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Members look at two new policies LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service At Tuesday’s Piedmont School Board meeting, members took a first look at two proposed policies that may be adopted next month to ensure the system is complying with legal requirements. The first policy, a Limited English Proficiency policy, would require educators to formally identify children who don’t understand the English language within the first 30 days of school. The second measure, a Cooperative Education policy, would set forth a framework for the system to begin an on-the-job training program, if officials decided to begin one.
The changes are being considered as the system prepares for a monitoring session with the Alabama Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical Education next week, said Superintendent Matt Akin. Akin said Piedmont was selected at random by the office for the monitoring session, for which state monitors will be on campus for one day to review policies that pertain to the system’s career and technical programs. The proposed policy additions, and a proposed change to other policies, were recommended at a premonitoring session with employees of the state office, Akin said. The proposed insert is three paragraphs long and
would be applied to six policies designed to ensure the schools’ employees and students receive equal opportunities. It states that the school system does not discriminate and lists people to contact regarding anti-discrimination policies. “It’s a way of showing the state we are providing a service to those students and how we are providing that service,” Akin said, referencing the language program. “It’s in line with what we’ve already been doing for years.” ■ See POLICIES, page 3
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Council mulling decision on Internet LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service
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Venecia Butler is proud of Spring Garden, PHS, JCA students
Venecia Benefield Butler was once a teenager. She knows how they can sometimes get distracted and not think about the more important things in life. She doesn’t believe that rings true with teenagers in Jacksonville, Piedmont and Spring Garden who have stepped up to the plate to help those affected by cancer. Butler is leading the effort to make life easier for cancer patients. She’s formed Venecia’s Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides aid, support and comfort to cancer patients and their patients. Butler knows what it’s like to have cancer, and she knows how it affects a family. She’s battled it four times herself. The foundation does a number of things, including providing bags with helpful items to cancer patients. The bags include soft blankets, comedy DVDs, chap stick, gift cards, toothbrushes, queasy drops, crossword puzzle books, lotion, neck wrap and hydrating socks. “These are some thing I know would help in chemo,” she said. “I also want to make sure every chemo chair has a portable DVD player and headphones.” Butler said she appreciates those teenagers and sponsors who have helped out recently. Spring Garden’s cheerleaders gave their share money from twoPUfootball games to Venecia’s Foundation. 666000999999 MAG 80 NBAR .0104 BWA -0.0015
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“We split the pot,” said cheerleader sponsor Christina Howard. “People buy a ticket for $1 at the games and, at halftime, we draw and whoever has the winning ticket gets half the money collected from the game. Usually cheerleaders get the other half. But we donated money, about $325, from two of the games to go to the foundation. The girls were very excited about doing it. They wanted to be able to take a part and help out.” Spring Garden’s FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) sponsor Mandy Pope is proud of her students for their work in helping the foundation. They made a special effort to collect items for the chemo bags, donated money and worked at a 5K race to benefit the foundation. “We like helping people,” said Pope. “That’s part of our club’s job is helping people in our community.” The Piedmont High School Honor Society had several fund-raisers, including a one at Wal-Mart in Centre where they sold t-shirts. As shoppers entered the store, the students gave them a list of items needed for the chemo bags. They were happy with the number who purchased the items. Meg Crane, honor society sponsor, said she’s proud of the students for helping. ■ See HELPING, page 4
The Piedmont City Council heard a pitch this week from a school official on why they should help pay for home Internet service for students, but members haven’t yet committed. The pitch Tuesday came from schools Superintendent Matt Akin, who made a long-delayed presentation to the council on Tuesday, asking that the city resume monthly $6,250 payments for a citywide wireless network to connect to students’ school-issued laptops. Akin said the network is crucial to the school system’s three-yearold program to issue laptops to all students in grades four through 12 as part of a plan to change the way schools work and improve student performance. The council heard him out, but has yet to commit. On Friday, he told The Star he was confident the council will come to the school system’s aid. “We have established and are establishing a good relationship with the city,” Akin said. “I am very positive moving forward that they are going to be a partner.” Some city leaders seem to agree, but have not explicitly said they would vote to restore the funding. “We’re a small town,” said Mayor Bill Baker Wednesday. “If we can give our kids a good education, I think we need to continue spending money in that area.” Councilwoman Mary Bramblett during the council meeting offered a positive response to Akin’s presentation. “I think the schools are the best thing Piedmont has going for it,” she said. Councilman Frank Cobb questioned the proposal at Tuesday’s meeting, saying the city is cashstrapped and struggling to repair other basic city services. And, he said, the city needs to be sure it doesn’t neglect its other responsibilities. “I worry every day we’re not ■ See INTERNET, page 4
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The real killer of teens: underage drinking
