The Agape Food Pantry’s Concert & Dessert gets classier every year.

What a great day for a festival in the park!

Each season I’m struck, lag-jawed and still, by the beauty of mountains.

“Snakes Alive” Is Coming Soon: The Bland County Public Library is happy to announce that “Snakes Alive” is returning to Bland County once again. Ron Cromer will be presenting a program featuring harmless live reptiles including turtles, lizards and specially tamed snakes on Thursday, July 26, at 10:30 a.m. This performance is the grand finale of the library’s 2007 Summer Reading Program. There will be a hands-on opportunity. Learn more at http://www.snakesaliveinc.com. For more information, come by the library or call 688-3737.

Book reviews are rarely the fodder of major news controversies, but thanks to the wizardry of Harry Potter, two reviews and, of course, one highly anticipated book were the sources of media frenzy this week.

As the woman placed her order, Pam Hall couldn’t help but notice the bags she carried with her, the kind designed to keep food warm on long trips. The co-owner of the small drive-in eatery a few miles outside of Marion asked about the bags. The customer explained that her father was dying and wanted a last meal from the Dip Dog Stand. With Hall’s help, the man’s daughter made his wish come true.

What’s the secret behind the Dip Dog? Only a handful of people know. One of them is Grant Hall, a co-owner of the drive-in eatery, but he’s not telling.
When asked if there’s a secret ingredient in the batter coating the hot dogs, he replied, “Absolutely” and grinned.

Most of the boys I grew up with had a pocketknife. We were allowed to carry them to school as long as we kept them in our pockets. We sometimes traded pocketknives, compared whose was the sharpest by shaving our arm hairs and secretly used them as emergency pencil sharpeners and screwdrivers.

Church happenings for the week of July 21

I’ve been getting a lot of e-mail lately from lonely women asking if they can send me some naked pictures.