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By Marla Jones Managing Editor
Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was flying in the direction of Washington, D.C. The plane’s passengers attempted to overcome the hijackers, causing the plane to crash in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Investigators determined that Flight 93’s target was either the White House or the U.S. Capitol. A total of 2,996 lives were lost on
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-September 11, 2001, is a day that changed American lives forever. Many remember exactly what they were doing, “when the world stopped turning?” Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, four commercial airline flights were hijacked Photo by BBC mid-flight by al-Qaeda terrorists. The first of the World Trade Center at plane, America Airlines 8:46 a.m. Seventeen Flight 11, hit the North Tower minutes later, at 9:03 the
World Trade Center’s South Tower was hit by United Airlines Flight 175. A third
flight, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the west side of the Pentagon in
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FP Approves 25 Million Dollar Budget
By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com
FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook)The Fort Payne City Council voted on Tuesday to pass the FY2022 Budget in the amount of approximately 25 million dollars. The budget includes: raises for most employees to get them to the state standard, a new fleet program totaling 40 cars, absorption of 7% of healthcare, along with
$600,000 to go towards the City savings. “Kudos to the Department Heads….They have been really good this year. They were given direction to make this as lean as possible. We were able to do some of these things with their stance of a lean budget” stated Fort Payne Mayor Brian Baine. The Council passed Resolution 2021-29, which accepted the low bid by Ingle Demolition and Salvage in the amount of $559,265 for the demolition
of the old hospital. Work should be started during the winter of this year. The council voted to approve a proposed sewer line on Gault Avenue in the vicinity of Contech, Inc., which is in the Old Vulcraft location. If the City will supply the labor to install the sewer line, Gil Graham of Contech will pay for the materials. This will enable residents of the Pine Hills Subdivision to hook on to the city sewer. The project is expected to be completed within two months.
The council voted to approve a contract with Stephen Smith as Production Manager for the upcoming “Boom Days'' event in the amount of $8,000. The Council set September 21, as the date to receive public comments on two different items. The first is for the proposed vacation of a portion of an alleyway behind the former Jenni’s Department Store located at Gault Avenue and 2nd Street North to accommodate a drive-
through window for the planned Mater’s Pizza operation. The second item on the September 21 agenda is to receive public comments on the proposed rezoning of property located at 311 10th Street NW from C-4 (Commercial Business District) to R-1 (Low-Density Residential District) to conform with the adjoining properties and allows its
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