This time it's both the crime and the cover-up

When should a news story out of Portland have relevance to the readers of the Cheney Free Press?

Probably not much of the time is the short answer.

But in this instance, let’s hope it is NEVER!

What got my attention, and made my blood pressure probably elevated to unhealthy levels, were recent stories in the Portland Oregonian about Norman Scott and the Portland School District.

Scott, a retired teacher, was one of those bad apples that ruin the rest. He was found guilty recently in Clackamas County Circuit Court for sexually abusing six girls in an Oregon City middle school — in one day no le...