North Carolina or Bust

September 24, 2008
The last several days a few of our guys earned an opportunity to get off the ranch and do several things they have never done before.  It all started last month when we put together a reward trip to Rocky Mount, NC to thank Calvary Baptist Church for the work they do every [...]

9/11/2001

September 11, 2008
 
Today, I will be very brief. 
 
I simply ask you to remember 9/11/01.  Remember everything about it.  Remember where you were and what you were doing.  Remember your first thoughts when you heard that the towers had been hit.  Remember how your concern (fear?) compounded when you heard the Pentagon was hit.  And [...]

The Value of a Horse

September 8, 2008
This is a lengthy article but well worth your time.  This article was posted in www.arabianhorsevm.com, an on-line virtual horse magazine.  Thanks Jo, for the great job you do in running our equine program!
 
 

Salem Ranch, also known as Salem Children’s Home, was chartered by the state of Illinois on December 22, 1896 with [...]

Surviving Hurricanes

September 4, 2008
Everyone, but especially the people of New Orleans, breathed a big sigh of relief early this week as hurricane Gustav made landfall and caused relatively minimal damage to the Big Easy.  It seems the lessons learned from Katrina were taken to heart and preparations made so that the calamity that occurred on a [...]