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SUNDAY RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES
DEATHS Robert Baynes, Oxford Stephen Kent Behel, Anniston James Curtis “Bo” Bohannon, Anniston Aniah Bonner, Talladega Perry C. Bray, Ragland Brenda J. Brown, Munford Kendrick Brown, Smyrna, Ga. John Frank Burdette, Roanoke James R. Bush, Anniston Evelyn Marie Carolan, Arizona Jesse Joseph “Sonny” “Bepaw” Carroll Jr., Arab Henry Chatman, Childersburg Willie Bettie Love Cobb, Anniston Marian “Sue” Crumb, Anniston Buford Curry, Anniston Lucille Ballew Daugherty, Piedmont Frank Raymond Dinwiddie, Anniston Laura Jean Funderburg, Anniston Earnest “Butch” Gambrell, Wellborn Charlie Ford Gann, Roanoke Joan Green Gardner, Lafayette, Calif. Stephen Anthony Gay, Texas George “Little Georgie” A. Griffith, Weaver Michael Elmer Hale, Lincoln Wallace Hall, Weaver Thomas Wilton Hinton Sr., Lincoln
Martha Jane Hollis, Mesa, Ariz. Velma Louise Holt, Anniston Marnie J. Jackson, Anniston Joe M. Kitchens, Roanoke Frances Wright LeSueur, Wedowee Luther “Wayne” Miller, Georgia Daniel Frank Mitchell, Pleasant Gap Mildred Owens Haynes Mitchell, Georgia Gary Wayne Murphy Sr., Piedmont Mary Edna Naugher, Piedmont Joyce Hill Nelson, Attalla PFC Tanya K. Norton, Huntsville Carolyn J. Ramsey, Heflin Earnest Willard Ray, Centre Rosia Mary Robertson, Kentucky Eloise H. Sibert, Centerville, Ga. Sadie B. Sistrunk, Anniston William “Bill” Spradlin, Woodland Waydene Taylor, LaFayette Deacon A.D. Truss, Oxford Betty Jeanette Turner, Anniston Linda Vernon, Anniston Charles A. Ward, Ohatchee Marion “Polly” Smith Watson, Anniston Lewis C. Whitlock, Oxford Tommie Wills, Southfield, Mich.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
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
• Tommy Ryan Edwards of Overland Park, Kan., to Tracy Rene Wykert of Overland Park, Kan. • Mario Jerome Baxter of Anniston to Lakendra Denise Leonard of Anniston • Shannon Reon Smith of Anniston to Latonya Denise Woods of Anniston • Stephen Willie Boyd of Oxford to Melissa Annette Boyd of Oxford
CATTLE SALE
• William Edward Elston Jr. of Odenville to Neiel Kenyatta Covington of Odenville • Frank Thomas Harvath Jr. of Oxford to Deborah Ann Jones of Oxford • Nicholas Paul Riddle of Jacksonville to Lauren Nicole Wink of Jacksonville • Franklin Chase Buchanan of Oxford to Raven Nicole Thompson of Anniston
Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale. Receipts for this week 835 compared to 1045 last week. Receipts a year ago 864.
