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THE DAILY HOME, Talladega and St. Clair counties, Ala., Sunday, February 13, 2011

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Horace Farris’ paper treasures can be found in banks, stores and doctor’s offices all over Sylacauga.

‘Paper treasures’

Sylacaugan’s ‘works of art’ can be found in 44 states and several countries

By JUNE WINTERS Home staff writer

“Cuttin’ up and cuttin’ out” would be a good way to describe Sylacaugan Horace Farris’ personality.

Every time you see him, he is most likely cutting out another treasure from a folded sheet of paper.

Farris’ creations are always perfect, and it’s a little difficult to follow his hands as they move swiftly through the folding and cutting process.

You can follow this talented man through town and you can tell where he has stopped. Everywhere he goes he leaves a string of angels, cowboys, little girls with bows in their hair, ballerinas or animals, such as rabbits, cats and dogs.

Farris said even as a child, he would occasionally cut out a snow flake or a happy face, but never anything to compare with what he does now.

Farris said he realized what he could really do on the day the twin towers were bombed, He said he will never forget that day.

“My wife was in the hospital critically ill, and I was sitting in the intensive care waiting room. I turned on the television and they were showing the awful tragedy,

The cat and the angel are just two of the cutouts Farris gives to friends and strangers alike.

and I thought I had tuned into some movie. After a few minutes a nurse came by and told me the tragedy had really happened.

It bothered me and made me nervous. I took some little scissors out of my pocket and picked up a piece of paper, deciding to

try something other than snow flakes and happy faces. What I had in mind worked and I’ve been cutting out ever since.”

You’ll find Farris’ paper treasures taped to tellers’ machines at the bank, on the cash register in almost any grocery or department

store in the Sylacauga area, as well as tacked to a computer in a laboratory, other places in the hospital and in local doctor’s offices.

The list goes on and on.

He gives them to strangers as well as friends.

He and his wife, Doris, go on a lot of the trips with

other seniors from J. Craig Smith Community Center and he always leaves his paper treasures wherever he goes.

“I’ve had people tell me about the cutouts being an inspiration in their lives and I love to hear that.”

One young lady told

At left, Farris is shown in the process of cutting out one of his ‘treasures.’

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Farris proudly displays two of his works of art.

On the cover Top photo, Tavia Sillmon with the Lincoln Boys and Girls Club helps Jacob Fomby with his homework; center left, Judy Moon is director of the Munford Senior Center; center right, Doug Fister plays dominoes at Talladega Springs Senior Center; and, bottom, Hollis Farris’ paper treasures.

him she had been trying to decide whether or not to go into nurse’s training. “You gave me the angels that day and I just felt it was an omen, so I enrolled,” she told Farris.

He said the young lady is now a registered nurse.

He tells of another incident in which a young girl told him about him giving her the angels. “I had an automobile accident some time later and everything that was on the dash or anywhere in the front of the car flew to the back,” she said, “except the angels.

They were still laying on the dash.”

Farris said he gets cards and letters frequently from people who have been given his creations by a member of their family. “I know they are in 44 states, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, the Holy Land and Italy,” he said.

Farris tells about going to Nashville, Tenn., and the Opryland Hotel on one of the senior trips.

“I was cutting and several folks had stopped to watch,” he said. “This man from the hotel watched, and later he asked me if I would like to stay and sell my cutouts. I just told him I never intended to sell them. They would always be a gift.”

Farris has no idea how many cutouts he has made and given away since that September day in 2001, but he said his “guestimation” would be a thousand or more.

Farris is a native of Sylacauga, and his father, the late Arlyn (A.K.) Farris, was owner of the old Sylacauga Rainbow Market. Farris later ran the store for his father.

He and his wife, the former Doris Martin, are the parents of five sons. The Farrises are active members of Grimes Chapel Church.

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Restoration of lodge ‘love in progress’

By KENNY FARMER Home staff writer

“It’s a love in progress,” Becky Griffin said of the restoration of the Aljerald Powers Memorial Lodge in Winterboro.

Griffin is part of a group named Plank Road Station, whose purpose is to raise money to renovate the old lodge building. The group has opened the bottom floor of the building for public use, but continues to work on the upstairs. A museum is planned for that part of the building.

Back when Alabama 21 was being widened, a decision had to be made — either tear down the old building, which had stood since 1921, or restore it.

Area residents the late Billie Bliss, Lucy Barnett, Dot Powers and Carl Stapleton met with the Alabama Historical Commission to express interest in saving the building. Their request was approved by the commission. Stapleton suggested that a group headed

by Griffin would properly

care for the lodge.

“For any of the residents who have lived in this area that pass (Alabama) 21 day in and day out, they saw that old building on the left-hand side of the road down in a ditch,” Griffin said. “It sat there covered in kudzu until we got it. It was moved from there to the site it’s on now, beside the school.”

The building was moved in 2003. “Everybody was saying it was going to collapse into itself,” Griffin said. “It did not.” She said even the man in charge of relocating the building had his doubts that the building would be able to be moved, but he didn’t tell anybody until the process was finished. The old lodge’s chimney was also kept intact during the move. “We thought it was going to crumble,” Griffin said. She said the building “looks natural” in its new location.

Concerning the success of the building’s relocation, Griffin said, “It’s because (the building) was coming to a place where it

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The lodge was named in honor of Aljerald Powers for his dedication to the building’s restoration.

knew people were going to love it back to life.”

Once the relocation was complete, the renovations began. All renovations done by Plank Road Station have been done within the guidelines set by the Alabama Historical Commission. The group has replaced the building’s original roof and the downstairs windows. They have also added a working kitchen and an indoor bathroom. Griffin said the group hopes to equip the building with heating and air conditioning by April.

“We’re working hard to do that.”

Renovations to the building are made possible by the fundraising efforts of Plank Road Station.

The group raises money through art shows, market days, yard sales and other activities.

“Every time we raise money, it goes right back into the building,” Griffin said. “Everything we do, whatever money we’ve raised, we look at whatever project we can complete, and we go and do that.

Nothing’s ever wasted.”

Griffin said the bottom floor of the building will be used as a community center.

She said the lower-level can be used for many purBob Crisp/The DailyHome poses, including meetings, reunions and after-school Bobby Harris helps out with Plank Road tutoring. She also encourages its use by teachers and Station’s renovation projects at the lodge.

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Joyce and Nan Howard organize supplies in the lower level of the lodge.

senior citizens.

“We’re just hoping it will be a building the community will rally around,” Griffin said.

The top floor of the building will soon become a museum and art gallery.

Griffin said many historical items, such as books, documents, tools and pictures, have been donated to her group for display in the museum. She said she hopes tours of the museum will soon be open to the public.

Plank Road Station has about 30 active members.

Griffin said there are others who do not attend

every meeting, but are present when there is work to be done. She said people volunteer their time for a number of jobs that need to be done in and around the building. Volunteers cut grass, pick up trash, clean and paint, among many other things.

