The Anniston Star l Sunday, April 14, 2013 l Page 6E
Sunday RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES
MARRIAGE LICENSES
CATTLE SALE
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.
• Robert John Galloway of Ohatchee to Connie Lynn Martin of Ohatchee • Steven Douglas Gardner Jr. of Jacksonville to Amber Charlotta Tovar of Jacksonville • Barry Brent Morris of Oxford to Chrissy Shawn Camp of Oxford • Jessie Maurice Bush of Anniston to Felisa Davis Taylor of Anniston • Thomas James Hale Jr. of Piedmont to Stephanie Denise McGatha of Piedmont • Sean Haldane Francis of Anniston to Melissa Best of Anniston • Tracy Eugene Williams of Dallas, Ga., to Trixie Bertrice Maldonado of Dallas, Ga. • Adam Keith Tolbert of Piedmont to Amanda Gail Smith of Piedmont • Zackery Levern Slaght of Jacksonville to Kayla Grace Knepp of Jacksonville • Joshua Lee Steward of Anniston to Georgia Lynn McDill of Anniston • Jeffery Laforest Copeland of Orlando, Fla., to Emmanuella Valencia Eustache of Orlando, Fla. • Clint Shane Chastain of Wellington to Jamie Lynn Carpenter of Wellington • Michael Loki Watson of Weaver to Ann Marie Wilson of Jacksonville • Christian Coy Williams of Eastaboga to Andrea Eva Jackson of Eastaboga • Jeremy Keith Carter of Anniston to Amanda Hunter Green of Munford • Philip Levell Gaddy Sr. of Jacksonville to Shannon Reagor Wheeles of Jacksonville • Kevin Acker Bridges of Alexandria to Melody Ann Coffman of Anniston • Christopher Brittain Linn of Anniston to Angelia Lanita Hardy of Anniston • Daniel Earl Fish of Nashville, Ga., to Elizabeth Surrett Russell of Anniston • Jeffery Eugen Hydrick of Anniston to Tina Marie Cosner of Gadsden • Andrew Patrick Meharg of Munford to Kelly Mathis Etress of Munford • Terry Shane Sprayberry of Munford to Mandy Maletha Lackey of Jacksonville • Reginald Patterson of Alexandria to Deborah Michele McClellan of Alexandria • Algernon Obene O’Brien of Jacksonville to Katrea Valonne Cooley of Jacksonville • Zachary David Jones of Andalusia to Maggie Kathryn Davis of Anniston • Larry Michael List of Anniston to Amy Marie Putnam of Carrolton, Ga. • Cody Chase Smith of Oxford to Erin Elise Ecinias of Oxford • Aklisso Tegba of Gadsden to La’Shala Sherell Harvey of Gadsden • William Matthew Taylor of Weaver to Jessica Elaine Haynes of Weaver • Charles Ray Greene of Pelham to Felicia Lynne Gray of Jacksonville • Carey Lee McKenzie of Weaver to Floylene Powell Maltbie of Daviston • Gregory Darnell Johnson of Anniston to Jennifer Martin Mitchell of Oxford • Christopher Cole Waldrep of Munford to Theodora Modesta Wallace of Munford
Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale. Receipts for this week 1018 compared to 791 last week. Receipts a year ago 806.
