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New sheriff, Loyd Arrington, has Blount County ties
Loyd Arrington, 62, who retired a year ago as captain and assistant chief of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation in Montgomery, was sworn in last Thursday afternoon as Blount County sheriff. Arrington was appointed by Governor Bob Riley to fill the unexpired term of former sheriff Danny Morton who resigned effective Jan. More...
Alpine Advertising experiments with live television broadcast
City of Oneonta
by Jim Kilgore

Alpine Advertising Agency continues to finetune its efforts to serve the community with live television transmissions. Alpine first attempted live feed in December with the Oneonta Christmas parade. It made its second attempt last week, broadcasting the regular Oneonta City Council meeting. More...

Blount County schools begin proration fight
by Rob Rice

In an effort to combat the coming effects of proration, the Blount County school system has adopted a broad policy of conservation measures intended to reduce everyday expenses. "Our system is in sound shape financially," says Blount County Superintendent of Education Jim Carr. More...

 News
• Important chamber breakfast next week
The chamber breakfast to be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Twin Oaks may prove to be one of the most important programs presented during my tenure. More...
• Drug awareness programs set for remaining county schools
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 Columns
• 'The least of these'
Editorial
In a recent conversation, a cherished and wise friend lamented many churches' preoccupation with matters unrelated to Christ's command to help those in need. As he sees it, that "helping others" is at the core of Christ's teaching. More...
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 Letters
• Reader writes
Readers like good news
Just a note to tender some food for thought concerning our newspaper. As you are aware, Sylvia and I both are regular readers of The Blount Countian and we enjoy it very much. We hope that this medium of communication, of telling the readers what's happening as well as what has already happened continues at least as long as we are around. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Panthers, Redskins claim junior high titles
The Blount County Junior High Basketball tournaments wrapped up Saturday night with a pair of exciting games in the finals. The top seeds held true for both tournaments with Cleveland taking the girls title with a thrilling, 36-34 victory over J.B. Pennington in the finals. More...
• All-County Second Team
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 People
• article has image Festive event marks birthday
Emma Sue Martin of Oneonta was happily surprised upon arrival Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28, at the town's Senior Citizens Center to realize she was the honoree of a birthday celebration. Mrs. Martin is 80; her actual birth date is Dec. 31, 1928. More...
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 Faith
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Great expectations
Background Scripture: Judges 13. Devotional Reading: Psalms 91. You don't have to be a parent in order to appreciate the story of Samson and his father, Manoah and his unnamed mother, but it helps. It is the story of great expectations not fully realized - the all-too-frequent, but not inevitable, experience of parenthood. More...
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• CHURCHBRIEFS
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 Obituaries
• OBITUARIES
CARL B. ADAMS, 82, of Cleveland, died Jan. 11, 2009, in Locust Fork. The Morgan County native was the son of the late Luther H. and Bessie Campbell Adams. A retired sheet metal worker with S.L. Pappas Company, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II (1944-1946). He was a member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church. More...
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 News Briefs
• NEWSBRIEFS
ORATORICAL CONTEST AT 10 A.M. SATURDAY The newsbrief about the American Legion Post 72 oratorical contest printed on page 2 of this week's Section B did not include the time, which is 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Frank B. Green Building in Oneonta. Please refer to that newsbrief for more information about the contest. More...
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