| Saving Paws founder dedicated to unwanted animals
"They're my life, my babies. They're my children," McRae said of the four-legged fur balls housed in a converted pole barn on the 10 acres of property she shares with husband Dennis. "It's what the good Lord put me here to do is take of animals. That's what I do." The pole barn can house about 60 cats comfortably, McRae said. She also has worked with horses, goats, llamas, birds, guinea pigs, rats, rabbits and others. Dogs who arrive at Saving Paws are fostered out with volunteers. McRae is especially drawn to special needs animals � those with infections, neurological disorders, leukemia and other serious medical issues � and does whatever it takes to rehabilitate them, including bottle-feeding newborn kittens around the clock or carrying around animals that need to be watched closely.
Saginaw historian leads bus tour bringing historic pictures taken
So this tour honors their gift to us." Trombley will provide each participant with copies of his selected photos and as the bus drives past he will tell their stories. Another, taken in April 1889, shows a large robed choir outside St. John Episcopal Church, Court at Michigan. The choirs are from the east and west side Episcopal churches of St. John, St. Paul and All Saints -- and they are gathered there in celebration of the centennial of George Washington's inauguration as the first president of the United States. "Not what you would have guessed," says Trombley. Copies of Goodridge Brothers photographs are housed at Hoyt, the Castle, the library at Central Michigan University and in private collections, says Trombley. "They did portraits, documented events, shot commercials for businesses.
Cutoffs make a comeback
These well-worn babies had gone places, done things. Lived. Some of the new cutoffs are still glorious wrecks, with dangling threads, shaggy hems and occasional holes. Other versions are neatly cleaned up. But all have back pockets with contemporary designs. Waistbands usually sit well below the hips. Stitching is entirely 2008. Cutoff shorts by Raven, Paige, Hudson and 7 For All Mankind are priced between $120 and $200 -- right in the ballpark of jeans with legs attached. It's a look that's just starting to register with the fashionable crowd. H&M, the trend-cheap chain, hasn't even had time to knock them off yet. Actress/style maven Sienna Miller was photographed in Hollywood on a recent night sporting Siwy cutoffs over black tights and heels.
Killing of baby girls triggers social upheaval in India
"It was so difficult when we first came," said Sameema, whispering so that other women in the village would not hear her. "People would call us names and abuse us under their breath." Sonya Fatah is a journalist based in South Asia .
Fountain of memories
They serve everyone, from the tiniest baby to the oldest citizen. Some of these memories are tinged with worry and sorrow, if sickness or pain were endured. Other memories are more joyful and more eagerly recalled. The two largest, locally owned drugstores in Brookfield have been Fisher's (which went by different names since 1908) and Paden's, which was always, and only, Paden's. Both drugstores were located on the pie-shaped corners at the head of Grand Boulevard, right across the street from each other. Salt Creek Wine Bar now occupies the Fisher's space, while Trattoria Gemelli is in the old Paden's space. At the time Hodge Paden came to Brookfield in 1937, Fisher's was still Siebert's, and remained so until Mylon Fisher bought Siebert's business in 1945. Hodge Lawrence Paden was born on Aug.
Diane Stafford: Workplace bending to Gen Y
It's no secret that the behemoth baby boomer generation and its work style have dominated the American workplace for more than three decades. Now, as boomers and the "mature" generation older than them exit the work force, the boomer echo, often called the Millennials or Gen Y, is moving in. The entry of the techno-savvy Gen Ys is getting far more notice than the smaller, quieter absorption of Gen X, the demographic group sandwiched between the boomers and Gen Y. Whereas Gen X pretty much got with the boomer program, Gen Y has a style of its own. That's created a cottage industry of commentary and consulting about the communication difficulties among the four generations at work. Generally, the conclusions are that the generations have trouble understanding or adapting to one another.
The $15m babies: Brangelina's bundles of joy
Dr Sussmann refused to reveal the sex of the babies, which has been subject of conflicting reports in both the British and US press (some say two girls, others a boy and a girl). Neither would he reveal when they would arrive, commenting only: "I can't give you a date. Let's say the birth will happen in the weeks to come." But his brief appearance was enough to keep the world's media simmering in the frenzied manner it first adopted when Jack Black, Jolie's co-star in Kung Fu Panda, "accidentally" revealed in a joint interview to promote that film that she was expecting twins. Perhaps that sounds cynical. But it's difficult not to be, amid reports that bidding for magazine rights to the first pictures of Brangelina's new arrivals, in the arms of their 44-year-old father and 33-year-old mother, has passed the $15m mark.
Port Arthur-born "Gone With the Wind" actress Evelyn Keyes dies of
Her oil operator father died when she was a baby and when Keyes was 18 months old, her mother moved the family to Atlanta, according to The Enterprise archives. "I happened to be born in Port Arthur. I haven't been to Port Arthur since I left," Keyes said in a 1996 Enterprise article before she came to her birthplace to speak at what is now Lamar State College-Port Arthur. She added in the article that she had no recollections of Port Arthur before her visit. She grew up fatherless and poor in Atlanta. A glowing blond beauty with an alluring figure, she danced in nightclubs and at 17 set out for Hollywood. Cecil B. DeMille signed her to a seven-year contract and cast her in "The Buccaneer." After a few minor roles at Paramount, she appeared in "Gone With the Wind" and then moved to Columbia, where her career blossomed.
A brush with Hollywood, and an unforgettable human being
As a baby, his basket was under the tables at the Croatian Halls in Pittsburgh as his parents played pinochle three nights a week. The game was in his genes, the best I ever saw.Normally, he was in charge of our classified photo lab. But when I expressed an interest in learning pinochle, he took on a new role. He would teach me if I�d study, practice and develop my skills. It had to be a total commitment.Noon hours and in the evenings at his house, we practiced and practiced. And practiced! After three months, he said I was ready. He quietly spread the word to all noncoms in our immediate area that there would be a running pinochle game in the photo lab each noon. A $5 buy-in, 20 cents a point, $10 a set, $20 prize each game. Serious money. Oh, yes, the winner of each game stayed at the table and the next team on the list would be seated.Gradually, as the red light �No Entry Film Processing� sign on the photo lab door caught some of the officers� interest, they wanted in.
The last resorts
Now that carbon footprintitis has made air travel about as socially acceptable as clubbing a baby seal in front of its mother, we could all yet be forced to holiday by the bracing North Atlantic instead of under the Mediterranean sun. But melting glaciers and stranded polar bears are only the tip of the defrosting iceberg when it comes to global warming. And the silver lining in the global warming cloud is that if we can't go to the Med, it may come to us, courtesy of rising summer temperatures. Indeed, some of the current global-warming research reports sound more like enticing holiday brochures than doom-laden tomes. Just this month, a group of scientists from the Met Office and UCD published a report forecasting a Mediterranean-style climate here by the end of the century, with drier summers and temperatures rising by four degrees.
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