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Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Mo Brooks

Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Mo Brooks

Congressman Mo Brooks will be at the town meeting on Saturday, August 6 at 2 p.m. at the Rec-Com Center on South Houston Street in Scottsboro.

Constituents are encouraged to come visit with Congressman Brooks about issues such as the debt ceiling and federal budget facing the Fifth Congressional District and the nation.

For more information, please contact the Congressman's Huntsville District office at 256.551.0190 or visit brooks.house.gov. 

Get ready for Music on the Mountain 2011

Get ready for Music on the Mountain 2011

This year, Music on the Mountain is starting with a Jam Session on Friday, August 26, followed by the music festival Saturday, August 27.

Northeast Alabama Community College presents Music on the Mountain 2011, featuring Blue Moon Rising, with the Rigneys, Bent Creek, Newgrass Troubadours, Froggy Hollow, Cotton Mouth Creek, and Walker Street Opry. Tickets are $15, and you can get them by calling 256-638-4418 extension 248. It's FREE for NACC students!

Motor homes are welcome to the Jam Session on August 26 at 6 p.m., and the music begins August 27 at 1 p.m.

For more information, a poster, or to order tickets online, visit Northeast's website here.

School supplies and Christian music

School supplies and Christian music

School supplies are needed in Jackson County, and this event is supporting that very cause.

Rock The Block will be Saturday, August 6 from 3-10 p.m. at Caldwell School in Scottsboro. It's a Christian rock concert founded in 2009 to provide for the needs of hurting children and families as they prepare for the upcoming school year. They have provided thousands of dollars in materials that have been distributed to hundreds of students.

Bring school supplies, a lawn chair or blanket, and money for food and merchandise.

If you would like to know more about how to help for the 2011 event, contact them at 256-259-8556.

To see the lineup, click here.

Register early for 37th Annual Art in the Park

Register early for 37th Annual Art in the Park

If you would like to participate in the 37th Annual Art in the Park on Sunday, September 4, register early. For each exhibitor of original fine arts or arts and crafts, a $40.00 fee is due for early registration (before 5 p.m. Saturday, August 27). Sixty dollars ($60.00) is required for all other registrations postmarked thereafter. No commission will be charged on vendor sales. One assistant per exhibitor will be admitted free. Optional: Send glossy photos and short resumes for publicity.

Sunday Registrations:
Those that have not preregistered will register in the library and pay entry fee at that time. All exhibitors should select a numbered space in the park and report space number to personnel in the library by 9:00 am the morning of Art Sunday.

Mail your registration to:
Dianna Henshaw
1380 Woods Cove Rd.
Scottsboro, AL 35768

For more information, call Cathy Mitchell at 256-599-4717 or email info@threeartsclub.org.

Shop till you drop at First Monday Trade Day

Shop till you drop at First Monday Trade Day
First Monday Trade Day began over 100 years ago in Scottsboro, AL. Citizens would gather on the first Monday of each month around the Jackson County courthouse square in downtown Scottsboro to swap wares and livestock. The tradition continues...

Finding your lost pets

Finding your lost pets

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Make up a good-sized poster that can be easily read with a clear color picture of your pet.  Describe where and when you lost him and how to reach you every minute of the day and night. Go into as much detail as you can think of that might help to get him home, like age, color, sex, collar color, unique markings, etc. Offer a reward. Save the poster to a thumb drive or disk, or print out a copy.  Go to your local print shop and have as many copies made as you need. Ask them to save a copy so you can call for more copies if you need them.

July 4 weekend dangerous for underage boys who drink: report

July 4 weekend dangerous for underage boys who drink: report

The number of U.S. teen boys who end up in emergency rooms for drinking-related injuries doubles over the July 4th weekend, federal officials say.

On July 3 and 4, drinking sends a daily average of nearly 1,000 youth under 21 -- two-thirds of them male -- to the ER for problems related to alcohol use, according to a report by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

"When it's a holiday weekend, what we are finding now is that kids, especially young men, are ending up at the emergency room because of alcohol-related problems at almost double as what they would on any other day during July," said Peter Delany, director of SAMHSA's Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality.