Animal Shelter hosts lemonade sale

Today and Friday, July 16th, Tuscaloosa Metro Animal

Shelter will be hosting a lemonade stand outside of theirshelter to raise awareness and money for abused and neglected animals that come into the facility. Three young volunteers came up with the idea because of the animals that they have seen at the shelter that need help.

The lemonade is being donated by McAllister’s on 15th Street.All money raised will go into a fund to help these disadvantaged animals. The shelter is located at 3140 35th Street.

Area Scholars Learn about Rural Health Care at UA

Two select groups of high school students from across the state were on campus recently for the Rural Health Scholars and Rural Minority Health Scholars Programs in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. These two programs introduce students from rural areas to college life and give them an orientation to the need for health and medical professionals in communities like their own.

UA Museum’s ‘Discovering Alabama’ Program Wins Emmy

“Discovering Alabama,” an award-winning nature television series produced by The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and its Center for Public Television and Radio, has earned an Emmy Award in the 2010 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast competition.