Sunday Record for July 14, 2013

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Sunday RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES

deAths Joaquin H. Allende, Wadley David J. Beck, Anniston Dorothy Elizabeth Bice, Alexandria Nancy Brown, Anniston Norma Jean Buckhannan, Wedowee Margaret LaFaye Culver Champion, Georgia John Chatman Jr., Alpine Charles D. “Bubba” Cohill Sr., Anniston Hosea D. Connell, Anniston Debra McMillan Copeland, Anniston Willie B. Cox, Anniston Gale Poland Crossley, Eastaboga Mary Lois Mynatt Dempsey, Anniston Georgia Eaton, Talladega Obie English, Anniston Juanita Estes, Anniston Margaret Janice Fike, Weaver Lolan Granger, Anniston John William Harrelson, California Darrell Huddleston, Woodland Taskane Hunter, Talladega Willie Melvin Jemison, Talladega Mary Eva Locklear, Piedmont Valerie “Val” Mack, Anniston Beatrice Joan Masocco, Heflin Linda Mayberry, Atlanta James McFarland, Anniston Jewell Bernice Bruce Mercer, North Carolina

Byron Minter, Oxford Leta Kay Fair Mitchell, Jacksonville Martha Faye Prickett Moore, Ohatchee Ollie Payne, Roanoke Luther Gordon Peoples, Anniston William Albert Pointer, Munford Myra Estelle Powell, Anniston Mavis Irene Hester Rollins, Roanoke Bertha Lee Rutledge, Georgia Jack Gordon Shears, Anniston William Glenn Shortt, Heflin Ashley Morgan Sinclair, Leesburg Carolyn M. Smith, Anniston Essie Smoot, Talladega Nicholas Stellos, Anniston Rita Stephens, Munford Wayne Stephens Sr., Oxford Letha McGhee Strain, Talladega Elijah Dionne Thomas, Anniston Eura Belle “MeMaw” Thornton, Jacksonville James Merrell Upton, Roanoke Ronald Roco Venute, Anniston Helen Jean Williams, Anniston Maretta S. Wilson, Talladega Magnolia Maples Carpenter Woodard, Tullahoma David M. Woods, Anniston

RATE OF BANKRUPTCIES 1515 1212 9

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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 • Terry D. Fowler, County Road 320, Piedmont • Amanda Groves, Lone Oak Drive, Weaver • Jerry W. Gill, Choccolocco Road, Anniston • Samuel Moore Smith, Jacksonville

Chapter 13

• Charles R. Gaston, New Liberty Road, Piedmont • Millie F. Houck, Oxford • Larry R. Coffman and Sheryl H. Coffman, Gaines Street, Anniston • Jenna C. Louque, Skyline Drive, Anniston

DIVORCES • Belinda Fay Woodard and Donald Emmett Woodard • Kenny Ray Lyles and Sandra Faye Robinson • Kevin Baker and Danielle Baker • Michael A. Brambley and Theresa L. Brambley • Vicky Diane Smith and Jackie Roy Smith • Katheryn Anne Harper and Tommy Raymond Harper • Kenneth Walker and Melissa Williams Walker • Jaylon Stewart Ellison and Ashley Lynn Ellison • Beverly Kaye Johnson and Gregory Johnson

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MARRIAGE LICENSES • Stephen Robert Schrader of Springfield, Mo., to Jean McEuen Harvey of Oxford • Christopher Scott Teems of Weaver to Ashley Nichole Boyd of Weaver • Zachery Gene Haney McCauley of Anniston to Hannah Lauren Cooper of Rome, Ga. • Ronald Dale Crabtree of Gadsden to Machelle Leigh Hall of Gadsden • James Anthony Bennett of Piedmont to Brittany Nicole Jones of Piedmont • Taylor O’Neal Craft of Anniston to Kelcie Nichole Pugh of Anniston • Jonathan Russell Jackson of Eastaboga to Tamatha Jane Caldwell of Oxford • Kevin Scott Wade of Anniston to Samantha Ann Barclay of Anniston • Dennis Dewayne Clark of Oxford to Deanna Michelle Pynes of Anniston • Rashad Akeem Wright of Oxford to Tautiana Mynjuan Dobbin of Oxford • Michael Madison Trainer of Piedmont to Melissa Jade Spears of Piedmont • Brian Eugene Dodgen of Ohatchee to Dayna Mechelle Kent

