James Clark photo Is it true bananas can help you swim? Not it?s not. But as Natasha Bynum discovered during a recent trip to Gilley Pool, you sure draw a fair share of attention when you take bananas to the end of the diving board.

Baked Bananas 1-1/2 teaspoon butter2 bananas2 teaspoons 100 percent cranberry juice4 teaspoons maple sugar1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Heat oven to 400 degrees. In baking dish, melt butter in heated oven for about 5 minutes, until butter melts. Slice bananas in half lengthwise and crosswise and turn the quarters in the butter so they are coated. Sprinkle…

The banana split, America?s classic dessert, became popular in the 1920s. That?s when ice cream fountains at drug stores around the country began selling the delicious treat. But the banana split debuted well before that. Its first appearance is believed to be in Pennsylvania in 1904. A banana was split in half, lengthwise, two or…

A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago. ?The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here years ago. Red meat is awful. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing we can…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Zeb Houston Redmon, 77, died June 22 at River Park Hospital. A retired mechanic, he served his country in the U.S. Army, and was the son of the late John H. and Estelle Judkins Redmon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Paul and…

Grundy County resident and native Mildred Rebecca Killian, 76, was born May 18, 1930 and died June 16 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville following a two-month illness. She was the owner of Southland Nursery and Greenhouse and a member of Philadelphia The Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lucinda…

McMinnville resident and Louisville, Ky., native James Albert Ransdell, 53, was born July 15, 1952 and died June 21 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A former employee of Bonanza Restaurant in sales and management and a member of the Providence Baptist Church, he was the son of the late James Sharpe and…

Beersheba Springs resident and Tarlton Valley native Edward Brown (Bud) Huntley, 80, died June 19 at his home. The son of the late George Ballard and Clara Hillis Huntley, he was preceded in death by sisters, Clatar Smartt, Genetta Vaughn, Magdelene Whitman and Mildred Roberts; brother, George (Peck) Huntley. He is survived by his wife…

Dolores Darlene LeMaster, 74, of Barboursville, W.Va., died Tuesday, June 20, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at Henson Mortuary in Barboursville by Revs. Roger Adams and Greg Creasey with burial in Woodmere Memorial Park in Huntington. She was born Sept. 21, 1931, in Huntington, the daughter of the late Clifford C. and…

WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. suggested Thursday it has limited ability to shoot a North Korean missile out of the sky and spurned suggestions of a pre-emptive strike on the ground. Still, it warned the Koreans would pay a cost for a missile launch. The solution, said President Bush?s national security adviser, is for the North…