Checking up! Part III
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of columns.These three columns of The Music Stand have been devoted to “checking up” on our...
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Depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses carry deeply rooted stigma forcing people with a mental health challenge to suffer in silence. Stigma: a sensation...
Sewing lessons
A recent “gift” sent me yet again down Memory Lane, when my sister presented me with parts of the eight 4-H sewing projects I...
Nonperishable food can become contaminated
Question: I never knew that nonperishable foods like breakfast cereal can become contaminated with salmonella – how is that possible? Answer: While many people...
Kavanaugh is right pick for Supreme Court
When Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy—who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan—announced he was going to step down from the court there was a...
Checking up! Part II
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns.We’re checking up on “retired” music educators and their activities. Last time the reports...
The Golden Rule of Travel
I have been enjoying Facebook pictures from GHS alum Shelby Faulkner, now agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Ridgemont High School, as she spends...
Saving the pensions Ohioans earned
Last week, thousands of workers and retirees came to Columbus to demand Congress solve the crisis threatening the secure retirement these Americans earned. I...
Impeach Trump for meeting with Putin?
President Trump went to Europe to meet with several world leaders, and what do we hear from the media, the Democrats and even members...
BBQ safely: Be careful when using steel grill brushes
QUESTION: I clean my grill each time after I cook on it, using a steel wire grill brush to keep the grease and grime...