Annual Stories

Rayne's world is turned upside down when she, her brother and her sister are picked for the Hunger Games. Thrown into an arena where death may be the only way she can keep herself and her family alive, will she make the right choices? Then, just to make things even more complicated, she meets Jay, the District 3 boy who she can't stop thinking about. Can she keep herself and her family alive? And is Jay really a friend or foe..?

The greatest gift of life is Friendship. And I have received it. -Ann Villanueva

Kansas Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (KSIPP) is a collaborative group of physicians with the mission to improve delivery of interventional pain management services offered across the Midwest region who specialize in pain management medicine. KSIPP includes physicians practicing in variety of medical facilities such as private practice clinics, surgical centers, and hospital outpatient centers located in the Midwest region, Kansas surrounding areas. KSIPP strives on collaborate efforts to increase awareness for educational programs to develop new methodologies in pain medicine. KSIPP focuses on reaching external audiences to expand and share knowledge of pain medicine through local and nationally recognized publication journals. KSIPP's goal is to determine efficient ways to ensure health care coverage for pain management interventional procedures. KSIPP board members continually discuss cost effectiveness for such services with the goal to ensure patient safety, improve compliance within specified healthcare settings. The ultimate mission of KSIPP is to evaluate, develop, research, and collaborate finding the latest and greatest way to deliver interventional pain management for patients suffering from a variety of chronic pain conditions.

This topical quatrain (chain) satire about the most recent Oscars awards presentations in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday, March 12 , 2023 should bring a smile to your face. This piece is targeted towards open-minded adult readers.

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Saint Clare's Health recently sponsored its annual Survivor's Day Brunch on June 9 at the Rockaway River Country Club. Over 140 survivors and their guests were treated to brunch, complementary medicine, a basket raffle, and encouraging words by Christine Ferdinand, founder of the Operation Bling Foundation. Staff and community friends volunteered to help make this a meaningful event. Brandy Johnson, MSW, of the Center for Cancer Care at Saint Clare's, oversaw the event.