1 00:00:05,719 --> 00:00:08,439 Hey, everybody. I'm Doug, and that's Connor and 2 00:00:08,439 --> 00:00:09,054 this is a 3 00:00:09,974 --> 00:00:10,474 blockbuster 4 00:00:11,015 --> 00:00:13,575 edition of the Bethel school district presents podcast, 5 00:00:13,735 --> 00:00:16,295 and Connor, I mean that quite literally. Today, 6 00:00:16,869 --> 00:00:19,182 talking about 50 years of summer, 7 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:23,090 blockbuster movies, which cinematic achievement sold the most 8 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:23,488 popcorn, 9 00:00:23,967 --> 00:00:26,200 and which ones we haven't seen. You know 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,281 I'm gonna love that because I am a 11 00:00:28,281 --> 00:00:30,902 bit of a s file, but in addition 12 00:00:30,902 --> 00:00:32,967 to that, we're also gonna be saying goodbye 13 00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:33,785 to a bethel 14 00:00:34,158 --> 00:00:37,443 institution. I'm Superintendent Tom Seagull retiring after for 15 00:00:37,443 --> 00:00:39,518 23 years, the helm of the battleship Bethel. 16 00:00:39,917 --> 00:00:42,551 During his tenure, the district has seen incredible 17 00:00:42,551 --> 00:00:44,951 change in him, improvement, but before he rides 18 00:00:44,951 --> 00:00:46,778 off into the sunset, we're gonna sit down 19 00:00:46,778 --> 00:00:48,445 with him and talk movies, here a few 20 00:00:48,445 --> 00:00:51,305 fun facts from the past, including which historical 21 00:00:51,305 --> 00:00:53,306 person he'd invite to dinner I love that 22 00:00:53,306 --> 00:00:54,975 you're mixing metaphors is riding off from the 23 00:00:54,975 --> 00:00:57,917 sunset, the battleship Bethel fantastic stuff. We're also 24 00:00:57,917 --> 00:01:00,780 gonna hear from our newly mint interim superintendent, 25 00:01:01,177 --> 00:01:03,503 doctor Brian Lan. But before we get to 26 00:01:03,503 --> 00:01:05,421 all that, Connor, let's play Cisco and Knee 27 00:01:05,421 --> 00:01:06,540 bird and go to the movies. 28 00:01:07,180 --> 00:01:09,417 Alright. Alright. Alright. And this week, we have 29 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:12,706 the 50 best summer blockbuster list. As picked 30 00:01:12,706 --> 00:01:15,093 by the good folks at mental floss and 31 00:01:15,252 --> 00:01:17,878 Doug, some are blockbuster haven't always been such 32 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:20,041 a big deal. I'm gonna ask you what 33 00:01:20,041 --> 00:01:23,647 movie kicked off the idea of a summer 34 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:26,412 popcorn movie? Well, that is a great question, 35 00:01:26,571 --> 00:01:29,295 and I do think mister... Spielberg, had a 36 00:01:29,295 --> 00:01:30,968 lot to do with this. So I'll put 37 00:01:30,968 --> 00:01:33,540 my money on a certain summer beach flick 38 00:01:33,678 --> 00:01:36,720 set in Am island, of course, I'm talking 39 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,790 about jaws and they probably needed a bigger 40 00:01:38,790 --> 00:01:40,621 boat to rake in all that money they 41 00:01:40,621 --> 00:01:42,633 made. Well, Doug, that's a 42 00:01:43,088 --> 00:01:45,725 fantastic guess. Jaws was the summer movie in 43 00:01:45,725 --> 00:01:48,503 19 75. It was the first movie to 44 00:01:48,503 --> 00:01:50,090 exceed 100000000 45 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:52,433 dollars at the box office. And that's 19 46 00:01:52,491 --> 00:01:54,962 75 money. Imagine what that would be today, 47 00:01:55,121 --> 00:01:56,498 probably like 8000000000 48 00:01:56,556 --> 00:01:56,954 dollars. 49 00:01:57,752 --> 00:01:59,505 It did end up with a final domestic 50 00:01:59,505 --> 00:02:00,793 gross 260000000 51 00:02:00,793 --> 00:02:03,896 dollars show impressive stuff, but according to mental 52 00:02:03,896 --> 00:02:07,173 floss, it wasn't the first summer blockbuster. They 53 00:02:07,173 --> 00:02:08,846 have that 1 starting year before. The summer 54 00:02:08,846 --> 00:02:12,135 of 19 74 with a little flick starring 55 00:02:12,273 --> 00:02:15,497 arm man, Burt Reynolds called the longest 56 00:02:15,875 --> 00:02:18,427 yard. Burt Reynolds man, I saw the Adam 57 00:02:18,507 --> 00:02:20,501 Sandler version of that movie. Well, the Burt 58 00:02:20,660 --> 00:02:23,372 Reynolds movie wasn't exactly a piece of high 59 00:02:23,372 --> 00:02:26,678 art, but the Adam Sandler version is absolute 60 00:02:26,735 --> 00:02:29,127 trash. Wow, that's subtle. Even worse than 2 61 00:02:29,127 --> 00:02:31,119 thumbs down. Well, obviously, we don't have time 62 00:02:31,119 --> 00:02:32,968 to get through all 50 of the films 63 00:02:32,968 --> 00:02:34,484 on this list, So we're just gonna go 64 00:02:34,484 --> 00:02:36,717 a decade by decades, so 10 years later, 65 00:02:36,877 --> 00:02:37,856 it was 19 66 00:02:38,313 --> 00:02:38,951 84. 67 00:02:39,191 --> 00:02:41,434 And fantastic van Hale Album, by the way. 68 00:02:41,593 --> 00:02:43,923 And the summer of Ghost. 69 00:02:44,298 --> 00:02:45,196 Human sacrifices, 70 00:02:45,571 --> 00:02:47,799 dogs and cats living together, a massive area. 71 00:02:48,038 --> 00:02:50,358 Nice job, doctor Van. Anyway, let's jump to 72 00:02:50,358 --> 00:02:50,858 19 73 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:53,537 94. And this is an easy 1 because 74 00:02:53,537 --> 00:02:57,216 that's either gonna be force, gum or quentin. 75 00:02:57,925 --> 00:02:58,245 Pulp. 76 00:02:58,805 --> 00:03:00,485 I would have said the exact same thing. 77 00:03:00,645 --> 00:03:02,004 Those are the ones that were buying out 78 00:03:02,004 --> 00:03:04,805 for the Oscar, but Oscar doesn't always mean 79 00:03:04,805 --> 00:03:05,044 money. 80 00:03:05,699 --> 00:03:07,851 We're talking summer blockbuster, and the movie to 81 00:03:07,851 --> 00:03:10,004 beat was a little cartoon movie about a 82 00:03:10,004 --> 00:03:13,193 big cat. The ari cats. That's an that's 83 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:15,593 a obscure pic No. The Lion King. It's 84 00:03:15,593 --> 00:03:17,735 actually the first animated film that appears on 85 00:03:17,735 --> 00:03:21,066 this list, brought in 422000000 86 00:03:21,066 --> 00:03:23,069 dollars at the box office. And Connor, 87 00:03:23,629 --> 00:03:25,389 2 dollars of that were mine. I saw 88 00:03:25,389 --> 00:03:27,150 this movie at a 2 dollar theater. Wow. 89 00:03:27,389 --> 00:03:29,710 2 bucks. Those were the days. Well, Doug, 90 00:03:30,030 --> 00:03:32,245 before we jump ahead to 2004 91 00:03:32,444 --> 00:03:34,675 Here's a couple of facts about this list. 92 00:03:34,993 --> 00:03:37,702 Of the 50, there are 12 superhero movies, 93 00:03:37,941 --> 00:03:39,318 including 4 Batman, 94 00:03:39,709 --> 00:03:40,748 There are a lot of Will Smith and 95 00:03:40,908 --> 00:03:43,944 Tom Cruise movies, including 2 top guns. There 96 00:03:43,944 --> 00:03:47,300 are 3 horror movies, including Ami Horror, the 97 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:47,780 Omen. 98 00:03:48,274 --> 00:03:50,186 And jaws even though I wouldn't count it 99 00:03:50,186 --> 00:03:52,417 as a horror movie, there are 2 jurassic 100 00:03:52,417 --> 00:03:55,843 parks and only 1 Harry Potter and 1 101 00:03:56,162 --> 00:03:59,206 Indiana Jones. And out of all those 50 102 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:01,440 blockbuster, 8 of them are animated, and that 103 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,276 brings us back to 2004, 104 00:04:03,754 --> 00:04:06,002 which is 1 of those animated films. Hints? 105 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:07,673 Yeah. I don't know you got me. That's 106 00:04:07,673 --> 00:04:10,457 really outside my era of expertise for animated 107 00:04:10,457 --> 00:04:12,366 films. It's gotta be Disney pixar though. Right? 108 00:04:12,779 --> 00:04:14,533 It's shrek 2, buddy. How did you not 109 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:16,607 know that? I've I've never seen shrek too. 110 00:04:16,766 --> 00:04:18,919 Let's just skip ahead. Let's go to 20 111 00:04:18,919 --> 00:04:21,630 14. Okay. This 1, I know you've seen. 112 00:04:22,044 --> 00:04:25,010 It's a superhero flick in which vin diesel 113 00:04:25,464 --> 00:04:26,260 plays a tree. 114 00:04:27,453 --> 00:04:29,538 I know you hate these movies. Guardians of 115 00:04:29,538 --> 00:04:32,090 the galaxy. It isn't indeed Fantastic movie. Who 116 00:04:32,090 --> 00:04:34,664 knows what 2024 is gonna bring to the 117 00:04:34,722 --> 00:04:37,514 blockbuster. We did ask superintendent Tom Siegel to 118 00:04:37,514 --> 00:04:39,443 weigh in on his favorite movie and he 119 00:04:39,443 --> 00:04:41,993 gave us a few, which spoiler alert none 120 00:04:41,993 --> 00:04:44,544 of them appear on this list. Problem is 121 00:04:44,624 --> 00:04:45,979 I have a lot of favorite movies. 122 00:04:46,617 --> 00:04:47,117 And 123 00:04:47,509 --> 00:04:49,424 it probably changes on a day to day 124 00:04:49,424 --> 00:04:49,743 basis. 125 00:04:50,302 --> 00:04:53,334 Right now, it... For some strange reason, the 126 00:04:53,334 --> 00:04:54,770 musical 17 76, 127 00:04:55,183 --> 00:04:57,568 Bob's no online, but I like patton. It's 128 00:04:57,568 --> 00:04:59,714 really a well done movie. Bridge over the 129 00:04:59,793 --> 00:05:01,383 River Quiet is also a really good movie. 130 00:05:01,542 --> 00:05:03,848 Although if your British issued would take exception 131 00:05:03,848 --> 00:05:04,379 to it because 132 00:05:05,057 --> 00:05:07,366 it portrays the Americans like they're the only 133 00:05:07,366 --> 00:05:09,915 good guys around. But, there are a lot 134 00:05:09,915 --> 00:05:11,429 of good movies out there. And on a 135 00:05:11,429 --> 00:05:13,555 particular day without thinking ahead of time is 136 00:05:13,674 --> 00:05:15,052 I'd probably have to say Casablanca. 137 00:05:15,509 --> 00:05:16,785 I'd love that he took the time to 138 00:05:16,785 --> 00:05:19,018 talk to us about movies. Superintendent Sega is 139 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:21,411 retiring after this year. 23 140 00:05:21,411 --> 00:05:23,977 years of service to the staff, students and 141 00:05:23,977 --> 00:05:27,101 families in Bethel. During the time, he graduated 142 00:05:27,237 --> 00:05:29,009 more than 30000 143 00:05:29,304 --> 00:05:29,543 students, 144 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:32,364 1300 of them graduated 145 00:05:32,821 --> 00:05:34,576 just a few weeks ago. Yeah. When Tom 146 00:05:34,576 --> 00:05:37,048 started here in Bethel on 2001, our graduation 147 00:05:37,048 --> 00:05:39,282 rate was only around 60 or 70 percent. 