News and Notes
We're pleased to announce that both The Coping Series and The Surviving Series are now out on DVD! Please see details on the DVD & Video page.
For Clay's many fans in Australia and New Zealand, Clay's videos are available in PAL from cmmedia@arfs.org.au. It is suggested that those in Great Britain who need PAL videos order them from the same location, as the UK distributor has gone out of business. Ikon Press can supply the VHS videos worldwide.
Sophia Press, New York, has brought out a new edition of "The Head of the Family" and Verbum Publishers in Croatia have released a translation of that work into Croation for distribution there. This classic on Christian fatherhood is now in its forty-seventh year.
Clay wants to alert his fans to the new website of his award-winning friends, both of whom appeared in his "Creating Family" series. Mitch is also the person Clay chose to update his classic work: "The Father of the Family". Please visit www.mitchandkathyfinley.com for more information.
Adrienne Barbeau---Clayton's niece---has written a delightful, witty and straightforward memoir titled: "There are Worse Things I Could Do". The singer, stage, screen and television actress, who, in her fifties gave birth to twins, has added a new title to her list of accomplishments: writer. No "ghost writer" for her, she has kept journals since she was five!
About the Family:
Michael Barbeau is a gourmet cook who owns his own trucking business, and lives in Alameda with his wife Elizabeth, and 7 year-old daughter Molly.
Amy and her husband, John Petrotta, reside in Port Angeles, Washington, and just celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary.
Rose-marie Barbeau lives in Scotland with her daughter Nerissa (a Scottish name meaning "sea-nymph") and partner, David. Nerissa is an accomplished Irish dancer who has performed for Princess Margaret.
Margaret and her husband, Darren Boulware, and their two children--Alec and Myra Ann live in Equality, Alabama.
Mark Barbeau lives in San Francisco with his wife, Loryn.
Clay's son, Daniel, has just produced a new CD. Daniel, who featured in one of the anecdotes in Creating Family, is today a police officer in the Central Valley of California where he lives with his wife, Barbra. His son, Michael, is now sixteen years old. Daniel is also the author of one novel and the performer on four musical CD's. To learn more about his latest CD click here.
Jennifer Barbeau Bousquet, is the proud mother of 4 year-old Cassandra and newborn Sebastian Clayton. Her husband Ken Bousquet is a talented graphic designer and art director.
Christopher Barbeau, who featured in more than one dramatic story in the "Coping" series, and is now happily married and the father of the now 5 year-old Zane, is swamped with success as a real estate agent in Visalia, California. Clay is not amazed since, as he put it: "Chris does not equate success with dollars, but with providing excellent service for those people for whom he is working." Chris's website can be found at www.chrisbarbeau.com Chris and wife Kohlee's second child celebrated her third birthday in March. Zoe is Clay's eighth grandchild. Kohlee has launched her own crafts business, which can be found at www.kohleescreations.com