deAths Edna Louise Adkison, Piedmont Kathleen Barkley, Centre Lillian Bernardi, Oxford Mary Susan Bernhard, Birmingham Ira Paul Bowers Jr., Anniston Travis J. Bundrum, Jacksonville Mildred Cook, Sylacauga Bernardino “Bernie” Correia, Munford Ila Lou Crenshaw, Ephesus, Ga. Mae Vincent Cross, Cusseta Lawrence David Cummings, Jacksonville Alice Loraine Beaird Delisle, Lincoln William Tracy Ervin, Heflin Jean Cobb Feazell, Anniston Curtis Gunter, Anniston James Howard “Poon” Hall Sr., Anniston Ruby Inez Hampton, Centre Marguerite Fryar Hartwell, Jacksonville Dorothy Virginia Haver, Wellington Harland L. Helms, Leesburg James Phillip Hill, Lineville Venice Evalene “Evelyn” House, Anniston Alma Jean Houston, Georgia William James “Bill” Kenny, Jacksonville Catherine “Mama Cat” Kilgore, Anniston Bertie Mae Jones Mahaffey, Coldwater Rudine Ray Martin, Cedar Bluff Ronald Edward Maye, Ohatchee William Henry McDonald,
Jacksonville Hazel Clark Mitchell, Ohatchee Willie Helen Mobbs, Gaylesville Lucille Morgan, Anniston Thomas “Bill” Motes, Piedmont Antonio Murphy, Anniston Wilbert Murphy, Jacksonville Janet Angel Nolan, North Carolina Cathy Oliver, Anniston Betha Parrish, Georgia John Willis Penland, Jacksonville Reginald Phillips, Talladega Antonio Porter, Alexandria Louise H. Railey, Kentucky Loretta Mae Ross, Birmingham Dorothy “Bunt” Russell, Jacksonville Cecil Sharpe, Anniston Martha W. Shonesy, Winder, Ga. Thelma Nichols Sledge, Roanoke John Wilson Smith, Ranburne Brandon Stockdale, Lincoln Billy Swafford, Heflin Georgia Ann Swain, Sylacauga Billy F. Taylor, Selma Margaret Richie Taylor, Wellington William Edmond Thomas, Munford Betty Jo Thompson, Tennessee Helen Marie Harris Erwin Ward, Oxford Mavis Welch, Anniston Lonnie Lee Wood, Anniston Betty A. Wright, Anniston Dorothy Blackwell Wright, Washington
RATE OF BANKRUPTCIES
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 • Bradley P. Simmons, Bilden Street, Weaver • Terry Ray Griffin and Lindsey Kate Griffin, Hughes Street, Anniston
Chapter 13
• Steven R. Holland and Violet E. Holland, Buckelew Bridge Road, Anniston • Jenifer Mattes, North Hillman Street, Anniston • George H. Smith III and Robbie E. Smith, Long Oak Drive, Weaver • Helen Allison, Ohatchee
DIVORCES • Joseph Alldredge and Kristen Benitez • Wendell Rudolph Ray and Pamela Irene Ray • Marty L. Hayes and Dondeana F. Hayes • William F. Weiser Jr. and Terry F. Weiser • Wendy O’Steen and Henry Ward O’Steen • Amanda Mosley and Daniel Lee Mosley • Stacey Renee Ivey and Paul Douglas Ivey • Ashley Stephens and Antuan Martelle Wood • Sharlee King Thomas and David T. Thomas • Carrie Bell Hughes and Wesley Hughes • Jeremy Dowdy and Ashley Dowdy • Joel W. Studdard and Rebecca S. Studdard • Christina Battle and Steven Battle Jr. • Jennifer Turner and Danny Royce Turner
FORECLOSURES
2020
• Michael Wayne Hunter and Ronald D. Hunter, a parcel of land in section 35, township 16, range 6. • Tracy W. Naugher, Piedmont Land & Improvement Co., block 67, lots 7-9. • Sabrina H. Fields, Kara-Lynn Heights, block 4, lot 25. • Brian Cobb and Karen Cobb, a parcel of land in section 31, township 14, range 7. • Jarrod Hooper and Virginia L. Hooper, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Co., block 2, lot 6. • Robert B. Snider, Sunset Heights, Canyon Drive addition, block 3, lot 1. • Bobbie Howard, Oak Ridge Estates, 2nd addition, lot 1. • Anthony Brown Construction Co. Inc., Mountainview, phase 5, lot 125.
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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 200.00; 400-500 lbs. 145.00 to 192.50; 500-600 lbs. 126.00 to 169.00; 600700 lbs. 110.00 to 150.00. Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs. 140.00 to 160.00; 400-500 lbs. 130.00 to 160.00; 500-600 lbs. 120.00 to 143.00; 600700 lbs. 100.00 to 131.00.
