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ll M ail To:

The

Musicianaries

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Geral d R . Baley

1660

West P alm L an e

#2 8

Anaheim, Cali fornia

92802

Phone:

(714) 776-0632

NU RY

1987

It can be in the wee

hours

of morning (like 3:30 a.m.)

that we are made aware of Bird If her owner is up, Bird

is apparently bright-eyed and in good (?) voice.

And

when

she

jolly

well pleases, she nudges us

into

l istening. (I say

she ,

but

she very well

could

be a he ') We chuckle at

her chatter, the words

she

rattles

off,

and

the

whistle

she

capably

creates

cannot

be ignored if you are within

ea r

shot.

We have

not

seen Bird,

no r

do

we

know

where she

lives, but

we do not

doubt

she exists

There

seems

to

me

to be a bi t of a parallel here. I know

that

my

Lord

exists,

but

I don't see Him. I know

where He

is,

but

I have no t

lii

Tim

and

Rolle at the Orange Street Fair

on September 14. Norma had been invited to give a con

cert, and Tim was also invited to share in the great event.

This beautiful Christian artist and lady has always been

one of Tim's favorite musicians . To say he was thr il led

and honored to be able to participate is putting it mildly.

He was likea kid counting the days until Christmas. There

was an additional cherry

on

the whipped cream. Tim's

teacher

and

Norma's accompanist, Frank Scott, would be


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Tim

and

Frank Sco tt (His

Teacher)

IF

AT

F IRST

YOU

DONT

SU EED

September is school bell time,

and

so

Jerry and Tim

were eagerly

looking

foward to

the

beginning. Our vaca

tion time

for

Hope

University is no t scheduled as other

schools

and

colleges.

The

Hi Hopes

perform and

have

class all year with a week

of f during Christmas and

a

period

of

time

around

Labor

Day.

Tim

was

soon

elated

with all he was learning and enjoyed participating. It

continues to amaze us how he learns.

Money

is sti ll

the

most difficult thing for him and anything that requires

reasoning

ability. Jo

Ann

Quak

(our music therapist)

works

with all

the Hi Hopes

in academics, and

they con

tinue to

show

progress.

She

is a jewel, and

Tim

loves her.

Possibly one

of

the most astounding things

that

has

hap

pened

is Tim has entered

into

singing This is something

we have encouraged and t ried to

ge t

h im to do fo r a long

while. Since

Dad

is a vocalist,

naturally

he has always en

couraged

Tim to sing. As a little boy he

did

sing, and very

well, unt il he had th e

tumor

removed from hi s neck. This

affected

his vocal chords, and

f rom then

on singing was

n il . S ti ll

we

knew he

could

do

it .

Carol Teunissen, vocal

for each of them and then scrabble type letters to go on

the keyboards. I said to him, Are you going to have 10

separate bags of letters?

If

you don't, you'll have a

problem ' He had 10bags He was explaining the keyboard

and telling them to move to the right to go upward in pitch

for the higher notes

and

to the left to go downward in

pitch for the lower notes. It took considerable experiment

ing and work to get them to go left and right. Although

they are classed as mentally handicapped, one is astounded

at their ability to grasp and pick up. Again, it is patience

and

the

right key.

P TIEN E WILL H VE

ITS

REW RD

Because of

the delay in acquiring the campus, we

have

had

to

put

much

on

t he back

burner

The

college

does

not have

the room

at its

present

facility to implement

any

further

classes bu t

hopefully soon

There have

been

so

many property hang-ups,

and

every day we

think

TODAY.

Well,

there

will

be

a day, and we will be

thankful, and

I

am sure,

will

have benefi ted f rom the patience

and

ap

preciate

the campus

all

the

more.

(Right now

I don't see

how

that

would be

possible.) We

are

ever

grateful for the

Unico National

Organization for underwriting

the

pu r

chase.

The

love

they

have

and

demonstrate

to

the kids

is

fantastic.

PENETRATING, FEARFUL

NEWS

October

was a month of deep concern

and

anxiety. On

the

1st Kittie Lee Clarke (Mrs. Alex), my niece (38 a t tha t

time), had

a

stroke.

It

was

not a

typical stroke

but

caused

by

the two arteries

at

the back

of

the neck leading

to t he

brain.

One w as 10 0 blocked and th e

other 90 . The

doctors told the family that they

know

of

no other such

case in

the

world The left vertebral artery is kinked

(prob

ably

a birth defect);

the

other is

blocked

for an

unknown

reason.

Kittie ha s

received

excellent

care, but

there

is no


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loves mail,

and

you

may

write to her:

Mrs.

Elva

Brechbuhler,

Hanover House

435

Avis

N.W.

Massilon, Ohio 44646.

Prayer for continued progress

and

contentment is greatly

needed.

77f/LrFROM THE Land

of

Oz

We were privileged to have a return

concert

on

November

16

with the

Lawndale

Church of Christ,

Lawndale, California. Before the concert, as we visited

in the lobby, a tiny little woman came up to me and said,

I can't wait

to

hear Tim.

I've

heard so much about him '

She talked

on and then

said something

about her

size. She

was just a bit below my waist.

I'm

a munchkin from the

'Wizard

of

OzJ chuckling as she spoke. I laughed

and

thought what a cute joke. The concert started, and she

sa t behind us. She leaned over

and

whispered in my ear,

Please have Tim play 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow

He did, and I turned around and smiled at her only to

see tears glistening

on

her cheeks. After

the concert

was

over, she was down in the crowd going through

the

line.

Poor

little thing was

about

to be trampled on. She finally

reached

Tim and

pulled

on

his

coat and

said,

I 've got

to hug you 'He bent over and weall had tears.She hugged

me and th en left. The

ladies behind

her

said to

me, Do

you know she was one

of

the munchkins from the 'Wizard

of

Oz'? You can be sure weweresurprised Tim thought

he

wa s

i n 7 th heaven. The Wizard of

Oz

is

one

of

hi s

very favorite movies. Hazel Resmonde is a dear

and

precious real live munchkin and

had

Tim known before

she left, I bet he'd have brought her home

What

a thrill

and

j oy for all of us

AND STILL ANOTHER SURPR ISE

I recently retired and now have a newspaper

in

Hollywood '

Tim

was in awe.

After the program

was over,

we visited a bit again, and he assured Tim he would give

Liberace his greetings

when

he went to Las Vegas soon.

The only thing to supercede

that

would be for Tim to have

gone

along in his suitcase

BIDING T HE T IM E

Those of

you

who

receive

ou r

monthly

thank

you letter

know

that

I have sent a book proposal

off. If you

want

to be taught patience, become a writer

and

wait Though

your

mind tells you a

host

of other people send

in

manuscripts, you

cannot

comprehend

that

it takes so long

for them to get to yours. We are hoping to publ ish

book

two along with a new cassette of Tim's. Pray

that

I will

get a positive reply

and not

a rejection slip. It seems,

though, from my own experiences and those of my friends

in

the

Christian Writer's Fellowship they

are

a vi tal

part

of

writing.