FEEDER CLASSES:
Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs. 170.00 to 205.00; 400-500 lbs. 146.00 to 182.50; 500-600 lbs. 131.00 to 175.00; 600-700 lbs. 108.00 to 148.00. Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 DIVORCES lbs. Too Few; 300-400 lbs. • Cami Faith Chamber- low and Lester Roy 135.00 to 154.00; 400-500 lbs. 130.00 to 154.00; 500lain and Steven Wil- Ledlow liam Chamberlain • Brie Lynn Huey and 600 lbs. 110.00 to 135.00; 600-700 lbs. 100.00 to 134.00. • Gina L. Wells and Kevin Derrell Huey Ronald Lynn Wells • Shelley L. Hodge and SLAUGHTER CLASSES: • Christine Jenkya Dennis J. Hodge Jr. Cows: Breakers 75.00 to Bonds and Clifton • Ashlee Lashon 79.00; Boners 80.00 to 83.50; Ryan Bonds Lean 71.00 to 74.00. • Kasey L. Bright and Swain and Makelius Bulls: Normal Dressing Keon Swain Lewayne A. Bright 54-58% 86.00 to 88.50; High • Ricky L. Davis and • Jeffrey Ethan Smith Dressing >58% 90.00 to Deanna Fleming Davis and Brittany Shea 96.50; Low Dressing • Melissa Kaye Led- Smith
• Asberry Conyers, West 18th Street, Anniston • Mark C. Seeger and Julie M. Seeger, West 55th Street, Anniston • Elizabeth Holley Murray, White’s Gap Road, Jacksonville • Shawn Trahan, Corbin Street, Oxford • Loretta Michelle Pavon, Maple Street, Oxford WILLS PROBATED FORECLOSURES • Larry Collins and Phyllis Collins, Annis• Kathleen Terry ton • Manuela M. Burton, Ledford subdivision, • Robert E. Swain and Elisha S. Thompson, Forney Avenue Southwest, Jacksonville block A, lot 12. • Brandi M. Torres and Gaile L. Acosta, ChoccoThe Anniston Star Chapter 13 locco Estates, lot 13. • Lurlene H. Black, Miller Estate, 2nd addition, COMMUNITY • Brenda Bresley, Sue Drive, Oxford • Curtis K. Barker and Evelyn J. Barker, lot 17. BLOGGER • WRNR LLC, Willie L. Stokes and Robin D. West 49th Street, Anniston Join our roster • Latoya Cunningham, Whisperwood Cole, a parcel of land in section 21, township of bloggers online Court, Anniston 16, range 8. at AnnistonStar.com • Eagle’s Landing LLC, Eagle’s Landing, 4th addiAnnistonStar.com tion, lots 100-102.
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
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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.
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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. • Kevin Montez Jackson, 25: first-degree possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance. • Linley Condon Covington, 49: second-degree receiving stolen property. • R.C. Lindsey Jr., 49: second-degree possession of a forged instrument. • Zachary David Griffith, 19: possession of a controlled substance.
Calhoun County The following felony arrests were reported by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Sylvia Kay Walker, 48, of Heflin: second-degree forgery, I.D. theft. • Allen Michael Cates, 22, of Anniston: violation of the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act. • Tiffany Faye Teneyck, 30, of Ohatchee: possession/receiving a controlled substance. • Corey Ryan Mahaffey, 26, of Warrior: failure to appear in court. • Felicia Mae Brown, 39, of Anniston: bond revocation. • Jason Paul Lackey, 33, of Munford: unlawful possession/ receiving a controlled substance. • Jennifer Ellen Gentry, 37, of Ohatchee: first-degree possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, bond revocation.
• Anniston Elks Lodge 189 (Mobile Unit), 1019 S. Noble St., Anniston — 91, commissary must be used to clean mobile unit after unit is operated; perishable food should not be left in unit after operating the unit; items must be taken to commissary to be properly stored or discarded. • Applebee’s Neighborhood, 612 E. Hamric Drive, Oxford — 81, potentially hazardous food did not meet temperature requirements during cold holding; food contact surfaces must be clean and sanitized; presence of insects (flies). • Cider Ridge Golf Club, 200 Apple Blossom Way, Oxford — 94, potentially hazardous food did not meet temperature requirements during cold holding. • Fuji Japanese Cuisine, 218 Davis Loop, Oxford — 92, no bare hand con-
tact with food allowed. • Piedmont Elementary School — 95, potentially hazardous food did not meet temperature requirements during cold holding.
NO MAJOR DEMERITS • Alexandria Elementary School — 100. • Artisanal Baked Goods, 1702 Quintard Ave., Anniston — 98. • Burger King, 1818 Quintard Ave., Anniston — 98. • Comfort Suites, 125 Davis Loop Circle, Oxford — 98. • Constantine Head Start Center, Anniston — 100. • Coop DeVille, 401 Pelham Road, S., Jacksonville — 93. • Elks Lodge 189, 1019 S. Noble St., Anniston — 94. • Faith, Creativity & Achievement, Anniston — 100. • Hardee’s, 2800 Alabama 202, Anniston — 95. • Hardee’s, 400 Pelham Road, S., Jacksonville — 97. • Jack’s Family Restaurant, 51 Alabama 144, W., Ohatchee — 98. • Longhorn Steakhouse, 301 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford — 96. • Ohatchee Elementary School — 99. • Ohatchee High School — 97. • Outback Steakhouse, 196 Springbranch Drive, Oxford — 93. • Piedmont High School — 99. • Sacred Heart School — 100.
