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THE VALLEY<br />

STAR<br />

SERVING ATHENS/LIMESTONE COUNTY & THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA<br />

June 28, 2012<br />

Camp Hope<br />

See s<strong>to</strong>ry on<br />

Page 15<br />

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Limes<strong>to</strong>ne Smiles <strong>to</strong> open soon<br />

Coleman Dental<br />

expanding <strong>to</strong><br />

second location<br />

Dr. Alan and Lisa Coleman at Limes<strong>to</strong>ne Smiles, across from Walmart on Highway 72.<br />

Back in 1969, the then 12-year-old Alan<br />

Coleman sat in the dental chair of local retired<br />

dentist Dr. Walter Walker waiting for<br />

his six-month exam. While waiting, he amused<br />

himself by trying <strong>to</strong> memorize the “<strong>to</strong>oth eruption”<br />

chart hanging on the wall.<br />

He remembers thinking, “How could anyone remember<br />

all of that”<br />

It was in that moment when a 12-year-old set his<br />

sights on dental school.<br />

The s<strong>to</strong>ry is almost the same for his wife, Lisa<br />

Coleman. “While getting impressions for braces<br />

in the fourth grade, the hygienist began <strong>to</strong> mix a<br />

material that reminded me of BONDO,” an au<strong>to</strong><br />

body filler material she helped her father with<br />

while he worked on antique cars. “My first<br />

thought was, ‘I can do that’” she said.<br />

Fast forward <strong>to</strong> the team we have <strong>to</strong>day, Dr Alan<br />

and Lisa Coleman. Surrounding themselves with<br />

what they consider the best ladies and gentlemen<br />

possible. The Colemans have built a team<br />

of five doc<strong>to</strong>rs, eight hygienists, six dental assistants,<br />

and five ladies that handle everything from<br />

your appointment <strong>to</strong> confirming your insurance<br />

claims are filed correctly. Dr. Coleman and Lisa<br />

take pride in the fact that everyone at Coleman<br />

Dental has a thirst for knowledge and loves their<br />

patients as if they were family.<br />

“Because of our dedication <strong>to</strong> <strong>this</strong> community’s<br />

dental health, we have grown beyond our expectations,”<br />

said Dr. Coleman.<br />

continued on page 6<br />

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TR Electrical moves in<strong>to</strong> new complex<br />

Athens business expands <strong>to</strong> 4,000 feet of floor space<br />

ne of Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County's<br />

fastest growing businesses, TR<br />

Electrical LLC, recently moved<br />

in<strong>to</strong> a new office and warehouse that<br />

includes 4,000 square feet of floor<br />

space.<br />

TR Electrical, owned and operated by<br />

the father and son team of Tim Bauer<br />

and Robbie McDowell, is now located<br />

at 1631 L. Gray Blvd. in Athens between<br />

Sears and Advance Au<strong>to</strong>, just<br />

off U.S. 72 West. Tim and Robbie<br />

would like <strong>to</strong> thank all their cus<strong>to</strong>mers<br />

that have made it possible for<br />

us <strong>to</strong> expand and complete <strong>this</strong> new<br />

office and warehouse complex. TR<br />

Electrical now employs 16 people including<br />

Robbie’s wife, Amber Mc-<br />

Dowell, as bookkeeper.<br />

The new building was constructed by<br />

Premier Structures Inc., of Athens. TR<br />

Electrical was formerly located at 101<br />

E. Lee Street.<br />

TR Electrical was started in December,<br />

2007 and has steadily grown in a<br />

weak economy. They now do work in<br />

all of Northern Alabama and Southern<br />

Tennessee. Office hours are from<br />

7 a.m. <strong>to</strong> 4:30 p.m.<br />

Bauer worked at the General Mo<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

Delphi plant in Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County for<br />

more than 30 years before retiring in<br />

early 2007. McDowell was an experienced<br />

electrician with Bobby Terry<br />

Company when the two decided <strong>to</strong> go<br />

in<strong>to</strong> business for themselves. The<br />

business is named after both father<br />

and son.<br />

"We've had some stressful times, but<br />

overall it has worked out well," Bauer<br />

said.<br />

Today, TR Electrical is one of the<br />

largest electrical contrac<strong>to</strong>rs in<br />

Athens and Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County. Bauer<br />

credits that <strong>to</strong> a hard working staff of<br />

devoted employees and faithful cus<strong>to</strong>mers.<br />

"We feel fortunate in a weak economy<br />

<strong>to</strong> have the amount of business we've<br />

had," he said recently. “God has truly<br />

blessed us.”<br />

TR Electrical provides electrical work<br />

for commercial, residential, and industrial<br />

applications. Some of their<br />

most recent major work includes<br />

building churches, s<strong>to</strong>res, restaurants,<br />

offices, and homes. TR Electrical<br />

currently works with the following<br />

residential contrac<strong>to</strong>rs: Keith Griffin<br />

Contrac<strong>to</strong>rs Inc., of Athens, Brown<br />

and Meers Homes LLC in Madison,<br />

Legacy Southern Homes, Huntsville,<br />

and KJB Construction Inc., of Taft,<br />

Tenn.<br />

On the commercial side, TR Electrical<br />

LLC is now completing work on two<br />

new churches, Bethel Church of<br />

Christ with Pres<strong>to</strong>n Builders, and<br />

Lake<strong>view</strong> Methodist Church with<br />

Scott Construction. Both of these<br />

jobs are in Athens. The company is<br />

also completing plans with RDB Contrac<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

for construction of a local<br />

medical facility. TR Electrical is also<br />

involved in a large industrial project<br />

at the Electricfil Corporation plant in<br />

Elkmont.<br />

You can read more about these projects<br />

on their website: www.trelectrical.com.<br />

Tim and Robbie are always<br />

looking for new business. If you are<br />

planning an electrical project, they<br />

would love <strong>to</strong> meet with you.<br />

TR Electrical LLC is state licensed and<br />

fully insured with workmans compensation<br />

benefits. The company is<br />

also a member of the Better Business<br />

Bureau with an "A" rating. They<br />

are also members of the Athens-<br />

Limes<strong>to</strong>ne Homebuilders Association.<br />

TR Electrical may be contacted by<br />

phone at 256-206-5776 or by fax<br />

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June 28, 2012 the valley star Page 3<br />

THE SONNY SIDE<br />

by Sonny Turner<br />

He loves the pond, but hates a bath<br />

He loves <strong>to</strong><br />

go swimming<br />

in<br />

the not so clean<br />

pond, but hates<br />

Sonny Turner <strong>to</strong> be bathed<br />

with the hose back at home.<br />

Just what is going on with our<br />

Bulldog, Bubu, is anybody’s<br />

guess at <strong>this</strong> point. But, he literally<br />

can’t stand that cool<br />

bath we give him <strong>to</strong> keep<br />

clean.<br />

In the hot summer he will<br />

make two, maybe three trips<br />

daily <strong>to</strong> the old murky pond in<br />

the pasture behind our home. I<br />

believe he does it <strong>to</strong> keep cool<br />

as the temperatures rise. But,<br />

pull that shampoo out and<br />

grab the hose, he clams up<br />

and stresses out.<br />

I’ve talked <strong>to</strong> some friends who<br />

have dogs, and they say their<br />

animals act like that, <strong>to</strong>o. A<br />

bath is a no-no, but they love<br />

<strong>to</strong> go in<strong>to</strong> water on their own.<br />

ubu will go swimming up <strong>to</strong><br />

is nose. Sometimes, he will<br />

ven go under the water. He<br />

oves it.<br />

eople get attached <strong>to</strong> their<br />

ets like we are <strong>to</strong> Bubu. He<br />

osts us money, but he’s like<br />

amily and we love him.<br />

he Valley Star’s Danny Johnon,<br />

and wife Debra, have a<br />

lack lab named “Riley” and<br />

they had a little mishap with<br />

her last week. It seems Riley,<br />

who loves <strong>to</strong> ride in the jeep,<br />

tried <strong>to</strong> jump out while the jeep<br />

was in motion and suffered a<br />

broken front leg. That happened<br />

on a weekend and<br />

Danny and Debra had <strong>to</strong> take<br />

her <strong>to</strong> Decatur for emergency<br />

attention since all the vets in<br />

Athens were out. That one visit<br />

Vickie Turner with Bubu the day after last year's big snow s<strong>to</strong>rm.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong> by Danny Johnson<br />

Riley on the mend.<br />

cost them $400. But, that is<br />

only a fraction of the cost since<br />

more visits <strong>to</strong> the dog doc<strong>to</strong>r<br />

will be forthcoming.<br />

Whether these pets are worth<br />

the cost is debatable, but<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong> by Sonny Turner<br />

when you become attached <strong>to</strong><br />

them, it’s hard <strong>to</strong> let go.<br />

Bubu is scheduled for a doc<strong>to</strong>r’s<br />

visit as I write <strong>this</strong> because<br />

he has been having eye<br />

problems. But we have already<br />

discussed it, and come <strong>to</strong> the<br />

conclusion that a 10-year-old<br />

THE VALLEY<br />

STAR<br />

Publisher/Edi<strong>to</strong>r in Chief<br />

Sonny Turner<br />

sonny.visions@gmail.com<br />

256-431-5498<br />

Co-Publisher/Pho<strong>to</strong>graphy<br />

Danny Johnson<br />

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Copy Edi<strong>to</strong>r<br />

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Owners<br />

Chris Shindorf<br />

and Bob Teaven<br />

For information on advertising,<br />

please call Sonny@256-431-5498,<br />

Danny@256-874-7571 or<br />

Kathy Thorn<strong>to</strong>n@256-777-1425<br />

Reproductions in whole or in part, without expressed written permission of the publisher are strictly prohibited.<br />

The Valley Star is not responsible for the content or claims of any advertising or edi<strong>to</strong>rial in <strong>this</strong><br />

publication. All content contained in The Valley Star is sole property of The Valley Star. The Valley Star<br />

is a publication of Alabama Real Estate Solutions in Athens.<br />

Bulldog is going <strong>to</strong> have sight<br />

problems. He may have <strong>to</strong> live<br />

with that problem if it comes<br />

down <strong>to</strong> surgery. Bubu is a lot<br />

of fun when he’s healthy. He<br />

hurts the pocketbook when<br />

he’s not.


