| Antique, primitives mall set to open in coffee shop
A collection of shops specializing in antiques and primitives is set to open Monday, Nov. 27, inside the New Castle Coffee Shop on Main Street."We have something special going on here! " said Cathy Greer who has been working in primitive surroundings. No, she isn't at an archeological dig, but she is happy to announce that the Antique and Primitives Mall specializing in "primitive" furniture, art and accessories is about to open. .
Lawmakers Hold Variety Of Jobs In Private Lives
LITTLE ROCK -- No butchers or candlestick makers are on the roster, but the membership of Arkansas' 86th General Assembly does include a baker.Seven insurance agents, three car dealers and one doctor also serve in Arkansas' citizen Legislature.Of the state's 100 representatives and 35 senators, most have jobs in addition to being a legislator.For their service, the state's part-time legislators are paid $14,765 annually, plus per diem payments and mileage reimbursements for members who live more than 50 miles from Little Rock. Few ditch their regular jobs after being elected.Rep. Ed Garner, R-Maumelle, said he is feeling the pressure. The freshman lawmaker said he may take on a managing partner to share the workload at his bakery, Mama's Manna Bakery in Maumelle."It's pretty hard ... to be a working person in your business and then have the challenge of doing a good job in the Legislature," Garner said.
A new way to think globally: The latest spin on antique and modern globes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- There's a galaxy of globes out there. Celestial globes map stars and constellations. Lunar globes depict the craters, seas and mountain ranges of Earth's moon. Terrestrial globes, the most common type, represent the world's continents, countries and cities. All show places in small spheres, making them feel within reach.
"Globes symbolize possibilities," said Andy Newcom, Hallmark's home decor expert, who accessorizes his Kansas City house with globes. "They signify seeing new places and things and meeting new people."
Newcom likes how globes look grouped together on a shelf or table. Their round shape unifies a collection, even though their styles and sizes may vary wildly.
Replogle, one of two American globe manufacturers, makes more than 120 models.
Evansville Civil War flag returns
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A blue silk flag carried by soldiers of Evansville's 25th Indiana Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War was welcomed back to the Indiana War Memorial on Monday.
The 6-foot-by-6 1/2-foot flag was hidden in public sight for the last few years in a frame on the ceiling of a bank in a small northeastern Indiana town. It is unclear where it was for the last decade or more since it vanished from the war memorial's collection.
Museum officials had known the flag was missing since a mid-1990s inventory. A 1980s inventory accounted for it, but records do not indicate whether someone might have borrowed it, said Stewart Goodwin, the memorial's executive director.
Keith Lourdeau, special agent in charge of the FBI's Indianapolis office, officially turned it over to the war memorial Monday, but its route back from the ceiling of the Waterloo branch of the First National Bank of Fremont began in 2000.
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