Look Back ... to plans to extend the bypass southward, 1999

Mar. 26—March 26, 1949: The date fell on a Saturday during a period when The Star wasn't published on that day of the week.

March 26, 1999, in The Star: The Calhoun County Board of Education decided yesterday to keep the name Coldwater Elementary for that school. Coldwater is to start next fall as a consolidated school bringing together students from Bynum and Coldwater school zones. The board had considered renaming the merged school, but the proposal had drawn opposition from Coldwater residents. One name batted around for consideration was "Creek Elementary," based on recommendation from a Parent Advisory Committee. Also this date: After an hour and a half of collegial discussion last night, Anniston school board members scheduled another work session and asked Superintendent Jan Hurd to get some facts and figures together on the expense and possibility of moving sixth-graders into elementary schools as early as next fall. The board hasn't repealed its plan to close the middle school, but it also hasn't reach ironclad unanimity on where to put the 7th- and 8th-graders, either. Board member Bill Trammell said after the meeting he'd like to leave 7 and 8 at the middle school. Additionally: A proposed southern spur that would extend Golden Springs Road south beyond I-20 could kick-start Oxford growth, developers and Calhoun County officials said yesterday. The project would take the route 2.5 miles south to McIntosh Road, intersecting Friendship and Boiling Springs roads. Money for the project has been allocated. Construction will take about two years.