Building a stronger, more just & transparent democracy
Building a stronger, more just & transparent democracy
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For the first time since 2019, an Americorps team is at work in the Methow Valley. The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) program offers participants a chance to get their hands dirty, and Team Gold 3 has been doing just that since they arrived nearly nine weeks ago. Both on and off the TwispWorks campus, the team is contributing to the community as well as developing skills that will support their own growth and development as human beings and members of the...
The marathon reading sessions paid off. The year was 1964, and the librarian at Quincy High School was Mary Kazda, also the teacher of Pre-College English. "She was a no-nonsense teacher who had us reading 'Anna Karenina,' 'Pride and Prejudice,' and 'Don Quixote,'" Candace Wellman wrote in an email. "She taught us to write in ways that when I got to Gonzaga for my first two years, I just breezed through composition class." And now in her seventies, Wellman – now a resident o...
It seems like a circus act, but it's in a barn. It looks like gymnastics, but there's no mat. It feels like figure skating, but it's on dirt. It's kind of like dancing, but it's on a horse. For an equestrian competition that's been going on for centuries, horse vaulting is tough to describe to those who don't know about it. But for Longbranch native Genna Downen, it was an easy sell. Genna is one of the top junior-level vaulters in the country and is one of eight finalists...
