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SUNDAY RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES
DEATHS Fannie Irene Akers, Jacksonville Beatrice H. Ammons, Centre Paralle “Louise” Butts Ammons, Tennessee Sandy V. Amos, Fremont Jerrie Pauline Belcher, Wedowee Bibb Norris Bennett, Heflin Lillian Bodner, Georgia Margaret Ann Nolen Brewer, Georgia Betty Hough Broome, Centre Dorothy Virginia Cook Buford, Oxford Ressie Jo Burt, Ohatchee Ralph Clark, Anniston Patsy Cofield, Piedmont Maria Daigneau, Lineville James A. Dunn, Wellington Edward Ray Foltz, Heflin Modell Forman, Pell City Marjorie Franklin, Wedowee Betty “Boots” Freeman, Alexandria Chris Grizzard, Piedmont Van Hamilton, Anniston Margaret W. Haynes, Anniston Annie Hicks Heard, Anniston Billy Joe Hicks, Alexandria Maybelle Doss Higgins, Anniston Mary Elizabeth Eaves Hobbs, Jacksonville Geneva Sue Hollis, Heflin George E. Howard, Georgia Charles Flavey Ivey Jr., Piedmont Willie L. Joiner, Hollis Cross Roads Carter Jakaden Jordan, Anniston Nobie Lockridge, Rock Run
William Nathan Luke, Lincoln James M. Mann, Anniston Janette Maarah “Buffy” Marks, Alexandria Ruth R. McClendon, Anniston Darren Deshawn McDaniel, Heflin Jack Dempsey Milam, Eastaboga Freddie P. Miller, Eastaboga Charles S. Mount, Anniston Bobby Gene Nelson Sr., Anniston LaTanja Nobles, Pell City Deloris “Ann” Pendergrass, Weaver Kenneth Lamar Pettus, Oxford Christopher Michael Proctor, Oxford Mary Frances Lee Roberson, Anniston Betty J. Scales, Anniston Judith Ann Sexton, Piedmont Darrell Smith, Wellington Idella Story, Anniston Plumer Swain, Alpine Roxanna Guyer Sweener, Pell City Jessie Maxine Taft, Tennessee Lee Roy Talkington, Gaylesville Scott Truett, Anniston Jackie Catherine Tucker, Roanoke Lamar Turner, Anniston Lester D. Wade, Munford Lillie Mae Walker, Bynum James Lewis Ware, Ashland Bruce Arthur Whatley, Anniston Gregory Williams, Anniston Choe Kum Yong, Anniston
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A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor to retain certain exempt property, but the debtor’s remaining property is gathered and sold by a trustee from which creditors will receive payment. It may also be used by businesses which wish to terminate their business. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, through court supervision and protection, to propose and carry out a repayment plan under which creditors are paid, in full or in part, in installments over a three-year period. During that time, debtors are prohibited from starting or continuing collection efforts. The following bankruptcies declared by Calhoun County residents were recorded by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama last week:
Chapter 7 • Clyde R. Skinner and Jennie L. Skinner, Juanita Lane, Jacksonville • Sequoyah Zellars, Canterbury Square, Anniston • Khadijah Hameed, Sterling Point Lane, Oxford • Thomas E. Moates and Kathleen Moates, Hale Street, Oxford • Jerry D. Lane Sr., Weaver • Maxine J. Lane, Maple Drive, Weaver • David Michael Brown, MCullars Lane, Oxford • Melissa Mincy, Ashbury Avenue, Anniston • James E. Forsythe and Beverly A. Bausman, Church Lane, Eastaboga • Sylvia W. Curry, McDaniel Avenue, Anniston
Chapter 13