• Sneaky Pete’s Hot Dogs, 1521-B Greenbrier Road, Anniston — 97. • Sonic Drive In, 6401 U.S. 431, N., Alexandria — 96. • Target Store (Food Avenue), 400 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford — 99. • Target Store (Starbucks), 400 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford — 100. • The Rocket, 1508 Pelham Road, Jacksonville — 98. • Waffle House, 545 Quintard Drive, Oxford — 94. • Wal-Mart (Bakery), 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 98. • Wal-Mart (Deli), 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 98. • Wal-Mart (Market & Seafood), 92 Plaza Lane, Oxford — 98. • Wal-Mart (Produce & Bakery), 92 Plaza Lane, Oxford — 99. • Wellborn Elementary School — 100. • Wellborn High School — 100. • Western Sizzlin, 200 Hamric Drive, Oxford — 96. • White Plains Elementary School — 100. • White Plains High School — 98. • White Plains Middle School — 99. • Winn-Dixie (Bakery), 1408 Golden Springs Road, Anniston — 99. • Winn-Dixie (Produce), 1408 Golden Springs Road, Anniston — 98. • Winn-Dixie (Market), 800 Noble St., Anniston — 96.
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, 5600 block of vard: merchandise. (Recov- Burglaries Saks Road: television. ered 09-20-2013) • Residence, Homewood Thefts Robberies Acres Drive, Eastaboga: • Residence, 300 block of Old • Residence, 300 block of television. Gadsden Highway: cash. Pyle Avenue: cash, laptop • Residence, Mudd Street, Ohatchee: television, game • Residence, 2600 block of computer, cell phone. console. Simpson Street: wallet, curAuto-related thefts rency, credit cards, personal Thefts • Parking lot, 900 block of I.D. • Restaurant, 1900 block Kirkwood Avenue: tools, bag • Residence, Gilberts Ferry Road, Ohatchee: lawn of Quintard Avenue: cell of tools, radar detector. mower. phones with cases. • Residence, Gladden lane, • Residence, 100 block of Alexandria: firearm. South Allen Avenue: game Calhoun County console, games, tablet comAuto-related thefts The following property puter. • Specialty store, 0 block of crimes were reported to • Residence, Choccolocco Bill Robinson Parkway: cell the Calhoun County Sher- Road, Anniston: 1995 Jeep iff’s Office during the sev- Cherokee, DVD, televisions, phone. • Department store, 5500 en-day period ending at 7 Coca-Cola collectibles, air block of McClellan Boule- a.m. Thursday. compressor.
