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Gimme a Break:
The plague of pet peeves Dear Reader, In answer to the question, what is your biggest pet peeve, several peeves raised their heads: Men not putting the toilet seat down Chewing with your mouth open People who make an appointment and don’t keep it. People saying they’re going to arrange an event and don’t follow […]
Rural Perspectives: Praying Mantis
Praying mantises (Mantodea) have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name, praying mantis. Mantises were considered […]
Have a Pet Peeve? Air it here.
Dear Reader, It is my pleasure to launch a column that requires your direct hand. Here’s how: I’ll queue up a question; you’ll send me your answer. Top responses will be published online and in next month’s print edition. It’s as simple as that. First up, what’s your biggest pet peeve? Personally, I cringe […]
Wonders of Science: The mechanics of sight, Part II
by Eric Rasmussen “They say seeing is believing, but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing.” — Errol Morris The sense of sight is a marvel of biological evolution. This unique property gives those who possess it the ability to look upon the brilliance of nature with its many shapes, vivid colors and contrasting textures. […]
School safety is paramount to our goal
by Chief Johnnie Torres, Jr. Well, another summer has come and gone and I’m proud, as well as grateful, that it passed with no major criminal incidents. However, the absence of major crime in our community will not preclude us here at the Stockbridge Police Department from continuing to train and prepare for those incidents […]
School Staff Spotlight: Langone spurs artistic creativity in Stockbridge students
by Amy Haggerty Now beginning his 24th year of teaching, Jay Langone’s classes remain as popular as ever. Langone teaches all the art classes at Stockbridge Junior and Senior High School. His classes fill up fast with eager students in grades 7-12 wanting to learn all about art. Langone wanted to become a teacher because […]
From the superintendent’s desk: Welcome back
by Karl Heidrich Welcome back to the 2018-2019 school year! We hope you had an enjoyable summer. First of all, we would like to thank our school district community for passing our operating millage renewal. We appreciate your continued support of our school district. Over the summer, our administrative team has been working hard preparing […]
Look Back in Time – September
One hundred years ago, Stockbridge was a quiet little town as were the many surrounding villages. School opened in the village on Sept. 3 and opened within a week in most other area communities. The Community School District was yet to be created. In Stockbridge (the village), Miss Carr resigned as principal and Miss McKenzie […]
Faces of Addiction – Conclusion For the love of my child…
by Tina Cole-Mullins How does one look into the eyes of children and tell them Daddy or Mommy won’t be coming home, knowing those words will forever change their lives? That’s exactly what Misty Smith had to do when her husband lost his battle with alcoholism in 2013, the result of driving while intoxicated. Although […]
The longest journey begins with a single cell
by Eric Rasmussen Our bodies are composed of trillions of cells that specialize in numerous ways to give rise to the walking, talking, and conscious human body currently reading this sentence. Amazingly, each of our intricate bodies started as one single cell containing all the precious blueprints for life, DNA. DNA amounts to a genetic […]