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By Ray PopeIt was great to receive a post card this week from Mrs. Henry “Grace” Farrar who lives out in the country telling me about the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds that were feeding at her place. Grace was asking how long to keep ...
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By KEN BECKSpecial to The Wilson Post It wasn’t easy being a Choctaw child in the 1940s in Mississippi. Sally Wells, 69, a resident of Smyrna for the past 38 years with her husband Bill, was born on a reservation near Philadelphia, Miss., where she ...
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By RAY POPEIt was a sad day here at my house as my last Hummingbird set off on its journey toward the Gulf Coast. There they will refuel for their island hopping adventure out over the vast Gulf of Mexico and hopefully make it safe and sound to Sout...
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I didn’t grow up in a house where punctuality was a virtue. In our household, the start time of any event was more of an unrealistic expectation thrust upon us by people who were obviously not as busy as we were.Then I married my husband who believe...
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By KEN BECKDear Ken: Give us some background on Mark Harmon. Wasn’t he a West Coast university quarterback before he became an actor? Harmon, 59, who plays Jethro Gibbs on “NCIS,” is the son of Tom Harmon, who won the Heisman Troph...
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By KEN BECKSpecial to The Wilson PostWith fall breezing in and the leaves beginning to change hues, there’s no better time to take a drive in the country, and there are few Middle Tennessee destinations that can beat the quaint Bedford County villag...
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By BECKY ANDREWSYou read that right. After a very uneventful two weeks waiting for something funny, dangerous, or even inspiring to happen…nothing. I started and stopped about 30 different story ideas. This happens sometimes but this time…no...
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By Angel KaneIf you are like those of us at Wilson Living Magazine, you are counting down the days to Fall break. But before you pack up the car and the kids for parts unknown, be sure to check out all Wilson County has to offer this weekend. First ...
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By RAY POPEOver the course of a couple years, I have talked to many friends about some of the birds that come to their yards. Every now and then someone has something that I just can’t grasp without seeing it for myself. One of the birds is in...
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Haunted woods will knock knees, shiver your soulBy KEN BECKSpecial to The Wilson PostDead Land Haunted Woods is no walk in the park. It’s a nocturnal hike into a frightening forest filled with ghosts, goblins and ghouls of every ilk. Making its seco...
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By ANGEL KANEThere are people that say, the eyes are the windows to the soul. But given fillers, botox and brow lifts…I no longer believe that to be the case. As I see it, if you really want to know someone’s soul…take a look at their ...
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By RAY POPE As a child, one of my favorite places to go was Florida. My mother and father worked hard and usually once a year we would go on vacation to Daytona Beach. My brother and I would spend countless hours swimming in the beautiful Atlan...
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By KEN BECKSpecial to The Wilson PostHistorically enriched in a myriad of ways, Cedars of Lebanon State Park looks back to its formative years with W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) Day on Saturday.When the park opened in April 1937, it was celebrate...
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By RAY POPE I had talked to Karen Franklin about doing a little birdwatching this past Monday, Labor Day. Her husband John had plans to take Anna and Nick to the lake for a little fishing and she decided that she had rather learn from her resid...
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Fall is in full swing…By ANGEL KANENext Wednesday, September 22nd, marks the first day of Autumn and if you were out and about this past weekend, you know that fall is in full swing in Middle Tennessee. And there is no better place to celebrate the...
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SCREAMING EAGLE REFLECTS ON 1944By KEN BECK, Special to The Wilson Post WOODBURY — In the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, 22-year-old Andy Haines jumped out the doorway of a twin-engine C-47 and plunged into darkness. As he floated down to France to...
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Get Ready, Set . . . GO!By Angel KaneThis Saturday, September 11th, Wilson Living Magazine will be on hand with hundreds of other Wilson County neighbors as we participate in the 7th Annual Sherry’s Run. The event starts at 6 a.m., with the 5k Run/W...
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By RAY POPEWhat great feeling weather we had for the Labor Day weekend. I heard no complaints from anybody, especially myself. This prompted me to turn off the air-conditioner (sorry MTEMC) and place a small fan in the kitchen window blowing out where it ...
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LONGTIME BDES CUSTODIAN RETIRESA retirement reception for custodian Reed Logue will be held 3:30-5 p.m. today (Sept. 8) at the Byars Dowdy Elementary School cafeteria. A money tree will be available for those wishing to gift the employee of 39½ yea...
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By CANDACE PARTEELast year when I heard of Delphi, Greece, I envisioned a small circular temple surrounded by tall white columns with graceful maidens dressed in drifts of white gauzy material lounging about. I recalled the Oracle at Delphi and that was a...
