Collinsville Senior Named Young Hero

The Alabama Public Television Young Heroes Awards recognizes five Alabama high school students each year based on courage, determination, volunteerism, academic excellence and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Pablo Zuniga was chosen from a pool of about 200 nominees to receive the award.The program recognizes Alabama high school students who are active in the community, maintain good grades and who have overcome adversity during their lifetime. He was nominated by his guidance counselor at the DeKalb County Technology Center, Hazel Haynes, who described him as an artist, a caretaker, an industrious worker and friend to others.

To read more about this young man, please following this link.

Imagining Collinsville

Thursday, May 21, 2009

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Collinsville Community Center

We will read and discuss excerpts from the following:

Charles Hall's World War II Diary

Accounts of the 1900 fire

Cherokee Myths

Free copies of the readings are available at the

Collinsville Public Library or

by clicking on the titles above.

Co-sponsored by the Collinsville Public Library,

the Collinsville Historical Association,

the Times-Journal, the Caroline Marshal Draughon

Center for the Arts & Humanities

in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University,

and the David Mathews Center for Civic Life.

Join us for a public discussion of the past

as we imagine the future.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 256-524-2323
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" History cannot give us a program for the future,

but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves,

and of our common humanity, so that

we can better face the future."

Robert Penn Warren

Sunday, May 17, 2009
6:00 P.M.

Collinsville High School Baccalaureate

Harvest Center Church

Collinsville Ministerial Association Will Host

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Noon

On the steps at Town Hall

Coach Dobbins

ROAST

in honor of

Coach L. B. Dobbins

Saturday, May 2, 2009

6:00 - 8:00 at the CHS Lunchroon

$10.00 per person

Please support the Collinsville Football team by attending a "Roast" honoring Coach L. B. Dobbins for his dedication, service to and continued support of Collinsville High School and the athletic programs.

Proceeds will go to the CHS Football Department.

Donations will also be accepted.

For more information, contact Coach Alan Beckett at 524-2111.