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$96,000 will help improve Ladiga Trail Mayor Bill Baker is happy to receive the news MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $96,000 grant for repairs and improvements to a portion of the popular Chief Ladiga Trail in east Alabama. The grant will enable the city of Piedmont to refurbish nine bridges within the portion of the trail maintained by the city. The city will replace support struc-
ture, flooring and handrails on the bridges that have become worn over time from use by cyclists, runners and walkers. The trail is a paved path on a former railroad bed that extends 32.5 miles from the Georgia state line through Piedmont, Jacksonville, Weaver and Anniston. The trail hosts several recreational events per year, including a half marathon and
fitness challenge. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grant from funds made available by the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program. ADECA administers an array of programs supporting law enforcement and traffic safety, economic development, energy con-
servation, workforce development, water resource management and recreation development. Bentley notified Mayor Bill Baker that the grant had been approved. Baker said receiving the news this week made him happy. ■ See GRANT page 7
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Keller serves his city on council Piedmont has been his home for most of his life BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS CORRESPONDENT
City Councilman Ben Keller, 62, is proud to say that Piedmont has been his home most of his life. He loves the city and the people. His grandchildren are growing up here. Those are the reasons he ran for city council and will probably be on the ballot in the next election. “I love serving the city,” he said. “It’s important to me for Piedmont to move forward. It’s important to all of us. I’m very concerned about the growth of Piedmont and getting more jobs in here. I believe it will work. We’re just going to have to work at it.” Keller said he’s proud of Mayor Bill Baker, City Clerk Michelle
Franklin and all those associated with the city. “The mayor’s doing a great job,” said Keller. “He’s there every day trying to get some jobs coming in. We’re all working together on trying to move Piedmont forward.” Keller was born in Columbia, S. C. He moved to the Maxwellborn community, just outside Piedmont, when he was about 12. A few years later he moved to Piedmont. He attended Bethune School and Piedmont High School. It was at school where he met his wife, the former Margaret Diamond. They’ve been married 42 years. “We started talking to each other at school, but we dated about 10 or
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One of City Councilman Ben Keller’s hobbies is chopping wood.
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Volunteer of the year Zack Minyard
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OPINION/EDITORIAL Aderholt will become dean of delegation
Last week’s column expounded on the two different concepts that members of congress perceive their roles to be in Washington. Our two senators are classic but different examples. Jeff Sessions is the quintessential ideologue and Richard Shelby is the classic caretaker. What about our seven members of congress? We have seven congress people, six Republicans and one Democrat. All seven pretty much toe the party line. All six Republicans vote straight down the party line and our lone Democrat votes with the Democratic leadership. Therefore, you would have to classify them all as ideologues. We have no congress people with the power to be a caretaker like Richard Shelby. It remains to be seen whether any of them will become rainmakers in the future. It is not really their fault; they just have not been on the Potomac very long. The key to power in the U.S. Congress is seniority. The longer you stay the more powerful you become. It usually takes 20 years in Congress before you wield any power. It is actually closer to 30 years before you are powerful and then only if you are chairman of a committee and your committee spends money from the U.S. Treasury. The only one of our seven-member delegation who has been in Congress 20 years is Spencer Bachus but he is leaving. Whoever takes Bachus’ place will have to toil in obscurity for a decade before folks in Washington know their name. Bachus now chairs the Financial Services Committee. This chairmanship is very important to the banks, credit unions and insurance companies throughout the nation and on Wall Street. However, it does not
