Ten Thousand Hands of Snow

•April 16, 2025•

by Janet Roney

I spent a lot of time with chickens when I was a little girl. Feeding them and gathering eggs was my daily family chore and 4-H project. I had names for them. They were among my best friends.

I learned a lot about human nature from chickens. I observed the pecking order firsthand, which most species, including humans, seem to have. Greed is another. I remember a chicken will duck its head and run when it catches a juicy grasshopper. Soon, the whole chicken yard is chasing it, whether it has a bug or not. The duck and run action set them all astir, not an honest-to-goodness bug. 

2015

A short-lived men’s softball team, the Sullivan Chiefs, was inducted into the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame.

Competing in the annual Arthur Invite, the host’s girls finished second and the boys third, while SOV’s boys took 11th.

The students represented in the 2014-2015 Cultivating Creativity: Consolidated Communications Children’s Art Exhibition were recognized for their achievement at an awards reception. Local students recognized included Taylor Brown of Windsor Elementary School; Maria Garza of Arthur Junior High School; Cheyenne Hardin of Windsor Junior/Senior High School; Logan Kauff man of Arthur-Lovington High School; Marlene Otto of Arthur Grade School; Jewel Smith of Okaw Valley Middle School and Emily Walker of Okaw Valley High School.