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Scurvy Dog 
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Posted on: Jun. 18 2005,1:45 pm |
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| Quote (Liberal @ June 18 2005,1:40,pm) | I posted a picture of the building back in Feb.
[quote=Liberal,Feb. 13 2005,6:32,pm]This was known as Abbott school when I was a kid and it was burned out. I went to school at Lakeview across the street and I heard 5-6 different stories of why it burned. It's a nice apartment building these days.
Anyone know how it really burned? |
Ask Ed Shannon. He loves writing about things like that. He does plan his columns and articles quite a bit ahead of time, though.
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Jun. 18 2005,4:12 pm |
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| Quote | | James J. Hill, the railroad baron, donated a central heating unit to the school. |
Imagine a member of the Uber-rich donating anything to a school nowadays...
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Jun. 21 2005,9:59 pm |
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Where was Albert Lea Jr. college located? It closed about 1940 and was relocated to Austin. Austin had a 2 year U of Minnesota campus at one time, too. There is one building remaining from that campus, it is on about the 800 block of 2nd avenue southwest.
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Jun. 22 2005,9:56 am |
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| Quote | | Imagine a member of the Uber-rich donating anything to a school nowadays... |
It's easy to attack "the rich"--that's cynical. I typed in "Philanthropy" on Google--received over 9,000,000 hits. Searching within catagory under "education" still produced a million hits.
According to Philanthropy today, last year individuals gave $212 BILLION dollars to charitable organizations--and education is one of the chief beneficiaries.
Corporate philanthropy was not listed as a total amount, but most large corporations have philanthropic endowments.
Here's an article from AP
| Quote | The richest man in the world gave the largest charitable donation ever this weekend. The $6 billion gift, given by Microsoft CEO Bill Gates to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, brings the assets of that foundation to a lofty $17.1 billion.
As reported previously in WinInfo, Gates plans on doling out the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, focusing on gifts that will solve global health and education problems. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation receives the majority of these gifts.
"Bill and Melinda have made a gift of about $5 billion every quarter," says Foundation chairperson Patty Stonesifer.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the second wealthiest in the world, temporarily surpassed only by the Wellcome Trust, in London, which has assets of $19.2 billion.
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17 Billion--and that doesn't count disbursements!
One local company I'm familiar with--Larson Manufacturing--is the largest philanthropist in South Dakota. They also give generously to the schools and communities in Lake Mills--and in Albert Lea.
Interesting fact--The Chronicle of philanthropy ranked the generosity of the top 100 metro areas in the U.S. --according to household income vs. charitable giving. Minneapolis came in third, behind Salt Lake and Grand Rapids. The East Coast, as a whole scored low.
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Jun. 22 2005,2:39 pm |
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I stand corrected.
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Liberal
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Posted on: Jun. 22 2005,2:57 pm |
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It's easy to attack "the rich"--that's cynical. I typed in "Philanthropy" on Google--received over 9,000,000 hits. Searching within catagory under "education" still produced a million hits.
According to Philanthropy today, last year individuals gave $212 BILLION dollars to charitable organizations--and education is one of the chief beneficiaries.
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We spent more money than that killing Muslims last year. And what's with using google responses as a reference? If you type in moron you get nearly 2 million hits but the first one is always linked to Bush, what does that tell you?
http://www.google.com/search?....q=moron
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Ole1kanobe
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Posted on: Jun. 22 2005,3:22 pm |
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| Quote | | Anyone know how it really burned? |
By fire?
LMAO  
Sorry, someone had to do it.
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Some of what is said here (myself included) is about as tolerable as listening to someone vacuum a cat.
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Scurvy Dog
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Posted on: Jun. 22 2005,3:35 pm |
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