My son was so anxious to get into the preschool this morning that he skipped the front door and went to try to get into the playground gate. After I signed the kids in, I made my exit, but not before the requisite number of kisses and hugs. The kids knew that Momma was going to the tooth doctor.

Summer School

The bill being considered needs a close look by all Americans. I quote from well-known sources: Wall Street Journal online, June 26:

I would like to address issues regarding the St. Helena Unified School District that have been in the paper and been the subject of e-mail blasts. There is much misinformation and perhaps a little gossip.

• From President Abraham Lincoln's informal Independence Day address, offered three days after the holiday in 1863:

There was one big pothole on Highway 29 that I had driven over for years, I learned to look out for it every time I drove home, and there it would be. I could count on having to swerve around it. After a while I grew to like looking out for it, swerving on cue every time I went by.

Everyone has a person who influenced their lives above all others. Just about everyone I know can identify someone who has been instrumental in making them the person that they are -- from the grandpa who taught him how to ride a bike, to the elderly neighbor who taught her how to make really good brownies. We all have someone who has been a constant source of support, a good shoulder to cry on, and an endless supply of good advice.

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