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DJ Kosinski

Basketball reigns in the winter!

July 25, 2019 by DJ Kosinski


The school’s girl’s team is gaining experience, improving every step of the way, and having great fun this year.

See the full story about the Jan. 7 alumni games in this week’s issue.




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Dane in Love

July 25, 2019 by DJ Kosinski


  • Our September home

Dane and I were camp hosts on Rock Island, this past September. Our main job was keeping the popular restroom building—the one with running water and flush toilets—clean and well-stocked for the visitors. All the necessary supplies were in a locked metal closet in the men’s room: spray bottles of disinfectant, scrub brushes, plastic gloves, brooms, and dust pans, along with backups of liquid soap and paper towels.

There were also boxes of wet Swiffer head replacements and a Swiffer mop that neither of us was familiar with. But by nighttime on day one, Dane would be raving nonstop about Swiffers.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s Observer Issue.

Jane Schmidt is an award-winning columnist as well as the author of Not A Perfect Fit and the children’s series of Finnegan books (available at Fair Isle bookstore). She is a longtime Washington and Rock Island lover.

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