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Nov 4, 2011 | Neighbors

Hale County Dairyman Named Outstanding Young Farmer

Alabama Farmers Federation President Jerry Newby, left, presents the keys to a 2002 Chevy TrailBlazer to the 2001 Outstanding Young Farm Family for Alabama, Hale County dairyman Laird Cole.

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Thu Apr 14, 2011

Post Tribune

Lost steel coil snarls interstate exit ramp

A semitrailer lost one of the five steel coils it was hauling Thursday, April 14, 2011, on the northbound Interstate 65 ramp to westbound Interstate 80/94. Photo Provided~Indiana State Police The northbound Interstate 65 to westbound Interstate 80/94 ramp was closed for almost two hours Thursday morning after a steel coil fell off of a semitrailer.

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Thu Aug 19, 2010

Black & White

Citizen Architect

"Listen, everybody over there's gonna be an architect. And architects design buildings for who? Wealthy people.

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Sun Aug 15, 2010

The Boston Globe

Rural Alabama lures students and sightseers

I'm standing at the top of a 100-foot birding tower in Perry Lakes Park, the platform at eye level with the tree canopy and overlooking a magnificent topography of oxbow lakes and tupelo and cypress swamp.

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Thu Aug 12, 2010

Tuscaloosa News

Film shows architect's outreach efforts

Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 11:11 p.m. A documentary a decade in the making provides a behind-the-scenes look at Auburn University's Rural Studio - the design-build program in Hale County that has gained international attention - and the man who founded it.

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