Barry's new book blends humor and insight
Dave Barry's Live Right and Find Happiness surveys foibles with witty essays. He riffs on Florida driving, a teen daughter with a learner's permit, and soccer through his wife Michelle Kaufman's Miami Herald coverage. The book showcases Barry's tongue in cheek take on life, sports, and laughs.
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G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Dave Barry
Barry
Florida
Michelle Kaufman
Miami Herald
David Beckham
Brazil
United States
Brennan Simkins Cancer Survival Tale Draws Press On Memoir
Turner Simkins of North Augusta chronicles his son Brennan’s fight with acute myeloid leukemia from 2009. The book includes the Press On campaign by the Chance family, Patrick’s death in 2012, and a 2013 cancer therapy room funding at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
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Turner Simkins
North Augusta
Turner
Brennan
Stephen
Erin Chance
Patrick
Erin
Tara
Chance
Press On
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Aflac
Greenleaf Book Group
Simkins
Bill Evans
St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Augusta Herald
Possibilities Book Ties Turner Family To Press On Fund
The Turner family and friends promote the St. Jude holiday campaign tied to the song Possibilities recorded by Darius Rucker. Brennan Turner, in seventh grade, plays baseball with Band of Brother-mates Nat and Christopher. Stephanie Turner, Valdosta State alumna 2012, works as arts and entertainment reporter for the Aiken Standard.
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Frank Rand
Nashville
McGhee Entertainment
Darius Rucker
Simkinses
Turner Simkins
Brennan
Rucker
Tara
Christopher
Turner
Joe Stevenson
Possibilities
St. Jude
Simkins
Chances
Press On Fund
Nat
Possibilitiesbook
Pressonfund.org
Stephanie Turner
Valdosta State University
The
Aiken Standard
Upcoming Aiken County Library events and programs
The Aiken County Public Library hosts a March schedule of events at 314 Chesterfield St. SW. Activities include movie showings on March 7 and 14, LEGO Club on March 12, storytimes for babies to preschoolers on multiple dates, an egg hunt March 21 at Rose Hill Estate, a Law & Literature discussion March 24, a Famous First Americans program March 26, and an Easter egg hunt for teens March 27 plus a Peeps Diorama Contest running March 27 to 31 with public voting April 1 to 15.
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Aiken County Public Library
Chesterfield St. S.W
Abbe-Lib. Org
Aiken
Rose Hill Estate
Greenville St. N.W
Aiken County
USC Aiken
Matthew Miller
Stephen Carter
Ocean Park
Library
Law & Literature
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