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by GaryInnes
Jun 18, 2013 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Resume strategies are necessary to know before writing a resume. Mostly, people are unaware of such strategies. Resume strategies are the task of strategist. It is surprising that resume writer is different to strategist. Resume services flourish, and range from an overvalued typing service up ...
8JV2_Photo_Jun_05__8_47_39_AM.jpg Resurrection by JanCase
Jun 13, 2013 |  0 comments | 121 121 recommendations | email to a friend
My grandparents always planted their garden on Good Friday. I never asked why. It was just one of those things like the Frigidaire or the chester drawers. I was grown before I realized that it was pronounced “frigid air” and was a brand name, not a synonym for refrigerator. I’ll blame the preval...
Scumbags by eddie50cool
Jun 09, 2013 |  0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
All gays are cowards ,liars and deciveful people God needs to clean up this city
L57X_snorkeling_pulau_tidung.jpg by opiektidungcom
Jun 04, 2013 |  0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
Pulau Tidung is a new paradise in North of jakarta. With exotics beach panoramic, and also beatiful floral reef. We can also take snorkeling activity there. For more details: New Paradise Pulau Tidung
LUNCH AND LEARN, JUNE 26, 2013 by SherryBlanton
Jun 03, 2013 |  0 comments | 129 129 recommendations | email to a friend
Please join the Calhoun County Master Gardeners for Lunch and Learn on Wednesday, June 26th at noon at Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan. Our speaker will be Hayes Jackson and his topic will be "A Simple Water Feature for the Garden." The program is free. Bring your lunch and come! 
HYDRANGEAS ARE FINALLY IN BLOOM! Spring by SherryBlanton
Jun 03, 2013 |  0 comments | 83 83 recommendations | email to a friend
This has been the strangest spring (and it is not officially over for three weeks). I might call it the spring that almost did not happen. It was chilly one day; then the monsoons struck, and now the heat and humidity have set in. Farmers shook their heads as they worked to get gardens plowed an...
The Great Pretenders by JohnBagwell
May 26, 2013 |  0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
I was walking through my living room when I noticed an upside-down cardboard box moving kind of awkward-like down the hall.  Two pairs of legs from the calf down were visible.  The box bumped and bungled its way around as the two occupants inside giggled and talked.  Watching my daughter's play...
TIME by JohnBagwell
May 20, 2013 |  0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
One word. A tremendous amount of power and significance behind it. The last few weeks I've not had much TIME to do anything more than work, study, work some more, and try to find TIME for family in there somewhere.  As the weeks of my studies drew to a close, TIME became more and more...
8TLB_IMG_4916.JPG Lunch and Learn, May 22, 2013 by SherryBlanton
May 18, 2013 |  0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
Please join the Master Gardeners for our May Lunch and Learn program, May 22, 2013 from noon until 1 PM. The program is held the fourth Wednesday of the month at Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan from April through September. Our May speaker is Lisa Harris of Scenic Alabama and her progra...
Golf - The Other Four-Letter Word by CalicoHawk
May 05, 2013 |  0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
Have you played Golf?  It’s a lot of fun, and quite stressful all at the same time.  Unless your name is posted on one of the leader boards at major golf tournaments, that is.  It’s called “golf” because all of the other four-letter words were taken.  I started playing the game when Tiger Woods ...

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Oxford Farmers market 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
Join us for the kick-off of Oxford's first...
Oxford Farmers market 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
Join us for the kick-off of Oxford's first...
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HOT BLAST: Getting on track for bike tourism
Jun 19, 2013 | 12 views |  0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Passengers board an Amtrak train during its stop at the Anniston station. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
Passengers board an Amtrak train during its stop at the Anniston station. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
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One of Anniston's big cycling dreams is for bicycle tourists to take advantage of the city's Amtrak stop, either to enjoy the Ladiga Trail or ride Coldwater Mountain.

The problem is only a few Amtrak routes allow passengers to bring their bicycles on board unless they are boxed up like luggage.

This report, however, finds "Amtrak is seeing increased demand for walk-on bike service across the United States."

The good news for Anniston and bike tourism is, "Steve Kulm, a spokesman for Amtrak, said the agency is looking for opportunities to retrofit train cars to allow more convenient bike transport."


Gov. Bentley, Sen. Shelby and President Obama in Tuscaloosa in 2011
Gov. Bentley, Sen. Shelby and President Obama in Tuscaloosa in 2011
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President Obama and Gov. Bentley in Tuscaloosa in 2011
President Obama and Gov. Bentley in Tuscaloosa in 2011
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The Piedmont Journal - 06/19/13
Jun 19, 2013 | 31 views |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Teddy Grogan shows a photo of him 33 years ago. The photo is hanging on a wall at the Masonic Lodge 97 in Piedmont. Photo: Anita Kilgore/The Jacksonville News
Teddy Grogan shows a photo of him 33 years ago. The photo is hanging on a wall at the Masonic Lodge 97 in Piedmont. Photo: Anita Kilgore/The Jacksonville News
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