WAC 458-20-168, Hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family homes and similar health care facilities;
(c) WAC 458-20-183, Amusement, recreation, and physical fitness services;
(d) WAC 458-20-249, Artistic or cultural organizations; and
(e) WAC 458-20-256, Trade shows, conventions and seminars.
(2) Registration requirements. Nonprofit organizations with $12,000 or more per year in gross receipts from sales, and/or gross income from services subject to the B&O tax, or ((who)) that are required to collect or pay to the department of revenue (department) retail sales tax or any other tax or fee which the department administers (regardless of the level of annual gross receipts) must register with the department. Nonprofit organizations ((that have)) with less than twelve thousand dollars per year in gross receipts ((of less than $12,000 per year)) and ((who)) that are not required to collect retail sales tax or any other tax or fee administered by the department are not required to register with the department.
((For more details on registration requirements see)) Refer to WAC 458-20-101 (Tax registration and tax reporting) for more information on registration requirements.
(3) Filing excise tax returns. Nonprofit organizations making retail sales that require the collection of the retail sales tax must file a tax return, regardless of the annual level of gross receipts or gross income and whether or not any B&O tax is due. (See also WAC 458-20-104 ((()), Small business tax relief based on income of business(())).) The excise tax return with payment is generally filed on a monthly basis. However, under certain conditions the department may authorize taxpayers to file and remit payment on either a quarterly or annual basis. Refer to WAC 458-20-22801 (Tax reporting frequency) for more information regarding how reporting frequencies are assigned.
Nonprofit organizations that do not have retail sales tax to remit, but are required to register, do not have to file a tax return if they meet certain statutory requirements (e.g., annual gross income of less than $28,000) and are placed on an "active nonreporting" status by the department. Refer to WAC 458-20-101 for more information regarding the "active nonreporting" status.
(4) General tax reporting responsibilities. While Washington state law provides some tax exemptions and deductions specifically targeted toward nonprofit organizations, these organizations otherwise have the same tax-reporting responsibilities as those of for-profit organizations.
(a) Business and occupation tax. Chapter 82.04 RCW imposes a B&O tax ((upon all)) on every person((s)) with substantial nexus in Washington (see RCW 82.04.067) engaged in business activities within this state, unless the income is specifically exempt or deductible under state law. The B&O tax applies to the value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business, as the case may be. RCW 82.04.220.
(i) Common B&O tax classifications. Chapter 82.04 RCW provides a number of classifications that apply to specific activities. The most common B&O tax classifications ((that apply)) applying to income received by nonprofit organizations are the ((service and other activities,)) retailing, ((and)) wholesaling, and service, and other activities classifications. RCW 82.04.250, 82.04.270, and 82.04.290. If an organization engages in more than one kind of business activity, the gross income from each activity must be reported under the appropriate tax classification. RCW 82.04.440(1).
(ii) Measure of tax. The most common measures of the B&O tax are "gross proceeds of sales" and "gross income of the business." RCW 82.04.070 and 82.04.080, respectively. These measures include the value proceeding or accruing from the sale of tangible personal property or services rendered without any deduction for the cost of property sold, cost of materials used, labor costs, discounts paid, delivery costs, taxes, losses, or any other expenses.
(b) Retail sales tax. A nonprofit organization must collect and remit retail sales tax on all retail sales, unless the sale is specifically exempt by statute. Examples of retail sales tax exemptions that ((commonly)) may apply to nonprofit organizations are those for sales of certain food products (see WAC 458-20-244 ((for more information regarding sales of)), Food and food ingredients), construction materials purchased by a health or social welfare organization for new construction of alternative housing for youth in crisis, to be licensed as a family foster home (see RCW 82.08.02915), and fund-raising activities (see subsection (5)(((e))) (g) of this ((section)) rule). New construction includes renovating an existing structure to provide new housing for youth in crisis.
A nonprofit organization must pay retail sales tax when it purchases goods or retail services for its own use as a consumer, unless the purchase is specifically exempt by statute. Items purchased for resale without intervening use are purchases at wholesale and are not subject to the retail sales tax((. The purchaser should provide the seller with a resale certificate for purchases made before January 1, 2010, or a reseller permit for purchased made on or after January 1, 2010, to document the wholesale nature of any sale as provided in WAC 458-20-102A (Resale certificates) and WAC 458-20-102 (Reseller permits))) if the seller takes from the buyer a copy of the buyer's reseller permit. The reseller permit documents the wholesale nature of any sale. Reseller permits replaced resale certificates effective January 1, 2010. See WAC 458-20-102 (Reseller permits) for more information on reseller permits and their proper use. Even though resale certificates are no longer used after December 31, 2009, they must be kept on file by the seller for five years from the date of last use or December 31, 2014.
(c) Use tax. The use tax is imposed on every person, including nonprofit organizations, using tangible personal property within this state as a consumer, unless such use is specifically exempt by statute. The use tax applies only if retail sales tax has not previously been paid on the item. The rate of tax is the same as the sales tax rate that applies at the location where the property is first used.
A common application of the use tax occurs when items are purchased from an out-of-state seller who has no presence in Washington. Because the out-of-state seller is under no obligation to collect Washington's retail sales or use tax, the buyer is statutorily required to remit use tax directly to the department. ((())See ((also)) WAC 458-20-178 for more information regarding the use tax.(()))
Except for fund-raising, ((exemptions from)) use tax exemptions generally correspond to ((the)) retail sales tax exemptions. For example, ((a)) the use tax exemption for construction materials acquired by a health or social welfare organization for new construction of alternative housing for youth in crisis, to be licensed as a family foster home((,)) (RCW 82.12.02915((,))) corresponds with the retail sales tax exemption described in subsection (4)(b) ((above)) of this rule for purchasing these construction materials.
(i) Use tax exemption for donated items. RCW 82.12.02595 provides a use tax exemption for personal property donated to a nonprofit charitable organization. This exemption is available for the nonprofit charitable organization and the donor, if the donor did not previously use the ((item)) personal property as a consumer. It also applies to the use of property by a donor who is incorporating the property into a nonprofit organization's real or personal property for no charge.
The exemption also applies to another person using property originally donated to a charitable nonprofit organization that is subsequently donated or bailed to that person by the charitable nonprofit organization, provided that person uses the property in furtherance of the charitable purpose for which the property was originally donated to the charitable nonprofit organization. For example, a hardware store donates an industrial pressure washer to a nonprofit community center for neighborhood cleanup, the community center bails this washer to people enrolled in its neighborhood improvement group for neighborhood clean-up projects. No use tax is due from any of the participants in these transactions. An example of a gift that would not qualify is when a car is donated to a church for its staff and the church gives that car to its pastor. The pastor must pay use tax on the car because it serves multiple purposes. It serves the church's charitable purpose, but it also acts as compensation to the pastor and is available for the pastor's personal use. The subsequent donation of property from the charity to another person must be solely for a charitable purpose. If the property is donated or bailed to the third party for a charitable purpose in line with the nonprofit organization's charitable activities, generally, no additional proof is required that this was the charitable purpose for which the property was originally donated.
(ii) Use tax implications with respect to fund-raising activities. Subsection (5)(((e) below)) (g) of this rule explains that a retail sales tax exemption is available for certain fund-raising sales. However, there is usually no comparable use tax exemption provided to the buyer/user of property purchased at these fund-raising sales. While the nonprofit organization is ((under no obligation)) not obligated to collect use tax from the buyer, the organization is encouraged to inform the buyer of the buyer's possible use tax obligation.
(iii) Effective October 1, 2013, RCW 82.12.225 provides a use tax exemption for the use of any article of personal property, valued at less than ten thousand dollars, purchased or received as a prize in a contest of chance, as defined in RCW 82.04.285, from a nonprofit organization or a library. This exemption only applies if the gross income from the sale by the nonprofit organization or library is exempt under RCW 82.04.3651. This exemption is scheduled to expire July 1, 2017.
(5) Exemptions. The following sources of income are specifically exempt from tax. As such they should not be included or reported as gross income if the organization is required to file an excise tax return.
