Featured Post August 21, 2025 Once a triathlete Several adjectives could be used to describe me. Loud comes to mind immediately. Also, chatty, inquisitive, and boisterous. Descriptors you… Read Article
CVC Nonprofits and baseball metaphors unite Brace yourself, readers! For a change, I will utilize this column for its original purpose – to promote the Center…
Community Introspections Don’t wait. Just do it. I was just in Peoria, IL, right after my niece’s extraordinary wedding because my dad had another major stroke in…
Uncategorized Going to the chapel As a practice, I try to craft my Community Perspectives columns focusing on the CVC’s work. After all, we are…
Community Community Events This could be you My first involvement of being involved with a nonprofit was somewhat unconventional. About a year after I moved to Sheridan,…
Uncategorized Who are you, really? Ah, personality quizzes. In bygone days, one took these in magazines. My favorite story about magazine quizzes was when a…
Uncategorized The mountains are calling The first summer I worked at the CVC, I contemplated the prospect of CampFIRE (it was then called CiViC Leadership…
Uncategorized Sheridan, it’s time for your close-up A picture is worth a thousand words. I’ve always credited Kodak for that, but perhaps I should dig deeper for…
Uncategorized Wake up and smell the aging I was not an early adopter of exercise. When I say not an early adopter, I was more of an…
Community Community Events Civity – the gift that keeps giving Did everyone survive Thanksgiving a few pounds heavier but with familial relationships mostly intact? ‘Tis the season for ugly political…
Introspections Who’s the smart one here? Over a drink with some friends the other night, I asked for ideas for this week’s column. One suggested the…
Community Introspections Back-to-School Realities If you missed the ads in between the political spots, it’s back-to-school time. I have no idea why January, February,…
Community Introspections A rude awakening I’ve recently returned from our youth leadership camp, CampFIRE. Thirty-six incoming high school freshmen from Sheridan and Johnson counties kept…