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  • White nominated for volunteer of the year

    Darlene Morava|Aug 23, 2017

    I would like to nominate Donna (Donnie) White for volunteer of the year. She runs the exercise club at the Senior Center. Along with these weekly sessions, they visit the nursing home periodically, visiting and helping patients celebrate birthdays and holidays. She bakes innumerable cakes and cookies for friends and neighbors or someone who needs a bit of cheer. She works at the food bank, volunteers for projects at her church, and … keeps her eyes and ears attuned to people and situations that need a helping hand. Darlene Morava Coulee D...

  • My pay-it-forward experience

    Darlene Morava|Jun 8, 2016

    A friend and I stopped at a fast food drive-in recently for something to drink. I put in my order, “a small soda,” and waited for the cashier to tell me the cost. “One dollar and forty cents,” she said. I looked in my purse and remembered I had cleaned out all the change earlier, so I handed her two dollar bills. She opened her cash drawer and a stricken look came over her face. “I have no change,” she said. (Now, that is a first— a busy fast food place with no change.) “I’ll have to call someone.” A voice behind me asked, “What is the proble...