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COUNCIL

Won’t you come back Bill Baker ...

Longtime councilman appointed mayor for second time EDDIE BURKHALTER Consolidated News Service Bill Baker has now been Piedmont’s mayor twice, but has never won a mayoral race.

Baker’s fellow council members voted in a called meeting Friday for him to replace Rick Freeman, who resigned as mayor Wednesday, citing health problems. Freeman has been elected in

November.

It was the second time fellow council members voted for Baker to lead the city, an honor he said means a great deal to him.

Baker was appointed mayor in 1996 when fellow council members voted him as a replacement for then-Mayor Vera Stewart, who died of pneumonia before her term ended. He ran for mayor during the next election but lost in a runoff.

“I always cared about Piedmont. I always wanted to make it a better place to live, and I love the people,” Baker said Friday.

Municipal law allowed the council to appoint a council member or resident to replace Freeman.

Councilwoman Brenda Spears did not attend Friday’s meeting, but the remaining members voted unanimously for Baker. The council will later appoint

someone to replace Baker as representative of the city’s 6th district.

It was his mother’s own term as a Piedmont councilwoman that spurred his interest in running for office, Baker said.

Edna Baker served on the council in the 1980s.

Baker, 63, was first elected to the council in 1988. Since then, he’s served ■ See COUNCIL, page 10

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Officials want to start program for students interested in medical field LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service

Doug Borden

The first 5K Crap Walk/Run was held Saturday in downtown Piedmont. This is the start of the walk/run and proceeds go to the Venecia Foundation to purchase gift bags for patients going through chemo treatments. Story and pictures on Page 5.

Piedmont school officials are asking health care professionals and university leaders for tips on how to start a new program for students interested in the medical field.

Superintendent Matt Akin told the Piedmont City School board during a Tuesday meeting that the school system is in the early stages of planning the “health science” program. Akin will meet with employees from Regional Medical Center, Gadsden State Community College and Jacksonville State University today to seek advice about how the program should be structured.

“Before we get too far into developing what it will ■ See MEDICAL, page 10

Ken Grissom misses Dari King, but enjoys working at Jax State

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT

Ken Grissom’s mother, the late Dorothy Grissom, was an entrepreneur. Chances are, she’d never heard the word. Mrs. Grissom also probably never knew just how much of herself - her work ethics and motivation - rubbed off on her son.

Mrs. Grissom opened what is probably Piedmont’s most popular eating establishment, the Dari King, in 1961. Grissom was 5 at the time. As he got older he worked alongside his mother.

“I was raised there,” he said. “We called 90 percent of the people who came in by their first name. We knew them all - their mamas and daddies and brothers and sisters. Our family didn’t view it as a job. It was an opportunity to be a part of people’s lives. We weren’t going to work. We were living our lives. It just so happened we owned a restaurant. Our business motto was ‘Our family serving yours since 1961.’ ” Grissom and his wife, Julia, alongside his brother, Dennis ran the Dari King until 2006. Grissom said the person he is today is a result of characteristics displayed by his mother on a daily basis. Mrs. Grissom 666000999999 PU was as a BWA friend and a second-mom MAG viewed 80 NBAR .0104 -0.0015

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to a generation of teenagers who called the Dari King home.

Mrs. Grissom died in 1990 and Grissom’s father, Floyd, died in 1985.

Being able to connect with people is the biggest thing Grissom misses about the Dari King.

“I miss the people to this day,” he said.

“Life lessons were being taught every day.

Our time there was special.”

As much as Grissom enjoyed his time in the restaurant business, health issues took their toll and led him to his current job. In September 2011, he was hired as the government procurement specialist in the Small Business Development Center at Jacksonville State University.

“This job is a dream come true for me,” he said. “JSU has been a huge part of my life since 1974, and I’m so thankful to be able to contribute to the outreach and mission of the university. I have a great job that allows me to help others.

Grissom said if someone hopes to sell their goods or services to the government, he is able to assist them with the process.

“We help our clients through the registration process that is required to sell to the government, provide counseling ■ See GRISSOM, page 10

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First District race has become interesting

Throughout history cities that sit on a coast have been perceived as sinful places.

Perhaps it is because seafaring people land there and are in search of raucous recreation.

Therefore, port cities give rise to transiency and a more whimsical and capricious environment than their inland neighbors.

Even in biblical times the Apostle Paul would decry or pray intensely prior to his journeys to the wicked, sinful and libertine coastal city of Corinth. He found it a difficult place to win souls and even precarious to his survival.

In southern politics the port cities have been thought of as foreign regions of the state. These cities did indeed lend themselves to a more cosmopolitan setting than their inland brethren.

They were considered islands and political hinterlands. In fact, the inlanders or mainstream folks would run against them.

They would ridicule them as sinners who drink alcohol, go to country clubs and attend church only on Sunday and even then at

Steve Flowers

Inside The Statehouse an Episcopal church or maybe even worse. Some of them were Catholics and some were even Jewish.

This was indeed the case in the Deep South coastal states of South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The port cities of Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Biloxi and Mobile were looked upon and demagogued as different places.

This was true in Alabama politics. Mobile was not only perceived as an island but if you look at a map of the state it is an island.

Most of the people of the state were protestants, primarily Baptist and Methodist.

Historically, Mobile has been more akin to New Orleans. This stems from the fact that French Catholics settled Mobile and New Orleans and, I might add, these two port cities are older than their states. Mobile has mystic societies that are older than many Alabama towns.

The fact that Mobile celebrates Mardi Gras also flies in the face of upland Alabama Baptists and Church of Christ parishioners.

They do not celebrate Mardi Gras in Boaz. In fact, the good folks who settled in North Alabama did not feel like they had a lot in common with Mobile.

The evangelical vote is powerful in a Republican primary in Alabama. This voting bloc becomes even more pronounced in a special election in a GOP primary where there is a low turnout. In an earlier column I suggested that the evangelical vote would be accentuated in the open seat special election in the 1st District, even though the district encompasses the coastal counties of Mobile and Baldwin.

Folks, Mobile ain’t that much different after all. The turnout of the fundamentalist vote was the story again. Dean Young was the religious right candidate. His longtime ally Chief Justice Roy Moore endorsed him.

He has labored in the religious political vineyards for years and it paid off. Bradley Byrne garnered 35 percent of the vote to Dean Young’s 23 percent.

They will face each other in a runoff on November 5th. It will be a classic example of the contrast within the Republican Party today.

Bradley Byrne is the mainstream pro business conservative candidate. Dean Young is the champion of the religious right. Byrne has a formidable record as a lawyer, former state senator and twoyear college chancellor. Byrne also outspent Young 10 to 1.

This financial disadvantage scenario has played out in all of Roy Moore’s campaigns.

In his recent election to the Supreme Court he was outspent over 5 to 1 by two substantial candidates in the GOP primary

and won without a runoff. The evangelical vote in Alabama is an amazing contradiction in the fundamental political law, which adheres to the theory that money and name identification carry the day.

Logic says that Bradley Byrne will prevail over Dean Young in the November 5th runoff. Byrne has the money, the name identification and the organization. He should logically pick up the support of the 3rd, 4th and 5th place finishers Chad Fincher, Quinn Hilyer, and Wells Griffith. In fact, Hilyer has endorsed Byrne. However, upsets do occur and the religious right has proven that money does not talk nor is it necessary to prevail, especially in a low turnout race because these folks are going to show up to vote come hell or high water. We will see.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His column appears weekly in more than 70 Alabama newspapers.

