Local Briefs: Siegel to host county school spelling bee (Daily News Journal)The 2009 Rutherford County John Scott Spelling Bee will be held today at Siegel Middle School at 8:30 a.m. Winners of the county bee go to the Tennessean Regional Spelling Bee, with the winners there proceeding to the national competition in Washington, D.C.
MetroBriefs (Philippine Daily Inquirer) P500,000 stolen Members of a household lost some P500,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables to a thief who broke into their house in Las Piņas City Thursday night. Police said the break-in was reported at the house of Glen Cipin in Gatchalian Subdivision in Barangay Manuyo Dos.
Comfortable fit (Jacksonville Daily News)Judy Pitchford shopped at Southern Comforts Gift Shop for 14 years, then a sign went up out front that said the business was for sale. "I went into dire panic," she said with a laugh.
Home & Garden calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times)Send items for the home and garden calendar to Polly McDaniel at pmcdaniel@CITIZEN-TIMES.com two weeks before the event. Or mail to McDaniel, Asheville Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802.
Warehouse Sale at Jayson Home & Garden (NBC 5 Chicago) Are your digs starting to look a little shabby? In these tough economic times, spending money on new furniture and garden accessories might be low on the priority list, but Lincoln Park's Jayson...
Take care when doing mail-order gardening (The Alexandria Town Talk)This is the time of year for garden catalogs to arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. Most gardeners would likely tell you that mail order is their least preferred way to purchase plants, and I generally agree.
Cleveland home and garden show opens today at I-X Center, captures beauty of Paris (Norwalk Reflector)CLEVELAND - With its high-end exhibits, accessible expert advice and sophisticated project ideas, hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to attend the 66th annual Fifth Third Bank Home & Garden Show, which opens today and runs through Feb. 15 at the I-X Center in Cleveland.
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