A still clear Spring morning in rural Alabama just isn't complete without the signature "Haw! Haw! Ha!" of the pileated woodpecker ringing through the pine trees. As big as a hawk with his black jacket of feathers, dazzling white stripes, laughing yellow eyes and impressive red mohawk, if his appearance doesn't get your attention then his distinctive cackling call will. He is most definitely the rock-star of our local birds.
On the night of May 15- 16, sky watchers across North America long with South America, Europe and Africa will have a view of one of natures most beautiful spectacles: a total eclipse of the moon, The passage of the full moon through Earth’s shadow can be observed from your own backyard. Unlike a solar eclipse, which necessitates special viewing precautions to prevent eye damage, a lunar eclipse is perfectly safe to watch. All you need are your eyes, but binoculars or a telescope will give you a much nicer view.
It’s time to get your hummingbird feeders cleaned and hung because they are back! It’s always fun to see them return at the beginning of spring time and enjoy watching them all summer. For homemade hummingbird juice, mix four parts water to one part sugar.
We have seen a lot of distributions of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds that have gone to good causes. Yet, there are still funds out there that are waiting to be distributed from municipalities and counties.
The behind the scenes work of PBMs can make potentially lifesaving, or sustaining, medications nearly impossible for those patients who need them most. Your doctor writes a prescription and you take it to your local pharmacy, along with your insurance card.
A bill broadening the scope of practice for optometrists to include certain procedures currently restricted in Alabama passed the Senate Thursday with two amendments. The bill, which received broad cross-party support and opposition, would allow the Alabama Board of Optometry to hold the exclusive authority to regulate the expansion of certain practices and require optometrists to provide these procedures to meet certain training benchmarks.
We have become victims of a social media hack. The Clayton Record’s Facebook Page was hacked Monday and we soon began getting messages about who was the strange man who appeared on the page. We have no idea but we are having our IT department working to get us back up and running. We apologize for the inconvenience. * * * * * *
I was recently on the phone with a customer service representative. When he asked for my address he then stated in a halting tone: "Ah-hah, I see here you live near … uh, Du-tan, Alabama?" My Daddy always said that it's an excellent judge of where someone hails from based on how they pronounce, or in this case, mispronounce the names of cities or towns.
The series of bills appropriates portions of the state’s general fund to build new prisons, fund programs for children and small business loan programs. The Alabama Senate on Thursday approved a series of bills that address the state’s general fund budget and appropriate money to a wide range of areas, including prison construction and programs to aid children.
75 YEARS AGO MARCH 7, 1941 Elvin T. Edgar, senior at Birmingham-Southern College, will represent the Kappa Chapter of Kappa Phi Kappa, men’s honorary Educational Fraternity, at the National Conference of Kappa Phi Kappa, which meets in Washington, D.C.