Dragging Main with a few friends
November 6th, 2011 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, Friends, High School
I enjoy driving back and forth on three town blocks for hours on end just as much as the next person. Don’t get me wrong. But sometimes it’s just not a satisfying experience. Dragging “Main” was our primary activity on Friday (after the football or basketball game) and Saturday nights in high school. We didn’t actually spend much time on Main Street. Fourth Street was the main drag in town. The Fourth Street circuit was bookended by the Methodist Church [...]
Read more...How Do We Make Dreams Come True?
May 21st, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Atwood, Emma, High School, St. Vrain
Unlike Glenn Beck and President Barack Obama, I won’t make any top ten list of commencement speakers. But, I have had the privilege to speak to a graduating class as a member of the St. Vrain Valley Board of Education. Like many commencement speakers, my preparations included contemplating a big question. In my case: How do we make our dreams come true? Mr. Bray, the custodian at my home town high school, was the first person I thought of when [...]
Read more...A Tribute to My Teachers
May 5th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, High School, Mentors, Teachers
This column originally appeared in the Longmont Times Call and The Rawlins County Square Deal in January, 2006. I am posting it in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week. * * * Jim Finn was a special teacher for me, as he was for many who attended Atwood High School. Enough years have passed that I can’t recall anything specific I learned in Mr. Finn’s civics or sociology class. But his classes aren’t what made him special. Mr. Finn was one [...]
Read more...Who’s Your Organizer
May 2nd, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, Friends, High School, Social Media
Groups don’t stay together long without help. We’re like cats. We tend to drift off in our own direction doing our own thing unless someone herds us back together. That’s the way it is with groups. Groups need someone to organize activities and events. Someone must make sure everyone in the group knows what’s going on. Someone must help people feel welcome and connected. Over time, someone must make sure members of the group know what is happening in one [...]
Read more...#2 Snapshot for 2009: When Dragging “Main” Is Not Enough
December 23rd, 2009 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: Atwood, Classmates, Community, Friends, High School
I enjoy driving back and forth on three town blocks for hours on end just as much as the next person. Don’t get me wrong. But sometimes it’s just not a satisfying experience. Dragging “Main” was our primary activity on Friday (after the football or basketball game) and Saturday nights in high school. We didn’t actually spend much time on Main Street. Fourth Street was the main drag in town. The Fourth Street circuit was bookended by the Methodist Church [...]
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