He highlighted what he sees as the major initiatives of his plan. It is appropriate, with spring dawning today, to express relief that winter's grip is no longer with us, and jump toward a fresh start. That's what spring does, despite what the originators of the calendar did by placing the new year in the middle of a season. Spring is about beginnings, removing the old to make way for the new. Farmers do it.
Schools do it.
Our national pastime, baseball, is using spring to prepare to blossom in the summer. We should do that as well, in a more parochial way. We should clean up the messes we've let accumulate in and around our houses. Tanner 'betrayed' by ex-players Garden City High School boys' basketball coach Jeff Tanner said he feels betrayed by a letter written by two of his former players published as an advertisement in Saturday's Telegram that outlines the differences some of the Buffaloes had with the coaching staff this past season. The letter, which was signed by seniors Steven Kinney, Derek Blau, Oscar Castillo, Chris Coleman and Casey Carr, as well as senior football player Jon Wisenbaker, accused the coaches of not giving equal chances at playing time to them and not considering their opinions on how the team could have been better.