Welcome back to the blog!

This blog posting contains important info. related to our Lead Team, and requires action on your end. You will find info. on:
1) An Edgerton Site Tour (RSVP)
2) Our first date to work together (let me know if the date is OK or not)
3) Information on "Who's Who" on the Edgerton Lead Team
4) A short blurb on G. W. Edgerton, our namesake

Site Tour - I have scheduled a site tour for our team for next Wednesday, September 20th, starting at 3:45. RSVP via email, if you are planning on coming so that we are not waiting for you. The tour will last 30-45 minutes. We will be escorted by John Ovitt, the PSD project manager. The work crews should be pretty much wrapped up by the time we start, but it should be fun to get to finally meet all the team members and get a feel for current progress on the facility. To get to "The Edge", travel south on 122nd (which runs right in front of Pope) until you get to 168th, where you will turn left (there is a small sign for "Emerald Point"). Take 168th until it nearly ends and turn left on 127th into the development. You should be able to see the site at the end of the road. Travel to the end of 127th and turn right. Take this road to its "T" and turn left, then left again once you get to the end of the new houses, getting you to the backside of the property. I will be waiting there for the team to gather. You can park on the side of the street. Bring any questions you may have as well as some shoes that can get dusty.

Meeting Date - I am proposing that we get together for our first official work time on Tuesday, September 26th from 4-7 p.m. This, in addition to the above site tour, will be a paid four-hour time. I need to know if this date conflicts with anyone.....let me know asap. I will secure a place, once I am certain of the date. At this first meeting we will: take time to get to know each other a bit more, create a timeline/calendar for the rest of the year, and create a list of the work to be tackled in future meetings.

Edgerton's Lead Team- note the new link to the right of this posting - "More About Our Team". Click on it - this is the information you submitted. Take time to read about your colleagues and get to know more about who you will be working with. I am still working on a handful of pictures, inlcuding my own, and I apologize for not having them up. There have been technical glitches the past two days.

Who is George W. Edgerton? "Edgerton, a founding father of Puyallup, served as a civic and business leader in the community. His list of contributions are lengthy, including founder and director of Citizen’s State Bank for 46 years, a founder and director of the Western Washington Fair, and a member of thePuyallup School Board for 24 years." He has a handful of active relatives in the area - we will be working with them some over time. I heard, but did not see it on Wednesday, that there is a good display at The Fair with pictures and info. on him. I plan to track that down. I understand that he was friends with Ezra Meeker as well. More to come...

Let me know on the Tour and First Meeting Date. Erin & Amanda have agreed to help with compiling the students' input on Mascot and Colors in the coming days......we will keep you informed of the "finalists" (last day to give your own input, if you wish). Have a super weekend.

Guy