Opinion
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Students, staff and friends of Talladega College gathered to celebrate the renovation of the dining hall, the Fanning Refectory, this week in the most recent evidence of the college’s revival under its current administration.
Feb 03, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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We congratulate the four young men from our area who made commitments on National Signing Day to play football at the college level next year.
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We note with pleasure the recommendation of the AdvancED Quality Assurance Review team that the Talladega County school system be reaccredited.
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The April in Talladega Pilgrimage would be a worthy community project even if it didn’t raise money for historic preservation in the city — it’s an event that lets the area put its best foot forward, brings people together in a volunteer effort that strengthens the sense of community, and provides a weekend of entertaining events for area residents as well as visitors.
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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The newest member of the Sylacauga Chamber of Commerce isn’t exactly the type of business you might expect to join. In fact, it’s not a business at all, and it’s not even located in Sylacauga. The Weogufka Center is a small nonprofit group in a rural community with a big heart.
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President Barack Obama came down hard on colleges and universities last week when he told them to contain costs or face cuts in federal aid to education.
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Congratulations and best wishes to Terrell Vick, who retired Monday after a 39-year career at St. Clair County’s local hospital.
Jan 31, 2012 | 1 | 3 |
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As outlined in Sunday’s Daily Home, local school foundations are making up for lost state funding by providing the extras that are so often critical to the success of our children.
Jan 31, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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We all know that it takes a combination of smart eating habits and physical activity to keep us healthy. And we all know that the sooner we start (or our children start) the better.
Jan 29, 2012 | 15 | 5 |
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Charter schools may be in Alabama’s future, and the state’s teachers’ union is not happy to hear the news. Through its Alabama School Journal publication, the AEA is calling the move a “new assault against public education” in a drive to open the door for privatization. The Journal also claims that lobbyists have been hired by school management companies to help get a bill written and passed in the state.
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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Alabama Republicans are touting the state’s December drop in unemployment claims — the biggest decrease of any state — as a triumph for Gov. Robert Bentley and the Republican majority state legislature. The idea is that the business climate in the state has improved under their leadership.
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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Just three years into its existence, the Sylacauga Grows community garden is transforming into a project designed to last for generations. Part of its five acres are being planted with fruit trees, with a dedication ceremony to be held at noon Feb. 2.
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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After winning the first-ever Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award competition and bringing home $100,000 for AIDB, Robert Weaver won another award for the second time.
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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The City of Pell City has made solid progress in attracting retail businesses and industry with the proximity of Lake Logan Martin and I-20 serving as major incentives for transportation and quality of life issues. The city’s leaders are also looking forward to the future needs growth will bring to the city. First on the agenda are improvements to the water and sewer systems.
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In a bit of irony, two stories on the front page of this newspaper dealt with tornadoes, describing both their immediate and long-term impact on communities.
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After the Republican presidential debate Monday night, the Associated Press did a story checking the facts of the participants.
Jan 24, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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More than two decades ago Dr. David Bronner, who heads Alabama’s State Retirement System, had a vision. He could see first-class golf courses from Florence all the way to the Gulf Coast, with tourists from all over the country coming to Alabama to play golf.
Jan 24, 2012 | 9 | 5 |
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Let’s hope that a bill to increase the penalties for cockfighting from a paltry $50 fine to a more penal $6,000 and a possible jail sentence of one year will pass the Alabama Legislature in its upcoming session.
Jan 22, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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TOP Trails is off and running following Friday’s groundbreaking with a 15-year development plan to open up the former military storage property to a wide variety of recreational activities.
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Pell City High School principal Helene Bettinger brought some great news to the city’s school board Wednesday. Word from the state school board is that the school system has the lowest projected dropout rate in the system’s history.
Just seven years ago that rate stood at 26.4 percent. Now it’s 2.32 percent. Statewide, the average projected dropout rate is 7.08 percent.
It’s quite an achievement, one in which the entire community can take pride.
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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Sylacauga Board of Education is implementing a leadership program for its elementary schools based on author Stephen Covey’s “The Leader in Me” materials. Covey’s book “The Seven Habit of Highly Effective People” brought out a new awareness in multitudes of adults about how to be happier and more productive people, and the “Leader” program helps young people do the same thing, with a focus on seven habits, worth repeating here:
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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Congratulations are in order for Sylacaugan Jeff Etheridge whose photography is featured in an exhibit at the Isabel Comer Museum in Sylacauga and in a recently released coffee table book featuring historic and modern images of the campus of Auburn University.
Jan 19, 2012 | 1 | 6 |
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Most communities have an animal shelter where strays picked up off the street can be taken, or where pet owners drop off animals they can no longer care for, but there is never enough space for all the animals nor enough money to indefinitely care for all of them, as much as people would like.
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