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This weekend: VBS kick-off, VFD bingo, Providence Homecoming

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  It’s June! School is out, and people are starting vacations. My raised bed garden is growing! I got my first zucchini and squash. My herbs are producing, too. I’ve got green tomatoes and little peppers which will be ready in the next week. It’s been a long time since I had a garden, and…

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May 25-31, 2026

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Jail population as of May 31: 26 inmates Males: 23 Females: 3   ARRESTS On May 25, Deputy Brown arrested Julius Kenyatta Lawrence, a citizen of Goodwater, on the charge of Failure to Appear in Court X 2. He was processed into the Coosa County Jail with a $1,801.66 cash bond. On May 25, Deputy…

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Honoring, remembering the Bensons

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  It’s amazing how God works. He never ceases to amaze me through all of His work, through people, animals, trees, etc., and I love it! Butch and I were riding past Pastor Stanford Benson’s home and saw him standing across the street in his mother-in-law’s yard with family and friends enjoying life with a…

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Quality of leadership

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  I want to continue about last week’s election, because the election continues – runoffs! I was already appalled at how much was being spent on attack ads that nobody watches. Now they continue, although reduced, for a runoff election in which even fewer voters will participate. Not to mention the special election that may…

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Last in the pack

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  Dogs know stuff. Yes, I know they’re just animals. I know their brains are only about the size of tangerines. But I’m telling you. Take my dog Otis Campbell. I don’t often write about him, but I should. Because he’s our main dog. Our other dogs are his supporting actors. Otis is the alpha…

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Community Calendar

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May 23 The Equality Volunteer Fire Department will be selling Boston butts and a rack of St. Louis ribs for $35 each over Memorial Day weekend. Distribution day will be May 23, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the fire department lodge next to Quality Food Mart. For more information and to purchase, contact…

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Historical Society’s Resource Room to be open Wednesday

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  Well, school is over for the year! However, summer school will be starting in a couple of weeks for some students. So, some of those big yellow buses will be on the road, so look out for them. As I write this on the eve of the election, many will be celebrating Tuesday night…

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We are to share God’s Word

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The word “forebear” means to hold back, refrain, or abstain from doing or saying something. As Christians, we don’t want to allow any of those things when it comes to speaking God’s Word. We desire for the Word to have free course in us and through us. God wants us to share His Word with…

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Rockford First Baptist hosting special preaching nights

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      It is good to know the voice of God and obey. Well, I know a man of God who is guilty, and that is Pastor Stanford Benson of Rockford First Baptist Church. God gave him a vision, and he (Benson) saw it out, obeyed and was truly blessed from the start. Benson…

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