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Dionne Mann by dionnemann
Jul 20, 2012 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Hostgator has grown from a small hosting companyhttp://www.hostgatornews.com/ with just three servers into a world leading and industry recognized hosting provider with more than
CCQ5_IMG_3649.JPG Endless Summer by SherryBlanton
Jul 19, 2012 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Although the name ‘Endless Summer’ (Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Endless Summer’) could suggest the title of a cable tv show or a soap opera, it is actually the name of a wonderful mophead hydrangea. What makes this hydrangea with its brilliant blue flowers so special is that it reblooms. It blooms on...
Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention for persons reentering their community after incarceration 2012 REAL Conference on Reentry, A Life in the Community for Everyone! by JulieHope
Jul 18, 2012 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Save the Date!   You Are Invited! 2012 REAL Conference on Reentry "A Life in the Community for Everyone" Wed. July 25, 2012 - 9:00-3:30 The Anniston City Meeting Center, 16 th and Noble St., Anniston Alabama The Health Services Center in Hobson City, Calhoun County, Alabama wou...
The Marking Wall by JohnBagwell
Jul 14, 2012 |  0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
Maybe you have one, and maybe you don't, but we all know what a marking wall is.  A marking wall is a place in some houses where, once a year on their child's birthday, they line them up and "mark" how tall they are at that age.  My wife and I were talking about how fast our girls seem to be gr...
"More" About Tomatoes by SherryBlanton
Jul 08, 2012 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
The Calhoun County Extension Office is sponsoring a 'Home Grown' Tomatoes Workshop on Tuesday, July 24th from 9 to 3 at Cane Creek Community Gardens. Speakers will talk about tomato varieties, diseases, drip irrigation, among other tomato oriented topics.  There will also be a taste testing of va...
What If You Had Never Heard? by JohnBagwell
Jul 07, 2012 |  0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
As I mentioned last week, I took my daughter with me on the J.S.U. campus because I wanted to show her how easy it could be to walk up to total strangers, have a conversation about salvation, and walk away without embarrassment, confrontation, or hurt feelings for anyone involved.  As it was pa...
Could you have done it? by JohnBagwell
Jul 02, 2012 |  0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
Last week I talked a little bit about 2 questions I went around asking people, and said I would publish the results of those conversations this week, but before I do, I wanted to ask you if you could have named 10 brands of beer, or if you could have named the 10 Commandments.  For those of you...
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Jul 01, 2012 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
These are hard days for gardeners. We have talked about the heat to everyone we meet and we are suffering through it as I write these words. I can’t remember days of continual 100 plus temperatures, This kind of heat probably has happened in other years, but, like many other bad memories, I have...
Our Big Competition by StarEditorBobDavis
Jun 29, 2012 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
A group of community leaders joined us at the offices of The Star yesterday afternoon to discuss next steps in the Our Big Problem series on obesity. We had a fast-paced hour discussing ways our community can wrestle with the frightening statistics that show Alabama is among the fattest sta...
The VBS That Changed My Life by JanCase
Jun 28, 2012 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The memory bank of most Southerners has a file for Vacation Bible School. Every summer for over half a century, children have spent a week at church playing games, eating cookies, making crafts, singing, and hearing Bible stories. Many of us would attend the one at our own church and then go to ...

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