August 2002 About this issue: Feature Whatever Happened to the August 01, 2002 | Joe Willey, Joe Willey By most counts, the '50s was a great time to be alive. World War II was over. Europe was emerging from ruins. The economy was booming. Jobs were plentiful.But it wasn't all roses. Perhaps the greatest fear for Pacific Northwesterners was that the ... More Features It Takes a Team High-schooler Patricia was miserable at home, physically, mentally, and verbally abused by her step-father. Her grades were dropping, and life at home had become unbearable.“I doubted that I would live to see adulthood,” she remembers, “and at tim... Read more Whatever Happened to the By most counts, the '50s was a great time to be alive. World War II was over. Europe was emerging from ruins. The economy was booming. Jobs were plentiful.But it wasn't all roses. Perhaps the greatest fear for Pacific Northwesterners was that the ... Read more Whatever Happened to the By most counts, the '50s was a great time to be alive. World War II was over. Europe was emerging from ruins. The economy was booming. Jobs were plentiful.But it wasn't all roses. Perhaps the greatest fear for Pacific Northwesterners was that the ... Read more Student Scholarships No student who really wants to attend this Adventist school and is willing to work hard to be here will be turned away for financial reasons. No one.Hard times. Skidding stock markets. Flat sales. Threatened layoffs. Unemployment. The temptation t... Read more Student Scholarships No student who really wants to attend this Adventist school and is willing to work hard to be here will be turned away for financial reasons. No one.Hard times. Skidding stock markets. Flat sales. Threatened layoffs. Unemployment. The temptation t... Read more Others This month in history The following events took place during the month of August:1821Missouri is admitted as the 24th state.1894The United States administration of Grover Cleveland recognizes the Republic of Hawaii.1926Gertrude Ederle of the United States becomes the f... Read more Christian Education It Takes a Team Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders this month are turning their attention to a new school year, and they’re not alone.Committees are meeting, and boards are busy caring for physical plants and the needs of faculty they supervise. Parents are str... Read more Blaring Walls & Falling Trumpets? My kindergarten/preschool students in the Sutherlin, Ore., Adventist School just got through marching around the “Walls of Jericho.”They did it six silent times, then shouted. It’s a great Bible story we adults often regard as childish.But as my k... Read more Interactive Biblical Abortion?A Barna Research Group survey is quoted in the July GLEANER, noting "that Americans are comfortable legalizing activities—such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography—that they feel are immoral.”While the Bible explicitly cond... Read more Christian Education It Takes a Team Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders this month are turning their attention to a new school year, and they’re not alone.Committees are meeting, and boards are busy caring for physical plants and the needs of faculty they supervise. Parents are str... Read more This month in history The following events took place during the month of August:1821Missouri is admitted as the 24th state.1894The United States administration of Grover Cleveland recognizes the Republic of Hawaii.1926Gertrude Ederle of the United States becomes the f... Read more Can you Swing it? I remember when a quarter got you a gallon of gas. A buck scored you a gallon of ice cream. And $4,107.45 paid for a new 1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL (I have my grandpa’s old car parked in my garage—the sticker price still in the glovebox). Read more Interactive Biblical Abortion?A Barna Research Group survey is quoted in the July GLEANER, noting "that Americans are comfortable legalizing activities—such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography—that they feel are immoral.”While the Bible explicitly cond... Read more Blaring Walls & Falling Trumpets? My kindergarten/preschool students in the Sutherlin, Ore., Adventist School just got through marching around the “Walls of Jericho.”They did it six silent times, then shouted. It’s a great Bible story we adults often regard as childish.But as my k... Read more News Whisper a Prayer in the Evening Alaska Names New Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools Gem State Adventist Academy Welcomes New Vice Principal Mt. Ellis Seniors Top off Mission Project Desire of Ages Republished as "Messiah" Pocatello Churchs 2nd Annual Talentless Show Centennial Send-off Tops in Her State Milo Mission Trips Travel Locally and Abroad