School Attendance Plan Redrawn Delays Zone Change Action
Board of Education postponed action to petition the Justice Department on attendance zone changes. Supt. Byron Nelson expanded the western and eastern zones to allow growth, proposing only sixth and ninth graders transfer. The moves aim to relieve overcrowding at West Decatur and maintain accreditation while keeping racial balance.
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Gay Barber
Board of Education
Justice Department
Byron Nelson
Nelson
Austin High School
Brookhaven
Decatur High School
Oak Park
Sandlin Rd
Decatur
14Th St
Austinville Rd
14Th
Austin
Nelson Sai
Beltline Rd
2Nd St
Studnts
11Th Ave
Decatur High
West Decatur
Gordon Bibb
Glenwood Rd
3Rd St
Clouds linger as rain ends with scattered thundershowers
Cloudy, cooler Decatur area weather continues with a 70 percent rain chance today dropping to 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday. Expect less than half an inch of rainfall in 36 hours and highs near 90 with overnight lows in the 70s.
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Decatur
North
Alabama
National Weather Service
Weather Service
River and Weather Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
This morning river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge was 21.61 with sea level 555.91. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 681.4 Pickwick 414.1 Whitesburg 556.2 Wheeler 555.9 Wilson 507.1. High Thursday 82 at 4 pm, low 70 today, highs near 90 Saturday. Mostly cloudy with thundershowers likely today through Saturday. rain chances 70 today, 40 tomorrow. Climate data show highest 82, lowest 69, precip total for day trace, year 27.84 inches. Air pollution index 104. Extended outlook calls for scattered thundershowers Sunday to Tuesday with highs about 90 and lows near 70. Sunrise 5:33 am, sunset 8:02 pm.
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Decatur
Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Whitesburg
Wheeler
Wilson
Tri-County District Health
Decatur Schedules Six Kindergarten Classes Across Three Elementary Schools
The Decatur system will offer six kindergarten classes next year at Lakeview Gordon Bibb and Somerville Road elementary schools. Registration for zoning families takes place June 28 29 and 30 after which children are tested for placement in Title I or state funded units.
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Lorenzo Jackson
Lakeview
Austin
Jackson
Lakeside High School
Decatur High
Gordon Bibb
Spereheld
Nelson
Willoughby Construction Co
Bryson Construction
Norton Construction
Valley Steel Construction
Decatur
Somerville Road
Board of Education
State Department of Education
Byron Nelson
Thur
School
Westlawn
Gordon Bible
Seniors To Rock Roll For Charity Jamboree
At Medical Park Convalescent Center elderly residents will perform a Rock and Roll Jamboree to raise pledges for the Heart Fund. Activities director Barbara Rutledge says participants will rock in chairs or wheelchairs a set number of times as volunteers from a local church collect funds.
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Medical Park Convalescent Center
Heart Fund
Nursing Home
Barbara Rutledge
Heart Fund Jamboree Boosts Nursing Home Pledge Drive
The Morgan County American Heart Association chapter sponsors the jamboree with Alabama Nursing Home Association and American Health Care Association. Summer volunteers at Medical Park and Vestavia Hills Baptist Church youth will collect pledges this week and next. Donations can be made at Medical Park in a resident's name. Volunteers will wear Association tags. event starts 2 p.m. Wednesday with refreshments as support for heart disease research.
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Morgan County
American Heart Association
Medical Park
Ready To Rock And Roll Jamboree At Medical Center
Ready To Rock And Roll Medical Park Convalescent Center hosts a Rock and Roll Jamboree to raise funds for the Heart Fund. Volunteers and church youth collect donations while participants roll or rock in chairs for the summer effort.
Alabama Should Grow without New Jersey Style Degradation
Assistant attorney general Hank Caddell urged Alabama to pursue rapid economic development while protecting the environment. He cited good growth management in Decatur and criticized TVA for pollution noncompliance, noting state actions against TVA plants and the need for strong reclamation rules if surface mining occurs in Bankhead National Forest.
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Paul Foreman
Alabama
New Jersey
Hank Caddell
Kiwanians
Caddell
Decatur
Environmental Protection Division
Attorney General's Office
The
Environment
John Caddell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Widow's Creek
Colbert
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
State Attorney General's Office
TVA Com
Smith Lake
Bankhead National Forest
Hillsboro Man Injured in Paducah Area Car Crash
A 19 year old Hillsboro man, Anthony Terry, is in fair condition at Lourdes Hospital Paducah after a collision on U S 45 near Paducah. A companion, Keith Roberts 19 of Paducah, was killed in the wreck. Police said Roberts was driving the car. The crash occurred at 9 50 p m Monday. A 1974 Honda motorcycle was reported stolen from a Decature residence Thursday.
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Hillsboro
Paducah
Lourdes Hospital
Anthony
Tony) Terry
Hillsboro 1
U. S. 45
Kentucky
Keith Roberts
Decature
Sheriff's Department
Rudy Osborne
Terry Myers
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Modaus Rd
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Jim's Electric
Paul’s Electric
Art
Chevrolet
Joe Sartain Ford
Fuller Office Equipment
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Cheerio
Cable
Charles McKimmon Jr
St. John’s Episcopal Church
York
England
God Save the Queen
St. John’s
Huntsville- Decatur
McKimmon
Mike Harris
Calvin Powers
Athens 5
Thomas Smith
Trinity 1
Fayetteville
Tenn
Harris Wilson
Harris
Iday
Moe
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Ting
Osie Bedingfield
Lena Swafford
Betsy Hardin
Cynthia Dennison
Bankhead
U. S. Interior Department
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