Local church celebrates Black History

St. Rest Baptist Church held a Black History Program to serve as a powerful and meaningful way for the community to come together and celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of local African Americans.

8. Darlene Williams - Floyd

9. Cody and Jharissa Shelton

10. Dreyson Davis

11. Barbara Jackson, Harry Crayton, Mary Simmons, Mattie Floyd, and Charlotte Crayton

12. Steve Ray and Paul Wright

13. Linda Davis

14. Pastor Brian J. Ezell, Sr.

15. Madine Nichols

16. Avery Donnell and Aubrey Crayton

17. Marie Hill

18. Donna Wright

• What’s on sale in March? Winter clothes and cover-ups,camping and gardening equipment,washer/dryer combos and tableware and china.

• Use your muffin pan to bake hot potatoes. Stand the potatoes on end in the cups. They bake faster and are easy to grab with an oven mitt.

• “If you place an apple in your bag of potatoes,you can keep them from budding.”— T.C. in Washington

• A quick fix for salty soup:If you have added too much salt to a soup or stew,relax. Take one raw potato and cut it into thick slices. Add to the soup and leave it for 10 minutes or so. Taste your soup and,if the oversalting has been corrected,remove the slices. The potato draws in salt as it cooks.

• “When making cookies that are dropped by the spoonful,dip your spoon in milk first,then scoop. The dough drops perfectly,and the milk does not affect the finished cookie at all.”— F.D. in Pennsylvania

• “To keep your paintbrushes clean, soak them in vinegar. I do this,and I have had my brushes for a long time. It removes all of the gunk,and keeps the bristles tight. I also like to dip them in a solution of 50 percent liquid fabric softener and 50 percent water, then hang them to dry before I store them. When I am ready to use them again,I just rinse them with water to get the softener out.”— B.C. in Utah

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By Samantha Weaver

• It was German-born theoretical physicist (and sometime philosopher) Albert Einstein who made the following sage observation:“Two things are infinite:the universe and human stupidity,and I’m not sure about the universe.”

• You may be surprised to learn that studies show your brain is more active while you’re asleep than it is while you’re watching television. Then again,maybe that’s not so surprising.

• The country of South Africa has a total of 11 official languages.

• Advertising is everywhere — you can’t turn around without seeing dozens of pitches for some kind of product or service competing for your attention. Perhaps it’s fitting,then, that the English word “advertise” comes from the Latin word “advertere,”which means “to turn toward”or “to pay attention.”

• In the TV show “Charlie’s Angels,” it was a requirement that each of the stars have eight different outfits for each episode.

• There are those who feel we should adopt the metric system of measurement,claiming that our current system is outdated and archaic. To go truly archaic,though,we could start measuring things in flags,baronies, falls,roods,townships and hides. Yes, those are actual terms of measurement. They equal,respectively,25 square feet,4,000 acres,342 square feet,a quarter of an acre,36 square miles and 10 acres.

• The magnolia — that icon of genteel Southern life — is actually an entire family of plants,encompassing more than 200 species.

• The golf tee was patented in 1899, but it wasn’t put into official use until 1922.

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