Senior Cares If You’re Bored Try This Dirty Job

2 July 2008, 23:11 No comments

In my work, I frequently find myself in a position of interviewing seniors about their daily lives and what interests and hobbies they have. Many times I am disappointed to hear: “I have no hobbies or any special interests or activities; mostly I just watch TV.”
For those whose lives have become empty due to lack [...]

Summer Camps Are Starting Up

31 May 2008, 04:04 No comments

Here’s an idea.Summer camps in Bibb county are starting up.Swimming, sports, and arts and crafts are just some of the activities being offered to kids.
LaTanya Sandifer with the Macon-Bibb county recreation department says summer camps give kids a chance to gain new interests and hobbies.
“well i think it gives the kids something to do i [...]

Machines Bees Are Humming

31 May 2008, 03:03 No comments

At Monument Machine Shop, Andy Schutz has been running a full-service machine repair business for the local area for about five years. In his large, busy and noisy shop just on the outskirts of town, Schutz can handle any type of job and any type of metal, including milling, lathework, welding and keyseating. Multi-colored metal [...]

For Best Retirement Make Your Portfolio Match Your Age

17 May 2008, 22:10 No comments

I read with interest your article “Raiding the 401(k) Nest Egg” (Investing in Funds, May 5). Tragically, today’s young people are way too media focused and have no concept about the long term and life expectancy.
Your article references a young lady who at age 34 has shifted her portfolio to 30% in bonds as she [...]

Give Kids A Reason To Want To Stay In School

17 May 2008, 22:10 No comments

Being a high school freshman is intimidating, even if there are only 150 students in the school.
When there are more than 1,600, it can be downright scary.
That’s one reason we endorse the plan to require first-year students at Rochester Century High School to participate in a sport, activity or club of some kind. Not all [...]

Follow Your Passion Vacations

7 May 2008, 00:12 No comments

From the terrace outside the art school, Ella Yang took in the same sweeping vistas that have motivated artists since medieval times. Historic buildings hug the mountaintop in Italy that she called home for three weeks after taking a break from her high-powered New York life for a vacation to indulge in her passion: painting.
“For [...]

Follow your passion vacations

4 May 2008, 01:01 No comments

From the terrace outside the art school, Ella Yang took in the same sweeping vistas

that have motivated artists since medieval times. Historic buildings hug the mountaintop in Italy that she called home for three weeks after taking a break from her high-powered New York life for a vacation to indulge in her passion: painting.
“For once [...]

The hidden lives of MPs

28 March 2008, 16:04 No comments

STEPHEN HARPER, PRIME MINISTERMany Canadians know of his passion for hockey and the fact he has Grade 9 piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music; his Conservative caucus and Ottawa journalists are familiar with his talent for impersonations. New revelations:Many voters would suggest Canada’s Members of Parliament are already overexposed. But MPs are people too, [...]

Pepsi gets cooll new look with teen appea

25 March 2008, 19:07 No comments

PepsiCo International has launched a massive GCC marketing campaign to reinvigorate the Pepsi brand image by further building on and enhancing the strong relationship with teenagers who form the core of its consumer base in the region.
”We are not changing what Pepsi is, we are changing how Pepsi connects with people,” said Hossam Dabbous, Marketing [...]