SLAUGHTER CLASSES:
Cows: Breakers 76.00 to 80.00; Boners 81.00 to 84.50; Lean 71.00 to 75.00. Bulls: Normal Dressing 54-58% 94.00 to 99.00; High Dressing >58% 103.00; Low Dressing
EDITOR’S NOTE
The material inside the Sunday Record is recorded by The Anniston Star from various institutions and government offices. The public records are published as they appeared on the documents obtained by the newspaper. Direct questions and comments about Sunday Record to Isaac Godwin at igodwin@ annistonstar.com.
WILLS PROBATED • Enda R. Dick • Vandel Clarence Morgan • Kathy Newton
INCORPORATIONS
• Phonesworth LLC • Dyson Motors LLC • Cutz N Stylz Inc. • Coldwater Landscape Supply Co. LLC • Levre LLC • S&N Partners Inc. DBA Bills Bottle Smokes & Suds • Premier Catering of East Alabama LLC
Dissolved
• Midsouth Jiu Jitsu Academy/Securities LLC • Magnolia Gifts & Memories LLC • Career Advancement Training LLC
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.
• Tywon Demonta Richards, 20: obstructing justice by using a false I.D. • Jimmy Lee Felton, Jr., 34: seconddegree receiving stolen property. • Gregory Markel Hubbard, 24: possession of a controlled substance. • Tyler Allen Jones, 24: possession of a controlled substance. • Nelson Laron Williams, 24: possession of a controlled substance. • Randy Shane Phillips, 35: thirddegree domestic violence.
• Haley Nicole Gardner, 26: first- • Alan Mikle Steinkamp, 22, of degree possession of marijuana. Anniston: failure to appear in court for possession of a controlled subCalhoun County stance. The following felony arrests were • Larry Darnell Green II, 31, of Jacksonville: arrest order for bond reported by the Calhoun County revocation. Sheriff’s Office during the seven- • Vincenzo William Filippone, 49, of day period ending at 7 a.m. Thurs- Lake Worth, Fla.: violation of Sex day. Offender Registration and Notifi• Donnie Sim Rhinehart, 59, of cation act. Piedmont: unlawful possession of • Kalid Devine Heard, 24, of Annisa controlled substance. ton: failure to appear in court for
third-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief. • Kenneth Lee Haygood, 22, of Anniston: unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. • Danny Clark, 32, of St. Paul, Minn.: probation violation. • Jamie Austin Renfroe, 23, of Oxford: order of arrest. • Anthjuan Randell Bowens, 27, of Anniston: failure to appear in court for obstructing justice by using a false I.D.
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, 1900 block of Harris Avenue: television, laptop computer, cash. • Residence, 700 block of Blue Ridge Drive: checkbook, television, firearm. • Residence, 3100 block of McKleroy Avenue: television. (Recovered 04-072013)
• Residence, 1700 block of Old Gadsden Highway: coins, security boxes, firearm. • Residence, 1300 block of Bancroft Avenue: CD players, televisions, air conditioner, DVDs, ceiling fans, copper wire. • Residence, 1300 block of Johnston Drive: speakers. • Residence, 2600 block of Church Street: television. • Residence, 3800 block of Greenbrier Dear Road: lawn care tools. • Public building, 400 block of South Stebbins Street: CD player. • Residence, 500 block of South Leighton Avenue: power saw, hand tools. • Residence, 0-99 block of Shady Lane: television, personal I.D.
• Residence, 800 block of household items. (RecovEast 11th Street: televisions, ered 04-04-2013) computer. • Residence, 0-99 block of Todd Lane: laptop computer. Thefts • Residence, 2700 block of • Unknown location, 2600 Old Quintard Avenue: elecblock of U.S. 431: clothing, tric air pump, fitness equiptelevision. ment. • Unknown location, 100 • Residence, 4100 block block of Dalrymple Street: of Southbury Lane: lawn pipe fittings and reducers. mower ramps. (Recovered 04-06-2013) • Specialty store, 1700 block • Commercial location, 2400 of Quintard Avenue: laptop block of Alabama 202: radia- computer. tors. • Church, 400 block of South • Residence, 1700 block of Stebbins Street: keyboard. McCall Drive: firearm. • Residence, first block of Auto-related thefts High Street: utility trailer. • Parking lot, 400 block of • Residence, 1800 block of South Allen Avenue: 2006 Kia Parkwood Street: utility trail- Optima. (Recovered 04-09er, steel I-beam. 2013) • Supermarket, 5500 block • Residence, 1400 block of McClellan Boulevard: of Greenbrier Dear Road:
speakers, amplifier. (Recovered 04-07-2013) • Street, 400 block of West 29th Street: 1994 Chevrolet Blazer. • Unknown location, 3100 block of Spring Valley Road: laptop computer. • Residence, 6300 block of Perry Street: computers, cash. • Public building, 1300 block of Woodstock Avenue: computer.
