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• Local initiative studies how iPad might enhance education

  Just two months after school started in August, a number of students at Athens Elementary School began an initiative. It was aimed at a current educational trend that could change the future of education — the use of iPads in the classroom.

  May 20, 2012

• Manager of library construction giving project $100K boost
• Alabama officials: Amendment necessary to fund Medicaid
• Man seriously injured in fall from Huntsville tree
• Green picked for Georgia superintendent job
• Paving projects begin in Athens
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Natalie Edwards, from left in back seat, Nancy Barksdale and Lydia Roberts get a ride on a wagon at the Sheriff’s Rodeo Arena Friday during the Exceptional Rodeo.

• Exceptional day for Exceptional Rodeo

  May 20, 2012 2 Photos

• Just what is '1-Hour Seafood?'

Sports

• Emotional ride for ABS at state tournament

  Athens Bible’s bid for another state softball championship ended Friday morning with a 14-0 loss to two-time defending champions, Ragland.

  May 18, 2012

• Spring (football) is in the air
• Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play
• Lawyer tries to put Clemens accuser on trial
• Wade loses cool in Heat's 94-75 loss to Pacers

State and Nation

• Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region

  Civil protection agency official Adriano Gumina described it as the worst quake to hit the region since the 1300s.

  May 20, 2012

• Young illegal immigrants coming out of the shadows
• Documents shed new light on Trayvon Martin killing
• RSA buildings to go purple for lupus awareness
• Attorney: Judge, lawyers drained Rosa Parks estate

Lifestyle

• Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America celebrates 138 years

  The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America is the first and only African American denomination in the United States that is of the Presbyterian form of government.

  May 18, 2012 3 Photos

• Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at 63
• Let's go Rodeo: Limestone Sheriff's Rodeo this weekend
• 14th annual SoulStock Friday and Saturday at Point Mallard
• FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

Calendar of Events

• Limestone Ledger 5/20/12

  TUESDAY                                                                                                                                            Police memorial
  The Ardmore Police Memorial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Ardmore Police Department. Col. Tracy Trott from the Tennessee Highway Patrol will be the guest speaker. Lunch will follow at the Tennessee Annex.

  May 20, 2012

• Limestone Ledger 5/19/12

Obituaries

• Riley Sparks

  May 20, 2012

• Thomas Powers
• Sherry Carwile

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