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Mostly Cloudy ~ High: 47°F ~ Low: 30°F Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 |
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Not his mama's meals
Posted Thursday, January 19, at 8:16 AM I suppose it's because Cooking Channel has a lower profile than its corporate sibling Food Network, but I'm really surprised that almost none of the coverage I've seen of Paula Deen's announcement this week that she has diabetes has mentioned her son Bobby's new TV show, "Not My Mama's Meals." I actually added a sentence about the show to the bottom of an Associated Press story which we ran in the paper...
Severe weather Scott Johnson of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency sent out an e-mail about this morning's conference call with the National Weather Service. There's a potential for damaging straight-line winds later today as a weather system moves through the area...
Magnet school program When we posted a Facebook link to Tracy Simmons' story about the application process for Thomas Magnet School, someone left a comment: All children should be able to attend a so called magnet school. Before long we will have a lottery to attend like Nashville. All parents want the best education for their children. Cut the waste and offer this to all our children...
Willard Scott of NBC's "Today" show wished a happy 101st birthday this morning to Ettie Williams of Shelbyville. Although it doesn't appear she's able to give interviews, we've been told that she planned to watch the greeting this morning at one of our local care facilities, where she's a resident. Her actual birthday was last month...
E-Verify In connection with a story, I'm interested in hearing from any local businesses that have just started using E-Verify in response to the new state law, or from businesses that have been using it from some time. Have you had any problems, or has the system gone smoothly?...
Former resident now comatose Suanne Polasky is a former Shelbyville resident who worked in special education with the local school system. The Times-Gazette published a story in October 2010 about the publication of her children's book "Trapped!" Polasky and her husband Dave have since moved to Rochester, N.Y., and we got word today that she has been in a coma for two weeks after being found lying in a restaurant parking lot...
Top stories We announced a new system last week where we solicited input from you, the readers, for our annual list of the top news stories of the year. Well, the experiment didn't work too well -- we had only one such suggestion in a week's time. For the time being, we're going to go back to our old system of putting together the ballot in-house, although we still plan to give readers the chance to vote on the stories. Look for details on that soon...
Teachers' and preachers' first names Many elementary school teachers are used to being referred to only as "Miss Smith" or "Mrs. Jones." But you should never, ever send something to the newspaper about yourself or your class without including your first name. We can't refer to someone without using both names...
Scared of Santa If you haven't been doing so already, by all means check out the photos we've started to receive for our Scared of Santa photo contest. They're adorable! Enter your own photos for a chance to win one of two valuable prizes. But, of course, such photos are cute in part because they're unexpected. ...
Oh, deer! I was driving to work about 6:30 this morning when I saw something run into the the four-lane part of Jefferson Street in the distance ahead of me. I saw one deer, then two. I was watching them run off to the west, towards the river, and almost missed seeing three more run into the road. I had to hit my brakes to keep from hitting them...
'Sullivan's Travels' Weeks ago, watching the preview of November highlights on Turner Classic Movies, I noted that they were going to show one of my all-time favorite movies, "Sullivan's Travels," on Nov. 22. I signed up for an e-mail reminder at the TCM site. But a week and a half ago, when I went to set my DVR, I noticed that the schedule had changed and "Sullivan's Travels" was no longer there, either on the DirecTV schedule or the TCM web site. ...
Oklahoma State I was particularly shocked and saddened to hear about the death of two Oklahoma State University coaches in a plane crash Thursday. As some of you may recall, there was a crash in January, 2001, that killed ten men associated with the OSU athletic department -- including my best friend from college, Kendall Durfey. ...
Ruth Buzzi The "Ask American Profile" column in today's issue of "American Profile," included with print editions of the Times-Gazette, includes a where-are-they-now type question about "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" star Ruth Buzzi. But American Profile's answer missed the best part -- Buzzi's Twitter feed, which is consistently hilarious. You can find it (and you can read her posts, even if you don't use Twitter) at http://www.twitter.com/Ruth_A_Buzzi ...
Halloween Every year we get tons of calls asking about the date of Halloween, and they always leave us scratching our heads. Halloween is Oct. 31, on the eve of All Saints Day. The name is a contraction of "All Hallows Eve[ning]." It's not a government holiday, and the government doesn't set it; neither does the newspaper. ...
ECFA Our story about the closure of a food bank ministry prompted a Facebook comment warning donors to make sure they know to whom they are donating. I wanted to mention the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability in this context. I was on the board of a domestic missions group at the time it joined ECFA, and was on that same board a few years later when we had a fiscal crisis, and I can assure you that ECFA membership is a good indicator that a faith-based charity has its house in order. ...
Hurricane Irene and the Celebration If you or someone you know is in town for the Celebration but has a home in the areas preparing for the impact of Hurricane Irene, please e-mail jcarney@t-g.com or sfowler@t-g.com. Thanks!
Bypass traffic flow The graphic we published on Sunday showing the traffic patterns for the interchange of U.S. 231 with the Shelbyville bypass drew a sharp response from some readers, pointing out that some people will have to make left turns onto or off of 231, and predicting that the intersection will be dangerous as a result...
After seeing several news stories today about the current owners of Chattanooga-based Krystal looking to sell the company, I wondered to myself if White Castle, the other regional chain famous for small, square burgers, might be interested in buying it...
27 The CNN coverage of the death of troubled singer Amy Winehouse noted a sad connection among some of rock's most tragic icons. Winehouse was 27 when she died ... the same age as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and original Rolling Stone Brian Jones. There's even a book on the subject: "The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock and Roll." (Amazon shows it as out of print, but I wouldn't be surprised if Winehouse's death led to an updated version.)...
User-submitted photos We've gone to a new system for user-submitted web site photos, one which doesn't involve a third-party provider. We love for you to submit your photos, whether of scenic beauty, sporting events, family and friends or what have you. We sometimes publish selected photos in our print edition...
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John I. Carney is city editor of the Times-Gazette.
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