New Tillamook School Dedicated A Dream to Serve Milo Gives Merit Awards Standing Room Only CAA Musicians Take Lightning Tour Dressed to a Tea Do Missions Pay? Spring Break at Sunset Lake Numbers Nemesis Brookings School Needs More Students Mission Festival Raises $150,000 for India Prayerful Fifth-grader Writes Top Essay Village Church Dedicates Digital Cameras Blue Mountain Television Earns Telly Award Irrigon Members Rejoice as Membership Grows Blue Mountain TV Sees Providence at Work Camp Meeting Theme Honors Those Who Sacrifice All Spokane Junior Academy to Relocate Other Awards Graduates Challenged To Light the World Washington Introduces Executive Committee Members A Redhead’s Reverie In New York Suicide Leap Moves Students to Action
It Takes a Team High-schooler Patricia was miserable at home, physically, mentally, and verbally abused by her step-father. Her grades were dropping, and life at home had become unbearable.“I doubted that I would live to see adulthood,” she remembers, “and at tim... Read more
Whatever Happened to the By most counts, the '50s was a great time to be alive. World War II was over. Europe was emerging from ruins. The economy was booming. Jobs were plentiful.But it wasn't all roses. Perhaps the greatest fear for Pacific Northwesterners was that the ... Read more
Whatever Happened to the By most counts, the '50s was a great time to be alive. World War II was over. Europe was emerging from ruins. The economy was booming. Jobs were plentiful.But it wasn't all roses. Perhaps the greatest fear for Pacific Northwesterners was that the ... Read more
Student Scholarships No student who really wants to attend this Adventist school and is willing to work hard to be here will be turned away for financial reasons. No one.Hard times. Skidding stock markets. Flat sales. Threatened layoffs. Unemployment. The temptation t... Read more
Student Scholarships No student who really wants to attend this Adventist school and is willing to work hard to be here will be turned away for financial reasons. No one.Hard times. Skidding stock markets. Flat sales. Threatened layoffs. Unemployment. The temptation t... Read more
This month in history The following events took place during the month of August:1821Missouri is admitted as the 24th state.1894The United States administration of Grover Cleveland recognizes the Republic of Hawaii.1926Gertrude Ederle of the United States becomes the f... Read more
Christian Education It Takes a Team Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders this month are turning their attention to a new school year, and they’re not alone.Committees are meeting, and boards are busy caring for physical plants and the needs of faculty they supervise. Parents are str... Read more
Blaring Walls & Falling Trumpets? My kindergarten/preschool students in the Sutherlin, Ore., Adventist School just got through marching around the “Walls of Jericho.”They did it six silent times, then shouted. It’s a great Bible story we adults often regard as childish.But as my k... Read more
Interactive Biblical Abortion?A Barna Research Group survey is quoted in the July GLEANER, noting "that Americans are comfortable legalizing activities—such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography—that they feel are immoral.”While the Bible explicitly cond... Read more
Christian Education It Takes a Team Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders this month are turning their attention to a new school year, and they’re not alone.Committees are meeting, and boards are busy caring for physical plants and the needs of faculty they supervise. Parents are str... Read more
This month in history The following events took place during the month of August:1821Missouri is admitted as the 24th state.1894The United States administration of Grover Cleveland recognizes the Republic of Hawaii.1926Gertrude Ederle of the United States becomes the f... Read more
Can you Swing it? I remember when a quarter got you a gallon of gas. A buck scored you a gallon of ice cream. And $4,107.45 paid for a new 1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL (I have my grandpa’s old car parked in my garage—the sticker price still in the glovebox). Read more
Interactive Biblical Abortion?A Barna Research Group survey is quoted in the July GLEANER, noting "that Americans are comfortable legalizing activities—such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography—that they feel are immoral.”While the Bible explicitly cond... Read more
Blaring Walls & Falling Trumpets? My kindergarten/preschool students in the Sutherlin, Ore., Adventist School just got through marching around the “Walls of Jericho.”They did it six silent times, then shouted. It’s a great Bible story we adults often regard as childish.But as my k... Read more