• Residence, 400 block of K Street: copper tubing. • Residence, 500 block of Argyle Place: refrigerator, EDITOR’S NOTE washing machine, dryer. The material inside the Sunday Record is recorded by The • Residence, 500 block of Anniston Star from various institutions and government offices. East 7th Street: copper wirThe public records are published as they appeared on the ing. documents obtained by the newspaper. Direct questions and comments about Sunday Record to Isaac Godwin at igodwin@ INCORPORATIONS annistonstar.com. • Oxford Tire LLC • Strategies for Success LLC Dissolved Co. LLC Check out the digital edition at • Jay Mahraj LLC www.AnnistonStar.com • BESHO LLC • Gracious Living LLC • Investment Technologies • B and W Land LLC
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SUNDAY RECORD CALENDAR: AnnistonStar.com/calendar PROPERTY TRANSFERRED
• Sarah Prickett to Joel Dean Prickett, Sherdena Prickett Bryant and Caleb Smith Prickett, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 7, $10. • Sarah Prickett to Joseph Prickett and Joyce Prickett, a parcel of land in section 14, township 14, range 7, $10. • Jack Edward Dothard and Rhonda R. Dothard to Jack Edward Dothard and Rhonda R. Dothard, a parcel of land in section 9, township 14, range 8, $10. • Faylene R. Thomas to Luke L. Thomas, Scenic Heights subdivision, block A, lot 29, $10. • Shane Pruett to Kimberly Miller, a parcel of land in section 30, township 16, range 7. • Carolyn P. Willingham and Harvey Michael Willingham to Harvey Michael Willingham and Carolyn P. Willingham, a parcel of land in section 36, township 16, range 6, $10. • Isiah L. Collins to Calhoun County Water Authority, a parcel of land in section 13, township 14, range 6, $100. • Larry T. Everly to Janice K. Dowdy, Lake Park Homes subdivision, block 1, lot 3, $112,000. • Geraldine G. Harrington to Haynes Properties LLC, Lakeview subdivision, lots 1-3, $10. • Herter Family Trust to Angela K. Shockley, Brittany Downs subdivision, 1st addition, lot 20, $10. • Jami B. Capps St. John and Bethany Kaye Capps to Our Castle Homeowners Fund II LLC, Anniston Land Co., block 541, lots 8 and 9, $10. • Our Castle Homeowners Fund II LLC to Ronald Cofield, Anniston Land Co., block 541, lots 8 and 9,
$11,000. • Jeffery D. Boyd and Wendy L. Boyd to James Hamby, Peaceful Valley Farms, lot 11, $70,000. • Waterfall Victoria REO 2012-01 LLC to Alabama Specialty Products Inc., Grandview subdivision, 2nd addition, re-subdivision of lot 28, $160,000. • Bluejay Rentals LLC to Phillip Booke, Boozer’s subdivision, block 610D, lot 18, $1,250. • Jeptha S. Knotts and Tammy Knotts to Kevin L. Baxter, Berkshire Woods, 5th sector, lot 32, $10. • Terry Beecham and Tammy Beecham to Rhonda E. Beecham, a parcel of land in section 2, township 15, range 9, $10. • William Mack Hcukaby to Cory O. Sanders, Cherry Acres, 3rd addition, lot 1, $10. • Silver Lakes Developers Inc. to Daniel Curvin and Jessica Curvin, a parcel of land in section 21, township 13, range 7, $47,000. • Navy Federal Credit Union to Fannie Mae, Woodland Heights subdivision, block 7, lots 12 and 13, $63,840. • Heirs of Robert Wayne Hill to Barry Hill, Fairview Heights, 1st addition, block 1, lots 111-119; Fairview Heights re-subdivision, block 1, lots 2-8, $10. • Paula Boozer to Kenneth Lamar Sims and Emily S. Sims, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 81, lots 1-3, $10. • Heirs of Carolyn A. Burgess to Charles E. Burgess, Jackson Terrace subdivision, 1st addition, lots 8 and 9, $10. • Florence L. McDonald to Brian Badgett LLC, Seven Springs Estates, 1st addition, block B, lot 16, $100.
