Articles by Jan Swoope
A look at Valentine’s Day, by the numbers
Ah, the simplicity of our Valentine’s Days of elementary school.
We asked, ‘What’s your culinary idea of the perfect Valentine’s Day?’
With Cupid’s big day just a week away, givers, receivers and lovesick shoppers are making their plans. So are bakers, restaurateurs and florists who are preparing for the rush.
What to do with a life’s work in literacy? Give it all away
Jane Hodges Crater is vivacious, determined, energetic, and sometimes, appalled. Appalled that more than 30 million adults in the United States can’t read, according to the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy. It’s a fact the retired educator has spent decades of her life trying to change.
MUW’s ‘Meet the Author’ welcomes ‘Delta Jewels’ writer Monday
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alysia Burton Steele, author of “Delta Jewels: In Search of my Grandmother’s Wisdom” (Center Street, 2015), will be the next writer featured in Mississippi University for Women’s “Meet the Author” series.
Picasso, Einstein and SCT serve up laughs in play by Steve Martin
Imagine Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein together in a bar in Montmartre, Paris, in 1904.
Masquerade ball to unmask a good time, honor patron of the arts
Marvelous masks are in fashion for the Columbus Arts Council’s 34th annual gala and auction at Trotter Convention Center Friday, Feb. 16.
February Quick Bites serve up free tips on groceries, pruning
Mississippi State University Extension Service Quick Bites program in February include Grocery Shopping 101 and Basic Pruning.
Big Band music returns to Columbus just in time for Valentine’s
Gill Harris of Columbus and a host of professional musicians will resurrect the Big Band era at Trotter Convention Center in Columbus.
A union of brothers: A phone call from Germany sets a meeting in motion — and ‘hearts are glad’
On his 62nd birthday, with one extraordinary phone call, Stephen Carpenter’s family doubled in numbers.
Get ready to grow: Sign-up is open for Master Gardener training
A new Master Gardener Training course will soon begin in Mississippi county Extension offices.
Big game eats
Without a team in the fray, my personal zeal for Super Bowl LII is idling on the sidelines.
For creatures great and small: When disasters strike, volunteers stand ready to deploy
Carla Huston was hands-on for eight weeks after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, working alongside others to blunt the devastation to hundreds, if not thousands, of pets and livestock on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Winter warmers: Comfort food ideas to help beat the chill
An extra log on the fire is all well and good, but Southerners know an arctic blast calls for down-home comfort food.
A pioneer in meeting needs is thanked for his vision
The sign was not over-sized or pretentious, but it carried plenty of meaning on a cold Friday January morning in Columbus. “The ACT Center,” it read, and for the individuals who for years have walked through the doors of the structure behind it, it represents identity.
Evening of ‘mystery, romance’ to benefit United Way-NCMS
Mystery and romance will be key ingredients in an entertaining evening of “whodunit” in Starkville Feb. 8. An annual Mystery Theatre Dinner benefiting United Way of North Central Mississippi begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Trending: What’s hot in the food world for 2018?
House-made condiments, street food-inspired dishes, vegetable carb substitutes, food as medicine, sugar alternatives — these are a few of the line items popping up in an online search for the hottest national food trends predicted for 2018.
Golden Triangle communities plan MLK Day events
Golden Triangle counties are gearing up for Martin Luther King Day Jr. Day, annually observed on the third Monday of January.
Obsessive … expressive: Sometimes it all works out in a wonderfully weird way
Not so long ago, Joseph MacGown’s studio was the great wide open, the hills, gravel and grass blurring past under the feet of a cross-country athlete.
Register now for local preliminary to Miss Mississippi competitions
Young women ages 13 to 24 have an opportunity to enter the Miss Golden Triangle and Miss Golden Triangle Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageants set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at New Hope Middle School Auditorium.
Resolved: Get more zzzz’s
Michael knows he can do better. The up-and-coming staffer at a local manufacturing firm has an eye on making the management team before long. He’s felt flat lately, though — physically and mentally — and he thinks he knows why.
