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No more used car sales to be allowed in parking lots
By Evan Carden SA Editor
      Individuals wanting to sell their vehicles within the city limits of Jackson will no longer be able to do it in parking lots following the adoption of a new ordinance during Tuesday's city council meeting. The council voted to approve Ordinance No. 06-26-07, which prohibits the private sales of m...
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Some Jackson High students to be subject to drug screenings
By Barry H. Hendrix Special to The South Alabamian
      The Clarke County Board of Education approved June 20 drug screening for students involved in extracurricular activities at Jackson High School. The screening will also affect students who want parking privileges. In the written policy, the school system declares students involved in extracurricu...
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'An Evening with Bill W' at USA
      Internationally known writer and actor Bill McNiff will deliver a dramatic monologue illuminating the life and recovery of Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. In "...Moments..." Wilson comes to life in this moving and humorous presentation.
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Resident asks county for help with Good Hope Road
By Barry H. Hendrix Special to The South Alabamian
      Resident Sonya Stallworth asked the Clarke County Commission for help Tuesday on maintaining the Good Hope Road. "My car has been shaken to pieces," she said. She was concerned whether the road department had enough employees to maintain county roads. She also asked about more than $33,000 in mis...
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Early deadlines, closing announced for next week
      The South Alabamian will print a day early next week due to the Fourth of July falling on Wednesday, the normal publication day. Please submit items for next week's paper by 5 p.m. Friday. The deadline for ads for next week will be noon on Monday.
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Lightning bolt destroys tree
      Lightning took out a tree on Batley Road in Leroy during a storm on June 19. The tree was in the yard of Doug Ramey. Ramey said he was sitting on the front porch early Tuesday morning when he heard a "big boom."
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Students at LHS 'pump it up' in DASH PE week
By Ellen Williams SA Reporter
      Who says school can't be great fun! Friday, June 22, on the front lawn of Leroy High School, students in K-6 grades were sliding down the giant blow-up water slide and having loads of fun. The week of June 18-22 was "Pump It Up," or physical fitness week of the four-week DASH program.
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Protesters greet President Bush during his visit to Mobile
By Ellen Williams SA Reporter
      They each drove three and one-half hours to get to Mobile last Thursday, June 21, to express outrage, frustration and anger against President Bush's amnesty bill now being debated in the U.S. Senate. Bill Anthony of Tallassee (Elmore County) and Patricia Godwin, Selma both feel passionately about ...
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Holly completes leadership program
      LaShaunda Holly, Executive Director, of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, recently completed Institute for Organization Management (Institute), an intensive weeklong nonprofit leadership training program June 17- 21, 2007, at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga.
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Clarke students attend conference
      Although the worst drought in decades has left Alabama fields parched, a conference June 22-24 at the 4-H Center in Columbiana gave hope that the state's farms and rural communities are producing at least one crop - a crop of future leaders.
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Law performs with Studdard
      William Law, a sophomore at Jackson High School, performed live as an instrumentalist in concert at the Ruben Studdard Music Camp concert finale, Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the James A. Smith Convocation Center in Dothan.
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