| Anne Worth combines talents for Ainsworth Inn
Last month, Anne Worth, who runs the Ainsworth Inn, introduced homemade dressing to a wedding crowd from San Diego. To Worth, the dish was a concoction of scraps she was saving from the garbage can, but to the Californians, it was an exotic recipe whipped up by a woman with an endearing, if strange, accent. She counts the memory as one of her favorites since taking over the bed and breakfast she named Ainsworth Inn six months ago. "This group booked the entire house for a wedding reception, and they were pretty caught up in the Southern hospitality and the music business and they'd hang out in the kitchen with the staff and me. They became part of the fabric of things around here for the three days they were here. For the rehearsal dinner they wanted something very Southern — cornbread, corn pudding, green beans, mashed potatoes, barbecue.
Wage gap 'key problem' in retaining young adults
Ryan Johnson, a 30-year-old Des Moines native who lives in Chicago, estimates returning to Iowa would likely cost him about $20,000 in annual pay. If he and his wife make the move, he's hoping lower housing, transportation and other costs will offset lost wages. "When you turn 30 and get married, you start thinking about where you want to raise kids," said Johnson. "It would be nice not to spend an hour getting to the grocery store."
Jennifer Oswald, a 36-year-old IT recruiter in Des Moines, said higher wages are crucial to graduating students who face heavy debt. After graduating, Oswald moved to Texas to teach math because she was offered higher pay and placement before she graduated, and the state would pay her student debt after she had lived there five years.
Lauderdale driver who fatally hit pedestrian has shaky record
The Fort Lauderdale woman behind the wheel of an out-of-control sport utility vehicle that struck and killed a 20-year-old Swedish swimmer Thursday night has a history of speeding and, just 16 months ago, attended driving school. Vesta Joseph, 60, has been cited for speeding three times since 2002, and also received a ticket for failure to yield the right of way in September 2006. Joseph could face additional citations -- if not criminal charges -- after she ran down Rubmartin Gustavo Escobar, a swimmer from Hasselby, Sweden, with a 2003 Ford Expedition, said Detective Kathy Collins, spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Escobar was standing on the sidewalk at the corner of Northwest 31st Avenue and Prospect Road about 9:15 p.m. when he was hit.
Spectacle and Flash 'Hats!' director says show balances substance ...
We don't just share it in our careers, but in our bodies and all of that stuff," Coulter says. "You have to embrace it and have a good time with it or it's going to be a drag." "It's just so refreshing, because in my life it's either lounge gigs or look-alike shows," says Corrie Sachs, who spent much of her Las Vegas career as a Reba McEntire impersonator. "To actually be in a play here in Las Vegas is a miracle. I'm thrilled to be able to do something different." The cast ranges in age from 49 to 71 and lives out the lesson taught to Maryanne, the show's protagonist, who is on the verge of 50 and not thrilled about the passage. "You can still do everything you do. It's not left up to the younger people to do it," Coulter says. "Of course, I'm not saying we're not sore.
Strings Across the Sky inspires
She doesn't give private lessons, and she doesn't enjoy one-on-one teaching. Her specialty is taking a roomful of children and teaching them the basics in a few days.“Within two hours, I can get a beginner playing a tune," she said.People are always skeptical at first, but after just a few days, Hansen can have a whole class playing a handful of tunes reasonably well.One of the keys to her technique, ironically, is that Hansen doesn't give her students a violin right away. They learn the motions on a wooden spoon, while humming the tune. It is very important that the children enjoy learning, and starting on a violin is not always fun.“The first sound is godawful, and it discourages the student, so we do away with that," said Hansen.The technique comes from Hansen's own childhood. When she was three years old, her older sister received violin lessons.
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