The Valley Star | feature<br />

A step back in time<br />

Carwile’s barbershop still going after 65 years<br />

y Sonny Turner<br />

aurice Wayne Carwile was a<br />

young lad when he joined<br />

his father at Carwile Barershop<br />

in 1951. He didn’t start out<br />

utting hair either. He was the shoe<br />

hine boy.<br />

It was my first job, and it was a<br />

ood way for me <strong>to</strong> get out of the<br />

ields from chopping cot<strong>to</strong>n. I<br />

hined shoes here,” Carwile said.<br />

1964,” he said. “But it started<br />

falling off when The Beatles came<br />

in.” The Beatles, as you will recall,<br />

was the long-haired English singing<br />

group that <strong>to</strong>ok American by s<strong>to</strong>rm<br />

in 1964.<br />

Mr. Bill cut his first head of hair at<br />

the barbershop on March 7, 1947.<br />

He died in 1992.<br />

There were several other wellknown<br />

Athens barbers who cut hair<br />

Wayne’s shop still has the original cash<br />

register. He said you can see one just like it<br />

when Floyd the barber cuts hair on the Andy<br />

Griffin Show television reruns.<br />

ayne was a student at Athens Colege<br />

in 1959 when he joined his faher,<br />

Bill Carwile, for good in 1959.<br />

ow, he is the only barber at the<br />

arbershop located on Marion<br />

treet in Athens just north of the<br />

imes<strong>to</strong>ne County Courthouse<br />

quare.<br />

arwile’s Barbershop was once a<br />

ooming business in Athens. Wayne<br />

nd three other barbers cut hair,<br />

ut now it’s up <strong>to</strong> Wayne because<br />

e is the only one left. He still loves<br />

is job even though the hair cutting<br />

usiness is not what it used <strong>to</strong> be.<br />

It was best here from 1950 <strong>to</strong><br />

at Carwile’s. One was Bobby Davis,<br />

who was well known for his flat-<strong>to</strong>p.<br />

Davis went on <strong>to</strong> start his own barbershop,<br />

Bob’s Place, that is now<br />

run by his sons, Joe and Mitch<br />

Davis, that is located one street <strong>to</strong><br />

the west of Carwile’s. Another was<br />

Alvis Shireman, who also later<br />

started his own business, Shireman’s<br />

Barbershop.<br />

“I’ve been getting my hair cut here<br />

for quite a while,” said Daniel<br />

Morash, of Athens. “The reason I<br />

come <strong>to</strong> him (Wayne) is because he<br />

is the best man in <strong>to</strong>wn for a flat<strong>to</strong>p.<br />

I like the way he cuts my hair.”<br />

Wayne Carwile cuts the hair of Daniel Morash <strong>this</strong> week at Carwile's Barbershop.<br />

Morash is one of only a few men who still get the 1950s Flat-Top cut.<br />

This old cash register is still being used<br />

at Carwile's Barbershop. It was first<br />

used by Wayne Carwile's father, Bill<br />

Carwile, when he first started the<br />

business decades ago.<br />

This shows some of the antique hair <strong>to</strong>nics still on the shelves at Carwile's Barbershop on North Marion Street.<br />

Wayne said Morash is one of a few<br />

who still come <strong>to</strong> him for a flat-<strong>to</strong>p,<br />

which was popular back in the<br />

1950s and 1960s.<br />

“As a matter of fact,” he said, “last<br />

week was only the second time in<br />

53 years that I cut four flat-<strong>to</strong>ps in a<br />

row.”<br />

Wayne still remembers his first paying<br />

cus<strong>to</strong>mer, Rudolph Allen, who<br />

he said came back three or four<br />

years ago <strong>to</strong> get his hair cut again.<br />

He said the most famous person <strong>to</strong><br />

s<strong>to</strong>p by his barbershop was Alabama<br />

Gov. George Wallace, who<br />

s<strong>to</strong>pped by in the early 1960s for a<br />

shave.<br />

Wayne’s shop still has the original<br />

cash register. He said you can see<br />

one just like it when Floyd the barber<br />

cuts hair on the Andy Griffin<br />

Show television reruns. Also, many<br />

of the first hair <strong>to</strong>nics used at the<br />

barbershop, are there on display,<br />

along with some of the famous flat<strong>to</strong>p<br />

grease.<br />

When you visit Carwile’s, it brings<br />

back a lot of memories of days gone<br />

by.<br />

Page 4 the valley star June 28, 2012


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The Valley Star | feature continued<br />

Limes<strong>to</strong>ne Smiles set <strong>to</strong> open soon<br />

o much so that they decided <strong>to</strong><br />

pen a second location near Walart<br />

in Athens called “Limes<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

miles.” This location will be an ofice<br />

small on size, but huge on<br />

technology. There will be dental<br />

chairs with massage and heat for<br />

the patient <strong>to</strong> control during treatment,<br />

ceiling mounted televisions<br />

in every treatment room, as well as<br />

more comfortable digital x-rays,<br />

along with all the usual list of services<br />

Coleman Dental patients have<br />

grown accus<strong>to</strong>med <strong>to</strong>. They are<br />

striving <strong>to</strong> never ask a patient <strong>to</strong><br />

have <strong>to</strong> drive out of <strong>to</strong>wn for necessary<br />

treatment.<br />

“We really tried <strong>to</strong> listen <strong>to</strong> everyone<br />

over the past 29 years of<br />

being in Athens” says Lisa. “We<br />

tried <strong>to</strong> create an environment that<br />

ould make dental treatment as<br />

omfortable as possible. At Colean<br />

Dental we have always tried<br />

<strong>to</strong> prove <strong>to</strong> every guest in our office<br />

that dentistry doesn’t have <strong>to</strong> be a<br />

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worked hard <strong>to</strong> ensure that same<br />

service continues at Limes<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

Smiles.”<br />

After opening his practice in<br />

Athens on July 16, 1984, Dr. Coleman<br />

shows no signs of slowing<br />

down.<br />

“I do what I love and I love what I<br />

do,” he said with a smile. “So, why<br />

s<strong>to</strong>p”<br />

The opening date for Limes<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

Smiles is set <strong>to</strong> be sometime in<br />

mid-July. They will be providers of<br />

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and will offer in-house financing as<br />

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June 28, 2012 the valley star Page 7<br />

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OUTDOORS with Danny Johnson<br />

Fishers of Men Tournament on Wheeler Lake<br />

Danny<br />

Johnson<br />

With the<br />

dog days<br />

of summer<br />

well underway<br />

the river water is<br />

reaching the low<br />

90’s. This summer<br />

occurrence will<br />

ush the bass in<strong>to</strong> deep water.<br />

ish will go as deep as possible <strong>to</strong><br />

scape the hot surface temperatures<br />

and clear water. The most<br />

important fac<strong>to</strong>r in determining<br />

the depths in which big bass<br />

school is oxygen concentration.<br />

The bass will seek a comfort zone<br />

<strong>to</strong> hold up that has baitfish and a<br />

avorable therocline. Using side<br />

cans or down scans found on<br />

ome of the latest electronics help<br />

nglers pin point the exact depth<br />

t which <strong>to</strong> present their lure. The<br />

ey is <strong>to</strong> fish the bait through the<br />

epth the fish are holding in.<br />

he participants of the Fishers of<br />

en trail competed June 22,<br />

012 on the 67,000 acres lake<br />

e call Wheeler. This trail has a<br />

ery competitive group of anglers.<br />

he trail allows fishermen <strong>to</strong> fish a<br />

hoice of different lakes. Wilson,<br />

ickwick, Wheeler, and Guntersville.<br />

Each lake takes on its<br />

own identity and requires a different<br />

fishing technique and lures <strong>to</strong><br />

be successful.<br />

The <strong>to</strong>urnament on Wheeler Lake<br />

was the last <strong>to</strong>urnament of the<br />

2012 season and won by the<br />

team of Marty Duncan of<br />

Lawrenceburg, Tn. and local business<br />

owner, Jerry Lawler, of<br />

Athens. The team brought a bag of<br />

bucketmouths that rocked the<br />

scales at 19.26 pounds. The Duncan<br />

& Lawler team also won the<br />

Fishers of Men May <strong>to</strong>urnament<br />

that was held on Wheeler. These<br />

boys have got the Wheeler fish figured<br />

out. The second place team<br />

of Lynch & Hogue were nipping at<br />

the first place team with 18.80<br />

pounds. Battles and Moody finished<br />

third place with 18.05<br />

pounds. These were some big<br />

bags for late June.<br />

Ernie and Ryan Darracott<br />

This last <strong>to</strong>urnament was sad for<br />

many by the retiring of Carl Darracott,<br />

<strong>to</strong>urnament direc<strong>to</strong>r. Darracott<br />

and his family have been<br />

running the trail for the past seven<br />

years. I have made friends with<br />

Carl and his family by covering the<br />

<strong>to</strong>urnaments for The Valley Star.<br />

The participants of the <strong>to</strong>urnament<br />

respect each other and Carl<br />

did a great job with the Friday<br />

night meetings and running of the<br />

<strong>to</strong>urnaments. We will sure miss<br />

you and may God bless you and<br />

your family.<br />

Soap box voice: Local bass <strong>to</strong>urnaments<br />

have chosen not <strong>to</strong> allow a<br />

dead fish <strong>to</strong> be weighed. This rule<br />

is bad for the fishermen and the<br />

lake resource - the bass. This<br />

practice will cause fishermen <strong>to</strong><br />

discharge their dead fish back in<strong>to</strong><br />

the lake and never bring them <strong>to</strong><br />

Jerry Lawler and Marty Duncan have another First Place finish on Wheeler Lake.<br />

