Lifestyle and Recreation

July 1st, 2008

Smoke Free Zone

Smokers learn to cope when they can't light up

With the increasing number of smoking bans sweeping across the country, smokers are finding creative ways to get their nicotine fix. And companies are taking notice with some unique products of their own. Smoke-free tobacco has taken on a new form in Ariva and Stonewall, dissolvable compressed powder tobaccos. You don’t have to chew, spit or stick on a patch…

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July 1st, 2008

Reel Wheels

A website devoted to vehicles in the movies

Forget Steve McQueen. Bullitt made the Ford Mustang a star. While some folks like nothing better than trivia contests about actors and their roles, plenty of gearheads get the same pleasure recalling the wheels those actors used. The Internet Movie Car Database — www.imcdb.org — is for them. It offers photos and information about cars, motorcycles and trucks that have…

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July 1st, 2008

Short Runs

Take a few minutes for fitness

By Stew Smith

Fitting fitness into a day’s schedule is the dilemma we all face. Exercising is tough after long hours of working, but a missing component for far too many people in America. Those who struggle to find a good chunk of time to set aside for exercise can manage to get an effective workout done in just 15-20 minutes prior to…

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July 1st, 2008

Fish Fry

Ignore the naysayers - bass fishing's good under a blazing summer sun

By David Hart

Alton Jones is a big fan of country music, but one song he doesn’t care too much for is “Too Cold At Home,” a catchy number by Mark Chesnutt that climbed the charts back in 1990. It’s not that Jones doesn’t like the song. He just doesn’t agree with the lyrics. In that song, Chesnutt croons, “Too hot to fish,…

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July 1st, 2008

Bloodstains and Bullet Holes

The historic Carter House and antebellum Carnton Plantation bear Civil War battle scars as vivid as when they were made 143 years ago

By Larry Woody

The town of Franklin, 20 miles south of Nashville, is a tranquil community with elm-shaded streets, neat homes and quaint little shops on the town square. But look closer and you discover dark reminders of one of the bloodiest days in American history. Three blocks from downtown, the historic Carter House and several of its out-buildings remain pock-marked by hundreds…

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