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Visits help showcase Piedmont Lawmakers, educators talk about innovations at high school LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service A Georgia lawmaker, a professor, two educators and five students met inside a conference room at Piedmont High School Tuesday to talk about innovation in education. Last week Alabama state Treasurer Young Boozer popped in too. And today, Principal Adam Clemons is expecting state Rep. John Merrill of Tuscaloosa.
These and other planned visits are part of an effort by Clemons to showcase how the school is training students for life after graduation. Clemons said he hopes the exposure will lead to more jobs being created in Piedmont and the surrounding area. A state economic development officials said Piedmont’s approach is worthwhile. “We don’t always know the great work that’s being done in our high schools,” said Bill Taylor, president of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama.
“We need to do much, much more of this.” Taylor retired as the president and CEO of MercedesBenz US in 2009. In retirement he works for the Economic Development Partnership. He said most economic development and job growth comes from companies that already exist, and added that educators should also consider asking business leaders to tour schools. ■ See VISITS page 7
HOLIDAY TRADITION
Harlan Stewart is ready for Halloween He’s never run out of candy MARGARET ANDERSON Journal Correspondent
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Harlan Stewart shows one of his displays to Ava Pope, Judd Pope and Jarrett Glover.
alloween is Harlan Stewart’s favorite holiday. And he goes all out for it. For the past 20 years, he has decorated his yard for Halloween. He doesn’t invite a select few. The entire city is welcome to see the efforts of his work at 512 South Main St. “Over the years, it’s just kept getting bigger and bigger,” said Stewart. “I keep track of how many trick or treaters we have every year. Last year we had 612, and we fed 85 people. People bring chili, soup, sandwiches and drinks, and we just have a ball.” It’s not just people from Piedmont that come to see his yard. One woman comes from Atlanta and there are several from nearby towns who make it a habit to show up every year. Stewart said it takes two or three days to decorate his yard. Then, about two days before Halloween, he puts out last minute decorations. “You really don’t want everything out there every day, because if it rains, it’ll ruin it. I try to hold back a few things. Basically I have to get all my electrical cords out of the way and get them nailed down into the ground so they won’t be a threat to the kids when they’re in the yard. I don’t want them tripping over them.” Stewart said he enjoys seeing children in their Halloween costumes. “I love to watch the children enjoy it,” he said. “It’s just a lot of fun. We try to hand out a good bit of candy. As many children as we’ve had over the years, we’ve ■ See STEWART, page 7
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With shovels and rakes in hand, approximately 35 area residents, city officials, and descendants of those buried in Hillcrest Cemetery came together Saturday, Oct. 12, in a major clean-up day at the cemetery. Laying aside personal agendas, volunteers from the Piedmont Rescue Squad and Piedmont Police Department also helped out in the effort to remove vines, bushes, and other debris from the graves.
“Normally the cemetery is only cleaned up once a year,” said Connie Cantrell, “for Decoration Day.” “The people buried there need more honor that they were getting,” she continued. So Cantrell and the Hillcrest Cemetery Board made flyers and asked area churches to help in the effort to get the work done. The cemetery has no traceable
DOWNTOWN TRICK OR TREATING Downtown trick or treating will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday. The streets in downtown Piedmont will be blocked off to allow children to trick-or-treat. Businesses will have tables holding candy set up outside. Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes. Regular treat or treating will begin at 6 p.m.
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Acquaintance’s life motivating A friend told me last week about an interesting program on National Public Radio. A woman named Trisha Coburn performed for The Moth, a live storytelling venue. Trisha’s story is about growing up poor in Anniston. From the past, I remembered a girl named Trisha Mitchell from Norwood Elementary School who went on to become a famous model. After I spent a few minutes on the Internet, I discovered that Coburn is Trisha’s married name. According to her website, www.trishacoburn.com, Trisha moved to New York City when she was 18 years old; worked for the famous agency, Wilhelmina; and modeled for 11 years. Then, she married, raised a family, and pursued many interests. At this point in her life,
Sherry Kughn Sherry-Go-Round Coburn is an artist, an interior decorator, a businesswoman, and, now, a writer and storyteller. Her story, which listeners can hear at http://themoth.org/ posts/storytellers/trisha-coburn, is a sad one of a child raised in a large family of children by a mother who liked the bottle and men too much. In a stroke of good fortune, an Anniston businesswoman, Macy Harwell, once spotted
Trisha when she worked at a local theater. Trisha was tall and beautiful. Harwell, owner of a local charm school, gave her the one thing all children need – encouragement. As I read Trisha’s biography on her website, I remembered reading accounts in The Anniston Star of Mitchell’s growing-up years. One story is about how she first realized she liked the attention of an audience when she attended what was then Norwood Baptist Church. I forget if she quoted Bible scripture during Vacation Bible School or sang a song, but the experience made her want to grow up and be noticed. Eventually, she achieved that goal on a national stage. Mitchell’s performance on The Moth is delivered in a Southern voice. She tells of her
family’s hardships, her determination to overcome adversity, and her adoration of Mrs. Harwell. Listeners will both laugh and cry as she speaks. After I updated myself about Trisha, I posted a couple of comments on her website. I hoped I could talk with her and perhaps interview her for this column. According to her blog, though, she has just returned from Europe and may not be available just yet. However, I would like to talk with her in the future and find out if she has written a book. If not, I would think her interesting life would make a good one. As a child from the Norwood community, where I also attended the same Baptist church, I am always proud of the success of many of my childhood friends and acquaintances. I vaguely remember
Trisha, but I never knew of all her struggles. Her achievements make me especially proud. As a teacher of teenagers, I hope I can encouragement students who need a helping hand along the way and perhaps help them form a vision of how successful they can become. As a woman, I take inspiration from Trisha’s life story. It is important to keep developing new skills and talents and to share the truths of our lives through words – my favorite medium. As a writer, I surely hope that Trish will continue sharing her story, especially with those of us from her hometown. Her friends and teachers would enjoy learning more about her latest accomplishments. Email Sherry at sherrykug@ hotmail.com
A lot of things have changed in 50 years The greatest partisan change in American political history has occurred during my lifetime. The transformation of Alabama and our sister Deep South states from an all Democratic region to an all Republican territory has been remarkable and historic. Exactly 50 years ago today Alabama’s entire delegation in Washington was Democratic. Democrats held all seven constitutional offices. Every member of the Supreme Court ran as a Democrat. Sixty-six out of 67 sheriffs were Democrats and 138 of 140 members of the legislature were Democrats. Fast-forward 50 years to October of 2013. You see just the opposite picture. All seven executive constitutional offices including governor are held by Republicans. Every member of the Supreme Court and all ten appellate judges are Republican. Six of our seven congressmen are Republican and both U.S. Senators are stalwart members of the GOP. Both the State House of Representatives and our State Senate are overwhelmingly Republican.
