Katie Holme stood alongside a gleaming white pasture fence, whistled and raised her right hand in the air.

Saturday morning, bright and early, I'll climb on to my 10-year-old GT Force road bicycle and ride 105 miles of South Carolina backroads to Greenville for the Bike MS ride. It is a ride I look forward to every year, yet one I wish I didn't have to make.

Chelsey Polk receives Eagle award

As I entered my senior (and hopefully last) year of high school, I started to think back on all the movies I’ve watched and how many times I’ve watched them since I was, well, born. And I will tell you it is quite the lengthy list.

Rock Hill fashion designer Luis Machicao drew inspiration from the glamour of the 1940s for his winter 2009 couture collection. This weekend, his elegant pieces will be shown on the runway at the first Charlotte Fashion Week.

Michael Baldwin works on park, earns Eagle

The Boston Brass will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at Rock Hill's Rawlinson Road Middle School. Doors open at 6:30. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 seniors and students and free for children in 5-year-old kindergarten or younger.

A 9/11 remembrance program will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Lawn Community Center, 5554 Main St. It is sponsored by the center and by Richard Hulse, a retired volunteer firefighter from New York.

Main Street Live will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday in downtown Rock Hill. The Briar Creek Band will perform. Admission is free.

School is back in session at last — time for our annual spotlight on quick, weeknight dinners. This year, though, it’s not just less-flexible schedules and fuller calendars that stand between the family cook and the evening meal. It’s the economy.