Money for ED Union never equals educationby Craig Masters First a moment of silence for our citizens who have fallen at the hand of Islam. Tolerance of the intolerant will never reap the expected benefits. And now on to the rest of the story. It is well documented in public budgets and analysis of student [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Despite being the highest paid teachers in the nation, over 90 percent of Chicago’s teachers voted to go on strike over higher pay and other issues. CBS Chicago reported that teachers in the city earn an average of $76,000 per year, putting it ahead of New York which pays [...]
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by Carol Clemans – Some people cringe when they hear the word ‘counseling.’ I want to share what I do through God’s Word in my counseling sessions. Thomas Hardy Leahey stated, “Psychology means ‘psyche-logos’, literally the study of the soul.” (Quote from: A History of Psychology: Main Currents in Psychological Thought). When I read [...]
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by Mike McCune – School Time is Near! I can tell because of the “Back-to-School” ads everywhere. All it means is another nine-month sentence to boredom for our kids because they crtainly don’t have any need to learn in the current system. America bemoans the lack of educational progress. Every state teaches kids [...]
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a commentary by Craig Masters Nancy Rumfelt stepped to the podium at the Wednesday meeting of the Thompson School District Board of Education and the standing room crowd of teachers was dead quiet. The main item on the agenda was the approval of the new contract with the Thompson Education Association and Rumfelt was there [...]
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Lovaland 9-12 Patriots work for open meetingsBy Craig Masters The following e-mail was distributed by the Loveland 9-12. It was titled, “Letter from Nancy Rumfelt regarding tonight’s meeting.” It is reprinted here to illustrate two very important points: 1) there are still people willing to step up and speak out against “closed door” meetings where [...]
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by Matt Lacy – A measure has been introduced in Congress that would help stop the problem of school personnel accused of sexual misconduct from simply being transferred from one district to another. Steve Gunn with the Education Action Group Foundation says all too often school districts throughout the country simply cover up sexual [...]
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The teen shooting in Florida is a tragic loss for his family. I will leave it to the courts to decide the right and wrong in this episode of life. What amazes me is that the nation is in an uproar about this one death when this nation has allowed over 50 million [...]
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Staff Reports – Students and staff at Chappelow K-8 Arts Magnet School proudly present The Pirates of Penzance, playing this Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $2, and are available at the door. About 50 middle school students are involved with the production, under the direction of teachers Will Pharis, Andrea [...]
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by Carol Clemans The recent testimony before a congress committee by a female student from Georgetown University was blasted over the news several times. She was complaining that contraceptives for female students cost about $3,000 during college years. She was requesting ‘others’ to pay for the contraceptives. She shared how embarrassed one college student was [...]
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Schools need better “doors” than this. by Craig Masters Vicente Vitela made an all-to-familiar appearance in a courtroom March 2. He was once again accused of child molestation. But Vitela is not some shadowy figure along the street hunting for innocent children. He is – or at least was until his arrest – a [...]
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by Carol Clemans – Since Roe vs. Wade, we’ve had over 50 million babies murdered from their mothers’ wombs. That means we’ve had over 50 million ‘mothers to be’ who have had to live with the haunting memories of the abortion. God is the giver of all life starting at the time of [...]
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by Carol Clemans In this pre-election political atmosphere, many tongues are wagging rapidly to and fro. Instead of sticking to the issues, politicians start degrading each other by their words. It’s like watching children fussing and no one taking the blame for all that has gone wrong. The Bible talks about the tongue and [...]
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Pornography – The ‘Silent’ KillerGuest Column: by Carol Clemans Addiction to pornography can happen with one 20-minute exposure. I heard this stated by experts in the field on a Focus on the Family program a few years ago. In my 19 years of being a certified pastoral counselor, I’ve had to work with many people [...]
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by Jack Minor – An official with the district said they have removed a cartoon video from the Meeker Elementary school library featuring a naked boy swimming in a glass of milk. The video, titled “In the Night Kitchen” was based on the book of the same name by Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the [...]
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Reese encouraged by independent thinking “newbies” by Jack Minor -– At the first meeting of the new District 6 school board, members wasted no time in setting a new tone and direction. After all board members except Judy Kron and Julia Richard indicated they would not support her leadership, Linda Trimberger was forced to step [...]
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ARE WE TEACHING INTEGRITY BY EXAMPLE?Guest Column By Carol Clemans In today’s breaking news there is an accusation against a man who is in politics who wants to be President of America. He’s being accused of some type of sexual harassment in the 90’s. I do not know if this is ‘dirty’ politics or [...]
