It’s that time of year again when all the big yellow school buses are back on the roads. That means so are a lot of children.
I want to thank Char Phillips for her piece about drivers and the attention they need to pay to pedestrians, bicyclists and horses (“Island roads: We are all responsible for safety,” Sept. 7).
The flurry of concern about school start times and teen sleep seems to miss the point.
About 25 years ago, my daughter and I were horseback riding in Yellowstone National Park. It was early morning, fresh and cool. We were on a trail that opened into a large meadow when suddenly from the rocks above us a pack of 10 or 12 coyotes appeared
If I told you that the first step toward saving civilization as we know it and derailing a headlong gallop into a horrible future for our grandchildren was to spend an afternoon standing with the rest of the world, one afternoon, would you do it?
As the first weeks of school descend and my son begins his adventures at McMurray, I am stunned to see that his time for recess has gone from almost an hour a day at Chautauqua to practically zero at the middle school. Sixth-graders are required to take only one semester of P.E.
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” These beautiful lyrics from Leonard Cohen’s “Anthem” were invoked by Mary Kay Rauma in her Sept. 10 article “When the world seems dark, light can get in.”
With the suicide death of my friend Kirsten, I am reminded of my own struggles with depression. Since the age of 17, I have battled depression, leading to days and weeks contemplating ending my life. I want to share with you a message of hope. No matter how far down you are, there is help, a way out of the seemingly endless darkness.
My name is Joe, I’m 69 years old, and I’ve lived on the island for 14 years.
About traffic patrols at the Fauntleroy dock: Why so expensive? Granted, I’m unschooled in public policy, but $71,000 a year for 21 hours a week for a ferry employee or $300,000 a year for a police cadet seems like a lot!
Our children’s future may be the most obvious reason for stopping the use of toxic chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on this beautiful island. Let’s be responsible for our actions now to prevent further destruction of our agricultural system; let’s avoid leaving behind a bigger problem for the future generations.
Money talks when it comes to chemicals
Oh my! It looks like the sacred dollar has influenced another well-meant effort to encourage people to do something to help the environment into a position of “can’t prove nothin’, wait and see.” How sad.
All the talk this summer about ferry delays, two-boat solutions, state legislature gridlock and the need to hire back the state patrol cadets seems to overlook the obvious: Why not do what Anacortes did years ago and install a traffic light where the dock meets Fauntleroy Way?