tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141013871075180182024-03-13T06:49:59.097-05:00BETWEEN TWO LAKESJessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-87954574823274717372023-12-11T18:15:00.002-06:002023-12-13T17:26:22.147-06:00Wanderlife: A new project for the next phase<div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jessicabecker.substack.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3753" data-original-width="5629" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbzS0_wZx8y8Bm0NFSXbEKQsWkJw0knzUIcXbopXHLHXSVVeP3HSyzxi1fWBNRjmD6t1MIgHvYvWV7Fi4lQB9WB8OB_I5_bkxdCF8YphnE_0u7-gEMDRMp59WVC9vN8K4s8ZhrVAUXklA9_JM0xb633IPQI1ymu6ipDV11PYGpVrofikJwDIaNq6M2-Ny/w400-h266/Jessica's%20Picks-1%20Touchup.jpg" title="Photo by Clint Greendeer" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>I've wandered over to Substack and I hope you'll <a href="https://jessicabecker.substack.com/" target="_blank">check it out</a>! Substack is a place to enjoy big ideas, great writing, and a supportive, generous community of creatives.<div><br /></div><div><b>Wanderlife is a project I launched on my 49th birthday to liberate the spirit and light up the brain. </b>My spirit, my brain, but yours, too, if you join me!</div><div><br /></div><div>Explore Substack online or download the app. <a href="https://jessicabecker.substack.com/" target="_blank">You can find me at this direct link</a>. Subscribe to get everything I write sent to your email inbox. I'll be sharing travel postcards, Doll Dinner cooking adventures, photos from past and present, and some other tidbits.</div><div><br /></div><div>See you there,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSF8slMG35oK0n2EMxGwSAS4FUuQKDSnmYkMgcHTJSG6NIN7IEaaKUbKqr9g5YbtsWXFPZ6F1UgxrHotUwTK0MKfH82BcljiXcv60RvWPixDdnKtz0BuC3s1dUz9PU2ucNzNIljwme3_WNchH2tD0hzV0o8Ys5R53nEN5d5Yka1mBvvX2BLyEvI9o48Iu/s513/JB%20Logo.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="513" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSF8slMG35oK0n2EMxGwSAS4FUuQKDSnmYkMgcHTJSG6NIN7IEaaKUbKqr9g5YbtsWXFPZ6F1UgxrHotUwTK0MKfH82BcljiXcv60RvWPixDdnKtz0BuC3s1dUz9PU2ucNzNIljwme3_WNchH2tD0hzV0o8Ys5R53nEN5d5Yka1mBvvX2BLyEvI9o48Iu/w69-h60/JB%20Logo.gif" width="69" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jessicabecker.substack.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="1100" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ArMOpuNAnLYGZSLLNgou1dVg08UcA8UzLvrU6fZQ3OkLDdsab6l5JfW7STC2QD-zomwHbPX6Yo1v2nduM9tZT9u89oKQpeMhpPyHXNRSEhuWbmEqJImT2S5mSVOsSUkvyLKVUabiU2MtmBkptOGPWAtQVJeYqEOLmkGOg4tNGuYogJwLqrelqV7FWUEe/w537-h107/Wanderlife%20header.png" width="537" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Jessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-8102466073628597442018-09-18T20:29:00.001-05:002018-09-21T14:57:48.879-05:00In Appreciation of our Educators<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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guess is that most of us don't remember our school principals, or at
least not nearly as well as we remember our teachers. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But principals can make a big impression. As a parent, I understand that they set the tone for the school and model
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naming of a central park in our city seems like a fitting
honor for Principal McPike's exceptional role in this east-side community. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I was impressed
when a friend told me she applied for a transfer to East High School while he was in charge.
She left her own neighborhood school in order to be part of a school
that valued diversity and inclusion under Principal McPike's leadership.
She remembers him well, saying he really took time to build personal relationships with his students. </span></div>
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Thompson Kapp was the first principal I got to know as a parent. When
my daughter started kindergarten at Lapham Elementary School, she
welcomed my family. We got to know each other and worked together on
several projects. I especially appreciated her ongoing advocacy for a crossing
guard at the corner of Ingersoll and Dayton Street. Principal TK worked
really hard to make this important safety measure a reality. </span></div>
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Elementary School has a new principal. Her name is Cathy
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Cathy:</i> I
am originally from Edgar, WI which is a small town west of Wausau. I
grew up on a farm there. I am the oldest of four kids, and have three
younger brothers. I went to college at UW-Eau Claire where I received my
B.S. in Elementary and Special Education. I received my Master's Degree
in Ed Leadership from Viterbo University. My husband and I have five
children, four boys and one girl. We moved to Madison because we wanted
to be in a larger city with more diversity and more fun things to do. We
love the Badgers and the excitement of living in a bigger city, where
there are always things to do.</span><br />
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love that Lapham is a 4K-2 building. The learners at this age have
unique needs and when the building is only this age group, many things
can be tailored to early learners. I am also excited about the growing
diversity of the school. First years are always a bit anxious but I am
looking forward to getting to know everyone. I love change but I also
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focus on the cultural components of education. Trying to meet the needs
of our under served populations. I truly believe that all students can
learn at high levels and strive that we can meet that goal at Lapham. I
also like the trend of partnering with parents on a level that involves
learning. Home visits and daily communications that involve exchanges of
information that allow parents to support their child through the
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Cathy:</i> I use the phone in my office. I dial a special number and it goes through the speakers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Cathy:</i><b> </b>When
people are unkind. Everyone is going through their own growing and
learning. Sometimes that journey is more difficult. Everyone deserves
empathy.</span><br />
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people who live in a neighborhood are the world's experts on that
particular place. Any project to improve things should be guided at least in part by community wisdom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And that is why Tenney-Lapham neighborhood will <i>not</i> be ordering a professionally produced 'wayfinding' sign from a company like called something like "Signature Street Signs." Our new neighborhood sign will be designed by us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Anne Katz is helping to organize the effort. She is an arts advocate professionally and a neighbor whose energy and inspiration over the years has contributed to making Tenney-Lapham neighborhood a wonderful place. I asked her to tell me why she believes this sign matters. </span></div>
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grew up in the New York City suburbs and although our family was
friendly with many of our neighbors, we didn't know most of them very
well. I've lived in the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood since I moved to
Madison in 1984. In those 34 years, I've lived in three different
houses within a ten-house radius on North Few and Jean Streets. We know
many of our neighbors very well. Our son had a community watching over
him as he grew up and we get to watch over our neighbors' kids now. We are so happy to help keep the
neighborhood vibrant and welcoming. A
welcome sign does just that...it welcomes friends, family, visitors,
and neighbors to the community. It helps strengthen the sense of place
that makes this a special place to live. The
design contest gives people a chance to share their ideas about the
community in a creative way. The sign lets people know where they are
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trip to the landfill was a kind of local tourism. It was a way to know
this place better. And like any good trip, it has inspired me and helped
me to better understand my place in the world.</span></span></span></h3>
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He is a very nice man who is happy to talk with kids about trash.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mr. Younes
graduated from UW-Madison in 1985, when the current state-of-the-art landfill
opened. As he nears retirement, he is clearly proud of the care he and his team
take to divert trash to other uses and protect the groundwater we drink. For
example, they send a full semi-truck of tires to be recycled into energy every week.
And the stink you smell when driving by on Highway 12? That is the gas that is released from the decomposing trash, which is captured and added to the MG&E grid to provide 5,000
homes with energy. They also set aside bottles of useful cleaner and paint for a 'free store' open to the public. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">This
landfill receives 1/3 of all of Dane County’s trash. Eight hundred tons of trash comes
through their doors <i>daily</i>. A ton equals 2,000 pounds, so that is 1,600,000
pounds, or 133 medium-sized elephants at <i>this one</i> landfill. Multiply that by
three and Dane County sends 2,400 tons of trash to the landfill <i>every day</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
landfill is actually a collection of deep bathtub-shaped holes that are filled
up until they are small mountains. These heaps of trash are contained within layer
upon layer of protective materials: 4 feet of clay, a layer of plastic, a layer
of cloth, then rocks, then dirt, then grass, until they resemble the gentle slopes of <a href="https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/EnvironmentalLandfills.cfm" target="_blank">Quann and Demetral Parks</a>. </span></span></div>
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old. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mr. Younes </span></span> said that finding the 200 or more acres needed for a new landfill in
Dane County is a political problem. </span></span></div>
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what can be done, he responded with what we all know, the only answer
there is and yet one we culturally have no sense of how to do: Reduce, reuse,
recycle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Robin Wall Kimmerer tells the story of the legendary monster of the Anishinaabe people named Windigo in her book <i>Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. </i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"Cautionary
Windigo tales arose in a commons-based society where sharing was
essential to survival and greed made an individual a danger to the
whole. In the old times, individuals who endangered the community by
taking too much for themselves were first counseled, then ostracized,
and if the greed continued, they were eventually banished...Indulgent
self-interest that our people once held to be monstrous is now
celebrated as success. We are asked to admire what our people viewed as
unforgivable. The consumption-driven mindset masquerades as "quality of
life" but eats us from within...We have unleashed a monster."
