Community
Group Holds
First Meeting
A meeting was
held in the West
Jasper community
at Maranatha
Baptist church
last night to
form a community
action group
with goals of
cleaning up the
area. Next
month's meeting
will include the
election of
officers, and
start the
organization of
a "yard of the
month" program
in West Jasper.
Future meetings
will be held on
the second
Tuesday of each
month.
Absentee
Voting Still
Overlooked
With election
time just around
the corner,
there have only
been 95 requests
in Walker County
for absentee
ballots - a very
low number from
recent years.
According to
Susan Odom,
Walker County
Circuit Clerk,
you qualify for
an absentee
ballot if
-
you are going to be out of your area, state or country on election day,
-
have an infirmity or physical illness that prevents attendance to the polling place,
-
work a 10 hour shift that coincides with poll hours,
-
are enrolled as a student in a school outside of your county of residence
-
are a member of/spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces.
For information on absentee ballots, call 205-384-7268.
SOS Program
Offers Students
Second Chance
The SOS program
is geared to
help out of
school youth
ages 16-21
acquire skills
and knowledge to
get and hold a
job, and become
successful
adults. Many of
these students
are high school
drop outs who
are either
working on their
GED or who have
already acquired
the GED. Each
year, the SOS
takes them on
two trips each
year to places
like Gorgas
steam plant,
where employees
and employers
alike talk to
them about how
things work, and
explain how they
came to work
there. The
program also
offers several
small seminars
each year where
others come in
and speak on a
variety of
topics. For more
information on
the program,
visit
www.bscc.edu/community/sos.php.