A

REVEALING

EXPERIENCE

As

I

look back

over

most o f November

and ill

o f

December, I think of

the

staggering number

of

perfor

mances

the

Hi

Hopes have

had

and then

Tim's

separate

concerts. It was

without

a

doubt

an

extremely taxing time,

bu t

the

joys

and

experiences erased

the

stress

and dif

ficulties. When we

got

close to the finish line (December

23)

of the

last concert before Christmas,

Tim

said, Mom,

where are we going

for

Christmas? I was t ir ed

and

cer

tainly

no t

thinking of any more concerts

at that

time. I

said we weregoing to rest and do nothing His l(^k

of

disappointment

got

to me. Finally he said,

But,

Mom,

we've always done something nice for people as we have

traveled

and

been with people.

Don't

you

think

weshould

see if

someone

needs

us?

I was a l it tle

surprised

he'd say

that

after

the hect ic schedule . I

said

I 'd t hin k a bo ut it .

Jerry wasn't home, but I knew he would agree. Maybe Tim


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Christmas

Day in all its beauty of sunshine and

warmth

of

California

dawned. We

made

ou r way to

th e

mission.

As we

approached,

we were

astounded

by

the long

lines

of people waiting to be fed

(about

1,500 altogether). I was

sick

at heart.

Hundreds

of children These were mostly

homeless

or

people

who

did

not

have

bu t

a

room

or

two.. .

many

off th e streets.

As

we

arrived

we

were

taken

with haste to the piano,

and Tim

started to play 20 minutes

before time. The man in charge stood there

and

said, I

needed this so much We have a lit tle girl, 8,

who

is retard

ed, and it all seems so hopeless. You have surely

encour

aged

me

After

while a lady,

who

was helping also,

came

up,

How

much

Tim

has helped

m^'

she

said, We have

a 20 year old son. I feel like giving up so

many

times

What

a struggle we

know

they have

had, and

if

we helped,

we

t hank God

for

the opportunity.

I

had no idea

where

to

call

when

I picked

up the phone book.

I

just

asked

the

Lord to

direct

me. I have no doubt he did Tim played

fo r

about 20

minutes,

and

the lady

who was leading

the

program announced, Tim

will

be

with us

to play

all

day

We

about

fell from

ou r

chairs

When

she finished

speak

ing, I

went

over to her and said we were no t aware they

wanted Tim so long, and I had not discussed it

with

Keith

(the director)

and tha t

we

had

only

planned on

a

couple

of hours. Well, it all worked

out,

bu t I guess if we should

go

another

year, we will

spend more

time.

Each person

received a wonderful meal, and many took food

with

them. They were each given a new warm blanket and mat

as

most

had

no

beds. The children eagerly received several

toys each.

All sang

as Tim played, and

pure joy was most

evident. Yes, I

tliink

we

were needed

there, and

Christmas

was very much

more meaningful, and

I

thank

Tim

and

the

Lord fo r this

day

This brings us to now.. .and I say WOW

Another

year

is upon us.. .can't help bu t wonder where

the

past one

went, bu t we eagerly anticipate 1987. We pr ay for

each

That

Special Lady

from

the Lawrence

Welk Show

Tim and Norma Zimmer

pear

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IT IN


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NEWS

OF

THE

BRETHREN

** college will soon be

moving

into theii

new

permanent

headquarters

which the

UNICO National Clubs are purchasin

for their use.

UNICO

(the Italian word

for unique) is

the

largest

Italian

Ameri

can

service organization in the U.S.,

sim

ilar

to Kiwanis, Rotary, and

other ser

v ic e c lub s.

Hope University-UNICO National

College invited

Jerry and

Rosemary Ba-

ley to come

and set

up a Religious Music

Department within

the college, as well

as requesting

Tim

to

join

the

Hi Hopes


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Presenting

to

you:

THE D EPAR TMENT OF

RELIG IOUS

MUSIC

Fo r

students

whose

interest

is

to

prepare

fo r

increased

participation

in

music

in

their

places

of

worship,

the

Baleys will

plan

individualized

schedules of

study utilizing

faculty

members,

and they are currently recruiting

an

Advisory

Boa rd .

/ONAV

THE ONLY PRIVATE FINE

ARTS

C OL LE GE F OR G IF TE D

MENTALLY

RETARDED

GERALD

R

a n d

ROSEMARY BALEY

They

will also coordinate

Concerts

by

groups

of

students for

places of

worship

and

the ir organiza t ions , TV

and

radio. They will

continue

concerts by

pianist Tim

Baley, and

add

individual concerts by o ther s tudents .

Call

(714) 7 76 -0 63 2 o r 7 78 -4 44 0 to arrange

fo r

a concer t .

WE

NEED

YOUR

HELP

To d ev el op a nd n utu re

this much-needed

Department

within

Hope

University. Totally

without

funding,

we

operate

on

faith and

trust

His gu idance and l eader ship . We ask you

to

become an ENCOURAGER.

Please c omp le te a nd se nd the

coupon

below. photos by:

re inbold gallery

anaheim. ca

HOPE

UNIVERSITY

UNiCO NATIONAL COLLEGE

The

only priva te fine arts college

fo r gifted

mentally

handicapped adults, Hope University/UNICO National

College offers se rvices tha t

are no t

avai lable on

regular

college campuses,

serving

peop le who would otherwise

neve r be ab le to

rea l i ze

the i r

abi l i t ies

a n d

d r e am s

through

the arts.

The fine arts a re t he empha si s of our

curriculum

an d

through

the arts,

development in

other

areas

such as

reading,

math,

communication

and other

skills

is

achieved. We stress whole person

development,

encouraging e ac h s tu de nt to reach

his

or her

fullest

potential with dignity and to con tr ibute

to

society.

CELEBRITY

BOARD

Ed

Arnold

Joe

Campanella

Jan

Daley

Nancy

Ebsen

Mar lon

Knot t

Mel Novak

J .C. Parr i sh

Dick Sargent

J an Sa rno f f

McL e a n S t e v e n s o n

Dick

Wilson

BOARD OF

DIRECTORS:

George

Newman, Sr.

Pre s iden t

F r an k K. Wel ch

DORIS E.

WALKER

Execu t i ve

Direc tor

STAFF

Jo

An n

Ouak,

R.M.T.

Head of

Music

Therapy

Dept.

Carol

S t o ne T e un is se n

Head

of Vocal Dept.

Max a nd J e an Maxwell

Squa re D anc e Instruction

Gerald

and Rosemary

Baley

Dept. o f Rel ig ious Mus ic

Frank K. Welch

Dir.

of

Computer Ed.


