Archive - Dec 2006

It only takes a few hours with children on Christmas day to realize where we should be directing the majority of our energies. At my mothers house this past Monday, kids from the ages of six months to eleven years were romping around amidst wrapping paper, toys and chunks of shortbread as puppies chased each other in circles through the kitchen and living room while ducking appropriately under the coffee table.

It only takes a few hours with children on Christmas day to realize where we should be directing the majority of our energies. At my mothers house this past Monday, kids from the ages of six months to eleven years were romping around amidst wrapping paper, toys and chunks of shortbread as puppies chased each other in circles through the kitchen and living room while ducking appropriately under the coffee table.

If Friday is an example of what we can expect from our "emergency operations centre" in the event of a real emergency i think we are all in for a little trouble.

I checked my e-mail at around 10:30 on Thursday night as I was expecting some correspondence. It was only then did I see a note from one of the South Park PAC parents referring me to the Delta School Boards website.

I was lucky enough to attend a landmark event this afternoon. An afternoon my daughter and I will never forget. It was emotionally charged, as it should be, and I am personally so very proud as a South Delta Resident and as a Canadian that this first "Urban treaty" on the road to ratification.

I had a wonderful opportunity to tag along with my daughter's grade 6 class on a trip to < a href="http://web.mac.com/schneiders2/iWeb/Site/Podcast/925255BC-ACBC-42BB-9410-D90B8C34F7D1.html"> DeltaPort today.

Take at look at these Man In The Street interviews as shown on the < a href="http://www.imaginesouthdelta.com/">Imagine South Delta we