Service Center Selected, Plans Are Formulated Main Street Building Chosen; Committees Line Up For Work The Service Men’s Center, project of the Garden club, was “growing like Jack’s beanstalk” Saturday, with a location chosen and an all-community force of committees named to arrange details. The empty room on the first floor of the Darks building, next door to Crane’s Jewelry store, has been selected, Mrs.

What is your favorite animal? This would never happen in any of my classes because I agree with the young man 100 per cent. Anyway, here is his story: Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried chicken.” She said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t have been right, because everyone else laughed.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com When Andy was an eleven-year-old boy, he and his eight-year-old brother decided they were old enough to buy some calves to raise. This meant feeding, watering and daily maintenance - freezing temperatures or blazing sun, all of it was still going to be their responsibility.

(Note: I run this every year on his birthday simply because anything Billy Graham says is always relevant.) Dr. Billy Graham is 97 years old and seldom leaves his hillside retreat in North Carolina.

This week we’re wrapping up our mini-series on the book. Parents Who Lead, by Stewart Friedman and Alyssa Westring. So far we’ve learned that the leadership principles of business can have a practical application to parenting. We’ve also learned effective leadership in the home requires discussion of, and agreement on, the core values that form the family foundation. Today, we’ll learn about six paths parents can pursue to find greater harmony and effectiveness in their homes. Here’s the quick summary:

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Years ago, when we were a family of two young boys with their Mom and Dad, we traveled quite a bit. Either headed to a church where Andy was scheduled to speak, or leaving to come home.

Stewart Friedman, in his book Parents Who Lead, urges parents to utilize the kind of leadership skills used in the business world. No, that does not mean paying your kids minimum wage. It means being thoughtful about how you lead as a parent in order to have a better “bottom line” in family matters. A better bottom line is a better marriage, better children and less chaos at home.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Tom lived in Smallsville. Everybody knew each other, and they all knew each other’s routines and habits.

When I was small my Grandma Armstrong would head out for the woods. No one seemed to be interested in what she was doing but she was out hunting plants. She would return with roots and such and make medicines out of them. She knew what she was doing I guess because along with her home remedies she knew what to do for a sick child and for that matter anyone who was sick. The stuff seemed to work. At least folks said it did. I know my grandma loved me better than anyone (so I supposed) but sometimes I hated to go to Lula because once the hugging was over (or was that my physical she was doing?) she seemed to sense something was wrong with me. And I don’t care to hear you say, “Well we all knew that.”

Here’s today’s Family Talk column….(I thought it was time to “lighten up”….) Readers’ Digest Magazine ran a contest calling for funny family stories. One of the winning entries came from Pat Tornatore from St.