Who: Shelly Marie Stine, Ed.M.
Occupation: LRHS Resource Room Teacher
Years in Community: 30 plus
Education: Ed. M. -Summer 2008-Special Education
Favorite community memory: Colorama is one of course! I remember the parade used to seem so huge to me. My family lived across from Center school and we'd always get woke up early every year by all the noise of the bands and floats unloading and getting ready to perform. I loved to see the clowns and horses too. There were many nice cars and tons of floats back then. It was also ok to throw candy to the crowd, and we got a load yearly! As I grew older I got to participate in the parade in various ways for many years. Colorama has always been a time when people who have not been to the Coulee return to see old friends and family. Each year, I see fewer and fewer people returning to say hello to their elementary school buddies at Colorama time. More people are moving out and they never come back. I myself am considering a move to a city to have more opportunities for my own children, but realize I would be trading a standard of living that can't be the same in the city as it is here; where many of my friends and family are. Regardless of all this, we went last year to all the events-flea market, carnival, rodeo, and parade, and we had fun-we always do and we'd miss it if it disappeared one day.
Hopes for community: There are many things around here you just simply cannot do anymore. We used to be able to swim in the pool, skate on the ice, ride our motorcycles at the PUD, the airport, and Barker's Canyon, etc. It's hard to stay positive when opportunities for health, physically fit activities are taken away. It makes a person wonder what they are supposed to be replaced with? Drugs & alcohol, obesity, much of the boredom youth complain about today. We need to gain some of the things back that we have lost around here. We can't make the lake freeze, but we could make a motocross park. We could build a pool if we could come to a consensus about where to put it. We did that with the skate park. Have you ever been with someone just driving back into and around the Coulee for the first time in many years? I have. It's weird to see how drastic it all looks to them. We who live here have lived through it all these years; maybe we don't notice or feel it as much as we should because we are here everyday, but if you ever are driving around with someone who hasn't been back in years, be prepared to hear a lot about how crappy and awfully sad it looks and is around here. Funny thing is-they're right. Sort-of. We have a lot to our credit and we can do a lot to make it better and build some pride in our youth at the same time.
Why I am part of the project: To become more involved in the local community and gain a better perspective of others' thinking and improve education and other opportunities in the area. To try to help improve on some of my complaints above; schools, opportunities; and sense of community.
Occupation: LRHS Resource Room Teacher
Years in Community: 30 plus
Education: Ed. M. -Summer 2008-Special Education
Favorite community memory: Colorama is one of course! I remember the parade used to seem so huge to me. My family lived across from Center school and we'd always get woke up early every year by all the noise of the bands and floats unloading and getting ready to perform. I loved to see the clowns and horses too. There were many nice cars and tons of floats back then. It was also ok to throw candy to the crowd, and we got a load yearly! As I grew older I got to participate in the parade in various ways for many years. Colorama has always been a time when people who have not been to the Coulee return to see old friends and family. Each year, I see fewer and fewer people returning to say hello to their elementary school buddies at Colorama time. More people are moving out and they never come back. I myself am considering a move to a city to have more opportunities for my own children, but realize I would be trading a standard of living that can't be the same in the city as it is here; where many of my friends and family are. Regardless of all this, we went last year to all the events-flea market, carnival, rodeo, and parade, and we had fun-we always do and we'd miss it if it disappeared one day.
Hopes for community: There are many things around here you just simply cannot do anymore. We used to be able to swim in the pool, skate on the ice, ride our motorcycles at the PUD, the airport, and Barker's Canyon, etc. It's hard to stay positive when opportunities for health, physically fit activities are taken away. It makes a person wonder what they are supposed to be replaced with? Drugs & alcohol, obesity, much of the boredom youth complain about today. We need to gain some of the things back that we have lost around here. We can't make the lake freeze, but we could make a motocross park. We could build a pool if we could come to a consensus about where to put it. We did that with the skate park. Have you ever been with someone just driving back into and around the Coulee for the first time in many years? I have. It's weird to see how drastic it all looks to them. We who live here have lived through it all these years; maybe we don't notice or feel it as much as we should because we are here everyday, but if you ever are driving around with someone who hasn't been back in years, be prepared to hear a lot about how crappy and awfully sad it looks and is around here. Funny thing is-they're right. Sort-of. We have a lot to our credit and we can do a lot to make it better and build some pride in our youth at the same time.
Why I am part of the project: To become more involved in the local community and gain a better perspective of others' thinking and improve education and other opportunities in the area. To try to help improve on some of my complaints above; schools, opportunities; and sense of community.
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