Living in a rural community, the availability of good emergency services, through the ambulance, fire and police is very important.  In a real emergency, being able to find the people that need help is paramount.
The OSF Life Flight organization gave area media the chance to view a new technology.  “Night vision” has been around for several years, with the US military the primary user of the technology.  This new “night vision” helps pilots visualize the ground for night flights, almost as if it were daytime.  Recently, the OSF Hospitals gave media personnel an opportunity to view this technology first hand. 

We drove to France the other night for dinner.  Well, of course we didn’t.  But we did have a French menu.  In Sheffield.  At the Chestnut B & B.  It came about something like this:
Monica and Jeff are from California, grew up in the earthquake state, both were in entertainment of some type.  Monica was Minnie Mouse at Disneyland when she was in high school (she’s a tiny little thing) and has a degree in theatre and a couple more in something else.  Jeff sang and danced on a cruise line. 

The eagles are getting more numerous all the time, and none more so than the Eagle Scout’s in Bradford’s troop 1851.
Bradford’s St. John the Baptist Catholic church was the setting for the Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Saturday, December 5 to honor Eagle Scout Michael C. Lotspeich, II.
Michael joined troop 1851 on October 2, 2006 and moved quickly through the scout ranks of Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, and Life by July 7, 2008.  His Eagle rank was completed by September 18, 2009.  During this time, Michael earned 31 merit badges ranging in interest from Art, Music, Outdoor and Wildlife management, Oceanography, through Wilderness Survival, the list too lengthy to replicate.

It wasn’t Kid Captain Kelby Telander’s fault that the Iowa Hawkeye’s lost their first game of the season, he was right there on the field, wearing his Number 1 Hawkeye jersey, doing everything he could to win.
The Kid Captain Program is a first time partnership between UI Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeye’s to honor UI Children’s Hospital patients and celebrate their inspirational stories.
As early as July, Kelby’s dad, Neil, heard of this program on the radio and they filled out one of over 350 nominations that were submitted from as far away as Texas and New York.  Kelby was one of seven Kid Captains selected for home games with five honorary selections for away games.