I was born in 1920 in New Almeno, Kan. I grew up in Klamath Falls, Ore. In 1937, my father, Frank Schnabel, returned from Alaska, where he had sought work during the Great Depression. He told me and my brothers about an old burned-out sawmill boiler, engine and carriage that could be bought for $500 and thought that this could be an opportunity to lift ourselves out of the manual laboring class.
President Richard Nixon’s greatest crime was not the Watergate burglary. Watergate was like failing to say ”Excuse me, please” when you sneeze while you rob a bank. The far more heinous crime, the bank robbery itself, was Nixon’s signing of the Endangered Species Act.
By Leonard Doyle The water slapped gently against the side of our sea kayaks as we paddled out from Skull Cove in the early morning sunshine in search of grey whales.
The struggles continue over a number of environmental controversies, including oil and gas drilling in the Rockies, forest fires, the diversion of funds meant to be invested in land acquisition, and logging in road-free portions of our national forests.
Fairbanks North Star Borough officials say growth is steady in employment, construction, military troop assignments and tourism, while freight movement at the city's airport has declined.
Joseph Carl Turney, 89, passed away quietly at home on Sept. 13, 2006, with his wife by his side. Joe was born to Frank and Elizabeth Turney on May 8, 1917, in Milwaukie, Ore. He was the sixth of 10 children.
By MATTHEW LUSK | Las Vegas, Nev. As I read the online version of the La Crosse Tribune as a former resident of your area, I cannot help but make an observation and ask a question.
Have a news tip, item of gossip or incriminating e-mail to send us? Contact us: law@timesonline.co.uk Call us childish, but... A suspect was sent to the cells by a magistrate in Blackpool after breaking wind in court, the Press Association reports this morning.
