Sunday Record for Sept. 15, 2013

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

DEATHS James Edward Beck, Cedar Bluff Isma Cathryn Childers Biddle, Anniston Bruce T. Bobb, Pennsylvania Charles “Man” Brooks, Jacksonville Myra Morgan Coffey, Centre Troy Allen Cofield, Munford MSgt. (ret.) Charles B Fisher Jr., Anniston Randall “Randy” Grubbs, Anniston Donn Hall, Munford Lindsey Harbour, Piedmont Debra L. Harris, Anniston Rodney L. Hawkins, Birmingham Stell Clifford Blake “Sam” Herring, Woodland Mary Sue Hollaway, Roanoke Louise Jackson, Anniston Gloria Ann Johnson, Anniston Elma Joshua, Gadsden Ernest Earl “Buck” Kelley, Roanoke Austin Patrick Ladner, Virginia Patricia Stanley Ledlow, Munford Melvin Jerome Malkove, Anniston

Polly Mattox, Ashland Melinda Owens McKeown, Bynum Deacon L.J. Miller, Bynum Jane O’Neal Minshew, Centre Phillip Mitchell, Ashland Gertie M. Montgomery, Ohatchee Tommy Edward Nance, Jacksonville Jesse David Reeves, Piedmont Albert Lee Roberts Jr., Bynum Howard P. Roper, Webster’s Chapel Infant Zy’marion Kyree Shears, Talladega Jerry L. Spears, Anniston Emma Swain, Alpine Aaron Teague, Anniston Carven Gene ‘Jack’ Teague, Anniston Carrie Threatt, Munford Gabriele E. Torony, Alexandria Lamar “Frog” Wade, Eulaton Una Waldrop, Oxford Mark Anthony Warren, Anniston Randy Lee Weldon, Wellington

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 • Virginia M. Welch, Gardner Drive Southeast, Jacksonville • David E. Dean Sr. and Letha P. Dean, Arklow Road, Weaver • Tara Brooks, Weaver • Patricia A. Shuler, Mudd Street, Ohatchee • John Lyle, McCullars Lane, Oxford • Betty Dial, West Jefferson Street, Anniston

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• Robert K. Echols and Teresa A. Echols, Hinton Drive, Oxford • Tanya Dukes, Oakmont Avenue, Anniston

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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.

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CATTLE SALE

MARRIAGE LICENSES • Benny Franklin Crook of Jacksonville to Kelley Elane Coggins of Jacksonville • Christopher Scott Manning of Anniston to Towana Starr Whitley of Anniston • William Preston York of Anniston to Mina Ashley Jensen of Oxford • Quadrey Vantrez Fletcher of Oxford to Monica Diane Catlett of Oxford • Kyle Matthew Mosakowski of Alexandria to Ashley Fawne Dickert of Oxford • Bradley Allen Jordan of Weaver to Jamie Lynn Mitchell of Weaver • Patrick Laneal Green of Talladega to Adrienne Trinell Sanders of Anniston • Thaddeus Lee Watson of Jacksonville to Novella Maria Mixon of Anniston • Kenneth Keith Elston of Anniston to Linda Gale Williams of

Anniston • Mario Brent Brown of Oxford to Allyson Brooke Senn of Oxford • Kelvin Richard Roberts of Anniston to Brittany Leigh Spires of Anniston • William Henry Buchanan of Alabaster to Julie Kathleen Hurst of Ohatchee • James Zachary Davis of Jacksonville to Ashlee Karina Lewis of Jacksonville • Justin Ray O’Dell of Oxford to Ashley Shay Reasbeck of Oxford • Edgar Floyd Oakes Jr. of Eastaboga to Kelly Denise Buice Padgett of Anniston • Kavin Lee Mack of Anniston to April Lee Higginbotham of Piedmont • Jason Ray Miller of Piedmont to Amber Rose Breed of Piedmont • Samuel Abraham Timmons of Anniston to Kasey Rae Vinson of Anniston

FORECLOSURES • Darrell Glanton and Suzanne Glanton, Kaitlyn Court, lot 11.

