Jarecki family safe ‘by the grace of God’
By Donna ThorntonNews Editor Hilary Jarecki was minutes past the finish line of the Boston Marathon, she and her husband and son were steps – perhaps a block – down the street when they heard a blast. They, like the people around them were bewildered, wondering what had happened. Jarecki said 16-year-old son Connor thought […]
Boys & Girls Club battles hunger with container gardens
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Youngsters at the Basil Gilchrist Unit of the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Alabama planted tomatoes, eggplant and green peppers in community garden plots and in container gardens this week as part of program to help combat hunger.
Jenifer Grace of the Boys & Girls Club said the unit received a $250 grant to make the gardening