Submitted by Candyce Hernandez. The ransomware is no longer a viable excuse to not have your things together. It is a new school year and things are still in disarray. It almost seems as though you use it as a scapegoat for incompetence. Your lack of communication is apparent in the way you left the […]
To Ponder
Letter: Truth, Trust, and Transparency in University Place school board
Submitted by Richard Mercier. Thank you, voters, for propelling Whitney Holz through the primaries and on to the General election. There is never a wrong time to do the right thing and now is the time to do the right thing and elect Whitney Holz to the University Place School Board. She believes, as I […]
All Shook Up – What Dancing Meant to Me and Still Does!
Don, his sister Deedee and I went to see All Shook Up at the Tacoma Musical Theatre. The energy, the singing, the dancing, the costumes, the sets, all of these reminded me of being a teenager: just waiting to be grown up enough to do more exciting things. The burst of feeling when a girl […]
Across the Fence: Looking up
When I was a child, my mother used to show me the Big Dipper in the night sky and Orion. I dutifully nodded but was never able to discover them myself. To me, they were stars like any others. Beautiful to look at. Somewhat mysterious. Certainly, no constellations. Then, our city built a planetarium, and […]
Letter: It’s Not At All Black Or White
Clover Park School District has the third highest percentage of Black or African American residents in Washington. No wonder then that the Tacoma Pierce County Black Collective wanted to know how I, as a candidate for Clover Park School Board, would address one of the Black Collective’s objectives, that of improving the educational outcomes of Black students. […]
Red Hill – Australian Western Movie Review
Storyline: A young police officer must survive his first day’s duty in a small country town. Don’t believe the storyline. Red Hill trailer – imdb.com/video/vi1171917081/ I found Red Hill on Prime. It seemed unassuming and perhaps comical. The film begins with a young couple moving to the small Australian town of Red Hill. The wife […]
All Shook Up – A Review of TMP’s Lively Musical
“All Shook Up” has 17 scenes, and 25 songs. We were there on opening night. Imagine having every song that Elvis recorded to pick from. According to the Elvis Presley Official Fan Club Elvis recorded approximately 784 songs. Would you play them in order? That would just be a playlist, although the faithful would probably […]
Finding Business on the Internet – Feeder Websites
Feeder Websites – Driving More Traffic to Your Home Page. I have long been a proponent of pathways. The more relevant websites and pathways that lead to your main website the more visitors you will have. Feeder websites provide simple and effective ways to attract targeted traffic via online searches. They are independent websites with […]
Letter: Change Needed in University Place School District
Submitted by William Hodge, Sr., University Place. As a retiree with considerable experiences in working with various governmental and educational boards, I have watched with interest the current race for the University Place School Board Position Number 1 position, and offer the following for University Place voters’ consideration: It is important to note that both […]