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These are the latest features, interviews and picture tours that appeared during the first year of Druid City Online ...
... tour the latest features on Druid City Online
... tour the archives from Year 2 on Druid City Online
7/7/03
Take a Picture Tour ...
Take A Summer Tour of Alabama Wildflowers
Our
first Alabama wildflower picture tour was so popular that we've done another.
You can also learn the answer to our "mystery flower" from the Spring
tour. See Bee Balm, Bog Torch, Queen Anne's Lace, Lemon Mint, Black Eyed Susan
and others ...
click here for more.
6/30/03
The Southern Recipe Archives ... Turnip
Green Soup and Skillet Cornbread
Druid City Online has launched
a tasty new effort aimed at bringing the flavors and recipes of the Deep South
into your kitchen.
6/25/03
A Guide
to a Better Backyard ...
Plant an Alabama Butterfly Garden
If
you want to attract butterflies to your garden, you'll need flowers with lots
of nectar. Any fragrant, nectar rich plant will lure butterflies. But if you
are serious about encouraging butterflies to spend most of their time in your
yard, you’ll also need the host plant ... click here for more.
6/17/03
Interview
with Dr. James Hood
The University of Alabama recent marked the 40th anniversary of former Governor
George Wallace's infamous "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" with an
event titled "Opening Doors". "Opening Doors" was intended
to show the progress the University of Alabama had made toward achieving diversity.
But James Hood, one of the students Wallace tried to keep out of the University,
says the school hasn't achieved diversity yet ...
click here for more.
6/10/03
Take
a Picture Tour ... Tour
Downtown Tuscaloosa in mid Spring 2003 ... Is a new federal courthouse coming
soon?
Tuscaloosa
may be getting a new federal courthouse in tshe coming years. See pictures of
the proposed site as well as the Battle Friedman Home and Tushkalusa marker
... click here
for more.
6/3/03
Bubba's
in the Deep Freeze
The only known Alabama sturgeon died in captivity last
summer. Bubba was the last fish of his kind to be seen in the Alabama river
since 1999. However, his legacy lives on ...
click here for more.
5/22/03
FEATURED MUSIC ARTIST ... Drive By Truckers
Being thrown down a sinkhole never felt so good ... unless you happen to be
the "bankerman" in the second song on the Drive
By Truckers' new album. In "Sinkhole", that evil bankerman
stole the wrong farm and was thrown into the mouth of Hell ... one of 15 gutsy
stories on "Decoration Day".
The album is a fresh encarnation of the Drive By Truckers'
throwback Southern Rock sound ... click for more.
5/17/03
The
Southern Recipe Archives ... Buttermilk Chicken Fingers
Druid City Online has launched a tasty new
effort aimed at bringing the flavors of the Deep South into your kitchen.
5/10/03 Another
New Coach for the Tide ... Mike Shula
The
University of Alabama was forced to hire its third head football coach in four
months after the unexpected departures of Dennis
Franchione and Mike Price. This time,
University officials turned their sights back within the Crimson Tide family,
giving serious consideration to three candidates ... Sylvester Croom, Richard
Williamson and Mike Shula. Read comments from the
press conference announcing Alabama's new head coach ...
5/3/03 Out
of Chances ... Mike Price Terminated As Tide Head Football Coach
University
President Robert Witt has terminated the employment of Mike Price as the Crimson
Tide's head football coach. Read transcripts from the press conference where
the announcement was made ... click here.
5/2/03 Take
a Picture Tour ... Putting
on the Dog at Pet PAW'loosa 2003
Tuscaloosa's annual Pet
PAW'loosa is a dayful of fun, games and activities for dog lovers and their
pooches. The 2003 event raised $10,000 for T-Town PAWS, a local animal welfare
group ... click here.
4/14/03 Take
a Picture Tour ... The
Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains
Take a driving and hiking picture tour from the
Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains in
western North Carolina. See Looking Glass Rock, Devil's Courthouse and other
hidden treasures ... click here
4/14/03 Guide to a Better
Backyard - Plant
a Garden that's "For The Birds"
You can attract birds to your yard by placing
bird feeders, bird baths and nest boxes in your garden. But you can double the
number of species using your property by adding a bird habitat. Click
here for a list of plants that thrive in Alabama and some of the birds they
will attract.
4/10/03 Goodbye
and Hello
Alabama football fans got their first look at
the Crimson Tide's new coach and offense during the 2003 A Day Scrimmage.
See pictures and read post game interviews with Alabama football coaches and
players ...
click for more.
4/6/03 Vinyl
Solution Music Buyer's Guide for April
This monthly buyer's guide provides you with
sure bets on the best buys in rock, country, alternative, jam, punk, rap and
every other kind of music. Each selection is hand picked by Vinyl Solution's
expert staff ...
click here for more.
