Daphnia in tire soup experiment April 18, 2017 Today’s lead story in the Trib highlighted the scientific investigations of two Duluth Middle School students. These young people were way ahead of the… Continue Reading
“Vintage Harry” in Three 709 updates February 23, 2017 1st. I had a long delayed lunch with member Nora Sandstad yesterday. Nora has had some medical worries that seem to be resolving themselves… Continue Reading
Taking a drink under Niagara Falls January 19, 2017 Every now and then I’ll write a post with references to the multiple issues and activities that consume me often to the point of… Continue Reading
Gambling on Central April 27, 2016 I will have a busy morning of blogging once again based on stories in today’s Trib. But first an old story from 2012 sent… Continue Reading
A fond but sad farewell October 23, 2015 This morning I said goodbye to my friend and neighbor Dick Gastler. Dick was a much loved social studies teacher at Denfeld High School… Continue Reading
A delayed request for a change order September 20, 2017 NOTE: THIS POST CONTAINS THE CLAIM THAT THE STOWE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND IS NOT YET DONE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. SO MUCH FOR IMPECCABLE SOURCES…. Continue Reading
Well, I shudda known better than to boast September 7, 2017 It turns out that Gary Westorff has me beat in his giving to school board candidates. His wife also gave Josh Gorham $500 making… Continue Reading
On being up to my neck in alligators… August 8, 2017 …and trying to remember that I came to drain the swamp. I worked overtime before leaving for China to get all my projects tidied… Continue Reading
Spirit Valley Days not. . . August 5, 2017 . . . Spirit Mountain Days. I had two people correct me about that faulty post. I attended the “family day” part of it… Continue Reading
Trifecta Schmrifecta June 13, 2017 Posts that began in my head over a week before but which become placeholders for me to finish are a pain. Life goes on… Continue Reading
I WON’T WAIT FOR THREE YEARS! – PART 3 May 8, 2017 NOTE: AT THE MEETING FOLLOWING THIS POST I APOLOGIZED TO THE WRITER OF THE TEXT MESSAGE QUOTED HERE AND TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF SAS… Continue Reading
I won’t wait for three years! Part 1 May 5, 2017 In Chinese the character for “Crisis” is the combination of the symbols for “danger” & “opportunity.” This was my third lousy night’s sleep in… Continue Reading
Inside Baseball oops School Board – email 2 May 1, 2017 like Duluth the Minneapolis schools has decided to replace its rubber tire mulch. Cory Kirsling who has been lobbying the State Legislature with other… Continue Reading
Loren Martell’s Time Machine July 2, 2016 Watching our June 21st school board meeting in full on youtube will take you three hours and 18 minutes. That’s a big reason to… Continue Reading
A ladyslipper by any other name June 22, 2016 This Post Title was just a cheap way of letting me upload another bucolic image onto my blog. I took the picture yesterday as… Continue Reading
The BIG objective May 18, 2016 This will be so brief my readers will wonder why it took me so long to compose it. Well, the reason is that I… Continue Reading
Not all ISD 709 teachers are union Zombies May 6, 2016 I’ve received a number of emails from District staff desperate to sell Central who offered eloquent reasons for doing so. I don’t want to… Continue Reading