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  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Jun 15, 2023

    Consider it love at first sight. She was sleek and fast, a force to be reckoned with. She was a 1967 Mustang, with a metallic teal blue paint job, woodgrain dash trim, black leather seats and the iconic Ford Mustang logo embedded in the grill. My then-boyfriend purchased her about a year after we began dating, an upgrade from the two-door Impala he drove on our first date. I learned how to drive four on the floor in this beauty. On weekend afternoons, we’d head west, on the research center r...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Mar 31, 2022

    Saturday evening, while sitting at school taking photos of the juniors and seniors in their finest attire, I couldn’t help but think about days gone by and prom, 1970s-style. Our junior year, my classmates and I spent weeknights leading up to the big event, decorating the old gymnasium in varying hues of pastel. The ceiling was coated with strips of crepe paper, creating a whimsical carousel-like roof. I’m not sure how long it took us to cut streamers, maybe we started before the decorating mar...