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Inside The Statehouse That is quite a change. This titanic shift began in the fall of 1964 when Republican Barry Goldwater carried the Heart of Dixie. He not only broke the ice, he shattered the Democratic hold on the South. When it comes to presidential politics, we are the most reliable Republican region of the country. Since the Goldwater landslide of 1964, the GOP candidate for president has carried Alabama in every presidential election with the exception of 1968 when George Wallace won the state as an Independent and 1976 when Georgia Democrat peanut farmer Jimmy Carter carried the state. It has been 37 years since
a Democrat carried Alabama. In the last 50 years the score is Republicans 11 and Democrats 1. I am not saying the Democratic Party is dead. However, the odds of a Democrat winning a statewide race in Alabama would be analogous to and have the same odds as Tulane beating Alabama in football. The Democrats failed to even field a single candidate in our Supreme Court races in 2012. It looks like the same thing will occur this year. Our sister southern state of Louisiana had no Democratic statewide candidates for their constitutional offices in 2012. However, some of our southern neighbors are seeing some brave souls seek statewide offices as Democrats in the upcoming 2014 elections. In Georgia, the daughter of their last Democratic U.S. Senator is seeking her father’s former seat as a Democrat. Sam Nunn was a very popular long term Senator from Georgia, the last of his breed of conservative
Democrats from the South. His daughter Michelle Nunn is running a serious campaign. She is working to portray herself as a moderate to conservative candidate to Georgia’s rural voters who are overwhelmingly Republican. She takes heart in the fact that Atlanta is now a cosmopolitan melting pot. It has one of the largest gay communities in American and its significant African American population makes it a Democratic target in future years. In fact, Obama only lost Georgia by five percentage points in 2012. Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s Secretary of State, is taking a similar approach in her attempt to knock off U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. In Arkansas, former Rep. Mike Ross is running for Governor of Arkansas as a Democrat and is given an outside chance since popular Republican Governor Mike Beebe is retiring. South Carolina boasts of being the most Republican state in the country. However, Vincent
Sheehan is running against incumbent GOP Governor Nikki Haley. He ran against Haley four years ago and lost by 60,000 votes or about five percent. South Carolina voters fall almost exactly along racial lines with most whites voting Republican and most blacks voting Democratic. All of these southern Democratic candidates are striving to distance themselves from President Barrack Obama and the national Democratic Party. They are stressing their lifelong roots in their respective states and portraying themselves as real southerners. They are also focusing on bread and butter issues and trying to sell themselves as problem solvers. These folks are facing an uphill battle in the Deep South. 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
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CONAWAY Saks - Services for Luvenia C. Conaway, 76, were held Sunday, October 27, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Hollis Martin and the Rev. Jeanette Fisher officiating. Burial followed at Piedmont Memory Gardens. The family received friends Sunday from 12 - 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Conaway passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013, at her home. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, C.T. Conaway; her children, Christa Heard (Lamon) of Alexandria and Trent Conaway (Mychal) of Guntersville; five grandchildren, Whitney Welch (Zac), Lauralee Conaway, Charley Conaway, Tristan Heard
and McKenzie Heard; one great-grandson, Eli Welch; three sisters, Sue Douthit (Frank) and Gail Frady, all of Piedmont and Sandra Lester (Wayne) of Rome, Georgia; nephews, Cranston Barnett and Brandon Cook and niece, Angela Payne (Jason). Pallbearers will be Sam Kirby, Zac Welch, Cranston Barnett, Wayne Lester, Frank Douthit, Lamon Heard and Trent Conaway. Honorary pallbearers will be Mutt Magouyrk, J.E. Traywick and Kevin Traywick. Mrs. Conaway was a native of Piedmont and a resident of Saks. She was a former member of the Piedmont Congregational Holiness Church and was a member of Halls Chapel Congregational Holiness Worship Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, L.B. and Flora Cook and a brother, Tim Cook. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 412 South 5th St., Gadsden, AL 35901. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the doctors, nurses and staff of the ER, 4th and 8th floor at Anniston RMC for the love and care given to their
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wife, mother and grandmother. WARMACK Piedmont - Mr. William Franklin “Frank” Warmack, 63, born on Wednesday, October 26, 1949, died on Monday, October 14, 2013, at RMC in Anniston. He is survived by his sister, Louise Lindsey and her husband, Eddie, of Piedmont; and two brothers, David and Jesse Warmack, both of Piedmont. Mr. Warmack was an affable, amateur guitar picker and vocalist and a Crimson Tide football fan. He was a graduate of Spring Garden High School. Mr. Warmack was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey Jackson Warmack (deceased, 1952) and Clarice Effie Smith Warmack (deceased, 1978). Rest in peace, dear courageous brother; a loss difficult to speak of, yet rendering silence an impossibility. Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.klbrownfuneralhome.com. K.L. Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Center 322 Nisbet St., N.W., Jacksonville, AL 36265
• Piedmont CH Church at 601 Hughes St will be having a BBQ and Bake Sale on November 2nd from 10 AM- 1 PM. BBQ plates are $5. Baked goods are various prices. Proceeds will go towards Pastor Matt and Anna Turner’s trip to Israel in 2014. For more info contact Matt at 256.343.9333. • Piedmont Elementary School fifth grade will present a program honoring all Veterans on Friday, November 8, at 9:00 a.m in the PES cafeteria. All area veterans and their families are invited to attend. • A Gospel meeting will be held at the church of Christ, 407 Cedartown Hwy., Piedmont, with Bruce Roebuck from Hugo, Okla. beginning October 30 and concluding on November 3. Services begin at 7 p.m. on weeknights, Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. • 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
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Arrests Oct. 25 • Christopher Alta Way, 29, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a
controlled substance. Oct. 27 • Teddy Gene McFry, 41, contempt.
