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- Cooking in the Black BeltThe other day, someone texted me with a rather serious subject: sugar in cornbread. That’s right—clutch your pearls, fan yourself with your lace handkerchiefs, pull out the fainting couch. I’m about to touch a nerve with some of my more penitent southern cooks when I say: I see no problem with sugar in cornbread. Now, hear me out, there’s a reason for that. Albeit, a rather complicated one, but I hope I can plead my case for sugar in modern... Read More
- Registration open through Friday, Oct. 2 to join Extension’s diabetes programThe Health Extension for Diabetes program has begun in Hale County, and people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes can still join the remaining seven of its eight sessions by registering with the Hale County Extension Office by Friday, Oct. 2, the office said. Tera Glenn, the Extension agent for health and wellness, opened the first session by welcoming participants, explaining what to expect and taking questions. The program is an education and support series for people living with... Read More
- Hale County’s Laura Kyser receives Farmers Federation memorial scholarship
Laura Kyser, second from left, receives the John C. Jay Jr. Memorial Scholarship Sept. 21 at Lazenby Farms in Auburn. From left are Federation President Jimmy Parnell, Kyser, Hale County Farmers Federation board member Townsend Kyser, Federation District 8 Director Stewart Koon and Federation Southwest Area Vice President Hope Cassebaum. Laura Kyser, a Hale County native and a sophomore studying pre-nursing at Auburn University, received the John C. Jay Jr. Memorial Scholarship at the Alabama Farmers Federation’s scholarship reception Sept. 21... Read More - Woods Promise marks sixth year of Planting Seeds in the Black Belt
Scholars in Woods Promise Inc.’s Planting Seeds in the Black Belt program at the Hale County College and Career Academy.(above) Woods Promise Inc. held its sixth Planting Seeds in the Black Belt program this year at the Hale County College and Career Academy, with the largest group of scholars in the program’s six years, the nonprofit said. Over five Saturdays, students in kindergarten through sixth grade worked through hands-on science lessons: chemical reactions, genetics and heredity, Oobleck, static electricity, taste... Read More - Drought Monitor puts nearly all of Perry County in severe drought
The U.S. Drought Monitor’s map of Alabama for Sept. 22, released Sept. 24. Orange is severe drought, tan moderate drought and yellow abnormally dry.(above) Nearly all of Perry County is in severe drought, the second of the U.S. Drought Monitor’s four drought categories, according to the monitor’s map dated Sept. 22 and released Thursday, Sept. 24. The monitor placed 98.9 percent of the county in severe drought, up from 77.5 percent a week earlier. On Sept. 8, none of the... Read More