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No New Constitution?/Hard Times
We've mentioned the need for home rule and constitutional reform here before...not that we think it's going to happen in our lifetime. Mike Goens again brought up the subject of a new state...
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Saluting Kerry Gilbert/Protest Letters Still Arriving
Local musician Kerry Gilbert remains in ECM Hospital awaiting test results. Kerry is well known in local music circles, operating primarily out of his home base of Franklin County. Friends say that...
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A "Judgement" on "Heroine"
A Shoals Heroine Being Used?Several readers regularly kid the bloggers here at Shoalanda, as well as our friend at O.B.'s Corner, about our critiques of the TimesDaily. We usually call it the...
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The Truth About School Resource Officers
Yesterday, we made a humorous comment about school resource officers. One who labors here with us felt it was perhaps not in good taste. The line why don't they call them "ya better do what I say or ya...
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Saluting Jim Smith
Many in the Shoals know of Jim Smith and his wonderful book Walk Through Town. Jim has frequently provided historical details for our blog, as well as offering some columns for us and other blogs to...
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AMHOF Ad Nauseum
If you've read the TimesDaily today, you quite possibly now know more about the problems at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame than you've ever wanted to. We are going to commend the TD for asking some...
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Don't Blame Spellcheck for These Errors
It's certainly easy to blame spellcheck for a number of errors in the news today. If we can't attribute errata to spellcheck, the slightly more evolved auto-correct often looks like a good patsy....
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Meet Chris Seibert
You may remember the name Chris Seibert from some weeks ago when he saved a child from drowning in the gulf, or you may know him as an Athens city councilman. Be prepared to hear a lot more about Chris...
View ArticleJust What Was That Promotion? Da Bomb?
We know that rumors of bombs coming to Florence city schools Thursday have made their way to police who have stated there have been no credible threats. Who makes those kinds of threats? Usually...
View ArticleIt Was An Alien Invasion?
No bomb threats, just an alien invasion, and a mock one at that. From WMSR 94.9:Everyone, we have received numerous inquiries about the article in the Times Daily this morning. Of course, we were not...
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Unionize Helen Keller Hospital?
That elephant looks familiar. Does his owner know something we don't? How would Huntsville Hospital feel about such a plan? It might just be an interesting autumn in local hospital circles.*****On...
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Special Report: This Is the Saddest Post We've Ever Written
If any have not heard, Jerry Wayne Edgil and his wife Caroline Cunningham Edgil were in an auto crash last night in Franklin County. Caroline, 72, later passed away at the hospital. Jerry, 71, is in...
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Tuscumbia Makes Daily Mail/Dumb & Dumber
"Well, it is Alabama."The above was one comment concerning an article in the internationally popular Daily Mail. What was the article? If you guessed an item detailing the mock alien invasion turned...
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Two Local Parole Hearings September 10th
Many readers have asked to be made aware of parole hearings for local individuals. We're going to attempt to keep everyone updated on these as we hear of them. Scheduled for September 10th, from D.K.:...
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Miss Labor Day 2013
Yes, it's that time of year again...time for the annual Labor Day beauty pageant. This year's festivities started on a sad note when it was announced that the Sheffield Sanitation Department's entry...
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Matthew Fox & Jamie Mackey
We've previously mentioned that Matthew Fox will be having a parole hearing on September 18th. He has far more chance of making parole than did his co-conspirator Ashley Greenhill. Fox has no previous...
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Why Revenge Isn't Justice, but Neither is "Justice"
The most horrible thing a person can experience in life is the death of those they love most. If the death is accidental, it makes it that much worse. The "what if's" never go away. Yet even worse is...
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Do You Really Need a Website?
How many of you have your own website? Not counting Facebook or blogs which many use as a personal page, we're guessing not too many of our readers have a personal website. How about business?...
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No More Appeals for Jon Thomas Wallis
Laynie's face was bruised; it was always bruised. Laynie told her friends that Eddie beat her regularly. First she asked them to visit often to protect her; then she told them to stay away. One day the...
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Not an "Orchestrated Attempt" at a News Story
Years ago, many newspapers used what were called "fillers" to even out page content. In an era before computerized type setting, fillers were invaluable--not to mention they enlightened readers on the...
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