| Willows schools face gloomy budget forecast
WILLOWS — As the state budget crisis gathers over Glenn County, officials at Willows Unified School District are preparing for the worst. "The worse-case scenario is that we are going to have to cut $1 million from the budget," said Steve Olmos, WUSD superintendent, at a meeting this week of the board of trustees. At a meeting Thursday night, the board of trustees learned proposed state budget cuts could cost the district hundreds of thousands. New business director Steve Rudy presented the gloomy outlook from the state, saying the district could lose up to $650,000 in Cost of Living Adjustment reductions. But it isn't just state cuts that will affect the district. Rudy said federal revenue of $200,000 may also be eliminated. How much of a cut Willows Unified will have to make will depend on what happens in Sacramento.
Garden Calendar
FEB 16/17 Wight's Home and Garden: 5026 196th St. S.W. Lynnwood. 425-775-3636; wights.com. Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m., Feb. 17, 11 a.m. -- Plants with Winter Interest: Learn how to add color and fragrance to your winter garden through plants with colored bark, variegated foliage and evergreen perennials. Free. SAT Windmill Gardens: 5823 160th Ave. E., Sumner. Register: 253-863-5843; windmillgarden.com. 10 a.m. -- Basic Landscaping Part 1: Miki Wade, landscape designer from Olympic Landscape, teaches how to choose plants well adapted to each garden situation, to save time and money, reduce maintenance and help prevent pests and diseases. Free. 11 a.m. -- Kids Thyme, Plant an Ivy Heart Topiary in a Red Bucket: Plant an Heart Shaped Ivy Topiary for someone special for Valentine's Day.
Thursday, November 1 @ 03:28 pm
ROGERS - Tim Pschierer kind of stumbled his way into living in northwest Arkansas, and since he has been here, he has gotten married and went to work for a nonprofit agency helping children. Or maybe a different explanation is that Pschierer found his true calling: He found a church home at The Church of Pinnacle Hills, he met Debbie at the First Baptist Church of Springdale and married her, and he founded the nonprofit agency The First Tee of Northwest Arkansas as a way to give something back for all of the good fortune he has found in his life. Either way you look at it, Pschierer has reason to feel blessed because all of these things are tied together helping him become the man he is today. When Pschierer talks about his job as executive director of First Tee and what the program means to the hundreds of kids in Washington and Benton counties who have joined the organization, he describes how the life and golf skills taught by the agency have also affected his life.
Budget or splurge?
Is your wallet more blue than flush with green these days? It seems many of us don't feel so affluent anymore. Whether it's from credit card debt, an escalating mortgage, or a long-overdue raise, finding finances are tight. And one of the first things to get axed from the budget is often a vacation.
A spate of time away from home provides us perspective, rest, renewal and family (or spousal) bonding -- essential tools in the game of life. But with the dollar shrinking in value against many world currencies, the cost of a foreign vacation has increased dramatically.
One solution: the Caribbean and related Atlantic getaways. Although we're headed toward the region's high season (mid-December through mid-April), most islands have maintained value against the U.S.
How a 5-foot waterboy at Texas became a football icon
The powder blue '95 Oldsmobile heads down Guadalupe Street, slightly above the speed limit, air conditioner full blast. The driver, 78-year-old William E. " Rooster " Andrews , has been animatedly telling stories for nearly four hours, first in his Rooster Andrews Sporting Goods office, then during lunch at Trudy's Café. But now, during a late-afternoon errand, his distinct and, yes, rooster -like, scratchy voice takes on a reflective tone. .
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