High Profile
DRESSING ROOM: Chemical engineering career path to cosmetics
posted: 02/05/2012 4:06 a.m. Discuss
Last column I shared the story of Nakia Dedner of Little Rock, whose natural-hair-care line, Nakia Amour, recently made its debut at Whole Foods Market in Little Rock. Today I bring you the story of Dedner’s friend Leah Patterson. Patterson also lives in Little Rock. She, too, created a line of products with a natural bent, and they also can be found at Whole Foods.
Pair are strong soup advocates
posted: 02/05/2012 4:05 a.m. Discuss
If you want to have some fun with 30-year-old Anna Strong, repeat some of her Twitter posts back to her. Her eyes will get big, her smile suspicious.
Sarah Grace Mesko
posted: 02/05/2012 4:02 a.m. Discuss
Sarah Mesko’s musical hero is Freddie Mercury. Mesko idolizes the late lead singer of Queen for his astonishing vocal ability, operatic in style and quality. The Hot Springs native loves listening to Mercury, and can’t say enough good things about his voice.
LIFELONG HEALTH: Research grants kindle medical breakthroughs
posted: 02/05/2012 4 a.m. Discuss
America has long been a world leader in pioneering medical research discoveries. Scientific breakthroughs in the last century were breathtaking, and the future looks even brighter.
RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE: Young beach beauty landed him in quickly
posted: 02/05/2012 3:59 a.m. Discuss
Bob Benjamin took regular trips from his home in North Plainfield, N.J., to the Jersey Shore every summer, but he’d never been as impressed by anything there as he was with what he saw in 1952.
Anniversaries
posted: 02/05/2012 3:58 a.m. Discuss
Caroline and James A. Kennedy of Sherwood will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to Hawaii. The couple were married Jan. 26, 1962. She is the former Caroline Holt and is retired from Southwestern Bell. He is retired from Regal. They are the parents of James A. Kennedy Jr. of Cordova, Tenn., and Andrew L. Kennedy of Cabot. The couple have one grandchild. PLEASANT PLAINS — Laverne and Noel Gilbert will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church.
MALE CALL: Oddly shaped man wants advice on interview attire
posted: 02/05/2012 3:55 a.m. Discuss
Q. I have a job interview coming up and haven’t had one in a while. I have a problem and need advice. A few years ago, I had cancer. Multiple surgeries later and I’m now shaped funny... really funny. I have a large bulge that I can’t do anything about. As a result, I can’t find a suit jacket or dress shirt to fit me. Most days, I wear polos or rugby shirts and I do my best to conceal my shape, but it’s there and everyone sees it. I’m going to go to this interview not wearing a suit. Should I tell them in advance? Should I make a joke about it when we sit down? They won’t ask; no one ever does; but everyone notices. Can you help? Thank you!
Flu season has own etiquette
posted: 02/05/2012 3:51 a.m. Discuss
Don’t laugh but there is a socially proper way to have the flu.
DEAR ABBY: ‘Miss Fix-It’ blows a fuse over boyfriend’s slacking
posted: 02/05/2012 3:50 a.m. Discuss
DEAR ABBY: My live-in boyfriend is a total ditz when it comes to challenges. He claims it’s because he’s a city boy, but I think it’s just plain laziness. When something needs to be repaired, he looks the other way and expects me to be “Miss Fix-It.” It doesn’t matter what’s wrong — the car, the washer, plumbing, even issues with bills. It becomes my job.
Social eyes: Remembering Rockefeller
posted: 01/29/2012 3:30 a.m. Discuss
First lady Ginger and Gov. Mike Beebe hosted a reception Jan. 19 at the Governor’s Mansion kicking off a year-long celebration of what would have been Winthrop Rockefeller’s 100th year. (His birthday is May 1, 1912.) Speaking at the event and remembering the legacy of the former governor were his grandson, William Rockefeller; University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Joel Anderson; and the governor.
Golden arches to shine on chocolate fountains
posted: 01/29/2012 3:29 a.m. Discuss
“Sweet” is the word for the ninth annual Chocolate Fantasy Ball, a concoction of generosity swirled with February’s favorite candy flavor to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas.
Charles Lowry Barnes
posted: 01/29/2012 3:29 a.m. Discuss
Lowry Barnes felt fortunate to have been part of a team that gave about 45 Peruvians new chances for normal lives. Seeing those same patients a year later left him almost without words.
RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE: A honk and a holler got their union rolling
posted: 01/29/2012 3:29 a.m. Discuss
Jane Rings’ older sister sent her outside one fall day in 1949 to get rid of the boys who were sitting in a car in front of their aunt’s house.
LIFELONG HEALTH: Aspirin health benefits a matter of risk vs. risk
posted: 01/29/2012 3:26 a.m. Discuss
Aspirin, first developed as a painkiller almost a century ago, is still viewed by many as a miracle drug. While rarely prescribed for pain, aspirin’s major use is its effect on platelets.
FLYING HIGH: Famed Tuskegee airman takes bow on his birthday
posted: 01/29/2012 3:26 a.m. Discuss
Milton Pitts Crenchaw — one of the original members of the noted Tuskegee Airmen and the last living supervising squadron commander of the elite group — was honored at a meet-and-greet event Jan. 20 after the earlyevening showing of the film Red Tails at the Rave Motion Pictures Colonel Glenn 18 theater in Little Rock. The event was also a celebration of Crenchaw’s 94th birthday, which occurred Jan. 13.
