Are you looking for something unique to give your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? Give him or her the gift of a great dinner with wine and beautiful desserts, while supporting the Dallas FFA Alumni’s Scholarship Fund. Give tickets to the alumni association’s 6th Annual Hearts and Wines Tri-Tip Dinner, following an au
Bizarre. Mystifying. Irrational. That's what religion is. And that's also how I look upon the freak-out that erupted after the Obama administration required religious organizations (colleges, hospitals, etc.) which serve the general public to cover contraception, just like others who...
I liked this post, "My Faith: What people talk about before they die," even though it's on CNN's belief blog. It shows that what's important to people isn't dogma, but life as it's lived with loved ones. We don't live...
In this podcast, editors and reporters take a look at businesses riding the wave of demand for backyard chickens, the federal government's shifting stance on child labor on family farms, and a tractor raffle to raise money to help send Idaho FFA members to college.To order raffle tickets for the 1952 John Deere B and three
It’s going to sound clichéd to say so, but you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Tony Smiley play music. Also known as The Loop Ninja, Smiley is a one-man band who singlehandedly puts most multiple-member ...
It's been rumored that the best sushi in the area is tucked away in Albany, a 20-minute drive from Salem. I have seen the outside of this place and I was skeptical, I went in and sat down, and I was still skeptical. Then I had my first bite and all my doubts faded away. I eat sushi at least three times a week and I've had
Idaho Democrats have proposed an ag jobs bill that would provide producers a 50 percent income tax credit when they add some type of value to an existing crop. The proposed tax credit would allow Idaho farmers or ranchers to receive the credit for investing in an agricultural processing facility.Subscribe to this podcast in
{All the photos in the post except the last one are from Sarah.} Last week, when Wednesday the 25th was only 52 minutes old, my niece was born. Meet Waverly Lou. She was almost born in the car, but my...
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's outrageous decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood's breast cancer screening efforts is a case study in disastrous public relations. Overnight, Komen for the Cure went from "great public-spirited organization" to "handmaiden of...
This week, I visit northeast Oregon to visit a family who risked it all for the promise of a new start at a place you can visit called ‘Hot Lake Springs.’ Outdoor moments in Northeast Oregon’s ...
Under pressure from farm groups, the Labor Department has agreed to modify a plan that's intended to keep children away from some of the most dangerous farm jobs. The proposal now will have broader exemptions for children whose parents own or operate farms, or have a substantial interest in a farm partnership or corporation
I turned 36 today. I have to admit, 36 feels...old, well, old-ish. It feels a lot closer to 40 than 35 felt, although I am looking forward to turning 40 because Jason and I are going to Hawaii with our...
Does happiness need to be deserved to be genuine? Here's one person, virtuous, moral, ethical. She's kind and generous. Volunteers at her kid's school. Helps out at the homeless shelter. Prays, meditates, goes to church. All this do-gooding and God-praising...
Join Individuals and Families on Thursday for an Equity in Education Action at the Oregon State Capitol! Thursday February 2, 2012 | 12 NOONAction for Equality in the Education of our Children Oregon State Capitol900 Court Street NE
America's Voice published this article today urging action against the GOP's Plan to eliminate the Child Tax Credit that millions of working families depend on.
A new study has found that reducing Idaho’s foreign-born labor supply would have a significant negative economic impact.Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader.To listen, click here.
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Happy February to all of you! Be sure to keep checking this post throughout the month, as we will continue to add events as we receive information. A quick way to find this list is to click the "Events" tab on the toolbar up above. If you don't see your event listed, please send us an email with all the details
I'm no economic expert. But much of economics is simple common sense. So it's no big surprise to me that the British economy is faltering after David Cameron's conservative government decided several years ago that cutting government spending in a...
My wife and I have quite a few words that finish off the title of this blog post. Jerks. Inconsiderate. Litterers. It hugely bugs us when we see someone toss a cigarette butt out of a car window. But usually...
AVG released 2012 products for Internet Security, Antivirus and Antivirus Free. AVG’s site is undergoing design changes at the time of writing this article, AVG 2011 turned to be full featured and system resource hog, what to expect inAVG 2012 free antivirus? we haven’t got out
Since Mexican officials asked Idaho bean growers last month to help them get through a dire situation, Gem State companies have sent several train carloads of dry beans to that country. Because of severe weather conditions and a drought, Mexico's growers are facing an emergency situation and need an almost immediate supply
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Believers in God who follow modern science will be heartened by a recent article in New Scientist, "Why physicists can't avoid a creation event." While many of us may be OK with the idea of the big bang simply starting...