CATTLE SALE

of Ohatchee • Jason Scot Vaughn of Piedmont to Mandy McCurry Vaughn of Piedmont • Christopher Heath Gann of Anniston to Leah Janelle Jennings of Fultondale • Brain Alan Bragg of Oxford to Lindsey Darlene Nix of Oxford • Christopher Michael Pittman of Anniston to Stephanie Nicole Hudson of Anniston • Kyle Jeffrey Kilgore of Jacksonville to Amber Marie Cooper of Madison • Brian Vidal Whatley Sr. of Hobson City to Ericka Elizabeth Goodman of Anniston • Bryan Keith Wansley of Gadsden to Jessica Young Chambliss of Gadsden • David Earl Allison of Weaver to Michelle Johnson Fugatt of Gadsden • Corky Len Lloyd of Anniston to Tanya Renee Gatt of Anniston • Marshall Allen Williams of Gardendale to Flora Jean Williams of Mt. Olive • Eric Scott Key of Weaver to Lauren Joanne Ingram of Jacksonville • Brenton Shea Monroe of Jacksonville to Allison Kay Wright of Jacksonville

Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale. Receipts for this week 791 compared to No Sale last week. Receipts a year ago 845.

FEEDER CLASSES:

Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 150.00 to 230.00; 300-400 lbs. 145.00 to 190.00; 400-500 lbs.

132.00 to 162.00; 500-600 lbs. 126.00 to 146.00; 600700 lbs. 103.00 to 133.00.

Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs.

128.00 to 171.00; 400-500 lbs. 122.00 to 138.00; 500-600 lbs. 110.00 to 136.00; 600700 lbs. 102.00 to 121.00.

SLAUGHTER CLASSES:

Cows: Breakers 81.50 to 83.00; Boners 84.00 to 87.00; Lean 73.00 to 80.00.

Bulls: Normal Dressing 5458% 94.50 to 100.00; High Dressing >58% 104.50 to 108.50; Low Dressing

INCORPORATIONS

• 4 Seasons Landscaping LLC • Knappco Inc. • Alabama Plumbing & Drain LLC • Redone Homes LLC • Engagement House LLC

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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 earn-

ing below 70 must raise their scores within seven days or face closure.

NO MAJOR DEMERITS

• Foster’s Franks & Italian Ice, 91 Magnolia St., S., Lincoln — 99.

• Priceless IGA, 802 Pelham Road, S., Jacksonville — 97.

• Winn-Dixie (Produce), 4920 U.S. 78, W., Oxford — 97.

For the latest in local news, visit www.AnnistonStar.com 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.

• James Todd Arndt, 50: first-degree possession of marijuana.

• Brian Rivera Rosario, 51, of Anniston: unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance.

Anniston • Greggory Allen Abernathy, 25: possession The following felony arrests were reported by of a controlled substance. the Anniston Police Department (addresses • Ashley Nichole Carden, 26: possession of a not provided) during the seven-day period controlled substance. ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Calhoun County • Harley Dale Wimmer, 28: possession of a controlled substance.

The following felony arrests were reported • Kathy Annette Taylor, 52: possession of a by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office durcontrolled substance. ing the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m.

Thursday.

• Gerald Durant Graham, 43, of Oxford: warrant of arrest, possession of a controlled substance.

• Stephen Matthew Casey, 26, of Birmingham: failure to comply.

• Michael Deandelo Beason, 27, of Anniston: first-degree criminal mischief.

• Michael James Looney, 20, of Anniston: failure to appear in court.

• Patrick Dejuan Neal, 22, of Anniston: failure to appear in court.

• Quintoyree Marquise Gladden, 24, of Anniston: two counts of bond revocation.

• Latarious M. Harrell, 26, of Oxford: failure to appear in court.

• Tommy Ryan Edwards, 37, of Ohatchee: probation violation.

