Features

Education

Teaching across generations

Chemistry instructor going strong in his 90s

By Jim Carney/Akron Beacon Journal

Dr. Henry "Hank" Stevens stands in a chemistry lab at the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio. A dozen students at desks in front of him await his instruction. A chart of the periodic table of the elements covers part of the wall to his side. For S... Full story

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Business

Don Curlee: Raisins fighting Craisin attack

By Don Curlee/For the Appeal-Democrat

In the food marketing arena, California's raisin industry is engaged in open warfare with the supplier of those wrinkled cranberries called Craisins. And the really big artillery is yet to be deployed. Even with a substantial value of $531 million i... Full story

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Food

Uncorked: High-altitude wines gain color, flavor

By Fred Tasker/McClatchy Newspapers

Ernesto "Nesti" Bajda's idea is this: Halfway up the Andes Mountains, the ozone layer is thinner and the sun is more intense, so the grape skins grow thicker, making darker, more flavorful wines. "There's less filtration from the atmosphere, which t... Full story

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Lifestyles

Life Briefs

Yuba City Tea party meeting set for Monday Second Amendment challenges for the state of California in 2012 is the featured topic at the next meeting of the Sutter Buttes Tea Party Patriots. Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of America,... Full story

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Faith & Family

EGGS TO MUSHROOMS: Monks shift gears after quiet life shattered

Bruce Smith

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms. It hasn&... Full story

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Special Editions

Beale Life Feb. 10, 2012

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