Free nutrition camp for kids set July 14-17
Tuscaloosa News – July 9
The University of Alabama’s Health Communication Lab will offer a free child nutrition camp July 14-17. “The purpose of this camp is to educate children about the ways they can be more pro-active in their own health and well-being and give them the information they need to make better choices,” said Kim Bissell, director of the lab, which is housed in UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences. “I think it all comes down to awareness,” Bissell said. “If you are aware of what you are eating or doing, it’s easier to make a change or to say, ‘Well, maybe that’s not the best choice for me, but this is a better choice.’ ” The camp is for children who have finished kinder-garten through fifth grade. There will be two sessions held each day, one from 9 a.m. to noon and one from 1 to 4 p.m. Children can choose which session to attend.
Good cell phone etiquette
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – July 9
We all know how important cell phones have become but we may not realize some problems they present. WVUA’s Russell Jones takes a look at how we can mind our manners while using our mobile devices. We all have that one friend that uses their phone when they shouldn’t. “July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month and we are out here talking to people about phone etiquette and oh hey … Etiquette trainer Gina Johnson says there are three terms you can practice while using your phone to avoid being rude. “First of all it has to be clear, it needs to be concise and the third thing it needs to be correct.” Schernavia Hall says smartphones don t have a place at the dinner table. “I’ve requested that they put their phone away, we are out to eat.”
Launch party for ’13 Alabama Ghosts’ reissue brings answer to burning question: Is Jeffrey still around?
Al.com – July 9
How popular is Jeffrey, the spirit who “haunted” beloved Alabama author Kathryn Tucker Windham and starred in his own book series? Once, a group of Japanese tourists parked a bus in front of Windham’s Selma home, wanting to see where Jeffrey lived. They had read Windham’s popular 1969 book, “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.” “A large group of tourists who had read the book came to the house,” recalls Dilcy Windham Hilley, Windham’s daughter. The Japanese title, when translated, was “Terrible Legends in America,” she said. “Mother looked out the window and saw the whole yard filled with these nice Japanese people and she thought, ‘Well, that’s unusual.'” When Windham opened the door, one of the men asked in halting English, “Open for observation?” Of course, the house was ‘open for observation’ after Windham, with her characteristic Southern charm, invited them inside. Hilley and her brother, Ben Windham, shared memories of their mother, who died in 2011, during a book launch party Wednesday at The Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham to celebrate the hardcover reissue of “13 Alabama Ghosts,” 45 years after its initial publication by the University of Alabama Press. The new edition includes an afterword by the siblings and they were on hand to sign copies of the book. Ben, who was recently released from the hospital, managed to attend and sign books to honor his mother and the book’s enduring popularity.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – July 9