4/6/03 the
Home Games 2003-Alabama Crimson Tide A Day Scrimmage
Alabama football fans got their
first look at the Crimson Tide's new coach and offense during the 2003 A Day
Scrimmage. See pictures and read post game interviews with Alabama football
coaches and players ... click for more.
4/1/03 Take
a Picture Tour ... Take
a Tour of Alabama Wildflowers
This picture tour features some of the numerous Alabama wildflowers that can
be found this time of year ... if you know where to look! ...
click here for more.
3/30/03 Michael
Thompson Is Executed
After spending
17 years on Alabama's death row, Michael Eugene Thompson was put to death on
March 13th, 2003. He was convicted of kidnapping and murdering elderly convenience
store clerk, Masie Gray, in Blount County in 1984. The following is an account
of the execution ... click here for
more
3/19/03 Read
Governor Bob Riley's Inaugural Address and State
of the State Speech (posted 3/19/03)
Governor Bob Riley has promised a new day in
Alabama. Read the prepared copy from speeches at his
inauguration and State of the State address.
3/17/03 Take
a Tour of downtown Montgomery, Alabama and Governor Bob Riley's Inauguration
This tour features historic
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the RSA Tower, the State Capitol and picture from
Governor Bob Riley's inauguration parade.
3/17/03 Guide
to a Better Backyard ... Extra
Calcium Builds Stronger Birds
One of the many ways you can assist your backyard "birds" all spring
and summer is to put out eggshells. Calcium is important to birds, especially
when females are producing eggs and when both parents are raising nestlings
... click here for more.
3/17/03
Problems
Delay the New Bull Slough Bridge
Construction crews will struggle to meet an 80
working day deadline for completing the Bull Slough Bridge. Local residents
have been forced onto a lengthy detour down an old logging road ever since the
area's only bridge across the backwaters of Lake Tuscaloosa was damaged last
May ... click here for more.
3/6/03
FEATURED MUSIC ARTIST ... the Kenny
Brown Band
If any band has ever proved that music transcends the boundaries of race and
culture, the Kenny Brown
Band is it. In this case, white, black and brown make blues,
or as some call it, hill country music. To see them come together and speak
with one music voice is a treat to be had. That voice is guided by slide guitar
specialist Kenny Brown ... click for more.
3/1/03 The Southern Recipe Archives Druid City Online has launched a tasty new effort aimed at bringing the flavors of the Deep South into your kitchen.
2/7/03 Late Night Tuscaloosa Is No More Friday is now the lone late night in Tuscaloosa County after the Tuscaloosa City Council approved an ordinance that shuts down local bars at 1:45 a.m. Monday through Thursday. All alcohol sales are still banned on Sunday, but bars can no longer open until 6:30 Monday morning and other weekdays ... click here for more.
2/2/03
FEATURED MUSIC ARTIST ...
The North
Mississippi All Stars first played on the Tuscaloosa Strip
in 1998 during 25-cent beer night at the Booth. Since then, the band's music
has spread far and wide. The All Stars' second cd, 51 Phantom, has been nominated
for a Grammy ... click for more.
1/30/03 Bull Slough Bridge Construction on Schedule Tuscaloosa County officials expect a bridge reconstruction in north Lake Tuscaloosa to be finished on schedule. Residents in the Bull Slough community have been without the area's only access bridge since historic Pole Bridge was damaged and condemned last Spring ... click here for more.
1/29/03 Take a Picture Tour ... Take a Tour of Downtown Tuscaloosa The biggest things in downtown Tuscaloosa are the Antique Mall, AmSouth Bank and the churches ... click here for more.
1/20/03
FEATURED MUSIC ARTIST
... (posted 1/20/03)
The Hazard
County Girls ain't got nothin' to
do with the General Lee or Daisy Dukes, and everything to do with music of chance,
risk and peril. This rock trio started on the New Orleans entertainment scene
and has been rounding the Deep South music circuit ...
click here for more.
1/19/03 Chinese Dentist Releases "Oak City" The Druid City's rock continues to roll into 2003 with some help from Chinese Dentist, and their first CD titled "Oak City." The title and album cover feature one of downtown Tuscaloosa's oldest businesses, the Oak City Barbershop ... click for more about new music.
1/16/03
Tuscaloosa's Nightlife Faces Changes
(archived 1/16/03)
Tuscaloosa County officials and civic leaders think the University of Alabama’s
image as a party school may be costing the community millions of dollars in
annual revenue. An end to late night alcohol sales for restaurants and nightclubs
is one remedy being considered ...
click here for more.
