Inexpensive Floral Embellishments (BellaOnline)

Have you ever wanted to make some of the beautiful cards, scrapbook pages, or other projects you find in the magazines and online but the cost of the parts is too much? We will discuss some of the ways to get that designer look on without breaking the bank.

Vilonia Middle School students help Mena tornado victims (The Log Cabin Democrat)

Students in literacy classes at Vilonia Middle School were looking for a service learning project that would benefit someone they could identify with.

Community Calendar (The Milan News-Leader)

"Teaching Your Kids About Money" will be offered from 9 to 11:30 a.m. by Saline Community Education. The class is for adults and meets at Liberty School.

2 indicted in separate incidents at retailers (Press & Sun-Bulletin)

In separate Tompkins County Court proceedings last week, a woman and man were arraigned in cases involving grand larceny from Wal-Mart and lobster theft and illegal weapon possession at Wegmans.

Local volunteers make ‘Cards for Heroes’ (The Sunnyvale Sun)

In the early days of the Iraq War, much attention was paid to volunteers on the home front who were assembling care packages to send to the troops overseas.

Calendar (The Saline Reporter)

May's Artist of the Month at Two Twelve Arts Center, 212 W. Michigan Ave. in Saline, is Jean Canavan. A reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the center. Canavan is creates multi-media, pastel, watercolor, mixed media, art quilts and soldered art jewelry. Her show is titled "Reflections."

Scrapbooking Day fundraiser May 9 (Edison-Metuchen Sentinel)

St. James Episcopal Church in Edison will be holding a Scapbooking Day fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 9. There is a $25 fee, which includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks, as well as a 4-foot scrapping area. There will also be a Cricut, Cricut Expression, and Cuttlebug, as well as many Cricut cartridges available for use.

Here’s a second chance to graduate high school (Fernandina Beach News-Leader)

Just after the start of the second semester of his junior year, Weston Gill decided he'd had enough of school and dropped out. After floundering for about a month, Gill made the life-changing decision to enroll at Nassau Community Academy and pursue his GED.

Help for ‘wanna-be’ scrapbookers (Kinston Free Press)

LA GRANGE - If getting started on a special scrapbook seems a bit daunting, help is on the way. The La Grange Arts Center will have a scrapbooking class from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The class, taught by Carolyn Hobbs, is designed for beginners or