By Victor Parachin When she was in sixth grade, Stephanie Taylor heard about a police dog that was shot in the line of duty in Newark, New Jersey. “People in Newark were raising money to buy bulletproof vests for police dogs. I wondered why I couldn’t do the same thing,” said the San Diego […]
By Victor Parachin For 16 years, a Florida Keys treasure hunter named Mel Fisher searched for the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Atoch, which sank in 1622. It was filled with precious cargo, such as copper, silver, gold, gems, and jewelry. Each day during those 16 years, he would send out search divers, encouraging […]
By Victor Parachin We were married 47 years when Grace died, leaving a huge hole in my heart no amount of activity could fill. Except for my two daughters, there was no one I could turn to for solace. —Stephen After Ellen died, I returned to work and for a few hours each […]
by Victor M. Parachin On January 24, 1893, the day following Phillips Brooks death, a mother broke the news to her little girl saying, “Bishop Brooks has gone to Heaven.” With wisdom beyond her years the girl replied, “O, Mother, how happy the angels will be!” The man who wrote one of the world’s best-known […]
