Tickets for the April 26 soccer match between Mexico and Argentina are now available.

The match at Decatur’s Jack Allen Recreation Complex is part of a multi-game, international event held exclusively in Alabama.

The Futbol Internacional 2007 opening ceremonies and doubleheader games will be in Birmingham’s Legion Field on April 22, followed by four additional preliminary matches in Decatur, Huntsville, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $16 on game day. Tickets are available at the following locations while limited supplies last: Jack Allen Recreation Complex, Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.; and Decatur-Morgan County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. You also can visit www.AlabamaYouth Soccer.org.

The game starts at 7:30 p.m., and gates open at 4 p.m. Organizers strongly recommend carpooling.

For more information, call Kelly Varnell at 341-4830 or Tami Reist at 350-2028.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- A pickup truck crashed through the wall
of a Pearle Vision Center in Huntsville yesterday afternoon.

Authorities say none of the seven people inside the shop were
injured when the vehicle, driven by Dennis Wilcox, came through the
wall of a room full of patient files around three-30 p.m. The
store, at 3007 S. Memorial Parkway, was open and serving customers
an hour later , The Huntsville Times reported on its Web site
yesterday.

Police officer Dean Paulin said that Wilson, an employee of
Johnson Pools and Spas, was driving a company truck northbound on
the north access road when the truck went between a utility pole
and a tree before hitting the building.
Paulin said the truck just missed hitting the utility pole
head-on.
Paulin said the accident may have been caused when Wilcox
suffered from a medical problem. Wilcox was taken to Huntsville
Hospital by ambulance, but Paulin said his injuries did not appear
to be serious.

Philippians 4:13 --- "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

The road to success is not straight.
There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.

Should you choose to do so, please pass this motivational message to ten others you would like to receive a blessing.

Houlihan-Parnes/iCap Realty Advisors LLC sold the office building at 7800 Madison Blvd. in Huntsville, AL, for $3.65 million, or about $52 per square foot, in an all-cash deal.

The buyer was an investor known as 7800 Madison LLC. The deal closed on March 21.

The seven-story, 70,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1989 and includes 10,000 square feet of covered parking. Formerly known as the Wyle Building, it was developed as a single-tenant facility by Wyle Laboratories, which currently occupies two floors.

Houlihan-Parnes/iCap Realty Advisors acquired the building in December 2004 from Arrow Electronics, and converted the property for muti-tenant use. Houlihan renamed it The Tower at 7800 to establish the property's new identity as a multi-tenant facility.

Ron Karr handled the original purchase, renovation and sale of the building in-house for Houlihan Parnes. Charlie Grelier of NAI Chase Commercial represented the buyer. NAI Chase Commercial will continue to manage and lease the property.

source:http://www.costar.com

By Joseph Farah
WASHINGTON – With the nation facing an increased threat from nuclear terrorism, at least one community is rebuilding a public fallout shelter program like those abandoned in the 1970s when Americans began believing surviving a nuclear event was not possible or not worthwhile.

In Alabama, the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, local schools and hospitals and businesses, has identified facilities suitable for public shelters against nuclear and radiological attacks for nearly half of the area's 300,000 people.

Spending only tens of thousands of dollars, the agency has successfully trained 78 shelter managers and is in the process of attempting to identify and secure more facilities to protect the public from the effects of radiation following a nuclear event.

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $14 million contract to produce Sidecar™ Embedded Diagnostic Kits for the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) entire fleet of battle tanks. The contract was awarded to DRS by the U.S. Army’s Tank & Automotive Command (TACOM) in Warren, Michigan, on behalf of the USMC.

The company’s DRS Test & Energy Management unit in Huntsville, Alabama, will produce and deliver the Sidecar™ kits. Deliveries of the kits are expected to start immediately and continue through December 2008.

Aerials Express has re-flown the Birmingham/Huntsville/ Montgomery areas for 2007 and is set to deliver the industry's newest imagery to our valued partners. Click Here to view our Birmingham/Huntsville/Montgomery coverages.

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This event was started 12 years ago by Northshore Animal League and has spread throughout the nation and world with thousands of animals adopted every year. Adopters will receive MANY extra benefits by adopting during this time:
ALL adopters from both shelters will get: A FREE professional 5 x 7 photo of their family with their new pet and 50% off their 1st grooming courtesy of Blue Sky Photography and Pet Spa in Madison, plus discount coupons for pet supplies and food from local pet stores.

Adopters will also be eligible to WIN: a Grand Prize of a Photo Session worth $200, free grooming sessions from area groomers, and free obedience training classes. ALSO, we will be offering discounted prices for microchipping their newly adopted pets. All pets will be spayed or neutered.

By MIKE KAYLOR
Times Nightlife Columnist mike.kaylor@htimes.com
How can this be? A bar with no television set.

"It's a totally different kind of concept," Paul Thornton says. "It's set up for couples or groups of three or so to share."

Thornton is explaining the scheme of Vinotini, a new tapas bar added to his Pauli's Bar & Grill. Tapas is a Spanish style of dining on small portions so that customers usually choose several items to pass around.

( http://huntsvillepr.com/article.php?story=20070317074322882&query=Vinotini )

PATRICIA C. McCARTERTimes Staff Writer
Spouses of potential BRAC transfers from the Washington, D.C., area will be courted with a job fair and carnival this week in Northern Virginia.

About 80 business leaders, educators, real estate professionals and government liaisons from the Tennessee Valley will meet with families during a town hall meeting-style event at the Sheraton National in Arlington, Va. The purpose is to recruit federal employees and contractors who work for commands that are scheduled to move to Redstone Arsenal in coming years per the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.