In recent years, there has been significant emphasis on warning people about the dangers of texting and driving and rightfully so. The number of accidents caused by texting is alarming. However, the primary culprit for accidents among young people is still due to underage drinking. Surveys reveal that 40 percent of Alabama students in grades 9-12 have had one or more drinks within the past month. By age 18 more than 17 percent of teens have taken a drink of alcohol. In Alabama 41 percent of young people ages 18-20, still illegal drinkers, say they have engaged in dangerous binge drinking. The measure for binge drinking is when they have at least five drinks on the same occasion. Among all college students, 61 percent are drinkers and 40 percent are binge drinkers. Again, most of these college students are under age 21 so they are illegal drinkers as well. Binge drinking is especially dangerous. They are 14 times
Board administrator, Mac Gipson, is launching a new program targeting both underage and binge drinking. They are Steve it, “Underage Under Flowers calling Arrest.” Alabama is one of seventeen states that are control states. In other words they are the wholesaler, retailer, Inside The Statehouse and regulator of all alcoholic beverages in Alabama. The more likely to drive drunk than ABC board is responsible non-binge drinkers. The cost for enforcing all alcohol and of underage and binge drinking drug laws in the state. Mac is amazing. Nationwide about Gipson and associate admin5,000 people under age 21 die istrator, William Thigpen, are from alcohol related car crashes, former legislators and are doing homicides, suicides, and accian excellent job overseeing this dents. In one year more than very important agency. They 180,000 people under age 21 are being joined in their effort went to emergency rooms for by Mothers Against Drunk alcohol related injuries. Among Driving (“MADD”) and the older college students, Alabama Citizens Action ages 18-24, nearly 600,000 were Program (“ALCAP”). injured while under the influence ALCAP is an interdenominaof alcohol. More than three mil- tional ministry that works with lion students drove while under the churches of Alabama. They the influence of alcohol in 2009. have been an integral part of These staggering statismaking Alabama a more moral tics are the reason that the place to live. Indeed in their Alabama Beverage Control Mission Statement they strive
to be “Alabama’s Moral Compass.” ALCAP has a long history of working with the legislature to advocate moral issues. The organization was actually derived from the prohibition era of the 1920’s and, at that time, was called the Alabama Temperance Alliance. Its goal was to keep Alabama free from alcohol consumption. Today they still diligently adhere to fighting alcohol, tobacco, drugs and any other related addictive behavior in Alabama. The Reverend Dan Ireland spent forty years working the halls of the State House on behalf of ALCAP. He was beloved by everyone even though they might not always agree or vote with him. He must have felt like he was in the Lion’s Den while working with the legislature over those four decades. The Reverend Dan was an Alabama Baptist preacher for more than sixty years. Besides his heading ALCAP, he served as a pastor at churches in Birmingham, LaFayette,
Hueytown, Huffman, Fort Payne, and Huntsville. Dr. Dan retired a few years ago. Following in his footsteps has been the very able and diligent Dr. Joe Godfrey. He took over as Executive Director about six years ago. Godfrey pastored churches in Alabama for 27 years before ascending to the leadership of ALCAP. He is doing a yeoman’s effort to uphold moral issues the same way Dr. Dan did. Hopefully, this underage binge drinking campaign will produce results and save lives in our state. Our good doctor governor, Robert Bentley, is an ally for ALCAP. During his eightyear tenure in the legislature he proved to be an advocate on all ALCAP’s issues. Dr. Bentley is a longtime deacon in his Tuscaloosa Baptist church. 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
Stars over my head and under my feet Recently, I discovered a wonderful secret that everyone can enjoy. I saw it while on a night hike as a member of the Anniston Outdoor Association. We hiked to Sweetwater Lake in Talladega National Forest to hear a lecture while viewing stars. What we found were stars beneath our feet. Well, they weren’t exactly stars, but they were as lovely. They were, of all things, spider eyes. There were 16 men, women, and children walking in a line along a path that meandered alongside a creek. I wore my new LED headlamp. I pointed it downward in order to spot rocks or tree roots to avoid. A few feet from the trail, among the fallen leaves, I saw what I thought, at first, were water droplets. I stood still and noticed that they were moving. I bent over and looked
Sherry Kughn Sherry-Go-Round closer. The glittering dots reflecting my light were from the eyes of countless spiders. I told those closest to me about the discovery, and they, also, became excited about seeing a sparkly forest floor. Those without LED lights could not see them, so we shared our LED lights with each other. After we trekked onward, we finally arrived at a meadow and heard a Jacksonville State
University instructor and an informed AOA member tell us all about the constellations. Then, we hiked back to the return vehicles. As soon as I arrived back home, I searched the Internet to learn more about spider eyes on forest floors. Other people, it seemed, had made similar discoveries, how reflective of light spider eyes are. Also, some people had seen the sparkling forest floor and enjoyed the view. Just this past weekend, I attended a Christmas party (yes, even before Thanksgiving). I was asking a couple of friends there to guess what kind of sparkles we saw on the forest floor. “It was spider eyes,” one guest piped up. “I’ve seen them in the forest, and they are beautiful.” So, the secret is out, and now even more
nature lovers will know to purchase an LED light and strike out for the nearest leaf-strew florest. They’ll watch the star-like beauty a distance from their feet, quite a treat. I must mention the purpose of our trip – the stars. We had worried as we walked that the cloud cover was too thick. But, after we exited the bower of overhead trees, we found a clear, cold night with stars as thick as glitter on a greeting card. We saw the Milky Way and heard the tales of Orion, the great hunter, and other mythological people. A starry sky is in constant motion, we learn, changing with the seasons, which is why we can see certain constellations at times and not at others. Our instructors used a laser pointer to identify the stars, aiming its red beam into the heavens.
