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- Color her world: Artist surrounds herself in a world of her own art (video) Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:01AMHAMDEN — Some people may feel that art is an important part of life, but consider it something to be viewed in museums, where they can admire it and then go back to their real lives.
- Microloan lifts mother out of prostitution Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:11PMFunds helped establish a business that led to a home of her own
- Community news Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:33AMWalmart helps
- House Calls: Turning the attic into a cottage-style hideaway Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:00PMPaulette Young would like to use the long, narrow attic space in her South Arlington home as a guest room and a place for scrapbooking and quilting. She wants to incorporate some of the existing furniture, the quilts her grandmother made and an antique Singer sewing machine base in the 44-by-14-foot... Travel and Tourism - Arts - United States - Richard Thompson - Wood
- Work At Home Schemes -- How To Avoid Becoming A Victim Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:00PMThe Federal Trade Commission is a national consumer protection agency. One of its missions is to educate the public about scams and schemes that are making the rounds.
- Refugees face homelessness all over again in U.S. Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:04AMAcross Washington state and throughout the country, increasing numbers of refugee families — displaced people from war-torn parts of the world — are confronting homelessness all over again in their new homeland.
- No let up to aid campaign Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:02AMMUSLIMS in Oxford have continued to raise massive amounts of money for the victims of the Floods in Pakistan.
- Caribbean Carnival a day of joy, music, colorful costumes Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:36PMIn his hard hat and heavy boots, Stephen Cummins looks more like a man who builds houses than one who designs costumes. Caribbean Carnival - Costume - Hard hat - Clothing - Shopping
- Lixin Fan, Trailing Chinese Migrant Workers Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:23PMThe documentary “Last Train Home” looks at a generation of migrant workers who have sacrificed their families to China’s rush to economic supremacy.
- ‘Model’ citizen keeps history alive Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:21PMOne might say Alfred Neuman has time on his hands. With these hands he has created models that keep in touch with Strathcona County. Neuman has created accurately scaled models of historical buildings, including some that use the wood of the original structure.[...]
- Winter's quilts stem from personal experience Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:07PMCOBOURG - In the Thursday, Aug. 19 online edition of the New York Times there is a very short photo slide show called "Quilts with Attitude". There you will find examples of quilts that young women have put their hands to using bright colours and pop culture images.[...]
- Of eggshells, bracelets and breezy business Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:20AMAsa is one of only two Basarwa who remain in business after a Molepolole-based organisation brought life skills to Kaudwane
- US-backed textile training center opens in Haiti Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 2:28PMSteve Jean grew up making clothes, and so did his parents and grandparents. Now he's helping create a new generation of textile workers that aid agencies hope will help Haiti rebound from a devastating earthquake.
- Back(pack) to school Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:31AMSan Leandro's JanSport is the market leader in backpacks
- Bitten by the crafting bug Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 2:37PMToward the tail-end of pregnancy, many women get the urge to nest – making sure every speck of dust is wiped, double-checking the nursery is ready to go, and reorganizing the baby’s dresser. I had the urge to craft for my baby girl. Blankets,...
- Scraps take form in Jackson artist Dave Walker's fabricscapes Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 6:51AMJackson -- Though Jackson artist Dave Walker's pieces have sharp edges and defined lines, upon closer inspection his work reveals itself to be soft and smooth to the touch.
- Scraps take form in Jackson artist Dave Walker's fabricscapes Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 3:21AMJackson -- Though Jackson artist Dave Walker's pieces have sharp edges and defined lines, upon closer inspection his work reveals itself to be soft and smooth to the touch. Walker works as the administrator of Jackson Manor nursing home and is a longtime oil and watercolor artist with a degree in art education. A recent venture into a new medium, fabrics, has garnered him several awards and ...
- Lomac Payton: Finding a place, fighting for change Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 2:14PMThe resume is a long list of service to the city and Knox County. Lomac Payton is 78 years old — looks much younger — and still works anywhere from nine to 12 hours a day in the upholstery shop behind his home. Last fall, you could have found him out on the block of West South Street — his neighborhood — that runs between South Henderson and South Academy streets, planting trees and shrubs on ...
- Sponsored by: Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 11:32PMBURNSVILLE – If you love fine handmade arts and crafts, furniture, mountain music, clogging, Southern food and small towns, head to Burnsville this weekend when the Mount Mitchell Craft Fair takes over the historic downtown.
- San Leandro's JanSport: started for hikes, sustained by students Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 4:02PM"That pack was actually designed for just day hikes and cross-country skiing," says a co-founder of the 43-year-old company.
- CONSUMER CREDIT: Use frugality to fund your goals Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 12:37PMFor all my frugality, I still have an Achilles’ heel, a smallbut significant point of budget vulnerability. Ironically, thriftstores, those bastions of economy, sometimes threaten to sabotagemy well-laid plans.
- Third Annual Quilt and Wine Fair in Corrales This Weekend Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 7:08PMThe show will feature creations by more than 90 quilters If you think a quilt is just something to keep you warm at night, get ready to see a whole new world. Those quaint handmade creations that conjure up images of doilies and afternoon . . .
- A collector's paradise in New Castle Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 6:52AMMark Grabowski's eyes darted this way and that Sunday as he searched for a good piece of art pottery at the Delaware Summer Antique Show at the Nur Shrine Temple near New Castle.
- Seamstress extraordinaire Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 3:24AMWhen Kristin Chambers got married in 2006, she knew just where to get the perfect wedding dress. Like her mother and more than 100 other brides, Chambers went to a seamstress with legendary skills: her grandmother, Tillie Gallagher, of Wilmington.