148 00:05:39,601 --> 00:05:41,649 Today, we're hovering around 90 percent with our 149 00:05:41,769 --> 00:05:44,718 fifth sixth and seventh year graduates pushing 94 150 00:05:44,718 --> 00:05:47,427 percent. So Super Sega was never 1 to 151 00:05:47,427 --> 00:05:49,260 give up on students just because they turned 152 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:51,822 18. He has certainly done amazing things for 153 00:05:51,822 --> 00:05:53,970 this district. And the push to make college 154 00:05:53,970 --> 00:05:56,278 more accessible for students was a big thing 155 00:05:56,278 --> 00:05:59,082 for him. Even brought satellite campuses for Pierce 156 00:05:59,242 --> 00:06:01,394 College out to Span Lake High school and 157 00:06:01,554 --> 00:06:04,185 Gram Cap High school with another planned at 158 00:06:04,185 --> 00:06:06,271 the new Bethel High school, which is currently 159 00:06:06,271 --> 00:06:08,259 under construction. Thank you voters. 160 00:06:08,816 --> 00:06:11,280 This idea of college accessibility was something that 161 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:14,240 was inspired from the accessibility of college when 162 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,240 he was growing up. Well, you're asking me 163 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,839 to think back a long ways. 164 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,060 Basically, 165 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,560 in my family, 166 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,639 we never really talked about... 167 00:06:23,374 --> 00:06:24,892 Not going into college. It was always kind 168 00:06:24,892 --> 00:06:26,411 of an assumption that we were gonna go. 169 00:06:26,970 --> 00:06:28,808 For me it was pretty easy because I 170 00:06:28,808 --> 00:06:30,167 lived in a community that had a college. 171 00:06:30,327 --> 00:06:32,005 Matter in fact, the campus is, like, 172 00:06:32,737 --> 00:06:34,088 3 blocks away from my house. 173 00:06:34,804 --> 00:06:37,132 So it was kind of a natural transition 174 00:06:37,268 --> 00:06:39,334 to know where the college was, be familiar 175 00:06:39,334 --> 00:06:42,766 with it, the admission process was really simple, 176 00:06:43,322 --> 00:06:45,307 and even getting except for the first day 177 00:06:45,307 --> 00:06:47,292 of classes, basically, you walked into a large 178 00:06:47,292 --> 00:06:48,960 auditor. We had a piece of paper to 179 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,285 filled out, you walked around various tables and 180 00:06:51,285 --> 00:06:52,882 at the end of the day, maybe spending 181 00:06:52,882 --> 00:06:53,360 an hour. 182 00:06:53,919 --> 00:06:55,994 You had all your classes lined up, you 183 00:06:55,994 --> 00:06:57,430 knew what you had to pay, 184 00:06:58,003 --> 00:06:59,671 and all those things were taken care. So 185 00:06:59,671 --> 00:07:01,363 it's much simpler than it is 186 00:07:01,737 --> 00:07:02,713 today, which 187 00:07:03,087 --> 00:07:04,835 Frank looking back was a good thing because 188 00:07:04,914 --> 00:07:07,075 I understand looking at like this can be 189 00:07:07,075 --> 00:07:08,905 pretty daunting when you look at all the 190 00:07:08,905 --> 00:07:09,064 details. 191 00:07:09,780 --> 00:07:11,849 But it was clear to me that in 192 00:07:11,849 --> 00:07:14,395 order to have options as to what I 193 00:07:14,395 --> 00:07:16,745 wanted to do, feel and not be 194 00:07:17,444 --> 00:07:17,944 confined 195 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:20,504 geographically to where I lived 196 00:07:20,964 --> 00:07:25,214 nor boxed into a career or series of 197 00:07:25,214 --> 00:07:25,714 jobs 198 00:07:26,331 --> 00:07:26,831 that 199 00:07:27,687 --> 00:07:30,400 I could do, but would not be interesting 200 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,687 for feeling or challenging. 