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Troy University speaker will address Tourette's Syndrome

TROY – Rhett Sewell knows first hand the problems encountered by kids with Tourette Syndrome and will talk about his experiences at Troy University.

Sewell, now a student at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, will speak about his classroom experiences to the public and to College of Education students from 4:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 in Hawkins Hall room 122.

A public and keynote speaker for the past five years, Sewell speaks about his personal experience with Tourette Syndrome and serves as a camp counselor and program director for Camp Twitch and Shout, a camp in Georgia for children with the syndrome. His speeches are conducted to raise awareness and tolerance of the syndrome.

“Mr. Sewell will speak about his classroom experiences with Tourette’s, what his experiences were living with it and what he wished his teachers would have done and what they did do,” said Dr.

ADPH offers safety tips for Halloween

As Alabama families plan their Halloween celebrations, the Alabama Department of Public Health recommends the following safety tips.

Free Scary Face Pancakes to kids under 12 October 29 at IHOP

No Tricks – Just Treats As Kids 12 And Under Celebrate Halloween A Little Early

 

 

WHAT:           IHOP restaurants in the your area will celebrate Halloween a little early this year, offering kids 12 and under a free Scary Face Pancake as part of a national No Tricks – Just Treats program designed to provide kids with a safe and fun Halloween event.  The “design-your-own” Scary Face Pancake includes an oversized signature buttermilk pancake with a whipped topping mouth and strawberry nose, served with two mini OREO® cookies and candy corn on the side to allow kids to create their own Halloween hotcake. 

 

SOUND OFF: How old is too old to trick-or-treat?

Growing up as a child getting ready to go trick-or-treating I remember my father jokingly asking me year after year, "Don't you think you're a little old for that?"

Every year the answer was always "Of course not!" That answer remained the same until my freshman year of high school when a school dance sounded like a better idea. My father's constant jesting does create an interesting question, how old is too old to trick-or-treat?

Cities like Belleville, Ill. have come up with an answer to that question in the form of a city ordinance: only children aged 12 and younger are permitted, under this ordinance, to trick-or-treat. Anyone older than that caught trick-or-treating faces a $100 fine.

Ordinances like this one haven't made their way to Alabama...yet. So we're giving you the chance to answer, should there be an age limit to trick-or-treating? Is this something a city should have a say in?

Trick-or-Treating Listings

Troy - No specified night

Brundige - Thursday: 5:00 p.m.

Goshen - Saturday: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Alabama National Fair opens tomorrow!

“Thrills, Squeals, and Ferris Wheels…It’s Fair-tastic” is the theme for the 57th Alabama National Fair presented October 8 – 17, 2010. New outdoor entertainment will include the Great American Frontier Show, Welde’s Big Bear Show, and Robinson’s Racing Pigs and Paddling Porkers. Also the Puppetone Rockers, Joseph Bauer’s Circus Maximus, and Circle C Petting Zoo will be back again this year. There are many competitive divisions for youth and adults to participate in such as livestock, baking, needlework, quilting, photography, art, and many other competitions. The Fair will open with our third annual Salute to America’s Veterans on Friday night.