County Road 5
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Great Grandma Rides a Bike
October 24 2007
Arlene Vester is a great-grandmother who loves to ride her bicycle. In fact she rode over 3000 miles this summer on the trip of a lifetime.
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The Flag
October 22 2007
Horace Luckey arrived on Iwo Jima the day after the Marines landed. He was on LST 779, the first LST to the beach. Also on board was a flag, recovered from a ship sunk at Pearl Harbor. It happened to be a "Sunday Pennant," a particularly large flag used for special occasions. As it turned out, that flag was used for something very special. Luckey recalls what happened.
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J. D. Crowe
October 09 2007
J. D. Crowe is political cartoonist for the Mobile Prress-Register. And if his job is to provoke laughter, discussion, and sometimes anger...he does his work very well. We watch him draw a little and hear him talk a lot about where his ideas come from. He also shares some of his favorite past cartoons.
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Who Says 96 Is Old?
October 02 2007
Jim Backes took up skeet shooting when he was about 60. A year later he beat the reigning Alabama champ by hitting 100 flying targets in a row. At 96, he's still shooting.
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WW II Remembered
September 21 2007
A conservative estimate is that over 35 million soldiers and civilians died in World War II. A major documentary series about the war features the stories of some of your neighbors on the Gulf Coast. Meteorologist Jere Hough introduces you to two of them.
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Cattle Egrets
September 17 2007
A Mobile County family discovers their property is home to hundreds of cattle egrets...white birds almost two feet tall. The fly in every night and roost as a huge flock in several small trees. At sunrise, they all fly away for the day.
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Portier House
September 05 2007
The Portier House is named for the first Bishop of Mobile who purchased the house in 1834 for his residence and office. It is in remarkable condition still, and in the process of restoration to find new life as a kind of Catholic Museum and as a venue for private parties.
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Mr. Andy
August 24 2007
Andy Bryant started his job as a waiter at a downtown Morrison's Restaurant in 1961. He still works same job at the main Morrisons, now at Springdale Mall. He still enjoys his work after 46 years!
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A Tour of Brewton, Alabama
July 27 2007
At one point in its history, Brewton claimed to be the richest small town in America. Seeing the spectacular homes that the "Timber Barons" built around 1900 certainly supports that claim. But there is much more to the community.
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A Tour of Milton, Florida
July 20 2007
it's hard to imagine there is any florida town that has only 7000 residents...especially when you see it. water views abound. and although this city was established before the civil war, most of that ....
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