I.D. theft
day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Burglaries
• Residence, Choccolocco Road, Anniston: game consoles/accessories, games, television. • Residence, Doster Lane, Oxford: firearms, televisions, laptop computer. • Residence, Llama Road, Jacksonville: game console, controllers, televisions.
Thefts
• Department store, U.S. 431 • Residence, 500 block of South, Alexandria: personal Keith Avenue: cash. checks, cash. • Residence, White Plains Calhoun County Road, Anniston: medication, The following property cash. crimes were reported to the • Field, White Oak Drive, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Glencoe: tiller. (Recovered Office during the seven- 04-09-2013)
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PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Alicia Joy Andrews to Michael Wayne Andrews, Crestline subdivision, block C, lot 9, $10. • Virginia S. Andrews to Darrell Franklin Andrews, Matthews addition, block O, lots 1-3, $10. • Melvin C. Reeves Sr. to Celeste Isbell, Smith Heights subdivision, block B, lots 2 and 3, $36,460. • Bradley Chase Waddell to Jim Brown, a parcel of land in section 4, township 15, range 7, $100. • James Michael Wright and Johnny Scott Wright to Jeffrey A. Tillison and Clarisa Diane Tillison, a parcel of land in section 29, township 13, range 7, $10. • Van Ardell Garmon to Michael A. White and Sarah Garmon White, Pinewood subdivision, 1st addition, block C, lots 16 and 17, $10. • Coosa Land & Timber Co. LLC to Kessler Land & Development LTD, a parcel of land in section 10, township 13, range 7, $10. • Bank of America to Housing & Urban Development, McCall’s Subdivision, block 5, lot 5, $1. • Theresa Lynn Gleason to Tina Swiney, Cheryl Ann subdivision, block 1, lot 3, $1. • Thurman Bryant to David A. Moody and Naomi Moody, a parcel of land in section 34, township 14, range 6, $10. • Mohawk Properties Inc. to John Dee Tubbs III and Cindy Tubbs, Mohawk Estates, 5th addition, lot 28, $10. • Benjamin Bullock, Greg Bullock, Leslie Bullock Morgan, Julianna Bullock Colson, Thomas Clayton Shaw and Wanda Johnson Neuvar to Steven Harbottle Living Trust, Crow Farm subdivision, lot 9, $10. • Jerry D. Hailey and Sonia I. Hailey to Michael L. Hughley and Tangee Denise Caver, McCall Heights, block 4, lot 13, $10. • Farmers & Merchants Bank to Tanya Robin Messer, Wildwood re-subdivision of lots 10 and 36, lot 23, $100. • Benjamin Bullock to Steven Harbottle Living Trust, Crow Farm subdivision, lot 9, $10. • Randall Toney and Jamie Toney to Randall Toney and Jamie Toney, a parcel of land in section 7, township 15, range 8, $10. • Linda D. Honaker and Arnold C. Honaker to Angela Honaker Denney and Jeremy Ryan Denney, a parcel of land in sections 17/18,
township 15, range 9, $10. • Karen Phillips to Ricky D. Cannon and Patsy M. Cannon, Royal Oaks Estates, 1st addition, lots 254 and 255, $11,000. • J. Britt Middlebrook to Daniel Cofield, a parcel of land in section 30, township 16, range 8, $1. • John W. Barwick Sr. and Karen S. Barwick to Dan S. Jordan II and Jessika A. Jordan, Hillyer Highlands, 11th addition, block 8, lot 11, $10. • Housing & Urban Development to Stephen Bradley Helton and Katlyen Sharee Fant, Hidden Valley subdivision, lot 46, $54,000. • Albert J. Berriocha and Martie A. Berriocha to Albert J. Berriocha and Martha A. Berriocha, Shady Hills subdivision, block 3, lots 3 and 4, $10. • George L. Areno and Barbara K. Areno to Justin H. Areno, 5-W Lakesite subdivision, block 