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SUNDAY RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES
DEATHS Darthy Adkins, Woodland John Robert Arbuckle, Anniston Helen Inez Mobley Baggett, Georgia David Lanier Bobo, Oxford Charm Edward Bradford, Anniston Anthony Jerome Brown, Anniston Wren Calhoun, Talladega Marie Matthews Cook, Piedmont Frank Cole, Alpine Brandon Cox, Ohatchee Harold Craft, Centre Jean Culberson, Anniston Reagan A. Cunningham, Talladega Willard Ray Cummings Sr., Spring Garden Lynn Edward Diggers, Anniston Karen “KK” Doss, Ohatchee Ruby Lee Douglas, Texas Robert L. “Lee” Elder, Anniston Jerry English, Weaver Jeanette Gallahar, Jacksonville Nadine Johnson Garner, Huntsville Huelon Gooden, Munford Joseph “Eddie” Hale, Delta John M. Hanvey Jr., Oxford Donna Marie Hardman, Munford Louise Harkins, Anniston Charles Edward Harper, Gadsden
Elizabeth LueSenie O’Heal Hayes, Heflin Robert Huddleston, Anniston Imogene Hodge Johnson, Piedmont James Curtis Knight, Ashland Frances K. Laney, Anniston Fred Lynch, Anniston Dillon Paul McWilliams, Leesburg Carolyn Conway Medlin, Anniston Norman Murray, White Plains Samuel David Powell, Centre Reba Sterling Rhodes, Anniston Veronia “Roni” Rudolph, Anniston Janice Russell, Jacksonville Dale V. Shuman, Oxford Frank Junior Smith, Roanoke Claudie Stitts, Piedmont Josie Mae Teal, Woodland Neal Thompson, Edwardsville Charlie H. Trammell, Heflin Gary Wayne Turner, Dearmnville Willie Turner, Anniston Thelma Inez Wesson, Talladega Vance Lee Walker, Birmingham David E. Williams, Piedmont
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A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor to retain certain exempt property, but the debtor’s remaining property is gathered and sold by a trustee from which creditors will receive payment. It may also be used by businesses which wish to terminate their business. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, through court supervision and protection, to propose and carry out a repayment plan under which creditors are paid, in full or in part, in installments over a three-year period. During that time, debtors are prohibited from starting or continuing collection efforts.
BLOTTER Crimes are listed by location. Anonymous tips may debit card, cash, personal I.D. be called in to Crime Stoppers at 256-238-1414. A Robberies reward of up to $1,000 may be given. • Convenience store, 1000 block of U.S. 431: cash.
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The following property crimes were reported to the Calhoun County Anniston Police Department during the seven-day The following property crimes were reported to period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the sevBurglaries en-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Residence, 1200 block of Vine Street: televisions, Burglaries game console. • Residence, 600 block of West 44th Street: tablet • Residence, 100 block of Covington Ridge Drive, Jacksonville: household items, air conditioning computer, televisions, laptop computer, liquor. • Residence, 2000 block of Thomas Avenue: televi- unit, wall furnace, hot water heater. • Residence, 1300 block of Pine Ridge Road, Welsion, game console, heater, clothing. lington: computer, speaker dock, tools, footlocker, Thefts DVDs television, DVD player, floor jack. • Residence, 100 block of Noble Street: furniture, • Residence, New Liberty Road, Jacksonville: DVD player, security safe, medications, game console, window burglar bars. • Drug store, 1000 block of East 10th Street: tablet cell phone, television, computer. • Residence, Airport Road, Oxford: electrical tester, computer, charger. • Residence, 2000 block of McKleroy Avenue: game DVD player, trampoline, heater, DVDs, tools. • Residence, Buckalew Bridge Road, Anniston: console, controller, games, laptop computer. • Residence, 100 block of Old Coldwater Road: sound system receiver, jewelry, back-pack, firearm, game console, cell phone. firearm. • Parking lot, 400 block of South Leighton Avenue: Thefts wallet, personal I.D., cash. • Construction site, unspecified block of Blue • Public building, 4500 block of Bynum leatherwood Road, Anniston: gates, pen panels. Mountain Road: steel. • Residence, 4500 block of Ashbury Avenue: televi- • Residence, Club Estates Drive, Anniston: firearm. • Residence, Cove Road, Piedmont: utility trailer. sion, game consoles. • Construction site, 700 block of Golden Springs • Residence, 400 block of Old Sulphur Springs Road, Wellington: firearm. Road: aluminum frame tent. • Drug store, 400 block of East 10th Street: cash. Auto-related thefts • Residence, 3200 block of Coleman Road: air con• Parking lot, U.S. 278 West, Piedmont: tool box, ditioning unit, central heating unit. liquor bottles, BB gun. • Residence, 100 block of Noble Street: cash. • Residence, Old Downing Mill Road, Anniston: Auto-related thefts medications, knife, debit/credit card, vehicle tag, • Parking lot, 1500 block of Holly Berry Way: purse, cash.
