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LifeStyles January 15, 2007
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ANNIE'S MAILBOX
His son's friend has adventurous ideas
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
      Dear Annie: My 22-year-old son's best friend, "Jeremy," has evidently taken a liking to my wife. He approached her once with an offer to be intimate. At that time, we both laughed it off. Then he decided to send her a text message in the wee hours of the morning, when he might possibly have been d...
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Journey students present 'Let My People Go'
Performance will be part of MLK Jr. celebration Jan. 16
      As part of the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration that will be held in Fullerton Auditorium on Tuesday, Jan. 16, starting at 7 p.m., middle school and elementary school students from Journey School of the Arts will perform. The students represent 10 different Cherokee County schools or are homescho...
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      Santa and Mrs. Claus (Earl Hess and his wife, Mary Nell) delivered more than meals at Christmas - they handed out candy canes, hugs and good cheer to Blacksburg recipients and everyone with whom they came in contact. While in Blacksburg, Mr. and Mrs.
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New game teaches children about emergency preparedness
      QUINCY, Mass. - The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has launched a new Sparky the Fire Dog® game to help children learn about emergency preparedness. The game, "Look and Learn," is now available free online. It stresses the importance of being prepared for an emergency by teaching...
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Adults living with kids eat more fat
By AMY LORENTZEN Association Press Writer
      DES MOINES, Iowa - Adults living with children tend to eat more fat than grown-ups in kidfree homes, consuming as much additional saturated fat each week as found in an individual-size pizza, a new study suggests.
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WHAT'S UP
      Church news ¦ The Music Department of Limestone Missionary Baptist Church will be having its annual Musical Extravaganza on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. Some of the special guests will be the Rev. Heyward Boyd, Sister Mary Ann Wilkins, the Royal Six Quartet, Sister Debra K. Haney Byars, Ja...
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BIRTHDAYS
      MATTHEW DOUGLAS HORCHLER celebrated his 2nd birthday January 14, 2007. He is the son of Doug and Carrie Horchler of Gaffney. Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Sheila Whelchel of Gaffney. Paternal grandparents are the late Jim and Syble Horchler.
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BIRTHS
      Hayden Eugene Shirley Rick and Angie Shirley of Boiling Springs announce the birth of their son, Hayden Eugene, on Dec. 28, 2006, in Mary Black Memorial Hospital weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. Alec Joseph McCraw Robert and Shirley McCraw announce the birth of their son, Alec Joseph, on Dec. 28, 2006, i...
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Arbor Day Foundation offering free trees for joining organization during January
      Ten free flowering trees will be given to each person from South Carolina who joins The National Arbor Day Foundation this month. The free trees are part of the nonprofit foundation's Trees for America campaign. The 10 trees are two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crabapples, two Washingt...
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The best place to be if you're sick is at home
      COLUMBIA - Visitors to the elderly and ill are advised to take steps to reduce the risk of infection. "Anyone in a health care setting such as a nursing home or hospital is more likely to be at risk of infection," said Lena Bretous, M.D., of DHEC's Bureau of Disease Control.
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