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Who would believe that an event halfway around the world could bring a classical cello and piano concert to Lancaster?

But that’s the connection that’s bringing the Jesselson/Fugo Duo to First Presbyterian Church, 700 N. Main St., on Sunday for a 2:30 p.m. performance.

In 1981, retired University of South Carolina at Lancaster English professor Betty Hodges traveled to China.

Since then, Hodges has regularly joined other “Chinaphiles” for reunions.

There are thousands of chili recipes out there and no two are the same, which never mattered much to American frontiersman Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson.

Carson was so fond of chili that his final words made reference to it.

“Wish I had time for one more bowl of chili,” Carson allegedly said.

It’s been that way since someone, somewhere, threw a handful of chili peppers, meat, herbs, and beans (sometimes) into a pot to simmer. Everybody wants one more bowl.

During the winter, most homeowners are indoors, thinking little about their dormant lawns and yards. For this reason, the Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs selects a business as its January Yard of the Month.

This month, the lawn of the new Del Webb Library at Indian Land has received this honor.

Library director Richard Band is very proud of the new facility and landscaping that surrounds it.

The 11,000-square-foot library in Carolina Commons, the commercial center at Sun City Carolina Lakes, opened Jan. 5.

Super Bowl Sunday. The only thing missing is a verb. That, and the Green Bay Packers. Oh well, life goes on.

I’m in a quandary as who to support during Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday. This year, I may just root for the commercials.

What I’m going to enjoy most about this Super Bowl is that it means that racing season and the Daytona 500 are only two weeks away.

It seems one of my high school and college friends doesn’t share my fondness for NASCAR.

Your pet is a member of the family and when you buy food for them, it’s important to make sure that they are getting the best nutrition possible.

That means reading the label on the back of the bag, said Max Talbert, of Animal Supply House on S.C. 9 Bypass.

Talbert knows what he talking about. He is a pet food specialist who’s taken courses on what works best for pets.

Maroon and white are the predominant colors at most Carolina Christian Academy basketball games as fans fill the school gym to root for the Cougars.

But on Friday’s home tilt against Hawthorne Christian Academy Hawks of Chester, school colors took a back seat to purple.

Why?

Led by Carolina Christian 12th grader Jessica Hartley, all the proceeds from ticket sales at the door and from a basketball game bake sale were for Relay For Life.

The New Year’s resolution of “out with the old and in with the new” applies to that out-of-view medicine cabinet behind the bathroom mirror that you stare at every morning while brushing your teeth or combing your hair.

Like a refrigerator, medicine cabinet supplies pile up, often past their expiration dates, said pharmacist Hugh Mobley of Mobley Drugs.

And just like the refrigerator, a medicine cabinet needs to be cleaned out regularly.

Ron Steele believes that New Year’s resolutions to get into shape are a waste of time.

For the 45-year-old Steele, who has lost more than 100 pounds since 2004 in a life-long struggle against diabetes, the word diet means very little. 

“I did not go on a diet,” he said. “I made a lifestyle change. To me, you fail because you go an a diet. I made up my mind to make a lifetime commitment. That’s the only way you’re going to succeed.”

HEATH SPRINGS – The staff at Springs Memorial Hospital knew exactly what was going on when the strains of Johannes Brahms’ “Lullaby” rang out over the intercom during the wee morning hours of Jan. 1.

It signaled the birth of Jayden Elijah Jacques Anthony.

Jayden arrived at 1:47 a.m. on New Year’s Day, making him the first baby born in 2009 in Lancaster County.

He weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces and was 18 1/4 inches long.