Scott Swanson
Kathy Paddock-Rice says she’s always struggled with her weight.
“I was the heavy girl in my crowd,” she said. “All the other girls were skinny.”
That’s why, in sixth grade, she joined other members of her family in T.O.P.S.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, which is what its better-known acronym stands for, has a long history in Sweet Home, and that has been illustrated this year with the celebration of one local club’s 50th…