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Should your pet’s resolution be to lose weight, too?
Wild animals don’t have to make a New Year’s resolution to go on a diet. “We used to laugh when I was in vet school and say, there aren’t any fat wolves,” says Denver veterinarian Kevin Fitzgerald, of Animal Planet’s “Emergency … more
Around Town
The Alexander Hastie Education Trust Inc. will host a scholarship workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 29, in the Fellowship Hall of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 805 S. Harvin St. High school juniors and seniors, college students and … more
To life!
Kwanzaa, a relatively new holiday observance, began yesterday and continues through Jan. 1. Locally, the seven-day festival is being observed at High Hills AME Church. Jennifer Fennoy, chairwoman of High Hills’ Afro-centric Society and one of … more
The Obama Factor: Oprah takes risks with endorsement
NEW YORK – For all the buzz about the "O Factor" – what Oprah Winfrey can or can't do for Barack Obama – there's been little talk about the reverse effect. Call it the Obama Factor: how a talk show queen's first presidential endorsement … more
Always ready
The Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association will present the U.S. Coast Guard Band at Patriot Hall on Jan. 23. It marks the band's first performance in Sumter. That's quite a coup for the association, President Betsy Ridgeway said. "It's … more
Around Town
Past and present neighbors of South Milton Road, Rainey Lane, Frazier, Hatfield and Harry streets will host a meeting at 3 p.m. today at the Wells home, 217 Pear St. Contact Debra Pressley Canty, at (803) 775-5792 or e-mail Diana Wells Singleton at … more
Travelers may stay closer to home in ’08 due to weak dollar
NEW YORK – Travel in 2007 was marked by high gas prices, new passport rules, record lows for the dollar, and record-high air travel. In 2008, experts say, Americans may take shorter trips or choose destinations closer to home where their dollar … more
How to break the news about ‘Zoey’ to a 10-year-old?
NEW YORK – Maybe you’ve already had the birds and the bees chat with your 10-year-old. Now it’s time to have the “Zoey 101” chat. But how exactly do you tell young fans of charming Zoey and her boarding-school pals that the show’s … more
USC to celebrate life of MLK Jan. 18-21
COLUMBIA — The University of South Carolina will celebrate the life and legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events Jan. 18-21. The university is in its 25th year of paying tribute to the slain civil-rights … more
Coppola’s the new kid in Hollywood with self-financed ‘Youth Without Youth’
LOS ANGELES – The year’s fresh face on the independent-film circuit is a guy named Francis Ford Coppola. Yes, THAT Francis Ford Coppola, the director behind “The Godfather” trilogy, the man with all those Academy Awards, the filmmaker who … more
Hood - Benenhaley
DALZELL — Roberta L. Hood and John Mark Benenhaley were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at Long Branch Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Carroll Waddell officiated at the ceremony. Music was provided by Adrienne Love, … more
The Lowebow makes electrified cigar box guitar friend of the 1-man band
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – They’re built around wooden cigar boxes, just like untold thousands of homemade guitars patched together across America since the 1800s. But no minstrel-show performer or sharecropper bluesman too poor for a store-bought … more
Silent aviary
There is a silent aviary in a brick home off Alice Drive. A wren is frozen in flight, its wide-mouthed offspring waiting eternally for Mother to bring a worm or bug for dinner to their cowboy-boot home. Cardinals perch regally on limbs or pieces of … more
Cracked fingertips can be a real problem
Compared to most health problems, cracked fingertips seem trivial. But anyone who has ever struggled with sore painful fingers will tell you they can turn normal daily activities into agony. It is not entirely clear why fingertips sometimes split … more
Being Marie: The making of a Nutcracker princess
PHILADELPHIA – Twelve-year-old Sara Culbertson waited in the nurse's office – the most convenient meeting place at her middle school – for her mom to pick her up early from classes. She had been patient during her morning of geography … more
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Good deed rewarded
The morning of Oct. 15, 1999, was just like all the Fridays before it had been for almost 35 years. Ruth Peeples left home for her shampoo-and-set appointment with Patsy Causey at Hair Designers, arriving a little out of breath. A few minutes later … more
Out & About
The U.S. Coast Guard Band will present its first ever concert in Sumter on Jan. 23. The 7:30 p.m. concert at Patriot Hall is sponsored by the Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association, and admission is free. You do, however, have to have a ticket to … more
Take it over the top
Before I accepted my status as a plump woman from the country, I had aspirations of being sophisticated and elegant. Hoo, wee! In Atlanta while my husband, Edward, was in art school, I worked my way up the ladder to have a job at the Georgia Arts … more
Around Town
The Mayewood High School class of 1983 25th reunion planning meeting will be held at 2:15 p.m. today at the South Sumter Resouce Center, 337½ Manning Ave. All class members are invited to attend. The Lee County Branch of the NAACP will meet at … more
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