Keep your best foot forward

ROBERT HAYDEN, DC PhD, FICC ::: Diabetes is a new epidemic in America. The non-insulin dependent version is associated with obesity. Right now, two thirds of America would be considered overweight, and half of those are clinically obese. In Spalding County alone, about 12% of our citizens are already diabetic.  Look around next time you […]

God is for you

DUSTY TAKLE, EAGLE’S WAY CHURCH :::  Romans 8:31 says, “What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?”  Minsters quote this all of the time.  Heck, you’ve probably posted it as your Facebook status before.  But, what does this truly mean?  If God […]

How to benefit from job and career fairs

GALE BROWN SANDLER, GRIFFIN RESUME SERVICE :::  January is the start of many job fairs and career fairs that are available and might be a good place to find your next job.  How do you find them?  How do you prepare for a job fair and make it work for you? I did a Google search online […]

Parents’ investments may affect child’s financial aid

AMY DUNHAM, EDWARD JONES ::: Even though it’s only February, college financial aid officers are already gathering documents, crunching numbers and otherwise working to determine grants for the school year that starts this coming fall. If you have children you plan on sending to college, how will your own savings and investments affect their chances […]

Humane Society Pets of the Week

  Four eight-week-old kittens have lost their mother due to rat poisoning and though they are stable, are also suffering from poisoning. There are three female Calicos; white, orange and gray stripped. The one male is white and orange. All cats are very socialized and are not afraid of people or dogs. During the kittens’ […]

Conquering the cough

ROBERT HAYDEN, DC PhD, FICC ::: Question:  A recent upper respiratory illness has left me with a residual cough.  I have not had any fever for the last two weeks, but the cough really bothers me. It makes me sound sick and keeps me awake at night as well. What can I do to make […]

Are you prepared for the unexpected?

AMY DUNHAM, EDWARD JONES ::: When you’re working to achieve your financial objectives, you will encounter obstacles. Some of these can be anticipated — for example, you won’t be able to invest as much as you want for retirement because you have to pay for your mortgage. Other challenges can’t be easily anticipated, but you […]

Time to organize your job search

GALE BROWN SANDLER, GRIFFIN RESUME SERVICE :::  Happy 2014.  It’s a new year with a fresh start and a great time to get organized. Get your new Day Timer Calendar ready, update your Outlook Contacts and get ready for success.  Planning is key.  Don’t just look for want ads.  Take the initiative and determine what you […]

Think on these things

DUSTY TAKLE ::: 8And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me – everything you heard from […]

Obamacare got you scared?

ROBERT HAYDEN, DC PhD, FICC ::: As the new year begins, new portions of Obamacare are being enacted.  New taxes, fines, and penalties await like predators in the night.  The law has been illegally and unconstitutionally modified by the President 14 times in executive orders, making it more challenging just to understand the current version. […]

Adoptable Pet of the Week ::: Abner

    Abner is a goofy but shy American bulldog mix pup. He is relatively new to foster care, and he is still not quite sure that all humans have good intentions. He is a sweet boy with a good disposition, but he needs a little time and TLC before he will be comfortable with […]

Financial resolutions for the New Year

AMY DUNHAM, EDWARD JONES ::: About 45 percent of Americans usually make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only 8% of us actually keep our resolutions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolutions involve things like losing a […]

Bypass the online employment process

GALE BROWN SANDLER, GRIFFIN RESUME SERVICE :::  Recently several of my clients were so frustrated at sending their resumes into cyberspace that they decided to do things the old-fashioned way.  They just showed up at a company where they wanted to work with a folder full of resumes.  One even got hold of the HR Manager […]

Emmanuel – God is with you

DUSTY TAKLE ::: 21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.  22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through the prophet:  23“Look!  The virgin will conceive a child!  She will give birth to a son, and they will call […]

Surviving the stress of holiday shopping

ROBERT HAYDEN, DC PhD, FICC ::: Christmas is almost here.  In fact, retail stores began the season by displaying Christmas products before Halloween, to the dismay of many.  It is coming fast, and with it comes stress in physical, social, spiritual, relational, and psychological forms.  How can we cope with all of this?  How can […]