(a) Adult family homes. ((The)) RCW 82.04.327 exempts from B&O tax ((does not apply to income earned by a)) amounts received by licensed adult family homes or ((an)) adult family homes that are exempt from licensing under rules of the department of social and health services. ((RCW 82.04.327.))
(b) Nonprofit assisted living facilities. RCW 82.04.4262 exempts from B&O tax amounts received by a nonprofit assisted living facility licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW for providing room and domiciliary care to residents of the assisted living facility. Nonprofit assisted living facilities were formerly known as "nonprofit boarding homes" in the statute.
(c) Camp or conference centers. RCW 82.04.363 and 82.08.830 respectively ((provide)) exempt from B&O tax and retail sales ((exemptions to)) tax amounts received by a nonprofit organization from the sale or furnishing of certain items or services at a camp or conference center conducted on property exempt from the property tax under RCW 84.36.030 (1), (2), or (3). See WAC 458-16-210 (Nonprofit organizations or associations organized and conducted for nonsectarian purposes), WAC 458-16-220 (Church camps), and WAC 458-16-230 (Character building organizations) for more information about property tax exemptions that may apply.
((Income derived)) Amounts received from the sale of the following items and services ((is)) are exempt:
(i) Lodging, conference and meeting rooms, camping facilities, parking, and similar licenses to use real property;
(ii) Food and meals;
(iii) Books, tapes, and other products that are available exclusively to the participants at the camp, conference, or meeting and are not available to the public at large. Effective July 26, 2009, electronically transferred items are included in the exemption.
((The property tax exemptions are further discussed at WAC 458-16-210 (Church camps), WAC 458-16-220 (Nonprofit organizations or associations organized and conducted for nonsectarian purposes), and WAC 458-16-230 (Character building organizations).
(c))) (d) Child care resource and referral services. ((The)) RCW 82.04.3395 exempts from B&O tax ((does not apply to nonprofit organizations with respect to)) amounts received ((for)) by nonprofit organizations for providing child care resource and referral services. Child care resource and referral services do not include child care services provided directly to children. ((RCW 82.04.3395.
(d))) (e) Credit and debt services. RCW 82.04.368 ((provides a)) exempts from B&O tax ((exemption for)) amounts received by nonprofit organizations for providing specialized credit and debt services. These services include:
(i) Presenting individual and community credit education programs including credit and debt counseling;
(ii) Obtaining creditor cooperation allowing a debtor to repay debt in an orderly manner;
(iii) Establishing and administering negotiated repayment programs for debtors; and
(iv) Providing advice or assistance to a debtor with regard to (i), (ii), or (iii) of this subsection.
(((e))) (f) Day care provided by churches. ((The)) RCW 82.04.339 exempts from B&O ((tax does not apply to income derived)) amounts received by a church for the care of children of any age for periods of less than twenty-four hours, provided the church is exempt from property tax under RCW 84.36.020. ((RCW 82.04.339.
(f))) (g) Fund-raising. RCW 82.04.3651 ((provides a)) and 82.08.02573 respectfully exempt from B&O tax ((exemption for)) and retail sales tax amounts received from certain fund-raising activities. ((RCW 82.08.02573 provides a comparable retail sales tax exemption.
It is important to note that))
These exemptions apply only to the fund-raising income received by the nonprofit organization. For example, ((the)) commission income received by a nonprofit organization selling books owned by a for-profit entity on a consignment basis is exempt of tax only if the statutory requirements are satisfied. The nonprofit organization is generally responsible for collecting and remitting retail sales tax upon the gross proceeds of sales when selling items for another person ((()) See WAC 458-20-159(())) (Consignees, bailees, factors, agents and auctioneers) for more information regarding such sales.
(i) What nonprofit organizations qualify? Nonprofit organizations that qualify for this exemption are those that are:
(A) A tax-exempt nonprofit organization described by section 501 (c)(3) (educational and charitable), 501 (c)(4) (social welfare), or 501 (c)(10) (fraternal societies operating as lodges) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(B) A nonprofit organization that would qualify for tax exemption under ((these codes)) section 501 (c)(3), (4), or (10) except that it is not organized as a nonprofit corporation; or
(C) A nonprofit organization that does not pay its members, stockholders, officers, directors, or trustees any amounts from its gross income, except as payment for services rendered, does not pay more than reasonable compensation to any person for services rendered, and does not engage in a substantial amount of political activity. Political activity includes, but is not limited to, influencing legislation and participating in any campaign on behalf of any candidate for political office.
((A nonprofit organization may meet (A), (B), or (C) above.))
(ii) Qualifying fund-raising activities. For the purpose of this exemption, "fund-raising activity" means soliciting or accepting contributions of money or other property, or activities involving the anticipated exchange of goods or services for money between the soliciting organization and the organization or person solicited, for the purpose of furthering the goals of the nonprofit organization.
(A) Money raised by a nonprofit charitable group from its annual telephone fund drive to fund its homeless shelters where nothing is promised in return for a donor's pledge is exempt as fund-raising contributions of money to further the goals of the nonprofit organization.
(B) A nonprofit group organized as a community playhouse has an annual telephone fund drive. The group gives the caller a mug, jacket, dinner, or vacation trip depending on the amount of pledge made over the phone. The community playhouse does not sell or exchange the mugs, jackets, dinners, or trips for cash or property, except during this pledge drive. The money is used to produce the next season's plays. The money earned from the pledges is exempt from both B&O tax and retail sales tax ((and business and occupation tax)) to the extent these amounts represent an exchange ((for)) of goods and services for money to further the goals of the nonprofit group. The money earned from the pledges above the value of the goods and services exchanged is exempt as a fund-raising contribution of money to further the goals of the nonprofit organization.
(C) A nonprofit group sells ice cream bars at booths leased during the two-week runs of three county fairs, for a total of six weeks during the year, to fund youth camps maintained by the nonprofit group. The money earned from the booths is exempt from both B&O tax and retail sales tax ((and business and occupation tax)) as a fund-raising exchange of goods for money to further the goals of the nonprofit group.
(iii) Contributions of money or other property. The term contributions includes grants, donations, endowments, scholarships, gifts, awards, and any other transfer of money or other property by a donor, provided the donor receives no significant goods, services, or benefits in return for making the gift. For example, an amount received by a nonprofit educational broadcaster from a group that conditions receipt upon the nonprofit broadcaster airing its seminars is not a contribution regardless of how the amount paid ((was)) is titled by the two organizations.
It is not unusual for the person making a gift to require some accountability for how the gift is used as a condition for receiving the gift or future gifts. Such gifts remain exempt, provided the "accountability" required does not result in a direct benefit to the donor (examples of direct benefits to a donor are: Money given for a report on the soil contamination levels of land owned by the donor, medical services provided to the donor or the donor's family, or market research benefitting the donor directly). This "accountability" can take the form of conditions or restrictions on the use of the gift for specific charitable purposes or can take the form of written reports accounting for the use of the gift. Public acknowledgment of a donor for the gift ((does not result in)) is not a significant service or benefit ((simply because the gift is publicly acknowledged)).
(iv) Nonqualifying activities. Fund-raising activity does not include the operation of a regular place of business in which services are provided or sales are made during regular hours such as a bookstore, thrift shop, restaurant, legal or health clinic, or similar business. It also does not include the operation of a regular place of business from which services are provided or performed during regular hours such as the provision of retail, personal, or professional services. A regular place of business and the regular hours of that business depend on the type of business being conducted.
(A) In the example demonstrating that an amount received by a nonprofit broadcaster was not a contribution because services were given in return for the funds, this activity must also be examined to see whether the exchange was for services as part of a fund-raising activity. The broadcaster ((was)) is in the business of broadcasting programs. It ((had)) has a regular site for broadcasting programs and ((ran)) runs broadcasts for twenty-four hours every day. Broadcasting ((was)) is a part of its business activity performed from a regular place of business during regular hours. The money received from the group with the requirement that its seminars be broadcast would not qualify as money received from a fund-raising activity even though the parties viewed the money as a "donation."
