| Public gets last chance to comment on VA home
LIVERMORE The public will get one last chance to voice its opinions about the fate of the Livermore VA nursing home. A local advisory panel will host public comments for a fourth and final time in a hearing that starts 9 a.m. Friday at the facility. A final decision will be made by Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson, which is expected within months. "The secretary then will make the final decision, which could come in the spring or early summer," said spokeswoman Kerri Childress. "But we don't know. It's entirely up to the secretary." Two of the three options on the table would keep the facility in Livermore. One option is to build a new building while another would provide major renovations to the current 120-bed facility. The third option, which has some local veterans nervous, would move the nursing home to San Joaquin County, coupling with an outpatient clinic.
License of Huntsville assisted living facility suspended
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. An emergency order of license suspension was issued for a Huntsville assisted living facility today after investigators found that some of its elderly residents were severely underweight and there had been reports of abuse by staff members. Officials with the Alabama Department of Public Health began investigating Pine Crest Estate in January and also found that cognitively impaired residents have left the facility's secured perimeter without supervision on at least two instances. W. Joe Hacker, owner and administrator at Pine Crest, said the investigation resulted from a familial dispute involving one of the residents and her family members who were suing each other for custody of her. He said the facility was "caught in the middle." Hacker said he learned of an evacuation order at 10 a.m.
Our Political Leaders Are Living In A State Of Denial
The Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations says "our political leaders are living in a state of denial and are not asking the American people to give up anything" to solve our problems. There "needs to be an honest president who calls for shared sacrifice from all Americans". We need to have honest leaders who tell us that "we need to pay for our challenges". Looking back at President Lyndon Johnson who incorrectly said America could have both "guns and butter" in fighting the Vietnam War, Peterson says today we have not only "guns and butter but tax cuts" so obviously the deficit will continue to grow. What we need are leaders who tell the truth and work out a plan that calls for "shared sacrifice" from Americans in all walks of life to get us out of our deficit hole.
Marie was the one this man loved
Lewis Vida's 100th birthday announcement in the newspaper was only five sentences long. Only four paragraphs. It summed up a century in only about 50 words. That doesn't seem enough. The Louisville resident - he lives now in St. Joseph Assisted Residence - saw the waging of two world wars and more than a few lesser conflicts, the making of five states, the election of 17 different presidents, the invention of television and computers, and the accomplishments of hundreds of sports and entertainment stars. And that doesn't even delve into the man himself. According to a "resident profile" written about him by a staff member of St. Joseph's, Vida was a "much traveled man." 100 YEARS AGO "Born in this country in 1907, he was three years old when he, his parents, Rose and Steve Vida, and his two brothers and two sisters moved back to Hungary," the profile recalled.
Pioneering still needed
Sometimes I think God sticks a certain Bible verse in my mind that is intended specifically for me. Maybe not me alone, like a verse or passage was written just and only for me, but some message that God knows I need to pay attention to. Stealthily tucked away in Paul's intimate letter to his friends at Philippi are some words that have haunted me all of my adult life. Somehow, I can't get away from Paul's personal observation that he has finally understood the difficult lesson “…to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." Philippians 4:11-12 I wish I could learn that lesson. I think God wishes that also.
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