Death by Cooling Tower?/Jason Green Update

If you're like us, when you hear the words "cooling tower," you think Brown's Ferry. It was a surprise today to learn that Regency Square Mall has a cooling tower. From Wiki:

An HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) cooling tower is used to dispose of ("reject") unwanted heat from a chiller. Water-cooled chillers are normally more energy efficient than air-cooled chillers due to heat rejection to tower water at or near wet-bulb temperatures. Air-cooled chillers must reject heat at the higher dry-bulb temperature, and thus have a lower average reverse-Carnot cycle effectiveness. Large office buildings, hospitals, and schools typically use one or more cooling towers as part of their air conditioning systems.

Now it seems the cooling tower at the mall may (or may not) have been to blame for a recent outbreak of Legionella, commonly called Legionnaires' Disease. Article

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Jason Green Pictured with Companion at Recent Party

Remember Jason Green, currently under indictment for the murder of his girlfriend Shay Ledlow? As with Amanda Watkins, there are many rumors that Green, who is legally mandated to wear an ankle monitor, has been roaming the roads of Russellville.

Has he? There are many ways to get around restrictions on travel. We had to go around a train. There was a long detour. We couldn't find our medicine in Franklin County, so we had to go to Colbert. The list can go on.

For those who are concerned...and they should be...just remember, Green will eventually be tried for the heinous crime he's accused of. These extra months of freedom may be extremely troubling to Shay's family, but Green has to know they are numbered. Let's all pray for quick justice.



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We invite everyone to visit the Shoals to enjoy the area's unique shopping and dining experiences. Want to take in an IMAX film while in the area? Well...okay, maybe we don't have that, but there's so much shopping. Oh...well, maybe most of that is at Target or Wal-Mart, but there's all the wonderful restaurants in the area. You can't say there's not a MacDonald's or a Hardee's on every corner in the Shoals.

Uh...this wasn't what you had in mind? Okay, you got us, the Shoals isn't exactly a tourist mecca in several areas, but do we have it made in the fake acrylic nail department. No, we in the Shoals may not want to shell out those big bucks for a gourmet meal or an Omega watch (What? You didn't know Mefford's Jewelers stopped carrying this line last year?), but we certainly know how to do artificial nails good and fancy. Just look at the newest addition to Regency Square Mall. How have we managed all these years without a 2,400 sq.ft. nail emporium? There are just some new businesses you don't have to worry about surviving.


Correction: Joey Rushing tells us the rape trial of Angus Eledge will be held in Lauderdale County. While the six year-old victim is a resident of Franklin County, the crime took place in Lauderdale. We know that due to the age of the victim, a plea bargain may be in her best interest as well as Eledge's; however, we hope Chris Connolly will request a maximum sentence in this particularly heinous crime.

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