Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Disabilities

Welcome to Roseville Today’s section on disabilities. Featuring a combination of original content, guest posts, inspiring stories, and practical tips. We hope you’ll find this section useful and informative. May it lift you with encouragement, empower you with empathy, and fuel you with compassion.

Family and Friends Helped Wounded Warrior

The story and message of Retired Army Sgt. First Class Michael Schlitz, of Fortson, Georgia, is far too important. So you will read about Schlitz again next week.

Theater Critic Becomes Disability Booster

What young Joshua had would have concerned any mother. What arose from their experience has benefited many people with disabilities.

YouTube Basketball Sensation Shines

Crowd goes bonkers as Team Manager starts draining 3-pointers Kevin Grow of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, has been the talk of his town. In a high school...

Mental Illness: Woman Facing Many Fears

Not long ago, I received an email from a woman from Indiana wanting to share her story. She was diagnosed with a severe mental illness more than three decades ago

Raising His Son with Down Syndrome

On his day job, 44-year-old David M. Perry of Brookfield, Illinois, is a Dominican University history professor and Medieval Venice expert. After hours, he's...

Students with Autism Receive Technical Training

Joe and Kim Benko have given up their lives to help their son with Asperger's syndrome mature as a person and become more productive at work.

Raymer Seeking a Kidney Transplant

All the little boy wanted for Christmas was his two front teeth. Karen Raymer of Hidden Valley Lake, California, would like just one kidney

Iraq Veteran Amputee

On June 18, 2006, Sgt. Joshua Gutierrez of the 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, was on patrol near Osut, Iraq, searching...

Blind Voting Rights

In 1994, a doctor diagnosed John Pare (pronouced pah-ray) with cone-rod degeneration, an eye disease involving retina degeneration similar to retinitis pigmentosa. The Univ. of Florida graduate learned his eyesight would further deteriorate. There was no cure.

Disabilities Book Aims To Reach Christian Leadership

Last week, I interviewed a young lady with autism over email because she felt more comfortable with that method of communication. For a similar reason, this week, I interviewed via email Tait Berge of

๐Ÿ’ซ Local Spotlight

Mobley Pest Services in Roseville serving the community and region for...

Roseville, Calif.- Fully licensed and bonded, Mobley Pest Services in Roseville has been providing reliable pest control services for well over 20 years. Serving residents and businesses in the greater Placer and Sacramento region, Mobley Pest Services is locally owned and operated in Roseville.

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Roseville Only California City among Money’s Best Places to Live

Roseville, Calif. - Roseville is once again named one of the best places to live in the United States, ranking 45th by Money.com in its 2020 survey. Roseville is the only California city in the rankings.