Steve served 16 years in the state legislature. He may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

Stellar potential at Dugger Mountain Music Hall Bob McLeod, a longtime Mountain Music Hall on Alabama 9 in Baptist minister and the founder Nances Creek, formerly Victory Baptist and director of Our Father’s Church. It is five miles south of Piedmont.

Arms (OFA), anticipates a For the past several years, a crowd of Sherry brighter financial future thanks about 80 gathered on the third Saturday to the Dugger Mountain of each month to hear musicians from Kughn Music Hall. OFA is an 18-year throughout the Southeast. Members of residential ministry for those the crowd placed donations into a bucket, who are seeking to mend which helped pay for the musicians’ travel broken lives. expenses.

Sherry-Go-Round Musicians who rent the “It has become the high-profile of a lowrecording studio at the music profile ministry,” said McLeod, referring hall, along with advertising to the sequestered two homes for those in dollars for its new television presence, may provide an need. increased income stream for OFA ministries.

The entertaining concerts at the music hall, and the Thus far, OFA includes a men’s residential home quality of the recordings that have been produced in Nances Creek, a women and children’s residential there, have created positive change. home in Bonny Brook, a rescue ministry for Ukrainian “There a buzz taking place in the music industry,” orphans and former prisoners, and a variety of work said McLeod. opportunities for local OFA residents.

Some time back, a television producer from Last week, I sat down with the 67-year-old McLeod Huntsville attended a concert at the music hall and in OFA’s home-like office in East Jacksonville. He is a liked what he heard. He told McLeod that the concerts tender-hearted, grandfatherly man whose voice broke should be recorded and aired. So, volunteers recorded, several times as he looked back over the ministry that edited and began airing the shows. These activities he calls miraculous. attracted the attention of a national television based “We don’t know what we are doing,” he says of in Tampa, Fla., called The Walk. Recently, Alabama himself and his staff. Some people may take that Public Television obtained the rights to air the comment wrong, but McLeod is referring to the concerts. unexpected, unplanned manner in which Our Father’s The backlog of filmed concerts has created a Arms has grown. He said he has simply prayed and temporary need to halt the local concerts until post daily followed God’s lead as OFA has grown. editing can be completed.

The most visible aspect of the ministry is the Dugger “We went from an audience of eighty to more than

eighty million,” said McLeod. He also noted that the music hall has become a perfect audio/video place to film live concerts.

The concerts will be back, though, according to McLeod.

Local fans who are disappointed about the cessation of monthly concerts can still enjoy them in the future. They should visit the music hall’s website, wwwduggermountainmusic.com, and keep a check on the calendar. Fans may learn of the concert dates, see who is performing, and reserve their seats.

In the meantime, McLeod said OFA’s vision to spread the gospel to as many people as possible continues. He appreciates the donations that have made the ministry a success thus far, especially those who have voluntarily labored for OFA. Also, he appreciates the unsolicited contributions that have come in, not only from local supporters but also from people in far-reaching places.

McLeod envisions the expansion of the television ministry, which will include a Christian cook show.

Plans are also underway for OFA to develop an agricultural college for orphans in the Ukraine. The ministry hopes to provide even more jobs for those who in need of them.

“I’m humbled,” said McLeod. “The ministry has surpassed anything I could expect or think.”

After that comment, he broke into one of his characteristic, rhymed cadences that tell a story. This one is about himself, as he told of a minister who “a coat and tie never did fit.”

Contact Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail.com

Library plans fun-filled October

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The Piedmont Public Library has a lot going on this month, and everyone is encouraged to take part!

Weekly preschool story times take place every Friday morning at 11:30. Kids listen to a story and take part in music and crafts.

On October 22, the PPL Book Club will have its monthly meeting. They will be discussing “To Dance with the White Dog,” and will share in refreshments. The new book club selection will

also be handed out that night.

The Book Club is always welcoming new members and is growing by the month.

The very first Library Costume Party will be held on Thursday, October 24th, beginning at 5:30 p.m. There will be a professional story teller there to share spooky stories. There will be snacks, games, and crafts for the kids, and a photo backdrop available for pictures.

Everyone is invited to this free event at the Library!

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Parents learn about Piedmont schools’ technology LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service Piedmont educators spend most of their working hours trying to educate children, but on October 3 they gave parents the chance to learn something, too The school system hosted three classes, one at each school, to teach parents what they need to know about the technology and new skills-focused education standards.

Fewer than 50 parents attended the event, but the people who were there said they’re glad to have a little extra help understanding the changes.

“I think it’s good because I tried to figure this stuff out on the MacBook myself and I found some things,” said Serenity Miller, mother to four children who attend Piedmont Schools. “I’m having to relearn.”

The tools children use to learn in Piedmont schools have changed drastically in recent years. Students in almost every grade level are issued take-home laptop computers; in some cases, books have been replaced by Internet-based learning programs; and robotics courses have become part of everyday learning for middle and high school students in Pied-

mont.

Piedmont helped lead the way in incorporating technology in Alabama classrooms, but it’s not the only system that’s developed a progressive technology plan. Schools across the state are developing similar programs and this year Oxford and Jacksonville city schools rolled out their own technology initiatives, equipping most of their students with take-home technology.

While adjusting to new norms brought about by technology, schools are implementing new state standards developed to ensure Alabama students are ready for work or more education when they graduate from high school. Under the new state standards each student will be required to take college entrance exams and the focus in education will shift to teaching students to think critically rather than memorize facts for tests.

Currently too few Alabama students are ready to perform at a college level upon graduating high school and the new standards seek to change that, said Piedmont Middle School Principal Jerry Snow.

“There is a major difference in being eligible and being ready” for college, Snow said.

Some parents leaving Piedmont High School’s cafeteria last Thursday said they came to find out about the steps they need to take to make sure their children excel on the college entrance exam.

“She has to be able to score high to get into a good college,” said Tiffany Taylor, the mother of a ninthgrade student.

Others said they came to find out how they can log onto an Internet-based program that allows students to submit work online, view and communicate with their teachers.

It also shows when students have completed their homework assignments, provides daily updates of grades and gives parents the potential to closely follow their children’s’ academic progress.

“I wanted to make sure I would be able to access that,” said Michelle Adams, whose son is a senior.

Superintendent Matt Akin sat through the presentation at the high school and stayed late to talk to parents there. He said while turnout was low, parents who didn’t attend the meeting can use the same technology that was discussed there to find out the latest about changes to education in Piedmont.

Obituaries GOWENS Piedmont - Mavis Pope Gowens, 87, of the Pleasant Gap Community, passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at Gadsden Regional Medical Center.

Born in Cherokee County, she was a devoted wife and mother and member of Union Grove United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for 30 plus years.

She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Herman Ross Gowens; two sons, H. Wayne (Billie Jo) Gowens and Gary (Mary Jane) Gowens; three granddaughters: Carol Tierce, Cheryl Kiser and Joy Poitras; four great-grandchildren, Michael Poitras, James Poitras, Amanda Tierce and

Kristin Tierce; special nephew, Carl Pope and special niece, Mary Jo Hinson.

Funeral services were held Friday, October 4, 2013, from Dansby Heritage Chapel at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Dennis Smith and the Rev. Joey Hudgins officiating. Burial followed in Union Grove Cemetery.

The family received friends Thursday, October 3, 2013, from Dansby Heritage Chapel from 5-8 p.m..

Flowers will be accepted or memorials to the Union Grove United Methodist Church Building Fund.