Volunteers are also needed during Plank Road Station’s market days and art shows. Griffin said the volunteers do “whatever needs to be done. It’s just a community effort, and without the community and the people there helping us, it wouldn’t be possible. I think they’re just as

proud of it as we are.”

Market days and art shows are two of the group’s biggest fundraising events. From May until December, a market day takes place on the fourth Saturday of each month.

The group plans to hold two art shows per year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

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Contact Kenny Farmer at kfarmer@dailyhome.com.

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Whosoever Will Sunday School Class Men in class take work, study seriously, but there’s always room for humor

By LAURA NATION-ATCHISON Home features editor

When you ask the guys in his Whosoever Will Sunday School Class what it’s like, they’re likely to give the same answer.

“It’s not your grandmother’s Sunday school class,” is the common response.

What they mean by that, class leader Bryan Townsend will say, is “because of our unique rules and our effort to create an atmosphere where men do not have to check their masculinity at the door when they come to study God’s word. After all, the Bible tells us men were made in God’s image and goes on to tell us that God is a warrior, The Lord is his name. We believe God expects men to be strong men, to take a stand for him, and to hold a position in the great battle between good and evil.”

The class at Talladega’s First Baptist Church formed five years ago, and Townsend said it came while the church was studying the book “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren.

“It was clear to me that a number of men in our community would benefit greatly from the book,” he said.

Talking about this with a friend, the late Lester Massey of Talladega, the idea for a men’s class was born. Massey helped form the class and when it met for the first time, there were just three men there.

The idea that the class be designed for men came from another book Townsend was reading at the time, “Wild at Heart”

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Bryan Townsend, left, and Hugh Sims take up tickets for the fish fry their Sunday school class and the men’s class at First United Methodist hosted in January. The event raised more than $3,000 for Talladega’s Samaritan House, which provides food and other needs for people.

by John Eldredge. This is where the rules for the class came from.

There are four rules, there’s no dress code, no one is called upon to read or to pray, no one will fuss if you don’t come and, finally, “we always end on time,” Townsend said.

It’s only natural that Townsend was chosen to lead the group; he’s a nationally known inspirational and motivational speaker with a host of awards and recognitions under his belt.

“People all over the country pay lots of money to hear Bryan,” said class member Hugh Sims. “We get to hear him for free.”

Now there are 59 members, and in addition to their studies of the word of God, the class has become a community outreach entity that raises considerable amounts of funding for a number of projects.

In mid-January, the class joined with men from Talladega’s First United Methodist Church to host a fish fry at First Baptist and raised a little more than $3,000 for the Samaritan House in Talladega, which provides food and other needs for people in crisis.

Townsend said the class could have just donated money for the project, but that’s not what Jesus taught.

“We could have just been lazy and given the $600 or so it cost to put

on the fish fry,” he said.

“But in the parable of the talents, Jesus taught us that a good servant will invest and multiply resources.

And we figured that the people in our community who depend on the Samaritan House will benefit from the return on the money we invested.”

The class also got involved in a communitywide effort along with Carpenters for Christ last year to raise money to rebuild for a Talladega woman whose home was destroyed when an uninsured motorist crashed into it.

The class hosts an annual event at The Ritz Theatre, “Humor on the Square,” in memory of Massey and his wife, the late Mary Charles Massey, and raises money for Talladega’s Red Door Kitchen, which provides free meals for both homebound people and for anyone who stops in to eat.

Then there’s the yearly Fish and Fowl Dinner, which the class uses to raise funds for the Talladega County Drug Task Force.

The class takes its work and study seriously, but there’s always room for humor.

“We like to say that we raise money to buy illegal drugs because the task force uses the money to make drug buys and catch those who are hurting our young people,” Townsend says.

The class’s “mascot” is

another testament of the use of humor by the class.

“Randy Elsberry hung a big elk head over our fireplace and it served as our mascot for a couple of years until he and his wife, Cindy, moved to Myrtle Beach, S.C.,” Townsend said. “Over Cindy’s protest, Randy took the elk head with him.”

But a class member came to the rescue with a new mascot and another funny story.

“Bill Perry came in and donated an ugly old wild boar head to take the place of the elk,” Townsend said.

“We promptly named the boar ‘Boss Hog’ and my brother, Jodie, suggested a new rule that took effect immediately. If you are uglier than the hog, you can’t stay. But a tie goes to the visitor.”

Townsend, who travels quite a bit with his “real” job, often has people who fill in when he’s out of town. In the past, the substitutes have included Clark Carpenter, Dr. George Ricker, Rob Paul, Joe Woodard, Hubert Hubbard and Hugh Wiggins.

But now, there’s an appointed assistant, Mark Cubine. Townsend said.

“He does such a great job when I’m away,” Townsend said. “In fact, the guys like to tease me and say that our attendance is always up when Mark teaches.”

Townsend said what he

enjoys most about the class is the fellowship. Every Sunday morning, Chet Hayes and Roger Scott prepare breakfast for the group, making the event even more enjoyable.

“But more than that, I have enjoyed the spiritual growth that has come from the class for me personally, as well as for the men who have become members and attend so faithfully. Without a doubt, I am more excited about the class than anything I have done in my life, other than marrying my wife, ‘Judy Babe,’ and having wonderful children and perfect grandchildren.”

Women are welcome to attend the class, and some have, but as yet, no women have become members.

The lessons in the class are adapted to real life issues.

“This past Sunday our lesson came from Luke and Romans,” Townsend said. “The subject was sacrifice. To be a godly man, you have to give up some things for others. Placing yourself first is the world’s way, placing others first is God’s way. Next Sunday the lesson will be about the importance of meditation. Scripture references will come from Psalms and Mark.”

There are two lessons that Townsend said really stand out in his memory.

“These are ‘Read, Heed and Roundup,’ and ‘The Parable of the Fly,’” Townsend said. “To grow spiritually a man (or woman) must read God’s word, heed God’s word

and round up the sin in their life and get rid of it.

‘The Parable of the Fly’ was the inspiration for a book I wrote by the same title. Like a fishing fly, sin is presented as something that appears to be attractive and appeals to our base nature. Also like the fly, it’s completely deceitful and when someone takes the bait, they are gut hooked by sin. The only relief available is Jesus, the savior, who, when summoned, will come and cut the line and set you free.

We give copies of this book to visitors and prospects.”

The class uses a series of materials for its lessons, the Life Lessons Bible Study Curriculum published by Lifeway.

“It’s a very good study guide developed for today’s adults,” Townsend said.

“Each week we print out a handout which includes the Scripture for the week, along with an appropriate graphic and a quote from Jesus which ties into the lesson. We always let Jesus have the last word.”

Townsend said the class also believes “you cannot follow Jesus sitting in a chair or a pew. You can study his word in a chair, but to emulate him and actually follow him, you have to get up and move out and do the things Jesus did. You have to spread the good news that God offers grace to sinners and be of service to people who need help.”

