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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Forty-three years after its founding, comedy writers still make fun of Up With People for its unrestrained perkiness, but a father and son who each did stints as “uppies,” say they got a lot from their time with UWP.
Make sure you read our Style File subject’s fashion faux pas (last question) and see how she’s learned to get it right. The credit card bills have been pouring in from holiday spending and the total amount due is shocking. Sound familiar? Two college professors who studied consumer spending habits found proof that people tend to spend more when they pay with plastic and less when they use cash. Registration is open and spaces are limited for taking a full-length ACT practice test offered by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Register online or by calling one of the following libraries for the practice test that will be administered Feb. 7: It’s a great street party in support of the arts, and the last year to party on Laurel Street. Next year the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge moves to its new HQ at the Shaw Center for the Arts. So don’t miss the fun. Events for the week of Jan. 05, 2009. INDEPENDENCE — On a recent afternoon, elementary-school-aged children ran around an exercise studio in downtown Independence designed to make exercise fun. Two boys hopped on a dance pad connected to a video game. Two other boys played a football game that requires them to move their feet quickly to advance their players on the field. WBRZ is teaming up with the Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council for a “Recycle Your Electronics Day.” The event will take place from 5 a.m. to noon Friday in front of Dearman’s on Jefferson Highway at Old Hammond Highway. WBRZ meteorologist Dave Nussbaum will be broadcasting live at Dearman’s as part of “Breakfast with 2une In” from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. A new year. Think of all the things you might do. Go back to college. Finish college. Start a career. Get a grip on the career you’re in. But no. Whatever the new year holds will have to wait until you lose those five “extra” pounds. The Payday candy bars sometimes given to hardworking volunteers at Southeast Ministries are meant as much as a little joke as a reward. The real payback, Loretta Foreman explained, comes from knowing they’ve helped someone, such as one woman who visited the ministry recently. Ministry has been a part-time vocation for the Rev. Raymond Jetson. Not anymore. As a fiction writer, Anne Rice has reached the enviable status of sure-fire best-selling author. People will buy anything she writes. The reason for that is simple: Her books have been very well-crafted if a bit overdone at times. She’s famous for her Vampire Chronicles series but after her husband Stan died in 2002, she began to write something different. Religion Bulletins for Jan. 3, 2009 The other day, on a store shelf with a lot of other merchandise in which no one seemed to be interested, I saw a wall clock that sounded each hour with a different bird song. Take your out-of-town guests or yourself to LSU’s LaHouse to see good landscape practices in place. See the work of AgCenter horticulturists Dan Gill, Allen Owings and John Young, who write about sustainable landscapes. Pay close attention to the “Sesame Street”-themed float in this morning’s 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade. Walker High School sophomore Ashlee Smith, 15, and other members of the Bands of America Honor Band will be marching behind the float while playing a “Sesame Street” melody. Over the years I’ve often snickered at the idea of New Year’s resolutions. People promise themselves they will quit smoking, cut back on television watching, or lose 50 pounds. POP QUIZ: David Farrar It’s pretty common to see bass boats for sale in the classified ads. The same is true of ski boats, runabouts, party barges, offshore fishing boats and personal watercraft, not to mention canoes, kayaks and bateaus. Landing craft? The type of boat made famous at Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima? Not so much. But Rick Kogler has one for sale. |
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