201 00:07:32,085 --> 00:07:34,074 And then got into college and and finally 202 00:07:34,074 --> 00:07:35,585 at the point where A I found something 203 00:07:35,585 --> 00:07:38,386 that was really interested to me, and nearly 204 00:07:38,386 --> 00:07:40,059 had a double major, but I just decided 205 00:07:40,218 --> 00:07:42,131 I've gotta get this thing finished. So after 206 00:07:42,131 --> 00:07:43,565 about 4 and a half years of college, 207 00:07:43,804 --> 00:07:45,499 I finally wrapped it up with a bachelor's 208 00:07:45,557 --> 00:07:47,644 degree. We've also grown as a disc and 209 00:07:48,123 --> 00:07:50,597 Superintendent Siegel took over, over 5000 210 00:07:50,597 --> 00:07:52,671 students have been added during his tenure here 211 00:07:52,671 --> 00:07:55,519 to accommodate all that growth, 9 new capacitors 212 00:07:55,799 --> 00:07:57,974 buildings were built during his time here with 213 00:07:58,191 --> 00:08:00,425 expedition and the new Bethel high school currently 214 00:08:00,425 --> 00:08:02,520 in the works. It really has 215 00:08:03,057 --> 00:08:04,572 been an interesting journey. 216 00:08:05,131 --> 00:08:06,583 When I first Scott here in particular, 217 00:08:07,143 --> 00:08:10,659 Thompson elementary and Span Middle. Were scheduled in 218 00:08:10,659 --> 00:08:13,716 the 2001 bond simply to be modernized. 219 00:08:14,349 --> 00:08:16,420 And after looking at the conditions of the 220 00:08:16,420 --> 00:08:19,925 building was actually cheaper to build replacement buildings. 221 00:08:20,563 --> 00:08:23,644 And so we actually replaced old Thomson elementary 222 00:08:23,924 --> 00:08:25,918 old Span Middle or junior high at the 223 00:08:25,918 --> 00:08:27,672 time with a brand new buildings that were 224 00:08:27,672 --> 00:08:29,666 much larger than the original. And I have 225 00:08:29,666 --> 00:08:31,182 to tell you the the physical condition of 226 00:08:31,182 --> 00:08:32,400 those 2 buildings are 227 00:08:33,016 --> 00:08:33,495 pretty bad. 228 00:08:34,227 --> 00:08:36,378 Thompson, in particular, I wanna mention they were 229 00:08:36,378 --> 00:08:38,289 built with wooden floors. I understand at the 230 00:08:38,289 --> 00:08:40,280 time the school board back when I was 231 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,351 built. Was very proud that they built the 232 00:08:42,351 --> 00:08:42,804 cheapest 233 00:08:43,164 --> 00:08:45,957 school in the entire state that year. And 234 00:08:45,957 --> 00:08:48,671 is true. You also got what they paid 235 00:08:48,671 --> 00:08:48,831 for. 236 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:52,597 The floors were plywood and would actually flex 237 00:08:52,597 --> 00:08:55,309 as a personal walk across it, and they 238 00:08:55,309 --> 00:08:56,048 had 1 239 00:08:56,505 --> 00:08:59,057 custodian who actually fell through the floor. So 240 00:08:59,057 --> 00:09:00,993 that gives you an idea of the material 241 00:09:01,051 --> 00:09:01,551 condition 242 00:09:01,863 --> 00:09:02,497 of the building. 