The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama

Local school bus drivers share grand experience
Three friends. All three have the same job. All three recently became grandparents in the same week. All three babies are boys.
It’s safe to say there is plenty to talk about when Shirley White Cahall, Linda Pigg and Ivy “Toby” McCune get together this summer. They just wrapped up another full year as East Limestone school bus drivers.
Historical Society takes day in Tennessee with noted author
A great way to meet neighbors in Limestone County is to join the Historical Society or pay $10 and accompany the group on one of its tours.We did that June 12 to Gallatin, Tenn., and had as our tour guide Nathan Harsh, author of “The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers Through 1850.”
Local artist doesn’t let bandaged hands slow her down
Natives of Clio, Mich., Dick and Marilyn Bachelor divide their time between a home on the Tennessee River at Bay Hill Village and a cabin at Hubbard Lake in northern Michigan. Marilyn, who says she has been painting “seriously” for 20 years, will be among 230 artists exhibiting at the 57th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival n Fairhope.
‘Snot-nosed brat’ private makes warrant officer in 9 years
Sgt. Ed Sevigne, an instructor at the Ft. Benning Jump School, was expecting to receive orders any day for Germany.
Ed and Smokey talked. “Why don’t we get married?”
Jan. 24, 1956, Papa warmed up his ’52 Ford pickup and made ready to head to Mississippi. Smokey, who was only 17, wasn’t enthusiastic about an Iuka marriage.
Laxsons have been singing the same tune for almost 50 years
Wally and Ginger Laxson of the East Limestone community spent more than 40 years on the road traveling as a gospel music duet. They also raised two sons in an Airstream camper trailer and in more motels and hotels than they can count across the U.S., Canada and the Mideast.
Song of the open road lures Elkmont man
Mansfield Scott figured if he were ever to realize his lifelong dream of taking a four-corners tour of the United States, it had better be soon. He is set to straddle his new Honda Goldwing 1800 and hit the open road.
Sherri Bassham recognized for work with youth fellowship
Last week, nearly four years after beginning a Wesley Fellowship at Athens State University, the United Methodist Committee on Evangelism designated Sherri Bassham as the recipient of its prestigious Denman Award, named for Harry Denman, the general secretary of the Committee on Evangelism.
Air Force retiree takes helm of Veterans Museum
Three weeks into the job as director of the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives, Sandra Thompson said she awakes each morning looking forward to getting to work.
Brad Pullum: Songwriter, appraiser, inventor
A widely known problem among cowboys and wannabe cowboys is having your hat slide off your dash when you turn a corner.Now, Brad Pullum, a local man most noted as a real estate appraiser, songwriter and former lawman, has come to the aid of fellow cowboy-hat wearers with an invention to solve this problem.

Popular business directory searches