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Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Blessings were ours to receive as we gathered at our Lord’s House to worship Him last Sunday. The music led by Dennis Lea was truly a blessing. It was good to be in God’s House...

August 21, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Give Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato Vine a Try

POTATO VINE A TRY If you are a fan of the color and groundcovering abilities of sweet potato vine but find they sometimes get a bit out of hand by late summer, you may need to try Sweet Caroline Medusa Green in your...

August 21, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Musings from the Internet...

Thursday, August 21, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Every now and then, I like to share some of the most interesting food finds from the internet…just things that catch my attention and make me want to create them or...

August 21, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

International Relations Is About Business, Not Politics

International relations is about business, not politics by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Politicians and political movements are only interested in staying in power. President Obama didn’t care about...

August 21, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

A New Addiction!

I am addicted! To my phone. I check an email and before I realize it, I’m watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things ... I look up, and an hour has passed....

August 21, 2025 · John Stossel

Playing Anyway: The Heroes Who Changed Southern Sports

A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology calls for earlier diagnosis and treatment of hypertension to reduce risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease,...

August 21, 2025 · Mac Gordon

Felder's Garden: Beat the Heat with Late Summer Planting

Page A6 Thursday, August 14, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Seems counterintuitive, but it is transition time for flowers and veggies. These Dog Days, when we can barely gasp for breath outside, are when proactive old-hand...

August 14, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Quick and Easy Grab-and-Go Breakfast Ideas

Thursday, August 14, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Whether you’re getting kids off to school, hurrying out the door to work or simply not in the mood to spend a lot of time cooking in the morning, finding easyto-make,...

August 14, 2025

The Great Wasp Invasion

Recently, I felt a bit rundown, so I had been grabbing any chance to rest and sleep in. I looked up the cause of my seemingly perpetual exhaustion and found that there is a name for it. It’s called ADULTHOOD. I have...

August 14, 2025 · Judy

Felder's Garden Fixtures

than a house, it is part of a true garden in the Medieval sense of the word. From the unique entry arbor and custommade gates to the back fence, the entire property is space set apart from the outside workaday world....

August 7, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Time to Start Planning for Labor Day

It’s August, which means Labor Day weekend can’t be far behind. “Summer” as we know it is officially over for those who are either in school or have children/grandchildren in attendance, but a long Labor Day...

August 7, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Trump's leadership is exemplary so far

It’s August. Surely the world and the government can take a break before everything falls apart again. During the 2024 campaign for president, “experts” predicted an avalanche of bad news for a Trump 2.0...

August 7, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

My Socialist Mayor

I live in New York City. “Proud Democratic Socialist” Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I’m not happy about it. But I am outnumbered. Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other...

August 7, 2025 · John Stossel

From Trains to Paper: The Pain of Losing What Built a Town

Although decades apart, witnessing huge industrial losses in two deeply southern settings is enough economic trauma for a lifetime. My hometown of McComb lost many hundreds of jobs when the Illinois Central Railroad Co....

August 7, 2025 · Mac Gordon

Felder's Bloomers

Summer doldrums are upon us, and I am hunkered down for the duration, going outside only when absolutely necessary because sorry, but TV meteorologists’ teasers about “a chance of afternoon thunderstorm” no longer...

July 31, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Cool Off at Dunn's Falls, Then Enjoy a World-Famous Dessert

KIMBROUGH his favorite shrimp remoulade salad with a grilled pimento cheese and applewood bacon sandwich on sour dough bread. After a Weidmann’s meal, it’s hard to imagine ordering dessert. However, you can’t...

July 31, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

President Trump Runs the Nation Well

by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette The Democrats, media, and others suffering with Trump Derangement Syndrome are drowning attempting to extricate themselves from their own clever plans to beat President Trump....

July 31, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

Tortured by Bureaucrats

TORTURED BY BUREAUCRATS by John Stossel President Trump runs the nation well by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette The Democrats, media, and others suffering with Trump Derangement Syndrome are drowning attempting...

July 31, 2025 · John Stossel

Felder's Summer Shears

Page A6 Thursday, July 24, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Call it “selective indignation,” but though I don’t cut my long hair, I do shave my face and take care of my shrubbery. Nobody needs extra sweat this month, but...

July 24, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Follow George Washington's Lead: Make Your Own Ice Cream

Thursday, July 24, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Ever wonder how Americans in the old days made it through a long, hot summer without central air conditioning? According to historical records, they made ice cream....

July 24, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

This Time Around

by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette On May 21, 2023, I wrote a column titled “Corruption is not a crime under THE LAW.” Special Counsel John H. Durham had submitted “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence...

July 24, 2025 · Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette

War on Capitalism

Capitalism gets a lot of hate. I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, “horrifying inequality” and even, according to Economist Joseph Stiglitz, “accelerating climate change.” People on...

July 24, 2025 · John Stossel

Felder's Tools

Someone asked what garden tools I would recommend for a beginner, and it gave me pause. Not one to accumulate or hold onto unnecessary stuff, every tool I own, I actually use, and for most of them I am the main moving...

July 17, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Summer Mission: Finding Shortcut Versions of Tempting Dishes

We’ve all done it… scrolled the internet late at night and watched videos of chefs of all skill levels cooking dishes that look SO delicious that we wanted to taste them at that exact moment. Obviously, that’s not...

July 17, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough