He spoke to the volunteer for more than an hour about everything - from his time as "a D student" in high school ("I tell people I graduated in the top 95 percent of my class") to his time in the military ("I thought the Marines were the toughest branch and I wanted to stop the communists"). Shots - Health News A Psychotherapist Goes To Therapy - And Gets A Taste Of Her Own Medicine
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After the war, he had a political career as a Massachusetts legislator, and then led professional associations for 30 years. Hall was being treated at the VA because he had served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Instead she asked Hall if we wanted to tell his life story. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wis.īut the volunteer wasn't there to check on his lungs or breathing. It had been a rocky recovery since his lung transplant, three months earlier, at the William S. It was March 2014, and unfortunately Hall had been in and out of the hospital quite a bit. Miller's daughter Barbara (center) brought in photos and a press clipping from Miller's time in the National Guard to help facilitate the conversation.īob Hall was recovering from yet another surgery when the volunteer first walked into his hospital room.
Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wis., in April. So far, the general assembly has failed to pass such measures.Thor Ringler (right) interviewed Ray Miller (left) in Miller's hospital room at the William S. She said to see a significant expansion of renewables in Pennsylvania, the legislature needs to increase its clean energy goals and allow community solar, which are relatively small projects that allow neighbors to directly subscribe. “It is, however, just one piece of the much larger pie that is needed to accelerate our energy transition.” “The Solar for Schools bill would help move that process along faster,” Pillar said.
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“In addition to spurring local job and economic growth, solar is a great way for schools to save money and turn those energy cost savings into more resources for students and teachers,” said Leah Meredith, senior manager, mid-Atlantic region for the Solar Energy Industries Association.Įxecutive director of the Pennsylvania Solar Center Sharon Pillar said her organization gives technical assistance to schools that want to install solar and she’s seen the savings that generates. The bill has support from labor unions, environmental groups and the solar industry. There is no state money attached to the proposal, though Fiedler hopes to see it added in a later budget year. She added that Solar for Schools could lay the groundwork to make schools resilience hubs places that could offer shelter to the community in case of a climate change-related weather disaster. “Not just hear about it as an idea or see it on TV, but be able to imagine the ways in which their lives could be impacted by solar, by wind, by all sorts of clean energy,” Fiedler said. Fiedler’s office points to Midd-West School District in Middleburg, which reduced its annual $420,000 electrical bill by about $145,000 after it installed 5,130 solar panels on 10 acres of property in 2020.įiedler said the program would give people the chance to see renewable energy working for their communities. The ones that have managed to install solar are seeing big savings. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia), said schools are facing high energy bills and few administrators have the bandwidth to navigate a solar energy contract. lawmaker launches new attempt to allow community solar
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