Oct. 28 • Thomas Quindarious Phillips, 22, failure to pay.
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6th Grade “A” Honor Roll Daisha Flint, Cloie Grimes, Lucas Leighton, Sean Smith, Silas Thompson
6th Grade “A & B” Honor Roll Hailey Brown, Madyson Doyal, Adam Edison, Kaitlyn Flowers, Kirsten Hall, Hanna Hardin, Aaron Hicks, Montana Hilburn, Malachi Jackson-Talmadge, Ryley Kirk, Danielle Loyd, Carter Maddox, Alexis Mitchell, Taffanie Ningsanont, Hayley Pilkington, Destiney Pruitt, Kyleigh Snow, Joshua Strickland, Aliyah Teague, Shawn Thompson, Jasmine Tolbert, Jaidyn Young
7th Grade “A” Honor Roll Jackson Barber, Caitlin Bates, Blake Bentley, Megan Blanchard, Evan Cooper, Tyler Farmer, Alexis Jenkins, Savannah Leighton, Nicholas McPeek, Sydney Prater, Amber Raney, Raymond Ruggles, Rebecca Smart, Brock Woodard
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 194346 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 447-8258, ext. 232. Refreshments will be provided.
7th Grade “A & B” Honor Roll Daisy Baggett, Brock Baker, Avery Bobbitt, Taylor Cook, Tristan Donaldson, Tadrian Fairs, Jacob Henson, Kaedon Jenkins, Mackenzie Key, Allyson Ledbetter, Erin McCord, Pablo Mejia, Preston Odam, Rebekah Patterson, Logan Pruitt, Tylan Raines, Joshua Smith, Logan Smith, Blake Stout, Jerry Tant, Katelyn Truett, Madison Tyree, Courtney Walker, Gqenazia Wilson 8th Grade “A” Honor Roll Cole Chasteen, Jarrett Floyd, Macy Hanson, Lori Hunt, Emily Kisor, Katelyn Lawler, Rachel Lusk, Christopher Miller, Chloe Mobley, Noah Pope, Benjamin Warren 8th Grade “A & B” Honor Roll Samirra Braswell, Gage Curvin, Eliza Flenord, Seth Gardner, Tara Holbrooks, Zoee Holcomb, Jehle Keener, Timmothy Kidd, Noah Cole Maddox, Audric Morton, Destiny Norris, Asia Raney, Davis Young
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Oct. 21 Oct. 23 31-year-old male that a • Unlawful breaking man’s gold cluster ring, a • Burglary III, fraudand entering a vehicle. A gold bracelet, and black ulent use of credit/debit 68-year-old male reported BOGO headphones were card. A 55-year-old male the theft of a Pioneer CD stolen Oct. 19 on Piedreported an incident that player and damage done mont Cut-off Road. occurred between 3 p.m. to a truck toolbox that oc• Possession of drug Oct. 20 and 6:30 a.m. curred between 4:45 p.m. paraphernalia, possession Oct. 21 in which a man’s and 6:20 p.m. Oct. 22 on of a controlled substance. wallet containing cash, Officers recovered two bank cards, and insurance the Cedartown Highway. • Domestic violence Oxycodone pills and a cards were taken from a syringe and spoon during location on Savage Street. III. A 58-year-old female reported an incident that an incident that occurred • Harassing commuoccurred around 1:25 p.m. on Highway 278 By-pass nications. A 53-year-old on Southern Avenue. East at 6:50 p.m. female reported an inci• Harassing commu• Unauthorized use of dent that occurred at her nications. A 39-yeara vehicle. A 19-year-old residence at 11:08 a.m. old female reported an female reported an inciOct. 22 incident that occurred on dent that occurred at her • Theft of property residence and involved a III, criminal mischief III. North Center Avenue at 5:45 p.m. 2013 silver Impala. A 53-year-old female Oct. 24 Oct. 26 reported damage done to • Dogs at large. Offi• Violation of city noise a telephone line and the ordinance. A 69-year-old theft of a car magnet that cers investigated a complaint about dogs being male reported an incident occurred at 4:40 p.m. at allowed to run free in the that occurred on Pine her residence. 400 block of Hill Avenue Street around 6:15 p.m. • Harassing commuOct. 22. • Domestic violence nications. A 30-year-old Oct. 25 III. A 34-year-old female female reported an inci• Theft of property reported an incident that dent that occurred on Ray III. Officers investigated occurred at her residence Avenue at 1:03 p.m. a complaint made by a at 7:58 p.m. • Theft by deception III. Officers investigated a report that a Rolair YOUR COMPASSION FOR NURSING IS NEEDED. air compressor valued at $100 was stolen between Aug. 6 and Aug. 19. • Violation of a family violence protection order. A 25-year-old female reported an incident that occurred RN Regional Travel Nurses Apply at www.alacare.com on South Main Street at needed throughout Alabama. 5:21 p.m. ©Alacare Home Health & Hospice 130546
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oni Stewart couldn’t be happier that her daughter, Megan, is following in her footsteps. Toni is a registered nurse. Megan is in her third year at Jacksonville State University where she is also studying to be a registered nurse. “Certainly, I’m proud for her to have chosen that,” said Toni. “It will make her a wonderful career. It will require a lot of investment from her heart, which will make her be a better person is the way I’ve always looked at it. It’s hard work. Sometimes it can be very good experiences, and sometimes not so much. But you keep going back every day because that’s what you do.” Toni has worked at RMC-Jacksonville Hospital for the past 22 years. She works in the emergency department as charge nurse where she is responsible for the care of patients and overseeing the team effort for their care. “I love it,” said Toni. “I like knowing that something we have done that day, whether it’s medical care or a kind word, may have made a difference in a patient. I just really enjoy doing for other people and being able to make whatever they were struggling with a little better.” She remembers taking her state boards in Montgomery with hundreds of potential registered nurses. It was her 21st birthday. “It was awful,” she said. “We were in a building something like a convention center with round tables. It was horrible. They had monitors that walked around the whole time you were taking the test. You had to raise your hand to go to the bathroom or get a pencil or anything. They were very strict at that time. It’s not like that these days. Now, it’s done on the computer.” Toni received her degree at Gadsden State. Born and reared in Piedmont, she is the daughter of the late Claude and Irene (Martin) Glover. Her brother, Keith Glover, is deceased. Her other brother, Don Glover, is a police officer in Piedmont. Toni and her husband, Harlan, have been married 22 years. When they were younger, they lived down the street from each other. When Harlan’s father died, Toni went to the funeral. They hadn’t seen each other in years, and Harlan didn’t recognize her. Harlan said to a friend, “Do you see that girl right there? I’m going to marry her.” That was the story Harlan told Toni. When she asked the
