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Cleveland High School tenth-grade students pose with principal Denise Martin (center) to celebrate their $100 prizes for placing tops in the state in the Alabama High School Graduation Exam USA TestPrep SMACKDOWN contest. Marvin Milner (right) placed first in the state with 121,500 points and 228 practice tests passed. Katelyn Shostak earned 53,000 points in the contest and passed all parts of the graduation exam on her first attempt. More ... Army Pvt. Jenifer L. Vaughn has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises. More ... Last week in a page two article on the upcoming summer reading program at Oneonta Public Library, the newspaper reported that each child who registers will receive a free book and a summer reading Tshirt. The book is free – that's correct – but the T-shirt is not. It costs $5. We regret the error and any inconvenience it may have caused. More ... Speaking for his newly formed committee, Eugene Horsley asked Oneonta City councilmen to donate land at the city’s former swimming pool location for a Blount County war service memorial. Horsley reported a friend’s request for help in obtaining recognition for Korean Conflict veterans spurred him into action. He said Oneonta Mayor Darryl Ray had suggested the old swimming pool site as an appropriate location. More ... Commissioner of state Department of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks: onehalf million diagnosed diabetes cases, plus an estimated 200,000 more undiagnosed cases – and 10 percent of both cat More ... In the state legislative session just concluded, a bill was passed allowing any municipality with a population of 1000 or more to hold a local election to approve or disapprove local sale of alcoholic beverages. Blount, Randolph, and Clay counties were excluded from the bill on the motion of their elected state representatives. In Blount County's case, the action to exclude was taken by state Rep. Elwyn Thomas. The bill was House Bill 175, sponsored by Representative James Martin of Chilton County. More ... Herbert Gargus opened Mountain Markets with the idea of giving local yard-, garage-, and rummage-salers a place to hawk their wares. Located on county road 29 near its intersection with U.S. 231, Mountain Markets features bathrooms, a snack bar, and lots of space for those wishing to sell almost anything. Gargus took 10 acres of his family farm and converted it into several different types of sales spaces. More ... In 2007, the readers of The Blount Countian submitted more than 125 entries in our original Blount’s Best Burger Contest. Now, we are asking you to do the same. After a year off to allow our stomachs (and arteries) to recover, the best burger contest returns. Covered Bridge Grill was the winner two years ago and they are looking to uphold their title. More ... |
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