Old-school news, just in time
by Darian Lusk Jeopardy contestant Andrew Miller came in third place on the, Oct. 8’s episode, but he held his own and personally triumphed over a serious visual impairment. The auto claims adjuster from Bristol, Connecticut, faced off against returning champ Mark Fitzpatrick and Gino Montoya. Miller finished with $4,183 — a respectable …
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by Lauren Beavis South West News Service Emily Annakin has lost most of her sight through Stargardt disease – a form of juvenile macular degeneration which means she has no central vision. She is now a UWE Bristol Architecture and Planning student and as part of her final degree course redesigned part of …
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by Kevin Burton In at least one part of the world, people with disabilities are called “people of determination.” Have you ever heard of that? I had not. But I found a story about an expo where devices for the disabled were on display. (I include part of that story below).That story referred to …
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by Kevin Burton Had some fun Friday with National Quitters Day. It sounds like a fun way to get the baser aspects of the world out of your face for at least a day. Today let’s take a more serious look at it from a Christian perspective. I actually found out about …
by Kevin Burton Today is National Quitters Day. You can handle that one, right? I sure can. Even I can be a high achiever on Quitters Day. Just throw up your hands and say, “I’m out!” Why not make every day National Quitters Day? Today is also Friday the 13th. So …
By Kevin Burton Twice in her life Alison Trelfa has worked as a music teacher. Some of her advice on a recent zoom call has me going to school. Trelfa is a blind singer/songwriter from Middleborough, England. I wrote about her and her self-released album Decades Of Creation Saturday and Sunday on Page …
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