Celebrate and Distract
Mains Magazine
Volume 1, Issue 4 ~ November 29, 2009
The 2009 Vancouver Rotary Festival of Trees and the tree lighting at Esther Short Park was packed on Friday night. Estimates put the crowd at 4000. In the square where I was located with friends and family we estimated well over 2000 people. What a great way for the community to kick off the... >> more
The Vancouver, Washington Mayoral race has come to an end. It’s looking like Tim Leavitt will remove Royce Pollard from his seat after a 14 year run. The local media billed this race as a boxing match, making most of the antics leading up to the actual election sound worse then they were.
Now what?
First off, thank you Royce Pollard for your 14 years of service as Mayor of... >> more
The past few weeks have brought me opportunities to speak with young adults about the dangers of sexting. One of those opportunities came at a local private high school. The administration, in hopes of preventing a sexting pandemic at their school, asked me to speak with a group of their teenage students who recently were caught with their pants down…or should I say, with their t-shirts off? >> more
In case you missed this from the Columbian Newspaper following the election:
My hope is for our community to come together and support our new elected officials. No matter what side of the aisle you may be on, we have work to do within our community and our country.
Looking back on the Bush presidency one of my fondest memories followed September 11, 2001. For it was the first time in... >> more
Fact: Clark County has declared its opposition to the proposed Cowlitz casino. Fact: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the county and the tribe would send a signal to federal decision makers that the county favors the casino.
Surprising fact: The county is quietly negotiating a new MOU with the tribe. These negotiations are taking place at a time when the casino... >> more
Nobody is perfect.
Everybody makes mistakes. We all make bad decisions and act from poor information. Being human means you and I will fail at some things and cause other people harm.
Needing to be perfect is an unenforceable rule. >> more
