The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA Features

This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 27

2012-05-27T07:00:00-04:00

A Union offensive near the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va., triggers fierce fighting May 31, 1862, at the Battle of Seven Pines just eight miles east of that city.

This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 20

2012-05-20T07:00:00-04:00

The grind of war continues this week 150 years ago in the Civil War as a contingent of some 3,000 Confederate fighters overrun a 1,000-man Union force at Front Royal in northern Virginia in a battle fought May 23, 1862.

Gordon Hospital hosts free Dinner with the Doctors Seminar

2012-05-17T14:12:36-04:00

Gordon Hospital invites the community to a free Dinner with the Doctors Seminar. The featured topic will be Helping Control Blood Pressure through lifestyle changes and eating healthy.

June Cleaver to Gloria Pritchett: 5 great TV moms

2012-05-14T12:46:09-04:00

Why settle for one great mom when, as any TV viewer knows, you can adopt a series of them?

This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 13

2012-05-13T07:00:00-04:00

A Union warship fleet steaming up Virginia’s James River opens fire early on May 15, 1862, against Confederate fortifications on a 90-foot-high bluff several miles from the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.

The Rev. Patricia M. Grace: Of mustard seeds and Peacock Alley

2012-05-12T03:19:04-04:00

I was delighted to learn about the origin of the phrase “Peacock Alley” soon after I came to Dalton. I love the image of those lines of colorful tufted spreads flapping in the wind along Old Highway 41.

Yard sale Saturday kicks off Salvation Army Week

2012-05-11T06:15:26-04:00

A yard sale Saturday at the Salvation Army complex at 1109 N. Thornton Ave. from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. will kick off the local observance of national Salvation Army Week, May 14-20. Vendors can rent a spot for the yard sale by calling (706) 581-3642 or by coming to the yard sale before 8 a.m.

Consumer Q’s

2012-05-10T12:07:38-04:00

Helpful information from the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

’Fifty Shades’ too steamy for some library shelves

2012-05-10T09:30:02-04:00

Public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey” from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all, saying it’s too steamy or too poorly written.

This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 6

2012-05-06T07:00:00-04:00

The Battle of Williamsburg, Va., is the first major combat of Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s Virginia “Peninsula Campaign.”