How will you get involved in the community?

I am a proud graduate of the Leadership Sheridan County (LSC) Class of 2018, the 25th class, and clearly the best. Part of being in LSC is making the commitment to be involved with one of the modules for the next class. You and a couple of classmates are assigned a month and in charge [...]

By |2019-04-01T09:44:03-06:00April 1st, 2019|Community, Introspections|1 Comment

Embarrassment of riches seen at Chamber luncheon

I’ve had a rather huge week. I was nominated for the Chamber’s Spirit of Sheridan award a few months ago and, glorious luck, I won! It was so completely unexpected that I didn’t even invite my husband to the luncheon. I barely mentioned it in passing other than to tell my family that I was [...]

By |2019-02-26T14:58:54-07:00February 26th, 2019|Community, Introspections|1 Comment

Don’t throw it all away. Talk about it.

I’ll tell you right now – writing this particular column petrifies me. Unlike my past columns, which are mostly non-controversial, this one has a little something to offend nearly everyone if they try hard enough. But that’s why the CVC is hosting Community Conversations, constructive dialogue about difficult subjects. We’re tackling hard topics in a [...]

By |2019-01-18T15:13:17-07:00January 18th, 2019|Community, Community Events|0 Comments

Civility can and should reign

I’m proud and deeply grateful to live in a democracy.  It’s a privilege and most times a pleasure.  That is, until the political season. Then it’s a hideous slog through vitriol flung from all sides until election day. I don’t listen to talk radio (I don’t count NPR as talk radio), I don’t watch national [...]

By |2018-11-12T15:58:20-07:00November 12th, 2018|Community, Community Events, Introspections|0 Comments

Why we need each other

I was casting about for a subject for today’s column when, in a fit of procrastination, I decided to clean out my email inbox.  It didn’t really need it but it kept me from writing this column.  Whatever it takes. In my cleansing, I came across some TED Talks I had saved from a year [...]

By |2018-10-01T09:35:20-06:00October 1st, 2018|Community, Introspections|2 Comments

No covered wagons, bonnets for me

I write this from the center of South Dakota on the road home from Illinois.  Yep, Cuz-o-Rama Road Trip 2018 has been a roaring success so far. There has certainly been some snarkiness and a marked lack of civility at times. However, considering we’ve got four adult-sized people and a lengthy 13-year old wedged into [...]

By |2018-08-27T13:30:25-06:00August 27th, 2018|Introspections|0 Comments

Treasure troves of knowledge, advice

Next month, I’m taking the McDougal and Albrecht kids to Peoria to see their grandparents. I hope it will be an epic adventure of cousinly bonding and laughter, motoring across the heartland.  In reality, it will probably be eighteen hours of unrestricted Snapchat, Youtube videos, and music in headphones.  All punctuated by snarling and sleeping. [...]

By |2018-07-23T11:41:37-06:00July 23rd, 2018|Introspections|0 Comments

Looking for hope? Look to our future leaders

Another year, another CampFIRE in the books.  The CVC’s youth leadership camp is the official start of summer for us. For those of you who have real fears about the country’s youth and our collective future, I urge you to drop into Camp Roberts some year and meet these graduating eighth graders.  You’ll feel much [...]

By |2018-06-20T13:21:58-06:00June 20th, 2018|Community, Community Events, Introspections|1 Comment

We want YOU (and your input)

Perhaps you’ll remember my last column - the civility and kindness-themed one where I illustrated the lack of both these qualities in my children and our nation’s current dialogue.  I’m sure you either posted it on your fridge as a cautionary tale to your own children or you added it to the scrapbook you’ve made [...]

By |2018-04-09T12:57:21-06:00April 9th, 2018|Community, Community Events, Introspections|0 Comments
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