Of course, they were careful not to point the laser at any passing airplanes. After all, it’s against the law. Everyone was enthusiastic and kept asking questions. Even more importantly, though, than what we saw, was the fun we had. We learned new things, ate pizza and crispy s’mores, made new friends, and exercised. Also, we spared special camaraderie, encouraging and assisting one another. For those who might be interested in joining the Anniston Outdoor Association, go on the Internet search for it. Read about how to become a member. Keith Hudson is a great director, and he has events planned for the remainder each month of the year. Email Sherry at sherrykug@ hotmail.com
Let’s consider some solutions
Reading several blogs and websites, and listening to some of my readers, I’ve heard the complaint that conservatives can point out all the problems, but haven’t offered any solutions. Let’s consider some solutions. The 2008 elections put Democrats solidly in control of both houses of Congress and the White House. Putting one party in control of Washington is a problem all by itself. Fortunately the 2010 elections produced a partial solution to that problem when the Republicans retook the House with an influx of TEA Party representatives. During the two years Democrats were fully in control of writing the Affordable Care Act, conservatives pointed out problem areas. You may remember the photo op where President Obama invited congressional leaders to the White House to discuss aspects of Obamacare. Eric Cantor pointed out chapter and verse of where the law would cause millions of those who liked their health insurance to lose their insurance. Obama’s response? Elections have consequences. Democrats weren’t interested in changing parts of the law that would force insurance companies to cancel coverage for millions of Americans. Ironically, now that Obamacare is forcing insurance companies to cancel policies for millions of their cus-
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tomers (as conservatives have said would happen since 2009 before passage of the Daniel bill) Senate Democrats Gardner who have to run for office in 2014 have begun asking President Obama to do what conservatives have been My Thoughts asking since 2010, i.e. delay the individual mandate. In fact, you may remember when Republicans forced the issue during debates over the budget and debt ceiling. No Democrats supported delaying the individual mandate, and the failure to find common ground led to the partial (15 percent) government shutdown. All but the most ideological progressives acknowledge Obamacare is full of problems. Sure Obamacare has some good points: no lifetime cap, no pre-existing conditions, keeping children on parents’ plans until age 26, etc. Nobody opposes “good” parts of the law. The problem: progressive Democrats passed the 2,300-page law filled with ideological provisions and absent any Republican input; and, the Obama bureaucracy has written more than 17,000 pages of regulations which will be enforced by the IRS and six other federal agencies. Elections have consequences. What solution could possibly undo this problem? A doctor suggested to me that if everyone in America
cancelled his or her own health insurance on the same day, government and insurance companies would come up with real solutions. A businessman suggested forming an organization of 10,000 small businesses to force Washington to make changes that helped businesses and the 60-80 percent of us who work for these businesses. Frankly, I see no solutions to problems in Washington, particularly the ill-written Obamacare that is killing full-time employment and adversely affecting more Americans’ healthcare coverage than not. On a personal note, I enjoyed the Billy Graham special aired on a variety of networks this past week. While I see no hope of slowing Washington’s encroachment into every area of our lives any time soon, I do believe God will deliver those of us who trust in Him. Who knows whether God is using overbearing government interference in our personal lives to teach us to trust Him to meet our needs? 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 Feel free to interact with him on the Clarion-Ledger feature blog site blogs.clarionledger. com/dgardner/
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Obituaries BRADLEY Piedmont - Funeral services for Mildred Faulkner Bradley, 92, were held Friday, November 8, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. William Cain and Chaplin Craig Sitz officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Bradley passed away on Tuesday at Jacksonville Health and Rehab. Survivors include her sons, Steve Bradley (Edwina) of Jacksonville, and Leon Bradley of Weaver; two sisters, Madge Faulkner Goodwin of Piedmont, and Frankie Faulkner Coheely of Piedmont; four grandchildren, Stephen Bradley, Lacey Bradley Ward (Andy), Jana Bradley Gleaton (Kerry), and Will Bradley; seven great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Dalton Bradley (Sara) of Glen-
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coe; several nieces and nephews and two granddogs, Poncho and Sister. Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. Mrs. Bradley was a resident of Piedmont and a member of the First Baptist Church of Piedmont for over 50 years. She was a member of the Ester Fideles Sunday School Class. She was a retired textile worker and was preceded in death by her husband, Willard L Bradley; three brothers, Bob Faulkner, Joe Faulkner and Harry Faulkner, and a sister, Hazel Gladden. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Comfort Care Hospice, Jacksonville Health and Rehab, and Angle Mission from Iron City Baptist Church. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the Piedmont Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 333, Piedmont, AL 36272. www.thompsonfuneralhomepiemont.com.
• Dailey Street Baptist Church will have a Thanksgiving Revival beginning Sunday, November 17th at 5 p.m. with the Rev. Jerry Stewart of Philadelphia Baptist Church. The Philadelphia church choir will sing that evening. Services Monday, Nov. 18th through Thursday, Nov. 21st will begin at 6:30 p.m. nightly. Guest preachers will be: Monday - Rev. Ryan Shubert; Tuesday & Wednesday- Rev. Jeff McElroy of New Oak Grove BC; and Thursday - Rev. Marlon Greenwood. There will be special singing each night. For more information please call the church office at 256-4476301. • 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 • 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 447-8258, ext. 232. Refreshments will be provided.
Police Nov. 4 • Possession of a forged instrument II. Officers investigated 13 checks forged between July 1 and Nov. 1 against a Wells Fargo Bank account. Nov. 5 • Interference with custody. A 25-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on Caldwell Street at 7:25 a.m. Nov. 7 • Theft of property I. An 80-year-old male reported the theft of a Tran Heat pump valued at $4,000 that occurred on North Fifth Avenue between July 31 and Oct. 10. Nov. 10 • Domestic violence II. A 35-year-old male reported an incident that occurred at Country Corner at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 9.
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He added that the system Staff Writer Laura Gaddy: does not have a cooperative 256-235-3544. On Twitter @ education plan, and said LGaddy_Star. that it doesn’t have plans to implement one. The draft 81 Crestview Dr. • policy, if adopted, could help ensure any such program was implemented fairly if officials there decide to add one in the future, he said. The school board received a copy of the policy Tuesday, and postponed a vote to give the public a chance comment on it before it votes on the measures next month, Akin said.
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Teresa Christopher, Piedmont High School secretary since 1996, has been selected by the faculty of PHS to be the Staff Member of the Year. For her recognition, Mrs. Christopher received a $100 check from Dr. Staley Colvert of Family Dentistry and a $100 gift card from First Educators Credit Union. Pictured: Mrs. Teresa Christopher (center) and her office aides.
