Summer elves needed to wrap gifts for meals on wheels

The Visiting Nurse Association invites everyone to come indoors and cool off at the organization’s holiday gift wrap event from 1-4 p.m. on Aug. 11.

Scholastic Book Club Revamps Its Marketing

The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication.

"The Holiday Ice Spectacular" Brings Entertainment Gifts for the Whole Family

Unique holiday variety show to make its Atlanta debut at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, December 16-24, 2010

Ancestral gods, force-feeding babies and more

by Chuck Shepherd Updates: The Yaohnanen tribe on the South Pacific island of Tanna believe their true ancestral god is Britain's Prince Philip (based on photographs of him with the queen during a 1974 visit to Tanna's mother nation of Vanuatu) and believe he promised he would return for good on his 89th birthday (June 10, 2010). Although the prince has kept in touch, he failed to show up for ...

Small Bites: New canning books; eating tip for tikes; and more

New books take two very different approaches to teaching the next generation how to can. Plus, researchers offer a smart technique for getting preschoolers to eat their veggies. And, just in time for back to school lunches, two Northwest companies come out with stylish resusable sandwich bags.