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of the Crying Indian ad campaign</span></b></span></h3>
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the basics from <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-indian-crying-environment-ads-pollution-1123-20171113-story.html">a
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep America Beautiful was founded in 1953 by the
American Can Co. and the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., who were later joined by the
likes of Coca-Cola and the Dixie Cup Co. During the 1960s, Keep America
Beautiful anti-litter campaigns featured Susan Spotless, a white girl who wore
a spotless white dress and pointed her accusatory finger at pieces of trash
heedlessly dropped by her parents. The campaign used the wagging finger of a
child to condemn individuals for being bad parents, irresponsible citizens and
unpatriotic Americans. But by 1971, Susan Spotless no longer captured the
zeitgeist of the burgeoning environmental movement and rising concerns about
pollution.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The shift from Keep America Beautiful’s bland
admonishments about litter to the Crying Indian did not represent an embrace of
ecological values but instead indicated industry’s fear of them. In the time
leading up to the first Earth Day in 1970, environmental demonstrations across
the United States focused on the issue of throwaway containers. All these
protests held industry — not consumers — responsible for the proliferation of
disposable items that depleted natural resources and created a solid waste
crisis. Enter the Crying Indian, a new public relations effort that
incorporated ecological values but deflected attention from beverage and
packaging industry practices.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">[A little more salt in the wound: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody" target="_blank">the actor who played the Crying Indian</a> was an Italian-American who used an Indian-sounding name in Hollywood.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">This "ad that fooled the environmental movement" really soured
me to the responsibility corporate America had placed on me, and all
individuals, to solve the problem while the big players continue making the big
messes.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">But now I know it <i>is</i> about me, but it is more than my shorter shower or my
cold-water laundry loads. It is about me making a cultural shift.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Because cultural
shifts, like #MeToo, happen when individuals change. When we teach our children
a different cultural norm. When our friends and neighbors see us modeling
different values. And when we start expecting different priorities of our
cities.</span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o this is what I’m trying to do: </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Cleaning out my mailbox:</b></u> I have a love/hate relationship with the mailbox. I love getting mail but I hate dropping most of my mail directly into the recycling bin. The landfill tour made me realize I need to do the work it takes to get off the mailing lists to end the onslaught of mail-I-don’t-need. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>NOTE:</b> This is easy to do for most catalogs. Simply go to the company website and start a <i>live chat</i>. Explain you want to be removed from the mailing list and they take care of it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Eating at home or packing a picnic:</b></u> All that trash that comes with a carry-out or food cart meal makes me feel glutonous. But there are such great restaurants and food carts in Madison! True. My husband eats at the library mall food carts several times a week, and even brings food home for us for dinner sometimes. He plans ahead and takes his containers. The vendors love it and generally give him bigger portions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Switching back to cloth napkins:</b></u> We got into the habit of using a lot of paper towels while the kids were little and I was doing tons of laundry. My kids are older now, slightly less messy, and much more a part of setting the table. I want them to grow up remembering cloth napkins for every meal, not just holidays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Investing in utilitarian bikes for the kids:</b></u> This isn’t about trash, but petroleum. Now that the kids are old enough to be trusted navigating streets, we got them off their toy bikes and onto bikes they can use for all our family commutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Using a bamboo toothbrush:</b></u> This one feels silly, but apparently toothbrushes end up in the ocean and are a part of the problem. I've also been making some things like deodorant, hand cream and cough syrup. While keeping a few more little plastic containers out of the landfill is great, I'm also finding these homemade versions work at least as well as the branded chemical concoctions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Pausing before clicking:</b></u> I think the option to buy stuff that you need online is an improvement from spending lots of my time shopping, going from store-to-store, buying stuff I don’t need while I’m there to save myself another trip or because it looks shiny and fun. However, it’s SO easy to click-and-buy, I hate the image that gives my kids: You need it, we’ll find it on the porch like a present in the morning. So I’m trying to at least take the time to look on Craig’s List before I click-and-buy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><b>Traveling less:</b></u> This one is really hard for me. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We have family all over the country who wish we
visited more often. But we are finding a balance.
I am getting on a plane less frequently and, with my kids as my guide,
remembering the beauty there is to explore in my own neighborhood,
city, state, and Great Lakes Region. Sometimes we even intentionally
have a “cabin weekend” at home and do the things we’d do on holiday,
like wander around with curiosity, say no to social invitations, play
family games and read, and generally relax. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><br />
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truly love traveling, meeting people,
experiencing different cultures, learning languages, and shifting my
perspective. And I believe travel
is a really big way that as individuals we have eye-opening
experiences that shift us personally, which is part of the cultural
shift that I think needs to happen. </span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I remember very clearly traveling in Guatemala in my early twenties and walking along the shore of Lake </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span class="st">Atitlán</span>. Rows of corn were planted right up to the water’s edge, where each stalk seemed be growing out of a bed of trash instead of soil. Without a garbage collection system, what ended up in the lake or in jungle ravines washed right into this corn field. I was stunned and haven’t forgotten it. I think of it almost every time I see a garbage truck and say a small Thank You for the fact we have a functional civic infrastructure that picks up trash and takes it to the landfill. </span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Saying Thank You more often:</span></b></u><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In a consumer society and capitalist economy, contentment is a radical act. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Contentment comes for me when I feel gratitude. </span>This is where making-less-trash connects with my spiritual practice. In my best moments as a parent, my intentions, words, and actions are imparting a culture of gratitude. Content with and grateful for the abundance of gifts around us, I hope my kids grow up to be more interested in the spring ephemeral flowers than the shiny plastic ephemerals that fill up garbage bags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Reynolds Park is the 'town-square' of our neighborhood. <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2013/09/ten-things-to-do-at-reynolds-park-and.html" target="_blank">On any given day</a> you can find people playing ultimate frisbee or soccer, flying kites, having picnics, heading up the steps to the rooftop tennis and bike polo courts, or simply passing through on the way home from running errands. If you were there on Friday, you might have seen a Park Ranger joking around with a woman holding a can of spray paint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">About a month ago, I met up with my neighbor, Wendi Kent, to talk about this year's Party in the Park. In its fourth year, the neighborhood block party has been a really fun way for people to meet and hang out in this bustling urban-residential neighborhood. The Party has also raised money for Lapham Elementary School and park projects, like <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-modest-approach-to-killing-trees.html" target="_blank">treating trees against the Emerald Ash Borer</a>, planting public fruit trees, and installing new bike racks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wendi is an artist with <a href="https://theartwritecollective.org/" target="_blank">The ArtWrite Collective</a> and one of the leading forces behind the You Are Beautiful mural near the Yahara River at 1444 East Washington. Her <a href="http://wendikentphotography.com/" target="_blank">photography and painting are amazing</a>, but I know Wendi as a parent and activist. We are lucky to have Wendi to create the signature 'Welcome' mural on the wall of Reynolds Park this year. </span></div>
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really appreciate that it is a cozy neighborhood with convenient access to local businesses, and with Lapham Elementary being such an
amazing school, we were really excited to move to this area. We love
that we can walk to everything. We have shops, food, the lake,
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a long and beautiful story but in short, the mural was a two-year-long
project and it was designed and painted by Queer and Trans youth and
other ArtWrite Collective mentors. We are so grateful to have had the
support of the community and the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association. We hope to increase support for
public art in Madison by showing how beneficial it can be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>WENDI: </b>I'm
excited to spend another year getting to know our neighbors and connecting
with other families in the area. It's important to me to try to bring
back the "free-range" kind of mentality regarding my kids playing with
their peers in our neighborhood. That takes some getting used to and I
think that comes with trust and that comes from building relationships
with those around us. <span style="display: inline; float: none; text-decoration-color: initial;">I
was so excited to hear that the neighborhood association's theme this year is affordable housing [the theme in 2017 was 'safe streets'].
This should be a big concern for our community right now and it's
important to highlight the </span><span style="display: inline; float: none; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span class="st">inclusivity<em> </em></span>we want to create here. This
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<span style="display: inline; float: none; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span>You'll find a casual gathering for neighbors to enjoy amazing food and
drink provided by our unique local businesses, watch performances by
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b> YES!</b> Free ice cream from the Chocolate Shoppe scooped by your friendly neighbors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>YES! </b>Free root beer from Cork N' Bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>YES!</b> Lots of other amazing food and drink...Underground Food Collective...Robin Room...etc</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>YES!</b> Free face-painting by Haley and hair-coloring by Reanna</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>YES!</b> Drum circle, unicycle performance, police horses, and MORE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>YES! </b><u>Water Well Tour at 4:30PM</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">What do you know about the water you drink? The annual Water Well Tour helps us appreciate the groundwater that is pumped into our taps! We are grateful
to Madison Water Utility for again providing a tour of the water source hiding in Reynolds Park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">With support from Cork n' Bottle and many of the area businesses, the
Party in the Park is a fundraiser for for Lapham Elementary School and
park projects!</span><br />
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Lapham. I wrote about the project in an earlier post, which you can read <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2017/11/three-cheers-for-lapham-wisconsins.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Increase Lapham is often called Wisconsin’s first scientist.
However, he held no advanced degrees and called himself a Citizen Scientist. The
students at Lapham learned about how their school’s namesake started taking
notes and drawing pictures of things he observed at a very young age. Based on
one of Lapham’s own journals, they made personalized observation journals in
art class. Amy Mietzel, the artist who runs <a href="http://www.bareknucklearts.com/lapham-citizen-scientists/" target="_blank">Bare Knuckle Arts</a> on Winnebago
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to help students understand how to listen to birds, what they are saying to
each other, and what we can learn from them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">They also played a game called “our unique sounds.”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Each student received a small piece of paper
with a short nonsense-word printed on it. After learning “their” bird song,
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Citizen Science Journals to write about what they had learned and draw some of
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">To tie these ideas together, the music teacher helped everyone write a song about Increase Lapham:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">(to the tune of <i><a href="https://binged.it/2pqvIZX" target="_blank">Sing About Martin</a></i>)</span><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">And <b>citizen scientists</b></span><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Jessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-27853008473120221742018-01-28T15:18:00.002-06:002018-01-29T10:01:04.953-06:00Many questions remain about Big Top's long-term contract at Breese Stevens<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The first presentation to the public of a proposed contract between <a href="https://www.bigtopbaseball.com/" target="_blank">Big Top</a> and the City of Madison was on Wednesday last week. <b>The Use Agreement proposed is for 15 years, with the option to extend for another 5 years.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My kids are 5 and 7 years old. They will be somewhere between the ages of 20 and 27 when this contract expires -- maybe working, going to college, starting families of their own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Twenty years ago, Tommy Thompson was our Governor. In 2003, Sue Bauman was the Mayor of Madison, our first and only (so far) woman mayor. At that time, Facebook didn't yet exist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My point is that 15-20 years is a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This contract deserves some scrutiny from the City of Madison, the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association, and anyone interested in the future of downtown Madison.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The information publicly presented, and <a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-weighs-big-changes-for-breese-stevens-field/article_9a8d0fd0-42ce-5c6c-a036-c345c91f073a.html" target="_blank">re-capped in the recent Wisconsin State Journal</a> article, offers a vision of some of the changes. However, there are many questions not yet answered. <b>Without additional information, it is hard to imagine the full scope of this contract or what possibilities are unexplored.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association meets on February 8th. Members of the council are gathering questions, researching answers, and encouraging neighbors to be in communicating with their Alder, <a href="http://ledellz.com/contact" target="_blank">Ledell Zellers</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The City of Madison Parks Division <a href="http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/breesestevens/" target="_blank">owns the historic property</a>. The seven members of the <a href="https://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/about/bopc.cfm" target="_blank">Board of Parks Commissioners</a> have the job of overseeing maintenance and acquisition of everything from greenways to the municipal swimming pool to Breese Stevens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Use Agreement is proposed by Big Top Events, a company that will manage the property, pay a lease, and bring in revenue. The City Council will be asked to approve the contract. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The proposed rental for the next 15 years is stated to be approximately $100,000/year, or $8,333/month. [A three bedroom, 2 bath apartment at the Constellation next door rents for $2,245/month.] There are retail spaces and opportunities for restaurants and vendors within Breese Stevens, all of which would be subleased by Big Top to bring additional revenue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #440062;">The following facts were</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> presented by Big Top Baseball in a public listening session on January 24th. </span></h3>
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2019 Launch of professional soccer team <o:p></o:p></div>
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Restricted only for concerts to point away from Mifflin
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Restricted for all events to point away from Mifflin St. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Existing <o:p></o:p></div>
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New system to better contain sound in facility for
non-concert events <o:p></o:p></div>
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Approximately $30,000/year <o:p></o:p></div>
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Approximately $100,000/year <o:p></o:p></div>
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N/A <o:p></o:p></div>
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Allowed <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;">Beer and Wine Sales </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Allowed for all non high school
events <o:p></o:p></div>
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No change <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;">Liquor Sales </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Liquor allowed at private parties
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Liquor
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spaces inside stadium <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;">Free Community Facility Use </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Zero events <o:p></o:p></div>
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Eight proposed <o:p></o:p></div>
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Two full-time employees <o:p></o:p></div>
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12 full-time employees <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Some questions that I have:</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-How many professional soccer league games will there be per season?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-When will games be held? In other words, weekends or weekdays, and will they be daytime or evening events?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-What will the average ticket price be for professional soccer games?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-What is the average ticket price for concerts at Breese Stevens?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-When does Breese Stevens open for the season? When does it close? How many days of this season will the venue NOT be used? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-How many total events -- including concerts, sporting events, East High School events, community events, and 'other' uses -- take place during this season?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-How many events take place in downtown neighborhood parks other than Breese Stevens between May and September?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-How does the Marquette Neighborhood Association use the revenue generated from the events they help to run and organize?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Is revenue from Breese Stevens considered part of the Parks Commission's long-range plan for supporting the 249 parks, 4 golf courses and 1 cemetery that are part of Madison's park system?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Does the contract contain a provision that increases the rent over time with inflation and cost of living changes?</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Do you have other questions?</span></u></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Please send them to Alder Ledell Zellers and Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association president Patty Prime.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #440062;">Ledell Zellers : <a href="mailto:district2@cityofmadison.com">district2@cityofmadison.com</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #440062;">Patty Prime : <a href="mailto:pprime@gmail.com">pprime@gmail.com</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Mention Increase Allen Lapham and you’ll get a mixed response.
