Basketball and Salem

November 27, 2007
As I sat here this evening watching the beloved Indiana Hoosiers win yet another basketball game (don’t hate me just because we’re good!), it was almost like watching two games.  The first was when the team-play for the Hoosiers was not very good, and they struggled to do anything right.  The second was [...]

True Success

November 23, 2007
One of the questions we are asked all the time by either parents of potential residents or people in general who ask about our program is, ‘what is your success rate?’  That is an interesting question with a myriad of possible answers.  For us, it usually entails a discussion where we try to [...]

Giving Thanks

November 20, 2007
Here at the ranch we celebrated our Thanksgiving together on Monday before most of the boys head home to spend a long weekend with their families.  We had a wonderful feast prepared for us by our kitchen/all-everything staff Linda, and had the opportunity to share a great time as one whole group; something [...]

Leaves, Leaves, and More Leaves

November 17, 2007
The great thing about Fall is that we finally get a break from the heat of the summer.  The weather cools down, the flies begin to die (yea!), and we begin to look forward to the holidays.  The bad thing about Fall is the leaves.  We don’t have many trees at the ranch, [...]

Everest and Kids

November 13, 2007
As I sit here this evening watching a continuing story about a group of amateur climbers trying to scale Mt. Everest with their expert guides, I am amazed at two things: the enormous amount of planning that must take place prior to and during the climb, and the uncertainty of the outcome regardless [...]

Apollo 11 and Salem Ranch

November 10, 2007
When Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped from his landing craft onto the moon on July 21, 1969, he uttered his famous statement, ‘That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.’  The idea was that individually it was not a significant thing, but for the whole of man, it meant great [...]

Just Horsing Around

November 7, 2007
When you call us here at Salem, if you happen to get our voicemail, you are likely to hear  that we are out chasing horses.  While that may or may not actually be true at the time you call, it does speak to the importance of our horse program.  ‘What is the horse program,’ you may [...]

The Boys of Clinton

November 3, 2007
 
The boys of Clinton cottage continue their remodeling of the cottage.  They have been hard at work completely redoing their bathroom.  They gutted it, fixed some waterlogged drywall, repainted, put on a new floor, and are now putting all the fixtures back in.  They have done all of this with materials that were [...]