• James F. Tompkins and Judy A. Tompkins, Betta-Life subdivision, 2nd addition, block 3, lot 5.

• Mildred B. Johnson, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 368, lots 11-13.

• Sandy Ragsdale and Christi Butterworth, Sherwood Forest, 8th addition, lot 60.

• Harold D. Wilkes and Kathy M. Wilkes, a parcel of land in section 20, township 13, range 9.

• Raymond F. Ham and Wanda J. Ham, a parcel of land in section 15, township 16, range 9.

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Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale.

Receipts for this week 941 compared to 762 last week.

Receipts a year ago 862.

FEEDER CLASSES:

Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 175.00 to 225.00; 300-400 lbs. 170.00 to 220.00; 400-500 lbs.

146.00 to 190.00; 500-600 lbs. 131.00 to 152.00; 600700 lbs. 108.00 to 142.00.

Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 155.00 to 200.00; 300-400 lbs. 149.00 to 172.50; 400-500 lbs. 132.00 to 162.50; 500-600 lbs. 128.00 to 141.00; 600700 lbs. 121.00 to 120.00.

SLAUGHTER CLASSES:

Cows: Breakers 77.50 to 80.00; Boners 81.50 to 90.00; Lean 69.00 to 76.00.

Bulls: Normal Dressing 54-58% 97.50 to 100.00; High Dressing >58% 103.50 to 106.50; Low Dressing

INCORPORATIONS • Amazing Lawn and Landscaping LLC • Malta LLC • William J. Miller PC • Project 58 Community Development Corp.

Dissolved • Jet-Len LLC •Terry Lamb Contracting Inc. SS Dealer Services Inc.

WILLS PROBATED

• Betty Annithe Simpson Wright • Nelson E. Rupard Jr. • Selden Langley • Samuel F. Rhoades Marvin Clyde Burke

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.

a controlled substance.

• Anthony Dewayne Smith, 41: first-degree possession of marijuana.

• James Randall Wilson Jr., 48: second-degree possession of a forged instrument.

Anniston • Demetrius Grant, 33: third-degree domesThe following felony arrests were report- tic violence. ed by the Anniston Police Department (addresses not provided) during the sevCalhoun County en-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

• Ernest Jamel Pierce, 27: distributing a con- The following felony arrests were reporttrolled substance. ed by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office • Tommy Lee Munn, 18: domestic violence. during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m.

• Bradley Heath Stallings, 33: possession of Thursday.

• Brittany Simone Clark, 24, of Champaign, Ill.: failure to appear in court.

• Terry Wayne Szari, 47, of Lincoln: probation violation.

• Zachary James Smith, 21, of Oxford: first-degree possession of marijuana.

• Matthew Jordan Stoudemire, 22, of Jacksonville: bond revocation.

• Shevis Jammal Carr, 26, of Anniston: failure to appear in court.

seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

• Kelby Ellis Combs, 20: second-degree theft of property.

• James Bernard Trammell Jr., 22: possession of a forged instrument.

• Heather Chandler Rich, 33: possession of a controlled substance.

• Katrina Yvette Mathis, 49: second-degree theft of property.

• Tyler Scott Story, 25: second-degree receiving stolen property.

• Katie Nicole Stovall, 21: second-degree Oxford possession of a forged instrument.

The following felony arrests were reported • Kie Lyons Tillitt, 69: second-degree possesby the Oxford Police Department during the sion of a forged instrument.

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, 900 block of Isabell Avenue: televisions, game consoles, cash.

• Residence, 1100 block of Mulberry Avenue: stove, water heater,

clothes racks.

• Residence, 1400 block of Glen Addie Avenue: decorative pictures.

• Residence, 1300 block of Johnson Avenue: bag of tools.

Thefts • Residence, 700 block of Blue Ridge Drive: jewelry.

• Residence, 900 block of Lloyd Street: refrigerator, air conditioners, radiator, household items.

• Residence, 600 block of West 44th Street: motorcycle.

• Residence, 1100 block of Mulberry Avenue: refrigerator, copper wire, iron posts, electric heaters, bicycle, lamp.

