Tony and Crystal Luttrell, of Xenia, and Jeff and Debbie Cox, of Louisville, are happy to announce the engagement of their children Whitney Leigh Luttrell and Andrew Robert Cox.
The annual Payne Reunion was Saturday, June 12 at the home of Dorothy Payne.
Brett and Brittany Conard are proud to announce the birth of their son, Rylan Joseph.
Olin and Frances (the former Frances Neathery) Reed will celebrate 60 years of marriage on July 3, 2010. The couple was married at the home of Orville and Pearl Neathery, the bride’s parents in Brownstown, Ill. Frances had her sister, Jean as an attendant, while Olin had his brother, Ronald as one. The Rev. Charles Simpkins officiated.
Have you seen the e-mail circulating about the danger of outdated cake mixes?
With its principles of healthy, balanced living and an awareness of our body’s connection to the elements, yoga is a natural fit with sustainability. The discipline of yoga is based in a centuries-old Sanskrit tradition that includes principles like “ahimsa,” or “doing no harm.”
Martha Stewart, take note. Deryl and Margaret Schertz have been growing and canning their own vegetables for 63 years. They "put up" (that's canning-speak) more than 400 jars - pints and quarts - every year.
Career counselors everywhere are fielding this question: Should I go to graduate school to wait out the economy and re-enter the job market with stronger credentials?
Reading “Ice Cold,” Tess Gerritsen’s newest suspense thriller, in the summer heat seems like it would be a good foil to the ubiquitous whine of the air conditioner. In Gerritsen’s latest Rizzoli & Isles novel, there’s so much snow in Wyoming ski country that it’s tough to find out where the bodies are buried.
During late July and early August, some of the Boy Scouts of Clay County Troop 282 took a backpacking trip to Philmont Scout Ranch, near Cimarron, N.M. After the troop's last trip, in the summer of 2008, Scout Leader Tom Barbre gave us his journal, which the Advocate-Press presented excerpts from. This year, we will run all of Barbre's journal from the trip, divided into two parts. For the full journal, and more pictures, please visit www.advocatepress.com
As an aside, Troop 282's Scoutmaster, George Dickinson has been visiting area schools, trying to recruit new boys to become Scouts. Trips to Philmont are only one of the options for adventure that await young men in the Boy Scouts. For those who would like to join, meetings are open and are held on Tuesday night at the Scout building on south Main Street, at 7 p.m. Boys must be at least 11 years old, or entering into sixth grade in order to join.
Weekly family rail, with tips for a creative kids room, a review of “Takers” and more.
Travel: Since our group’s arrival in South Africa, Arthur had to remind us that it was winter time, even though we were experiencing beautiful sunny, springlike weather instead.
Kevin Shannon, 68, said he believes the art of writing and a chance friendship banished the demons of his post-traumatic stress disorder – a condition not diagnosed until 2005.
Arnold Feliciano remembers fondly his days as a strolling troubadour, walking through restaurants singing love songs to couples over food. Now he is skipping the middle man: Feliciano starts his mornings by singing to a pumpkin. And the pumpkin clearly loves it: It is 3 feet tall and growing every day.
Graffiti artist is starting over after a stint in jail, and now he has message for young people.
She wrote the ultimate tale of blind obedience to tradition - “The Lottery” – that still retains its primitive, chilling power, even as the horror genre nowadays is overrun with pinup boy werewolves and fidgety vampires who sparkle.
Weekly religion rail, with items on a pornography-for-Bibles exchange, a Ten Commandments dispute, getting to know evangelist Luis Palau, and more.
School buses will soon bustle down the streets. Students will be armed with lists of items their teacher want them to purchase for the school year, followed by the frantic dash to various stores to find the paper, pencils and notebooks.
Weekly canine Q&A, with advice on neglected dogs and new dogs.