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Celebration of Children’s Book Week begins Monday
Children’s Book Week, May 13-19, is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy init...
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The Magnolia Garden Club held its April meeting at the home of Sue Taylor. Master Gardener Johnnie Arnett presented a program on wildflowers. Horticulture brought by members included lilies, columbine, arum, Carolina jasmine, spiderwort, sweet sshrub and vinca. Above are members, from left, Annette Stanbery, Bess Neil and Sayle Bowen. Others attending were Linda Cross, Fredricka Lawson, Elsie Yartes, Patsy Bettis, Erma Brewer, Chloe Littrell and Sheila Cardin.
Program on wildflowers presented at Magnolia Garden Club meeting
Magnolia Garden Club held its April meeting at the home of Sue Taylor on April 25. Linda Cross, chaplain, gave the devotion and the program, Wildflowers, was given by Master Gardener Johnnie Arnett...
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Beta Sigma Phi celebrated Founder's Day with a banquet at the Cleveland Country Club on April 30 in the Fireside Dining Room. Members of the Laureate Zeta Chapter attending are from left, front, Nancy Ogle, Linda Wheeler and Vicki Beaty; second row, Doris Johnson, Lea Stuart and Annie Laura Breaux; and back, Cathy Norwood, Kathy Quinnett, Kay Martin, Brenda Chambers, Betty Eidson, Brenda Eckard, Donna Ingram, Verdonna Mikel, Judy Johnson and Fleeta Millard.
Beta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi celebrated Founder's Day with a banquet at the Cleveland Country Club on April 30 in the Fireside Dining Room. Members of the Laureate Zeta Chapter attending are from left, front, N...
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Velma I. Jenkins Randolph will celebrate her 98th birthday on May 13. She was the oldest daughter of 10 children of H.P. and Callie Williams Jenkins, lifetime residents of Bradley County. She has one brother living, Lawrence Jenkins, the youngest son. In 1941, she married Joe K. Randolph, who died in 1997. She is the mother of three children: Angee Varnell Rapier and her husband, Charlie; Rita Randolph Pirkle and her husband, Edd; and Earl Randolph and his wife, Lisa Bain; four grandchildren: Scott Varnell, Vic Pirkle, Joe Pirkle and Megan Justice; and one great-grandchild, Maxwell Pirkle. The nonogenarian still resides in her own home under the care of her children.
Velma I. Jenkins Randolph
Velma I. Jenkins Randolph will celebrate her 98th birthday on May 13. She was the oldest daughter of 10 children of H.P. and Callie Williams Jenkins, lifetime residents of Bradley County. She has o...
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Laurel McFadden, an active member of First Baptist Church and the of the DAV Chapter 25, will be 90 years old May 12. The nonogenarian has lived in Cleveland since the 1970s, working as meat cutter for a number of independent grocery stores, the latest being Cook’s Food Store. Mr. McFadden has already begun planting his annual garden and enjoys working around the house, taking care of his chickens, cat and dog. Best of all, he still drives when needed, recently renewing his driver’s license, which is valid until 2018. Family and friends wil celebrate his birthday with a dinner on Saturday afternoon and he wil be recognized at his regular DAV meeting on Tuesday.
McFadden celebrates 90th birthday
Laurel McFadden, an active member of First Baptist Church and the of the DAV Chapter 25, will be 90 years old May 12. The nonogenarian has lived in Cleveland since the 1970s, working as meat cutter...
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STAGEWORKS Vice President Jamie Newberg, left, and President Michael Myers, right, agree that the community theater group wants to provide the opportunity and outlet for performers through this venture. For more information, call Myers at 331-1739; Newberg at 937-418-2453; email: stageworkscleveland@gmail.com; website: stageworkscleveland.weebly.com; or Facebook: StageWorks of Cleveland.
StageWorks to present ‘Steel Magnolias’
StageWorks of Cleveland is gearing up for the third and final show of its first season in Cleveland — “Steel Magnolias.” They may not get Dolly Parton to audition for Stageworks’ “Steel Magnolia,”...
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Michael Phillips will be in concert on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at White Wing Christian Bookstore. Phillips will be celebrating his new album release, “Tell Somebody,” to radio and iTunes with a CD signing.
Michael Phillips to celebrate new album on Saturday
Come enjoy an afternoon of music with Michael Phillips of Trenton, Ga., Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at White Wing Christian Bookstore, 3750 Keith St. N.W. A rising urban gospel artist, Phillips has ...
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Astronaut Dr. Roger Crouch to speak at Polk County event
The Polk County Education Foundation executive committee held a meeting recently to plan the annual fundraising dinner for the scholarship program on May 25. The event will be held at the First Ba...
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