Election 2008

Now that we've had a few weeks for the dust to settle, it is high time for the Tidwell's to weigh in on Election 2008. It was a hard fought campaign, full of campaign posters, speeches, promises and pressing the flesh with the voters. Two very serious candidates who ran a closely contested race to the very end.


What? Obama versus McCain? Palin and Biden? Heck no, silly, we are talking about THE election of November 2008. That's right, the race for Treasurer of the Bearden Elementary School Student Council.


And the winner is JAKE TIDWELL!!!!!


We are very proud of Jake, who first was elected one of two student council representatives from his homeroom. Then all the student council members could opt to run for one of the executive offices and Jake chose to run for treasurer. His opponent was a fourth grader named George Mitchell and both boys ran excellent campaigns.


During the two weeks prior to the election, the candidates could stand in the hallways of the school for 15 minutes to meet and greet the voters. To boost his campaign and name recognition, Jake printed $1,000,000 bills with his picture in the middle with the caption "Vote for Jake Tidwell!". He handed out almost 200 of his trademark bills and they must have worked.


Here is a picture of Jake getting sworn into office by Knox County Commissioner Ed Shouse.

Halloween

Front row (L-R): Martha Jane Lay, Ellie Tidwell, Nathan Bond, Isabel Evans, Noah Bond, Gregory Sawyers, Reilly Sawyers

Back row (L-R): Ren Blevins, Jake Tidwell, Zeb Evans, Anna Murray, Bailey Butler, Addison Bond

The Tidwell kids had another huge Halloween, trick-or-treating throughout Westwood with several of their best buddies. Ellie dressed as "Alex", a character on "Wizards of Waverly Place", one of her favorite Disney Channel TV shows. Jake dressed as a long-haired hippie.

Thanks to their trick-or-treating prowess, we have enough candy to last until next Halloween. Jake weighed his bag on the bathroom scale and it came up to around seven pounds! Their dentist will love us...