Today's News

There’s not much news from the Branch this morning. We finally got some rain last week. Wanda said her gauge said seven tenths, but mine only registered about four tenths. She lives about 100 yards down the road and around the curve. That’s the way our rainfall has been going this summer. A hill or a curve makes all the difference in the amount of rain one gets.

The Lady Rebels returned to the playing field Aug. 16, winning their season home opener against Shelby County High School.
The win came after two scrimmage games in Frankfort earlier this month.
The Lady Rebels began the night with a goal by junior Emma Herdman, who connected with a direct kick off of a dead ball.
Both freshman Izzy Herdman and junior Destiny Epperson added three goals to the total.
Late in the second half senior Macie Osborne gave a successful cross pass to Maddi Walker to give the Lady Rebels a goal, finishing with an 8-0 win.

August 16, 2017

Cattle Receipts: 354
August 9: 38
Replacements: 4

Slaughter cows made up 9 percent of the offering, slaughter bulls 2 percent, replacements 1 percent and feeders 88 percent. The feeder supply included 26 percent steers, 43 percent heifers and 31 percent bulls. Near 39 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs.

I am a marketing person’s dream.
Slap a clever label on a $1 tube of lip gloss or bottle of shampoo, especially if you use a trendy font and especially especially if the name of the product is all in lowercase lettering, and I won’t think twice about paying $20 for it.
Take grace, for example.
Made by a company called philosophy, “amazing grace” is the name of their shampoo. (They also offer “hope” in a jar.)