Satellite maps Georgia fault lines amid urban land use
Scientists using Landsat data and aerial photos map a major fault system Brevard running from South Carolina to Alabama and discover a new dormant fault War Woman under Atlanta. Officials warn Brevard could be as dangerous as San Andreas if active, with land usage charts updated by state and federal geologists.
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Atlanta
Savannah
Georgia
Brevard
South Carolina
Alabama
California
San Andreas
Sam Pickering
Earth and Water Division
State Department of Natural Resources
Pickering
State Agency
U.S. Geologic Survey
Good Will Gesture Costs Eva Driver in Robbery
Eva man stopped to help three boys on a roadside near Eva. One pulled a gun and robbed Spratin before the trio fled. Sheriff’s Sgt. Ronnie Henson said the robberies happened as Spratin failed to get the suspects’ car tag number.
Boxer Aids Hartselle Boys in AAU Training Center
Earl Payne, parks and grounds supervisor for Morgan County, helps train 9 to 18 year old boxers at the Morgan County Training Center in Hartselle. A former 23 win boxer, Payne promotes discipline and temper control while also coordinating little league softball, baseball, football, and girls' softball across the county. He grew up in Blue Ridge Georgia after his father died early, and started boxing in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Bainbridge, Georgia. He is married to Ima Russell and lives near Hartselle.
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Morgan County Parks and Recreation Department
Earl Payne
Payne
Blue Ridge
Amateur Athletics Union
AAU
Morgan County
Hartselle
Bainbridge
Civilian Conservation Corps
Marvin Posey
Payne's varied career threads lead him to Morgan County
Inside Payne first came to Morgan County to pitch semi pro baseball for the Alabama Hosiery Mill. After four years in Atlanta he moved through construction, selling and real estate, continuing a varied professional journey.
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Payne
Morgan County
Alabama Hosiery Mill
Atlanta
Hartselle girl reported missing
Law enforcement in the Hartselle area are seeking Renita Gail Cox a 15 year old girl who vanished around 6 p.m. Saturday. Her mother Mary Cox of 437 Peach Orchard Rd Hartselle described her as 5 foot 3 and 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes wearing blue jeans and a red Morgan County High School athletics sweater.
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Hartselle
Mary Cox
Peach Orchard Rd
Renita Gail Cox
Decatur High Christmas Concert Tuesday Night
Classical Christmas music highlights the annual Decatur High School concert set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Oak Park Middle School band opens under Tommy Sipes, followed by the beginners and Decatur High performing bands directed by Jerry Countryman. Tickets are 1 for adults and 50 cents for students. The program includes Sleigh Ride, Waltz of the Flowers from Nutcracker, Twas the Night Before Christmas narrated by Bruce Paul, Carnival Variations, Cornet Trio, The First Noel, and The Fairest of the Fair.
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Decatur High School
Oak Park Middle School
Tommy Sipes
Decatur High
Jerry Countryman
Decatur
LeRoy Anderson
Goodyear Tire Store TV Sets Stolen
A number of television sets and other items were stolen from the Goodyear Service Store on 6th Ave Sunday night or early this morning. Det. Jerry Bottom said Goodyear officials are compiling a list of stolen items which could include three or four televisions. Burglary tools were discovered early.
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Goodyear Service
6Th Ave
Jerry Bottom
Goodyear
Morgan County schools receive accreditation from regional association
Five Morgan County schools have been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Supt. Dr. J. W. Sailors announced today. The schools and their principals are Danville, Truman Screws, Cotaco, William Ellinger, Priceville, Herman Myers, Eva, Jasper Jones, and Union Hill, Rolland Oden. All the principals except Myers went to Atlanta last week to receive their certificates.
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Morgan County
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
J. W. Sailors
Danville
Truman Screws
Cotaco
William Ellinger
Priceville
Herman Myers
Eva
Jasper Jones
Union Hill
Rolland Oden
Myers
Atlanta
Association
Sailors
Mary Rodgers
Myers’ Place
Board of Education
Southern Association
Brewer
Falkville
Accrediting Schools and Local Thefts Reported in County News
The county pursues Southern Association accreditation with seven schools now in the program. In Austin Plaza a window break triggered police, with pry bar axe and coats found. a 14-year-old Decatur youth faces grand larceny charges for a Friday mini bike theft. several small items were stolen from the City Cemetery office. Temperatures rise into the 70s later today but will drop tonight and tomorrow.
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Blue Horse
Austin Plaza
Gary Mckemson
Keith Mickle
Decatur
Doyle Ward
Moulton St
State Guard Aims For Largest Unit In Nation
Alabama launches Operation No. 1 in the Nation to recruit 1,000 new National Guard members and overtake New York and California. The drive ends February 29 with Alabama at 18,888 guardsmen, 719 below New York and 548 behind California.
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State Guard
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama National Guard
New York
California
Alabama
Rain And Cold Front To Drench Tennessee Valley
Rain tonight will plunge temperatures across the Tennessee Valley as a cold front from eastern Arkansas reaches Florence by evening. Rain and thundershowers spread over north and west Alabama and southeast counties with 80 to 90 percent chances. Highs near 70 today. tonight mid 30s. Tuesday highs in the 40s.
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Tennessee Valley
Arkansas
Florence
National Weather Service
Alabama
Huntsville-Decatur
Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Clement
New York necktie ruling may not affect Decatur staff
Social Security district manager Daniel Lansing says New York arbitration allowing casual dress won't change Decatur employees. He notes no written rule requires ties though casual wear is encouraged to project a businesslike image. The ruling followed a challenge by the AFGE council to tie requirements in the New York area.
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Social Security Office
New York
Decatur
Daniel Lansing
Lansing
New York- New Jersey
Christmas events and meetings across area clubs and churches
Local groups list Christmas events and meetings including Gali Lawrence County High School band concert at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium Civil Air Patrol regular meeting at 7 p m at Pryor Field Woodmeade Gardens Club at 7 30 p m co hosted by Jeannie Moore and Gail Wilkes Christmas party and officer election at 7 p m hosted by Morgan County Board of Realtors AARP Christmas party at 10 a m at Summer Manor followed by officer elections Somerville Baptist Church film The Burning Hell at 7 p m Rose Garden Club Christmas luncheon at 11 a m Wishful Digger Garden Club Christmas luncheon at 12 30 p m Single Adult Fellowship Group 7 p m First Baptist Youth Center Priceville School third annual Christmas Program at 9 a m West Decatur School PTA 7 p m first graders Christmas program.
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Stanley Elliott
Todd Russell
Oak Park
Middle School
Tony Estes
CCC
Ima Russell
Bruce Paul
Sandra McBride
Jill Sprado
Roger Coleson
Morton Gould
John Phillip Sousa
Goodyear Tire Store
Morgan Schools
William_ Mears
Holsom Bakery
Grant St. SE
Betty Jean Powell
Wilson St. NE
Terry O’barr
Steve Clark
Dets
Howard Battles
Robert Clark
Mike Hughes
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Gali
Lawrence County High School
Civil Air Patrol
Pryor Field
CAP
Woodmeade Gardens Club
Gail Wilkes
Terrehaute
Jeannie Moore
Morris Jones
Morgan County Board of Realtors
Burningtree Country Club
AARP
Summer Manor
Somerville Baptist Church
Rose Garden Club
Lewis H. West
Birch St. SE
Wishful Digger Garden Club
Noel Callahan
Old Moulton Rd
First Baptist Church
Priceville School
West Decatur School
PTA
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