Save a pun’kin, carve a turnip!
Autumn has good and well arrived. Treats have been tricked and trunks have been treated.
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The real-life ‘Giving Tree?’
I do believe if our family had a coat-of-arms, that the chinaberry tree would be worked into that scheme somehow. For the humble-yet-prolific tree seems to insert itself into just about all of our family deeds of note. One of my Daddy's first memories, when he was about six years old, was falling out of the chinaberry tree in his backyard.
Commissioners need to act on courthouse
Barbour County commissioners were given an estimate that it would take to return the county courthouse to tip-top condition and comply with codes. The estimate reaches some $18 million.
Jimmy Rane: An Alabama treasure
Abbeville’s Jimmy Rane has been heralded as the richest man in Alabama. Indeed, his wealth status has been documented in the Business Bible Forbes Magazine. He is a legitimate billionaire. Forbes estimates his net worth at $1.2 billion.
Daddy’s Stories
'I'm bored!' my almo st-nine-year-old daughter announced last week. And I thought to myself: 'Now, think of that not twenty-four hours since school was dismissed and this child is bored?' When we were little, my brothers and I, the words 'summertime' and 'boredom' did not belong together in the same sentence.
LOOKING BACK
75 YEARS AGO MAY 27, 1949 Outfielder Jocko Norton will be playing his last game with the Auburn nine when the Tigers face the Alabama Crimson Tide on Drake Field in Auburn Friday and Saturday. A senior, Jocko has another year of eligibility.
City Council urged to hire police
The town of Clayton has been advertising for police officers and a Police Chief in The Record for several weeks. Applications are due at City Hall no later than this Friday, May 31.
PBMs tactics limit, cost Alabamians affordable prescriptions
I believe an appropriate way to frame our understanding of the Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers is to briefly summarize who they are, what they do, and how we got to where we are today. PBMs initially emerged to help manage the prescription drug component of health insurance plans, handling tasks such as processing claims and managing the lists of covered medications. They acted as a third party to help provide Alabamians and their employers the access to affordable prescription medications. This design was well intended and did influence overall price leveraging and access to patented therapeutics.
LOOKING BACK
75 YEARS AGO MAY 20, 1949 Professor Paul Jackson will present diplomas to the graduation seniors at Clayton High School on Friday night, May 20, at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium.