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Hoover schools Superintendent Andy Craig responds to complaint made to SACS accreditation agency

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Thursday August 14, 2008, 2:49 PM

Hoover schools Superintendent Andy Craig has responded to allegations the school board is micromanaging the school system, telling a school accreditation group that school board members and administrators are taking steps to improve school system governance and leadership.

See Birmingham News reporter Tiffany Ray's complete article from today's paper.

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Candidates for Hoover City Council Place 7 speak out on the issues

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Thursday August 14, 2008, 2:43 PM

Birmingham News reporter Mike Cason asked the three candidates for Hoover City Council Place 7 several questions about issues facing the city. The candidates - Jimmie Brown, Rusty Creel and John Greene III - answered via e-mail. Their answers were paraphrased for brevity, except where there are direct quotes. The election is Aug. 26.

See below for their answers:

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Helena's Liz Cochran wins 2008 Miss Hoover Pageant

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Thursday August 14, 2008, 2:33 PM

At 6 feet, 1 inch, Liz Cochran of Helena stood head and shoulders above 20 other pageant competitors Saturday at Spain Park High School. The judges thought so, too, and handed the 20-year-old Helena woman the Miss Hoover title at the city's second annual pageant sponsored by the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham News reporter Liz Ellaby tells us.

Read Ellaby's complete article from this week's edition of The Hoover News.

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More poverty in Hoover means tripled federal money for schools

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Thursday August 14, 2008, 2:28 PM

Higher rates of poverty have spurred additional federal funding for schools in Hoover and other neighboring communities, Birmingham News reporter Tiffany Ray tells us.

Hoover's allocation of Title I funds has more than tripled, from $172,000 last year to $731,000 this year, according to Alabama Department of Education data.

As a result, Hoover administrators are expanding Title I programs, which were funded only at Green Valley Elementary last year, to four additional elementary schools: Gwin, Rocky Ridge, Shades Mountain and Trace Crossings, Ray reports in this week's edition of The Hoover News.

See Ray's complete article.

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Masters Games district competition coming to Hoover Rec Center next week

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Wednesday August 13, 2008, 3:17 PM

The Masters Games - recreational competitions for people 55 and older - are coming to the Hoover Recreation Center next week, Birmingham News senior citizen columnist Martha Skelley tells us in today's Hoover News.

This is the district competition, a qualifying round for the state finals in Florence in October. Read Skelley's complete column from today's paper.

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City of Hoover retirees seek pension raise again

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Wednesday August 13, 2008, 2:59 PM

Retired city of Hoover employees say they need a cost-of-living adjustment included in the city budget for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1, Birmingham News reporter Mike Cason tells us.

Read Cason's complete article from today's edition of The Hoover News.

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Brookwood plans Hoover hospital, too

by Jon Anderson -- The Birmingham News
Wednesday August 13, 2008, 2:51 PM

Brookwood Medical Center appears ready to go toe to toe with Baptist Health System in the race to be the first to build a hospital in Hoover, according to documents filed with state health regulators, Birmingham News reporter Anna Velasco tells us.

Read Velasco's complete article from today's paper.

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