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Toni Stewart enjoys crocheting. friend, he verified Harlan’s story. The Stewarts are members of First United Methodist Church. Toni plays hand bells there. “If you can read music, you can learn to chime on your count when it’s your turn,” she said. They perform mostly at Christmas, although sometimes they perform at other holidays. Toni likes to crochet. Her family recently welcomed triplets, children of Kyle and Heather Glover. She crocheted blankets and hats for each baby in the colors of pink, blue and purple. She chose “Three Peas in a Pod” as the theme for the hats. Toni and Harlan make a big deal out of Halloween at their home. They decorate the yard and welcome guests and trick or treaters. While she enjoys it, she thinks Harlan has more fun than she. “He loves to watch the kids, but the truth of the matter is he’s the biggest kid of all,” she said. “It’s wonderful because he loves it so much. He has the house full and the neighborhood full.”
Harlan had a stroke several years ago. Toni said it hasn’t slowed him down. “He certainly doesn’t face anything like somebody with an affliction,” she said. “He goes ahead and does whatever he can do.” Toni enjoys family gatherings. She and Harlan have a pool and welcome family and friends during the summer to swim and enjoy crab boils. “We use any excuse to get together and enjoy each other,” she said. Toni said when they married, she could only cook a few things. “The first thing I tried to fix for him was biscuits,” she said. “I guess I got busy and forgot them. I burned them. I was trying ever so much to make a good impression but it didn’t pan out for me.” Toni has come a long way since those days. Harlan and Megan enjoy what she prepares. She hasn’t burned the biscuits any more. (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)
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Jacksonville Christian Academy celebrated homecoming Friday night. In the homecoming court are, from left, Sally Gentry Posey, Mary Savannah Owens, Chelsea Lynn Butler, McKenzie Drew Reid, homecoming queen Elysabeth Rhein Morales, Sarah Callaway Compton, Elizabeth Dee Scull, Mary Katherine Miller and Jakia Michiyo Tignor. Several of the queen candidates are from Piedmont. The JCA Thunder defeated Alabama School for the Deaf 53-18 to win the game.
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never run out of candy. Usually, I give most of what’s left over to the last trick or treater, but I always keep a bag for me. I love chocolate.” Stewart said he doesn’t care how old his trick or treaters are. “If they want a piece of candy, all they have to do is come to my place,” he said. “We get a lot of babies and children younger than a year old. I try to have boxes of animal crackers just for them ’cause babies don’t need chocolate.” Stewart’s wife’s nephew, Steven Glover, who owns Lovers by Glover, made him a popular decoration last year, which Stewart will put in the yard again this year. It’s the grim reaper in a casket. Stewart said he buys new blow-ups every year to add to the others. Stewart was born and reared in Piedmont. His parents are the late Ralph and Lois Jean (Bath) Stewart. His brother, Mike, lives in Decatur.
Stewart and his wife, the former Toni Glover, have a daughter, Megan, who is in her third year of nursing at Jacksonville State University. He retired three years ago after a 35 year career as a welder at Anniston Army Depot. When he was a student at Piedmont High School, his class visited Ayers Trade School one day. That’s where he got the idea to be a welder. After graduating from PHS, he attended Ayers to learn to weld. Stewart enjoys riding his motorcycle. “Last year, a friend and I went to Sturgis, S.D., one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the United States. A lot of times we’ll just go riding. We’ll go over to Atlanta and find us a restaurant to eat at. Or we’ll go up in the mountains toward Gatlinburg.” At one time, Stewart hunted and fished. He can no longer do that. A few years ago, he had a light stroke which left the muscles in his legs weak. He and his family are members of First United Methodist Church. (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail. com)
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Harlan Stewart says the pirate ship is one of his favorite displays.
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ownership and is not kept up by the City of Piedmont or any other official group. That is until the Hillcrest Cemetery Board was formed in the spring of this year. The group, chaired by Joanna Gamble, is working to gather information about those buried in the historical cemetery that dates back to the 1800s. It is also working to raise funds for the future upkeep of the cemetery. Donations from area residents and descendants of those buried there have been used in the past and were limited. The board has requested all area funeral home directors contact them before any burial is made. Cantrell says that the earliest marked grave the resting place of William Woods who was born in 1836 and died in 1895. She estimates there are some 200 unmarked graves in the cemetery. Anyone with information about those unmarked graves is encouraged to share their knowledge with a member of the board. “When we come together as people in Piedmont, we can do so much more for our community,” said Cantrell.
