Athens Now

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February 15th - February 28th, 2019

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Special Feature City of Athens Relay for Life event... Beef is what the City of Athens Relay for Life Team is offering for lunch in March. The team is partnering with... Page 5

Special Feature

Tracie’s Tale: How Rodan & Fields Helps Her Help Others By Ali Elizabeth Turner When Tracie Spain was having her kiddos, she developed what is commonly known as “the mask of pregnancy,” or in medical terms, melasma. It is caused by the huge change in gestational hormones resulting in the creation of extra melanin, which is what makes skin brown. Most of the time, the condition fades on its own, but in Tracie’s case, it got worse. Make-up couldn’t hide it, and over time, Tracie began to not Continued on page 15

Rocket City Motors: “Do The Right Thing”

Limestone County Archives Hosts “Alabama Then & Now” Traveling Bicentennial Art Exhibition... If you’re looking for that sweet spot where the vision meets the story, you can... Page 5

From The Vets' Museum

By Ali Elizabeth Turner

Celebrating Our Local AfricanAmerican Heroes... I read with sadness the other day that we lost another special brother-in-arms, Tuskegee Airman John 'Captain Jack'... Page 10

February 15 - February 28, 2019

In 2012, Dan and Marcy Baker decided to do something risky, especially given the economy at the time, and that was to start a “Buy-Here-Pay-Here”

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