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The only private fine arts

colleqe

for

g if ted men ta lly

retarded,

HOPE

UNIVERSITY -

UNICO

NATIONAL COLLEGE BRINGS

TOGETHER:

iaii

'CO^^

T IM

B AL E Y

C o n c er t P i an is t

S

LORI

REYES

Lit'cle

girl with

th e

b ig voi ce

GOD-GIVEN

TALENTS h armon io us ly u se d to HIS GLORY

M us ical

genius in

a sea of retardat ion.

They

have

no r eta rd at ion whe re creativity

is

conce rned .

Performing

in

the

HI

HOPES ,

they have

toured the U.S., appearing from Disneyland

to

Grand 01' Opry, f rom the World s Fai r

to

Chicago, from Boston to Florida to Las

Vegas.

They worked

with stars

including

Bob

Hope,

Dick

Sargent , Tammy Wynette,

Joining the

HI

HOPES, Concert Pianist Tim

Baley

brings

six

years of

touring

across the

U.S., Mexico Europe.

Tim s

credits include churches, service and

civic

clubs, conventions, hospitals,

jails,

the military, parties

for

handicapped and a

national

TV

appearance

playing with

Lib-

erace on F an ta sy .

Now the

Hi

Hopes

and

o th er s tu de nt s


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aley s iSftotei^ooH

m

All Mai l

To:

The Musicianaries

Mr. Mrs.

Gerald

R. Baley

Box

8207

Anaheim California

92802

Phone: (714) 776-0632

MAY

987

Her

i tsy bitsy

black

nose, huge,

trusting brown

eyes,

and the soft, fluffy puff ball body melted the urge for

reprimanding when necessary. A more adorable puppy

would have been hard

to find.

This

was ou r

Charmie

Bu t

under all that fur and behind the eyes and bitsy nose of

our tea cup poodle was a mind

that

knew what you

wanted; but it was full of conniving, lit tle tricks to get

or

do what

SHE

wanted. Discipl ine was easy with her

though, and if it wasnecessary to do such, she was broken

in spirit. She wanted so verymuch to pleaseus, BUT just

like a child, she also would, at times, see just how much

she could get away with.

Tim

and

Edwin Reingold Time Magazine Reporter

in December. I have written

many

letters to

those

we have

heard from since that

time

and have said

it

seems we have

lived

a

lifetime since then

What to

leave

out

in

this

note

book will not

be decided

easily

We rang in the new year by going to dinner with the

Walkers, then back to our apartment for dessert. Being


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Palm Desert, wew immediatelyaware

of

the police(at

each

of

the streets

of

the intersection), as well as the

flashing red lights and generous number of

motorcycles,

as well as police cars. The police were just waiting and

looking in the direction

of

the only street not blocked.

It

was

apparent the

cause for

all

this

was

not an

accident

or some

sort

of an emergency. Jerry

turned

off

the

motor,

and we sat. Finally a man, dressed in a dark business suit,

obviously became impatient and went to the officer. One

could rightly assume he possiblyhad an appointment and

wanted through. He was told in no uncertain terms by

th e

shake of

th e

officer's

head

and hands

it

was a NO

NO

to go through.

He

crawled

back

into his car Before

too

many minutes a motorcycle cop came breezing by from

the open street, then another and another, as wellas police

cars, jeeps, etc. FINALLY, this

beautiful

limo, followed

bymore

of

the preceding vehicles.As the limo approached,

I

said,

Oh, I know what

this

is . . .it is

the

President

an d

Mrs. Reagan going to the airport We

had

heard on the

news

that

they were in

the

area. As they passed us, we

could see with clarity,

and

sure enough it was. What a

fun thing for our stop and the motorcade to be in perfect

timing Tim said, I sure wish I could

have

said

Hi

to

them

He had

been asleep but was wide awake in

an

instant when he saw all the lights and vehicles.. .

On

to the lesson,

and

you

can

be sure

Frank

received

a play by play description

of

all that had just transpired.

The

time of

perusing and learningibllowed, and

Tim

was

definitely challenged to tackle some most difficult tech

niques. Wehave noted great improvement in the right hand

which is the one that was weak

and

lacked dexterity (from

the cerebral palsy). It seems his abili ty to keep it

under

control has been much better. Possibly all the extra playing

HOPE REACHES A

NEW

HIGH

Hope University - UNICO National College has had

an extraordinary blessing On January 15th a reporter

from TIME magazine began lengthy interviews, con

ferences and ensuing trips around Southern California to

witness the Hi Hopes in action. He was not only a

repor ter. , .before it was all over, Edwin M. Reingold

became a treasured friend of the Hi Hopes

and

all

of

us

at the college. Now this one page story, March 2, 1987,

issue has changed the life

of

our striving little school. We

are still striving, don't get me wrong, but let me say the

world has learned to know that we a re here and what we

are

attempting to do. This

story has

drawn attention from

not

only

most

of

the

U.S.,

bu t

it has

brought

world wide

at tent ion .

A bit

of

a run down to date: There have been 40 plus

media contactscalls from Japan (for a satellite telethon),

Italy (magazine), Greece (music therapist from the Univer

sity of Athens), Canadian Broadcasting Network,

Australia (interview

via

telephone),

another

call from

Central

America

(forget country). A continuous succession

of

TV. coverage keeps

the

daily events

from becoming

methodical. PEOPLE magazine will have a story very

shortly.

Numerous

newspapers have come,

among

them

a feature

story

in the L. A.

TIMES. There

have been

at

least

12

mov ie o ff er s

and

numerous

documentaries.

The UNICO organization

(Italian-American service

club)

that

is

purchasing the

campus for the college has

retained

an

agent to handle all the pressing decisions. Also,

a recent interview was

held with

one

of

the producers

and

a well known

star

to play

the

lead

in

a movie.

The

ultimate

goal is to have it done to the best advantage

of our

students

and

people involved

and

to get

ou r

message across. We


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royal blue and gold jackets gave added assurance that no

one

would stumble over

them..

.as

they waited to

board

the jumbo jet and wing their way to NewYorkCity.There

had

been a

storm

the

day

before they left

and

another

the

day after arriving home,

and

though it was cold those

ten days in New York, New Jersey,

and

Pennsylvania, the

weather was perfect.

The UNICO

organization hosted the

tour, concerts and troupe while they were there. Needless

to say, they treated them like royalty and saw to their every

need. Included in the free time was sight-seeing and

just

lots of fun At one of th e

concerts,

Tim was so

thrilled

to

see

our

friends,

Debbie Williams and he r mother, Eva

Lee, and their friends. It was special for Tim, and I am

sure

the concert

was special

for them.

At th e en d of th e

tour,

we noticed a

little

of the

ZIP

had departed from the je t set . The flu bug had begun

zapping them, and

it made its rounds. Tim was really sick,

as were others, for a number of days. I had

to laugh

when

I heard him speak. His voice was so raspy and low I said

he could sing the

song,

Papa

Sang

Bass .

TRAVEL ABOUNDS ST. LOUIS

BOUND

Suitcase out again Doris Walker, Tim, Gary, Paul and

Gloria flew to St. Louis to be guests on the SALLY JESSE

RAPHAEL

talk show. It was a flying

trip

in every way.

The

reservations were for Sunday, March 8, interview on

the 9th

and

the return flight home (for L. A.)

that

evening.

-The

show advertisedfor

a

studio

audience.

They had

such

a tremendous response

that

the guests sat on the platform.

The kids were well received, and we sti ll are receiving

phone and

mail response to this, as well as contacts from

people seeing the C.N.N. and I .N.N. news segments. A

safe trip home added this episode to the chapter of

Orange County is a frightful place to livewhen it comes

to the highcost of

living

e knewrentwouldbe drastically

increased. However, when we learned that

our

rent was

going to increase $50.00a month where wewere^ and then

awakened one morning and found Tim's bicycle,

that

was

chained to the steel post in

the

carport (in what was sup

posed to be a secured complex), had been stolen, we took

ou r hunting seriously and prayed more fervently.

It is a long story how we

found our apartment, and

space doesn' t permit tel ling it now,

bu t

the Lord was

wonderful in His guidance,

as always, and opened

al l the

doors. We found a very nice condominium in a quiet, gated

community of

74

units (mostly senior

citizens), and

the

moving

experience

proceeded

during

the

week

of

Spring

vacat ion with the big day April 10. It was so taxing

physically and mentally, bu t we feel that we have

moved

from our MOTEL type apartment into a real home. ALL

the

boxes a re now empty. Dad has room

to

set up his

Guitorgan,

(That

makes us all feel good .)

and

we have

an office This,

next

to having a safer place, was urgent

for me to retain my sanity. So as I write this , we are

snug

as a

bug

in a rug. We have leased

the apartment

for two

years with the hope of purchase. (Owners are in the

north

west and

uncertain

about selling.

If not,

then

something

else will possibly be available.) We are thankful for

the

past year of being able to learn the area and know where

we

would

l ike to be

and

that we were successful in finding

a

place

about 1 J/2 miles-from-theLcampiis to be. It is

just

wonderful,

and Tim

still thrills at Disneyland being

just a hop, skip and a

jump

away.

TIME

OUT

FOR

Amid the hustle

and

bustle of

moving,

the concerts


11/20

I wonder how I ever lived without a computer. That is

really saying a lot since I certainly am not an electronic

buff. Jerry is looking forward to using the other one at

the

college. I think he will do better

than

I ever hope to.

Our

prayers now are for a book contract Waiting to hear

from a publisher after sending in a book proposal is so

difficult.

Which

will it be, a rejection slip or a book

contrac t?

PLANS

UNTOLD BUT

REALIZAT ION ON HOLD

In a morning meeting

January

25, followed by lunch,

Jerry and I hosted the advisory board members of the

Department

of Religious Music

of

the college. It was

exciting to

continue

basic

plans

for the

department

but

yet very disappointing since none

of

the plans can be

implemented to any great extent until we get into the new

campus.

Each

and every month we think this will be

the

month we move. BUTthat day will come, and we will

be even more appreciative. The total group of

HI

HOPES

have

al l

shared in numerous concerts in c hu rc he s. In

addition

smaller groups have gone out, so we have been

able

to at

least

do this much.

Our dream

is,

o f

course,

of

students from Biola University coming to

our

college

and

working in

depth with

ou r

students. This

will give

them laboratory

time

and offer us

the

advantage of

the

talents each of them has. The

bonding

of acceptance of

those with mental retardat ion lies in the adult s

of

tomorrow.

This brings that about. You cannot be

around

these people

and NOT

love

them.

A

OU LE O SE OF SADNESS

Sorrow

is

difficult

for

any

of us to

handle,

and

Tim

was h ea rt br ok en wh en h e heard o f Liberace 's death. We

T im and Red Camp

lovable Red was literally

astounded

when

Tim

presented

it to

him, and had an

intermission

not already

been

scheduled it would have

become

a

spontaneous part

of

the program. His

joy

and excitement was most evident as

was everyone's, and jubilation reigned

Tim sat quietly for

a moment reliving all

the

profound

memories of Red and Liberace, t ears rol led

down

his

cheeks, and then he said, You know, Mom,

the Lord

gave

me

all

these

wonderful people

to

help

me. I still have

Frank,

and

I have

the videos

and tapes of

Red and

Liberace ' I said , Yes

Tim,

and

you

always

can remember

them

through

th e wonderful world of music '


12/20

SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. Ticket information is no t

available as I write,

but

we

ask

that you call the College

714-778-4440

or

call us personally at 714-776-0632 for in

formation. You will

be

blessed by hearing the

HI

HOPES.

It

will be a

GRAND

event, I assure you.

DON'T MISS

IT

IF

YOU

ARE

NEARBY..

.and

bring

a

car

or

bus

full

T AL E E ND S

Please be sure to enter ou r address change in your book

MR.

and

MRS. GERALD R . B ALEY

BOX 8207

ANAHEIM,

CALIFORNIA

92802

P H O N E 714-776-0632

Uncle Sam struggles so when things are not right

Though we left a forwarding address, they said we moved

and

left

NO

address, so some senders have

had

a surprise.

Mail

RETURNED

Mother

continues slow improvement

at

Hanover House,

and

in case you mislaid

the

address and

want

to write,

here i t is :

Mrs. Elva Brechbuhler

Hanove r

House

435 Avis

N.W.,

Massillon,

Ohio

44646

Sale of

the household i tems was held April 28th.

This

was

difficult fo r Mother,

in

fact

all

of

us,

but she

is a

strong per^n.^he

is still a

bi t

of

time

away from being

able to function well enough

to

get into th e Can ton

Ch ri st ia n Home . S he LOVES mai l and

visitors.

What

a

joy

this retirement is Jerry

came

home

and told

me he was giving

one

of

the

boys a guitar lesson.

He

is

progressing well,

though

he is autistic There are occasional

to some very, very fine print

of Roman

numerals

and

said,

That says this was printed

in

1965 ' He was absolutely

right,

BUT

it

took

Jerry a minute

to

remember I never

would have remembered.

Tim entered a drawing in

th e

Very Special Arts contest,

and MUCH to our

amazement

his drawing was

purchased

for $100.00. He

had

been so distressed

about

purchasing

another bike. At prayer time he said,

Oh

Lord,

thank

you so

much

for directing us

on our

way toward a new

bike

and

for the

lady who

wants to

buy

my drawing ' Tim

knows

tha t

God

cares about EVERY detail

o f

our l ives. . .

Sometimes

I forget .

We love

you all and pray fo r you daily Your prayers

and

financial

support

maintain

our

work. We

are

ever

grateful and ask your prayers for health, strength and

guidance.

It

is always so

good to hear

from you

and about

you. Make

ou r

day and send a letter on its way

GOD BLESS YOU

ALL,

ALWAYS

IN

ALL WAYS,

Jerry,

Rosemary,

and Tim

Baley

NEWSFLASH

Tim has been

invited

to play with Floyd Cramer at th e

Grand Ole Opry

on

May 31. It all came about this way:

The phone

rang Saturday morning (May 2) just as Jerry

was taking Tim to the college to meet the HI HOPES to

go to a concert. I yelled

to him to

get it as I was busy.

Then as I walked into the

den,

he was saying, Wel l, we

have a

concert, but le t

me

have you talk

to

my

wife ' As

he

handed

me the phone, he said, This is Floyd Cramer's

agent,

and

he wants

to know

if

Tim

would be free to

play


13/20

A number

of

years

ago

Tim

heard

Floyd play

the song

that he

has been

so popular for, 77?e

Last

DateV He took

to it immediately and wanted to play it. He listened

and

learned, bu t when it came to get ting it, it was

beyond the

ability

of

his

hand a t tha t

time. He

continued

to

work

and

work

for

what

seemed

like years

on

it.

Jerry

helped

al l that

he cou ld

but

told

Tim no t to

be discouraged

as

the

technique was

too

involved for his

right hand

and

fmgers (the hand affected by

the

cerebral palsy).

Tim

turned off these remarks

and

persisted with listening

and

trying.

A long time later he was practicing

one

day while I was

getting

dinner.

The song

he was playing was

' 'The Last

Date','

and

I remember thinking,

It's

sounding somewhat

better ' As he played,

there

was a terrible noise I

thought

something

had

h it the

house. Then Tim said,

HAND,

DO

WHAT

I WANT YOU TO DO I felt

sorry

for

Tim,

but then I knew he

wouldn't

give

up

unt il he got it.

Practice persisted with the result being the right hand

and

f ingers gave in to his demand. That song has become

o n e o f T i m s

favorites .

Sometime after

that he said,

Mom,

I

want

to write

a

note and

send a tape to Floyd

Cramer and

tell him thank

you

for helping me with that song ' I said,

I don't

have

his address ' Tim's reply was

just

as any child thinks, You

can

find

it.

Mom '

Mom didn't find it; I didn't even try,

mostly because I thought he would expect a reply, and

I

know

th e

amount

of mail these people receive, and also

many

t imes they do not receive it. I didn't want him

disappointed.

As the

years passed, he

continued

to badger me

about

it,

and

I resisted. Finally , I, like the hand, gave in. O.K.,

Tim, but don't expect

an answer I don't,

Mom. I just

to Nashville, I

got

a sweet

sounding young woman

who

really was a help. She produced

the correct

address and

agent's name. Tim had spoken briefly on the tape and said,

Thanks,

Floyd, for helping m^' and I wrote a short note.

We

shipped

it off. I felt rel ieved to know NOW I HAD

THAT DONE.

Jerry did

his

part

and got

it in

the

mail.

And then to

our

utter amazementfive days later this

call. That's

how

it

came

about. Mr. Rogers was so

kind,

and

they

were

thrilled to he ar from

Tim, and

thus the

invitation to be with

Floyd

in concert at the Grand Ole

Opry.

We do not have any detai ls as yet.

They

are to cal l us

back later

with particulars. Main purpose of

the

call was

to see

if

we

could

come.

Of

course, it

took

a bit

of

coaxing.

As we talked, I asked Mr. Rogers if he would like to

talk

to

Tim,

and he said,

Oh,

could

I?

Tim's

face bore a

big smile when he knew who it was, then a grin from ea r

to ear , fol lowed by laughter, and as

the

tears welled up

in his eyes, he said loudly, Praise the Lord '

All

I can

say is may this be a further means of

people knowing

what

the Lord can accomplish in all our lives. Pray for us as

these

plans

unfold.

F O R U FO R U FO R

U

Numerous people

have asked to have copies of

the

NOTE books from

the

very beginning. We ran out of

many of the issues, and our competent and skilled printers

pu t all of th e issues together from

th e

very first

until the

January

1987 issue. These are available to any

who

request

them.

We

are

no t

charging

(though they are a costly item

to

print)

bu t

would be gra teful for a

contribution

to help

in

the

expenses and postage.

There are

three volumes.

Some of you may have already received Volume I, which


14/20

âhtf's

'ôid'ôoR

m

A ll Mai l

To:

The Musicianaries

Mr. &

Mrs.

Gerald R. Baley

Box

8207

Anaheim,

California

92812-0207

Phone: (714)

776-0632

NOVEMBER 98

Our

alarm

was

programmed

to vocaUze at 5:30

A.M.

October 1,1987.1 did

not

tr y to stash it under the cover ,

as I have

done many

times before,

no r did

I even

push

the snooze

button.

We had anticipated, for a very long

time, what lay before us. (Well, par tly. ) We were flying

to

Tbpeka

ansas fortheNation^

Parent

to

Parent

Con

ference, so excitedly we hurried to be

ready for

the

shuttle

that

was

coming

to

take

us to

LAX

to

catch

our

flight.

As Tim and I were standing in the hall, I said, My, that

is a

loud

helicopter.

NO,

it

must be

a

sonic boom '

Jerry

came

from

our

bedroom and

said, NO, we're

having an

At

Pilots

Qub

In ternational Convention

Sunday,

July 26, 1987 Loews Anatole

Hotel

A

half year slipped

by

since

/

last

said

HI

And can^t end this

year

without sending

good

cheer.

I was too

sick

a t

hear t the

last

t ime

I

wrote

our newsletter

to tell you that I had nearly finished it, and somehow I

accidentally turned the

computer

of f and lost over 5 pages

I

had

totally

completed. I

can

laugh (not

a lot)

about

it

now,

but when

I

started

this and did the same thing again

(only a

half

page this time, I'm improving ), I realized how

special you al l ar e to us, when I sat down

and

started all


15/20

for the State Special Olympics. Leaving LAX at 11:59 P.M.

June

3rd, they arrived at 11:15

A.M.

on

the 4th.

A lay over

in Pittsburgh made it a bit longer. Nevertheless, the troupe

was spirited on by the royal reception at their destination.