15, lots 3, 2A and 3A, $10. • Wendy D. O’Steen and Henry W. O’Steen Jr. to Wendy D. O’Steen, a parcel of land in section 33, township 15, range 9, $10. • Southern States Bank to Russell G. Deanna, Sunset Heights, Fairway addition, block 1, lots 4-6, $10. • Fannie Mae to Martin D. Treptau and Vickie L. Smith, Pine Hill at The Links, lot 9. • Fontella Williams to City of Anniston, Anniston Homestead & Fruitgrowers Assoc., lot 2026, $10. • Jeff James and Don James to Schreka Davis, Midway subdivision, block 1, lots 1 and 2, $10. • William Anthony Crenshaw to Shannon Reagor Wheeles, Eagles’ Landing, 1st addition, lot 65, $10. • David Theodore Cooper and Aleen Cooper to Joanne Brown, a parcel of land in section 12, township 16, range 7, $2,900. • Corine Wilson to Corine Wilson, Bernard Woods, Roshelle Woods and Donald Woods, a parcel of land in section 35, township 16, range 6, $10. • William Todd Allen and Julie Butler Brown to William Todd Allen, Lyncoya subdivision, block 6, lot 10, $10. • John W. Hennington II to John W. Hennington II and Shirley M. Hennington, Glenndale subdivision, block D, lot 8, $100. • Curtis J. Fairs to Carol Fairs, a parcel of land in section 1, town-
ship 13, range 9, $10. • Central Presbyterian Church to Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley of the Presbyterian Church, Blue Mountain, E.L. Hollingsworth addition, block 3, lots 1 and 2, $10. • Housing & Urban Development to Charles W. Brown Sr., Lakewood Estates, 1st addition, block 1, lot 5, $54,950. • Thomas H. Young and Krista K. Young to J.D. Hamby, a parcel of land in section 16, township 14, range 9, $40,000. • Bank of America to Housing & Urban Development, Club View Heights subdivision, block 551, lot 3, $1. • Catherine Thompson 2006 Revocable Trust to Sarah Thompson Morrison, Catherine Thompson Kimmel and Zillah Thompson Carter, Glenwood Oaks subdivision, block 5, lot 7. • Sarah Thompson Morrison, Catherine Thompson Kimmel and Zillah Thompson Carter to Lisa Gray Avritt, Glenwood Oaks subdivision, block 5, lot 7, $135,000. • William C. Derryberry Jr. to K. Gerald Kirkpatrick, a parcel of land in section 2, township 13, range 10. • Robert H. Nightingale and Jeanine A. Nightingale to Robert H. Nightingale and Jeanine A. Nightingale, a parcel of land in section 23, township 13, range 7, $10. • Mohawk Properties Inc. to Steven E. Baswell and Linda W. Baswell, Mohawk Estates, 3rd addition, lot 1; Mohawk Estates, 5th addition, lot 2, $10. • Mohawk Properties Inc. to Allen Conerly and Deena Conerly, Mohawk Estates, 3rd addition, lot 2, $10. • Mohawk Properties Inc. to E&L LLC, Mohawk Estates, lot 5, $10. • Mohawk Properties Inc. to H. Ronald Barker and Allyson G. Barker, Mohawk Estates, lot 6; Mohawk Estates, 5th addition, lot 27, $10. • Mohawk Properties Inc. to Roger D. Fair and Miranda M. Fair, Mohawk Estates, 5th addition, lot 29, $10. • Heirs of Burr Whorton and Heirs of Herman Whorton to Bobby E. Whorton, fractional section 13 of a parcel of land in section 36, township 12, range 10, $10. • Heirs of Burr Whorton and Heirs
