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West Ada School District Podcast🎧 What School Counselors Do When It Matters Most 💙In this episode of the West Ada Podcast, Kylee Bendorf, West Ada’s Administrator of Counseling and Student Services, and Sara Jo Buffington, school counselor at Frontier and McMillan Elementary Schools, share insight into how schools support students during moments of crisis—and, just as importantly, how they work to prevent those moments from happening.This episode includes a frank discussion of suicide and self-harm. Parents and caregivers may wish to review the content before listening with younger children.🧠Listeners will learn how school counselors recognize early warning signs of self-harm, assess...
2026-02-0946 min
Conservation StoriesRooted in Resilience: Tillery Timmons-Sims on Faith, Farming, and the Future of Conservation with Guest Host Nicholas Bergfeld In this special episode of Conservation Stories, the script is flipped as host Tillery Timmons-Sims takes the guest seat, interviewed by friend and fellow storyteller Nicholas Bergfeld. Tillery opens up about her deep West Texas roots, her journey through personal and professional adversity, and how her lived experiences—from bankruptcy and homeschooling to hemp research and nonprofit leadership—shaped her passion for rural revitalization and conservation.
With honesty, humor, and heart, Tillery reflects on the cultural shifts in agriculture, the impact of technology, and the socio-economic pressures facing farming families. She shares how unexpected opportunities, such as hemp...
2025-04-1159 min
Conservation StoriesPreserving Heritage: Tina Siemens on the West Texas Living Heritage MuseumIn this insightful conversation, Tillery Timmons-Sims interviews Tina Siemens, an award-winning author and owner of the West Texas Living Heritage Museum in Seminole. Tina shares her passion for preserving the rich cultural history of the region. She discusses her journey in historical research, the significance of documenting Mennonite and pioneer stories, and the museum’s role in educating future generations. With engaging anecdotes and deep reflections, Tina highlights the challenges and rewards of keeping history alive in an ever-changing world.
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Tina Siemens, an award winning author and owner of the...
2025-04-0446 min
The New Mason Jar with Cindy RollinsA Charlotte Mason Journey with Anna, Addison, and Ella Hornstra Though system is highly useful as an instrument of education, a 'system of education' is mischievous, as producing only mechanical action instead of the vital growth and movement of a living being. Charlotte Mason, Home Education, Vol. 1 Show Summary: Today's guests are Anna Hornstra and two of her three daughters, Addison and Ella How Anna came to homeschooling early on What happened when Anna let doubts and systems set the tone of their homeschool How Charlotte Mason's principles have played out in Anna's home Books and Links Mentioned: Home Education by Charlotte Mason
2023-01-261h 03
Old Time Radio ListenerLuke Slaughter of Tombstone - The Henry Fell StoryFolks that write dictionaries must have a tough time with the word tolerance. I guess if you had to boil it down to just one other word it would have to be understanding. Some of them in Tombstone found that out when Luke Slaughter gave Chief Margono and a few of his Apache braves the loan of a couple of sections of his spread to try their hand at cattle raising. And Luke got chewed out plenty about it every time he went in to town. . .Â
Duration: 24:16Â
Starring: Sam Buffington
 Broadcast Date: 20th Apr...
2022-11-0223 min
Old Time Radio ListenerLuke Slaugther of Tombstone - Wagon TrainCarl Justice was dead bushwhacked for the $10,000 he was carrying. But justice wasn’t dead, the posse from the cattleman’s association would see to that if they had to cover every section to the Mexican border and it looked like they might. At least the first men on the saddle didn’t find any trace of Justices killer or the gold. . .Â
Duration: 24:20Â
Starring: Sam BuffingtonÂ
Broadcast Date: 13th April 1958
2021-11-2223 minOld Time Radio ListenerLuke Slaugther of Tombstone - Paige's ProgressYou get used to gunfire in Tombstone, usually you hear a single shot or at most two. One gunslinger goes back to the bar and the other goes to Boot hill but when you hear a whole fusillade of shots in the middle of the afternoon you think of the ok coral and head for cover. But the fury of gunshots that Luke and Wichita heard that afternoon were from a local cowhand Paige Webster and his shots were for happiness as he was going to be married to Selina Cordell. But his happiness didn’t last long when hi...
2021-09-1624 min
New Covenant Anglican ChurchListen (May 30, 2021)In the fourth episode of the "Love Your Neighbor" series, Sara Buffington shares about Listening: it is our pattern, it is personal, and it is powerful.
2021-06-0520 min
Four In Tow PodcastE.11 Teaching ReadingI talk READING curriculum today. I share the pros and cons of several that we have tried as we learn how to read. Below are links to the curriculum we discussed.Â
Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons, by Siegfried Engelmann   Find it HERE.Â
The Ordinary Parent's Guid to Teaching Reading, by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington  Find it HERE.Â
All About Reading,  by Marie Ripple  Find it HERE.Â
Bob Books  Find them HERE.Â
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2019-09-0822 min