The Role Of Grandparents In Raising Children
11 June 2008, 19:07 No comments
My son’s granny has taught him how to use e-mail. “It’s so that she and I can stay in touch,†he explains with a four-year-old’s seriousness: “We have important things to discuss.†As well as imparting pearls of computer wizardry and wisdom, Granny B is also teaching Joe to play chess, and let’s not forget [...]
Wwii Veteran And Businessman Martin Silverman Dies
5 June 2008, 16:04 No comments
Martin Silverman, a World War II veteran who returned home to start a moving business that brought New York City families to a young Levittown and went on to own two Long Island hobby shops, has died. He was 86.
On April 9, 1944, on their only mission without Silverman, eight members of his Army Air [...]
Spectacular SendOff for Popeyes Founder
2 April 2008, 23:11 No comments
Surrounded by a sampling of his collection of vehicles, Copeland was later interred in a mausoleum during an intimate ceremony at Metairie Cemetery, the resting place of Louisiana governors, New Orleans mayors, Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard and Dixieland jazz musician Louis Prima.”He spent the end of his life not trying to make a buck, but [...]
Author Homer Hickam Creates Scholarship
22 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Author Homer Hickam Jr. is creating a scholarship at Marshall University to help the children and grandchildren of coal miners attend college.The Marshall University Foundation said Monday that the scholarship also is for the children and grandchildren of mine rescue team members.The Homer Hickam Sr.-Red Helmet Scholarship is named for Hickam’s father [...]
For DeLand artist Irene B. Cola her spouse and children came first
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
“She was very creative,” said daughter Barbara Flowers of DeLand. “A lot of the ceramics in our home were things that she made.” She added that her mom was a very loving person who always put family first. “She loved my father deeply — I can’t tell you [...]
Henry C. Wahl 91 was ‘a man of all seasons’
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
“Where most people have one hobby, he had so many,” said his son, Henry H. Wahl of Orlando. “He had compassion and passion for whatever he was doing.” Born in 1916, Henry C. Wahl grew up with two younger sisters in Baltimore, where he suffered a life-altering accident while sledding [...]
A new luxury in India Retirement homes
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
“Grandparents also want their own independence,” said the 62-year-old widow, who lives in a bustling retirement community in this southwestern Indian city. “We want freedom. We would like to travel, to pursue our hobbies.” A cultural revolution is under way in India, led by an unlikely gray-haired vanguard that is [...]
Teacher of the Week | Elizabeth Lefevre
27 February 2008, 03:03 No comments
Age: 61. Reason for becoming a teacher:To graduate from UF as soon as possible, but I found it to be always interesting to be with young people, and a great vocation. Greatest moment as a teacher: Having a student return to me as an adult and say, ‘Thank [...]
Teacher of the Week | Daisy Johnson
21 February 2008, 19:07 No comments
Age: 52.
Reason for becoming a teacher: While attending a school function with one of my daughters, I observed the teachers and administrators and their fight to maintain order with the students. I became engaged with a couple of students and teachers and immediately a flashlight appeared directing me in the teaching field. I wanted [...]
Sharing on finances bonds couples
13 February 2008, 02:02 No comments
Many of you complain that your spouse or partner spends too much (or too little), makes lousy investments or keeps money matters a secret. You tell me, but you don’t always tell him or her.
You don’t have to agree on everything–Georgina and I don’t–but you need to both speak up and listen with care to [...]