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Community Calendar • Dogs for the Deaf, located in Central Point, Ore., is a non-profit organization that rescues dogs from animal shelters and trains them to help adults and children with different disabilities, challenges, and needs. For example, a Hearing Dog is trained to alert its owner to household sounds that could affect his or her safety and an Autism Assistance Dog would keep an autistic child out of traffic, bodies of water, and other dangerous situations. Chris Hill, a resident of Anniston and a volunteer “ambassador” for Dogs for the Deaf, has a DVD presentation he will give to civic and community organizations or individuals.

Contact him at 835-6918 • The Alabama Shutterbugs, a new club for all skill levels of photographers, meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Noble Building, Suite 100, Anniston. Anyone interested in photography is welcome to join us. Call 236.8488 for more information.

• New classes for the Jacksonville State University Adult Wellness classes are at 8 a.m. in Pete Mathews Colseium. Senior water aerobics and senior floor aerobic classes are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Senior water aerobics and senior therapeutic yoga classes are on Tuesday and Thursday. Contact Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-

2580 or jsu9517k@jsu.edu for more information.

• Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 21 meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m.. at 114 N. Center Ave. downtown Piedmont, to discuss the latest veteran’s issues and benefits. If you are a service-connected disabled vet or you think you may have a military service related condition, the DAV may be able to help you. Help workshops are also available from 8 a.m.-noon on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Veterans are urged to attend for possible compensation and benefits they’re not aware of.

• Anyone with knowledge about German and Italian POWs and their artifacts at Fort McClellan during 1943-46 is asked to contact Klaus Duncan at 782-2991.

• Piedmont Health Care has started an Alzheimer’s support group designed to increase public awareness and enhance individual and family education regarding Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. For more information call social services director Yolanda Pierce 4478258, ext. 232. Refreshments will be provided.

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Police Sept. 30 • Domestic violence III. A resident of Riddle Avenue reported incidents that occurred between Sept. 9 and Sept. 30.

Oct. 1 • Damage to property (non-criminal). Officers investigate damage done to a “Welcome to Piedmont” sign and bracket that occurred between 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. on North Center Avenue.

• Assault III. A resident of Ginter Avenue reported an incident that occurred at her residence around 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 2

• Harassment. A 47-yearold male reported an incident that occurred at 5:32 p.m. on North Center Avenue.

• Noise Ordinance.

Officers responded to a complaint made by a 69-year-old male about an incident that occurred Oct. 1 on Lakeview Drive.

• Burglary III. A 28-yearold female reported the theft of a diamond heart pendant, a silver bracelet, miscellaneous canned and frozen goods, a crystal blue stone bracelet, a silver ring three-diamond set, a silver and pink necklace, and other items that occurred on

Nolan Street between Sept.

30 and Oct. 2.

• Theft of property III. A 43-year-old female reported the theft of a driver’s license that occurred at her residence.

Oct. 3 • Theft of property II. A 24-year-old reported the theft of five white and brown pitbull female puppies valued at $750.

• Domestic violence III. A 36-year-old male reported an incident that occurred at his residence between 11:30 a.m. and noon.

• Domestic violence III. A 21-year-old female reported an incident that

occurred at her residence between 11:30 a.m. and noon.

Oct. 4 • Burglary III. A 55-yearold male reported the theft of two coin wallets containing approximately 30 coins each (valued at $5,000) and a stainless .38 5-shot pistol valued at $400 that occurred on Piedmont Cutoff Road between Aug. 4 and Oct. 4.

Oct. 6 • Allowing dog to run free. A resident of West Ladiga Street reported an incident that occurred between 3 and 4 p.m.

• Harassing communications. A 20-year-old female

Arrests Oct. 1 • Tonya Susan Shell, 41, assault III. Oct. 2 • William Michael Nix, 21, contempt

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Oct. 3 • Thomas James Hale, 29, contempt.

• Celinda Arevalo, 35, failure to

Oct. 6 •Jackie Lee Wade Studdard, 27, possession of marijuana II.

Thank you!

We would like to thank everyone for all the cards, phone calls, food delivered to our house, your kind words, thoughts and prayers for my family and me in the loss of Clayton Christian.

Special thanks to Jerry & Lynette Dansby of Dansby Heritage Chapel Funeral Home for all their kindness, assistance, and professionalism show to my family and me. Special thanks to all the City of Piedmont employees for their love and support during my absence from work. Special thanks to Pastors Deborah Moon and Ted Anderson for their kind words and message during the funeral. Special thanks to Goshen United Methodist Church for the wonderful meal brought to our house after the funeral on Sunday. And special thanks to Mrs. Eva Hanson, Mrs. Sharon Naugher, and Mrs. Janine Cothran for their special care shown to me and my family and for their visits and just being there for my family and me.

Your kindness will never be forgotten. Please continue to keep my family and me in your thoughts and prayers.

Love, Brenda Christian and Family of Clayton Christian

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Oct. 7 • Harassment, harassing communications. A 70-yearold female reported an incident that occurred at her residence at 10:20 a.m.

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• A benefit for Zachery Coffey, 2, who is battling Leukemia and is currently a patient at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. Supper will be served at 5 p.m. followed by a 6:30 p.m. performance by the southern bluegrass gospel group, “Once Blinded”. Admission is free and the public is invited. There will be a love offering for Zachery.

The Church is located at 22 Nicholas Court, Choccolocco, across from Pine Hill Country Club golf course. For further information call 256-237-3405 or 256-310-7126.

• The Choccolocco Heritage Society will host its annual Octoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Choccolocco Community Center/Quad Cities Volunteer Fire Department, 220 Iron City Road, Choccolocco. This is a community-wide fun day.

• The Birdsong Family, the Birdsongs are a nationally known singing family form Knoxville, Tennessee. They will be singing at Nances Creek Baptist Church Sunday, Oct. 13, at the 11 a.m. service. There will be a nursery provided and for more information call 256-310-7216 or 256-453-2067.

• Trade Day and Farmers Market at Nances Creek Community Center at 7 a.m. the first Saturday of each month through October. There is no set up fee.

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Sydney Franklin celebrates 80th in Europe Kentucky native lived on farm near Gadsden

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT

When Sydney Hope Franklin was 79, her daughters, Connie and Camilla, told her she’d need a passport because they were taking her somewhere special for her 80th birthday.

They didn’t tell her where until her birthday became closer. The surprise trip was to London and Paris, destinations that had always been on her bucket list.

Sydney had been out of the country twice. She went to Mexico and went on a Caribbean cruise. But this was the most extensive trip she’d ever gone on. She’s used to having nice surprises from her daughters, but this was the biggest surprise yet.

“We loved it,” she said. “We had a ball, just the three of us. It was fantastic.”

Sydney was married to her late husband, Howard, 52 years when he died in 2007. Connie and Camille gave their parents a party for their 50th anniversary. Sydney said she will always treasure the memories of that day.

Howard had been saved, but he had never been baptized. Prior to the party at their home, Howard was baptized in an official ceremony by Rev. Michael Ingram at First Baptist Church. Close friends and family attended.

“His baptism makes the memory of that day particularly sweet,” said Sydney.

Sydney and Howard met through a friend in 1952. She was living on a farm on the outskirts of Gadsden and Howard was living in Piedmont.

She remembers that Howard was tall, handsome and smart. And he had a new car. They dated off and on for almost three years.

On a date one night, Howard began talking about a cute little house in Piedmont that would be nice for a young married couple just starting out.

Sydney knew what he was leading up to. She said yes.

They didn’t live in that cute little house though. They lived with Howard’s parents until they could get their own home.

The Franklins worked at Goodyear. Sydney worked in the office and was there 32 years. Howard worked in the shipping department and was there 30 years.

