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Takin’ it easy
Mr. Scarecrow in his bright blue overalls is resting just fine on his pile of hay surrounded by colorful chrysanthemum blooms and a round orange pumpkin. Even the crow on the fence behind him seems too lazy to move. These eye-catching decorations won first place for We-Tote-Em in the Blountsville Business Association’s recent fall decoration contest. More...
Coca-Cola to be beverage of choice
Blount County Board of Education
by Rob Rice

The Blount County Board of Education approved the recommendation of Supt. Jim Carr and entered into a 10- year contract with Coca-Cola Bottling Company United. The contract gives to the company advertising and pouring rights at all Blount County High School facilities and all future facilities that may be constructed by the system. In other business, the board: More...

Temporary silence
Town of Cleveland
by Laurie Pitts

Just five days following a community meeting concerning a possible sale of the municipal water and sewer, Cleveland Town Council met on Oct. 6 as regularly scheduled. The 30- minute session drew a smaller crowd and was much quieter than usual. More...

 News
• Bentley to speak at chamber breakfast
Update from the chamber of commerce
Dr. Robert Bentley (R-Tuscaloosa), a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and a candidate for the 2010 Republican nomination for governor of Alabama, will speak at the Blount County-Oneonta Chamber of Commerce breakfast Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 a.m. at Twin Oaks in Oneonta and will be sponsored by the Birmingham Water Works. More...
• County to study roads dilemma in subdivisions
• article has image Foreclosures continue steep climb through third quarter
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 Columns
• article has image Alabama Scene
Completing the I-65 corridor of Alabama's aviation history
On March 26, 1910, Orville Wright soared above the cotton fields west of Montgomery. It was the first flight of an airplane in Alabama and one of the first few flights in the world. More...
• From the Archives
• article has image LIVING WELL
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 Letters
• Two sides to every story
I have tried to refrain from writing this because of Mike being on the Cleveland Town Council. And with all respect of this paper it reports the story as it happens. More...
• Thank you
• Commissioner responds to attorney
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 Sports
• article has image HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL • WEEK EIGHT PREVIEW
Huge games for playoff-bound teams
With wins last week, three Blount County teams (Appalachian, Oneonta, and Susan Moore) all but wrapped up playoff spots and will now look to improve or hang onto their seeding. All three could host a playoff game. Appalachian and Susan Moore are hoping to be part of a three-way tie atop the region while Oneonta is looking to hold on for second place. More...
• article has image Eagles pummel Jefferson Christian
• article has image Bulldogs blast Lions
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 People
• article has image Dentist sponsors DNA print event
Dr. Susan D. Wells, a dentist in Warrior, brought the DNA LifePrint Child Safety program to families in the community Sept. 26, when she sponsored the child safety event at her office. This event is part of a program designed to reach millions of children across the nation and is endorsed by John Walsh, trusted name in fighting crime. More...
• article has image Carter - Bailey
• article has image Four generations, two families
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 Faith
• article has image THE BIBLE SPEAKS
Not what but who?
Background Scripture: Mark 7:24-30. Devotional Reading 2 Corinthians 8:1-7. If the writers of the Gospels had intended to hide from us anything that might detract from Jesus, Mark 7:24-30 (and Matthew 15:29-31) would not be in our Bibles today. It appears that Jesus is turning down a request for healing because the petitioner was a Gentile woman, not a Jewess. More...
• article has image FAITH MATTERS
• article has image CHURCHBRIEFS
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 Obituaries
• 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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