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- Cooking with kids: Kitchen great bonding spot to teach children about nutrition
- December 8, 2008
- When Audrey Nguyen wanted to celebrate her birthday at school earlier this year, she didn’t make her mom bake cupcakes. The 6-year-old baked a cake herself, with chocolate chips and raisins.
- A Christmas wish: More donors to adopt families
- December 8, 2008
- Single parent Ronda Wisdom and her two sons are looking forward to Christmas. She’s hoping the boys will have gifts to open that morning, but knows that there is a possibility that there won’t be any under the Christmas tree.
- Horse parade clip-clops into town
- December 5, 2008
- Kay Wolfe and her 12-year-old horse Mary Rose are seasoned veterans when it comes to the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade. “We’ve been doing it for eight years,” the Kanwaka resident said. “When she first learned to drive, I went and bought my first horse cart, and my son and daughter-in-law immediately said, ‘Now we can be in the Christmas parade.’ ”
- Shoppers hit Lawrence stores early for Black Friday deals
- Lawrence stores fill up with holiday bargain hunters
- 11:44 a.m., November 28, 2008 Updated 05:07 p.m.
- An early-morning drizzle and gloomy economy couldn’t keep bargain hunters out of Lawrence stores on Black Friday.
- A little moderation goes a long way during holiday
- November 27, 2008
- Thanksgiving Day is a holiday famous for combining family, football — and calories. Dietitians recommend a daily calorie intake of about 2,000 calories, but on one Thursday in late November, many Americans disregard that rule.
- Students get Thanksgiving cooking lesson
- November 26, 2008
- Students at Raintree Montessori School have a heaping helping of holiday cheer.
- A little moderation goes a long way during holiday
- November 26, 2008
- Thanksgiving Day is a holiday famous for combining family, football — and calories. Dietitians recommend a daily calorie intake of about 2,000 calories, but on one Thursday in late November, many Americans disregard that rule.
- Tweak your Thanksgiving
- 12:00 a.m., November 26, 2008 Updated 12:59 p.m.
- Thanksgiving Day is a holiday famous for combining family, football — and calories. Dietitians recommend a daily calorie intake of about 2,000 calories but on one Thursday in late November, many Americans disregard that rule.
- Social services brace for ‘new faces’
- More clients appeal to agencies this year
- November 22, 2008
- Linda Lassen’s involvement with Penn House began shortly after the social service agency opened in 1969. She started as a volunteer and today serves as program director. So she’s seen lots of ups and down in the economy — and in her clients’ lives.
- Holiday travelers thankful for lower gas prices
- November 21, 2008
- Gasoline prices are dropping nationwide, making travel by car a more attractive option during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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