• Specialty store, 1800 block of Quintard Avenue: cell phone.

• Field, 1000 block of Golden Springs Road: fork lift frame, pallet jack with charger, rack rails.

• Public building, 1500 block of U.S. 431: string trimmer.

• Parking lot, 2300 block of Coleman Road: vehicle tag.

• Department store, 1700 block of Quintard Avenue: television theft by fraudulent leasing.

• Residence, 400 block of South Christine Avenue: firearm.

• Service station, fisrt block of Choccolocco Road: cell phone.

• Residence, 1100 block of Altamont Road: firearm, wallet, cash.

• Residence, 400 block of Pine Lane: navigation system, coins.

• Residence, 800 block of Quail Drive: 2001 Ford Taurus.

• Storage facility, U.S. 431, Alexandria: wheel barrel, generators, hand pick, generator, metal fan, air hose.

• Residence, unspecified area of Clark cut-off, Jacksonville: television.

• Residence, unspecified location of New Liberty Road, Jacksonville: firearm.

Calhoun County Thefts • Residence, unspecified location The following property crimes of Dixie Drive, Eastaboga: firearms. were reported to the Calhoun • Commercial location unspecified County Sheriff’s Office during in Oxford: Corvette wheels.

Auto-related thefts the seven-day period ending at • Residence, unspecified location • Residence, 4600 block of Saks 7 a.m. Thursday. in Piedmont: computers, cologne, Road: cell phone and case, perjewelry, hard drives. (Some items sonal I.D. Burglaries recovered 09-09-2013)

DIVORCES

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.

• Gamecock Diner, 700 Pelham Road, N., Jacksonville — 96.

• Golden Corral Buffet & Grill, 201 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford — 98.

• Grace Baptist Church Child Development Center, Oxford — 99.

• Hobson City Head Start — 100.

• Jack Hopper Dining Hall, 700 Pelham Road, N., Jacksonville — 94.

• Jazzman’s Café, 700 Pelham Road, Jacksonville — 96.

• Mexico Lindo, 550 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford — 95.

4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS • Montgomery Food Court, 700 Pelham Road, N., Jacksonville • C.F. Chen’s, 1225 Snow St., Oxford — 90, employees must — 95. properly wash and dry their hands.

• Tweeners, 1250 Old Piedmont-Gadsden Highway, Piedmont — • Papa John’s Pizza, 13 Bill Robison Parkway, Anniston — 97.

90, food must be separated and protected from contamination • Piedmont Chevron, 6301 U.S. 278, W., Piedmont — 95.

• Save-A-Lot, 802 Pelham Road, S., Jacksonville — 96. (personal drink not allowed with ice machine ice).

• Subway, 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 99.

NO MAJOR DEMERITS • Too Nice To Slice, 204 Grace St., Oxford — 98.

• Winn-Dixie (Bakery), 815 S. Pelham Road, Jacksonville — 97.

• Custom Pizza, 1009 U.S. 431, N., Anniston — 95.

• Friendship Childcare Center, Oxford — 99. ( Winn-Dixie (Produce), 815 S. Pelham Road, Jacksonville — 97.

• Martinique Odom and Kelly Odom • Joel Thrash and Rebecca Thrash • Sherry Darlene Cole and Fred Lee Cole • Ralph Edward Bishop and Charlene Hughes Sanford • Melanie Brock Utley and Steven Brian Utley • Melody Shaye Thacker and Rodney Edmund Thacker • Debra Watkins and Richard Watkins • Patricia Delp and Carl Delp • Stephanie Dakota Frady

CALENDAR: AnnistonStar.com/calendar

JEWELRY & WATCH REPAIR WE BUY GOLD SILVER & DIAMONDS

and Kipp Wade Frady • Kasey Deann Harbin and Christopher Joe Harbin • Felicia Wahl and Keith Wahl • Lonnie L. Turner and Shasta A. Turner • Grady Paul Houlditch and Jordan Turner Houlditch • Brandy Smith and Steven Derrick Smith • Robin Dee Deboy and Patrick Donald Green • Tara Stenmoe Brooks and Kevin Mark Brooks • Gerald Lee Bunn and Milisa Renae Bunn

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PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Southeast Properties LLC to Hoan Q. Nguyen, Hau T. Le and An Troung Thi Le, Plaza Lane, Oxford, lots 149, 151, 153 and 155, $100.

