2013-05-15

Jackson City Council considers ordinance banning ‘saggy pants’




The Jackson City Council is considering an ordinance that will penalize individuals for wearing baggy pants drooping below the waistline. The matter was presented to the council Tuesday night by Mayor Pro-Tem Paul South. “It’s a shame our country has come to this,” South told the council. Now the issue has to be drafted into ordinance form and presented to […]

Summer reading program set



The 2013 Summer Reading Program sponsored by the Grove Hill Public Library will be Wednesdays, June 5, June 12, June 19, June 26 and Thursday, June 27. Dr. Magical Balloons will be at the Grand Library Event at 2 p.m. at the Grove Hill United Methodist Church…fun for the library participants and their family members. The theme will be “Dig […]

Purchases at Salvation Army stores help fund services of the faith-based charity




The 60th National Salvation Army Week is being commemorated through May 19. With the slogan ‘Doing the Most Good,’ the week is a celebration of volunteers, donors and beneficiaries of the program, which has existed since 1865. The faith-based charity has always been there for people in need during natural and man-made disasters. SA staff is often the first on […]

Alabamians in China

T’ville’s Day visiting China industries and recruiting for area

Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day and other Alabamians are in China, visiting the Golden Dragon Copper plants and promoting Alabama to other Chinese industrial prospects. Day has been posting observations and comments to his Facebook page and has sent back photographs. Golden Dragon is fast completing a massive plant in Sunny South. Initially the plant was going to locate in Thomasville […]

Trivia



1. ANIMAL KINGDOM: By what other name are a cat’s whiskers known? 2. ANCIENT WORLD: Where is the Acropolis? 3. HISTORY: Who was the commanding Union general at the Battle of Gettysburg? 4. MEDICINE: What is scoliosis? 5. GEOGRAPHY: What two countries share Niagara Falls? 6. MOVIES: What was the name of Gary Cooper’s character in “High Noon”? 7. ENTERTAINMENT: […]

Finch graduates UWA



Clarke considers more ATRIP funding

Commission wants to take advantage of state program to help with road, bridge projects


The Clarke County Commission voted Tuesday to apply for additional funding through ATRIP (the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program). County Engineer Danny Overton gave the commission Monday a list of potential road projects eligible to be funded in the third and final round of ATRIP. The list of road projects includes:  County Road 20 – Campbell Landing Road […]

Dollars & Cents

Farewell to the old days

A new report confirms what many people, both experts and average citizens, have thought. It is unlikely the U. S. economy will be what it once was. This is the conclusion of a study by Citigroup, the giant global financial institution. Since World War II, the economy (GDP) has grown at a rate of 3.2 percent per year in real […]

Alacare Home Health Nurse of Year

Becky Williams grew up in Grove Hill

The Home Health Nurses Association honored Alacare Home Health & Hospice’s Muscle Shoals’ Becky Williams, RN, with its inaugural Nurse of the Year award. Williams has been a nurse for 20 years. Earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the Capstone College of Nursing at the University of Alabama, Williams gained experience in medical and outpatient surgery care before joining […]

Business Briefs



TDS reps available live on-line now Connecting with the Sales and Service team at TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS) just got easier for customers, including those in Grove Hill served by TDS. Now people looking for assistance can live chat with a TDS representative once a category is selected. Instant online conversations will assist both new and existing customers in selecting […]