Contact Laura NationAtchison at lnation@dailyhome.com.

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Breakfast club a place to solve world problems, gossip

By GARY HANNER Home staff writer

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There is always plenty of coffee; Henry McGuire pours Jimmy Hathcox another cup.

can. What I like is being able to come and listen to them.”

Jimmy Pollard said he just enjoys getting up early and coming to meet with guys he can share fellowship with.

“I can stay caught up with what’s been going on,” Pollard said, “especially news among the men in case there is a need out in the community we can help with.”

Henry McGuire has been coming to the “Riverside Breakfast Club” since its inception. He is one of the youngest of the group.

“Don’t tell these old men I’m the youngest; they may want to whip me,” McGuire said. “I enjoy coming here to listen to all the stories they tell, talking about when they were little and growing up.”

The meetings at the church began, one of the fellows said, when they “left the establishment,” meaning a local breakfast facil-

ity that is now closed. To fill the void, Frank Riddle started preparing breakfast for anywhere from eight to 15 or so men.

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Ernie Newman started attending what could be called the “Riverside Breakfast Club” after his wife died and he had surgery. Newman said the men check on him regularly and take him places he needs to go since his surgery.

point out that Parker has a nickname of his own.

“Jump Dog is his name,” McGuire said. “He’s always starting something. He’ll get it all stirred up, then he leaves.”

Parker said McGuire was just trying to get back at him.

“Henry comes down here every morning pulling that work trailer behind his truck,” Parker said. “Once his wife passes by on her way to work in Birmingham, Henry then goes back home, unhooks the trailer and does not even work. He just wants his wife thinking he works.”

Jimmy Hathcox jokingly said if he commented about the group of men, it would make them all mad.

Parker said there are certain subjects they don’t Gary Hanner/The Daily Home bring up, and when asked what they are, he said, Biscuits, ham, sausage and bacon are staples “I’m not going to bring it up.” on the menu.

“Two subjects we try not to bring up are deer hunting and fishing, but they always get in there,” Parker said.

One of the biggest tales told at the breakfast table is about the time Trott says he came up on a huge fish eating another fish out on the Coosa River.

“I found two catfish,” Trott recalled, “one bigger than the other one.

I’m telling you the truth now when I tell you the bigger catfish had the 72pound catfish all the way past his gill plates in his mouth, trying to swallow it. When I got there in the boat, the big catfish spit that other catfish out and went down, and I dipped the 72-pound catfish out of the water with my dip net. I didn’t even put a hook in him.”

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It depends on whom you ask to find out what goes on when the guys of “The Riverside Breakfast Club” meet.

For the past three years, men from the Riverside community have been gathering at the Riverside Baptist Church fellowship hall every Monday through Saturday morning. According to one gentleman, they share fellowship, solve problems of the world, tell huge fish tales and gossip.

Bobby Parker, pastor at the church, said — provocatively — that some of their gossip is worse than what women tell. While they often skewer each other with words while poking a fork in a slice of ham, it’s all in fun, Parker said.

“We may fight verbally, but one thing we don’t do is go across the table with knives like some bunches of coffee-drinking folks have done,” he said.

Dennis White enjoys drinking coffee with the guys but said his greatest enjoyment is listening to all the gossip. But lest anyone get the idea that gossip and coffee are the only attractions, White added, “It also pleases me to have been part of a group of men who have helped build two wheelchair-accessible ramps at the homes of some needy people.”

Commonly, the breakfast fellowship expands to include community service.

Parker pointed out that the group is a community activity, not a church function, but he said that does not mean the men can’t pray for each other and for those who are sick in the community.

In one example, the men prayed for Ernie Newman when he lost his wife and then had major surgery.

Newman, who has lived in Riverside for the past 10 years, is now a regular for breakfast.

“After my wife died, they were always calling and checking on me,” Newman said. “I’m not able to drive yet since my surgery, and they come and take me where I need to go, whether it is to the doctor or to the grocery store.”

Parker said if women started coming to the breakfast club, they would all be in big trouble.

“But one day, several months ago, we were sitting here, and a woman did come in and no one knew her,” Parker said. “She was crying and wanted us to pray for her son. We did and she left happy. The community notices that we are here, and I do believe it is a Christian witness.”

Riverside Police Chief Rick Oliver enjoys stopping by from time to time to hang out with the guys.

“These guys are very involved in the community actions,” Oliver said.

“They assist wherever they

and hunter. Legend has it that Trott has caught more fish and killed more deer than all the other men of Riverside put together.

When asked what fueled him to get up and cook for a bunch of men, Trott said it’s because these guys know everything. “I have learned that you sit here and learn more by listening than you do talking,” he said.

Trott said that although he gets up every morning at 4:30, goes to the church and cooks for all the guys, he suffers abuse at their hands.

“I cook biscuits, sausage, bacon and ham and make their coffee, only to get criticized,” Trott said.

Parker said Trott quits every other day.

Much of what occurs over breakfast is this sort of good-natured ribbing. For example, Parker listed the nicknames of some of the guys in the group.

“Trott is Mr. Know It All,” Parker said. “Ed Gallaway is Mr. Thinks He Knows It All, while Pollard is Mr. Thinks He Wants to Know it All. The rest of us are just ordinary people.”

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Molliston has an abiding love for his community

By CHRIS NORWOOD Talladega, and it will irritate me a little bit. The Home staff writer outside world isn’t perfect Hugo Molliston was ini- either. All communities tially not terribly interested have problems sometimes. in being profiled for this But I still think it’s a great place, I love it and I think story.

“I’m in favor of this for we’re very fortunate to live one reason and one rea- here.”

Molliston went to work son only,” he said. “I am so thankful to this com- at Talladega Foundry and munity for all the love, ended up spending the first prayers and support they 25 years of his professional have given me. I know now career there.

“I was married to I may never get a chance to say how grateful I am, oth- Marion Hocutt, who was erwise. But I know when the daughter of the foundthings are tough on folks, ry’s owner at that time,” this town can always find he said. “Of all the success the strength to reach out to I have ever had, I think them. This is a town that I can attribute it to my knows how to do that, and stepfather, Jack Hammond; is good at it. And I’m still my late father-in-law, A.M. ready to do whatever I can Hocutt; and John Taylor of Decatur. Anything I needto help out.”

Molliston’s modesty is ed from them, spiritually genuine. “I’ve turned down or financially, they always a lot of spotlights, and said yes.”

In the early 1990s, some of the ones I have found myself in I didn’t Molliston, Chipper and know about ahead of time. Marcia Washburn and Ray Miller approached Tommy Griffen decidme about having a ‘Hugo ed to buy the company Molliston Day’ benefit for that was then Quality which the chamber, but I told him Manufacturing, I’d rather just keep contrib- refurbished military equipment. uting to the chamber.”

“Chipper called me one Molliston has deep roots in Talladega County and an night when we were disabiding love for the com- cussing whether or not to munity where he spent his buy the company, and he said, ‘I’ve got a name for whole life.

