Country Connections By James and Ellen Perry
The sun had made its daily trip through Southeast Alabama and had set in the west. Everyone that night in the Elmer Hunter home near Columbia, Alabama, was enjoying supper, and after eating, cleaned the table, washed the dishes and retired to the center room to sit around the fireplace while listening to the radio, talking small talk and getting ready to retire to bed.

In so many cases, the best friends I have are those who give me books.
My good friend Linda Dyer Clevenger Welch gave me several old books a few months ago. One of them was an American literature book. I have been going through it for the past several weeks, reading those selections that perk my interest.
It seems that my favorite part of old literature books is the short story section. In the most recent I’ve scanned, I read short stories I have read many times over the years and some new to me, though they were written decades ago.

Hebrews 11 is the famous chapter affectionately known as the “Roll Call of Faith.”
Countless messages have been preached about the “Heroes of Faith.” Every believer has heard moving sermons detailing the blessings God poured out upon faithful Abraham and Sara. Moses has often been celebrated in inspirational messages as leader, deliverer and miracle worker.

We didn’t plan on eating breakfast at the Waffle House on Christmas morning. The original plan was to be at my mom’s house.
What happened?
Three days earlier, my stepfather, Dick, called from the hospital. My mother was in pre-op while awaiting emergency surgery on her gall bladder. Talk about a shock.

I've been writing articles on here for a while now and have explored a lot of historic topics. I guess I could be called a historian as I have taught history in this county more than long enough to retire.
But, I'm not a real historian.

By Steve Roark
Volunteer Interpreter, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
The smell, look, and feel of a live tree creates a strong Christmas tradition that many folks (and me) cannot do without. But with that comes the concern of the tree drying out and becoming a fire hazard. There is an amazing number of water additives suggested for helping keep the tree fresh, but I have seen little research to back them up. Here are a few.

I first learned about Operation Christmas Child (OCC) from Missy Middleton. She has packed OCC shoeboxes for several years and has a contagious excitement about the shoebox ministry. Missy was eager to share with me the impact a shoebox can have on a child and his/her family. Children don’t just receive a shoebox of gifts, but they also learn about Jesus and what He did for them. The children can share this knowledge with their families and the Word of God can spread through villages!

I have no problem admitting that I’m a geek. Why? Well, there are many reasons, but one of the big ones is my love for dinosaurs.

Even as a small child, they fascinated me. I guess you can say I loved dinosaurs before they were cool. Any time a dinosaur show or movie was on TV, I watched it. Let me tell you, I never missed an episode of “The Land of the Lost” on Saturday mornings. Also, I read every book on dinosaurs I could get my hands on. Unfortunately for me, that wasn’t as often as I would’ve liked.

Q: Is chiropractic treatment ongoing?
A: The hands-on nature of the chiropractic treatment is essentially what requires patients to visit the chiropractor a number of times. To be treated by a chiropractor, a patient needs to be in his or her office. In contrast, a course of treatment from medical doctors often involves a pre-established plan that is conducted at home (i.e. taking a course of antibiotics once a day for a couple of weeks).

Geese are often perceived as awkward, rather silly creatures that waddle around honking off key. “He doesn’t have the sense of a goose” is an old put down. But I contend that geese have an intellect and team approach that humans would do well to emulate.