Jacksonville State University Dr. Harold McGee is shown during a moment of thought at a press conference in 1996. A student sit-in was being discussed. (Anniston Star file photo)
Harold McGee had a vision for JSU
The 10th president of Jacksonville State University (1986-99) died Saturday at age 74. He'll be remembered for ushering an age of technology into the halls of academia, despite punishing budget cutbacks from the state.
Mar 05, 2012 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fred Kemp is shown in a detail from a family portrait taken in March 2006. Kemp died Friday at age 73. (Anniston Star file photo)
Fred Kemp, 73, ‘set the bar high’ for character
The respected Anniston businessman and leader at Temple Beth El died Friday at his home after a long illness.
Feb 26, 2012 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Anniston City School Board Chairman Richard Hooks dead at age 69
Colleagues are praising Dr. Hooks for the depth of his knowledge of Anniston's public schools
Oct 30, 2011 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judge Robert Parker, from an Anniston Star file photo taken during his days serving on the seventh judicial circuit.
Retired Judge Robert Parker dies at age 82
“He had a unique style about him,” said Tom Coleman, referring to Parker’s laid-back manner that could deceive the unwary, including lawyers during his days on the bench.
Oct 24, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chris Castillo, of Anthony's Brick Oven and Brew Pub (Anniston Star photo by Bill Wilson)
Off to Work ... with a dough-thrower who keeps pizza in the oven
Chris Castillo goes off to work five days a week “basically making everything on the menu,” as he puts it, at Anthony’s Brick Oven & Brew Pub on Noble Street.
May 23, 2011 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wanda Guthrie's days in the Anniston revenue office included a good bit of phone work to keep track of tax dollars. The 45-year employee retired Friday. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
Revenue collections supervisor Wanda Guthrie retires
An Anniston city employee who helped keep track of our tax dollars retired Friday. Her first day on the job: May 13, 1966.
May 16, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Becky Wilson performs testing on blood at the lab at Regional Medical Center. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
Becky Wilson makes sure you get good blood
To make a point about our common humanity, the philosophers tell us we all bleed red. Folks like Becky Wilson, though, know that's not the whole story ...
May 09, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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In addition to carrying out a wide array of administrative functions from her office in the Calhoun County Courthouse, Debbie Michelson leads a homicide victims’ survivor support group which meets once a month. (Anniston Star photo by Bill Wilson)
OFF TO WORK ... with Debbie Michelson, who tries to soothe crime victims' jangled nerves
The American prosecutorial system can be a cold wall for crime victims to lean against. That’s why Michelson has been at her job for the past eight years.
May 02, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teresa Kiser, since January director of the Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County (Anniston Star photo by Bill Wilson)
Off to Work ... with Teresa Kiser, who keeps a public library plugged in
“I was the closest you got to an IT guy,” Kiser said, referring to the growing field of information technology.
Apr 25, 2011 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bill Adams sketches a design idea on paper before producing it on his computer. (Anniston Star photo by Trent Penny)
OFF TO WORK .. with Bill Adams, who might be able to help you out of your identity crisis
He does his work alongside four staffers, each with his own creative specialty and whose work Adams also oversees. “Nothing can go out the door that I couldn’t lay claim to myself,” he said.
Apr 04, 2011 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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OFF TO WORK ... with Keith Croffoot, an AARP driver safety instructor
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Mar 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
“I enjoy doing it. It’s rewarding to me to help people,” said the Illinois native, who’ll be 75 next month. Before he retired, he was a fireman at Anniston Army Depot.
YMCA raises record amount for program needs
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Mar 25, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
YMCA officials couldn't quite hit their fundraising bull's-eye, but still, in these recessionary times, they are pleased to have just hit the target.
OFF TO WORK ... with entrepreneurs using a new medium to perform an old function
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Mar 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Eric Wayne Key and his wife, Soyung Key, recently opened a website they hope will prove useful for Calhoun County residents.
Drive-by shooting kills man early Sunday morning
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Mar 21, 2011 |  1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
A man who had recently moved to a small apartment behind 22nd Street was killed by gunfire early Sunday morning. Anniston police say their preliminary investigation points to a domestic dispute.
Donald Springer, leading Alabama optometrist, dies at 89
by Bill Edwards
bedwards@annistonstar.com
Mar 08, 2011 |  0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Friends and colleagues are remembering Dr. Donald A. Springer for the warm wit he brought to the dinner table and world-class eye care he brought to Alabama.
Off to Work ... with Tammy Katz, who's gone entrepreneurial with her art
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Mar 07, 2011 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
“These things are like my babies,” Katz said, meaning her connection to them is more than utilitarian.
Randall Moore helps make weddings comfortable, stylish
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Feb 28, 2011 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Let someone else handle the flowers and cake and such. Randall Moore's events rental business makes sure all the guests have a comfortable place to sit.
Off to Work ... with a bakery owner who makes sweet art
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Feb 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Audrey Oswalt said she originally wanted to be a wedding planner. Then, after taking a class on decorating cakes at Hobby Lobby, she realized she liked the culinary side of weddings best.
Off to Work ... with local business promoters
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Feb 14, 2011 |  0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
Many decades ago, local chamber of commerce types fretted when Annistonians hopped on the train to go do their shopping in Birmingham. But Sheridan Helms and Al Squitieri are putting an Internet twist on the idea of keeping folks at home, in homemade businesses.
Music-clothing combination a success on Noble
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Feb 07, 2011 |  1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
You'd almost swear you were in a chic and funky college town when you step inside CD Cellar / Wish Boutique at 913 Noble St., downtown Annsiton
YMCA of Calhoun County kicks off 2011 'Strong Kids' campaign
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Feb 05, 2011 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The annual effort raises money that enables all local residents to use the YMCA's facilities and enjoy its programs, regardless of their ability to pay.
3-war veteran dies in fire at his Oxford home
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Jan 31, 2011 |  1 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
If Wilburn "Wild Bill" Sparks could have put up a fight, history suggests he surely would have: He had earned his nickname in Navy training days in the 1940s, through his willingness to spar against enlistees clearly bigger than he was.
Off to Work ... with Ken Barrett, who provides suds for your duds
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Jan 31, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
On a practical level, Barrett’s responsibilities mean he’s never far from his tool belt. But it’s a comfortable fit, because back in his native Canada his palette of skills included those required for industrial electrical work, home renovation and home energy systems.
Off to Work ... with Dorothy Dover and her dandy dogs
by Bill Edwards
Star Staff Writer
Jan 17, 2011 |  1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
It's known as Lylia’s Poodle Boutique, but many different canine breeds cross its threshold and go out again smelling clean and looking sharp.


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