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JASPER CITY SCHOOLS MADDOX MIDDLE SCHOOL Monday - Crispy or Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Baked Beans, Dill Slices, Baked Chips, Fresh Vegetables, Fruit Cup & Fresh Fruit, Milk Tuesday - Spaghetti,...
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Engagements
Baker-Halbrook Charles and LaRee Baker of Townley are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Krista Baker of Northport, to Kevin Halbrook of Northport, the son of Susan and Kenny ...
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Rick Watson
I’m back on the road again
I let myself get a little down Friday as I prepared to write this column. I’d read some short stories by my friend Dale Short, and the stories that won Rick Bragg a Pulitzer Prize a few years ago.
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Above, Dennis Debbaudt speaks to one of the law enforcement officials who attended an autism risk and safety management training session last week at Bevill State Community College. Sumiton Police Department was one of several agencies who sent representatives. Photo special to the Eagle
‘It takes patience, time and understanding’
More than 20 years ago, Dennis Debbaudt’s son had a meltdown at the mall.
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Jennifer Cohron
Rooting for the rednecks
I’ve heard that a redneck’s most famous last words are “Hey, y’all. Watch this!”
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Ruth Baker
Southern gospel tent revivals
I want to start another theme to get you reminiscing. How many of you remember the Gospel Tent Reviv-als? Every community in Walker County at one time or another had tents set up and revivals held...
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Margaret Dabbs
Old memories of New Orleans revisited
For years I could not think of New Orleans without seeing her desperate citizens camping out at the Louisiana Super-dome and begging their country for help in late August 2005. Those flashbacks are...
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Jennifer Cohron
A struggling artist
My artistic talent peaked in kindergarten. I explained that to young Brylee Smith last week when I asked her to help me with a project for a friend. She thought I was just being funny and let me ne...
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Hooterville comes home
Addison festival honors former resident, late star of “Green Acres”
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Engagements
Sanford-Boatwright Tony and Donna Sanford, along with Dan and Rhonda Boatwright, would like to announce the engagement of their children, Joshua Ray Sanford to Anna Shea Boatwright. The weddin...
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Basket-making — A long-lasting tradition
With modern machinery, cheap sacks and bags of cloth, plastic and fabric, basketry has become a lost art except by a few older craftsmen.
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Little River Canyon in DeKalb County, is a popular site for admiring the fall foliage. Photo special to the Eagle
Tourism website features fall colors map, trail
Even the trees turn crimson and auburn during football season in the South. Although Friday marked the first day of autumn, the fall foliage is not expected to reach its peak in north Alabama unti...
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Jennifer Cohron
Friends to the end
I had an “I Love Lucy” episode on as background noise the other day but stopped what I was doing when Lucy and Ethel started singing “Friendship.”
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Engagements
Smith-Gurganus Bobby and Diana Smith of Jasper are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Smith of Parrish, to Will Gurganus of Parrish, the son of Dennis and Julie Gurganus ...
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Margaret Dabbs
Maurice Cook paints a message of unity
Over the last 17 years, you might find folk artist Maurice Cook on the road at the Butterbean Festival in Pinson, where cooks vie for first prize in the Butterbean and Cornbread Cooking Contest and...
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