Beasley Aides Clerical Staff Deal Reached in Senate
State Senate members reached an agreement to allow Lt. Gov Beasley two full time clerical assistants and two additional aides while in session plus an administrative assistant. The vote on the plan was expected this week.
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Ben Windham
State Senate
Tere Beasley
Bob Harris
Harris
Decatur Rotary Club
Beasley
Wayne McMahan
Senate
Bill Baxley
Sage Lyons
Mobile
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Harris Sees Court OK For Remap Plan
State Sen. Bob Harris said prospects look good that a federal court will approve the Alabama Legislature's reapportionment plan. He spoke Monday to members in Decatur about the plan's future and potential approval in court.
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Bob Lowry
Bob Harris
Alabama
Decatur
Rose Named To UW Campaign Leader and Engineer Rose
Robert Lawrence Rose a Monsanto Textiles chemical engineer was named chairman of the United Way Campaign major industry division. A native of McMinnville Tennessee he moved to Decatur in 1963 and lives at 2210 Woodland St SE with his wife Joan Phyllis and three children Larry 17 Lee 14 and Lisa 12. Rose is active in St Johns Episcopal Church the Decatur Rotary Club and the Morgan County United Way and has served as director of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and United Way in Morgan County. He praised United Way as an efficient way to aid citizens regardless of race religion or politics.
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Robert Lawrence Rose
Monsanto Textiles Co
United Way Campaign
McMinnville
Rose
McMinnville Central High School
University of Tennessee At Knoxville
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Delta Tau Delta
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
United Way
Morgan County
Woodland St
Home Damaged By Monday Fire in Athens Norton Dr
Fire caused by grease on a stove damaged the home of David Bailey on Norton Drive Monday night. Firemen assessed slight damage to walls ceiling and cabinets in the 7 21 p m blaze.
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Athens
David Bailey
Norton Dr
School Officials To Attend Alabama Transportation Conference
Morgan County and other school officials will join the Alabama School Transportation Association annual conference and four day workshop in Tuscaloosa. Joe Beams Jr transportation supervisor Aolin Maxwell shop foreman Larry McDearmond Steve Royer and Roy Toltson shop workers attend. Discussions will cover new legislation affecting public education highway safety programs pupil transportation and related topics. The association banquet is planned for Wednesday night.
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Morgan County
Alabama
School Transportation Association
Tuscaloosa
Joe Beams Jr
Aolin Maxwell
Larry McDearmond
Steve Royer
Roy Toltson
Association
Athens Council Funds Trinity Park Renovation and Grants
The Athens city council hired Lee Kennemer as assistant recreation director to lead the Trinity Park program and voted to apply for a U S Bureau of Outdoor Recreation grant for park renovations. They also approved certificates of deposit with 300000 for the new Athens High School football stadium construction and renewed a 5 mill tax for the general fund.
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Athens
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Trinity Park
Lee Kennemer
Trinity
Ron Trousdale
Trousdale
Kennemer
Limestone County
Central Bank
Buck Steele
Cecil Christopher
Steele
Christopher
Car Truck Crash Injures Two in Athens Area
Two people were injured in an early morning crash on Elkton Road about a mile northeast of Athens. Roger Hall of Athens and Mike Dibous of Rogersville were taken to Athens Limestone Hospital by ambulance. their conditions were not released.
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Athens
Elkton Rd
Here
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Athens-Limestone Ambulance Service
Roger Hall
Mike Dibous
Rogersville 3
Haley Becomes Familiar Face At Point Mallard
Carlton Haley, a park ranger with full arrest powers, patrols Point Mallard with Gray Ogles. They handle traffic, assist with drugs and lost kids, and aim to balance enforcement with diplomacy while ensuring families enjoy a safe environment.
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Haley
Point Mallard
Carlton Haley
Man In Green
Sheriff's Office
Gray
Point Mallard Park Ranger Tries To Help Tourists In Need
Haley, chief of the Point Mallard Park ranger department, says drugs aren’t a big problem and rangers focus on public service. They assist locals and tourists daily, including a recent case where a Cullman woman locked her keys in a late model car trunk and rangers recovered the keys from a glove compartment using a bill of sale.
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Haley
Ranger Department
Cullman
Park official praises visitors as mostly well behaved
Haley, a Decatur native with prior police and federal park service experience, says park users are largely kind and cooperative. He notes his role across campground and golf course areas gives him insight into visitor conduct and emphasizes respectful behavior, training, and dealing with drugs and firearms.
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Haley
Decatur
Kentucky
Federal Park System
Land Between the Lakes
Browns Ferry
Fort Gordon, Ga
Calhoun Junior College
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Jefferson County
U. S
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Julian Harris
Thornton
Dick)Fleming
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THE
Decatur Daily
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William Owens
Eugene Thornton
Leonard McLemore
Harry Dale Patterson
Bobby Higgins
Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center
Point Mallard Park
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