The Week in History

Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic.

Quotes of the Week

“It is really unfortunate that it took that level of parental distress to bring this issue to the sunshine.”

Adopt-A-Family

Each year the S.B. Salvation Army helps upward of 300 families, who have fallen on hard times due to job layoffs and the shrinking job market, get through the holidays with its Christmas Adopt-a-Family program.

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