Shane Thornsberry has enjoyed working with children since he was young, so when a position opened on the direct care staff at Pathways Youth Shelter and Family Services in 2001, he decided to apply.
11/18/2009
Album ID: 891671
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: Her Badge of Honor
105 photos
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Growing up, Margaret Abel wanted to become a police officer like her uncle who worked for a sheriff’s department in New York for 30 years.
11/11/2009
Album ID: 886452
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: Serving with a Smile
90 photos
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When Madison Precision Products sent workers to public and nonprofit agencies as a way to keep them employed during a downturn in production, Kim Watson was loaned to the Salvation Army.
11/4/2009
Album ID: 881652
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: Working on the Chain Saw
116 photos
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Brian Christman has always had a love of wood. For years, he did wood burning and made small pieces of furniture. “Nothing too fine,” Christman said. “I just always loved working with wood.” Two years ago, he found a site on the Internet about carving with chain saws.
10/28/2009
Album ID: 875333
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: breathe & let go
33 photos
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For Crystal Dashiell, yoga has become more important than just a way to exercise her body; it also has helped her learn how to live her life.
“We like to say that yoga is for every body,” Dashiell, a yoga instructor for the King’s Daughters’ Hospital Community Wellness yoga program, said.
10/21/2009
Album ID: 870354
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: Life on the Courts
50 photos
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Each day, Michele Ward travels to a different elementary in the Madison Consolidated Schools district, carrying with her the necessary balls, nets and rackets to teach the six grade levels how to play different sports. “I have to take everything I need and pack it in my car,” Ward, the physical education teacher for the Madison Consolidated elementaries, said.
10/14/2009
Album ID: 864952
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: She's a Material Girl
59 photos
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Unusual materials are the key to Hanover artist’s creations. Each sculpture is different for Leticia Bajuyo. “I approach my sculptures as a problem-solving exercise,” said Bajuyo, an associate professor of art at Hanover College. “I love the problem-solving part.”
10/7/2009
Album ID: 858457
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: Gourdgeous Crafts
46 photos
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What started as a hobby with Patty Lee and her mother-in-law soon became a business as Lee began to sell her creations. “His mom showed me how to do everything,” Lee said of her husband’s mother, Grace Lee. “She’s the one who started this.”
9/30/2009
Album ID: 849011
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: on Mission in Madison
5 photos
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Nathan Crissman’s love of God has led him all over the world in his desire to share Jesus. “I love to talk about Jesus and I love to preach,” Crissman, the Christian education director at Trinity United Methodist Church, said. “If I have to get up in the morning, that’s what I want to do.”
9/23/2009
Album ID: 843521
Photos by Ken Ritchie
Your Story: Big Al’s Small Business
42 photos
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Four years ago, Al Fernald moved to Carroll County, Ky., and traded his job selling cars for owning the convenience store Big Al’s Deli.