I don’t know about you, but when saw the news headlines this AM I was really disgusted. What is this world coming to!? Racism has been part of our country for far too long, but it cannot be solved with violence. Whether you are black, white, or any shade of brown, man, woman, trans, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Atheist, conservative, liberal, straight, bi, gay, queer, or neither, we all live in this world together. I personally think contrast is a good thing, it is one thing that makes life interesting and it draws one to emerge forward in life.

I subscribe to the Seattle Times and I think the timing of one of their projects is timely with current events. If you are not aware of it they are taking on racism. How do you do so? You talk about it. It will make some people uncomfortable, some people will get mad, some people will be enlightened, but it needs to be discussed by people of all the various races if we are going to understand one another. This project consists of videos of local people talking about racism, prejudice, white privilege, empathy, ignorance, etc… You don’t have a choice in the color of your skin, and no sunburn does not count in this discussion, but we are all humans that deserve the respect of each other. Join the conversation, read the viewpoints, be enlightened: http://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/under-our-skin/# but please do so on your own time. It is suppose to be a rainy weekend, so why not hang out at home and join in?

Well, the Glaziers and Glassworkers Local 188 are still on strike. Why do I care? Because this will add days to the completion of the Lecture Hall project. No Glassworkers means no windows. We won’t know how this impacts the construction schedule of the Lecture Hall until this strike is resolved. The union representatives are scheduled to meet again with federal mediators next week. I’m keeping my fingers crossed so they get back to work!

Next week some of the new metal siding will start going up. We were suppose to see some of it being installed this week, but there was an error with the first shipment. Anyway, if things go per plan we should also see the “Purce Hall” sign being installed just north of the new building entrance. If the weather cooperates we will see more roofing work take place. Inside the building the drywall work will be wrapping up in areas, more wall painting will occur, and ceiling finishes will continue to be installed. On site we will see more sidewalks being formed, poured and finished. In the not so distant future we should see the new landscaping taking place.

That is it for now.

Cheers,

Tim