Don Christopher, Who Turned Lowly Garlic Into a Staple, Dies at 88
Known as the Garlic King, he used his enthusiasm and a business acumen to build an empire around the once-lowly “stinking rose.”
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Known as the Garlic King, he used his enthusiasm and a business acumen to build an empire around the once-lowly “stinking rose.”
On Saturday, May 13, 2017, the Cubs and Cardinals met in the middle game of a weekend series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. A leadoff home run in the fourth inning gave the Cards a 2-1 lead. A...
More Fun Than Fun: The Joys and Burdens of Our Heroes 12/05/2021 Among the books I read as a teenager, two completely changed my life. One was The Double Helix by Nobel laureate James D. Watson. This book was inspiring at many levels and instantly got me addicted to molecular biology. The other was King Solomon’s Ring by Konrad Lorenz, soon to be a Nobel laureate. The study of animal behaviour so charmingly and unforgettably described by Lorenz kindled in me an eternal love for the subject. The circumstances in which I read these two books are etched in my mind and may have par...
Memphis Commercial Appeal MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Hayley Arceneaux is going to space to show what life after pediatric cancer can be: without limits. Arceneaux, 29, a cancer survivor working at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be one of four people on the first all-civilian mission to space, scheduled to launch toward the end of the year. A central goal of the mission, named Inspiration4, is to raise funds and awareness for St. Jude. “I think for my patients to see someone just like them and for other survivors to see somebody who's been through cancer going to space, I think it’s...
Flagler Beach City Engineer Fred Griffith speaking with a resident after an especially contentious neighborhood meeting about the city’s swale construction project in February. (© FlaglerLive) Fred Griffith, Flagler Beach’s city engineer since 2017, tendered what amounted to a resignation on Thursday, saying he was “announcing my impending retirement under duress.” Griffith was planning not to work anymore until his official retirement date of Jan. 22, using two personal days and vacation time between Dec. 14 and Jan. 22. Griffith, who was not infrequently at odds with residents and ...