Please join the Clay County Chamber of Commerce in welcoming Clay County’s Newest Chamber Business Member for their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

Monte Alban 2 on the Ashland Square  on Wednesday, March 17th at 12:00 pm.

1st Organizational Meeting
March 21, 2010
12:30 pm
First United Methodist Church
Lineville, AL 36266

Free Lunch Provided
Come and meet other area riders and have fun.
This will be a non-denominational group of riders.
You do not have to be a member of a church, or even attend one…just come join other riders from the area!
Contact Lee Smith – LBS64@yahoo.com for more information

3rd Annual Spring Celebration
1st United Methodist Church
Lineville, AL 36266
April 3, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM

All FREE!

Hotdogs, Chips and Drinks
Pictures with the Easter Bunny
Easter Egg Hunt
Jewelry Making
Hat Making
Music
Horse Rides
Puppet Shows
Fire Dog Bouncer
Face Painting

For more info, conatct Lee Smith – lbs64@yahoo.com

Date: Sat, November 06, 2010
Location: Lineville, Alabama

Join us in Lineville, Alabama on November 6 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. as we celebrate the Year of Alabama Small Towns and Downtowns with an old-fashioned street festival. Begin the day at the Exchange Club Pancake Breakfast at 6 a.m. Other activities include an antique tractor show and parade, a juried vintage quilt show, and an 1890s costume contest. Enjoy historical displays and live music featuring local talent. Great food, craft vendors, and activities are planned for the whole family. The highlight of the day will be the unveiling of a historical marker at City Hall celebrating Lineville’s rich history. Call 256-396-9121 for more information.

View the State’s newest historic markers celebrating the heritage of Alabama’s small towns. Each marker will be unveiled at the town’s homecoming event.

Date: Friday, October 08, 2010 – Sun, October 10, 2010
Location: Ashland, Alabama

We’re celebrating the Great Alabama Homecoming and the Year of Alabama Small Towns and Downtowns with a performance of “A City Set on a Hill,” activities in City Park, a centennial celebration honoring Clay County High School, the unveiling of a new historic marker, an ice cream contest and more! To learn more, call 256-354-2121.

View the State’s newest historic markers celebrating the heritage of Alabama’s small towns. Each marker will be unveiled at the town’s homecoming event.

It has been said that you can never go home again.  Not so, because the Lineville High School Aggies are returning home for the day.  On the afternoon of June 12, 2010 from 1 to 5 pm,  all LHS classes from years 1960 – 1967 plus those from later classes who are members of the LHS Alumni Web Site, are being invited to join the Class of ’66 for an afternoon of great fun.  The return is called “Blast From The Past”.  If you are interested in organizing your class to attend “The Blast” then please visit the website Lineville High School Alumni website at http://lhsaggies.com/ and then click on June Blast in the main menu bar.

There is a link to downloadable document with all details – top left – right under the Ram head.

See ya there!

Beef Plus is a comprehensive four evening program, and a field-day for beef producers seeking timely information about nutrition, health, forages and pest management issues. The program will contain both classroom and hands-on training. Location: ALFA Farmers Federation Auditorium. April 30th Field Day Details to follow later.

April 06, 2010 – 6 to 9 pm – Herd Health Management
April 08, 2010 – 6 to 9 pm – Forage Management
April 13, 2010 – 6 to 9 pm – Feeding & Nutrition
April 15, 2010 – 6 to 9 pm – Pest Management

Field Day – April 30, 2010
Auburn University Beef Teaching Unit
Hands-on Demonstrations:
Working Live Cattle, Sprayer & Seeder Calibration, Hay Sampling & Interpreting a Forage Analysis, Fencing, Tours of Winter Forage Planting Date and Grazing Trials

Meals will be provided
The cost of participating in the four-day program is $75 per person or two family members can attend for $100 and receive one set of information. Pre-registration is preferred by March 31, 2010. To pre-register, simply complete and mail the form – Download the Registration Form Beef Plus Registration Brochure April 2010 (8)

For more information , contact
Henry D. Dorough
Regional Extension Agent
Office: 256-362-6187
Cell: 256-299-0512
Email: dorouhd@aces.edu

Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference
2010 Vegetable Growers Workshop
March 18th @ Cane Creek Community Garden
9am – 2pm ~ Registration begins at 8:30am
Cost $3.00 per person
*Lunch included IF you pre-register*

WorkShop Agenda (tentative)

• 9:00 Asparagus Production for Local Markets – Arnold Caylor, Superintendent of the North Alabama Horticulture Research Station
• 9:25 A New Look at Older Watermelon Varieties – Mike Reeves, ACES Regional Extension Agent
• 9:50 Southern Pea Production – Doug Chapman, ACES Regional Extension Agent
• 10:15 Break
• 10:30 Farm Accounting Issues – Robert Page, ACES Regional Extension Agent
• 10:55 Controlling Fungal Diseases of Cucurbits – Dan Porch, Blount County Extension Coordinator
• 11:20 Insect pest identification and control in asparagus, pea, and cucumber – Ayanava Majumdar, Extension Vegetable Entomologist
• 11:45 Outcome Assessment Extension Survey – Ayanava Majumdar, Extension Vegetable Entomologist
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:00 Overview of High Tunnel Vegetable Production – Chip East, ACES Regional Extension Agent

Download Registration Form & Agenda – County Extension Vegetable Growers Workshop (12)

Directions to Cane Creek Community Garden included in Registration and Agenda form.

Chip East – eastwil@aces.edu
Regional Extension Agent
Commercial Horticulture
Office 256-354-5976
cell 256-846-0314

At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March (March 14th, 2010), we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of standard time (“spring forward”). We “fall back” at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November by setting our clock back one hour and thus returning to standard time.