of Herman Whorton to Bobby E. Whorton, fractional section 13 of a parcel of land in section 36, township 12, range 10, $10. • Heirs of Burr Whorton and Heirs of Herman Whorton to Delores Donaldson, Rita Young and Scotty D. Grimes, fractional section 13 of a parcel of land in section 36, township 12, range 10, $10. • Heirs of Burr Whorton and Heirs of Herman Whorton to Philadelphia Baptist Church, fractional section 13 of a parcel of land in section 36, township 12, range 10, $10. • Lillian E. Grissom, Glenda Rhinehart, Jack Whorton, Hoyt Whorton, Ella Mae McFry, Robyn Whorton, Mary Linda Qualls, Rhonda Shell, Teresa Westbrook, Dennis Whorton and Janna Whorton to Wanda Lee McFry, fractional section 13 of a parcel of land in section 36, township 12, range 10, $10. • Mildred B. Martin to Robert P. Felgar and Cynthia M. Felgar, a parcel of land near 406 Thomas Avenue, Jacksonville, $100. • Karen L. Jackson and Larry C. Jackson to Larry C. Jackson and Karen L. Jackson, Woodchase subdivision, 4th addition, lot 5, $10. • Billie J. Courtney to Sherry C. Dunn, Rheta L. Acker and Nancy C. Mitchell, Valley Land Corp., 3rd addition, block I, lot 5, $10. • Sherry C. Dunn, Rheta L. Acker and Nancy C. Mitchell to Melva S. Chambliss and Wallace E. Wilson, Valley Land Corp., 3rd addition, block I, lot 5, $100. • Gary Abbott to Calhoun County Community Development Corp., Anniston Land Co., block 704, lot 10, $5,000. • Steve Manley Callaway and Susan Callaway Putman to Margaret Callaway, Oak Village, block B, lot 2, $1. • Ernest R. Goggans to Ernest R. Goggans and Sharon Goggans Bright, Anniston Homestead & Fruitgrowers Assoc., lot 1925, $10. • William H. Cooper to Jason Edward Haynes and Crissy Dawn Haynes, Four Lane Homesites, block 7, lots 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 and 54; Four Lane Homesites, block 8, lots 35, 37, 39, 40-48 and 50, $10. • Margie Annette Walker, James Edward Lowery Sr., Billy Ray Lowery and Brenda Sue Silas to Jimmy Landry and Misty Landry, Mechanicsville, block 13, lot near
400 Parker Street, Anniston, $10. • CitiMortgage Inc. to Veterans Affairs, Blue Pond subdivision, area 1, block C, lots 1 and 2, $1. • Housing & Urban Development to Jennifer Ellison, Alexandria Heights subdivision, lot 32, $77,281. • Donna G. Cairo and Danny Cairo to Donna G. Cairo, Brian Christopher Cairo and Sara Kathryn Cairo, a parcel of land in section 30, township 16, range 7. • Kenny Renew and Rungtiwa Renew to Sammy Monroe Sanderson and Darlene Susan Sanderson, a parcel of land in section 8, township 14, range 8, $10. • Rebecca Ann Haynie to Timothy Wayne Haynie and Melissa Haynie, Pleasant Acres subdivision, block 1, lot 2, $10. • Robert Glenn Maddox and Cheryl Ann Maddox to Russell A. Maddox and Jasmine D. Maddox, a parcel of land in section 23, township 15, range 7, $10. • Blanche Hayes to Robert Glenn Maddox and Cheryl Ann Maddox, a parcel of land in section 34, township 16, range 7, $10. • Nona J. Brown Davis to Laquisha Mayer and Lamont Mayer Jr., a parcel of land in section 6, township 16, range 8. • Larry C. Clark to George B. Mitchell and Donna L. Mitchell, Poe subdivision, lot 7, $20. • Dry Creek Properties LLC to Bill Bradford Clark and Jennifer Rebecca Clark, a parcel of land in section 31, township 12, range 10, $255,000. • Christa Monday Revocable Trust to Christa Monday, Enchanted Forest subdivision, lot 13, $10. • Gerald Edward Ballard to Benjamin Matthew Ballard, Hillcrest Heights, 3rd addition, block 17, lot 7, $1. • Transportation Alliance Bank Inc. to Home Opportunity LLC, Anniston Land Co., block 503, lot 4, $1. • Fred Hutcheson to Gerald Willis and Frances K. Willis, a parcel of land in section 32, township 12, range 9; fractional section 20 of a parcel of land in section 32, township 12, range 10; fractional section 17 of a parcel of land in section 31, township 12, range 10, $10. • Shelia J. Smith to Richard Allen Smith, Eva Smith & Hoyt property, lots 1 and 14, $10.
