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November 4, 2009

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Imaginations run wild

Members of the Oneonta Elementary School faculty surprised the students when they dressed up in their Halloween-best last week. Spotted were H1N1 and swine flu characters, sloppy Joes, M&M’s, Dirt Devils (cute advertising ploy), Pink Ladies (for all you Grease fans), and an assorted collection of animals. More...

Search for new superintendent begins

Oneonta City Board of Education

by Rob Rice

Interviews will begin next week as the Oneonta City Board of Education starts the search for a replacement for retiring superintendent Jack Housch. During Monday night’s work session, the board discussed the process and timeline for selecting a new superintendent and then reviewed the applications and resumes of the 32 applicants. More...

2009 Veterans Day Parade rolls at 10 a.m. this Saturday

Lineup 9 a.m. Sav-a-Lot parking area: bands, floats, buses, troops, and groups More...

•	Snead holds over question of transferred abatement, raises employees’ pay

•	Pass v. Cleveland to be continued

•	Newspaper begins 117th year of publication

News

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Photo

Blount County Covered Bridge Festival went well this month. Even the rain held off after early morning, but the bridges themselves were another matter. More...

•	Cleveland Elementary “McTeachers”

•	Schools to honor veterans

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Columns

•	Alabama Scene

Bingo decision affects only Walker County, but more court action possible

Gov. Bob Riley did just about everything he could, except climb the dome of the State Supreme Court and threaten to drop an explosive device inside, to keep Circuit Judge Robert Vance of Birmingham from being assigned to handle the disposition of electronic bingo litigation in Walker County. More...

•	From the Archives

•	Change of Lifestyle

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Letters

•	Letters ask for help

‘Covered bridges ... will only be a memory’

A resident of Texas and another of New Hampshire are searching for a way to ensure the preservation of Blount County, Alabama’s, three covered bridges. More...

•	Blount County, home of the covered bridges

•	Letters to the editor

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Sports

•	HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL • WEEK ONE PLAYOFF PREVIEW

Only the strong survive

Four Blount County teams made the playoffs with two on the road and two playing at home. Cleveland, the No. 4 team in Region 7, has arguably the toughest trip as Mark O’Bryant’s Panthers will travel to Lexington to take on the No. 9 team in Class 2A. More...

•	Balanced Bulldogs too much for Hornets

•	Cleveland comes up short at Appalachian

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People

•	Benedikt’s: A gem in the hills

Nestled in the mountains of eastern Blount County is a restaurant of a rare sort. It is truly a family establishment. It is not one where cans are opened and their bland innards plopped into a steam table. More...

•	Marske - McDuffee

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Birth

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Faith

•	THE BIBLE SPEAKS

A stoneship priesthood

Background Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-17. Devotional Reading Deuteronomy 10:10-15. Our passage this week has more concerns than I can cover in one column, or than you are likely to comprehend in one reading or class session. Perhaps a series of questions can help us plumb the depths of these passages. Each of you must supply your own answers. More...

•	FAITH MATTERS

•	Angels in Blount County

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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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