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CBC announces Sept. Artist of the Month

The Corning Beautification Committee has announced the September Artist of the Month to be Elsie M. Harvey. Ms. Elsie, a stay-at-home mother of five children and a fulltime pastor’s wife, began painting when her youngest child enrolled in school. After taking painting lessons from Dorothy Thurman, who was also a pastor’s wife, Elsie was 33 years old when she fell in love with art and finished her first picture of an old home place in 1978.

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Miss McDougal Beauty Pageant winners . . .

The 2024 Miss McDougal Beauty Pageants were held on Saturday, August 31st at the McDougal Labor Day Picnic. All proceeds from the McDougal pageants go toward the maintenance of the Post Oak Cemetery. All winners received a crown, sash, and trophy plate. In the Miss McDougal division, Queen Mabrey Patrick received a scholarship for 3 Credit Hours from Black River Technical College. 1st Alternate - Jaycee McMillian received $100 and 2nd Alternate - Chloe Hendrix was awarded $100. Photos courtesy/Nikki Stadler

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Dodd garden yields giant cucumber

Joe Dodd of Knobel brought this giant cucumber by The Courier, that he just picked from his garden on Tuesday August 13th. The garden has been tended by Leah Dodd, Mike Dodd and Joe Dodd. He said he had never seen one quite this large in his lifetime. He might just enter it in the county fair.

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