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Eric Stader

Stories by Eric

Group aims to reduce accidents on farms
By Tracey Miller, 12, Brandon Powell, , Eric Stader,
Rural Indiana Safer Kids emphasizes education to promote safety around machinery, animals and chemicals. The good news is that fewer deaths are occurring on Indiana farms. The bad news is that six to eight children die each year in Indiana in farm-related accidents, according to Greg Schnepf, who coordinates a state program called Rural Indiana Safer Kids. RISK's mission is to educate people
Organ transplant recipient turns tables and seeks hearts for others
By Brad Banich, , Christina Snorten, , Eric Stader,
Not slowed by new kidney, local nurse works with heart transplant patients. Lynn Kempf lives each day knowing that her body may reject one of her kidneys and she may die. She takes steroids three times a week to ensure that her body continues to accept the kidney she received more than 18 years ago from her sister. Knowing that possibility has never slowed Kempf down. The 39-year-old nurse le
Siblings overcome stereotypes
By Becky Black, , Chiena Taylor, , Eric Stader,
Vincent and Vivian Randolph get along like no other brother and sister. They do everything together. They both sing in the church choir. Vivian was vice president of Northview Middle School's student council, while Vincent was president. They "hang" around the same people. While many brothers and sisters are at each other's throats, these two are great friends. "We had a younger brother, and
The gentle manatees
By Beth Plocharczk, , Matt White, , Chris Cooper, 7, Eric Stader,
There is a legend that goes something like this: A long time ago, sailors who were away from home for a long time would see manatees and think they were mermaids. They must have been really homesick to mistake the homely manatee for a woman. Perhaps at the time there were plenty of manatees, but today that's not the case. Manatees _ marine mammals that have the face of an elephant, a tail lik