photocredit: www.wordsowers.com BY: RACHEL SMITH Tri Clear Lake happens because of the hard work of a lot of people. Not just the promoters and committee that works tirelessly all year to plan each and every detail, but the many community members and organizations that donate their time, talent and money to the...
Month: April 2018
A Ticket to Ride
photocredit: dmbeatles.com BY: RACHEL SMITH After A Hard Day’s Night of working the grind, plugging away at the office so you can pay your bills, only to get up and work Eight Days a Week all over again, it’s time for some fun. I mean, you don’t want to spend your life going Nowhere Man. You deserve to treat...
April is Volunteer Month
photocredit: fortbragglibrary.org BY: RACHEL SMITH Gandhi is quoted as saying, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service to others.” It’s a common word in our community – volunteer. Mostly it’s used in a frantic plea as we beg people to please volunteer, please sign up, and please bring...
Earth Day Trials and Tribulations
BY: RACHEL SMITH Talk about a test in patience. When all we want to do is enjoy our weekend celebrating Mother Earth by cleaning up around our beautiful town, instead we are piled with another walloping of snow, putting the kibosh on many of the planned activities. So what is Earth Day? Well, in a nutshell, it’s a...
Building Community Conference Booklet 2018
Spring Sports Nutrition
**original article by Candice Reimholz** After this winter, I never thought it would happen, but spring is right around the corner. Spring sports and training has begun. Soccer, Baseball/Softball, and Track and Field are about to ramp up. For the athletes involved at all levels, this means an increased demand on their...
What’s up in the World of Water?
BY: RACHEL SMITH Normally at this time of the year, our thoughts have drifted from the cold, frozen depths of winter into warm, sunny visions of open water and green grass. Mother Nature has been a fickle little creature lately, taunting us with a few days of decent, snow-melting weather this week before...