On a Saturday evening in late January we went over to the school to watch the “premiere” of Dairy Farms of Andes, an Andes Central School Production of The Cinema Class. The pre-show music was provided by a bluegrass-type band (teacher Ed McGee is a member–wish I could remember the band’s name) which also [...]
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Those Andes Grads Have it Good!
You may have to wait for the end of this post to understand the Andes connection. But, here goes. I received an email from a woman whose name I recognized, someone I went to high school with and hadn’t seen or heard about in 30 years. She reached me via Facebook, even though I [...]
Kitchen Testing Needed
This is a mea culpa. People in national leadership positions may not be able to say they were wrong and that they apologize. But I will do that. It doesn’t feel great to admit we goofed, but maybe we’ve all got to be able to do it. Here’s my story: I, along with other Andes [...]
They Saw a Basket
I saw them smiling over the market baskets on the porch. When the couple entered they explained that they’d been living in Ghana until last week and had sent many of those same baskets home to relatives in the U.K. It was a slow time so we got to talking. Natasha who was originally from the [...]
Brooke Alderson of Brooke’s Variety gave us a leg up and left a legacy
Brooke Alderson recently sold her building–owned jointly with Rick Shaver and Lee Melahn of Mercantile–and is retiring as shopkeeper in Andes. But “retiring” doesn’t feel like a word that fits this energetic, creative, and let me not omit to mention funny-to-the-third-power woman. When she retired from acting twelve years ago–the public’s loss and Andes’ gain–she [...]