243 00:09:03,131 --> 00:09:05,747 And then, as a the old thompson elementary 244 00:09:05,747 --> 00:09:08,467 was being demolished, they had a small cat 245 00:09:08,601 --> 00:09:09,101 caterpillar 246 00:09:09,569 --> 00:09:10,688 I don't remember the number. But it was 247 00:09:10,688 --> 00:09:12,945 a small 1, and it just had to 248 00:09:13,004 --> 00:09:15,721 tap the wall and it collapsed. So the 249 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:16,654 building was 250 00:09:17,091 --> 00:09:19,075 not particularly in great shape, and it was 251 00:09:19,075 --> 00:09:20,503 a good thing and went away. It's been 252 00:09:20,503 --> 00:09:22,432 replaced by, you know, a seismic, 253 00:09:23,201 --> 00:09:25,999 well built to standard building as all of 254 00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:28,954 our buildings are. Super was also instrumental in 255 00:09:28,954 --> 00:09:31,670 the creation of the Pierce county skill center. 256 00:09:31,830 --> 00:09:33,520 In fact, A lot of people call that 257 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,911 the house that Tom built. You can hear 258 00:09:35,911 --> 00:09:38,142 more about that in last week's episode. And 259 00:09:38,142 --> 00:09:40,707 we don't always just build new schools. Sometimes 260 00:09:40,707 --> 00:09:42,937 we expand and renovate our older schools. And 261 00:09:43,017 --> 00:09:45,087 Super superintendent Siegel said there have been more 262 00:09:45,087 --> 00:09:46,919 than a few times when they got into 263 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,564 those projects where it's actually cheaper to tear 264 00:09:49,564 --> 00:09:50,682 down the building and build a new 1. 265 00:09:51,402 --> 00:09:53,878 Outside of the office, superintendent Ce was a 266 00:09:53,878 --> 00:09:56,435 fossil hound. He would vacation with his digging 267 00:09:56,435 --> 00:09:59,002 equipment. And locate fossils, bring them back and 268 00:09:59,002 --> 00:10:00,916 he would speak to students about it in 269 00:10:00,916 --> 00:10:02,510 school, and he spoke with us about it 270 00:10:02,510 --> 00:10:04,424 here on the podcast. It actually goes back 271 00:10:04,424 --> 00:10:05,221 to when I was a kid, 272 00:10:05,873 --> 00:10:08,418 lived in part of the United States where 273 00:10:08,418 --> 00:10:10,883 there weren't any rocks. I lived in Moore, 274 00:10:11,281 --> 00:10:14,325 Minnesota, which is actually built on the old 275 00:10:14,461 --> 00:10:15,439 glacier lake Ag 276 00:10:15,988 --> 00:10:18,002 but they had 10000 years of 277 00:10:18,378 --> 00:10:19,175 grass growth, 278 00:10:19,813 --> 00:10:21,645 so he had 10 feet of tops soil, 279 00:10:21,884 --> 00:10:25,412 and there was no visible rocks anywhere. So 280 00:10:25,644 --> 00:10:27,160 But it was probably the fact that, you 281 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,994 know, I finally found a rock some places 282 00:10:28,994 --> 00:10:31,488 that fascinated me as a young kid, and 283 00:10:32,184 --> 00:10:33,859 then to read in books that there were 284 00:10:33,859 --> 00:10:35,509 such things as fossils was just 285 00:10:36,029 --> 00:10:36,529 fascinating. 286 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,309 I really didn't have a chance to fossil 287 00:10:39,309 --> 00:10:40,290 on it until 288 00:10:40,669 --> 00:10:41,710 I had a chance to live in the 289 00:10:41,790 --> 00:10:42,429 Denver area. 290 00:10:43,149 --> 00:10:45,237 And there he had actually, you know, if 291 00:10:45,237 --> 00:10:46,982 you were diligent enough to go out and 292 00:10:46,982 --> 00:10:49,125 look and you could find fossils along the 293 00:10:49,125 --> 00:10:50,632 front range of the Rocky Mountains. 