(B) A nonprofit organization that makes catalog sales throughout the year with a twenty-four hour telephone line for taking orders has a regular place of business at the location where the sales orders are processed and regular hours of twenty-four hours a day. Catalog sales are not exempt as fund-raising amounts even though the funds are raised for a nonprofit purpose.
(C) A nonprofit group organized as a community playhouse has three plays during the year at a leased theatre. The plays run for a total of six weeks and the group provides concessions at each of the performances. The playhouse has a regular place of business with regular hours for that type of business. The concessions are done at that regular place of business during regular hours. The concessions are not exempt as fund-raising activities even though amounts raised from the concessions may be used to further the nonprofit purpose of that group.
(D) A nonprofit student group, that raises money for scholarships and other educational needs, sets up an espresso stand that is open for two hours every morning during the school year. The espresso stand is a regular place of business with regular hours for that type of business. The money earned from the espresso stand is not exempt, even though the amounts are raised to further the student group's nonprofit purpose.
(v) Fund-raising sales by libraries. RCW 82.04.3651 specifically provides that the sale of used books, used videos, used sound recording, or similar used information products in a library is not the operation of a regular place of business, if the proceeds are used to support the library. The library must be a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxes. RCW 27.12.010.
(((g))) Effective July 1, 2010, RCW 82.08.02573 provides a comparable retail sales tax exemption for the same sales, as mentioned above, made by a library. See RCW 82.04.3651.
(h) Group training homes. RCW 82.04.385 ((provides a)) exempts from B&O tax ((exemption for)) amounts received from the department of social and health services for operating a nonprofit group training home. The amounts excluded from gross income must be used for the cost of care, maintenance, support, and training of developmentally disabled individuals. A nonprofit group training home is an approved nonsectarian facility equipped, supervised, managed, and operated on a full-time nonprofit basis for the full-time care, treatment, training, and maintenance of individuals with developmental disabilities. RCW 71A.22.020.
(((h))) (i) Sheltered workshops. RCW 82.04.385 ((provides a)) also exempts from B&O tax ((exemption for)) amounts received by a nonprofit organization for operating a sheltered workshop.
(i) What is a sheltered workshop? A sheltered workshop is that part of the nonprofit organization engaged in business activities that are performed primarily to provide evaluation and work adjusted services for a handicapped person or to provide gainful employment or rehabilitation services to a handicapped person. The sheltered workshop can be maintained on or off the premises of the nonprofit organization.
(ii) What is meant by "gainful employment or rehabilitation services to a handicapped person"? Gainful employment or rehabilitation services must be an interim step in the rehabilitation process which is provided because the person cannot be readily absorbed into the competitive labor market or because employment opportunities for the person do not exist during that time in the competitive labor market.
"Handicapped," for the purposes of this exemption, means a physical or mental disability that restricts normal achievement, including medically recognized addictions and learning disabilities. However, this term does not include social or economic disadvantages that restrict normal achievement (e.g., prior criminal history or low-income status).
(((i))) (j) Student loan services. RCW 82.04.367 ((provides a)) exempts from B&O tax ((exemption for the gross income of)) amounts received by nonprofit organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that:
(i) Are guarantee agencies under the federal guaranteed student loan program or that issue debt to provide or acquire student loans; or
(ii) Provide guarantees for student loans made through programs other than the federal guaranteed student loan program.
(6) B&O tax deduction of ((government)) payments made to health or social welfare organizations.
(a) Compensation from public entities. RCW 82.04.4297 provides a B&O tax deduction to health or social welfare organizations for amounts received from the United States, any instrumentality of the United States, the state of Washington, or any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state of Washington as compensation for or to support health or social welfare services, rendered by a health or social welfare organization, as defined in RCW 82.04.431, or by a municipal corporation or political subdivision. ((A deduction is not allowed, however, for amounts that are received under an employee benefit plan.)) These deductible amounts should be included in the gross income reported on the excise tax return, and then deducted on the return when determining the amount of the organization's taxable income. A deduction is not allowed, however, for amounts that are received under an employee benefit plan.
(b) Mental health services. Effective August 1, 2011, health or social welfare organizations also qualify for a deduction for amounts received as compensation for providing mental health services under a government-funded program. Regional support networks may also deduct from the measure of tax amounts received from the state of Washington for distribution to health or social welfare organizations eligible to deduct the distribution under RCW 82.04.4277. Persons claiming deductions under RCW 82.04.4277 must file an annual report with the department. See RCW 82.32.534. These deductions are scheduled to expire August 1, 2016.
(c) Child welfare services. Also effective August 1, 2011, health or social welfare organizations qualify for a deduction for amounts received as compensation for providing child welfare services under a government-funded program. Persons may also deduct from the measure of tax amounts received from the state of Washington for distribution to health or social welfare organizations eligible to deduct the distribution under RCW 82.04.4275(1).
(((a))) (d) What is a health or social welfare organization? A health or social welfare organization is ((a nonprofit)) an organization, including any community action council, providing health or social welfare services ((that is also:)) as defined in subsection (6)(e) of this rule. To be exempt under RCW 82.04.4297, a corporation must satisfy all of the following conditions:
(i) Be a corporation sole under chapter 24.12 RCW or a domestic or foreign not-for-profit corporation under chapter 24.03 RCW. It does not include a corporation providing professional services authorized under chapter 18.100 RCW;
(ii) Be governed by a board of not less than eight individuals who are not paid corporate employees when the organization is a not-for-profit corporation;
(iii) Not ((paying)) pay any part of its corporate income directly or indirectly to its members, stockholders, officers, directors, or trustees except as executive or officer compensation or as services rendered by the corporation in accordance with its purposes and bylaws to a member, stockholder, officer, or director or as an individual;
(iv) Only ((paying)) pay compensation to corporate officers and executives for actual services rendered. This compensation must be at a level comparable to like public service positions within Washington;
(v) ((Irrevocably dedicating)) Have irrevocably dedicated its corporate assets to health or social welfare activities. Upon corporate liquidation, dissolution, or abandonment, any distribution or transfer of corporate assets may not inure directly or indirectly to the benefit of any member or individual, except for another health or social welfare organization;
(vi) Be duly licensed or certified as required by law or regulation;
(vii) ((Using)) Use government payments to provide health or social welfare services;
(viii) ((Making)) Make its services available regardless of race, color, national origin, or ancestry; and
(ix) Provide((s)) access to the corporation's books and records to the department's authorized agents upon request.
(((b))) (e) Qualifying health or welfare services. The term "health or social welfare services ((are))" includes and is limited ((exclusively)) to ((the following services)):
(i) Mental health, drug, or alcoholism counseling or treatment;
(ii) Family counseling;
(iii) Health care services;
(iv) Therapeutic, diagnostic, rehabilitative, or restorative services for the care of the sick, aged, physically-disabled, developmentally-disabled, or emotionally-disabled individuals;
(v) Activities, including recreational activities, intended to prevent or ameliorate juvenile delinquency or child abuse;
(vi) Care of orphans or foster children;
(vii) Day care of children;
(viii) Employment development, training, and placement;
(ix) Legal services to the indigent;
(x) Weatherization assistance or minor home repairs for low-income homeowners or renters;
(xi) Assistance to low-income homeowners and renters to offset the cost of home heating energy, through direct benefits to eligible households or to fuel vendors on behalf of eligible households; and
(xii) Community services to low-income individuals, families and groups that are designed to have a measurable and potentially major impact on ((the)) causes of poverty in communities of the state of Washington; and
(xiii) Effective July 1, 2008, temporary medical housing, as defined in RCW 82.08.997, if the housing is provided only:
(A) While the patient is receiving medical treatment at a hospital required to be licensed under RCW 70.41.090 or at an outpatient clinic associated with such hospital, including any period of recuperation or observation immediately following such medical treatment; and
(B) By a person that does not furnish lodging or related services to the general public.


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Activities to Explore
In the Area:
July 15 — Monster Mashup, 1-4 p.m., LaPorte County Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave. Registration: laportelibrary.org
July 15 — Apollo 11 Webcast, 3 p.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049.
