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Mr. Pittman goes to Washington

Dave Pittman of the Recreational Trail Advocates is planning a trip to Washington, DC, to talk with Senator Dick Durbin about the Kellar Branch. Here’s a portion of an e-mail from Mr. Pittman that made its way to my inbox (I took the liberty of correcting some spelling errors):

On Friday, November 2, at 0900 [...]

Reader poll

I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on my little blog here. Do you have any suggestions, critiques, praises, criticisms, preferences, etc., that you’d like to share? Here’s your forum! I promise to listen at least as well as the school board.

Who supplied the alcohol?

One of the questions I’ve had about the tragedy that took Danny Dahlquist’s life revolves around underage drinking. According to today’s paper, “Toxicology testing revealed Dahlquist’s blood-alcohol content was 0.155 percent, almost twice the state’s legal threshold for drunkenness.” Dahlquist was 19 years old.

Who gave him the alcohol?

David Crady, 19, Nicholas [...]

City, Chamber of Commerce endorse Glen Oak School site

The final school siting forum took place Thursday night at Glen Oak School. Over thirty people spoke, a majority of whom favored building two schools including one at the current Glen Oak School site. In addition, there were official presentations by Roberta Parks of the Chamber of Commerce and Bob Manning of the [...]