• Andre Demetrius Bailey, 21, of Anniston: warrant of arrest.

• Travis Ronnie Sanders, 42, of Jacksonville: violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. • Stephanie Dawn Wells, 34, of Gadsden: possession of a controlled substance.

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 Moore Avenue: televisions, game consoles, satellite receiver.

• Residence, 700 block of Jefferson Avenue: jewelry.

• Residence, 1600 block of Golden Springs Road: cash.

• Residence, Christa Way: DVDs and holder.

• Residence, 900 block of Patterson Street: television.

• Residence, 3900 block of Alexandria Road: vehicle parts, boat motor.

• Residence, 400 block of Foxley Road: tools, air compressor, scale.

• Residence, 1900 block of Rocky Hol-

low Road: televisions, game console, cell phone.

• Residence, 1700 block of Abbott Avenue: television.

• Residence, 800 block of West 18th Street: televisions.

• Residence, 100 block of West 15th Street: camera, DVD burner, tools, blower, string trimmer.

• Residence, 100 block of Candon Hill Drive: firearm.

• Residence, 1600 block of Old Gadsden Highway: cash, vehicle key.

Thefts • Department store, 5500 block of McClellan Boulevard: clothing. (Recovered 07-042013) • Residence, 2700 block of Old Quintard Avenue: household items.

• Motel, 1600 block of Quintard Avenue: cash, cell phone.

• Residence, 3800 block of Alabama 202: purse, personal I.D., cash, medication.

• Residence, 1500 block of Wilmer Avenue: utility trailer.

• Residence, 1400 block of Noble Street: cash.

• Drug store, 800 block of Quintard Avenue: BMW car key.

• Residence, 2000 block of Duncan Avenue: tablet computer, cell phone, iPod with case.

• Parking lot, 900 block of West 10th Street: firearm.

• Residence, 400 block of West 22nd Street: license plate, household items.

• Residence, 800 block of Brookhaven Road: utility trailer. (Recovered 07-10-2013)

Auto-related thefts • Residence, 2100 block of Woodland Avenue: 2013 Chrysler PT Cruiser. (Recovered 07-05-2013) • Residence, 1300 block of Appleton Avenue: 2004 GMC Yukon. (Recovered 07-07-2013) • Parking lot, 1400 block of Parkwood Drive: 1997 Chevrolet Suburban (recovered 07-062013), car radio and speaker system.

• Parking lot, 3800 block of Alabama 202: 1998 Jeep Cherokee.

• Residence, 3000 block of Woodbridge Drive: navigation unit, radar detector.

• Parking lot, unknown area of Alabama 202: lock box, receipts, medication.

• Residence, 900 block of Terry Road: tablet

computers, sunglasses.

Calhoun County

The following property crimes were reported to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m.

Thursday.

Burglaries

• Residence, Hughes Road, Piedmont: speaker, lawn mower, bicycle, clothing, coins.

• Residence, U.S. 431, Wellington: television.

• Unspecified location, Ross Lake Road, Wellington: security cameras, soldering equipment.

• Storage facility, U.S. 77 North, Lincoln: tackle box of fishing lures, refrigerator, bicycle.

Thefts

• Public building, AP Hollingsworth Road, Wellington: radio chargers, clothing, badge.

• Residence, Helen Drive, Piedmont: jewelry.

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CALENDAR: AnnistonStar.com/calendar PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Betty Baugh to James Askew, East Highlands Land Co., block G, lots 27 and 28, $1.

• Sam Morgan and Brenda Morgan to Zach Bennett and Melody Bennett, a parcel of land in section 16, township 14, range 9, $10.

• Margie McComb Crouch to Rhonda Crouch Hamby, a parcel of land in section 33, township 16, range 7, $10.

• Shaun Lewis Matson and Donna Sue Matson to Donna Sue Matson, Candlewood subdivision, lot 1, $10.

• David W. King and Martha Sue King to David W. King, Martha Sue King, Wanda King Sprayberry, Phillip W. King and David Ross King, a parcel of land in section 15, township 14, range 9, $10.

