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What would you do if you didn’t have to work? Alison Lampkin: Play in my craft room making things for weddings, like guest books, invites, favors, etc. Donna Rittenhouse: I would catch up on my...
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Pam Roberts, a member of the Townview Garden Club for more than 35 years, tends to the daffodils in the club s space on Fifth Avenue beside Forrest Place. (Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune)
50-Plus & Fabulous: Gardening club beauty
Prolific musical lyricist Tim Rice penned the words to Elton John’s “Circle of Life” from “The Lion King.” Romans Georgia Burns and Pam Roberts might suggest another version called “Cycle of Life.”...
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Brava: Vintage meets eclectic in the one-of-a-kind jewelry of Danielle Chandler
When she’s not working for the City of Rome as a lab analyst for the water department, Danielle Chandler can be found scouring area junk stores, yard sales and auctions for antique and vintage item...
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This simple frame was jazzed up by colorful polymer clay. (Lauren Jones / Rome News-Tribune)
Home Sweet Home: Picture This, creative ways to display photos around the house
Precious family moments are priceless. Your baby’s first wobbly steps, cake-smeared cheeks from that first birthday party all the way up to distinguished high school senior portraits - these are a...
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Magnolia Moms: Teaching children to save makes dollars and sense
Money is a subject that sometimes causes friction between spouses and it is a subject that parents are often reluctant to share with children. But money management skills are something that parent...
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Janice Winterboer, owner of Twigs at 222 Broad St., has been an interior designer for almost 30 years. (Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune)
Minding Her Own Business: Twigs is branching out
When customers leave Twigs, 222 Broad St., it might not be unusual to hear owner Janice Winterboer exchange a friendly “Merci” as they leave the store with a special antique or home décor item. Wi...
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Ma Rainey appears in the touring show "The Rabbit Foot Minstrels" in a undated photo. She was born Gertrude Pridgett in Columbus and became known as the "Mother of the Blues."
Magnolia of the Past: Blues queen Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey, “mother of the blues,” was hailed as the first great black professional blues vocalist in the early 1900s ... and she lived and performed right here in Rome for many years. She was born...
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At the finale of the Women s Leadership Academy at the Rome Area History Museum on March 27, organizer Janet Byington was honored by her daughter Emily Johnson with the Capitoline Wolf Award for Outstanding Leadership. Charlotte Atkins / Magnolia Editor)
Leading women featured at academy
Women in Rome are hard at work as business owners, lawyers and government workers, and the first annual Women’s Leadership Academy sought to highlight their leadership efforts in the community. J...
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For the Health of It: Yoga calmly connects body, mind and spirit
by Brittany Hannah, Staff Writer
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As sunlight streamed in through white curtains onto a wood paneled floor, Elizabeth Busby and Sue Anne Kalkus leaned forward and extended their arms out into deep stretches atop rolled blankets ser...
Cheers! Drink Skinnier
by Charlotte Atkins, Magnolia Editor
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With the warmer weather come swimsuit and shorts season and an extra mindfulness toward losing some weight or maintaining it. And we all know that while a cool drink on a warm day is particularly ...
Bon Appetit Y'all: Food as medicine ... to stay healthy
by Mary Lynn Ritch, Staff Writer
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With diabetes and obesity continuing to rise in the South, it’s obvious that we all need to pay attention to what we eat. It’s a common misconception that diets and weight-loss programs are the on...
Portrait: Barb Beninato
by Charlotte Atkins, Magnolia Editor
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Barb Beninato has traveled to 47 of the 50 states in America, but there’s one that stands above the rest — her native Nebraska. Born and raised near Omaha, that’s where she met and married her hig...
Portrait: Janice Hopkins
by Charlotte Atkins, Magnolia Editor
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There’s a moment that will always be etched in the heart and mind of Janice Hopkins. “The day was Feb. 4, the day my son was born; the moment was three hours after his birth when I tearfully hande...
Portrait: Nancy Smith
by Charlotte Atkins, Magnolia Editor
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Nancy Smith is a straight shooter. Her advice to young women who aspire to be leaders: “Don’t sit around being a pansy hoping someone will notice you and say we’ll give you a chance because you’re ...
Portrait: Joyce Perdue-Smith
by Charlotte Atkins, Magnolia Editor
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When Joyce Perdue-Smith thinks about her childhood in Cave Spring, she remembers the Georgia School for the Deaf campus where her dad Eugene Perdue was the director for more than three decades and ...
Portrait: Leigh Barba
by Charlotte Atkins, Magnolia Editor
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Leigh Barba will tell you she has had a fear of heights. But one summer she decided to face that fear in dramatic fashion. “When visiting the beautiful Italian island of Capri, my husband’s hometow...
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