Walker Payne movie goes to the dogs
LEDGER COLUMNIST
Scott POWELL LEDGER STAFF WRITER
      A plan afoot to show the "Walker Payne" DVD for free in local theaters went up in smoke recently after a preview of the film. The graphic dogfighting and a couple of racy bedroom scenes apparently didn't sit well with viewers previousl;y eager to see the movie shot in Gaffmey in 2005.
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Legislators should change how votes are recorded
THEIR VIEW
      What good does it do to require the House and Senate to meet in public if you can't find out how individual legislators vote? And how can voters hold their legislators accountable without that information? Those are the questions raised by the campaign Gov.
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LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
     The Blanton family enjoy reading The Ledger while on a recent trip to the Amish Country in Pennsylvania. Pictured are (front) Betty Blanton Cash, Margaret Blanton Porter and Jane Porter Blanton; (back) Donald Blanton, Rocky Blanton and Scott Blanton.
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The Sunday School Lesson
United by the Spirit
      ACTS 2:1 And when the day of Pen'te-cost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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Stories Behind The Hymns
DAY BY DAY THE MANNA FELL
Stories Behind The Hymns By: Warren Shiver
      DAY BY DAY THE MANNA FELL Author: Josiah Conder (1789-1855) Composer: John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905) This beautiful hymn was written by Josiah Conder. Josiah was born in London, England on Sept. 17, 1789. He had a normal childhood until at the age of five he was inoculated for smallpox.
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