Team Chambers and Crow with<br />

some nice largemouth.<br />

the scales. This is a waste of good<br />

edible fish. There is always someone<br />

at the weigh in looking for a<br />

mess of fresh fish. I suggest let<br />

dead fish be weighed and dock<br />

the weight with an 8oz. penalty. If<br />

groups are willing <strong>to</strong> schedule<br />

<strong>to</strong>urnaments in the hot summer<br />

Thanks <strong>to</strong> Carl Darracott, Fishers of<br />

Men <strong>to</strong>urnament North West direc<strong>to</strong>r<br />

for his past seven years of dedication.<br />

months, please have a plan <strong>to</strong><br />

deal with the dead fish.


June 28, 2012 the valley star Page 9


Habits of highly healthy kids - Part 2<br />

In the last issue<br />

of The Valley<br />

Star we discussed<br />

what it<br />

means <strong>to</strong> be<br />

healthy and how<br />

Flo Doughty<br />

raising the stanard<br />

we have for our children will<br />

elp them be “Highly Healthy”.<br />

ighly healthy children are sucessful<br />

and happy and that is what<br />

e all desire for our children!<br />

n Dr. Walt Larimore’s book, “The<br />

ighly Healthy Child”, he sets forth<br />

ten principles that deeply affect<br />

the health of our children. Remember<br />

we expanded “healthy” <strong>to</strong><br />

not just mean physical health, but<br />

emotional, spiritual and relational<br />

health as well. The ten principles<br />

are:<br />

•Be Proactive in Preventing Physical<br />

Disease<br />

•Build Your Child’s Health Care<br />

Team<br />

•Ensure Proper Nutrition<br />

•Provide Adequate Protection –<br />

(i.e. Moni<strong>to</strong>r what they watch on<br />

TV, friendships, etc.)<br />

•Nurture Family Relationships<br />

•Establish Spiritual Foundation<br />

•Connect with the Larger Community<br />

•Instill a Balanced Self-Concept<br />

•Engage in Healthy Activities<br />

•Cultivate Growth and Maturity<br />

We won’t have time <strong>to</strong> discuss all<br />

of these so we will make a list of<br />

some habits and behaviors that<br />

will help encourage us <strong>to</strong> take our<br />

children <strong>to</strong> the next level of<br />

healthy!<br />

Highly healthy kids are not just fed<br />

healthy food, but are taught the<br />

reasons why a healthy diet is important.<br />

Kids are far more likely <strong>to</strong><br />

accept and continue healthy diets<br />

if they understand why it is important<br />

and what the consequences<br />

re if they don’t.<br />

ighly healthy kids exercise, not<br />

just occasionally, but regularly. Exercise<br />

helps kids <strong>to</strong> burn anxious<br />

energy, and exercise helps them<br />

develop healthy hearts and<br />

healthy self-esteem. Kids who exercise<br />

and eat a healthy diet feel<br />

better about themselves, sleep<br />

better and have better attention<br />

spans. This translates in<strong>to</strong> better<br />

academic performance as well.<br />

Studies prove <strong>this</strong>.<br />

Highly healthy kids don’t spend a<br />

lot of time watching TV and playing<br />

video games. Highly healthy kids<br />

are interacting with parents, being<br />

creative, reading books, playing<br />

active games. They aren’t “watching”<br />

life, they are living it!<br />

In his book, “The Successful Child”<br />

William Sears writes, “Many parents<br />

devote a great deal of effort<br />

<strong>to</strong> shaping their child’s intellectual,<br />

emotional, or physical development,<br />

but they shy away from<br />

teaching spirituality. They are neglecting<br />

a critical <strong>to</strong>ol for success.<br />

Prayer also makes belief more real<br />

and shapes the identity of the family.”<br />

So, highly healthy children<br />

have a family who prays <strong>to</strong>gether<br />

and how great it is when siblings<br />

pray for each other!<br />

Highly healthy kids are taught how<br />

<strong>to</strong> build friendships and positive interactions<br />

are shown by example<br />

at home in how parents interact<br />

with each other and those outside<br />

the home.<br />

This list could go on, but these are<br />

a few things <strong>to</strong> get us started on<br />

the path of raising highly healthy<br />

children. I encourage you <strong>to</strong> pick<br />

up a copy of Dr. Larimore’s book,<br />

“The Highly Healthy Child”, you will<br />

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June 28, 2012 the valley star Page 11<br />

The Valley Star | feature<br />

ardening: Work or pleasure<br />

by Debra Johnson<br />

know you’ve heard the saying,<br />

“one man’s trash is another<br />

man’s treasure.” Well, you might<br />

could almost say the same about<br />

gardening: “One man’s work is another<br />

man’s pleasure.”<br />

I enjoy working in the vegetable<br />

garden, and others prefer flower<br />

gardening.<br />

I’ve been associated with gardening<br />

ever since I was a child. My<br />

grandparents lived on a farm, so<br />

we would spend a lot of our summer<br />

sitting under shade trees<br />

shelling peas and shucking corn.<br />

My family moved from <strong>to</strong>wn <strong>to</strong> a<br />

farm when I was about 10 years<br />

old, and the garden became a<br />

family affair. Now, I still enjoy<br />

planting vegetables, watching<br />

them grow, and especially eating<br />

them fresh out of the garden. I’ve<br />

often been asked why I wanted <strong>to</strong><br />

fool with a garden since there is so<br />

much work involved, but really<br />

while working in the garden, you<br />

are getting plenty of exercise and<br />

sun, not <strong>to</strong> mention the pleasure<br />

of seeing your garden produce delicious<br />

vegetables. The work doesn’t<br />

s<strong>to</strong>p when the vegetables<br />

arrive. Then you have the job of<br />

gathering them and then canning<br />

or freezing for food later on in the<br />

winter. It is not uncommon <strong>to</strong> see<br />

gardens in the country, but there<br />

are also quite a few garden spots<br />

in <strong>to</strong>wn. I guess there are a lot of<br />

people that enjoy growing fresh<br />

vegetables as I do. I hope there will<br />

be young people that are interested<br />

in vegetable gardening and<br />

that it will continue with each new<br />

generation and not become a lost<br />

tradition.<br />

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YEARS AGO IN LIMESTONE COUNTY<br />

YEARS AGO IN LIMESTONE COUNTY<br />

by Rebekah Davis<br />

Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County Archivist<br />

Was Confederate Veterans pho<strong>to</strong> made at reunion of 1889<br />

Rebekah<br />

Davis<br />

One of the<br />

best things<br />

about my<br />

job is you never<br />

know what fascinating<br />

piece of<br />

the Limes<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

County his<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

puzzle is going <strong>to</strong> walk through<br />

the door that day.<br />

On Monday, Archives patron<br />

Lakin Boyd walked in with a copy<br />

of the pho<strong>to</strong> you see here, and<br />

with a question.<br />

He knew that the pho<strong>to</strong> was<br />

taken at a Confederate Veterans<br />

reunion before the turn of the<br />

century, but the question was,<br />

“When” The Archives had a poor<br />

quality reproduction of the same<br />

pho<strong>to</strong>, identified as the Confederate<br />

Veterans reunion of 1880,<br />

but Boyd said according <strong>to</strong> his<br />

family members, the pho<strong>to</strong> was<br />

taken closer <strong>to</strong> 1888.<br />

So I did a little digging and found<br />

<strong>this</strong> article from The Alabama<br />

Courier of Aug. 29, 1889:<br />

THEY WORE THE GRAY<br />

Veterans of the Lost Cause<br />

Gather at Athens,<br />

Immense Crowd, Plenty <strong>to</strong> Eat<br />

and Speech-Making<br />

Last Saturday was a good day for<br />

all Limes<strong>to</strong>ne and especially the<br />

Confederate soldiers of <strong>this</strong><br />

county-the occasion of their reunion,<br />

and there were present, as<br />

handed us by the officer of the<br />

day, Capt. Geo. King, in line 336,<br />

but <strong>this</strong> did not near the number<br />

those present for there were<br />

many stragglers.<br />

Early in the morning, just as the<br />

early streaks of the sun were beginning<br />

<strong>to</strong> show themselves, wagons<br />

filled with men, women and<br />

children were seen coming in<strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>to</strong>wn from every direction, and<br />

