Bruce McLellan
Executive Editor at TimesDaily
Executive Editor at Decatur Daily
Executive Editor of Decatur Daily. Started my first full-time job in March 1981. Back then, anybody I met with 40 years in the newspaper biz was ancient.
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living50plusdm.com | Bruce McLellan
By Bruce McLellan | Living 50 PlusRick Henry reached a crossroad in 2004. “My kids were gone. They went off to college and then went off and got married. I had some free time,” the Southwest Decatur resident said. In his early 50s at the time, he began thinking about what he’d do to stay busy, especially with retirement from a management job at ITW Sexton about a decade away.
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living50plusdm.com | Bruce McLellan
By Bruce McLellan | Living 50 PlusEdith Garner sat beside 4-year-old Adam Vargas and told him they would read a book together. “Talk to me,” said Garner, a volunteer at Maxine Ellison Decatur Youth Enrichment Learning Center. “What’s your name?”Adam looked at her silently. Garner, who spent a quarter century with Decatur City Schools and has been a regular volunteer with the center for the past 10 years, wasn’t discouraged. She oinked like a pig. Vargas laughed.
Up, up and away: Balloonist Brian Dial enjoys family involvement in ballooning as Jubilee approaches
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living50plusdm.com | Bruce McLellan
By Bruce McLellan | Living 50 PlusFlying north from Hartselle toward Decatur in his hot-air balloon decorated with strips of bright colors, Brian Dial found himself in a jam. A relatively new balloon pilot at the time, he wanted to land before his flight got too long. But as he hovered over woods near Flint, there were no large openings for a landing. “We had been flying for a while, and this was our second landing attempt,” Dial said.
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2 months ago |
decaturdaily.com | Bruce McLellan
Like many children, Cameron Parker loved playing in the sandbox with heavy equipment toys. “Big machines, dirt flying in the air, it’s just cool for any age,” he said. And only half-jokingly, he added, “I guess I just never grew out of it.”Although only 26, Parker now manages his own fleet of heavy equipment as the owner of JB&L Civil Contracting.
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decaturdaily.com | Bruce McLellan
In the latter part of Kim Weems Bell’s junior year at Decatur High in 1988, the school announced that a meeting would be held for anyone interested in joining the school’s Key Club. More significantly, the announcement said female students would be allowed as full members for the first time. Bell decided to join and was elected treasurer, becoming the first female officer in the Decatur High Key Club’s history. She said she wasn’t trying to be a trailblazer.
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