My grandfather built several barns around Eastern Washington. All his barns are gone now, except for this one, fires got most of the others, but this still stands near Palouse, Washington. Granddad built this sometime between 1930 and 1940. It’s a source of controversy in the family, with siblings remembering [...]
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Delaware Catholic Diocese follows Portland’s Lead
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A sex abuse case against Delaware’s Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and a former priest will be delayed after the diocese filed for federal bankruptcy protection on the eve of trial, AP reports.
In a separate development, the Catholic hierarchy, religious, priests and laity in Ireland are braced for the publication of a report on [...]
Oregon is Number 2!
A national study out this week (pdf) reports that Oregon had the second-highest number of students per teacher in the nation for the 2007-08 school year.
If we can just under-fund education for a few more years, I’m sure we can knock the current champion (Utah) out of the #1 spot. It’s interesting to note: the [...]