ELIASVILLE — Eliasville residents gathered on July 11 at the Eliasville Tabernacle for a fundraiser commemorating the landmark’s 100th anniversary.
Stewart’s Food Store customers will need to use a temporary entrance for the next 30 to 60 days while crews replace the store’s front window, General Manager Jason Pack announced this week.
City grants Cub Scouts 50-year lease on Scout Hut The City of Olney has approved a long-term lease that will allow Cub Scout Pack 414 to restore and maintain the Scout Hut at Tom Griffin Park, breathing new life into a building that has sat largely unused for years.
The city of Ephesus was surrounded by pagan worship. As the capital of the Roman province of Asia, it was a vital commercial center of the Roman Empire. It has been estimated that there were nearly fifty temples dedicated to various gods. Among them stood the famous Temple of Diana (Artemis), the fertility goddess, which was recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Thanks to the internet and the wealth of information at our fingertips, there are very few facts in this world that can’t be learned. We can read things that people wrote thousands of years ago, and we can read things that people wrote this morning, and in all of it, we can know a great many things. We can watch documentaries and listen to podcasts, view great art, hear the most complicated and beautiful music ever written, learn the history of rock n roll, and discover what Elvis’ favorite lunch was. There is really no end to the facts and theories and ideas that we can be exposed to. But one thing we can’t know for sure is what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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