To the editor: My friend “Taylor” grew up in Marshall, attending church, participating in sports, graduating from MHS. Inspired by their parents’ public service as educators, “Taylor” worked abroad for aid organizations after college. While completing an MA in public policy at the ...
There are so many unknowns in life, aren’t there? A poem by Robert Frost has been bugging my brain lately. The poem is entitled “The Road Not Taken.” The narrator is walking through a forest, and his path suddenly splits into two paths. The story of the poem is about how one must make ...
Many, if not most, children can be naughty and will misbehave. There are some children, however, who go beyond naughty. About six percent of children will show a consistent pattern of breaking rules, being overly aggressive, and generally show disregard or lack of caring for others. Their ...
To the editor: The United States, unsurprisingly, has contingency plans for a war with China. If, heaven forbid, such a war broke out, one shudders to think of how many Americans might die if the Chinese government gained access to those plans. Through the bravery of some patriotic unsung ...
Online angling research has a way of spurring on preparations that have been back-burnered for some time. Well behind the curve in my annual fly-tying efforts, I found the motivation I required to catch up on the usual off-season work at the vise over the past week following a storm which ...
As we finalize this year’s budget revisions, we are already planning for next year. Despite our best efforts to manage costs efficiently, the district will need to use more than $1 million in reserves this school year due to inflation and state mandates. For the 2025-26 school year, we ...