A look at the new year through cartoon of Frank Shiers, Jr.
Christmas is right around the corner and as usual I am completely unprepared for everything. I have no idea what to buy, where to go to purchase anything and my daughter will be home for the holidays, which means life as I know it is over.
The weekly editorial view from the pen of Frank Shiers, Jr.
In the Nov. 11 edition of the Kent Reporter, Charles Hoff wrote a commentary on the need for community involvement in our schools. As a Kent School Board member, former teacher, college professor and longtime community supporter, I couldn’t agree more. Research and common sense is very clear – the more the adults of a community get involved in our schools, the better our kids’ chances will be for informed, prepared, prosperous, healthy, happy and impactful lives.
Christmas stories are a tradition in many families.
You hear of folks talk about watching Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” every year.
It came as quite a surprise when I read a guest column in the Dec. 16 issue of the Maple Valley Reporter that described “a controversial debate among the students of Tahoma High School.”
‘Tis the time of the year to be inundated with holiday catalogs. We get so many of them with their shiny colors and magnetic quality I have to be careful where I stack them so no one is smothered by an avalanche of catalogs.
Graduating from high school is one of those achievements every person is able to accomplish once in a life time.
Every aspect of graduation must be perfect for most people, like a wedding night might be for a bride-to-be. Graduation represents a major stepping stone for an 18-year journey that has finally come to an end. But what if one piece of that event doesn’t go the way it usually has been going for as long as students can remember?
I like to watch movies. I grew up watching movies with my grandma and I knew all the stars from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s by the time I was 10.
Frank Shiers, Jr. editorial cartoon of the week.
My column this week was going to be about a political issue until I noticed the date Wednesday morning.
My calendar lists Dec. 7 as “Remember Pearl Harbor” day.
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council (GMVUAC) held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Dec. 5.
On September 21, I participated in a rally at Occupy Seattle. I did so to support the movement and specifically in protest of our country’s over-reliance on a carbon-based economy and the mega corporations that profit extravagantly from its continuance to the detriment of our environment.
Frank Shiers, Jr. editorial cartoon about King County garbage rates.
I am a technology geek.
True, in May 2009 I wrote in a column in this newspaper that even as a lover of gadgets, there’s too much technology out there and I refused to jump on the Twitter bandwagon. I eventually relented. I’m @hill_kris if you want to follow me.
Frank Shiers editorial cartoon takes a look at Black Friday.
The 2011 Legislative session was the hardest for me and for most lawmakers, even those who have been serving for many years. As we prepare for another round of heart wrenching budget decisions, I want to stop and share some good news that came out of my work from last session.
I started thinking about food today, probably because of Thanksgiving — the great American food day of the year.
About a month ago the Tahoma School District decided to remove chocolate milk from its cafeteria menus.
Not the greatest tragedy, but I can’t help but be fascinated, as well as bemused, by what schools choose to remove and preserve, and the bizarre results you can get occasionally.
A political cartoon from the desk of Frank Shiers, Jr.
