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BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   The 46th annual Hank Williams Festival kicked off Friday, June 6 and finished Saturday evening, June 7. Performing on stage Friday was Wyatt Aleman (pronounced ah-la-mahn), The Bush Family, Today’s Yesterday Band, and ended with the day’s headliner T. Graham Brown. Saturday’s entertainers included The Bush Family, Aleman,…

In the May 28 edition of The Greenville Standard, the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for McKenzie School were incorrectly published. It should have read McKenzie School (L-R) Valedictorian Jack Houston (4.07 GPA) and Salutatorian Alana Jones (3.94 GPA).

BY KATHY PICKENS The Greenville Standard   Sonya’s Dance and Fitness celebrated its 30th year with a spring show entitled “The Seasons of Dance” at the Ritz Theatre on June 7. As always the color, costumes, choreography, characters, and creativity awed the capacity-level audience. The Fall was introduced by dancer Charlotte Stallworth and included a…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Craig Waller officially announced his candidacy for the position of mayor of Greenville, Saturday afternoon, May 2. The announcement was made at Greenville 24hr Fitness’ annual customer appreciation crawfish boil. Waller owns and operates Greenville 24hr Fitness along with his wife Amber. Before the event, Waller stated his…

Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon recently took the ice bucket challenge at Greenville Fire Station 1 Wednesday, May 28, to raise awareness for mental health in Alabama. Mental Health Month is observed throughout the month of May. Before getting soaked, he shared that his inspiration came from Longleaf Recovery & Wellness (LRW) and spoke about the…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Al Brannon, a Greenville native and CEO and President of Terrell Enterprises, Inc., was named Alabama School Nutrition Association (ASNA) Industry Leader of the year on May 2 at the ASNA Conference Awards Ceremony in Huntsville. Crissy Garner, ASNA Awards and Scholarships Committee Chairperson and Child Nutrition Director…

First Lieutenant Howard V. Burt grew up in the Central community, graduated from Greenville High School, and was commissioned after completing Officer Candidate School during World War II. He was assigned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit made up of Japanese-American (Nisei) troops, which was sent to fight in Italy. According to Wikipedia,…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   Monday was Memorial Day, a solemn day of remembrance with respect, honor and created to pay tribute to those that made the ultimate sacrifice in military service of this great nation. Memorial Day started as an event to honor Union soldiers who had died during the Civil…

Graduations recently occurred for all four schools in Butler County School System. McKenzie School went first on Thursday evening, May 15. Georgiana School followed Friday evening, May 16, Greenville High School performed graduation Saturday morning, May 17, and Fort Dale Academy held their graduation Thursday evening, May 22. Valedictorians and Salutatorians from each school are…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   On Wednesday, May 14, the Sasanqua Garden Club (SGC) of Greenville met for its May meeting to conduct regular business and announced that Phase II of the Beeland Park Camellia Garden will begin soon. SGC president Nedra Crosby opened the meeting and Tyler Dunklin offered a prayer. Special…