According to USA Today, a district in Kansas is proposing a Walking School Bus, in which parents would accompany students as they walk to school.
The planners hope to cut down on fuel costs and help improve child obesity problems as well.
It’s really a no-brainer when you see how well this program works,” one parent coordinator says, citing almost doubled participation.
In other related transportation news, the DMN ran an article today in the Metro section about the increase in scooter sales.
It can get 80 mpg, costs dimes a day to insure and draws stares almost anywhere you drive it.
So why aren’t we all speeding to the dealership to get one?
Well, some people are, but only those who don’t mind rolling into the office on a motor scooter.
I think I would need something that got more that 40 MPH to make my 3 mile treck to work. I wouldn’t mind going 40 MPH, but the drivers along Highway 77 might not be too happy with me. But in anycase – if anyone wants to donate one to the cause, I’ll be glad to put it to use.
Chris Dodd, D-Conn., announced yesterday that he was preparing to run for President in 2008.
From Dallasblog:
One day after Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008, reportedly “bombed” in a Washington speech on energy at the National Press Club Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut announced that he was preparing to run for the Democratic nomination for President. The Financial Times reports today that Mrs. Clinton “faces intense scrutiny from within the Democratic party.” Some Democratic leaders are worried that “she is such a polarising figure…that, they fear, she stands no chance of winning the general election. And still others worry about what could be called Clinton fatigue and a hesitancy to return to the scandals that plagued Mr. Clinton’s tenure. The New York Times provided a reminder of that yesterday with a front-page story about the state of the Clinton marriage,” reports the Financial Times.
From the email files:
I was on my way to a Chruch session meeting where I was supposed to lead the devotional. I was looking for the chapter and verse in the NT for (roughly translated) “Now we see in a glass dimly, but then face to face.” I searched my concordance and couldn’t find it. I was in a hurry and thought you might know off the top of your head what book in the New Testement it is in.
Anyone know where this might be found. I can’t think of anything.
