The new Creative Arts Center officially opened last weekend (see related photo on page 3 of today’s Reporter) with an open house on Saturday and an invitation-only shindig the day before. And the revoews are good for the center, with its performance stage, space for art workshops and its gallery and studio for local artists.

The center’s unveiling might not have happened without the help of businesses and individuals in developing the site. As the Arts Council’s president, Mary Jane Glazer, told the Reporter recently, “It’s been so gratifying having so many people want to get our center going.”

They knew a good thing when they saw it.

Haney, 60, earned acclaim for his work behind the steering wheel by winning this year’s state bus driver competition, which qualified him for the fourth time for the international competition. He finished third in the latter, which was staged in Canada. That’s the best he’s done against the world.

The drivers’ skills are tested in parallel parking, backing up in tight spaces, and the safety procedures that are followed when students are boarding and exiting a bus.

Practicing all of that “makes you a better driver in the field,” Haney said. So with that in mind, parents of students on Haney’s bus just might be the most assured in the district that their offpsring are in good hands.

Editor Pat Jenkins