Submitted by John Arbeeny. I just finished reviewing 123 Clover Park School Board minutes from 2016 through 2021. My conclusions are based upon what typically appears to be condensed minutes which do not have a lot of detail. On significant issues, such as school reports, equity, accountability, etc. the communication appears primarily in one direction, […]
To Ponder
Letter: Change Needed in University Place School District
Submitted by Richard Mercier. It’s time to make a change to the University Place School Board. We need someone who is young, vibrant, and intelligent with her eyes on the future. We need a mom with a vested interest in our community and who can understand the unique concerns and challenges facing parents today. Whitney […]
Never forget
A story from Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier. Tomorrow we will mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Looking back, it’s almost impossible to imagine the devastation of that day, and the effects that reverberate to this day. I remember the shocking images of planes colliding into the World Trade […]
Across the Fence: A Jewel at our Doorstep
Last weekend we explored our region again. Would you think that after eleven years of living around Western Washington, there are still new discoveries to be made? Indeed! A drive to an area a little beyond Enumclaw took us to the Green River and its incredibly romantic landscape. Luckily, we had decided to go early […]
Wanted: Lakewood people who care about schools, USA’s future, Part III
Submitted by Pad Finnigan. People with Marxist beliefs are infiltrating nearly all corners of American society. One well-known Marxist tool is so-called democratic-socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders who has written the $3.5 trillion federal spending bill now being debated in the Senate. If passed, it would turn America dramatically socialist, possibly irretrievably. And the National Education […]
Writing and The Whole Wide World – Movie Review
I had no idea what The Whole Wide World was about, but it turned out to be about writing. Storyline:“In 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his (pulp fiction writer) ailing mother […]
Wanted: Lakewood people who care about schools, USA’s future, Part II
Submitted by Pad Finnigan. In the previous article, we read how the Clover Park School District is proposing to inject race and racism into its curriculum, supposedly to improve student academic performance. But why? We know the district’s academic standing has gone down, but is race the solution? Some background: Critical Race Theory (CRT) grew […]
Wanted: Lakewood people who care about schools, USA’s future, Part I
Submitted by Pad Finnigan. What’s the deal? Well, briefly, the school district wants to implement a racist policy that will pit white students against all others and label white students as oppressors and the others oppressed. That’s like segregation all over again. Not what Americans ever want again. And maybe the worst part this obsession […]
Chloe, the Beloved Service Dog – A Short Story
It was my buddy’s birthday and I invited him out for a round or two. We’re both long divorced. I could afford to splurge a little bit, knowing that my birthday was just two weeks off and I figured that Jimbo would reciprocate. We had a great time, ate what was bad for us and […]