Don’t be silent BY DON NELSON The intense and confidential work of narrowing down potential candidates for the Methow Valley School District superintendent’s position to a short list is nearly done. The public’s part will begin soon. The school board is interviewing finalists this week in executive sessions. Beginning next Wednesday (May 29), the candidates […]
No Bad Days
May 15, 2013
Who ya gonna call? BY DON NELSON Monday afternoon my stomach hurt, and not from anything I ate. I was reading, with fascination and outrage, various accounts of how the U.S. Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors over a two-month period. It was a blanket subpoena that included […]
April 10, 2013
Fast talk BY DON NELSON I’m just speaking anecdotally here, but I think the most effective traffic control device in the valley is that old, barely running purple police car that the Winthrop Marshal’s Office parks next to the ball field during our high-occupancy season. How many times have we seen incoming motorists mash the […]
March 27, 2013
The price of advice BY DON NELSON Gulp. Yes, it’s a lot of money, in a small school district, at a time when educational funds are under constant threat. The Methow Valley School Board has agreed to pay consultant Monte Bridges $16,200 (plus expenses) to help find a suitable replacement for outgoing Superintendent Mark Wenzel, […]
Feb 20, 2013
A matter of opinions BY DON NELSON Of all the questions and observations to come out of last week’s Twisp Town Council hearing about the advisability of allowing all-terrain vehicles on town streets, this is the most compelling: Why the rush? Many people I’ve heard from don’t see a need for Twisp to do anything […]
