Love, Individualism, Vision and Effort were the four non-negotiable principles Clover Park School District Superintendent Ron Banner instilled in his adopted son, Zach Banner, an offensive tackle for the Pittsburg Steelers. In an April 19, 2010 article entitled Zach Banner – A Profile in Character, Chris Fetters wrote: “The basis of Ron’s teachings toward Zach […]
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Letter: Still Hand-in-hand
The cathedral ceiling was just as beautiful as it was on the day a half-century before when – just announced as husband and wife – they had walked hand-in-hand back down the rose-petal strewn aisle. On that day, family and friends had smiled broadly, stood proudly and clapped loudly. The bride’s mother had unsuccessfully brushed […]
Across the Fence: Communicating on a Deeper Level
By profession, Stefanie Skupin from Tonasket, WA, is a veterinarian. But she doesn’t practice in the United States. Instead, she has created her own field of work – that of a communicator and facilitator. With animals and with people. Something that began way back when she started out in Cape Town, South Africa. “I have […]
Letter: At The End Of The Dock A Restoring Of Hope
A soul-shattering, bone-chilling, suffocating fog of grief had descended upon my world. The eerie, graveyard quiet was impenetrable. Absolutely nothing beyond the end of the dock where I had sat was observable. Except for the still water, all had been lost in the gray shroud of unfathomable sorrow. Death had not taken a Christmas holiday. […]
Across the Fence: An Ending
As this is the last weekend The Suburban Times is published in 2020, I wish to thank the readers who bore so kindly with me this year and commented so wonderfully. For once, I thought on a festive occasion like this, a poem – in this case, a sonnet – might be an appropriate response. […]
Letter: The Race Track Of Difference
Stacked like a sardine in a collection of Matchbox and Hot Wheels Cars – caught in the crush of a child’s pile of autos distinctive for their yesteryear look of cool designs, flashy decals and hip hubcaps – is THAT ONE different car. If it had a life, it remembers the day it rolled off […]
Letter: Clover Park School Board member’s resignation demanded
Taniesha Lyons is demanding the resignation of Paul Wagemann, member of the Clover Park School Board since 2009. A special meeting of the school board to address the matter has been scheduled for Monday, December 21. The meeting agenda provides the link and password to join the webinar. Lyons ran against Wagemann in 2019 and […]
Letter: There Is Room
When George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” was first performed at noon in the New Music Hall in Dublin, Ireland on April 13, 1742 in Dublin, there was no room in the hall. There was no room for gentlemen to wear their swords; there was no room for ladies to wear hoops in their dresses. With an […]
Across the Fence: … and Peace on Earth
Apart from this pandemic to end that has cost so many lives already, what do we most wish for these days? Apart from the stuff that we can buy with money … I think, the angels’ Christmas message in the Bible puts it pretty close to what every other religion in the world makes their […]