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1 week ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
'THE MIRACLE WORKER'ABOUT: The play tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her blind-deaf student, Helen Keller. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
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2 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
Almost 30 years after retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps, MSgt. John Baker reopened the chapter in his life that he had shut to his family. For years, he’d been reluctant to share his experiences from the Vietnam War, but all that changed when he found the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5140 in Florence. kAm“x’> 96C6 3642FD6 x 6?;@J E96 42>2C256C:6 H:E9 @E96C 4@>32E G6E6C2?D] (6 D92C6 2 =@E[” q2<6C D2:5] “%@ 36 2 >6>36C @7 E96 'u([ J@F 92G6 E@ 92G6 D6CG65 :? 2 4@>32E 2C62[ J@F <?@H[ 2?5 E2<6?
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2 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
For 23 years, Peggy McCollum has organized the annual Rally at the River event in Florence, a benefit concert for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. While the fundraiser is “near and dear” to her heart, McCollum admits that first event in 2002 was meant to be a one-time deal. kAm“x 925 ?6G6C 5@?6 2?JE9:?8 =:<6 E9:D 367@C6[” D96 D2:5] “(6 H6C6 8:G6? EH6=G6 H66<D E92E 7:CDE J62C E@ AFE E9:D E@86E96C] v@5 5C@AA65 2?86=D—E96 C:89E A6@A=6 42>6 2E E96 C:89E E:>6] xE 2== ;FDE 76== :?
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2 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
The 330th 450 Military Police Alumni meets on the first Friday of every month in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8640 building in Sheffield. That VFW Post was formed in May of 1954 when Black veterans returned from World War II and were not allowed to join the VFW Post No. 4919.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
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2 weeks ago | 
timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford
A model employee is lifting morale and bringing smiles to area nursing home residents and physical therapy patients around the Shoals with his infectious grin and loving nature. kAm%92E DE2C 6>A=@J66 DE2?5D 23@FE EH@\2?5\2\92=7 766E E2== @? 7@FC A2HD 2?5 2?DH6CD E@ E96 ?2>6 q6C?:6]k^AmkAm}@H[ 2E E96 286 @7 EH@[ q6C?:6 :D 4=@D6 E@ 249:6G:?8 9:D r2?:?6 v@@5 r:E:K6?D9:A r6CE:7:42E:@?[ H9:49 H:== 3C:?8 9:> 2 DE6A 4=@D6C E@ E96 @77:4:2= E:E=6 @7 E96C2AJ 5@8] %92E 46CE:7:42E:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
franklincountytimes.com | Bernie Delinski |Bart Moss |Brannon King |Chelsea Retherford
After his second term, President George Washington warned the new nation to stay out of foreign entanglements. Washington knew how foreign entanglements can be damaging to a young nation. As a British officer, Washington learned of military history and its consequences — how wars can drain a country of its youth and its treasury. This was sound advice for its time. Washington had no way to understand how advances in communication and transportation would change the world.
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2 weeks ago | 
franklincountytimes.com | Brannon King |Chelsea Retherford |Alyssa Sutherland
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for governor of Alabama. His announcement on May 27 ended months of speculation that he would enter the gubernatorial race. Most political pundits agree he instantly became the frontrunner to succeed Gov. Kay Ivey, who cannot run again because of term limits. Three high-profile state leaders were on a shortlist of contenders to replace Ivey as recently as six months ago – Attorney General Steve Marshall, Lt. Gov.
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2 weeks ago | 
franklincountytimes.com | Chelsea Retherford
When Ashley Finkelstein stepped into the role of executive director at the Tennessee Valley Art Association earlier this year, she said it felt less like a career move and a little more like fate. That’s likely because the position combines her love for the arts with her passion for community. “I love non-profit work,” Finkelstein said. “I love fundraising; I love grant writing; and I love everything about non-profits.
