GET YOUR ARDMORE/ELKMONT GAME SHIRTS BY AUGUST 19

The band will be selling these t-shirts through August 19, 

the cost of the shirts are $15.  Make your check to EHS band and send payment with order to Elkmont High School.  Click on shirt graphic to print out order form.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A HEADACHE?

Natural Headache Rx Prepare a cup of green tea with sprigs of fresh mint, or combine a green tea bag and a peppermint tea bag to make a big, strong cup of headache-relieving tea. Drink the minty tea, and your headache should fade away in about 15 minutes.

TAKE YOUR PICK - BAND AUCTION OR ELKMONT FOOTBALL GAME

Two great events are going on Thursday, Aug. 18.  The Elkmont Red Devils are traveling to East Lawrence High School to take on the Eagles in the fall Jamboree.  The game starts at 6:30.

EAST LAWRENCE SCOUTING REPORT

The Eagles enter the 2011 football season with a new head coach who brings new expectations for his team.Ernie Ferguson inherits a team that will return most of its skill players from the previous season, but must replace several key cogs along the offensive line. To combat the lack of experience along the line, Ferguson, who will assume play-calling duties, will try and level the playing field.

“We’re going to spread it out like when I was at Lawrence County,” Ferguson said. “We’re still going to run the ball a good bit. We don’t want to put everyone in the box and make it harder for us to run, so we’re going to spread people out as much as possible. Hopefully, we should be able to throw the ball well enough to keep people honest.”


EAST LAWRENCE HIGH HIGHLIGHTS:
Head Coach:  Ernie Ferguson, first year at East Lawrence (13-18 three season record at Lawrence County)
2010 record: 2-8, 1-6 in Class 4A, Region 8. No playoff berth
Overview: 
Coach Ferguson - assistant for Joe McDaniel's 2008-2009 Eagles.  
Last playoff appearance: 2008
Rookie Quarterback
Ferguson said his team will line up in a spread formation but will use a ground pounding approach.

Team Roster
Jersey Num Name Position Grade Height Weight 0 James Robinson OL/DL 9 6'0" 245 0 Ryan Morris 9 5'6" 130 1 Nolan Voss TE/DE 12 6'5" 195 2 Christopher Amerson WR/DB 12 5'7" 140 3 Dustin Hooie WR/DB 11 5'7" 130 4 Ben Copeland QB/DB 9 5'8" 145 5 Stephen Pilgrim QB/DB 10 5'10" 140 6 Quamell Fuqua TE/DE 11 6'1" 220 7 Brian Kemper WR/LB 11 6'0" 170 8 Jacob Williams WR/LB 12 6'0" 170 10 Jerrod Martin RB/LB 10 5'10" 165 12 Forrest Simpson WR/DB 12 6'0" 160 16 Austin Hooie WR/LB 11 5'9" 150 20 Brian Swain WR/DB 9 5'8" 142 21 Zachary Nitchens WR/DB 11 5'5" 130 22 Terrence Deloney QB/LB 11 5'9" 190 24 Jeffery Millwood RB/LB 10 5'9" 155 28 Steven Simpson RB/DB 12 5'8" 155 34 Caleb Treadway TE/DE 12 6'1" 210 45 Austin Reed OL/LB 9 6'2" 160 50 Ryan Carr OL/DE 10 5'11" 190 51 Billy Goodwin OL/LB 12 5'8" 194 54 Connor Hutto OL/LB 11 5'10" 225 55 Matthew Williams OL/DL 12 6'1" 250 56 Zeke Sherrell OL/DT 11 6'0" 275 57 Zachary Sherrell OL/DT 11 6'0" 305 66 Curtis Brown OL/DE 11 6'2" 200 70 Joseph Bailey OL/DL 11 5'7" 225 73 Hunter Reeves OL/DT 9 5'10" 225 75 Terrance Thomas OL/DL 10 5'10" 265 76 Joseph Burks OL/DT 9 5'11" 265 77 Randy Alexander OL/DL 10 6'0" 230 80 Colton Smith WR/DB 10 6'2" 160 85 Hunter Harris WR/DB 12 6'0" 160 88 Jonathan Borden WR/LB 11 5'10" 145
The Elkmont High School Band is having an event nearer to home at the Old Gym, their annual band auction.  You should be able to pick up some great deals as well as help the band.

HELP!!! I HAVE DEER

No More Deer in Your Garden

Deer and most other animals will not walk on bubble wrap. Place sheets of it around your garden, holding the corners in place with rocks, big flowerpots or stakes that you put in the ground. Source:  Household Magic Tips

CHARLES W. CHRISTOPHER - OBITUARY

The graveside service for Charles W. “Bear” Christopher, 89, of Elkmont will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Antioch Cemetery in Elkmont.

Visitation is from 6-9 tonight at McConnell Funeral Home in Athens.

Mr. Christopher died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at Alvin C. York VA Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Mr. Christopher was born July 22, 1922, in Salem to Henry and Cleo Christopher. Charles was a veteran of World War II who received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Mr. Christopher served from Sept. 4, 1942, to Dec. 13, 1945, in Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe, reaching the rank of technical sergeant.

Mr. Christopher was preceded in death by his loving wife, Martha Jo Christopher.

He is survived by two sons, Charles David Christopher and Mark Alan Christopher; six grandchildren, Charles David Christopher Jr., Jeremiah Ryan Christopher, Martha Ellen Christopher, Jennifer Elizabeth Christopher, William Isaac Christopher and Joe Lucas Christopher; five great-grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Christopher, William Taylor Christopher, Ava Kate Christopher, Jackson Ryan Christopher and Frank Joseph Gusmus IV (Fort); and one sister, Maime Lou Harrison.

Pallbearers are Charles David Christopher Jr., Jeremiah Ryan Christopher, William Isaac Christopher, Joe Lucas Christopher, William Taylor Christopher, Jackson Ryan Christopher and Frank Joseph Gusmus III.

POLITICS IN ALABAMA

Found this facebook page you might be interested in.


Congress/Alabama

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ELKMONT FOOTBALL

Football season is on the starting pad and ready for lift off.  Follow the Elkmont Red Devils here on the blogs.  There will be some articles posted on the Elkmont Alabama Blog; mostly game write ups.   However, there is too much football news to post it all here so visit the Elkmont Football Blog often.

http://elkmontfootball.blogspot.com/



Article Schedule  through Aug 27
Coaches interviews - Monday thru Thursday
East Lawrence Pre Game Article - Thursday
Jamboree -  @ East Lawrence @ 6:30 pm - Thursday
Post Game Write up - Friday
Senior Player Interviews - Friday until ?
Tag the Tiger Week Articles - Aug. 22-26

ELKMONT HIGH SCHOOL BAND FUNDRAISER

WHAT DOES FACEBOOK HAVE TO DO WITH ME GETTING A JOB??

Tips to Undo the Damage Your Facebook Profile Has Done

By Brian Reed

August 11, 2011

Picture this: You just nailed your interview with Dream Corp. You took plenty of time to make sure you look good in person and on paper. Plus, you're a great fit for the job.

[InvestingAnswers Feature: How to Ace Any Interview

Picture this: You just nailed your interview with Dream Corp. You took plenty of time to make sure you look good in person and on paper. Plus, you're a great fit for the job.



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How to Ace Any Interview]



But there's a second, invisible interview that most applicants don't know about. And it can mean the difference between being hired and never hearing back from Dream Corp again.

Perplexed? It's really simple, actually; the second interview is with your online self. Job recruiters type your name into Google (NYSE: GOOG) and make decisions based on your search results. In fact, 75% of job recruiters are required to research potential employees online; 70% reported that they've rejected candidates based on those searches.

It may seem unfair -- neither that racy inside joke nor those Halloween pictures of you in drag are related to the job -- but that doesn't make it illegal.

Companies can't discriminate based on gender, religion or race, but they can and will look at your online presence to get a larger understanding of who you are and how you may represent them.

Prospective employers look at all social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn (Nasdaq: LNKD). A general search for your name will generally pull up blogs, comments you've made on websites, articles you've written, interviews from 10 years ago, even Craigslist posts... In other words, anything on the Internet that mentions your name.  Want to know what potential employers will see? Google yourself right now, and view the results through your potential employers' eyes.

What Are You Judged On?

Username. It sounds silly, but that handle you thought was sexy at 17 sounds trashy at 24. Change it to something more professional. You can't go wrong with firstname.lastname@domain.com.

What you write about. Do you gripe about work on Facebook? Do you occasionally tweet about your late night escapades? Post videos or pictures of your extensive gun and knife collection? All these things say a lot about who you are. You may think it's funny to join a group called "This Is America. I Shouldn't Have to Press 1 for English," but your employer may wonder whether you dislike people who don't speak English.

When you write it. Are you posting regularly during normal work hours? If so, those posts are losing your company money and your boss knows it.

Pictures. Photos of you enjoying the Mets game are great. A photo of you slugging some guy at the Mets game and enjoying it is not great. If you could potentially be breaking the law, that photo will have human resources putting your resume in the do-not-call-ever pile.

The Mom Baseline -- Sorting the Good from the Bad

If you're not sure something is employer-friendly, just use the Mom Baseline. It's fairly easy. Just ask yourself:  "Would I want my mom/grandma to see this?"  If the answer is no, then keep it to yourself. Another good guide to follow: If you don't have anything nice (or productive) to say, don't say anything at all.  But what about the stuff that's already on the Internet? Everyone knows that once you send something into cyberspace, it's out there forever. But that doesn't mean it's too late to clean up your act.

Privatize. If any social website that you use (Facebook!) has a privacy setting, use it. Protecting your privacy is important, and not just for job-search purposes.

Un-tag yourself in certain photos. Want to unassociate yourself from that picture of your brawl at the Mets game? Just un-tag yourself (remove your name).

Use an alias. There are some things that many find controversial, such as politics, religions and social leanings. You have a right to express yourself, but when job hunting consider using an alias if you feel that these opinions could hinder you from getting the dream job.  A great alias could be as simple as using your middle name as your last name. (John Adam Smith's alias would be John Adam.) Most people don't list their middle names on resumes, so companies will have a hard time finding you.

Remember once you put something on facebook, it is somewhere on cyberspace forever.  The best course of action is always prevention rather than trying to fix it later.

MO BROOKS TOWN HALL IN LIMESTONE COUNTY

Tomorrow and next week I’ll be holding more Town Halls across North Alabama.

I’m looking forward to talking with folks about the need for job creation. We'll discuss the impact our current economic situation will have on our community, our state, and our country. The events are open Q&A, so I hope you will come and ask me questions about the subjects you’re interested in. Everyone in District 5 is welcome to attend.

I’ll open the Town Halls with brief remarks, and the rest of each event will be devoted to Q&A with the audience. For questions or directions, please call my Huntsville District Office at (256) 551-0190.

Dates and locations are listed below. I hope to see you there!

 TANNER

When: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Where: Calhoun Community College Health Science Building, Room 109, 6250 US Highway 31, Tanner, AL

ARDMORE

When: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Where: Bryan House Pavilion, 26494 First Street, Ardmore, AL