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Down To Earth: Alabama landowners conserve natural resources
Written by Marlee Moore Alabama Farmers Federation Alabama landowners’ roots run deep when it comes to conservation. “My job is to do what’s best for the land ecologically and environmentally,” said timber consultant Brian Agnew, who serves on the Alabama Farmers Federation State Forestry Committee. Agnew and fellow forest-focused Alabamians use a mix of…
Read MoreBUTLER COUNTY BEGINNINGS Avant origins
BY ANNIE CRENSHAW Like many other surnames, “Avant” was spelled every way possible over the years. We find the family recorded as Avant, Avent, Evant, Arent, Areint, Arentz, Arnet, Arant, Arrant, Arrand, Arndt and Arnz, among other spellings, from Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee to Arkansas, Texas and beyond. Family…
Read MoreOLE STUFF AND SUCH Grandchildren make you change your mind
By Frances Garner Until I became a grandmother, my life must have been void, although it was running at full speed with a daughter graduating from high school, a full-time job, a self-employed spouse, a house to run, and numerous other activities. Where would a find time for a grandchild? How could I fit…
Read MoreGHS School Days-1950s-60s, Part 6
By CARTER E. ANTHONY In the mid-1950s, Coach Luke Whetstone and the Greenville High School Tigers produced some of the finest football teams in Greenville’s history winning numerous state championships. Many of those players went on to play Division 1, Division 2 and junior college football. Perhaps it was this success that caused Coach…
Read MoreGardner wins grand championship
The North American International Livestock Exposition is the largest purebred livestock show in the world and is held annually in November at the Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Livestock exhibitors from 48 states and Canada gather on the iconic green shavings to compete with their beef cattle, boer goats, dairy cattle, dairy goats, draft horses,…
Read MoreNobility to speak at Tour of Homes
The British are coming! The Wilcox Historical Society recently announced that the Right Honorable Countess of Carnarvon, of “Downton Abbey’s” Highclere Castle will be the Keynote Speaker at their annual Tour of Homes Welcome Reception, Friday night, March 24, 2023. Lady Carnarvon’s address will conclude the first day of the Tour; the Wilcox Historical Society’s…
Read MoreFatal crash in Butler County
TROY POST – A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, has claimed the lives of two men. Esteban E. Morales, 25, of Hickory, N.C., was driving the 2021 Toyota Rav4 when it struck the rear end of the 2023 Mack tractor-trailer driven by Marlon A. Rodgers, 46, of Locust Grove,…
Read More‘Every Light a Prayer for Peace’
The Garden Clubs of Alabama and the State Capitol will celebrate their official tree lighting ceremony on the Capitol steps, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022 at 5 p.m. This tree lighting ceremony began in Selma , August 2051. During the Korean Conflict , the Montgomery Federation President at that time, Dorothy Parrish of Greenville and members…
Read MoreA roller coaster market
BY CARTER E. ANTHONY, CFA I don’t like roller coasters. Never have, never will! In 1962, on the Key Club Convention to Long Beach, Calif., we visited a huge amusement park. It had a roller coaster that “rolled and coasted” right on out over the Pacific Ocean. I couldn’t imagine riding it. Young sailors…
Read MoreOLE STUFF AND SUCH My Daddy
BY FRANCES GARNER When I was a little girl, my daddy was a giant. I would follow him to the garden, the mailbox, or the field and try very hard to put my footprints in his. This was next to impossible due to his long stride and the fact that he never lagged around.…
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