NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11AM - 1PM*
(note time is 1 hour later than usual due to new library hours)Enumclaw Library
1700 First Street 98022Speaker: Don Hagen
Don Hagen, speaker at our Winter General Meeting, is a retired history teacher from the Auburn School District, where he spent twenty-nine years at Cascade Jr. High, and four years at Auburn Riverside High School. His latest (and first) book, recently completed, but as yet unpublished, is THE BRAIN MOLDER—“Adventures of an Unconventional Teacher.” The book is a collection of stories about “molding” the minds of his students, and also chronicles many of the scams and practical jokes he initiated during the time he was in the classroom.
During his years in Auburn, Don scheduled a phony college extension class and had over fifty people signed up to take “Sex and Violence in the Schools,” supposedly taught by Dr. Irving M. Horne. He also hung his picture in the Administration Building outside the superintendent’s office next to the famous graduates of Auburn, until it was discovered after six weeks, when it was unceremoniously removed.
Many of Don’s capers also included his students, such as orchestrated “supervisor observations/evaluations,” where one year, with the conspiratorial aid of his honors history class, they presented a perfect observation and Don presented his pre-written evaluation to the principal. The next year, also with his honors students’ aid, they proceeded to create the worst possible lesson, including just about every prearranged interruption a teacher could have.
Another time, his students mounted a SAVE THE NAUGAS campaign, decrying the use of nauga skins utilized in the manufacture of Naugahyde. They made graphic posters, held a rally in the courtyard, and had half the student body sign a petition to the President of Bolivia (the supposed home of the nauga) urging an end to the exploitation of this endangered creature.
Since his retirement, Don and his wife Sue have built a Queen-Anne Victorian home on an acre east of Auburn, where he tends his six very spoiled hens, living in their Victorian coop, CACKLEBERRY MANOR, raises vegetables, works in his woodshop, and continues to write. Much of what he writes deals with his life experiences, which are many and varied.
MEETING MINUTESMeeting Mintes from September 13, 2011
Meeting Minutes from June 14, 2011
2011 PAWA Membership Meetings |
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08-MAR-11 |
Muckelshoot Library |
10AM |
14-JUN-11 |
Muckelshoot Library |
10:10AM |
13-SEP-11 |
Enumclaw Library |
11*AM |
13-DEC-11 |
Enumclaw Library |
11*AM |
The format is the first hour is spent on PAWA business and introductions to newcomers. The featured speaker or presentation begins at 11AM*(With the exception of Sept 2011 Mtg begins @ 11AM, presentation @ Noon, see above). All are welcome and there is no cost to attend. You will receive all membership info upon request and have a chance to see what we are about before you decide to join. Membership benefits and details are listed on the membership page.
We collect canned goods & non-perishables for local food banks. Please bring your donation to the meeting & we will distribute it from PAWA. You may also donate used books which are sold at the meetings to provide new chldren's books for local libraries.
Our Board of Directors also meets quarterly, 6 weeks before the membership meeting, at the Black Diamond Library, from 1-3PM.
The next board meeting: Friday, November 4, 2011 at Black Diamond Library. Lunch meeting before at Black Diamond Bakery, Noon
Jan 21, 2011 Board Meeting Minutes
Board members are elected by the members to serve 2 year terms. Our most recent elections were held during the meeting held in December, 2010. PAWA Board of Directors 2011