lso hundreds came on horseack<br />

and on foot, all bent on seeng<br />

the many old “verterans” that<br />

ould meet, many for the first<br />

time since the days when they<br />

last met on the field where the<br />

“dead and dying lay.” It was a<br />

sight not often seen, and many<br />

tears ran down the cheeks of the<br />

sturdy old soldier as he grasped<br />

again the hand of the man that<br />

had s<strong>to</strong>od beside him in the<br />

thickest of the fight, where shot<br />

fell as hail from the enemies’<br />

guns. They had many things <strong>to</strong><br />

talk of and each one wanted <strong>to</strong><br />

make the other the hero and the<br />

bravest man of the war, which<br />

they all succeeded in doing <strong>to</strong> the<br />

satisfaction of each other.<br />

Early in the morning, the splendid<br />

brass band, from Cullman, Alabama,<br />

which had been secured<br />

for the occasion, was in the court<br />

yard and sweet strains of music<br />

greeted the old soldier as he<br />

came in <strong>to</strong>wn and as soon as he<br />

had hitched his horse or mule, he<br />

would join the ranks over in the<br />

county’s grassy yard of justice,<br />

and such a greeting as one could<br />

see if he were on the outlook,<br />

and as each new arrival came<br />

there would be words and handshaking.<br />

As each old soldier<br />

would register his name, the edi<strong>to</strong>r<br />

of the Courier, who had<br />

printed about five hundred beautiful<br />

badges, bearing the following<br />

“C.S.A.”, would pin on each of the<br />

dear old soldiers showing where<br />

he s<strong>to</strong>od, and it was a pleasure <strong>to</strong><br />

see how happy it made them feel.<br />

At half past ten o’clock, the order<br />

<strong>to</strong> fall in<strong>to</strong> line was given by Col.<br />

Gaines C. Smith, as well as if it<br />

had been yesterday, did they understand<br />

what it meant, and they<br />

formed a line, two deep reaching<br />

across the court yard, and then at<br />

the well-known tap of the drum,<br />

they <strong>to</strong>ok up the line of march<br />

and followed the band <strong>to</strong> the<br />

beautiful college grove at the<br />

Male College Grounds, where<br />

they were addressed by Gen. Joe<br />

Wheeler who many of them followed<br />

through the thickest of the<br />

fight, then following an address<br />

by Maj. E. C. Gordon, and then<br />

that great and grand man, Gen.<br />

Wm. B. Bate, of Tennessee, one<br />

of the grandest leaders of the<br />

Southern Confederacy, made the<br />

old soldiers a speech such as he<br />

alone can make.<br />

After his beautiful and able address,<br />

the immense crowd present,<br />

were invited <strong>to</strong> the long<br />

tables that were weighted down<br />

with the richest and best prepared<br />

barbecue meats and all<br />

the other things that were needful<br />

<strong>to</strong> such an occasion, and bade<br />

<strong>to</strong> help themselves, and <strong>to</strong> say<br />

that one or any of the crowd went<br />

away hungry would, we think, be<br />

<strong>to</strong> tell an untruth. There were<br />

about one hundred cues nicely<br />

prepared, and sent up <strong>to</strong> the tables.<br />

When such men as Charley<br />

Tyrone, John Owen, Thomas J.<br />

Carter, Dan Hare and Newt<br />

Hodges were at the head of affairs,<br />

all may know that it was<br />

prepared fit for the gods <strong>to</strong> have<br />

enjoyed. The pit where the meats<br />

were cooked, on Friday night<br />

about ten o’clock presented a<br />

beautiful appearance and when<br />

the scribe <strong>to</strong>ok them in, and<br />

found the above named gentlemen<br />

at the head of the cooking<br />

department, we were satisfied it<br />

was a success.<br />

So my question <strong>to</strong> you is: Is <strong>this</strong><br />

the pho<strong>to</strong> that was taken that<br />

day I don’t know for certain, but<br />

I’d love <strong>to</strong>. If you can answer that<br />

question, call me at the Archives,<br />

256-233-6404, or come by and<br />

see us in the old green depot at<br />

102 W. Washing<strong>to</strong>n St. And while<br />

you’re here, you might even want<br />

<strong>to</strong> take time <strong>to</strong> scroll through<br />

some of the 150 years worth of<br />

Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County newspapers<br />

we have on microfilm yourself!<br />

About the Archives:<br />

Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County<br />

Department<br />

of His<strong>to</strong>ry and Archives<br />

Established: 1980<br />

Staff: Archivist Rebekah<br />

Davis and Assistant Archivist<br />

April Davis.<br />

Location: 102 W. Washing<strong>to</strong>n<br />

St., in the 1905 L&N<br />

Passenger Depot<br />

Hours: 8 a.m. <strong>to</strong> 4:30 p.m.,<br />

Monday through Friday<br />

Phone: 256-233-6404<br />

E-mail:<br />

lcarchives@knology.<strong>net</strong> or<br />

lcarchives2@knology.<strong>net</strong><br />

Web:<br />

www.limes<strong>to</strong>nearchives.com<br />

Facebook:<br />

www.facebook.com/<br />

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COOKING WITH MAMA KAYE<br />

by Mama Kaye<br />

Zucchini Fritters, mmm good<br />

What <strong>to</strong><br />

cook with<br />

all <strong>this</strong><br />

squash and zucchini<br />

from the garden<br />

Let’s try <strong>this</strong><br />

Mama Kaye recipe that is very<br />

good.<br />

You will need:<br />

2 cups shredded zucchini<br />

1 teaspoon baking powder<br />

1 cup shredded yellow squash<br />

1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika<br />

1 cup shredded carrots<br />

2 large eggs, lightly beaten<br />

1/2 teaspoon salt<br />

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil, or<br />

1 cup corn muffin mix more as<br />

needed<br />

Toss zucchini, squash, and carrots<br />

with salt in a colander and<br />

drain for 15 minutes. Wrap vegetables<br />

in a clean kitchen <strong>to</strong>wel<br />

Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil<br />

in a large skillet over medium heat,<br />

tilting skillet <strong>to</strong> spread oil evenly.<br />

Drop tablespoonfuls of the zucchini<br />

batter in<strong>to</strong> the hot oil, flattening<br />

each dollop with the back of a<br />

spoon. Pan-fry until golden brown,<br />

(1 <strong>to</strong> 2 minutes per side). Transfer<br />

fritters <strong>to</strong> a paper <strong>to</strong>wel-lined plate<br />

<strong>to</strong> drain. Add more oil as need <strong>to</strong><br />

fry remaining mixture. Cool slightly<br />

before serving.<br />

Have a Blessed Day!<br />

Mama Kaye<br />

and squeeze out as much moisture<br />

as possible ( I just pick up a<br />

handful of vegetable and give a<br />

gentle squeeze); transfer mixture<br />

<strong>to</strong> a bowl.<br />

Combine corn muffin mix, baking<br />

powder and paprika in a bowl. Stir<br />

in vegetables and beaten eggs<br />

until well mixed.<br />

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Page 14 the valley star June 28, 2012<br />

Cruisin’ with Joseph<br />

Aperson can<br />

get teased<br />

about his or<br />

her name for many<br />

reasons, but a boy<br />

with a girl’s name<br />

Joseph Scott<br />

would be hard <strong>to</strong><br />

overcome. This is the s<strong>to</strong>ry of a<br />

man born in Texas in 1923 that will<br />

forever be famous and not because<br />

of his first name; he would change<br />

the au<strong>to</strong>motive world as we know it.<br />

his Ford backed GT40 race team<br />

would beat all the European fac<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

race teams and win LeMans in<br />

1966 and 67. The relationship with<br />

Ford was only beginning, because<br />

just a short time later a friend<br />

named Lee Iacocca called him up<br />

and asked if he would use his racing<br />

skills and knowledge <strong>to</strong> help<br />

him with a new car he was promoting<br />

called “Mustang."<br />

The Mustang GT350’s are some of<br />

by Joseph Scott<br />

A man called Carroll was influential<br />

He was one of the most<br />

influential figures in car<br />

racing during the 1950’s…<br />

He was one of the most influential<br />

figures in car racing during the<br />

1950’s and may have gone down<br />

in the books as the most successful<br />

race car driver of all time had it<br />

not been for a heart condition that<br />

forced him <strong>to</strong> hang up his helmet in<br />

1960. He lived his life in the fast<br />

lane, whether he was setting a new<br />

land speed record at the Bonneville<br />

Salt Flats or winning at the world<br />

famous LeMans race course, there<br />

was something special about <strong>this</strong><br />

man. Instead of hanging his head<br />

in defeat due <strong>to</strong> his racing career<br />

being sidelined, it only gave him<br />

more time <strong>to</strong> focus on his new<br />

thoughts of building race cars and<br />

race teams. He also decided <strong>to</strong><br />

begin designing and building production<br />

cars and his first major<br />

project became known as the<br />

“Cobra” and it set the world afire<br />

with its small-lightweight frame and<br />

big engines.<br />

His race team would begin <strong>to</strong> win<br />

everything in sight including the FIA<br />

World Championship of GT cars in<br />

1965. As he built on that success,<br />

the most expensive muscle cars<br />

being sold <strong>to</strong>day. The partnership<br />

with the Ford Mustang has<br />

spanned some 48 years and still<br />

carries his name <strong>to</strong>day. He was<br />

also involved in the development<br />

and design of the Dodge Viper and<br />

Charger of the 90’s. Then again he<br />

would rekindle his involvement with<br />

Ford in 2003 with the introduction<br />

of the Ford GT. Bringing it full circle,<br />

his name would appear again on<br />

the Mustang in 2007 as the GT-<br />

500 was reborn.<br />

If I were <strong>to</strong> compile a dictionary,<br />

next <strong>to</strong> the word “Speed” I would<br />

put a footnote that said “see Carroll<br />

Shelby”! Yes, <strong>this</strong> “man named<br />

Carroll” is none other than Carroll<br />

Shelby, the man whose name has<br />

adorned so many of the cars we<br />

love; Shelby Cobra, Shelby Mustang<br />

GT350, Shelby Mustang GT500,<br />

Dodge Shelby Charger, and even<br />

the new 2013 Shelby GT500 Mustang<br />

that is the first production<br />

Mustang <strong>to</strong> have a <strong>to</strong>p speed of<br />

200 mph!<br />

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The Valley Star | feature<br />

