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Fishing tip of the week

Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 07:55

Restocking Guntersville
by Mike Gerry

Thanks to some great work by professional angler Chris Lane, Guntersville will get some much-needed addition of Florida strain bass. A restocking program will see its first year of, hopefully many, trying to regain the prominence of the past, with 50,000 Florida Strain bass starting this May. I cannot tell you how important this will be to the population of bass in the lake.

Love shouldn’t hurt – ever

Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 07:53

Teen Dating Violence
by Teresia Smith

When we talk about sexual assault, abusive relationships, and sexual harassment, we tend to think those things only happen to adults. Unfortunately, that is wrong. Our teens experience such acts of violence too, and in larger numbers than most are aware. With summer coming soon and our teens hanging out more with less supervision, it’s a good time to take a look at teen dating violence.

Thoughts from The Bible

Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 07:51

Characteristics
of character
by Terry Broome

Andrew Card, former chief of staff to Pres. George W. Bush was interviewed on Bill O’Reilly’s show on 7-12-08 at the time of the death of former Press Secretary, Tony Snow. Mr. Card gave a most fitting description of the life of Tony Snow, and in doing so he used words that are most descriptive of characteristics of people with “Character.” Speaking of Snow, he said “…he was nice when he didn’t have to be… He did good when no one was looking.”