| True Love Ways
When Bonnie was a senior in high school, her dad was transferred 130 miles away from her hometown of Ashland, Ky., to Alexandria, Ky."Ron's dad had done some work at our new house and he told him and his brothers that there were some nice looking girls living there," Bonnie said. .
Support Groups
Advocates for the Elderly, 1:30 p.m. Baxter County Library. Lois Torgersen, 425-7810. Friends with Disabilities, 6 p.m. First Baptist Church Fireside Room. Renee, 421-2471, or Mark, 427-2491. Breast Cancer, 6 p.m. Baxter Regional Medical Center Peitz Cancer Support House. 508-CARE (2273). Fibromyalgia, 6:30 p.m. Van Matre Senior Center, Cooper Park. Ask for Diana or Liz. Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church. 424-3074. Asthma, 7 p.m. Baxter Regional Medical Center Cafeteria Lagerborg Dining Room. Friday, Feb. 9 Men's Cancer Support, 7:30 a.m. Peitz Cancer Support House, BRMC. 508-CARE. For men with any kind of cancer. Spouses welcome. Includes breakfast. Bob Cogburn, facilitator. 508-2273. Better Breathers Support Group, 2 p.m.
Economic growth strategies for city, rural areas aired
A workshop to discuss goals for economic development was held Tuesday by Canton officials. Some strategies were offered by the county engineer and the executive director of Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development.Alderman Joe Berardi commented if a prospective business came to town and he were asked where to direct it, he would point out the five-acre spot at the northeast corner of the old International Harvester site which has been cleared for development, along with other local commercial areas targeted for growth.Fulton County Engineer Bill Kuhn briefly described a three-pronged strategy: develop a regional vision, attract private investment, and take advantage of opportunity. He also discussed four "vision targets." .
Woman's stroke unleashed a poet
These are not descriptions you would normally use for an 88-year-old woman. Not for someone living in a rest home, albeit a nice one. However, that's who Alice Yost is and that's, in the current vernacular, where she stays at. Yost has written more than 2,000 poems. Two thousand poems in the last three years. She makes Keats, Yeats and Wordsworth look like they were on strike. Eight years ago she had a stroke. Turns out, we should all have strokes. Her mind was fine, but her legs were holding her back. After the stroke, Yost, who lived in Davis at the time, looked around for something else to do that did not involve playing full-court defense. Six years ago, at the age of 82, she signed up for an amateur writing class from a professor at UC Davis. "When I joined the class, I didn't think I'd ever be a writer," Yost said.
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