April 24, 2012 - Reporter: Brittany Greenfield
Tags: politics, oregon newsKATU News interviewed John Davis of Davis Lock & Safe in Beaverton. Davis is one of the local honest locksmiths helping to expose the illegal and unskilled locksmiths that are using legitimate locksmith businesses names to scam the public. Bogus locksmith will quote low and then demand more after they arrive. You can immediatly spot a phony locksmith if they show up in an unmarked vehicle or out of uniform and in street cloths. And all Oregon Locksmiths must be licenced by the Oregon Contractors Builders Board, so ask for their CCB Licence. Davis advices to put your trusted locksmith's phone number into your cell phones now, BEFORE you have a lock out emergency. If you think you have been scammed, contact the Oregon Construction Contractors Board at 503-378-4621
Tags: politics, oregon news150 years ago today, Vancouver, in Washington Territory, joined the ranks of other cities and communities across the United States in celebrating Ulysses S. Grant's victory over the Confederates at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing back on April 7, 1862. In Boston, Mass., Governor Andrew issued resolutions "inviting the citizens of the Common wealth to join in a general "Te Deum" on Sunday, April 13. The Boston board of brokers voted to send $300 to aid the wounded of Shiloh. In Rhode Island, Lt. Gov. Arnold ordered "a National Salute" fired on the afternoon of April 18 ..." in honor of the great victory in Tennessee." In Vancouver, the soldiers at Fort Vancouver learned about the Union victory at Shiloh and celebrated Grant's triumph with a 17-gun salute on April 24, 1862. A decade earlier, Grant had been a Lieutenant, newly assigned as regimental quartermaster at Fort Vancouver, which at that time was part of the Oregon Territory. Coincidentally, the gun salute in 1862 takes place three days before General Grant turns 40. Today the Oregon Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has created this video to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the gun salute at Fort Vancouver, and as part of their celebration of Ulysses S. Grant's 190th Birthday with a breakfast at the Grant House restaurant located in Officer's Row on Evergreen Blvd, formerly called "Grant Avenue" ; a nature walk around the Officer's Parade Ground in the Historic Reserve, and a tour of Ft. Vancouver. Happy ...
Tags: politics, oregon newsEVIL AND HOLY SOUNDS HEARD WORLDWIDE DAILY 2012!! THE APOCALYPSE IS NOW UPON US!! TruthLives aka HolyWalker 2012 Year Of The Dragon!! Mirrored from: THEYLIVE2012 - Thank you!! Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 USC section 107 of the US Copyright Law
Tags: politics, oregon news01/06/2012 Several Gwinnett parents contacted Channel 2 Action News in outrage after their children brought home a math assignment that referenced slavery and beatings. Christopher Braxton talked with Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh and said he couldn't believe it when he read his 8-year-old son's math homework Wednesday. "It kind of blew me away," Braxton said. "Do you see what I see? Do you really see what I see? He's not answering this question." The question was a word problem that said, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?" Another math problem said, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?" "I was furious at that point in time," Braxton said. "Something like shouldn't be imbedded into a kid of the third, fourth, fifth, any grade," parent Terrance Barnett said. "I'm having to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery or slaves or beatings are in a math problem. That hurts." Both fathers said they contacted the principal of Beaver Ridge Elementary school in Norcross. They wanted to know what the third-grade math teachers were thinking. Kavanaugh brought that question to Gwinnett County School District officials. "In this one, the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity," district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said. Roach explained the teachers were trying to incorporate social studies lessons into the math problems, which is something the school district encourages ...
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