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SELCO Community Credit Union, through its annual SPARK! Creative Learning Grants program, has awarded more than $42,000 to 47 educators across Oregon. The program, which provides funding for innovative educational and extracurricular projects, provides grants of as much as $1,000 to K-12 educators across the 27 Oregon counties that SELCO serves. The SPARK! program has long supported teachers who have creative classroom ideas but lack the funds to get those projects off the ground. This year’s...

SELCO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION AWARDS 47 SPARK! CREATIVE LEARNING GRANTS WORTH $42,000 TO 38 OREGON SCHOOLS 13 programs from Central Oregon schools receive grants, which award as much as $1,000 to K-12 educators in SELCO communities across the state (EUGENE) — SELCO Community Credit Union, through its annual SPARK! Creative Learning Grants program has awarded more than $42,000 to 47 educators across Oregon. The program, which provides funding for innovative educational and extracurricular proj...

this is not the first time i have had the opportunity to confront an artistic likeness of myself. a few years ago after the 2008 election, a friend sent me something he found in the gift shop of the national constitutional center in philadelphia. it was a laura bush bobblehead doll he said he found on the clearance shell. -- clearance shelf. i am grateful to know that this work as a permanent home and things to be masterful talent of john howard sandon. you are terrific to work with. -...

about technology and chronic conditions as drivers of health care spending and health care costs. we of course are attempting to understand not just the role that these play in contributing to the health care costs and spending issues but also in particular to start to discuss what is actionable, what can we actually do about these things, are there policy initiatives that would address them that would not contravene some of our own goals in having a robust health care environment that...

bill passed that says when a church speaks out on a political issue on a ballot measure -- some of you may have recall in montana a few years bag where a church was asked to register as a political committee. they said no, they can -- any kind of minister can speak out on a ballot measure without having to sign up as a political committee under state laws. this year weve had two critical bills get through. we have a sponsor of our rights to conscience bill. it says if youre a professio...

What they think could happen if they invested an additional 1.6 million visitors might come to this country, boosting spending by $4 billion and creating 40,000 jobs. the senate was all over this. some republicans having objections saying dont we already spend for this? think about it like a convention and travelers bureau in a local city. you know, you always have those, you know, promotional campaigns that go on and theres really not that done for the u.s. the u.s. is the only developed countr...

this latest winter storm may only be getting start today. well have the latest warnings and delays and what it looks like for your commute right new no did you watch it yesterday? they came, they talked but the white house health care summit may is v been what the president didnt want. did the give and take accomplish anything? were live at the white house with a full report just aid head. desperately needed supplies still not reaching those who need it in haiti. still, held up by re...