Hospice of Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County; Camp Hope<br />

ospice of Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County<br />

sponsored Camp Hope, a<br />

free, one day camp for chilren<br />

ages 5 <strong>to</strong> 15 years old, on<br />

uesday, June 5, 2012 at Camp<br />

elen Baptist campgrounds. This<br />

ear 54 campers attended Camp<br />

ope.<br />

he day consisted of many fun activities,<br />

which included a scavenger<br />

hunt, parachute play, art<br />

therapy, and s<strong>to</strong>rytime. Other special<br />

events provided by groups in<br />

the community included a robotics<br />

station by Limes<strong>to</strong>ne County Career<br />

Technical Robotics Team,<br />

water bombs provided by Pi Beta<br />

Sigma sorority, and clowning by<br />

the Cahaba Shriners. Campers<br />

enjoyed petting and reading books<br />

<strong>to</strong> their new, furry friends, specially<br />

trained therapy dogs, provided by<br />

Camp Hope was successful because of the<br />

awesome job of our teen “buddy” volunteers.<br />

The buddies’ jobs were <strong>to</strong> listen, share, talk,<br />

and PLAY ! PLAY !<br />

Love on a Leash Therapy. A delicious<br />

lunch was donated by various<br />

individuals and included<br />

grilled hamburgers and hot dogs,<br />

chips, and homemade cookies<br />

baked by special volunteers.<br />

Shaved ice was donated for the afternoon<br />

snacks.<br />

Camp Hope was successful because<br />

of the awesome job of our<br />

teen “buddy” volunteers. The buddies’<br />

jobs were <strong>to</strong> listen, share,<br />

talk, and PLAY ! PLAY ! PLAY!! with<br />

the campers at Camp Hope. The<br />

day ended with a Celebration of<br />

Life Service where families joined<br />

us for a balloon release. Al Burns<br />

led the service with singing by Sydney<br />

Randall. Campers <strong>to</strong>ok home<br />

a “feelings pillow,” donated by<br />

Athens Quilters’ Guild, <strong>to</strong> remind<br />

them of their special day and special<br />

friends while remembering<br />

their special person. It was such a<br />

rewarding and happy day for all!<br />

Cahaba Shriners clown "Chi Chi"<br />

shares much happiness with Camp<br />

Hope buddy volunteer Alexa Sides.<br />

Caitlyn Russ and Haylee Evans decorate <strong>to</strong>te bags at Camp Hope.<br />

Camp Hope Teens participate in "Ropes" activities which encourage<br />

teamwork and relying on others for support after the death of a loved one.<br />

Baylee Carroll offers up a piggyback ride <strong>to</strong> camper<br />

Dyamond Scott after cooling off with shaved ice.<br />

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Page 16 the valley star June 28, 2012<br />

ALLISON’S ATTIC<br />

by Allison Banta<br />

Not so traditional door wreaths<br />

Ilove holidays, and<br />

I love decorating<br />

for them. That<br />

being said, I’m generally<br />

not on <strong>to</strong>p of<br />

my game in that<br />

Allison Banta area. Holidays always<br />

sneak up on<br />

me. My front door is my favorite<br />

place <strong>to</strong> change things up, so I’m<br />

usually left debating the merits of<br />

creating a whole new wreath just 8<br />

days before the actual holiday. If I’m<br />

only going <strong>to</strong> be able <strong>to</strong> leave it<br />

hanging up for a week – why even<br />

bother In my true procrastina<strong>to</strong>r<br />

fashion, I just realized that the 4th of<br />

July is next week and I am, as usual,<br />

completely unprepared in the front<br />

door décor department. A new<br />

wreath actually won out over laziness<br />

<strong>this</strong> time, mostly because I realized<br />

that I can also justify putting it<br />

out during the Olympics and at Labor<br />

Day <strong>to</strong>o – and I’m all for anything<br />

that’s multipurpose.<br />

This project isn’t a traditional<br />

wreath, and there are two reasons<br />

for that.<br />

1. Traditional gets a little boring after<br />

a while.<br />

2. I had new washi tape that was<br />

begging <strong>to</strong> be used.<br />

If you want <strong>to</strong> try it you’ll need: a 5x7<br />

white picture frame, red and blue<br />

washi tape – one roll of each (available<br />

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wide blue ribbon, 1 yard of red<br />

burlap, and a giant embroidery<br />

hoop.<br />

Start by ironing your burlap. Place<br />

the burlap inside the embroidery<br />

hoop, tighten the hoop until burlap is<br />

taut and smooth, and then trim excess<br />

burlap. Next, remove the glass<br />

and backing from your picture<br />

frame. Using your washi tape, create<br />

an American flag on the backing.<br />

You just want <strong>to</strong> make a rough flag<br />

shape – if you’re a perfectionist <strong>this</strong><br />

might not be a great project for you.<br />

Discard the glass and put your “flag”<br />

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picture frame, and then run the ribbon<br />

through the <strong>to</strong>p of the hoop. I<br />

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The Valley Star | feature<br />

Smoking Railroad Street BBQ Cookoff<br />

By: Danny Johnson<br />

he boys and girls who enjoy<br />

cooking and eating succulent,<br />

smoked meat converged on<br />

Elkmont, last weekend for bragging<br />

rights.<br />

Larry Pylant, event direc<strong>to</strong>r, again<br />

had good participation and a good<br />

time for teams competing in the<br />

cook-off and plenty of good food<br />

available for on-lookers. Teams as<br />

far away as Nashville, Tenn. and<br />

Scottsboro, were contestants in the<br />

cooking event. Backyard competitions<br />

have become a popular event<br />

around <strong>this</strong> area.<br />

Savory smells of ribs and chicken<br />

filled the air as I made my way <strong>to</strong> the<br />

cook site across from the Red Caboose.<br />

The first team I made contact<br />

with was Team Bertha, who<br />

invited my wife, Debra, and I <strong>to</strong> try<br />

some of their tasty food. I never turn<br />

down an opportunity <strong>to</strong> a feed. After<br />

a half-dozen ribs and a few tasty<br />

wings we made our way throughout<br />

the cooking area.<br />

Proceeds from <strong>this</strong> cooking contest<br />

go <strong>to</strong> help fund projects sponsored<br />

by the Elkmont Lions Club. The<br />

weather was a little hot, but there<br />

were plenty of shade trees and cold<br />

drinks <strong>to</strong> keep everybody pretty cool.<br />

If you have a need <strong>to</strong> feed on tasty<br />

smoked vittles, I suggest you take a<br />

trip <strong>to</strong> Elkmont next year and visit<br />

the cook-off event.<br />

Grand Champions of the event, " Pit Row BBQ" from Tuscumbia,<br />

Rusty Weaver and wife, Jennifer.<br />

"Team Bertha" with Doug Swaim, Todd Whets<strong>to</strong>ne, and Jason Cornelison.<br />

Local Competi<strong>to</strong>rs, "The Smokin' Chief", Chris Barlow,<br />

Andy Black, Lacey Beth Black, and Daryl Black.<br />

"All Smoked Up" from Lacey's Spring,<br />

Bonnie Edmondson, Sue Nor<strong>to</strong>n, and Steve Nor<strong>to</strong>n.<br />

"Bonnie Blue" from Nashville, Tenn.<br />

The "Grillin' and Chillin' " Team,<br />

Alan Osmer, Steve Wales, and Kelley Otten.<br />

"Backyard Porkers" from Scottsboro, Tony Sills and Wayne Murry.


UNCLE BONDEE’S ADVENTURES<br />

by Uncle Bondee<br />

ruck Patch farming pays off<br />

With summer<br />

underway<br />

the garden crops<br />

were coming in.<br />

The <strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong>es<br />

Uncle Bondee<br />

were always ready<br />

by the 4 th of July.<br />

al<strong>to</strong>n had planted a big field of<br />

atermelons <strong>this</strong> year and they<br />

ere getting ripe and ready <strong>to</strong> sell.<br />

umpy said, “ Let’s peddle some<br />

f the garden vegetables out of<br />

the back of our pickup truck.” We<br />

always were trying <strong>to</strong> come up<br />

with ways <strong>to</strong> make a little spending<br />

money. There was a problem.<br />

We didn’t have a pickup truck.<br />

Humpy said he would borrow his<br />

Uncle Melvin’s 1950 Chevrolet<br />

truck. A load of fresh produce<br />

would sell quickly if we brought it<br />

<strong>to</strong> Athens. The gang loaded the<br />

truck early Saturday morning, and<br />

we made our way <strong>to</strong> the square in<br />

Athens. The truck was loaded with<br />

<strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong>es, corn, squash, and big<br />

ipe watermelons. The <strong>to</strong>wn was<br />

usy with people and we parked<br />

the truck in front of the 5 & dime<br />

s<strong>to</strong>re. This was one of the favorite<br />

spots for people <strong>to</strong> visit and shop.<br />

The kids liked the 5 and dime<br />

s<strong>to</strong>re because of all of the different<br />

kinds of candy they sold. The<br />

first cus<strong>to</strong>mer we had walked up<br />

and said, “That’s some mighty<br />

fine looking stuff yawl have there.<br />

Where did yawl grow that stuff at<br />

I answered, “Gourdsville on Shoal<br />

Creek.” He replied, “That is some<br />

of the best soil in the county.”<br />

That black land will raise anything.<br />

The gentleman said, “Give me a<br />

half dozen of them <strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong>es and<br />

