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Notecards showcase Blount’s natural beauty
The breathtaking beauty of Blount’s Locust Fork of the Warrior River is captured on notecards being offered for sale. Each card features one of Beth Maynor’s six scenes of the river highlighted against rugged rock formations and along towering trees. More...
Volunteers for school year approved
Blount County Board of Education
by Rob Rice

The Blount County Board of Education approved 39 volunteers to help with various programs in the system’s schools during the current school year: Appalachian High – Johnathan Beard, Fred Cochran, William Jason Fuller, Joshua Steven Fuller, Robert Grissom, James Nathan Moore, Tracy Tidwell, and Blake Witt Walker More...

Blountsville forges ahead
by Laurie Pitts

Blountsville Town Council voted unanimously Monday the 21st to begin the application process for a grant to fund construction of a recreational trail. Once complete, the dual-purpose trail would provide ample space for both cyclists and pedestrians. More...

 News
• Museum upgraded
A $2500 grant Blount County Historical Society received through CAWACO is being used to upgrade the county Memorial Museum’s office equipment. Rep. Elwyn Thomas informed curator Amy Rhudy and Doris Brothers, society treasurer, of the grant approval in July. More...
• article has image Soda Shoppe is back open
• article has image City/county chamber launches strategic planning update
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 Columns
• article has image Alabama Scene
State Supreme Court upholds open records law
In a strongly-worded opinion, the Alabama Supreme Court has upheld the state's 86-year-old open records law, saying it represents a long history of openness and should be interpreted in a manner favorable to the public. More...
• From the Archives
• article has image LIVING WELL
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 Letters
• Busy sheriff’s department
Editorials
The anxiety levels of drug deal- ers over the county must be rising, as Sheriff Lloyd Arrington and his crew successfully give priority to running them down. Apparently the general public would be astonished to realize offenders’ prevalence in the area. And if drug trafficking thrives, so does drug abuse, which it feeds, and therein lies the greatest tragedy of all. More...
• Transparency
• Letters to the editor
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 Sports
• article has image HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL • WEEK FIVE PREVIEW
Mid-season rivalry games
With the exception of Hayden entertaining Pleasant Grove, all of the county schools will step out of region play this week. That means a couple of games – Cleveland at J.B. Pennington; Oneonta at Susan Moore – will be for bragging rights and community pride. More...
• article has image Panthers blast Eagles for first win
• article has image Eagles smother Saints
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 People
• article has image Quilters Guild to display quilts
Blount County Quilters Guild will display members’ beautifully crafted quilts during a show scheduled next month at Palisades Park. A nominal fee of $3 will be charged for the show, to be open between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24. More...
• article has image Dynamic Ina Brown
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 Faith
• article has image THE BIBLE SPEAKS
Let’s do it!
Background Scripture: Nehemiah 2. Devotional Reading Isaiah 62:1-7. Significant projects are sometimes attributed to skillful leadership and other times to the enthusiastic response of the followers. But I have found that the most successful efforts occur when both leaders and followers share the “Let’s do it!” spirit. More...
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• article has image Church dedicates organ
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 Obituaries
• article has image OBITUARIES
If there appears to be a disagreement among family members about information to appear in an obituary, The Blount Countian reserves the right to decline to publish any of it. More...
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 News Briefs
• NEWSBRIEFS
PALISADES PARK CHRISTMAS LIGHTING is in planning staging and anyone interested in reserving a spot to decorate (businesses, churches, clubs, families) should contact Jeff Todd at the park at 274-0017. Reservations taken Oct. 1 through Nov. 16 with decoration beginning in November. No charge for reservations and prizes awarded in four categories. More...
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