• Lester Clyde Turner to Kenneth Carroll Turner, a parcel of land in section 9, township 13, range 9, $10.

• Kenneth Carroll Turner to Lester Clyde Turner, a parcel of land in section 16, township 13, range 9, $10.

• Branch Banking & Trust Co. to Bobby Woodrow, Anniston City Land Co., block 307, lot 12, $10.

• Donald J. Burleson and Joan C. Burleson to Steven Paul Lackey and Lauria H. Lackey, Bynum Acres, lot 29, $94,500.

• Harper Properties LLC to Aly Properties LLC, King Arthur Estates, lots 15 and 16, $1.

• B3 Real Estate LLC to Charles E. Clay, Spring Hill Heights, 2nd addition, block 6, lot 19, $10.

• Christa B. Heard to Christa B. Heard and James L. Heard, a parcel of land in section 17, township 14, range 6, $0.

• Lorraine Gail Robinett to Emily-Tatum Gail Lynn, a parcel of land in section 22, township 13, range 7, $10.

• Mollie O. Williams to Calhoun County, Anniston City Land Co., block 140, lots 3 and 4, $10.

• Ocwen Loan Servicing to Freddie Mac, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 321, lots 8-13.

• Freddie Mac to DDB LLC, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 321, lots 8-13, $90,000.

• Gary L. Craddock to Andrew B. Hatley and Margaret M. Hatley, Lake Louise subdivision, Gene Morace addition, lot 43, $10.

• Charles Gregory Hanners to Wayne Duperron and Beth Dup-

erron, fractional section N/O of a parcel of land in section 6, township 14, range 6, $10.

• Carlos M. Miranda and Margarita Miranda to Carlos M. Miranda and Margarita Miranda, Mecca Woods Estates, block 3, lot 18, $0.

• Jerry Harbour and William E. Harbour to Elizabeth H. McClain, a parcel of land in section 36, township 12, range 9, $10.

• Mae Frances Robbins to Derrick A. Harbour and Mary A. Harbour, a parcel of land in section 6, township 13, range 10, $10.

• Wayne Moon and Kellie Anderson to Timothy Harrison and Kelly J. Harrison, Wildwood subdivision, re-subdivision of lots 31-35, lot 31, $10.

• Frank J. Keahey and Winifred W. Keahey to Shirley Michelle Frames, Pinewood subdivision, Jerry Sparks addition, block 3, lot 5, $10.

• Gordon Bohannon and Deanna Bohannon to Manju Sahai, Golden Springs subdivision, 5th addition, lot 24, $10.

• Robert A. Reid and Phillis G. Reid to Tequila A. Cottingham, Carriage Hills subdivision, 2nd addition, block 10, lot 4, $10.

• Tammy McComb Doby and Crystal McComb Harris to Linda McComb, a parcel of land in section 36, township 16, range 7, $10.

• David C. McComb, Brenda New, Charles C. McComb and Linda McComb to Jimmie R. Williams and Loree S. Williams, a parcel of land in section 36, township 16, range 7, $10.

• D&H Enterprises LLC to Johnny Ragland, Anniston City Land Co., block 415, lot 2, $10.

• Johnny Ragland to Johnny Ragland and Hedda L. White, Anniston

City Land Co., block 415, lot 2, $10.

• Jeffery John Mehan to Connie Brooks and Robert E. Haynes, Sugar Valley Estates, phase 1, block A, lot 2, $10.

• Thomas R. Arnold to Jack Nevills and Linda Nevills, Anniston City Land Co., block 22, lot 13, $100.

• Shelby Blackerby to Cynthia O. Blackerby, Pokagon Park, block 11, lots 25-27, $100.

• Housing & Urban Development to Earl Lester McKnight, a parcel of land in section 35, township 14, range 8, $118,000.

• Rose Dothard to Harald R. Duncan and Vickie L. Duncan, a parcel of land in section 3, township 14, range 9, $10.

• Harald R. Duncan and Vickie L. Duncan to Harald R. Duncan and Vickie L. Duncan, a parcel of land in section 3, township 14, range 9, $10.

• Donald Scott Griffin and Stephanie O. Griffin to Donald Scott Griffin, Cane Creek Homes in McClellan, lots 87 and 88.

• John Ricky Noell and Barbara Joan Kendrick to Julio Arevalo and Irma Arevalo, Loy Gunter subdivision, 1st division, block 40, lots 6 and 9, $60,000.

• Patricia Delp to Carl Delp, Winslow Heights, block 6, lots 13-15, $10.

• Albert Douglas Turner-Estate to Alice Skala and George Skala Jr., a parcel of land in section 30, township 15, range 8, $10.

• James R. Boozer to Jimmy W. Littlejohn and Phillis H. Littlejohn, a parcel of land in section 32, township 15, range 8, $10.

• Warren Frances Cunningham-Estate to Cephus D. Cannon, Pebble Creek subdivision, lot 4.

• Marvin J. Lusk, Kevin R. Lusk

and Patrick D. Lusk to Timothy W. Lusk, a parcel of land in section 4, township 14, range 9, $10.

• Clois E. Boozer Jr. to Clois E. Boozer Jr. and Gloria Ann Boozer, a parcel of land in section 34, township 14, range 7, $10.

• Gabriel Dejesus and Yadira Bonilla Dejesus to Stone Financing LLC, Sugar Valley Estates, phase 1, block D, lot 5, $137,750.

• Stone Financing LLC to Joseph M. Berzett, Sugar Valley Estates, phase 1, block D, lot 5, $134,000.

• Catherine Ann Wohl and Catherine Parker to Debra Parker Thomas and Tracy N. Thomas, Idlewild subdivision, lots 21-23, $100.

• Jimmy W. Green and Peggy C. Green to John W. Wilson and Susan Denise Wilson, Eagle Pass subdivision, block C, lot 6, $245,000.

• Rickey David Hardy, Edith June Van Cleve and Evelyn Manoila Bowles to Barbara Dianne Varner, Pipe Works subdivision, block 4, lots 3-5, $10.

• David A. Osborne and Maghen H. Osborne to Michael Graboski and Madeline Graboski, Greystone Manor subdivision, lot 4, $80,000.

• Cane Creek LLC to Patsy L. Lamberty, Cane Creek Homes in McClellan, lot 139, $20,500.

• Betty L. Shaw and Lloyd Michael Garner to Jenny Pepper, Cedar Springs subdivision, lot 4, $97,700.

• White Plains Properties LLC to Steven L. Cook and Lisa Cook, a parcel of land in section 30, township 16, range 7, $224,504.

• James D. Holder and Jennifer A. Holder to Lynne Elliot Burgess, Deer Ridge subdivision, lot 14, $149,000.

• Charles D. Johnson Jr. to Harry G. Summers, a parcel of land near 1121 Noble Street, Anniston,

SHELTER

Southern tails with happy endings

Continued from Page 1E adoptable pets. According to Giles and fellow ALSPCA board member Katie Kincaid, the Central Alabama-based nonprofit works with rescue groups around the country, including Eleventh Hour, the Nebraska Humane Society, Minnesota Boxer Rescue, Furever Home Rescue England, even Pilots and Paws, an online network of more than 1,800 volunteer pilots who transport animals in need to safe havens.

“The overpopulation of animals in the South is unreal,” said Kincaid. “Many Northerners acknowledge that and that raises the demand for Southern dogs up North.”

Dawn, a 10-month-old Spaniel mix, and two mixed-breed puppies named Caleb and Snow arrived at the Eleventh Hour Rescue in New Jersey last Sunday after a journey that began in Birmingham and took two days, 18 drivers and a host of Alabama SPCA volunteers coordinating, networking and fundraising behind the scenes. But one week later, all three former shelter dogs have found homes.

‘The Bubba Factor’ There is no precise way to compare the number of animals entering shelters in Alabama to its neighbors to the north. In fact, there is no central data bank in place that accurately tracks shelter statistics nationwide. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that U.S. animal shelters take in between 6 and 8 million companion animals a year, approximately 3-4 million of which will eventually be euthanized.

According to Mindy Gilbert, director of the Alabama chapter of HSUS, it’s reasonable to estimate that Alabama shelters take in between 160,000 and 180,000 each year. How many of those animals are euthanized? “A better percentage than what it used to be,” Gilbert offers.

Not everyone in the rescue community considers transports north a win-win solution to Alabama’s unwanted pet population. According to Aubrie Kavanaugh, a member of the No Kill Huntsville coalition, mass transporting animals from shelters in one area of the country to another essentially amounts to outsourcing.

“We are simply taking our problem and putting it into someone else’s backyard,” she said, “as if people in the North have to save us from ourselves.”

According to Kavanaugh, the result has come to be known as the “Bubba Factor.”

“When we ship our animals out, it kind of perpetuates this Southern stereotype,” she said, “like we’re all walking around with half our teeth missing, eating Moon Pies, still holding these antiquated values.”

And at the end of the day, she continued, it’s all been an exercise in futility.

For one thing, she said, “there is no pet shortage in the Northeast.”

The real issue, agrees Gilbert, is not the region’s lack of pets — “It’s just that there are not as many puppies.”

So when a mass transport of cute baby animals arrives from below the Mason-Dixon Line, “What happens to the animals in that area?” asks Kavanaugh.

‘Meant to be’ But it’s not just Southern rescues transporting their dogs and cats north — adoption centers in the North are making the trip as well, returning home with a load of Southern furbabies ready for placement.

“Transport programs can be a really successful option,” Gilbert asserts. “But the people who are doing these transports successfully are putting a tremendous amount of work into them.”

One such group, Rescue Riders Transport, makes twice-monthly runs to Alabama to pick up adoptable dogs and transport them back to Peace and Paws Rescue in New Hampshire, says Anniston Councilwoman Millie Harris. As the president of Calhoun County’s low-cost spay and neuter program SAVE and a longtime

$56,000.

• Cider Ridge Alabama LLC to James K. Dingler and Leslie Burgess, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block RB, lot 11A, $85,000.

• Chad David Ponder to Paul D. Ponder and Felecia J. Ponder, a parcel of land in section 35, township 13, range 9, $10.

• James Ronald Williams, Thomas Lamar Williams and Joan Dean Williams to Richard Cheatwood and Sumalee Cheatwood, a parcel of land in section 34, township 15, range 7, $115,000.

• Diane Mincey to Danny R. Sexton, a parcel of land in section 32, township 12, range 9, $10.

• James W. Bennett to David Aaron Munro, Samuel Bruce Munro and Mose Meyer Munro, South Anniston Land Co., 2nd division, block 30, lots 4-13; South Anniston Land Co., 2nd division, block 41, lots 4-13, $10.

• Ryan Wade Orth to Alyson P. Orth, Sunset Heights subdivision, Henry Road 2nd addition, block 2, lot 5, $10.

• Donald W. Carroll and Linda P. Carroll to Tessa Mishell Sims, a parcel of land in section 2, township 14, range 7, $1.

• Tyler Jack Chapman to James Benjamin Chapman and Ruth Smith Chapman, a parcel of land in section 11, township 13, range 10, $10.

• Ohio Investments LLC to David Vanderblom, Vaughan’s subdivision, lots 78-185 addition, lot 140, $55,000.

• Richard Sexton to Dinah Sexton, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 8, $10.

• Richard Sexton to Dinah Sexton, Woodhaven subdivision, 1st addition, block 1, lot 5, $10.

Dawn

Submitted photo

Breeze meets her adopter for the first time after being transported from Anniston to New Hampshire by Rescue Riders Transport. animal advocate, Harris has witnessed the organization’s success at finding homes for local animals, including a homeless mutt named Breeze.

A friend, Harris recalls, was driving down a Jacksonville road when she noticed “this pitiful-looking black dog standing in the freezing, pouring-down rain.” The woman stopped and coaxed the creature into her car only to realize the dog was pregnant. “Within an hour she was having her puppies.”

Not only did Peace and Paws find homes for the entire litter, she continued, but once the puppies were gone, the rescuers were able to place Breeze as well — sending her to fill the empty nest of another mother whose children had all left home.

“That sort of thing is just meant to be,” says Harris.

Kavanaugh doesn’t necessarily oppose individual transports like in the case of Breeze.

“If someone in New Hampshire sees a

tance from the state’s strong agricultural community as well as “a mindset that people do not want other people telling them what to do.” Hurting Alabama’s HSUS ranking was its leniency on cockfighting, failure to restrict cruel practices to farm animals and a complete lack of regulation for puppy mills.

Alabama currently does not require licensing or inspections of puppy mills, nor are any laws in place to prevent dogs from being housed in stacked cages, cages with wire flooring or to limit the number of dogs that can be confined by a breeder.

When foster mom Giles arrived at the gas station in Hoover where Dawn began her journey north, there was another rescue group there at the same time, she said.

The small-breed rescue was there for the same reason as she, transferring dogs to a new driver who would take them one step closer to their destination and, hopefully, loving homes. The animals, “some of the cutest little dogs you’ve ever seen,” Giles said, had been living under inhumane

“ The overpopulation of animals in the South

is UNREAL ... That raises the demand for Southern dogs up North.”

— Katie Kincaid, Alabama SPCA volunteer

dog on petfinder.com and falls in love, I’m OK with that,” she said — but not as a longterm strategy to overpopulation. “No Kill Huntsville’s stand is that there is no need to do these transports … We just need to change our policies.”

Without a voice There has been progress. In May, a statewide law was passed making animal cruelty — to all animals, not just companion animals — a felony. Even so, Alabama still came in 45th in HSUS’s Humane State Rankings, which grade states in 10 areas of animal welfare legislation.

“In the past, it has been very, very, very difficult to get anything done for animal welfare,” Harris said, citing longheld resis-

conditions, part of a larger group recently rescued from an Alabama breeder.

“They were pitiful,” she recalled. “You went up to them and they just had no life in their eyes.”

But Giles and many animal advocates, foster parents and rescue volunteers like her believe every dog deserves a second chance at a forever home — whether it’s next door or nine states over matters little to the thrown-away dogs waiting in shelters for their turn to be rescued.

“There are so many of them — helpless, voiceless babies. The shelters are full of them,” Giles said. “They need our help in more ways than we can imagine.”

Next week Unsheltered Part 2 will look at fixing the shelter pet problem at home.

Eleventh Hour volunteer Eda Breslin, who runs the rescue’s foster program, says that as soon as dogs are selected for transport, their pictures and stories go up on the website.

And she wasn’t surprised when Dawn’s profile sparked a lot of interest from prospective adopters.

“She met with two other families and it just wasn’t a right fit,” Breslin said. But when she met the big, close-knit family she eventually went home with, “She just had the time of her life, playing peekaboo, running around. She connected with everyone right away.”

Snow First to go, however, was Snow. Breslin said the scruffy little white mutt met her future family — a mom and dad and their two “tween” girls — Monday, and “it was literally love at first site.”

“They had never had a dog before … and those girls were just so happy to be taking her home,” she said. “I guarantee you they’ve already got her toes painted right now.”

Caleb Snow’s littermate Caleb will also be getting a makeover of sorts from her new pet parents, a young couple getting married next May. “They’re already asking how big she’s going to get because they want to fit her for a bridesmaid dress,” said Breslin.

Breslin, who has been with Eleventh Hour for seven years, says in the several months she’s been working with ALSPCA, the group has earned a stellar reputation, not just for Alabama rescues but for the dogs of Alabama as well.

“You guys have the best dogs on the planet. They’re fun, they have great temperaments and, as you can see, they don’t stay with us very long.”