14 Year Old Eagle Scout Tommy Hester Makes Rank
Tommy Hester, 14, earned the Eagle Scout rank on May 1. An eighth grader at Oak Park Middle School, he delivers The Decatur Daily after sports practice and plays for the school team and the Dixie League Indians as second baseman. He cites camping and learning moral standards as benefits of Scouting.
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Tommy Hester
Hester
John Hester
13Th St. SE
Tommy
Oak Park Middle School
Decatur
Oak Park
Indians
New Approach Aims to Recoach Disruptive Students
In Decatur schools a North Central Alabama Mental Health Center program trains volunteers to partner with teachers. Volunteers use an I'm okay You're okay method to reward good behavior and reduce problem child disruptions.
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Ben Windham
North Central Alabama Mental Health Center
Decatur
Jackie Cherones
Cherones
Preston Bryant
Bryant
Civil Defense Officials Inspect Brown's Ferry Plant Today
The director of Civil Defense research projects at Oak Ridge and J. C. Bresee were to visit civil defense fixtures. Bresee planned to inspect Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Plant before touring the Decatur Civil Defense office, according to Morgan County Civil Defense director J. Howard Proctor.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Tenn
J.C. Bresee
Brown's Ferry
Decatur
Local graduates and honors noted at Snead State and area schools
The Decatur Daily reports Rebecca Grissom of Danville among 65 graduates at Snead State Junior College in June. Jacksonville State University lists spring honor roll names including Terry Wayne Owen and Sherri Hooper. The piece also notes a mental health center volunteer program for teachers, details about T. C. Almon Day Camp, and National Honor Society induction at Austin High School with member listings.
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Rebecca Grissom
Danville
Snead State Junior College
Inside Tommy Looks Ahead From Decatur To Auburn
Tommy plans to attend Decatur High School then Auburn. He has siblings at Auburn Johnny a sophomore Patsy a junior and Gary 12 a seventh grader at Oak Park. He praises Auburn football but notes a weaker lineup without Sullivan to Beasley and predicts a run based offense.
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Tommy
Decatur High School
Auburn
Johnny
Patsy
Gary
Oak Park
Tigers
Sullivan
Beasley
New Orleans
Oklahoma
Athens Sewer Hearings Open Protests for 3 Million Renovation
Athens officials announce nightly hearings starting tonight through Thursday on a 3 million sewer system upgrade. Eight new service areas will join the system, with plant capacity to double and 360+ new customers to be added.
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Athens
Floyd Jernigan
Reed, Mullins and Associates
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W. H. Blankenship
Lowell S. Hamilton
Alabama Association For Mental Health
Decatur Range Club
National Mental Health
Meath
Morgan Beautiful
Civil Defense
THE
Decatur Daily
Jacksonville State University
Terry Wayne Owen
Union Grove
Sherri Eugenia Hooper
Baileyton
Mary Jane Harris
Deborah Edge McAfee
Juanita Yvonne Moses
Cullman
J. Jeffery Stanfield
Hartselle
Sharon Ferguson
Murray DeGraffenried
David Worth
T. C. Almon
Decatur Parks and Recreation Department
National Honor Society
Austin High School
Jane Price
Jennifer Aldridge
Sheila Thompson
Susan Miller
Susan Adkins
Vicky Patrick
Dawn Buchanan
Margaret Eich
Donna Decker
Patsi Wilks
Jann Davis
Donna Cole
Steve Woodruff
Byron Masters
Sandy Taylor
Julie Knighton
Mark McClanahan
Jay Davis
By Tony Estes
Bellmont
Campbell Subdivisions
Hines St
Sandifer Rd
U.S. 72
Lavert Ave
Hannah
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