Youth Conservation Camp at Wheeler Refuge Engages Morgan County Teens
Twenty five Morgan County boys ages 15 to 17 spend eight weeks at a federal Youth Conservation Corps Camp at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. They work eight hours daily, assist with trail clearing and habitat areas, live in tents, eat at Calhoun Junior College, and receive 308 dollars. The program, part of a three year pilot by Interior and Agriculture, emphasizes education on conservation and water safety with a Wednesday lecture day.
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Morgan County
Youth Conservation Corps
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Kosin
Wheeler
Alabama
Department of Interior and Agriculture
Calhoun Junior College
Jack Beshears
Lacey
Crisis Call Center to Open in Morgan County
One of the nation s first crisis call centers in a non metropolitan area will begin operation Monday serving Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties. It will operate 24 hours at 355 8000 with no charges for callers.
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Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Raymond McCaslin
McCaslin
Youth Conservation Camp Echoes CCC Era
David Dobbs, 17, Priceville, remarks on returning next year as the project recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt era CCC camps. Kosin notes the Wheeler camp mirrors CCC missions by supplying manpower and employment, with total project cost about 29000 funded by the Department of Interior.
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David Dobbs
Priceville
Franklin Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Kosin
Department of Interior
Woman Breaks Hip in Tennessee River Ski Outing
A Hartselle woman Carolyn Carlton 33 suffered a broken hip Friday during a water ski outing on the Tennessee River. She was transported by AAA Southend Ambulance to Hartselle Hospital where she was listed in good condition Saturday.
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Hartselle
Tennessee River
Hartselle Hospital
Carolyn Carlton
Morningside
Carlton
AAA
Southend Ambulance Service
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Decatur
Robert Whitehead
Crisis Center
Libby Jarvinen
David Lorry
North Central Alabama
Tom Salter
Sue Barfoot
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Okefinokee National Refuge
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Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
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Trinity
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