Awaiting their arrival were two stretch limos, a bag

of

nice

gifts, plus reporters, TV. coverage, as well as city govern

ment officials, a host of wonderful people working

on

the Special Olympics, and executives from

the

bank in

Ceredo, W. Va., who financed their trip. Assurance

that

they were very happy they

had

come was most obvious

The days

that

followed were perfect

and

fun-filled right

down to stepping

out

of the van when they had to come

back home and again be REAL people. What a come

down

A

HELPING HAND

is

Disneyland

Many of you recall how many bicyclesTim has

had

stolen.

In April still another bicycle, secured by steel chain to a

steel post in

our SECURED apartment

complex, was cut

loose

and

taken. There need be nothing more said

than

that Tim

was devastated. Jerry

and

I felt so very badly

that this

happened

again,

bu t

we also felt a certain sense

of relief. Bicycling in Anaheim is most dangerous. The

streets

ar e

so

congested, courtesy and consideration

for

others

is

sadly

lacking,

and

drunk drivers, as well as

those

under

the

effects

of

dope, seem to flood

the

area. Even

though Tim

was very careful in riding each time he would

leave on his bike, we were

concerned until

he arrived home

safely. I have always felt

that

the Lord has to have a very

special

guardian

angel over him,

and

I

think,

consider

ing

many

of the things

that

have transpired in his life, that

angel must get weary at times. Tim's lack

of

judgment,

vision,

and

sense of danger concerned us,

and

as welooked

forward to an additional onslaught

of

summer tourists,

I was more apprehensive. I said to Jerry, We

just

can't

get

another

bike ' We are so busy, we hoped the interest

Bill Ouderkerken, Dale Evans Rogers, Mikki Davis & Tim

June 20, 1987 Hyatt

Regency

Long Beach, CA

and together they closed the program with GOD BLESS

AMERICA. There were few dry eyes This gracious and

captivating lady charmed the kids, but it appeared the ef

fect they

had

on her might have been the same.

Love

tliose PILOTS

Our next

trip

was to

the

PILOTSCLUBSINTERNATIONAL

Conventionwhich wasmeeting in Dallas, Texas July 25,

26. They had invited our family to be there to encourage

and

challenge

in the

area of

mental retardation and

fo r

Tim to give a concer t.

The

lovely

and

distinctive Loews

Anatole Hotel was the convention headquarters (largest


16/20

Tim

whispered,

Did

I do o.k.,

Mom?

I assured him he

did very well and Jerry and I breathed a sigh of relief.

Later in

the

afternoon on the mezzanine

of the

hotel, we

were to be available for 20 minutes for people to meet us

and ask questions. Those 20 minutes turned into 2 hours

and

15

minutes, and we were able to talk with so many,

and Tim playedthe WHOLE time.A lady came and asked

if it would upset him if they sang? I told her definitely

NO He would love it. She requested a hymn,

and

for 45

or so minutes, a very large

group of

the

women stood

around the piano singing their favorites. A tiny, beautiful

Japanese woman

tugged at

Tim and

pulled

him

to reach

his cheek. She planted a big kiss, then gave him a lovely

Japanese

handkerchief and

her

autograph writ ten in

Japanese, as well as English.

Another

lady said,

I

haven't

sung hymns for years, and I have

NEVER

in my life had

such a wonderful, moving experience. I can't believe it '

We literally pulled Tim from them and the piano

and

tore

down to the taxi

and

of f to the

airport.. .I t

wasn't the

heat that

Dallas was having that warmed us, or the elegant

rooms and

delicious

food that made

us so physical ly

comfortable,

bu t

simply

the

outpouring of

the

love that

was shown to us Needless to say, it was an experience

we will always remember,

and

those

memories will be a

joy

to relive. We have said over and over, Thank-you,

Lord, for allowing these people to touch

our

lives, and

we pray

that

in turn they saw You through us ' (For those

who

may

not

know,

the

PILOTS club is a women's service

organization.)

There was MORE in

STORE

Now as

if

all of the above wasn 't enough, we had even

another

blessing.

Our

dear

friends, Bill

and

Dorothy

Morgan, who live in Dallas,

came

over to

the hotel

Satur

day evening. We had dinner together,

then

sat in the

beautiful hotel lobby and talked.

Good-bye

seemed out

date Another printing in another paper was correct so

it was well attended

but not

as it would have been. Never

theless, it was a very special and happy time until it was

timeto saygoodbye. Howmuch

we

love all thosepeople

Wehad more wonderful blessings in those who cared for

us with

abundant

hospitality; Mr. Mrs. Rufus

Humphries, Mr. Mrs. DanVickers and SueWray. How

wethank them and lovethem.. .and our friendshipsgrow

deeper. Homeward bound August 17. Perfect flight and

our Lord is very aware we are grateful.

ANOTHER

DAY

TO

GO UP, UP and

a w a y to OHIO

It was a year ago in July when mother had her stroke.

We were enroute

home

when it

happened

and

were

with

her briefly after her hospitalization. It's been a very

hard

year no t being able to see her. We

had

no

plans

to go this

summer because the schedule was so

full.

I

became

more

anxious as summer was passing, and

mother

kept

BEGGING to hear Tim play. We found we had only three

full free days in a row from August till after the first of

1988. We decided that was too long. We made

arrangements to go back over Labor Day weekend. Three

concerts

were

arranged

in

th e

area.

One

for

th e area

churches,

held at

Jackson Christian

Church,

one

at

the

Canton Christian Home where we have so many friends,

and the thi rd where mother is, at Hanover

House.

We left

California Saturday, September 6, and came home

Tuesday, September 8th. We were

unable

to visit family

and friends as we

spent

all

free time

with mother,

but

we

did see many at

the concerts.

That was a bonus. Mother

was able to come to my brother's, Clyde, and

his

wife's

fo r dinner,

and

much

of

the family

was there . A

celebra

tion

to o

of Clyde's ?? b ir thday How

she

loved it but


17/20

became quite tired, and Clyde took her home. Next day

was Sunday, and we wondered if she would be able to

attend

the concert

at the

church. She was

bright

eyed and

bushy tailed

and

was right down front in her wheelchair

cheering. Tim jokingly said, It'sGRANDMA'S concert,

but anyone who wants to can com^' Tim had worked very

hard and

long on the song. New

York

New York. He

and

his cousin, Kraig, were talking music and about this song

too. Kraig likes it and so does Tim, and Tim said he'd play

it for Kraig. Jerry said it wasn't ready yet for concert. Jerry

gave the audience the opportunity to choose their favorite

songs.

Tim

looked down at Kraig, sitting near

the

front,

and

gave a big smile and wink and

turned around

and

played New York, New Yorkl We thought at f irst a fast

exit might be necessary,

bu t

it wasn't

Jerry

told

the

audience that it was a premier performance. We wonder

at t imes why we have so much grey hair. Do you suppose

situations

such

as this help?

BRAVO. . ASSOCIATION

OF

CHRISTIAN

SCHOOLS CONVENTION

The invitation to

perform

at

the

Association

of

Christian

Schools International

Convention was a very meaningful

experience.

