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State treasurer visits area Young Boozer talks about his duties in Montgomery
BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT
BOOZER
State Treasurer Young Boozer spoke to the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors - Northeast Alabama Thursday at Classic on Noble in Anniston. Members from Jacksonville, Piedmont and the Anniston area were present. Boozer was introduced by Alfa Insurance agent
Coy Callendar. Boozer, a Republican, defeated Democrat Charles Grimsley to win the seat vacated by Kay Ivey who was unable to run again due to term limits. Young beat George Wallace Jr., by 30 points in the Republican primary. This was his first venture at running for public office. He said that when he was running for office, he was chided by Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Joy Behar
J’ville firefighter becomes father of triplets
and others because of his name. He was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Leno made the comment that Young Boozer was the worst name anyone running for public office could have. “I’m a Boozer in name only,” he said. “My grandmother was a Young. The Young family married ■ See BOOZER, page 7
ENTERTAINMENT
Riley Green will open for Marshall Tucker Band Free concert Friday at Zinn Park BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT
Photo by Anita Kilgore
Heather and Kyle Glover with Emma Lynn, Brantley Gage and Lilly Rae.
New parents are adjusting to routine time at 12:16 p.m. Oct. 19 at Regional Medical Center in Anniston, when two daughters and a son arrived within five seconds of each other. Emma Lynn weighed 5 pounds and 1 ounce, Brantley Statistics show that slightly over 5,000 triplets are born Gage weighed 4 pounds and 9 ounces, and Lilly Rae in the United States each year. Piedmont can now be included in those figures. Kyle and Heather Glover became parents for the first ■ See TRIPLETS, page 7 BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT
Jacksonville native Riley Green saw the Marshall Tucker Band perform at a mud bog in Huntsville over 10 years ago. He wasn’t especially interested in the mud bog. He went to see the band that he’d listened to most of his life perform. “The Marshall Tucker Band was big before I was even born,” said Green. “My mom had their CD, and I used to listen to it all the time.” Green will open for the band that he’s always Photo by Anita Kilgore loved at 7 p.m. Friday at Riley Green Zinn Park in Anniston. The concert is free. The Marshall Tucker Band has been performing for almost four decades. They released their first album in 1973. ■ See CONCERT, page 9
FACES IN THE COMMUNITY
Winn-Dixie gets new store director Malcolm Vickery has spent 35 years in grocery stores BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT
decision for Vickery. He’s spent the past 35 years working for grocery stores. On Sept. 23, he was named store director for Winn-Dixie in Jacksonville. He came to Jacksonville from Madison. “I was looking for an opportunity to work for a large grocery store chain,” Vickery said. “I was fortunate to be able to go with
Malcolm Vickery was born and grew up in the grocery business. That was his father’s lifetime career. Vickery said it was instilled and ingrained in his blood. Many of his friends tease him, saying his mother almost gave birth to him in his father’s store. Going into that same business was an easy ■ See VICKERY, page 7 666000888880 PU
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