• Joshua S. Bollinger and Valerie Bollinger to Kenneth Jones and Susan Jones, Barrington Farms subdivision, lot 25, $220,000.

• Christopher A. Smith and Karen Renee Smith to Julie Claire Puckett, Baron Estates, lot 8, $10.

• Nuntiya McNabb to Bridges Properties LLC, a parcel of land in section 35, township 14, range 8, $175,000.

• Martha Louise Vanderford, William Louis Gilmer, Marlin Edward Gilmer and Margaret Ellene Gilmer to Richard M. Brown, Piedmont, block 3, lots 22 and 23, $20,500.

• Jeremy L. Wilson and Jessica Pickens Wilson to Lynda Newman, McIntosh Manors subdivision, 4th addition, block 13, lot 2, $122,000.

• Jerry Medlin and Sonja Medlin to Steve Cotton, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 155, lots 6-8, $215,000.

• PHH Mortgage Corp. to Housing & Urban Development, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block YI, lot 42YI, $10.

• Marian L. Huttenstine to Marian L. Huttenstine and Mary Charles Anderson, Poe subdivision, lots 11 and 13, $10.

• Helen Weathington to James Weathington, a parcel of land in section 2, township 15, range 7,

$10,000.

• Kellye Wallace to DDB LLC, F.E. McCullars subdivision, block 5, lot 6, $45,000.

• Rebecca Thompson, Charles E. Thompson, Gregory L. Thompson and Brandi Thompson to Rebecca Thompson, a parcel of land in section 10, township 16, range 7, $10.

• Cheaha Bank to Jonathan Mosley, Mountain Lake Estates, lots 1 and 7, $10.

• Fannie Mae to Joseph S. Smith, Piedmont Land & Improvement Co., block 67, lots 6-9.

• Jennifer Brimer and Jean Edney to Gracie L. Haynes, a parcel of land in section 25, township 16, range 6, $10.

• James K. Morrison to Renee L. Morrison, a parcel of land in section 9, township 16, range 9, $10.

• James K. Morrison to Renee L. Morrison, a parcel of land in section 9, township 16, range 9, $10.

• Joseph Andrew Szari to Jason Lee Stancil and Callie Amanda Stancil, a parcel of land in section 35, township 16, range 7, $100.

• Quentin J. Lee to John W. Owens and Rose Marie Owens, Hillcrest Townhomes, block A, lot 6, $10.

• John Owens and Rose Marie Owens to Ridgecrest Estates LP, a parcel of land in section 17, township 15, range 8, $10.

• James S. Williams to Corey Leonard, Anniston City Land Co., block 605, lot 14, $10.

• Money Storm LLC to Mohomed Y. Salame, a parcel of land in section 33, township 16, range 7, $10.

• Spartan Value Investors LLC to Darryl Andrew Davis and Candace Davis, Quail Run subdivision, block A, lot 18, $10.

• Greg P. Cotney to Nathan Walker and Elizabeth Walker, a parcel of land in section 25, township 16, range 6, $78,700.

• T&B Properties LLC to Brandon F. Danes, East Ridge subdivision, lot 12, $101,900.

• Housing & Urban Development to Bank of America, Cheaha Acres, block 5, lot 22, $1.

• Housing & Urban Development

to Sheila F. Arnold, Anniston Land Co. re-subdivision, block 616, lot 16, $12,150.

• Omega Homes Inc. to Barry Smith and Misty Smith, Pinehurst subdivision, lot 12, $117,568.

• Bryant Miller to Calvin L. Bryant and Donetta H. Bryant, Whites Gap Estates, 1st addition, block A, lot 4, $10.

• Southern Pine Oxford LP to Cole Lo Oxford AL LLC, Pate Crossing, phase 4, lot 24, $10.

• Edward W. Clark II and Judith Clark to Madison L. Mumbauer and Teddie C. Mumbauer, a parcel of land in section 29, township 14, range 8, $10.

• Eugene Stephen Wright II and Sharon W. Anderson to Matthew S. Thomas and Melissa S. Thomas, Alabama Land & Mineral Co., block 74, lots 6-8, $10.

