COMING HOME. Southwest Schools announced that they have hired two Wildcat alumni to fill an art teacher and PE/coach position. Both of the new hires graduated from Southwest with honors. Elizabeth Warren from Dawn is the new art teacher. She attended North Central Community College and then graduated from Northwest Missouri State after studying animal sciences. She has been active in the Chillicothe art scene leading art classes and selling her art work under the moniker of EW Art.
As the Fourth of July nears, emergency dispatchers across the country are bracing—not just for the calls they need to get, but for the ones they really, really don’t. While fireworks are a staple of American celebration, some folks seem to think every bang and pop deserves a police response. Spoiler: it doesn’t.
Linn County Farm Bureau Board met Thursday, June 19, in Brookfield. Those attending were Steve and Jill Hardy, Dana Lane, Holly Switzer, Philip Martin, Donald Herring and Rachael Osterman.
There’s something magical about summer. Not the kind of magic that comes from fireworks or family vacations, (well…OK— those are really great parts about it too) but the kind that sneaks in with the hum of cicadas and the slow drip of a melting popsicle. It’s a nostalgia-soaked kind of wonder—the kind that lives in bare feet on hot pavement, the smell of chlorine and cut grass, and the timeless thrill of chasing lightning bugs with nothing but a jar and a little bit of hope.
Chillicothe was well represented by Jan and Amy Jackson of Salty Hippo Studio at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival (KCRQF) this week. Greeting the 10,000 plus festival visitors with broad smiles and an upbeat attitude these two Chillicothe residents showed boundless energy and a customer oriented mindset throughout the three day event.
For some, Father’s Day is cookouts and neckties. It’s phone calls and corny jokes. It’s awkward hugs and “thanks for always being there” kind of moments. But for others — for the ones who scroll past the Father’s Day sales and the heartwarming posts with a lump in their throat — the day hits differently. This is one of my many firsts without my Dad.
I would like to congratulate Teresa Foli and Ballet Arts for another amazing recital this last weekend. I don’t know for sure how many annual recitals Ballet Arts has had but my daughter at age 3 was in first one and she is 37 now, so I am thinking she has had these for 34 years. I haven’t been to all of them but I went to all of them while my daughter was growing up and have been attending all while my granddaughter who is 13 has been in, so I have attended quite a few. Each show each year seems to somehow get better and better. The work by the dancers to prepare, and the work by the staff and volunteers and the production itself put together by Theresa Foli is really quite remarkable. The Performing Arts Center fills to near capacity for both Friday and Saturday so it is quite an event annually for Chillicothe and Livingston County.
A Happy Birthday is wished for Doug McLain, Derek Smith on June 1, Clint Baker, Karl Dawson, Josie Krebs, Silas Douglas, Dianna Dimitt, Christian Dobbins on June 2, Angi Schmitz, Austin Crookshanks, Monica Chaplin, Lucille Bowyer on June 3, Kenny Wilburn on June 4, Toni Baker, Andrea Bratrude on June 5, Aidan Douglas, Roger Schmitz, Rick Falconer, Garret Myers, Lexi Cline, Trynlee Wood on June 6, Shirley Cordray, Casey Jaynes, Drew Nier on June 7.
There’s something I struggle with and that’s overthinking. So I did a small dive into what it would be like to not have an inner dialogue. It was a phenomenon I only recently heard of and thought to myself, (and I knew it was me because I could hear my voice in my head), how do they keep their minds so still? I also wondered what would that be like? My silly inner dialogue keeps me overstimulated and in constant thought.
The VanDykeSalisbury Reunion is Sunday, June 1, at the Meadville Community Center; meal is around noon.