Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) back issues from October 2007:
Surprise! Today is your wedding day.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Deangelo McDaniel Oct. 1--With his bride less than 20 yards away outside a door, Brent Gailey called for the music to "Feel the Nails." "That's one of my favorites," he said. After that, he sang one more song before Pastor Chris Martin walked to ...
The Finalizer, 18, claims championship title.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Huggins Oct. 1--A lot of experts probably thought The Finalizer was history now that the former world grand champion racking horse was 18 years old. Lamar Denny thought otherwise and made history Saturday night.He rode the black stallion he trains in ...
Surprise! Today is your wedding day: Bride makes secret arrangements; groom: ?They got me'.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Deangelo McDaniel Oct. 1--With his bride less than 20 yards away outside a door, Brent Gailey called for the music to "Feel the Nails." "That's one of my favorites," he said. After that, he sang one more song before Pastor Chris Martin walked to the pulpit, moved ...
AU adds another weapon: After winning at Florida, Tigers get Lester back.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ross Dellenger Oct. 1--AUBURN -- The status of Auburn running back Brad Lester is no longer in doubt. He will play this weekend. But coaches refused to reveal Sunday if Lester would start against Vanderbilt on Saturday, and they declined to disclose what Lester's ...
Tide's Wilson struggles again, and his coach notices.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Josh Cooper Oct. 1--JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When addressing criticism, Alabama's John Parker Wilson knows it's all about the most recent view. On the Wednesday preceding the Crimson Tide's game against Florida State, he said, "It's what have you done for me lately?" ...
No smoking, no business at Decatur restaurants?: Some owners report smaller crowds on law's first day.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Deangelo McDaniel Oct. 2--Lee Cagle has a message for the Decatur City Council. "You're going to put a lot of waiters out of a job because of this smoking ordinance," he said. A regular customer at the Waffle House on Sixth Avenue, Cagle stood ...
Court won't hear challenge to state sex toy law: Pleasures' owner not changing store's inventory despite defeat.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Fleischauer Oct. 2--The sale of sex toys in Alabama is about to become illegal, but the owner of Pleasures in Decatur and Huntsville said her inventory will not change. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the state's 1998 ban ...
BRIEF: Mother may plead in vehicular homicide.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Holly Hollman Oct. 2--ATHENS -- A school bus loaded with inmates delayed an expected plea from a mother charged with vehicular homicide for a crash that killed a 5-year-old girl. Sheriff Mike Blakely borrowed the school bus from the Limestone County Board of ...
BRIEF: Leath retiring; search begins for Limestone County assistant superintendent.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Holly Hollman Oct. 2--ATHENS -- Looking for a job as an assistant superintendent? Then Limestone County is looking for you. Assistant Superintendent Richard Leath is retiring in December. The search for his replacement starts Tuesday. ...
State flu shot clinics begin.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: M.J. Ellington Oct. 2--MONTGOMERY -- Flu shot clinics begin this week in parts of North Alabama. Lawrence County residents have an opportunity to roll up their sleeves this week. Clinic days will be in mid-October in Limestone County and the last week of the ...
Powers earns SEC defensive top honors.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ross Dellenger Oct. 2--AUBURN -- Decatur High grad Jerraud Powers says he's "just getting lucky." Everyone else begs to differ. "He shows up in all the right spots," defensive coordinator Will Muschamp said. "He made a lot of plays on the ball." ...
Harvest residents don't want honky-tonk next to neighborhood.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Holly Hollman Oct. 2--ATHENS -- Jim Bernhard is a self-proclaimed "one mad Yankee." Bernhard, who moved to Foxridge Subdivision in Harvest from north of the Mason-Dixon line, is upset that a commercial development is under way adjacent to his neighborhood. ...
Hartselle approves variances for developer with links to Lowe's.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Deangelo McDaniel Oct. 2--HARTSELLE -- The Board of Zoning Adjustment approved two variances for an Anniston development company with ties to Lowe's Home Improvement. The variances went to McWhorter and Co., a commercial contractor that this year announced ...