• James F. Westbrook Jr. to Dale M. Yocum and Brenda L. Yocum, Sara West Estate, lot 17, $10.

• Hugh Allen Cash and Lisa E. Cash to Michele E. Baker, Shadow Ridge subdivision, lot 33, $10.

• Janice Butts to John Butts, Pokagon Park subdivison, block 4, lot 2, $27,378.

• Lillie R. Kilgore to Robert A. Hamilton and Melissa E. Hamilton, Anniston Land Co., block 541-B, lot 12, $10.

• Jerry C. Sparks to Terry Coker, Pinewood subdivision, Jerry Sparks addition, block 2, lot 4, $1.

• Jeffie H. Campbell and Rachel W. Campbell to Jeffie H. Campbell and Rachel W. Campbell, Cotton Creek subdivision, phase 3, lot 13, $10.

• Bobby H. Boozer and Patricia G. Boozer to Brian Lynn Boozer and Bobby H. Boozer, Church View Townhomes, lots 4 and 5, $10.

• Antineekia White to Margaret A. Edwards, a parcel of land in section 25, township 16, range 6, $1.

• Justin H. Areno to Jon M. Green and Lana H. Green, Five-W Lakesite, block 4 and 15 addition, block 15, lots 3, 2A and 3A, $10.

• Spivey Family Bypass Trust 2002 to Mandy Cortez, City of Oxford,

block 35, lot 1, $100.

• Ashley L. Ellison to Jaylon S. Ellison, Greenbrier Chase subdivision, 3rd addition, block F, lot 2, $10.

• Cypress Hathorn and Brandi Hathorn to Scotty Walters and Sara Nicole Walters, a parcel of land in section 18, township 14, range 6, $33,000.

• Jeanette I. Gallahar to Lisa G. Gray and Melinda G. Hicks, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 338, lots 3-5, $10.

• Lisa G. Gray and Melinda G. Hicks to John Alan Blake and Barbara Lee Blake, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 338, lots 3-5, $74,250.

• Joe Steele Jr. to Melvin Ashford and Marguritte Ashford, a parcel of land in section 6, township 16, range 8, $10.

• Jimmy W. May and Shelby J. May to Matthew Morrison and Anita J. Morrison, J.B. Stone property, lots 10-14, $10.

• Ronald Troy Smith to Donna K. Farmer, Susan E. Hanson, Cathy Lynn Ray and Ronald Smith, a parcel of land in section 26, township 15, range 9, $10.

• Verlene L. Miller to Verlene L. Miller and Stacey M. Miller, a parcel of land in section 11, township 16, range 9, $10.

• Aubrey Daniel Whited to Ralph L. Pruitt and Iris Laverne Pruitt, a parcel of land in section 22, township 13, range 7, $10.

• Beneficial Financial I Inc. to Christopher Anthony Smith, a parcel of land in section 31, township 14, range 7, $82,500.

• Bernard Bailey to Brandon R. Thompson, fractional section 8 of a parcel of land in section 34, township 12, range 9, $10.

• Joel S. Maddox and Shirley A. Maddox to Timothy Wayne Cain, Terrace Meadows, phase 11, lot 10, $100.

• James Otis Ransaw to James Otis Ransaw, Booker T. Washington Heights subdivision, block 2, lots 6 and 7, $10.

• Homesales Inc. to Brandie Delaine Parsons, Brownwood

Estates, 5th addition, block M, lot 13, $84,101.

• Mildred B. Martin and Ross Martin Jr. to Robert P. Felgar and Cynthia M. Felgar, a parcel of land near 406 Thomas Avenue South, Jacksonville, $10.

• Heirs of James A. Prickett to Sara R. Prickett, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 7, $10.

• Heirs of James A. Prickett to Sara R. Prickett, a parcel of land in section 28, township 15, range 5, $10.

• Alabama First Jurisdiction Church of God In Christ to Victory Headquarters Christian Center, a parcel of land near 2418 Wilmer Avenue, Anniston, $1.

• Wells Fargo Bank to Housing & Urban Development, Indian Oaks Estates, section 5, lot 192, $1.

• Calhoun Development Co. Inc. to Marilyn B. Lee, Buckhorn subdivision, phase 7, 1st addition, lot 225, $10.

• CR Capital Group LLC to Darian Lopez and Belkys Iglesia, Carriage Hills subdivision, 2nd addition, block 8, lot 12, $10.

• Bridgett Rosemarie-Estate to Debra Bloodworth, Homestead Map, block 1, lot 4, $10.

• KME Development LLC to Victory Headquarters Christian Center, a parcel of land in section 32, township 15, range 8, $150,000.

• Steven C. Hollingsworth and Heather B. Hollingsworth to Victor Matthew Sedenik and Summer C. Sedenik, Pebble Creek subdivision, lot 7, $10.

• Carol Angle to Jule Ann Smith, Betta-Life subdivision, block 5, lot 4, $10.

• Davan Michael Evans and Beverly Michelle Evans to Barbara C. Posey and John D. Posey Jr., Finks Lake subdivision, lot 33, $167,000.

• Marolyn K. Hannah and Milton Hannah Jr. to Milton Hannah Jr., Eagles Landing, 2nd addition, lot 85, $10.

• Winford Dean Nance-Estate to Hershel Melvin Nance Jr., a parcel of land in section 26, township 13, range 7, $10.

FORECLOSURES • John H. Johnson and Sandra J. Brown, Cloverdale subdivision, Saks addition, block 8, lots 16 and 17.

• Herschel N. May Jr. and Karla K. May, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 321, lots 8-13.

• Tracie D. Young and Steven A. Young, Brown Acres, 1st addition, lot 13.

• Kelly Schuman, Pinewood subdivision, Charles Strickland’s addition, block D, lot 5.

• Jennifer I. Looney and Kenneth Jason Looney to Ocwen Loan Servicing, Carterton Hills subdivision, block 5, lot 34.

• David J. English and Danielle Elizabeth Moore, M.M. Gardner subdivision, block 2, lot 3.

• Richard W. Walton and Willie Mae Walton, Valley Land Corp., 2nd addition, block F, lot 11.

• Dennis L. Pressley and Connie S. Pressley, a parcel of land in section 36, township 16, range 6.

Helping teen moms delay repeat pregnancies

By Dawn Turner Trice Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Mary Ann Cross was entering freshman year at her Austin, Texas, neighborhood high school when she had her first child. She was 16 when she had her second child. Now 18, she gave birth to her third two months ago.

When people ask her why she’s had so many children so soon, she can tell by the way they look at her that her answers — which range from her having grown up in a troubled home to her birth control failing — seem neither satisfying nor sufficient.

“I know people judge me,” said Cross, who dropped out of school last year because of attendance problems. “But I don’t believe in abortion, and things happen for a reason.”

Though the number of teen pregnancies has been declining across the country over the last two decades, the population of moms who have a second child while still a teenager has remained stubbornly constant for years.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released an analysis showing that nearly 20 percent of births to 15- to 19-year-olds are repeat births. It’s an important statistic because the more babies a young woman has, the more likely she is to drop out of high school, with lasting negative effects for her and her children.

But persuading some young moms to delay a second pregnancy has been tough.

Experts say the reasons are often less about moral failings or access to contraception than about how well a young mom understands birth control methods and which work best with her body and her lifestyle.

Pat Mosena, whose University of Chicago research in the mid-1980s led her to create the Illinois Subsequent Pregnancy Program (ISSP), said that although one child can complicate a young mom’s life, she can still graduate from high school. But each additional child can harden her fate dramatically, which makes early intervention critical.

The goal, Mosena said, is to get young moms to practice contraception correctly and consistently. But that can be more difficult than it sounds.

“A lot of people don’t know that you have birth control pills with such low levels of estrogen that not only do you have to take them daily, but it has to be at the same time every day to be effective,” said Mosena, who’s the founder and president of Options for Youth, which, like ISSP, helps young moms put off second pregnancies.

Nationwide, the number of overall

lence — inside and outside of their home — and without support and guidance from parents.

“A huge number of these kids are homeless,” Palmer said. “They don’t identify themselves as homeless because they’re doing what we call ‘couch surfing.’ Their mother has put them out and they’re sleeping on people’s couches, but in their minds they’re OK because they’re not on the street.”

She said stereotypes persist about young moms having children to love or to get more welfare money.

“It’s more complex than that,” Palmer said. “Many of these girls have been exposed to trauma and experiences that have significantly changed their life trajectories.”

When Mosena started the ISPP as a pilot project in 1990, she hired Deborah Johnson Steele. She was the program’s first “home visitor,” a mentor who makes Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/MCT regular visits to young moms and offers resources and contraceptive advice. It’s a Marquise Lewis, 18, left, hands her 2-month-old daughter, Madison, to her boy- relationship that can last for years. friend and Madison’s father, Antoine Robinson, 19, at Lewis’s home in Chicago.

“The mom needs a tremendous Antoine participates in a program that helps young fathers do a better job of amount of guidance,” Steele said. “If she’s preventing subsequent pregnancies. worried about where she and her child are going to live, whether they have enough births to women ages 15 to 19 declined by a health care provider and can last from food to eat, whether she has to beg her 17 percent from 2007 to 2010, according three to 10 years. mom for money to buy Pampers, she to the CDC’s National Center for Health “We have to do a better job of helping might not be as concerned about preventStatistics. these girls,” said Barfield, a pediatrician. ing another pregnancy.”

The Illinois Department of Public “We just know that this is a much more Steele, who until recently also worked Health says that from 2007 to 2009, the complicated issue that goes beyond young at Options, said sometimes even family number of overall births for 15- to 17-year- people making impulsive decisions.” members and partners sabotage the young olds in the state dropped 15.5 percent, She said that although some doctors mom. from 5,988 to 5,057. The decrease for 18won’t insert IUDs in teenagers because “You might have a partner who doesn’t and 19-year-olds during that same period of concerns that the young women might want her to use birth control,” Steele said. was 7.7 percent, from 12,066 to 11,133. remove them, studies have shown that’s “Or maybe a girl’s mother, who was a teen But the percentage of Illinois teens who not the case. A study by the University mom herself, might say, ‘I didn’t need give birth a second time tells another story. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, help, so why do you?’ Or, ‘I don’t want a According to the state health department, published in the May issue of Obstetrics stranger (the home visitor) coming to my in 2009, of Illinois moms ages 15 to 19, & Gynecology, showed teen continuation house.’” about 19.2 percent had repeat births. That rates are similar to those of women 25 to 44 Steele said some moms might even adds up to about 3,114 moms across the years old. advise daughters against using IUDs state and 1,123 in Chicago.

“But some teens reported they still have because of problems years ago with older The CDC analysis found that Native problems finding professionals who will models. But the University of Texas study Americans, Hispanics and blacks are insert an IUD,” Barfield said. showed serious complications now occur about 1.5 times more likely than their Andrea Palmer is with the Illinois in less than 1 percent of IUD users, no matwhite counterparts to have a repeat birth Department of Human Services, the ter their age. as a teen. agency that oversees programs related to Options’ Mosena said that because Dr. Wanda Barfield, director of the teen pregnancy, including the Illinois Sub- these young women’s lives are so challengCDC’s reproductive health division and sequent Pregnancy Program. Last year, the ing, her organization doesn’t believe abstione of the authors of the analysis, said the ISSP served 269 moms younger than 18, nence is an effective birth control method data show that many teens are trying to and only four had a second child. for these teens, and neither is only using avoid getting pregnant.

Palmer said the stakes are high because condoms.

But researchers found that only 20 children of teen moms are more likely to “We promote abstinence and applaud percent of sexually active teen moms were have health problems, give birth as teens it,” Mosena said. “But it’s a lifestyle choice, using the most effective reversible conand have trouble finding jobs later in life. not a contraceptive method. And we view traceptives such as implants (which are But efforts to stave off the second pregnan- condoms as a method for disease control inserted under the skin) and intrauterine cy are complicated because many of these to be used along with the mother’s birth devices (IUDs), both of which are placed young moms are growing up amid viocontrol.”