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Piedmont City Schools invited legislators from across the region to see its technology plan. From left, Student Dylan Akin, Dr. Tony Daniels from Shorter University, Representative Eddie Lumsden from Georgia and Piedmont principal Adam Clemons.
VISITS: Visitors meet with five honor students The visitors saw students at work in the vocational building, stopped in on a teacher who was using a laptop During Tuesday’s visit, Georgia state Rep. Eddie Lumsto review lessons with students and visited a class where den, a Republican from Armuchee, visited the school along groups of students were using a free website to learn to play with Tony Daniel, a professor of management at Shorter guitar. University in Rome, Ga., about an hour’s drive from PiedLumsden said even though he lives across the state line, mont. he thinks he could use the work being done in Piedmont The visitors met with five honors students, Clemons and schools if a business recruitment opportunity comes up. schools Superintendent Matt Akin to discuss new class“It’s critically important, more so than ever, that they are room techniques and whether students liked them. prepared, either to enter the workforce or to go on to colPiedmont City Schools has been recognized for innovalege,” Lumsden said, referring to students. tion using technology over the past five years. In 2009 the Now in his first year at Piedmont, Clemons moved from school system secured about $150,000 in federal money to Georgia, where he had been an administrator. He knew the help buy 100 laptops and to train teachers how to use them Georgia visitors from his work in Floyd County, Ga. He for a pilot project. said economic development is a regional effort and noted The next year the Piedmont school board approved a that people sometimes cross state lines to go to work. four-year, $750,000 lease agreement to put laptop computAkin said the visitors can help the school in another way. ers in the hands of every student in grades four through 12. “The more people that know about us, the more likely “Everybody wants to know about money, but there is not we’ll be connected to someone who can help us improve,” a magic funding source,” Akin said. “If you know what you Akin said. want to do and you have some courage, you might leave Staff Writer Laura Gaddy: 256-235-3544. On Twitter @ some others behind.” LGaddy_Star Since making the initial investment, the school system has qualified for and received more grant money to help enhance the program. Akin said the school system receives between $300,000 and $400,000 per year in grant funding. MS, AL & FL The students talked with the guests about a program that allows them to occasionally skip their first-period classes November 13th @ 2:00 p.m. and do the work from home. Students who maintain a B Auction Location: Marriott, 3101 Airport Blvd, Mobile, AL average get to continue working from home. If their grades Online Bidding Available! Many Selling Absolute! start to slip, however, they have to go to class each day until their grades improve. Residential & Commercial Lots, Single & Multi-Family The aim is to improve learning by giving students more Homes and Acreage Tracts flexibility and enabling them to move on from a skill as soon as they master it, administrators say, or to give them Rowell Auctions, Inc. | 800-323-8388 more time to work on a topic they’re struggling to compreA MarkNet Alliance Member • AAL 743 • 10% Buyer’s Premium hend.
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Piedmont runner Trevaughn Carpenter fights his way past a Weaver tackler during Friday night’s win.
Dogs use ground assault to tame Weaver Piedmont closes regular season against Class 4A Lincoln; looks to playoffs tum they gained with their win at Weaver. Lincoln started slowly, going 0-3. The Golden Bears then appeared to turn the Piedmont’s response to the bitterly cold corner for first-year head coach Brad temperature at Weaver last Friday night Wallace by winning four of their next was to run the football. The Bulldogs five games, all region victories. The only did that almost to perfection, rushing for loss in that run came against Etowah by a 396 yards on 41 carries, in their 56-12 28-21 margin. victory over the Bearcats. The win earned Last week’s 21-14 loss to a shorthanded Piedmont (8-1, 6-1) second place in Class Cleburne County team was a step back3A, Region 5. Weaver finished third in the ward for Lincoln and Wallace is certain region hunt. to have his team primed for a victory in As the No. 2 team in Region 5, Piedmont, a victory that would keep the Piedmont will entertain Region 7 No. 3 Bears from limping into the Class 4A Winfield on November 8 in the opening playoffs. round of the Class 3A playoffs. Winfield, “No doubt, a very athletic team,” currently 5-4, 5-2, took third in the Piedmont coach Steve Smith said of Pirates’ region by defeating No. 4 Good Lincoln. “They’ve got great size on the Hope (6-3, 5-2) last week 45-22. defensive front. The quarterback (Chance Before it is playoff time, one more game Byrd) is equally good running and throwremains on Piedmont’s regular-season ing. He’s turning into a much better runschedule. Class 4A Lincoln comes to ning quarterback this year than he was Piedmont Friday. last year.” The Bulldogs want to keep the momenByrd has plenty of help on the ground RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
from junior Jamario Howard and seniors Jalen Turner and Devante’ Peeler. When Byrd throws, Zay Caldwell has been a favorite target. On the lines, both senior Shedrick Thomas and junior Jaunta’vius Johnson are very large human beings. In short-yardage situations, Johnson enters the backfield and is difficult to wrestle to the turf. The Bears, fourth in their region, bring a 4-5 overall record and 4-3 region mark to Piedmont. Lost in the Bulldogs’ eight-touchdown offensive explosion against Weaver was the stellar play of Piedmont’s defense. A series of injuries suffered against Saks required the Bulldogs to rework the defensive unit almost top to bottom. Linemen Exavyer Jackson and Tyler Lucas did not play at all against Weaver. Defensive end/outside linebacker Tre Reese also remained on the sideline. Defensive end Payton Young played despite an ankle sprain then reinjured his
