8/6/14 PEDv pushed swine show entry numbers down
SUMMARY: Cost of a hog project may have been biggest factor The swine show had fewer entries this year, mainly due to a deadly virus that has driven up the cost of procuring a show animal. In terms of entries, the swine show is the largest show at the Holmes County Fair. Kids can buy a piglet in January and have a 220 pound prize hog by August, in time for the fair. However, just as porcine...8/6/14 Test your knowledge of Fredericksburg history at the annual Crawford Street Picnic
SUMMARY: Annual neighborhood event will feature local history quiz. Fredericksburg history buffs can test put their knowledge to the test Aug. 16 at this years Crawford Street Picnic. The annual picnic, held at the Gary and Dawna Sands residence at 197 Crawford Street, will begin with a multiple choice quiz on Fredericksburg history. After the quiz, and introductions are given all around,...COLUMN: Success and Failures: Edition summer 2014
August is half over. I repeat - August is half over. I really did have a lot of plans for this summer. Read books that have been languishing on my shelves, go swimming, start writing my book. Alas, I did read two books and went swimming twice. Go me. Did I start writing my book? No, but I feel the writing bug coming on and soon my house will be a vast, empty echoing hall of its former self when...COLUMN: Success and Failures: Edition summer 2014
August is half over. I repeat - August is half over. I really did have a lot of plans for this summer. Read books that have been languishing on my shelves, go swimming, start writing my book. Alas, I did read two books and went swimming twice. Go me. Did I start writing my book? No, but I feel the writing bug coming on and soon my house will be a vast, empty echoing hall of its former self when...FROMONLINE | 2014-08-06
Sweet recipes for a berry grape day Column Summary The sweetest flavors of summer are a great way to celebrate a very great day. The growing gifts of this season are some of the sweetest ever; serve others a great day, too. The best thing about today is that everyone in my family woke up today, and is blessed with another day to live this gifted life. I could hear day-calling birds through my...Who Needs a Tan When You Can See Rainbows?
SUMMARY: When folks plan for a vacation on the beach, they hardly ever take into account the fact that it might rain every day for their week, but that's where Mike Dewey, currently enjoying his 15th summer on the Carolina Coast, can be of some service. ATLANTIC BEACH, NC – Few things in life make you feel more helpless than watching it rain for days on end, knowing that its no ones...
Hiland Little League Sr. League tournament comes to an unexpected end
Perhaps expectations were too high. Could it be this team wasn’t the juggernaut it appeared to be coming into the Senior League Regional Tournament in Peru, Illinois? Did injuries take their toll? Did nerves get the best of this vaunted 16-U team from Hiland?Yes…on all counts.While it’s good to aim high when setting goals, the expectations placed upon this particular group — some by...