by mcl | Oct 1, 2019 | Columns, Editor's Letter
What to do when you’ve fallen off your mountain For the past four years in a row, I’ve gone on a retreat in Oregon over Labor Day weekend. This year’s retreat was my favorite. I heard from God, experienced His creation, got to...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2019 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By KATIE EUBANKS Doug & Elaine Williams Their big YES to special needs parenting When I pull up to the Williams house in Raymond for our photoshoot, 8-year-old Lily is accompanying her daddy to the carport to take out the trash. She claps, fidgets...
by mcl | Sep 2, 2019 | Columns, Editor's Letter
Whose ‘wisdom’ are you following? “You’ve got to stand for something Or you’re gonna fall for anything” -“You’ve Got to Stand for Somethin’,” John Cougar Mellencamp This song popped into my head after I wrote our cover story on former...
by mcl | Sep 2, 2019 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By KATIE EUBANKS Juanita Ward On hoop dreams, faith and miracles Juanita Ward was about 12 years old when her grandmother collapsed. “She was bringing me a little (chocolate) cake she had made for my birthday,”...
by mcl | Aug 3, 2019 | Columns, Editor's Letter
Why you should stop going it alone On a recent Sunday afternoon, a friend and I visited Jackson’s Buddy Butts Park — where the U.S. Corps of Engineers worked on a scale model of the Mississippi River watershed using POW labor during...