July 17 — Roosevelt Pipe Organ Series, Ann Dobie, 12:15 p.m., Christ Church (former First Congregationalist Church), 531 Washington St. Free, donations accepted. Info: (219) 608-5358.
July 17-18 — Arts in the Park, 7 p.m., Dennis Smith Amphitheater @ Fox Park, LaPorte. Schedule: July 17/LaPorte City Band; July 18/People & Songs with the Emerging Sound.
July 17-27 — "John & Jen," Canterbury Theatre, 807 Franklin St. Performances: 2 p.m. Wed.-Thur., 7:30 p.m. Fri., 6:30 p.m. Sat. Tickets: $16/Wed.-Thur., $17/Fri.-Sat. Reservations: tiny.cc/CST2019, (219) 874-4269, info@canterburytheatre.org
July 18 — Summer Reading Finale: The Magic of Jim Merrills, 10 a.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049.
July 19 — Bookmarks: Susan Holloway Scott's "I, Eliza Hamilton," 2 p.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049.
July 19 — Michigan City Chamber Music Festival, "Violins & Vino!," 7 p.m., The Nest, 803 Franklin St. Free. Info: mccmf.org
July 19 — Save the Tunes Council, 7:30-9 p.m., Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, 1215 N. Indiana 49, Porter. Info: (219) 395-1882.
July 19 — Movie in Washington Park: "Ralph Breaks the Internet," dusk, Washington Park's North Pointe Pavilion. Info: (219) 395-1882.
July 19 — R-E-S-P-E-C-T 2, 8 p.m. EDT, The Acorn, 107 Generation Drive, Three Oaks, Mich. Tickets: $30. Reservations: acornlive.org
July 19-24 — Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, Mich. Now showing: "Echo in the Canyon." Rated PG-13. Times: 6 p.m. Fri.-Mon., 7 p.m. Tue. Also: "All is True." Rated PG-13. Times: 9 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Also: GreenScreens: An Environmental Film Festival, presented by Chikaming Open Lands and Fernwood Botanical Garden. Time: 7 p.m. Wed. Tickets: info@fernwoodbotanical.com, (269) 695-6491. All times Eastern. Info: vickerstheatre.com, (269) 756-3522.
July 19-21, 26-28 — Young People's Theatre Co., "Sister Act," Holdcraft Performing Arts Center, 1200 Spring St. Times: 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Tickets: $10/adults, $5/students. Reservations: www.yptcinc.com
July 20 — 12th Annual Classic & Antique Car Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., LaPorte County Historical Society Museum, 2405 Indiana Ave. Admission: $5/carload. Info: (219) 324-6767.
July 20 — Immigration History Walking Tour, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Barker Mansion, 631 Washington St. Tickets: Eventbrite, (219) 873-1520.
July 20 — Free "Gather at Gardena," 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Gardena Park, 800 block of Gardena Street.
July 20 — LaPorte Firefighters' Rock the Park, LaPorte's Fox Park. Gates open @ noon. Tickets: $15. Reservations: eventbrite.com
July 20 — Premiere, "Lights! Cameras! Three Oaks! The Making of Prancer," noon EDT, Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm St., Three Oaks, Mich. Cost: $5 donation. Info: regionofthreeoaksmuseum.com
July 20 — Free American Music Festival, 1-4 p.m. EDT, Dewey Cannon Park's Spring Creek Stage, Three Oaks, Mich.
July 20 — Music in the Park, Cabildo, 6:30 p.m. EDT, Dewey Cannon Park, Three Oaks, Mich. Free, donations accepted. Info: www.harborarts.com
July 20 — Art in Nature performance, 8 p.m., Tryon Farm, 1500 Tryon Road. Suggested donation: $20/adults, $10/children. Info: (614) 638-6186.
July 20 — 3-Dune Night Hike, 8:30 p.m., Indiana Dunes State Park, 1600 N. County Road 25 East (the north end of Indiana 49), Chesterton. Info: (219) 926-1390.
July 20-21 — Make and Take Craft Weekends, 1-4 p.m., Luhr Park Nature Center, 3178 S. County Road 150 West, LaPorte. Free. Info: (219) 325-8315.
July 22 — PJ Time With Your Stuffed Friend, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Luhr Park Nature Center, 3178 S. County Road 150 West, LaPorte. Free. Registration: (219) 325-8315.
July 24 — Cool Craft for Kids, 10 a.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049.
July 24 — Roosevelt Pipe Organ Series, Lee Meyer, 12:15 p.m., Christ Church (former First Congregationalist Church), 531 Washington St. Free, donations accepted. Info: (219) 608-5358.
July 24-25 — Arts in the Park, 7 p.m., Dennis Smith Amphitheater @ Fox Park, LaPorte. Schedule: July 24/LaPorte City Band; July 25/Midwest Hype. Pre-concert: LaPorte Drum Circle.
Thursdays through Aug. 8 — Michigan City Municipal Band, 7:30 p.m., Washington Park Guy Foreman Amphitheater.
Through Oct. 5 — Art exhibit, former LaPorte resident Roland Lee Hockett, LaPorte County Historical Society Museum, 2504 Indiana Ave.
Saturdays through October — Michigan City Mainstreet Association Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Eighth & Washington streets.
Saturdays through Oct. 26 — LaPorte Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Lincolnway parking lot next to Mucho Mas.
Sundays through Sept. 8 — Mount Baldy Open House, 1-4 p.m., parking lot off U.S. 12. Info: (219) 395-1882.
July 19 — Reception, Series 5 Art Exhibit, 5:30-7:30 p.m. EDT, Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Mich. Exhibit end date: Aug. 24. Info: nikki@boxfactoryforthearts.org, (269) 983-3688.
July 20 — Harbor Country Hikers, 10 a.m. EDT, Harbert Road Preserve, east of I-94 overpass on Harbert Road. Info: harborcountryhikers.com
July 20 — Summerfest, Shadowland Pavilion, St. Joseph, Mich. Gates open 4 p.m. EDT. Tickets: $20 ($25 day of). Reservations: SMSO.org, (269) 982-4030.
July 22 — Open Mic Night at the Box, host Jenna Mammina, 7-9 p.m. EDT, The Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, Mich. Registration: nikki@boxfactoryforthearts.org
Indiana Dunes National Park
• Beachside with a Ranger from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 9 at the West Beach parking lot.
Learn about the park's preservation story, including challenges the region faced and the largest threats today. The parking lot is located at 376 N. County Line Road.
• Drop-in Volunteering at West Beach from 2 to 3 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 6.
Join staff and fellow volunteers in helping care for the site. Wear comfortable clothes; work gloves and equipment will be provided. West Beach parking lot is 376 N. County Line Road, Portage.
• Mount Baldy Summit Hike from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 30.
The Mount Baldy parking lot and beach are open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily after being closed for the last several years. The dune, however, is still closed for general public use, so the ranger-led hike offers the chance to experience the dune as much as is possible. No reservations are required. The parking lot is located off U.S. 12.
Also offered is Mount Baldy Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 8. Explore the issues and science surrounding the dune.
• The Save the Tunes Council performs from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 19, at Indiana Dunes Visitor Center.
The group preserves folk songs in the traditional way, using guitar, autoharp, dulcimer, banjo, harmonica, bagpipe, penny whistle, hurdy gurdy and other obscure instruments.
• Junior Wildland Firefighter Program from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 20, at Indiana Dunes Visitor Center.
Meet the IDNL's fire crew and learn about their jobs and equipment. Children then receive a Junior Wildland Firefighter activity book and patch. The 30-minute program is repeated throughout the day
• Pinhook Bog Open House from noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 7.
Talk a self-guided tour of the bog and talk to rangers along the trail for a better understanding of the site filled with carnivorous plants and orchids. Arrive by 2 p.m. to allow about one hour to walk the trail and tour the bog. The bog parking lot is at 700 N. Wozniak Road in Michigan City.
• Beach Fun Saturdays from 1 to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 10 at West Beach.
