What I most look forward to, at the end of each day, is the warm welcome I receive from my three dogs when I arrive home from work. I’m also happy to see my husband, Dave, but there is nothing like the enthusiastic greeting your dog gives you after even a brief time apart. We were a one dog household when I went into animal welfare six years ago, with no intention to expand. We…
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“My grandmother got MS at 60,” Micheal Roberts explained on a recent afternoon in his office at Chattahoochee Harley-Davidson (3230 Williams Road, Columbus). According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, “MS is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and the body.” Many famous people who suffer from MS, including television personalities Montel Williams and Neal Cavuto, use their…
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On The Table: Where big ideas spring from small conversations Picnic tables draped with blue tablecloth were lined up in the median on the 1000 block of Broadway last fall as the sun sank over the Chattahoochee River, and fairy lights draped around the little fountain square gave the space a warm, vibrant atmosphere. People from all over the Chattahoochee Valley arrived, bearing trays of food, which they deposited at community buffet tables. They arranged…
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We don’t hear about rabies too often in the U.S. because, since 1960, almost all cases occur in wildlife, primarily bats and raccoons. Prior to this, however it was not uncommon for our own pets to transmit this dread disease to their humans. We can thank our county, state and national health agencies for reigning in this terrible zoonotic disease. They did it mainly by enacting strict legal requirements to vaccinate our pets. In addition,…
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“A lot of people don’t seem to know you can come in and just enjoy the bar,” Adam Icard explained one Monday evening at Epic Restaurant (1201 Front Avenue, Columbus) where he works. This is Adam’s story: Adam has spent most of his restaurant career behind a grill, but over the past year has transitioned to baking and pastry work. He compares baking, now his primary passion, to chemistry, and enjoys the challenge of experimenting…
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This second part of our interview series with acclaimed artist Bo Bartlett comes from an interview we conducted while he showed us around the Bo Bartlett Center, 921 Front Avenue, in May of this year. Our first installment found Bo discussing how the Center came to be and some of his feelings on art, particularly the way art can unite communities. In this part of the interview, we visit a specific painting currently hanging in…
Read MoreVince has been detailing cars in the Columbus area since 1997. In 2013 he transformed his mobile car detailing business into a brick-and-mortar location, in order to provide the highest quality service under any conditions. Now, with a new location, at 3885 Miller Road, Vince offers his years of expertise to those who truly care about their cars. Carnoisseur lives up to it’s neologism name, and might go beyond. For those who want an expert…
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The Springer Film Institute is excited to announce the wide variety of workshops in their Fall Sessions. If you are just starting out, have some experience, or are just curious about the film industry in general, then there is a workshop for you. Go to www.springerfilm.org to register. Questions? Call 706-324-5714 x 270 or email director@springerfilm.org Fall Session I: Voiceover: Audiobooks and Animation – $375 Tuition ($150 deposit) 5 Week Workshop Series. Thursdays 6p-8p Aug….
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When most of us think of rum, we think of sipping something tropical, fruity, exotic, and usually garnished with a paper umbrella. But there is more to rum than just a beachy, fruity frozen sipper. Because Aug. 16 is designated as National Rum Day, I felt it was time to revisit my rum shelf on the bar and see what I could come up with besides the standards—daiquiris, pina coladas, or cuba libre. If you like scotch…
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After more than six years in the field I’ve come to the conclusion that there is nothing more controversial in companion animal welfare than the problem of unowned cats. These guys are everywhere and from what I can tell there are two distinct, and diametrically opposed, human responses to them. One camp goes to great lengths to provide clean water, food, and shelter for an adopted colony. If this individual has enough money and access…
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