- Loans build pride | By Magdalena Wegrzyn © 2010 Longmont Times-Call Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 7:06AMLONGMONT –When Jeanne Ratzloff began a nonprofit organization to help women at a western Uganda refugee camp, she wanted to do it without imposing her own agenda. We’ve found it’s better to go in and ask what they need, not go in there like some great white hope and tell them what’s needed, said the 60-year-old Longmont woman.
- Sewing Passion Leads To Book Deal Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:07PMWHEELING - As a child, Sandi Blackwell of Wheeling would take pieces of material and sew clothes for her Barbie dolls - little did she know her lifelong passion for sewing, and eventually quilting, would evolve into her signing a book deal with a national publisher and offer her a chance to sail the Caribbean on a cruise ship.
- Some people can't get credit? Good! Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:32PMCredit is a useful financial tool -- when it is extended and used responsibly. But given too freely, credit can wreak havoc on the whole economy. Where's the line?
- Hillary Brown Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:42PMHey! My name is Hillary Brown, also known to my friends as “Brownie.” I am 17 years old and currently living in Stratton with my Uncle Brad and Aunty Patti. This year I will be running for Emo Fair queen. I would like to say thank you so much to my sponsor, Circle S Ranch, for all your support throughout the summer! read more
- Club briefs Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:25PMMaze Stone Quilt Guild will meet at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 4 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church at 27025 Girard St. in Hemet. Four guild members will present “Make It & Take Its,” a 45-minute program in which members will choose from four projects to make and take home with them.
- With Squeeze on Credit, Microlending Blossoms Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:28AMAfter banks refused loan requests, some small businesses in the United States turned to microloans like those offered in the third world.
- With Credit Tight, Microlending Blossoms Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:38PMAfter banks refused loan requests, some small businesses in the United States turned to microloans like those offered in the third world.
- Longtime arts vendors a big hit at Garlic Festival Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:46PMCathy Leffter checks to see how she looks in a garlic hat Saturday at the Hatterdashery booth at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Photo by: Aaron Callanta While many festival goers were busy sampling tasty garlic treats, Seattle resident Michael Loeffler ardently assembled bulb-shaped hats with the help of a 1905 Singer sewing machine. Loeffler's business, Hatterdashery, has been a pillar at the ...
- Longtime arts vendors at hit at Garlic Festival Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:01AMWhile many festival goers were busy sampling tasty garlic treats, Seattle resident Michael Loeffler ardently assembled bulb-shaped hats with the help of a 1905 Singer sewing machine. Loeffler's business, Hatterdashery, has been a pillar at the festival's arts and crafts area for more than 20 years, where people can purchase his famous garlic-shaped hats. However, nothing prepared him for the ...
- The not-so-nice side of me Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 7:15PMThere are some things about my personality I'm not particularly fond of.
- Children Left in Hot Car While Mother Shoplifts Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 6:15PMA baby was hospitalized after being left in a hot car while his mother was inside a grocery store, where she has been accused of shoplifting.
- Stolen Semitruck Found, Carrying Millions of Dollars worth Pharmaceutical Supplies Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 4:15PMTroopers say the truck was carrying between $4 to $7 million dollars worth of pharmaceutical supplies.
- UPDATE: W.Va. Legislature Agrees to Have Special Election, Details to be Smoothed Out Sunday Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 12:30PMWest Virginia's Legislature appears close to passing a version of Gov. Joe Manchin's special election proposal for filling the seat left by the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
- Car Hits Home in Cross Lanes Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:15PMAn elderly woman trying to decide if she could still drive ended up hitting a house.
- Clerk Robbed at 7-Eleven in St. Albans Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 9:30AMKanawha County Sheriff Deputies say a store clerk at the 7-Eleven in St. Albans was robbed Wednesday morning.
- NEW INFO: W.Va. Treasurer's Daughter Sues Marshall BOG, Professor Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 9:30AMEmily Perdue's lawsuit claims her right to privacy was violated by the unauthorized release of personal information and a transcript of her grades to third parties.
- Two Men Sentenced on Federal Drug Charges Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 4:30PMClarence Allen Torres, 41, of Detroit, Michigan and Nicholas Divita, 31, of Huntington were sentenced on unrelated charges during hearings in U.S. District Court on Monday.
- Multiple Accidents Slow West Virginia Turnpike Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:45PMMultiple accidents have slowed down traffic in the southbound lanes of the West Virginia Turnpike.
- Attempted Kidnapping Reported on Charleston's East End Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:15AMA man is behind bars after allegedly trying to grab a 2-year-old girl from her mother.
- Charleston Woman Dies in Ohio House Fire, Name Released Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 8:00AMAuthorities say a woman visiting from West Virginia has been killed in a house fire in northeast Ohio.
- Lots of Beer in College Town Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:30AMAthens is the site Ohio's 5th annual Brew Week where more than 175 different craft beers are on tap.
- Carnival for HIV and AIDS Awareness Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 8:30PMNeighbors get a chance to show their support for those living with the disease.
- Canines Compete in Annual Dog Show Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 8:15PMMore than 450 of man's best friends were strutting their stuff Sunday at the Veterans Memorial Field House.
- Soldiers Treated to Fun in the Sun Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 8:00PMWhen the 200 and some army reserve soldiers in the 261st Ordnance are fighting overseas, they don't have much time to relax.
- 'Granny and me' Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 7:28PMAvery Clark, five, of Port Lavaca, sews for the first time on her big sister’s Barbie sewing machine, while her grandmother, Reynalda Schroeder, assists. The pair attended the Calhoun County Quilt Guild monthly meeting on Wednesday to participate in the “Granny and Me” program.
- Man Flown to Hospital After Farm Accident Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 4:45PMA Gallia County man has been air-lifted to a hospital after an accident on some farming equipment.