• Bradford Morrison and Lynn Morrison to Stephen P. Hoke and Betty S. Hoke, Amberwood Estates, 4th addition, lot 42, $100. • Bethany A. Davidson and John Edward Davidson to Bethany A. Davidson, a parcel of land in section 11, township 13, range 8, $10. • Melissa A. Samuelson and Stephen Everett Samuelson to Deborah Ann Saska, Eagles Landing, 4th addition, lot 91, $283,000. • Eugene Leyden Evans Jr., Lisa Evans Harris, Evelyn C. Evans and Rachel White to Refuge Full-Gospel Methodist Church, Anna G. Noble subdivision, block 500, lot F. • Rent LLC to First Educator’s Credit Union, Long Landing subdivision, block 2, lot 6, $10. • Arthur J. Harris and Alice J. Harris to Charles R. Smith Jr., Deer Trace, lot 2, $1. • Vernelle H. Lumpkin to Ruby Nell H. Dubose, The Fountains, block A, lot 1, $1. • Fred Hollis to Joseph Dinning, a parcel of land in section 35, township 16, range 6, $1. • Margaret G. Spidle to The Margaret G. Spidle 2000 Revocable Trust, Cambridge East subdivision, block A, lot 6, $10. • William E. and Margaret G. Spidle-Estate to the Margaret G. Spidle 2000 Revocable Trust, Hillyer Highlands in Sunset Heights, block 3, lot 7, $10. • Bank of America to David H. Turley, Saks subdivision of Cloverdale, block 8, lots 16 and 17, $10,800. • Kilgore Construction Inc. to Julius Ceasar Campbell, Waterford Valley, phase 2, block A, lot 24, $10. • Virginia Kay Cooper to Ronald C. Dyda and Deidra Dyda, Sherwood
Forest subdivision, 1st addition, block 5, lot 15, $10. • Bruce Thomas to Martha E. Thomas, Shell subdivision, block 3, lot 7, $1. • Rebecca Stephens to Tim Cain Enterprises LLC and Marcel Gentes, a parcel of land in block 516 of the Anniston City Land Co., $100. • Samantha D. Troup to Gary Dennis Basile and Amy Jane Basile, a parcel of land in section 25, township 16, range 7, $10. • Jonathan Miller and Jennifer Miller to Jonathan Miller and Jennifer Miller, C.H. Hill Jr.’s addition to the City of Jacksonville, 3rd addition, block B, lot 2, $133,720. • Eddie A. Baldwin to Brian C. Donaldson, Piedmont Land & Improvement Co., block 20, lots 4-7 and 30-33, $10. • Ella L. Miller to Cheryl V. Miller, a parcel of land in section 35, township 16, range 6, $20,000. • James Earl Reaves and Deborah W. Reaves to Amanda Shaw, Indian Oaks Estates, section 2, lot 76, $1. • Dorothy P. Curvin to Gary Steward and Suzette Steward, a parcel of land in section 32, township 14, range 9, $10. • Lim Family Trust to Steven J. Rhudy and Jedonne W. Rhudy, Anniston City Land Co., block 501, lots 10 and 11, $75,000. • Terry M. McDonald and Cheri C. McDonald to Garrett M. McDonald, a parcel of land in section 11, township 15, range 7, $1. • Iva Lee Morgan to Ministry of the Old Covenant, Valley Land Corp., 2nd addition, block F, lot 14, $10. • Vivian Lusk Love to Nicholas Ryan Haney, a parcel of land in section 4, township 14, range 9,
$10. • Vivian Sue Love to Richard Keith Love, Teresa L. Day and Susan L. Haney, a parcel of land in section 14, township 13, range 10, $10. • Kenneth C. Acker and Dennis L. Acker to Dennis L. Acker, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Co., block 15, lot 2, $10. • Emmett L. Hall Jr. and Nancy Lee Hall to Brad Hall and Christy McCulley, a parcel of land in section 3, township 15, range 9, $10. • Kelvin A. Hall and Vicki A. Hall to Brad Hall and Christy McCulley, a parcel of land in section 3, township 15, range 9, $10. • Amber Renai Hopson to Miranda Woods, Sun Valley subdivision, lot 4, $10. • Schneida Brewster to Daniel Lopez, Lake Park subdivision, block 3, lot 25, $10. • First America Mortgage Trust to Housing & Urban Development, a parcel of land in section 9, township 14, range 8, $500. • Housing & Urban Development to Angela Barnes Whatley, Camelot subdivision, lot 53, $33,005. • Vivian S. Love to Richard K. Love and Samuel P. Love, a parcel of land in section 4, township 14, range 9, $10. • Elias Joubran and Simon Joubran to HCT Holdings Inc., Old Plan of Jacksonville, lots 25-28, $10. • Regions Bank to Harvester Glover Jr., Woodland Heights, block 3, lots 5 and 6, $10. • Robert Villella to Lester C. Turner, a parcel of land in section 3, township 13, range 8, $100.
