February 2025
St. James area readies for new football coach
St. James Schools announced John Hall as the new head football coach following a process that included a stakeholders meeting, a series of interviews, and a school board decision. Hall graduated from St. James High School was an assistant varsity coach during the 2024 season.
Beatitudes in the pew
It was the turn of the head that caught my eye as the little girl in the pew just ahead reached for her mama’s face. Turn the mama did—smiling at the child in the pew. She beheld the face of her child, and attentive to it she was. Gentle this mama was with her child desiring her attention.
Saturday Night Lives
A half century of Saturday Night Live was commemorated last Sunday night. Many lives have been impacted over the course of that production run, whether it be the producer, cast members, hosts, or viewers.
Visual Art
While it’s very hard to convince the blind of the fact, the importance of visual art in this life cannot be overstated. Visual art is as limitless as the human imagination, seen with the eyes but felt in the bones, speaks to the mind but beats with a heart. Some say the visual art of Mark Rothko were made for the soul.
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School board hears ways students are learning to read at Northside
The St. James school board held its meeting this month on Monday, Feb 10. Northside Principal Liam Dawson and Literacy Lead Michele Chapin presented the science of reading to review what helps students learn to read based on science and studies done. They discussed how each curriculum teachers have been training on, like LETRS, Wit and Wisdom, and UFLI have been working with the areas of reading to help students.
Senior Citizen Spotlight: Janice Jensen
My interview this month is with Janice Jensen, who will be 90 on Feb. 24. She is a very lovely and passionate person who has been very active here in St. James all her life.