By Trevor Moggin | Content provided by Digital Trends

At the start of 2010, ArLynn Presser from Winnetka, Illinois made a New Year's resolution to meet all of her Facebook friends before the year was out.

Having 325 friends on the social networking site meant that such a feat would be in the realm of possibility, though by no means easy. In fact, for 51-year-old ArLynn, it wouldn't be easy at all.

Suffering from agoraphobia, she had hardly been outside her home in 30 years. However, she was determined to take on the self-imposed challenge and travel the world to meet people she had only ever communicated with online.

Halfway through the year, she met Facebook friend 140, filmmaker Ben Gonzales. He immediately thought ArLynn's adventure would make a compelling documentary and proposed the idea to her. She agreed.

Alabama's new State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice and State Representative Paul DeMarco will host a question and answer session for the Hoover community Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The meeting will be a chance for Hoover residents to meet and greet Dr. Bice who is going into his first full year as Superintendent.

Rep. DeMarco will be speaking the financial health of the Education Trust Fund and other upcoming bills relating to state education.

The meeting will take place at the HCS Central Office located at 2810 Metropolitan Way in Hoover.

Statement from the Alabama Democratic Party announcing the candidacy of Penny Huggins Baily for Alabama's 6th Congressional District:

LEEDS -- Retired USAF Colonel Penny Huggins Bailey announced her candidacy for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District today, bringing 24 years of leadership in the United States Air Force to the race against the eventual Republican nominee.

Penny Huggins Bailey is a longtime Leeds resident and graduate of Leeds High School and Samford University. She served in the US Air Force and retired at the rank of Colonel after 24 years of duty. Her husband, an active duty Air Force Colonel, will serve his third deployment overseas this year. The Baileys have been married for more than 30 years and have three children.