Monthly Archives: April 2008

Playing catch-up

By Roger Phillips | Published: April 28, 2008 | Comments closed
    Last week was a circus. As a result, the blog went dark. I’m hoping the circus has moved on to the next outpost, at least for a day or two, but I’m not optimistic.     In any event, the newspaper has limited space. A lot I wanted to write about last week went unwritten, particularly [...]
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Events focus on dyslexia, autism

By Roger Phillips | Published: April 21, 2008 | Comments closed
    Susan Barton, a nationally known expert on dyslexia who is based in San Jose, will give a free presentation on the disorder from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Claudia Landeen School in Stockton. Those interested in registering may do so here. but it’s not necessary to register.     Barton is the founder of [...]
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Odds and ends

By Roger Phillips | Published: April 14, 2008 | Comments closed
    Two upcoming events at Weber Institute:    *The school is seeking community representatives to view and score senior projects from noon to 3 p.m. on May 19. Each project presentation — in the areas of technology, health and automotive — will last between 10 and 15 minutes. The school has more than 70 graduating students [...]
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More from Tuesday’s meeting

By Roger Phillips | Published: April 9, 2008 | Comments closed
    Admittedly, today’s story on Tuesday night’s Stockton Unified board meeting only scratched the surface. The meeting ended shortly before 10 p.m. Deadline was at 10:30. I took notes on my laptop during the meeting, left the district office at 9:55 after asking two questions of board member Anthony Silva, rushed back to the Record [...]
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Some light reading for the weekend

By Roger Phillips | Published: April 4, 2008 | Comments closed
    I walked away from my desk for a few minutes just now. When I returned, my copy of the agenda for Tuesday’s Stockton Unified board meeting was on my desk.         A frightful number of trees died to produce this document. Al Gore saw this thing and ran out of the room screaming incoherently [...]
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Autism conference upcoming in Modesto

By Roger Phillips | Published: April 4, 2008 | Comments closed
    Anyone watching CNN these days is probably aware that April is National Autism Awareness Month. Anyone who subscribes to HBO is probably aware that the pay network has recently been airing “Autism: The Musical.” And for those touched by the epidemic — and these days, many people are — there’s a noteworthy nearby event [...]
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