Glenwood

Institute (para 12), this can cause anemia, which results in the lack of oxygen to the rest of the body and can, in the long run, really limit a person’s ability to live normally. In an interview I conducted with Lydia Hannah, now a 18 year old senior at Glenwood High School, said when she was battling Acute Lymphatic leukemia at the age of 9, she struggled with several debilitating effects. She recalls, “ The most common thing would be for me to lose all of my energy and throw up a lot…

Willien Thomas was born in the year of 1951 at the Hall County Hospital in the State of Georgia. She was an average sized baby, and wore cloth diapers. She grew up with her father and mother, she has an younger brother. she was close to her grandparents and they impacted her the most while growing up. Her father 's name was Hubert Thurmond, he cut hair for a living and he served in the army for five years. He was in WW2, he spoke softly and calmly to everyone that he encountered. He was a…

How Pregnancy Can Be a Good Thing for Teenage Girls On my 15th birthday, July 3, 1998, I was at the Glenwood Lake Park rehearsing for my mothers’ wedding. It was exactly 10 a.m. when I announced to my family. “It’s Time!” I knew immediately that the contractions I was having were not the Braxton Hicks contractions I had been having for months. These contractions were very real and very intense. My sister had me sit down and she began to time how far apart my contractions were. My family…

Introduction Ms. H. is a 66 year old retired black female, after being an educator for 30 plus years in the Hamilton County School system. She is the mother of two daughters and the granny of a fourteen year grandson and two year old granddaughter. Ms. H. is a fashionable lady, during the interview she was wearing a gold laced blouse, pencil skirt with a pair of matching high heel boot shoes. Ms. H. hasn’t let the challenges of life get her down. She says, “That you only get one life so you…

The photo voice assignment provided an alternative way of self-expression on justice and injustice. Wag explains that photo voice is a process in which “people can identify, represent and enhance their community through a specific photographic technique.” (Wang, 1997). It allowed the class to share their views on what each person considers justice and injustice. In the process, the class found that many of the pictures taken, were of concern not only to one person but to the class as whole. Wang…

I have opted to donate some of my time to give back to my community that I live in. In Mt. Zion Illinois, lays an assisted living facility known as the “Glenwood.” When I went into their office to ask them if it was permissible for me to do volunteer work, they made me aware that this is an organization is a for profit organization. That means all the employees are getting paid to do all of the work that they do, and the price to live here is going to be more expensive for the residents due to…

belong to is this beautiful tiny town, nestled deep in the mountains. Growing up here, I have the utmost respect for this perfect place, and I feel it has been my duty to contribute and give back to this community. I hope that my contributions to Glenwood Springs can be enumerated to more than one simple act, however, my involvement with Kiwanis has most likely been the greatest. It has endowed me the ability to have hands on impact, even in the simple things. Through Kiwanis and the Salvation…

Good looking, charming, intelligent, well educated. Many people with these traits go on to make a positive name for themselves; however, one man took this concept in a different direction. Ted Bundy exploited his good looks and charm to his advantage taking the lives of young women and girls who were too trusting, and too vulnerable. And his path of terror made him one of the most memorable serial killers of all time. Ted Bundy’s full name was Theodore Robert Cowell, he was born at the…