Economic developer better alternative than full-time mayor
     The issue of a full-time Jackson mayor versus a full-time economic developer is being debated right now.
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Hospital possibilities deserve close look
     Another big issue that has come to the front burner is related to hospitals and health care.
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Publisher's Comments
Quarterly discussions could spark great things
By Jim Cox SA Publisher
     It was good to see 50 to 60 Jackson community representatives come together last week to discuss the city's future.
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Alabama Scene
     Nepotism, waste and misspending rampant in state's two-year schools
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Southern Style
Home place
By Ellen Williams
     In Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, Gerald O'Hara tells his daughter Scarlet: Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for tis the only thing in the world that lasts; and don't you be forgetting it! It's the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for-worth dying for
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Letter to the Editor
Proud to honor our heroes
     Dear Editor, After reading the article by Ellen Williams on "The Greatest Generation," I felt led to try to write a letter to you.
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Jackson Fire Department Report
     Members of the Jackson Fire Department were paged to a wreck on Choctaw Bluff Road around 1 p.m., Saturday.
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Guest Column
By Linda Breedlove
     Too many are too fat in Alabama and U.S. It seems everything I read lately contains a story about obesity in the United States. Whether it be one of my favorite women's magazines or daily newspapers, there are new facts being released about how obesity affects our overall health.
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Is Hebron Spring our own fountain of youth?
     It may seem odd that in this day and age when we all have an abundant supply of fresh, clean water available to us simply by turning on the faucet, that there are many of us in Clarke County who still prefer to get our water the old-fashioned way; from a spring.
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