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Personality portraits: Farwell artist paints, draw portraits

Jordana Reece can tell a story without saying a single word. All it takes is a stroke of her paintbrush.

• Jordana Reece
• Pencil drawing
• Portrait painting

Column - Help! Let me in - or out!

If opportunity ever comes knocking on my door, I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to let it in.

Musical magic

When Missy Radermacher stepped in front of an audience for the first time at age 11, it was magic.

• Missy

An unflappable bond

There’s a chicken in Farwell that is barking up the wrong tree. She’s madly in love with a dog.

• Chicken kiss
• Chicken and dog cuddle

The sky's the limit

Even though Spencer Jacobson will admit that it’s a big deal, he doesn’t want anyone making a big deal over it.

• Jacobson

Out to lunch

Back in the “good old days,” children walked to school swinging their lunch in a pail by their sides. Or they walked home for their noon meal.

• School lunch

A love of libraries

Joan Larson is not always an open book. Some people call her Pollyanna – she says she is optimistic. Some may think she is intellectual – she says she’s practical and pragmatic.

• Joan Larson

Working hand in hand

This week, January 18 to 23, is Paraprofessional Recognition Week. It’s a week set aside to honor those helpers in the classroom who make a lasting impact in a child’s education.

• Science experiment
• Math problems

Postal employee wears many hats

There isn’t much that Mike Schmidt didn’t like about his job. After all, it could have been much worse.

• Mike Schmidt

The tragicomedy of the egged car

Call me crazy, but my idea of fun isn’t throwing eggs at cars when it’s 20 degrees below zero. But apparently, someone doesn’t agree.

Columns

Column – Tell the little bird to shut up

Life’s too short to tweet. Call me negative. Call me anti-information highway. Call me wary of sharing every facet of my life with complete strangers via the Internet. Call me unwilling to embrace the marvels of technology.