Shelby County Reporter

Opinion

Parents can’t be passive

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

One of a parent’s greatest tasks is teaching a child to take responsibility for his or her own actions, even when the consequences aren’t fun.
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A place for Shelby County artists to thrive

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Artists become famous, or in some cases infamous, for helping the rest of us see things we could not have seen without their help. This truism is typically thought of in terms of stone for sculpture and oils for paintings, but members of the Shelby County Arts Council introduced me and perhaps many others to something we have not seen. This time their medium is brick, mortar and dreams.
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Bill will give 5,000 citizens Alabama jobs

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I didn’t think that Republicans and Democrats in Montgomery could ever agree on anything. I have long given up on the idea that anyone in the state Senate or the state House of Representatives could do anything that made sense.
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Chief gives thanks for help fighting fire

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Shelby Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank Alabama State Forestry and Southeast Shelby Rescue. We would also like to give a big thank you to the Kingdom, Columbiana, Summerhill, Fourmile, West Shelby and Calera fire departments for their assistance in fighting the 290-acre woods fire in our community Feb. 21, 2010.
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