I got a laugh from Evelyn's talking about casino closings after reading about ADAH closing on Saturdays. No problem. Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn" <edshimek@cox.net> To: <albibb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [ALBIBB] ADAH ends Saturday services >I though I was sending that to Caroline. Didn't mean to post non-genealogy > items. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evelyn" <edshimek@cox.net> > To: <albibb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:53 AM > Subject: Re: [ALBIBB] ADAH ends Saturday services > > >> P.S. You know it is bad when casinos are closing! I've heard that the >> Golden Moon Casino in Philadelphia, MS is only open, Fri., Sat., and Sun. >> now. What IS this world coming to? SMILE. I am very happy about >> tomorrow's inauguration. Pray. Pray a lot!! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "caroline" <carolineh@knology.net> >> To: "BIBB" <ALBIBB@rootsweb.com>; "ALAUTAUGA" <ALAUTAUG-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:31 PM >> Subject: [ALBIBB] ADAH ends Saturday services >> >> >>> STATE ARCHIVES ENDS SATURDAY HOURS, REDUCES SERVICES >>> >>> Due to mid-year budget reductions, the Alabama Department of >>> Archives and History is reducing a variety of services, including being >>> open >>> on Saturdays. >>> >>> >>> By March, the agency will have eleven fewer employees than it >>> had a year ago, a 20 percent reduction in its staff. Five positions are >>> being eliminated through attrition, and another six employees will be >>> laid >>> off effective January 31. >>> >>> Because four of the eliminated positions regularly worked on >>> weekends, the Archives will discontinue Saturday hours effective >>> February >>> 1. >>> >>> "For Alabamians who work during the week, Saturdays are often >>> the best time to visit the museum galleries with their families or to do >>> family history research," director Ed Bridges said. "We regret the >>> elimination of our Saturday hours and hope to restore them when the >>> state's >>> budget is in better condition." >>> >>> Before resorting to the reduction in force, the Archives >>> eliminated spending on new books and microfilmed newspapers. It also >>> suspended a multi-year project to catalog the agency's rare-book >>> collection >>> and discontinued the use of student workers from area colleges. The >>> development of a management plan for the building's sophisticated >>> environmental systems was indefinitely postponed. >>> >>> Some previously scheduled events for 2009 will be rescheduled >>> or >>> cancelled. Visit the Department's web site at www.archives.alabama.gov >>> or >>> call 334-242-4435 for information on upcoming events. >>> >>> The public forum on "Current Research in Alabama >>> Archaeology," >>> sponsored by the Alabama Historical Commission, will take place in the >>> Archives building at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 7, as scheduled. >>> The >>> research room and museum galleries will not open, however. >>> >>> New hours for the Department's museum galleries will be >>> Monday >>> through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The research room will be open >>> Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. >>> >>> Founded in 1901, the Alabama Department of Archives and >>> History >>> is the oldest state-sponsored archival agency in the nation. Its >>> mission >>> is >>> to tell the story of the people of Alabama by preserving records and >>> artifacts of historical value and promoting a better understanding of >>> Alabama history. >>> >>> >>> >>> Alabama Department of Archives and History >>> 624 Washington Avenue >>> P O Box 300100-0100 >>> Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0100 >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >