‘Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.’ ‘ Benjamin Franklin ‘If you can’t pray a door open, don’t pry it open.’ ‘ Lyell Rader ‘Ask God’s blessing on your work, but don’t ask Him to do it for you.’ ‘ Dame Flora Robson ‘Prayer…

A dog is truly a man’s best friend. If you don’t believe it, just try this experiment. Put your dog and your wife in the trunk of the car for an hour. When you open the trunk, who is really happy to see you! A wife looked at her husband and said, ‘I want you…

By Bruce Williams DEAR BRUCE: My sister got divorced in April 2005. They settled mid-trial, and part of the agreement stated that she would get half of his annuity instead of maintenance. Half of the annuity came to $22,000. He is allowed to take out $12,000 per year. (They couldn’t do a qualified domestic relations…

NEW DELHI (AP) ‘ Richard Gere is free to go back to India ‘ and he may have a new reason to book a trip. India’s top court suspended an arrest warrant Friday against Gere, wanted for allegedly breaking public obscenity laws by kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a public AIDS awareness event last…

LOS ANGELES (AP) ‘ There could be a new owner riding the merry-go-round at Michael Jackson’s fabled Neverland Ranch this summer. A public auction of the 2,500-acre spread in central California’s wine country had been scheduled for next week after Jackson went into default on the $24.5 million he owes on the property. However, the…

By Gary Clothier MCDOWALL Q: In the television show ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,’ the secret agents often entered the headquarters through a tailor shop. What was the name of the shop? How about the address of the HQ? ‘ M.H., Winchester, Ky. A: The name of the nondescript tailor shop was Del Floria’s. The exact…

All My Children Just as Robert wanted them to do, Tad and Jesse found the warehouse where Jesse had been imprisoned and tortured. When Colby and Frankie were later kidnapped, Adam blamed Tad and Jesse, but accompanied Tad when he tracked Jesse as Hubbard went to face the abductors. Jesse challenged Robert to reveal himself,…

Ruby Louise Etter, 71, of McMinnville died Friday, March 14 at River Park Hospital. Born on Feb. 28, 1937 in Warren County, she was a retired employee of Rockford Textile Mills and was preceded in death by her parents, Radion Seals and Naomie Young Munsey, and husband Edwin J. Etter. Survivors include her sister, Jeanette…

Morrison resident and Hamilton County native Regina Gay Fields, 59, was born Sept. 7, 1948 and died March 13 at Raintree Manor Nursing Home following an extended illness. A waitress and a member of Locust Street Church of God, she was the daughter of Willie H. Teeters of McMinnville and the late Evelyn Loretta Smith…

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) ‘ “Maui No Ka Oi” is a popular Hawaiian saying that means Maui is the best. Mike Sweeney recently moved to this idyllic island from Denver and was hit with the other side of living in paradise with his first visit to the gas pump: Maui is also No. 1 in gas…