When encountering figures involving public finances in the millions, billions and trillions of dollars, it’s hard to wrap your head around how much those numbers truly represent. Even our “contribution” to repayment of ISD 166 bond debt is difficult to realize…even when shown as the “per month” payments in a recent ISD 166 referendum ad. At the beginning of this […]

Four years ago, my husband came home from work on a sunny Georgia afternoon and said, “What do you think about living in Minnesota?” Having never been to Minnesota, my first thought was…cold! Within a month, we were headed to the North Shore. Moving was not hard; leaving Jasper County Middle School was hard. I taught in Monticello, Georgia for […]

Nineteen years ago Cooperation Station began providing quality childcare in our community. The success and longevity of this daycare is due primarily to high-quality, caring staff and secondarily due to invested parents who have participated in the cooperative as volunteer board members or by donating time towards fundraising, cleaning and maintenance of the house on 5th street. As the cost […]