He's no longer overlooked after big kick: Byrum's field goal gives him revenge against school that didn't want him.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ross Dellenger Oct. 2--AUBURN -- Tight end Tommy Trott looked Wes Byrum in the eyes and said, "All right, Wes, I'm sorry, but I've got to do this. Don't mess this up." Byrum didn't. Just seconds after Trott's helpful statement, the true freshman ...
Tanner's Ryan Powers keeps working at Arkansas.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ronak Patel Oct. 2--Ryan Powers, a redshirt freshman linebacker at Arkansas, recently learned how quirky college football can be. The former Tanner High standout started his first collegiate game on the road Sept. 15 against Alabama, a team he rooted for as a ...
Coyotes or kidnappers snatching Trinity cats?
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ronnie Thomas Oct. 2--TRINITY -- Meadowview Estates has 10, maybe more, missing cats. If the culprits are coyotes or hawks, as some suggest, one thing's certain: They have locked into a steady diet. But some residents suspect something more sinister -- cat ...
City's IB programs growing accomplishing goals of many.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bayne Hughes Oct. 2--Decatur's International Baccalaureate Diploma programs are growing at a phenomenal rate and accomplishing all they expected, school officials, students and industrial recruiters told the Rotary Club of Decatur on Monday. Jeanne Payne, ...
Dope worth $600,000 in Tanner: Limestone authorities find 800 pounds of marijuana.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Holly Hollman Oct. 2--TANNER -- There is a ticked-off drug dealer in Limestone County this morning. Limestone authorities, responding to a burglary call Monday, found more than 800 pounds of marijuana hidden beneath a camouflage tarp on a utility trailer in ...
BRIEF: Decatur location main producer of Meow Mix food.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Fleischauer Oct. 2--Cute commercials are great for the owners, but the cats are more interested in the food. Del Monte Pet Products at 1200 Market St. N.E. in Decatur is the main production plant for Del Monte's Meow Mix dry cat food lines. ...
Council annexes 166-acre property: Decatur lures future 400-lot development with sewer ordinance.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Evan Belanger Oct. 2--By a unanimous vote, the Decatur City Council ushered in what may become a new era for city expansion. After months of delay, the council moved forward Monday with a 166-acre property annexation in the Burleson Mountain area near ...
Holding off the ban: 3 businesses get order to stop ordinance enforcement.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sheryl Marsh Oct. 2--For now the smoke won't vanish in three businesses after a judge issued a temporary restraining order against the Decatur City Council and Mayor Don Kyle. Owners of the businesses argue that city officials are superseding federal and ...
Lawrence school board questions possible nepotism in hiring.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Nancy Glasscock Oct. 2--MOULTON -- For three consecutive school board meetings, Rebecca Nichols' name has been on the agenda for approval as a clerical aide at East Lawrence High School. The Lawrence County Board of Education approved Nichols at a meeting ...
Lawrence schools making progress toward desegregation.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Nancy Glasscock Oct. 2--MOULTON -- The Lawrence County school system is continuing to make progress toward achieving federal desegregation guidelines, said the school system's attorney, Jerome Thompson. Since March, six of the county's 13 schools have shown ...
Reviews good for McClain.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Josh Cooper Oct. 2--TUSCALOOSA -- It seems like every week, someone on Alabama's defense will praise Rolando McClain. A true freshman linebacker from Decatur High, McClain started the Crimson Tide's first three games at middle linebacker, serving as the ...
Patriots on the rise: Brewer enjoys fan reaction to best season since 2000.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Edwards Oct. 2--FLORETTE -- Brewer High senior Miles Cloer works a part-time job at a Hartselle grocery store, and he sometimes sees friends who play football at Hartselle. A fullback for the Patriots, Cloer often will hear them speak this phrase about ...
