Bobbie Reed was chosen as the 2017 Distinguished Alumna by her alma mater, Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. The award was presented on October 15 as part of the 50th reunion celebration for the Class of ’67. Bobbie graduated that year with a B.S. in Chemistry. She continued her education, earning a MS and…
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Features, December 2017
2 Your Health: 7 power of cinnamon to benefit your health
Hanne Hansen, L.M.T., P.T.T. and Dip Hom. W/ Bach Therapy, Reiki Mstr., Pranic Healer Cinnamon, because of its miraculous health benefits, was once as valuable as gold. Many health experts have studied these miraculous benefits and have approved them. Here are seven of them for you. 1. They May Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes There…
Features, December 2017
Word of the Month: Areal
David Zapatka Friend and bridge player Roman Martin brought this month’s word of the month to me at a recent bridge game; areal. He noticed it used in reporting and thought it was interesting, as it was being used differently than the word “aerial.” Like last month’s word, this word has only come into prevalent…
Features, December 2017
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Features, December 2017
In Passing
Marjorie “Marge” Allen-Ashley Marjorie “Marge” Allen-Ashley, 96, ended her amazing life peacefully on October 7, 2017, at Dignity Health, Chandler Regional Medical Center, with her daughter Marcia Sayles and grandson Bradley Allen Eldridge by her side. Until her last day, Marge lived her life fully and independently, enjoying her family, friends and home in Sun…
Features, December 2017
Wreaths Across America
Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, was a 12-year-old paperboy for the Bangor Daily News when he won a trip to Washington, D.C. His first trip to our nation’s capital was one he would never forget, and Arlington National Cemetery made an especially indelible impression on him. In 1992, Worcester Wreath…
Features, December 2017
Conservation Corner
Pauline Lee The first two parts of Our Changing Environment have shown us that life is fragile and can survive only in conditions with limited variability. Five mass extinctions of life when over 90% of living species became extinct occurred between 66 to 500 million years ago due to natural catastrophic events. Afterwards, new species…