Via Tim Carmody at Wired With live television, we flip; with video on demand, we binge. This means that shows have to catch and hold our attention in very different ways — not just over the commercial, but from episode … Continue reading →
Idaho farmers and ag-related businesses are rallying around a tractor raffle program that funds scholarships for FFA members. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here.
Portland Intern
Ha, ha! We were right and you were wrongI Thanks to Salem Weekly, our city's alternative newspaper, I got to gloat again about our neighborhood's land use win over the Marion County commissioners after publisher A.P. Walther asked me if...
4th Annual Gather
I gave it my best try last night -- arguing that we humans don't have free will, though it seems ever so obvious that we do. (Of course, it also seems obvious that the sun goes around the Earth, which...
Here's four big Green Thumbs-Up from my wife and me to Eugene residents Olivia Chernaik, 11, and Kelsey Juliana, 15. The Register Guard reports: ...with the help of their mothers, Lisa Chernaik and Catia Juliana, [the girls] filed a lawsuit...
All industries have an internal culture and politics that define systems and ways to conduct business. Most of us don’t care about the internal politics unless it affects us directly. When I go to the doctor, I want the doctor paying attention to me and providing service to me. I’m selfish that way if I
Interesting piece in the New York Times about why movie trailers almost always feature male voices. Here's some excerpts from "Why Men Always Tell You to See Movies." The question has been pondered by mystics through the ages, but in...
I’m lucky to be a tech radio correspondent for Rudy Maxa’s World, the nations’ most listened-to radio program dedicated to travel. There are two shows, one of which is nationally syndicated and the second that is heard in the greater Los Angeles area on KFWB radio. CES 2012 Recap I’ve posted two appe
I'd love to go into great detail about the gift of "Venti's Gilgamesh Beer Pairing Dinner" for which I received tickets in my stocking from dear old St. Nick at Christmas. I'd love to share the details, I really would. But a picture is worth a thousand words. And by my calculation, 16 pictures are worth 16,000
I was reading back through my posts about my credit woes and my work to get out of debt. I was pretty disappointed in what I wrote because it didn't convey the way I felt going through this stuff. It definitely didn't capture how I felt when I was getting started down this road. I was scared. Petrified. Paralyzed with fear
Useless data. I live for it. What can I say? When running the normal foreclosure numbers for you all, I decided since I have all these numbers just sitting there, I needed to do something with it. So here you go, Melina’s fun facts about foreclosures in Salem Oregon. Okay, I know what you are [...]
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The doctor said I'd likely have to miss a few days of diving... well, I showed him! :) Started the day with a shore dive; my new warm water fins are too small, even without a toe injury. While I got them on, they were too tight to be comfortable. After finagling with the dive shop for a bit, I got a nice pair of
Leslie doing her thing.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2012CONTACT: Francisco Lopez, Causa's Executive Director (503)269-5694Central American and Latino Organizations throughout the U.S. launch Campaign to Ask for Permanent Residency for Central Americans with Temporary
In this podcast, editors and reporters look at the limited supply of veterinarians trained in organic practices and the industry response, a legal battle over the use of herbicides to control weeds on public lands, and Deere and Co.'s court victory over dealers trying to import the manufacturer's own machines.Subscribe to t
Bill Gates has a terse response to criticism that the high-tech solutions he advocates for world hunger are too expensive or bad for the environment: Countries can embrace modern seed technology and genetic modification or their citizens will starve.Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen,
Super Pho Vietnamese Cuisine
I was elated to find our forced-to-check-at-the-gate carry on bags almost first on the carousel at the Cozumel airport. Plucking one of those off, I next went for my suitcase, a hard-bottomed and fairly large ScubaPro bag that held all my dive gear and clothes. The weight and heft of the bag caught my exhausted self by surp
1/26/12 MRose said... Buffalo Wild Wings sports bar will open at old Party Depot site on 3892 Center NE in Salem Ore. by June, company says 1/05/12 Anonymous asked & KandN answered... "Is rockin rogers moving into the Eola Inn space on hwy 22 in west salem?" Yes, as mentioned below on 12/20/11, they have
Some call it the ‘rugged edge of the Oregon coast’ where the sun and surf meet to leave you spellbound and breathless. This week, I escaped to Cape Perpetua Scenic Area where in winter ...
Cameras are way more dangerous than regularly credited. Before you know it, this can happen: