
There is a special place children who are battling -- or have battled -- a diagnosis of cancer can go. A place where they are not "different," not "the sick kid." A place where memories of hospitals and treatments recede and life is just about summertime, camp and all that goes with it -- swimming, fishing, campfires, scavenger hunts, crafts, archery, canoeing, spirit sticks and new friends.
The Golden Triangle is within easy traveling distance of some of the best entertainment in the South. Support arts and entertainment at home, and when you're on the road, these might pique your interest.

Kenny Gardner has been singing since he was 3 years old, spreading the gospel with his dad, Bro. James Gardner. He's even recorded a few albums along the way. But for the past 12 years, as he founded and pastored Columbus Christian Center, the idea of going back into the studio simmered on a back burner. Until now.


Personal touches in a wedding can take the ceremony from textbook to storybook, and they may even save the new couple some money.
My paternal grandparents called each other "Mr. Boyls" and "Miss Ruth," at least in public. It used to drive my mother crazy. "I just know that they must call each other by more personal names sometimes!" she fretted.
Drug deals gone bad, harrowing gun fights and shadowy undercover work are part and parcel of Tupelo native Merle Temple's complex past. The experiences inspired and informed his debut novel, "Ghostly Shade of Pale."

In case you hadn't noticed, Father's Day is just around the corner. On Sunday, June 16 families everywhere will celebrate dads, and many of them will do it with some form of feasting on manly foods. Dude food, if you will.



1. Having fun ... at Camp Rising Sun COMMUNITY
2. Being beautiful: Keeping it between the barn and the pond COLUMNS
3. Adele Elliott: Memorials and markers COLUMNS
4. Gardner's new gospel recording is 'right on time' COMMUNITY
5. Community Calendar for the week of June 16, 2013 ENTERTAINMENT