Is Coke’s 127-year-old recipe the same? Not quite BY CANDICE CHOI Associated Press
ATLANTA — Coca-Cola keeps the recipe for its 127-year-old soda inside an imposing steel vault that’s bathed in red security lights. Several cameras monitor the area to make sure the fizzy formula stays a secret. But in one of the many signs that the surveillance is as much about theater as reality, the images that pop up on video screens are of smiling tourists waving at themselves. “It’s a little bit for show,” concedes a guard at the World of Coca-Cola museum in downtown Atlanta, where the vault is revealed at the end of an exhibit in a puff of smoke. The ability to push a quaint narrative about a product’s origins and fuel a sense of nostalgia can help drive billions of dollars in sales. That’s invaluable at a time when food makers face greater competition from smaller players and cheaper supermarket store brands that appeal to cash-strapped Americans. It’s why companies such as Coca-Cola and Twinkies’ owner Hostess play up the notion that their recipes are sacred, unchanging documents that need to be closely guarded. As it turns out, some recipes have changed over time, while others may not have. Either way, they all stick to the same script that their formulas have remained the same. John Ruff, who formerly headed research & development at Kraft Foods, said companies often recalibrate ingredients for various reasons, including new regulations, fluctuations in commodity costs and other issues that impact mass food production. “It’s almost this mythological thing, the secret formula,” said the president of the Institute of Food Technologists, which studies the science of food. “I would be amazed if formulas (for big brands) haven’t changed.” This summer, the Twinkies cream-filled cakes many Americans grew up snacking on made a comeback after being off shelves for about nine months following the bankruptcy of Hostess Brands. At the time, the new owners promised the spongy yellow cakes would taste just like people remember. A representative for Hostess, Hannah Arnold, said in an email that Twinkies today are “remarkably close to the original recipe,” noting that the first three ingredients are still enriched flour, water and sugar. Yet a box of Twinkies now lists more than 25 ingredients and has a shelf-life of 45 days, almost three weeks longer than the 26 days from just a year ago. That suggests the ingredients have been tinkered with, to say the least, since they were created in 1930.
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A tour group enters the steel vault bathed in red security lights where the 127-year-old recipe for Coca-Cola is contained at the World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta. “When Twinkies first came out they were largely made from fresh ingredients,” notes Steve Ettlinger, author of “Twinkie, Deconstructed,” which traced the roots of the cake’s many modern-day industrial ingredients. For its part, KFC says it still strictly follows the recipe created in 1940 by its famously bearded founder, Colonel Harland Sanders. The chain understood the power of marketing early on, with Sanders originally dying his beard white to achieve a more grandfatherly look. Fast forward to 2009, when KFC decided the security for the handwritten copy of the recipe needed a flashy upgrade. It installed a 770-pound safe that is under constant video and motion-detection surveillance and surrounded by two feet of concrete on every side — just in case any would-be thieves try to dig a tunnel to get it. “Like something out of a Hollywood movie,” a press release from KFC trumpeted at the time. KFC may very well be following the basic instructions of the recipe encased in the vault. But the fanfare around its founder’s instructions is despite his disapproval of the new owners of the chain after he sold his stake in the company in 1964. In his book, for example, Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas, a friend of Sanders’, recounts how the colonel was annoyed because they came up with a simpler way to drain grease off the chicken by dumping it onto wire racks, rather than ladling
seemingly interesting lots, one with another big television. But with the screen pushed up Continued from Page 1E against the wall there's no telling if it works, he said. According to Ciccimarro, He eventually settled on a auctions are the storage comunit full of boxes, won withpanies’ only legal method for out a fight from other bidders. clearing out a unit for reuse. Advertisements for the auctions Inspecting his winnings not only publicize the event, but afterwards, he discovered an give tenants another notification ancient-looking metal Crock-Pot that their stored items are being and some dining room chairs. “Oh, check this out,” he said, sold. This is after the phone calls holding up a child-sized John and letters go unanswered and a more than 60-day grace period Deere bike with training wheels still attached. “It's in great conhas ended. Wallace passed up a few other dition, and it's going to look good
the grease off by hand. Sanders apparently hated the new system because it bruised the chicken. According to the book, Sanders was afraid the new owners would ruin the chicken because he said they “didn’t know a drumstick from a pig’s ear.” A KFC spokesman, Rick Maynard, said the issue over the grease was indicative of Sanders’ hands-on approach even after selling the business. Maynard said the important parts of the recipe are the seasoning, using fresh chicken on the bone, hand breading according to standards and frying under pressure. As for the chain’s recently introduced boneless Original Recipe chicken, he said it uses the recipe’s seasoning. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the nation’s No. 1 and 2 soda makers, respectively, also are known for touting the roots of their recipes. In the book “Secret Formula,” which was published in 1994 and drew from interviews with former executives and access to Coca-Cola’s corporate archives, reporter Frederick Allen noted that multiple changes were made to the formula over the years. For instance, Allen noted that that the soda once contained trace amounts of cocaine as a result of the coca leaves in the ingredients, as well as four times the amount of caffeine. In an emailed statement, Coca-Cola said its secret formula has remained the same since it was invented in 1886 and that cocaine has “never been an added ingredient” in its soda.