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going to have enough money to pay our employees,” Cobb said. In April 2012 the city began paying $6,250 per month as part of a $30,000 monthly plan to provide all students with wireless Internet service at home and elsewhere in the school district. The largest portion of that monthly cost was paid for with an $867,0000 Federal Communications Commission grant. The city in 2011 agreed to kick in $200,000 for the project. Most of the Internet service was provided by Wetumpka-based Information Transportation Services. The company used some city-owned cables to supply the service and agreed to pay the city $6,500 per month for use of those cables. The city in turn provided $6,250 of that to the school system to help cover its portion of the service fees. The city stopped making those payments to the school system a year ago at the request of former Mayor Rick Freeman, said City Clerk Michelle Franklin. In August, Freeman attributed the city stopping the payment to a line item being omitted from the budget. The grant that paid for the rest of the service ran out in March. Akin has said he hoped the schools would be able to use the city’s $6,250 monthly payments to continue providing at-home access for students after the grant ran out. In Tuesday’s pitch, the superintendent detailed the academic gains the system has made since it began issuing laptops to students in 2010. Akin says students need to be able to access the Internet from home to do homework and to get the most out of new teaching methods based on digital devices. Each student in grades four through 12 take home the laptops, which teachers use to help students advance to new topics as soon as they grasp academic concepts. Since the technology program began, Piedmont’s schools have been recognized as state and national leaders in education innovation. Students’ scores on standardized tests have also increased since the project’s launch. The Internet service was discontinued in July, but restored in August when school resumed at a lower monthly cost of $20,500 that the school system negotiated with ITS. The system has been picking up that reduced tab for the Internet for students who live inside the district. Students who live outside the district have been given the option to pay $15 per month for a separate connection if their children are on free and reduced lunch and $40 monthly if their children are not on free and reduced lunch. At the beginning of the school year, the city agreed to supply the $6,250 payment for one month to turn the service back on. After that, Akin was expected to brief the council so it could decide whether to reinstate the payment permanently. That meeting was delayed until this week. The council next meets at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Council Chambers, 312 North Center Ave. Staff Writer Laura Gaddy: 256-235-3544. On Twitter @ LGaddy_Star
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Aaron Studdard, science teacher at Piedmont High School for the past ten years, was selected by the faculty as the Teacher of the Year. For his recognition, Coach Studdard received a $100 check from Dr. D. Duane Mohon of Eye Care Alabama and a $100 gift card from First Educators Credit Union. Pictured: Coach Aaron Studdard (center) with one of his science classes.
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“They continue to amaze me,” she said. Here they were at 7:45 on a Saturday morning out trying to help. They’re a very selfless group of students. It makes me really proud.” Jacksonville Christian Academy Honor Society sponsor Jeff Moore, is equally proud of that school’s students for helping the foundation. At the 5K run on Oct. 5, the students helped serve breakfast, man the trail and direct traffic. “We just did whatever we needed to do,” he said. We were glad to help.” The Jacksonville State University softball team handed out drinks during the race. Butler said she already knew how her own teenagers react to cancer. Now, it’s showed her how other teens react. “I want to acknowledge these teenagers for thinking about somebody other than themselves,” said Butler. “I thought they were awesome. At the race, I just basically showed up. As far as the planning and organization, Brittany Heath Wilson and Randy Wilson and so many other volunteers made it happen. But Brittany was the master mind. She’s the one who put it all together and got it going. We had about 150 runners and walkers for the very first one. We’re hoping to have more next year.” Butler said over $2500 was brought in from the run, which means that volunteers are able to pack more chemo bags. “There’s still 200 patients in our area who go to Anniston or Gadsden,” she said. “We’ll get bags to them before Christmas.” Butler welcomes anyone who wants to donate to or help pack the bags. She can be reached by email at veneciabutler@gmail.com or telephone at 452-5145. Her book, “I’ve Got to Get Some Things Off My Chest,” can be purchased for $15 by sending a check to Venecia’s Foundation, P. O. Box 572, Piedmont 36272. T-shirts are also available. Butler is available to speak to churches, schools, groups or organizations. “I’m grateful for any support anyone gives to the foundation,” she said. “It’s a very worthy cause.” (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)
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Paula Hogan Vincent’s dreams when she was attending school in Cleburne County were to become a nurse. She realized that dream. But it took more years than she would have thought for it to happen. Paula’s parents were World War II sweethearts. Her mother was from Sloatsburg, N Y., and her father was from Edwardsville in Cleburne County. He was stationed at Fort Dix, N, J. Paula was born in Tuxedo, N. Y. After the war, her parents lived in New York until she was 12. Then, they moved to Edwardsville. Paula had visited Edwardsville every summer while she lived in New York, so she was familiar with it and enjoyed her relatives there. Still, she wasn’t happy about leaving New York. “At first it was difficult because there weren’t as many children in the area, but once I got used to it, it was fine and I loved it,” she said. Paula married young, had three children and found herself a single mother. She worked two jobs to support her daughters. Once they reached adulthood, she began to make her dream come true. She enrolled at then Ayers State Technical College to study to become a licensed practical nurse. “I was a late bloomer,” she said. “I didn’t start until my children were older. My girls were everything to me. Raising a family put it back for a little bit, but it was worth it.” Paula has worked at Piedmont Healthcare Center for the past 15 years. “I can’t think of anything I’d rather be than a nurse,” she said. “I’m really blessed. I love working with the elderly, and that makes it twice the blessing.” Paul’s daughter April Brown and her husband Jimmy live in Cleburne County. They have six children. Pam Brown and her companion Derek Wilson also live in Cleburne County. They have five children. Sherry Turner and her husband Christopher live in Jacksonville. They have three children. Paula has 14 grand-
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Paula Hogan Vincent helps patient Forrest Ray at Piedmont Health Care. Forrest said that she has never seen a more efficient or kinder nurse than Paula and she looks forward to seeing her every morning when she wakes. children and six great-grandchildren. Paula’s sister and best friend, Linda Owens, lives in the family homeplace in Edwardsville. Paula and her companion John Cavender do woodwork. They make small jewelry boxes, porches, yard furniture, free standing swings, rockers and birdhouse. “I did some woodwork before I met John, but not on as large a scale,” she said. “The first thing I made was a toy box for my girls a long time ago.” She and John display their items in the yard to sell at their home, 5595 Highway N., between Piedmont and Jacksonville. Their home is on the right, coming out of Piedmont, just after the four-lane highway begins.