• James S. Penton and Sandra F. Penton, Rochester Road Southeast, Jacksonville • Julia E. Tennant, Wellington Drive, Wellington • John D. Downs II, Pomotaw Trace, Anniston • Sue C. Kilpatrick, Choccolocco Road, Anniston • Takeisha Carter, Lincoln Street, Anniston
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MARRIAGE LICENSES • Todd Dewayne Russell of Anniston to Anita Paige Soto of Anniston • Ryfeal Durrell Davis of Anniston to Diatra Flossie Ingram of Anniston • Charles Boykin Kennedy of Anniston to Brady Nicole Hudson of Annniston • Jamie Lee Kendall of Anniston to Jessica Shay Amos Eason of Anniston • Michael Scott Gibson of Gadsden to Heather Elgin Butler of Gadsden • Jason James Chaplin of Anniston to Jennifer Lynn Thompson of Anniston • Benjamin Harrison Dixon of Anniston to Anna Lee Williams of Anniston • Rogelio Ortega of Alexandria to Megan Marie Sullivan of Alexandria • Timothy Shane San-
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ford of Jacksonville to Naomi McGregor Terrell of Anniston • Justin Lee Crenshaw of Jacksonville to Linda Christine Laymon of Jacksonville • Timmy Lee Rudolph of Anniston to Tanisha Lashae Hubbard of Oxford • Eduardo Javier Villeda-Montenegro of Anniston to Amy Cole Pittman of Jacksonville • Jesse Cole Weldon of Anniston to Brittany Jeannine Forsythe of Anniston • Joseph Brian Delk of Oxford to Heather Denise Parker of Oxford • Bryan Patton Whitehead of Jacksonville to Betty Jane Dyer of Jacksonville • Brandon Scott Harvey of Jacksonville to Valene Marie Singleton of Piedmont
DIVORCES • Chandler Gray and Tracy Gray • Jessica Williams and Brandon Williams • Jessica Dawn Pittman and Allen Barry Miller II • Leslie Henderson and William Henderson • Candace Newman and Casey Lee Newman • Amanda Naomi Dev-
lin and Robert Andrew Devlin • Davita A. Smith and Justin E. Smith • Jessie Elizabeth Cosby and Cory Daniel Cosby • Jessica Sudsberry and Greg Sudsberry • Traci Jill Fendley and David Anthony Fendley • Michael Paul Heaton and Bethany Ann Heaton
Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale. Receipts for this week 914 compared to 657 last week. Receipts a year ago 618.
FEEDER CLASSES:
Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 170.00 to 210.00; 300-400 lbs. 158.00 to 207.50; 400-500 lbs. 145.00 to 177.50; 500-600 lbs. 126.00 to 167.50; 600700 lbs. 110.00 to 146.00. Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs. 140.00 to 180.00; 400-500 lbs. 130.00 to 147.50; 500-600 lbs. 120.00 to 135.00; 600700 lbs. 100.00 to 126.00.
SLAUGHTER CLASSES:
Cows: Breakers 78.00 to 80.00; Boners 81.00 to 86.50; Lean 74.00 to 81.50. Bulls: Normal Dressing 54-58% 95.00 to 97.00; Low Dressing
WILLS PROBATED
• Johnny Lynn Johnson • Margaret Elizabeth Comer • James Dale Gorham Sr.
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FORECLOSURES • Electa Dorsey, Anniston Land Co., block 541-A, lot 19. • Roger M. Keenum and Betty F. Graham Keenum, Carriage Hills subdivision, block 4, lot 6. • Marla A. Nofsinger, Hidden Valley subdivision, lot 44.
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• Ralph Gray and Armor Jean Gray, West Anniston, C.F. Williams and Alston Clark addition, block 88, lot 2. • Mary E. Turner and Jefferson C. Turner, Buckhorn subdivision, phase 4, lot 18.
