Monthly Archives: November 2007

Two more science standards meetings

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Brandon Haught

There will be two more public meetings concerning the new draft state science standards. If these meetings are in your area, please mark your calenders and try to attend. We need to show support for these standards! If you are … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Brandon Haught

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! If you’re killing time until the Turkey is done, try your hand at this turkey quiz. I scored 6 out of 10.

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Newspaper blog takes notice

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The Lakeland Ledger has been filling their pages with news about the Polk County School Board’s evolution heartburn quite a bit lately. The newspaper also has a blog, which saw fit to post about Wesley Elsberry’s recent open letter to … Continue reading →

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Polk County update

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Brandon Haught

A school board meeting was held yesterday in Polk County. It was one of those long affairs as it was the annual organization meeting where officers are voted on and such. Science never came up. Then the public comment period … Continue reading →

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Polk County on alert

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Brandon Haught

I had posted before about a Polk County school board member, Kay Fields, who expressed an interest in intelligent design. Well, the situation just got a whole lot worse. The local newspaper there, the Lakeland Ledger, asked the other board … Continue reading →

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Latest news story

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Brandon Haught

TV station Bay News 9 ran a piece on the state science standards, choosing to make the story a dueling quotes war between FCS member Johnathan Smith and Polk County school board member Kay Fields. “To me, just showing evolution … Continue reading →

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Last night’s science standards meeting

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Brandon Haught

The Orlando Sentinel reports that several people attended last night’s meeting in Orlando about the new draft science standards with the objective of promoting intelligent design and complaining about evolution. But several people who spoke Thursday urged state Department of … Continue reading →

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A real head-scratcher

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Brandon Haught

A central Florida TV station has a short writeup on its website entitled Creationism Vs. Evolution. That headline is the first problem. It’s unfortunate that the media so often likes to present a so-called “balanced” story. Creationism is not going to … Continue reading →

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