Lori Galaske

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Columbia’s cultural melting pot embraces the holiday season.  If you have a linguistic leaning, you might wonder why the twelfth month of the year derives its name from...

It’s a little-known fact that with eight teams and thirty-two players, Columbia boasts the largest Blitzball league in the nation; and it is managed much like professional sports...

In the Beginning   The domestication of canines began some 15,000 years ago, transforming dangerous predators into productive workers and comforting companions. What we don’t know, exactly, is...

CASA is an acronym for Court Appointed Special Advocates. What makes these advocates special? It could be that they aren’t hired hands but rather well-trained volunteers who work...

Inspiration, innovation, and investigation at Columbia Independent School's STEM lab, lovingly referred to as The Cube....

Columbia’s landscape of vibrant nonprofit organizations can be likened to a grove of trees growing in the background, spreading their branches and showering the ground with colorful leaves....

In the Columbia of 1961, parents of developmentally disabled children had no resources available to help them in the formidable task of raising a special needs child. When...