Submitted by John Arbeeny. At the 10 January 2022 Clover Park School Board meeting Director David Anderson made motion “that the school Board have on its regular agenda, as soon as time for relevant reports are prepared, the subject of school discipline.” The motion, seconded by Director Paul Wagemann, was passed unanimously by the Board. […]
To Ponder
Letter: Lakewood Potholes
On January 9th the City of Lakewood posted an update on the Gravelly Lake Dr. construction. On January 10th I commented on how other roads have been negatively effected. Well today, Monday January 17th 2022 I would like to start a timer to see how long it takes the City to fill the potholes along […]
The Diner
I was headed back home to the wet side, the west side of the Washington Cascades to Tacoma Town. The day started out driving to Wenatchee in eastern Washington to meet up with a fella to talk business. It’d been a good day. Hunger pestered me on the long drive back, so after I went […]
Observations and commentary on the Jan. 10 Clover Park School Board Meeting
Submitted by John Arbeeny. I attended the 10 January 2022 Clover Park School District (CPSD) Board meeting which was conducted both “virtually” and in person which was the right thing to do and a pleasant surprise. However we are still awaiting the minutes for the 13 December 2021 which will not be forthcoming before the […]
Across the Fence: In Hibernation Mode
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. The Holidays are over. January has sneaked in on us with snow and ice. At one point, Western Washington was totally cut off from the outside world (except the seaports) because pretty much all SeaTac flights were cancelled, the mountain passes were closed, and a 20-mile-stretch of I-5 south of Chehalis […]
Letter: Covid safety protocols not enforced in CPSD schools
Submitted by Laurie Sison, Hudtloff Middle School Teacher. I am a teacher in the Clover Park School District. Since September 2021, I have been asking for support for students who refuse to follow mask protocols set in place by our district. There has been no significant support. There was not even a policy until I began […]
Kid Life; Young Adult Life, mid 20’s. The Carpenter Apprentice
It was the upper/mid 1970’s, I’d been working at a local Big Boy Restaurant for the past few years; Kebo’s Big Boy. Went from bein’ a dishwasher to a cook to a night manager since graduation from high school in 1972/Lakes, back then. Married a beautiful young gal a year or so younger than I […]
Silent Sky – Tacoma Little Threatre – Henrietta Leavitt Gave Us the Tools to Measure Distances in the Universe
“Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a “computer”, tasked with examining photographic plates in order to measure and catalog the brightness of stars. This work led her to discover the relation between the luminosity […]
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Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. It has been a wild two weeks for many of our County colleagues. Getting snow off miles of our county roads and protecting our unhoused community from subfreezing temperatures took the urgent efforts of many in our Planning & Public Works, Emergency Management and Human Services Departments. And just […]