His first name is unusual enough to be intriguing, confusing, and forgettable.
The last name is associated with so many different things it has lost
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Increase Lapham is called things like “<a href="https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS527" target="_blank">Wisconsin’s first scientist</a>” or the “Father of the U.S. Weather Service.” Plants, a trilobite,
and meteor markings are named for him, as are streets, parks, and even a WWII
U.S. Navy ship. I have always thought it was too bad that his story isn’t more
commonly known, especially among those of us living in ‘his’ neighborhood and
for the many kids who proudly sing ‘his’ school anthem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Increase was born in 1811. He was an explorer and tinkerer
who was full of delight and appreciation for the land that we
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for ecology, the Native heritage, and our place in the universe that was
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">He moved to the Milwaukee area twelve years before Wisconsin
became a state and immediately directed his curiosity and his skills in
observation to understanding the region. He wrote the first book written and
published in Wisconsin. He studied and wrote about the geography, topography, history,
geology, mineralogy, natural history, trees, conservation, soil, and ‘antiquities’
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">He was a man of endless curiosity who drew the flora and
fauna of the area with beautiful precision, who surveyed the land and made the
first maps of the area, who discovered mounds and archeological sites in the
region, and who marveled at everything in the natural world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Increase called himself a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">citizen scientist</b>. He didn’t have a college degree, but he was
interested in trying everything. Much like your typical elementary school
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I moved to Wisconsin to work for <a href="http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/" target="_blank">a state-wide cultural organization</a>, I had to get caught up on the people and places of the region’s
history. That’s when I met Rob Nurre, an enthusiastic expert on Increase Lapham. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My first daughter started kindergarten at Lapham Elementary
School in 2015, 110 years after it was dedicated in honor of Increase Lapham. Rob is the
one who told me that Increase’s daughters, Mary and Julia, annually donated
something from the explorer’s collection to the school on March 7<sup>th</sup>,
his birthday. One year they gave
the school one of his microscopes. These items all ended up as part of <a href="http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15932coll7" target="_blank">the enormous Lapham collection</a> at the Wisconsin Historical Society </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when the school closed briefly in the 1980s.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Currently there is only a small plaque above a bubbler in the school memorializing Wisconsin's first scholar. It is made of tan ceramic and is hard
to read, if you even notice it. My kids are not impressed by this boring sign and I agree: it doesn't really speak to Increase Lapham's playfully curious character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Here is where the story takes a modern turn: This spring every kindergartner, first and second grader at
Lapham Elementary School will make a personal acquaintance with Increase Lapham.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully that antiquated first name will start rolling off the tongues of neighborhood children (and their parents)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Using grant
money from the <a href="https://www.madisongives.org/" target="_blank">Madison Community Foundation</a>, with additional funds from our
good neighbors <a href="https://www.stonehousedevelopment.com/" target="_blank">Stone House Development</a> and materials from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lapham Elementary students will be celebrating the legacy of
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period clothing and with pockets filled with trilobites, rocks and other
curious bits from the natural world, will come in character to talk with
students about the world of Wisconsin in the mid-1800s.</span></li>
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teachers and parents get to know the curiosities and achievements of this
influential Wisconsinite. It will include images of Lapham, copies of some of his
drawings and journals, as well as the kinds of scientific and artistic tools he
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their observations on the natural world. Modeled after Lapham’s own notebook
held in the Wisconsin Historical Society collection, a little pocket in the
front of the notebook will hold a magnifying glass. Fact sheets will be pasted
inside the cover of the book. Guest artist <a href="http://www.bareknucklearts.com/about/" target="_blank">Amy Mietzel</a> will spend two weeks in
the art classroom to help each student decorate and customize their notebook.</span></li>
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and studies will be provided to all teachers so they can make connections within
their lessons. For example, in music class students will to compose lyrics to a
song connecting the dots between life as a Lapham student and the endless
curiosity that leads to a life of learning. The Gardener-in-Residence will help
the students use their notebooks to record observations in the garden.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Increase Lapham was interested in and influential in
so many spheres, the story has many entry points. There are fun ways for Kindergarten, first and second
grade lessons to connect to his studies and accomplishments. For example, my second grader
observes the weather every evening and records the data. My
kindergartner made binoculars in art class. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Now they might also come away from their time at Lapham Elementary
School proud that they, like Increase Lapham, are citizen scientists. And curious about all there is left to explore around them!</span></div>
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Jessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-81898914675707543152017-10-02T19:54:00.000-05:002017-10-02T19:54:39.445-05:00Neighborhood on display: A photo exhibition by Chris Norris<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Chris Norris is a neighbor and photographer who has been turning his interest in architecture and documentary film into a photo-investigation over the past few years. An exhibition of his images, a collection called "The Final Day," opens at Madison Central Library’s third floor gallery space <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/177906766115727/" target="_blank">this Friday during Gallery Night</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As he says himself, these photographs are "a hyper-local, intimate look at the
residential, industrial, and greenspace areas of the Madison Isthmus."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Chris moved to the neighborhood not too long after I started this blog. Like many of us, he has been fascinated by the rapid changes taking place since the area was named the Capitol Gateway Corridor to attract and guide development. Shot over the past few years, starting in 2014, he comments, "</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It's amazing how many of these photographs are
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There is a playful and provocative little book by Keri Smith, called <a href="http://www.kerismith.com/blog/the-wander-society-2/" target="_blank">The Wander Society</a>,
that incites us to join thinkers, artists and poets who, throughout
history and in cultures all over the earth have found wisdom through
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ambulando' is the mission and the calling. It is revolutionary, and
revelatory, to slow down, follow whims, and notice the canvas of our
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Olbrich Park became a bright spot on the city's map of experiments in placemaking when the new Biergarten opened this summer. With soft pretzels bigger than your head and an oversized Jenga set, I find the Biergarten playful and fresh. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are 237 parks listed on the <a href="https://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/find-a-park/azparks.cfm" target="_blank">City of Madison's website</a>. That is about one park per 1,000 people.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Of those parks, I think Olbrich</span></span> is one of our crown jewels.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>This weekend</b> Olbrich Park will be host to another experiment in placemaking, the <a href="https://www.makeshiftfestival.com/" target="_blank">Makeshift art and food festival</a>. This fundraiser for our city parks is the brainchild of several Tenney-Lapham neighbors, including folks from Underground Food Collective, Cork N Bottle, and FlakPhoto. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Alongside temporary installations from artists from around the world will be food. Really special food. The organizers call it "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ambitious, affordable dishes in a family-friendly, engaging and immersive experience. A one-day-only happening, Makeshift is Sunday, August 20th from 3-8PM rain or shine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of these food experiences is a collaboration between <a href="http://www.undergroundfoodcollective.org/" target="_blank">Underground Food Collective</a> and REAP, served from REAP's new food truck. <b>REAP's mission is to support small family farms and local businesses in southern Wisconsin and increase access to fresh, healthy food for everyone</b>. <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This pairs well with Underground's </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">seasonal menus highlighting farm fresh produce<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and</span> locally sourced products.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Director of <a href="http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/" target="_blank">REAP</a>, Helen Sarakinos, is a good friend of mine. We've come together around food and art many times--everything from canning beets to curating <a href="http://yaharareflections.com/sample-page/organizers/" target="_blank">an installation of five artists work along the Yahara River</a>--so this weekend we biked over to the Biergarten with our daughters and talked. </span></span><br />
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excited about the possibilities and the future of food in the Midwest. It's so inspiring to be
in this city with such a rich food system and see how this could extend
to the food our schools are serving children. I have loved working with
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>ME: </b><i>You are a fan of outdoor temporary art experiences like Eaux Claires
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joy of discovery in familiar places and remind us all of the natural
beauty we have right here in our city parks</b>. Are there any particular
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love the idea of this festival on so many levels, it’s the a fundraiser
for public parks, it’s free for everyone, and it’s there and then its
gone - placemaking at its best! I have always been drawn to guerrilla
art, forcing me to see the same things I look at daily in a radically
different way. So I am looking forward to seeing what Michael Duffy does
for this event since I’ve always enjoyed his other installations. But
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is so excited to be part of Makeshift and to feature our sweet new food
truck, an incredible donation from Emmi Roth Cheese! One of the ways we
hope to put it to use is as a food truck at Madison high schools -
since the schools all have open campuses, kids can get their lunch to
go, rather than choose between eating a proper meal or joining their
friends. The lunch recipes are being developed specifically for the food
truck - featuring local produce, and made to go. A few school districts
around the country have incorporated food trucks and they’ve been
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partnership with Underground Foods, the kids’ meal at Makeshift will
showcase the kinds of lunches we hope to be serving out of the food
truck in the coming year. These lunches are good for your body, really
delicious and full of seasonal and locally-sourced foods. The Makeshift
kids meal will be a rice bowl.</span></span></div>
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<li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8.1px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Every child will have access to high quality, delicious and healthy food so they are ready to learn. </span></span></li>
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will know and love the taste of fresh fruits and vegetables - the
stigma of “kids hate veggies” will be a thing of the past.</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #232323; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8.1px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It will be normal for all children to know at least some of the farmers who grow their meals. </span></span></li>
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Food Services has made some real progress with school meals in the last
few years. Did you know they buy almost 100 000 pounds annually of
locally-grown fruits and veg for school meals? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The
single best thing we can do as parents is support those efforts.
