The ex files
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:06:56 pm
All my exes live in Texas. That’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee.” When George Strait crooned these words in 1987, the lyrics meant something completely different. They meant DISTANCE. An ex in Texas might as well have been in Timbuktu. Today, however, with Google and My Space, with e-mail and text messaging, the ex could just as easily be right...

Resumes: The two-dimensional you
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:07:07 pm
Resumes, like dental visits and gynecological exams, are one of those hidden, looming events in life we periodically suffer through and gladly forget as soon as it’s over. New college graduates are faced with the feeling they have little to offer on a resume, while years down the road career changers or stay-at-home moms going back to work...

Rising success at Shoals Culinary Center
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:15 pm
Have you ever considered catering? Do you have a fantastic recipe that you’d like to produce, package and sell? Do you have questions about how to get started and be successful? If you answered yes to these questions, take a look at Shoals Commercial Culinary Center.

Happily ever after ... all by myself
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:20 pm
I’ve been single again for the past seven years, and I want to be sure that you know it is not going to be a puppy-love kind of column.
Let’s be honest. Being single the first time around was a whole different ballgame.
Single then was a piece of cake.

Should your child play sports?
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:30 pm
Should my child play a sport? What steps can I take to ensure her safety? What advantages might the experience offer my child? These are questions many parents have as they realize the baby they once taught to stand, then walk has now learned to run. If you believe it is time for your little tyke to branch out, consider involving him or her in a...

Fall harvest, local buys
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:33 pm
The second of a two-part look at where to buy locally grown goods in the Shoals.

Holistic fitness
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:38 pm
Isadora Duncan, born in 1877 in San Francisco, was quite the radical in her time. She threw aside her constricting corsets and ballet shoes as she practiced slow, fluid and graceful movements using her bare feet to connect to the earth. Using full body expression, play and emotion, Isadora’s dance, which today is known as “The Duncan Dance,”...

Stores vs. computers
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:48 pm
Option A: You can shop for clothes in stores. Benefits: Seeing clothes up close and trying them on. Obstacles: Possibly inconvenient, time-consuming and stressful.
Option B: You can shop for clothes online. Benefits: Convenient, quick and easy. Obstacles: Can’t see clothes up close or try them on.

For love of the game
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:50 pm
With its changing leaves and dropping temperatures, September represents a slow down for some; a sigh after the break-neck pace of summer. But, for others, things heat up considerably, because fall means football season, when hearts pound like no other time of the year.

Keeping up with your child at school
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:09:53 pm
Melissa Gunnels never was one to wait around for the first sign of bad grades or disciplinary problems to get involved her three sons’ education. She visited the schools and the boys’ teachers. She knew when report cards were coming out and managed to find out about how they were acting in class.

Q&A
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:07:19 pm
Susan Bentley, a women’s health care nurse practitioner at the Women’s Clinic in Sheffield, answers questions about the need for women to have annual physicals.

10 tips for advancing your career
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:07:03 pm
Whether you’re interested in upper management, wanting to attract the attention of the Promotion Fairy, or trying to land that prime shift, here are 10 tips for advancing your career.

From the editor
Aug, 26, 2008  Last Updated:07:00 pm
This issue we are beginning a new column called Single Again. Our writer, Kim Hagler, is a divorced mother who, like many of us, is facing the challenges of single motherhood. She is going to share her stories of juggling being a mom and “getting out there.”