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It’s Sunshine Week

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   It’s Sunshine Week. A week to celebrate freedom of information laws in every state. It also celebrates the good efforts of government advocates and journalists to enlist those laws in the search for information we need as self-governing citizens. Sunshine Sunday began in Florida in 2002, led by…

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Women of God, “Let’s make history!”

By Carolyn Griffin   I am amazed at the God inspired ideas that come to me during my early morning times of prayer and meditation, and as I am driving. If I add them to the dreams and visions that I have, and follow through on just a few, I could add the title of…

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Smokin’ in the Park

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   I know the title sounds a little dubious and it would make you wonder what was being smoked, but the truth is that there will be smoke in the park in downtown Georgiana. Not the smoke you’re thinking but the sweet aroma of barbecue, that’s right, Bar-B-Que!…

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Squatch Watch

BY KATHY PICKENS The Greenville Standard   The Greenville-Butler County library hosted bigfoot field investigator, YouTube producer and New Jersey native Mike Familant as he presented his program “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye” last Thursday. Big Red Eye is the name given to the eight-foot tall, bipedal creature with glowing red eyes that…

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Governor Ivey signs Choose Act

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Governor Kay Ivey, on Thursday, March 5, signed the CHOOSE Act (House Bill 129) into law. The governor signed the bill at the State Capitol attended by students, lawmakers and supporters. The legislation creates a program similar to school vouchers, which will provide eligible families with as much…

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Election results for Butler County

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   The unofficial election results for the April 5 Primary Election for Butler County was tallied and to follow are the results. There are 14,383 registered voters in Butler County. In total, 3,816 ballots were cast at polling houses and 312 were absentee ballots, which resulted in a 26.53…

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Crash claims one

TROY POST – A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4 a.m. Sunday, March 10, has claimed the life of a Georgiana man. Thomas J. Thomas, 36, was fatally injured when the 2003 Toyota Camry he was driving left the roadway, struck a concrete embankment and overturned before going into a creek. Thomas was not…

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Where do we go from here? Stock market indicators

BY CARTER E. ANTHONY, CFA   As we enter the New Year, stock market investors want to know what to expect from the market. Predictions are a dime a dozen depending upon who you ask. Having quoted Yogi Berra’s statement “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future” here many times I seldom…

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ALMFF has unprecedented year

BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   The Alabama Medieval Fantasy Festival (ALMFF) was held this past weekend and was a smashing success. Although the final totals are not in, early estimates indicate a record-breaking attendance weekend. “We probably parked 4,600 cars on Saturday,” said Gary Haskew with the Butler County Sheriff’s Posse, “and…

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PANTHERS ARE 1A CHAMPS

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   The Georgiana Panthers boys basketball team has accomplished a feat no other sport has in Georgiana School history. Thursday night, Feb. 29, they claimed the 1A AHSAA state basketball championship by beating Covenant Christian 55-44 in overtime. The road to the championship led through 31 games, which the…

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