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Willamina Elementary Takes School Lunch to the White House

Lynne Duda, Nutrition Services Director for Willamina School District, to be honored by First Lady Obama at HealthierUS Schools Challenge White House Reception

(WILLAMINA, Ore.) - Willamina School Nutrition Director Lynne Duda is headed to the White House to attend a reception hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama in honor of the school's accomplishments in serving healthy school meals.

Mrs. Obama invited the Willamina School District official to a July 29 reception on the White House South Lawn honoring participants in the HealthierUS Schools Challenge Program.

Jobless Combat Veterans: Another Horrible Betrayal

There are very few military skills which are transferable to civilian life.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - An Associated Press article in The Oregonian June 30, 2011 prompts this article.

Several newspapers have published that homeless veterans in the U.S. number about 300,000.

A Brilliant and Courageous Statement

Thoughts on Venezuela's president from one of Latin America's longest running political figure.

(HAVANA, Cuba ) - Attending to other matters that are now top priority, I momentarily strayed from the frequency with which I had been writing reflections in the year 2010; however, Hugo Chávez Frías’ proclamation last Thursday the 30th, obliges me to write these lines.

The president of Venezuela is one of the men who has done the most for the health and education of his people...

For the Record... Declaration of Cultural Revolutionaries

The unofficial rules that guide brave minds in action for the betterment of mankind.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The world is ever evolving, but the highly unnatural militant direction man has chosen is wrong so often that there are few examples of it being right.

The greed of man that has led to so much contamination and desecration of Mother Earth is not always monetary; sometimes it is based on jealousy, sometimes it is racism, sometimes it is religion, sometimes it is a combination of all of these and more.

Gaza`s children parachute into record books for third year in a row

“I was confident that we would succeed, and feel so proud of our achievement,” - Haitham El Ghoul, 12

(GAZA CITY) - Keeping their feet firmly on the ground, Gaza’s children stormed into the Guinness Book of World Records for the third year straight today, as they broke the record for the world’s biggest parachute game.

Schoolchildren from across the Gaza Strip gathered at Khan Younis stadium late this afternoon for the first of four world records they will attempt to break in Gaza this summer.

Operation Support Hope

“And he, who I thought was my neighbor, came with swift and easy hate in his hands...” - Paul Laurence Dunbar

(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) - “Stop the dying” was the order of the day in Entebbe, Uganda in late July 1994. An American Joint Task Force (JTF) was located on the fourth floor of the Entebbe Airport.

The JTF had been tasked by Washington to provide support to the Rwandan civil conflict that was causing a massive humanitarian disaster.

Freedom Flotilla II sets sail for Gaza

Freedom Flotilla aid ship is setting sail for Gaza again.

(MELBOURNE) - The Palestinian message on the ground is clear, but no one’s listening. They won’t accept surrender for peace. They want nothing less than freedom and justice in their own unoccupied land.

The aid flotilla is being organized by a coalition of pro-Palestinian groups, most of them based in Europe, the Associated Press reported.

WWII B-17 Bomber Force Lands on Fire, Destroyed

Seven souls walk away unharmed thanks to a top notch pilot and crew.

(SALEM, Ore.) - One of the remaining World War Two B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber aircraft in existence, the 'Liberty Belle', was forced to make an emergency landing in an Illinois cornfield Monday while on fire.

All seven aboard safely escaped after the plane landed. The plane was owned and operated by The Liberty Foundation in Miami.

Allah-Muslim or God-Christianity / Which One?

One of three poems in this special Sunday Poetry triple-shot.

(CLEVELAND) - Church & school are supposed to be bookends holding our kids together in the middle. However, with schools out of whack (not all but most it seems) and churches filled with just as much disrespect, is it any wonder our society is having a multitude of problems?

Let's face it, if things were going the way of the blessings not curses of the bible, well, there'd be no Salem-News.Com. Deuteronomy 30:19!

We each need to Become a World-Class `Ass-Ache`

"Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them" - Charlie Reese

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Do you know who Charlie Reese is? Well, you will know who he is and will probably remember his name for a considerable period after reading this article.

Charlie Reese was a syndicated columnist who worked for the Orlando Sentinel until he retired on August 30, 2008. He was a journalist who was plainspoken and honest.