Cheyenne Sharp

The Link of Cullman County and the West Elementary library received grants from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to assist with the purchase of educational materials and books. (The Link of Cullman County)

The annual Sweet Tater Festival was held Sept. 1-2, 2024, at Smith Lake Park. (Gauge Day)

The Jones Chapel Volunteer Fire Department will host its annual Community Day on Sept. 8. (Jones Chapel Volunteer Fire Department)

Before a previous Empty Bowls event, local potters create hand-crafted bowls; left to right are Sandra Heaven, Lynn Jetton, Gil Bachmann, Mae Dawsey, Lucy Williamson and Marie Rhodes. (contributed)

The Cullman Community Band will begin rehearsals on Monday, Sept. 9, at Wallace State Community College. (Cullman Community Band)

United Way volunteers from REHAU work together on projects at Hope Horses during 2021’s Day of Caring. (Tribune file photo)

The Guy Hunt Library will hold a Used Book Market Sept. 27-28 at Holly Pond Town Hall. (Guy Hunt Library)

Children compete in Jone Chapel Volunteer Fire Department’s firehose races at its annual Community Day held on Sept. 8, 2024. (JCFD)

Cullman County’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library received a donation from Cullman Electric Cooperative and CoBank’s Sharing Success Grant Program. Pictured left to right are Lynda Carter, Cullman Electric Cooperative board trustee; Amber Thornton, director of the Cullman County Public Library System; James Fields, Cullman Electric Cooperative board trustee; Julie Freeman, chair of the Friends of the Public Libraries of Cullman County; Oakleigh Calahan, Cullman Electric Cooperative and Cullman County’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library; and Phillip Garrison, Cullman Electric Cooperative board trustee. (Cullman Electric Cooperative)

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