The Family Stand

The company is small enough to be noticeable in Oregon and California, but not enough to be overbearing, like their competitor, Starbucks. Dutch is the new Google in terms of employee and customer appreciation. Google has slides in their office; Dutch promotes happiness and wholehearted living. Their Creed represents how important customers are, and how beneficial a positive lifestyle can provide. Each Dutch stand strives to bring that positive lifestyle to each customer, in each cup of coffee. A Dutch stand is a family, one that eats together and celebrates together. For each new stand opening, Dutch employees from around the state will come and help celebrate the new store. At Devonn’s stand, they have a monthly dinner to relax and…

This day was like most here at the Jersey Shore. The sun was shining, the water was glistening and the sky was cloudless. It was the epitome of the perfect beach day. Everything seemed perfect, but almost too perfect. As we finished our morning workout the other guards and I waited for stand assignments of the day. As always, I was hoping to have one of the more popular streets, so my day could be a little more exciting than usual. But of course I was disappointed yet again and was placed on H…

Bells on the small shop doors ring all down the street as people walk in and out of the different family owned businesses. They all slowly wander towards the at the beginning of the brick structure at the corner of Marty Street and Santa Fe Drive. The voices of lots of people all mix together in a loud, low hum. The Overland Park Farmers’ Market is flooded. Every once in a while you hear the shrieking of a toddler running through the cold fountain spurting up from the concrete patio break…

that I have the water which he responds, “It’s clear”. As the half hour goes by, many different people of all races, genders, and ages hop in the this pool, realize that it is much colder at only 80 degrees, and gasp as their heads come back up. Their laughing is a harsh contrast from my stoic outlook. Many older patrons then walk up to me, only to turn and go into the saunas behind my stand. This always makes me feel anxious that they are going to ask me questions, and I quickly change my body…

minutes later, Rachael came out from backstage gave me the same conversation sonja had. “Yeah; just for future reference, you should wear something sorta fancy if you’re gonna be working house crew. Actually, go ask Madison if you can borrow a suit from the prop loft.” Madison was an advanced drama tech student who handled painting and costuming, and was at every show that the school put on to help actors with their costumes, as well as coordinate I have to say, I grew very attached to that…

sea. My boyfriend found two seats next to an African American lady we then gathered our belongings and asked her politely if we may be seated next to her or if the seats where taken since, she was in a group with people of her same race. We sat down and all her other family members gave us a so not unwanted look but we were not there to please anyone we were they because we couldn’t find any more seats and we needed to head back to long beach . The African American lady that let us sit next to…

Have you ever thought of how safe you are in your own tree stand? How well do you think it was built? Is it safe, comfortable, and useful? These are questions you should ask yourself when thinking of building your very own tree stand. Therefore, will include many specific items about making a tree stand and other certain specifications. These will include: treestand safety, supplies, cost, accessories, versatility, and stand location. These are all very important topics you need to think about…

Netting Placement and Stand Frames Specifications and Use Netting Placement There are four 190 foot long nets connected between the two stands. There are two on the sides oriented vertically and connected to the upright supports. These two nets are connected at the bottom just above the bases of the stands and stretch four and half feet up the upright supports (figure 4). Another net runs the length of the longer of the two angled beams and is 12.5 feet in length, while another runs the length…

Stephen King’s The Stand is said to be an extremely lengthy novel about the hardships of mankind and the battles of good and evil. At first sight, while it may seem to be all about how the extremes of good and evil fight and give balance, The Stand goes deeper than that. Stephen King isn’t writing about our extremes, but about how we perceive them. People see the world in extremes: black and white, good and bad, etc., but the vast majority of the things that make up our world fall somewhere…

said back Fine ,I said angrily. I got up and put my camo hunting clothes on.You got two minutes to get in the truck!,my dad said frustrating. Still putting my clothes on I ran to the truck and got in.You ready to kill your first deer of the year,my dad said. Yes, I said sleepily. While we were driving to our hunting spot we saw a couple of doe ran across the road towards our hunting stand. Dad said, we'll probably see them again. Hope so, I said. As we got to the gate of our hunting land my…