Living with them is their 2-year-old long-haired Chihuahua, Gigi. Paula is a Louis Lamour fan. She also likes historical romance and history books as well as trivia. “I just like to read,” she said. “If it sounds interesting, I’ll read it.” As a child, she watched and often helped her grandmother cook. That’s when she realized that she enjoyed it. “John and I both cook,” she said. “He’s a good cook. We cook on a nightly basis. We usually do our big cooking on our days off.” Paula enjoys preparing Gooey Butter Cake, Creamy Chicken and Nacho Bake. (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)
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Piedmont passes first playoff test; now it’s on the road to Deshler
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It’s the twelfth week of the 2013 high school football season in Alabama and for Piedmont, in the words of the noted sports philosopher Lawrence P. Berra, “It’s like déjà vu, all over again.” For the second time in as many years, the Bulldogs (101) travel to Tuscumbia Friday for a second-round clash with the Deshler Tigers. For the second year in a row, coach John Mothershed’s team finished the regular season 7-3 then won its initial playoff game and the host role in the second round. Last year, Deshler ended Piedmont’s hopes of an undefeated season and a second state championship with a 28-6 victory. Piedmont coach Steve Smith said Tuesday that on offense Deshler will again employ its familiar wing-T. Justin Cantrell, last year’s quarterback who had two long touchdown passes against the Bulldogs, is gone but replacing him is 6-foot-2 transfer Sam Howard. Howard had a pair of touchdowns passes in Deshler’s firstround win at New Hope. On the receiving end of both of Howard’s touchdown tosses was B.J. Bailey who had a 40-yard scoring reception against the Bulldogs last year. Familiar faces return in the Deshler backfield in running backs Chandler Brown and Terrance Byrd. Byrd ran for over 100 yards and two touchdowns against Piedmont in 2012. The Tigers have made some changes on defense. “They were a four-man front last year, played 4-3. This year, they’ve been playing some 3-3 stack and some 3-4 and mixing in a little four-man front,” Smith said. “They’ve been kind of multiple on defense.” There are familiar faces on the defensive side, too. Linebackers Taj Bates and LaDrelin Cheatum return as do linemen DeAndre Acklin and Jansen McKinney. McKinney is a massive 6-foot-3 and 335 pounds. The Bulldogs were their own worst enemies in last year’s loss. Although they had 15 plays of 10 yards or more on offense they also had negative plays on 13 snaps. A blocked punt led to Byrd’s first touchdown run and Piedmont later had three turnovers. “I think offensively we need to stay away from negative plays and long-yardage situations. … Just like it always is in close ball games, you can’t have turnovers and mistakes on special teams and we had a healthy dose of both last year,” Smith said. To reach the second round, Piedmont blanked visiting Winfield 38-0 last Friday. The shutout was the third of the year for the Bulldogs. Senior defensive lineman Exavyer Jackson led the stellar defensive effort with 14 tackles. That total included four quarterback sacks and another tackle behind the line of scrimmage. Jackson also caused a fumble. All while battling a stomach virus during the day and during the game. “He was sick as a dog last week,” Smith said. “He just gutted it out…. X just had an exceptional game.” Linebacker Neonta Alexander and safety Tyler Lusk each recorded 10 tackles. Linebacker Taylor Hayes had one tackle for lost yards and eight other stops. End Tre Reese and linebacker Jaret Prater each had seven tackles. Reese’s total included three sacks and one additional tackle behind the line and Prater had one tackle for loss. Nose tackle Ryan Kirk and cornerback Cody Daughtry
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Piedmont’s Bayley Blanchard tries to get away from a defender during last week’s opening round of the playoffs. each made six tackles. Linebacker Jacob Clark and safety Bayley Blanchard had five tackles apiece. Mitchell Bennefield and Chase Keener each made four tackles. Keener and Easton Kirk each broke up a pass. Dalton Barber and Darnell Jackson had three tackles apiece and Jackson had an interception. Colton Donaldson had two tackles, including a sack. Austin Brazier and Couy Taylor each made two tackles. Piedmont led Winfield 10-0 at halftime then put the game away with four touchdowns in the third quarter. The Bulldogs needed just two plays to score after taking the second half kickoff. Darnell Jackson picked up six yards on a speed sweep. Tyler Lusk came into the game at quarterback, faked another speed sweep then threw deep to C.J. Savage down the visitors’ sideline. The scoring play covered 72-yards.
Winfield went three-and-out with the punt rolling to a stop at the Piedmont 25-yard line. Overcoming a holding penalty and aided by a pass interference call, the Bulldogs covered the distance in just two minutes. A 27-yard run by Darnell Jackson and a 14-yard gain on a pass from Ty Sparks to Alexander helped get the ball to the Pirates’ 14. From there, Lusk returned to quarterback, rolled right then threw back to Savage on a screen that Savage took the distance. The Pirates ran three more plays, all for negative yardage, and punted again. This time there was no roll and Piedmont took over at the Winfield 44. Runs of 13 yards by Sparks and 14 by Darnell Jackson set up Sparks’ 15-yard touchdown pass to Daughtry who made a leaping catch at the goal-line pylon. ■ See PIEDMONT, page 8
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With 17 seconds to play in the third quarter, Winfield turned the ball over on downs at the Piedmont 37. The first play was a speed sweep to Spears. Moving left to right, he took advantage of blocks by Savage and Darnell Jackson at the corner then used his state-champion sprinter speed to cover the 63 yards. With five seconds left in the third quarter, Piedmont led 38-0. “I thought the second half we did a much better job of stretching the field, spreading them out a little bit with the motion stuff helping with the stunting they were doing,” Smith said. “I think that was a big key. Having that threat of handing it on a speed sweep to Denard kind of neutralizes a lot of what people want to do, on the outside part in particular.” The opening kickoff went to Winfield and the Pirates gained some momentum when they picked up two quick first downs. Then Winfield threw downfield and Darnell Jackson intercepted for Piedmont at the Piedmont 8. Piedmont punted twice before a 30-yard punt return by Savage took the ball to the Winfield 20. The drive stalled but kicker Easton Kirk came to the rescue with a 32-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter for a 3-0 lead. Kirk also made all five extra points. With seven minutes remaining in the second quarter, Winfield’s 39-yard field goal attempt was just short and Piedmont got the ball at the Piedmont 20. Carries of 14 yards by Alexander, 13 by Darnell Jackson and 32 yards by Sparks got the ball to the Pirates’ 8. On fourth-andgoal, Exavyer Jackson scored on a 2-yard run to give Piedmont its 10-0 halftime lead. Darnell Jackson led the rushing attack with 108 yards on 10 carries. Spears ran four times for 70 yards. Sparks had five runs for 32 yards. Trevaughn Carpenter gained 16 yards, Reese and Blanchard each rushed for 15 yards, Alexander 14 and Prater 11. Overall, the Bulldogs rushed for 299 yards on 39 carries. Through the air, Sparks was 5-for-8 for 50 yards. Lusk was 2-for-3 for 86 yards. Savage caught three passes for 99 yards. Spears had two receptions for eight yards. Daughtry’s touchdown pass of 15 yards was his only catch. Alexander had one catch for 14 yards.
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CDL grads welcome! ried man, to Mortgage Elec1-888-928-6011 www.To- tronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee talMS.com. _________________________ for Amerigroup Mortgage CorDRIVERS: RUN FB with WTI. poration, a Division of MortBe home through the week and gage Investors Corporation, on weekends. Start up to 28% the 9th day of March, 2004, plus fuel bonus. New equip- said mortgage recorded in the ment. BCBS. Experience need- Office of the Judge of Probate ed. LP available. Call of Calhoun County, Alabama, in MORT Book 4226, Page 1-877-693-1305. (R) _________________________ 756; said mortgage having NEW CAREER - CDL training. subsequently been transferred Jobs available if qualified. Call and assigned to EverBank, by today - start tomorrow! WIA, instrument recorded in , in the VA, Post-9/11 G.I. Bill & Re- aforesaid Probate Office; the hab. ESD TDS, LLC. undersigned EverBank, as 1-866-432-0430. www.ESDs- Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of chool.com. (R) _________________________ sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry HELP WANTED-TRADES HEAVY EQUIPMENT operator to the highest bidder for cash, training! Bulldozers, backhoes, in front of the main entrance of excavators. 3 week hands on the Courthouse at Anniston, program. Local job placement Calhoun County, Alabama, on assistance. National certifica- December 16, 2013, during the tions. GI Bill benefits eligible. legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and 1-866-362-6497. _________________________ to the following described real estate, situated in Calhoun LAND FOR SALE BANK REPOSSESSION County, Alabama, to-wit: oversized lake lot $49,900. Di- Lot 1 and 2, Block 26, as rect water frontage. Estab- shown on the map or plat of lished waterfront community on Saks Addition “C” to the North Smith Lake with all utilities in Anniston Realty Company Plat, recorded in Plat Book 1, at place. Call 1-877-452-8406. _________________________ Page 89, in the Office of the Probate Judge of Calhoun LAND FOR SALE STREAM FRONT land bar- County, Alabama, situated, lygain! 1.7 acre wooded corner ing and being in Calhoun parcel in Blue Ridge Mtns. 390’ County, Alabama. on crystal clear stream, natural THIS PROPERTY WILL BE year-round spring. Paved road, SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE municipal water, utilities, mild IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY ENCUMrestrictions - RV friendly. Was EASEMENTS, AND EXCEP$69,900 now, $27,900. Excel- BRANCES,
TIONS 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. EverBank, Mortgagee/Transferee Rebecca Redmond SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. P. O. Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee www.sirote.com/foreclosures 301255
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Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedNOTICE TO ness secured by that certain NOTICE TO mortgage executed by ShanCREDITORS non D. Cupp and wife, Jennifer STATE OF ALABAMA CREDITORS Cupp, to Regions Mortgage, CALHOUN COUNTY STATE OF ALABAMA Inc., on the 17th day of March, PROBATE COURT CALHOUN COUNTY 2003, said mortgage recorded CASE NO. 31785 PROBATE COURT in the Office of the Judge of IN THE MATTER OF THE Probate of Calhoun County, ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE H. CASE NO. 31812 IN THE MATTER OF THE Alabama, in Mortgage Book DANNER, DECEASED 4150, Page 474; said mort- Letters Testamentary on the ESTATE OF MERLINE HARgage having subsequently estate of JOSEPHINE H. DAN- RISON, DECEASED been transferred and assigned NER, deceased, having been Letters of Administration on the to EverBank, by instrument re- granted to CHARLES R. estate of MERLINE HARRIcorded in Mortgage Book GLENN, the undersigned on SON, deceased, having been 4515, Page 101, in the afore- October 18, 2013, by the Hon- granted to the undersigned on said Probate Office; the under- orable Alice K. Martin, Judge of November 1, 2013, by the signed EverBank, as Mortgag- Probate of said County, notice Honorable Alice K. Martin, ee/Transferee, under and by is hereby given that all persons Judge of Probate of said virtue of the power of sale con- having claims against said es- County, notice is hereby given tained in said mortgage, will tate, are hereby required to that all persons having claims sell at public outcry to the high- present the same within the against said estate, are hereby est bidder for cash, in front of time allowed by law, or the required to present the same within the time allowed by law, the main entrance of the Court- same will be barred house at Anniston, Calhoun CHARLES R. GLENN, Person- or the same will be barred. County, Alabama, on January al Representative of the Last RICHARD HARRISON, Per13, 2014, during the legal Will and Testament of JOSE- sonal Representative of the hours of sale, all of its right, ti- PHINE H. DANNER, De- Estate of MERLINE HARRISON, Deceased tle, and interest in and to the ceased. Alice K. Martin following described real estate, Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate situated in Calhoun County, Judge of Probate Alabama, to-wit: Piedmont Journal Beginning at a point 6.62 feet Piedmont Journal Calhoun Co., AL North of Station 109 + 99 2 of Calhoun Co., AL November 13, 20, 27, 2013 S. A. C. P. 213B; thence North October 30, November 6, 13, 3 degrees 01 minutes East 2013 NOTICE TO along the East right of way of Saks Road a distance of 58.65 NOTICE TO CREDITORS feet to a point; thence North 37 STATE OF ALABAMA degrees 47 minutes East a disCREDITORS CALHOUN COUNTY The Piedmont Journal tance of 65.10 feet to a point; STATE OF ALABAMA PROBATE COURT Calhoun Co., AL thence North 76 degrees 52 CALHOUN