Daily Archives: 10/25/2023
Breaking things — the good, the bad and the ugly
In 1947, USAF Capt. Charles “Chuck” Yeager broke the sound barrier, and he did it with two broken ribs.
Yeager and his wife, Glennis, had gone horseback riding, and his horse threw him and he broke two ribs. Yeager had his ribs taped up by a 
civilian doctor so the Air Force wouldn’t find out.
Yeager gets extra points for breaking his ribs at the same time he broke the sound barrier. A B-29 dropped “Glamorous Glennis” (named for his wife) from its bomb bay at 25,000 feet, and the
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Social Security increase for ’24
The 3.2 percent Social Security increase for 2024 is higher than it has averaged over the past two decades, but it certainly is nowhere near the 8.7 percent increase we received for 2023.
This 2024 increase will mean $58 more per month for those receiving the average benefit in 2023. Out of that $58, we’ll pay an additional $10 for Medicare Part B.You must be logged in to view this content.
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The greatest love ever known
I stumbled upon this story a while back that has been retold many times, and as I read it again recently, it caused me to think about God’s love which cannot be measured or fully comprehended, and I wanted to share it with you today. It’s listed as an allegorical short story called 
“To Sacrifice a Son,” written by Dennis E. Hensley, and was first published in a Michigan Baptist Bulletin in 1967.
There was once a train bridge that spanned a large river. During most of the day, the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river parallel with the banks, allowing ships to pass
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Pledge for improved veteran health care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has hooked up with 13 civilian health care systems with the goal of improving veteran health care, whether those veterans are getting their care in or out of the VA.
The Veteran Interoperability Pledge has been made by those health care systems with agreements to exchange information and collaborate with the VA in several ways: Identify
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Courier Letters to the Editor 10-25-23
Diagnostic errors
Dear Editor,
Sounding the alarm: There are 795,000 estimated people that are misdiagnosed each year, resulting in death and disabilities, a crisis we face today.
We have too many hands in the pot, too many different departments, ambulatory clinics and emergency departments during their inpatient
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