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Letter to the Editor: Curmudgeon's healthcare claims ignore the facts (OPINION)

August 22, 2012

To The Editor:

A few weeks back I wrote about Mr. August’s “misinformation” about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) At that time I had indicated that I had not had time to research many of Mr. August’s claims. I will get to those in a minute.

Katerina Tarbox gets an order of muscles, no fat

August 20, 2012

By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard

WARWICK – Katerina Tarbox is a woman who, when she walks among the equipment at Gold’s Gym, draws admiring stares.
Why not? She’s earned them.
At 47, she is a champion bodybuilder and last month won her pro card from the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) at the Masters Nationals in Pittsburgh.
With not an ounce of fat visible anywhere, the wife of North Kingstown automotive-sales magnate Ed Tarbox and mom of two boys, keeps to a strict diet and workout regimen.

New Exeter Baptist church was built on beliefs

August 18, 2012

By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard

EXETER – A dozen people, many wearing paint-stained pants and displaying work-worn hands, sit in the auditorium of the recently-completed Beacon Freewill Baptist Church and reflect on how this place came to be.
It is a church built on the faith and diligence of its members – helped by volunteers from other states –and in completing the project in less than a year, they have amazed themselves.

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August 16, 2012

With less than two weeks left before school resumes in North Kingstown, the question on the minds of countless teachers, administrators, parents and students is: Will the roof at Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnessett Elementary School be fixed in time for the first day of classes?
It appears that answer is a resounding 'no.'