294 00:10:51,267 --> 00:10:53,909 And it's been kind of annual trek out 295 00:10:53,909 --> 00:10:57,110 to 1 particular location in Wyoming, and I 296 00:10:57,110 --> 00:10:58,309 did it again this year, at least for 297 00:10:58,309 --> 00:10:59,110 a short period of time, 298 00:10:59,830 --> 00:11:01,429 where I went to fossil hunting and it 299 00:11:01,429 --> 00:11:02,424 came back with 300 00:11:02,798 --> 00:11:04,730 fish. So I'm a kind of a stone 301 00:11:04,786 --> 00:11:05,025 fisherman. 302 00:11:06,297 --> 00:11:08,682 It's just fascinating to find the fossils. There's 303 00:11:08,682 --> 00:11:09,000 also, 304 00:11:09,875 --> 00:11:12,835 pretty good, leaf fossil up in Republic Washington. 305 00:11:13,234 --> 00:11:15,626 There's a public quarry up there. And if 306 00:11:15,626 --> 00:11:18,896 you're diligent, you can find some leaf fossils 307 00:11:18,896 --> 00:11:20,411 that are pretty pretty interesting. 308 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:22,805 Both eye and my wife would to collect 309 00:11:22,805 --> 00:11:23,543 these and 310 00:11:23,915 --> 00:11:25,842 donate need a significant number of them to 311 00:11:26,134 --> 00:11:27,719 the schools so the kids actually have a 312 00:11:27,719 --> 00:11:29,967 chance to look at a fossil and, you 313 00:11:29,967 --> 00:11:32,044 know, you they could be posed a question, 314 00:11:32,204 --> 00:11:34,441 how is it possible that a ocean going 315 00:11:34,441 --> 00:11:36,292 in some cases or in the case of 316 00:11:36,292 --> 00:11:37,488 some of the crabs we found. 317 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,460 How is it possible that ocean going crab 318 00:11:40,678 --> 00:11:41,975 could be found at 319 00:11:42,512 --> 00:11:44,505 a hundred feet above sea level today? 320 00:11:45,079 --> 00:11:47,232 Or in the case of some, up a 321 00:11:47,232 --> 00:11:47,870 blew pass, 322 00:11:48,428 --> 00:11:50,183 You're up or of thousands of feet. How 323 00:11:50,183 --> 00:11:51,720 was it possible the jurassic 324 00:11:52,177 --> 00:11:52,677 age 325 00:11:53,054 --> 00:11:54,410 leaf that is a plant. 326 00:11:55,464 --> 00:11:56,584 Fern, in particular, 327 00:11:57,065 --> 00:11:58,664 could be found on top of Blue at 328 00:11:58,664 --> 00:12:00,825 pass. And so it is a interesting way 329 00:12:00,825 --> 00:12:01,485 to pose 330 00:12:01,865 --> 00:12:04,080 questions to kids to get them to start 331 00:12:04,278 --> 00:12:07,058 think about what's occurred and the timelines that 332 00:12:07,058 --> 00:12:07,773 we're talking about. 333 00:12:08,487 --> 00:12:11,108 Finally, on an episode from last season, we 334 00:12:11,108 --> 00:12:13,332 asked Super superintendent Sega, our question of the 335 00:12:13,332 --> 00:12:15,836 week if you could have dinner with 1 336 00:12:15,973 --> 00:12:18,282 historical figure, who would it be and why, 337 00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:22,117 and obviously, his answer did not disappoint. Well, 338 00:12:22,435 --> 00:12:23,867 I have to admit I a student of 339 00:12:23,867 --> 00:12:25,697 history and there are a large number of 340 00:12:25,697 --> 00:12:27,765 people that that would be a wonderful opportunity, 341 00:12:28,163 --> 00:12:29,436 but I'd still have to go back to 342 00:12:29,436 --> 00:12:30,492 1 of my favorite 343 00:12:30,882 --> 00:12:33,738 historical figures and that'd be Abraham Lincoln. The 344 00:12:33,738 --> 00:12:35,404 more you read about them, the more you 345 00:12:35,404 --> 00:12:37,570 realize how smart he was 346 00:12:38,022 --> 00:12:40,103 and how he's for trade in movies and 347 00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:40,978 so on and so forth, 348 00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:45,273 probably doesn't really get through to the extremely 349 00:12:45,273 --> 00:12:45,773 complex 350 00:12:46,641 --> 00:12:49,585 problems and solutions that he had to fashion. 