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The following bankruptcies declared by Calhoun County residents were recorded by DIVORCES U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama last week: • Tristian Cody Shrum • Katherine E. Thrashand Montana Faith er and Mickey Tyler Chapter 7 Shrum Thrasher • Stephanie Morgan • Jeffrey Alan Wilkins • Tameka LaShay Averette, Briarwood and Jeremy Owen and Jackie Leuonia Avenue, Eastaboga • Stephanie Dempsey Wilkins • Clarence J. Johnson and Barbara A. Purser and Jonathan • Casey M. Wilson and Johnson, FOP Lake Road, Weaver AnnistonStar.com Leon Purser Joshua D. Wilson • Terry A. Bowerman, Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS • Debra L. Owens, Boiling Springs Road, Ohatchee • James D. Ervin and Alice S. Ervin, Wel- Here are food service establishments NO MAJOR DEMERITS recently inspected by the Calhoun lington Road, Jacksonville • Am Star Stadium 12, 700 Quintard • Richard Thurman Aderholt and Caro- County Health Department, along Drive, Oxford — 99. lyn Jeanette Aderholt, Brentwood Drive, with scores. A score of 100 indicates the inspector found no deficiencies. • Discount Food Mart, 1443 Lenlock Anniston Potentially hazardous deficiencies Lane, Anniston — 97. Chapter 13 (four- or five-point demerit items) • Five Star Food Service, 703 W. Ham• Brandon L. Bryant, Brian Drive, Anniston are noted. These must be corrected ric Drive, Oxford — 96. • Linda G. Lloyd, Browne Street, Eastaboga immediately and inspectors say they • Kangaroo Express (Pantry), 800 • Cornechia Arnold, Ammons Drive, Annis- are often corrected while the inspec- Quintard Ave., Anniston — 97. ton tion is underway. Restaurants earn- • Momma Goldberg’s Deli, 208 Mouning below 70 must raise their scores tain St., Jacksonville — 97. within seven days or face closure. FORECLOSURES • New Beginnings Outreach Ministry, 4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS 1614 Hanna Ave., Anniston — 94. • Michael C. Cairo and Cherie T. Cairo, Wildwood subdivision, lot 9. • Kid’s Konnection, Anniston — 93, •Taco Bell, 504 Hamric Drive, E., • Ronald K. McMahan, Piedmont, Willie presence of insects. Oxford — 96. White’s addition, lot 8. • Samuel Almaroad, a parcel of land in ARRESTS section 13, township 14, range 8. • Eagle’s Landing LLC, Forest Ridge Estates, The people listed in this arrest report, • Stephen Edwin Heindl, 64: posseslots 22 and 23. whose names and charges are sion of controlled substance. obtained from public records, are • Marcus Maurice Swing, 21: breakpresumed innocent unless proven ing and entering a vehicle. Check out the digital edition guilty in a court of law.
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The following felony arrests were reported by the Anniston Police Department (addresses not provided) during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Terry Franklin Starr, 54: possession of a controlled substance. • Billy Dexter Hayes, 42: possession of a controlled substance. • Montez Lajuan Burns, 28: first-degree possession of marijuana. • Quinton Montez Hawkins, 20: first-degree possession of marijuana, second-degree promoting prison contraband. • Michael Brent Edwards, 31: possession of a controlled substance. • Marcus Isaac Curry, 28: first-degree possession of marijuana. • Briana Bagley Porter, 20: second-degree possession of a forged instrument. • Nicholas Shea Davis, 34: possession of a controlled substance.
The following felony arrests were reported by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Michael Leon Caldwell, 30, of Anniston: failure to appear in court. • Lester Lee Waltrip, 44, of Anniston: violation of the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act. • Nebrasker Burnhart, 22, of Anniston: bond revocation. • Richard Lynn Smith, 54, of Anniston: failure to appear in court. • Kelly Allison Huffman Houston, 32, of Gadsden: grand jury indictment. • Joseph Donald Warren, 28, of Jacksonville: possession of a controlled substance. • Derick Wayne Smith, 31, of Anniston: distribution of a controlled substance. • Antonio Lapazs Redding, 43, of Anniston: trafficking cocaine.
PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Cheryl A. Swain to Eric Joseph Braun and Deborah Reaves Braun, Winter Park subdivision, 1st addition, block A, lot 10, $139,000. • PHH Mortgage Corp. to James E. Poe, Lakewood Estates, Howell Realty addition, lot 10, $90,250. • Devin R. Martel to Wendell Keith Waddell Jr., Greensview subdivision, 1st addition, lot 22, $112,000. • Fannie Mae to Wendell Mark Payne, a parcel of land in section 31, township 16, range 7, $67,500. • Steve Adler and Elaine Adler to Lisa Long, Virginia Heights, block 443, lots 7 and 8, $17,500. • Pepper Brooks to Brandy Brooks, Miller Estates, 4th addition, lot 126, $10. • Stephanie D. Rochester Payne and John Payne to Kyle A. Crumley, a parcel of land in section 30, township 15, range 8, $10. • Stephanie D. Rochester Payne and John Payne to Kyle A. Crumley, a parcel of land in section 30, township 15, range 8, $10. • Rodney Ferrell to Ruby Frazier, Anniston Land Co., block 512, lots 6
and 7, $10. • Michael E. Johnson and Dellesa K. Johnson to Dellesa Kirk-Johnson, G Street, division A, block 7, lot 1, $1. • TS Fairways LLC to Christopher O. Cox and Tiffanie J. Cox, The Fairways at Cider Ridge, phase 4, block 5, lot 23TF, $189,900. • Robert S. Bowling III to Phillip A. Toste, a parcel of land in section 12, township 16, range 7, $607,500. • Housing & Urban Development to Deborah R. Strickland, a parcel of land in section 29, township 13, range 7, $10. • Donna E. Callan and Jason Earl Callan to Arden L. Aylor and Laura Christine Aylor, Amberwood Estates, 4th addition, lot 43, $10. • Hugh Jack Clark Jr. to Hugh Jack Clark Jr. and Becky G. Clark, a parcel of land in sections 13/18/29/30/31, township 14, ranges 7/8, $10. • Linda G. Medley to Linda G. Medley, a parcel of land in section 24, township 13, range 8, $10. • Green Tree Servicing LLC to Michele
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PROPERTY Continued from Page 6E H. Pruitt and Christopher Ray Pruitt, a parcel of land in section 29, township 13, range 7, $10. • Dolores T. Curry-Estate to Randall Steven Deaver and Vicky Deaver, Jacksonville, Mathews addition, block P, lots 1-3, $10. • Vera Elaine Harrell and Harry E. Harrell to
Angie Denea Andrews and Gary C. Smith, a parcel of land in section 4, township 16, range 9, $10. • Household Finance Corp. to CCAM LLC, Ramblewoods subdivision, 1st addition, lot 3, $55,000. • Larry M. Miller and Judy S. Miller to Mirhirkumar Patel, S.E. Boozer Farm subdivision, block 4, lot 1, $100. • David G. Chandler and Bridget Reaves Chandler to Christopher Marc Johnson and
Copeland Blake Johnson, Shipman subdivision, lot 2, $10. • Housing & Urban Development to Bank of America, Woodland Heights, 2nd section, block 12, lot 3, $1. • Kenneth R. Lauyans and Pamela Renee Lauyans to James F. Draper and Suzilee Y. Draper, Grandview subdivision, 5th addition, lot 45, $185,000. • William C. Leake and Hayley Leake to Michael S. Ford, Profile Mill Village, block
2, lot 5, $10. • Housing & Urban Development to Jack Boxley, Hillcrest Heights, Saks 2nd addition, block 7, lot 5, $10. • William S. Wacker and Katie Elizabeth Wacker to Davis Glen Welden and Carol A. Welden, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Co., block 26, lot 5, $10.
