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By Frances Garner   Teen-agers today hear a lot about what their parents and grandparents didn’t have when they were growing up and how they should be more thankful for the advantages they have to enjoy. As I think back over the years, I think of the things we did have and what our children…

BY CARTER E. ANTHONY,   In the last couple of months, President Biden and Secretary of the Treasury Yellen have each said in press conferences that they are going to fight this surge in inflation by putting more money into the system. High school economics students know inflation is caused by too much money chasing…

Blood donors are needed as the nation and local communities continue to feel the impact of blood shortages. The demand for blood continues to rise, and blood donors are asked to donate soon. All blood types are needed to help the local blood supply, ensuring hospitals have the blood required to treat traumas and patients…

I believe most people have heard of ‘Sunshine Laws’ and understand their importance to our communities, states, and the nation as a whole. The Greenville Standard joins with the News Leaders Association for the annual celebration of access to public information which is held this week. National Sunshine Week has been celebrated every March since…

These pink camellias were photographed at the Greenville-Butler County Public Library on March 8. The freeze which came later in the week on Saturday night surely did not treat them well. The Greenville Library first opened in 1932 and has occupied several buildings before finally locating at 309 Fort Dale Road in 1992 after a…

BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   The Alabama Medieval Fantasy Festival (ALMFF) returned to Greenville on March 5 and 6, and once again, the event set a new personal record for attendance. On Saturday alone, over 1,500 people came to see the performers, purchase from the vendors, and eat their way through turkey…

Greenville High School JROTC continued a run of outstanding performances at drill meets throughout the State of Alabama. This time, however, at the Sidney Lanier Drill Meet in Montgomery, Saturday, Feb. 26, Greenville brought home the First Place Overall Trophy. This First Place Overall win had been elusive to the Greenville cadets in spite of…

From April 4 to April 6 a crusade will be held in football stadiums across Butler County. Those stadiums include: McKenzie, Georgiana, and Greenville High School. Tim Skipper, pastor of Ebenezer East Church, indicated the Lord put in his heart to hold a crusade locally during a church youth mission trip to North Carolina over…

BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   Greenville High School’s Old Gym Players will perform “Charlotte’s Web” on March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Greenville High School auditorium. Show director Stacey Edwards said the students have been getting ready for the performance since December, and for her, trying to get together a show…