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The Perry Park
Sentinel
SO NOW IT’S AUGUST...
The summer seems to be moving very quickly—or perhaps it’s just my age.
Just last week it was April. How did it get to be August?
School starts on August 10—are you ready for that? Believe it or not, there are
some parts of the country where school still starts after Labor Day. Of course,
they don’t get out until mid-June. That was the schedule most of us “of a cer-
tain age” grew up on—which made NO sense at all in Houston, Texas, in the
days before schools were air-conditioned. Can you imagine going to school
without air or fans in 95 degrees, 90 percent humidity? Possible any day after
April in Houston...for 12 long years... It’s a wonder we lived to adulthood.
The Perry Park Metro District finally got to present its 2017 Firewise program
on July 20. That’s the program that was snowed out in April and May. Re-
member snow? How quickly we forget!
And speaking of fire awareness, where else do people announce on Facebook
that they’re barbecuing ribs at such and such a location so neighbors won’t
call the fire department in panic?
Weatherwise, the summer hasn’t been bad. We’ve even had a little rain.
We’ve been under Stage I fire restrictions for most of the summer—but have
gotten enough moisture that they were removed the end of July. We may see
them again, of course. Fall can be a long, dry season. Yet, there are always
August days when there’s a slight nip, a hint that the summer is ending and
seasons changing. The promise of September...the promise of fall.
