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Wide financial gap in school board, legislative races: One candidate outraises opponent by margin of 22 to 1
Voters around Huntsville this week will settle a trio of closely contested races for seats in Montgomery. But according to state reports filed last week, two of the three Republican runoffs appear to be financial mismatches.

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Surprise! Camp Is School, Too, This Year
As summer camp got underway, Marcella Monk Flake began with a story for the kids, a story from Africa.

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Huntsville school board may consider half-cent sales tax resolution
The board meets today at 5:30 p.m. at the Annie Merts Center, 200 White Street.

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We all know that the NFL is a huge deal. We also know that college football is just as important and that it serves as a prerequisite for the National Football League. But some states take it a step further and train their high school athletes as if they are at college level. Some states feel so strongly about football that entire towns close down in the event of a rival high school football game. Air hockey tables are inexistent and full length football fields is where it’s at. There are some US States that take football to a whole other level, from pre-school all the way to the Pros.

Texas- The Alamo State:
The state of Texas is by far the most hardcore state when it comes to high school football. I mean really, how many football movies can you name that you know took place in Texas. I can name many that depict football as a staple activity in almost all young male’s lives. In fact, it is uncommon to see Texas portrayed without the mention of this sport. Remember Varsity Blues, Dazed and Confused, and Friday Night Lights? Yup, all set in Texas and often times variations of real life events.

There is no doubt about it, Texas is the number one state when it comes to high school football. There are countless numbers of Pros, college stars, and up and coming high school phenomenons that got their start in the state of Texas from diaper days to marriage, and everywhere in between.

Alabama- The Yellowhammer State:
Alabama is another southern state that is pretty hardcore when it comes to football. Look at the MTV reality show Two-A-Days for example. They train their athletes with the same goal in mind, sending most of their high school graduates directly to the NFL.

Other states that come to mind as far as great football athletes are the Carolinas, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. To these states, football rules all, even at the high school level.

The State of Alabama established a department that caters to the development of their youth. The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District is the one supervising delinquent youths. These youth offenders are placed in a facility and guided programs to help them recover from their past.

In 1973, the state of Alabama established The Alabama Department of Youth Services. Its task is to create a comprehensive program that will guide delinquent youths of the state to rehabilitation. The school district was created in 1983. Thus, the Alabama Department of Youth Services became The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District. Under this new department, all educational programs created by the old department will be under its supervision. As a result, three delinquent youth institutions were absorbed by the new department. These are the Alabama Boys Industrial School at Birmingham and in Mt. Meigs, and the Alabama State Training School for Girls.

Vision and Mission of Alabama’s DYS
The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District (DYS) envisions that success can be experienced through the help of an environment educational and promote good values such as life long learning, community, family and good character. In order to achieve this vision, they need to prepare and equip the youth/students through discipline and proper formal education.

Beliefs of Alabama’s DYS
The DYS further believes that, everybody in the community must help participate in creating a better environment, be fair and just, treat others with respect, be responsible, be patient and understanding, admit own mistakes, develop self-esteem, and the learning environment must be orderly, safe as well as secure. These beliefs act as their foundation in helping the delinquent youths become a better person and be prepared for the real world.

Programs of DYS
Aside from values education, other programs include skills development. It is through skills development programs that these delinquent youths are profiting. The DYS understands that some of these youth offenders do not have the access to proper and formal education. As a response, they designed programs that will enhance the skills of a student so that when she/he finishes the program, she/he will have job opportunities.

Some of the created programs were specialized by institutions and some runs generally. The programs run by these institutions are majorly categorized into two: short term and long term programs. Youth offenders are evaluated and a proper program is given. The program continuously runs until such time that the student is ready to go back and start a new life.

Facilities of DYS
Today, the DYS supervises more than three facilities. The following facilities are: Autauga Campus, Chalkville Campus, Mobile Group Home, Mt. Meigs Campus, Thomasville Campus and Vacca Campus. Each institution caters to different types of youth offenders.

Chalkville Campus is located at P.O. Box 9486, Birmingham, Alabama. Their main focus is to help rehabilitate girls usually from 12-18 years old. Some of their programs include, physical education, sex education, campus service projects, general education (GED) preparation, group counseling, drug and alcohol education. They also provide social skills training, value clarification, assertiveness training and medical services. Recently, the Chemical Addiction Program (CAP) was created to strengthen alcohol and drug rehabilitation.

Mt. Meigs Campus is located at P.O. Box 66, 1000 Industrial School Road, Mt. Meigs, Alabama. The campus has 13 dormitories that can hold a total number of 312 delinquent youths. They admit children of up to 21 years old. The campus offers programs that focus on medical, vocational and academic education, psychological services, chronic behavior, assessment as well as treatment for sex offenders and the CAP.

Thomasville Campus is located at P.O. Box 695, 2109 Bashi Road Building 509 Thomasville, Alabama. This campus specializes in offering short term programs for delinquent youths. The programs usually run up to 28 days. The student can be released from the service once he finishes the program.

I have just recently moved to Alabama. I am wondering how to make friends with all these hicks and farmers. Even though I am twice as smart being from a real state I cannot figure out how to connect with these so called people. I know nothing about Nascar
and nothing about fried chicken. Please help or send money so i can get back to civilization.

Man graduates tonight, 14 years after high school
Family tragedies led Mario Reed to drop out of Anniston High School in his senior year. That was 14 years, five kids and countless dead-end jobs ago. Today, his second chance begins.

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