Editor's Notes
Persistence pays off in obtaining turn lane on 43
By Evan Carden SA Editor
      Thanks to the persistence of area citizens, our city leaders and the local police department, there will be a turn lane on U.S. Highway 43 from just about where the Sears store is to McVay Road. This change has been needed for quite some time as evidenced by the number of wrecks that have occurred...
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Another vote for openness
The Birmingham News
      THE ISSUE: Gov. Bob Riley took the right stand after the state's two-year chancellor implored employees not to furnish information to reporters investigating corruption in the college system. Gov. Bob Riley offered a welcome reprieve for two-year college employees who have been badgered by their b...
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Congressional Report
Support America's wounded soldiers
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
      During this week of Easter and Passover, our thoughts turn to the many families here in south Alabama and throughout the country that will spend the holiday without their loved ones - sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers - who are serving in harm's way or who made the ultimate sacrifice in defen...
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Alabama Scene
Chancellor Culverhouse should consider hiring public relations advisor
By Bob Ingram Syndicated Columnist
      Chancellor Renee Culverhouse of the two-year college system touched off a tempest a few days ago when she recommended that postsecondary employees not release certain information to the press. In the same breath she criticized the media for "seeking to discredit our great system.
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