Author: CM

Written By Anne Blue When Piney Ridge Elementary School opens its doors later this month, six-year-old Harrison Kluge will be arriving in a fire truck. Knowing her son’s passion for firefighters, when Lori Witmer-Kluge heard...

Written By Patricia Rouzer The Friendship School’s fine new exterior walls are ringed with familiar names, among them Leonardo DaVinci, Albert Einstein, and John Lennon – all geniuses. And like the 57 students who attend...

Written By Evan Balkan Just across the Rio Grande in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, filmmaker Leo Eaton rides headlong into a storm on a horse that threatens to buck him off. He grips the reins and utters a prayer. Spooked by...

Written By Cari Pierce You may have attended a 4-H Fair at the Carroll County Agricultural Center. Or a rodeo, a monster truck bash, dog show or sportsman’s expo. And you may have thought that taxpayers were footing some of the...

Written By Mary Spiro According to the saying, “Dog is man’s best friend.” But the truism needs qualification: “A trained dog is man’s best friend.” I have shared my life with all sorts of canines, from mutts to pure breeds. I...