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ARRESTS The people listed in this arrest report, whose names and charges are obtained from public records, are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Anniston
The following felony arrests were reported by the Anniston Police Department (addresses not provided) during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Thomas Henry Martin, 27: second-degree receiving stolen property. • Christopher McCabe Rice, 27: second-
degree theft. • Chevar Ramon Jones, 31: distributing a controlled substance. • Karl James Malbrough, 28: two counts of possession of a controlled substance. • Gerald Kirksey, 52: possession of a controlled substance, first-degree possession of marijuana. • Jeremy Lynn Smith, 27: second-degree theft. • Sherricka Shawnte Griffin, 26: obstructing justice by using a false I.D. • David Mallory Shelton Jr., 25: seconddegree theft, fraudulent use of a credit
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probation violation. • Michael Antynne Tuft, 46, of Anniston: theft Calhoun County by fraudulent leasing. The following felony arrests were reported • Emmett Keith Johnson, 41, of Anniston: by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office dur- order of arrest. ing the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Pardon and Parole Board Thursday. • Bridgett Lashanda Holcomb, 30, of Birming- The following felony arrests were reportham: two counts of chemical endangerment, ed by the Alabama Board of Pardons and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. Parole during the seven-day period ending • Raissa Nichelle Miller, 20, of Tuscaloosa: at 7 a.m. Thursday. failure to appear in court for speeding. • Bridgette Deanna Griffith, 31, of Anniston: • Christopher McCabe Rice, 27, of Anniston: probation violation.
BLOTTER Crimes are listed by location. Anonymous tips may be called in to Crime Stoppers at 256-238-1414. A reward of up to $1,000 may be given.
Anniston
The following property crimes were reported to the Anniston Police Department during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Burglaries
• Residence, 2000 block of Winchester Road: household items. • Residence, 1300 block of Pine Avenue: coins, television, stereo system. • Residence, 1000 block of West 42nd Street: televisions, game consoles, laptop computer, games. • Residence, 1600 block of Parkwin Avenue: television, laptop computer. • Residence, 2100 block of Thomas Avenue: television. • Residence, 400 block of South Christine Avenue: television.
Auto-related thefts
• Residence, 300 block of front Street: 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer. • Residence, 600 block of East 19th Street: audio system, cell phone, cigarettes, cash. • Residence, 5100 block of McClellan Boulevard: speaker box. • Street, 400 block of Mulberry Avenue: subwoofer. • Residence, 6300 block of Gallatin Drive: 1976 Chevrolet Nova. • Convenience store, 1700 block of Quintard Avenue: 2000 Mercury Marquis. Thefts • Parking lot, 1000 block of Atlanta Avenue: • Storage facility, 1200 block of Front Street: purse, wallet, cash. • Parking lot, unknown location: books, cell wire. • Unknown location, 1800 block of Hillyer phone, personal I.D., vehicle title, medications. Robinson Park: utility trailer. • Commercial location, 400 block of West • Residence, 900 block of Montgomery Avenue: golf clubs, checks, 2002 Honda Accord. 23rd Street: metal roll-up door, steel. (Recovered 03-27-2013)
• Church, 400 block of West 23rd Street: copper wire. • Residence, 900 block of Maxanna Drive: television, jewelry. • Residence, 1400 block of East 10th Street: televisions. • Commercial location, 1200 block of Front Street: copper. • Public building, 400 block of South ChrisRobberies tine Avenue: television. Calhoun County • Residence, 300 block of Golden Springs • Residence, unspecified block of McArthur Road: television. Drive/Gurnee Avenue: tablet computer. The following property crimes were report-
ed to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Burglaries • Residence, Sulphur Springs Road, Lincoln: television. • Residence, Avalon Lane, Anniston: crystal, clothing, furniture, jewelry.
Thefts
• Residence, U.S. 278 West, Piedmont: tractor and attachments, tools, grills, wash pot, posts.
Auto-related thefts
• Convenience store, U.S. 431 North, Alexandria: 2004 Chevrolet Silverado. • Residence, Kines Road, Piedmont: 1999 Ford Expedition. • Residence, Gilbert’s Ferry Road, Ohatchee: off-road vehicle.