Their older daughter, Connie Young and her husband Roger live in Section. Connie is a retired nursing instructor. Roger works in management in forestry.

Camilla Gibson and her husband Eric live in Montgomery with their 5-year-old son, Ace Franklin Borden Gibson. Camilla is an education specialist, and Eric works in marketing as a sales director.

Sydney said Ace is the most wonderful thing that’s ever happened. He has attended Bible school at First Baptist, where Sydney is active in the Esther Sunday

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Sydney Franklin received a special birthday gift from her daughters.

Class, for the past two years.

Sydney said, besides her family and friends, her church is the most important thing in her life, along with two others who live with her. That would be her pit bull and rescued cat, Peanut and Mr. Big. She enjoys playing cards, reading, traveling and entertaining.

Sydney was one of four children. She had two brothers and one sister and is the only sibling left now. Her sister died a few weeks ago.

Sydney was born in Mary Helen, Ky., where her father worked in coal mines during the Depression. He moved the family to Lafayette, Colo.; Rock Springs, Wyo., and back to Kentucky, before settling on a farm outside Gadsden in 1946. Sydney graduated from Etowah County High School and Gadsden Business School.

Her chores on the farm were feeding the chickens and gathering the eggs, milking the cows and, sometimes, slopping the hogs, hoeing, and helping gather fruit from the fruit trees. She also helped her mother can the produce from their vegetable gardens.

Sydney remembers when her father was working third shift at the steel plant in Gadsden.

“One night we had a possum in the hen house,” she said. “Daddy was at work. He’d taught us how to shoot

a gun. I got the gun and Mama and I went to the hen house. I shot that possum and put it under a bucket to show Daddy when he got home. But when Daddy got home and I showed it to him, that possum got up and walked away. It had just played dead.”

When Sydney and Howard married, she learned to cook by asking good cooks a lot of questions. Howard especially enjoyed his mother’s cooking, so Sydney learned as much as she could from her mother-in-law, Sallie Franklin.

“When we first got married, Howard always wanted homemade biscuits,” said Sydney. “I never could make them. They always turned out to be a flop. I finally got tired of trying so I went out one day and bought some canned biscuits. When I served them to Howard, he said, ‘Oh, boy, you’ve finally learned to make biscuits.’ ” Sydney got the hang of cooking by trial and error.

Many of her favorite recipes have come from family and friends. Over the years, she has modified them to make them uniquely her own. Her family likes for her to prepare her grandmother Buckelew’s Cabbage Rolls, her grandmother Franklin’s Hot Chocolate Syrup, Mary Jo Wilks’s Squash Casserole and Edna Roberts’s Cranberry Salad.

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GRANDMOTHER BUCKELEW’S CABBAGE ROLLS 1 lb. ground chuck ½ c. uncooked rice Salt and pepper to taste Cabbage 2 c. water ½ stick butter 1 c. catsup Peel off 10-12 cabbage leaves. Place in large sauce pan and cover with water.

Bring to rolling boil. Remove from heat and cover with lid. Set aside to wilt.

Mix meat, rice, salt and pepper. Roll into eight balls. Remove cabbage leaves and reserve water. Wrap meat balls in the leaves. Arrange in pan. Add reserved water.

Cut butter into eight parts and put one on each cabbage roll. Cover pan. Cook on medium heat 30 minutes. Pour catsup over rolls and simmer 15 more minutes.

Sydney serves this with sides of boiled red potatoes cut in halves, sprinkled with chopped chives, corn on the cob and a pan of hot crusty cornbread.

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GRANDMOTHER FRANKLIN’S HOT CHOCOLATE SYRUP 2/3 c. sugar 3 T. cocoa powder ½ t. vanilla Dash of salt ¼ c. water Mix all ingredients in small sauce pan. Cook over medium heat. Bring to rolling boil. Cook 2-3 minutes.

Sydney serves this hot in a clear gravy boat with a small ladle. Pour or ladle over hot buttered biscuits.

MARY JO WILKS’ SQUASH CASSEROLE 1 lb. yellow squash ½ c. mayonnaise ½ c. chopped onion ½ stick butter ½ c. grated cheese ¼ c. chopped bell pepper 1 egg ½ t. sugar Stack of Ritz crackers Cook squash. Drain. Add butter and mash. Add next 7 ingredients. Salt and pepper to taste. Pour into greased 2 quart casserole dish and top with cracker crumbs.

Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Sydney adds 2 T. pimento to this recipe for the holidays. It adds color and gives the dish a festive appearance.

EDNA ROBERTS’ CRANBERRY SALAD Large box raspberry jello Medium size can pineapple, drained (reserve juice) Can whole cranberries ½ c celery, chopped fine ½ c. apple, chopped fine ½ c. pecans Use pineapple juice plus enough water to make 1 cup. Boil. Pour over jello and stir until dissolved. Add 1 cup ice cubes to cool. Add other ingredients. Pour in mold and refrigerate until firm.

Sydney likes to use a bundt pan for the mold. She serves this on a cake plate lined with a bed of lettuce. Garnish with red and green grapes. This makes a pretty dish for the holidays.

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Painting the town PINK When you think about the word pink, you sometimes think of little girls with their puppy dog toys, jewelry and lace, and all the frilly things little girls love. But in Piedmont this past, “Pink” meant community support of Venecia Butler’s Foundation for Cancer that supports those families affected by these dreaded disease regardless of the location of the cancer. The families and individuals, who are affected by cancer, receive gift bags from Venecia’s Foundation with gift cards, soft toothbrushes, and a variety of other items to assist them in the treatments for cancer.

Venecia Butler and her sister Randa Carroll along with a tremendous group of volunteers helped with the 5K run/ walk/wheel Saturday from 7:30 a.m. until the race concluded around noon. The volunteers were responsible for baking several of the breakfast casseroles and food items that were enjoyed by all the volunteers and participants.

There were over 140 participants who signed up either to run, walk, or wheel in wheel chairs for this awesome project/program. The participants ranged in age from four years old to almost 90 years old.

The participants started out with breakfast at the Solid Rock Café so we thank Mrs. Jennifer Gillette and her employees for providing a truly wonderful breakfast full of eggs, biscuits & gravy, breakfast potatoes, orange slices, apples & bananas along with juices and milk to start everybody’s day out right. Jennifer has always supported

this cause and we can never thank her and her family enough.

The participants who did not pre-registered and began getting ready for the 5K run/walk/wheel that would take them from the front of the Farmers & Merchants Bank to the Piedmont City Fire Truck at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church where the participates moved onto the Chief Ladiga Trail to start their journey back to the middle of town where they got off the trial at Connie Cantrell’s Changes & Dry Cleaning to finally run/walk/wheel under the archway full of pink balloons where they time was announced by the time keeper. Each participant completed the run/walk/wheel and had a truly wonderful time in Piedmont on Saturday.

Upon completion of the event, Vececia Butler called off the top five winners in each category and some of the participates received gift cards, certificates, and medals like

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Alabama In Alabama, football divides us.

But we all agree on one thing: We love our local newspapers.

This year, nearly 190,000 screaming football fans will fill Bryant-Denny and Jordan-Hare stadiums for every home game. That’s a lot of people! But you can pack both stadiums all season long and the total will still be less than the nearly 3 million adults who read Alabama’s daily and weekly newspapers each week.

If you’re reading an Alabama newspaper, you’re already on a winning team. And if you’re an Alabama business, remember that you’ll score big with our state’s newspapers.

