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Rich material in The Well and the Mine
In her debut novel, The Well and the Mine , Gin Phillips writes about a woman tossing a baby down a well and a family struggling with both the after effects of this particular event and the harsh realities during the Great Depression.
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Polk Has Great Places Just to Stand And Look
Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 1:54 a.m. You may have been asked where you stand on the environment.
Garden of Two Worlds: FSC Shrine's History Fuses Hinduism, Methodism
Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. LAKELAND It is a jarring sight - a tall shrine done in traditional Hindu style, with scalloped arches and ancient patterns carved on the sides, yet topped at its very tip by a cross.
Young former Hoover business owner Bentley Turner selected for...
Bentley Turner of Birmingham sold her Hoover business to attend Singularity University.
Celebrating Talladega's rich history
Burgundy and cream-colored flags hang from posts lining all four sides of the courthouse square.
Tallahassee Teen Selected For Press-Register Daily Journal Award
The 52nd AJM National Finals began on Thursday, June 25, with the first preliminary of competition.
Susan Fisher put on her dancing shoes at age 3 and hasn't been without them much since then.
Which Colleges Have the Best Bathrooms?
Parents and students who visit colleges campuses will most likely retreat to the bathroom at some point during their stay, and first impressions, even about the look of a sink or the feel of a toilet, are important.
USF Poly names an architectural star to design its first building
Calatrava's vision for a Port Authority transit hub in NYC. Renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava - the man behind perhaps the most controversial yet-to-be-built building in America - has been commissioned to design the first building on the new Lakeland campus of USF Polytechnic.A With Lakeland's Florida Southern College already renowned ...
County OKs $1 Million For FSC Visitor Center
Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. BARTOW County commissioners voted 4-1 todayto commit $1 million to help build a visitor center at Florida Southern College for its collection of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings.
Birmingham's Daniel Seigel takes first prize at national vocal competition
Birmingham operatic baritone Daniel Seigel took first prize in the men's voice category National Federation Music Clubs national competition.
Daily 'Roo-Port: Bonnaroo Day 4
The crowd waiting for Snoop Dogg to perform at Bonnaroo. Kevin Pearsall, a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College who now works in advertising for the Wall Street Journal, has been covering Bonnaroo with daily reports.
Daily 'Roo-Port: Bonnaroo Day 3
Birmingham-Southern College graduate Kevin Pearsall, now in advertising with the Wall Street Journal, is providing daily reports from Bonnaroo.
For the second consecutive year, Mary Foster of Northern Shelby is the recipient of the Ursula Clark Parson Scholarship at Birmingham Southern College.
Museum director resigns to relocate
LuAnn Mims, director of the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, announced her resignation at a meeting of the museum's board of directors on Monday, June 8. Mims has served as the director since March 2007.
Miss Alabama is a dancer with plans to be a doctor
Miss Alabama 2009, Liz Cochran, won about $13,000 in scholarship money at Saturday's finals.
Continue reading "Miss Hoover Liz Cochran wins Miss Alabama title"
Miss Hoover Liz Cochran won the Miss Alabama competition tonight, replacing the current Miss Alabama, Amanda Tapley.
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Thomas W. Ogletree, Ph.D. Honored for Excellence in Theological Education
NEW HAVEN, CT, June 3, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Dr. Thomas W. Ogletree, Frederick Marquand Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Religious Studies for Yale Divinity School of Yale University, was recently featured in Cambridge Publishing's Top 101 Industry Experts book.
Published: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 9:37 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 9:37 p.m. For most Polk County teachers, the three Rs - reading, writing, and 'rithmetic - get replaced with the 2 Rs once they finish their teacher workdays on MCKEEL ACADEMY TEACHER DONNA APONTE, seen here with her daughter Jenna, will spend most of her summer ...