Would you keep rock climbing after losing a leg? Christa Brelsford was a 25-year-old volunteering in an adult and child literacy program near Port-au-Prince, Haiti when the earthquake happened. Christa and her brother, Julian, were on the second floor of a building when they felt the earthquake.  As they exited the building, Christa fell and became…

Grace Groner, orphaned at 12, was taken in by family friends until she was adopted. Her adopted parents made an investment of paying her way through Lake Forest College, not knowing this investment would lead to a greater one many years later when Grace would repay her educators in a most extraordinary way.    She took…

By Rev. Victor Fuhrman Many of us aspire to live to a ripe old age and look forward to the “Golden Years” of retirement.  After living for a full century and delivering more than 15,000 babies, Dr. W.G. “Curly” Watson won’t stop! Celebrating his 100th birthday on February 25th, the Augusta, Georgia OB-GYN physician is…

Just short of 14 months since piloting one of the most extraordinary landings in aviation history, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenburger hung up his wings yesterday and retired from US Airways. Capt. Sullenburger, 59, joined US Airways in 1980 and became a member of  the airline’s flight operations safety management team last September. Captain Sullenberger, the…

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