Spreading Christmas cheer First graders from Gillmore Elementary School visited Jackson Health Care Facility before Christmas. The students entertained residents with Christmas carols and paid a special visit to their teacher's mother, Gwendolyn Horton and her aunt Florence Ryser who gave the childr...
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts to celebrate 50th anniversary
      Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts (nee Frances White) of Coffeeville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception Saturday, Jan. 12 from 2 until 4 p.m. at the Coffeeville Town Hall. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. No local invitations were mailed. Your presence will b...
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Tom's Meat Loaf
by Healthy Exchanges
      This main dish gives a different twist to a family favorite. 16 sirloin beef or turkey breast 1 mushrooms, drained 1/2 1/3 1/4 Parmesan Style Grated Topping 1/2 fine bread crumbs 2 Seasoning or any
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     The Choctaw Bluff Senior Center celebrated its annual Christmas lunch Dec. 19. The seniors thank Pic N Save, Acceptance Loan and other merchants for their donations of fruit baskets and stocking stuffers. Eddie James is director, Daisy Hunt, the center manager and Robert Taylor, volunteer bus driver...
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Stork Report
      Bryce Allen Middleton Mr. and Mrs. Steven Middleton (nee Amanda Ott) of Jackson announce the birth of a son, Bryce Allen, Nov. 27, 2007 at 7:16 a.m. at the Jackson Medical Center in Jackson. He was 7 lbs., 8 oz. and 19 inches long.
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South Alabamian Guidelines for wedding announcements
      The South Alabamian is imposing new guidelines for wedding publications effective Jan. 1, 2008. Wedding articles, along with a photograph if desired, must be submitted within four weeks following the wedding to be published without charge. Articles should be 500 words or less.
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Leadership Clarke County gets $11,750 grant to launch youth leadership program
By Arthur McLean
      Leadership Clarke County announced this week that it has received a grant from the Rural Alabama Initiative program in the amount of $11,750 to launch a youth leadership program.
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     On Dec. 18, the Washington County Public Library hosted a Christmas carols sing and bedtime stories for children. During the storytime part of the evening, the library staff served hot chocolate and cookies to children. Lou Schell played Christmas carols while Jessica Ross, library director, lead ch...
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     Jackson Intermediate School recently conducted a contest to deternmine which classes could bring in the most recyclable items to raise money for their school. JIS recycles PDAs, iPods, cell phones, video games and consoles, inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, digital cameras and laptops with Cartri...
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Medication Comparison
      I occasionally have trouble falling asleep. So, I used to pick up a "sleep aid" once in a while like Tylenol PM until I looked to see what I was really taking. I realized that it was generic Benadryl with Tylenol. I started pricing it, and sold as a sleep aid, it was often several times the cost o...
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