The Sumter County Board of Education wrangled with two issues at its regular monthly meeting Thursday night. BOE debates Japanese delegation funding, procedure for filling vacant seat Genie Collins AMERICUS — The Sumter County Board of Education wrangled with two issues at its regular monthly meeting Thursday night.

Dermatologists Can Offer Top Tips To Help Keep Lips In Tip Top Shape

While winter's harsh, windy weather is often to blame for dry, cracked lips, sometimes the cause of lip irritation is harder to pinpoint. In fact, several types of foods, cosmetic products, medications or even bad habits have been linked to dry lips. The key is determining the source of the irritation and modifying your daily regimen to eliminate the problem.

Speaking at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, dermatologist Margaret E. Parsons, MD, FAAD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California at Davis, discussed the most common causes of lip irritation, available treatments and preventative measures to keep lips healthy.

"When I treat a patient for dry lips, the first thing I try to determine is what this patient might be doing or not doing that could be contributing to the problem," said Dr.

Man wounded by gunfire on Uptown parade route, police say

This was the same area of town where a young mother watching the parade with her young son (maybe 4 or 5) and her infant in a stroller left both of them alone for about 20 minutes while she went to go buy cigarettes. Crap like this will continune as long as these kids are pouring back into the city without their parents. Here is an easy fix: Pass a law that prohibits kids under 18 from being at a parade without adult supervision. Then round them all up, impound their skittles cars and fine their parents.

WEATHER UPDATE: 9:45 a.m. - Moderate rip current risk on north and ...

9:45 a.m., Feb. 10 Moderate to strong trades will boost wind waves and swells along east facing exposures today, according to the National Weather Service.

A combination of north swells and trade wind generated waves and swells in the next few days will maintain a moderate rip current risk on north and east facing exposures. That means wave conditions support stronger or more frequent rip currents. NWS advises the public to always have a flotation device when in the water.

Refresh your face

Doctors say that skin picks up environmental debris during the day. Washing off minute dirt particles, along with makeup, every evening gives the skin a rest from exposure to possible irritants.

Because people may transfer bacteria from their fingers to pots of face cream, possibly leading to the growth of micro-organisms, some dermatologists recommend discarding products one year after opening them.

Chrysler Expands CPO Program to Encompass More Dealers

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — As new-vehicle sales are expected to dip industry-wide in 2008, certified pre-owned sales are becoming increasingly important to dealers and automakers. In response to this, Chrysler officially announced late last week that it is extending its CPO program to encompass more of its dealers. All qualifying U.S. Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers can be authorized for the program, whereas previously, only Five Star dealers were eligible, the automaker explained. "We are pleased to announce the extension of our certified pre-owned vehicle program to all qualifying Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge U.S. dealers," commented Darryl Jackson, Chrysler vice president of U.S. sales. "Opening the program to all of our dealers is a win-win situation, in which dealers can introduce certified shoppers to the best assortment of pre-owned Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles available, and customers are invited to experience the Chrysler brand family of vehicles at a great value," Jackson continued.

Janet Lince

Janet Lincé is Musical Director of the Reading Festival Chorus, Oxford University Press Choir and the chamber choir Choros, as well as co-director with Sarah Tenant-Flowers of the newly-formed choir Encoro. She has also worked with several orchestras including London Concertante, Oxford Sinfonia, Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra and the period instrument group Canzona.

Janet has a particular interest in the period instrument performance of the music of JS Bach and his contemporaries. However, her repertoire also includes the major oratorios such as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Brahms's Requiem, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius and Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony. Performances have included less well-known works such as Britten's The company of Heaven, the Choral Fantasia of Gustav Holst and Janácek's Otcenas, as well as newly commissioned works.