by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
THE COMMUNITY had seen very few Hispanic families in Shelbyville in 1993. The schools had no translators, and our curriculum had no English as a second language (ESL) courses. Leo Solis was a six-year-old in a new country surrounded by faces that looked different from...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Cover
SOME CAREERS begin with a dream or a plan, but Maleah Claxton’s insurance career began, she said, as sheer dumb luck after moving to a new town and needing a job. A Shelter Insurance office hired her part time to answer the phones and file, but one month later, she...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Feature
DID YOU feel like an outsider at some point in high school? Do you remember the invisible boundaries between you and those in sports or clubs? Were your grades or wardrobe always short of measuring up? Did high school make you feel more alone than connected? Visit...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Cover
FAR FROM home while deployed to Iraq, Dr. Lucas Bowling received a call that changed the trajectory of his life. Not the kind you answer with your cell phone, but a call that doesn’t use Verizon’s nationwide network. It was there that Bowling felt and answered the...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Feature
LYNNA MILLER’S students are a part of her life forever, each becoming one of her kiddos. But some put the “special” in education — a field Miller has been actively involved in for more than 30 years. An early classwork finisher in grade school, Miller was allowed to...
