| Boeckman: Christian-themed beauty salon opens | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:23:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | Burrell offers everything in hair care except braids. She does eyebrow waxing, sew-in extensions, color, curls and relaxers in an environment where she plays Christian music and TV programs. It's an opportunity to get away from negativity and focus on uplifting, positive talk, she said. She takes appointments for women and men of all colors. Walk-ins are welcome, but those with appointments won't have to wait as long, she said. Burrell is the only beautician there for now, but she has two vacant chairs and expects to grow her business. She had a salon, Head to Toe, for about five years but closed it when she moved away from Des Moines. She returned about two years ago and worked in another salon before opening Emmanuel. Hours for appointments are 10 a.m.... | |
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| | | Thanks for Giving project begins | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:22:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | The holiday season nears, and friends and family gather to enjoy the bounty of the year. While many enjoy this time, cheering their favorite teams to victory, others struggle to provide the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter.Since 1983, the Lincoln Journal Star, as part of its Thanks for Giving project, has asked human service agencies to tell the stories of Lincoln residents in need, and readers have opened up their hearts and pocketbooks to help them.To fill the needs that follow, call the contact person and phone number listed with the request.Teresa is a 30-year-old single mom with four young children. She attends classes full time at a local community college, where she gets straight As, as well as holds down a part-time job. She escaped an abusive marriage, has learned to manage her depression without drugs or alcohol and has been clean for more than three years.... | |
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| | | Whole Foods Prepares a British Beachhead | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:37:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | After three consecutive years of double-digit growth, Whole Foods Markets now is projecting that its same-store sales growth will slow to just 6% to 8% in fiscal 2007. So the natural-foods retailer is eagerly looking forward to the opening of its first store in Britain next spring. Located in the heart of London's upscale Kensington neighborhood, the 80,000-square-foot outlet will mark the first step in a long-awaited British invasion by the Austin (Tex.)-based company. .... | |
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| | | Oak Bluffs health agent boots diners at Thai restaurant | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:35:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | Last Wednesday, Oak Bluffs health agent Shirley Fauteux walked into the popular Bangkok Cuisine Thai Restaurant on Upper Circuit Ave. at the height of the lunch hour rush and ordered the confused employees to close the doors and stop serving. Ms. Fauteux then posted a sign reading: "Closed by order of the Board of Health" on the restaurant's front door. Ms. Fauteux took the action despite the lack of any prior written warnings to the owner, who was not at the restaurant when the health inspector arrived. Ms. Fauteux said her actions were justified because there was not a certified food handler, meaning an employee who had passed a food safety course, on the premises. Ms. Fauteux also said that her visit and the closing of the restaurant should not have been a surprise. She had, in her written records, documented several prior violations of the certified food handler rule and discussed the problem with the owner.... | |
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| | | Things to do | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:31:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Art Classes. Jill Broussard holds her Saturday kids art workshop. (Bring your own lunch.) 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today at Jill Broussard's Art Gallery, 734 Jefferson St. Bead-making $75, $15 non-refundable deposit to register. 781-6572. KIDS & FAMILIES Sesame Street Live. Super Grover Ready for Action, coming to Lafayette 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Cajundome, 444 Cajundome Blvd. Tickets on sale Now, opening night all tickets are $11, Friday-Sunday all tickets vary in price depending on seats and groups save money. 265-2100. .... | |
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| | | Restaurants divided | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:08:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | To realize why the Colorado Restaurant Association is leading the fight against Amendment 42, do the math. The proposal increases the state's minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85 an hour, a 33 percent increase. But it also increases the minimum for tipped employees, such as restaurant servers, from $2.13 to $3.83 - an 80 percent increase. Most servers make the bulk of their incomes from tips, with some estimates in the $10 to $15 an hour range. Servers at high-end restaurants easily can exceed $30 an hour. "Almost no one pays their server more than $2.13 an hour," said local restaurant consultant John Imbergamo. "Servers' raises come naturally as inflation impacts menu prices." It is the customers paying that raise, however. Restaurant owners say an increase that offers a mild boost to many servers' paychecks will instead hit their payroll hard.... | |
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| | | Australian Stocks Little Changed: Woodside Falls, Qantas Gains | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:10:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Australian stocks were little changed. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. slid after saying it may miss its production target and crude prices fell. Qantas Airways Ltd. rose on speculation fuel costs will drop along with oil prices. Coles Myer Ltd. slumped after it rejected a takeover bid. The S&P/ASX 200 Index added 1.4 point to 5314.50 at 12:37 p.m. in Sydney. The index is less than 1 percent from its May 11 high. About 10 stocks fell for each nine that rose. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index rose 0.08 point to 3664.99 as of 3:37 p.m. in Wellington. Woodside, Australia's second-biggest oil producer after BHP Billiton, lost 86 cents, or 2.1 percent, to A$39.24, after saying it may miss the full-year production target it earlier cut by 5 percent.... | |
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| | | Restaurateurs Get Dinner As Thanks For Zoofari Help | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:08:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | TAMPA - About 200 restaurant owners, managers and employees were treated to dinner this week at Lowry Park Zoo's Appreciation Night. The event is to thank restaurants for participating in the zoo's annual food-tasting event, Zoofari, set for Nov. 4 at the zoo, 1101 W. Sligh Ave. Patsy and Lew Craven have sponsored the dinner for 15 years. Guests were greeted by zoo volunteer Jill Fredericks, who held a bearded dragon. Lew Craven said they give the dinner because "we just believe in the zoo." Zoofari, in its 20th year, will feature 85 restaurants. The Front Porch Grille, 5924 N. Florida Ave., will be participating for the fourth time. Cristi Purpura, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Patrick, attended Tuesday night's dinner with her daughters Marisa, 11, and Mayla, 7.... | |
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| | | Illegal ivory trade prospers in Angola | | Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 11:09:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Cafe del Mar looks like any other expensive restaurant on Ilha de Cabo, the fashionable beach playground for foreigners and rich Angolans in Luanda. But it has a special attraction: a small but well stocked curio kiosk with neat rows of ivory carvings, a popular but now illegal souvenir for tourists in much of Africa. "Yes, we're very popular," said the shop's owner. "Here .... | |
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| | | Chili cook-off event on fire in Sarasota | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:15:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | The seventh annual Morton's Firehouse Chili Cook-Off will be 2-5 p.m. Oct. 8 on Osprey Avenue between Hyde Park Street and Hillview Avenue, Sarasota. More than a dozen Sarasota firehouses will compete for the title of the "Best Firehouse Chili in Sarasota" and for "Best Booth." There will be live music by local band My Friend Scott, along with educational booths, a Nickelodeon Fun Center and more. All proceeds will be donated to the Sarasota Firemen's Benevolent Fund, a nonprofit organization. Cost: $5, includes tastes of all the chilis. Information: 954-0609. Interactive dinner Michael's On East, 1212 East Ave. S., Sarasota, will host an interactive dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 featuring Indian-inspired flavors where guests will do the cooking.... | |
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