New York Mets shortstop Omar Quintanilla (3) holds up the ball after tagging out Atlanta Braves Jason Heyward trying to steal second base. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)
Hilarious!
I do not know how many of you really pay attention to church "advertisement" signs (you know the ones where they put the little plastic letters on and create phrases like "The only thing missing from CH RCH...is U!). Well, eventhough I am not a religious person, I do read these signs pretty much everytime I pass by one. Sure, most are strictly spiritual or Biblical, but a lot of them have pretty good meanings and intentions behind them. However, I've NEVER seen one that made me laugh harder than one I saw today. I do not remember what church it was, but it was somewhere in Anniston. The sign stated...
"SATAN called. He wants his weather back!"
LOL
Well, that sums it up...this hot weather is no longer wanted in Calhoun County and surrounding areas. I know it is no longer wanted by a lot of people in Munford either...including me!
Girl Scout Troop #20074 Needs Your Trash
Our Girl Scout Troop has teamed up with the recycling program, TerraCycle, to collect certain "trash" items for recycling. We collect these everyday "trash" items and send them in for recycling, at no charge to our troop, then with every acceptable piece that TerraCycle receives from us, the troop receives 2 cents per item. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but it adds up. On top of helping our troop, you are doing your part to help our planet.
We have a couple of drop off locations at this time, all are in Munford:
Munford Library
Munford Food Mart
Munford Rec Center
Oxford Public Library (See Ms. Barbara in childrens dept.)
The following items are the ONLY items we are collecting:
- Capri Sun or Honest Kids fruit drink pouches (please make sure they are empty)
- any brand of ink jet printer cartridges
- any brand of makeup containers (empty only please)
- any brand of soap, shampoo, conditoner, lotion, etc. body and skin care product bottles or containers (empty only please)
Thank you for your help!!!
"I want to be skinny. I want to be pretty." But why?
First of all, I will say that most of my life I have been UNDERweight; however, after having 2 kids, I am finally at a healthy weight for my height, and I'm happy. I have never "battled" with weight issues like a lot of people in my family and a lot of my friends. As a nurse, I've seen many of my patients battle with weight issues also. Of course, when I hear of a family member or a friend going on some fad-diet that is the latest rage, it worries me and also makes me upset. It worries me and makes me upset because most of these fad-diets have no scientific-basis and no medical research, but instead they are programs that are designed by money-grubbing people who are wanting to make money off peoples' insecurities and weaknesses. I just don't understand why our society has to put so much emphasis on a woman's beauty based on her weight. So many people go on diets with the one goal of being skinny. This goal ends up not being met most of the time, which ends up making the person feel like a failure, but usually this goal is not even practical for most people. Not only is it impractical, but exactly how much weight does a person have to lose to be "skinny" or "beautiful"? What so many people fail to realize is that each person's body frame is suited for a specific amount of weight. A person's body frame is based on skeletal structure. Most people with small frames are going to fall under the "skinny" category. People with medium frames are going to be "average" according to most peoples' opinions. People with large frames are going to usually be looked at as being overweight. If someone is large framed and sets a goal to be "skinny," this is not going to work out most of the time because the body frame size is still going to be large, which is going to make most people feel that they still look "fat".
Before jumping on some crazy diet train, people need to realize that many more things decide the weight someone is going to be, and most of the time, it can not be determined by some fad-diet. Considerations have to made for body frame, family body sizes, genetics, health issues (such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, Cushings Syndrome, etc), and also the types of foods and drinks being consumed.
Our society needs to forget what the next great model is weighing in at. Instead people need to get off the couch, stop playing the video games, cut back on the fast food and sugary snacks, and become more active...even if it means just walking around the lake or up and down the block. Take it from the older crowds who enjoy walking around the mall...it's indoors and cool, which makes it easier and more manageable during this extreme hot weather we are having. Not only do adults need to do this, but so do their kids. Kids imitate their parents' actions. If a kid sees his or her parents getting off the couch and giving up junk food, then the kid will want to also.
"Eat right. Stay fit. Get healthy." If I'm not mistakened, I think that is what the Disney Channel keeps telling our kids, right?
