Henry Danielson started out from humble beginnings here in Lakewood and grew up to be a teacher alongside his wife. What differentiates him and his spouse from most teachers is their Peace Corps adventures, chronicled in his recently released book titled “Island People: Finding Our ...
Talent flows from Klaralyn Gatz like water from a mountain spring, but unlike spring water, every drop is collected and shared. The Vancouver, Wash. woman has an amazing ability to transform everything to which she comes in contact, whether it be a lump of dough, a palette of paint, musical ...
“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done for the glory of God,” says Pauline Whitcomb, who will celebrate her 96 birthday in August. “I don’t want this to be about me, but about God and God’s work. I’m where I am today because of Him. I give God the glory for everything we’ve ever ...
Last month, the awful news of the murders of five journalists and the wounding of two more in Annapolis, Md., evoked flashbacks. I have experienced forebodings of such carnage. But my first thought when those things happened was not, “I wish I had a pen.” There is another reflex, instinctive, that is more powerful than the acquired reflexes of 50 years of telling stories. “I wish I had a gun,” were my first thoughts back then. On one occasion, I intently watched a black sedan drive back and forth on Jeffers Street, turn east onto Beaver Drive, then circle back west and south ...
Some months ago, someone posted several short videos on Facebook. One video featured a young woman walking through a mall with a fountain. Walking along, she was so intent on looking at something on her phone, that she went right over the rim of the fountain, and took an unexpected swim. While this event seemed somewhat humorous at the time, it serves to illustrate how consumed and distracted we can be by our electronic devices. The problem of substance abuse and addiction has been acknowledged and researched for a long time, but what about the addictions involving behavior like ...
For one local educator the fusion between teaching educational material and managing a school setting, to getting her heart rate up and leading a class of cycling enthusiasts- have met at a crossroad ... that crossroad is the YMCA of Jamestown. Holly Hannon, a local elementary school ...
