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Tampering With My Vaccine

LightGramsMarch 18, 2021Volume 25, Number 11 Steve Brandenburg has been a pharmacist for 23 years; he knows about safe handling practices of medications designed to protect or restore the health of patients. But on the evenings of December 24 and 25 of last year, he rendered a box of vials of COVID-19 vaccine either less…

The Determined Runner

LightGrams October 11, 2018 Volume 22, Number 37 Christina Sanchez was running a half-marathon recently in New Jersey. While running mile 10 of the race, she learned a new meaning to the phrase, “The buck stops here.” A large buck – i.e. a male deer – came bounding out of the brush and crashed into…

Power Loss

LightGrams March 22, 2018 Volume 22, Number 11 When I arrived home a couple of nights ago I walked into darkness. My wife said the power had gone out only two minutes earlier. The smell of smoke (electrical smoke!) raised all the red flags I possess and I quickly discovered that our main breaker panel…

Undelivered Messages

LightGrams February 1, 2017 Volume 22, Number 5 Residents of Vicenza, Italy can expect to receive more mail in the next few weeks. Some of the mail they’ll receive dates back to 2010. It’s not that the Italian postal service has fallen behind, but one of their mail carriers has been slacking. A 56-year-old postman…

The Good News Network

LightGrams September 14, 2017 Volume 21, Number 31 You need to hear about Amiah Van Hill of Hayden, Idaho. This second grade student has been selling lemonade, like thousands of other young children do. But Amiah has a different purpose in mind. She’s not out to buy toys, clothes, or a new pet; she wants…