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Feb 11, 20202 min read
Lovebug Festival This Saturday at Cloudland Canyon State Park
Our Lovebug Festival is a celebration of insects and all that they have to offer here at Cloudland Canyon State Park. The event will take...
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Press Release
Feb 10, 20202 min read
DeKalb SO Nabs Rainsville Break-In Suspects in Chase
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Three are in custody after attempting to break into a business in Rainsville, Ala., and attempting to elude DeKalb...
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Donna M. Street.
Feb 10, 20204 min read
Census of 1880: Was It Important? How Were the Results Reported?
Joy Odom did a wonderful and comprehensive job of explaining how Dade County came to be and what the 1850 census could tell us about our...
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Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Feb 10, 20201 min read
Superintendent's Message Feb. 10, 2020
Click on the image below to access the Super's interactive message.
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Tony Moreland
Feb 9, 20209 min read
Why We Struggle with Athletics: An Open Letter to the Dade School Board
Editor's Note: This is a letter Tony Moreland wrote to the Dade B of E that he is sharing with the local media as a letter to the editor....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 9, 20207 min read
Retro Piece in Honor of Valentine's Day: The Dear Abby Appeals Board!
Editor's Note: The Dear Abby Appeals Board is a loose--one might even say "disjointed"--coalition of failed Planet advice columnists who...
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Ann Bartlett
Feb 8, 20203 min read
Jurassic World
At the end of the Carboniferous Period, radical changes occurred on the planet. Approximately 335 million years ago, the continents...
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Linda Wilson
Feb 7, 20202 min read
Book Club Will Discuss Everest Adventure
The Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, to discuss Into Thin Air, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer. Krakauer was a...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20202 min read
Whoops! Public Given Wrong Ordinance to Review Before Commission Meeting
The confusion and distrust already inherent in the passage of Dade's first zoning ordinance were exacerbated Wednesday as the county, in...
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Press Release
Feb 6, 20201 min read
Suspect Chased by DeKalb County Law Enforcement Commits Suicide
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A pursuit that began in Fort Payne Wednesday night ended in a suicide this morning on Bethel Road near Hammondville,...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 5, 20201 min read
Re-re-re-revised Ordinance Available for Review
For those who would like to read the re-re-revised--The Planet can't keep track of which version we're on by now--draft of Dade's...
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Press Release
Feb 5, 20202 min read
Two High-Speed Police Chases of Motorcycles in DeKalb County Tuesday Night
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Tuesday night, DeKalb County (Ala.) deputies were involved in two different high-speed pursuits of suspects on...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 5, 20203 min read
Beer Board Agrees People Should Vote on Sunday Alcohol Sales--If Anyone's Listening...
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members, from head of table clockwise: Chairman Robert "Smokey" Russell, members John Gothard, Dorayne...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 4, 20206 min read
Places to Go, Things to Do, People to See: The Dade Senior Center
From left around the table, Benny Deakins, Keith Good, Betty Nelson and Cym Ross grimly talk impeachment at the Dade Senior Center....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 4, 20201 min read
Don't Miss Teen Internet Safety Program at Library Today
Reminder: Dade First/Family Connection's "Parent Café" on teen internet safety is at 5:30 today at the Dade County Public Library.
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Linda WIlson
Feb 3, 20202 min read
This Week: Book Recommendations from Linda
People have been asking about tax forms. We got our first shipment last Thursday. We now have 1040 federal forms and 1040/1040SR...
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Dr. Jan Irons Harris, Superintendent of Schools
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Superintendent's Message Feb. 3, 2020
Click the image below to access the Super's weekly message!
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Ann Bartlett
Feb 1, 20203 min read
Meet the Fern Family
Vascular plants, those with specialized tissue for the circulation of water and nutrients, evolved more than 400 million years ago. Early...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 31, 20204 min read
Commission Will Pluck Chicken House Rules From Ordinance After Squawks From Public at Hearing
David Young, a member of the committee that hashed out Dade's landmark land-use ordinance, addresses the county commission on their...
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Jan 29, 20201 min read
Rep. Graves Joins Dalton State College/Library of Congress Push to Collect Veterans' Stories
U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) has announced that his office is partnering with Dalton State College and the Library of Congress to host...
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