Grant School keeps small size as district trims staff
Grant School in Lawrence School District 497 remains the district’s smallest with 43 students and two teachers. The board chose not to hire a part time principal, appointing SO BETH Cigler as head teacher and Gary Haworth to handle administration. The staff relies on the secretary for paperwork and public relations while teachers focus on teaching and grouping. Students rotate through six grades with independent study and daily assignments, echoing a one room country school routine.
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Lawrence
Grant School
Grant
Beth Cigler
Gary Haworth
Doran Chaput
Jane Drinnon
Riverside
Suzanne Burdick
Jason Clemens
Nearby Pioneers Share Simple Food for the Good Life
Helen and Scott Nearing, longtime homesteaders in Vermont and Maine, discuss their philosophy of back-to-nature living and simple meals in the cookbook Simple Food for the Good Life. They emphasize seasonal vegetables, minimal cooking, and recipes like Horse Chow granola and a no-fuss potato and salad regimen, along with dietary routines and a two-part day of labor and leisure.
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Helen
Scott Nearing
Vermont
Maine
Helen Nearing
Delacorte
Nearings
Green Mountains
Cape Rosier
Penobscot Bay
Forest Farm
Mr. Nearing
New England
Scott
Mrs. Nearing
France
Vienna
Amsterdam
New York Public Library
New York
Nearing
O.K
Austrian
Tyrol
Painter climbs and paints high poles for living
Stegman, a rural Wakarusa resident near Topeka, continues a five-year career as a traditional steeplejack using ropes rather than cranes. He works 25 to 30 flagpole jobs a month, reaching poles up to 135 feet, with only one fall in his career and recent trips from Kansas to South Dakota in search of poles to paint.
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Stegman
Wakarusa
Topeka
United States
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Kansas University
U.S. Army Reserve Building
National Guard Armory
South Dakota
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Hillcrest Medical Blog
Lorna J. Sass
N.Y
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Kentucky
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Southern Hills Center
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Connie Spitz
Lawrence District
West 23Rd Street
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