Contest to win a free photography session
Summer is almost gone. Fall is just around the corner. Many memories have past. Many memories can still be made.
As you all know by now, I am a freelance photographer with my own side-business, Through My Eyes Photography by Jami Van Brocklin. My website is located at www.throughmyeyesphotographybyjvb.weebly.com.
I would like to host a little contest. It's free to enter! I will select ONE winner on the last day of July! The winner will receive ONE FREE 30 min. photography session at either Oxford Lake/Park or La Garde Park in Anniston. The winner will receive ONE FREE disk with the photos.
Here is what you need to do:
Since school is right around the corner and all too many times people fail to realize how special our teachers are, I want my readers to write a paragraph with AT LEAST 200 words naming and describing their FAVORITE teacher or the teacher who has had the most impact on them. Any age can enter, but if I pick a child's winning entry, the parent will actually "win" the prize and have to claim it.
The winning entry will be REPRINTED on MY BLOG for everyone to read. I will include the first name and last INITIAL only of the winner with the winning entry.
The winner will have 30 days to use the free session coupon. Photo shoots will be scheduled on weekend days only!
To enter: Reply to this blog entry in the comments section. The winner will be contacted via Facebook!
My Girl Scout Troop's Cookbook
My Girl Scout Troop #20074 is going to be creating a cook book this year as one of our fundraisers. We will be needing the help of the community to create this cook book so that we can fill it full of wonderfully delicious recipes! Once we have the cook book created and can submit it to the publishing company, we will receive hard copies of the cook book to sale. If you would be interested in submitting recipes to be put into our Girl Scout Troop cook book, please email the recipe, your name or the name of the contributor, any Girl Scout affilitation you may have, and your city and state. I will let everyone know when these go on sale. Thank you for your support!
Please email these to GSTroop20074@gmail.com !
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Editorial: The shattered world of Anniston Middle School
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Last month, after decades of debate, the Anniston Board of Education voted to close the school on Alabama 21 and move its students to other campuses as part of a system-wide reorganization and cost-cutting measure.
Last week, Superintendent Joan Frazier announced her retirement for June 2014, meaning someone else -- possibly from outside the system hierarchy -- will shepherd the system through the middle school’s closure.
And Tuesday, the state Board of Education included Anniston Middle on its list of “failing” schools that, as part of the Alabama Accountability Act, will allow parents zoned for AMS to receive tax credits if they transfer elsewhere.
For the Anniston Board of Education, the state board’s list of 78 “failing” schools represents two different headlines -- both significant. No other Anniston schools made the list. (For that matter, Anniston Middle was the only school in Calhoun County to be deemed “failing” by the state board.)
Anniston High School, whose dropout and graduation rates have long been serious civic concerns, and the system’s five elementary schools are free of both the stigma and the practicality of being considered “failing” institutions. We are glad that’s the case.
But the other headline didn’t bring a sigh of relief to a city desperate to use public education in its efforts to reinvent the city’s outlook on vital matters such as job creation, economic growth and crime reduction. A city without vibrant and well-supported public schools is a city that struggles to educate its children and sustain its future. A city without successful public schools is a city that faces stagnation and decline, not prosperity.
That is Anniston’s struggle today.
Our advice is to consider Anniston Middle School’s label as a “failing” school as part old news and part opportunity. Don’t overreact.
Instead, see Anniston Middle as what it is -- a school already destined for closure. That’s not a rationalization; it’s a fact. What’s important now is the system’s still-developing reorganization that, once completed, is expected to lessen the system’s fiscal concerns.
More important, still, is this community’s understanding that the education of the children within Anniston’s public schools must be a grade-A priority. It is not the priority solely of the city’s educators or its black community, whose children are overwhelmingly the majority of the city’s schools. It must be a priority for all who want Anniston to prosper.
Make no mistake: We are disappointed that the state considers Anniston Middle School a “failing” school. But we cannot lose focus on the larger, vital picture -- the reinvention of Anniston’s school system and the improvement of its public education. The ailments are well known. Repairing them with hard work and rational decisions is the key.
