SMILE AWHILE
Hooters doesn’t give a hoot about owl’s image
By IRENE HASKINS
One of my lifelong attributes has been a deep sense of curiosity. In other words, I’m nosy. I want to know what’s going on, where, when and why. With all the new malls, stores and restaurants opening in town, I’m eager to visit every one, especially the restaurants.

SNAPSHOTS
By IRENE HASKINS
Don and Lou Brouk turned their annual snowbird trip to Florida into a family affair. 

History of U.S. leaders important to understand
By JOYCE HULETT
Q: I think many children do not know why we have a day off from school in February. How can I be sure my daughter, age 10, has information about Presidents Day?

NEWTON'S BOOK NOTES
Presidents Day chance for parents to give lesson on American history
By HOLLY NEWTON
Presidents Day brings to mind our great forefathers and the Revolutionary War as well as other great events and presidents that helped mold our country. Here are a few books that kids and adults will enjoy and learn from as they are read.

LET'S TALK ANTIQUES
Daguerre didn’t have the market on photography
By NANCY RUSSELL
Last week I discussed the daguerreotype, a photographic process that was developed in 1839. But there is more to be told about early photography. Until the late 1830s, images could only be preserved by commissioning an expensive painting. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre’s technique of coating silver-plated copper sheets with iodine to make them sensitive to light and then exposing the image in a camera or light box allowed the middle class to have images at more affordable prices.