Grandview Heights Public Library: Reading club helps students avoid summer slide
The Grandview Heights Public Library s 2021 Summer Reading Club again will be a virtual experience.
Unlike the 2020 program, however, youngsters will be able to participate in some in-person outdoor activities. Last year, we had to do the reading club as an all-virtual program because we were right in the early months of the COVID pandemic, youth-services librarian Rachel Rausch said. We re so excited about being able to do some limited in-person activities because we ve missed seeing everyone so much.
The in-person activities will not be open to infants, toddlers and preschool-age children, Rausch said.
Nate passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, of glioblastoma brain cancer at his home in Greenacres, Wash.
Born Dec. 6, 1981, to Daleah Lawson and Richard Thiessen, Nate grew up in Pullman where he attended Franklin Elementary, Lincoln Middle School and Pullman High School. While there, he swam, played clarinet, oboe and piano, graduating in 2000.
As a youth, Nate was active in Boy Scout Troop 442, which had a deep and positive impact on his life.
Nate worked at Pullman Ford-Mercury, later Jess Ford, initially detailing vehicles as a self-titled âDirt Relocation Specialist.â He worked his way up into the Parts Department, then eventually working for Chipman-Taylor as Parts Manager.
This is not how I envisioned the end of Andy Thompson s impressive 40-year career at The Post-Crescent.
I thought the last chapter would be written at his retirement party, where we would gather to share humorous and touching stories about Andy and the roles he played in our lives: award-winning reporter, editor, bureau chief, coach, mentor and, above all, trusted friend.
I even had planned to present Andy with a plaque that he received in 2009 after winning first place for a human interest story about a Neenah teen’s recovery from a stroke. The inscription on the plaque erroneously said Human Internet instead of Human Interest, which was funny because of Andy s personal feud with computers. When he noticed the mistake, Andy let a few F-bombs fly and threw the plaque in the garbage. I dug it out and kept it all these years, hoping it would bring a few laughs after Andy made his final edit.
Decades ago, Wisconsin was home to a vintage shop named Juju and Moxie, which specialized in flapper attire.
âI always thought the name was so cool,â says Rachel Rausch who is from Wisconsin but now lives in Tucson.
The shop eventually went out of business, but its name stuck in Rauschâs mind â eventually leading her to start her own brand under the same name
âWhen I started looking into it, âjujuâ means luck,â she says. âItâs usually known as âbad juju,â but âjujuâ can be bad or it can be good.
ââMoxieâ is your energy,â she says. âIn my feeling with creativity and life in general, luck and energy go hand in hand, almost in an infinity loop.â