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CALENDAR: AnnistonStar.com/calendar PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Billy M. Bonds Jr. and Tammy Bonds to Treda B. Ortiz, a parcel of land in section 28, township 13, range 8, $100. • Housing & Urban Development to Jay Silverberg, Whites Gap Estates, 5th addition, block G, lot 13, $65,000. • EverBank to Housing & Urban Development, Lyncoya subdivision, Grady Vaughn’s addition, block 1, lot 4, $1. • LHM LLC to J. Britt Middlebrook, a parcel of land in section 30, township 16, range 8, $10. • Eugene McGhee Jr. to William Edward Elston Sr., a parcel of land in section 2, township 16, range 7, $10. • Glen Sears to Frederick M. Berry and Mary B. Berry, Anniston Land Co., block 273, lots 1 and 2, $10. • Susan Denise Thorson and Laurie Ann Richardson to Benjamin Dixon, a parcel of land in section 7, township 15, range 8, $10. • Chad Christopher Carr and Elizabeth G. Carr to Jon Barefiled, a parcel of land in section 13, township 14, range 8, $10. • The Bernadine A. Herron 2009 Revocable Trust to Pordlaw Properties LLC, Lenlock subdivision, block 1, lot 15, $10. • Lawton J. Smith to David Trantham and Wanda Trantham, a parcel of land in sections 1/12, township 13, range 7, $10. • Herbert Austin Harper and Carolton Dale Harper to Daniel Kyle Johns, a parcel of land in section 6, township 14, range 8, $10. • John Manuel-Estate to Joseph B. Williams and Donna B. Williams, a parcel of land in section 4, township 15, range 8, $10. • Charles Meek to 707P LLC, a parcel of land in section 5, township 15, range 8, $10. • Charles Meek to 707P LLC, a parcel of land in section 4, township 15, range 8, $10. • George A. Monk and Cynthia F. Monk to Lester Eugene Clanton and Karen L. Clanton, Sunset Heights, Cynthia Crescent addition, block 3, lot 2, $10. • Alan H. Griffin to Randy Thielsen, Profile Mill Village, block 3, lot 10, $10. • Bank of America to Paul Canter Homes Inc., Windwood Estates, lot 15, $22,000. • Arleen M. Krizka to Donald J. Krizka and Anna L. Krizka, a parcel of land in section 30, township 13, range 7, $10. • Douglas F. Rosser and Janice A. Rosser to Derrick Neil Yale Compton and Kimberley R. Compton, a parcel of land in section 12,
township 13, range 9, $10. • Jimmie D. Weathington and Alice Weathington to Tracy Patty and Mandy Jean Patrick, a parcel of land in section 19, township 15, range 8, $10. • John Adam McMichael to Frances Emily Rowland, a parcel of land in section 15, township 16, range 6, $10. • Jonathan D. Lehr to Christopher G. Bourland and Cristie B. Robinson, Timberridge subdivision, block B, lot 11, $10. • Earnest Pitts and Jeannette McDonald Pitts to Earnest Pitts and Jeannette McDonald Pitts, Haynes Division, lot 6, $1. • James Eli Henderson and Carolyn Henderson to Andrea Melisa Macfadden, Eulaton subdivision, block 8, lot 3, $2,000. • Charles E. Chatham III to Janie R. Chatham, Betta-View Hills subdivision, block A, lot 10, $10. • Clarence E. Haynes to Darlene Haynes McDonald, Corning plan, block 19, lots 15 and 16, $10. • Cheaha Bank to