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Board to post CCHS band director job as 10-month position
by Terry Dean
May 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The Cherokee County Board of Education, during its Tuesday, May 21 meeting, approved posting the Cherokee County Band Director’s position as a 10-month position. Mitchell Guice, superintendent, Che...
How one civilian pilot gave all
by Terry Dean
May 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
A local family recently returned from Washington D.C. bringing home one of the highest honors civilians can receive to date. According to a statement released from the U.S. Department of State, th...
A coach for all seasons
by Kurt Duryea, Special to The Herald
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Weatherly influenced countless lives along Hall of Fame path
American Legion 62 adds new members
by Terry Dean
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Cherokee County American Legion Post 62 recently signed on five new members as part of its most recent outreach program. All five are residents of Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. ...
POST 62'S NEWEST MEMBERS. Thanks to a new program to help pay the dues of local Veterans, American Legion Post 62 was able to add five new members who reside at Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Cherokee County Native and Alabama Division I American Legion Commander David Hartline said the new membership will provide them with such benefits as subscription to the monthly American Legion Magazine, a $1,000 life insurance policy and others. Pictured, from left, are New Members Henry Givens, Leon Stager, Marvin Mackey and Jesse Clifton. Standing, from left, are Cherokee County Post 62 Member Jim Braswell, New Member Robert McDonald, Post 62 Commander and County Commander Daniel Kovacs, Division I Commander David Hartline and Post 62 Adjutant Kirk Day.
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American Legion 62 adds new members
by Terry Dean
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Cherokee County American Legion Post 62 recently signed on five new members as part of its most recent outreach program. All five are residents of Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. ...
A HIGH CIVILIAN HONOR. The U.S. State Department recently unveiled a new memorial on May 13 that honors civilian police and corrections advisors, pilots and support staff killed while supporting the Department’s criminal justice assistance programs abroad. Pictured, from left, are Neal Chesnut and his mother, Judy Armstrong, son and wife of the late Gary Chesnut, who were recognized in a recent ceremony in Washington D.C. for Gary’s bravery in eradicating illegal drugs in South America.
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How one civilian pilot gave all
by Terry Dean
May 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
A local family recently returned from Washington D.C. bringing home one of the highest honors civilians can receive to date. According to a statement released from the U.S. Department of State, th...
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Studies show that wind power is a safe energy source that benefits public health. Wind power developers regularly engage with local communities to ensure approved siting regulations are in place. Plus wind power is approved by a majority of Americans, ranging from 66 percent to 77 percent in support of wind power. Their reasons are simple, by adding wind power we are putting thousands of Americans to work (up to 75,000 currently), saving ratepayers money on their electric bills, and keeping the environment clean for humans and animals alike. A study released in January 2012 by the Massachusetts departments of Environmental Protection and Public Health issued a definitive scientific analysis that refutes several myths about sound perpetuated by wind energy opponents. Two new international studies have concluded that by power of suggestion a “nocebo” effect takes place, where individuals spread the ills they claim to have from supposed wind turbine infrasound. The “Nocebo” (like placebo) is a perceived impact on one’s health as result of hearing complaints about sound emitting from wind turbines that otherwise wouldn’t take place. In one recent study that looked at complaints over a 20-year period at every wind farm in Australia, complaints about sound were concentrated to areas heavily criticized by anti-wind groups. And complaints escalated sharply only once anti-wind groups arrived. These studies add weight to the growing body of credible science, which reinforces the studies and statements from government health organizations around the world that have noted there is no direct health effect associated with the sounds from wind turbines. David Ward, American Wind Energy Association
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Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military: Hagel

Graduating cadets stand in formation as they arrive for graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers. "Sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military are a profound betrayal - a profound betrayal - of sacred oaths and sacred trusts," Hagel said. "This scourge must be stamped out." His comments came a day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar message to graduates at the U.S. ...


Sat May 25 14:45:49 UTC 2013
Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass

Two freight trains that collided at a rail intersection, collapsing an overpass in Missouri are pictured in this photo courtesy of KFVS12By Tim Bross ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said. None of the seven people hurt in the fiery crash - two train workers and five people who had been in two cars on the overpass - suffered life-threatening injuries, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said in a statement. ...


Sat May 25 16:23:12 UTC 2013
One driver killed as heavy rains flood San Antonio streets
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman died when her car was washed off a bridge in Texas on Saturday as drenching rains triggered flood waters so powerful they swept a San Antonio city bus off the street and prompted dozens of evacuations, officials said. The flooding, which followed torrential rains that brought flash-flood warnings across South Texas, inundated a number of major thoroughfares in the city and collapsed the roof of an apartment complex. ...
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On Memorial Day, remembering friends, family with ‘a heavy but grateful heart’
From William Ray Fullmer: "My nephew, Sgt. Derek Tillman Roberts, spilled his blood on the sands of Iraq to extend the right to live free to the people of the Middle East. On June 14, 2007, Derek was killed by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, placed by those too cowardly to face him on the [...]
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