Making sense of the shouting match
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,…
Little noggins
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. According to the Brain Injury Network, acquired brain injury (ABI) can result from medical conditions like strokes, meningitis, aneurisms, brain tumors or loss of oxygen to the brain (anoxia or hypoxia). Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a condition resulting from an external force, such as a jolt or blow…
Skating champion trains in Springfield
Five years ago, Springfield resident Macie Rolf decided to figure skate. Since then, she has won Upper Great Lakes Region gold medals two years in a row, placed fourth at sectionals, and qualified through United States Figure Skating Association eliminations to be one of just a dozen athletes out of more than 500 skaters to…
Keeping bugs at bay
Yes, cold season is upon us. But fear not. While you may want to keep your child in a bubble to avoid germs altogether, it wouldn’t do much for anyone’s sanity. There are plenty of more effective measures you can take instead to strengthen your child’s immune system and keep bugs at bay. Colds are…
Three months of fun things to do
Into the Woods Jr.Feb 10-12, 17-19, 7pm Fri-Sat, 2pm Sun. Springfield Theatre Centre presents the Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Admission. hcfta.org. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St., 523-2787. Art Together: Paint MinecraftFeb 11, 10am-12pm. An artsy bonding event. $25 for adult and child, $15 per extra…
