Stillwater News Press Articles from 2017
During 2017, the Stillwater News Press published some articles written by volunteers, members, and friends of the Stillwater Community Center. These make great light reading and you might learn a few things about what what going on around here in 2017. To read an article, just click on the Read more and it will open up a .pdf file.
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2/7/2017
Old Friends are Worth Keeping by Ann C. Houston This week while rummaging through papers and documents my dad kept all these years about all things Stillwater, I ran across a copy of a remarkable issue of an old Stillwater newspaper. . . . Read more. 3/7/2017
Football Field Swapped for Downtown School Building by Ann C. Houston In April 1991, a building known as the old middle school had been sitting quietly for four years after the City of Stillwater and Stillwater Public Schools . . . . Read more. 4/13/2017
Genesis: Stillwater Community Singers by Judy White August 1994, Stillwater NewsPress: “There will soon be a new vocal music group in Stillwater.” Stillwater Civic Chorale, sponsored by the . . . . Read more. 5/9/2017
Memories of a Beginning Teacher by Nelda Helt My introduction to the Stillwater Community Center was during the time it served as Stillwater Junior High School. I arrived as an anxious student teacher with hopes of learning the . . . . Read more. 6/30/2017
Decades of History at the Community Center by Stephanie Kinder As a native of Stillwater, my first memory of the building, now known as the Stillwater Community Center, was as a 6th grade middle school student. Later . . . . Read more. 7/27/2017
A Place to Call “Home” by Larry Jones Early one September morning in 1997 a group of people, including 16 Japanese landscape gardeners from Kameoka, stood outside the north entrance to the Stillwater Community . . . . Read more. 8/24/2017
Who Doesn’t Need Friends? by Nancy Houston Beckstrom When I left Stillwater in 1976, watching my hometown shrink in the rearview, I was sure I was gone for good. Headed west for Colorado in a hand-me-down Plymouth Valiant, adventure . . . . Read more. 9/28/2017
The Time Has Come: Downtown Stillwater Cultural District by Ann C. Houston We didn't coin the phrase that links these facilities into a familial unit "Stillwater Cultural District Sisters.” Julie Couch and Shirley Weeks get that . . . . Read more. 11/9/2017
Curb Appeal Needs Friends by Jim Baker Hey, I’m so excited! I have a whole new bunch of friends, “Friends of the Community Center.” This is a group of people committed to preserving and making the community center more . . . . Read more. |
2/27/2017
Stillwater Community Center: It belongs to everyone. by Ann C. Houston As a college town, Stillwater is a diverse community. That’s one of the reasons the Stillwater Community Center works so well for so many groups within and . . . . Read more. 3/21/2017
NOW What? by Ann C. Houston The Stillwater Community Center has been “saved” from the demolition crew and the Friends of Stillwater Community Center, Inc. is officially established to better negotiate and collaborate officially . . . . Read more. 4/27/2017
SCC Enhances Morgan’s Musical Journey by Morgan Reynolds Music is my passion and my calling, which probably comes as no surprise to all you folks out there that I have gotten to know over the years. I was born into . . . . Read more. 6/15/2017
Stillwater in School Since 1889 by Roger Moore Stillwater High School celebrated the Class of 2017 last month inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. The gathering heard from students and administrators . . . . Read more. 7/13/2017
Memories from the Spaces in the Stillwater Community Center by Leva Swim August 1968 marks the establishment of the Class of 1974, when students from all Stillwater grade schools merge into 7th grade at the Junior High School . . . . Read more. 8/10/2017
Age-Old Practice of Singing, Good for Your Heath – and Fun! by Judy White Choral singing has been done for centuries with documentation to the benefits of singing and music therapy. Singing boosts physical and . . . . Read more. 9/14/2017
The Second 80 Years by Jim Beckstrom When I was “asked” to write this article, my reaction was “why me?” What am I remembering? Yes, I knew I was involved in the Friends of the Community Center and the Foundation . . . . Read more. 10/12/2017
DownTown and Gown by Billy McCollom Town and Gown Community Theatre and the Stillwater Community Center are old partners, having worked together several times. Their first experience was “Camelot” in the early 90s . . . . Read more. 11/23/2017
27 Years and Counting - The Stillwater Community Band is Home by Wayne Bovenschen It is hard to believe how fast the first 27 years of the reformation of the Stillwater Community Band have passed. In the fall of 1991, William . . . . Read more. |
12/14/2017
Happy Holidays from Friends of Stillwater Community Center
by Nancy Houston Beckstrom
As 2017 comes to a close we can all look back and see the successes we have had during the year. Friends of Stillwater Community Center are amazed at all that has been accomplished . . . . Read more.
Happy Holidays from Friends of Stillwater Community Center
by Nancy Houston Beckstrom
As 2017 comes to a close we can all look back and see the successes we have had during the year. Friends of Stillwater Community Center are amazed at all that has been accomplished . . . . Read more.
