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Arts & Leisure November 8, 2007
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Hankin & Schwab pair for concert at Folk School
By KATHI OSBORNE
      Instrumentalist Wayne Hankin and pianist Jacqueline Schwab will perform in a concert presented by Brasstown Concert Association on Sunday, November 11, at 2:30 p.m. at John C. Campbell Folk School. In a program entitled "3 x 2", the concert will showcase the individual talents of the artists as w...
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Horoscopes
      ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your honesty continues to impress everyone who needs reassurance about a project. But be careful you don't lose patience with those who are still not ready to act. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Pushing others too hard to do things your way could cause resentment and rai...
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Seeing Stars in Dixie rehearses
      The Blue Ridge Community Theater is in rehearsal for the final Main Stage show of the season, "Seeing Stars in Dixie" by Ron Osborne. Our cast has been hard at play rehearsing this delightful show set in 1956 where Hollywood has arrived in Natchez, Mississippi with its brightest stars to film Rain...
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Dixie Divas
Say it ain't so, y'all
By RONDA RICH
      You knew it was going to happen. You had to know there would come a time when some reader somewhere felt compelled to give me a grammar lesson. I'm only surprised it took this long.
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      FDAActs to Ensure Thyroid Drugs Don't Lose Potency Before Expiration Date. This headline of a recent news release certainly got my attention- especially, since I have three known family members, plus many friends who take this medication. The U.S.
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Cooking with Barbara
By: Barbara Walker- Huff
      We used to go to Sevierille, Tennessee to Apple Valley Road to get apple products. Apples used to be very affordable in the season, now they never come down in price. We all grew up with the saying " An Apple an Day, Keeps the Doctor Away". Research now agree and say. They help keep us healthy, e...
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From Start to Fitness
By ANDREA RENEE WYATT, M.S.S., C.S.C.S.
      Q: My exercise routine over the past six months has been great. I have more energy, feel stronger and have more flexibility than anytime in the past 10 years. Yet with all of these accomplishments, I still have not reached my weight goal. I must admit that I have focused more on my exercise than m...
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Strange But True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER
      • When George Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware River, silence was very important to his strategy, so the oars had to be muffled so they wouldn't squeak. However, materials were scarce. The solution: They used women's underwear to keep the oars quiet.
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Trivia Test
By FIFI RODRIGUEZ
      1. GEOGRAPHY: The island state of Bahrain lies in what body of water? 2. HISTORY: In what year did Germany invade Poland? 3. CARTOONS: What is the name of Donald Duck's girlfriend? 4. NATURAL WORLD: What part of the cotton plant is known as the "boll"?
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Strange But True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER
      • The harmonica and the accordion were invented by the same person. • Before he became famous, actor Jack Nicholson ran errands at MGM Studios.
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