Madison Spirit

• '50s-era party-goers say, 'Thanks for the memories'
Madison Villageresidents look backon teenage times

• Amateur radio grants help Bob Jones set up station
8 teachers attend training classes on wireless tech

• Arts Council seeking grant applications
Deadline is Jan. 16;guidelines airedfor organizations

• As expected, sales tax is talk of town
Council meeting hears residents on school funding plan

• Columbia students connect geology to space at Sci-Quest event
Moon dust was their aim, and Columbia Elementary School students also found a connection between geology and space at "Let's Kick Up Some Moon Dust."

• Fans get to pose with BCS football trophy
Crystal award made stop at Kroger on promotional tour

• Hospital finally has a timetable
Groundbreaking set Dec. 8 for 60-bed facility off U.S. 72

• Madison calendar
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• Madison Spirit ?In brief
Hartlex Antique holds art sale

• School fund efforts praised
The Madison City School system had to dip into its reserves this year, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been thanks to careful planning by its financial department and superintendent's office.

• Schools recognized for technology use
Madison City Schools received first-place honors in the sixth annual Digital School Districts Survey.

• Students salute veterans with special school projects
Stars and stripes demanded more meaning for many students in Madison City Schools during the week of Veterans Day.

• True's book recalls early years in 'primitive' school here
In her book "My Life from Wagons to Rockets," Gladys McFarlen True described her first few years in school at Trenton. The conditions that she called "primitive" would also have largely applied in Madison of the time.

• Veterans take their bows at Madison event
Ceremony in park honors those who served their country