The following are Madison, FL, articles available online: http://www.greenepublishing.com On Saturday, Jan. 8, law officers shot and killed a transient who had set up a tent behind the Fast Track at the 258 Exit, off Interstate 10. http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html In response to a state recommendation that county health departments no longer provide primary care, county commissioners expressed concern that state officials still don't understand the needs of rural counties as opposed to urban counties like Hillsborough and Miami-Dade. http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html Requests have been made to all county offices and municipalities for salaries and benefits of employees and constitutional offices. The information will be run in a special keepsake section in the Friday, Jan. 28, Madison Enterprise-Recorder. http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html In 2010, American technology did more than grow; it exploded. 2010 was the year of the iPad, the Android and Facebook. Founders of these ideas, such as, Steve Jobs (Apple), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Andy Rubin (Android), will be forever engraved in history. These leaps of technology have not only changed technology and the Internet, but have also changed our lives. http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html As with any tool, a person needs instructions before using it. This is particularly true for children. Most parents would not be careless enough to let a child use a knife, drill or any other dangerous tool, especially if they were unsupervised. Unfortunately, many of them allow children on the Internet unsupervised and, in some cases, they are opening the child up for something more dangerous than cutting their fingers. http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html What does the 2011 economic picture look like? Madison County's senior citizens will get some details on Wednesday, January 12, at the 55+ Club luncheon at noon. For the program after lunch, Joe Boyles, http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html A Kubota tractor, earlier reported stolen, has been found and returned to its owner. http://www.greenepublishing.com/frontpage.html The microphone has been passed to Doug Brown at Boot Hill and the lab technician's job at Progress Energy has gone to his successor. The year 2010 saw John Bullard retiring from both of these positions. http://www.greenepublishing.com/people.html The first book I read from cover to cover in 2011 has been the book Called to Coach by Bobby Bowden. The book gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse at college football during Bowden's 40-plus years of coaching. http://www.greenepublishing.com/editorials.html Some time ago, Ted Ensminger wrote that he would like to stop the turnover of new businesses started in Madison County. I understand that Mr. Ensminger will be attending some school in order to learn how to stop, or at least slow down the business turnover in this County. Jacob Bembry thinks some manufacturer may be looking at opening up some kind of business in the Dixie Packers' building, though no one will admit to this yet. http://www.greenepublishing.com/people.html The Bishop Moore Hornets, out of Orlando, stung the Madison County High School Cowboys varsity basketball team by a 65-53 score in a game playing in the Macohi Invitational Tournament in Madison. http://www.greenepublishing.com/sports.html The Madison County High School Cowboys' varsity basketball team fought tooth and nail with the Oak Ridge Pioneers out of Orlando, during the Cowboys' final game in the Macohi Invitational Tournament on Dec. 22. The Cowboys lost a squeaker in overtime by a score of 62-61. http://www.greenepublishing.com/sports.html Faith is defined as "Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing." God is someone who we should put all of our faith into. His love is everlasting and His promises on our life are true. We should never doubt His power. We should be eternally faithful to Him. http://www.greenepublishing.com/church.html We are instructed to say, "If God wills, I will do this or that," but I failed to get back on track as my intentions were. http://www.greenepublishing.com/church.html