Recently added articles from Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL):
Sword swallower from area earns national award.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Huggins Oct. 10--Dan Meyer never imagined his sword-swallowing act would bring him before the world's greatest scholars. But there he was Thursday in front of five Nobel Prize winners and hundreds of other professors, doctors and scientists at Harvard's ...
Crossings developer wants country club land.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Fleischauer Oct. 10--The developer of The Crossings of Decatur said Tuesday he has offered to buy 50 acres of Decatur Country Club for a 450,000-square-foot shopping center. George Tomlin, owner of GBT Realty of Brentwood, Tenn., said he has retailers ...
Riley gives funds for 3rd district court judge.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sheryl Marsh Oct. 10--There is now an opening for a district court judge in Morgan County. Gov. Bob Riley announced Tuesday that he plans to fund the judgeship, which will give Morgan three district court judges. "It gives me great pleasure to be ...
Morgan HR director's status made permanent.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sheryl Marsh Oct. 10--The Morgan County Commission made human resources director Terry Naccarato a permanent employee after learning of his stand against purported illegal hirings. The questionable hirings were in the Sheriff's Department. ...
In a nutshell: 83-year-old works a year to perfect his secret pecan pie recipe.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Patrice Stewart Oct. 10--Carver Gordon is a 21st century man -- at least when it comes to cooking and tinkering with his latest creation, 21st Century Pecan Pie. He never thought of himself as the cook of the family, but now that he's 83 and retired, he has ...