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Take steps to be weather ready during National Severe Weather Preparedness Week

Take steps to be weather ready during National Severe Weather Preparedness Week

The Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are teaming up to promote National Severe Weather Preparedness Week March 3-9. Sponsored by FEMA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Severe Weather Preparedness Week encourages individuals, families, businesses and communities to know about severe weather risks, take action to prepare for them, and Be a Force of Nature by encouraging others to get prepared.

Each year, many people are killed or seriously injured by tornadoes and other types of severe weather, despite advance warning. In 2012, there were more than 450 weather-related fatalities and nearly 2,600 injuries nationwide. Severe weather knows no boundaries and affects every individual in every region.

ASU's Teachers' Fair is set for Friday

ASU's Teachers' Fair is set for Friday

ASU will host over 60 different organizations at their Teacher's Fair on Friday, March 8th. 

This fair is open to the public. All who attend need to be dressed in business attire, have a current resume to give to each prospective employer and have a valid Teacher's-certificate. The fair will offer information and first-level screenings for jobs, with actual call-back interviews scheduled for the same day.

The Teachers' Fair is from 9 a.m. until noon, with follow-up interviews, by appointment, only from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Gov. Bentley to participate in industrial site design announcement

Gov. Bentley to participate in industrial site design announcement

Governor Robert Bentley on Monday will join CSX executives, other elected leaders and economic developers to formally announce Alabama’s first and only CSX Select Site designation.

CSX’s Select Site program reviews the most capable manufacturing and distribution development properties along the CSX network that can rapidly utilize freight rail service. The site in Macon County is 296 acres that will allow the Macon County Economic Development Authority to compete for jobs in the area.

The news conference will take place at 11:00 a.m.

Post Your Fishing Tournaments at OutdoorAlabama.com

Post Your Fishing Tournaments at OutdoorAlabama.com

Fishing tournament organizers are encouraged to post their tournaments in the fishing section of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) website. To post an event, click here. This tournament listing is a free service of the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF).

 “The posting does not reserve the facilities where the tournament actually takes place, but it does provide publicity for the event,” said Damon Abernethy, WFF Fisheries Development Coordinator. “The event listing also allows boaters, anglers and other tournament organizers to see when and where tournaments are being held so they can plan their trips or events ahead of time and reduce congestion at the boat ramps.”
 
Events with more than 100 boats require a free permit from the Alabama Marine Police Division.

Biscuits to hold national anthem auditions

Biscuits to hold national anthem auditions

The Montgomery Biscuits will be holding open auditions to sing the National Anthem on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 10am at Riverwalk Stadium.

Qualified individuals must audition to be considered for performance. The Biscuits ask that candidates come prepared to perform the traditional anthem a cappella, at the original tempo/melody and in the appropriate length of one minute and thirty seconds.

No sign up is required to attend auditions. Candidates will be entering through the employee entrance on Coosa Street.

For more information, visit www.biscuitsbaseball.com or contact Molly Johnson at mjohnson@biscuitsbaseball.com.

Source: Montgomery Biscuits Baseball

Young artists encouraged to enter State Fish Art Contest

Young artists encouraged to enter State Fish Art Contest

Each year the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) partners with Wildlife Forever to conduct the State Fish Art Contest in which students depict a state fish and write a one-page essay to compete for scholarships and other prizes. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2013, and mailed to Wildlife Forever, 2700 Freeway Blvd., No. 1000, Brooklyn Center, MN, 55430.
 
Artists can choose to depict either of Alabama’s state fish: the largemouth bass or the fighting tarpon. Participants can also choose to draw state-fish from other states. In addition to the artwork, all of the artists, except those in grades 1-3, are required to write a one-page essay with facts about the fish, its natural habitat, and the importance of that habitat.
 
All artwork is judged by Wildlife Forever, which also handles contest details and awards prizes, such as scholarships, art supplies and fishing gear.

Meet African-American Aviation Pioneers - Atlanta Black Star


Atlanta Black Star

Meet African-American Aviation Pioneers
Atlanta Black Star
Every February, Black History Month evokes a few iconic names in aviation, most notably the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and Bessie Coleman, the first black woman pilot. This year, the Frontiers of Flight Museum, the Texas Eagles for Aviation and ...

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