“My family came here it: ATAP — All Things Are in 1837,” he said. “I love Possible, Matthew 19:26.’ I Talladega. I’ve been all thought that was a wonderover the world, and I’m ful name for the company. always glad to come home. We’ve always leaned on the Sometimes I’ll hear peo- Lord to know the right ple complaining about thing to do, and his guidance is why our work has

been successful. Also, all of them are smarter than me, which makes for a great team.”

Although they all still maintain offices there, the original ATAP partners have since sold the company to their employees.

“I don’t remember who said it, but someone once said the key to being successful is to surround yourself with people that are smarter than you are. I’ve always tried to do that.”

Molliston has had numerous opportunities to surround himself with a number of people, both in his church and in the civic life, in Talladega. He has been a member of First Baptist Church for 50 years and sang in the choir for 30. He is a deacon of the church and “taught some training classes a long, long time ago. And I was the Boy Scout leader there for a couple of years.”

He has also been heavily involved in the Ritz Theatre (“something I have prayed for to be successful, something I know this town can do and be successful”), the United Way (never as chairman), blood chairman for the American Red Cross, two-term Kiwanis president, president of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (“when they couldn’t find anybody else”) and the Pilgrimage Council, which he says he “really loves because it’s good for this community.”

Molliston has also

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Hugo Molliston, who has spent his whole life in Talladega County, said, “I love Talladega. I’ve been all over the world, but I’m always glad to come home.”

served on the board of the Red Door Kitchen, served many years on the Talladega Library Board and continues to serve on the Advisory Board for Citizens Baptist Medical Center. As a library board member, he helped make the construction of the current building a reality.

“I also served on the Cheaha Library Association, and helped get a new library built in Heflin,” he said.

“We had some trouble with the land acquisition at first, but everything worked out fine.”

Although his zeal for public service remains, Molliston said he has “had to slow down the last few years.” In 2008, he was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer, and doctors at University Hospital in Birmingham gave him a year to live, at most. “There was not a whole lot we could do,” he said. “I talked with my wife about it, and we decided to get a second opinion. So we

went to Texas, to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and I’ve been getting better ever since, although I am still not cancer free. The last time I was there (in December), my doctor said it was amazing that I was standing there looking and feeling like I do. I told him there were three reasons for that: first is the Lord; second are all the good friends and family members who have been praying for me; and third is good doctors.

My doctor is from Egypt, and still has family over there, so I’ve been praying for him a lot lately.”

Molliston and his wife, Barbara, have four children and four granddaughters.

“I’ve gotten a lot of support form them, and my wife is an excellent home nurse.

And she will continue to be.”

Shannon Cheatwood is president of ATAP and has worked with Molliston for almost 16 years. “He’s just a truly great individual, a great Christian man. And

he is probably the most compassionate and caring person I have ever met. I’ve worked with him for almost 16 years now, and it’s just been a great experience.”

Molliston was on the board of the Talladega Red Cross when former director Pat Miller was hired. “He’s just a great person for community service,” she said.

“He came off the board not long after I was hired, so I didn’t get to work with him as a board member for very long. But whenever you need him, Hugo Molliston is always there. I was hired on Jan. 26, 1996, and served for 14 years. It was a great experience, and I will always be grateful to him helping me experience that.”

Bill McGehee worked with Molliston on the Antique Talladega board and in other capacities.

“Hugo is one of the most selfless people I’ve ever met, and whatever he is involved in, he always gives 100 percent. He was a vice president of Antique Talladega and was on the Ritz Board, and he did a great job with that. I’ve worked with him on all kinds of different projects, and he’s always given 100 percent.”

“I’ve known Hugo Molliston for many years, served on various boards with him and been friends with him,” Ray Miller said.

“He is one of the kindest, gentlest individuals I have ever met. He succeeds in every endeavor he undertakes because people want to do well for him. When we started the schools foundation, he was the president and helped make that successful. He’s worked with the chamber, the Red Door Kitchen, April in Talladega, all successfully.

He actually helped me fix up a porch once” for one of the pilgrimage houses.

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Little does big things

By LINDSEY HOLLAND Bob Crisp/The Daily Home

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Don’t let her name fool

Debi Jacobson has volunteered for more than you. Martha Little is doing two dozen committees, boards and non-profit big things for her comorganizations in the Sylacauga area. munity. She says the things

Jacobson just wants to make a difference

By MATT QUILLEN Home staff writer

Debi Jacobson has earned a reputation for never saying no to a good cause.

“Mine and my family’s motto is we just want to make a difference,” she said.

“I want to have improved something because I was there or part of it. That can be anything, whether it is people, students, animals, I want to make a difference.

And if I can’t, I will find something where I feel like I can.”

Since 2003 when she and her family moved to Sylacauga, Jacobson has served on dozens of committees, clubs and boards in an attempt to do just that.

They include school parent-teacher organizations, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Arts and Humanities Council, several committees at Sylacauga First Baptist Church and the Animal Rescue Foundation.

Fellow ARF board member and family friend Joe Richardson said Jacobson puts her heart, soul and emotions into everything she does.

“If she takes on a task, you know it is going to get done,” Richardson said.

“She also adds her public relations skills and charisma to the (ARF) board, which will help in our community relations activities.”

Jacobson said when her family first moved from Mobile, they didn’t know anyone. In an effort to get more acclimated with the community, she and her husband, Walter “Jake” Jacobson, began seeking out things to get involved in.

“Jake started getting involved and I went along with him,” Jacobson said.

“I think our first group was (American Cancer Society) Relay for Life.”

“I decided, ‘I kind of like this.’ So somebody else would ask me to volunteer.”

Her son, Denton, began sixth-grade and daughter Maeghan began high school when they moved to town. So she began working with the PTOs at Nichols-Lawson and Sylacauga High School.

Jacobson said she got involved with the PTO of her children’s schools to stay “plugged in.”

“The one thing I have found with PTO, the knowledge is there to be had,” she said. “You have the right contacts and you can really get to know the principal and the staff on a different level.”

As a member of the PTO and later PTO president for the high school, she helped initiate a program in coordination with the local Beautification Council. Together the two groups “beautified” the campus, adding flowers and greenery.

“We also had some in reserve we were saving for when the cafeteria was finished,” Jacobson said. “We wanted to do a courtyard back there for teachers and

students who wanted to enjoy it. The Beautification Council worked with us on that and matched funds.

We had master gardeners out there helping us figure out where to put what.”

One of her personal favorites has been volunteering as a “Pink Lady,” an auxiliary volunteer at Coosa Valley Medical Center. She began with the group in 2006 and has earned the positions of secretary and vice president.

She also was named program chairman for the state’s Council of Hospital Auxiliaries in 2010.

Every Tuesday, she volunteers in the day surgery waiting area. She helps receive patients and get them from one point to the next.

But she said she believes the most important part is seeing to the people waiting on their loved ones.

“The patient is having surgery, but the family is out there waiting,” she said. “That is a scary place when you are out there waiting to hear something from the doctor. I just want to be that ‘go-to’ person.

It’s about comforting them.

Or if they just need a cup of coffee, I’m the one to go to.”

Jacobson’s newest endeavor is ARF, which serves as the board of directors for the local animal shelter. In January, her fellow members voted her board president.

She said she hoped to be a part of the turnaround for the often under-funded and overcrowded shelter.

“We have got some great staff and great members on the board,” she said. “But it has been scary because (the shelter) had just been neglected for a while. We are making some progress, but it is slow to come.”

Jacobson also hosts a weekly show on TV47, appropriately titled “Making a Difference.”

Her husband said she always looks for opportunities to help promote a worthy cause through the show and her volunteer work.

“That is just who she is,” he said.

Jacobson also attends city council meetings and work sessions along with her husband, who represents District Four on the council. She said she enjoys serving a support role while staying in the know.

“It is very informative just coming as a citizen,” she said. “You need to know what is going on in your city government and what is going on in your neighborhood.”

Walter Jacobson said his wife’s willingness to stay informed helps him get another perspective on council business.

“We will discuss some of the topics and I can bounce ideas off her to get her opinion, to see if I am on the right track,” he said.

“And she brings things to light around the city that she sees that need to be improved.”

“It is just another effort to try to make life a little bit better here.”

you have a passion for, you simply make time for.

Little is president of the board for the Butler Harris Rainwater Museum and a member of the Childersburg Heritage Preservation Committee, which deals with the Kymulga Grist Mill. She is active with the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, was founder of the Coosa Valley Quilters Guild, and runs two stores downtown, along with her husband, Mike.

Little was born in Mobile and her family relocated to Childersburg when the paper mill opened. She graduated from Childersburg High School and started dating Mike Little when she was 15. The two were married after he finished college and they lived in various parts of the South before finally relocating back to Childersburg.

“After living for many years in Birmingham, it was an easy choice to come home to live in Childersburg,” Little said.

“Childersburg is a perfect place to live in every way, from the beauty of the land to the open door of the citizens’ hearts and homes.”

Little said Childersburg has strong leadership from Mayor B.J. Meeks. She said there are many leaders in Childersburg, but there are also followers. She said that combination produces efficient end results. Little said she knows she is a leader.

Pete Storey, president of the Childersburg Chamber of Commerce, recognizes that Little contributes significantly to the community. He said she is a great community leader.

“I’ve always had a sales personality,” Little said. “I was an executive recruiter for years so I got involved in helping raise money with the museum and it just kind of snowballed from there. I enjoy it.”

To help raise money for the museum, Little started the annual Mardi Gras Ball, scheduled for the end of the month. She said she has had numerous fundraisers, but the ball is the biggest one.

“We have it at the Bella Luna event center here in Childersburg,” she said.

“We have live music.”

Besides raising money for the museum, Little said her board also makes the city aware of problems that arise with the museum. The home recently received new porches.

“We also refurbish furniture that breaks down,” she said. “We also try to give back, as well. We have a Brownie Troop that is going to have tea up there in April. So we try to reach out and give back because that house belongs to the community.”

Little is also on the board for the Kymulga Grist Mill. She said another of her goals is to raise money to help with the maintenance of the mill.

A grist festival is planned for April 16.

“There’s so much history out there and that’s what we’re trying to preserve,” Little said. “The city of Childersburg would claim to be the longest continually inhabited city in the country. The little we have left we’re trying to make sure we keep it and keep the kids educated.”

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Martha Little is a great community leader, said Pete Storey, president of the Childersburg Chamber of Commerce.

Storey said Little is a person you know you can always count on.

“When I need something done I don’t mind calling her and asking her,” he said. “She does a lot.

She loves Childersburg.

She has a great volunteer spirit, she’s a hard worker and she’s willing to jump in there with both feet and work hard.”

Little said what makes Childersburg is not the museum or even the grist mill — it’s the people.

“That’s what the heart

of the city is — the people,” she said. “It does take a lot of energy from a lot of people to make these things happen.”

Besides being concerned with preserving the history of the town, Little is also concerned with the town’s growth.

“We’re always hoping to influence someone to come down and buy another building to renovate it and keep it up,” she said.

Little and her husband own Rusty Gem’s and

Eighth Avenue Gallery downtown. She said she often knits scarves to sell at Rusty Gem’s.

When asked how she finds time to run a business and volunteer for the community, Little had one word: Mike.

“Mike is understanding and encourages me when I think I’m too busy,” she said. “I have a very understanding husband.”

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A passion for helping kids Director of Boys and Girls Club says job is a perfect fit for her

By ELSIE HODNETT Home staff writer

She has a passion for helping the kids in her community.

“I am originally from Lincoln,” said Tavia Sillmon, director of the Lincoln Boys and Girls Club 21st Century Community Learning Center. “I was born and raised here, and graduated from Lincoln High School with honors.”

Sillmon attended Jacksonville State University, where she received a BS in biology with a minor in sociology.

“I got married to my high school sweetheart, Ronald Sillmon, in December 1988,” she said. “He was in the Marine Corps and we lived in South Carolina and Florida.”

The couple returned to Lincoln in 1993, where they raised their three children, Noelle, Seth and Micah.

Sillmon said she worked several different jobs. While working for Eastside Head Start Center in Talladega, she earned her child development associate degree.

“They called me for a state job, and I worked for Talladega DHR (Department of Human Resources) for eight years,” she said.

After working other jobs, Sillmon heard about the job opening at the new Lincoln Boys and Girls Club, which opened in 2009.

“They had closed the application process because the deadline had passed,” she said. “But the manager was sick and I was able to get my resume submitted.”

Sillmon said the job seemed like the perfect fit because of her love for children.

“I have always loved children — I feel I can make a difference whether in 5 minutes or 5 years,” she said. “If I can say, ‘You look nice today,’ and it changes their self-esteem, I have made a difference in their lives.”

Sillmon said she tries to live her life as an accent to God, to make him proud.

“I live by ‘it’s not about you —not about what you have on or what you do,’” she said. “It’s about changing someone else’s life.”

Sillmon said although she is human and makes mistakes, she lives her life to the best of her ability so when other people see her life, they can say, “She’s living for God.” “I’m trying to show love to everybody,” she said. “I want them to see love, not hair or skin color. I want

them to feel I love regardless.”

Sillmon said forgiveness is a big thing daily.

“I teach them to forgive and move on,” she said.

Sillmon encourages the children to be whatever they want to be.

“Lincoln is a small town, but you don’t have to settle for a small town mentality,” she said.

The “No Bullying” campaign the club kicked off in 2010 really hits home for Sillmon.

“It makes me ashamed of some of the things I’ve done in the past,” she said.

“Other people’s words don’t define you — you decide who you want to be and that’s how you live your life.”

Sillmon said she is proud of the fact the club hasn’t lost a kid to bullying.

