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  • Alabama Scenic River Trail's 2012 Event Newsletter

    Water you doing this summer?
    A guide to the Alabama Scenic River Trail's events of 2012—including our first week-long paddle—and an invitation to our third annual Terrapin Tri-County Adventure Race are included in our annual newsletter.

  • Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area 2012 Calendar available

    Kick off the Year of Alabama Food and celebrate the food traditions and historical restaurants of Alabama’s Black Belt with a 2012 calendar from the Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area. Find your taste buds tempted and your sense of wanderlust piqued through the photography of Robin McDonald, author of Heart of a Small Town: Photographs of Alabama Towns. To order your calendar, call (205) 652-3828 or email centerforblackbelt@uwa.edu. Calendars $8 each or $5 each when you order five or more.

  • ASABFA Picks Millers Ferry for State Championship Tournament

    DECATUR, AL - The Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association (ASABFA)
    has announced the selection of Millers Ferry, the William (Bill) Dannelly
    Reservoir, on the Alabama River as the site of the organization's 2012 State
    Championship Tournament May 5, 2012. Blake Gowen, President of the
    non-profit, all volunteer Association, said, "We think Millers Ferry is an
    excellent choice of sites for our student anglers to compete on for the
    ASABFA State Championship. Many of these high school young men and women
    competed in all four of our Regional Tournaments to qualify for the

  • Request for 2012 Conference Presentations-Black Belt Genealogy News

    Event: Request for 2012 Conference Presentations-Black Belt Genealogy News
    Time: Feb. 17-18, 2011
    Event Type: Genealogy Education
    Location: Hank Sanders Technology Center at Wallace Community College Selma
    Event Website: http://bbaaghs.org/news/?p=149
    Sponsor: Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society
    Contact: http://bbaaghs.org/news/?p=149
    Info: Request for 2012 Conference Presentations

  • Black Belt Connection Jan/Feb Newsletter-UWA

    Just released...The Black Belt Connection newsletter for Jan/Feb 2012 from the Division of Educational Outreach at the University of West Alabama. The publication highlights events and community information concerning the Black Belt area. For more information about the Division of Educational Outreach at UWA, please call (205) 652-3828 or email centerforblackbelt@uwa.edu.

  • Camp Aliceville POW November newsletter released

    Camp Aliceville POW November 2011 newsletter released. The newsletter may be viewed at the following address: http://www.cityofaliceville.com/Museum%20News.htm

  • Ceremony honors Camp Aliceville POW's

    The POW's who died while at Camp Aliceville are buried in German-Italian Cemetery at Fort McClellan. The annual memorial service was held in Anniston on Sunday, November 13. View the story via the following link: http://annistonstar.com/bookmark/16422949/article-POW+ceremony+remembers...

  • "The Alabama Trustee" November newsletter released

    The Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation has released "The Alabama Trustee" November 2011 newsletter.
    The rich and diverse history of the great state of Alabama continues to be reflected through thousands of
    historic buildings and places in literally every corner of the state. The Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation is the
    voice for the future of Alabama's historic places. These places have the unique ability to remind present and

  • Register now for Sucarnochee BBQ & Blues Cook-off

    Bragging rights plus a share in an $8,250 payout are guaranteed to delight Professional Division competitors in the fourth annual Sucarnochee BBQ & Blues Cook-off on Nov. 4-5 at the University of West Alabama campus in Livingston, Ala. A Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned event, the fired-up friendly competition is featured on the prestigious Alabama Championship Barbecue Trail. For the nonprofessional with a flair for the grill, cash prizes are offered in the amateur Backyard Division, sauce contest and dessert competition.

  • Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area board meeting

    The next Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area board meeting will be on Tuesday, October 18 in Livingston. The meeting will be held at Land Hall (office of Dr. Tina Jones) on the University of West Alabama campus.

    Please contact Wimberly Cormer by Tuesday, October 11 if you can attend.