4 Montgomery area students win $1,000 ALFA scholarships
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – Sept. 22
Four students from the Montgomery area are being named among the 50 recipients of the 2014 ALFA Foundation Scholarship which will aid with the cost of their tuition. The students will all received $1,000 toward tuition, fees, books, and other school-related expenses. In Montgomery, the winners are: … Kelsey Curtis, a graduate of St. James. She is currently a senior at the University of Alabama where she’s studying English and Spanish. Rebecca Murdoch, a graduate of Trinity Presbyterian School. She is currently a freshman at the University of Alabama where she is studying communications. Lilian Roth, a graduate of Montgomery Academy. She is currently a freshman at the University of Alabama where she is studying political science.
Press box at Sewell-Thomas Stadium comes down
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 23 (Photo gallery)
Construction workers tear down the press box and the brick wall at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Monday Sept. 22, 2014.
Old debts bring fresh pain in form of garnishments for Omaha couple, others
Omaha.com – Sept. 23
Like any American family living paycheck to paycheck, Conrad Goetzinger and Cassandra Rose hope that if they make the right choices, their $13-an-hour jobs will keep the lights on, put food in the fridge and gas in the car. But every two weeks, the Omaha couple are reminded of a choice they didn’t make and can’t change: A chunk of both of their paychecks disappears before they see it, seized to pay off old debts. The seizures are the latest tactic of debt collectors who have tracked the couple for years, twice scooping every penny out of Goetzinger’s bank account and even attempting to seize his personal property … When garnishment protections do exist, the burden is usually on debtors to figure out if and how the laws protect their assets. “In an awful lot of states, the information that the employee gets is going to be very, very confusing,” said William Henning, a law professor at the University of Alabama and chairman of a committee drafting a model state law on wage garnishment.
Students garden at area schools
Crimson White – Sept. 23
The goal of Druid City Garden Project, a Tuscaloosa-based nonprofit organization, is to make and emphasize the connection a community has with its food. To accomplish this goal, DCGP plans to get a garden in the yard of every school in Alabama. DCGP partnered with New College last spring to create the Let’s Grow Honors Exploration course, where students instruct elementary school children through a garden maintained at their school. DCGP aligns with an elementary school for two to three years to ensure the educators school have a grasp on the garden-based curriculum. This semester, the Let’s Grow class is teaching students at Oakdale Elementary and Tuscaloosa Magnet Elementary. Joya Elmore, the education coordinator for DCGP, serves as the liaison between the University class and the schoolyard garden program.“The course is designed to teach university students about growing food and about the environment-based learning strategies that we try to incorporate in our schoolyard gardens,” she said. “So they’re working with elementary students and working together to learn about growing food, locally sourced stuff, seasonal growing and how to incorporate that into a classroom lesson plan.”
Delta Sigma Phi holds 8th Annual Miss Sorority Row Pageant
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 19
Tonight, University of Alabama fraternity, Delta Sigma Phi, held their 8th annual Miss Sorority Row pageant at the Bama Theater. Each sorority on campus had a representative competing tonight in hopes of being crowned the winner of the pageant. There was a talent portion, game day wear, and evening wear. All the ticket sales collected tonight will go to the American Red Cross.
UA celebrates its 2013-14 Championships
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 19
UA celebrated its 2013-2014 athletic championships today. This includes the NCAA men’s golf team championship and the four Southeastern Conference champions: men’s golf, gymnastics, softball, and women’s tennis. The UA athletics department unveiled new additions to the Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza across from Coleman, an honor that we have so many champions here.
Fans can help UA win scholarship money
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 19
Bama fans who like to tweet can help the university win $10,000 in scholarships each week during the football season. All you have to do is send a tweet with two hashtags in it … The university with the most fans tweeting those hashtags wins each week.
How UA became the elephants
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 19
A tiny token given to one of Alabama’s most storied teams helped lead The Tide to adopting the elephant as the school’s mascot.
POW MIA Day
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 19
Today is a special day when we remember soldiers who are missing in action, or prisoners of war. VFW Post, 6022 in Cottondale held a ceremony for MIAs and POWs. The event featured the rededication of a symbolic table place setting for missing soldiers, aided by students from Collins-Riverside Middle School. The ceremony ended with a performance of “Taps”, courtesy of University of Alabama music students.