a couple of watermelons.” The<br />

people started buying the vegetables<br />

as fast as we could wait on<br />

them. There was one man named<br />

Chuck that tried <strong>to</strong> jew us down on<br />

our prices. He must have been<br />

short on money, and we gave him<br />

a little discount. By noon the truck<br />

was empty, and we had a pocket<br />

full of money. I said, “Let’s go by<br />

the Creme Delight on our way<br />

home and get some ice cream.”<br />

The square was a place everybody<br />

came <strong>to</strong> on Saturday. There were<br />

water fountains on every corner. I<br />

guess shopping made people really<br />

thirsty.<br />

On our way back <strong>to</strong> the Gas<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Holler we s<strong>to</strong>pped at Cross Key<br />

and put some gas in Uncle<br />

Melvin’s truck.<br />

Gas was only 25 cents a gallon<br />

back then. After eating a lunch of<br />

souse meat and hoop cheese we<br />

made our way home before dark.<br />

After giving Uncle Melvin a cut of<br />

our sale, he <strong>to</strong>ld us we could use<br />

the truck any time we wanted <strong>to</strong>.<br />

We made several trips <strong>to</strong> Athens<br />

that summer and sold vegetables<br />

until they ran out. Big city folks<br />

were always wanting <strong>to</strong> buy things<br />

we grew and made on the farm.<br />

After the produce was gone we<br />

sold several cans of molasses.<br />

The money we made went a long<br />

way in buying shoes and clothes<br />

for starting back <strong>to</strong> school. Humpy<br />

said, “If you are willing <strong>to</strong> sweat a<br />

little, there is money <strong>to</strong> be made.”<br />

That fall on Saturdays we sold<br />

turnip greens. During the winter<br />

months sugar cured hams and<br />

oak firewood sold great. I guess<br />

one might say a country boy could<br />

survive.<br />

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June 28, 2012 the valley star Page 19<br />

The Valley Star | feature<br />

Tony Kirk is new Athens Fire Chief<br />

candidates for the position.<br />

Council members Jimmy Gill,<br />

Harold Wales, and Jim Hickman<br />

voted <strong>to</strong> name Kirk chief. Council<br />

members Milly Caudle and Mignon<br />

Bowers abstained.<br />

Wales said, “We had two people inhouse<br />

who were very good candidates.<br />

We can’t pick but one. I<br />

think Tony, with the 25 years he already<br />

has in service, will make an<br />

excellent fire chief.”<br />

Hickman said it was a <strong>to</strong>ugh decision,<br />

but added, “I believe Tony will<br />

be an excellent choice.”<br />

Council President Jimmy Gill said<br />

although the choice wasn’t unanimous,<br />

the council will work with<br />

Kirk and move forward.<br />

Kirk has said that as chief he<br />

would want <strong>to</strong> address industrial<br />

and residential growth by adding a<br />

station <strong>to</strong> the north side of the city.<br />

Another goal he has is a training<br />

facility for the staff. Kirk starts his<br />

26th year with the department in<br />

July. He also serves as a volunteer<br />

firefighter with the East Limes<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

Volunteer Fire Department, where<br />

he was treasurer for 15 years.<br />

he Athens City Council voted<br />

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Former Fire Chief, Danny<br />

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THE STRAIGHT DOPE<br />

by Chuck Vessels<br />

Feral/wild hog hunting advice<br />

With the<br />

growing<br />

number<br />

of feral and wild<br />

hogs in our area<br />

Chuck Vessels<br />

there is a growing<br />

need for undertanding<br />

control and eradication<br />

techniques. I have spent a considerable<br />

amount of time over the<br />

last six months researching, testing,<br />

and studying options that<br />

cover the gamut of trapping, baiting,<br />

shooting, and scaring the<br />

hogs. There are several legitimate<br />

companies available <strong>to</strong> aide<br />

landowners in eradication and<br />

control services that are based<br />

on science and success. I have<br />

found hundreds of questionable<br />

services that basically just want<br />

access <strong>to</strong> your land <strong>to</strong> hunt indiscriminately<br />

with no real intent on<br />

long-term problem solving.<br />

I am satisfied that real long-term<br />

solutions are based on trapping<br />

not just hunting/shooting that<br />

systematically removes an entire<br />

sounder (sows, choates, and pigs<br />

in a related family unit) at a time.<br />

This prevents the hogs that didn’t<br />

get trapped from “learning” the<br />

trap and training others <strong>to</strong> avoid<br />

it. Yes, hogs are extremely intelligent<br />

and evidence has shown<br />

they will learn a trap and keep<br />

others away. In addition <strong>to</strong> trapping,<br />

shooting the hogs also<br />

aides in eradication and scaring<br />

the hogs off your land.<br />

This brings us <strong>to</strong> the focus of the<br />

article, which is a lesson and advice<br />

for shooting hogs. I grew up<br />

on a dairy farm that also raised a<br />

few hogs. I remember the ferocity,<br />

<strong>to</strong>ughness, speed, and attitude<br />

of the domestic hogs as<br />

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being more than I liked dealing<br />

with as a boy. On more than one<br />

occasion a sow put me in a tree<br />

or quickly over a fence. I was always<br />

scared of them. I have<br />

grown now <strong>to</strong> appreciate the<br />

feral/wild hogs as being much<br />

worse on all traits. I have been<br />

shocked at how <strong>to</strong>ugh these hogs<br />

are. Not <strong>to</strong> mention spooky, fast,<br />

and extremely violent if wounded<br />

and cornered.<br />

I have hunted hogs with bow,<br />

knives, rifles, and even<br />

bay/catch/tie alive with dogs. I<br />

am happy <strong>to</strong> report I survived and<br />

have settled on rifles. I have either<br />

used or seen used every possible<br />

caliber of handgun, rifle,<br />

and shotgun imaginable and<br />

have decided on a semi-au<strong>to</strong> rifle<br />

in calibers from .223 (5.56mm)<br />

<strong>to</strong> .308 (7.62mm) with my preference<br />

being .308. In all cases two<br />

things are critical, bullet type and<br />

shot placement. I have shot several<br />

hogs through the heart and<br />

lungs (practiced from deer hunting)<br />

and had them run 50 yards<br />

or more in<strong>to</strong> the thick brush or<br />

swamps with little <strong>to</strong> no blood<br />

trail. Match and ball type ammo<br />

drills small holes that seal with<br />

fat and do very little immediate<br />

incapacitating damage. I recommend<br />

you use quality hollowpoint<br />

or ballistic-tip ammunition<br />

<strong>to</strong> create lots of central nervous<br />

system and hydrostatic damage<br />

as well as leave large entrance<br />

and possibly exit wounds for<br />

blood trails.<br />

Even better is shot placement <strong>to</strong><br />

anchor them in their tracks. If<br />

you draw a line between the<br />

crown of the shoulder and their<br />

ear hole and shoot at the middle<br />

of that line you will get the spine<br />

and drop them instantly. This<br />

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proper (precise) placement of a<br />

.22 in the head killed the hog instantly.<br />

Please read “precise”<br />

placement. If you miss the<br />

“sweet spot” you will have an<br />

even more dangerous hog <strong>to</strong> deal<br />

with. So, if you have <strong>to</strong> track one,<br />

take a buddy and be very careful!<br />

Landowners have gotten used <strong>to</strong><br />

dealing with coyote and even bobcat<br />

problems for generations. We<br />

have learned that they are spooky<br />

and generally just a fleeting opportunity<br />

at best. Modern calling<br />

and hunting techniques have provided<br />

some success. But, coyotes<br />

and bob-cats run away.<br />

Hogs are much more destructive<br />

and aggressive. They don’t mind<br />

hunting you back, and can be<br />

very dangerous <strong>to</strong> domestic animals<br />

and children. If you suffer<br />

from hog problems, do your research,<br />

talk <strong>to</strong> others, and work a<br />

proper strategy for success.<br />

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Chandler Brock<br />

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Huntsville (UAH) <strong>to</strong> the South Regionals<br />

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age 22 the valley star June 28, 2012<br />

