May 2011
May 14th, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
If you want to give your garden a facelift this spring and summer, then add color to the existing green and browns seen all year. Color translates into new and exciting, which in turn will make all who experience your garden smile.Color means adding flowers that will make your garden shine. Sure, you could have a master gardener come in to help you with the project, but why not do it yourself to...
May 13th, 2011
Written by Rebecca Fortner in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
As spring moves forward, state educational standardized testing has begun. Along with this testing, comes a long-standing blister in the test scores. State testing results display a serious gap in the academic performance of the black male population in comparison to same age white male peers. This dilemma is not an isolated event. It occurs in schools all across the nation.In a 2010 study, The...
May 12th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
Travel season is here. For an inexpensive but necessary retreat from work life, national parks are a great way to get away from it all and spend valuable time, not money, with the family.Abundantly dotting the landscape, national parks are conveniently situated for as far or as briefly a family wishes to travel. Finances may be tight, but national parks are as American as baseball and...
May 11th, 2011
Written by Francesca Biller in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Although picking coffee beans on her family’s Hawaiian farm was what Sumiko did each day as a child, she dreamt that one day she would design beautiful clothes. But she had no idea how much her culture would influence each exotic hue and stitch that make her designs so unique.In the small sleepy town of Kona, most folks were farmers and business owners who worked hard and lived simple lives. It...
May 10th, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Focus on Health with 0 Comments
Addictions these days are not limited to smoking, drinking, and gambling.Instead, the tag of addict includes a variety of actions including excessive indicators of shopping, text messaging, overworking, or even over-exercising.“All addictions start with the experimental stage,” says Pam Slater, MS, licensed professional counselor at Hickory Trail Hospital in Dallas, Texas. “Usually consequences...