We joined the 1,000 fangirls (and a few boys) at author Stephenie Meyer’s sold-out talk Thursday at Unity Temple on the Plaza. Kansas City was just the second stop on her tour promoting her new book, The Host, but she answered a wide range of questions about her characters, her hopes (and fears) for the upcoming “Twilight” movie and life as a big-time author.
Janice Nall carefully opens a credit-card-sized packet discovered recently behind the lining of an old trunk at the Bok Kai Temple. Oil stains and bits of a black substance within, she says, may prove to be opium, smuggled long ago from China.
New Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, 1808 W. 10th Ave., will observe its annual men’s day program May 18. New Cornerstone Men will conduct the entire service at 11 a.m. and also at 3 p.m. Guest church will be Pleasant Olive Baptist Church of Malone.
We joined the 1,000 fangirls Thursday at author Stephenie Meyer's sold-out talk at Unity Temple on the Plaza. She's promoting her new sci-fi book, The Host , but she answered a wide range of questions.
By David Casstevens As the Heartland Flyer sped toward the Red River, the woman in Seat 33 gazed out a window, a faint smile on her face. It was twilight, that winding-down hour when the day starts to soften. Willa Spencer, traveling alone, silently took in the familiar scenery, a fleeting glimpse of grazing cattle, the budding trees, the miles of greening countryside, a cloudless blue sky.
Talk about preparing for the postseason. Four days before the NCAA Division I Central Region golf tournament, University of Michigan junior Bill Rankin (TC Central) was overall medalist at the Maxwell with a career-best total of 8-under 202. (Plus more news on area college athletes.)