ankle and sat out the entire second half. In addition, inside linebacker Taylor Hayes did not play a snap. Dalton Barber played for Hayes at inside backer and Jacob Clark started at outside linebacker for Reese. Jackson’s injury created a domino effect. Jared Prater moved from outside linebacker to defensive end. Cody Daughtry moved from cornerback to what had been Prater’s outside backer spot. Dreek Thompson switched from safety to cornerback for Daughtry and Bayley Blanchard started at safety, replacing Thompson. When Young was injured, Clark moved to defensive end and Chase Keener came into the game at outside linebacker. “Those guys all did extremely well,” Smith said. Then Smith noted that his “steadies”, nose tackle Ryan Kirk, inside linebacker Neonta Alexander, cornerback Darnell ■ See PIEDMONT, page 9
Cedar Bluff uses big plays to tame Spring Garden RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
There wasn’t a lot of good news out of the Spring Garden camp following the Panthers’ 62-13 road loss at Cedar Bluff last Friday. Spring Garden’s goal had been to limit the number of big plays by the Tigers and the Panthers just couldn’t do that. Cedar Bluff scored on passes covering 75 yards and 36 yards in first quarter for a 14-0 lead. In the second quarter, a 26-yard run and a 51-yard run made it 28-0 with 5:05 remaining before halftime. Will Ivey, moved from quarterback to tailback during the game, scored the first touchdown for Spring Garden on a 55-yard run and cut the deficit to 28-6 with 2:13 left in the second quarter but Cedar Bluff returned the ensuing kickoff 60 yards for a 35-6 halftime lead. Cedar Bluff scored four touchdowns in the second half before Kyle Reece added a 5-yard scoring run for the Panthers and Andrew McLarty kicked the extra point to set the final score. Spring Garden was hampered when Matt Mullinax was lost to a knee injury on the first play of the Panthers’ second possession, early in the first quarter. Mullinax ran for 13 yards on four carries in his limited time on the field. “We moved Will (Ivey) to tailback and I think Ben (Ivey) came in and played okay at quarterback, getting thrown into that position,” Spring Garden coach Jason Howard said. Another positive for the Panthers was the return of McLarty, out all season rehabilitating an injury, even on a limited basis. Howard said McLarty had been able to ■ See GARDEN, page 9
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Spring Garden’s Will Ivey breaks up a touchdown pass to Cedar Bluff’s Devante Dixon. Looking on is Panther Andrew McLarty.
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Spring Garden begins play in state tourney Birmingham’s CrossPlex is the place to be today for Spring Garden volleyball fans. The Panthers will take an outstanding 35-16 record into their 1 p.m. AHSAA state tournament meeting with St. Luke’s Episcopal of Mobile. Spring Garden enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed from the North Super Regional while St. Luke’s was the No. 2 finisher at the South Super Regional. With a win over St. Luke’s, Spring Garden will advance to a 7 p.m. semifinal
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Jackson and safety Tyler Lusk – the Bulldogs who played in their normal defensive positions – continued to do the outstanding jobs he and his staff have come to expect from them. Smith said he felt Lusk, who had two tackles, an interception and broke up another pass in addition to his work on offense, played his best all-around game of the season. Alexander and Clark led the Bulldogs with nine tackles apiece and each recorded a quarterback sack. Keener and Blanchard each made six tackles. Three of Keener’s came behind the line and the sophomore also broke up a pass. Daughtry and Barber made five tackles apiece. Daughtry added a fumble recovery. Kirk, Prater, Jackson, Austin Brazier and Jordan Buttram each made three tackles with Prater recording a tackle for loss. Young, Taylor Cooper, Trevaughn Carpenter and Couy Taylor each had two tackles. One of Cooper’s came behind the line. Piedmont’s offense didn’t skip a beat in the first half.
match against the winner to the quarterfinal match between Addison and Winterboro. The Class 1A final is set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday. At the North Super Regional in Huntsville last week, Spring Garden guaranteed itself a place in the Elite Eight by defeating Brilliant (25-20, 32-30, 25-22) in the opening round of play on Friday and trimming Decatur Heritage (25-21, 27-25, 21-25, 27-25) in the quarterfinals Saturday morning.
The Bulldogs had the ball seven times and scored seven touchdowns. Piedmont led 49-0 at halftime and 56-0 before Weaver scored once in the third quarter and once in the fourth. Darnell Jackson led the way with 145 yards and three touchdowns on nine rushes. His first touchdown came from 11 yards out and came at the end of a 59-yard drive. Easton Kirk, 8-for-8 on extra points for the game, put Piedmont up 7-0 with the game just three minutes old. Weaver threatened immediately but Lusk’s interception in the Piedmont end zone ended the threat and seemed to demoralize the Bearcats. Aided by a pass interference penalty, Piedmont needed just five plays to move 80 yards for a second score. Jackson scored on a 13-yard run at 4:45 of the first quarter. Weaver failed to gain a first down and punted to the Piedmont 48-yard line. On first down, Lusk connected with C.J. Savage on a deep throw down the Piedmont sideline and Savage scored easily. Weaver turned the ball over on downs at the Piedmont 46 to start the second quarter. Jackson picked up five yards on the first play.
At that point, the Panthers encountered Addison, the consensus No. 1 team in Class 1A, in the semifinals and fell 25-14, 25-12, 25-9. In the consolation final, the game to decide third and fourth, Spring Garden bounced back and defeated Athens Bible 28-26, 25-27, 25-12, 25-16. In their Huntsville matches, the Panthers got big offensive efforts from senior middle Haley Motes and sophomore outside Madison Sides. Each had 41 kills and seven service aces over the two days.
Senior middle Dallas Smith recorded 25 kills and junior Emory Reedy had 14 kills along with three aces. Senior Darby Bryant led in assists with 41 and junior McKenzie Micha had 20 assists. Bryant also had five aces. At the net, Motes led Spring Garden with nine blocks and Smith had seven blocks. The Panthers did a good job of keeping the ball in play. Sides and senior Maddie Micha each had 34 digs. Reedy had 32 digs, McKenzie Micha 28 and Bryant 24.