Madison elementary schools this fall will be featuring a weekly
locally-sourced lunch. Buy your kids the local lunch! As a community, if
we talk about wanting change, we need to support the change. We have to
walk the walk. If the District sees interest in local lunches featuring
fruits and vegetables, they’ll be willing to grow those options. </span></span></div>
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Jessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-85129298842983707612017-07-30T09:30:00.000-05:002017-07-30T09:30:09.041-05:00We missed the train. Now what?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My summertime travels have included chances to use the commuter rail systems in Chicago and New York. I love trains! So I also jumped at the chance to ride the brand new street car in Cincinnati. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm now back home to the nagging realization that Madison is a long way from a viable, visionary public transportation plan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In that light, I think it so important that Madison continues to invest in our network of bike trails and bike lanes. <b>We are a biking city</b> and <a href="https://issuu.com/wisconsinbikefed/docs/wisconsin-bike-fed-magazine-july-20" target="_blank">a biking state</a>!</span><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We have that going for us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Tenney-Lapham neighbors are doing important work to <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/web-data/steering/EMBB.htm" target="_blank">make the East Mifflin Street Bike Boulevard safer</a>.</b> This will do a lot to make the streets safer for everyone and make it a happier place to live. </span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We can keep our neighborhood livable by:</span></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-making it safer for bike traffic by re-orienting stop signs at streets that cross the bike boulevard </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-slowing car traffic that crosses through the neighborhood, like on busy Baldwin Street, by adding raised crosswalks </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-keeping non-residential car traffic off residential streets with tools like 'diverters' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>It's a visionary plan! </b>Check it out and </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://ledellz.com/contact" target="_blank">contact Alder Ledell Zellers</a> and tell her you support the TLNA recommendations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I get close to crying when I think about the high-speed trains that were coming to Madison, but were sent away when Governor Walker decided to <a href="http://lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/scott-walker-stopping-train-fulfilled-campaign-promise/article_aee267dc-0a2f-11e0-beb5-001cc4c03286.html" target="_blank">l</a><a href="http://lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/scott-walker-stopping-train-fulfilled-campaign-promise/article_aee267dc-0a2f-11e0-beb5-001cc4c03286.html" target="_blank">ock the state in 20th century mistakes</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Tragically our Governor <a href="http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/dave_zweifel/plain-talk-walker-s-train-gaffe-costing-state-big-time/article_5e93464e-5341-557e-9983-8e931bae444f.html" target="_blank">sent away the jobs and the money</a>, maybe because he is bad at math so didn't understand the real costs, or maybe because he is good at math and gets lots of money from car and road construction project enthusiasts, or <b>maybe he just wanted to screw Madison. Because a city without train service can't evolve gracefully into the 21st century.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Cities big and small are trying to be what put Madison on the map: a walkable, bikeable, <a href="https://livability.com/wi/madison/real-estate/why-madison-wis-is-the-best-city-in-america" target="_blank">livable city</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> “Madison
is 30 square miles surrounded by reality," said </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Lee Dreyfus, future Governor of Wisconsin, while campaigning in 1978.</span> I believe that was said with pride, though some doubters think it means we are naive to the 'real' American way of life (where cars rule). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Reality is, Madison has grown and we've gotten stuck at our precocious peak. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Statistics report that people born in America these days are no longer crazy for cars. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Turns
out these wise, mature young Americans want to ride bikes, join
car-sharing programs, spend money on exotic vacations, and live in
creative, vibrant neighborhoods. </span>And cities all over the country are bending over backward to attract and retain young people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> “The goal is to rebalance the public space and create a city for people,” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile" target="_blank">say forward-thinking urban politicians</a>. Cities are developing waterfronts, building parks and bike lanes, and getting the cars off the downtown streets. Basically trying to be as cool as Madison is, was, or could have been. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Does Madison have to let the streets decline into ugly, noisy, stinky traffic jams, or might we instead choose to retain our glory with some preventative measures? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">central isthmus core spread outward into the leafy, livable "street-car suburbs" designed and developed for
people who wanted to be able to step off the streetcar and walk home. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In other words, the developers a hundred years ago knew their customers and responded to their demands. A <a href="http://www.downtowntrolley.org/proposals/index.php?category_id=1588" target="_blank">history of Madison's early streetcar system</a>
(1892-1935) explains that the developers worked with the transportation
system and actually subsidized the construction of the lines. In the
case of University Heights development, "the </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">subsidy
was in the form of $10,000 in subscriptions paid by Heights residents.
In return the trolley company gave the residents free passes to ride
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Former Mayor Dave </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Cieslewicz planned to build a streetcar system in Madison and keep the city moving into the 21st century. It was going to be a major uphill battle, but smart urban planners understood the vision and were laying the groundwork. Then for some reason it was made into a joke, called the Trolley Folly. Ten years ago, in 2007, <a href="http://isthmus.com/news/news/mayor-dave-dropping-madison-streetcar-plan/" target="_blank">the plan was cancelled</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My neighborhood is being redesigned. Sadly, it's not a story of developers and transportation companies working together. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The neighborhood, specifically the Tenney-Lapham Neighorhood Association, has stepped up to do what they can to address the issues of congested and unsafe streets very locally. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2017/05/lets-build-it-vision-for-neighborhood.html" target="_blank">an earlier blog post</a>, I mentioned </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the neighborhood steering committee that formed around a goal to improve the East Mifflin Street Bicycle Boulevard. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The larger goal is called "traffic calming" and includes measures that will make it safer for people walking or riding bikes throughout the neighborhood. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br />The results of the neighborhood traffic survey and the "traffic improvement recommendations" can be found <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/web-data/steering/EMBB.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. There is <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1f4HsW4v-8q5pp5SPRhgwqoNjj30&ll=43.08517203670242%2C-89.37222225&z=16" target="_blank">a cool map</a> that pinpoints all the recommendations, which were as a whole very positively received by the city traffic engineering department. Now it is time for them to happen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The neighborhood recommendations to Traffic Engineering will help resolve current traffic congestion and make sure that the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood continues to be an urban commercial-residential zone in which bike, foot, bus and car travel co-exist safely. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"Cities are the greatest thing that people do."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Stewart Brand, author of <i>Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto</i>, and featured speaker at the 2017 Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference in Madison</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We have a problem. <b>Let's solve it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Madison is projected to have 70,000 new residents by 2040. The current population of the city is around 250,000, so that significant shift presents all sorts of possibilities, and problems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Like all American cities, the street systems are designed for cars. Like
most American cities, the public transportation system is too
inefficient or too inconvenient for a good portion of the population to <i>want</i> to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Cap East District, as envisioned and supported by city planning, is
now booming. It's an urban-infill dream come true: unused buildings and
empty lots are giving rise to high-rise mixed-use spaces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>So the problem is: Lots of people who want to move around in a city. </b>It is easier to design a system from scratch than to retrofit it. We don't want to clear-cut this urban isthmus (or any part of the city).<b> However, what is happening in the <a href="http://www.cityofmadison.com/council/district/districtfiles/district2/documents/CapEastSupplementFinal(1).pdf" target="_blank">Cap East District</a> is almost like a new city by design. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So as this dream comes true for developers and city government, I hope the people don't get run over. Literally. We need a vision for human movement and behavior<b>, </b>and we need transportation systems to support the dream. We don't want to try to retrofit it in 2040.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/east-wash-office-and-music-venue-project-approved-to-build/article_7bc6b2cb-b7af-5c2a-b1dd-fd04e7de711e.html" target="_blank">This Wisconsin State Journal article</a> about the Cosmos apartment complex alongside Starting Block Madison and American Family Insurance article ends with an admission of a part of the problem: "We have to take a better look at how we get people across East Wash. How do we get the people back and forth comfortably and safely? That's going to be a long-term issue we'll have to be looking at as we develop East Wash."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm struck by the fecklessness of this statement. Is it really possible at this stage of the game that this important piece of the puzzle is missing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There is a transportation master plan and, like any average citizen, I know very little about it. It's called <a href="http://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/transportationmasterplan/" target="_blank">Madison in Motion</a>. At a session of the recent Earth Day conference at Monona Terrace, Brian Grady from the city's planning division explained to a crowded room of people that is hasn't been as successful as it should have been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Earth Day conference, presented by the <a href="http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/" target="_blank">UW's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies</a>, was tagged "Hope and Renewal in the Age of
the Apocalypse." It was a welcome chance to consider shining examples of human problem-solving. The featured presenters were there to push us to think
big, thing bold, and think pragmatically.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Cities are beautiful and intricate systems for people to meet their needs while developing their well-being and happiness. <a href="http://julianagyeman.com/" target="_blank">Julian Agyeman</a>, author of <i>Sharing Cities</i> and <i>Just Sustainability, </i>offered a concept called "urban acupuncture." The term was coined by Brazilian architect, urbanist and mayor <a href="https://islandpress.org/book/urban-acupuncture" target="_blank">Jaime Lerner</a>. Agyeman told stories of 'pin-pricks of excellence,' such as High Line Park in New York City and <a href="http://architectureindevelopment.org/news.php?id=49" target="_blank">Spanish Park Library</a> in an impoverished neighborhood of Medellín, Columbia. These intense injections of visionary change have a healing effect on the neighborhood and the city. The good energy spreads. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://tenneylapham.org/" target="_blank">The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association</a> has decided to make traffic issues the focus of projects, events, and <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/web-data/steering/EMBB.htm" target="_blank">conversations this year</a>. Residential and commercial density is concentrated and increasing quickly in this neighborhood and we feel the tension that can birth grand change. Positive, negative, both, either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">On April 17th, an initial meeting was held for neighbors to talk with traffic engineering specialist Tom Mohr. The agenda and scope of that meeting can be found <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/web-data/steering/0417agenda.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. The slides from Mohr's presentation can be found <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/web-data/steering/mohr0417.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are many concerns, but at this meeting, the focus was on the East Mifflin Street bike boulevard and traffic around Lapham Elementary School. Mohr discussed the issues, brought to light the pros and cons of possible changes, and encouraged neighbors to work together to design solutions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Let's do some urban acupuncture.</b> Let's be bold and move toward a vision. Let's look for shining examples, trust data, ask for expertise, and make changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><b>A neighborhood steering committee is forming and will meet this week: May 18, 2017, 7:00 PM at Festival Foods 2nd Floor Conference Room.</b></i> We are lucky to have people working on this and we owe it to them to respect their ideas and try them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It seems to me we don't have problems of engineering or science. We have 'social science' problems. In other words, the real challenge is in presenting opportunities that allow us as individuals to feel lucky to be part of a community with equitable and healthy systems working in our favor. If we recognize and capitalize on our strengths, we will be resilient as
