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Around the world countries seem to have their own folk dances...passed town from generation to generation and enjoyed especially in rural areas. For the United States, our folk dance is probably the square dance...but it's moved to the city! more

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The price of gas, green cars vs. gas guzzlers, dependence on foreign oil...subjects that provoke never-ending discussion. But what if there were a simple way to make all combustion engines use less fuel? A local man is sure he can do just that. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/better_mileage_in_a_bottle/13262/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:52:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Better Mileage in a Bottle? WKRG.com 30.600093873550072 -87.16140747070312 http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/fiesta_barbershop_chorus/13165/
There seems no end to the variety of modern music, but some kinds from simpler times still have great appeal. For example, lend an ear to the Fiesta Barbershop Chorus just down County Road 5. more

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A house made from blocks of snow is called an igloo. Boots made from rubber are called galoshes. So what do you call flowers made from wood?How about "interesting, durable, and attracive?" more

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Four churches, six retirement facilities, and twelve other schools, charities, and public service groups have all gotten a helping hand the past few months. You might be surprised to learn whose hands did all that helping. more

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Its nickname is "The Bee Hive" suggesting sending out swarms that create new colonies, or rather, congregations, in the community. It's a Church that's been a bee hive of activity for over 150 years. more

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Being told to go fly a kite would be an insult to most of us...but there are some of us who think that is a great idea, especially if the wind's up. more

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You have probably not noticed them, but for over two years they've worked countless hours along the Gulf Coast, living their motto...to "respond, rebuild, restore." Now, they are just about finished and ready to move on. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/the_mennonites/11594/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:09:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough The Mennonites WKRG.com 30.379983796443767 -88.1927490234375 http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/more_than_just_beaches/10925/
In television talk you live in a double market...a viewing area dominated by two cities, Mobile and Pensacola. They are similar in many ways, but each has many special features uniquely its own. Pensacola has spectacular beaches...and much more. more

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Fairhope celebrates it centennial in 2008; that's when the Municipal Government was formed. But the town was organized and named in 1894...in Des Moines, Iowa. It was only later that the Coastal Alabama site was chosen for city. more

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Some call it simply "08," referring to its zip code. Realtors call it, "highly desireable." But for the 10,000-plus people who live there, it's just Spring Hill...two words. It's been a nice place to live for a long time more

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Although the Krewe of Goats is based on an old Mardi Gras tradition, there are many non-traditional aspects to this group. more

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Is Mardi Gras going to the dogs? Yes, fortunately. A canine Carnival parade raises thousands of dollars for a local animal shelter. more

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A traditional part of Mardi Gras is the squad of parade mashals. These are members of the parading Society who ride in fancy outfits atop beautiful horses which have their own fancy accessories. Most of the horses are supplied by a stable which has to prepare the horses for the challenges of riding through thousands of screaming parade goers. more

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There is a business side to the celebration of Mardi Gras. Some local shops depend on Carnival to keep the doors open all year...or for a hundred years! Here's a century-old establishment that is still supplying the bright costumes of the season. more

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The spectacular outfits worn by Mardi Gras Royalty at their coronations are all hand-made by a very few local designers...designers who are, truly, highly skilled artists. more

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Mobile's Mounted Patrol has been so successul, law enforcement from around the State and the Country now come here to be trained. It turns out we have the perfect training ground...Mardi Gras. more

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A few years ago a Mobile man had an idea about kids and music...not the sort they download to iPods, but the kind they could actually play themselves. It turned out a lot of youngsters liked the idea...hear for yourself. more

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Mobile's Mardi Gras goes back to the middle 1700s and it is still growing! There are now about 80 mystic societies, orders, and krewes, with some 30 parades. And that's just in Greater Mobile. Two years ago there was another major addition to the celebration...the Mobile Carnival Museum. more

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We all know recycling is a good idea, but sometimes it takes creative thinking...which is how a Gulf Coast lady recycles Mardi Gras beads! more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/melted_bead_art/9194/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:17:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Melted Bead Art WKRG.com http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/the_saddle_maker/8758/
A saddle is a complicated device...it has to keep both the rider and ridden comfortable. Loey Wassam taught himself how to make saddles that not only serve horse and rider well, but can be works of art. more

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A family gathering in West Mobile County included eight brothers and sisters, all married or widowed, with no divorces. The total number of married years for the siblings was 464...an average of 58 years per couples. We meet them and hear some reasons why their marriages have been so successful. more

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Steve Neitzel is a real estate agent in Coastal Baldwin County. His hobby is photographing birds, especially the many temporary migratory species. He sometimes takes hundreds of shots of the same bird just to find the one perfect picture. And many of his pictures do seem perfect. One was selected for a National Calendar; his osprey picture illustrates August 2008 more

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On a trip to Uganda, Darlene and Richard Winter of Citronelle came across a woman selling beautiful beads. The woman owned an home for AIDS orphans, and supported the fifty children by selling the beads they made. The Winters realized they could help sell the beads in the U.S., and now import the jewelry and return all the money they make. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/uganda_beads/7796/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:26:01 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Uganda Beads WKRG.com http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/cancer_rider/7692/
Fred Kelley has pictures of himself with President Bush, Congressman Jo Bonner, and Governor Bob Riley. He's met them mostly because of "Peddlin' for a Cure." He started the fundraiser in 2004 to help Monroeville's Relay for Life...an annual event to raise money by the American Cancer Society. He vowed to ride the 92 miles from Monroeville to the Battleship Alabama in Mobile if $1000 were pledged to Relay for Life. By noon there were $5000 in pledges. The Peddlin' for a Cure ride is held every spring now, and has raised a third of a million dollars...so far. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/cancer_rider/7692/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:35:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Cancer Rider WKRG.com 31.49894567796294 -87.3358154296875 http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/def_chef/7302/
Naman's Catering actively seeks hearing impaired employees. The person who showed them you don't have to hear to cook is Chef Tony Marcopulos, born deaf, but a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York. He heads a crew consisting of hearing and hearing impaired workers. more

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After being a "human" chiropractor for many years, Dr. Lance Cleveland retired, then promptly went back to school and became a Board Certified Animal Chiropractor. Today he has a full book of patients all across the Southeast. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/animal_cracker/6776/ Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:04:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Animal Cracker WKRG.com http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/robert_butler/6595/
Robert Butler is an internationally known painter. He paints landscapes to document their beauty for future generations. Recently he documented the ancestry of a Mobile woman who was of African and Choctaw descent. He views that all Americans share diversity in their heritage, and that makes each of us an American Original. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/robert_butler/6595/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:30:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Robert Butler WKRG.com 31.49426181553272 -87.3193359375 http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/the_clock_lady/6540/
Lottie Caraway loves clocks. She has a collection of over 1400, gathered just in the last dozen years or so. Most of the wall space in her home is covered with clocks of all sizes, shapes, sounds. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/the_clock_lady/6540/ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:42:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough The Clock Lady WKRG.com http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/heritage_homestead/6343/
James and Joan Malone have a country getaway...kind of. It was built in 1993, but was constructed like country houses from an earlier era...before electricity and running water reached rural Alabama. The style is "dog trot," named for the breezeway that separates the two rooms of the house. Not only does their extended family enjoy the house, but it has become a venue for a major public education program. more

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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. more

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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. more

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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. more

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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. more

]]> http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/skeet_shooter/5619/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:41:00 +0000 WKRG.com: Jere Hough Who Says 96 Is Old? WKRG.com http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/ww_ii_remembered/5358/
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. more

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