Bainbridge College (BC) honored five outstanding students in five different career fields in the Technical Studies Division. They were presented awards at a reception during which BC President Dr. Tom Wilkerson announced that Narda A. Walker of Blakely was named the winner of the BC 2008 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program.
Nominated by Michele [...]

Amber Croft of Petaluma was the only volunteer wearing hospital scrubs when she joined one of Dr. Frank Artress’ outdoor health clinics in the African bush.
“OK, you’re being promoted to doctor,” Artress said, handing her a stethoscope.
“What?”
It wasn’t quite what the 32-year-old Kaiser pediatric nurse was expecting when she signed up to join Artress on [...]

After 11 years at Waihopai Schools Park Syndicate the 16-year-old pupil is ready to move on.
It was an emotional last day for Antonia, who has global development delay and neurofibromatosis, and the presentation of an album full of photos from her time at the school brought tears to her eyes as well as a smile [...]

“The governor’s office came to me and told me they had found some folks were fudging on the rules,” said Constantine, R-Altamonte Springs. “Using the walkways between classes as part of their P.E., we all know that wasn’t the intent of the bill.” Teachers counter they’re already trying to work [...]

Now, approaching dusk on Jeanna’s second day in the hospital, she lay in the intensive care unit, a breathing tube threaded through her nose to prevent her from choking on saliva. She was unresponsive.
The Gieses told Jeanna they loved her. They prayed. They told her to pray, too.
Mystified by their daughter’s illness, John, 44, and [...]