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The art of sewing has become a lost art in some schools and social circles. Sewing can be a way of connecting the fabric of humanity and threads of life together with just fabric and thread. 

Community members walked barefoot on the sidewalks in downtown New Albany  Tuesday in the TOMS One Day Without Shoes Walk.

T. Sappington & Co. sponsored the second annual one-day walk. Approximately 20 people showed up, ready to walk without shoes down the sidewalks.

Visitors to the Union County Heritage Museum learned about southern food when they attended Museum Moments on Feb. 17, 2011. Oral historian Amy Streeter led the presentation. Streeter is with the Southern Foodways Alliance, which documents, studies, and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the changing American South. 

There are three ladies that spent numerous years dedicating their time and professional life to West Union Attendance Center, and last fall, Sheila Childers, Jean Mayo, and Reba Willard all retired from a school that has meant so much to each of them for many years. 

Crystal McBrayer, Community and Occupational Health Coordinator for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, has traveled to many schools in the city and county this month educating students about the importance of heart health. 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was honored at a memorial service and commemoration ceremony on Saturday afternoon. It was held on the second floor of the Union County Courthouse with approximately seventy people in attendance.

The theme of the service was “Keeping the Dream Alive.”