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At this moment in history, fully half of the world's population lives in cities. The median age in Madison is 30.8 years old. This is visible in the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood. But here, among the old trees and historic parks, we also benefit from the wisdom that comes from a diversity of experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We are ripe to become a pin-prick of excellence on the planet. I am looking for bold vision. I am hopeful we can experiment
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The kids are busy this spring learning <b>the who, what, and how of public art and sculpture</b>. They have also begun plotting their own large, 3-dimensional pieces to build.<b> This kid-made art will be installed in the parkway along the Yahara River this summer</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The artist-in-residence is Amy Mietzel, a former elementary-school art teacher who now teaches a full range of courses for adults and kids from her funky little space on Winnebago Avenue called Bare Knuckles Arts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">About a year ago, I approached Amy with the idea for Lapham Buildementary. I was thinking of a follow-up to <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/p/yahara-reflections.html" target="_blank">Yahara Reflections</a>, a temporary installation of five artists' work in 2014. I barely knew her then, but had a feeling she was the person who could pull it off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When you walk in <a href="http://www.bareknucklearts.com/" target="_blank">Bare Knuckles Arts</a>, it's obvious that the workspace is the brain-child and baby of someone who delights in creative freedom, is open to trying new things, and has an eye for detail and a skill for organization. Watching her work on an art project with my daughters, I was impressed by how respectful, encouraging, relaxed and real she is with young people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Luckily, the Lapham principal was incredibly excited about the idea and Amy was on board. I wrote a grant proposal to the <a href="http://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/madison-arts-commission/1580/" target="_blank">Madison Arts Commission</a> for the project and additionally received generous support from the Lapham-Marquette Parent Teacher Group, the Marquette and Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Associations, and local businesses <a href="http://www.robinroombar.com/" target="_blank">Robin Room</a> and <a href="http://www.undergroundmeats.com/" target="_blank">Underground Meats</a>. Amy started working immediately, sketching and networking and making things happen. She connected with UW-Madison and found two students to volunteer during class. Together we worked out the details with the school and got the blessing of the parks department. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Over dinner after the first class, my six year old daughter told us about <a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/10/08/446731282/sculptor-turns-rain-ice-and-trees-into-ephemeral-works" target="_blank">Andy Goldworthy</a>. "He didn't get permission," she wanted to make clear to me. He just collected a whole bunch of snow and made huge snowballs, "like, bigger than me," she emphasized, stretching her arms over her head. He stored the snowballs in a freezer. Then in the summer, she continued, he put the snowballs in a park and watched as people discovered them. "They took over a week to melt!" she told us in awe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Goldworthy is one of my favorite artists, too. He creates ephemeral works using natural materials. I really love that this can be done by anyone </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with materials that cost nothing, are readily accessible, and are naturally mesmerizing. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is what kids do with creative flair all the time, like when they make</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> piles of rocks on the beach or build a fort from sticks in the woods.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Amy started the first two classes with slides and stories. The focus during the second week was specifically on local sculptures, many of which were familiar to students. I watched the hands go up each time a new slide came on the screen, the kids eager to share their own ways of connecting with the artwork. After class, my children and I ran errands around the east side. We were so excited to point out many pieces we'd just been talking about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Eventually, working in pairs or teams, the kids will make their own unique designs into real sculptures. Sturdy bases for the sculptures have been welded by a friend of Amy's to meet Madison Parks' specifications. An exhibition of all the sculptures will be in the parkway along the Yahara River this summer. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You can follow along with the project on the <a href="http://www.bareknucklearts.com/lapham-buildementary-outdoor-sculptures-by-kids/" target="_blank">Bare Knuckles Arts website</a>, where Amy posts a little story and pictures after each week's class. And check out the kids' designs on view at Bare Knuckles Arts during Gallery Night on Friday, May 5th from 5-9 PM. </span></b><br />
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The clock reads 12:41 AM. It is now officially January 20th, 2017.<br />
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I can't sleep.<br />
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Chances are good I'll be out of a job soon. The presidential inauguration in a few hours will affect all of us. The details are unknown, but all predictions and promises are terrifying to me. Targeted attacks on the vulnerable members of society, the artists and intellectuals...we know how this story historically goes. Intentions to de-fund the National Endowment for the Humanities would end my 15 year career as I know it, but that's not what is keeping me awake.<br />
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My mind is fixating on the challenge of kindness in all this. How I can be kinder. I feel so hurt, discouraged, and disheartened. I just want to find it in myself to grow kinder.<br />
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I am often awkwardly shy. I am not good at small talk. My social skills are inexplicably bad when it comes to things like simple interactions at cash registers and ordering pizza over the phone. And it's killing me right now, knowing these are just excuses for what boils down to a lack of energy for kindness.<br />
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What I mean is that every interaction we have is an opportunity to break free of our insecurities for the sake of human kindness. I have kind intentions, and am often capable of kind gestures. I know I am a good friend and many of my friends would claim I'm kind. But considering all that is going wrong around me, all the mean and cruel and disappointingly flawed humans flaunting themselves, I can think of nothing harder, yet more important, than to learn to be kinder.<br />
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I have a friend whose kindness is so disarming it is saintly. Her kindness is genuine and intelligent and wise. Does one have to be born with such a natural disposition toward kindness, or can I learn from her? Can I push myself to bother to be kinder? What will it take, on my part? And how can we inspire it in each other?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's really not like me to blog in the middle of the night. I've been less prolific, and less opinionated here, than when I started this blog. I was just getting to know the neighborhood as a parent back then and was so inspired by what was going on, I found I had a lot of opinions and things to say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As I got to know more people who are truly involved, showing up to all the meetings, and taking care of this neighborhood, I was even more inspired. And also humbled. I know so little about what is actually going on around here. And there is so, so, so much going on in this thriving Cap-East district (more development proposals and projects than I can count). My kids are getting older, and busier, and I don't have the bandwidth to keep up, let alone comment intelligently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But I believe there will be even more going on, and much of it will be inspiring thanks to all these good people around me, so maybe it will make sense to write more about it here. More unknowns. But why not hope?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>In 2017 the playground within Tenney Park, near the lagoon and shelter house, will be re-imagined and the play equipment will be replaced. </b>I've been anticipating this, as have others. Tenney Park is historically and geographically unique and many people feel strongly that this is an exciting opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The City of Madison Parks Department maintains 174 playgrounds (more playgrounds per capita than any other city!) and landscape architects lead the process of replacing playgrounds. For Reynolds Park, and for Tenney Park, Sarah Lerner has been the point person for neighbors and leads the city's planning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Playgrounds are just one part of a larger conversation about PLAY that cross-cuts through a bunch of fields in addition to landscape architecture - physical education, design, public art, environmental education, childhood development, human psychology, urban planning and probably more - and I've wished I had infinite time and resources so that I could skip around and try out some new career paths. Instead I created <a href="https://madisonplaygroundreview.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Madison Playground Review</a></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> so that I could dip my toe in the waters while exploring the city with my kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In an earlier post, <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-potential-of-play-spaces.html" target="_blank">The Potential of Play Spaces</a>, I admitted that writing about about playgrounds does make me feel boring, in that Mommy Blogger way, partially because so many playgrounds are so darn boring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>But if you believe in the value of public space and city parks, you feel good in nature, and you get a kick out of innovative and artful design, playgrounds are part of the solution. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Most playgrounds provide a pretty standard set of structures. Kids expect them and aren't complaining, at least not outright. However, experts in these things explain that there are actually fewer injuries, and kids are more engaged and getting more out of the experience, when the play spaces are different. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And there are in fact lots of examples of different. A search for 'natural,' 'innovative,' 'inspired,' or 'cool' playground' to see some great images. Or check my <a href="https://madisonplaygroundreview.wordpress.com/examples-playspaces-around-the-world/" target="_blank">Examples of Play Spaces Around the World</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Which is how Sarah Lerner began the public meeting with neighbors interested in Tenney Playground's remodel. She has worked for the City for many years and is very familiar with the policies in place and why they work for the greater good. However, she is also an expert in landscape architecture and knows just how special Tenney Park is, and how ripe Madison is for an innovative, inspired, cool playground. She is excited because the neighborhood is also excited and ready to work with her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association created a survey to assess what neighbors want in area parks. From over 100 responses, the top priority was to "c</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">onstruct a natural play area or ‘living’ playground in Tenney Park."<span style="background-color: white; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;"> (Survey results are <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDCJkJhPCny6QHlfnulOfrF7J3C6dqqfq7yNV4CLymJ9b2Bw/viewanalytics" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I asked my kids what they wanted to see at a new Tenney Park playground, they gave me these suggestions:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-A little bowling alley</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-A Teeter-Totter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-A May Pole (Why didn't I think of this!!!?! We could <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/p/may-day-picnic.html" target="_blank">really use it!</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In reality, the sky is not the limit. The City has contracts with vendors and, based on the budget allowed for each project, a couple of options are sketched out after neighbors have been asked for general preferences. In the case of Tenney Park, several designs </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">will be presented for public input in the next couple months before construction begins in 2017. These designs will respond to </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the concerns and ideas brought to the initial meeting (it was on November 16th at Whitehorse Middle School) and present a spectrum of options.