The Mother's Day Breakfast is a service project that the Sutherlin Lions Club has been doing for over 30 years to recognize and honor Mothers.

This year’s commissioner’s forum for seats one and three began normally. Position one candidates Marilyn Kittelman, Susan Morgan and Patrick Starnes seated themselves to podium left while position three candidates John Ayer, Mike Folino, Rich Raynor and Doug Robertson moved to the right. And then things went a little sideways.

The scenery was outstanding as the "highway" turned into a dirt road that has more corners than straight stretches as it wends along the ridge line of the coast range. To my memory, there were also a few obscure hiking trails. So, not quite knowing where I was going, I set out to reintroduce myself to these past acquaintances on a Friday, when I usually have class. I brought along companions – Calpurnia, Atticus, Jem and Scout – beans wrapped in paper towels and soaking in water from which I planned to extract two variable data for math class.