COUNTY CASE NO. 31802 November 6, 13, 20, 2013 IN THE MATTER OF THE minutes East a distance of PROBATE COURT ESTATE OF W.G. CROWE, feet along the South CASE NO. 31794 MORTGAGE FORE- 195.21 DECEASED right of way of Glade Road to a IN THE MATTER OF THE Testamentary on the CLOSURE SALE point; thence South 0 degrees ESTATE OF MARION S. WAT- Letters estate of W.G. CROWE, deDefault having been made in 30 minutes East a distance of SON, DECEASED ceased, having been granted the payment of the indebted- 174.7 feet to a point; thence in Letters Testamentary on the to LINDA N. CARTER, the unHUGEby2-DAY HUGE AUCTION ness secured that PUBLIC certain AUCTION a westerly direction a distance estate of2-DAY MARION S.PUBLIC WAT- dersigned on October 25, Huge Contractors Auction feet to point of begin- SON, deceased, havingHuge mortgage executed by Equipment Thomas& Truck of 238.67 Contractors Equipment & Truck Auction been 2013, by the Honorable Alice E. Slick and Cathy Slick, hus- ning;thsituated, lying and being granted to RONALD L. ALLEN, K. Martin, Judge ofthProbate of Wednesday, Nov. 20 & Wednesday, Nov. 20 & band and wife, to Mortgage in Northwest Quarter of South- the undersigned on October said County, notice is hereby st given thatth all persons having Electronic Registration west •Quarter Honorable Nov. Thurs., Nov. 21Sys, 2013 9am of Section 18, 22, 2013, by the Thursday, 21 , 2013 • 9am tems, Inc.1042 acting solely as Township Pro- claims against said estate, are Holland Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippi 15 South, Range 8 Alice K. Martin, Judge of 1042 Holland Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippi required to present the nominee for Noble Bank & East, Calhoun County, Ala- bate of said County, notice is hereby same Trucks, withinTrailers, the time Trucks,day Truckof Tractors, Specialty 1: Selling Day 1: Selling Trucks, Farmallowed Trust, Day N.A., on Dump the 28th bama. herebyDump given thatTruck all Tractors, personsSpecialty by law, or the same will be Trucks, said Trailers,mortgage Farm Tractors, Farming February, 2007, THIS Equip., PROPERTY WILL BE Tractors, 1-ton Trucks, Pickups, Vehicles, Antique Vehicles, Mowers, having claims against said esbarred. Pickups, Mowers ON AN “AS IS, WHERE recorded in1-ton theTrucks, Office of Vehicles, the SOLD tate, are Vehicles, hereby Related required to LINDA CARTER, Personal Recreational Attachments, Misc.N. Items Construction Equip., Service Trucks, Logging JudgeDayof2: Selling Probate of Calhoun IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY present the same within the Representative of the Last Will Equip., Support Equip., Attachments, Airplane Day 2: Selling All-types of Construction Equip., Support Equip., Service Trucks, County, Alabama, in Mort Book EASEMENTS, ENCUM- time allowed by law, or the and Testament of W.G. Water Trucks, Fuel & Lube Trucks, Generators, Logging Equipment, Deanco Auction CROWE, Deceased 4421, Page 413; said mort- BRANCES, AND EXCEP- same will be barred. Alice K. Martin Related Attachments, Misc. Items Fax: 601-656-0192 gage Phone: having601-656-9768 subsequently TIONS REFLECTED IN THE Aircraft, RONALD L. ALLEN, Personal been transferred and assigned MORTGAGE AND THOSE Representative of the Last Will Judge of Probate 877-898-5905 www.deancoauction.com Deanco Auction 877-898-5905 to Federal IN THE and Testament of MARION S. www.deancoauction.com PO BoxNational 1248 • Philadelphia,Mortgage MS 39350 • ONLINECONTAINED BIDDING AVAILABLE Holland Ave (PO Box 1248) • Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350 Auctioneer: Donnie W Dean, #733, MSGL #835 Donnie W Dean, #733reMS Gallery Lic. #835F Association, Auctioneer: by instrument RECORDS OF THE OFFICE 1042 WATSON, Deceased Piedmont Journal corded in Mort Book 4703 OF THE JUDGE OF PRO- Alice K. Martin Calhoun Co., AL Page 1, in the aforesaid Pro- BATE OF THE COUNTY Judge of Probate November 6, 13, 20, 2013 bate Office; the undersigned WHERE THE ABOVE-DEFederal National Mortgage As- SCRIBED PROPERTY IS sociation HUGE (“FNMA”), as PUBLIC Mort- SITUATED. 2-DAY AUCTION THIS PROPERTY HUGE 2-DAY PUBLIC AUCTION gagee/Transferee, under and & Truck WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT Huge Contractors Equipment Auction Huge Contractors Equipment & Truck Auction by virtue of the power of sale WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, Nov.EXPRESSED 20th & OR IMPLIED AS Wednesday, Nov. 20th & contained Wednesday, in said mortgage, st TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENwill sellThursday, at public outcry the Nov.to21 , 2013 • 9am Thurs., Nov. 21st, 2013 • 9am highest bidder for cash, in front JOYMENT AND WILL BE 1042 Holland Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippi 1042 Holland Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippi of the main entrance of the SOLD SUBJECT TO THE Trucks, Truck Tractors, Specialty Day 1: Selling Courthouse at Dump Anniston, CalRIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF Day 1: Selling Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Specialty Trucks, Trailers, Trucks, Trailers, Farm houn County, Alabama, onTractors, No- Farming ALL Equip., PARTIES ENTITLED Farm Tractors, 1-ton Trucks, Pickups, Vehicles, Antique Vehicles, 1-ton Trucks, Pickups, Mowers vember 4, 2013, during theVehicles, le- THERETO. Mowers, Related Attachments, Misc. Items Selling Construction Service Trucks, Logging Day 2:of gal hours sale, all of itsEquip., right, This sale is made for the purDay 2: Selling All-types of Construction Equip., Support Equip., Service Equip., Support Equip., title, and interest in and to Attachments, the poseAirplane of paying the indebtedTrucks, Water Trucks, Fuel & Lube Trucks, Generators, Logging following described real estate, ness secured by said mortDeanco Auction situated Phone: in Calhoun County, gage, as well as the expenses Equipment, Aircraft, Related Attachments, Misc. Items 601-656-9768 Fax: 601-656-0192 Alabama, to-wit: of foreclosure. 