“All the kids in the club are my kids,” she said.

Sillmon works with girls at the club to build their self-esteem and independence.

“I teach them to be wise,” she said. “When you make an adult decision, it comes with adult consequences.”

Sillmon said she teaches the girls not to expect a man to take care of them, but to work to achieve their hopes and dreams.

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Top photo: Tavia Sillmon is director of the Lincoln Boys and Girls Club 21st Century Community Learning Center and president of the Lincoln Kiwanis Club.

She has a passion for helping the kids in her community, such as 11-year-old Jacob Fomby, who she helps with his homework.

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Sillmon helps 8-year-old Jazmine Adams.

“Appearance is a big thing for girls,” she said. “I teach them about working with what they have. We do hair and makeup and eyebrows, and also talk about body image, clothes fitting and domestic violence.”

Sillmon said she wants the children to be the best they can be.

“I want to turn on the TV in 20 years and see some kids I knew from church or the club and

say, ‘I remember them,’ and take personal joy in how they have grown.” she said. “If they don’t know anything else, they know I love them and I’ve got their back.”

Sillmon said she doesn’t mind being the “bad guy” to help the kids.

“Even if they hate me and it motivates them to do what they need to do, that’s what counts,” she said.

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She volunteers with the Kiwanis Reading is Fundamental program, and reads to local children.

“Both the club and the Kiwanis let me work with the kids and help them the best I can,” she said.

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Senior center in ‘little town’ alive with activity

By JUNE WINTERS Home staff writer

Talladega Springs Senior Center is a “godsend” for the older generation in the little town, and any one of those active in the program is quick to tell you so.

The center is alive with laughter and activity every Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Glenda Kelley is manager, and said she loves her job. “It’s one of the greatest feelings in the world when you see the older folks enjoying themselves so much.”

The center is housed in what was once the town’s Masonic Lodge.

Talladega Springs Mayor Frank Mitchell and his wife, Nancy, obtained a grant in 2003 to renovate

the building and make it a center for seniors to enjoy fellowship, good food and a variety of activities. The center opened in 2005, with new windows and a remodeled kitchen.

The center’s exercise program and adjacent walking track are favorites for all who participate.

The exercise programs are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The seniors

agree it is something they needed, and has helped them gain more strength in their limbs.

There’s always quilting going on, as well as a puzzle table that is popular, and a variety of card games, bingo and checkers.

Tuesdays feature a painting class taught by Gail Millican, and participants are proud of the fact

their art has been featured at Rainwater Library in Childersburg.

Thursday’s special event is a Bible study and different speakers are invited to participate in this program.

A birthday party is held the first Friday of each month, and those celebrating birthdays that month are honored guests.

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Sixteen active members over the age of 60 enjoy lunch furnished by the government, and there are 18 meals taken to homebound seniors.

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“They bring the meal to my house and place it on the table. It makes me feel good to know I’m getting a good, balanced meal, and the food is really good,” said Vernon Stevens, a recipient of the Meals on Wheels program.

Kelley is always planning special events and said that recently the seniors had a “luau,” complete with leis for them to wear.

In the summer, ice cream socials are popular, and in the winter, seniors are treated to special meals of chili and soups.

Tom Edmondson is a regular at the center and his wife, Margaret, joins him three or four times a week.

“We are blessed to have a place like the center here in our community,” Margaret Edmondson said.

“We especially enjoy the exercise program and the speakers who visit for Bible study.”

Joyce Green is also a regular at the center and said it’s a wonderful place for her. “We’re always doing different things. I enjoy being with my neighbors and hearing all the latest news from the community.

The center is an asset to Talladega Springs. If we had Bob Crisp/The Daily Home to drive to Childersburg or Sylacauga to get what we have here it would be a Ruby Gentry, Montez and Carol Blackwood, from left, practice their painting skills at the Talladega Springs Senior 30-mile trip every time we Center. went.”

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“He is a doer,” Brooks said.

And now when Powell drives along Mays Bend Road in his sporty car, he passes decorative street signs hanging along the roads — thanks to him.

“You can’t get anymore grass roots than that,” Pell City Mayor Bill Hereford said of Powell, who is not only active in his local homeowners association, but the many civic groups that try to make Pell City a better place to live and work.

Powell took it upon himself to help his neighborhood community look better with the not so simple task of installing the street signs.

“He’s a guy who makes things happen,” Hereford said.

The mayor said when Powell gets involved with a group or project, he’s

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going to take a leadership role and help move things forward, like his participation in the Pell City Rotary Club, which raises thousands of dollars each year to support local, non-profit groups and charities.

“He’s very active in Rotary,” said Brooks, who has served as Rotary Club president and Rotary Club District 6860 governor.

Powell has served on the Rotary Club Board of Directors and as past treasurer. For many years, Powell published the weekly news bulletin for the club, the “Rotary Rag.” He also established a database for the Rotary Club, so members are notified of special events and immediate news concerning members.

Holland even served as Rotary Club District 6860 treasurer from 20062007, and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

“He’s just not going to be a member,” said Hereford, who is also a member of the Rotary Club. “He’s going to be very involved and make things happen.

We’re fortunate that he and Claire made this city their home.”

Powell said he and his wife, Claire, lived part time on the lake for about 10 years, eventually becoming good friends of Dennis and Lorrie Brooks. The couple’s primary home was in Mountain Brook, a suburb of Birmingham.

He said the Brookses See Powell, Page 12

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12 — THE DAILY HOME, Talladega and St. Clair counties, Ala., Sunday, January 13, 2011

Helping veterans goal of AMVETS post

By WILL HEATH Home staff writer

It has been less than a year since the Coosa Valley American Veterans Post received its official charter.

However, the organization is already making its presence felt in the area.

“We want to be a service organization first,” financial officer Jim Worthy said. “Whatever comes after that, we want to be service-oriented.”

Post 25, chartered in Pell City in August 2010, is involved in a number of community service projects. At the top of that list: finding ways to help the completion of the Col. Robert L. Howard State Veterans Affairs Home, under construction near Interstate 20 in Pell City.

“We can’t wait,” Worthy said. “All our members can’t wait to get down there and get going.”

The chapter’s motto is “Veterans helping veterans,” and the main mission is to provide volunteer support for the new facility.

“My dad was in a VA hospital in Dublin, Ga., when he passed away,” Worthy said. “They did a great job with my father (in Dublin). I saw all the things they did for him and that’s what excited me about this (home in Pell City).”

Most notably, the chapter is planning a “Noteworthy Veterans

Coosa Valley AMVETS Post 25 members fixed 26 care packages that were sent to Camp Victory in Iraq.

Project” fundraiser, allowing individuals, groups, organizations and corporations to purchase keys on a grand piano that will be in the common room at the veterans home. Donors may designate contributions as memorials to specific individuals, and each key is $500.

“A piano has 88 keys,” said Dave Shultis, the chapter’s financial officer. “Our goal is to raise $44,000.

“It’s a perfect memorial: anybody who donates will have their name on a plaque, and on the piano.”

Already, the AMVETS — a certified non-profit organization — has hosted the “Entertain Our Troops” project, soliciting canned goods to be sent overseas to military personnel. Shultis called the response “incredible,” saying they received 26 individual care packages and 22 boxes of books, CDs, DVDs and magazines to send to Camp Victory in Iraq.

In addition, the veterans have worked concession stands at Talladega Superspeedway, collecting a percentage of the profits

there, as well.

AMVETS is a slightly different organization from Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

Shultis and Worthy emphasized the organization is open to all veterans.

“Warfare has changed now,” Worthy said. “We have people fighting now who never go overseas. …

We’re welcome to all veterans, reservists and retirees.”

The chapter has 22 members.

Shultis said the community service has become

a fulfilling part of his life.

“Up until this became a part of my life, I would go home after work, eat, watch TV and go to bed,” he said. “(AMVETS) has given me something to look forward to, doing something good for the community. It’s almost like a void that’s been filled.”

Worthy said that, while the organization does have a social element — meetings take place the last Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Pell City Civic Center — what comes first is serving the

community and its veteran population.

“We want to invigorate (AMVETS) in Alabama,” he said. “Posts are serviceoriented first, and the other stuff comes after that.”

As such, Worthy and Shultis are actively recruiting new membership, as well as looking for a place for the organization to call home.

According to its information, the “ideal space” would be large enough to host meetings and activities, and have space enough to house an area for job training and assistance for veterans. Shultis said any property owner with space that meets the criteria could donate at a discount, and that donation would be tax-deductible owing to the group’s non-profit status.

“One thing we tell our members: it’s as easy as doing one thing a month,” Shultis said. “Do something for a veteran once a month, that could really make a difference.”

Eligibility requires a Form DD214 showing a “discharge under honorable circumstances.” Anyone who wishes to participate with time, money or goods can contact Shultis at 205966-9700.

For other information about the AMVETS chapter, e-mail coosavalleyamvets@hotmail.com, call 205-291-8381 or visit www.cvamvetspost25.org.

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welcomed them with open arms and introduced them to the community.

“To make a long story short, in 2002 we sold our home and moved to the lake,” Powell said. “We felt real comfortable out here.”

Powell said the couple, who have two grown children, liked what they saw in Pell City.

“I think of Pell City as a progressive city,” he said.

“We love it so much. We wanted to be a part of it.”

Powell said they never regretted the move.

“We’re excited about Pell City,” he said.

Powell serves on the Mays Bend Lot and Homeowners Association Board of Directors, and continues to produce a neighborhood newsletter.

Last year, the 79-yearold stepped forward to serve as publicity director and chairman of the Resource Committee for the Pell City Library Guild.

Powell said the Library Guild continues its efforts to find a bigger, better home for the library.

“I’m real interested in a new library,” he said.

“We have run flat out of room.”

The Library Guild also supports the library, contributing $15,000-$20,000 a year, which is used for matching grants to stretch library funds as far as possible.

He said everybody knows a bigger home is needed and everyone supports a new library.

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“The council wants it,” he said. “Everybody wants it. Let’s see what the next few years show us.”

City Council members say the city can’t afford a new library at this time, but support the idea.

“He’s a great advocate for the library and one of the backbones of the Rotary Club, which is a great civic club,” Hereford said. “He has tried hard to help find a new home for the library. He is passionate about his causes, and Holland thinks things through.”

Powell also organized a philosophical lecture study group that meets weekly at the Jefferson State Community College in Pell City. The group has met every Tuesday for the past four-plus years.

“I started it out with a few friends and they brought their friends,” he said. “We love doing it.”

The group hears lectures from top professors throughout the country through instructional videos.

Powell said it’s a “free form” discussion group that discusses different philosophies.

Since Powell has lived in Pell City, he has served as fundraising chairman for the Imagination Library of the Pell City School District, chairman of the Leadership Pell City Class of 2004, the Leadership Pell City Advisory Board, the St. Clair County Red Cross Advisory Board, the Boys and Girls Club Advisory Board and helped organized and chaired the Leadership Pell City

Alumni Committee.

Hereford said Powell serves the community at every level.

“Holland has a wonderful sense of humor, which makes him a far more effective leader,” Hereford said.

For Powell, he’s not in it for a pat on the back, he volunteers and does the things he does because he cares about the community he lives in.

His soul motivation is that he wants to make Pell City better.

“I warn you,” he said.

“I’m an eternal optimist. I refuse to see the bad.”

Powell said great things are on the horizon for Pell City.

“I think Pell City is at the beginning of greatness,” he said. “I hope I live long enough to see it.”

Powell said he believes that in 10 years Pell City will be the hub of EastCentral Alabama.

“We’re far enough away from Atlanta, and close enough to Birmingham,” he said.

And Powell said he’ll just keep doing what he’s been doing — helping Pell City move forward.

The city’s mayor probably summed up Powell’s contributions to the community and to the city best.

“Holland is one of those people who makes a difference, and he’s made a positive difference in our community,” Hereford said.

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14 — THE DAILY HOME, Talladega and St. Clair counties, Ala., Sunday, January 13, 2011

Moon makes life more fun for Munford senior citizens

By AZIZA JACKSON Home staff writer

Judy Moon loves her family.

In addition to her biological family, Moon has about 33 other family members who all come to the Munford Senior Center to talk, eat and laugh together.

“I am a widow; my children live out of state, this is my extended family,” Moon said. “They have been a blessing to me.”

Moon was born and “reared,” as she likes to call it, in Munford and graduated from Munford High School in 1959.

She then lived in Rainbow City, where she worked in the dietary department of a hospital and raised a family.

After her children left the nest and her husband of 39 years died, Moon came back to Munford to take care of her mother.

“I truly believe God led me here. God has his hand in it,” Moon said. “I just believe God led me back home to take care of my mother and help open the center. It’s a very important part of my life.”

The center has been open for about five years, and has since served as a place of camaraderie and friendship for members of the Munford community who are 60 and older.

For Moon, old is just a state of mind.

She has no problem telling you she will be 70 in April.

“Age doesn’t bother me, you’re only as young as you feel, and they keep me young,” Moon said.

“I knew most of them growing up. Munford has changed so much, but they haven’t changed.”

The center, which used to be the town’s old high school gym, was started not long after the town was incorporated.

At that time, Mayor Lynn Swinford sat down with several candidates for the position at the center.

“We had several qualified candidates, but Judy stood out,” Swinford said.

“Judy has been a blessing for the town, really.

Ever since she’s been in charge of the center, she’s taken it by the horns and run with it.”

When the center opened about five years ago, it had about 65 senior citizens, but now the number is down to 33.

About 18 seniors are homebound, but get meals delivered to them by several volunteers, including Jimmy Nelson, who drives a van that delivers meals to the homebound seniors.

“I could not do it without the volunteers here,” Moon said.

