Rambiling & Ruminating
Recent tornadoes dredge up childhood memories
By Walter Davis SAColumnist
      The recent outbreak of destructive tornadoes across the southeast has caused me to dredge up some old memories of some of my experiences with tornadoes. I have never experienced a direct hit from a tornado, but I have had some close calls and seen up close and personal, some of their results.
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Heed the warnings for bad weather
      Too often when bad weather blows up, a lot of us think, "Oh well, it won't hit us" and we ignore the TV and radio warnings and the sirens, if they are within our hearing. Such was the case last Thursday when the sirens went off in Jackson after a tornado was reportedly spotted in the Salitpa area....
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Alabama Scene
Union between Thomas Corts and State Board of Education was doomed from the start
By Bob Ingram Syndicated Columnist
      You have all known couples who you knew when they married that it wouldn't work…that they simply were not made for each other. The union of Dr. Thomas Corts with the State Board of Education was such a marriage. It was doomed from the start.
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Congressional Report
Medicare drug plan topic of most interest at town meetings
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
      As you may know, I held 14 town hall meetings last month in all six counties of Alabama's First District. I would like to thank the many of you who came out to one or more of these meetings to visit with my staff and me. It was certainly good to see both familiar faces and meet so many new ones.
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