Read Across America hats
At top, Leah Taylor, 8, donned a hat that said 'awesome' on the side during Clearview Elementary School's Read A Hat Day on Tuesday. Below, Sam Posey, 8, declared that he was, indeed, Sam, with his hat. The Red Lion district school allowed students to wear hats with appropriate messages to celebrate Read Across America Week.
We're always on the lookout for good news here at the YDR, despite newspapers' reputations to the contrary. Bad news is easy to find--just listen to the police scanner. Our living section feature writers do a terrific job finding the good news, as do the sports writers. As an old (and generally true) newspaper adage goes, the good news goes on the sports page-- the bad news on the front page.
So we depend on readers...
So we depend a lot on the eyes and ears of our readers to help find the good news. Don't assume we know about it. And it doesn't have to be Big News for a good photograph to come out of it. Smiles and bright eyes are much easier to look at than a fatal car crash or a house fire, or a bad guy being arrested for drugs.
These Clearview Elementary School students participated in the Read Across America, and while the photos won't win a Pulitzer, we can celebrate kids learning, laughing, playing and singing. If you see a particularly interesting photograph, or know of an active visual event going on at your school, let me know.