It

was held here in

Anaheim on

September 24.

There is much detail to the background of this invitation,

bu t Jerry

and

I were really anxious that this performance

be next to perfect. Many people are uncertain that mentally

handicapped persons can contr ibute to society. This

invitation was rea l ized after

a friend made known

Tim's

talent. It was important

that

the audience

of

7000

to

8000,

mostly teachers and^other educators, l^ve withTapositive

attitude about

handicapped people.

Tim

was introduced

by a lady, in a beaut iful manner,

and then

he played.

He

was

saturated

with

the Lord's

presence, as I don't think

I have ever seen him

perform

as he did. When it is shown

on

TV., we pray it convinces a lo t

of

people

God can

do

It is always a rich experience to encourage younger parents.

You feel

their

pain,

their

fear,

and

share

their

tears.

They

have so

much hope

now,

and

we encourage them

to

seek

the

greatest resource, OUR LORD. Our

workshop

was

at

the noon luncheon on

Friday,

and Tim's concert

was

Saturday

night. I guess

you

can see

now

why we

NEVER

thought

of

no t

going. Everything

about the convention

was absolutely perfect. It was held

in

the beautiful

Holidome West in

Ibpeka.

Food and accommodations

were superb. Activities included a fabulous Bar-B-Que at

the Governor's Mansion (minus the Governor and his Wife

who had to be ou t of town). Even though a COLD breeze

came

up, everyone was warm with

joy and the

presence

of his femily and housekeeper. We had two television

interviews while

there

too, and

as

we reflect on al l that

transpired

and

the wonderful people we

came

in contact

with,

we

cannot help bu t continuously thank HIM

for

allowing us all

the opportunities that are

ours. Sharing

what

we have

learned

through study,

trial

and error and

being able

to

encourage

other parents

is

indeed

a privilege.

On Saturday

before Tim's

concert, the piano tuner

came

to

tune

th e

piano.

He

was stunned Wo G

strings

were

broken,

and

since it was Saturday,

the

stores were closed.

Tim said, Don't worry. I'll manage ' Then the co-

chairman of th e

conference said,

'Tim,

there 's a

piano

over in

th e comer ' There sat

a full

keyboard electronic

piano

Tim's

eyes popped out. . . Boy, will I have fun

Again, we shuddered. But he did have fun, popping the

buttons and experimenting as he went. All's well that ends

well. A

standing ovation

and

again

playing

the AFTER

CONCERT concert ( Please

pl^

this for me, Tim ') long

into the night makes Tim aware that he DONE GOOD,

as they say. We

had

to

coax

him

to bed, as

an

early 8:00

A.M.

church service was on

the horizon.

There were two

very large services at the Countryside Methodist Church.

This church helped Parent to Parent with our fare as it


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space, more students, LOTS

more

work. Jerry recently

started a guitar class

of

all Downs Syndrome students.

This is quite a challenge because

of the

structure

of

their

hands.

However,

he WILL teach

them.. .1

know.

PICK YOURSELF

UP, WIPE

YOURSELF

OFF, START

ALL

OVER AGAIN

After waiting

one

year

and not

hearing from a publisher

I sent my book proposal to, I wrote (3rd time this year).

I had sent a change of address

and

additional

informa

tion. I guess

the

3rd time was

the

charm, and they wrote

back that th^^

had

sent

the

proposal materials back in

December 1986.1 never received it,

but

the

part that

was

so frustrating is they

did

not have

the

courtesy to write

that

thQT

had

sent it

back

after I wrote with

the

other

information. So now, it is

back

to

the

beginning and wait

again.

That

is the life

of

a writer they tellme. Crying didn't

help, as Tm no better off than I was No

one can

under

stand

what

I want

to

do, so I guess I will go

ahead and

write the book as I see it should beand

pray

that someone

will publish it. Will you pray

about

this too?

For

those

of

you

who

are waiting for

Tim

to

make

a new recording

.well hopefully we will

soon

be able to send you

that

information.

Workings are in

the

mill now,

but

t ime is

such a problem. It willall come together verysoon though,

w e a r e

s u r e

T H E

END O F

T H E

YEAR

BRINGS

O U R S E S O N L C H E E R

It goes

without

saying

the

year

has

again escaped.

It 's sort

of

like holding a piece

of

ice you CANT

hold

it.

Soon

it is gone Wepray

that the

Lord will enfold you

and

hold

you

and

make you so very aware

of

His wonderful, loving,

and

tender care.

May

we each one realize so deeply

that

HIS Birth Makes THE

Difference

and

allow

the beauty

and

joy

of

His bir th to take us into 1988 living it as

may we not allow our

remembrance

of the

Babe of

Bethlehem to melt away as

th e

ice. As we look

back

over

ou r

years ofministry, we have so many pleasant memories.

We thank God for ^ the wonderful fhendswhohave held

our

hands.

Your deep and abiding concern and considera

t ion for

ou r

Hnancial needs all these years,

for

upholding

us

in

prayer, and for your constant

words

of encourage

ment We have

especi^ly

appreciated it since moving

and

working in California, lliis is a very costly place We could

never speak

or

write

our

thanks,

but

the Lord knows how

grateful we are for

ALL

our

partners.

May

each

of you

have a Meaningful

and

Merry Thanksgiving, Christmas,

and New Year

J U S T

4 U

L L

Most of

you are aware of Tim's interest

in

drawing. He

comes by this naturally since dad is an artist. As his interest

increased and he progressed, he beganmaking Christmas

cards and then note cards. Many peoplewho received these

said, You ought

to have

them

reproduced * Well, Hnally

we have. We chose eight dif ferent cards

and had them

printed in

FULL

COLOR,

and

then packaged eight dif

ferent cards with the envelopes to a package: On the back

of

each

card

is a

brief

story

of

Tim.

The

cards

are

called

GRAND EXPRESSIONS by TIM,

and

each is of a

musical design. The inside is

blank

allowing space for note

writing.

He

still has a constantdemand for the hand drawn

packages also,

and the

college sells

them on

their table

when

they go out in concert. It is difficult

for

Tim

to

keep

ahead.

Eldon

Walker, husband of Doris Walker who is

the director

ofHope

University, told us he needed

al l

th e

Christmas

cards

Tim could make.

He had been making

them

as fast as possible,

bu t

they

were

out.

I

told Tim,

and he

stood there

an d

looked at

me and then

said,

Mom,

I'm making

them as fast as I can..

.Eldon just

sells them

too

fast See the

order blank if

you

would

like

some for


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by

Tim

is created ESPECIALLY for you Tim is a

unique young

man

who was born with

brain

damage and

given no hope of a

meaninghil life outside of an institution

least

of

al l

that he should

contribute

to

society. Yet his

accomplishments

have far

surpassed

those

predictions. After receiv

ing his high schoo l d ip loma in

Special

Education, perseverance

and

long hours

of practice on the piano have led him to

th e concert

stage. His

concert

tours have

taken h im into most

of

th e 50

United

States and numerous foreign countries.

