Coosada News

For 25 years, Coosada Elementary School counselor Angie Duncan has been leading the effort to give a little extra to students at the primary school each Christmas.

When the West Elmore Christian Outreach Ministry Extension closed down in May of this year, needy residents in the area had to find some place else to go for help and relief from their financial and circumstantial worries.

The following incidents were recently reported by the Millbrook Police Department: --On Dec.

Beginning Tuesday morning, parents of Elmore County elementary students got the chance to have their children vaccinated at their respective schools for the swine flu, otherwise known as H1N1, using the H1N1 nasal mist vaccine.

The Elmore County Emergency Medical Services Board and county commission announced a two-year deal with Haynes Ambulance to provided professional services for all citizens in Coosada, Wetumpka, Elmore, Tallassee and Deatsville.

Elmore County now has un precedented emergency ambu lance service for its residents.

Children in third-world countries, many who suffer from a lack of food and shelter, will once again this year benefit from the generosity of other children and their families who have chosen to participate in Operation Christmas Child, which is a ministry of North Carolina-based Samaritan's Purse.

About two dozen fire trucks and other emergency vehi cles led Doug Jackson's funeral procession as it traveled down Main Street to Old Kingston Methodist Church Cemetery.

During the last few weeks, two Millbrook schools have been the victims of vandals and thieves who not only caused damage and loss, but also brought fear and concern to the local educational institutions.

It's time to knock out breast cancer -- and the Montgomery Ad vertiser is doing its part to make it happen by turning the newspaper pink today, National Mammogra phy Day.

The following meetings have been scheduled by the school system: Wetumpka, Holtville and Eclectic Area Schools What: Parent Meeting for English as a Second Language parents with students in the Wetumpka, Holtville and Eclectic area schools.

The city of Montgomery's unemployment line could soon get longer. With the decision to out-source its janitorial services, 43 city employees will soon lose their jobs.

While taking a break from demolishing the old Wetumpka Airport building, Bill Forshey of Triple F Excavating talks with a Wetumpka city employee who refused to identify himself.

For 30 years, Frank Houston has been running things in the small Elmore County town of Coosada.

The Millbrook Public Li brary, which began approxi mately 50 years ago as the Tri-Community Library and served Millbrook, Robinson Springs and Coosada, has a rich history and was originally spearheaded by a group of concerned citizens who knew that the area needed more than a part-time library.

Directly after Monday's Mill brook City Council meeting, which included a recap from Judicial Correction Services and the termination of the city's prosecutor, the council, mayor, police chief and local residents got a chance to watch a demonstration given by the Millbrook Fire Department.

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office has charged three local teens in connection with a rash of church burglaries after an anonymous tip led investigators to the trio Saturday afternoon and evening, said Sheriff Bill Franklin.

The State of Alabama Depart ment of Education recently re leased the state's annual Ade quate Yearly Progress results, which are based on the previous school year's data and incorporate an accountability plan that holds local school dis tricts and public schools ac countable for student achieve ment.

Jenkins Brick Co. confirmed that it has re called 17 laid-off workers earlier this summer as the demand for bricks has increased.

WETUMPKA -- The Elmore County Sheriff's Office has charged three local teens in connection with a rash of area church burglaries.