Inspired By Educators LINE UPON LINE KAREN ROUSE I have been inspired by signature quotes on teacher emails over the years, which have stood up to the test of time, particularly during the school shut down occurring since late March. Educators have stepped up to the challenge of teaching students remotely. They have engaged students while presenting the lesson to a computer monitor

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Technology Is A Great ‘Plan B’ MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER While we are inundated with advertisements from billion-dollar companies about their video service applications - all produced in such a manner to suggest these applications are somehow as “lifesaving” as a future coronavirus vaccine - it is an appropriate time to remember that technology, as a principal

PUBLISHER’S LETTER The Value Of Things PATRICK . WOOD Dear Reader, What constitutes value? How is it assigned? In some ways, value is culturally determined. The price of art is shaped by what someone is willing to pay based on its socially agreed upon worth. Imagine the cost of a first edition of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” a literary composition

PUBLISHER’S LETTER Adapting To The New Normal where we wish, when we wish, and how we wish. You can see this confusion in the recent actions of the Wisconsin Governor, State Legislature, and Supreme Court. The Governor issued Emergency Orders mandating social distancing and staying at home; the Legislature sued to get them overturned; and the Supreme Court did in fact overturn the Orders.

PUBLISHER’S LETTER A Matter Of Perspective PATRICK WOOD Dear Reader, We’ve been quarantined for weeks now, and a definitive end is not yet in sight. Some of us have spouses, live-ins, children, and grandchildren all trying to make the best of it every day with the ordinary life we once knew on hiatus. As an adult, it’s difficult to let go of the stresses that come with responsibility.

PUBLISHER’S LETTER An Intangible Farewell PATRICK WOOD Dear Reader, Tess Nowalk, my mother-in-law died last Saturday morning. She was a beautiful woman in all ways imaginable, who lived a life of quiet service to others. It’s hard to comprehend how to say goodbye to a person you’ve loved for decades and how to grieve with others who loved her the same when social distancing demands

ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH Having Said That... MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER I am a big fan of the show Seinfeld. As a child of the 90s, I recognize that the half hour situational comedy represents the foundation of my early televis ion-viewing experiences. My mom and dad would tune in to the new episode every week and laughed loudly at the perspectives of four eccentric, hapless characters that

Stuck At Home? Simple Exercises To Move More And Sit Less FOCUS ON FITNESS: ASK THE TRAINER SUSAN . RETZLAFF Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist If you are stuck at home like a lot of us, stress may be at an alltime high. So many changes happening so fast, it’s like a roller coaster of emotions. Some of us are facing a loss of income, some working at home