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Today's Features

  • FSA loans now available for socially disadvantaged persons

    USDA Farm Service Agency reserves funds each year to make loans to socially disadvantaged applicants to buy and operate family-size farms. A socially disadvantaged farmer is one of a group whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of their identity as members of the group without regard to their individual qualities. For the purposes of this program, socially disadvantaged groups have been defined as women, Blacks or African Americans, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.

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  • SAVVY SENIOR: Do you need to file a tax return this year?

    Dear Savvy Senior
    My income dropped way off when I retired early last year, and I’m wondering if I fall into the so called “47 percent” of Americans who won’t have to pay and income taxes this year. What can you tell me?
    Curious Senior

    Dear Curious,

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  • COLUMN: Divorce should never equal the willful neglect of a child
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  • Celebration cake is versatile, mimics a pound cake

    We recently celebrated my daughter’s sixth birthday with a party for her friends. We do not do big parties usually, but she is involved in several activities and we did not want to leave anyone out. I usually make layer cakes for birthdays, but my husband pointed out that cutting into layers for 20 children and an unknown number of adults would be difficult and messy. Not to mention that one cake would not be enough for that many people. I do not have a sheet pan of any size either.

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  • COLUMN: Pillows: Find comfort, strength and support in Jesus

    What kind of pillow do you like on your bed?  Most people have some sort of foam pillow these days, but some people still love feather pillows.  I’ve even heard of buckwheat husk pillows, I understand they are very heavy.  Some people like hard pillows, some like them soft, some, like me, can’t make up their minds and have several pillows on the bed.

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  • Church Happenings — Week of Feb. 20

    Gospel barn to host singing Saturday
    The Cumbos Old Gospel Barn in Coxs Creek will host a gospel sing Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
    Featured guests are Heavenly Reign, The Cumbos and more.
    The event is free and open to the public.

    Finchville Baptist announces youth activities, fundraiser
    Finchville Baptist Church is hosting a youth bowling night Saturday from 5 to 9.
    The cost is $13, plus money for fast food afterward.

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  • BIRTH: Ella Paris born Jan. 29

    Jason and Sarah Jane Whinghter of Aiken, S.C., announce the birth of their daughter, Ella Paris Whinghter, on Jan. 29 at the University Hospital in Augusta, Ga.
    She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20 inches long.
    Her maternal grandmother is Teresa Catlett of Mount Eden.
    Her paternal grandparents are Joe and Sally Whinghter of Beech Island, S.C.
    Her great-grandparents are Harry and Jane Miller.

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  • BACK IN TIME: Feb. 20 edition
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  • TES names January students of the month

    Taylorsville Elementary School’s January students of the month are Maggie Wilder, Andrew Jordan, Ethan Ashcraft, Jayden Tomes, Jacob Wurts and Katelynn Hardin.

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  • Donovan named to dean’s list

    Kasey Danielle Donovan was recently named to the fall semester dean’s list of the Donna and Allan Lansing School of Nursing at Bellarmine University with a GPA of 3.76. Donovan is the daughter of Danny and Joyce Donovan of Bloomfield and a graduate of Spencer County High School.

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