What kind of a difference will you make?
“People talk. I”ve learned to appreciate what to focus on: the good stuff!”
— Remy McCosker, chartering president, Oak Hill Middle School (OHMS) Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA)
Sage words from a wise woman.
What difference was made when Remy was president? Our children now wear blue jeans, as well as colored and patterned clothing. What a positively colorful change from the old blue, grey and green!
How did she do it? She followed the footsteps of her PTSA leaders.
How else did PTSA make a difference? We submitted the only middle school choreography in the tri-county (Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma) region during last year”s Reflections art contest.
This year”s Reflections theme is “I can make a difference by…”
Who else has made a difference? Dina Quigley at Lower Lake High School (LLHS) Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA). How so? She successfully rallied folks in support of the high school”s goal to send students to Washington D.C.!
What kind of talk is this? The good stuff! It was exhilarating to watch these women work magic. It is exciting to share their miracles in this article. It is humbling to follow in their footsteps.
How can I make a difference? BINGO! OHMS PTSA is proud to give back to our community by offering Friday-night bingo. Is this something to talk about?
Either way, the discussion will be open to public observation during our first general meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Oak Hill Middle School. Anyone who has something to say is invited to stop by OHMS and purchase a $5 PTSA membership. Ask for Kristyn.
What kind of a difference will you make?
Kathleen Erica Eberhardt
President, OHMS PTSA
Time for BOS to turn its marvelous effectiveness to local issues like fixing potholes in our roads
Recently our Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisor Rushing, voted for our county to lead the world in abolishing global warming. The vote to accomplish this monumental task was unanimous except for that of Supervisor Brown, who snidely remarked that putting Al Gore in charge of global warming was like putting Michael Vick in charge of Animal Control. He later apologized to Vick.
Brown was in error, belittling our Board that way; the last time our distinguished Board took command of worldly matters was when they voted to censure South Africa. They were marvelously effective; the white government collapsed soon afterward and the citizens of South Africa lived happily ever after.
It”s beside the point that, shortly after our board voted to knock off global warming for the planet, a group of 500 of the world”s most distinguished meteorologists published an opinion that manmade global warming is a crock. They don”t deny that global warming is occurring; it obviously has been since the last ice age when Yosemite was under a glacier two miles thick. They simply doubt that man has contributed much to it, starting 10,000 years, or so, ago when this last earthly warming cycle began. They point to sun spots, global tilt and tectonic plate shifts as provable causes. But what do they know, compared to Al Gore and our Board.
Now that our Board has straightened out South Africa and world global warming, I do wish they would be so kind as to turn their attention to our local potholes.
Considering Yosemite, thank you, God, for global warming, no matter how you”re doing it.
Randy Ridgel
Kelseyville
