Lisa Andre That’s right, everyone, 4-H is back and better than ever in this strange time of COVID-19. 4-H Lucky Clover Club had its first meeting in September that was conducted from the comfort of our own homes instead of in person at the Grange Hall in Los Olivos. At […]
Alas, non-essential travel to other countries has been limited or discouraged for months because of the pandemic. This is such a huge bummer since it limits your opportunities to practice and improve conversation skills with native speakers of the countries you desire to go to in the future. Fortunately, online learning […]
Look up the definition of “thick skin” and you’ll find Greta, the activist who started with a one-person “School Strike for Climate” outside parliament in her native Sweden and within a year was leading a global youth movement. At 16 years old, she spent two weeks traveling by boat across […]
Hilton introduced the Hilton EventReady with CleanStay program specifically for the meetings and … [+] events industry. Hilton The meeting and wedding planning industries have been rocked during the Covid-19 pandemic, and they may continue to feel the effects for years to come. While online alternatives like Zoom will put […]
John M. Millar’s first novel, “The Wars Among the Paines,” took him 50 years to write. When he started the project, he planned to write about a young man and his family’s experiences during the Vietnam War era. Over five decades, the concept expanded a bit. “The Wars Among the […]
I have an apology to make. I made a mistake last week and I was wrong. Yes, folks, I’m guilty. I drank the Detroit Lions Kool-Aid. I not only drank it, I chugged it and asked for seconds. I truly thought the Lions would beat the New Orleans Saints and I […]
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Sarah “Princess” Williams can count the number of showers she’s taken since April on her fingers, toes and two trekking poles. “In Missoula I took two,” she recalled fondly while walking down Camas Road on the edge of Glacier National Park in late September. On May […]
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The show is a biodiversity sequel of sorts to “Green Porno,” the theatrical lecture she adapted from her captivatingly odd Sundance Channel series of film shorts, in which a surreally costumed Rossellini would act out the mating habits of bees, say, or earthworms, relating scientific facts with dramatic hilarity. “Sex […]
On 17th October the highly acclaimed film Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet, opens in the UK. It was filmed on location in Lyme Regis, and is a fictionalised story of the town’s most famous resident, Victorian palaentologist Mary Anning, and her relationship with Charlotte Murchison, played by Saorise Ronan. Rubbish on […]
Some of the people charged in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shared the stage in May with a county sheriff during a protest against state coronavirus restrictions. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf is also in the hot seat for remarks made during an on-camera interview last week regarding those associated with the […]
No one wants to find a dirty rag in their sink when checking into a hotel room. But during the coronavirus pandemic – when guests expect their rooms to be spotless and free of germs – finding a room that hasn’t been fully sanitized is even more concerning. “No way was this room […]
Like a lot of women, I put off my first mammogram. Kaiser Permanente started pestering me to make an appointment approximately 13 seconds after I turned 40. That was in 2018. But then my mom was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I was promoted to a more demanding position. My husband […]
PIGEON, Mich. (AP) — After operating for 40 years, the Pigeon Family Market announced it will be closing at the end of the month. The market announced its closure in a Facebook post on Oct. 1, which extended thanks to all the customers, vendors, employees and other people that have […]
Jacob Glissmeyer, right, of Hoback, Wyo., searches for mountain goats high in the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., in September, 2020. The National Park Service allowed qualified volunteers to help cull the non-native mountain goat population, which is threatening the survival of a dwindling population of bighorn […]
PORTLAND, Maine — A disabled Florida woman paid a virtual visit to Maine and left a trail of lawsuits in her wake. Six to be exact. Deborah Laufer is described in the federal lawsuits as a “tester” for the purpose of asserting her civil rights and ensuring that places of […]
Few places exude glamour quite like Beverly Hills, which is one reason the Milken Institute Global Conference has become one of the world’s leading business mixers. The annual spring event draws thousands of chief executives, wealthy investors, fund managers and others to a jammed Beverly Hilton where attendees catch up […]
Salvation in a parking lot sounds like the name of a heartland rock anthem by Meat Loaf or Bruce Springsteen, not the unofficial 2020 theme song for Mainly Mozart. But after the coronavirus pandemic forced Mainly Mozart to postpone its annual June festival and all its April and May concerts, […]
A London–New York travel corridor could be here sooner than we first hoped – Getty US officials are hoping to reopen travel between New York City and London by Christmas, with shortened quarantine periods. With a growing availability of Covid-19 tests, officials at the US Transportation Department, Department of […]
The season of gift-giving is officially upon us, which means it’s time to start figuring out who’s on your list and what to get them this year. Of course, with so much to choose from, we know that holiday shopping can easily get overwhelming, so here’s a little advice: When […]
By MICAH DREW, Flathead Beacon KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Sarah “Princess” Williams can count the number of showers she’s taken since April on her fingers, toes and two trekking poles. “In Missoula I took two,” she recalled fondly while walking down Camas Road on the edge of Glacier National Park […]
The 28-year-old player, who is now training with Brazil’s national soccer team ahead of two World Cup qualifying matches, has always denied any wrongdoing in both the rape allegation and the potential cybercrimes violation. Neymar was under investigation by the cybercrimes division of the Rio state police for posting images […]