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Centerfold Portraits: DA’s office is a place that truly celebrates women and the law
The Floyd County District Attorney’s Office has 20 women on staff from clerks to investigators to the attorneys. Needless to say, there’s plenty of woman power in this prosecutorial office of 29 p...
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Mechelle Cliatt loves the large white columns of Shorter’s campus, her alma mater. She’s a fan of architecture and looks for creative spaces and notable buildings when she travels. (Photo by Ryan Smith) Portrait: Mechelle Cliatt
When Mechelle Cliatt looks at the grand white columns on Shorter University’s campus she sees more than just architecture (which she loves). Those columns remind the Shorter alum that she’s the fi...
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Bernita Smith loves to read, but watching golf — especially Tiger Woods — is her secret passion. Her not-so-secret passion is ministering to those in need. (Photo by Kaitlin Kolarik) Portrait: Bernita Smith
A joyful peace just flows from Bernita Smith. She can’t seem to help it. And that comes in handy when you are answering 911 emergency calls. Bernita loves the feeling she gets from helping people....
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Annie, the little dun filly, gives her owner Mary Catherine Chewning a wrap-around hug. The horse, who also does tricks like bowing on command, was a gift from her fiance. (Photo by Kaitlin Kolarik) Portrait: Mary Catherine Chewning
Mary Catherine Chewning: Corporal with Floyd County Police Department Anyone who knows Mary Catherine Chewning seems to know of her love her horses. It’s no mild infatuation. This is true love. “I...
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Portrait painting is one of Tami Colston’s creative pursuits. This do-it-yourselfer started with a drawing book but now takes classes occasionally. (Photo by Ryan Smith) Portrait: Tami Colston
Tami Colston is the consummate do-it-yourselfer, from wood working to tiling, from canning to sewing. Heck, this Superior Court judge even made her own robe because she didn’t see why the county s...
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Denise Downer-McKinney prefers to drink tea not beer, but nevertheless she loves the German food, steins and celebration of Oktoberfest. She has since her Cincinnati days. (Photo by Ken Caruthers) Portrait: Denise Downer-McKinney
When Denise Downer-McKinney was attending college in Cincinnati, she grew to love the city’s Oktoberfest celebration, the largest in the U.S. So much so that she later ventured to Germany for the ...
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Anne Brinkley, retired prison warden, poses in the old Rome Police Department jail cell that’s on display downstairs at the Rome Area History Museum. “I was here the day they brought it in in pieces and I watched them put it together.” (Photo by Ken Caruthers) Portrait: Anne Brinkley
Anne Brinkley spent the better part of 30 years at the Floyd County Prison. Not behind bars, mind you. Rather she helped run the place since 1979 and was the warden for a decade until she retired ...
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Elaine Snow loves rodeos so she was willing to try her hand at riding a mechanical bull. She managed to get her 8 seconds and then some on a bull provided by M&M Mechanical Bull Rentals. (Photo by Ryan Smith) Portrait: Elaine Peek Snow
Elaine Peek Snow was a tomboy growing up in Alabama. Lookout Mountain in Fort Payne was her backyard and she and her three brothers and male cousins took full advantage. “We played cowboys and Ind...
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Minding Her Own Business: Elysium brings the world to Broad Street
by Diane Wagner, staff writer
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Nancy Brown parlayed an artistic sensibility into a little slice of heaven in downtown Rome. She owns Elysium Inc., a jewelry store at 226 Broad St. named for the Greek mythology paradise reserve...
Magnolia Moms: Parents face new challenges in Facebook, texting era
by Kim Sloan, staff writer
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“I’ll Facebook you.” “I’ll Tweet about it.” “R U OK?” With social media and text messaging, teens (and some adults) seem to speak their own language, like some of the statements listed above. Mo...
50 Plus and Fabulous: These gals say pack your bags and see the world
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
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If laughter is the best medicine, you need to make an appointment to take your next trip with Martha Ann Kuhlman and Cindy McClellan. Both retired health care workers, Kuhlman and McClellan know ho...
Top Health Quest women get Magnolia makeovers
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They’ve worked hard and after 20 weeks, they were mainstays in the Health Quest’s top 10 in weight loss performance. So four local salons and stylists generously offered to treat our top four women...
Bon Appetit Y’all: Ceviche — Citrus juice and seafood add up to refreshing summertime dish
by Charlotte Atkins, editor
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It’s summer and it’s hot and ceviche is a cool and refreshing dish for this time of year if you like seafood. It’s typically made with red snapper or other white fish that’s “cooked” by the acidi...
Magnolias of the Past: Women have been a key part of Shorter’s legacy
by Chelsea Latta, staff writer
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This summer as Shorter celebrates its new university status, we celebrate some of the women who were a key part of its legacy. Strength, compassion, intelligence and kindness are hallmarks of thes...
Self-defense tips for women: How to fight back if you're attacked
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You’re tired, it’s late and you think you hear footsteps behind you. Nervously, you turn around and see a shadow. Self-defense instructors call this the “uh-oh” moment — the moment before a possibl...
Brava: Lisa Brown surrounds her life in art
by Lydia Senn, staff writer
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Lisa Brown’s hands are smooth and steady as she bends and shapes the clay on the pottery wheel in front of her. She’s been working to shape lumps of clay into beautiful pieces for the past six year...