#20 THE WALKING BRIDGE PANEL 1 Mr. Matheson and Senator Smith walk along the walking bridge, connecting a suburban street with a more rural neighborhood over a creek. MR. MATHESON The walking bridge is a... Well... It's a bridge between the artists in town and the country folk in the... Well... Country. Farmers mostly, left over from before your generous grants for our Arts programs. PANEL 2 Senator Smith smiles, two kids arguing on the bridge behind him. SENATOR SMITH Well, we love to support the Arts! PANEL 3 The two kids argue more, as the senator looks on shocked. KID 1 Sorry, Julie, but you're a triangle. I need somebody with curves! PANEL 4 Mr. Matheson smiles awkwardly at the senator. MR. MATHESON See? Drama! You can say a lot about Everly Heights, but you have to admit we stay on-brand.
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“The Walking Bridge” – Mr. Matheson’s Arithme-TIPS for November 8, 2024

Senator Smith's time in Everly Heights comes to a close, and the last stop is one of my favorite locations in Everly Heights: The Walking Bridge. This bridge connects the urban side of Everly Heights with the rural side and is based on a very real walking bridge in Wheeling, West Virgina on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit University. It's a short walk from Wheeling Coffee & Spice (the inspiration for The Koffee Shop in Kids Like Us that will become more important in a couple weeks).

The Real Walking Bridge... It was green back in the day.
The Real Walking Bridge... It was green back in the day.

When I was a young punk wasting my days playing hacky sack and drinking Highlander Grog, after the coffee shop closed we'd usually head down to the walking bridge to party, talk, and do other things kids get up to in the middle of the night. The shared wisdom was that the cops couldn't bust us there because it was technically not in the city limits, but that was probably wrong. Still, we never had any issues with cops or anything. Just good times and good conversation with great friends, many of whom I've lost in recent years, sadly.

Enjoy the Senator's last stop, and come back next week for a whole new serialized adventure where we get to see Mr. Matheson's entrepreneurship in full bloom. It's hard to survive on a math teacher's salary, after all.

Latch on to learning!

Bill Meeks
Creator, Everly Heights

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