Tim is classed as **mentally handicapped

with light

cerebral

palsy. He

has

not

ha d

any art

lessons

a nd d oe s

not

us e a ruler

in drawing. God's marvellous gift and

g re at ne ss a re m os t evident in his life.

^fuutd

by

P.O.

Box 8207

Anaheim,

CA

92812-0207

NOTICE: People

Magazine

has informed us that the

article about Hope UniversityUnico National College

will be published in their December 14 1987 issue.

Look

The Officers and

1 flembers

of lAVlKSO Ylational and

UVllQO

Foundation,

Inc. and the

Hi

Hopes

Identity

discovery

foundation

Gordially invite you to attend the

T edication

Gerewowies

of Hope lAnivemty

lAVlIGO Ylational

Qollege

{for

the

gifted mentally

retarded

Sunday,

Vlovemher

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GERALD a n d

R O S E M A R Y

BALEY

TIM

Retarded Man Is A W hi z A t Th e Ptano.

Hi s

H e a r t Is Full

of

BeautHul

Music .

Hand ic a pp e d P ia ni st 's Ability

Shines

Through

Disability. A

Perfect Pitchman

Fo r

The Re t ar d ed, a nd

E l

P a s o

Ma n

To

Play Piano

To

Crowds

At White

House

area

lew of th e

headlines

in newspape rs ac ros s

th e

U.S

lelling

Rosemary an d Gerald Baley

ihai they made th e right decis ion

concerning their

mentally

handicapped

son,

Tim,

Gerald

R.

Baley

(Jerry)

wa s

born

May

4,

1916

in

Arnett,

Oklahoma

to Carr i e an d

Joseph Baley. Th e family later

moved

with

Jerry graduat ing from high school in San

Bernardino . Cal i fo rn ia

an d

r ece i vi n g h i s

A.B

degree

at

Pacific Christian

College

in

1943.

In

1950

he r e c e i v e d a

B a c h e l o r

of

Music

d e g r e e

from

K a n s a s City

Conservatory

of

Music

of

the University

of

M is so ur i, F rom Western

State

College

in

Gunnison, Colorado. Jerry

earned his M.A.

degree

in

1954.

He

served

as

minister

for

congregations

in

California an d Colorado.

But

the

major

portion

of Mr.

Baley's

ministry

ha s

b ee n a s p r of e ss or

of

music

in Pacific,

In te rmounta in , Boi se ,

an d

El

P a s o

Christ ian

colleges.

Rosemary

wa s

born March

30,

1927

in

Can ton , Oh io t o Elva an d FredBrechbuhler .

Following high

school

in

Canton,

sh e

attended

Cincinnati Bible Seminary

receiving her

A.B.

degree

at

Southwest

Christian Seminary

in

Phoenix.

Arizona in

1950.

The

Baleys me t at

J er r y' s h ome

c h u r c h Cen t ra l Ch r is t ia n C h u r c h in

Sa n

Bernardino ,

where

he

served

as a s s o c i a t e

an d

music

minister an d

Rosemary as

church

secretary

an d

kmde rga r te n t ea ch er . T he y

we r e ma r r ie d

D e c e m b e r

22 , 1950 .

Timothy

A.

Baleywas born June

23, 1952

in

Canton.

Ohio an d as

Rosemarysays

in

he r

book

by

th e same

title, His B i rt h Made a

Difference, HIS Bi rth Made THE Difference.

Tim

became brain damaged

at birth

when

doctors used

forcepsduring hisdelivery.

His

p a re nt s wer e

given

no

hope;

t he y w er e

advised

to

place

Tim in an

institution

for life.

Such advice onlychallenged

th e

Baleys to

se e

what

God cou ld

do through

Tim,

Deter

mi ned t o k e ep t he i r only child

at

home, they

went

through

many

crises

as

Tim

underwent

many i ll ne ss es an d sur ge r ie s d ur in g h is

e ar ly c hi ld h ood.

Through

diagnostic

studies at

ag e

nine, Tim's mu s i c an d artistic

a b i l i t i e s w e r e

d i s c o v e r e d

He wa s

d r a w n

to

t h e p ia no . Conv e nt io n al l es so n s we re no t

for Tim,

but

finally

th e

right teacher was

found

in

Red

Camp,

a

70-year-old ret ired

jazz pianist .

Red understood

Tim.

recog

n ized h i s un ique

ability,

an d has gu ided

him

so t hat now

Tim

plays

in

differentkeys an d

in

a v i v a c i o u s m a n n e r

al l

h is o w n

Tim graduated from

special

education

with an I.Q. of 70. He

r ea ds a nd

w r i t e s

( s ome thing h i s paren t s were told he would

never

do )

an d

lours

with th e family

in

Melody , a

mobile

homewhich

wasg iven to

them anonymously.

Gerald an d Rosemary ar e now involved

in

a

ministry

devoted

to

i nf ormi ng a nd

s tr e ss in g t he n e ed

for help,

guidance,

an d

e sp ec ia ll y Chr is ti an E duc at io n

for

th e

mentally

h a nd i ca p pe d . T h ro ugh th e years

Tim

has overcome

much

of

his physical an d

emotional problems.

The emphas i s of the

Baleys' ministry is

that

such handi capped

p eo pl e n ee d

a

chance t o d ev el op t he ir

potential and can be useful

-

often

possessing

gift s that can

be used to glorify

th e L o r d

Mrs.

Baley encourages th e parents

of

o ther b rai n -damaged

children

by

saying,

D o not accept

negative

advice. Just

keep

p lu gg in g, n o ma tt er h ow

ba d it looks. Ou r

strength came

from

th e

Lord.

There

is

certainly

a lot

He ha s

to

offer .

And

what

is

Tim

t he mu si ci an

doing

today?

He

ha s

a l re ady pe r fo rmed twice

on

th e

W h i t e H o u s e

lawn an d

on

L i b e r a c e s

nine-foot g l ass concer t g r and

piano

in

Las

Vegas.

One

o Tim's

latest

accomplish

ments,

and th e fulfillment of a life-long

d es ir e, w a s t o me et

an d play

th e piano

with

L ib er ac e. T hi s m ee ti ng w as p l anned and

f ilmed by

th e

NBC television

network

for

b ro ad ca st o n

t hei r na tiona l ly - te l ev i sed

Fantasy program.

W ay t o

go , Tim

Address : Gera ld and Rosemary Baley,

Muslcianarles ,

2501 Portland, El Paso, TX 79930,

phone

915) 566-3177.

GERALD a n d

ROSEMARY BALEY

T IM

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