7/12/2008 4:03 PM   

By PHYLLIS BRITT Kids are so incredibly resilient. I wish I had some of that. Cade had surgery last week. He was scheduled Thursday to have tubes put in his ears. This is something new to me. None of my kids had tubes, so I was a bit nervous about it ... View story

8/1/2008 2:19 PM   

By PHYLLIS BRITT What is the measure of a life? Last week while we were in Virginia, I found myself taking a long look at the home I grew up in. My mother and Tom and I went up to begin the process that will eventually lead to the sale of the home th ... View story

8/15/2008 4:57 PM   

Life is about to change and I'm not sure I'm ready. My friend, Susan, really is moving to the Dominican Republic. She is going to be the assistant principal at Garden Kid's International School in Sosua. She held a "moving-out-of-the-country" yard sa ... View story

9/22/2008 12:08 AM   

By PHYLLIS BRITT News Editor My world is now surrounded by special event planning. We are well on our way to completing plans for Cat's wedding. We're now down to finalizing the florist and the music and the invitation list and the rehearsal dinner a ... View story

12/1/2008 11:57 AM   

Repetition -- that's how we learn much of what we know. We repeat actions and words over and over again and thus commit them to memory. (Therefore, the old adage that you must use a new vocabulary word three times and then it's truly yours.) The prob ... View story

By PHYLLIS BRITT 12/8/2008 12:05 AM   

Thanksgiving weekend was a wonderful time for me and my family. All three of my children were home and even Cat's fiance joined us for dinner. We spent all day cooking together. While Tom took care of the turkey and dressing, etc., MeMo made potato s ... View story

By PHYLLIS BRITT 12/30/2008 7:41 PM   

We are trying to make new traditions at our house. The only problem with adult children is that their lives change and expand to include new family members (with engagement and marriage) and then, suddenly, you don't get to have them all the time for ... View story

By PHYLLIS BRITT 2/9/2009 1:45 PM   

Life for Cade is currently a bit frustrating. He got his first 12 teeth so early and never showed any signs of teething. But now he's trying to get his canines and, I think, his two-year-molars. (Like his mother, his teeth have come in very early. Ca ... View story

3/2/2009 9:53 PM   

It's now days and counting. Actually, I guess by the time you read this I could be counting in hours -- closer to 48, I think. Anyway, Cat is ready and has definitely reached a calm that disturbs me. I, on the other hand, am sleeping even less, now t ... View story

By PHYLLIS BRITT 4/2/2009 2:00 PM   

Life's a zoo, enjoy it There's nothing like looking at things through the eyes of a child. We went to the Riverbanks Zoo Saturday. Tom and I, Cat and Scott and 18-month-old Cade. It had been a long time since I've been to the zoo and while Cat insist ... View story

By PHYLLIS BRITT 7/21/2009 7:24 PM   

It's good to know who your friends are. I have just gotten back from Virginia and I definitely know my status with a couple of people. I went to Virginia to perform a task I have put off for a year and a half. My friend Susan, who moved to the Domini ... View story

By DIANNE BRADY 2/22/2012 5:01 PM   

Finches, doves, chickadees, cardinals and other birds are frequenting the feeders around the porch these days. We also have some fat squirrels that love to jump on the feeders and clear the birds out. Squirrels seem to be fearless when it comes to bi ... View story

By CAMARA BROWN 2/22/2012 5:01 PM   

With one semester down and one semester to go, North Augusta Middle School is buzzing with clubs and sports. The Art Club has big plans to decorate various places around the school with creative pieces and Jacket pride. The Stand Up and Stop Bullying ... View story

By OLP FIRST GRADERS 2/22/2012 5:01 PM   

First grade at OLP school loves math. We practiced fractions in January by making dragon tails out of triangles. Each triangle was 1âÑ4 of a square. We had to figure out how to fold and cut two pieces of paper to make eight triangles. In ... View story

2/22/2012 5:00 PM   

SuggestsSen. Santorum is first class candidate While he may not yet be one of the front-runners in the Republican presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is clearly the most classy and professional candidate among the remaining four. Apparentl ... View story

By LAUREN VIRGO 2/22/2012 5:00 PM   

The Arts and Heritage Center's upcoming exhibits include a show with the North Augusta Cultural Arts Council that will display the artwork of our talented local students. After the Student Art Show, we will host an open-theme art exhibition featuring ... View story

By GRACELYNN BYRD 2/22/2012 5:00 PM   

Last week at Fox Creek High School was exceptionally busy. Both the students and teachers were preparing for a variety of activities, such as the school Science Fair. First place winner in the chemistry category, Christina Fowler, said, "I had a fun ... View story

By CHARLEY BRITT 2/22/2012 5:00 PM   

If President Obama was a diver in an NCAA swim meet, he would have just eliminated his chances of winning by making the biggest belly flop in diving history. His new "Obamacare" health package compels organizations to provide free birth control in th ... View story

By KATHLEEN GIBSON 2/22/2012 5:00 PM   

1I did not look elsewhere, as it has been my experience if I don't pick something in one store, the other one has nothing to compare. My other complaint would be trying to get into the head of whoever decides where to place products. That, my friends ... View story

By Dr. JOE LUSK 2/22/2012 5:00 PM   

Ministers often give biblical blessings at the close of worship services and in individual settings. Persons in our hectic world need to hear genuine words of blessing given by those who care. I have discovered that expressions of God's grace not onl ... View story