Is it rude to ask guests to take their shoes off? BY BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press
NEW YORK — In Michigan, you’re expected to leave snowy boots in the mudroom before going inside. In Alaska, boots are taken off in “Arctic entries.” In Japan, Thailand and many other countries, you wouldn’t dream of entering a home with your shoes on, regardless of the season. But removing shoes before coming inside has not been the norm in much of the U.S. These days, however, city dwellers and suburbanites from New York to Los Angeles often find that hosts expect footwear to be left at the door. Sometimes it’s because of weather; other times, homeowners want to protect light-colored rugs and high-gloss wood floors from dirt and dings, or parents don’t want street germs on floors where kids play. Some guests find the request irksome — especially at holiday parties when they’re dressed up. “But this is an outfit!” squeals Carrie Bradshaw in a “Sex and the City” episode when asked to take her shoes off at a baby shower. (Insult to injury: Her high-heeled Manolos are stolen during the party.) Shalena Broaster of Philadelphia — whose friends call her “the diva” — says her first thought when asked to remove shoes is: “I
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This Jan. 8, 2012 photo provided by Adi Bittan shows Bittan dancing with her husband Eyal Bilgrai at their wedding in Pescadero, Calif. just pray I have a fresh pedicure!” Since she’s only 5 feet tall, she also misses the height her stilettos provide. Classy hosts with a no-shoes rule hand out “guest socks” or inexpensive slippers that folks can take home. But please don’t offer Broaster your old tube socks. “Nasty!” she said. Rachel Kerstetter of Cleveland wrote on her blog, http://
www.ProbablyRachel.com, that guests sometimes make her feel “like a criminal” for asking them to remove shoes. She offered 10 reasons why her household is “shoes-free,” including preserving the carpet, allowing guests to relax and put their feet up, and keeping allergens out of the house along with “grass, leaves, mud, dirt, bugs, gum, oil, tar and yes, even animal poo.”
Click to celebrate, but consider doing it on delay BY SAMANTHA CRITCHELL Associated Press
NEW YORK — It’s so easy to share all that holiday fun in an instant: One click and you can cover Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all your other social media accounts. Two seconds later, everyone who wasn’t included will know about it, too. Or someone might notice that you’ve checked in at a store that holds the item at the top of their gift list. There goes that surprise. Surely no one wants to make hurt feelings or spilled secrets part of the holiday tradition, yet it can be as tempting to post pictures as it is to grab an extra helping of pecan pie. To avoid uncomfortable situations, take a breath, experts say, and think about how your status update will be received. What will it say about you beyond your enjoyment of some seasonal cheer? Social media will be part of the holidays this year — parties, gifts, photos, shopping — in a way it was not five years ago, notes Anthony Rotolo, who teaches social media strategy at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. He thinks that’s mostly a good thing, since your followers or friends are there because they want to be. Be mindful of others’ feelings, however, and try to grow a tougher skin yourself, he says. Guest lists can be particularly sensitive. The very social Samantha Yanks, an avid Tweeter, Facebooker and Instagrammer and editor-in-chief of Hamptons magazine, says she uses them all to keep up to date with people she likes and admires. She reminds herself that social media is not an accurate popularity barometer. If others are out having a good time, she tries to celebrate it. And she’ll do the same. “I don’t want to feel guilty for being there,” Yanks says. Someone might very well know they’ve been left out, says party planner Kia Martinson of Storrs, Conn., so she encourages her clients to deal with it up front. Some people spell out on the invitations whether they want social media use at the event or not, she says. Most of her hosts fall into two categories: those who embrace a public-facing party, dreaming up their own hashtags and arranging shared photo sites, and those who want to do it on the downlow and don’t want any social media “coverage” at all. If someone calls you out for leaving them off the guest list, Martinson says it’s best not to dance around it. “If someone says, ‘Looks like you had a great party,’ just say yes, you did, thanks.” If you’re feeling left out, remember that what people post is a selected window into
“There is a growing sensitivity on the part of the poster, but people are also growing that thicker skin.” — Tamar Weinberg, author, ‘The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web’ their lives, not a panoramic view, says digital strategist Tamar Weinberg, author of “The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web” (O’Reilly, 2009). “While social media is a great thing, and I love to see all the kids growing up, and the engagements and marriages, but yes, sooner or later your feelings will be hurt too,” she says. Yanks asks permission to post updates and especially photos if they involve anyone else. She doesn’t want to jeopardize someone else’s job or relationships. And, she notes, parents are sensitive about having images of their kids posted. She had an early conversation with her sister-in-law, and now there’s a blanket deal that photos of her niece and nephew are OK. Besides hurt feelings, Rotolo is concerned about the botched surprises that can come when people check in at an airport (or even an airport coffee shop), or if they claim an online shopping deal that’s visible to their network. “At this point in time, there’s not much surprise left. You have to go off the grid to keep a secret. ... If you want a holiday surprise, you need to plan a connection-less strategy.” However, Weinberg says that with so many people now online and comfortable using social media, there might actually be fewer faux pas going forward. “There is a growing sensitivity on the part of the poster, but people also are growing that thicker skin,” she says. “You don’t want it all to be fully sanitized. As long as you are not intending to be exclusionary, people will forget and forgive.” She adds, “We are still in an age of oversharing, but it’s getting better.” Perhaps you are digitally savvy enough to untag yourself in the photo or post you don’t want to be in, Weinberg adds. And, if you’re the poster, consider utilizing your lists to be more selective in distribution. Rotolo has one ground rule that he thinks will keep everyone out of trouble: “It sounds like common sense, but I don’t think people should share anything on social media they wouldn’t want their mother to see. It’s a good standard to use professionally, socially and with family.”
