Anniston train depot destroyed by fire
December 29, 2008 14:15 EST
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a train depot in Anniston listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Anniston fire Capt. Chris Collins said firefighters received the call at 3 a.m. Sunday and arrived to find fire shooting through the roof from the largest part of the L & N train depot, which is more than a century old.
Collins said the building is a complete loss.
The fire had been burning for some time before the call came in. Firefighters battled the fire through the early morning hours and did not leave the scene until 11 a.m.
Collins said the fire’s cause was not immediately determined.
Jim and Ann Stephenson bought the passenger depot building in 1995 from architect Julian Jenkins, according to Anniston Star archives.
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Information from: The Anniston Star, http://www.annistonstar.com/
WASHINGTON (CNN) — In Sudan’s Darfur region, where violence and genocide are rampant, women risk their lives every day performing tasks as seemingly mundane as seeking out firewood.
Spencer Brodsky, 17, says he and his peers should work to fight global injustice. Spencer Brodsky, 17, says he and his peers should work to fight global injustice. But, from his suburban home, one Maryland teen has dedicated himself to making life a little safer for those women.
The United Nations estimates that 300,000 people have been slaughtered in the ongoing violence in the north African country. Countless others have been forced out of their homes and are living in refugee camps. People living in the camps are relatively safe, but there is danger for the women and young girls who leave the compounds in search of firewood to cook meals.
Firewood in the desert is scarce, and the women often have to walk up to seven hours to gather enough wood to bring back to their camps. Some women have been targeted, sexually assaulted and killed.
Spencer Brodsky, 17, learned about the violence and decided to raise money to purchase fuel-efficient stoves to send to Darfur. The stoves burn 75 percent less firewood.
Brodsky reasons that if he can do something to keep Sudanese women in the camps, this would decrease the likelihood of violence….
1 alleged robber killed, another injured by gunshots from local store owner From staff reports
12-24-2008
Sheriff Larry Amerson, far right, works the scene where a storeowner shot two alleged robbers, killing one and injuring the other at Fuller’s on U.S. 431.
Photo: Trent Penny/The Anniston Star
One man is dead and another was hospitalized Tuesday after they were shot by the owner of a service station they were allegedly trying to rob.
Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson said that just before 6:30 Tuesday night, the two men entered Fuller’s Oil Co. on U.S. 431 north of Anniston, near the intersection with Old Gadsden Highway. Both carried handguns.
The owner pulled a handgun of his own when the men attempted to push his wheelchair out of the way to get behind the store’s counter, where the owner’s daughter was, the sheriff said….
Crews destroy last VX mine; nerve agent to be burned by tonight From staff reports Updated 1:33 p.m.
Munitions handler Luke Bohannon watches as the last VX-filled land mine moves down the conveyor for safe disposal. When the process was complete at 11:58 a.m. on Dec. 24, the entire Anniston nerve agent stockpile had been safely demilitarized.
Photo courtesy of Westinghouse Anniston.
The last nerve agent weapon stored in Anniston was destroyed just before noon today, leaving only far-less-lethal blister agent weapons to be disposed of from the stockpile here. Officials at the Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility said the last VX-armed land mine was destroyed at 11:58 this morning.
VX drained from that mine and others destroyed earlier is being stored temporarily in a large container, and is expected to be incinerated by midnight tonight, officials told The Star….
Well, I renewed my airtime minutes for the Tracfone yesterday, mailed 3 packages at the Post Office this morning, need to renew my “www.calcis.us” domain sometime TODAY — and really need to get Christmas cards ready to mail out, today — too.
There is a grocery ‘run’ planned for this afternoon, so if I want to get cards out, I had best get them addressed, signed and sealed.
But before I do anything else — I wanted to say that YES! we now have an Ebay Store!!!
http://stores.ebay.com/bluespringsbazaar
It will ease the cost of insert fees, and give our inventory a better chance of being seen by more customers.
What do we have? Click on through and view our stock…it will be growing rapidly.
I will ‘pen’ a bit more on my blog later today, stay tuned.
Thank you, for your time.
– Cathy A.
weavercat@gmail.com
Is everyone ready for Christmas?
Probably not, but I’m sure that we’re all wokring toward having things ready…does that count?
If you are curious as to what we have been ‘doing’ on eBay click on the botton included in the menu to the right of this post.
It will take you to our current “active sales” — maybe you’ll find an item that like.
If not…we will continue to post a wide variety of items; as we find them.
Oh, by the way…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
HAPPY KWAANZA!
– Cathy A.
weavercat@gmail.com
