It's nice to see our pack time, that's our strength right now. We're hoping to get a trophy at state, if we can stay motivated, we've got a shot at it.

We're going to take our time and do what we feel is right. We're not rushing anything.

The first time we talked was right before my (state) finals match. He came up and said, 'Take 'em out'... and he slapped my hands during grand march.

Over the course of time, with real estate taxes that will come in, wage taxes, emergency services taxes and just the fact that people have better quality of life, it'll pay for itself tenfold,

Laura has been right on top of the Redwood program for some time. While Tom Lyons was exceptional, I don't anticipate the Redwood tradition to falter under Laura.

This is a great time to really hit the standings. I know four years is a long way away right now, but it's going to come really fast.