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Community Voices

Myths about hospice and palliative care

Hospice isn’t a place. And hospice care is not just about those who are dying. Hospice is a comprehensive kind of care that focuses on living — it’s about living as fully as possible, surrounded by family and friends, up until the end of life. Palliative care brings this special ...

Keeping kids safe online

Recently, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report warning about the negative impacts of social media on children’s mental health, saying that it presents a profound risk of harm. The advisory also urged social media companies to help parents with the burden of managing the effects of ...

Father’s Day

The headlights bore a tunnel through the infinite blackness as you pilot the family sedan on the lonesome nighttime highway. It has finally gone quiet in the backseat. A glance over your shoulder confirms your suspicion: your two young sons have fallen asleep. Your wife, who is in the ...

Single dads

A friend recently drew my attention to an article that both confirmed some things I already suspected, and astounded me with information I’d never have guessed. My friend is like myself, a single dad. Only his son is now grown and moved out. My son is grown and beginning to navigate the ...

Small city Sundays offer a relaxing change of pace

Things are different in Marshall on Sundays compared to other days of the week. You can tell by getting in your car and driving around. The streets have much less traffic. The downtown area is wide open. That’s because we don’t have all the commuters that drive into Marshall on business ...

Invest in beauty

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America’s most famous architects. He was also among our nation’s most infamous. The average Joe may not know that Wright was intimately connected with an unassuming town located in northern Iowa. But the average Joe would be ignorant of the facts. Prior to ...