Courage to continue defined Blinded Decatur worker
Larkin Sanderson, a 45 year old from Decatur, became blind after a Worthington Company refrigerant compressor exploded twelve years ago. He now sells janitorial supplies, builds doghouses, repairs air conditioners, and does odd jobs proving his creed that a person can overcome blindness if they commit to it.
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Larkin Sanderson
Sanderson
Worthington Company
Moore’s Cotton Gin and Repair Shop
Alabama
Worthington
Talladega
Welcome Center project advances at Athens site
The state highway department opened a temporary welcome center near Athens at I 65 with Lt. Gov. Beasley speaking. A $250,000 center and a $50,000 on site water system are planned, plus three wells to serve drinking and sanitary needs. Completion targeted for 1976 tourist season.
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Athens
Jere Beasley
Tommy Carter
Station
Montgomery
Morgan County votes shift polling places to public sites
The Morgan County Commission approved moving polling boxes at Waldermose Springs Woodland Mills Winton and part of Austinville School to public buildings pending Justice Department approval with 60 days to act. Voters at Austinville Box 38 will switch to Joe Sartain Ford US 31S, while Waldermose Springs Woodland Mills consolidate at Cotaco School and 199 Center Springs Methodist Church voters move to Somerville Courthouse.
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Winton
Austinville School
Justice Department
Alabama
Ann Bell
Joe Sartain Ford
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Smith’s Grocery
Cotaco Methodist Church
Center Springs Methodist Church
Somerville
Bell
Julian Harris
Commission
Thornton (Dick) Fleming
Morgan County
Register
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IBM
Fleming
Cleon Yates
Decatur Printing Co
Roberts and Sons of Birmingham
Pentecost Printing Co
Atlantic Envelope Co
Decatur
Fats Blacksher transforms from 320 to 185 pounds
Dick Shackelford profiles Fats Blacksher who shed weight through a Dauphin Way Baptist Church diet group and faith. John Blacksher, now 41 and trim, describes the weight loss as a mix of discipline and prayer and notes he aimed for 200 pounds but surpassed it. He recalls the struggle and how his life changed with new clothes and a healthier outlook.
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3Rd Ave
Margie
Steve
Mark
Lisa
Sarah
Fairview Baptist Church
Talladega
Dick Shackelford
Associated Press Mobile
Ala
Fats Blacksher
Planning Commission
Fat John Blacksher
John Blacksher
Bunk
John
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Bill Carlson
Blacksher
Ira Wells
Thundershowers Hover Over Tennessee Valley Tomorrow
Weather forecast warns of thundershowers across the Tennessee Valley today through Tuesday with 50 percent rain chances. Warm 85 degree highs and mid 60s lows expected, as a front moves north as a warm front.
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Alabama
Weather Service
Decatur Area Weather Summary and River Readings
The river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.47 feet with sea level at 555.77. TVA lake levels listed include Chickamauga 682.1 Pickwick 413 Guntersville 594.7 Whitesburg 556.6 Wheeler 555.8 Wilson 507.3. High today 84 expected, tonight mid 60s, Tuesday mid 80s. Partly to mostly cloudy with 50 percent rain chances today through Tuesday.
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Alabama
Decatur
Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wheeler
Wilson
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