On Saturday, I participated in a one-year-late commencement ceremony at Augustana. My class of 2020 finally got our graduation after the pandemic thwarted ours last year.
As a school district, we utilize summer to deep-clean facilities, perform building maintenance, conduct upgrades, and continue working through construction projects.
Pastor Harold Salem was a man that I was proud to count as a friend and as a mentor. He had been at the same church for 50 years, building a solid congregation, a Christian school, and an international television ministry.
Growing up in the ‘70s, there were three occasions where I faced the barrel of a gun. And every time, as it turns out, I was the intended target––all at the expense of what kids from the neighborhood believed to be “innocent fun.”
Now that the weather has finally warmed up and a good number of people have their annual planters, gardens, and landscapes out and ready to go, how do you keep them looking their best?
