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Escalante continues to get lots of publicity about our Grand Staircase. I’ve been working with some of the local businesses to create one-page web sites to use as grabbers and then link to various Escalante Businesses. I’ve been using pull quotes from various articles published about the area over the years. As I get them done I’ll share them, the list of articles is pretty impressive.
Are you ready for some summer reading? Summer? Winter just quit (I hope). There’s only a month of school left and the longest day of the year is only 60 days away, so get ready. You might pick up a book a month (remember the old club?) and be prepared to loll the summer days away (after you’re done canning, gardening, making repairs to the house, barn and fences, getting the kids school clothes made and planning your Christmas gifts).
Printed material s are on a downward slope straight to the e-screen versions of newspapers, magazines and books. Amazon has a book reader you can buy and download books to read. Its call the Kindle. Somehow it’s just not the same as curling up with a good book. Until they completely go away, here’s a few you might consider:
“Animals Make Us Human”, by Temple Gradin and Catherine Johnson, the second non-fiction about a pets right to a “decent life” and “a painless death”. For politicos, “The Rules of the Game”, by Leonard Downie Jr. will keep you on the edge of your chair. Using his 17 years with the Washington Post, Downie uses the material for a different twist. Don’t forget, its fiction. Lastly, if you like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural skills you’ll be intrigued by “The Women”, written by TC Boyle. You’ll learn of the other side of this complicated man. The story is about love, not architecture.
Garfield County School Board met at Escalante High last week. I attended the work session and found new members asking hard questions focused on educating our children. Make no mistake, there are five strong-minded Board members with their own sets of priorities. But with this board, it’s not about who will win or lose, it’s about how they work together. So far it’s lookin’ good. There’s a budget work session scheduled for May 6th at Bruce Valley High School. Check the district’s website for confirmation of the date, place and time.
My thanks to Supt. Parks for making sure the agendas are posted to the state website, http://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html. If you’re interested in the board meetings and their content, you can sign up to get agendas e-mailed to you from that site. Now if we could get Garfield County to post theirs the miles between us would be fewer.
Until next week – - –