Park Bench In Memory Of Long-Time Resident
21 June 2008, 07:07 No comments
Frances was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and fought valiantly through rounds of chemotherapy, each time looking forward to riding her bike again and pursuing her other hobbies of gardening and pottery, said Debbrecht.
“Mom passed away in 2006 after a nine-year battle with ovarian cancer. Believe it or not, she would go through six months [...]
Eight Candidates Vie For Spots On Roberts Royal Court
31 May 2008, 03:03 No comments
Eight contestants are vying for this year’s Miss Roberts crown. The Royal Court will be chosen during this year’s Good Neighbor Days celebration. The Miss Roberts Queen Pageant and Good Neighbor Award take place May 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Elementary School (Adults $5, Child $3). Following are biographical sketches of each of the [...]
Southern Fulton Class Of 1958 Donates Books To Alma Mater
17 May 2008, 22:10 No comments
Even though itâ€s been 50 years since they walked the halls of the Southern Fulton School District, members of the graduating Class of 1958 are still taking steps to give back to the community and their alma mater while also paying homage to former classmates.
Overseen by the class Reunion Committee, their most recent endeavor includes [...]
In Paintings By Monet And Manet We See How Mens Hobbies Begin
12 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
A seated young woman with a lapdog looks up thoughtfully from her book. To the right of her, a girl in a pretty dress has turned her back to us and is staring downwards through some iron railings. A cloud of steam is rising from left to right below them. The girl seems to be [...]
A childs gift gets more and more valuable
14 April 2008, 01:01 No comments
In those days, the deposit on a bottle of Coke was 2 cents.
We didn’t drink much pop, so those pennies accumulated
very slowly that summer and fall.
But when Christmas came, I had enough to go to
Kleinfelter’s Dime Store a short walk through the alley
from my house.
The memory is so vivid I could draw a floor plan [...]
Heston left cinematic political mark
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
LOS ANGELES %26mdash; Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston’s death. President Bush hailed him as a “strong advocate for liberty,” while John McCain called Heston a devotee for civil and constitutional rights.Even Michael Moore, who mocked Heston in his gun-control documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” posted the actor’s picture on his Web site to mark [...]
Heston left cinematic political mark
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
LOS ANGELES %26mdash; Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston’s death. President Bush hailed him as a “strong advocate for liberty,” while John McCain called Heston a devotee for civil and constitutional rights.Even Michael Moore, who mocked Heston in his gun-control documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” posted the actor’s picture on his Web site to mark [...]
The wonders of the deep deep sea
28 March 2008, 16:04 No comments
Claire Nouvian
THE DEEP
The extraordinary creatures of the abyss
256pp. University of Chicago Press. $45; distributed in the UK by Wiley.
%26pound;23.50.
978 0 226 59566 5
Tony Koslow
THE SILENT DEEP
The discovery, ecology, and conservation of the deep sea
292pp. University of Chicago Press. $35; distributed in the UK by Wiley. %26pound;18.
978 0 226 45125 1
In 1968, Howard Sanders, a young [...]
John Ashbery a poet for our times
28 March 2008, 16:04 No comments
The great inventor of a style fluid enough to reflect our uncertain times, a
helpless symbol of those times, an incomprehensible hoax, a clear-as-glass
poet of loneliness and dejection, the greatest living Surrealist, the last
Romantic, a frequent influence on poets much younger than he: since 1975,
when his Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror won almost all the awards [...]
Flutey gems recreated in takeaway shop
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
About eight months ago Bluff man Bob Hartsuiker began to turn his takeaway shop The Galley into a tribute to the couple and their collection.
The house was sold last year and its paua shells removed by the Fluteys grandson, Ross Bowen who then gave them to the Canterbury Museum on a 10-year loan.
Some members of [...]