Cecil E. Hinds and Richard M. Hinds, a parcel of land in section 20, township 15, range 8, $10. • Bank of America to Housing & Urban Development, Amos Luallen subdivision, lot 10, $1. • Pennymac Mortgage Invetment Trust Holdings I LLC to Jessica Jane Joiner and Jared Michael Joiner, Pine Hill subdivision, 4th addition, lot 42, $164,900. • Marcella K. Verrier, Henry E. Kick and Shelly A. Kick to Latonya S. Chames, Soneybrook subdivision, 4th addition, block 3, lot 14, $10. • James Lamar Poland to Coley Payne and Sharon Payne, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 7, $10. • Nesta Ruth Horton-Estate to Dahl Thrash, Whispering Pines subdivision, lot 26, $10. • Fred A. Barnes and Marie L. Barnes to William R. McAuliffe and M. Cathy McAuliffe, Berkshire Woods, 1st section, re-subdivision of block 2, lot 8A, $100. • Rodney L. Minton, Hugh L. Minton and Alice Faye Minton to City of Oxford, a parcel of land in section 32, township 16, range 7, $1. • Billy F. Cheatwood to Curtis P. Cheatwood, a parcel of land in section 3, township 15, range 9, $10. • Suzanne Lynn Knox to Curtis P. Cheatwood,
a parcel of land in section 3, township 15, range 9, $1. • Wallace A. Pankow to Curtis P. Cheatwood, a parcel of land in section 3, township 15, range 9, $10. • Earl S. Johnson Jr. and Virginia Lee Johnson to Tommy Lapier Jr. and Nikazalia Wonders, Piedmont Land & Improvement Co., block 52, lot 50, $10. • Wallace Hall, Donald Edwin Hall, James Van Hall and Brian Scott Hall to James Daniel Holder and Jennifer A. Holder, a parcel of land in section 26, township 14, range 9, $10. • Housing & Urban Development to Ronald G. Campbell and Katherine G. Campbell, Brownwood Forest subdivision, block C, lot 18, $131,700. • James H. Fike and Irene M. Fike to Gadsden Hearing Aid Inc., a parcel of land in sction 21, township 16, range 8, $125,000. • U.S. Bank to Christopher E. Lamberth and Sharon E. Lamberth, Sunset Heights, Diana Hills 3rd addition, block 5, lot 6, $147,000. • Judy P. Fite to Chad McMichaels and Erica McMichaels, Brittany Downs, lot 8, $195,000. • Society Shell LLC to WH Capital LLC, Anniston City Land Co., block 11, lots 1-3, $10. • Society Shell LLC to WH Capital LLC, Anniston City Land Co., block 11, lots 1-3, $10. • Melinda Dear Martin and Rita Dear Moore to Brett A. Scott and Definie M. Scott, Golden Springs subdivision, block C, lot 13, $87,500. • Bank of New York Mellon to Vikki Sears, Camp’s map of Oxford, block 4, lot 1, $22,000. • Cider Ridge Alabama LLC to TBC Homes LLC, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase I reassessment, block WV, lot 6WV, $36,000. • Ann Burt to Sandra Jean Lee, Northside Defense Homes subdivision, block 8, lot 5. • James Phillip Whisenhunt to Phillip L. Whisenhunt, Berkshire Woods, 1st section, block 3, lot 5, $10. • Ann Fischer Trust to Tommy E. Heard and Jeremy S. Mosley, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 8, $100. • TBC Homes LLC to Chad Steven Moore and Sara Campbell Moore, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block CS, lots 17CS and 18CS, $289,900.
