Story of One Military Wife’s Triumph Over Mental Illness, Addiction and Loss Revealed in Newly Released Memoir
Retirement can be a second chance for a first career love
Originally posted by the San Antonio Express-News. By: Richard Marini- rmarini@express-news.net A successful school teacher, principal and administrator, Tyra Manning lived for years with a closely guarded secret: In her early 20s she spent eight months in a mental health hospital in Kansas recovering from depression after her husband was killed during the Vietnam War. Always an enthusiastic proponent of mental health treatment — she often encouraged colleagues and staffers to take … [Read more...]
Book Review: Military Officers Association of America
Former students, teachers from East Topeka Jr. High gather for Fiesta parade floats
Originally posted by the Topeka Capital Journal. By Emma Fiander emma.fiander@cjonline.com For the first time, East Topeka Junior High will have not one, but two floats in the Saturday’s Fiesta Mexicana parade — including former students who want to memorialize the school and a prominent educator who began her career there. The former students of the school’s final graduating class of 1980 organized a reunion around the event, inviting all of the students who were at the junior high … [Read more...]
