by mmooney | Jan 28, 2022 | The Friday Message
I suppose we all know you can’t choose your relatives. Holt Haga married my daughter Katie 7 years ago and for the second time in new relative additions, we lucked out. We got to briefly know Holt’s father, Dr. Tom, his twin brother Winn and their mother Nancy. In...
by mmooney | Jan 21, 2022 | The Friday Message
I virtually attended the annual Legislative Academy early in this Session. The Idaho Business for Education group invites an informed voice on education or related topics to present to the Legislators. When the “scourge” was not a daily part of life our IBE...
by mmooney | Jan 14, 2022 | The Friday Message
I had mixed emotion with Governor Little’s State of the State Address this week. The positive was a continued commitment to Education in Idaho. Unfortunately, Education’s priority fell from top of the list and the funding proposal though large is not enough. Most...
by mmooney | Jan 7, 2022 | The Friday Message
It was excellent for part of the family to move Covid isolation to McCall. We hoped a change would be as good as a rest and for the most part it was effective. Sledding, snow mountain climbing, hiking to the nearly frozen lake, indoor basketball, competing on the...
by mmooney | Dec 31, 2021 | The Friday Message
As we approach the planned celebration of the New Year, my family got a chance to demonstrate resilience and adaptability. We had the entire family together for Xmas eve dinner and for the opening of presents the next morning. Turns out one of the family had...
by mmooney | Dec 24, 2021 | The Friday Message
Greatest time of the year for our family! For over 30 years we have celebrated Christmas in McCall. With a few exceptions, each year all of the family have joined us. It gets more difficult as the girls are married and there are now other families who want to...
