112th Congress
College shows off training center
By Bernie Delinski | Times Daily | August 25, 2011
Training center opens at Northwest-Shoals.
David Demastus didn’t allow a steady stream of people filing through the new Multi-Skilled Training Center to stand in the way of his assignment.
Demastus said he enjoyed working at the lathe machine at the newest addition to Northwest-Shoals Community College’s Phil Campbell campus, in the midst of the training center’s Thursday open house.
Missiles in Courtland?
By Ginger Grantham | Moulton Advertiser | August 25, 2011
Having a vioce in global debates
By R. Spencer Oliver | Consortium News | August 24, 2011
In a rare moment this summer, the seats of the United States delegation were empty when more than 220 parliamentarians from the world’s largest regional security organization gathered in Belgrade for the opening of their annual meeting.
The 17-seat U.S. delegation has the most votes in the 55-nation Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, a body of which Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Maryland, is an elected vice president.
Facility could double workers
By Nancy Glasscock | Times Daily | August 23, 2011
Lockheed Martin’s Courtland facility will double its workforce if the Missile Defense Agency awards the company a contract to build a missile to intercept intermediate to long-range ballistic missiles, company officials said Monday.
The company and U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, made the announcement at Lockheed’s Huntsville facility. Aderholt said production of the missile in Courtland would be a “big win for Alabama.”
Courtland Hoping for Missile Contract
WAAYTV | August 22, 2011
Aderholt updates Marshall County Board of Realtors on Washington's budget woes
By Malarie Haven | Sand Mountain Reporter | August 15, 2011
U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt addressed the Marshall County Board of Realtors on Thursday to share information about recent budgeting decisions in Washington.
"It's been sort of crazy over there," he said.
He said many of the issues stem from the U.S. House of Representatives' flip from Democratic to Republican control.
Gordo church keeps August all-day singing tradition alive
By Robert DeWitt | Tuscaloosa News | August 15, 2011
GORDO | Nobody seems real sure just how long the Elmore-Center United Methodist Church in Pickens County has held its all-day singing. But they are sure that it's been a long time.
“I'm 78, and it was going on when I was 4 or 5 years old, as long as I can remember,” said Henry Shirley of Gordo, a church member.
Congressman Aderholt tours tornado-stricken area
By Jason Morton | Tuscaloosa News | August 13, 2011
TUSCALOOSA | The day after an EF4 tornado laid waste to almost six miles of Tuscaloosa, U.S. Rep. Richard Aderholt was here to see the destruction first-hand.
He said he was shocked by the devastation, which was symbolized by the empty intersection of two of the city's busiest thoroughfares — McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street.
“It was overwhelming to be here,” he said.
Aderholt now knows the desperate need
Sand Mountain Reporter | August 12, 2011
We commend U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt for his trip this week to Marshall County so he could see for himself the Double Bridges near Asbury.