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Empty Nest: The Ghosts of Groundhog Day Past

Like thieves in the night, Groundhogs were our enemy when growing up on the Maple Hill farm west of Monroe.  Those li

Central School Remembers: Valentine’s Day in Lake City, 1901 Style

by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Central School Remembers: FFA for Life: Carlson Reflects on Teaching Ag in Texas

By Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Empty Nest: Town Drunk

The town we used to live in on Colorado’s Front Range, was small enough, about 2,000 people, to have THE town drunk.

Empty Nest: Divine Intervention

The old priest asked me how I was doing.  I had almost died of alcoholism a few short weeks before.  I fell through t

Central School Remembers: Winter 1915

by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Empty Nest: Wolf Moon

The first full moon in 2025 arrived on Monday, January 13th at 6:22 p.m., CST.  It is called the Wolf Moon, because w

Central School Remembers: The Story of Fanny Howell Auditorium

By Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Empty Nest: Pork and Cabbage on New Year's Day

I like to eat pork and cabbage on New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year.

Central School Remembers: 1901 Diary Entries – Bobsledding Up Main Street

Central School preserves the remarkable diaries of Frances “Fannie” E.

Ginnie's crock-pot peanut cluster diet

Didja make a New Year's Resolution to lose weight? Here's a diet you might wanna try.

Central School Remembers: Happy New Year—1925 Style!

By Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Empty Nest: Mike the Mailman

It was Monday, December 16th of this year.

Central School Remembers: Lake City FFA Members Recall Fruit Business, Chapter Farm

by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Central School Remembers—Christmas 1974

by Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Central School Preservation board president

Empty Nest: Cancer Free—Celebrate!

The great news on December 4th, I’m cancer free!

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