http://www.enewscourier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_123171317.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_123171317.html Patty Wallace squealed as she tossed her fishing pole toward her instructional aid and ran to find her teacher Thursday at Trudy Romine’s pond.“Mrs. Harrell, Mrs. Harrell! I caught one. I caught a fish,” she screamed, dragging her teacher by the hand to the shore of the pond. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_120161651.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_120161651.html JOPLIN, Mo. — At the start of his lunch hour on a wet Monday afternoon, Ben Mitchell began what has become a daily ritual, so long as the weather is nice.Leaving his office at LaBarge Inc., he walked across the parking lot, past another business and then headed east along Junge Boulevard.Mitchell’s eyes remained cast downward, scanning the ground in front of him. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_120161036.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_120161036.html The “Homespun” Arts and Crafts Show and Plant Sale will be held May 2 and May 3 in Athens. The annual fundraiser for Athens Bible School will be held from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the school. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_113165528.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_113165528.html The world-renowned Chinese Spectacular strives to bring the “true” culture of China to the world. The show, presented by Divine Performing Arts of New York, reflects compassion, sincerity, dignity, wisdom and truthfulness, everything the communist government of China has tried to destroy, said Jason Wang, volunteer promoter for the show. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_109183220.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_109183220.html TIFTON, Ga. — Hanging out in Darin Sehnert’s kitchen feels as comfy as leaning on the counter at family gatherings. Difference is he’s a highly trained chef running a cooking school in Savannah, and he knows a whole lot about putting food and conversation together.After taking his low country class in February I know more than I used to, but not so much that my vacation-to-relax was interrupted by too much paying attention. Good combination. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_107142345.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_107142345.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_102182404.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_102182404.html The screech of rubber on hardwood floors echoes in the background as packs of women resembling Vikings on roller skates battle for points during a roller derby bout. Replace the barbaric horns, fur and weapons with short shorts, little skirts, fishnet stockings and roller skates and you have a pure warrior, a Dixie Derby Girl. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:24:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_099152215.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_099152215.html JOPLIN, Mo. — Roses are red, violets are blue, flowers aren’t just for picking anymore, they’re tasty, too.Once popular for eating, spring blossoms have been mostly replaced by plant stems, roots, leaves or fruit on the dinner table. But some plant and food enthusiasts insist edible flowers are coming back in style and with good reason. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_095191719.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_095191719.html If angels are among us, they do not look as if they fell from Heaven with halos made of gold, floating with wings that glitter when they flutter. But they might look like the rest of us, normal, ordinary people with invisible, slightly warped halos. These ordinary people might be called the second-string angels. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_092183413.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_092183413.html AVON, Ind. — Katherine Ward believes she has found the answer to her stiff joints and aching muscles in a popular junk food — chocolate. But not just any chocolate, a “healthy chocolate” called Xocai (pronounced “show-sigh).Ward, who is retired from teaching in Monrovia after 21 years, and her husband, Terry, who is retired from Duke Energy after 35 years, have spent the past year working as Xocai distributors. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_088183622.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_088183622.html Athens State University alumnus Darren J. Butler will have come full circle when his musical “Runaway Home” is performed at ASU next weekend. Once a student in Dr. Al Elmore’s playwright class, now Butler will work side-by-side with Elmore in the ASU production of “Runaway Home.” Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:33:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_088182636.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_088182636.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack. And some more. And more.A growing trend in all-you-can-eat seating at sports venues is making baseball’s summer chorus sound more like “Take Me Out to the Buffet.” Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_084135123.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_084135123.html Troy Black, an Athens native, will host the new “Southern School of Barbeque,” on April 22 at Athens State University.The school will bring backyard barbecue fans face-to-face with an award-winning competitive barbecue chef who competes full time nationally on the Kansas City Barbeque Society professional barbecue circuit nearly every weekend of the year. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_078195235.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_078195235.html NEW YORK (AP) — When Ann Kahn was growing up, her family took the same summer vacation every year - a trip to Yosemite. But things are different for her daughter, Ashley. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_074170725.html http://www.enewscourier.com/features/local_story_074170725.html Blue Man Group is a creative organization dedicated to innovative work in a wide variety of media.Blue Man Group is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts, which combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a unique form of entertainment.