New Gracie Post

“Rice Cereal Sucks” (Gracie’s blog) has been updated.
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Oregon’s Foster Care System

 
Hey all,
 
I was originally going to title this post “Brian’s Song,” but for the sake o’ the search engines, I went with the title above.
 
When I read the article “Oregon needs more classrooms, not more cells” in the October 5th issue of the Oregonian, admittedly, I glossed over the following statement:
 
“Mannix would make Oregon the [...]

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A Tribute

Hey all,
 
Okay, stick with me through this post and I promise that all the threads will come together at the end, lol…
 
Maybe it’s because I just buried my father this week…no, let me correct that, it is because I just buried my father this week that I’m thinking about eulogies.
 
We had a wonderful memorial [...]

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Dad’s Memorial

 

Frank Leon Perkins was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up, along with his brothers Raymond and Vern, and his sister Marlene, on a small farm where the Washington Sq. Mall is now located.

 
Working as a machinist, Frank took night-school courses to earn his Fry Cook license, and later graduated from Portland Community College with [...]

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Frank Leon Perkins

Dear family and friends,
 
I wanted to let you know that my Dad, Frank Leon Perkins, finished his race yesterday and has gone home to be with the Lord.
 
 

Frank Leon Perkins
August 16th 1939 – September 30th 2008.
 
Dad had been in the hospital since last Monday with low blood sugar and an irregular heart rate, he had [...]

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