J.C. Vance is principal at Rains Intermediate School
J.C. Vance has been principal of Rains Intermediate School for seven years. […]
Columns
The Circle of Life
I experienced the circle of life this weekend. […]
Stacy Vititow – Instructional Coach at Rains Intermediate
Stacy Vititow is the Instructional Coach at Rains Intermediate School. […]
Calves, kittens, and city girls
In February of 2017, I wrote a column titled “What does a city girl knows about calving season?” The answer turned out to be not much, as you’ll see as you read what I had to say. […]
Randhir Gill Has owned convenience stores since 2013
Randhir (Randy) Gill became owner of his first convenience store in 2013 in Odessa. He bought a store that was mostly selling drinking water and ice in that dry, arid location. […]
News about the goats and the cat
In late August I wrote a column titled “Visitors” about the deer that frequent our back yard, the cat that spends a lot of time on our front porch – especially at meal time – and the goats next door. […]
Preventing the next one
September 10, 2025 was a sad day in America for more reasons than one. […]
Peacock serves his community as an EMT, volunteer fireman
Tate Peacock is an Emergency Medical Technician who has also been a volunteer member of the Emory Fire Department since he was 15 years old, that is – for six years. […]
Look’s like we’ve been adopted – again!
My column two weeks ago was about the visitors we see at the Brendle homestead including a little orange and gray cat who had been frequenting our front porch for a few days. […]
Talented Artist Betty Davis uses jeans and T-shirts as her palettes
Betty Davis and her husband, Art, have been retired since 2003, but she has never really stopped working. […]