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Staff Reports – OfficeMax honored East Memorial Elementary School teacher Jennifer Gray today with an award and $1,000 in school supplies as part of the company’s “A Day Made Better” national school advocacy program. Members of OfficeMax, along with East Memorial principal Justin Ungeheuer and assistant principal Angie McDowell, surprised Gray in her [...]
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Guest Column By Carol Clemans The 10th anniversary of 9/11 was two weeks ago. News alerts were saying we as a nation needed to be ‘on our toes’ with awareness as to what is going on around us. We are living in the end times. Our enemy is ‘unseen’, but God knows all things. [...]
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Attorney says unfavorable ruling would accomplish goal left has had for years by Jack Minor – A Christian attorney says the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case that could force religious institutions to hire LGBT people or face discrimination lawsuits by all employees except for those involving the pastor or similar positions. [...]
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By James Courant The field for the upcoming Greeley/Evans school board elections is a crowded one. With fifteen candidates vying for the four open seats, the Gazette will be doing a series of articles on meeting the candidates. In this article we will be providing some basic information on each candidate [...]
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by Steve Purdham Natural man is virtuous simply because a strict moral discipline is necessary for survival, a lesson that modern man must learn. Also, natural man is a protector. His true desires are to love and show compassion. In addition, equality is the true status of all people, meaning that we all are of equal [...]
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Guest Column By By: Carol Clemans Your marriage is an open book that is read by your children and others. What are they learning from you? God created marriage on earth when he formed Eve out of the rib of Adam in the Garden of Eden. When God presented Eve to [...]
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by Jack Minor While Greeley had a single instance of a teacher cheating on the CSAP, Atlanta has a far more widespread cheating problem; reportedly caused by a culture that is “run like the mob.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed that a special investigation by the governor revealed that 178 educators, including 38 principals in three school [...]
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By: Carol Clemans The court case that has been watched across the nation this week regarding the death and cruel disposal of a two-year old girl’s body ended with a shocking verdict of ‘not guilty’ for the young mother. The mother was found guilty of lying on four counts. Because there was no [...]
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By: Carol Clemans - www.carolclemans.org - Selfishness is the root of all abuse in relationships. The definition of selfish is “lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure.” Being selfish started with Lucifer when he was an angel in heaven. He observed the angels worshipping and praising God and decided he [...]
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Carol’s Corner Guest Column By Carol Clemans Father’s Day can be a happy celebration or a day of painful memories and experiences. God ordained family to be a father, mother and children. God gives easy instructions to raise children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. The word ‘fear’ means to understand the greatness [...]
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By: Carol Clemans www.carolclemans.og We are hit in the news again this week with a well-known politician who is an immoral person proven through his actions!! Some people are saying, “We’ve had immoral politicians throughout history – so what?” Here’s the ‘so what’: if a politician is immoral and a liar in his personal [...]
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Teachers, other employees fear retaliation for talking to board members at Reese town hall meeting Story and photo By Jack Minor Former and current School District 6 employees spoke out during a town hall meeting held by Brett Reese saying they were afraid to discuss the problems in the district, fearing it might cost them [...]
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BY: Carol Clemans www.carolclemans.org – I’m celebrating Memorial Day weekend in California with family and friends. We Americans are so blessed to live in a nation with freedom to worship God and live our lives to glorify God. My thanks today goes to all the service men and women who have fought for our [...]
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Statement missing specific details of charges despite Reese calling for openness, transparency Gazette Opinion The District 6 board of education issued a censure today of fellow member Brett Reese, without providing any specific details of the charges against him, simply telling the public “trust us, we investigated the matter and he violated policy.” In a [...]
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Board closes meeting, despite Reese’s call for openness and transparency Story and Photo By Jack Minor The District 6 board of education held a closed meeting to discuss actions to take against Brett Reese following an anonymous sexual harassment claim after he complimented an older Winograd first grade teacher on her wedding ring. The board announced a public [...]
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Board has held number of special meetings with short notice by Jack Minor Recent local “news” has focused on the attendance of Brett Reese at school board meetings, however, one other board member has the same number of absences since the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Since the end of May, 2010, when the [...]
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CHILDREN + INTERNET = DANGERGuest Column By Carol Clemans The Internet is an unbelievable invention. I do not begin to understand how it works, but I’m thankful for it because I use it for my ministry of writing, counseling and teaching. But the Internet has a dark side and every parent needs to be aware. [...]
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