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Article content Resilience is a mighty word. But it is not just a word, it is an action and a choice. What’s got you down? The pandemic? Health? Money? Loneliness? What are you doing about it? Whining? Getting miserable? Getting mad at the people around you? Just getting more and more depressed? We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. BEECHEY: Pick yourself up and be resilient Back to video Virtually every person during this pandemic has problems in their lives, perhaps not as serious as yours, but all difficult. Perhaps it is time to try being resi...

Top of the tile: wordsmiths of all ages vie for Australia's Scrabble honours Emma Kemp © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images The air in the grand ballroom of Bankstown Sports Club is still. The lights are bright and the decor opulent, but the atmosphere is one of hushed concentration. Its inhabitants, safely ensconced in this sanctuary away from the sing-song of poker machines outside, do not speak except to count scores on Scrabble boards atop their white-tablecloth work benches. The only other sounds are the soft clink of tiles as bags ar...

Program #315 (January 31 at 8:00 p.m.) Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Guy Van Duser has been heard on National Public Radio for many years as a player of background and theme music, and as a featured performer on Prairie Home Companion. Since the late '70s, his many collaborations with clarinetist, saxophonist, vocalist, and pennywhistler Billy Novick have endeared him to listeners with old-fashioned tastes, for Van Duser's primary working repertoire has always consisted of early jazz, swing standards, and Tin Pan Alley pop tunes. While his lifelong respect for Chet Atkins, some early experience...

Program #315 (January 31 at 8:00 p.m.) Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Guy Van Duser has been heard on National Public Radio for many years as a player of background and theme music, and as a featured performer on Prairie Home Companion. Since the late '70s, his many collaborations with clarinetist, saxophonist, vocalist, and pennywhistler Billy Novick have endeared him to listeners with old-fashioned tastes, for Van Duser's primary working repertoire has always consisted of early jazz, swing standards, and Tin Pan Alley pop tunes. While his lifelong respect for Chet Atkins, some early experience...

Jimmie R. Fields Sr., 68, of Lock Haven, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 at home. Jimmie was born on April 5, 1952 in Richmond, Va., and was the son of Oscar and Ella Pearl Phillips Fields. He was a truck driver and enjoyed hunting, camping and fishing. Jimmie served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He is survived by a son, Jimmie Fields Jr. of Williamsport; two daughters, Amy McKissack of Williamsport and Dorothy Fields; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to a viewing and visitation at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, at Kaufma...