When a tragedy strikes we all want to help.

These days we have the ability to see, hear and in some cases experience the pain others around the world are feeling in real time. Cell phones, 24 hour news channels, plus online websites give us instantaneous images of disasters. Each tragedy could be caused by Mother Nature, or by us humans. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a gulf spill, a school shooting or a...

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Suicides among baby boomers up over 50%

I read an article on middle age suicides and how the number has increased by 50% in ten years. That’s me! That’s where I am as far as age, but what drives a person to end his life? In my nonprofessional opinion I think it is failure and the inability to recover from it. I don’t care it is the loss of a long time job, family problems, or repossession of a home....

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What’s your legacy going to be?

Went to a retirement party last Friday for someone I’ve known for a very long time. I’ve known her as a friend, neighbor, travel buddy, and volunteer. I knew a little about her profession, but it was nice to hear the kind words of those who’ve worked with her for years. She was a surgical nurse, first assistant. She’s the one who sewed you up after your surgery....

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Clean water for the children of Ethiopia

Bringing clean water to the world one village at a time

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Find you passion

Today was the dedication of the new Little-bit-Riders facility, Dunmire Stables. Here children and adults gain physical and mental capacities while riding well trained horses. Kids gain strength in their core body muscles and have the opportunity to feel empowered. Little bit had been around for over forty years providing challenged kids the ability to gain the strength...

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