Lifestyle

Funds for fun

• BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It's a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s.
  
  
  
  Back in the days of black-and-white TV, churches offered kids lemonade, cookies and flannel-board stories about Jesus, all set to a clanging piano. Children sat in short wooden chairs and listened to the tales for what seemed like an eternity.

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Freedom Arms churns out guns old-fashioned way

• FREEDOM, Wyo. - Western Wyoming remains a raw, sparsely settled place where guns are a way of life. Wildlife is thick, and people hunt to eat.
  
  
  
  Gaunt peaks rise sharply on both sides of the Salt River as it coils through silent fields that surround the town of Freedom (pop. 100). A sign along a two-lane road makes a bold statement: "Freedom Arms, World's Finest Firearms."

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