Groundwork,<br />

or<br />

as I refer<br />

<strong>to</strong> it, GroundPlay,<br />

is a very important<br />

part of<br />

Jim Swanner<br />

being with<br />

horses and handling horses.<br />

Many years I was taught <strong>to</strong> do<br />

your groundwork. An old saying<br />

I have heard and used with<br />

many of my students, ‘The Better<br />

Your Groundwork, the Less<br />

You Hit the Ground’. This is a<br />

ery true statement. (I will say<br />

<strong>this</strong> now; Groundwork is NOT<br />

chasing a horse in mindless<br />

circles, lunging).<br />

Groundplay is the most important<br />

part of your horsemanship.<br />

It builds your confidence<br />

and it also builds your horses<br />

HORSE SENSE<br />

Groundwork<br />

confidence in you. It builds<br />

trust and respect from both<br />

sides. It’s a great way <strong>to</strong> build<br />

the bond and relationship between<br />

you and your horse. But,<br />

you must do it right. You have<br />

<strong>to</strong> know what you’re doing before<br />

you begin. What a great<br />

number of horse people don’t<br />

understand, from the ground is<br />

a great place <strong>to</strong> watch your<br />

horse learn. It’s a great place<br />

<strong>to</strong> watch them begin <strong>to</strong> think<br />

and understand. You can<br />

watch his body and how he responds<br />

with his thinking. It is<br />

an awesome thing <strong>to</strong> see a<br />

horse begin <strong>to</strong> think and understand<br />

us and more importantly,<br />

us the horse.<br />

Learn what <strong>to</strong> do before you go<br />

and do anything. Don’t assume<br />

The Crist Family<br />

will be singing<br />

Sunday night,<br />

July 1<br />

6:00 p.m.<br />

anything with your horse. Get<br />

some schooling for you before<br />

you try <strong>to</strong> teach your horse the<br />

wrong things. It’s like studying<br />

before you get behind the<br />

steering wheel of a vehicle <strong>to</strong><br />

take your driving test. You have<br />

<strong>to</strong> know a little something.<br />

On the other hand, groundwork<br />

can be overdone. Sometimes<br />

what we are trying <strong>to</strong> do takes<br />

only a few seconds or minutes<br />

or it could take a couple of<br />

hours. You have <strong>to</strong> know when<br />

<strong>to</strong> s<strong>to</strong>p. If your horse tries in a<br />

positive manner, don’t continue<br />

<strong>to</strong> ask. Also, once your<br />

horse gets it, don’t ask for it<br />

again, especially during the<br />

present teaching session.<br />

Some owners still drill their<br />

horses <strong>to</strong>o much when it isn’t<br />

necessary and is the wrong<br />

thing <strong>to</strong> do. The horse is trying<br />

<strong>to</strong> do what we want and when<br />

he does it we keep asking for it<br />

again the horse begins <strong>to</strong> think<br />

he did the wrong thing and we<br />

have <strong>to</strong> spend unnecessary<br />

time getting back <strong>to</strong> the place<br />

we were a couple hours ago<br />

where if we had s<strong>to</strong>pped, it<br />

would have been a building<br />

by Jim Swanner<br />

block for the next day. But OH<br />

NO, we have <strong>to</strong> have it one<br />

more time. S<strong>to</strong>p doing when<br />

the horse tries in a positive<br />

manner.<br />

If you find your horse is not responding<br />

in a positive manner,<br />

if he is not trusting, respectful<br />

and a pleasure <strong>to</strong> be with, you<br />

may be the cause for the behavior.<br />

Check yourself for your<br />

attitude, knowledge and ego.<br />

Remove yourself and begin <strong>to</strong><br />

do what the horse needs, not<br />

us. It <strong>to</strong>ok me a bit of time <strong>to</strong><br />

understand what <strong>this</strong> meant.<br />

Once I did understand, everything<br />

began <strong>to</strong> change for the<br />

horse and me.<br />

Learn for your horses’ sake<br />

and your safety. Learn <strong>to</strong> enjoy<br />

being with your horse. Become<br />

part of the herd. It will change<br />

your life.<br />

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ROB’SPACE by Rob Phraner<br />

phrantrain@gmail.com<br />

Live like you were dyin’<br />

I’ll never forget<br />

watching Tug Mc-<br />

Graw hold high the<br />

Philadelphia Enquirer<br />

newspaper as he<br />

rode in the vic<strong>to</strong>ry parade.<br />

It said “You<br />

Rob Phraner<br />

Gotta Believe!” a phrase McGraw coined<br />

that seemed <strong>to</strong> push the Phillies <strong>to</strong> vic<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

over the Kansas City Royals in the<br />

1980 World Series. The parade slowly<br />

rode through the chilly streets of Philly<br />

with McGraw as the centerpiece next <strong>to</strong><br />

Mike Schmidt. He was a tremendous relief<br />

pitcher and team comedian, cheerleader<br />

and competi<strong>to</strong>r.<br />

McGraw became a baseball announcer<br />

after his playing career was over. Everything<br />

was going well for him until he had<br />

a sudden change in health. He began <strong>to</strong><br />

have severe headaches in 2003 and by<br />

the time the brain tumor was discovered,<br />

Tug, all of 59 years old, was <strong>to</strong>ld by doc<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

he had three weeks <strong>to</strong> live. Three<br />

weeks.<br />

He lived nine months, pouring his time<br />

in<strong>to</strong> his family, in<strong>to</strong> a legacy dedicated <strong>to</strong><br />

curing brain cancer, and even <strong>to</strong> reconciling<br />

a hidden part of his past he had<br />

buried safely away for years. McGraw<br />

had a wife and kids, but he also had another<br />

son from a previous relationship<br />

when he was very young, a son he ignored<br />

all of his life.<br />

The boys’ mother was Elizabeth<br />

D’Agostino. She didn't tell her son about<br />

his famous father, in part because she<br />

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Tim changed his name from Tim Trimble<br />

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Tim found Tug when<br />

he was an older teenager,<br />

but there was nothing there. Tim<br />

had his own dreams and didn’t have<br />

time <strong>to</strong> dwell in the past. There were no<br />

warm feelings, no immediate connection,<br />

and no real future. After that first meeting,<br />

they drifted apart. But once more, as<br />

an adult, Tim reached out <strong>to</strong> Tug again.<br />

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A bond formed. Father and son, as<br />

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at Tim McGraw's Nashville home.<br />

In 2004 Tim's song, "Live Like You Were<br />

Dying," stayed on <strong>to</strong>p of the charts for<br />

10 weeks, breaking a record that had<br />

s<strong>to</strong>od for 30 years, and was named the<br />

<strong>to</strong>p country song of the year by Billboard<br />

magazine. It was the s<strong>to</strong>ry of a man who<br />

got the news that he was dying - a man<br />

made a decision of how he would live<br />

with the time he had left. Some of the<br />

lyrics read:<br />

He said "I was finally the husband,<br />

that most the time I wasn’t.<br />

An' I became a friend<br />

a friend would like <strong>to</strong> have.<br />

And all of a sudden goin' fishin’,<br />

wasn’t such an imposition,<br />

and I went three times<br />

that year I lost my Dad.<br />

Well, I finally read the Good Book,<br />

and I <strong>to</strong>ok a good long hard look,<br />

at what I'd do if I could<br />

do it all again,”<br />

and then:<br />

"I went sky diving,<br />

I went rocky mountain climbing,<br />

I went two point seven seconds<br />

on a bull named Fu Man Chu.<br />

And I loved deeper<br />

and I spoke sweeter,<br />

and I gave forgiveness<br />

I'd been denying."<br />

An' he said: "Some day,<br />

I hope you get the chance,<br />

<strong>to</strong> live like you were dyin'."<br />

At the end of the day, at the end of a life,<br />

relationships are the most important<br />

thing a man has. Especially with his<br />

kids, and particularly a father with his<br />

sons. We should live like we are dyin’.<br />

Every Father’s Day, I remember January<br />

10, 2009. It was a Saturday night and<br />

the Pittsburg Steelers were playing in an<br />

AFC playoff game. I was sitting there<br />

and the thought came <strong>to</strong> me <strong>to</strong> call my<br />

dad. I almost didn’t; the kids were running<br />

around and I was distracted, and<br />

getting a little tired. But I called and we<br />

had a good talk, probably over twenty<br />

minutes. He mentioned an article he<br />

read in the sports section of the paper<br />

and said he would send it <strong>to</strong> me. We<br />

hung up, and I didn’t realize that would<br />

be the last time I would ever talk <strong>to</strong> him.<br />

The next morning, as I was getting ready<br />

for church, my dad went outside and<br />

was shoveling a fresh layer of snow from<br />

his sidewalk in the Pocono, Pennsylvania<br />

mountains. At age 70, without warning,<br />

he died instantly of a massive heart<br />

attack, right by his front door.<br />

I miss him. I also miss the grandfather I<br />

barely got <strong>to</strong> know. He died in the house<br />

I grew up in, suddenly and tragically,<br />

when I was a little boy. We never know<br />

our time. But for those reading <strong>this</strong>,<br />

your time has not yet come. You can tell<br />

your kids you love them, read them a<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ry from the Bible <strong>to</strong> them, go out <strong>to</strong><br />

lunch with them, or a movie, or possibly,<br />

reconcile with them, like Tim and Tug<br />

McGraw. Live like you were dyin’.


