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For Any and All Distribution Needs or Questions Please Call (251) 229-4519 • September 19, 2012 On April 30, 2012, Gulf Shores eagerly welcomed LifeBytes – Baldwin Counties’ only Apple authorized sales and service provider. LifeBytes offers the latest in Apple products (except for the iPhone) and provides in warranty and out of warranty repairs. A number of free Mac and iPad classes are available, from the PC “switcher” to the Mac veteran and everyone in between. All classes are senior citizen friendly. You won’t find any complicated geek talk, just plain English that everyone will understand.

Owner, Mike LeCroix says he simply fell in love with Apple products and that’s what led him to open LifeBytes. “These products enrich my life and I want everyone to love and enjoy Apple as much as I do.” Mike’s store is the place for all Apple accessories for the MacBook Air students received this year from the Baldwin County school system. From Speck cases to prevent scratching to keyboard covers that ward off spills, they have all your accessory needs.

During the month of November LifeBytes will be working with the Testicular Cancer Society to raise awareness and money to fight male cancer. They will be accepting donations in the store and when you donate you can register for a drawing for an iPad and several other prizes from local merchants who want to help end male cancer. The drawing will be held on November 23rd, 2012, “Black Friday”, as part of a day long event designed to entertain and raise money for TCS at Pelican Place. Don’t forget “No Shave November” is part of the cancer awareness program, too.

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• Montrose Marketplace invites you to come experience the best kept shopping secret on the Eastern Shore! You will have two weekends this month to come check out the Marketplace! A large number of vendors will be open the second weekend, September 14-16.Then join us for the Feel Good Weekend event on September 28-30!Friday 12p-9p, Saturday 9a-5p, Sunday 1p-4p • New Hurricane App brings American Red Cross Safety information to Smart Phones and the “I’m Safe” feature lets people alert their loved ones with the push of a button. The free app is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store for Android.

• North Baldwin Community Concerts will have a Bake Sale fundraiser booth at Market Days on Sept. 22nd and Oct. 27th, 7am – until @ Blackburn Park, East 1st St. and North Hoyle Ave. in Bay Minette.

• Performing Arts Association of Foley announces Vino & Van Gogh Painting Parties for 2012 – 2013. Mark your Calendars for our first event on September 20th for a great night out. All participants will paint a masterpiece and enjoy great company, good food, fine wine and door prizes. This is great fun for beginners as well as, advanced artists. The cost is $30 per person.

This price includes your supplies, food and beverages. Groups are welcome, the more the merrier. Future dates include November 29th, January 24th, and March 21st. Each session will feature a different picture so come and do them all. We also book private parties of 10 or more. Please contact us for a time and date. Vino & Van Gogh and is a great way to host a bridal shower, baby shower, birthday parties, (adult or child) or any social gathering.

• Elsanor Community Center, 23741 US Hwy. 90 in Robertsdale. ELSANOR FALL FESTIVAL OCT. 20th, 7AM - 2PM. Come join us! Rent a table for $15 & sell your yard sale stuff. Bring your arts & crafts, too. Inside tables available for rental. We will have games for the kids, raffles, drawings and a cake sale. Proceeds benefit our children of Elsanor to help Santa. Accepting new toy donations for boys and girls to age 16. For more info call CAROL 251- 942-1371 or JEANNIE 251-424-7032.

FUN GALORE FOR EVERYONE! • Cruise-In at the Foley Sonic on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Classic, modern and antique cars are welcome. Walk around and visit 5-8:30pm.

• GULF SHORES AMERICAN LEGION POST 44. 6781 GULF SHORES PKWY, GULF SHORES. 948-6110. MEMBERS, GUESTS & GENERAL PUBLIC WELCOME. Gulf Shores American Legion Post 44, located on Hwy 59 just south of County Rd 8, is open for members, guests and the general public 7 days a week. Bring your friends and family and hang out in a friendly setting, with or without TV. Or schedule your group of up to 50 people to meet in our private meeting room.

Monday Night Bingo – 6 until Tuesday night enjoy a prime rib dinner with live music - 5 – 8; Wednesday enjoy a Spaghetti dinner - 5 to 7 Thursday Morning Bingo – 10 until Friday night enjoy a steak dinner with live music – 5 – 11 Saturday – Sports T/V Sunday – Sports T/V and at 4 – 8 pm, enjoy short order food with live.

There is no cover charge unless advertised otherwise. Live dance music by Musicman & Co is the best you’ll find on the coast, bar none. Call 948-6119 for more info.

• Bluegrass by the Tracks @ Wales West in Silverhill every Tuesday and Friday night 7pm-9pm, weather permitting. For more info, visit www.waleswest.com.

• Moonlight Chasse’Ballroom Dance Society meets the first and third Monday of each month @ Fitzpen Place in Spanish Fort at 7pm. Dance Lessons 7-7:30pm, Salsa, Cha Cha, Swing, Rumba, Waltz, etc. 7:30-10pm. Visit www.moonlightchasse.com for more info.

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• Peaceful, Concerned Citizens Wanting Better Government Open Meeting, every Tuesday at 6:30pm at the Fairhope Public Library. Call 251-298-7899 or 251-942-7829 for more info.

• Friends and Family of Addicts/Alcoholics meet every Thursday 6-8pm at The Shoulder in Daphne. Please call 251-6262199.

• Eastern Shore Fly Fishers meet every third Thursday of each month at 6:30pm @ Fairhope Yacht Club. For more info visit www.easternshoreflyfishers.com • Model Train exhibit @ Foley Railroad Museum every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10am-2pm. Visit www.foleyrailroadmuseum.com for more info.

• Senior Adult Fun and Fitness every Monday and Thursday @ 3pm at The First Baptist Church of Bay Minette. Call 251-9379536 for more info.

• Vendors wanted for the 50th annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church 601 W Laurel Ave in Foley. Date of the bazaar is Saturday, December 1, 2012, 8am - 4pm. Electricity available on a first come first serve basis for vendors. For more information or to reserve your spot contact Cathy at (251) 943-0505 or e-mail cl.badger@yahoo.com • Oak Hollow Farm is a family-owned and operated event venue situated on 300 acres of green pastures and majestic oak trees. For more information or to tour the property for your upcoming function, call (251) 928-4840 or go to www.OakHollowFarm.net.

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FACING THE FACTS ON A FISHING TRIP My wife and I were taking a short vacation in Destin, Florida, and the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico enticed us to want to go “deep-sea fishing”. We got up at four a.m. to depart from shore at five for a day-long fishing trip on a commercial party boat. Thirty other tourists joined us, with hopes and dreams of catching a big one.

By mid-day I had a string of small snapper and a few other odd fish, and was working feverishly, trying to land at least one fish that was larger than three pounds.

I’ll never forget what happened next on that beautiful day.

A young lady who was on the boat with us, in contrast to the rest of us, wore a nice dress with a matching white hat and white gloves. She enjoyed the ride on the boat but didn’t fish at all, simply exclaiming, “I don’t want to mess up my nails that I just had done!” I rolled my eyes at the absurdity of it.

A little later I heard her soft feminine voice say, “Well, I guess I need to fish a little bit. I just hope I don’t get my nails dirty.” I laughed to myself as I pulled in a one-pound snapper. “She will never catch anything! What a joke!”

Within just a few minutes, however, I heard a loud squeal from where the lady was fishing. My jaw dropped as I actually saw her pull in a huge, beautiful forty-pound grouper! It was the biggest fish anybody caught that day and much larger than any fish I had ever caught in my life! The lady was thrilled beyond belief. The entire crew cheered

and applauded. Her nails and her clothes were still clean.

Everybody was smiling and laughing.

Everybody but me.

From the moment I saw that grouper I began to develop what some people call a “slow burn”. I continued to fish for a short while, but jealousy and resentment gradually took over my attitude until it showed on my face. I was no longer having fun. My wife could see it, and wisely said not a word.

Snatching the rod and reel from the water, I walked away and stumbled up to the sundeck of the boat. Looking up into the sky, bitter and bloody and exhausted, I shouted angrily into the heavens. “WHY? WHY? WHY!! God, you KNOW I work so hard to catch fish, and you have NEVER let me catch a fish like that! And this girl didn’t even try, and you gave her a bigger fish than I have ever had! WHY?” Much to my surprise, I got an answer! Across the blue Florida skies, coming straight to my heart, what I heard was…LAUGHTER. And by that, I knew He was saying something like, “It’s my ocean, son, and they are my fish.

I can do what I want with them, and you’ll just have to deal with it.” And “deal with it was simply the only thing I could do.

