| Kalama teen sets her sights on Romania
Kelly Cross decided to take a year off before attending college after graduating from Kalama High School last spring.The year off might turn out to be one of the most rewarding of her life.This summer, Cross plans to visit Romania for two months to volunteer at two orphanages. The 18 year-old Kalama resident got her first job and has tamed her shopping habits, she said, to save money for the $4,000 trip with the Projects Abroad organization.Her family also is organizing a rummage sale fund-raiser today, selling antiques, furniture and collectibles at St. Joseph Parish Church in Kalama from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Modern uses abound for sumptuous seat
A discreet little chair has been making the rounds since the days when men wore swords at their sides. The corner chair has a back and one side, but the other side is missing to allow those men with swords to sit without removing their weapons. Although wearing a sword is not so common these days, the corner chair is making a comeback. "Theyve been around. Every now and then you see an antique piece," said interior designer Thomas Pheasant, who designed a corner chair for his Baker collection. Pheasants design features a rectangular seat topped with a scroll along the low back and arm. He compares sitting in a corner chair to slouching back into the corner made by the arm and back of a couch. "You kind of lean into it," he said. Brunschwig & Fils designed a corner chair as well, this one in leather with a diamond-shaped seat and a slight scroll at the top.
Ski Country Antiques launches modern expansion
Its easy to see why Ski Country Antiques on Floyd Hill is in need of a distribution center. The large, barn-shaped building is fully stocked with antiques and has already been expanded. Now the antique store is developing a new line of furniture, making an additional building necessary. The new development started when Ski Country Antiques owner Brian Kleinwachter got together with his construction-savvy Floyd Hill neighbor, George Johnston. The two became partners and formed Floyd Hill Development LLC.They bought 9 acres of land in February 2005 on the north side of Interstate 70 and started designing the distribution building, which will be phase one of a much bigger, $3 million construction project.Phase two includes three smaller buildings that Floyd Hill Development LLC hopes to lease out to a bank, convenience store and maybe even a small lodge.
Economist Laffer speaking at UGA
Arthur B. Laffer, a supply side economist who was a policy advisor to the Reagan administration, will present a lecture on the state of the U.S. economy since 1980 at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the University of Georgia Chapel. As a member of the late President Ronald Reagan's economic policy advisory board, Laffer was best known for popularizing the Laffer curve, which asserts that in certain situations a decrease in tax rates could result in an increase in tax revenues. One of his earliest successes in shaping public policy was his involvement in Proposition 13, the groundbreaking California initiative that drastically cut property taxes in the state in 1978. Today, Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm that provides global investment-research services to institutional asset managers, pension funds, financial institutions and corporations.
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