Try a kayak or paddleboard starting at 1 p.m. All equipment is provided for free. A one-hour sunset hike on the Dune Succession Trail starts at 7 p.m. from the Ranger Contact Station in the north end of the parking lot. A beach campfire, complete with marshmallow toasting, starts shortly before sunset. Meet at the West Beach parking lot. A $6 per car parking fee is charged until 7 p.m. Take a picnic dinner and warmer clothing for the evening sunset and beach campfire.
• Playdate in the Nature Play Zone from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at The Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education.
Explore Miller Woods, build a fort, climb a tree, create nature art and feed the resident fish, turtles, snakes, toads and frogs. Dress for the weather.
• Rollerblading with a Ranger from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 3.
Meet at Robinson Lake parking lot, S. Liverpool Road, Hobart, to explore the Oak Savannah Trail with a ranger on roller blades.
• Art in the National Park from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 9 at Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk, 100 Riverwalk Road.
Join an Art Barn artist and learn how to paint the dunes. A canvas and paint are provided for the free class. Registration is required, and the class is limited to 20 adult painters. Be prepared to park in auxiliary sites during the summer due to parking congestion. Call the visitor center at (219) 395-1882 for more information and to register.
• Science in the National Park from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Indiana Dunes Visitor Center.
Meet local experts and scientists conducting research, followed by a hike. Dress for the weather.
• Bailly/Chellberg History Hike from 1 to 3 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 1.
Explore the grounds of both historic homes, and learn about early settlers and farmers who came to the region in the 1800s. Park at the Bailly/Chellberg parking lot.
• Miller Woods Hike from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 24 at Paul H. Douglas Center.
The ranger-led stroll explores a rare black oak savanna, with views of Lake Michigan and Chicago.
• Feed the Farm Animals at Chellberg Farm from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
The farm includes cows, pigs, goats, chickens and turkeys.
• Sunset Around the Fire at the Pavilion from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk.
Catch a Lake Michigan sunset from the pavilion, and roast marshmallows from the fireplace.
The Visitor Center is at 1215 N. Indiana 49, Porter. The Paul H. Douglas Center is at 100 N. Lake St. in Gary's Miller Beach neighborhood. Call (219) 395-1882 for more information.
• Who Done It? at 3 p.m. Monday, July 15.
Help solve clues animals leave behind during the short hike.
• Full Moon Hike at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16.
Meet naturalists and volunteers for the hike to Lake Michigan and back. Before then is a presentation on the moon and treats.
• Scat & Tracks at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 17.
Learn skills about the mysteries animals leave behind.
• Glacial Goodies at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 18.
Enjoy ice cream with toppings, while supplies last, and while learning about glacial drift in the Indiana Dunes landscape.
• Feed the Birds at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 20.
Meet a naturalist outside the Nature Center for the daily feeding. Get close views of chickadees, cardinals and woodpeckers.
• Snakes Alive! at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20.
Meet at the Nature Center to view snakes and learn more about them.
• 3-Dune Night Hike at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20.
Join a naturalist for activities to test skills in the dark at the top of each peak during the 1.5-mile challenge.
• Morning Bird Walk at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, July 21.
Take binoculars or borrow a pair for an easy walk searching for birds.
• Creek Peek at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 21.
Join a naturalist for a short, wet walk searching for animals that call the habitat home.
• Bird Window Bingo at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 21.
Prizes will be awarded during a bird-theme version of the game.
• Awesome Amphibians at 3 p.m. Monday, July 22.
Meet at the Nature Center to explore the differences and similarities between Dunes amphibians during a short hike to the marsh.
• Wild Edibles Walk at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 23.
Meet at the Nature Center for a walk exploring dune delicacies.
• Ant Lion Safari at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 24.
Join a naturalist at the Nature Center for the short discovery walk.
Indiana Dunes State Park is at 1600 N. County Road 25 East (the north end of Indiana 49), Chesterton. Call (219) 926-1390 for more information.
LaPorte County Public Library
904 Indiana Ave.:
• Stories & More from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Fridays.
Children ages 3-5 with their caregivers experience stories, songs, crafts and activities that include using iPads to build early literacy skills.
• Tinker Tuesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Teens and adults can use the Cricut Maker, the complete Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Spark and Lightroom, and the 3-D printer.
6925 W. County Road 400 North:
• Reins of Life Day from 10-11 a.m. Thursday, July 25.
Presenters will cover topics such as grooming, what horses eat, how to measure a horse, Native American symbols, wants vs. needs and safety. Attendees should wear closed-toed shoes for safety.
Visit www.laportelibrary.org for more details.
Michigan City Public Library
100 E. Fourth St.:
• Summer Reading Finale: The Magic of Jim Merrills at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 18.
The show incorporates comedy and magic.
• Makerspace: open lab hours from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdays.
Youth ages 6-18 create with LEGO WeDo, Micro Bits, paper circuits and Ozobots. Children 12 and younger must have a parent or guardian attend.
• Bookmarks: Susan Holloway Scott's "I, Eliza Hamilton" at 2 p.m. Friday, July 19.
Hilda DeMuth Lutze is the reviewer.
• Movie in Washington Park: "Ralph Breaks the Internet" at dusk Friday, July 19, at Washington Park's North Pointe Pavilion.
The film is Rated PG. The free showing is a collaboration with the Michigan City park department.
• Pokemon Go Community Day from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 21, in Youth Services.
Pokemon-themed giveaways are planned while supplies last. Call (219) 873-3045 for details.
• Cool Craft for Kids at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 24.
Children 4 and older, accompanied by an adult, are welcome. All materials are provided, and children must be present to receive supplies.
• Learning Center Volunteers Needed.
The Learning Center needs volunteer tutors for children and adults. Students need assistance in: reading, math, high school equivalency and English as a Second Language. All supplies and training are provided. All that's required are two hours a week. Contact Jessica Hoffmaster at (219) 873-3043 or stop by the center for more information.
Contact Robin Kohn at (219) 873-3049 for more information on library programming.
Westchester Public Library
• Bandstand Concert & Movie Series on Friday, July 19, at Thomas Centennial Park Gazebo, Chesterton.
Cynthia Shelhart performs at 7 p.m., followed by "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" at 8 p.m. If it rains, the program moves to The Baugher Center.
• The Messier The Better for 9- to 30-month-olds at 10 a.m. Tuesdays through July 23 at Hageman Library, 100 Francis St., Porter.
Miss Ronnie will lead children in singing songs and an art experience. Dress to get messy.

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Palen Solar is located in Riverside County, California on 3,140 acres of federal lands within a Solar Energy Zone (SEZ) and Development Focus Area, managed by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM completed the federal permitting process, issuing the project a Record of Decision (ROD) in October 2018.
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"There´s a rumbling in the skies." Bob Dylan in New York, 24th of November, 2018, Beacon Theatre.
November 25, 2018 November 25, 2018 / johnnyborganblogg
Bob Dylan held residence at Brixton Academy, in London, November 2005. Five really wonderful shows. Each of them started with the instrumental, "Rumble", and was, with no word spoken, a rumbling tribute to Link Wray, who left time earlier the same month. Wray was a legendary guitarist, and an artist mentioned by Dylan as an inspiration as a very powerful guitar player, a guitarist he looked up to. What more is, Link Wray was born a Shawnee native American, and his instrumental, "Rumble", was banned in 1958, in New York and Boston, the authorities fearing it would lead to gang violence, as the slang use of the word in the title implied.
