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Staff Spotlight: Early childhood parapro Lori Cook assists children in developing a strong foundation
by Amy Haggerty A preschool paraprofessional is an important member of the educational team as they assist in orienting young children to education, care, and nurturing in the classroom. Lori Cook has been working with this age group for twenty years in the Stockbridge Community School District. Every day she assists young students with handling […]
Julianne Muscato, Second Place Winner of This I Believe Contest
Below, is the second essay of the three month student written, “This I Believe,” column. We are pleased to feature Julianne Muscato’s “This I Believe” essay. The essays, submitted anonymously to a Friends of the Library panel, are reviewed and winners recommended. The Friends then contribute $25 to first place, $15 to second place and […]
Staff Spotlight: Tracy Wooden with two Indispensable Roles for Stockbridge Community Schools
by Amy Haggerty Tracey Wooden fulfills an important behind-the-scenes role in the Stockbridge school district. She supervises a fleet of bus drivers and is the liaison for administrators and parents. She oversees the bus system that moves students to and from school each day. In short, Wooden fulfills indispensable roles. Wooden was first hired in […]
StockBIZ: Hair salons in Michigan re-open to the relief of appreciative Stockbridge-area clients
by Mary Jo David Within a month of the governor shutting down hair salons in Michigan due to the coronavirus, you couldn’t surf the web on any given day without jokes and memes about how much women—and men—were missing their hair appointments. On June 5, 2020, Governor Whitmer announced that hair salons and barber […]
Letter to the Editor
Opinion K. Mann I remember a time that seems so long ago when people could talk to each other. A time when people had conversations and exchanged ideas. Even in a heated debate there was almost a sense of sport in a creative conversation that, in the end, left us with more things to think […]
Kintsugi: Embracing the flawed or imperfect
by Amy Heylauff In the past two weeks I randomly heard kintsugi mentioned twice. So, I looked it up. It’s the art of repairing broken pottery with seams of precious metals. This pottery is considered more beautiful and valuable because of the mending. Wikipedia says kintsugi is an embracing of the flawed or imperfect. In […]
History of Metal Roofing
by Arlene and Ron Kaiser Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, was being built in 1769. It had a standing seam metal roof. Metal roofs with galvanizing were common in Canada 1850s, more common in post Civil War era in the United States. The Realy (Reuhle) homestead farmhouse had a meal roof in early photographs, and with […]
StockBIZ: Stockbridge-area residents hungry for new grocery market may find soon-to-open Plane Food Market is their cup of tea
by Mary Jo David Donald and Deanna McAlister of Stockbridge are hungry—hungry for a sustainable grocery alternative in the village of Stockbridge and hungry to find a good use for the storefront space they own at the corner of S. Center and E. Elizabeth streets. The space has been empty since the auto parts store […]
Staff Spotlight: A winding path led Bonnie Rattai to students who love her at Smith Elementary
by Amy Haggerty For the past eleven years we are very fortunate to have Bonnie Rattai in the Stockbridge Community School District. Working at Smith Elementary School as a paraprofessional, she assists students with disabilities, and she accomplishes this with grace and ease. Rattai exhibits so many of the characteristics that are important for her […]
ASK AN EXPERT
Question: How is the Insurance Reform act going to affect claims handling? On July 1st. Michigan Auto Insurance Reform goes into effect. This is suppose to provide insurance coverage options and lower rates while maintaining the highest benefits in the country and strengthen consumer protections. There is a lot to this new law and everyone […]