LIMESTONE COUNTY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES HISTORIC COURTHOUSE LIGHT SHOW TO BRING IN THE NEW YEAR

Contact:  Michelle Williamson   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Email: michelle.williamson@limestonecounty-al.gov

LIMESTONE COUNTY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES
HISTORIC COURTHOUSE LIGHT SHOW TO BRING IN THE NEW YEAR 

ATHENS, Alabama  –  For the first time,  the historic Limestone County Courthouse will welcome the New Year with a multi-colored LED light show.  The Limestone County Commission invites everyone to come downtown and be a part of this inaugural light show that will begin at 11:00 p.m. on the east and west sides of the Courthouse and will end with the countdown to 2017.   The Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlast and ColorGraze lighting system along with the creative software designing of Pixelumenlab creates the colors on the columns and walls that make this beautiful piece of Limestone County History shine bright.  The Courthouse is the first in the State of Alabama with this state of the art color LED technology and the Commission is excited to have the opportunity to bring it to Limestone County.

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Athens State Announces Its Annual Flag Day Ceremony

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Guy McClure

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

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June 4, 2015

Athens State Announces Its Annual Flag Day Ceremony

Athens, Ala. - Athens State University will be hosting its annual Flag Day Ceremony sponsored by the Athens State Alumni Association on Friday, June 12 at noon in the Sandridge Student Center Ballroom.  A free hot dog luncheon will follow.  Major General (retired) Vincent Boles will serve as this year’s speaker.

Boles served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G4 on the Army Staff in the Pentagon, where he oversaw Logistics Operations and Readiness for the 1.1 million Soldier force to include the surges into Iraq and Afghanistan. Retiring in 2009 to Huntsville, Alabama, he established Vincent E. Boles, Inc. A leadership and logistics consulting practice. Where he works with organizations around the world to ensure their “best gets better”

Boles is the author of “4-3-2-1 Leadership…What America’s Sons and Daughters Taught Me on the Road from 2d Lieutenant to 2 Star General”, a recent review of the book stated: “He didn't write this book exclusively for the military audience and he does us all a great service by putting these leadership lessons into one volume and sharing them”

In 2011 Boles was inducted in the US Army Ordnance Corps and Niagara University  ROTC Halls of Fame. His military decorations include 2 awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, 3 awards of the Bronze Star Medal, and the Legion of Merit.

Boles has a Masters in Business Administration from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Music for the event will be provided by the Athens State University Community Band under the direction of Dan Havely.

"This has become a very-much anticipated annual event,” says Lisa Payne chairperson of the Flag Day Committee.  “We look forward to hearing from Major General Boles and taking part in this day that celebrates our flag.”    
                                                                              
The Flag Day Celebration at Athens State is free and open to the public.

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Attached picture:  Last year’s Flag Day celebration.

CALHOUN'S EMS AND NURSING STUDENTS TO CONDUCT MASS CASUALTY TRAINING DRILL APRIL 23

April 13, 2015

CALHOUN'S EMS AND NURSING STUDENTS TO CONDUCT 

MASS CASUALTY TRAINING DRILL APRIL 23

Students from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Nursing programs at Calhoun Community College will conduct a mock mass casualty training drill on Thursday, April 23, 2015, beginning at 9:30 am in the area of the Health Sciences Center and Kelley Gymnasium on the Decatur campus.

The mock disaster will simulate a scenario involving a threat to persons/property which has just occurred on campus. Approximately 25-30 simulated casualties will be a part of the exercise and will be portrayed by Calhoun Allied Health students, who will have a full range of mock injuries.

Calhoun nursing students will receive the “patients” from the EMS students for treatment at the college’s “hospital”, located in the Health Sciences Center. In addition to Calhoun EMS and Nursing faculty, Calhoun Police and Security personnel and area fire, EMS agencies, area police departments and air medical flight services from MedFlight will participate with the students in this endeavor.

The specific circumstances of the mock disaster will not be announced in order to preserve the “realness” of the event. Past mock drill scenarios have included a bus crash, bomb threat, and an active shooter incident.

So that students, staff and visitors to the campus will not confuse the drill with a real situation, notices will go out across the college and signs indicating a training drill is currently underway will be posted in the area of the activity.

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