Amazing Endeavors, by Iris Frank, American Quilter, March 2010

Sometimes "amazing" is the only adjective that adequately describes a quilting endeavor. The Interdependence Tree Project is the second in our series of remarkable quilting achievements.

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New Year Spawns Visions of Peace, by Deb Anderson

Under the direction of Joy Bergstrand academic enrichment coordinator for the School District of the Menomonie Area, 30 students from three Menomonie schools worked colaboratively on a fabric panel for The Dream Rocket in Huntsville Ala. Students from Wakanda, River Heights and Oaklawn participated.

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Soaring Dreams, by Pamela Powers, Menomie News Bureau, Monday December 28, 2009

A group of Menomonie students is joining peolpe from 100 countries to help create a 36,467 - square - foot wrap for a replica rocket at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.

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'Dream Rocket' director to speak at Marshall Association meeting Jan. 26

The Marshall Association will hold its next luncheon meeting Jan. 26, featuring a guest speaker who is taking a quilting project to new heights.

Jennifer Marsh, director of the "Dream Rocket" project, will discuss how the project works with individuals, schools and organizations to create and submit over 8,000 quilt panels to represent the dreams people have from all over the world. During May and June, the quilt will be completely wrapped over the 363-foot Saturn V rocket model in front of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, making it the world's largest collaborative art project with 30,467 square feet of material.

The project is supported by the International Fiber Collaborative, a nonprofit organization founded in Huntsville by Marsh in 2007. The organization promotes global, collaborative, public art initiatives, seeking to connect art and education in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The Marshall Association meeting will be at 11 a.m. at the Redstone Officers' & Civilians' Club in Building 130 on Golf Course Road. Lunch will be $13 for Marshall Association members and $15 for nonmembers. Team members planning

to attend should contact Angie Williams at angie. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call 544-2797 by noon Jan. 22. Any cancellations after that date or no-shows will be expected to pay.

For those interested in joining the association, a $25 membership fee can be paid at the door, or contact Teresa Foley-Batts at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 544-0335. Membership is open to the entire Marshall community.

Membership dues help fund scholarships for college- bound children of association members. The association typically grants two or more awards annually: one to a student pursuing a technical degree in a field such as science, engineering or mathematics; and another to a student majoring in a nontechnical field. Eligible applicants for 2010 scholarships must be entering their freshman year of college this fall. The call for scholarship applications will be announced in the near future.

For a list of benefits and advantages of Marshall Association membership, visit http://inside.msfc.nasa.gov/marshall_association/.

For more information on the Dream Rocket, visit http://www.thedreamrocket.com/.

New York may have its Empire State building, Paris, its Eiffel Tower, D.C. its Washington Monument, but Huntsville, Alabama can lay claim to the Saturn V Moon Rocket, an exact replica of the vessel that took man to the moon.

So many of our dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.

- Christopher Reeve

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.

- Brigham Young

Education means inspiring someone’s mind, not just filling their head.

- Katie Lusk

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

-Pablo Picasso

If you can dream it, you can do it. It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

-Walt Disney