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So stay tuned for more information so you can voice your opinion! And spread the word. This opportunity will not come up again soon so let's make Tenney Playground all we want it to be, for the kids and for the neighborhood and for the love of play.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Often, after my daughter is inside and her day has begun, I am still standing outside on the sidewalk deep in conversation with neighbors and other parents. This morning meeting is a nice way to start the day. I've found my cohort to be impressively engaged in the community, particularly the school community, and I learn a lot from them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The collective consciousness remembers that Lapham Elementary was once closed down due to lack of attendance. For me, this somewhat recent history has felt vague. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My internet searches to sleuth out these dates led me repeatedly into the well-organized and easily accessible <a href="http://tenneylapham.org/newsArchive.html" target="_blank">TLNA Newsletter archives</a>. Volume 1, Number 1 of "Tenney/Lapham News" was published in September 1976. Exactly forty years later, I am humbled by the history in those pages, and by the neighborly care, concern, and commitment expressed by the writers over the years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Lapham Elementary School was closed for a decade, from 1979 to 1989. Today </span>Lapham is part-one of the elementary school experience for neighborhood kids. After 2nd grade, kids attend Marquette Elementary on Jenifer Street, which is conveniently where they continue for 6-8 grades at the attached O'Keefe Middle School. In 2007, there was a highly controversial consolidation plan that would have closed Marquette (and moved all those kids into the Lapham building), but the plan was not passed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The local liquor shop consistently supports the school. Two years ago, I got to know Jim and former C&B owner Teena Browder as we worked together to migrate the annual neighborhood party to nearby Reynolds Park. For years, the Block Party was organized and hosted by Cork and Bottle. Any donations made by those enjoying free beer and home-made potato salad were given directly to Lapham. I don't know when that Block Party started....I'll have to ask Jim next time I see him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Located in a highly urban neighborhood with around 30% home-owner-occupancy, the school feels to me like a space where students and parents feel a connection to place. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I was a new parent, I was told by other parents that Lapham was 'a good school.' A year in, I understand that to mean, at least in this case, that it is an active and highly-engaged school community. A 'good' elementary school in the United States in 2016 is probably, generally speaking, a school where parents get to know each other and the school culture is one where parents' ideas are heard and respected. That is what I've found at Lapham. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>M</b></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ichelle Obama's DNC </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/07/25/dnc-convention-michelle-obama-entire-speech-sot.cnn" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;" target="_blank">speech</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> worked on me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've been reminded of <b>the importance of scripting a positive story</b>. I've been reminded of how important we are as role models for our children. I've been reminded that the stories we tell, about ourselves as individuals, families, and communities, matter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/08/life-stories-narrative-psychology-redemption-mental-health/400796/">This article</a> in The Atlantic explains the field of Narrative Psychology by saying people use <b>stories to make meaning</b>. To biologists, we are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/books/review/the-storytelling-animal-by-jonathan-gottschall.html?_r=0">storytelling animals</a>. To <a href="http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/about-us/humanities">humanists</a>, things like language, literature, philosophy, and ethics, are disciplines of memory and imagination that tell us where we have been and help us <b>imagine where we might go</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Some <a href="http://www.channel3000.com/news/Neighbors-hope-to-save-remaining-Jenifer-Street-tree-canopy/39750416" target="_blank">local news coverage</a> tells part of the story. Neighbors have been meeting regularly and are gaining attention. A petition asks city planners to change the policy to plant only short trees under power lines (<a href="https://www.change.org/p/madison-mayor-paul-soglin-dean-kahl-of-city-forestry-don-t-remove-the-trees-under-power-lines?recruiter=578846894&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink">sign it here</a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Two years ago, before the Emerald Ash Borer was spotted right downtown, Ash trees in city parks could be 'saved' from removal plans if private funds were raised to pay for treatment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>The story goes like this:</b> with organized effort and local fundraising, the TLNA neighborhood came together to take care of the trees in Tenney and Reynolds Parks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Unfortunately this <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-modest-approach-to-killing-trees.html" target="_blank">adoption option is not available</a> for trees in street terraces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span> </b>friend who has been keeping me abreast of this developing story said in an email recently, "Best news in months! The Sustainable Madison Committee voted to create a sub-committee on Street Trees. It's still going to be a long, long, long haul, but this is a great step."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I love that hopefulness in her story. In a phone conversation, she told me that public momentum is building and it will force a policy change. I believe it, and I believe we all need to get behind this story until it is true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Trees reduce energy costs and create shade</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Tress absorb rainfall during storms</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Trees make us happy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-Trees make our city charming and livable</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-We want to be part of a city that demonstrates wise leadership and creates forward-thinking policy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>The new Street Tree Committee it meeting later this month. </b>They are looking for neighborhood liaisons and people willing to write a story for the city where trees and people win. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Right now, if you feel compelled, </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="https://www.cityofmadison.com/council/councilmembers/findAlderByAddress.cfm">contact your Alder</a>. Let him or her know you support changing policies and funding partial utility under-grounding in order to facilitate preserving and replanting canopy trees in our street terraces. And it always helps to go to your neighborhood council meetings. There you can also get ideas and learn more about what's happening in your neighborhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I understand that when we are faced with challenges, all we can control is our reaction and the way we shape the narrative as we go forward. <b>So as it applies to both the remarkable 2016 presidential election and our remarkable urban forest, "When they go low, we go high." </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Richard Linster greeted people and renewed Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood
Association memberships. Ken Vogel displayed his incredible puppets, Alicia
Hamilton gave luxurious chair massages, the principal of Lapham
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tour of Well #24 with Tom Heikkinen, General Manager of the Madison
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> The Cork and Bottle String band entertained us with their home-grown sound and Underground Food Cart supplied the homemade meal. A game of Red Light, Green Light drew both kids and adults into the field for a few rounds, but not for too long: It was hot in the sun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bernies Rock Shop brought out the much loved fossil and gem dig, children aimed tennis balls at the clothes-line of dangling stuffed animals to win whatever they hit, and thanks to extremely dedicated volunteers Teena and Sonali, hot and thirsty people enjoyed Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, root beer floats, Robin Room phosphates and JPH lemonade all afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Alder Zellers and TLNA President Patty Prime chatted with everyone while Nick served a variety of delicious homemade drinks and kids hid out in the Tenney Nursery & Parent Center cardboard maze (with zero chance an adult-sized-person would be able to follow them through the small tunnels and turns). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">...boxes for building, balls for bopping around, a fire truck to climb in and a performance of familiar hits by Francie and Josh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There was more, too, of course. Games and prizes. Delicious donated food by Sophia's, Macha Tea House and Festival Foods. <i>And</i> Rihanna, who brought her salon chair and mirror to spend the entire afternoon streaking party-goes' hair with bright waves of color. The pink streak was a literal highlight of the day for my daughter, who has refused to wash her hair all week. Somehow I missed taking a picture of Rihanna. It is probably because Rihanna was putting a gold streak in my own hair.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood
Block Party is soon!</b></span> For the second year, I’ve been working with a
wonderful group of friends to plan the Party in the Park. Like <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2015/07/balloons-ice-cream-and-dancing.html" target="_blank">last year</a>, the
casual neighborly gathering will be at Reynolds Park from 1-5.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have to admit, the Party in the
Park last year was a real highlight of my summer. There was music, lemonade, friends
and neighbors, and an undeniably good vibe. And this year’s party, on June 25<sup>th</sup>
(my dad’s birthday, coincidentally), is going to be great. </span><br />
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here are just ten of
the many reasons why:</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: red;">ONE:</span></span> </b>Cork and Bottle String Band! The
band that <a href="http://isthmus.com/screens/movies/cork-n-bottle-string-band-the-kens-bar-story-at-the-2007-wisconsin-film-festival/" target="_blank">our neighborhood is </a></span><br />
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their busy summer schedule obliged this year (they were so bummed they couldn’t
play the Party last year) and, while we are not ‘just another summer music
festival,’ we are so happy to have Cork and Bottle String Band as our
soundtrack. They go on at 2:30 and are followed by Francie and Josh at 4PM.</span><br />
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signed & framed print by Aaron Bohrad! He is one of Wisconsin’s most famous
artists (read about him <a href="http://www.chicagomodern.org/artists/aaron_bohrod/">here</a>) and the U
Frame It shop on East Johnson will be featuring his work this summer. This is
one of the many amazing things you could win in the raffle. The businesses in
the neighborhood have been unbelievably generous and there are some really
excellent prizes to be won. And all the money raised goes to support Lapham
Elementary School and neighborhood parks. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;"><b>THREE:</b></span> Dogs on parade! I’m not personally
a dog owner, but I am excited to see other people’s dogs dolled up and showing
off for their canine buddies. The parade starts at 1:30 PM and the <a href="http://doghausuniversity.com/" target="_blank">Dog Haus University</a>
on East Johnson Street will be giving out bandanas, so even if you don’t have a Super Dog cape or little pumpkin outfit on hand, you can still let your dog
join the fun. And the rest of us will be happy bystanders.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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by popular demand. Last year I asked the Madison Water Utility if we could have
a peek at whatever is under the tennis and bike polo courts in the water
facility building. They were humbly accommodating and truly flattered by the
huge turn-out. The water well tour was a hit. So again this year, General
Manager Tom Heikkinen will open the doors and lead a tour of Water Well #24 at
1PM.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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promised to bring out some of his remarkable puppet and marionette collection
for us to admire. He makes every single one by hand. The designs are all his
own, though you can recognize some famous folks, like Belle La Follette, Hank
Aaron and Georgia O’Keefe. And if you have ever been to <a href="http://www.ellasdeli.com/" target="_blank">Ella’s Deli</a> on East
Washington, you’ve probably marveled at some of Ken’s work. He is one of our
local artists and it’s a treat to have him as part of the Party in the Park
again this year. And if you have kids, make sure they ask him for a free pass
to ride the carousel at Ella’s.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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the original and wholly unique Marvelous Maze at the Party in June. I have
heard whisperings about it, even seen some of these good people scavenging
supplies, but I don’t know the secrets. I will be lost in there, too.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;"><b>EIGHT:</b></span> Climb around on Fire Truck Engine #3.
