The annual North Park School Earth Day event was initiated in 2009 during the first year that the members of Jackson County Outdoor Education Network started working together! The event has happened every year since, except one when it was cancelled because road conditions during a big snowstorm preventing an out of county key presenter pulling a big activity trailer from driving to North Park! 4th-8th grade students visited a variety of educational stations on topics related

**EDITORS NOTE** Jim Dustin is well known for many things. He's our "mostly" honorable Mayor, a community leader in civic organizations such as the Jackson County Lions Club, a professional photographer and a published writer. Many know Jim as the former Editor-Owner of the Jackson County Star. His wit is wrapped up in several great tales that all speak for themselves. He has a description of his current works, as well as an announcement for his upcoming releases at th