Monthly Archives: June 2007

Mrs. Hovind sentenced

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Brandon Haught

Wife of Dr. Dino, Jo Hovind, was sentenced to a year in federal prison and has to pay $8,000.  Her husband, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and Pensacola’s defunct Dinosaur Adventure Land, was found guilty in November of 58 federal counts, … Continue reading →

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FCAT scores in the morning

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Brandon Haught

School A-F grades are expected to be released tomorrow (Friday) morning. As has been mentioned in every doggone FCAT news story about school grades, the expectations are low because of the science FCAT counting for the first time.

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Learning something new: meat-flavored water

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Brandon Haught

It’s been a while since I’ve done a “learning something new every day” post. But I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share some meat-flavored water with you. Well, not with you, but rather with your dog. The day has … Continue reading →

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Yecke Information Challenged

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Brandon Haught

— Updated: Story about Yecke in the St. Petersburg Times. — The following press release has been sent out to Florida media: Internet Company Tries to Sanitize Old Information about Yecke Dr. Cheri Pierson Yecke, K-12 chancellor for Florida’s Department of … Continue reading →

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Balanced presentation policy?

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The Alachua County School Board met recently and judging from this story, it was a fightin’ affair from start to finish. All sorts of people were irritated about all sorts of things. Near the end of the story is an … Continue reading →

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New Florida Commissioner of Education search

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The search for Florida’s next Commissioner of Education is on. You can check up on the search status and who has applied here. The site only recently went up, so no applicants are listed yet. You can also see the … Continue reading →

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Minnesota information relevant to Florida antievolution

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Brandon Haught

Wesley Elsberry is looking for some Minnesota Department of Education information from 2003. Depending on what he digs up, he might find it to be connected to activity here in Florida today. Please help him out if you can.

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Whitney Laboratory seeking volunteers

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Brandon Haught

I got the following via e-mail today. It sounds like a fun volunteer opportunity. The field of dreams needs you Volunteers have never been more in demand at the Lab. The functional and beautiful Center for Marine Studies affirms the … Continue reading →

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