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there will be amazing food and</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">drink donated by local brew masters, chefs and
culinary artists. Again the sips and sweets will be part of our lure to get you
to donate generously to support our school and neighborhood. Three will be treats from <a href="http://www.machateacompany.com/#!find-us/c8x8" target="_blank">Macha Tea Com<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pany</span></a>, snacks from <a href="http://www.festfoods.com/stores/madison" target="_blank">Festival Foods</a>, ice cream from the <a href="http://www.chocolateshoppeicecream.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate Shoppe</a>, root beer from <a href="http://www.madisoncorknbottle.com/" target="_blank">Cork N' Bottle</a>, phosphates from the <a href="http://www.robinroombar.com/" target="_blank">Robin Room</a>, and more. If you want some
more substantial fare, the <a href="http://www.undergroundfoodcollective.org/" target="_blank">Underground Food</a> Truck will be on site and you are welcome to BYOB (Cork N' Bottle sells cans, which makes it easier to keep our park glass-free).<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><br />
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neighbors! This was the best part for me last year. After months of planning
(and that was actually a lot of fun, too, because my co-conspirators are such capable
and joyful people), at the Party I truly sat back and enjoyed the good company
and beautiful scene. But </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Fact: </span>A lot <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2016-yoga-in-america-study-conducted-by-yoga-journal-and-yoga-alliance-reveals-growth-and-benefits-of-the-practice-300203418.html" target="_blank"><b>more people are doing yoga</b></a> every year</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I need some<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">concrete evidence to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">counter all the d<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pressing inf<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ormation swirling</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> around, I remind myself</span></span></span> that thi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ngs that I value</span> are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">gain<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing in popularity</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The incre<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ase in number of US adults prac<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ticing yoga is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">larger tha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n</span> you <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">might realize. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cc</span>ording to</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://seattleyoganews.com/yoga-in-america-2016-statistics/" target="_blank">the 2016 statistic</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://seattleyoganews.com/yoga-in-america-2016-statistics/" target="_blank">s</a>, 15% of US ad<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ults <b>actively</b> practice yoga<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> (</span>A f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ull </span>28% <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">US adults have prac<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ticed <i>a</i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>t some time in their li<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ves</span></i>). <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Especially e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">xciting to me is</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> that of </span></span></span></span>th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span> almost 37 mil<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lion a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cti<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ve yogis, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>37<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">% </span>have children under the age of 18 who also practice yoga</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've been prac<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ticing yoga <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">se<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">riou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sly for half my life. It i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s no small<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> thing. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've clocked a lot of hours on my mat and</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span>I know how powerful th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ese practices are<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> personally. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marlynn-wei-md-jd/why-people-do-yoga_b_7758984.html" target="_blank">Yoga changes people</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">An<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d i</span></span>t leads to change<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">T<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">practi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ces of yoga <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are</span> done for all kinds of reason<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and in many different ways, but <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">shared <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">element of all yoga is the</span> life-changing part<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">: <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mindful breathing. When you breath deeply, filling<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>the lun<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">gs more than <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">normal</span></span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the movement of your diaphram stimulates t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he vagus nerve. This <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nerve runs the length of your spine and into the base of the skull. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The vagus nerve, when <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stimulated by the diap<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hram, sends n</span></span></span>eur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">otra<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nsmitters <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">through the bo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dy<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with the message to relax. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is physical response when you breath de<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eply is aut<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">oma<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tic. It means <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that after a few deep bre<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">aths, you are mu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ch less li<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">kely to yell and scream, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or to do <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">reckl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ess, arrogant, or greedy things. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I truly beli<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eve that the</span></span> more people who are br<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eathing deeply, the better life on earth will be. So more people doing<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> yo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ga is reason for optimism.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Maybe you read about t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he </span></span>Breathe For Change p</span>rogram<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_2013893847">a re<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cent Cap <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Times article</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I teach yoga, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">inc<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">luding a Mother-Daughter course with with my kids, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h</span>onestly<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, my daughter hasn't tol<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d me <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">much about <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the yoga and breathing they do a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t school. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span>he is in her first year of school and, since <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we do yoga at home, she probably just thinks it is pretty <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">normal. She has no idea that th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e Breathe For Change prog<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ram is ra<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dical and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that she is incredibly lucky to be at one of the program's pilot schools</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> have my own worries a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bout public e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ducation in th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is country. I know that teachers are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stressed out and get <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">burned out. I know they are underpaid and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they are expected to do<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> incredible things <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in short order while the public <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">complains and critic<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">izes</span></span>. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I don't<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> think <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">this</span> creates <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i</span>deal <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">circumstances for teach<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing or learning</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span 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style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> remember hearing my daughter<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">'s kindergart<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">en </span>teacher <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">say, "I get to do yoga to<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">morrow<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!" She was excited about it<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I was excited for her! <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A portion of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">her</span> staff training and in-service day was devoted to yoga, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mindful breathing, and reflection. That is ex<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">actly what I want <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the teachers who are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">educating</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">our kids to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">be doing<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The
Breathe For Change mission is "to empower educators to take care of
themselves, their students, and their school communities through
wellness practices such as yoga, mindfulness, and community building." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span 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style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>lana Nankin is the yogi <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">who founded </span><a href="http://www.breatheforchange.org/" target="_blank">Breathe For C</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.breatheforchange.org/" target="_blank">hange</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Tenney-Laph<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">am <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">neighborhood <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">got lucky. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Laph<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">am's <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">irst<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-</span>grade teacher </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span 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style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hrista Peterson</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">earning her teaching degree</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at UW-Madison <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>lana <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">first starte<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d thinking about how yoga could benefit <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">educators. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>lana and C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hrista</span></span> sta<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">yed in touch. Th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rough this connection, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and the openne<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ss of the Lapham Principal, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Lapha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m is now one of the</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Breathe For C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hange <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">strongholds</span>.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Teachers, staff, and students are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tak<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing deep breaths, regularly. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Last week there <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was an open house at Lapham E<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mentary <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">School so that parents c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ould learn about the pilot program our children have been part of all school year. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Walking to school for t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he evening event, I asked <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my 6-year-old</span> what we might le<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ar<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> a proud <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rush of e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">xcitement, she de<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">monstrated Pizza Breath and Flower Breat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, both techniques <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for</span> mindful breathing<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. S<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he told me about the musician <a href="http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35178/title.california-rapper-justme-brings-lessons-on-mindfulness-to-wisconsin-elementary-school" target="_blank">JusT</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35178/title.california-rapper-justme-brings-lessons-on-mindfulness-to-wisconsin-elementary-school" target="_blank">Me</a>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">then broke into a rap and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">skip-danced the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> rest of the way to school. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">oor of the a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">uditorium</span> w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as full. The energy was high. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lana <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was wearing a bear hat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. She has a huge smile <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and calls her<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">elf </span></span></span>Breathing Bear to the kids<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, who <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">were hugging her affectionately throughout the evening</span>.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The room was full of good vibes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Many of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the kids were wearing their bright o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">range Breathe <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For Change t-shirts. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A bunch<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of the ki<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ds were <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">clumped together in the front, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">close to their <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Breathe For C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hange tea<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">chers, inclu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ding Jus<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">TM<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e, who clearly <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">holds a s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">uper-star status <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for the kids. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">While the students went with JusTM<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e to learn a new song and dance, <b>t</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>he parents were given a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">serious but loving talking-to</span></b>. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We were told just how simple <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it is, to breath<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e deep<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly, and that it re<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">quires no experti<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">se. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> were explained the basics of what</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> de<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ep breath</span></span></span> does for the body and mind p<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ysi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ologically to cal<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the nervous s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ystem from a state of reactive <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ens<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ion. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We were reminded of the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">value of this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for parents, and assured that all parents <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">can take advantage of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the powers of the breath<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>The<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n we did</span> some deep breathing<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , 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style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Parents <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">could use the techni<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ques of</span></span> Breathe for C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hange, too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>In my most optimistic moments, I believe that </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span 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style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span 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style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Breathe F<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or Change <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is the future, and we are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">riding a w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ave that is part of a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ning tide. 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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">short promo film about </span>Breathe for C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hange at Lapham Elementary School<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">:</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I have just returned from my first visit to the Indonesian island of Bali<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are over 17,000 islands in Indonesia<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, but Bali<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> is one that most of us have hear<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d of. </span></span></span>Four million
people live there. On <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">top of that, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o</span></span>ver 2.5 million foreign tourists visit annually. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bali is sma<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ll; </span>just 89 across by 56 miles <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from top to bottom</span>. </span></span></span>And, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span></span>here is no official method of trash collection. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is</span> a big problem. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are mountains o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f trash, and </span>valleys of trash, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bvious and les<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s-than-o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bvious places</span></span></span></span>. A <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">good deal of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the garbage</span>, of course, ends up in<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the ocean.</span></span></span></span><br />
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some in<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">genious </span>small-scale programs for trying to
manage the problem. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For example<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span></span></span> visited <a href="http://greenschool.org/" target="_blank">The Green School</a>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a </span>school <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that is somewhat fa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mous<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> for their <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sustainability-fo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cused</span></span></span></span> curriculum and wall-less classrooms<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> school<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> runs a</span> recycling prog<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ram that is open to the community.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">People are paid</span></span> cash for what they <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bring in. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Gaylord Ne<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lson<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>known as The Conservation Governor because of his reforms to clean up
waterways, protect
natural resources, create green jobs, and bolster the state's
recreation
infrastructure. His ideas were popular and he was elected to
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national teach-in on the environment. T<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he goal was</span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">That was forty<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-seven years ago. La<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">st week I was </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">putting <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my</span> kids to bed<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">T</span></span>he 4-year-old asked, "Is the
universe bigger than all of Madison?" <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">very next questing</span> indicated that she <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">really hadn't understood<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> my <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">response</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"></span></span>:</span></span></span></span> "Is the universe bigger