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Realistic and livable tips for a healthy lifestyle<br />

According <strong>to</strong> the Centers for Disease<br />

Control (CDC), in the past 20<br />

years, the diets of most Americans<br />

have changed, consuming <strong>to</strong>o<br />

many calories and <strong>to</strong>o few nutrients.<br />

This type of diet leads <strong>to</strong><br />

weight gain – 60 percent of Americans<br />

are overweight or obese –<br />

and 9 out of 10 Americans fall<br />

short of many essential nutrients<br />

in their diets. With on-the-go<br />

lifestyles, many people find it difficult<br />

<strong>to</strong> eat right, exercise regularly<br />

and keep their diet in check.<br />

Dr. Melina Jampolis, author of<br />

“The Calendar Diet: A Month by<br />

Month Guide <strong>to</strong> Losing Weight<br />

While Living Your Life,” knows that<br />

even small, consistent steps can<br />

lead <strong>to</strong> big changes over time.<br />

“Eating a well balanced diet, keeping<br />

<strong>to</strong> a fitness routine and maintaining<br />

one’s weight are all tactics<br />

<strong>to</strong> support a healthy lifestyle. As a<br />

oc<strong>to</strong>r specializing in nutrition and<br />

eight loss, I’ve been helping peole<br />

navigate life’s challenges using<br />

motivational and simple, yearong<br />

approach.” The “Calendar<br />

iet,” shows you how <strong>to</strong> maintain a<br />

ealthy lifestyle month-by-month,<br />

llowing you <strong>to</strong> cut calories without<br />

epriving yourself.<br />

Dr. Melina shares the following<br />

recommendations:<br />

Eat wholesome foods<br />

“A menu filled with seasonal fruits<br />

and vegetables will give you a big<br />

nutritional boost,” suggests Dr.<br />

Melina. Vegetables, she explains,<br />

are packed with fiber and water,<br />

and are low in fat, so they decrease<br />

the calorie density of your<br />

diet, while boosting overall nutrition.<br />

Opt for lean protein in your diet as<br />

well, which helps control hunger,<br />

stabilize blood sugar levels, support<br />

your metabolism, as well as<br />

build and protect muscle. Add<br />

moderate amounts of “good” fats<br />

– found in nuts, seeds, avocados<br />

and olive oil – <strong>to</strong> keep calories<br />

under control and support the absorption<br />

of fat soluble vitamins like<br />

A, D, E and K.<br />

Supplement your diet<br />

“When you reduce calories, you reduce<br />

nutrient intake. I recommend<br />

dietary supplements <strong>to</strong> my patients<br />

who are restricting calories<br />

and who want <strong>to</strong> achieve optimal<br />

health,” says Dr. Melina. “When<br />

choosing supplements, it is important<br />

<strong>to</strong> go with a reputable brand<br />

such as Nature Made,” says Dr.<br />

Melina, “which has rigorous quality<br />

control standards in place <strong>to</strong> ensure<br />

what is on the label is in the<br />

bottle.” Dr. Melina also recommends<br />

looking for products carrying<br />

the United States Pharmacopeia<br />

(USP) Verified Dietary<br />

Supplement mark, as a way <strong>to</strong> ensure<br />

the product has met stringent<br />

quality criteria for purity and potency.<br />

Nature Made was the first<br />

company <strong>to</strong> obtain the USP Verified<br />

Dietary Supplement mark for<br />

many of its products.<br />

For most of her patients, especially<br />

those who are overweight or<br />

obese, live in northern latitudes, or<br />

are at an age greater than 65, Dr.<br />

Melina recommends taking a vitamin<br />

D supplement as <strong>this</strong> key nutrient<br />

plays a supporting role in<br />

bone, heart and immune health.<br />

“To determine if you have low vitamin<br />

D levels, speak with your doc<strong>to</strong>r<br />

about having your blood levels<br />

of vitamin D checked,” says Dr.<br />

Melina, who recommends adults<br />

take 1000 <strong>to</strong> 2000 International<br />

Units (IU) of Vitamin D3 daily <strong>to</strong> fulfill<br />

their vitamin D requirement.<br />

Up your activity<br />

Always speak with your doc<strong>to</strong>r before<br />

beginning a new workout regimen.<br />

Make sure you get the<br />

recommended amount of activity<br />

in<strong>to</strong> your week. “The key is <strong>to</strong> gradually<br />

increase your activity levels,”<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong> courtesy of Getty Images<br />

says Dr. Melina. “By switching up<br />

your routine every month, you can<br />

continually challenge yourself, improve<br />

fitness levels and work<br />

major muscle groups in different<br />

ways <strong>to</strong> prevent plateaus.”<br />

For more information about vitamin<br />

D supplements, visit<br />

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“The Calendar Diet,” visit<br />

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS ATHENS/LIMESTONE<br />

COUNTY, ALABAMA<br />

Recurring Events:<br />

Ardmore Farmers’ Market<br />

Now open every Saturday<br />

8:00 AM - noon.<br />

Located behind Pizza Hut and<br />

across from the Ardmore, TN Annex<br />

building. Bring your produce and<br />

sell or come and purchase fresh<br />

produce. Lots of items for sale.<br />

Athens Cruise In on the Square<br />

The monthly<br />

Cruise In is held<br />

the 1st Saturday<br />

night of each<br />

month - Apr - Oct.<br />

Bring your antique vehicle<br />

and park around the square.<br />

This month Reds<strong>to</strong>ne Arsenal Jazz<br />

Band will perform. This is a group<br />

you do not won’t <strong>to</strong> miss. Make it a<br />

family night. Contact Tom at 256-<br />

457-9179.<br />

Singing on the Square<br />

3rd Friday night of each month<br />

(April - September) at 6:00 PM.<br />

Enjoy the free concert on the<br />

square featuring gospel, bluegrass,<br />

and country entertainers.<br />

Events:<br />

Jun 28 Athens Lions Club<br />

Kiddie Carnival Open<br />

Open every Thursday,<br />

Friday & Saturday<br />

night June<br />

28 thru August 4. Hours of operation<br />

are Thursday-Saturday night of<br />

each weekend, 6:30pm-9:30pm.<br />

We have rides for kids along with<br />

great concessions and bingo! For<br />

safety and maintenance reasons,<br />

no adult riders on any of the rides.<br />

Our concessions are very reasonably<br />

priced and each of the rides is<br />

just one ticket, which is 50 cents.<br />

The Kiddie Carnival is located at the<br />

intersection of Forrest & Beaty<br />

streets, just across from Athens<br />

Middle School. For more information<br />

or updates see our Facebook<br />

Page also: Athens Lions Club Kiddie<br />

Carnival.<br />

Jun 28 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM<br />

8th Annual Sonic Cruz-In<br />

This event is sponsored by the Ardmore<br />

Boys and Girls Club. Bring<br />

your unique collectible car or truck<br />

and share the nostalgia of yesterday.<br />

No entry fee or judging. S<strong>to</strong>p<br />

by Sonic and enjoy the beautiful vehicles.<br />

A portion of theproceeds<br />

form the evening’s sales will be donated<br />

<strong>to</strong> the Boys and Girls Club.<br />

Jun 30 at 8:00 AM<br />

(registration 6:00 AM)<br />

1st Annual Onyx Family<br />

5K Fun Run<br />

Hosted by Onyx Senior 5 All-Stars.<br />

Registration/sing in begins at 6:00<br />

AM at Swan Creek Pavillion. Fees -<br />

$20 adults, $15 kids 13 and under<br />

and $5 kids 6 and under. Participants<br />

receive a certificate. Drinks<br />

and snacks are provided. Form<br />

available at www.onyxallstars.com<br />

or by calling Cyn<strong>this</strong> Cross at<br />

256-777-1243.<br />

June 30, 2012 Fishing for Elliot<br />

Bass Tournament Benefit<br />

Time: Safelight- 2:00 pm<br />

Place: Ingalls Harbor Decatur, AL<br />

For info. call<br />

Mark Sloan : 256-655-0313 or<br />

Richard Mason 256-497-8894<br />

Jun 30 at dusk<br />

Athens Fireworks<br />

Show<br />

Come <strong>to</strong> Athens, AL<br />

and enjoy the fireworks<br />

as we kick<br />

off a week long celebration<br />

of our independence. Other<br />

events included in the celebration<br />

are (a) July 1 - a minute of silent<br />

prayer at noon for all our military (b)<br />

Reading of the Declaration of Independence<br />

(c) Movie at the Alabama<br />

Veterans Museum (d) Alabama Veterans<br />

Museum Open House featuring<br />

Ron Pettus’ American Flag Exhibit.<br />

Enjoy your event with family and<br />

friends (d) Ron Pettus’ American Flag<br />

Exhibit at the Alabama Veterans Museum<br />

(e) July 6 - Care Package Collection<br />

for Afghanistan Unit from<br />

Alabama. Drop off points Athens Visi<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

Center and the Alabama Veterans<br />

Museum (f) July 7 - Coffee Call at<br />

Alabama Veterans Museum for all<br />

veterans and family and Cruise in on<br />

the Square.<br />

July 14 at 2:00 PM<br />

Miss Shining Star Pageant<br />

The Onyx Senior 5 All-Stars invite<br />

you <strong>to</strong> participate in the Beauty<br />

Pageant which will be held at<br />

Round Island Creek Center, 13829<br />

Lucas Ferry Road. Divisions will<br />

birth from birth <strong>to</strong> 18 years. Entry<br />

fee is $30 per contestant. Pho<strong>to</strong>genic<br />

division optional for $5.00.<br />

For more information contact Marie<br />

Henderson 256-990-19069 or<br />

Kelly Cain at 256-874-4445. Winners<br />

will recieve crow3n, sash, trophy<br />

and certificate for manicure<br />

and pedicure.<br />

Jul 21 24th Annual<br />

CASA Mud Volleyball Tournament<br />

Enter your team early. Registration<br />

is underway. Entry deadline is July<br />

11th. Register by July 2nd and receive<br />

an event T-shirt. Cost is $15<br />

per player and a team must have a<br />

minimum of eight members and<br />

two must be females. About 90<br />

teams will be competing for the<br />

championship. Proceeds provide<br />

services <strong>to</strong> homebound and elderly<br />

citizens. Contact: 256-232-5751,<br />

casalimes<strong>to</strong>necounty.org.<br />

June 22 & 23 Ardmore Booster<br />

Club Co-Ed Softball Tournament<br />

Entry fee is $175 per team. Tournament<br />

will be at the Ardmore, TN<br />

John Barnes Area Park. Contact<br />

Kevin Apple<strong>to</strong>n at 256-3741-7091.<br />

Jul 27 & 28<br />

Alabama Championship Trac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

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School. Contact: 256-497-4309,<br />

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