So why am I thinking of this tonight? Tonight Bob Dylan stands wide-legged at the stage, rocking through his 2001 song "Cry Awhile" to the tune and arrangement of Link Wray´s "Rumble". A discomforting sound of something´s that´s about to happen, but you really don´t know what or when. It feels like the warning of something: "The air is getting hotter, there is a rumbling in the skies", as Dylan sings tonight in "Trying to get to heaven". The smell of apocalypse was never that far away in Dylan´s works, and tonight he will tell us this from the start to the end of the show, as he did last night. "If the bible is right, the whole world will explode", as he sings in the prologue, "Things Have Changed". In the rocking and rumbling version of "Highway 61 Revisited" there is a discussion over a third world war, that very easily can be done, we can feel the breath of Edgar Allan Poe when Dylan tenderly sings "I can hear their hearts a-beatin'/Like pendulums swinging on chains", we can fell the chilly wind blow when he sings of the gloomy Scarlet Town, where Uncle Tom still works for Uncle Bill, and that the town is under the hill, not over. Dylan is painting the drama out with his hands and the waving of the microphone, totally rhythmically integrated with the band, when he gives his us his sad Scarlet Town-dance. One highlight of the evening. There is thunder on the mountain, and the violence in Pay In Blood can alone make our eyeballs swim, but when we in springtime was pushed back in our seats by this best of Rolling Stones-tunes that Rolling Stones never made, this version is softer than before, a more quiet version, Dylan sings it in a lighter, more ascertainable way this time. Nevertheless, the world is in a sad phase and state, we still learn:
"Another politician pumping out his piss,
Another ragged beggar blowin' ya a kiss
Life is short and it don't last long
They`ll hang you in the morning and sing ya a song"
It sure is a rumbling in the skies. Or in disguise, as it may sound sometimes. It´s like Dylan quietly is asking his audience: Can´t you hear it?
Dylan is completely in charge, it´s like he is driving the baby grand piano as a chariot with wheels on fire through the night, eagerly moving the microphone out of his face when the last words are sung, rising up, making dramatic hammering in the ending of the songs, before he satisfied disappears in the dark, preparing for the next. His hands are busy and his feet are swift, sometimes walking over to the band members, giving directions, making sure this evening is a little bit different from last night, even with the same songs. The harmonica solos this night is really fabulous, especially on "Don´t Think Twice, It´s All Right", the spotlight just on the singer, the band are in the shadows, all focus is on the one we came to watch, and he likes it, and he owns it in another phenomenal version, containing all what is great about Bob Dylan, the performing artist – the timing, the phrasing, the great singer. And he knows it. Nobody else can sing this tune like this. The audience greets him with love after lines, after solos, after songs and in the end of the show. He is a link, too, to all the great performers of the past.
When it comes to the apocalyptic theme, I always thought of "All Along The Watchtower" as one of the best in the claustrophobic feeling of despair and escape. In this fall 2018 version, the cool reggae version is, besides showing us the great flexibility in the band, strangely of a more joyful kind than ever, is it really a glimpse of hope in there somewhere? Is it really possible, is it really a way out of here? Well, the answer is blowing in the wind and in a beautiful harmonica solo that ends another great evening on Beacon Theatre.
Johnny Borgan
← Like A Beacon In The Night – Bob Dylan in New York, 23rd of November 2018, Beacon Theatre.
"Poetry In Motion." Bob Dylan in New York, 26th of November, 2018, Beacon Theatre. →
13 thoughts on ""There´s a rumbling in the skies." Bob Dylan in New York, 24th of November, 2018, Beacon Theatre."
Deborah Hubenthal
Thank you once again to taking me to the concertwith your exquisite words and phrases. Are you going to the Beacon again? Can't wait to hear about it.
johnnyborganblogg
Thanks, Deborah, that means a lot to me. Five more shows to go. Five more written waltzes for Debby, then.
Excellent. Very well written and a pleasure to read.
Thanks, Manor – your words are inspiring.
Excellent piece of writing. I enjoyed how you found a theme amidst the performance. Kudos to you. And thank you.
Thanks again. There are so many themes. J
Kathy Fortier
great review. we were there and it was what is was and what you say it was. see you tonight!
Thanks, Kathy, for your kind words. See you.
John Faldborg
Keep on keepin on, Mr Norwegian – your words about Mr D…most of the time…ring true, :-). Best to you…and Steinar…from Denmark/John Faldborg
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Dubyah
You are truly posting some of the most perceptive Bob reviews around. Thoughtful and extremely well-crafted. After every review, I kick myself for not going to NYC to see a couple of the shows at the Beacon. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much, Dubyah. You inspire me. All the best. J
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Greater Impact: one congregation, two campuses
Two Wesleyan pastors in Maryland "are convinced that God brought our two congregations together for 'such a time as this.'"
Communication Team | December 2, 2019 | Featured News News
Nestled near the Choptank River in rural Caroline County, Maryland, are two Wesleyan churches that saw the benefit of coming together for greater impact for God's kingdom.
Goldsboro Bethel Wesleyan, located in Goldsboro and led by Rev. Doug Morley for 22 years, was bursting at the seams and on the verge of a building program. Four miles south, Greensboro New Life Wesleyan, located in Greensboro and led by Pastor Kevin Wall for one year, was in the midst of revitalization. One church had numbers but lacked space, while the other had space and recognized the benefits of an instant infusion of people and leaders.
And so, under the direction of Chesapeake District leadership, the Bethel and New Life congregations merged to become Greater Impact Church (one church, two campuses) on July 21, 2019. The new church officially launched three weeks later on August 11 and uses the tag line, "Greater Impact: Better Together," as they seek to serve as one church.
Since then, Greater Impact has celebrated an average attendance of 128 with a high attendance of 174 during its second week of worship. The two congregations, separately, had been averaging attendances of 75 and 45 respectively. More significantly, each week has seen new faces and families seeking to make Greater Impact their home and several people have indicated a desire to draw closer to Christ. At least seven individuals have made first-time commitments to Jesus.
"It was imperative that we worship as one congregation and so we came together at the Greensboro location," said Morley. "But we are operating the Goldsboro facility as a ministry resource, which currently includes the food pantry and a meeting location for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts."
Seeking to "impact Caroline County and beyond with the love of Christ for eternal gain," Greater Impact is intentionally outward focused. Immediately following the launch, the church hosted an off-campus Impact Adventure (vacation Bible school) at a local park. A few weeks later at the end of summer, the church hosted an on-campus party with free food, music and inflatables. A trunk or treat and a fall festival added to the church's community connections.
With the local elementary school located across the highway, Greater Impact is making intentional connections with staff and students. In October, each teacher received a large canvass tote with school supplies and gift cards as an expression of the church's appreciation for their labor of love.
Through Greater Impact, meals have been provided for the local homeless shelter, food has been distributed through a neighboring food pantry, rides have been given to residents of a sober living facility and approximately 300 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child have been packed.
Greater Impact was approached by members of another denomination seeking a location to operate a weekly food pantry. On November 4, Aaron's Place II opened its doors at the Goldsboro campus. As of November 22, 68 families with 333 people have been served.
Aaron's Place II is named in honor of Rev. Aaron Robert Moulden, Sr., an African American minister who grew up in the 1930s when food was scarce in many families, including his own. At age 10, Moulden and his brother started a painting business to earn money to feed their family. That partnership began a lifetime of Moulden distributing food to those in need. (The original Aaron's Place is located in Denton, Maryland.)
Moulden's story bridges denominational and ethnic differences. Through collaboration by clergy and lay members of various denominations and men and women of different ethnicities, Jesus is at work in Greensboro, Goldsboro and beyond. Truly this is what Jesus meant when he said, "… that they may be brought to complete unity" (John 17:23).
The weekend of November 16, Greater Impact hosted a community luncheon organized by Greensboro town officials. Racial tensions and unrest have been on the rise since an African American youth died in police custody more than a year ago. This tragedy, along with the steady increase of other ethnicities moving into the area, has encouraged town leaders to reach out to Christian leaders to assist in bringing hope and healing to a fractured community.
"Here at Greater Impact we are striving to focus everything we do on 'Impacting Caroline County and beyond …' and we know that we must be radically different in our approach to make that happen" said Pastor Wall.
"Pastor Kevin and I are convinced that God brought our two congregations together for 'such a time as this,'" said Morley. "It is our constant prayer and greatest hope that God's people, compelled by Christ's love through the power of the Holy Spirit, would align themselves with the Father's heart for a lost and dying world so that our congregation might have a 'Greater Impact' starting right here in Caroline County and beyond."
Pictured: Kids participate in vacation Bible school with Greater Impact Church.
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The origins of the tomb
How Skull and Bones found a home.
By David Richards | May/Jun 2015
David A. Richards '67, '72JD, is writing a history of college societies in the United States.
Editors' note: Richards's name is included in the list of Skull and Bones members in the graduation book of the Yale College Class of 1967. However, this article draws entirely on publicly available sources.