• O.J. Newman to Oxford Homebuilding Construction Inc., Greyston Manor, phase 2, lot 115, $1. • Belinda Key to TMS Land Co. LLC, a parcel of land in section 6, township 16, range 6, $1. • Jonathan Screws and Stephanie Screws to Jonathan Screws and Stephanie Screws, a parcel of land in section 10, township 16, range 7, $10. • Cider Ridge Alabama LLC to TBC Homes LLC, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block WH, lot 10WH, $36,000. • Mooneyham Properties LLC to Carol Covington and Stanley Moore, Betta-View Hills, Strickland’s addition, block 1, lots 4 and 5, $10. • Zahia Zettili to Nouredine Zettili, Brittany Downs, lot 14, $10. • Cider Ridge Alabama LLC to TBC Homes LLC, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block WV, lot 8WV, $40,000. • Cider Ridge Alabama LLC to TBC Homes LLC, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block CS, lot 26CS, $37,000. • Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. to Steve Adler and Elaine Adler, Indian Oaks Estates, section 4, lot 165, $51,111. • Charles L. Dinsmore to East Colonial Land LLC, South Anniston Land Co., 2nd division, block 25, lots 7 and 8, $260,000. • Dennis Snyder to Dean Edward Jakiel, Anniston Homestead & Fruitgrowers Assoc., block 1, lot 15. • Sandra Jean Lee to Do It All Investments LLC, Anniston City Land Co., block 193, lot 1, $100. • Howard Slater Bush and Deborah Lee Schroeder to David E. Delaney, Woodland Heights, 2nd addition, block 5, lot 7, $10. • Steven C. Callhan to Tanya L. Bonner, Peaceful Valley Farms, lot 9, $10. • Norma Madelia Buchanan, Alta Rebecca Purkey, Ella Rosalind Thacker, Chalmar Eugene Buchanan and Timothy James Buchanan to Michael Horne, H. John Street subdivision, block A, lot 8, $10. • JPMorgan Chase Bank to Housing & Urban Development, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 365, lots 3-5. • Jason W. Pitts and Dana L. Pitts to Angie Noah and Jody Noah, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 6, $100.
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Here are food service establishments recently inspected by the Calhoun County Health Department, along with scores. A score of 100 indicates the inspector found no deficiencies. Potentially hazardous deficiencies (four- or five-point demerit items) are noted. These must be corrected immediately and inspectors say they are often corrected while the inspection is underway. Restaurants earning below 70 must raise their scores within seven days or face closure.
hazardous food did not meet temperature requirements during cold holding. • Subway, 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 95, potentially hazardous food did not meet temperature requirements during cold holding. • Winn-Dixie (Bakery), 2495 U.S. 431, Anniston — 94, toxic item not properly stored.
NO MAJOR DEMERITS
• Arby’s, 1003 Quintard Drive, Oxford — 99. • Big Daddy Café, 8438 Alabama 9, Anniston — 99. • Burger King, 410 Pelham Road, N., Jacksonville — 93, • Burger King, 1001 Alabama 21, S., Oxford — 99. personnel should eat/drink in designated areas only. • Camp Cottaquilla — 99. • Rally’s, 400 S. Quintard Ave., Anniston — 89, potentially • Elks Lodge 189, 1019 S. Noble St., Anniston — 97.
4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS
• Elks Lodge 189 (Mobile Unit), 1019 S. Noble St., Anniston — 98. • First Baptist Church Wee Care Preschool, Jacksonville — 100. • House of Chen, 4 E. 43rd St., Anniston — 98. • OutTakes, 400 E. 10th St., Anniston — 99. • Pizzeria, 1021 U.S. 431, Anniston — 99. • The Rocket, 1508 Pelham Road, Jacksonville — 98. • Waffle House, 119 Big Valley Drive, Alexandria — 99. • Wal-Mart (Bakery), 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 100. • Wal-Mart (Deli), 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 99. • Winn-Dixie (Market), 2495 U.S. 431, Anniston — 96. • Winn-Dixie (Seafood), 2495 U.S. 431, Anniston — 99.