GLAD hatters: Women wear all the hats at recent club meeting.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Patrice Stewart Oct. 2--"Whenever you wear your hat, your day will be special." Gardening hats, traveling hats, sunshade hats, Easter parade hats, afternoon tea hats, church hats, seasonal and other hats all showed up for the first Women's Connection ...
Right-turn lane benefits Old Moulton Road traffic.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Catherine Godbey Oct. 2--While the population expansion on Old Moulton Road Southwest benefits Decatur economically, motorists on the two-lane road suffer traffic delays, specifically at Beltline Road. As one of several planned improvements, the Public Works ...
Tanner hairstylist to fight quarry relocation.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Holly Hollman Oct. 2--TANNER -- A hairstylist from Tanner is, at times, trading her scissors for a pen. Traci McLin is gathering signatures on a petition that opposes Rogers Group's planned relocation of its rock quarry from Elkmont to Tanner. ...
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 ...
Daily taste testers attempt to crack open his formula.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Patrice Stewart Oct. 10--He folded secret ingredients and techniques into his 21st Century Pecan Pie, but Carver Gordon's not telling what. The consensus of Decatur Daily staffers is that it's one of the best pecan pies they have tasted, or "like Grandma used ...
Decatur shoppers hit Target: 125,000-square-foot store opens doors at The Crossings.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Eric Fleischauer Oct. 10--"Woo hoo! I get to go to Target!" That was my daughter, Sarah, as I tried to find a space in the jam-packed parking lot at The Crossings of Decatur for its anchor store's "silent opening" Tuesday night. It wasn't ...
Child-seat demonstrations offered in wake of wreck.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Seth Burkett Oct. 10--A wreck last week that injured a baby riding in an improperly installed child seat should serve as a reminder about the importance of properly securing child seats, Decatur police said. Police will hold child safety seat demonstrations ...
Red Raiders riding high: After slumping a year ago, Decatur back to its winning ways as it prepares to face No. 2 Russellville.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brooke Milam Oct. 10--Sitting in the Decatur High weight room after an intense practice Tuesday morning, Red Raiders players vividly remember hosting Russellville a year ago. That season, all the hype belonged to the visiting Golden Tigers, who took a 38-28 ...
Battle over inmate's bills: Commission, Hartselle debate who will cover medical expenses after shooting.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Deangelo McDaniel Oct. 10--HARTSELLE -- While Larry Dean Maples waits to be sentenced and transferred to a state prison, two governmental entities are trying to determine who should pay his medical bills. "We didn't shoot him," Morgan County Commission ...
Poverty group focuses on issues.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: M.J. Ellington Oct. 10--MONTGOMERY -- Mem-bers of state House task force looking for realistic ways to help poor Alabamians vowed to focus on key goals, with in-put from people living in poverty. "It is important to focus on those we can help, ...
Pocket park renovation nears completion.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Huggins Oct. 10--With the obstacles that slowed progress on the downtown pocket park this summer out of the way, the end of the renovation could be just a month away. In September, all electrical work was completed, including installation of light ...
City eyes riverfront site: Officials consider making $1.8 million offer for land next to Point Mallard Park.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Evan Belanger Oct. 10--Decatur city officials could be prepared to offer $1.8 million to purchase an empty property adjacent to Point Mallard Park. The 44-acre site, which belongs to General Electric Co., is one of the last remaining undeveloped waterfront ...
Auburn's King knows about having to sit.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Ross Dellenger Oct. 10--AUBURN -- Brandon Cox feels King Dunlap's pain. He's felt the humiliation, the shame, the grief that comes with being a benched senior starter who was replaced by a true freshman. "I know what he's going through," Cox said Tuesday. "I ...
Stover on his Tide academic, athletic career: I made it.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Josh Cooper Oct. 10--TUSCALOOSA -- For any who doubts Nikita Stover's academic ability, Nikita Stover has a message for you: "I'm going to graduate here in December." Now an Alabama wide receiver, the Hartselle High grad sat down after practice ...