Story
Index
1. Test Set Wednesday for Severe Weather Awareness Week
2. Employee Benefits Fair is Thursday
3. Lecture Tuesday: 'Parlor
to Trenches'
4. Dr. Harding to Lecture Thursday
5. SBDC Offers Free Counseling
6. From Respirator to Priesthood After Stint at
JSU
7. Student: Loud Means Deep Pockets
8.Hear Dr. Zettili
Test
Set Wednesday for Severe
Weather Awareness Week
A
statewide tornado drill is set for Wednesday afternoon as part of Severe
Weather Awareness Week. Weather radio, the Emergency Alert System,
sirens, and other dissemination systems may be tested during the day.
If "real" severe weather or another emergency is expected or takes place
on Wednesday, the test will be held Friday, February 27. "There is no
such thing as being Storm or Flood proof, but with education and planning,
we can all be more aware about methods to prevent loss of life," said
Jason Wright, warning coordination meteorologist at the National
Weather Service forecast office in Birmingham. While Alabama is
ranked 13th in the nation for the number of tornadoes, it is third in
the number of deaths. Alabama is also one of the few places on earth
with two severe weather seasons. Severe weather can occur any time of
day and any month during the year. There were 42 tornadoes in Alabama
in 2003, compared to an average of 23. Flooding and large hail also
took a toll on the state in 2003. This year marks the 30th anniversary
of the 1974 "super outbreak." One hundred forty-eight tornadoes struck
that year on April 3 and 4 in 13 states, including Alabama, killing
335 and injuring 6,000. Alabama was one of the hardest hit states, with
86 killed. The storm brought the strongest tornadoes to ever hit Alabama.
Employee
Benefits Fair is Thursday
The
third annual Employee Benefits Fair, sponsored by Human
Resources, is Thursday, February 26, 2004. Mark your calendars and visit
Leone Cole Auditorium between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Vendors will have product
information and samples, items for sale, free samples and even door prizes.
The vendors scheduled to display are: AmSouth Bank, SouthTrust Bank, R & R
Travel, Cable One, Teddy Bear Stuffers, Creative Memories, Kay's Kreations,
Cingular Wireless, Anniston Museum League, Nationwide Insurance and Financial,
Gold's Gym, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of NE Alabama, Robert Trent Jones
Golf Course at Silver Lakes, TIAA/CREF, Mary Kay Cosmetics, My Two Girls Gift
Shoppe, The Tanner Co., Regions Morgan Keegan Trust, Simply Sandra's, AFLAC,
Alabama Telco Credit Union, Communications Inc/Nextel, Quintard Mall, Compass
Bank, State Farm Insurance, Totally Pamper Me, The Jacksonville News, Sam's
Club, Colonial Life, Bama Cellular, Tri-Co Supply Company, McCord Communications,
Calhoun County Insurance Center, Fort McClellan Credit Union, American United
Life/Insurance Planning, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
Lecture:
'Parlor to Trenches to Silver Screen'
Patricia
Neal of the Alabama Humanities Foundation
Speakers Bureau will discuss Jane Austen's novels and their adaptation
to film at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 24 on the 11th floor of the Houston
Cole Library. Dr. Neal, professor of English
at Spring Hill College, will use film clips to explore the popularity
of Jane Austen and her six completed novels. The title of her presentation,
which is sponsored by the Friends of Houston Cole Library, is "Jane Austen:Parlor
to Trenches to Silver Screen." Dr. Neal concentrates on British literature
of the 18th and 19th centuries. A fascination with the relationship between
the verbal and visual forms an important part of her studies, which range
from the romantic authors to the importance of place, the figure in the landscape,
and the development of art criticism. The public is invited. Refreshments
will be served. For more information contact Mr.
William Hubbard.
Dr.
Harding to Deliver Sigma Tau Lecture
Dr.
Pitt Harding of the JSU
English faculty will give the annual Sigma
Tau Delta Faculty Scholar Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February
26, in Room 233 Stone Center. Entitled "Milton's Serpent and the Birth
of Pagan Error in Book IX of PARADISE LOST," the lecture will examine
Satan's temptation of Eve, showing how Milton's allusions to classical
and Christian sources suggest that the fate of epic poetry hangs in
the balance when Satan approaches Eve in serpent form. Sigma Tau Delta
is an international English honor society. The public is invited to
the lecture.
SBDC Offers Free Counseling
The
Jacksonville State University Small
Business Development Center, the SBA, and the Calhoun
County Chamber of Commerce will offer one-on-one counseling for
prospective and existing small business owners at no charge on Thursday,
March 04, 2004, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Chamber office. It
is necessary that you make an appointment. For more information, or
your appointment, please call (256) 237-3536.
Sullivan:
From Respirator to
Priesthood After Stint at JSU
Andy Sullivan planned to be a doctor. However, a two-year battle with
Guillian-Barre syndrome changed those plans. The illness caused all
the nerves in Sullivan's body to die and rebuild themselves. Sullivan
was on a respirator 45 days during his junior year of high school and
spent his senior year of high school in a wheelchair. Sullivan recovered
almost completely and earned his degree in microbiology from the University
of Alabama in 1984. He planned to attend graduate school until January
of his senior year, when his girlfriend of one year was hit by a car
and killed. Sullivan turned to his interest in computers. He went back
to school, this time at Jacksonville State University, and earned a
certificate in computer science. He then accepted a job working for
the Pentagon in the war games division. MORE>>>
JSU Student: Loud Means Deep Pockets
Brad Bentley could
kill small animals with his truck when it's standing still. At an estimated
143 decibels, the stereo in Bentley's 1997 GMC Yukon GT pushes out more
sound pressure than a Boeing 707 at takeoff. It's loud enough to literally
make a rabbit's heart stop, and that's not necessarily the cool part.
For his parents, the customizing hobby has served as a great motivational
tool for their 19-year-old son, a sophomore at Jacksonville State University.
"Mom and Dad really support me in this," Bentley said with a shrug,
throwing a glance at the motorized monster. "They fund most of it, but
my grades determine how it all turns out. It's a good incentive." MORE>>>
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