Growing Greenup Mother’s Day and Youth Development Anne Stephens I hope everyone had a Mother’s Day weekend full of smiles, hugs, and happy memories. In my family, we celebrate my mother’s birthday and Mother’s Day together because they are always close together. I have a terrific mom and I am glad that my family always gets together to enjoy special occasions with each other. We have a good time together and for that, I am thankful. Without the need to cite a reference

I’m A Server Loren Hardin The Ashland Beacon I’m revisiting my old friend, Doug, this week. Doug was sixty-seven years old when he enrolled in outpatient hospice services with end stage congestive heart failure. You may remember Doug’s previous column titled, “Your Sins Will Find You Out.” When Doug and his friend, Jerry, were six years old, they decided to play cowboy and round up all the cats in the neighborhood. Doug recounted, “We caught every cat we could find.

The Lost Colony Jarrod E. Stephens The Ashland Beacon May is celebrated as the month in which the first permanent English settlement in America was established in Jamestown, Virginia. May 14, 1607 marked a glorious day for the establishment of what would become America. If you only take a glance at the story then it sounds quite glamorous and exciting. However, when you dig deeper and discover the grueling struggles that the settlers faced, the story becomes a lot darker.

Growing Greenup: Home Gardening and Farmers Market Container Gardening Source: Jamie Dockery, UK Extension Horticulture Agent Not everyone has acreage or land where they can just dig in the soil. As long as you have a sunny spot, whether it be a balcony or parking lot, if you can get sunlight, you can grow flowers or vegetables in containers. It isn’t difficult. Just about any container will do, but the smaller the container, you will be m