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Piedmont’s Dreek Thompson gains yardage against Weaver last week. Then it was Thompson’s turn with the ball. He ran up the middle for 23 yards then scored on a 26-yard carry to make it 28-0. Once again, Weaver punted and Prater capped a threeplay, 42-yard drive with a 24-yard carry into the end zone. In the final seven minutes of the second quarter, the Bulldogs added two touchdowns. Jackson got the first
on a 25-yard run with 3:35 to go in the half. Thompson completed the first-half scoring with a 10-yard run with 1:35 left, pulling away from a Weaver defender about five yards away from the goal line. Piedmont’s scoring ended with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter. The Bearcats punted to the Piedmont 20 and a firstdown run lost two yards.
That wasn’t a problem for Alexander, in the game at running back. On second down, Alexander ran up the middle for 51 yards. Lusk followed with a 31-yard scoring run. Thompson was Piedmont’s second-leading rusher with 79 yards on six attempts. Alexander finished with 65 yards on three carries. Lusk ran twice for 38 yards. Prater’s three car-
ries netted 25 yards. Carpenter and Cobey McFry each ran for 19 yards. Lusk and Ty Sparks each was 1-for-2 passing and Blanchard was 1-for-1. Denard Spears was on the receiving end of a 37-yard gain from Sparks. Lusk’s completion was the 52-yard touchdown to Savage. Blanchard connected with Wil Mitchell for eight yards.
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work on kicking in practice prior to being released for contact by his doctor. Will Ivey finished the game with 154 yards rushing on 21 carries. Reece ran 21 times for 127 yards. Quintin Downey gained 16 yards on five runs and Ben Ivey netted 10 yards on four carries. On defense, Downey, McLarty and Kris Holcomb each made four tackles. Ben Ivey had three tackles. Dalton Kerr and Will Ivey recorded two tackles each. The Panthers finished region play 3-5 and fell to 3-6 overall. Spring Garden’s final game will be at home Friday against visiting Talladega County Central (4-5). Howard called the Tigers “probably the most athletic team we’ve played so far.” “They run the option,” he
said. “They’ll get in the pistol and run the option, get in the ‘I’ and run the option and they’ll be spread some and run the zone stuff, too.” Howard said his team’s challenge this week will be
SGA, Benevolence Center team up to recycle The Student Government Association of Piedmont High School and the Piedmont Benevolence Center have teamed up to start a recycling program at the school. The recycling program will allow students and teachers to recycle bottles, cans, papers, and more. Once the items have been collected at the school, volunteers from the non-profit Benevolence Center will collect the recyclable products. “This is a great project in which our students can learn the value of creating a healthy, sustainable environment. We appreciate the Benevolence Center partnering with us on this project,” stated Dr. Adam B. Clemons, principal of Piedmont High School. “The Student Government Association of Piedmont High School is excited to be
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How does Obamacare affect folks like us? A friend who has a small business shared with me an interesting story about providing healthcare for his employees. He contacted Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Mississippi to get an estimate of costs. All he had to provide was generic information about his employees, i.e. age, gender, etc. On a lark he snuck in his own generic information anonymously. BCBS returned estimates of around $350-pluss a month for individual employees’ health insurance under Obamacare restrictions and minimum standards! Prices skyrocketed to more than $1,000 if any of the employees wanted to cover children or other family members. Interestingly, my friend has had BCBS as his personal healthcare insurance provider for years. He’s currently paying around $470 per month to cover himself and his children. According to the estimate, his generic “employee” who matched his demographics would have to pay around $1,450 per month for family coverage! That’s three times the amount he’s currently paying for essentially the same coverage! When he pointed this out to the agent who had given him the estimate, the agent apparently was stunned to learn about such a huge difference in cost of coverage. We may not understand or care about all the squabbles going on in Washington, but all of us begin to take notice when our paychecks decrease or we have to pay much more for things like health insurance. Progressives, those who believe government should meet everybody’s needs, have been working to garner control over healthcare for generations. Obamacare is a big deal to them because it represents a major step toward government controlling our economy. Progressives started debate over Obamacare by promising to cover the 30 million to 45 million Americans who didn’t have health insurance for whatever reason. The easiest and most obvious solution would have been to expand Medicaid to cover those who couldn’t afford health insurance. However, progressives wanted something that included all Americans…except those in Congress and the White House…oh yeah, and those groups that supported progressives in elections should get exemptions from Obamacare, too. From the beginning Obamacare was never about providing insurance or healthcare to the neediest among us, but about controlling all Americans’ access to healthcare. My friend who has the small business has recently learned his premium is jumping 40 percent higher for healthcare coverage for him and his family due to Obamacare. He’s been satisfied with his coverage, but this huge increase due largely to mandates in Obamacare and not due to any changes in his life is another reason we should care about what they’re doing in Washington. What about those 30 million to 45 million among us who didn’t have health insurance? Apparently a significant percentage are not bothering to sign up for Obamacare, instead trusting to the “system” that’s always covered them when they’ve needed help. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands who were satisfied with their health insurance coverage are seeing huge increases in monthly premiums, and doubling or more of out-of-pocket deductibles, from $1,000 to more than $8,000 per year in some cases. Some are having their plans cancelled because the plans don’t meet new “standards” under Obamacare. Claiming to help those without health insurance, progressives have oppressed middle class Americans and thrown the health care system into a cesspool of counterproductive and ill-conceived mandates and regulations. Daniel L. Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at Daniel@ DanLGardner.com, or visit his website at http://www.danlgardner.com
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of Berlin A. Flowers, deceased, will be considered, and to show cause, if any,why the purported Last Will and Testament of the decedent should not be admitted to Probate andrecord as the true Last Will and Testament of the decedent, Berlin A. Flowers. This the 28th day of October, 2013. ALICE K. MARTIN Judge, Probate of Calhoun County, Alabama
cured by said mortgage, as well as, the expenses of foreclosure, including a reasonable attorney’s fee and other purposes as set out in said mortgage. Jimmy Hanson Mortgagee, Alan Hunt ALAN HUNT LLC 126 S Center Ave Piedmont AL 36272 (256) 447-0055 Attorney for Mortgagee.
Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate Piedmont Journal Calhoun Co., AL October 23, 30, November 6, 2013
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STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 31785 Piedmont Journal IN THE MATTER OF THE Calhoun Co., AL NOTICE TO ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE H. October 30, November 6, 13, DANNER, DECEASED CREDITORS 2013 Letters Testamentary on the STATE OF ALABAMA estate of JOSEPHINE H. DANCALHOUN COUNTY NER, deceased, having been NOTICE OF MORT- PROBATE COURT granted to CHARLES R. CASE NO. 31765 GAGE FORECLO- IN THE MATTER OF THE GLENN, the undersigned on October 18, 2013, by the HonSURE SALE ESTATE OF MILDRED L. orable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Default having been made in MCCURDY BUCHANAN, DE- Probate of said County, notice the payment of the indebted- CEASED is hereby given that all persons ness secured by that certain Letters Testamentary on the having claims against said esmortgage executed by Clyde L. estate of MILDRED L. tate, are hereby required to Davis Jr. and Gregory S. Davis MCCURDY BUCHANAN, de- present the same within the to Jimmy Hanson on the 1st ceased, having been granted time allowed by law, or the day of April, 2010, said mort- to DAVID MCCURDY, the un- same will be barred gage being recorded in Book dersigned on October 8, 2013, CHARLES R. GLENN, Person4578, Page 496, in the Office by the Honorable Alice K. Mar- al Representative of the Last of the Judge of Probate of Cal- tin, Judge of Probate of said Will and Testament of JOSEhoun County, Alabama; said County, notice is hereby given PHINE H. DANNER, Dedefault continuing, notice is that all persons having claims ceased. hereby given that the under- against said estate, are hereby Alice K. Martin signed, Jimmy Hanson, as required to present the same Judge of Probate Mortgagee, under and by virtue within the time allowed by law, of the power of sale contained or the same will be barred Piedmont Journal in said mortgage, will sell at DAVID MCCURDY, Personal Calhoun Co., AL public outcry to the highest bid- Representative of the Last Will October 30, November 6, 13, der for cash, at the main en- and Testament of MILDRED L. 2013 trance of the County Court MCCURDY BUCHANAN, DeHouse at Anniston, Calhoun ceased. County, Alabama, on the 20th Alice K. Martin NOTICE TO day of November, 2013, during Judge of Probate CREDITORS the legal hours of sale, the folSTATE OF ALABAMA lowing real estate, situated in Piedmont Journal CALHOUN COUNTY Calhoun County, Alabama, to- Calhoun Co., AL PROBATE COURT wit: Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, October 23, 30, November 6, CASE NO. 31794 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2013 IN THE MATTER OF THE 26, and 27, In Block “B” , Lot ESTATE OF MARION S. WAT22, less and except a 20x65 NOTICE TO SON, DECEASED cemetery, and lots 23, 24, 25, Letters Testamentary on the and 26, in Block “C”, and Lot CREDITORS estate of MARION S. WAT24 in Block “G”, of the W. L. STATE OF ALABAMA SON, deceased, having been Love Subdivision located in the CALHOUN COUNTY granted to RONALD L. ALLEN, Northeast Quarter of the North- PROBATE COURT the undersigned on October east Quarter of Section 5, CASE NO.31773 22, 2013, by the Honorable Township 13, Range 10, in IN THE MATTER OF THE Piedmont, Calhoun County, Al- ESTATE OF JAMIE GAIL CA- Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is abama. This property will be GLE, DECEASED sold on an “as is, where is” ba- Letters Testamentary on the hereby given that all persons sis, subject to any easement, estate of JAMIE GAIL CAGLE, having claims against said esencumbrances and exceptions deceased, having been grant- tate, are hereby required to reflected in the mortgage and ed to CHARLOTTE MCBUR- present the same within the those contained in the records NETT, the undersigned on Oc- time allowed by law, or the of the office of the Judge of tober 10, 2013, by the Honor- same will be barred. Probate of the county where able Alice K. Martin, Judge of RONALD L. ALLEN, Personal the above-described property Probate of said County, notice Representative of the Last Will is situated. This property will is hereby given that all persons and Testament of MARION S. be sold without warranty or re- having claims against said es- WATSON, Deceased course, expressed or implied tate, are hereby required to Alice K. Martin as to title, use and/or enjoy- present the same within the Judge of Probate ment and will be sold subject to time allowed by law, or the Piedmont Journal the right of redemption of all same will be barred. parties entitled thereto. This CHARLOTTE MCBURNETT, Calhoun Co., AL sale is made for the purpose of Last Will and Testament of JA- October 30, November 6 & 13, 2013 paying the indebtedness se- MIE GAIL CAGLE, Deceased The Piedmont Journal Calhoun Co., AL October 23, 30, November 6, 2013
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BERLIN A. FLOWERS, DECEASED IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA, CASE NUMBER: 31778 TO: PATRICK SHANE FLOWERS, 2670 State Highway 67, Blountsville, Alabama 3503; and RANDY K. FLOWERS, whereabouts unknown You will hereby take notice that on this day came Patricia F. Baker and produced to the Courta paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Berlin A. Flowers, deceased, andmoved the Court to admit the said Will to Probate and record in this Court. You are hereby notified to be and appear before me, at my office in the Courthouse of saidCounty, on the 20th day of November, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., when the Petition for Probate of the LastWill and Testament
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