Monthly Archives: April 2006

OK…. I am going to make this a little harder… here are several child celebrities! Some are going back quite far! The sweetheart next door… The neighborhood terror! In a movie she got a “book on her backside” She was … Continue reading →

At Fred MacMurray’s insistence, all episodes were filmed out of sequence during the show’s entire run using a technique now known as the MacMurray method. MacMurray would do all of his scenes in 65 nonconsecutive days. The cast regulars got … Continue reading →

Sue Branson guessed correctly… Clue: Born in 1945 and was a familiar personality as a teenager.Celebrity: Lynda Bird Johnson-Robb. Linda is the daughter of President Lyndon & Lady Bird Johnson, and the wife of Virginia senator, Charles Robb. Today, Lynda … Continue reading →

Taking A Field Trip When we were children, few words were more exciting to hear than the phrase “field trip.” Field trips were a break from schoolwork and an opportunity to go on an adventure with friends. Now that we … Continue reading →

A few years back I read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and thoroughly loved it. I also zoomed right through several of his other books, Deception Point and Angels & Demons. Dan Brown, like another favorite author of mine, … Continue reading →

This weekend is Fairmont High School’s production of Meredith Wilson’s THE MUSIC MAN. The shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, and Saturday at 2:00PM. Once again, Terence Kalba is back at the reins as choreographer and his work … Continue reading →

Chris Stevens guessed last week’s Mystery Celebrity correct:I am always curious to know what has happened to celebrities when they are no longer in the lime light. Can anyone guess who this lady is? Clue: she was born June 17, … Continue reading →

I just read this great book! Highly recommended! Today is the last full day, 141 years ago, when John Wilkes Booth lived his last. In his book, “Manhunt,” James L. Swanson recounts in detail how Union soldiers and detectives chased … Continue reading →

I am always curious to know what has happened to celebrities when they are no longer in the lime light. Can anyone guess who this lady is? Clue: she was born June 17, 1964.

When we enter a room or see an object for the first time, our minds register its color before any other detail. The colors our eyes can perceive are like words that form a subtle language of mood, energy, and … Continue reading →

This past weekend, the Ball State University Singers offered the most moving encore, a tender melody set to a Charles Dickens poem. To hear the University Singers – click on or go to:http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/clickit/search?r_aid=6C27D43E89A24E4BA2995DB0931C98F0&r_eop=1&r_sacop=3&r_spf=0&r_cop=main-title&r_snpp=3&r_spp=0&qqn=FJh6LFV.&r_coid=372372&rawto=http://web.bsu.edu/jcarter2/things%20that%20never%20die.WAV Things That Never DieThe pure, the bright, … Continue reading →

Here are some photographs from the 42nd Ball State University Singers SPECTACULAR…<a

Here are our photos from our Washington, DC portion of our Spring Break. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dljh_dayton/my_photos Then go to Spring Break 2005-2006. You can put them on Slideshow and adjust the speed. We left at midnight Thursday/Friday, and arrived at Arlington Cemetery … Continue reading →