• Effina’s Tuscan Grill, 501 Pelham Road, N., Jacksonville — 97. • Fairfield Inn & Suites (Pantry), 143 Colonial Drive, Oxford — 100. • GSCC Ayers Grill — 100. • Heroes, 8896 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 97. • Holiday Inn Express, 160 Colonial Drive, Oxford — 98. • Krystal Kwik, 5600 McClellan Blvd.,
Anniston — 94. • Los Mexicanos, 500 Hamric Drive, Oxford — 98. • Raceway Store, 805 N. Main St., Piedmont — 94. • Solid Rock Café, 105 N. Center Ave., Piedmont — 94. • Yamato Japanese Steak House, 105 Mountain St., NW, Jacksonville — 95.
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
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corrected while the inspection is underway. Restaurants earning below 70 must raise their scores within seven days or face closure.
NO MAJOR DEMERITS
• Ayers Head Start — 100. • Brad’s Bar-B-Que, 1809 U.S. 78, E., Oxford — 98. • Christian Corner Meats, 1002 U.S. 4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS • Quick Mart, 1001 U.S. 431, N., 431, N., Anniston — 98. Anniston — 91, equipment (soda • Damn Yankees Steak/Fish & Oyster nozzles) must be clean and sani- Bar, 919 Noble St., Anniston — 99. • Discount Food Mart, 1513 Greentized. brier Road, Anniston — 95.
respond as well to general special education teaching methods. And methods such as occupational and speech therapy, Continued from Page 1E which are used to address a wide variety of learning disorders and developmental Tree were successfully able to enter main- delays, are not best practice either, she adds. stream classrooms. “Kids with autism don’t typically learn Not only has Bryant’s grandson Eli made marked improvements since enroll- in the same way that kids with ADD or ing in the program, so have his classmates. ADHD do,” she said. Using behavioral analysis, the students Alex Lombardi, a toddler diagnosed with and teachers analyze individual student a high-functioning form of autism, was behaviors, their likes and their dislikes. regressing before he came to the center, but is now making such great gains that it’s They then use that information with other teaching techniques to work to teach hard to distinguish him from his typically young children how to learn and interact developing peers. “Because of this place, we dream bigger with others. In the hands of a professional teacher dreams for our child,” said Alex’s mother using behavioral analysis, simple toys Alexis Lombardi, who said her son has become tools. On a recent Wednesday, a learned to speak in complete sentences. teacher at The Little Tree used maracas to Little Tree student Lynn Johnson has play with and teach a child with autism. also made great strides since coming to the center. Her mom, Tara Johnson, drives The color of the instrument, how it felt and sounded, and how the teacher used it to from Fort Payne three times a week to be sure Lynn can attend classes at the center. interact with the child all became teaching “I know I have a small amount of time to elements. But participation in the program is get Lynn the help that she needs,” Johnson already down. At the end of March, Little said, adding that she hasn’t found a place Tree ended its after-school program, closer to home that provides the same which prompted four families to withdraw quality of services for her daughter. their children from the school, bringing The Little Tree typically serves around the current number of students down to two dozen children at a time using a physiological discipline known as applied 16. Teachers said that the end of the afterbehavioral analysis. Other area preschools school program might be a precursor to and public schools also serve developthe end of The Little Tree in Jacksonville. mentally delayed children and children Parents who need childcare from 3 with autism, but use a mixed-method p.m. until the end of the regular business approach to reach the children. The Little Tree is unique among preschool programs day were among the first to leave. Some parents withdrew their children to look for in Calhoun County because it uses this preschool programs with more stability, method exclusively. teachers said. Applied behavioral analysis is widely The Little Tree employs five full-time accepted as a proven method for treating teachers, three of whom have advanced young children with autism. It has been degrees; one is about to complete an endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Centers for Disease Control advanced degree and the other has a bachelor’s degree. and Prevention refers to it as a “notable In addition to paid employees, The approach” for treating autism spectrum Little Tree in Jacksonville also enlists supdisorders and the practice has been idenport from Jacksonville State University’s tified as the “most proven method for treating autism” by the American Surgeon applied behavioral analysis program. Behavioral analysis is a division of physiGeneral. ological studies that examines how prinAshlie Walker, a board certified behavciples of learning can be used to address ior analyst with Milestones Behavior behavioral needs. Counseling out of Birmingham, said the Three JSU undergraduate students gains documented in a major study at and four JSU graduate students pursuing UCLA and “thousands” of scholarly articles are reflective of the changes she’s seen degrees in behavioral analysis help out at Little Tree. They are able to lend a hand at in children while working in the field. Walker says children with autism don’t the center, lowering the school’s student-
to-teacher ratio, all while collecting hours required for their courses and certification in their field.
