Montevallo’s hidden treasure: Local man petitions county commission for park at Davis Falls site The Shelby County Reporter Henry Emfinger wants everyone to come to love Davis Falls as much as he does. Emfinger, a historian and curator of the Aldridge Coal Mine Museum, is petitioning to the Shelby County Commission to turn a little known waterfall outside Montevallo into a county park. Railroad Museum Boosts Princeton's Economy WTRF The opening of a railroad museum in Princeton has people there excited about future economic development. Hundreds of people came out to the city's first every Autumnfest this morning.The museum was unveiled during the event. Shuler Coal Company families gather in Waukee Mid-Iowa News Hundreds of feet below the surface of rural Waukee, acres of mine exist largely unknown to most residents. Pfeiffer presents memorial concert for Dr. Brewer Salisbury Post Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer — 11 a.m., Saturday: Homecoming Concert Choir Performance, Pfeiffer Chapel; 3 p.m. Sunday: memorial concert for Dr. Richard Brewer, Pfeiffer Chapel. 704-463-1360. This Weekend Mountain View Telegraph Telegraph Staff Reports Fall Carnival Set for Friday Valley View Christian Church will host its Annual Fall Carnival on Friday. The free community event will run from 5 to 9 p.m. and include free food, games and prizes. Onslow Museum holds annual quilt show Kinston Free Press JACKSONVILLE — Jane Handy remembers winters when her grandmother sat by a coal fire stitching patches into a quilt with meticulous love. Congressman tramps proposed wilderness Mountain Messenger Congressman Nick Rahall accepted wilderness advocate Bob Handley’s invitation to hike the proposed Big Draft wilderness area in the MON (Monongahela National Forest). Is Communism Dead? Heritage Foundation LEE EDWARDS, Ph.D.: It is a grave failing of our age that the full extent of Communism’s inhumanity to man is not known. IN THE GALLERIES Aberdeen American News In Aberdeen Artworks Cooperative Gallery, Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center, main floor, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Featured artist for September is C.R. Venegas. Hours: Monday-Thursday noon-8 p.m., and from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday and may be open some Saturdays. Local News Linton Daily Citizen DUGGER - Walking into the Dugger Coal Museum is like taking a giant step back in time - when coal was king and this small eastern Sullivan County community - located a stone's throw away from neighboring Greene County - was in its heyday.
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