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  • Waitsburg 2026 graduates make their class gift to their school

    Karen Huwe, The Times|Jun 18, 2026

    Another school year has ended, and another Waitsburg class has left a lasting contribution. The Class of 2026 commissioned a Cardinal Country mural on the high school entrance. The Class of 2021 gifted new backboards on the outdoor basketball courts at the high school and at the elementary school. The class repainted the lines on the tennis courts and painted "Cardinals" on the tennis court net poles and basketball posts. The Class of 2014 had a water fountain/bottle filler installed in the...

  • The Caterpillar Chronicles: A lesson in bugs

    Beka Compton, The Times|Apr 15, 2021

    Spring is here, and yard work is in full swing! While I have a healthy respect for bees, worms, and other helpful bugs, I avoid the insect world as much as possible. As the laws of parenthood would have it, I have a three-year-old who is obsessed with bugs. While Gracie was helping me weed out under our dogwood tree last weekend, she came across a handful of caterpillars. She insisted on raising the caterpillars, and I helped her set up little habitats for the four little critters. I decided to...

  • What is herd immunity?

    Eric Umphrey, The Times|Aug 13, 2020

    Herd immunity sometimes referred to as HIT for Herd Immunity Threshold, is the point at which a virus has more difficulty spreading because a significant amount of people have become immune. It is essential to know that once herd immunity is achieved, it does not mean a virus is gone, or everyone is immune at that point. A simple way to think of it may be to think of a wildfire. When firefighters have stopped the fire from spreading, it is similar to having reached herd immunity in a pandemic....