Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

A STUDENT IN our community today will walk the halls of Congress with a pinned American flag on their chest. A student in our community today will pray their knees still hold when their nerves get the best of them as they walk the steps to the stage to accept a...
Brooke Lipshie: Family and friendship

Brooke Lipshie: Family and friendship

BROOKE LIPSHIE walks through the double doors, ready for a day of teaching fourth grade math and Bible at Friendship Christian School. But she does not arrive alone; her husband, Adam, heads to the high school classrooms where he teaches U.S. Wars, personal finance,...
Leslie Brown: Born to teach through art

Leslie Brown: Born to teach through art

FOR ART teacher Leslie Brown, it would seem that her career as an educator was somewhat meant to be. Hailing from a family of educators, Brown might tell you that her path to teaching was not a choice but a birthright. A fourth‑generation educator, she was raised in a...
Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

WHEN WE think about the basic requirements of a thriving community, our minds naturally go to the grocery stores that feed us, the banks that hold our futures, and the schools that educate our children. We view these institutions as an important part of our daily...
Kori Merritt: The season that never ends

Kori Merritt: The season that never ends

THE HOLIDAYS have passed, the lights are put away, and the last of the wrapping paper has been tossed away with the trash. For many of us, the season of giving fades as quickly as the pine and evergreen scents in the living room. Volunteer shifts slow down. Donation...

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