The Your Piedmont logo here Journal Sources: Survey conducted January 29-30, 2012 by McLaughlin & Assoc. Base: 600 adults in Alabama, age 18+

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Piedmont’s Darnell Jackson (2) tries to fight his way through a crowd during action last week against White Plains.

Piedmont can’t afford a letdown whether it’s against Susan Moore or if it’s against Saks or Leeds or Centre or Ashville. Whoever it may be, we want to go out and play our best game,” Smith said.

Piedmont ran seven plays in the first quarter, scored on Smith said Susan Moore has shown a slight preference four of the seven and waltzed past White Plains 68-13 for throwing the ball to date. last Friday at Piedmont. The Bulldogs are now 6-0 over“I’d say they’re probably 60-40 pass to run,” he noted. all and 4-0 in Class 3A, Region 5 action. A showdown “Most of the time, they’re in a spread look. In fact, with Saks (6-0, 4-0) at Saks for the Region 5 champithey’re all the time in a shotgun look. Most of the time onship looms on October 18. First, the Bulldogs from it’s three or four wide.”

Piedmont must face and defeat the Bulldogs from Susan Look for the visitors to defend with a 4-3 alignment.

Moore this Friday if Piedmont is to be undefeated when If Piedmont has a letdown Friday, it will be the first it meets Saks. The game will be Piedmont’s homecoming of the season. There certainly was no lack of purpose contest. against White Plains (2-4, 1-3). A deep back misSusan Moore finished as the No. 3 team in the region handled the opening kickoff for White Plains. When last year but has started slowly this season. Susan Moore another Wildcat headed toward the ball, Piedmont’s Tre won its opening game against West End 44-15 but has Reese leveled him and Taylor Hayes grabbed the ball lost successive games to Cleveland, Saks, Weaver, for the Bulldogs. Hayes actually ran into the end zone Oneonta and Ashville since Week 1. Piedmont head untouched but the Bulldogs got the ball at the White coach Steve Smith said his players will receive the same Plains 12-yard line, where Hayes made the recovery. preparation and pre-game instruction they have received Dreek Thompson scored on the first play from scrimevery week this season. mage, cutting through the left side of Piedmont’s line to “We always try to tell them each week that we’re not reach the end zone standing up. Easton Kirk’s kick made focused on who we’re playing or what their record is. it 7-0 with the game just 13 seconds old.

We’re just focused on trying to play our best – our best, When the first quarter ended, the Bulldogs led 28-6.

RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

Piedmont’s second possession began at the White Plains 24 after Denard Spears’ 27-yard punt return. Quarterback Ty Sparks passed into the end zone to wide receiver C.J. Savage on first down. Kirk missed but Piedmont led 13-0.

White Plains’ defensive back Dillon Greenwood ended the next two Piedmont possessions by intercepting Tyler Lusk twice. After Greenwood’s second pick, the Wildcats scored on a 76-yard pass from Joseph Dothard to Mitchell Jones. Cody Daughtry blocked the extra point attempt and Piedmont led 13-6 with five minutes left in the quarter. Thompson returned the ensuing kickoff 48 yards to the White Plains 40 and Jaret Prater took care of Piedmont’s third one-play scoring drive with a run to the left side. Sparks ran for a 2-point conversion and a 21-6 lead.

The Bulldogs’ final possession of the first quarter lasted two plays. On first down, Sparks completed a short sideline route to Spears who stepped out of bounds after gaining six yards. On the next play, Sparks threw short to Spears again. This time, Spears came from the visitors’ sideline back toward the middle of the field, picked ■ See PIEDMONT, page 9

Ohatchee stops Lady Bulldogs in county tournament In the annual Calhoun County volleyball tournament Saturday at Jacksonville, No. 10 seed Piedmont took the first set from No. 7 Ohatchee 25-22 but Ohatchee won the next three 25-15, 25-18, 28-26 to take the match.

Volleyball coach Grace Strott said the Bulldogs showed improvement from Thursday, when they lost a 3-2 decision to Class 3A, Area 10 foe Saks, to Saturday.

“We made not as many mistakes as we did against Saks,” Strott said of the Ohatchee match. “Our passing was better. Our serving was better. We missed six serves all day against Ohatchee and we missed 16 against Saks.”

The Bulldogs had shown improvement against Saks, too. The Wildcats downed Piedmont 3-0 in their first Area 10 meeting early in the season.

Piedmont hosted Cedar Bluff, Lincoln and Sacred Heart Tuesday night for Senior Night. The Bulldogs play at Gadsden City Thursday.

Saturday, Piedmont travels to Walnut Grove for the West End tournament. The Bulldogs start pool play at 9 a.m. against Spring Garden. Their other two pool opponents are Geraldine and Sand Rock.

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Austin Brazier runs for a 63-yard touchdown as he is chased by the White Plains defense.

Spring Garden wins, faces key area game RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

Spring Garden ran its winning streak to three games with its 47-22 road win over Woodville last Friday. The Panthers are now 3-3 overall and 3-2 in Class 1A, Region 7 football contests.

“I thought we played pretty well. It was over at halftime,” said Spring Garden coach Jason Howard, adding that the starting unit played one series together in the second half before the seniors stepped aside and younger players who are expected to take their places next year played with the remaining starters. For most of the fourth quarter, the Panthers used junior high players.

Collinsville comes to Spring Garden Friday night. Week 8 brings Donoho to Spring Garden and Spring Garden completes Region 7 action at Cedar Bluff on October 25.

Realistically, the Panthers need to win at least two of their final three region games to have a shot at a berth in the Class 1A playoffs. The Collinsville game is as good a time to start that process as any. Collinsville is 5-1 over-

all and 4-1 in the region. Donoho handed Collinsville its region loss in Week 5.

Comparing scores doesn’t guarantee anything but this year’s Spring Garden and Collinsville scores against common opponents are intriguing. Collinsville opened with a 34-0 win over Coosa Christian. Spring Garden beat the Conquerors 34-7 in Week 4. Spring Garden downed Jacksonville Christian 56-35 two weeks ago. Collinsville beat the Thunder 46-12 in Week 2. In Week 3, Collinsville bested Woodville 35-12. Anything could happen Friday night in Spring Garden.

“They’re so athletic and so fast and this group’s real big, too,” Howard said of Collinsville. “We have to have sustained drives where we control and eat up some clock and get some positive things out of that. Then, contain them to where they don’t just bust big plays on us.”

Against Woodville, Spring Garden scored three times in the first quarter for a quick 22-0 lead. Matt Mullinax, who rushed for more than 200 yards for the second consecutive week, opened the scoring with a 7-yard run with 9:46 still

on clock. Quarterback Will Ivey ran the 2-point conversion and Spring Garden led 8-0.

At 4:28 of the first quarter, Ivey scored on a 4-yard run and Hunter Bondie booted the first of his three consecutive extra points. Hunter Crider then caused a fumble and Ben Ivey recovered for Spring Garden, setting up Kyle Reece’s 58-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds to go.

Bondie’s kick made it 22-0.

In the second quarter, Woodville scored first and briefly cut Spring Garden’s advantage to 22-6. Spring Garden responded with a 1-yard scoring run by Quintin Downey and an extra point to go ahead 29-6 with 7:21 to play before halftime. Reece scored his second touchdown, this one from six yards out, with just more than a minute to go in the half. Ben Ivey intercepted a Woodville pass to end the first half and at intermission Spring Garden led 35-6.

The only points of the third quarter came on Will Ivey’s 35-yard scoring strike to Dalton Kerr at the 4:01 mark.