The Skull and Bones building, the oldest US fraternity house still standing, is shown here in the early twentieth century, with the entrance and right-hand block that were added in 1903. View full image
The New Haven Museum
The Skull and Bones tomb as it appeared in its original configuration, with just one rectangular, windowless block. View full image
In nineteenth-century America, college fraternities were called "secret societies," and they met in windowless buildings constructed for the purpose. The first fraternity house built in the United States was a log cabin erected in 1855 by Delta Kappa Epsilon at Kenyon College in Ohio. But the oldest fraternity house still standing is the Skull and Bones tomb in New Haven, on High Street near the corner of Chapel. "Tomb" was the name it attracted when it was built in 1856, and a tomb is what it resembled, even more so than in its current remodeled state. It was a single forbidding, windowless block in Egypto-Doric style.
The society had been founded in 1832. The conception seems to have been that of the 1833 valedictorian, class orator, and secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, William Huntington Russell. He was joined as a founder by Alphonso Taft, future father of US president William Howard Taft, Class of 1878. (Alphonso, his son William Howard noted in a speech given at Yale in 1909, had been so determined on a quality college education that he "walked from Vermont to Amherst College, Mass, and then he heard there was a larger college at New Haven, and he walked there.") Russell, Taft, and their four cofounders were all Phi Beta Kappa. They invited eight classmates to join them. They seem to have made a deliberate attempt at diversity; the eight included the only two members of the Class of 1833 from the Western states (Ohio and Illinois), and also two of the class's seven members hailing from Southern states.
The society was known to its members as the Eulogian Club: eulogia is Greek for "a blessing" and is applied in ecclesiastical usage to the object blessed. The name Skull and Bones came about almost by accident, when one of its members in that first year posted a meeting notice in the usual place for undergraduate announcements—Yale's chapel door—and, as he wrote later, impetuously "sketched over the notice a Skull & Cross-bones… simply to attract attention and make a sensation among outsiders! Which it did very decidedly."
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A black wax seal, circa 1865, with the Skull and Bones emblem. View full image
A late-nineteenth-century engraving showing the halls of Psi Upsilon (top), Skull and Bones (left), DKE (right), and Scroll and Key. View full image
The symbol quickly generated a name for the society on campus and was adopted for the group's badge—a skull and crossbones over the number 322. Why 322? There are many theories, the most often cited being that 322 BCE was the year on or near to which Alexander or Demosthenes died. There was an adopted language as well. Graduate members are "patriarchs" and initiates "knights," and all meet in a "temple." And, again following the ancient Greeks, society members called outsiders "barbarians."
The society was almost immediately offensive to the faculty. The professors met on Christmas Day of 1833 to determine the punishment for antics at a "convivial meeting" of Bones. Nine members of the Bones club of 1834, including a future Yale treasurer, a future US congressman, and a future associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, received warnings with letters sent to their parents. Two of the club who had not yet been formally admitted as members of the senior class were advised they would not be admitted at all—although in time the faculty relented, and the two graduated with their class.
An 1872 memoir tells the story that, at another time, "the faculty once broke in upon one of [the society's] meetings, and from what they saw, determined upon its abolishment, but by the intercessions and explanations of its founder [Russell] then serving as a tutor among them, were inclined to spare it."
Indeed, Bones took root so firmly that in 1842, when it was just a decade old, a member of the Class of 1844 wrote in touching ignorance: "The Skull and Bones Society is of quite an ancient origin. It is one of the most secret associations" in the college.
In the early years society members met in rented rooms in commercial buildings in town. This access to outside space was regarded as one of the chief satisfactions of membership, due no doubt to the state of the undergraduate rooms at Yale College. The Old Brick Row dormitories, on the site of the Old Campus, had sagging, low ceilings, billowy floors, cracked walls, and a musty odor. The heat from the coal stoves varied with the fuel supply, and tallow candles and whale-oil lamps fouled the air. (Professor Benjamin Silliman, Class of 1796, is reputed to have said that he would not have stabled his favorite horse in such accommodations.) By comparison, even the relatively humble rooms rented by Bones must have seemed a haven.
But in 1856, the Skull and Bones alumni acted decisively to give society members an entirely different meeting place. Scroll and Key, established after Bones, had long been meeting in a custom-designed penthouse suite in a New Haven office building, and its members regularly mocked the quality of the Bones quarters—also in an office building, but merely a low-studded back room on the third floor.
Moreover, many of the Bones alumni lived in New Haven, and as the group's elders, they now had over two decades' worth of reputation to protect and memorabilia to preserve. They were well aware that, in any annual election gone wrong or during a fractious year, the club might simply implode and disappear, as other senior societies had done. They wanted to make Skull and Bones a permanent institution.
The first step was to incorporate the club in the State of Connecticut as a trust; they called it the Russell Trust Association. Now, a proper corporation could hold fee-simple title to the remarkable structure that announced, if any were in doubt, that Skull and Bones was here to stay.
The new building caused a campus sensation. Though its interior features were generally unknown (yet), from its outer facing the new home of Bones seemed large and sumptuous. Its cost was later estimated at about $30,000; the cost of Yale's own first stone building in 1842—the Old Library, now known as Dwight Hall—had been less.
The 1884 Wolf's Head building is now part of the university. View full image
The Scroll and Key hall, shown here in about 1901, was widely admired for its Moorish Revival style. View full image
Delta Kappa Epsilon's hall was the first imitator of the Skull and Bones tomb; it was torn down to make way for Branford and Saybrook Colleges. View full image
When first built, then, the structure was less than half the size of its current configuration. It consisted of what is now the left-hand block, with a doorway in the center (where there is now a slotted window). Its aspect was forbidding. The sandstone blocks were darker than the surrounding buildings. There were no windows to be seen. The massive, close-fitting doors were of iron, 12 feet high, upon which the society emblems were displayed. The roof, nearly flat, was covered with plates of tin. (Later, it would be plates of iron half an inch thick.) The skylight was similarly protected, with the chimneys and ventilators ranged around the edge of the roof. In the rear, a pair of small blind windows were barred with iron. Below, at the foundation level, were scuttle holes—openings into the cellar—which were also barred.
The architect was Alexander Jackson Davis (1803–92) (though many have suggested Henry Austin, 1804–91, who was responsible for the architecturally similar gates of the Grove Street Cemetery). The structure would be enlarged in 1883, when a second block was added onto the rear; and again in 1903, when the original block was faithfully duplicated to the east and a new entrance placed between the two blocks.
From the time the club took up occupancy on March 13, 1856, the tomb became a campus focal point. It inspired new rituals for the society's members and new habits for the nonmembers ("neutrals"). Its features—such as the beveled sandstone pylons along the street frontage and the padlocks on the doors—figured in the letters (burned at the edges and sealed with stamped black wax) that invited neophyte members to the tomb: "Pass through the sacred pillars of Hercules and approach the Temple. Take the right Book in your left hand.…" Would-be intruders discovered that if the wrong padlock was pulled, or the right one twisted the wrong way, a warning bell was set off inside. Members to this day are discouraged from entering or leaving the building before witnesses. If observers are unavoidably present, those same members refrain from making eye contact, and enter in quick single file, silently. Bonesmen also refused to speak when passing in front of their building. Very soon, casual pedestrians with knowledge of the tomb's identity would cross to the far side of the street before passing it. "The society halls," a commentator of the 1890s would observe, "are retired and guard their own secrets. Curiosity stops abruptly at the iron doors."
