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"We Just Support Each Other:" Long-Married Couple Fighting Cancer Is Proof Of How A Support System Helps

5 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON - Life doesn’t always go as planned, and Fred and Neva Smith know that all too well. The couple from Alton has weathered their occupations, Fred’s military service, raising a family and now – cancer journeys. Neva is a breast cancer survivor who’s giving back through an OSF HealthCare support group, while Fred has battled squamous cell carcinoma and lymphoma. The two are a testament to how a good support system – whether that’s your spouse, friends or your care team – can help in the fight against cancer. That was apparent to the Smiths in August of 2024 when Mission Partners (employees) at OSF Moeller Cancer Center in Alton gave them a wedding anniversary surprise they won’t forget. Fred and Neva’s journeys Neva Smith, 83, was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2015 and later had a lumpectomy, a procedure to remove part of a breast or breasts. She came to OSF for radiation treatment. “I came out

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Alton and Godfrey Candidates to Introduce Themselves, Answer Questions at February Candidate Forums

5 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON/GODFREY - The East End Improvement Association will host two candidate forums before the April 1, 2025, consolidated election. Alton and Godfrey aldermanic, trustee and mayoral candidates will introduce themselves and answer questions at the candidate forums next month. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, Alton candidates will speak at the Great Rivers Hotel in Alton. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, Godfrey candidates will speak at the Trimpe Building at Lewis and Clark Community College. East End Improvement Association (EEIA) board member Steve Schwartz will moderate both forums. “We think it’s really important for the community to know the candidates that are running for their city and village offices, and this is a great way to introduce them,” Schwartz said. “It’s also an opportunity to impress upon individuals to get out and vote.” Schwartz said the EEIA has been sponsoring candidate forums in Alton and Godfrey for over 20 years.

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December’s high inflation is all due to a statistical quirk

5 months 3 weeks ago
Here's an odd thing from today's inflation report: It was driven largely by increases in the price of gasoline, which was up 4.4%  from November according to the BLS. But I don't recall an increase in gasoline prices. And sure enough, if you check with the Energy Information Administration, the price of gasoline was down ...continue reading "December’s high inflation is all due to a statistical quirk"
Kevin Drum

Streamline rebuilding after the LA fires? Yes but . . .

5 months 3 weeks ago
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that permitting will be streamlined for anyone rebuilding a home after the LA fires. For some reason conservatives are taking a weird victory lap over this, which is kind of crazy. Have they ever paid attention to a natural disaster in California before? Permitting is always streamlined. And for ...continue reading "Streamline rebuilding after the LA fires? Yes but . . ."
Kevin Drum

Your Exercise Gear Reserves The Right To Track And Sell Data On How You Smell

5 months 3 weeks ago
A new Consumer Reports study unsurprisingly finds that popular exercise equipment makers collect way more data on users than is necessary, then sell access to that data to a wide variety of dodgy and largely unregulated data brokers and middle men, who in turn generally play fast and loose with it. Consumer Reports studied ten […]
Karl Bode

Daily Deal: The Complete Master GIMP Design Bundle

5 months 3 weeks ago
Go from absolute zero to GIMP pro with this comprehensive 9 course bundle. Jump into the Complete Master GIMP Design Bundle, and you’ll go all the way from installing the GIMP software and configuring it to run on Windows, to producing banners, book covers and even memes that you’ll display using Facebook and other social […]
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