remaining cuts was not immediately clear, but organizers said the loss was connected to the economic hardships that the nation has faced since 2008. Filling a need While school administrators are lookThe Little Tree has three locations in ing to state and federal grant funding to Alabama — one in Jacksonville, one in keep The Little Tree afloat, Walker, the Auburn and one in Mobile. All are at risk behavior analyst in Birmingham, sees of losing funding, but only the Jacksonville another solution. and Auburn centers, both of which have She said the key to keeping the program strong ties with state universities, are at in operation is ensuring that insurance risk of having to close their doors. companies cover applied behavioral The Mobile center is more stable analysis. Without insurance coverage, because it’s connected to a public school many parents can’t afford to pay presystem and receives funding for teachers schools like The Little Tree to provide the from the state, much in the same way a intensive attention children with autism public school does. need. With that coverage Walker said that While that model has worked in Mobile, these programs would become sustainable it hasn’t been developed locally, although and added that insurance coverage would Jacksonville City Schools and Calhoun allow such education programs to grow County Schools have budding preschool and open new locations. programs that are designed to serve speShe said she supports an insurance cial-needs students. mandate that would require insurance Administrators at The Little Tree companies to cover applied behavior approached Jacksonville City Schools analysis. Some states have already passed about the possibility of joining to sustain legislation requiring applied behavior the program. Jacksonville schools are in analysis coverage, a move that Walker said the process of developing a first-year preis greatly helping the growing number of school program, which also exists to serve children with autism. both typically developing children and “We would not only be able to sustain children with autism. Administrators with The Little Tree in Jacksonville, we could the city school system said they are open to have clinics like that at every city in the the idea, but they are not yet certain they state,” Walker said. want to take that step. Adults like Bryant, whose grandson Eli “The door is open,” Jacksonville City has made great strides at Little Tree don’t School Superintendent Jon Paul Campbell care where the money comes from. They said. just hope that enough is available to keep All three Little Tree centers are associthe center open as long as there is a need ated with The Learning Tree, which, as the for it. parent program, receives the bulk of the Jennifer Wythe, Little Tree’s clinical funding. coordinator, and Amy Spruill, a highly The Learning Tree is funded through qualified educator, have been working the state on a per-person basis because of for the center since “it was just an idea.” a federal law that requires the government Standing in a school hallway earlier this to offer education to each person. Students month, they each said they have seen the of The Learning Tree have developmental center through from its inception, and like delays so severe they can’t be served in Bryant, they think there is a need for the a traditional public school setting, so to preschool. abide by the federal law, the state pays for Many family members, including Brytheir tuition at institutionalized facilities ant, aren’t certain where they will send like The Learning Tree. their children if the facility closes. Some Making matters worse, organizers said have sought information about public The Learning Tree has lost roughly $2.5 school preschool programs, but several million in funding since 2010. At least $1 are certain that the service provided at The million of that came from the American Little Tree can’t be replaced. Reinvestment and Recovery Act, a bill that “I think we are something that the comprovided temporary federal funding to munity needs,” Spruill said, tears forming entities across the country in the wake of in her eyes. “We’re a service that’s not the 2008 recession. around in this area. We can be a resource The source of the $1.5 million in in the community.”