Kevin Gray When people think of the iPad, they seldom think about a multitude of classroom uses. Or library uses. Or museum uses. Most people think iPads,…
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Kevin Gray On a trip to Wichita last Friday with Diane’s parents to spend the day visiting family, the mother-daughter conversation had covered the “what’s going on…
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By Jeremy Gulley When the cop arrived at My Father’s House, a homeless shelter in Paola where I volunteer, I was shocked to find out he was there for me. What unfolded afterwards was…
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By Jeremy Gulley As I stood at in the bathroom of Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City, the urgency of the upcoming election became unavoidably clear to me. This year there are many important…
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By Jeremy Gulley Running is an addiction. For me, however, running is more fun when I worry less about my personal times and focus instead on supporting other people. Don’t get me wrong,…
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By Jeremy Gulley As a teacher, I am often humbled by my own assignments. This summer, my Composition II class is spending time at the Miami County Historical Museum. Their assignment is to…
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By Jeremy Gulley For the last ten years, a friend of mine has been working with his dad on a twin engine plane. They have rebuilt, painted, fixed, and tweaked it, going through…
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By Jeremy Gulley Thomas Merton, the 20th Century philosopher, theologian, and Trappist Monk, wrote that “the beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them…
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By Jeremy Gulley As is the case with the subject of many of my last columns, this week I was struck by the comparison of two different and opposing events. Where last week…
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By Jeremy Gulley This week I was reminded of a situation where I was wrong. Twelve or so years ago I left a company the wrong way. I had worked at this organization…
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By Jeremy Gulley Facebook went public this week, making a lot of people very wealthy. Their business is worth billions of dollars, and their success has been celebrated very publically this week. Congratulations…
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By Jeremy Gulley La semana pasada dos personas me dijeron que sólo debemos hablar inglés en Estados Unidos. No estoy de acuerdo. Creo que todos en Estados Unidos deben tratar de hablar inglés…
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I have never been more proud to be an Miami Countian than I was last Tuesday. A friend of…
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By Beth Gulley Going to watch fireworks on the 4th of July, eating fried chicken with family, and swimming…
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by Beth Gulley Volunteers had already started cleaning up when my son, Israel, finished swimming the 800 meter…
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by Beth Gulley A few days after Mother’s Day, I got a card in the mail. It was a…
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In the Muslim tradition the hijab, or head scarf, is supposed to show modesty and offer protection in public…
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This poem is in regards to the Occupy Cal Protest on Nov. 9, 2011, at U.C. Berkley during which…
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A long time ago, in a land far away, I went to high school. In fact, I changed schools…
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I knew I would be traveling several times in the next few months, so I went to Target in…
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By Beth Gulley When I was ten I flew in an airplane for the first time. I had never…
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My coffee story this week starts with Stone Soup. Do you remember the story of Stone Soup from your…
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