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Clearly, </span>impossibly abstract concepts, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">like <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">an oc<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ean full of garbage and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sea levels rising, are not where to start the conversation about Earth Day with my young kids</span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In fact, I'll admi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t that I find the early elementary school's science cu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rriculum </span>focus on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">distant places like The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Rainfor<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">est <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a bit mi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sguided. I'd rather <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my girls be able to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">identify our local flora and fauna, and understand how the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Great Lakes <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ecosystem works<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">...but anyway.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I decided <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to go out to</span> <a href="https://madisonplaygroundreview.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/governors-island-eaglo-mound-playground/" target="_blank">Governors Island</a>. We hang out there often enough that the girls have some sense of comfort and familiarity with the trails and shorelines. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Because it was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Earth Day, and I have been thinking about trash, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w</span></span></span>e packed gloves and plastic bags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Both girls popped out the car ready.</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"></span>They attacked that garbage-strewn patch of woods near the main parking lot like kids hunting for Easter eggs. They <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">were having fun</span>. And <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they could easily see that our <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ef<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">forts</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">were making</span></span> a huge difference. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In the mo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">me<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nt, and in ref<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lection, </span></span></span>I have honestly never been so proud of my kids.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And I learned<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rough the expe<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rience that t</span></span></span></span></span>he</span></span> spring-time debris found in our local parks is gross, but it's <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">something we can handle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As a f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ollow<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-up,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span>we went to <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/p/reynolds-park.html" target="_blank">Reynolds Park</a> for a neighborhood clean<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-</span>up on Saturday. This is another place my kids feel at home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">While the adults worked, the gang of kids mostly ran around and played. They were among friends and, again, had a blast. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">T</span>hey didn't get their hands <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">very</span> dirty<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, but they<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> were part of a community <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">xpression of care for a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> park with which they<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> feel feel a connection<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I feel confident that bot<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my dau<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ghters</span></span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ages four and six, </span></span>now understand <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Earth Day. And should I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ag<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ain wonder<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span>where to spend <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pring days in the fut<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ure, I think they'll re<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mind me</span></span></span></span></span></span>: <b>At a bea<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">utiful </span>spot on earth, connecting with the place, the people, and also the problems of that particular place.</b></span><br />
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Jessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-71935148023487711812016-03-07T10:47:00.001-06:002016-03-07T10:47:58.873-06:00Is Now the Time for a Neighborhood Center in Tenney-Lapham?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood plan articulates a need for more community services for residents. Eight years after it was written, the scene has changed a bit. There are loads of development projects underway and neighborhood density increasing. <b>Is now the time to make a Tenney-Lapham neighborhood center a reality?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Tenney-Lapham is the first neighborhood I've had the pleasure of getting to know as a home-owner and parent. The first few years I lived here, my understanding of the place and its history was shallow. My involvement with <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/search/label/Reynolds%20Park" target="_blank">the renovation of Reynolds Playground</a> introduced me to some wonderful people, and resources, including the dedicated members of the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association and <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/plan2008.pdf" target="_blank">the TLNA master plan</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The neighborhood plan was created by people who care more than most. I say that because I can imagine a process that included many meetings, a large amount of research, and a high level of sensitivity. Fifty neighborhood volunteers, as part of five task forces, looked to
the earlier 1995 plan to analyze progress and lay a course for the
future. The resulting 58+ page document was endorsed in 2008. It is not a legal document, but the fact of its existence gives the neighborhood association, and its steering committees, a legitimate voice at the table with city entities. I've personally been told by city planners that the neighborhood plan holds weight and is an important guide in their considerations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The plan is impressive. It lays out a vision that I find simultaneously reasonable and radical.The twelve 'major threads,' listed here, are explained and then clumped into six topics, each with a set of goals and
action steps. You can take a look at the plan <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/plan2008.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">aim</span>s to: </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">1. Preserve the central city architectural history</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">2. Enhance the Yahara River Corridor as a place to live and play</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">3. Link new and existing parks to the neighborhood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">4. Provide community services to residents by forming a closer partnership with the Wil-Mar Center</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">5. Improve cross-Isthmus transportation to shopping, schools, and social service agencies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">6. Strengthen the vitality of the neighborhood commercial core</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">7. Attract and retain businesses that blend with the artistic, Bohemian nature of the area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">8. Ensure that affordable, quality housing opportunities continue throughout the neighborhood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">9. Maintain older housing stock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">10. Increase home-ownership in the Lapham Elementary School area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">11. Redevelop underutilized properties</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">12. Beautify main traffic corridors</span><br />
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that this neighborhood has demonstrated in the past, by developing a
comprehensive neighborhood plan, and recently in its patient commitment to the
process of working with developers. We want to provide for our homeless
citizens, and we want services for our kids, our seniors, and everyone else, so
that we have a strong, vibrant, and diverse urban community. Wil-Mar Center and
Goodman Community Center are two nearby examples of more full-service community
centers. Could either of these models be adapted to offer services called for
in the day-shelter plan alongside other wonderful neighborhood services?<b> I
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is February. The light outside is often beautiful, though the palette is subdued. Inside, my desk is covered in piles. I'm catching up after the holidays while gearing up for the next round of birthdays and celebrations. On the floor next to my bed is the book I got for Christmas from my Mother-in-Law. The handmade bookmark from my daughter in there points to the fact that since that leisurely stretch of unstructured days, when I read on the sofa full of zeal and interest, I've gotten distracted. But I keep thinking of the <i>ideas</i> in the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Because they keep coming up in different ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In the introduction of Erika Janik's <i>Madison: History of a Model City, </i>Madison is described as a place that "took full advantage of its natural assets." As a place, it was "as pleasing to the eye as it was to live and work."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This was the "aspirational vision" of the landscape architect John Nolan in 1911!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For me, it is true and aspirational still today, one hundred years later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Also while lying on the couch over break, I read an interview in the <a href="http://forecastpublicart.org/" target="_blank">Public Art Review</a> with a modern planner named Mark VanderSchaaf. He says that "people throughout the world and throughout the ages have always thought of places as having personalities." In cities where he works, like the Twin Cities (which I personally consider model cities), he engages in 'deep' listening. Instead of asking people "What do <i>we </i>want the city to be?" he tries to listen for an answer to the question "What does the <i>city</i> want to be?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In Madison, city planners are in first phase of what I'm sensing is an important round of modern planning. It is set to culminate with a plan for "growth and development" in 2020. Back in December, <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/currentNewsletter.html" target="_blank">my neighborhood</a> listserv alerted me to a survey developed to inform this plan, called A Greater Madison Vision: A Shared Regional Vision and Strategy. (I'm really sorry I'm mentioning it now, too late for you to take the survey. Like I said, my desk is covered in piles...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The <a href="http://www.agmv.vision/a-greater-madison-vision-how-we-grow-matters/" target="_blank">website</a> explains that the survey was to help them learn people's<b> core values</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In January, I had the honor of attending the <a href="http://www.cityofmadison.com/mac/" target="_blank">Madison Arts Commission</a> event "celebrating the collective impact we make on our community through art and culture." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Mayor Paul Soglin spoke. He reminisced about transitioning State Street into the pedestrian mall we know today during his early days as mayor. He explained that the City put out a call to city planners for proposals. The planner who was chosen, and who is credited with bringing out the essence of State Street, emphasized listening 'to let the place express itself.' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I was among <a href="https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/documents/MAC_PPP.pdf" target="_blank">an impressive group</a> of artists, visionaries, and community leaders. I had the sense that these were people who hear the vibe of this place. Or maybe they create it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I wonder, are people and place so distinct?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I am guessing they are not. A place draws people. The values of the people drawn-in ultimately shape the place. But it is winter, a time when people are a notch quieter, and I have been listening to the places I frequent with new eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The personality of these waters, shores, mounds, plants, and animals have value.<b> As a resident and neighbor, my values are shaped by their value.</b></span><br />
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PS: The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association is sponsoring a photo contest from now through October 2016. There are three themes: Faces, Places, & Action. Post a photo to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tenney-Lapham-Neighborhood-Association-TLNA" target="_blank">TLNA Facebook page</a> to enter. More information is <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/web-data/news/newspdfs/winter%202016.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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Jessica Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481625465677318015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814101387107518018.post-22375050769685311582015-11-23T09:03:00.000-06:002017-09-08T15:04:08.002-05:00Four Things I've Learned about Lapham Elementary School<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Four months ago we took a leap of faith. We started waking our oldest daughter up before she is ready, prescribed a morning routine despite her preference for lounging, distraction, and play, and committed to leaving her with her peers for seven hours a day, five days a week. I challenged myself to keep the refrigerator sufficiently stocked so that I can pack her daily lunch, and to keep my concerns about the state of the public school system to myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My husband reminds me how lucky we are to live a block from a school that is at the heart of this neighborhood and community. He reminds me that we owe it to ourselves and our kids to be part of this school community, or at least not to bail out before we've given it a fair trial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">From the get<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-go we were lu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cky<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">: so <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">many of the faces of the kids and parents were familiar. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The cohort of kids from my daughter<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">'s c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lasses at <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-parents-of-young-kids-in-tenney.html" target="_blank">Tenney Nu</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-parents-of-young-kids-in-tenney.html" target="_blank">rsery and Parent Center</a> are no<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w with her in school.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span>This means </span>I see many of my neighbors and fellow parents daily, sometimes twice a day. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">That <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sense</span> of belonging to the place that </span>I used to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">feel</span> a few times a year, when I went to Lapham to vote, I now <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">feel nearly</span> every morning. I've had other insights, as well.</span><br />
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studies to see of the locations meet the criteria established by the
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br />Lapham was closed in the 1970s and reopened in the early 1990s. Before closing, Lapham was a 'normal' neighborhood elementary school that went from Kindergarten through fifth grade. There were crossing guards on Johnson and Gorham at Ingersoll. Arthur Ross, the City's Bike and Pedestrian Coordinator who provided the information above, couldn't remember for sure, but said he thinks those were the only ones. Lapham reopened in the early 1990s as a K-2 school. In response to parents' concerns, the district agreed to provide bus transportation for the students. This fit the trend throughout the country away from 'active transportation' and the normalcy of walking to school. Just 10% of kids in the country walk to school today, according to this awesome little 2 minute video "<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/385171/why-dont-kids-walk-to-school-anymore/" target="_blank">Why don't kids walk to school anymore?</a>" from The Atlantic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>*NOTE added September 2017: There are more and more kids arriving to school on wheels--bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc. There is a Facebook group for people interested in improving the safety of the neighborhood streets around the school and encouraging more self-propelled transportation. The group is called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/laphamforsafestreets/" target="_blank">Lapham Neighbors and Families for Safe Streets</a>. Contact the administrator to join.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>2. The teachers and principals want to say Yes.</b> I have some understanding and a lot of empathy for the challenges of teaching in and directing a public school. I know there is a bureaucracy that necessarily constrains the teachers, staff and principal, and that this can cause disheartening levels of exhaustion and frustration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All that being true, Lapham is a human place where the parents and teachers and principal are in conversation and responsive. For example, last year parents were concerned because students were not eating their lunch for various reasons: they ate with their coats on, rushed to get to recess, and didn't have nearly enough time for everything. S<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o</span> this school year, in response to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">conce<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rns, </span></span>the lunch period <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ha</span>s been extended and students leave coats in lockers instead of managing gear and food together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Another example: At the very first of the Parent-Teacher-Group (PTG) meetings, I mentioned my own <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wish that</span> second-language instruction <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">coul<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d </span></span>start earlier than is typical (7th grade) and wondered <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">what kind of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span></span>econd-language opportunities<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Lapham could offer.</span> I got an email from the principal following up with me literally the next day. She had spoken with my daughter's teacher and the Bilingual Resource Specialist (a paid staff member who works with Spanish-speaking students and families) to propose an experiment. Now several times a week, a small group of kindergartners are getting some second-language instruction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>*NOTE added September 2017: The 2017-2018 school year will be the third consecutive year that <a href="http://www.creandolanguages.com/at-your-school.html" target="_blank">Creando Little Language Explorers</a> will be offering an after-school class one day a week for Spanish immersion. Students can start in Kindergarten. This after-school option does cost money, but it has been well received by families. Some semesters they have two full classrooms.</i></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>3. The Parent T<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eacher </span>Gr<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">oup</span> </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>foots the bills.</b> The PTG </span>is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">essentially</span> making up the slack for school budget cuts. The PTG meets monthly and is open to anyone. The PTG is for parents of both Lapham and Marquette, the school where kids continue for grades 3-5. The PTG has large fundraising goals and pays for things that I assumed were part of school. The PTG pays for the <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2014/08/this-is-no-typical-school-garden-story.html" target="_blank">Lapham Outdoor Classroom and Community Garden</a>, for example, which is integrated into the curriculum for every grade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Last year, the PTG started giving grants to teachers. The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">teachers have requested grant money </span>for books, field trips, band uniforms, supplies<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">etc</span></span>. There are more requests than there is money. The requests are small, but again, this money is raised through fundraisers like the bake sale held during election. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Elections a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">re held in the school auditori<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">um and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it is the</span></span></span></span> only time when neighbors without kids at the school walk through the doors and have the opportunity to give money to the school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I know that many neighbors and businesses are very concerned about the school and want to give. <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/cork-n-bottle-madison-2" target="_blank">Cork and Bottle</a> beer and wine shop on East Johnson has always donated the money they make at their annual block party to the school. This past summer, <a href="http://betweentwolakesandahardplace.blogspot.com/2015/07/balloons-ice-cream-and-dancing.html" target="_blank">The Party in the Park </a>raised a lot of money for Lapham thanks to the generosity of the neighborhood and Cork and Bottle. I see now, as a parent, how important this outside support is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>4. When the bell rings and the school day ends, my daughter wants to climb a tree.</b> There is a perfectly accessible tree next to, but not on, the playground. After school, many kids bee-line for the tree. Backpacks and coats lay strewn on the lawn and sidewalk. Their owners fill the branches of this small tree. I don't get to see how hard my daughter is working all day long, but I can see her progress in that tree. She is getting up the nerve to go higher, swing from new branches, drop from daring heights. I see how she is challenged by, and stepping up, to school life by watching her in the tree. </span><br />
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tree scene is quaint, charming, and reassuring to me. I can be cynical
about and disappointed by the world sometimes, but this is one thing
that seems so right: a tree in a school yard that kids like to climb
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It's no one-room school-house, but Lapham is at the heart of this neighborhood. It seems like you should not have to be a parent, or have a child at the school, to benefit from having a school like Lapham in your midst. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">How could we make the heartbeat of the school louder, stronger, and more vital for all of the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood? </span>The <a href="http://www.tenneylapham.org/inOurNeighborhood.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">N</span>eighborhood <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">P</span>lan</a> calls for a community center...but maybe we have one already, we just don't use it to its fullest po<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ential</span></span>? </span><br />
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IMAGE CREDIT: The illustration is from a book called "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Can-You-Peace-Karen-Katz/dp/0805078932/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448250773&sr=8-1&keywords=can+you+say+peace+katz" target="_blank">Can You Say Peace</a>" by Karen Katz.<br />
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