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Healthy Living
Effort to Educate Alabama Youth on the Dangers of Tobacco & Electronic Cigarettes Children’s of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Pediatrics recently received a grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) with the goal of protecting Alabama youth from secondhand smoke exposure, tobacco use and initiation, with …
Parenting Points
The Spring in Your Soul Right now we are witnessing a miraculous transformation. We see it every year when the seasons transition from winter to spring. Everything that has been bare and brown bursts with life and color. Places that were cold and hard soften, allowing new life to take root and grow. In short, …
Money Matters
Important Changes this Month in Social Security Benefit Rules: What You Need to Know Last fall when Congress passed the budget bill, they added a portion called “Closure of Unintended Loopholes” which primarily addresses two Social Security claiming strategies that have become increasingly popular over the last several years. These two strategies, known as “file …
Coppelia & the Toymaker
Coppélia & the Toymaker The Alabama Ballet, the state’s premiere professional dance company, will present Coppélia and the Toymaker April 8-10 at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater on the campus of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. The storybook ballet follows the playful romance between Swanilde and Franz, and their relationship with an eccentric toymaker …
Passing Down the 4 Promises: Siblings Brodie & Reagan Croyle Take the Lead at Big Oak Ranch
Special Feature Growing up on the Big Oak Ranch in North Alabama, Brodie Croyle and Reagan Croyle Phillips were trained in compassion from a young age. They helped their parents—former University of Alabama football defensive end John Croyle and his wife Tee—welcome in abandoned and abused children with the following four promises: We love you. …
Mission Makers
Freedom Fighters: Birmingham’s Shepherd’s Fold Ministry Celebrating 30 years of ministry, Shepherd’s Fold, Inc. was founded in 1986 to help individuals released from prison find complete freedom. The Birmingham based ministry teaches men and women how to make positive life-choices, ultimately becoming a contributing member of our community. Each participant is provided room and board …
The Great Outdoors
The Success of a Call Spring turkey season kicks off March 15. Whether this is your first season or your fifteenth, one thing all turkey hunters agree upon is that turkey hunting takes work- especially perfecting your call. No matter what type of call you use, we are all trying to achieve one common goal, …
Healthy Living
New Technology Helps Teach Your Brain to Hear Again Almost 30% of people between the ages 50 and 59 suffer from some degree of hearing loss in one or both ears; 45% of those between 60 and 69 have impaired hearing; and three-quarters of those over 70 do.While all those high school and college rock …
Legal Matters
Road Hazard Wisdom We are almost always on the road going different places. Interstate travel is so common in everyday life which brings many people in regular contact with 18 Wheelers and other large vehicles. Many of these drivers work long shifts and are on constantly on the road. The result is fatigue or distracted …
Best Books
Prepare for Easter with Gospel of John For most people, the book of Revelation is the most difficult section of the New Testament. Not for me. I say this not because I’ve mastered the bizarre symbolism of John’s apocalyptic literature, but because its mysteriousness is superseded by John‘s gospel. The fourth gospel is beautiful and …
