John Lyons
John Lyons
burned kids stared time
The whole time they're here, it's just them. So they don't get teased, they don't get harassed, they don't get stared at, ... Plus, they can show other kids that have been burned 'Hey, I've got the same injuries, but I can do this.'
beauties days five incredibly opens people system twice
One of its beauties is it is incredibly flexible. We're going to have people in the system who will use it twice a year, and we're going to have people who are going to use it five days a week. ... It really opens it up to the once-in-a-while trip. And that reduces a lot of miles.
bus envision funny hard last morning struck time trying turned
It's hard to envision but it struck me that, you know, this is a bus he could have been on at about that time and could it be? It's funny because the last thing I said to him this morning was 'It's going to be a trying day' and it turned out to be a lot more trying than we ever anticipated.
cooperation patience require
Its going to require patience and cooperation of everyone to find a solution,
center county excited king rate since time west
From the committee's standpoint, we are excited about going to Seattle. The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center is first rate and world class, and we were unanimous about our decision. It has been a long time since we have been to the West Coast.
although assessment based education fact progress single specific state
These kids, although they may not have done well on one single state assessment test, they were in fact making very specific progress based on the individualized education that Portsmouth provides.
last year
We're all worried. We don't want another year like last year.
brutal budget next past timing year
Timing is everything. We can go back to it next year once we get past what?s going to be a brutal budget fight.
appears city complete dust excess job pleased progress year
We do get that high-velocity dust in the area, but I'm pleased with the job the city is doing. They are making progress but, of course, it appears it is going to take in excess of a year for them to complete their work.
direct greater improving individual input interested seeing
What I am very interested in is seeing that individual neighborhood associations all have a greater voice, that they have a more direct input in improving their community,