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The Wiregrass Museum offers a free, fun family day the first Saturday of each month. November’s day will be the 7 th at 10:30am. The event runs until 2:30pm. There is no cost for the family fun and all supplies will be provided by the museum. The museum features a different project each month to keep the experience fresh for participants. It’s a great way to spend quality time with your family members. No preregistration is required to participate. The Wiregrass Museum was founded in 1988. It was designed to improve the quality of life in the Wiregrass area through its collection of art work, exhibits, and educational programs for visitors of all ages. The museum is supported by private donors and is also funded by the City of Dothan. In addition to Family Day on the first Saturday of each month, the museum hosts a variety of events throughout the year including yoga, artist workshops, and special exhibitions. The museum is located at 126 Museum Avenue in historic downtown Dothan, near the Dothan Civic Center. It is opened Wednesday through Friday from 10am to 5pm and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. Monday and Tuesday hours are by appointment only. Admission to the museum is free. The next big event for the museum will be the celebration of Youth Art Month to be held March 2016. The museum will bring public awareness of the value in art education for all children. The museum has been partnering with local schools to showcase the talent in the K-12 students in the area.

Get into the spirit of fall at Landmark Park on Saturday, October 17, 2015. The event will start at 10:00am and feature a presentation on the harvesting of peanuts as it was done 100 years ago. Visitors get to experience the different sights and smells of traditional farm activities. Indulge in the sweetness of syrup making, sugar cane grinding, and butter churning. During the event, visitors can also participate in fun activities like storytelling and music. As part of the annual Fall Farm Day, take some time to explore the displays featured at the 2015 Quilt Show at the Stokes Activity Barn from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The quilt show will feature over one hundred quilts throughout the barn including antique quilts. The quilts are judged and visitors can check out the many exhibits, door prizes, and listen to featured speakers. Landmark Park is located at 430 Landmark Drive in Dothan. It features 135 acres of preservation for the natural and cultural heritage of the Wiregrass Region in southeast Alabama. Visitors can get a real experience living life on a farm in the 1890’s. The park features a farmhouse, smokehouse, cane mill, and a variety of farm animals like chickens, goats, pigs, and mules. The park also offers a picnic area, wildlife exhibits, nature trails, and a planetarium. A small admission fee is charged to enter the park. Throughout the year, special events are held including folk festivals, traveling exhibits, concerts, and antique car shows.

For quite some time now, aggressive driving has been a problem on the roadways, but it seems to be getting worse. Incidents of rude gestures, screaming and even violence sometimes are frequently reported to where it has even earned its own name – road rage. Toyota of Dothan wants you to understand exactly what road rage is and how you can handle it. Road Rage Definition Road Rage is a term which was originally made up by local news station KTLA in Los Angeles after several shootings happened on freeways in the city. Road Rage is defined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as when a driver commits a moving traffic offense to endanger property or someone else, or an assault with a motor vehicle or other weapon which is dangers by the operator or passenger of a motor vehicle on the operator or passengers of another vehicle. A clear distinction is made by the NHTSA between aggressive driving and road rage, where road rage is criminal and the former is a traffic offense. This places blame on the driver. Handling Road Rage If you’ve agitated another driver, whether it really was your fault or not, don’t retaliate or react to the other driver, as this will just cause the situation to escalate. Remember that the other driver is just not good with handling stress, avoid eye contact with them and keep practice safe driving habits. It doesn’t look like this problem is going away in the near future unfortunately. All you can really do is be an aware and considerate driver who follows the road rules. Even though it can be difficult when a situation arises, don’t give in to angry feelings or rage while on the road. Thing again before you honk the horn or flip someone off, since you never know what will set that person off. It is more important to get home safely than to teach someone a dangerous lesson.