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A tale of two tours
Tour de Madison or Tour de France? Let’s compare these epic bicycling events.
Tour has repeat riders
SYRIA -- There will be many familiar faces Saturday at the 2012 Tour de Madison, an event that started with a simple idea by Plow and Hearth founder Peter Rice Sr. and his friends 25 years ago.
Hundreds expected for tour
SYRIA -- The 2012 Tour de Madison is set for 8:30 a.m. this Saturday. It will both start and finish this year at Graves Mountain Lodge – in the area of the Sycamore Pavilion. This is the first time ever for a Syria start-to-finish for the event.
Farmers market now open
MADISON -- Dozens packed the Young Farmers Ground livestock pavilion May 5 for the opening day of the 2012 edition of the Madison County Farmers Market. The event is set to continue 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through September at its home off Fairground Road, just west of Madison Primary School.
MC home to ex-FEMA official
WOLFTOWN -- He’s briefed many presidents flying to disaster areas. He’s helped build an orphanage in the remote mountains of China. But nothing gives him more pleasure than growing his tomatoes on his farm near Wolftown. Bill Tidball is donating 1,250 mostly heirloom tomato plants to the Madison County Lions Club for them to sell at Food Lion and Yoder’s Country Market 9 a.m.-5 p.m. this Saturday, April 28. A six-pack of tomato plants will go for $6.50. He grows them by seed and starts them in a greenhouse with a warming blanket and then moves them to a cold frame so the plants get acclimated to colder weather.
Etlan pig farm recognized
ETLAN -- And this little piggy won an award at Landon Farm LLC near Etlan. Farmer Jennifer Sisney takes free range to a whole new level. Her pigs and piglets roam around looser than a worn-out elastic waist band on her 14 acres of property. Luckily, her neighbor is her mother.
MC students' art on exhibit
MADISON -- Fourteen pieces of artwork from Madison County students, ranging from the grim reaper inked just by spelling out the word “grim” over and over again to colorful sunflowers created by a collaboration of students, were chosen to be recently displayed at Madison County Public Schools’ headquarters office off Fairground Road.
Madison celebrates Easter
MADISON -- Piedmont Episcopal Church's pews filled with celebrants for the annual Madison community Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Madison County Boy Scout Troop 116 Scoutmaster Colt Puryear used flint and rock to make a symbolic new fire outside the downtown Madison church to start things off. Then, the Rev. Lizabeth Smith used the fire to light the Paschal Candle and lead the procession of celebrants inside the church as the new day dawned.
Madison Holy Week services
The Madison County Ministerial Association invites you to attend a community-wide sunrise Easter service 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 8 at Piedmont Episcopal Church. They will begin outside with a lighting of the new fire and Pascal candle and continue the worship as they take the light of Christ into the church. The Rev. Patti “Pastor Patti” Covington, pastor of Hebron Lutheran Church, is the guest preacher. For information, call (540) 948-6787.
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