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The Madison Record - June 5, 2024

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By MARIA RAKOCZY maria@themadisonrecord.com

I-565 widening ALDOT opened bids Friday for a project to expand I-565 to six lanes from County Line Road to Wall Triana Highway in Madison. Page 2A

For the 24th consecutive year, Rotary Club of Madison has recognized three city workers who have shown exemplary performance in their jobs. Page 3A

SOUNDS OF SUMMER - Madison Arts Alliance kicked off their 2024 summer concert series, “Sounds of Summer” on Thursday. The Zooks helped usher in the new season at Home Place Park in Madison. They performed classic rock anthems, Motown tunes and rhythm-and-blues standards. Their dance music hails from the well-known classics in pop and rock from the 1960s through 1980s. Home Place Park, is located at 100 Shorter Street, two streets south of Main Street in downtown Madison. The concerts are free. Madison Arts Alliance sponsors this concert series and presents the event in partnership with Madison Visionary Partners. The next concert will be held June 13 starting at 7 p.m. featuring music from “Groove”. They are known for their versions of funk, rhythm and blues, soul, pop and dance party music.

School board approves construction of eighth Madison elementary school By MARIA RAKOCZY maria@themadisonrecord.com

Detours planned The next series of bridge girders for the Town Madison Interchange on Interstate 565 will be installed over several nights this week. Page 3A

MADISON – Madison City Schools is moving forward on building its eighth elementary school to serve its rapidly growing enrollment, now standing at almost 13,000 students but expected to grow to 15,000 in the next six years. The new school will be able to accommodate another 1,000 students. The Board of Education held a special called meeting last Wednesday and approved a $49.2 million contract with Pearce Construction of Huntsville. According to Madison City Schools, the school will be built on MSC-owned property in

Limestone County west of the new roundabout on Hardiman Road, which will help ease traffic in the area once the school and nearby subdivision are built and open. The school will accommodate the growth in west and south Madison but especially in Limestone County, from which, currently, 27% of the school district comes. “We’ve been growing on the Limestone County Madison side for several years,” said Nichols. “This will help us to spread out the overcrowding of our elementary schools.” It will be Madison City School District’s second school in Limestone County. The new school will keep up the excellence the Madison

City School District has come to be known for with plans for dedicated art, STEM, music, and special education facilities. Those programs that have been added to other district schools are contributing to the need for more space in Madison schools. “We now have fulltime music. We have fulltime art. We have a fulltime STEM teacher. So, the programmatic things that we’ve added have been a challenge for us, for space,” said Nichols. A name for the new school has not yet been selected yet, but a survey will be sent out to parents and students to have a say in the name. The school is expected to welcome its first students in the fall on 2026.

D-DAY heroes The 80th anniversary of D-Day is tomorrow and we take a look at two Madison County heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice on June 6, 1944 during the Invasion of Normandy. Page 5A

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Artist rendition of the new elementary school planned for Madison City Schools. The new school will be on the west side of Limestone County on the former Halsey Farm property off Hardiman Road and Segers Road. In December of 2021, the Madison City Council annexed the property in the neighboring county with the intention of adding residential areas and the new school to the land.

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MADISON - Madison Fire and Rescue Chief David Bailey presented the Star of Life to Fire Captain Eddie Richardson, HEMSI Paramedic John Blankenship and HEMSI EMT-B Tyler Eboerle at the May 28 Madison City Council meeting. “The Star of Life is awarded to someone who is successful in saving a life while medical interventions are being performed. To qualify for this award, a patient must survive and be discharged from the hospital,” explained Fire Chief Bailey. The team responded to a call from Madison Hospital for the transfer of a cardiac patient in critical condition to Huntsville Hospital. While in the ambulance, the patient went into cardiac arrest, and the team jumped into action. Captain Richardson performed CPR and Blankenship placed the patient on a monitor and administered shock and medication while Eboerle was at the wheel of the ambulance. The patient regained a pulse on the way to Huntsville Hospital and was later discharged with no deficits. He was in the audience at the city council meeting for the presentation of the awards to the first responders who saved his life. Eboerle was absent for the presentation, but Richardson and Blankenship were presented with the awards at the council meeting. “[We’d] just like to congratulate both of these for their continued efforts in protecting all of our people,” Chief Bailey said. “I just want to again really tout on the success of our EMS delivery system when you talk about the combination of HEMSI along with Madison Fire. I don’t think you’re going to find anything better in this area.” Debbie Overcash from the Rotary Club of Madison also presented Employee of the Year Awards (see related story on page 3A). “This is the 24th year that the Rotary Club of Madison in cooperation with the City of Madison has had the privilege of recognizing outstanding Madison public servants. These fine employees have been selected by their supervisors for this very well-deserved recognition,” Overcash explained. “Our city is blessed with so many incredible employees. So, I personally want to say ‘thank you’ to everybody that is serving our city so beautifully.” Paramedic Driver Luke Hall, Police Officer Joshua Overman, and Police Communications Supervisor Candace Watson were the three Employees of the Year. Hall has received two Star of Life awards, one of which was for saving the life of a six-month old baby. Chief Bailey said of Hall, “In my See CITY COUNCIL Page 2A


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