by mmooney | Nov 5, 2021 | The Friday Message
Dr. James Naismith gets modern credit for the game of basketball. After completing the YMCA Physical Director training in 1891, Naismith who later earned his physicians degree struggled with rowdy class that was confined indoors. It is said that basketball is the...
by mmooney | Oct 29, 2021 | The Friday Message
It is an exciting time of the year if you are a child. I attended a Halloween family Bingo party at our club. Amazing costumes on the kids and many of the parents. It may be a symptom of the Covid seclusion, everyone was engaged and energized. The kids ran amok at...
by mmooney | Oct 22, 2021 | The Friday Message
The jellyfish is an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria. We saw these amazing creatures at the zoo in Newport. This week, Hank and I watched a Mystery Doug blog that answered a question about the creatures that prompted this message....
by mmooney | Oct 15, 2021 | The Friday Message
Governor Little hosted a Summit on the Future of Work in Idaho and beyond this week. Idaho Business for Education CEO, Rod Gramer led the discussion with the Governor and moderated as the virtual audience asked questions. The Governor has been very supportive of...
by mmooney | Oct 8, 2021 | The Friday Message
I have mentioned in the past that my seven year old grandson Hank has strong math skills. We were talking about the national debt and I asked him how many 000’s in a trillion. “Too easy Boompa, it has 12 zeros”. He went on to refresh my memory, six zeros is a million,...
by mmooney | Oct 1, 2021 | The Friday Message
We road tripped to Netarts, Oregon this week. It is over 500 miles but it is worth the drive. We all enjoyed seeing the coast through the eyes of our grandchildren, Hank and Margie. We rented a home on the beach and a great deal of time was spent running in the waves,...