877-898-5905 www.deancoauction.com Deanco Auction 877-898-5905 www.deancoauction.com A portionPO Box of1248the Southwest The re• Philadelphia, MS 39350 • ONLINE BIDDINGMortgagee/Transferee AVAILABLE 1042 Holland Ave (PO Box 1248) • Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350 Auctioneer: Donnie W Dean, #733, MSGL #835 quarter of Section 35,W Dean, Townserves Auctioneer: Donnie #733 MS Gallery Lic. #835F the right to bid for and ship 16, South, Range 7, East purchase the real estate and to in Calhoun County, Alabama, credit its purchase price described as beginning at a against the expenses of sale point 718.7 feet along the and the indebtedness secured North side of the Oxford-Cold- by the real estate. water public road in an Easter- This sale is subject to postly direction from the intersec- ponement or cancellation. tion of the Northwesterly line of EverBank, Mortgagee/Transthe Oxford-Coldwater Road feree and the West line of the South- Rebecca Redmond east quarter of the Southwest SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. quarter of said Section 35; P. O. Box 55727 thence North and at an angle Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 of 93 degrees 58 minutes a Attorney for Mortgagee/Transdistance of 123.6 feet; thence feree Press SouthwesterlyAlabama at an angle of Association www.sirote.com/foreclosures 86 degrees 02 minutes a dis305578 Publication Deadline Attn: Chris McDaniel tance of 116.9 feet; thence Thurs., Nov. 28 Mon., Nov. 25, 2:00 p.m. Southeasterly 3324 at an angle of 74 The Piedmont Independence Dr Ste Journal 200 degrees 45 minutes a distance Calhoun Co., AL Fri., Nov. 29 Mon., Nov. 25, 5:00 p.m. Birmingham, 35209 6, 13, 20, 2013 of 128 feet; thence in an East-ALNovember erly direction at an angel of Sat., Nov. 30 Phone: (205) 871-7737 Tues., Nov. 26, 2:00 p.m. 105 degrees 15 minutes for a NOTICE OF distance of 73.39 feet to the Sun., Dec. 1 Tues., Nov. 26, 4:00 p.m. point of beginning. This being PUBLICATION Lots 18, 19, and 20 according IN THE MATTER OF THE ESPlease run Alabama Press Association for theTues., week Dec. of November 11th Nov. to 17th 3 Wed., 27, 10:00 a.m. to an unrecorded plot of Franc- TATE OF BERLIN A. FLOWes Hagler’s trailer park done by ERS, DECEASED Chester A. Smith. IN THE PROBATE COURT OF $1000.00 Property Street Address: CALHOUN COUNTY, ALA1680 Airport Road, Oxford, AL BAMA, CASE NUMBER: Publication Deadline 36203 31778 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE TO: PATRICK SHANE FLOWWed., Nov. 27 Thurs., Nov. 21, 10:00 a.m. SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE ERS, 2670 State Highway 67, IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY Blountsville, Alabama 3503; EASEMENTS, ENCUM- and RANDY K. FLOWERS, BRANCES, AND EXCEP- whereabouts unknown TIONS REFLECTED IN THE You will hereby take notice that Publication Deadline MORTGAGE AND THOSE on this day came Patricia F. Tues., Nov. 26 Thurs., Nov. 21, 5:00 p.m. CONTAINED IN THE Baker and produced to the RECORDS OF THE OFFICE Courta paper in writing purportOF THE JUDGE OF PRO- ing to be the Last Will and TesBATE OF THE COUNTY tament of Berlin A. Flowers, WHERE THE ABOVE-DE- deceased, andmoved the Publication Deadline SCRIBED PROPERTY IS Court to admit the said Will to SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY Probate and record in this Wed., Nov. 27 Thurs., Nov. 21, 5:00 p.m. WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT Court. WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, You are hereby notified to be EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS and appear before me, at my TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- office in the Courthouse of JOYMENT AND WILL BE saidCounty, on the 20th day of Publication Deadline SOLD SUBJECT TO THE November, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF when the Petition for Probate Thurs., Nov. 28 Fri., Nov. 22, 5:00 p.m. ALL PARTIES ENTITLED of the LastWill and Testament THERETO. of Berlin A. Flowers, deceased, This sale is made for the pur- will be considered, and to show pose of paying the indebted- cause, if any,why the purported ness secured by said mort- Last Will and Testament of the gage, as well as the expenses decedent should not be admitof foreclosure. ted to Probate andrecord as The Mortgagee/Transferee re- the true Last Will and Testaserves the right to bid for and ment of the decedent, Berlin A. Have A Safe And Happy purchase the real estate and to Flowers. credit its purchase price This the 28th day of October, Thanksgiving! against the expenses of sale 2013. and the indebtedness secured ALICE K. MARTIN by the real estate. Judge, Probate of Calhoun 326241 This sale is subject to post- County, Alabama ponement or cancellation. Federal National Mortgage As- Piedmont Journal sociation (“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 The above mortgage foreclosure sale has been postponed until 12/16/2013 during the legal hours of sale in front of the main entrance of the courthouse in the City of Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.
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Spring Garden cheerleaders donated their half of the proceeds from two football games to the Venecia Foundation. Cheerleaders are Kaylie Hill, Darby Bryant, Kayla Holcomb, Haley Dobbs, Maddy Micha, Dallas Smith, Emory Reedy, Maddie Poole, Abbie Faith Porter, Bailee Darlene Kerr, Chloe Coogler, Lauryn Ledbetter and Alyssa Gilley.
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