351 00:12:50,142 --> 00:12:53,722 He was 1 smart individual and balanced a 352 00:12:53,722 --> 00:12:54,858 lot of competing 353 00:12:55,489 --> 00:12:55,989 issues 354 00:12:56,448 --> 00:12:59,345 and still got through the civil war, and 355 00:12:59,404 --> 00:13:01,641 that was an amazing feat. I'd have to 356 00:13:01,641 --> 00:13:02,840 say Abraham Lincoln. 357 00:13:03,574 --> 00:13:07,009 Superintendent Tom, Sega retire on June t taking 358 00:13:07,009 --> 00:13:09,645 his place will be interim superintendent, Doctor Brian 359 00:13:09,805 --> 00:13:12,374 Lan, Doctor Lan is no stranger to the 360 00:13:12,374 --> 00:13:13,891 podcast, and we're gonna leave you with a 361 00:13:13,891 --> 00:13:16,284 quote from him that I think speaks volumes 362 00:13:16,284 --> 00:13:19,254 to his character and leadership. This was his 363 00:13:19,254 --> 00:13:20,475 answer to the question 364 00:13:20,855 --> 00:13:23,414 who is the most important person in the 365 00:13:23,414 --> 00:13:24,934 district. It depends on the time of the 366 00:13:24,934 --> 00:13:27,028 day. Mister Boyle of who's the most important 367 00:13:27,028 --> 00:13:28,863 person in the day at lunch lunchtime. It's 368 00:13:28,863 --> 00:13:31,894 the person that's serving lunch at, Cougar Mountain 369 00:13:31,973 --> 00:13:33,888 Middle school at about 11:30, 370 00:13:34,366 --> 00:13:37,489 Monday through Friday. At 06:25 371 00:13:37,489 --> 00:13:39,079 when some of our middle schoolers are getting 372 00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:40,827 on the buses, it's probably the bus driver 373 00:13:40,827 --> 00:13:42,576 who's greeting them, who happens to be the 374 00:13:42,576 --> 00:13:45,617 most important person the day. During third period 375 00:13:45,617 --> 00:13:47,693 when I'm having a tough moment as a 376 00:13:47,693 --> 00:13:50,667 student at Span Lake High school. It's probably 377 00:13:51,125 --> 00:13:54,253 mister Form, my teacher in my classroom. The 378 00:13:54,253 --> 00:13:55,848 end of the day, it could be the 379 00:13:55,848 --> 00:13:57,284 people that are greeting me and sending me 380 00:13:57,284 --> 00:13:58,878 on my way out the front door and 381 00:13:58,878 --> 00:14:01,032 hold the door open for me. So it's 382 00:14:01,032 --> 00:14:02,467 any 1 of us on any given day, 383 00:14:02,547 --> 00:14:04,398 and I really mean. All of us play 384 00:14:04,398 --> 00:14:07,056 the most important role in a student's education 385 00:14:07,195 --> 00:14:09,613 in any given time during the day. And 386 00:14:10,232 --> 00:14:11,750 it's important to know that our jobs are 387 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:14,316 important we matter to the kids here, so 388 00:14:14,316 --> 00:14:15,193 each and every 1 of us. 389 00:14:17,902 --> 00:14:20,703 And that's gonna wrap up this week episode 390 00:14:20,703 --> 00:14:22,609 from all of us here at the Bethel 391 00:14:22,688 --> 00:14:23,799 School District presents podcast. 392 00:14:24,355 --> 00:14:26,340 Thank you to super superintendent Tom Siegel for 393 00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:28,642 your leadership over the years, you will be 394 00:14:28,642 --> 00:14:28,801 missed. 395 00:14:29,534 --> 00:14:32,331 Absolutely. And next week is July fourth weekend, 396 00:14:32,650 --> 00:14:34,488 and we'll have a special re cast of 397 00:14:34,488 --> 00:14:37,500 our interview with 100 year old Bethel Legend 398 00:14:37,698 --> 00:14:39,848 Ed Neil. We hope you join us them.