Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008

Police Search Is On For Suspect In Robbery

An armed robbery that occurred Saturday morning at a check cashing business in Jasper has Detectives with the Jasper Police Department still conducting an investigation.

Jasper Police Chief Bobby Cain says that a man wearing a mask and brandishing a handgun entered the Chek-N-Go in the Jasper Square Shopping Center around 10:37 on Saturday morning and robbed the business.

Cain says that the robbery suspect then tied both female employees, robbed them and fled the scene. Neither of the women were reported injured during the robbery.

Cain says the suspect is a black male, with a dark complexion, about 6’2” tall and weighing approximately 190 to 200 pounds.

Anyone with any informtion regarding the Chek-N-Go robbery is being asked to contact the Jasper Police Department’s Investigative Division at 221-6790.

Jasper Board Of Education Agrees To Change Freshman Requirements

At Monday's monthly meeting the Jasper Board of Education approved a state-mandated change to high school diploma requirements for all incoming freshmen.

The new guidelines require that freshmen entering high school will be required to pursue the Advanced Diploma, which requires two foreign language classes and Algebra II.

Students must prove that they cannot meet the Advanced Diploma requirements before opting out to a basic diploma.

In addition, board members voted to raise pay standards for substitute lunchroom workers and custodians.

Substitute lunchroom workers now will be paid $40 per standard six-hour shift, with substitute custodians being paid $53 for an eight-hour shift.

The substitute lunchroom staff was previously paid $36 per day while substitute custodians were previously paid $50 per day.

Sparkman also recognized Memorial Park teacher Beth Able and Walker High teacher Beth Kennedy for their efforts in writing grants to the Education Excellence Foundation, which is a fund established to benefit the Jasper City School System through a partnership with the Walker Area Community Foundation.

Able says that she plans to use the $1,000 grant that she received to take her students’ artwork out into the community.

Kennedy said the grant she applied for on behalf of the Walker High Science Department will be used to update equipment for the upper level science classes.

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