Harp shooter
The glaring sun burned in the still, humid air. The clouds had fled. The bugs had not. Courtney Hershey Bress was starting to sweat in places under her helmet and harness. She laid down in the hot sand and looked at the rows of targets in front of her, and beyond at the pine-covered hills around Columbia, South Carolina.The loudspeaker from the range tower blared, “Ready on the firing line. Commence firing.” With hands that...
An Indelible Stain
Mike Keefe was born November 6, 1946 in Santa Rosa, California. He had two sisters and a brother. They lived in the San Francisco Bay area until Keefe was in second grade when they moved to St. Louis, MO, where Keefe graduated from Ritenour High School in 1964. His brother died at age two and a half, devastating his mom and forcing his father, Ray Keefe, to find ways to care for her while earning a living. Running out of resources, he...
Harmony of Science and Faith
Throughout his career, Ken Touryan has been deeply involved in the physical sciences, Bible study and explaining his conviction that the two are not mutually exclusive. A Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, Dr. Touryan has a PhD in Aerospace and Mechanical Science from Princeton University. He recently retired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO where he managed U.S. Department of...
No medals for kindness
Vietnam 1965 – Capt. Gordon Rozanski flew into Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley on the supply helicopter. He was the supply officer for the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Regiment of the 1stCavalry Division (Airmobile). It was the first full-scale battle between American and North Vietnamese troops. As the chopper landed he jumped off and started unloading supplies as bullets ripped into the side of the aircraft. He picked up...
We’re in this together
Andy Grant is a national innovator cultivating ways for consumers to buy directly from their local farmer. Called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), the program gives consumers incentives to pre-pay for the season’s locally-produced vegetables, herbs, eggs, meats, flowers or fruit; direct from the farmer. In return the farmer has an income he can depend on and supporters who are invested in the outcome of each...