In 1876, a group of undergraduates calling themselves "the Order of the File and Claw" broke into the original Skull and Bones tomb—and published a pamphlet about it. Above is File and Claw's sketch of the second-floor plan. View full image
Pamphlet pages showing floor plans for the cellar and the first floor. View full image
The only public record of the original 1856 hall of Skull and Bones is a pamphlet entitled "Babylon Is Fallen," published in 1876 by a group calling itself the "Order of the File and Claw." These self-styled "neutrals [with] the vulgar eyes of the uninitiated" broke into the tomb in September of that year by defeating the iron netting and the two rows of iron bars on the back-cellar windows. First, they spent "many hours of patient and cautious labor" filing through one of the outside bars, and used a "powerful claw" to draw out the long nails that fastened the netting to a wooden frame. Then they put the bar back in place with putty and "retired to await a favorable night for finishing the job." At 8:00 on the evening of September 29, they came back. They pulled out the wooden frame and found that the inside window bars, at the bottom, ran down into a brick wall. They dug through this wall with a hatchet and loosened the iron plate to which the bars were attached—and when they pushed the plate inward, the bars fell out of their own accord. At 10:30, the intruders were inside. They "proceeded to examine the Temple at our leisure."
The cellar had a kitchen, pantry, sink, and "Jo" (toilet), where "a light is always kept burning" and which was "ornamented with a dilapidated human skull." The main hall on the first floor, "called by the initiated '324,'" had "gaudily frescoed" walls. The only objects of interest in 324—at this date in 1876, at least—were a used textbook and a glass case "containing a large number of gilded base-balls, each inscribed with the date, score, etc., of a university game." The invaders were disappointed, because "thus far we had found little to compensate us for our trouble."
The emblem File and Claw printed on the front of the pamphlet—an adulterated version of the Skull and Bones emblem. View full image
Ascending to the second floor, they found three parlors, one containing the library and full of interesting information about other societies. (Next to the name of one Scroll and Key member was "written, in a bold hand, the mystic symbol "Ass.") The middle room, numbered "322," was the sanctum sanctorum. It included a "life-size fac simile of the Bones pin, handsomely inlaid in the black marble hearth" of a fireplace. Just below the mantel was a motto also inlaid in marble: "Rari Quippe Boni" ("The good are indeed few"). Along the walls of the hallway were some 40 years' worth of group photographs. File and Claw also rifled the society's safe, discovering nothing but "a bunch of keys and a small gold-mounted flask half-filled with brandy." Other miscellany included "a set of handsome memorabil [sic] books, one for each year," and two general storerooms filled with boating flags and foreign-language books.
The authors found, they noted, "a total absence of all the 'machinery' which we had been led to expect." Their conclusion: "Thorough examination of every part of the Temple leads us to the conclusion that 'the most powerful of college societies' is nothing more than a convivial club." They could see, in other words, only what they could view, so the society's true secrets remained safe.
With the tomb, Skull and Bones had become the first "landed" senior society, indeed the first fraternity of any sort to have its own freestanding building at Yale. The tomb would have many followers: first Delta Kappa Epsilon, with a windowless, two-story, red brick building in 1861; later Scroll and Key, with the nationally admired Moorish Revival–style structure that still stands at Wall and College. More came later: Wolf's Head's (first) tomb at Trumbull and Prospect Streets in 1883; Book and Snake's hall at Grove and High in 1901; and Berzelius's tomb at the Whitney-Trumbull-Temple intersection in 1911. As an early DKE history puts it: "The old 'Tomb' at Yale with its windowless walls, its forbidding exterior, and its mystic symbols has raised the hopes and desires of many an undergraduate."
Randy Alfred, 12:22am May 12 2015 | Flag as inappropriate
What cost $30,000 in 1856 would cost approx. $779,000 today. See "The Inflation Calculator" at http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
Grant Burnyeat, 11:19am May 27 2015 | Flag as inappropriate
I am the Chair of the Archives and History Committee of DKE. I would be most interested in helping with your project and receiving a copy of what you produce.
Mark A. O'Blazney, 7:23am August 01 2015 | Flag as inappropriate
"……… and its mystic symbols have raised the hopes and desires of many an undergraduate."
I see The Grateful Dead appreciated these "mystic symbols"……. right, Mr. Gore ?? Happy birthday, Jerry.
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Stories from the Edge | NFL Bets Big on RFID, IoT as Player Statistics Become a Strategic Imperative On and Off the Field
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton explains how locationing technologies have given his team the valuable insights they've needed to capture their performance edge over the last few seasons.
by John Pollard
The statistics and analytics revolution in football is upon us. While there are numerous opinions as to what that means in terms of impact on the game, value to the fans and as a resource to the teams themselves, there is one thing that is clear: today's players are interested in their stats, as well as their competitors. That is because statistics inform strategy and provide a measurement of performance, as New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton explains in this new Stories from the Edge video about the NFL's Next Gen Stats technology strategy…
Whether related to speed, distance, proximity to other players and the ball during any given play or other sport-specific metrics, stats help individuals gauge personal performance – and teams innately evaluate their collective performance every day of the season. Interestingly, as teams collect more and more data for each player and the team over the course of a season – as well as over numerous seasons – the statistics and analysis derived from the collected data become a benchmark resource to allow for refined measurement and development. They also become a uniquely-valuable prescriptive resource, helping athletes and coaches develop more effective player evaluations, development, and game planning strategies.
Within the game of football, it is now generally accepted by teams across the NFL and within major college football programs that traditional analysis methods may not be as efficient and that many performance measurement "technologies" are not sport specific. For example, the optical technologies used to track players and the ball in the games of baseball, soccer and basketball are not designed to track the unique activity and movement that we see in a sport such as American football where 22 players are moving in different directions and at different speeds all at once.
Additionally, speed is only one key performance indicator in a sport such as football, and it's not always the most important depending on the player's role. Many times, it's just as critical to understand the movement patterns of an individual or team within a given game situation – something that is usually done via countless hours of video review, which requires a great deal of human resources. Plus, the human eye can only see so much, no matter how many times you watch a single play. The only way to really understand what's happening from a player's point of view is to capture a practice or competition from his or her own unique vantage point.
That is why professional leagues, teams and athletes in particular are turning to more advanced technologies such as RFID, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help them analyze both their own and their opponents' performances, with the National Football League (NFL) currently being the biggest adopter of these solutions.
Nickel-Sized Sensors Deliver the Stats to Enhance Teams' Strategies
As you saw in the video, the quantitative and qualitative analysis tools available to NFL athletes and coaches today are a far cry from the "film reels" and stacks of scorecards that have traditionally been aggregated and mined using time-consuming methods. It's all thanks to the hard work done by the NFL and Zebra over the last five years to get the Next Gen Stats program up and running.
As I explained in a blog earlier this year, nickel-sized sensors embedded on player uniforms and in footballs as part of the Zebra MotionWorks™ Sport system transmit real-time location data to RFID receivers positioned around every NFL stadium. Metrics such as player speed, distance traveled, orientation and proximity, and acceleration/deceleration are captured, analyzed and shared by the NFL with teams, officials and even fans. The same technology used in factories, warehouses and retail stores to track and trace the movements of people, materials and inventory is now empowering the NFL to implement a best-in-class player and ball tracking system that is helping teams capture their edge. Coach Payton's comments in the video are a testament to the power of this technology.
That is why, as the NFL's Official On-Field Player Tracking Provider, we will be working with the league closely over next three seasons to continue expanding the Next Gen Stats program.
During the 2019-2020 season, Zebra will tag 2,880 NFL players plus all the officials during the pre-season with the RFID sensors. We'll also tag nearly 1,700 players during the regular season in addition to a total of 20,000 footballs, enabling the collection of real-time location, speed and rotation data for the footballs.
As of today, about a third of all NFL teams are using Zebra MotionWorks™ Sport technology to make decisions about play-calling and design, as well as player development and evaluation during their practice sessions throughout the season. The data generated by this player and ball-tracking system helps trainers more thoroughly review player readiness and strengths in off-the-field analysis sessions, which they can then share with position coaches prior to practice, optimizing the time spent with the players in preparation for gameplay. The ability to drill down in this capacity is just as valuable as game day insights, which is why we will work to deploy our practice tracking solution to even more NFL clubs as the season progresses.
As a global leader in location solutions, Zebra provides tracking technology for enterprises of all sizes in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics to deliver a performance edge to the front line of business. As our CEO Anders Gustafsson mentioned in a recent interview with Barron's, our work with the NFL "illustrates what we are doing – leveraging data at the edge."
We want to know...what do you think about the NFL Next Gen Stats? Tell us in the Comments section below.
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