Victorian egg artist prepares for annual Easter show BY MARY BETH BRECKENRIDGE
each coat. Finally the egg is varnished to give it gloss. Early on she used an oil-based varAKRON, Ohio — Elizabeth Vernon’s nish, not realizing the varnish would soak canvas is calcium. through the layers all the way to the paper. Vernon is an egg artist who decoupages She was disappointed when the varnish Victorian designs onto delicate eggshells. created darkened stains and thought the Her gleaming varnished creations bear eggs were ruined, but that accident had a floral motifs, women’s portraits, nurseryhappy ending: Eventually the spots evened rhyme characters, insect images — any out, and the eggs developed a yellowish vintage design that strikes her fancy. patina that gave them an antique look. This time of year, much of her free time Now, however, she sticks with polyureis spent snipping paper images, adhering thane, which doesn’t yellow. them carefully to eggshells and engaging in Vernon looks all year for vintage papers the painstaking process of repeatedly coatto decorate her eggs. She’ll scour shows ing the eggs with decoupage medium. and shops for picture postcards, children’s It’s all in preparation for her one annual book illustrations, Victorian calling cards, showcase: The Elegant Egg, an annual egg old advertisements and other paper items show and sale that will be open at First that catch her eye. A number of eggs she United Methodist Church near the Univerdecorated for this year’s show are covered sity of Akron. in paper designs that are reproductions of The show has been an Easter-season 19th century French fabrics. tradition in Akron for about 40 years. She photocopies the papers, which It was started in the early 1970s at Stan allows her to preserve them as well as Hywet Hall & Gardens by some members reduce or enlarge them to fit her eggs. “I of its Women’s Auxiliary Board who just wouldn’t destroy the original,” she said. wanted an opportunity to display the EasThe eggs she decorates range in size ter eggs they’d decorated, said Stan Hywet from palm-size goose eggs to tiny pigeon volunteer Jim Urban, who managed the eggs only an inch or so long, which she show for about 10 years. bought at an estate sale. The pigeon eggs’ Those women brought in some of their shells were so thin that they would collapse egg-decorator friends, and soon the board when they were wetted with glue, so she recognized the value in selling eggs as well discovered she needed to give them two or as displaying them. The show was held three coats of shellac before she could start for about a quarter-century at Stan Hywet decorating them. until the historical estate dropped it in She also decorates quail eggs, chicken 1998. That’s when a group of egg artists, eggs, smaller pullet eggs, sometimes or “eggers,” banded together to save the jumbo ostrich eggs and maybe peacock show, said Denise DiGeronimo, the group’s eggs — “any eggs I can find,” she said. treasurer. Under the leadership of the late Vernon buys her eggs from farmers Gwen Howe, they formed the Ohio Egg and prefers eggs from free-range poultry, Artists Guild and have organized the show because their diet results in eggs with Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT ever since. thicker shells. She needs eggs that can Vernon is one of a dozen or more eggers Elizabeth Vernon is displaying and selling her decoupage eggs, created with stand up to the pressure she puts on them who displayed and sold their artwork at Victorian-era images, at The Elegant Egg annual egg art show this weekend in when she’s trying to get a paper design to the two-day event. Show director Suzanne Akron, Ohio. lie flat, she explained. Gibson said the artists’ work includes She blows the centers out of some eggs; hand-painted eggs; eggs carved in filigree others she buys already emptied. Tinier decorating niche in the form of Victorianinvolves snipping slits around the perimdesigns, zentangle patterns and other eggs are left intact, so eventually their centheme decoupage. It was a logical choice, eter of the design and manipulating the motifs; and eggs decorated with the Ukrai- given that she sells antiques, collects old ters dry out. paper so it can be molded to the egg. nian pysanky wax-and-dye process, some Typically she starts work on the eggs paper ephemera and has a passion for Getting the flat image to look right when in traditional designs and others unconaround Christmas and keeps working until Victoriana. A longtime volunteer at the it’s laid on the egg’s curved surface can be ventionally. the egg show, producing 100 to 200 eggs University of Akron’s Victorian house tricky, she said. She has to make adjustVernon’s connection to the show goes that she’ll offer for sale for about $10 to museum, Hower House, she runs its gift ments such as overlapping bits of paper back to childhood, when visiting the show shop and was even married there. $40 each. Then she sets the craft aside and without distorting the image. was an annual tradition. “It was a huge, fun moves on to something else. The Akron resident taught herself the Once the design is glued in place, thing to do in Akron,” she said. “By the time you’re done with 100 or Japanese paper-cutting technique of washi, the egg is coated with about 10 layers of The inveterate crafter wanted to be part which she uses to prepare her designs to 200, it’s pretty much out of your system till decoupage medium — a time-consumof the show, so she came up with her own be adhered to the eggs. The technique ing process that requires sanding between next year,” she said with a smile. Akron Beacon Journal