The Charley Rose show on PBS, Feb. 13, featured Richard Branson. Branson, British entrepreneur and idea-man was discussing the dismal reality of global warming and the critical need to act to halt or slow its effects. As part of his discussion, he threw out a fact which, to me at least, was astonishing.
I agree with other readers that its a good idea to provide The Arlington Times to everyone free of charge. However, I strongly disagree with the delivery process youve chosen. Have you driven up Burn Road lately, or have you visited my neighborhood in Jordan River Trails? The roads are littered with copies of The Arlington Times. It looks terrible. If youre going to continue providing your paper for free, either leave it in newsstands, like the Little Nickel, or provide paper boxes for everyone in your circulation. Its a crime to litter and to those people who dont read The Times, thats exactly what youre doing.
This summer, as I was going to a store down below, I was sitting in my fathers truck as we drove past Arlington to the Interstate. Sitting there for 30 minutes as we drove down to go do something didnt bother me much, but on that summer day a little bit of the city had crawled its way up here and dug its claws into the skyline, proclaiming that we were no longer safe from the city anymore.
Tom Greene is endorsed by police chiefs and sheriffs because he has worked his way to earn all of the skill sets to run a large police agency. Nearly every agency leader has the same set of academic and professional credentials plus experience base. Tom is the only candidate who has earned these and the only candidate that the public does not have to train for four years to be sheriff.
On behalf of our entire family, we wish to thank the Silvana Fair Board for its touching dedication of the 2007 fair to Martin Danner. We were especially moved by the Dedication of the Lamp Post at noon. For many years, dad could not wait to get up at 5 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of July and drag out all of the electrical cords, speakers and do whatever else electrical people needed. He seemed to just get done by 930 a.m., to then run the Kids Games. From the Danner family, thank you.
I am a Vietnam Veteran. Treated like dirt, shunned by most democrats and abused by the Social Welfare System. They are afraid of getting their hands dirty.
The Arlington Library is a community treasure. It is alive with activity from the tiny tots to the seniors leaning on canes. The librarians and staff are helpful, cheerful and pleasant.
For 26 years Arlington has had a thrift store named Helping Hands. People helping people. The store takes donations from the community then sells them back by the bag full.
Welcome to the Crown Ridge Community. Between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., and 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., you can look to your right just after passing the high school, and you will see between 10 and 20 high school students standing, sitting and urinating in the park belonging to the neighborhood.
As an elected official charged with ensuring the safety and well-being of over 5,200 students in the Arlington Public Schools, I feel it is absolutely essential to our community that we continue to have a vital emergency room at Cascade Valley Hospital.
Many thanks to Arlingtons Cascade Valley Hospital for the outstanding care I was given for any emergency surgery in August of last year. I am so thankful that I was properly diagnosed and I was able to be taken in for surgery when I arrived at the hospital. The staff on the surgery floor was all so kind and efficient and I had wonderful care during my stay. What a blessing it was to be in good hands.
We are lifelong members of the Arlington community and value the quality of life we have enjoyed. Cascade Valley Hospital is an important and essential part of our community.
Imagine yourself as an 11-year-old boy. You are a kind, considerate young man. You have been in a special education program since you were in the first-grade and receive daily assistance with reading. This year, you have been particularly proud of yourself because you have made great strides in improving your reading ability. Many times you have reminded your teacher, with a big smile on your face, that you feel so good about how much better you are doing with your reading and thanked her for all she has done for you. After much hard work, you can finally read at a second-grade level.
