News-Reporter

Sneaky sugar hiding in many food items make healthy eating a daily challenge

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:47 +0000

news editor

I have a confession to make. I am a recovering sugar addict, and it seems like the food industry is conspiring against me to keep me hooked. But I’m not alone – most of you struggle with the same problem, even if you don’t recognize it as such.

Cartoon

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:49 +0000

Book Review

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:49 +0000

By BILL BRYSON

Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT

A t Home is “A Short History of Private Life.” Among many other books, Bill Bryson has written A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything. These short histories are not really short, but they indeed cover nearly everything about the subject.

Greenville, Mississippi, is birthplace of Roosevelt’s ‘Teddy Bear’

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:50 +0000

By LORAN SMITH

column

Never been to Greenville, Mississippi, but every time I hear of this town, known as “The Heart of the Delta,” I chuckle aloud because of a joke I heard years ago.

ALL ABOUT BOOKS – FINE, RARE, & COLLECTIBLE

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:52 +0000

By DAN MAXEY

My greatest college thrill at Emory was to win a short story contest named after, and judged by, Robert Penn Warren – one of America’s greatest twentieth century poets and novelists.

STOCK OF THE WEEK TEVA Pharmaceutical TEVA/NDQ

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:55 +0000

TEVA is based in Israel. It is a wellcapitalized global pharmaceutical that develops, manufactures and markets generic and branded drugs. Most of its revenues come from North America and Europe and its emphasis is on serious chronic diseases such as MS.

Guidelines for pruning roses

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:17 +0000

By Frank Watson

County Extension Coordinator

The information in this week’s article comes right out of a newsletter published by the Northeast Georgia Rose Society. The author of this specific section of the newsletter is Paul Blankenship, a consulting rosarian for the society.