Stories from Saturday, August 3, 2019

Three generations of the Allen family on a recent trip to North Carolina. On the left is Ralph Allen, on the right is his son, Jonathan Allen. Ralph is holding baby Rhett, who was five weeks old at the time of the photo.

As a writer, lover of words and overall simply sensitive person, there's nothing worse than being called a nasty name by an angry person for no good reason, especially when the person taking the dig likely doesn't know the proper use of the word they're using as their weapon...

My earliest memories of movie going were made at the Empire Theater in downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota. The first movies I remember seeing were all animated and they were all Disney movies. There was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty...

I'm a big softie when it comes to children's books. I remember my first library card (two trips to the library that glorious day!), and my held-together-with-duct-tape childhood copy of Little Golden Book "Danny Beaver's Secret" (by Patsy and Richard Scarry) sits proudly on my writing desk...

Many times in social situations when I mention some service that the library offers or books that I have just ordered for us, I get the same response, "I didn't know you could get that at the Library!" or "Libraries do that?" Libraries are fortresses full of money-saving help for today's financially pressed consumer...

Duck River Beekeepers Association had a grand presence at last month's Bedford County Fair. The group, made up of many serious beekeepers, took home reds and blues for their pure honey, with or without the comb, informative display and beeswax products...

A centennial celebration for Vannoy "Wireman" Streeter, 1919-1998, will be held Sunday, Aug. 25, at The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. The event will include a fish fry, special tributes, guests and demonstrations. Attendees are invited to bring their favorite Vannoy Streeter pieces to display. Streeter's grandson Rod Cleveland, who now produces pieces in Streeter's style, will give a demonstration during the event. Door prizes will be available...

The 113th annual Wartrace Horse Show will take place this evening (Saturday) at Jernigan Field in Wartrace. Founded in 1906, the oldest one-night horse show in Tennessee is often a key warmup for horses hoping to do well in the Celebration. The show benefits Civic Enterprises of Wartrace, a joint venture of Cascade School PTO and the East Bedford Civic Club, and the concession stand is famous for the homemade desserts donated by volunteers. Call Ronnie Sutton, 931-607-9188, for more information.