by Bruce McLaughlin | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog
“Failure is not an option” – Gene Krantz (Chief Flight Director during the Apollo 13 crisis) “You must accept that you might fail: then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a...
by lcsiAdmin | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog
Illinois Extension’s Local Government Education program has, for over a year, partnered with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Illinois Office of Broadband, and the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, in outreach aimed to extend critical...
by lcsiAdmin | Jun 28, 2021 | Blog
The Covid 19 virus has resulted in many parents and educators concerned that our children have lost a year academically because of school and other closures. As a response to those concerns, the Illinois Ambassadors of the “Learn the Signs, Act Early” program (an...
by Bruce McLaughlin | May 19, 2021 | Blog
Sometime ago, I came up with a slogan I used for several talks I gave to local business groups – “For the Life of Your Business and the Business of Your Life”. I thought it was a clever play on words that I could use as a tool to get across my main message. I found...
by Bruce McLaughlin | May 11, 2021 | Blog
We recently had the opportunity to speak with Keith Mueller, the Aviation Coordinator at Southwestern IL College. We were interested in the status of Aviation and Aviation Education in our region. Keith – “I’m a strong supporter of aviation education and skill...
by Bruce McLaughlin | Apr 28, 2021 | Blog
Certainly, as Educators, our Library/Media Professionals are one of our best resources for disseminating information. But information, being organic, grows and flows beyond the school doors. In the Southwestern Illinois region, we have an organized, dedicated group...
