Visitors Impressed With City By Linda Parham
Delegates at the International Age Group Diving meet praised Decatur for Point Mallard recreation park facilities and hospitality. German coaches, Canadian and South African guests, and U S officials highlighted the wave pool, playgrounds, and overall recreation emphasis as reasons to consider Decatur for future events. The Invitational International Age Group Championship diving final was set to begin at 9 am with 13-14 and 15-16 divisions.
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Linda Parham
Decatur
Point Mallard Recreation Park
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Huntsville
Point Mallard
Schubert
Ursula Klinger
Aachen
United States
Bill Burgess
Seattle
Wash
Dezo Kiefer
Canada
Willie Wellgemoed
Lieutenant Governor Bill Clears Senate Committee in Alabama
The Commerce and Transportation Committee approved a constitutional amendment to make the Alabama lieutenant governor a fulltime state official, adding cabinet duties and a fulltime salary if ratified. The measure would raise the office from parttime, currently with a $300 monthly expense allowance and $32 daily per diem, to fulltime status. A companion bill would set duties and cabinet membership and set the lieutenant governor’s salary $2,500 below the governor’s.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
Commerce and Transportation Committee
Decatur Postal Conference Seeks Practical Service Fixes
About 120 Decatur Sectional Center managers and postal supervisors split into two groups for two-day sessions to discuss offi ce problems and costed solutions. Topics included missent mail safety training and educating the public on mail classes while aligning with I E Self’s push for actionable improvements.
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Cathy Duncan
I. E Self
Decatur
Florence
Jasper
I. E. Self
Decatur Sectional Center
Self
U.S
Hillsboro Youth Killed In Wreck
A 12 year old Hillsboro boy, Dennis Lee Carr, died Wednesday in a motorcycle car crash on Lawrence County Road 53 near Hillsboro. Joseph P. Wright, 24, of Lawton Michigan, drove the other vehicle. Funeral services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include his parents and grandparents. The coroner said the boy crossed the road and Wright could not stop. Carr's body was taken to Shelton Funeral Home by AAA South End Ambulance Service.
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Hillsboro
Hillsboro 1
Here
Lawrence County
Herschell Boyles
Dennis Lee Carr
Joseph P. Wright
Lawton
Mich
Shelton Funeral Home Chapel
Roselawn
Shelton
Aleeotis ‘Carr
Nell Chamberlin
Jesse Hitt
Wright
Boyles
Carr
Shelton Funeral Home
Aaa-South End Ambulance Service
Decatur
Lawrence Officials Clash Over County Investigator Proposal
Lawrence County Sheriff Dan Ligon and District Attorney Tom Pettus clash over a plan to hire a special criminal investigator. Pettus seeks a grant of 11,883 dollars with 3,961 dollars county match to operate from his office, while Ligon opposes any investigator outside the sheriff's department. Pettus argues broader jurisdiction and direct handling of matters not reported to the sheriff, noting salary disparities and limited powers of current county investigator Edsel Moore.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Dan (Snooks) Ligon
Dist
Tom Pettus
Pettus
Lawrence County Commission
Law Enforcement Planning Agency
Sheriff’s Department
Moore
Ligon
Court to rule in $8166 tree damage suit against Hartselle
Circuit Judge Newton Powell heard testimony in a June 28 hearing over Dr. Troy Kilpatrick’s claim that the city cut an old willow oak on his Main and Milner street property without permission. City officials say the tree posed a traffic hazard.
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Newton Powell
Hartselle
Powell
Troy Kilpatrick
Main St
Milner St
Postal supervisors discuss service issues at Decatur conference
Reba Gladden of the Parris office center and other Decatur section postal supervisors gathered at the Decatur Sectional Center Service Improvement Conference to discuss problems and solutions in postal service during a break.
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Stal Supervisors
Reba Gladden
Parris
Stidham
Florence
Decatur
Crisis call numbers and emergency guidance from The Decatur Daily
The notice provides crisis line numbers 355 8000 and local contacts for poisoning emergencies. It advises calling the Crisis Call Center or a hospital or family physician and dialing 0 if unsure of the proper emergency number. It lists The Decatur Daily contact numbers for departments and after hours.
Two Questioned In Robbery Probe
Morgan County authorities hold two persons for armed robbery inquiry. Sheriff John C. McBride said they have not been charged. Another person is being sought for questioning. Details of the probe were not immediately available.
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Morgan County
John C. McBride
Golf official sidelined by injury at State Amateur
Tommy Edgil, chairman of the Alabama Golf Association event, is in traction at Decatur General Hospital and missed his State Amateur round at Burningtree Country Club. He said he felt fine after church and a pool outing with his daughter before the injury became clear.
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Tommy Edgil
Burningtree Country Club
Decatur General Hospital
Edgil
Alabama Golf Association
AGA
Edgil sidelined by back injury at Burningtree event
Edgil describes a sharp back pain after a practice swing at Burningtree Saturday. He was diagnosed with a ruptured disc and a pinched nerve and is in traction, forcing him to relinquish directorship of the State Amateur. He aims to be back by weekend and urges golfers to warm up properly. Don Kincaid will relieve him as local chairman.
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LEPA
State Office
Huntsville
Region One
Doug Miller
Burningtree
Edgil
Don Kincaid
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State Sovereignty Commission
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