Baby Names Range from Classic to Adventurous at RV in 2023

Oh, baby, 2023 was full of adorable little ones born at RiverView Health!In all shapes and sizes, and with names ranging from classics - like Ruth and Theodore - to the unique - like Rippen River - these babies made their way into the world at all hours of the day and night.Boys outnumbered girls by one in 2023, with 44 boys born to 43 girls.Names stretched from Alijah to Turner on the boys’ side and Aaliyah to Zhya for the girls.

USE EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL

1 Corinthians 9:22 “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”Having been a part of a generation that had an opportunity to listen to those that actually lived through the Great Depression of the 1930’s has given me enlightenment to some facts and concepts that today’s generation would never even consider reasonable.An “old saying” that once was common was, “We used everything of the hog but the squeal.” “Hog killin’ time” was a common occurrence in rural America in the 30’s (and long before) until the 1970’s and is still done in families in some areas.People, especially during those hard times, made use of everything available.

Porcupine

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Getting Pickled

It is true that Beyond Reason has, on two occasions, picked on pickleball.

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