Miss Sullivan and Mr. Moore exchange vows in Lubbock, Texas
     Erin Sheigh Sullivan and Gregory Todd Moore, both of Lubbock, Texas, were married September 8, 2006, on the east lawn of the Merket Alumni Center on the campus of Texas Tech University. The Rev. Fred Baker performed the 7 pm ceremony.
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Ruth Gottlieb Moore plays lead in The Trip to Bountiful
By Caroline Judson
     Age is just a number. This is the philosophy of actress Ruth Gottlieb Moore who turned 88 this summer. Ruth is widely known throughout the South as an actress loaded with talent. She will be playing the lead in
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First Rooftop Rhythms Concert Series a success
Contributed by Davis Public Relations and Marketing, LLC
     The Forest Acres Restaurant and Merchants Association (FARMA) has declared its first Rooftop Rhythms Concert Series a great success.
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Get hip this autumn
By Arlene Marturano
     While blossoms of summer roses are fading, their fruits, the hip, remain, often turning bright red after the first frost and beckoning to be plucked and appreciated just like other delicacies of the season: persimmons, pecans, and pumpkins.
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Reader names flower and wins birdhouse
     Congratulations to Leila Grace Cooper of Hopkins for correctly naming this plant, a hibiscus coccineus or commonly called a scarlet hibiscus or scarlet rose mallow. It is a shrubby herbaceous perennial that dies in the winter and resprouts in the spring. Established plants can have one to several st
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No one has named this flower correctly
     If you know what this flower is, cut out the picture, write the name and your name on a sheet of paper, and send the answer to Flower, P.O. Box 5955, Columbia, S.C. 29250 or drop your answer by the office, 723 Queen Street or email mimim@sc.rr.com. The person with the correcto answer will receive a
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The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
     Paris? Yes, I was just there a few weeks ago. Sure, you can go to the Eiffel Tower and see all the big draws, but when you go, what you really need to do is figure out a way to blend in, and make it special. See the Seine at dawn or at midnight. Play chess, launch a toy sailboat, or ride a do
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Factoid: Holly Berry
Contributed by Division of Extension and Community Relations and the Department of Horticulture Science, University of Saskatchewan
     Holly berries are potentially dangerous if eaten. Both the fruit and leaves contain a mixture of the caffeine-like alkaloid theobromine, caffeine itself, and glycosides. (Theobromine is also found in chocolate and cocoa.) In small doses these will stimulate the nervous system but in large doses they
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