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Commemorating Gold Medal Flower, an early industry on the Mississippi River, taking advantage of Saaint Anthony Falls to generate the power to grind thei grain. Gold Medal Flower isSstill sold.
Taken in early December 2014, months before the devastating earthquake destroyed much of this beautiful old town
The local school is on summer vacation - they have just finished the Collège with the Diplôme National du Brevet - it went well. Now it's 8 weeks of vacation - in the family, with grandparents, by the river, in the forest, in the hills, by the water - together with my girlfriends - it's going to be super nice
The grave of Edith Bridges, wife of General Bridges who died of wounds after Gallipoli. He lies in ceremonial splendour in Duntroon, she lies with her community in St John's churchyard, Reid. Taken in 2017.
How can people ride such ugly bikes? Even worse the rider was really slow on it as I'd caught and overtaken him on the previous descent :)
On the first day of the 112th Union of British Columbia Municipalities annual convention in Vancouver, Peter Fassbender, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink met with mayors representing BC local governments.
Craddock was raised the youngest of 13 children. His parents worked for Cone Mills, mostly at the White Oak plant. The family lived close to the bone.
“We never had anything,” he says, “but we never went hungry and we were all close.”
“We had an outhouse,” he says, chuckling. “Dolly Parton asked one time, 'Crash, did you have a two-holer or a one-holer?’ I said, 'Dolly, we couldn’t afford a two-holer.’ ”
The family shared a love of music and performing. “My daddy could tap dance, buck dance and he’d call figures on Saturday night,” Craddock says. “One sister played the piano, and another sister could sing.”
An older brother, Clarence, was a guitarist, and he taught siblings Billy and Ronald how to play and sing. When Billy was 12, Clarence took him aside and said, “Boy, I’m gonna tell you one thing — that guitar’s gonna make you a lot of money.”
As a youth, Craddock was captivated by country music. He and a friend would walk five miles along what is now Summit Avenue to downtown Greensboro to see country stars perform at the National Theater. He saw the Wilburn Brothers, Ernest Tubb, Eddie Arnold, Jimmy Dickens, Carl Smith, Sonny James and other legends in their prime.
“When I went to see those country shows,” he says, “as soon as they’d start to play the steel guitar, the hair would stand up on my neck and it wouldn’t go down till the last song was done.”
In 1957, Billy and Ronald formed the Four Rebels, a vocal group, with two friends. They performed at Fred Koury’s Plantation Supper Club — the upscale place for dinner and live entertainment in Greensboro during that time.
“We’d do 13 songs a night,” says Craddock, who sang lead, “and 12 of them were by Elvis Presley!”
He subsequently went solo, cutting his first records for the Sky Castle and Colonial labels (based in Greensboro and Chapel Hill, respectively). Koury, a local club owner and entrepreneur with connections in the record industry, helped Craddock land a deal with Columbia Records in 1959.
He recorded material in a rockabilly style for the label, scoring a minor national hit with “Boom Boom Baby.”
It was at Columbia that he was formally christened Crash Craddock. Though the nickname suggests some kind of kinship with car racing, it actually came from his days as a halfback on Rankin High School’s football team. They called him “Crash” for his ability to crash through any hole in the defense.
“We’d leave the huddle, and they’d hit me on the butt and say, 'Let’s get ’em, Crash,’ ” he says. “When the line opened something up, I was gone because I only weighed 135 pounds and couldn’t afford to get hit.”
I have been watching this little dunnock for a couple of months. As you can see, he has a damaged wing. But he can still fly well and he found a mate and successfully fed the chicks through fledging. When I first saw him, I thought he wouldn't last long. I was clearly wrong.
December 9, 2014- Mayor Martin Walsh stops into Local 103's Holiday Meeting to wish the membership a great holiday season. (Mayor's Office Photo by Isabel Leon)
Local health workers administers Measles vaccination shots for local school children at the Govenrment Primary School in Thatipur in the city of Gwalior in the cenral Indian state of Madhya Pradesh..
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We live in a rural area with a conservative worldview and mindset. So I find the graffiti that's sprayed beneath a route 80 overpass, not far from our home, intriguing. That face is so emotive. Does anyone understand what's between the quote marks?
Brooke and Luther Fedora, coauthors, The Foodie’s Beer Book: The Art of Pairing and Cooking with Beer for Any Occasion, and Gay Beery, featured in Our Local Commons Charlottesville, vol. 2 made recipes at the Charlottesville Cooking School during the 2015 Virginia Festival of the Book on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
Photo by Pat Jarrett/VFH staff
FarmFest 2010, the largest-scale local farmers' market held for the fourth consecutive year. Over 250 stalls showcase an array of local quality agricultural and fishery products, they sell local premium produce, including fresh organic fruits and vegetables, chilled and dried seafood, ornamental plants, local delicacies, gourmet food, household goods as well as organic and green products.
The theme produce this year is local organic tomato and premium quality grouper. Visitors can enjoy a delightful glimpse of fresh cherry tomatoes in an outdoor field and different varieties of groupers on display.
The Lithopolis Honey Fest is an excellent opportunity for Bee Keepers to educate the public and to sell products.