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Schools to discuss uniform calendars after state superintendent webinar

Schools to discuss uniform calendars after state superintendent webinar

The DeKalb County Board of Education plan to work on the calendar for the upcoming school year after listening to the state superintendent's webinar on Thursday.

Superintendent Charles Warren said they have discussed a longer school day and a shorter school year. The board has the final say, but they are looking at a shorter term 175 day calendar.

They hope to maintain traditional holidays.

The board plans to listen to the webinar on Thursday and then have a meeting to discuss the possible changes.

The school board decided not to make a decision about next year's calendar before getting guidance from the State Board of Education.

Warren said they may not have the final decision until later in the month.

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Fort Payne settles for 4th at regionals

Fort Payne settles for 4th at regionals

Fort Payne settles for 4th at regionals
Times-Journal
Fort Payne didn't play well enough to advance last weekend at the Class 5A North Regional high school softball tournament at the Sportsplex in Huntsville. Still, first-year head coach Taylor Burt said it wasn'ta fruitless trip for her club.

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Fort Payne wins state championship

Fort Payne wins state championship

Fort Payne wins state championship
Times-Journal
Fort Payne's Jordan Bethune fired a 1-over 73 on Tuesday and took second place in the individual standings at the Class 5A state tournament. Bethune and the Wildcats took the team title by five strokes over three-time defending champion St. Paul's... Read More

7 Mistakes People Make that Fuel Anxiety

7 Mistakes People Make that Fuel Anxiety

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that contributes to a lower quality of life. Controlling anxiety is an important part of living a life of happiness, and most types of treatments are designed to improve your ability to cope with your anxiety symptoms, control your active mind, and reduce some of the more disruptive physical sensations of anxiety.

But to cure anxiety you also need to be committed to reducing it. Unfortunately, many people are allowing themselves to fall victim to common anxiety producing mistakes that ultimately make it much more difficult to keep your anxiety at bay. To stop anxiety you need to reduce the situations and behaviors that make your anxiety worse, and to do that you should avoid the following anxiety producing mistakes.

Anxiety Mistakes

  1. Inactivity

Easily the most common mistake is a lack of activity.

3 Fort Payne players advance in East-West All-Stars

3 Fort Payne players advance in East-West All-Stars

3 Fort Payne players advance in East-West All-Stars
Times-Journal
Senior catcher Jess Smith played well enough to advance to the second round of the Lions Club East-West All-Star program. Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:27 pm | Updated: 7:31 pm, Mon May 14, 2012. Three Fort Payne High School players advanced to the ..... Read More

Fort Payne has 2-stroke lead after Day 1

Fort Payne has 2-stroke lead after Day 1

Fort Payne has 2-stroke lead after Day 1
Times-Journal
The Wildcats will take a two-stroke lead into the second and final round of the boys Class 5A state high school golf tournament Tuesday at Grand National in Opelika. Fort Payne fired at 305 on Monday. Briarwood Christian was second at 307, ..... Read More

Alabama to redraw Marshall County district lines, citizens concerned

MARSHALL COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- Marshall County residents are concerned over the Alabama legislature's decision to redraw district lines.

The new lines in the proposal would expand other districts outside of the county into Marshall County. The current district has one seat solely in Marshall County with the second seat extending into DeKalb County.

County Democratic party officials said that would not be good for anyone in Marshall County. Executive Committee Chairman Winn Harris said the county would lose TVA funding in the future.

"Now, you know, you will have people potentially from six counties fighting over this money that should all come to Marshall County," said Harris. "In Marshall County that means less money for our schools, projects, roads, everything."

Representative Kerry Rich said he's disappointed by the way the lines have been drawn and hopes to submit a counter plan to the current proposal.