■ See GARDEN, page 9

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Spring Garden celebrates Piedmont: Dominates White Plains Senior Night with victory Motes recorded nine kills. Smith and Emory Reedy each had seven kills. Reedy added six service aces. Darby Bryant Monday was Spring Garden’s final reg- finished with 12 assists, 10 digs and two ular-season volleyball match at home and aces. McKenzie Micha had 10 assists. the Panthers celebrated Senior Night with Maddie Micha had eight digs and four a 25-12, 25-8, 25-10 win over Jacksonaces. Rachel Scott served six aces and ville Christian. However, seniors Darby Hayley Williams made six digs.

Bryant, Kaylee Cronan, Maddie Micha, “Overall, I thought we played pretty Haley Motes and Dallas Smith haven’t good. They just can’t get relaxed. Just played their last match on their home because you won the first two, it isn’t floor. over,” Carroll cautioned.

Spring Garden completed a sweep of its The coach said his players were pleased Class 1A, Area 13 volleyball opponents to be able to play at home in the area touron Tuesday of last week with a victory nament but not overly excited by winning over visiting Collinsville. As Area 13 the area. They have higher aspirations. champion, Spring Garden will host the In the JCA match, Cronan dished out area tournament on October 21. nine assists. Bryant made nine assists “I thought we started out pretty good,” and eight digs. Motes had 10 kills and 12 Spring Garden coach Ben Carroll said of aces. Maddie Micha served six aces and the Collinsville match. “We jumped on added three kills. Smith had four aces and them pretty quick, won set one 25-12, three kills. Sides had five kills and Reedy won set two 25-15 and I was pleased with contributed three aces. that. Then, I think we got a little relaxed The Panthers take on host Donoho and going into set three, momentum shifted Oxford Thursday in Anniston then play kind of early. (We) couldn’t get it back on in the West End tournament Saturday. our side, lost set three 25-22. We picked it Spring Garden meets Piedmont at 9 a.m. back up, won set four 25-12.” in its first pool play match. The Panthers Madison Sides had a big night for take on Geraldine at noon and intra-counSpring Garden with 13 kills and nine digs. ty rival Sand Rock at 1 p.m.

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Piedmont softball team sponsors ‘Run for Your Life’ event on Oct. 26 The Piedmont High softball program will sponsor a unique fundraiser, a 5K race with a Halloween theme, on Saturday, October 26, at 6 p.m. The race is called “Run for Your Life” and coach Rachel Smith, in her first year as varsity head coach, hopes it will become an annual event. Spooks and gremlins along the course are expected to prod runners of every age to personal-best times.

Participants who register by October 11 will receive a race tee-shirt. The early registration entry fee is $25. Runners may also pay $30 and register on race day at the Piedmont football stadium from 5 p.m. until 5:45 p.m. Race day entrants will not receive shirts.

Following the 5K race, there will be a 400-meter “Family Fun” dash. The 400meter dash is free. Dash participants may order a race shirt for $15, but the shirt must be ordered by October 11.

Registration forms should be accompanied by checks made payable to “Piedmont High School Softball”. Registration forms should be delivered to Rachel Smith through Piedmont High School, 750 Tom Bible Memorial Highway, Piedmont, Alabama 36272.

up blockers and followed them into the end zone for a 51-yard scoring play. Exavyer Jackson’s kick made it 28-6 with 56 seconds left in the quarter.

With Lusk at the helm, Piedmont traveled 72 yards in six plays for its next points. Thompson ran for nine yards then Lusk completed passes to Savage for nine yards, Darnell Jackson for 11 yards and Savage for 23 yards. After a big rush forced an incomplete pass, Lusk scrambled and scored on a 20-yard run. Exavyer Jackson missed but the Bulldogs led 34-6.

Sparks returned to quarterback and had completions to Neonta Alexander for 10 yards and Spears for 28 yards before Alexander scored on a 5-yard run. Kirk, who connected on the next four extra points, made it 41-6 with 2:49 left in the half. After picking up a first down, White Plains punted to Savage at the Piedmont 20. Savage bobbled the ball momentarily then took off up the home sideline for Piedmont’s seventh score of the half. At the half, Piedmont led 48-6.

“I did think that early in the game we actually did pretty well on the offensive side,” said Smith.

“The plays – we ran them well and they looked good. We had a little lull there kind of in the middle of the game where we just sort of spun our wheels but offensively (Friday night) I was pretty pleased with some of the things we did. We had some penalties, had some turnovers, that we need to correct but we got a lot of guys to carry the ball and I thought we did some things well on that side of the ball.”

The defense did its part, too. The Wildcats had three first downs in the first half. The first came on the long touchdown pass. The next two came on Piedmont penalties.

Neither team scored in the third quarter. On Piedmont’s initial possession, Reese had runs of 15 and 31 yards to set up a first-and-goal at the 4 but Sparks never got a handle on the next snap and Rod Young recovered for the Wildcats. After White Plains fumbled the ball back to Piedmont, a block in the back penalty negated a nifty run by Darnell Jackson that would have given Piedmont a first down inside the White Plain 10 and the Bulldogs then lost the ball on downs.

Late in the third quarter, Lusk had the offense moving again. On the first play of the fourth, Alexander capped a 62-yard drive with an 11-yard run.

White Plains moved the chains twice then lost the ball on downs at the Piedmont 42. The Bulldogs ran five times, four of them carries by sophomore Trevaughn Carpenter. After picking up 36 yards on his first three attempts, Carpenter scored from 20 yards out. With 7:02 to go, the Bulldogs led 62-6.

Young scored for White Plains on a 64-yard run immediately after Carpenter’s tally and also kicked the extra point.

Each team then turned the ball over on downs before Piedmont freshman Austin Brazier scored for the first time as a varsity player on a 63-yard run, setting the final score at 68-13.

Brazier finished as Piedmont’s leading rusher with five carries for 73 yards. Lusk ran six times for 57 yards and Carpenter four times for 56 yards. Seven other players carried the ball for the Bulldogs.

Piedmont’s official stats showed Sparks was 5-for-5 passing for 119 yards. After his two interceptions, Lusk was 4-for-5 for 46 yards. Spears had three catches for 86 yards. Savage’s three receptions gained 56 yards. Darnell Jackson caught two passes for 14 yards. Alexander had one grab for nine yards.

The Bulldogs’ defense recorded eight stops behind the line. Prater, at outside linebacker, and lineman Payton Young each had a quarterback sack. At defensive end, Reese made two tackles for lost yards. Young, Daughtry, Exavyer Jackson and Chase Keener each had one. Alexander, Daughtry, Exavyer Jackson and Deven Hincy each caused a fumble. Hayes and Daughtry had a fumble recovery apiece.

Hayes led in total tackles with eight. Prater had seven tackles and Exavyer Jackson had six. Alexander, Thompson and Young had five tackles apiece. Daughtry, Ryan Kirk, Bayley Balnchard and Tyler Lucas had four stops each.

Reese totaled three tackles. Keener, Mitchell Bennefield and Dalton Barber each recorded two tackles.

Garden: Mullinax rushes for 223 yards From page 8

With 11:36 to play, Mullinax turned a simple fullback dive into a 76-yard scoring run that completed Spring Garden’s point parade. Trailing 47-6, Woodville tallied the final two touchdowns on short-yardage runs and added 2-point conversions after each score.

Mullinax ran 21 times for 223 yards.

Reece gained 113 yards on eight carries.

Chase Jennings had two carries and gained 47 yards. Downey ran the ball nine times for 41 yards. Ivey netted 27 yards on the ground

on six attempts.

“Overall, I feel like our offensive line blocked really, really well. That’s the second game that we’ve gone over 500 yards rushing,” Howard said.

Ivey was 3-for-4 passing for 49 yards. All three receptions went to Kerr.

Corey Williams led the defensive effort with a quarterback sack and eight additional tackles. Downey also made eight tackles.

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“In addition, we counsel our clients on the benefit of crafting a business plan and a financial plan.”

Grissom said his department will host a MatchMaker on Nov. 7. Contracting officers from Marshall Space Flight Center, Boeing, Anniston Army Depot, NASA, BAE, Alabama Department of Transportation, and others will attend.

This presents his clients with the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the contracting officers looking to purchase their goods and services.

Grissom was selected by the Alabama Small Business Development Center as this year’s Alabama State Star. State Stars are exemplary performers who have made significant contributions to their state programs and have demonstrated a strong commitment to small business.

He was recognized at the annual conference of America’s Small Business Development Center Network in Orlando, Fla., in September.

Grissom was nominated for the award by his supervisor, Robbie Medders who, 10 years ago, received the award herself.

Medders said that Grissom is an outstanding business counselor and is committed to quality assistance in serving clients.

“He approaches his work with a positive attitude toward goal achievement and completing assignments,” she said.

“This recognition is a distinguished honor for Grissom and the JSU Small Business Development Center.”

“The SBDC State Star Award has a long tradition in our industry as the top award for recognizing an individual’s outstanding performance and contribution to our mission of furthering small business success and job creation in Alabama,” said Bill Cummins, executive state director of the Alabama SBDC Network. “Before joining the SBDC center at JSU, Ken ran his own small business and has leveraged that real world experience to become a highly effective counselor and coach to small business. He is most deserving.”

Grissom was born and grew up in Piedmont. He received an accounting degree from JSU in 1979. He is currently working on his MBA, which he says will enable him to become a better counselor.

Grissom and his wife of 30 years, the former Julia Davis, value family time.

Julia works at R&R Travel in Oxford.

They have two sons.

Dylan and his wife Kati live in Nashville, where Dylan works for the Corp of Engineers. Austyn is a senior at Auburn, where he’s majoring in biomedical sciences. Grissom said both sons have always excelled academically. Austyn has recently been informed that he received one of two prestigious scholarships awarded to Auburn seniors by the College of Science

and Mathematics.

“Traveling has always been a big part of our life as a family,” said Grissom. “We’ve taught our sons to appreciate the value of travel, and it’s a characteristic they have embraced.”

Grissom is on the deacon board of First Baptist Church. He’s a lifelong supporter of Piedmont athletics, Jacksonville State athletics, and is a charter member of the board of directors for the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame.

Many different personalities walked through the doors of the Dari King during its 45 years. These men and women, many of whom are older now, left a mark on Grissom.

“Older people in Piedmont have always held a special place in my heart,” he said.

“I love listening to their stories and learning from our elders.”

He fondly recalls how Joe Faulkner, Lamar Camp and Bud Kirk shared their memories of days gone by.

He also enjoys stories told to him through the years, many by residents who are now deceased. One such person was the late Imogene Wallace, wife of Dr. E. D. Wallace.

She related to Grissom how she had seen an item in a magazine about Piedmont.

She was young, had a teaching degree and decided to move here from her home in Oklahoma. Shortly after she arrived by train, she met Dr. Wallace. They became engaged.

In 1931, Dr. Wallace, and three other men drove to see Alabama play the Washington State Cougars in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. On their way, they stopped in Oklahoma for Dr. Wallace to ask Mrs. Wallace’s parents for her hand in marriage.

Grissom videoed Mrs. Wallace as she told the story.

Grissom has taken photographs most of his life. He likes to collect old photographs and share them.

“Every picture has a story to tell,” he said.

He’s proud of his large collection of photos of Piedmont’s citizens. Most of them were taken at the Dari King. One photo that has eluded Grissom is an exterior picture of the Dari King at 704 E. Ladiga St. He asks that anyone with photos of the Dari King from 1961 through 1983 please contact him.

“The old black and whites that I post on Facebook are a result of Frank Watson teaching me darkroom techniques,” he said. “These photos were the homework assignments. Frank Watson was not only teaching me darkroom techniques, but also about the history of our town.”

Grissom calls Watson, Doug Borden and the late Paul Savage his mentors and credits them for his knowledge of photography.

(Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail. com)

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Council: Baker takes over again From page 1

on the council for all but a portion of one term.

Remarkably, Friday also marks the second time Baker has replaced Freeman in public office. The year Baker ran for mayor and lost, Freeman was elected to represent Baker’s district on the council. Freeman resigned before finishing his term and Baker was appointed his replacement.

During the last 25 years, those few months between losing the mayoral race and replacing Freeman were the only period Baker did not serve as a council member.

“I never ran for mayor again, but I’ve had two times as mayor and never ran for either one of them,” Baker said.

A native of New York, Baker moved to Piedmont with his family in 1963. He retired in 2010 from the Calhoun County Department of Human Resources after 36 years as a social worker. He is currently activities director at Piedmont Health Care.

“Like anybody that’s ever served in any

capacity with the city, I want to see more jobs,” Baker said. “And we definitely want to beef up abatement and clean up Piedmont, and continue to keep the good things we’ve got going in the city.

“We’ve got a great school system, and we have good people that live here. I just want to serve them and help them with what they need and deserve, and by that, I especially mean jobs,” Baker said.

Councilman Kenny Kelley said Baker was an easy selection and will make an excellent mayor.

“He’s got over 20-plus years on the council,” Kelley said. “And he’s done an excellent job as mayor pro tem for many years.”

As a council member, Baker often acted as a mediator when conversations strayed or tempers flared.

“I think that’s the social worker in me that comes out,” Baker said.

“Over the years I hope I’ve developed some good people skills, and I hope that they come across. At least every once in a while,” he said.

Staff Writer Eddie Burkhalter: 256-2353563. On Twitter @burkhalter_star

Medical: Health care growing field From page 1

look like, we want to talk to people in the field,” Akin said.

A health science program at Piedmont schools would give middle and high school students the chance to take courses to prepare for jobs such as nursing or emergency medical care, Akin said.

He added that the school might offer a survey course on medical professions, a class on medical terminology or the foundations of nursing through the planned program.

High school programs that introduce students to the medical field are common, but Akin said Piedmont’s project would be unique because it would serve students sooner.

“It’s not typical to start the program in the middle school, but we’re trying to start a little bit earlier,” Akin said.

The program will fold into a grant-funded project that the middle school is already using to change the way students learn. That project has students use Internet programs that monitor their academic progress, and teachers use that data to determine the day’s coursework for each student.

“The clock and the calendar shouldn’t determine how long you’re in a certain subject,” Akin said. “It ought be mastery.”

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the project’s $100,000 grant at the start of the school year.

Akin said the system decided to develop a health science program because health care is second on the list of industries that need more qualified personnel in northeast Alabama. Topping the list, he said, is manufacturing.

Staff Writer Laura Gaddy: 256-2353544. On Twitter @LGaddy_Star.

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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Kent Smith and Melanie Smith, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Homecomings Financial, LLC (F/K/A Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.), on the 28th day of December, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County, Alabama, in Book 4477 Page 254; said mortgage having subsequently been transferred and assigned to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, by instrument recorded in Book 4696 Page 994, in the aforesaid Probate Office; the undersigned Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said

mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, on November 4, 2013, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Calhoun County, Alabama, towit: Beginning at a point where the Friendship Road crosses north and south center line of the west half of Section 33; Thence in an Easterly direction along the south side of said Friendship Road 210 feet; Thence south 420 feet; Thence West to center line of the West half of Section 33, 210 feet; thence North along the center line 420 feet to the point of beginning located in Section 33, Township 16, Range 8 East, Calhoun County, State of Alabama.