For everyday comings and goings, Kerstetter and her husband use a mudroom by the back door. For company, they put a shoe rack in a small foyer near the front door. “We like to walk around barefoot and we want to have our home clean,” Kerstetter said. She “didn’t grow up in a no-shoes household, but my parents taught me to ask” the host’s preference before entering. Another must for shoes-off parties: Put a chair by the door. Don’t make guests hop unbalanced on one shoe while taking off the other. And put out a shoe rack so footwear doesn’t end up in a pile. Adi Bittan planned her wedding at the home of friends in Pescadero, Calif., before realizing that the hosts had a no-shoes rule. “We were worried how that would look and whether our guests would feel uncomfortable or embarrassed,” she said. She solved the problem by buying fun socks — with no-skid soles — as one of the wedding favors. Even she and the groom wore them. “Guests young and old ended up loving it,” she said. “They compared colors, took photos with their fun socks on and were excited to take them home.” Some of the women even thanked her for saving them from excruciating high heels.
But the pro-shoes crowd doesn’t buy the no-shoes reasoning. If you’re worried about wood floors, they say, invest in inexpensive rugs. Protecting a white carpet? Roll it up. Tracked-in dirt? Mop or vacuum. “It is the height of tacky to invite guests to your home and then require that they remove anything more than outdoor attire,” said Jodi R.R. Smith of Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting in Marblehead, Mass. “It is one thing to ask me to leave my L.L. Bean boots at the door for a Super Bowl party held during a snowstorm in New England. It is another to ask me to remove my heels at a cocktail party where everyone is dressed in suits and dresses.” If you must ban shoes, says Smith, the invitation should say so. “Guests should not be surprised by your request,” she said. Imagine the mortification of a guest whose socks have holes. Jessica Gottlieb of Los Angeles says she is “disgusted when people want me to take my shoes off in their home. ... OK, I get it for upstairs areas or bedrooms or even if you’re Japanese. But if you’re my American friend who just wants a clean floor, forget about it. It’s a power play and no, you don’t get to undress me. “My shoes are there,” she added, “to keep me comfortable, cute and free of your foot fungus.”
Advent calendars offer a daily dose of holiday cheer BY COURTNEY ORTEGA
Christmas countdowns with his own Advent calendar. Elf On Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Shelf Advent CalWith origins tracing back to the 19th endar, $69, Pottery century, Advent calendars have, over Barn Kids. www.potthe years, become a favorite holiday terybarnkids.com tradition of families around the world as a way to count the days until ChristHere comes mas. Santa Claus Today’s Advent calendars, most of Santa Claus is which start with Dec. 1, range in style coming to town, from versions filled with chocolates so what betand other treats, to more elaborate ter way creations that play Christmas tunes. to count They’re carried at big-box, home d o w n goods, specialty and online retailers. the days to Amid the holiday whirlwind that’s his ar r ival already begun, here’s a look at festive than with options to help us remember that the an Advent Big Day is on its way. calendar that looks just Filled with fun like the big man himThe holiday wreath that keeps on givself? Pier 1 Imports ing, ThreshSanta Advent Calenold’s Advent dar, $19.95, Pier 1 Wreath feaImports. www. tures circular pier1.com compartments perfect for conBuilt-in surprise cealing a variety of A fun twist on the tradiChristmas trinkets tional advent calendar, and treats. Threshold L.L. Bean’s three-diAdvent Wreath, $24.99, mensional Lighthouse Target. www.target.com Advent Calendar features Decadent delight windows Forget the wimpy calenand doors dars filled with chocolate that open that tastes like plastic. This each day edible Advent calendar to reveal by the famous Dylan’s a special Candy Bar in New York holiday surCity makes counting prise. Lighthouse Advent Calendar, down the days until $119, L.L. Bean. www.llbean.com Christmas a very indulgent pastime. Dylan’s Candy Bar Jingle all the way Advent Tree CalA musical countdown to Christmas, endar, $30, Neiman Hallmark’s Jingle and Bell Advent CalMarcus. www.neimanmarcus.com endar marks the passing of each day with a snippet of a classic carol. Jingle and Bell Advent Calendar, $24.95, Hallmark. www.hallmark.com
Santa’s little helper The famous Elf On the Shelf is known for his mischievous ways and for popping up when you least expect it. He lends a helping hand to families’
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