In addition to about four volunteers who serve food at the center, Moon has two aides, Brenda Vickers and Purvis Harmon, who help her daily.

A lot of the outside help comes from donations from the community and surrounding areas, like a video game that was recently donated to the center by Christine Lathem and Linda Camp.

“We also saved our pennies and got a TV,” Moon said.

In addition to furnishing senior citizens with donations from the community, Moon and her volunteers keep the center lively with activities and programs.

Everything from bingo on Fridays and devotion on Wednesdays to quilting and field trips are available

to seniors at the center.

“They love the thrift store, that’s one of their favorite places,” Moon said.

The seniors also make a trip to Noccalula Falls in Gadsden to see the Christmas lights around the holiday season.

The seniors also do fundraisers for the community by saving their pennies and spare change, and exercise on the town’s walking trail.

“One of the other seniors and myself are Bob Crisp/The Daily Home learning to do line dancing in Sylacauga so we can Judy Moon, director of the Munford Senior Center, said the center is the place to go for talking, come back and teach it at eating and laughing. the center,” Moon said.

“It’s a very wonderful, wonderful program for seniors here in Munford.

It gets them out of their house and gets them a nutritious meal. The meal is wonderful but the socialization means more than the meal.”

With great socializing comes great food and Moon gets the opportunity to flex her cooking muscles in the kitchen, especially when she bakes homemade biscuits on Wednesdays.

Moon loves to cook.

And visitors love to eat.

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When the Munford Senior Center first opened five years ago, it had about 65 seniors, now the number is down to 33. There are about 18 homebound seniors.

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Moon From Page 14

cobbler and pound cake are just a few of the homemade dishes Moon whips up for the seniors.

“I’ve been cooking for about 10 years,” Moon said. “I’ve been catering for a long time.

“They know this is here Monday through Friday, and possibly for some this is the most nourishing

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meal they get.”

One of the center’s proudest accomplishments was passing a recent health inspection, earning it a health certification.

A score of 99 proudly hangs in the kitchen.

“The city is so much help,” Moon said. “We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the city’s help.”

With the Munford City Council’s help, the center is now certified to prepare food for fundraisers and community events, and Moon has wasted no time planning.

On the evening of Jan. 21, she and her volunteers held a dinner for the community and the town council members who showed their support

during the certification process.

She is also preparing for an upcoming Valentines Breakfast that will be held Wednesday, Feb. 16.

Moon said it is the camaraderie and companionship people look for and receive at the center.

“They look out for each other, there’s closeness here,” Moon said. “It

gives them a place to go, a place of their own to come to.

“It gives them a purpose for life, a purpose for getting up in the morning.”

Although Moon has a sister close to her in Munford, so close in fact that she says, “I can throw a rock and hit my sis-

ter’s house,” the love and warmth she feels from her extended family at the center keeps her going.

“They are just a part of my family, and that keeps me going and keeps me busy. And I like busy,” Moon said.

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Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Discipleship Training - 5:00 p.m.

Evening Worship - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday AWANA - 6:00 p.m.

Prayer Meeting - 6:30 p.m.

Adult Choir Practice - 7:15 p.m.

Christ Deliverance Christian Center P.O. Box 1166 34810 AL Hwy. 21 N. Talladega (256) 362-1975

Sunday Worship 10:30 am Kids Rock 10:30 am Hour of Prayer - Wesnesday 6 pm Bible Study Mid-week Services 7 pm Pastors: Bobby J. & Barbara D. Embry christdeliverance.org

Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 4609 Martin St. S. Cropwell (205) 525-5161

Pastor: Rev. Michael Sexton, V.C.

Daily Mass: Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. at 9 a.m.

Wed. Evening Mass at 7 p.m.

Saturday Mass at 6 p.m.

Sunday Masses at 8:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.

First Baptist Church

PO Box 356 200 8th Ave. SW Childersburg • (256) 378-6058 Sunday Service: 10:30 am & 5 pm

First Baptist Spring Hill Church South Baptist Church 1704 7th Ave. S. Pell City (205) 338-7226

Ridgeview Baptist Church 1711 Allison Mill Rd. Talladega (256) 362-3971

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

AWANA’s Wednesday 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Service 6:00 p.m.

1101 Cherry St. Talladega (256) 362-7390 Rev. Bobby Freeman Pastor Rev. Tommy Strickland Worship Pastor Bible Study 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Celebration 10:15 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Discipleship classes 6:30 p.m. “ A Place to Belong”

Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Service 10:45am Wednesday Night 7:00pm

4615 Cogswell Ave., Pell City (205) 338-2827 Senior Pastor Ken Jones • Youth Pastor Wes Jones

57 Washington St. Lineville (256) 396-2293

Pastor: E. Tramaine Solomon Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 am Worship & Word Wed. 6:00 pm “Where Biblical Truth is Taught Without Compromise”

Eastaboga Baptist Church

107 Church Ln. Eastaboga (256) 831-6449

Wellspring Worship Center 1433 Vivian St. Leeds (205) 699-7247

Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 am Sunday Evening Service 6pm Wed. Night Family Night Service Starts @ 6:30pm

Pastor, Kevin Starr

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FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS

16 — THE DAILY HOME, Talladega and St. Clair counties, Ala., Sunday, February 13, 2011

A friendly face, a helping hand, that’s your hometown Piggly Wiggly store.

There may be bigger stores around, but the value that comes from trusting people you know is our greatest asset.

From our top quality meats and produce to our low prices to our helpful staff, we aim to make your grocery shopping experience a positive one.

And Piggly Wiggly’s service doesn’t stop there. It’s service to community – investing in it and believing in it through support of schools, creating jobs and contributing to worthy causes throughout the area – is its trademark.

It’s the hometown folks you know and trust. Down home, down the street.

It’s Piggly Wiggly.

Down Home, Down The Street

TALLADEGA • 320 W. BATTLE ST. • OFFICE 362-7949, DELI 362-7956 HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY, 6 A.M.-10 P.M.; SUNDAY 7 A.M.-9 P.M.

SYLACAUGA • 1224 TALLADEGA HWY. OFFICE 249-4836

TALLADEGA • 308 N. EAST ST. • OFFICE 362-2258

HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY, 6 A.M.-10 P.M.; SUNDAY 7 A.M.-9 P.M.

CHILDERSBURG • 1068 1ST ST. •. OFFICE 378-5795

HOURS: SUNDAY-SATURDAY, 7 A.M.-10 P.M..

HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY, 6 A.M.-10 P.M.; SUNDAY 7 A.M.-9 P.M.

SYLACAUGA - 1351 WEST FORT WILLIAMS ST. (256) 249-8989

GOODWATER • 470 S. MAIN ST. • OFFICE 839-1322

HOURS: SUNDAY-SATURDAY, 7 A.M.-10 P.M.

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HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY 7 A.M.-8 P.M.

Money Orders Available At All Locations • Food Stamps and WIC Accepted 260661