at Auction Treasures.” Wallace describes his business as a cross between a thrift shop, antique store and pawn shop. “Put them in a bag, then shake it up,” he said. “That'd be us.” The store has been open in downtown Anniston for about two years. The shelves are lined with assorted knick-knacks, coffee mugs and silverware. A cardboard standup of James Dean stands guard over some of the bigger items, like a zebra-print upholstered chair made from
It’s a line that’s familiar to Terry Parham, a retired special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency. After the agency opened its museum in Arlington, Va. in the late 1990s, Parham, who was working in the press office at the time, recalled in a recent interview with the Associated Press that a Coca-Cola representative called to complain about an exhibit that noted the soda once contained cocaine. The exhibit stayed and Parham said the DEA didn’t hear back from the company. PepsiCo also celebrates its origins and in the past two years held its annual shareholders meeting in New Bern, N.C., where Caleb Bradham is said to have created the company’s flagship soda in the late 1890s. But the formula for Pepsi was changed to make it sweeter in 1931 by the company’s new owner, who didn’t like the taste. In the 1980s, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo both switched from sugar to high-fructose corn syrup, a cheaper sweetener. The companies last year also said they’d change the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas to avoid having to put a cancer warning label on their drinks in California, where a new law required such labels for foods containing a certain level of carcinogens. Both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo say the sweetener and caramel sources do not alter the basic formulas or taste for their sodas. And they continue to hype up the enduring quality of their recipes. This past spring, for example, Coca-Cola welcomed the widespread news coverage of a Georgia man who claimed to have found a copy of the soda’s formula and tried to sell it on eBay. The company saw the fanfare as evidence of the public’s fascination with its formula, and eagerly offered to make its corporate historian available for interviews to fuel the media attention. Likewise, the company is happy to reminisce about the backlash provoked by the introduction of New Coke in 1985. The sweeter formula was a marketed as an improved replacement for the flagship soda, and the company points to the outrage that ensued as proof of how much people love the original. According to the emailed statement from Coca-Cola, that’s the only time the company ever tried changing its formula. The loyalty to that narrative is on full display at the World of Coca-Cola, where visitors mill about in a darkened exhibit devoted to myths surrounding the soda’s formula. Tabloid-style headlines are splashed across the walls and whispers play on a recorded loop: “Even if you could see the formula, you wouldn’t understand it ... It’s the greatest mystery of all time!”
a wooden barrel, and a huge Native American-inspired rug hanging on the wall. Items with historical significance go in the glass case, like a signed, first edition copy of Gen. Omar Bradley's autobiography, which came from the police captain's storage unit. Then there's the stylish stuff like the rare Sly Stone promo album, "Everything You Always Wanted to Hear by Sly Stone But Were Afraid to Ask For" hanging on the wall. Aside from the thrill of the hunt and stocking his shelves,
Wallace notes that there are practical reasons to get involved in storage auctions. Standing in his most recently acquired storage unit, he pulls a sealed package of toilet paper from one of the many boxes. “I haven't had to buy deodorant, laundry detergent or dish soap since I started,” he says with a laugh. Auction Treasures is located at 1005 Gurnee Ave. in Anniston. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday, and every Sunday starting Oct. 6, and can be reached at 256-294-1764.