1/13/03
Alabama 2002 News Year in Review
2002 brought Alabama plenty of wild and wonderful stories ... but then again,
that's nothing new. The wildest ride was delivered during the gubernatorial
battle between Governor Don Siegelman and Congressman Bob Riley ...
click here for more.
1/12/03
Featured
Music Review ...
The Nowhere Squares have
been kicking around the Tuscaloosa music scene since the band's 1996 inception
in Montevallo. On this night, the effect of six years spent playing together
was evident. (January 2003) ... read
a review!
1/2/03 It's highly unlikely that Tuscaloosa has ever taken a musical ride like the one provided September 9th, 2002 by Hank 3 and Assjack. At the center of it all was the son of a long-time Southern favorite and grandson of a legend ...see a slideshow of Hank Williams III
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003!
12/19/02
Alabama Names 25th Head
Coach
Crimson
Tide officials have named former Washington State Cougars head coach Mike Price
to bring stability and experience to the Alabama head football coaching position
... click here for comments from Price's first
Alabama press conference.
12/17/02
The End of Bull Slough Road is in Sight
About 30 families in the north Tuscaloosa
Lake community have about two and a half more months until they are reconnected
with Highway 43 ... the fast road to shopping and downtown Tuscaloosa ...
click for more.
12/12/02
Tour the 2002 West Alabama Christmas
Parade
More than ten thousand people lined
the downtown streets of Tuscaloosa to witness perhaps the largest Christmas
parade in the city's history ... click here for a picture
tour.
12/6/02
Coach Fran is an Aggie
After repeated assurances that he wasn't looking for another job, Dennis Franchione
signs a multi-million dollar contract with Texas A&M University. His former
players found out from him via teleconference shortly after the deal was done
... click here for Franchione's first comments
as the new Texas A&M coach, and post-announcement interviews from Tyler
Watts and Ahmaad Galloway.
12/5/02 Druid City Online's holiday coverage begins with this Tour of Dickens Downtown
11/27/02
the Home Games
2002-Alabama Crimson Tide vs Auburn Tigers
Enjoy DCO's coverage of Alabama Football
Home Games with picture tours and interviews from players and coaches.
11/20/02
Governor Don Siegelman Concedes
After
taking Alabama to the edge of a Supreme Court battle, Governor Don Siegelman
has a change of heart and concedes perhaps the closest gubernatorial race in
state history ... more.
11/19/02
Take this Tour of the Fall Colors
(pictures from North Lake Tuscaloosa, Highway 69, city of Tuscaloosa)
11/13/02 the Home Games 2002 - Alabama Crimson Tide vs Mississippi State Bulldogs Enjoy DCO's coverage of Alabama Football Home Games with picture tours and interviews from players and coaches.
11/9/02 Riley Apparent Win Faces Challenge Alabama is still waiting to see how far Governor Don Siegelman will push his challenge of the General Election outcome ... more
11/6/02 Alabama's New Governor? It had to have been one of the strangest election days in Alabama history. An error discovered by Republican Party officials appeared to give Bob Riley a narrow victory in Alabama's gubernatorial race ... more
10/26/02 Chinese Dentist (update) What will a change in drummers bring this funk/rock five-piece from Tuscaloosa. So far, it's brought them their biggest show ever and dreams of Halloween ghoulies ... more
10/24/02 DC Moon and his Atomic Supermen are displaying their re-discovered Sci-Fi heavy metal powers. A new combination of talents has made this version of the old school band the strongest ever! ... more
10/23/02
the Home Games 2002-Alabama Crimson Tide vs
Ole Miss Rebels
Enjoy DCO's coverage of Alabama Football Home Games
with picture tours and interviews from players and coaches.
10/16/02 Dallas
Appeal Will Be Considered
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson says he needs more time
to consider the appeal of death row inmate Donald Dallas, who was scheduled
to become the first person to be executed by lethal injection in Alabama
... more.
10/9/02 The Last Alabama Sturgeon? (update!) Efforts to save one of the rarest fish in North America took a blow recently, when the only remaining Alabama sturgeon in captivity died. It was the last fish of its kind to be seen since 1999. State fisheries workers think Bubba, as the fish was known, died last month of old age ... more.
10/7/02 the
Home Games 2002-Alabama Crimson Tide vs Georgia Bulldogs
Enjoy DCO's coverage of Alabama Football Home Games with picture
tours and interviews from players and coaches.
10/4/02
13 Brookwood Coal Miners Remembered as Heroes
In late summer of 2001, Alabama and the rest of the
nation was trying to regain a sense of safety following the September 11th attacks.
Then on September 23rd, another tragedy occured at the Jim Walter Resources'
Blue Creek Number 5 Coal Mine near Brookwood ...
more
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