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Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch in Texas Continues to Shatter Records

Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch (www.oakcreekwhitetailranch.com) is proud to announce its new pending records in the SCI record book, for the Midwestern Typical or Non-Typical categories. Oak Creek deer have garnered the following coveted rankings: New #1 &...

Fox News' Ugly, Selective War On Terror

On August 5, 2012, just before 10:30 in the morning, Wade Michael Page pulled up outside the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WI., took out his semi-automatic handgun and started killing worshipers. An Army veteran and an avid bass player in a neo-Nazi rock band, Page murdered two Sikhs outside the house of worship and then made his way inside. Show More Summary

Why violence is an infectious disease

Newtown. Aurora. Oak Creek. A year ago, I’d never even heard of these places, and now those names are permanently imbedded in my mind along with the graphic images of suffering and death. And now, people are finally talking about it. What can we do to prevent these tragedies? How can we protect our society [...]

Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch Joins Forces with Betar Business Works

Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch has selected Betar Business Works to manage its comprehensive marketing strategy efforts. Donald Hill, owner of Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch states, “Joe has taken Oak Creek’s marketing plan to a new level. What I like the most about Joe is his attention to detail and statistics. He has implemented a new [...]Show More Summary

Setting Priorities

9x12 Sketch of Oak Creek - SOLD If you like the painting above, check out the others in my Daily Paintworks page or on my website. I just put out an announcement on my personal Facebook page that if friends want to contact me, they should do so by e-mail or phone. Show More Summary

From the Mailbag: Luminous Water

Oak Creek Ripples, 12x9 pastelAvailable at Auction! A reader writes: I entered a juried pastel show recently and saw a pastel painting that interested me. It was a painting of rapid water flow, as one would see during a spring run-off of water over boulders and small rocks in a stream. Show More Summary

Amit S. Bagga: Oak Creek Massacre: Before a Vote, We Deserve Representation

Our identities as Americans will not be given legitimacy -- or quite literally, airtime -- and we will thus continue to remain faceless victims of yet another tragedy chalked up only to gun violence and not also to hatred and ignora...

Gabby Giffords in new ad: 'Congress must act' on gun laws

4 months agoUS Politics / Liberal : Daily Kos

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords is expanding her campaign for improved gun laws with this ad, backed by a six-figure buy. Over images of Aurora, Tucson, Oak Creek, and Newtown, and text noting that "9 out of 10 Americans support universal background checks," Giffords says: We have a problem—where we shop, where we pray, where our children go to school. Show More Summary

Extra Extra: Police Officer Wounded In Sikh Temple Shooting To Attend State Of The Union

The police officer who was wounded during a shooting at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., in August will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of the First Lady [ more › ]

Gun debate: Where is the middle ground?

Washington (CNN) - Amardeep Kaleka will never forget the moment when his father laid on the ground and prayed. Satwant Singh Kaleka had been shot five times while wresting a gunman in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. His turban was knocked off, and two kids and a priest crawled up beside him. Together, [...]

News From Temple: Pig Statue Recovered

Of the three pig statues in Temple, Texas' Oak Creek Park, it was the wee-ist that was stolen by an unnamed party over a week ago. [ more › ]

A.M. Links: Obama Meeting With Police Chiefs from Mass Shooting Towns, Milwaukee Police Chief Urges Gun Ownership, Berlusconi Praises Mussolini

5 months agoNews : Reason

President Obama will meet with police chiefs in Aurora, Oak Creek and Newtown, towns where mass shootings occurred last year. Milwaukee’s police chief, meanwhile, explained in his latest PSA that when calling 911 isn’t enough you should...Show More Summary

Aldeas of Oak Creek

Inventory on 25th January 2012: 2-1-6. Irvine seems to be settling in the new normal of low inventory. As expected, property values are rising steadily keeping pace with the declining inventory. Condominiums that foreclosed for around $500,000 are now back into the market after some sprucing up for a bigger price tag. Show More Summary

Chiefs from mass-shooting towns to meet with Obama

Obama is drawing attention to the worst shootings of 2012, inviting the police chiefs from: Aurora, Colo., where 12 were killed in July; Oak Creek, Wis., where six died in a Sikh temple assault: and Newtown, Conn., scene of the most recent mass tragedy that left 20 first-graders dead.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: End the Flow of Illegal Guns

From Tucson, to Aurora, to Oak Creek, Wisc., to Sandy Hook Elementary School, there seems to be a never ending series of mass tragedies at...

2012: The Year of Mass Shootings

Six dead in an Oak Creek, Wisc., Sikh temple. Four killed in an Atlanta day spa. Five killed in a Seattle coffee shop. Six killed at a Minneapolis sign company. Seven killed at an Oakland religious college. Twelve killed and 58 wounded at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Show More Summary

The 151 Victims of Mass Shootings This Year

Though 2012 marked victories and milestones for public figures such as President Obama, Gabby Douglas and Jay-Z and Beyoncé, it has also proved tragic beyond words for Sikh worshippers at a temple in Oak Creek, Wis.; the families of elementary school children and educators in Newtown, Conn.; and Batman fans in Aurora, Colo. Read full article...

Journey from Oak Creek to Newtown

When my plane landed in Connecticut early Friday afternoon, I was glad to be home. I had just spent the week in Oak Creek, Wis., with families of victims murdered in the mass shooting on Aug. 5, 2012 at a Sikh temple. Their grief is still fresh, and it was both heart-breaking and cathartic to facilitate discussion and healing. Show More Summary

No rise in mass killings, but their impact is huge

A gold plaque hangs next to a bullet hole in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a lone gunman killed six worshippers and injured three others last August. It is engraved with the words, "We Are One."

Irvine Housing by the Numbers - December Update

Here is an updated list of the housing numbers for each of Irvine’s neighborhood. Of note, the year-over-year price per square foot increased for all Irvine neighborhoods except Northwood (-6%) Oak Creek (-12.2%), and Portola Springs...Show More Summary

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