Rev. Samuel "Billy" Kyles will be Oakwood University’s featured student chapel guest speaker, 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, at the Oakwood University Church, 7000 Adventist Boulevard. He is the only living person who actually spent the final hour of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life with him that fateful night of his assassination.

TAC’s JAVAGALLERIA – “Meet and Greet”, Feb. 9 »

Valentine's Contests & Bama Players @Parkway Place »

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently announced the award of the first set of winners for the prestigious MiDAESS contracts. APT Research, Inc, a Huntsville based company, was one of the three initial winners with a contract valued at up to $209M.

Exhibition April 19- May 31
Entry deadline: Monday, March 15

For the second year, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is sponsoring an art competition that uses the backdrop of DNA Day and features DNA, genetics and biotechnology as inspiration. The winning artist will receive a $1,000 cash award for the purchase of the work which will become a permanent part of the institute's collection.

Cost and Price Analysis in Government Contracting Training Event, Feb. 18 »

Fundamental Requirements of Cost Accounting Standards Training Event, Feb. 25 »

Performer applications are now available for the 2010 Panoply® Arts Festival. Festival planners are looking for performers in music, dance, and theater (including jugglers, magicians, street performers, and more) to program on our stages throughout the festival weekend. The deadline for submission is Friday, 22 February 2010.

Downtown Huntsville needs your help. As more young professionals move to the Rocket City, there is a need to revitalize, enhance and beautify downtown and the courthouse square.

Chicago® will be performing at the 22nd annual Huntsville Classic Dinner. The legendary band will take the stage at the VBC Arena on Friday, May 14 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets to the concert can be purchased for $35 per person at the VBC Box office, www.ticketmaster.com, or at any Ticketmaster outlet. This year’s Huntsville Classic Dinner and Golf Tournament will benefit Huntsville Hospital’s Orthopedic Surgery program. For more information, please call Huntsville Hospital Foundation at (256) 265-8077 or visit www.huntsvillehospital.org/foundation.

Have you ever wanted to see what a real heart looks like or view your own heartbeat? Visitors can do that and more at Have a Heart Day at Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Freedom Information Systems has hired a new Huntsville Programs Director, Scott Howell. Howell will lead the Freedom teams supporting NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Ad Astra Rocket Company

MEI Technologies, Inc

Ad Astra Rocket Company, a world leader in plasma rockets and MEI Technologies, Inc., a nationwide aerospace, defense and technology company, have joined forces creating a strategic alliance in support of Ad Astra’s Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR®) rocket development.

Dr. Helen McAlpine, President of Drake State Technical College and Huntsville City Mayor, Tommy Battle were joined by State Board of Education Member, Dr. Mary Jane Caylor and Dr. Freida Hill, Chancellor of the Alabama Two Year College System in the official opening of the college’s downtown instructional site. The college recently completed a renovation on the lower level of the Historic Times Building at 228 Holmes Avenue North. Classes are being offered in the location for the spring semester. The site currently provides approximately 10,000 square feet of instructional and office space.

Southern Convention Services (SCS) announces the departure of Chief Creative Officer Dean Dexter, who leaves to start his own business, Gizmojo, and live near family in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Our number one air service goal is to attract a low-fare carrier and ultimately create healthy competition among our carriers. Our latest initiative to secure more affordable airfare involves applying for a Small Community Air Service Development grant funded by the DOT.

The City of Huntsville Recreation Services is partnering will eleven Kiwanis and Optimist Clubs in the Huntsville area to build a Special Needs Playground in Brahan Spring Park. This playground is called Everybody Can Play (see our website at www.everybodycanplay.org. It will be designed for youth and adults. People with special needs can play as well as those who do not have special needs.

Calhoun Community College President Dr. Marilyn Beck has announced the selection of Alicia Taylor as the college's new Vice President for Instruction and Student Success. Taylor officially began her new duties Monday, January 4, 2010, and was hired through a national search to replace former vice president, Dr. Mary Yarbrough, who recently retired from Calhoun after over 35 years of service to the college.

Starting every Tuesday, Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center is offering Sprouting Scientists, a weekly program specifically designed to help toddlers discover the world around them.

Southern Convention Services (SCS), a leader in event production, proudly announces the acquisition of the Greenbrier Gin and Warehousing Complex through Greenbrier Holdings.

Crestwood Medical Center recently received certification as a NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health-System Elders) site, a national program to improve care for older hospitalized adults. Through this program Crestwood will undertake a number of steps to recognize and prevent or treat health problems specific to elders with a dedicated ACE (Acute Care for the Elderly) Inpatient Unit.

Dynetics, a 35+-year, Huntsville-based technology company, added five new employees to its Business Development Department. Z. Kevin Reece, Todd C. Burwell, Philip S. Freeze, Darren E. Gero and Garry Waggoner are responsible for identifying, pursuing and supporting growth opportunities for the company in various technical areas. The Business Development Department is led by Robert S. Dowling.

Dynetics, Inc., a 35-year Huntsville-based leader in engineering, scientific and information technology (IT) solutions, announced today it has been awarded the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Information Technology Services (MITS) contract valued at approximately $335 million over five years.

Dynetics announced today it has purchased Orion Propulsion, Inc. (OPI), a Huntsville aerospace company that specializes in spacecraft and rocket propulsion design and fabrication, testing services, ground support equipment and launch operations support. The addition of OPI will expand Dynetics’ capabilities to develop spacerelated hardware.

William M. “Bill” Joyner has been named Senior Partner for Wheless Associates Executive Search, a national retainer executive search firm with operations in New York, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, and Naples, with corporate headquarters in Birmingham.

3 months Free Association-Wide Membership for People laid-off from January 2009 to the present. Must still be unemployed upon enrollment date.

Anglin • Reichmann • Snellgrove & Armstrong P.C. was recently named as one of 2009 Best Accounting Firms to Work for. The annual list of “Best Accounting Firms” was created by Accounting Today magazine and Best Companies Group. The firm is the only firm in North Alabama and one of two firms in Alabama on the 2009 list.