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The family that dines together . . .

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990

Parts of this column were previously published in the Clay County Courier and have been rewritten and edited to address the topic of Banned Books Week. Books were in abundance in my childhood home.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990 Dame Rumor… It beats all how quickly a rumor can start and how fast it can travel.

Telling someone’s story gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. As the editor of The Courier, I have the distinct pleasure of telling the many stories in our community and specifically the story of our city.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990 This is a rather interesting article I ran across while researching the 1931 Courier files.

The American Dream, particularly after the Great Depression, for a long time was to own a nice car, a big house, luxury vacations and expensive clothes. Those were the ultimate status symbols to indicate that people had “made it”. And I guess for some people those may still be their life goals. Chasing those types of riches can lead to soulless endeavors in the end. Some people believe retail therapy soothes their soul, but after the purchases are made and the new wears off, a vacant feeling can creep in.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990 Wonder why we don’t have a “First Load of Rice” contest? During the years that cotton was king in the area, local merchants sponsored a “First Bale” contest with a $100.00 gift certificate to the person delivering the first 500-pound bale of cotton to a local gin… that’s how important cotton was to the local economy.

We are blessed to live in a community where people help and care for others. There’s no hesitation when people see a need, they pitch in and help. It’s the big heart of our city and the surrounding communities that really is our best selling point for living here. It’s invisible to the naked eye and can’t be indicated to its full capacity on any promotion of our town. It’s not something that can be measured on a graph or chart. It’s just the way we are. Our community’s compassion is off the chart.

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990 We’re still celebrating Putter’s August 17th birth anniversary.