Mountain Longleaf Festival focuses on rediscovering "lost arts"
Taylor Wood, 13, didn't come all the way from Mobile to sit on a horseshoe chair, touch a milk snake and taste Wright's Dairy ice cream. But she could have. She might have. Saturday, Taylor and her sister Peyton, 10, instead molded clay into bowls at the Mountain Longleaf Festival in Anniston. With a theme of "Rediscovering Lost Arts," quilting and music competed with nature lessons and crafts.
learn more - Anniston Star 4/20/2008

Firefighters from around nation participate in local survival, safety class
At their instructor's signal, firefighters rushed forward, flung open their packs, stepped backwards into giant bags and laid face down, bags up. The drill could save lives if flames from a wildfire spread too quickly and the men are trapped. Survival and safety is the main goal for firefighters at the Alabama Wildland Fire Academy, being held at McClellan this week.
learn more - Anniston Star 4/17/2008

Storytelling workshop to be taught by Kathryn Tucker Windham
We all have a story to tell, says renowned Alabama author Kathryn Tucker Windham, and none of us has to be a Jeff Foxworthy or a Mark Twain to tell it. There's a great deal of difference between telling stories and performing," she said. The storyteller, she explained in a recent phone interview, is always his or her own self — not a character.
learn more - Anniston Star 4/10/2008

Intellimed's McClellan Park Medical Mall: A new approach to comprehensive health
For many of us, a trip to a doctor’s office just doesn't make the list of favorite things to do. Luckily, the wise folks at Intellimed have taken a close look at all the things that can make a doctor’s visit unpleasant and have come up with a state-of-the-art heathcare system that will both improve the quality of healthcare and make the experience more agreeable.
learn more - 03/29/2008

For senior citizens at Casey Estates at McClellan, their new residence just feels like home
Senior citizens living at the new Casey Estates at McClellan said they are making friends and loving life. "I love it here," said Pearlie Bush, 72. "It's nice and quiet and the people are friendly." Bush moved into the low-cost senior apartment building the first week in December, she said.
learn more - Anniston Star 03/28/2008

Cane Creek Community Garden to be place for gardeners to share a common piece of dirt
There's just something different about the sun in springtime … and, no, it has nothing to do with global warming. Well, maybe it does, but that's for another story. Rather the sun at springtime is like a nearly forgotten old friend who's come for a visit, one who promises not to stay too long but always ends up wearing out his welcome.
learn more - Anniston Star 03/23/2008

Officials warn against ignoring fences at McClellan
McClellan officials are finding that some people are not deterred by 6-foot fences and signs that say "trespassing for any purpose is strictly forbidden." While they want visitors to see new developments at the former fort, officials said some areas are off-limits for safety reasons. Bullets, bombs, mortars, landfills and chemical runoff still need to be removed from between 10,000 and 11,000 acres of McClellan property before it is safe for the public, said Joint Powers Authority planner Miki Schneider.
learn more - Anniston Star 03/06/2008