Mike Lockenour talked about politics a lot when he was young. He remembers Walter Cronkite’s voice explaining Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra. He learned about current events once a day, in black and white, on the nightly news. “It’s totally different today,” says Mike, a CWLP maintenance planner and father to three daughters. Social media, he says, […]
Elizabeth Watson
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Inclusion is everything
Reilly Renken, 14, donned a black and red cheerleader uniform and cheered for the Glenwood Middle School 2016 football team this fall, and her parents couldn’t be prouder. “To others, it’s a middle school cheerleading squad – no big deal,” Reilly’s mother, Leigh Renken, says. “For us, it sums up everything we hoped for her.” […]
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Athletes of distinction
Randy Held rises at 4:30 a.m. to complete his workouts at the YMCA, and he feels energized for the rest of the day. PHOTO BY JENNIFER SNOPKO, SPRINGFIELD, YMCA Walk through the doors at either of our Springfield YMCA locations and take a look around. You’ll see people from all walks of life interacting, sipping […]
