SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Well before Donald Trump takes the stage, a waiting audience of hundreds of supporters sits captivated as dramatic music begins to swell throughout the room. On projector screens, a rotating Planet Earth appears. “Making America Great Again starts one place on Earth, and one place only,” a deep-voiced narrator begins […]
NAME – Sara Gamber SCHOOL – Sandy Valley Middle School RESIDENCE – Waynesburg AGE – 11 PARENTS – Kelly and Jake Gamber SIBLINGS – Beth and Becca Gamber SCHOOL ACTIVITIES – Basketball and FFA NOMINATION –“‘Think positive and try to find the good in all things,’ is the motto Sara Gamber follows and demonstrates to others at Sandy Valley Middle School. She […]
Growing up I didn’t see my Grandma Hutchinson very often. She made her home in Oregon with my uncles Don and Lee. Grandma was a character and had a good sense of humor despite not having an easy life. Grandma wore a hearing aid that hooked to the front of her brassiere. When she talked […]
NAME – Luke Loveless SCHOOL – Minerva Middle School RESIDENCE – Minerva AGE – 14 PARENTS – Justin and Jessica Loveless SIBLINGS – Kaylie and Carter Loveless SCHOOL ACTIVITIES – Lion Pride TV, band, jazz band and soccer. NOMINATION – “Luke is a hard-working student. He is always on task doing what is expected. His wit and sense of humor is […]
American Christianity is at an inflection point. There is “a war for the essence and character of American Christianity,” writes Tim Alberta, a national political reporter for the Atlantic. The son of an evangelical pastor in Michigan, Alberta challenges conservative Christian culture from an insider’s perspective in his new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and […]
That fame can come with a price is a truism most associated with stars of film and screen or other arts. But the inhabitants of one small town in rural Alabama, deep in the American south, have discovered the truth of that notion via one of the most popular mediums of the internet age: the […]