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North Alabama Spay-Neuter Clinic features month-long special

North Alabama Spay-Neuter Clinic features month-long special

The month of June is time to celebrate "No More Fathers Day," at least in terms of our four-legged friends in the Valley.

Throughout the month of June, the North Alabama Spay-Neuter Clinic in Huntsville is offering discounted neutering procedures for all male kittens and puppies older than 8 months who weigh over two pounds.

Spaying and neutering pets is essential in helping control the number of wild or feral animals in the area and lowering the population strain on shelters all across North Alabama.

For more details on the "No More Fathers Day" campaign and the special rates on offer, please call North Alabama Spay-Neuter at 256-489-0418 or visit their website here.

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Huntsville Hospital employees prepare for benefits cut

The new budget for the fiscal year, which starts July 1, will not include raises for the 7,000 employees who currently work for the hospital.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Employees
at Huntsville Hospital are preparing for major benefits and compensation
changes next month.

The new
budget for the fiscal year, which starts July 1, will not include raises for
the 7,000 employees who currently work for the hospital. 

However,
they will have to pay more for health insurance.  Premiums will increase by $40 to $68.

Hospital officials say the changes are due to flat patient
volumes, an increase in supply costs, and declining reimbursements from Medicare,
Medicaid, and private insurance.

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YouTubery: 'The Front Line' (of the grocery store)

Supermarket cashier is not traditionally considered a career path by modern standards. It's a good first job for those just starting out, certainly great summer work for high schoolers, but not something you think of as a stopping point on the path to making an independent living.

Not such the case fifty years ago, when this training film, "Supermarket Cashiers: Ambassadors of Goodwill" was produced. A lot more went into the job, as you'll see. Barcodes had yet to become standard, so all goods' prices had to be manually punched in, along with the proper department each item came from. Errors were easier to make and were more costly. Coupons, checkwriting, price discrepancies -- all the things that take seconds to solve these days could take ages in some situations way back when.

Too many storm chasers on road can be dangerous

Three storm chasers died in Oklahoma on Friday.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Too many chasers on the road - that's the word from some of the professional storm chasers after three chasers died in Oklahoma Friday.

A group from the Weather Channel survived a direct hit from the storm.

That makes it difficult for the professionals and dangerous for everyone.

Anyone can call themselves a storm chaser.

Dr. Kevin Knupp chases storms for science. He's a professor at UAH who specializes in severe weather research.

"In Oklahoma, chasing has become an entertaining type of thing," said Knupp.

With so many people on the road, the scientists have a hard time getting in position and getting out of the way.

"The large number of chasers on the roads have congested the roads and made it difficult for the real chasers doing the science to navigate," said Knupp.

Free meals handed out to kids

Source: MGN Online

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Summer vacation is here and that means less food for millions of kids across the country. The students who rely on free and reduced meals during the school year are usually left hungry in the summer months. But a new program in Huntsville City Schools could help to curb that problem.

A dozen schools in the district will hand out free meals to any kid under the age of 18. The child does not have to be enrolled in any of the schools that are offering the free meals. The summer meal program is funded by the USDA. In 2012, Congress appropriated $398 million dollars to fund the "Summer Food Service Program."

Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Dinner will be served from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Monday morning forecast

Monday morning forecast

It's looking like a pleasant start to the work week.  Comfortable temperatures and lower humidity are moving in over the next couple of days.  We'll be partly to mostly sunny today with highs in the low 80s. 

Tonight looks clear and pleasant.  We'll drop to around 60 for the overnight lows.  Expect to see plenty of sunshine tomorrow with highs in the mid 80s.  A slim chance for a shower returns Wednesday with highs in the mid to upper 80s. 

The next cold front we're tracking arrives at the end of the week, increasing the chances for showers and storms Thursday and Friday.  We'll be warm and humid with highs in the mid to upper 80s. 

2 injured in Huntsville wreck

Two people were transported to the hospital after a wreck on Lily Flagg Rd and South Memorial Parkway.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A two-car wreck sent two people to the
hospital in Huntsville.

It happened before 8 p.m. Sunday where Lily Flagg Road meets South Memorial Parkway. A man and a woman were taken to the
hospital.

The extent of their injuries are unknown at
this time.

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