North Country Angling: It’s all about the kids

Having grown up in a family of educators, my life was filled with stories about children. I was taught that the future is the children. My parents, a school administrator and a first-grade teacher, would share stories of triumph and despair with the children in which they interacted. It was a passion.

Bill Marvel recently told me a story that involved my dad when he was principal of the old Pine Tree School. Bill had split his chin wide open out on the school’s impromptu skating rink. My dad drove Bill to Memorial Hospital for stitches. My dad then took Bill to see his mom so she could survey the damage. He then returned Bill back to school. My dad. Always about the kids.