Sweepstakes!

• Do you LOVE Butterknife Estates?
• Are you FULLY SATISFIED with your present home entertainment technologies?
• Do you want IMMORTALITY?

If you answered "yes" to many of these questions, then we invite you to participate in the following contest:

Butterknife Estates Home Theater Naming Sweepstakes!

Prize: The new BkE theater named after YOU!

We will hold a banquet in your honor, a christening ceremony, and present a plaque with your name on it to be prominently displayed in the theater. You will also be given privileged status in deciding what to watch WHENEVER you are here!

Forever be immortalized in these hallowed halls!

How to enter:

1. Go to this website
2. Fill out the information
3. Come back here and comment that you did it.

If you are selected by Epson, you win! Simply donate the Epson projector to Butterknife Estates, and the sweepstakes will be yours!

*No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes may be won by any functioning home theater projector donation. Must be a resident of the United States and at least 18 years old. Void where prohibited.

Butterknife Estates Fine Arts Gallery

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are pleased to bring you a recap of Butterknife Estates Fine Arts Gallery's successful living-room display:

The desserts proved to be culinary masterpieces worthy of their own show.
"Vase"

Ben Francisco

Ceramic - Carbon Trap Shiro, Reduction fired
"Thinking Cap #4"

Samuel J. Cook

Sculpture
"Contemplation"

Samuel J. Cook

Clay
"Cutting Board"

Nick Christensen, Little Sapling Toys

Maple, cherry, and purpleheart wood
"To the Third Degree"

Bret Spencer

Acrylic
"Art Lesson"

Jennie R. Seely

Acrylic
"Thermostat"

Thad D. Gillespie

Mixed media

"Throne #4"

Jethro Gillespie

Mixed media
"Ketchup & Mustard"

Anna Gaines

Finger Paints $50.00
"Venetian Waterways"

Anna Gaines

Finger paints $25.00
"Usually"

Thad D. Gillespie

Acrylic
"Deer"

Kendra Hall - age 8

Oil
"Desert Scene"

Kendra Hall - age 9

Oil
"Sea of Insanity"

Amanda E. Hall

Acrylic
"Glamification"

Michelle Banks

Acrylic
"Bug Picture"

Bugs

Bugs
"Titled"

Thad D. Gillespie

Colored pencil
"I am a Chicken"

Jethro Gillespie

Acrylic
"Garden Pleasures"

Kendra Hall

Video
"Metric Clock"

Bret Spencer

Wood sculpture
"The Grand Tetons"

Laurie Goulding

Photo
"Norman Mailer"

Thad D. Gillespie

Pencil
"Not Quite Christmas"

Toni Gaines

Mixed cotton
"Eva's Turkey"

Jan and Eva Francisco

Acrylic
"Clark's Turkey"

Jan and Clark Francisco

Acrylic
"Washington D.C. Temple"

Norma Jean Gile

Pencil sketch
"108 in Bird Series"

Ashley Mae Christensen

Watercolor
"Untitled"

Norma Jean Gile

Calligraphy
"West End Sunset"

Norma Jean Gile

Photo
"Sunburned Mormon"

Jethro Gillespie

Oil
"Landscape"

Thad D. Gillespie

Oil
"Burning instead of Beauty" or "Stay Away from the Pretty Girls"

Jan Francisco

Mixed media
"Fish Hook"

Thad D. Gillespie

Pencil

"Stupid Fog"
Jennie Seely
Photo

"Tutankhamen Expands His Empire"
Julie Johns
Acrylic

"Rocking Horse"

Pam Hall

Bobbin Lace

Split-Second

I recently discovered Split-Second, a game show from the 1970s in which three competitors vie for a chance to answer three questions related to one another. The first player to buzz-in chooses any of the three questions to answer, the second player gets next choice, and the slowest buzzer has to answer the last one. If all three answer correctly, they each get $5, two correct answers nets them each $10 and if only one answers right, he or she earns $25.

Let's play a round, so you can get the feel for the game.

Take a look at the board:

Each of these things is a civil right ensured by the Bill of Rights amended to the U.S. Constitution. Tell me what number amendment guarantees each right.

Remember: answer only one of the questions, and don't look it up. Your chance to buzz in is now.

BkE - Fine Arts Gallery

We will be displaying works of visual arts in the living area of our home. We're sending out early warning so you can begin creating one or two things to display.

Get creative!

You must submit your artwork by November 4th, 2009.

Then, come for the opening on November 6th from 6 to 9pm.

We will keep the exhibit up the entire following week (in the evenings) for those who cannot make the opening party. Artists may put their works up for sale if desired.

If you are too far away to come, we'd still love to represent you via your artwork. Please send it to Butterknife Estates.

A New Hero

Please give a warm welcome to the newest addition to Butterknife Estates denizens, Ben Spicer!

When Ben came to look at the house, we interviewed him, specifically looking for his qualifications as a hero. When we discovered that he hadn't actually beaten Contra, red flags popped up in our minds. Still, with his high recommendations from Sam, we gave him a chance and invited him to move into the room formerly occupied by Harrison / Matt / Michael / Thad / Toni.

On the appointed day, he pulled his car up, walked resolutely to the front door, his suitcase and golfclubs in tow. His proud first words were, "I stayed up late last night playing Contra. I beat the game."

We know that Ben Spicer, a qualified hero, will be a welcome asset to Butterknife Estates.

BkE Heroes in the News

Butterknife Estates denizen Bret made great strides in his academic career Tuesday when he took the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Taking the test is a vital step toward being accepted into the concurrent master's program at Utah State University, his current medium-term goal.

He finished the exam with an impressive 800 on the quantitative section, a perfect score. He also scored higher than average on the verbal exam. "I studied my vocabulary flashcards about 1.1 times," said the elated BkE hero.

Ostensibly, this accomplishment represents only the beginning of a healthy life and vibrant career for Bret. And it's one more example of the caliber of acheivement that Butterknife Estates has come to be notorious for.

Happenings and Goings On

There has been much ablaze about at the BkE these past months and I feel that all friends of the BkE that cannot visit regularly should be in the know concerning the life and times of the current heroes here. Or, more specifically, what they have been doing to the residence.

As Harrison wrote some time ago, we have a garden. What wasn't reported was the result of that decision to have a garden. Housemaster Bus came up to Logan a few times to orchestrate and help the tearing down of a fence and tearing out of grass followed by a rototilling of dirt and building up of a new fence. The new fence is smart looking, and not rotting away as the old one. The newly uncovered earth has proved to be a great garden. So far, our garden holds radishes (harvested already), zucchinis, bell peppers, squash, watermelon, pumpkin, tomatoes, beans, corn and potatoes.

In the interior, the BkE wall of fame is coming along rather nicely, only lacking a few several pictures. In the exquisite BkE theater, another couch tier has been added, increasing comfort and visibility (although that claim has been contested). Sanora Adele, our media center computer, is also trying the Windows 7 beta on for size and so far, likes it muchly as it allows much improved use of the DVR capabilities which haven't been used for months. Old Molly, Sanora's predecessor, was dragged out of storage for potential use as a BkE Internet server. Her progress has been slow as of yet.

Last in the news, we have been sorrowful to lose so many heroes from the BkE. But where there is loss, there is room for growth and we are now accepting applications to join our ranks.

And now, one more item of business. Butterknife Estates is in need of a logo and we need your help in making one. Whether you know a graphic designer, are one, or fancy yourself as proficient in the field at the very least, then we submit this petition to you: help us create a sign for ourselves! Who knows, maybe we could put BkE on the maps with this endeavor. Send your logo design to mrmcplad@gmail.com.