Looking back now I realize that I learned two valuable lessons that day. Both of them are clearly taught in Scripture, but learning it from the Book and learning it from life are not always the same.

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The first lesson was the truth of Matthew chapter twenty, where the owner of a farm decided to pay the same amount to those who worked for one hour as he paid to those who worked all day long. It is a lesson in sovereignty. There is only one God, and I’m not it. Being God, He can give his big fish to a young lady and not to me, if that’s what he wants to do.

The other lesson is the truth of the elder brother of the prodigal son in Luke 15. (On the boat that day, I was just like him.) He had worked so hard for so long. He had done all the right things. When his wayward, undeserving brother got a big “welcome home” party, he resented it, and instead of enjoying the party he stood outside with a scowl. But the Father rejoices at the return of the prodigal!

This great story, of course, is a beautiful lesson of grace; a grace that could not be the reward of hard work, but is a great and wonderful GIFT to the undeserving, the unqualified, the unrighteous, who know that they could never ever pay for it... unless it was absolutely free.

But, Lord, isn’t there some way I could have learned this stuff and still got the fish too? (I think I might hear more laughter.)

As the little song goes, “He’s got the whole world in His hands.”

That includes the oceans, the fishes, and you, and me. [ Condensed from “Broken Roads to Grace” by Jim Lee. For more information or to buy the book, go to www.brokenroadstograce.com , or call Jim at (251) 510-7141 ]

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SNAPSHOTS FROM SILVERHILL HERITAGE DAY FESTIVAL 2012

Courtesy Tex Kline

You’re typing on your keyboard at your computer, trying to ignore the tingling or numbness you’ve had for months in your hand and wrist. Suddenly, a sharp, piercing pain shoots through the wrist and up your arm. Just a passing cramp? You could have carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful progressive condition caused by compression of a key nerve in the wrist. Only a doctor can diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome. This condition will only get worse, and if left untreated, it can progress to the point where pain killers or muscle relaxers must be prescribed, steroid injections or worse yet surgery may be needed.

In a conversation with Jen Adams a Licensed Massage Therapist she said, “Massage Plays a major Role in the treatment of entrapment neuropathies because it addresses the soft tissues that compress the entrapped nerve(s). Massage is the most effective immediate treatment and can give relief for weeks to months at a time if given by a knowledgeable Massage Therapist.”

For further information and some exercises go to nvTechKnow tab of my website: www.nvharris.com

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Long Hair Extra. Must Bring Coupon. Not good with any other discounts or coupons.

Expires: 9-30-12

End of County Road 10 on Bon Secour River

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Expires: 9-30-12

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1 Coupon Per Person, Per Purchase.

Expires:12-31-12

End of County Road 10 on Bon Secour River

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Offer Good While Supplies Last

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The Silhouette 41st Anniversary Special

Full Service Salon & Day Spa

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Child Haircuts 8 and Under $10.00 25 % off microdermabrasion

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Expires: 9-30-12

10% Off

Must Present Coupon. One Coupon Per Person Per Purchase

Free 20oz drink with sandwich or plate purchase.

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Expires: 9-30-12

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Starts at 8 PM, on the Marina’s Lawn

Liquidation Outlet

Pirates Cove 6664 County Road 95 Elberta, AL

Loxley Hwy. 59

(North of I-10)

1 FREE side order with a sandwich or wing purchase

10% Off Total Purchase

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10% Off any Pizza Friday, Saturday, Sunday only 1coupon/visit

Expires: 9-30-12

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Offer Expires: 9/30/12

When you purchase minimum of 50sq/ft of granite countertops for your home, you get a FREE Vanity (up to 6’ ft).

One Coupon Per Customer Per Visit Expires 9/30/12

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20% OFF on Regular Priced Items of $20.00 or More!

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Donate 5 Non-Parishable Food Items and Receive 10% off of Your Uniform Purchase. Donations go to the Prodisee Pantry of Baldwin County. No further Discounts apply. Expires 9/30/12

8153 Highway 59 South Foley, Alabama Monday - Saturday 9 am - 4 pm Expires: 9-30-12

1154 West Beach Blvd.

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Liquidation Outlet Foley

204 East Michigan Ave.

10% Off Total Purchase

One coupon Per Table

9-30-12

Expires: 9-3012

Coupon must be Present. 1 Coupon Per Purchase.

OfferExpires:9-30-12 Expires: 12/31/11

Charisma Hair Studio

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