American West Interpretations with Stephan Zacharias

I wanted to draw attention to a new link to this blog. My friend Stephan Zacharias who is now an actor/performer at Colonial Williamsburg at Williamsburg, Virginia has posted a number of video performances on a website "American West Interpretations". Several of these videos I had the privilege of taping for him a couple of summers ago. It is good to see Stephan transform himself again into the historical figures of such western notables as John Day, John Beeson, Thomas Condon, Jim Bridger's Shakespeare and so on. If you or your organization are interested in following up on Stephan the link is on the sidebar of this blog.

Also I have added several more links. The High Desert Museum which features the wildlife and human drama of the high desert that covers a great part of seven of the western states. The museum located at Bend, Oregon serves a similar resource for the youth and citizens of Bend and the northwest as Mesa Verde served Clifton in the book The Ruin. In these modern days of high technology, plastic, Teflon, and instant gratification, it is good for children of all ages to have a place to go to see how people lived simple but self sustaining lives with just the bare essentials whether in a homesteader's cabin, bunkhouse, covered wagon, cave dwelling, or ti-pi.

I also added links to The Kid's Center and Stop Bullying Now. The Kid's Center helps children who are subjected the most heinous bullying of all, sexual abuse. Their programs help prevention through education and treatment and law enforcement. The Stop Bullying Now site can provide links to further information for help in preventing bullying in schools.

Much is being done, attention is being drawn to the problem, but the problem is insidious.

The fifth site I've added is to Outward Bound, particularly the division dedicated to At-Risk Youth Expeditions. This program has been in existence for years and countless youngsters have benefited from their wilderness experience.