Q: What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?A: Frostbite Q: What is a vampire’s favorite holiday?A: Fangsgiving Q: What did one ghost say to the other ghost?A: “Do you believe in people?” Q: What do you call someone who puts poison in a person’s corn flakes?A: A cereal killer Q:…

? Turnips and beets served as the original jack-o-lanterns. ? Growing big pumpkins is a lucrative hobby. Top prize money for the biggest giant pumpkin is as much as $25,000 at fall festivals.? ? Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first. People spend over $2.5 billion during Halloween on…

WASHINGTON (AP) The Ford Escape Hybrid front-wheel drive is the most fuel efficient SUV on the market, getting 36 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway. Hybrid and economy-class vehicles built by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. dominate the government’s annual top-10 fuel economy list for 2007 vehicles. The hybrid-electric…

Sherrill Bull, shown holding a Lone Ranger lunch box, has opened Antiques and The Arts on Main Street, giving downtown four antique shops.

James Clark Larry Terry is known for his years in law enforcement but he?s also an avid deer hunter. Terry and his relatives have opened TTT Processing and can be reached at 939-0888. Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year, if for no other reason than I get to wear a costume…

Baby Girl Brandi and Joseph Nisbett are the parents of a daughter, Baylor Jade Nisbett, born Sept. 21. She arrived at River Park Hospital weighing 6 pounds. 2 ounces. Brothers and sister include, Braxton Cox, Luke Nisbett, Kyler Nisbett and Whitney Nisbett. Her grandparents are Layton and Melva Taylor and Joseph and the late Gay…

Photo provided Malkuri, a group of musicians from the highlands of Ecuador, will be performing at the intertribal powwow Nov. 11-12. Indians of North America have held powwows for hundreds of years. Long before this country was called America, native people danced around the drum for celebrations, fellowship, renewal and healing. The past can not…

The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO), conducted by artistic and musical director David N. Baker, is visiting Nashville in November because the Tennessee Performing Arts Center is one of 50 organizations chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts to take part in the NEA Jazz Masters on Tour, an effort to bring jazz masters…

Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Can you tell me about clinical trials and how to go about finding one? My husband (who?s 62) was just diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer?s disease and we are interested in trying anything that may be able to help him. What can you tell me? Clinical Candidate Dear Candidate,…

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: I have two daughters who are middle-aged. One is confined to a wheelchair, and the other is a career woman and mother with a busy, crazy life. “Edie” barely has time for her sister or me, and devotes herself to the latest “love of her life.” Her children…