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Commission OKs rate increase for trash pickup
Commission also approves water and DHR appointments
The Blount County Commission in its monthly business meeting Monday approved a 3-percent rate increase for trash pickup for customers of Allied Waste. The effective date of the increase is June 1. The company serves customers in districts 2, 3, and 4 of the county. The current rate is $15.78 per month. The new rate is $16.25 per month. More...
Candy counter boo leads to bliss
by Rob Rice

Ruben and Anne Woodley were just kids all those years ago when a chance encounter at work led to a lifetime romance. Ruben was out of the Navy after World War II and working at Sears. Anne also worked at Sears setting up displays... More...

Snead creates committee to advise on ballfield issues
by Jim Kilgore

Addressing some of the matters discussed at a pre-council work session, the Snead Town Council created a baseball committee to seek improvements to the town's three ballfields. More...

 News
• Dedication
Editorials
The course of scientists' research into the use of embryonic stem cells to treat patients suffering presently incurable disorders such as Parkinson's and heart diseases and diabetes continues to be rocky, but breakthroughs do occur. More...
• Museum needs space
• article has image Cleveland High School aids in cancer fight
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 Columns
• article has image Alabama Scene
Ethics on a dare
Gov. Riley is right to push for additional teeth in our state's ethics law including separate legislation that has been introduced to make improvements and give the state Ethics Commission subpoena power. The current ethics law was passed in 1973 on the final night of the regular session. It was passed on a dare. More...
• article has image Clearly Speaking
• From the Archives
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 Letters
• Be generous
I've been told that some restaurant owners keep the tips. If you use your credit or debit card and include your tips on the card, some owners are said to keep whatever portion they want. To me, this is stealing. The owner sets the prices, which I am willing to pay. The tips are (in my opinion) for the server, for a job well done. More...
• Comments on district/unit system
• 'Living within our means'
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 Sports
• article has image Area tournaments end, sub-region begins
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Area tournaments
The smoke has cleared from last week's area tournaments and five Blount County basketball teams have advanced to this week's sub-region round. The Cleveland Panthers and Hayden Lady Wildcats won their respective area tournaments and will host this week's sub-region game. For Conny Lowery's Cleveland Panthers it was a case of taking care of business. More...
• article has image Oneonta soccer kicks off
• Sub-region games
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 People
• Appalachian students join SADD program
Appalachian High School students have opened a chapter of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). More...
• article has image Lacks -Woodard
• article has image Cordle -Fulmer
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 Faith
• article has image THE BIBLE SPEAKS
'Hanging-out' with Haman
Background Scripture: Esther 4-5. Devotional Reading: Philippians 1:20-30. The Book of Esther is the story of a how a Jewish woman exile became the Queen of Persia and, through the influence of her cousin and foster father Mordecai, was instrumental in saving the exiled Jews from the holocaust plot devised by Haman, the Persian prime minister. More...
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• CHURCHBRIEFS
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 Obituaries
• article has image OBITUARIES
SHERRELL DEWAYNE "SLEEPY" ALLDREDGE, 59, of Blountsville, died Jan. 30, 2009, at Cullman Regional Medical Center. A home builder and carpenter, he was predeceased by parents Newman and Ruby Millwood Alldredge; brother Chalmers Alldredge; and sister Martha Rigsby. More...
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 News Briefs
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QUILTERS OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS The Blount County Quilters' Guild is offering three $1000 scholarships to 2009 Blount County high school graduates. Only requirement for a student to be considered for a scholarship is to compose a two-page essay titled "What Quilts Mean to Me" and mail to The Blount County Quilters' Guild, 1225 Palisades Parkway, Oneonta, AL 35121. More...
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