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- Thursday, May 23, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
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Food pantry closing after 26 years of meals, prayers and inspiration from its founder
Vickie Baker sat back in her chair as a friend held up a camera. The friend asked the 89-year-old woman to smile. Baker grinned for the photo, though she said she didn't actually want to. She said she didn't feel very happy; she felt a little sad. Baker and several supporters of More Than Enough food pantry gathered on Christmas Eve in a beige office building off Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Gainesville. But ...
Stir-crazy crafts
It's inevitable during the holiday season: Kids get bored. But the doldrums are just the thing for unleashing children's creativity.
Traditional New Year’s dishes transform into fortune-packed appetizers perfect for parties
You don't have to resort to the same old pot of beans and greens to get lucky in the new year ahead. Here are a few appetizers that are perfect for parties and prosperity.
We asked area residents: If anything were possible, what would you want to give or receive?
In nearly every house, under every tree there are sure to be a few beautifully wrapped gifts. The gifts were chosen with care. Each one selected from a store or made by hand to show how much the recipient is loved. But what if the gifts weren't limited to what the stores carry? What if the gifts didn't have to be physical at all? What if anything were possible? The Times asked area residents what ...
He's the REAL Santa
You might think you know Santa Claus, but you'd be wrong. He doesn't live in the North Pole. He doesn't ride in a sleigh and his name isn't Kris Kringle. His name is Donnie Carder and he lives in Gainesville. During the year there's a chance you might recognize his twinkling eyes and jolly laugh, but once the holidays roll around, it's obvious. He bleaches his beard and hair white and gets to work sitting ...
Local church gives out 5,000 meals
One Gainesville church set out to be a part of a miracle on Sunday afternoon. Hopewell Baptist Church in Gainesville fed more than 5,000 people after their morning church service.
Life editor makes Christmas ornaments from organic finds
When I first set out to make my own ornaments, I was picturing something delicate, beautiful and right of Better Homes and Gardens.
Bear Sloan competes on ‘BBQ Pitmasters,’ hopes to put Gainesville area on the map
This may come as a surprise, but Santa is actually an award-winning cook. When Bear Sloan isn't filling in for Santa, taking photos with boys and girls in downtown Gainesville, he's busy cooking chili and barbecue at his restaurant, Lazy Bear BBQ. Sloan opened the restaurant on McEver Road in Gainesville nearly 10 months ago. He's been successfully competing in cookoffs around the area for the last eight years. Sloan said he's always loved to ...
Local woman’s dogs compete at AKC/Eukanuba National Championship
Though she's no stranger to the dog show scene, Sherri Bell admits she was a little nervous over the weekend.
Gainesville father makes family tradition of tacky Christmas light display
Travis Germick and his two sons have spent more than 10 years perfecting the art of the "tacky" Christmas light display.
Finally a Hanukkah sweater — and it’s not even ugly
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Every holiday season, Carin Agiman pawed through her closet, searching for something to wear to her friend's ugly sweater party.Having no luck, Agiman, who is Jewish, glued felt menorah cutouts and blue sequins to a white thrift store sweater. But the clumsy DIY look never quite matched the breadth of bright sweaters with reindeer and snowmen. And it certainly didn't show off Agiman's Hanukkah pride.
Holly, cranberry bushes add colorful seasonal contrast to landscape
Winter does not have to equate to a dreary garden devoid of excitement. There are many types of berry-bearing shrubs, woody plants and winter flowers to brighten the landscape.
Spoon up some traditional potato cakes for Hanukkah
At countless Hanukkah celebrations, latkes will be there. These fried potato pancakes are among the symbolic holiday staples that bring Jewish people together during the eight-day Festival of Lights, which began at sundown on Saturday. Homemade or store-bought, topped or not, variations to these fried potato pancakes are endless. But most everyone agrees: Latkes should be crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle. Esther Kraft, 81, of Farmington Hills, Mich., has been making ...
Students whip Santa into shape with school play
Last year, all those cookies finally caught up with Santa and he got stuck in a chimney. At least that was the premise behind an original play put on by fourth- and fifth-grade students at Friendship Elementary School Thursday night. Music teacher Tara Shaw said she wrote the play after hearing a song written by Teresa Jennings called "Santa's Getting Fit for Christmas" which was used in the play. "I was inspired to write the ...
Teens and elementary students all learn while teaming up for stage production
Nothing is cuter than a room full of dalmatian puppies ... unless of course they elementary students dressed up as puppies.
Articles by Section - Life top stories
Conserve water with recycled rainbarrels
The Soque River Watershed Association in Clarkesvillle and the Habitat for Humanity ReStores in Clarkesville and Clayton are teaming up again to turn recycled Coca-Cola barrels into rainbarrels for water conservation efforts.
Easy mousse for kids to make for Mother's Day
It doesn't matter how skilled - or not - your kids are in the kitchen. This easy, fruity mousse parfait is a great Mother's Day project they can help with.
Simple, quick & tasty meals for mom on Mother's Day
Quiche has a reputation as a complicated dish. And I'm not sure why.
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