Property Street Address: 1408 Circle Dr, Oxford, AL 36203 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.

The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate.

This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.

Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, Mortgagee/Transferee Rebecca Redmond SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. P. O. Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee www.sirote.com/foreclosures 217168

east quarter of the Southwest quarter of said Section 35; thence North and at an angle of 93 degrees 58 minutes a distance of 123.6 feet; thence Southwesterly at an angle of 86 degrees 02 minutes a distance of 116.9 feet; thence Southeasterly at an angle of 74 degrees 45 minutes a distance of 128 feet; thence in an Easterly direction at an angel of 105 degrees 15 minutes for a distance of 73.39 feet to the point of beginning. This being Lots 18, 19, and 20 according to an unrecorded plot of Frances Hagler’s trailer park done by Chester A. Smith.

Property Street Address: 1680 Airport Road, Oxford, AL 36203 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.

The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate.

This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.

Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), Mortgagee/Transferee Rebecca Redmond SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. P. O. Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee www.sirote.com/foreclosures 294215

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Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joseph E. Fox and Dorma J. Fox, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for New Century Mortgage Corporation, on the 25th day of August, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County, Alabama, in Book 4388 Page 967; re-recorded in Book 4698, Page 807; said mortgage having subsequently been transferred and assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, by instrument recorded in Mortgage Book 4700, Page 434, in the aforesaid Probate Office; the undersigned Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Anniston, Calhoun County, Al-

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Thomas E. Slick and Cathy Slick, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Noble Bank & Trust, N.A., on the 28th day of February, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County, Alabama, in Mort Book 4421, Page 413; said mortgage having subsequently been transferred and assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association, by instrument recorded in Mort Book 4703 Page 1, in the aforesaid Probate Office; the undersigned Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, on November 4, 2013, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Calhoun County, Alabama, to-wit: A portion of the Southwest quarter of Section 35, Township 16, South, Range 7, East in Calhoun County, Alabama, described as beginning at a point 718.7 feet along the North side of the Oxford-Coldwater public road in an Easterly direction from the intersection of the Northwesterly line of the Oxford-Coldwater Road and the West line of the South-

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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

abama, on November 18, 2013, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Calhoun County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot Number 6, situated, lying and being in Western Hills Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book “R”, Page 9, Probate Office, Calhoun County, Alabama.

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.

The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate.

This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee/Transferee Andy Saag SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. P. O. Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee www.sirote.com/foreclosures 277346 The Piedmont Journal Calhoun Co., AL October 9, 16, 23, 2013

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This vehicle will be sold in a public auction to pay for repair and storage on 11/04/13 at 9 a.m. at 126 Woodlawn, Piedmont AL 36272.

2000 Ford Mustang VIN 1FAFP42X8YF 173917 Piedmont Journal Calhoun Co., AL October 2, 9, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 31736 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN TERRY, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the estate of KATHLEEN TERRY, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on September 11, 2013, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

RHONDA NAUGHER, Personal Representative of the Estate of KATHLEEN TERRY, Deceased Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate Piedmont Journal Calhoun Co., AL September 25, October 2, 9, 2013

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2013 PIEDMONT HOMECOMING COURT 9th Grade Representative: Amber Maddox

10th Grade Representative: 12th Grade Homecoming Hayden Rebekah Tyree Queen Alexis Byers Alexis Byers is the daughter of Ted and Amy Byers.

Alexis is a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church and is active in her youth group there.

Aexis has been a volunteer for the Piedmont Benevolence Center, helping to package and distribute food.

She has cheered for three years and is the current cheer captain of the varsity cheerleading squad. She was a member of the 2011 competition squad, getting runner-up at the state competition. Alexis enjoys spending time with her family and friends, tumbling, going to church, and playing with her dog, Blitzen. Her pep rally escort will be Caleb Adams, and her game escort will be her father, Ted Byers.

11th grade representative Hannah Bedwell Hanna Bedwell, 16, is the daughter of Kevin and Vickie Bedwell. She has been a member of the Blue Knights marching band for six years, and for three of these she has been a part of the band’s leadership group. She was a 2013 Alabama Ambassador of Music while traveling Europe. She is a member of SGA, TSA and the yearbook staff. She was the 2013 Hoby Ambassador for PHS, and she was also crowned Miss June in the 2013 Miss Calendar girl pageant. Her pep rally escort will be Will Bedwell. Her homecoming escort will be Kevin Bedwell.

12th grade representative Melissa Hope Morrison

12th grade representative Shimarriye Ja’Shante’ Thompson

Melissa Hope Morrison is the daughter of Angie Adams Morris and David Morrison. She is a member of the varsity cheerleading squad, the Student Government Associaton and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Outside of school she is a member of Cornerstone Church’s Full Force Youth Group. In her spare time, she enjoys going to church, cooking, singing, cheering and spending time with her family, friends and boyfriend.

She will be escorted by her grandfather, Ed Rastetter, and at the pep rally by Mitchell Benefield.

Shimarriye Ja’Shante’ Thompson is the daughter of LaRissa and Grady Palmore. At Piedmont High School, Missy is the school mascot. She played softball and basketball for several years.

She enjoys watching Law and Order, SVU and spending time with her baby brother and handing out with Niki, Cindy, and Kaylee. She will be escorted by her father, Grady Palmore. At the pep rally, she will be escorted by Conner Williams. Derreonte’ Palmore will be the crown bearer.

9th grade representative Amber Maddox

10th grade representative Hayden Rebekah Tyree Hayden Rebekah Tyree, is the daughter of Chad and Kerry Tyree. Hayde is a member of the varsity softball team, varsity basketball team, varsity girls track and field team. She is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Technology Students Association and Northside Baptist Church. She is active in Northside Baptist Church’s youth group. Hayden enjoys spending time with her family and her friends. She enjoys playing softball, traveling, being outdoors and going to church. Her pep rally escort will be Colton Donaldson, and her pep rally escort will be her father, Chad Tyree.

Amber Maddox, 15, is the daughter of Kevin and Heather Kerr and Mr. and Mrs. Shane Maddox. She is a ninth grade representative. She has played one year of softball and two years of SLA, SGA representative for ninth grade. Ambe is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She enjoys being around her family, going to the lake, fishing.

She also likes spoiling her dog. Her pep rally escort will be Cole Chasteen.

Her homecoming escort will be Kevin Kerr.

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ONE OR MORE AT THESE PRICES. ALL OFFERS ARE $6,995 CASH OR TRADE.

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1834 HWY 78 EAST • OXFORD, AL 36203

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ALL OFFERS PLUS, TAX, TITLE, LICENSE, AND DOC FEES. DEALER RETAINS ALL FACTORY REBATES AND INCENTIVES. ALL OFFERS ARE $6995 CASH OR TRADE. 84 MONTHS AT 3.99%. NOT EVERYONE WILL QUALIFY. THROUGH DEALER ARRANGED FINANCING. GUARANTEED FINANCING REQUIRES CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CASH DOWN, PROOF OF INCOME, PROOF OF RESIDENCE. WARRANTY: SERVICE NOT REQUIRED AT DEALERSHIP. VALID WITH PROOF OF NISSAN RECOMMENDED SERVICE MAINTENANCE RECORDS. ALL OFFERS WITH APPROVED CREDIT. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.

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