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Learning from God’s design of His creation

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Ever hear someone say, “I wish I could start over again, knowing what I know now”? An understandable desire, but that’s not how it works. We all start “young and dumb.” We make our mistakes and we grow wiser in the process; experience is a great teacher! That’s the sad reality of how life works: One has to be little before he can grow big. After Job’s life came apart – when his wealth was gone and his kids were dead and Job’s body was covered in boils – Job was frustrated because he didn’t understand why God allowed all the tragedy and suffering. Job felt like God ...

“I have never told anyone about what I saw”

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Wood County WV paper carrier, June 1980: "I was 12 maybe 13 years old. I had a morning paper route and usually set out around 4:45 am...it was still dark and I was walking down a dead end road and all of a sudden these lights appeared overhead...There were 4-5 separate lights…white, light gold and green colors...the leading edge of the ship/aircraft appeared rounded...I was shaken and walked away fast...A few minutes later, it was gone... I have never told anyone about what I saw..." The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) is an independent database that has reported UFO sightings ...

Cracking the code: Follow a leader not a follower

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This week we had a video call with a company from Europe we met at SelectUSA. They are looking for a site in the USA for a major project that will create several hundred jobs. The CEO said they wrote off Texas but were impressed with Alabama. The discussion turned to state economic incentives. When the CEO mentioned Alabama, the state EDO person with me on the call looked like someone ran over his dog. He competed with Alabama before. We learned how aggressive Alabama is with incentives when the CEO added, “Alabama said they would beat any incentive package by any state.” In ...

MOV Climate Corner: Life’s a beach

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Life takes you down many paths, but the best ones lead to the beach. Planning a family get away at the beach this summer? Better hurry up and go while you can. Rising seas and other climate issues are rapidly shrinking the world’s beaches and destabilizing the ecosystems that depend on them. Planning a vacation to Miami, Coney Island or Atlantic City? The greatest number of people and homes in areas at risk from a severe coastal flood by 2050 can be found in Florida, New York, and New Jersey. Scientists have predicted that almost half of the beaches world-wide will disappear by the ...

Summer fire safety still essential

Editorials

Late spring into summer is the perfect time for sitting around the fire pit in the evening, or burning off the last of the debris from cleaning up your property for the year. And burn laws do change at the beginning of June. “Starting on June 1st you can burn any time of the day. You are still required to stay with it the entire time. You’re required to have the minimum 10-foot safety strip around it. That’s what I would encourage the public is that if they do decide to burn during the summer months, especially July and August it gets very dry and we can have summer fires,” ...