Ed Howell Communications

Writing samples  

 

Bevill State legislator salaries controversy

 

Ken Guin salaries 10/12/06

 

Ken Guin salaries jump 10/12/06

 

Harold Wade 10/13/2006

 

Harold Wade jump 10/13/2006

 

Legislators-forms 10/13/2006

 

Legislators-formsjump 10/13/2006

 

Legislators-formsjump 2 10/13/2006

 

Legislators-work 10/13/2006

 

Legislators-workjump 10/13/2006

 

Gov. Riley on 2-year school problems

5/27/07

 

Guin resigns 8/29/07

 

Bevill president search and probe update  4/16/08

 

 

Sen. Charles Bishop punches Barron

 

Charles Bishop punch  6/8/07

 

Bishop jump 6/8/07

 

Bishop-Barron mental state 6/10/07

 

Bishop-Barron mental state jump 6/10/07

 

Bedford reaction 6/11/2007

 

Gov. Riley on Bishop punch 1/12/08

 

Bishop-clerks 1/15/08

 

Bishop-clerks jump 1/15/08

 

Riding with State Trooper Series

 

Trooper series Part 1 8/22/07

 

Trooper series Part 1 jump 8/22/07

 

Trooper Series Part 2  8/23/07

 

Trooper Series Part 2 jump 8/23/07

 

Trooper Series Part 3  8/24/07

 

Trooper Series Part 3 jump 8/24/07

 

Trooper Series Part 4  8/25/07

 

Trooper Series Part 4 jump 8/25/07

 

Trooper Series Part 5 8/26/07

 

Trooper Series Part 5 jump 8/26/07

 

Trooper Series Part 6  8/27/07

 

Trooper Series Part 6 jump  8/27/07

 

Walker County government

(also see Politics and elections, Electronic bingo)

 

Colonial offer 12/20/04

 

Colonial offer turned down 12/21/04

 

County borrowed for jail debt 1/23/05

(Note Sept. actions happened before I started covering commission.)

 

Cutbacks possible; jail budget  2/11/05

 

Tubbs on finances 2/23/05

 

No funds for bridge 12/7/04

 

Bridges-county 8/7/05

 

Bridges-county jump 8/7/05

 

Bridges out 8/7/05

 

Bridges out jump 8/7/05

 

County roads 8/8/05

 

County roads jump 8/8/05

 

Deputies say raises needed 8/25/06

 

Sheriff not put on 911 board 11/8/05

 

Howard: 911 power grab 11/20/05

 

Online tag renewals start  10/1/06

 

Intersection 10/1/06

 

Hospital tax, commission 8/29/07

 

Burton plea 4/5/08

 

Commission-AlaTax 12/21/05

 

 

If you have been to this site before, you may notice that some past stories and columns are missing. This is because the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Ala., has ended previous Web links to stories in an effort to require customers to pay for past stories. This took place before I knew about it and after I had posted many to this site. It is disheartening because much of my work over a five-year period is wiped from easy access from the Internet. I will be trying to recuperate what I can for the future.

 

In the meantime, some of the stories below are available because I took clips to a UPS store and had them scanned into PDF files; others I did myself. (You’ll note the UPS clerks did not make sure they were right side up or put on one file.) I think many of you will find this more convenient than keeping up with clips sent in the mail, as clips can be stored, read and printed from here. You may wish to adjust the percentage of the size to make any jagged lettering become clear.

