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Understanding the Value of Understanding by JohnBagwell
Sep 29, 2012 |  0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
It's tough to be a man.  Not that women have it easier than men, but that the natural tendencies of men tend to bring out contradictions between intentions and results.  For example: a wife comes to her husband in tears about how someone at the office has been treating her, and the husband, wan...
Is Anniston “Beer City, Alabama?” by Ben_Cunningham
Sep 27, 2012 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
After I posted the news about plans for a brewpub in downtown Anniston , the folks at Huntsville’s Yellowhammer Brewing wondered on Twitter whether the Model City could make a case for a different nickname. "@ cunningham_star : Anniston could soon become home to a new brewpub. annistonst...
New brewpub in the works for Anniston by Ben_Cunningham
Sep 25, 2012 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Calhoun County already is home to the first Alabama brewpub to open since the Brewery Modernization Act of 2011. Soon it may boast two. Cheaha Brewing Company asked the Anniston Planning Commission last week for zoning approval needed to open a restaurant and brewery at the site of the former Lo...
Hop City says it's got ABC's OK to open by Ben_Cunningham
Sep 24, 2012 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Hop City , the new Birmingham store that ran afoul of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control board last week for stocking homrewing supplies, says it now has the ABC's OK to sell beer and wine. Hop City owner Kraig Torres tweeted the news earlier today. Proud to say we're now "legal" in ...
Senses by BrianRobinson
Sep 24, 2012 |  0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
  AND it's been another month since I touched base here.  This one I blame on my insomnia, which has apparently decided it really wants to be my friend forever and ever and ever and EVER!  It comes in two forms now; one where I can't get to sleep until early in the morning, 2 or 3 AM, and then I ...
The Honeymooners by DebraThomas
Sep 23, 2012 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Tongiht was a fundraiser at our local Berman Museum. It is a one time a year fundraiser that has a lot of food vendors and spirits distributors that come and share their wares with us all, and in turn we pay a fee to get in and have a go at it all. So its been a date my husband and I have kept fo...
Finally I am in a Clique by DebraThomas
Sep 23, 2012 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
I am so happy with my life right now. Of course that can change at any minute when I start to sweat or cant sleep or finally get to sleep and thats the moment that the dog just HAS to go out. Cant wait until a better time, so nooo lets go NOW!! But with all that said, at this particular time and ...
Sepeda Motor Bebek Injeksi Kencang dan Irit Jupiter Z1 by gkkblog
Sep 22, 2012 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Sepeda Motor Bebek Injeksi Kencang dan Irit Jupiter Z1 . Halo, sobat Blogger di seluruh tanah air, sekarang di blog ini saya akan mencoba untuk mereview sebuah produk terbaru dari Yamaha Motor yakni sepeda motor bebek Jupiter Z1 yang memiliki sistem injeksi yang mampu melaju kencang ...
The Game of Life and a Fork in the Road by JohnBagwell
Sep 22, 2012 |  0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
Last night we had family game night and played the game of LIFE.  While not going into all the details of the game itself, there are at least two points in the game where a fork in the road appears.  Go one way, and one thing will happen.  Go another way, and another thing will happen.  What wi...
This image of Hop City's Birmingham location is from the company's website. ABC bottles up Hop City's homebrew plans by Ben_Cunningham
Sep 22, 2012 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama’s beer laws have been changing fast, but not fast enough for people who want to make beer themselves — or those who want to sell them the stuff to do it. Count the folks at Hop City in the latter category. Kraig Torres, who’s run a store by that name in Atlanta since 2009, plan...

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Joe Medley's In My Opinion: So this is what an overexposed freshman looks like
by Joe Medley
jmedley@annistonstar.com
Jun 19, 2013 | 35 views |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last season as a redshirt freshman. (Associated Press photo)
Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last season as a redshirt freshman. (Associated Press photo)
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It’s easy to trash Johnny Manziel after the off-season he’s had since becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Off-field headlines have many sizing him up as a one-hit wonder. With that in mind, he tweeted Sunday some unspecified “bull----” has him eager to leave College Station, Texas, where his school is based. Then he deleted the tweet and seemed to clarify. “Don’t forget that I love (Texas) A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes,” he tweeted. The last year in his shoes has, appropriately, been more of a scramble than a walk. He went from not having played a collegiate down to winning the Heisman in less than four months and did it in the social-media era. The kid who could appear in public with little fanfare a year ago steps out and into twitpic hell, exposed flaws and all. No telling how many of his nearly 367,000 Twitter followers he walks by daily. Consider that Alabama’s AJ McCarron and Katherine Webb have 420,126 combined followers, and Manziel has more than twice McCarron’s 159,337. Alabama coach Nick Saban stands more validated than ever in limiting the public exposure of his freshmen. Contact Sports Columnist Joe Medley at jmedley@annistonstar.com. Read “In My Opinion” in every Anniston Star sports section, written by Star staff members.
HOT BLAST: Getting on track for bike tourism
Jun 19, 2013 | 71 views |  0 comments | 6 6 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."


Police: Fake check cashed at Anniston credit union
by Rachael Brown
rgriffin@annistonstar.com
Jun 19, 2013 | 1062 views |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Anniston police were investigating this morning a forged check for more than $1,000 cashed at a local credit union Tuesday afternoon. Anniston police Capt. Allen George said a suspect cashed a check for $1,675 from a physician’s office in Gadsden at the Alabama Teachers Credit Union on U.S. 431. The check was cashed Tuesday between at around 3 p.m., according to a police report. George said the doctor’s office later called the credit union and told them the check was forged. The doctor’s office told police that a check was never written to the suspect, George said, and that the suspect does not work at the office. George said police were reviewing the credit union’s surveillance today. A suspect could be charged with felony second-degree possession of a forged instrument. Staff Writer Rachael Brown: 256-235-3562. On Twitter @RBrown_Star.
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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