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Thinking About Welcoming an Exchange Student? Now’s the Time

Sharing daily life with a teenager from another country and culture is a rich and rewarding experience, and it's a wonderful way to bring more understanding into the world. If you've ever thought about welcoming an exchange student into your home and family, now's the time to learn more. AFS, ...

Preschool Visits Library

The afternoon preschool class went on one last outing in May. They visited the Reinbeck Public Library. The students were able to listen to a story and explore the children's area of the library. They were very excited to receive their very own library card. The trip has the preschool ...

G-R SCHOOL BOARD

Thursday evening the Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board approved increasingadministrative salaries. Supt. Tim Kuehl will receive$110,000 andPrincipal Bill Parker will receive $90,000. Kuehl will be reimbursed forhis monthly Blackberry data plan and Parker was offered the same. Kuehlwas allowed to ...

Class of 2009 Academic Letterwinners maintaining a 3.25 GPA.

Class of 2009 Academic Letterwinners maintaining a 3.25 GPA.Drew BabinatJamie BendaScott BensonTJ CowellSarah DraffenJenny GiengerRose KoesterZach McCarthyBryant MedhusAshley MohlisKatie PetersenTaylor PetersenJessica RoedingAustin SchmidtVictoria SchwartzAndrew ScottKeisha SmithAndrew ...

Movie Review

Bridge to Terabithia(2007)Available on DVDTerabithia is an overgrown backwoods region in whichtwo outcast kids form a lasting friendship, create a mythic world, and develop a truer sense of themselves. Based onKatherine Paterson'snovel(written long before Richard Louv's Last Child in the ...

Juicy Barbeque Tips

(StatePoint) It's barbecue season and backyard chefs have begun firing up their grills nationwide in the never-ending quest for spicier, juicier and zestier fare.Also bellying up to the grill this season are award-winning BBQ Pit Masters, who are serving-up hot tips and sizzling barbecue, ...

The Cooking Corner

Mother's Day is next Sunday and I know the relationship of having a mother, being a mother and a grandmother. This is the day to say "Hooray for Moms". She knows whether to feed or starve a cold. She calls just when you've wished she was closer so you can talk to her. Moms have a way of telling ...

The Cooking Corner

By BERNICE VOLKENS        April is designated as “Earth Month” and this week is “Earth Week” this week and a time to make us think about where we live and our environment.  Because taking care of our planet has become a part of our everyday lives all of us should be thinking ...

MARVELOUS FRUIT MIX-UP

March can be such a dismal month, there are times you think "Spring is here" However lately it has been cold, rainy and not very nice but this is when you make an added effort to be happy and have a smiling face. Of course, there are all kinds of smiles and we each have our own or maybe we are ...