Archive for November, 2009

The Week: November 30 – December 3, 2009

Winter looks to be arriving hand in hand with the last month of the year. The calendar this week includes: talks by Jeremy Rifkkin, Rick Marolt, Lea Jacobs, Douglas McLennan; a display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt; a screening of Beer Wars ; and, live music by Randal Harrison, The Books, Melt-Banana, and Works Progress Administration.

Who’s new, what’s new

Dr. Stephen Levine, medical director for Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, is among the first physicians in the United States to earn the designation of certified wound specialist from the American Academy of Wound Management.

Who’s new, what’s new

Dr. Stephen Levine, medical director for Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, is among the first physicians in the United States to earn the designation of certified wound specialist from the American Academy of Wound Management.

Local graduate performing on Rochester, N.Y., cabaret stage

Lauren Meyer, a Clyde High School graduate and the daughter of Karen and John Meyer, is well known in the area for her singing and acting accomplishments.

News

The UMKC School of Pharmacy cares about the community. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy awarded the School of Pharmacy the 2009-2010 Transformative Community Service Award.

U.S. president appoints city woman to post

Fitchburg native Jo-Ellen Darcy is home for a Thanksgiving reprieve, after recently being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Civil Works branch of the United States Army by President Barack Obama.

How a lobbying campaign helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday

George Washington was the first president to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Confucius, cowboys on lawmaker minds

It was supposed to be an aggressive agenda — an agenda of change, some promised — intended to right the economy, overhaul health care and reform immigration policy.

To-do list aside, Congress honors Confucius, cowboys

It was supposed to be an aggressive agenda — an agenda of change, some promised — intended to right the economy, overhaul health care and reform immigration policy.

Church services, Nov. 25

Klondyke Gospel Music Center, 3885 Highway 123 S. between Newton and Ozark, will host Perfect Peace of Alexander City, Nov.