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- Friday, May 24, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
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Gainesville filmmakers address physician shortage
For the past two years, Joani Livingston and Renée McKay have been working to put a face on a little-known problem with the nation's health care system.
Design your style around greenery
Warm weather and the first buds of spring have been slow to arrive in much of the country. But even if your garden has yet to grow, you can add beauty, fragrance and a sense of springtime to your home by decorating with lush plants and potted trees.
Easter diorama offers comfort to residents of assisted living home
Decorating for the Easter holiday usually involves displaying a few bunnies and eggs on shelves around the house.
Easter brings a sweet flowering symbol of hope and rebirth
For more than a century, the lilium longiflorum, or Easter lily, has been associated with the most holy of Christian holidays in North America.
Fill your own Easter basket with homemade treats
For many children, Easter is all about the hunt. They love searching for hidden eggs and snooping for the ultimate Easter jackpot: a basket filled with jelly beans, marshmallow Peeps and chocolate rabbits so large that they make a child's eyes go wide.
Gainesville First United Methodist opens prayer labyrinth
This Easter, not all worshipers may be able to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem during Holy Week but that doesn't mean they can't make a prayerful journey closer to home.
Krav Maga classes teach techniques in case of attack
Karen Mewborn jogged along the road alone early one morning and began to wonder: What would she do if someone tried to attack her?
Appalachian Hope Center helps people overcome hard times
Through their involvement with Caring Hands Ministries, Ann and Charles Fleming have met a lot of people with an aversion to religion over the years.
Cresswind unveils community garden space
Above the entryway to the garden hangs a painted sign that reads "Common Ground." Inside the garden, bordered by a blue picket fence, neighbors gather to celebrate the beginning of a beautiful thing. The garden club at Cresswind at Lake Lanier, an active adult community in Gainesville, has built its own community garden. The club celebrated with a ribbon-cutting and champagne ceremony Wednesday evening. Garden club President Bill Brackner said construction of the garden has ...
Cannon: It’s cherry blossom time so pick your favorite
The first day of spring was ushered in this week and the cherry trees are blooming. When you see pink blooms on the trees around town, it seems to whisper that warm weather is on its way.
An Easter lamb that cuts the fat, but stays savory
I love lamb, in every way and every cut. But I don't eat it very often because of the same thing that tends to make it so very delicious - its fattiness.
Local author’s new book tells of immigrant parents seeking a better life in the states
As a child, Bill Rezak often was questioned about the origin of his last name. "And I would always answer that my father was Palestinian and my mother was British," Rezak said. "And that I'm the quintessential American in a country of immigrants." Rezak, a Hall County resident, has always been intrigued by the very different worlds from which his ancestors came. His mother's parents were sent from Great Britain to Canada alone at the ...
Special-needs students gain experience outside of the classroom through school program
Every Wednesday morning, five students with special needs board the school bus and prepare to go to work at various local businesses.
Gainesville native competes in desert races, inspired by nephew who has epilepsy
Most people wouldn't consider running across the world's driest desert a vacation.
Local churches return to Christianity’s roots by reaching out via social media
As more new forms of communication emerge, such technology is giving local churches an opportunity to reconnect to the early days of Christianity.
Articles by Section - Life top stories
Banking fresh food
The recent rain has been very good for the Georgia Mountain Food Bank as the seeds from its first community garden begin to grow and flourish.
Winners of Brenau barbecue contests will advance to world finals
Two teams competing in this year's Brenau Barbecue Championship will also be selling their pork to hungry visitors at the event. But it's almost by accident that either team exists.
Student council collects books for community library
Fifth-grader Heartley Twiggs loves to read fiction books and thinks kids are better off when they read books they enjoy.
Wedding bells, blues and venues
Brittany Evans wanted a storybook wedding but what she got was something more like a movie.
Couple conquers 70 years together
In 1940, C.W. Davis hitched a ride from a driver in a red Ford, ultimately securing a movie date with the woman behind the wheel.
Jehovah’s Witness experiences an influx of hope
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On the day the Boston Marathon bombing transfixed the world, Mark Watkins of suburban Kansas City, Mo., lay face to face with a crisis of life, death and faith.
Better-for-you BBQ chicken
Barbecue chicken is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I like every part of it - the tomato-based sauce (the spicier the better), the crispy skin, even the bones.
Properly preparing a picnic
The school year is winding down and Memorial Day is just around the corner. Activities such as boating, camping and picnicking are fun ways to experience the great outdoors.
Ask cook: Correct way to cut lettuce
Question: It used to be forbidden to cut lettuce with a knife. Only tearing by hand or cutting with a plastic knife was acceptable. But now I see TV chefs regularly chopping lettuce with a regular knife. What is responsible for this change in thinking?
Singles meet and mingle
For 52-year-old Gina Sweet, it had been awhile since she hit the dating scene. Luckily for her, family members gave her the Cinderella treatment before she ventured out to Cocktails & Conversations, a brand-new speed-dating venture in Gainesville.
Racing to the front
JEFFERSON - It was anything but a regular school day for the 15 local middle schools students who participated in the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Junior Solar Sprint competition May 3. Using one of the Earth's brightest resources, the sun, students put their hand-built solar sprinters to the test in a fast-paced race competition at Road Atlanta in Braselton.
Perfect pink present for mom
Editor's note: North Hall High School junior Catherine Sartain, 16, wrote this column for her journalism class about Mother's Day.
Her husband is her 'hero'
"It will be a blessed Mother's Day for my kids, my granddaughter, my wife," Grady Nolan said, his voice cracking slightly. "And for me."
Lay leaders lend a loving ear
BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The Stephen Ministry is looking for compassionate men and women who want to help people who are hurting.
Diseases of the dogwood tree
Just the other day I was looking at a dogwood tree at the house and saw it was in pretty good shape overall. However, things can change and it is worth keeping an eye on the tree to see if it becomes infected.
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