 

If you still have need for me to send a photocopy or PDF copy of a story, let me know. EH

Carbon Hill City Council

 

Armories 2/26/06

 

Police chief, councilman have words 3/21/07

 

Parrish City Council

 

Parrish council disagreement 4/10/06

 

Jasper city government

 

Mayor says budget to be tight 9/26/07

 

Education K-12

(also see Politics and elections)

 

Beaty and employees 8/25/05

 

School library 9/11/05

 

School library jump 9/11/05

 

Oakman delay 12/21/05

 

Curry High, SACHS 4/26/06

 

Parent at board meeting 5/4/06

 

Oakman school almost complete 7/7/06

 

Guin: School bonds to pass 3/8/07

 

Gov. Bob Riley on school bonds 5/22/07

 

Superintendents on tax free holiday 6/11/07

 

 

Bevill State Community College

 

Wade on coal tax 3/25/06

 

Budget cut 6/19/08

 

Morrison, pace of building’s progress 4/15/08

 

Bevill nurse program for high school 4/30/06

 

Basketball coach writes poetry book 7/7/08

 

Religion features and stories

 

Denver and the Mile High Orchestra

12/4/03

 

Pastor baptized in own church 3/29/04

 

Salvation Army 5/17/06

Salvation Army Jump 5/17/06

 

Bob Sanders, Part 1 2/6/06

 

Bob Sanders, Part 2 2/7/06

 

Christian sport T-shirts 6/17/06

 

 

Politics and elections

(also see Electronic Bingo)

 

Guin on Rules, to run again 12-3-05

 

School superintendent runs again 2/5/06

 

Carbon Hill school 4/26/06

 

Carbon Hill school jump 4/26/06

 

Ballot machines 5/15/06

 

Hamrick campaign speech (centers on bingo) 10/2/08

 

BOE race funds 7/20/08

 

Beaty and Amendment 1 10/5/08

 

Qualifying slow 3/23/08

 

Farris won’t qualify 4/5/08

 

Sherer wants poll worker bill 4/15/08

 

Sparks-Warren congressional race 5/4/08

 

Tim James 8/24/08

 

BOE candidate makes speech  10/5/08

 

Wright on the unit system 10/5/08

 

 

Gov. Bob Riley (in general)

 

Riley stories from visit 8/17/05

 

Riley on annual reappraisals 9/10/06

Electronic bingo

Charities sign up 4/22/07

Gov. Bob Riley, others on bingo 5/22/07

Bingo package 5/27/07

Bingo package 9/30/07

DA: Commission can stop bingo 9/26/07

Charity scandal front 9/27/07

 

Charity scandal jump 9/27/07

 

DA, sheriff file suit 11/17/07

 

County fees 2/25/08

 

Pastors: Negative effect starting 3/15/08

 

Guin: Electronic bingo legal 3/19/08

 

License fees may go to $1,000 3/23/08

 

Bishop and Sherer on bills 4/27/08

 

Guin: No action on bingo bills 5/4/08

 

Fielding gets training 5/14/08

 

Sumiton meeting 7/08/08

 

Bingo raid 7/20/08

 

County bingo revenue 7/25/08

 

Rules rescinded 8/5/08

 

Guin: Halls don’t want tough rules

8-18-08

 

Charities-coalition 1   9/15/08

 

Charities-coalition 2  9/15/08

 

Charities-coalition 3  9/15/08

 

Dems-coalition  9/15/08

 

Dems-coalition jump 9/15/08

 

Rescinding reconsidered 8/6/08

 

Baker-Tirey on commission 8/20/08

 

Fielding limited in enforcement 9/17/08

 

Coalition endorsements 10/5/08

 

 

Business

 

Jasper Mall 11/19/06

 

Gov. Riley on Toyota in Miss. 3/8/07

 

New postal shipping rules 7/30/07

 

Carl Cannon Chevrolet 9/12/07

 

Solid Image Fitness 12/17/07

 

 

Future Interstate 22 (Corridor X)

 

I-22 progress to Graysville 3/30/07

 

I-22 update from Lance Taylor

April 3-5, 2007

 

Open to Graysville 11/15/07

 

 

Entertainment and sports

 

Buchstane feature 1 (Progress Edition 2006)

 

Buchstane feature 2 (Progress Edition 2006)

 

Buchstane feature 3 (Progress Edition 2006)

 

Stacy Seals   9/13/06

Stacy Seals jump 9/13/06

Fair to open 9/10/06

 

Six Flags history book 7/9/07

 

Fires

 

Tubbs fire 5/15/06

 

Church fire 7-30-07