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  • Running and jumping is not just child’s play for five Union County stuntmen. Doing backflips off of picnic tables, jumping off of buildings, running as quick as possible, and jumping and flipping off of rails are all in a normal day’s slate of activities for the Gorilla Stunt Team.

    These guys practice two art forms: free running and parkour.

  • 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. 

  •  One of Union County’s most well-renowned historical sites will be the center of attention next week.

  • 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.

  • The New Albany School of Ballet and Dance Arts is now the official school of the New Albany Ballet Company.

    In January 2011, there were 20 students chosen through an audition process, with trained ballet professionals serving as judges, to become members of New Albany’s first official ballet company. 

  • 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. 

  • The Ish-te-ho-to-pah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce New Albany High School senior Ellen Tarrant as its DAR Good Citizen for the 2010-2011 school year.

  • 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. 

  • The New Albany High School Class of 1960 wants to give back to the community in which they were raised. Out of the forty plus members from the senior class, six have passed on and three have not been located. However, the rest have been contacted and have decided to create a fund that will help the needs of New Albany and Union County citizens.

  • 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. 

  • The list of night-time places to eat out in New Albany is about to expand.

    The popular lunch-time restaurant, Tallahatchie Gourmet, is preparing to be open at night with a dinner menu at its downtown location, 119 West Main St.

  • 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.”

  • The New Albany Garden Club recently presented two books to the New Albany Elementary School (NAES) Library as a part of their Garden Center Project.  

  • Chad Jarvis was chosen as 2010 firefighter of the year. Firefighter of the year is an honor within the ranks of the fire dept, and chosen by their peers. To become firefighter of the year your are nominated based on on your actions, accomplishments, attitude, and love of the fire service not only while at the firehouse, but away from it as well.Chad is Driver/Firefighter on"C" shift station 1.

     

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