translate into largesse for Alabama. When Spencer first went to Congress Steve in the early 1990’s, Flowers three of the nation’s largest banks were domiciled in his district in Birmingham. Now there is only one. Spencer could raise Inside The Statehouse a lot of campaign money as Chairman of Financial Services, but that is not bringing home the bacon to Birmingham. It rests on Richard Shelby’s shoulders to take care of the UAB Medical facility, which is now the largest employer in Birmingham. Robert Aderholt now becomes the dean of the delegation. Robert got to Washington at a very young age. He is in his ninth term in Congress and serves on the Appropriations Committee. He followed a giant, Tom Bevill, who moved rivers and mountains from Washington to his 4th District, which stretches across North Alabama from Mississippi to Georgia just above Birmingham. Aderholt can and probably will be another Bevill. Third district congressman, Mike Rogers, has 10 years seniority. He is in his early 50’s and can easily stay another 20 years. Rogers served in the legislature before going to Congress. His district encompasses East Alabama. It includes Anniston and Auburn. He does a
good job for his people. Like Birmingham, Mobile lost their congressman this year when Jo Bonner quit to take a government relations post at the University of Alabama. His replacement, Bradley Byrne, is very able but will be in the same boat as the freshman who will be elected from Birmingham this year. By the time Bradley gets any traction on the seniority ladder, he will be 70 years old. We have three members who have only three years in Washington. The two Republicans, Martha Roby of Montgomery and Mo Brooks of Huntsville, have staked out their turf as reactionary conservatives. They are both in the Tea Party wing of the GOP caucus. Their freshman class of 2010 is very conservative to say the least and Brooks and Roby are out to show Capitol Hill observers that they fit into their group very nicely. Terri Sewell is our only Democrat. Ms. Sewell is a Harvard educated lawyer who was successful in her Birmingham law career before going to Congress in 2010. She represents the state’s only majority African American district. The 7th District encompasses the urban area of Birmingham and stretches throughout West Alabama and includes most of the Black Belt. She is well respected among the Democratic leadership and the Black Congressional Caucus. She has been picked by her Party to be a superstar. She is on a fast track to congressional leadership. 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
Revelation from the forest: One man’s history
Last week, Steve Bragg, 48, of Heflin traveled deep within the Talladega National Forest. What he found there culminated almost seven years of searching his family tree. Bragg and his father Joe, 72, enjoyed the moment with other family members. The Braggs hiked to four dikes that an ancestor had built to dam up the fall and winter rainfall for spring planting. Bragg’s great-great-grandfather, George Washington Bragg, had built them in the bottomlands that his mother had received as a homestead. The land is located near the old Edwardsville-Jacksonville Highway and is now part of the Talladega National Forest. The dikes are made of large stones, and one of the walls was about 10 feet high and about 60 feet long. His ancestor’s efforts to build the dikes show their determination to succeed. They had hauled the stones, his father told him, from the farmland as they uncovered them when plowing. Bragg knows first hand about determination. On July 5, 2007, when he was building the ceiling of a workshop in the back of his Heflin home, he dropped straight down and drove his right leg into the floor below. Doctors wanted to amputate it more than once, and he had nine surgeries during his recovery, which took about ten months. During the long wait, Bragg decided research his family tree – a longtime goal. Bragg’s grandfather had told him many stories from his childhood, and Bragg wrote them down. His father had photographs, and Bragg reproduced them for a
book he planned to compile. He began his research on ancestry.com and Sherry was amazed at all that he learned. As Kughn of now, Bragg has traced his ancestors back to the 1500s in England and Ireland. Sherry-Go-Round Closer to his own time, though, Bragg discovered that his family’s property in Edwardsville was obtained in the 1850s, just after Cleburne County had gone from being Indian territory to being a part of Benton County. Back then, it also included Calhoun County. Edwardsville, at one time, was the county seat. Bragg learned that, in the mid 1800s, a couple named John and Elizabeth Bragg moved from Spartanburg, S.C., with their four daughters and three sons. One of those daughters, Mahala, 18, signed to obtain 640 acres of land that had a creek running through the bottomland. By age 19, Mahala was pregnant and gave birth to a son, George Washington Bragg, who kept her family name. The father, a Burgess, intended to marry her, but he had to leave in 1861 to fight in the Civil War. He was killed in one of the earliest battles, but Bragg can find little information about Burgess’s military service nor his death. Mahala, likely with the help of some of her
brothers, developed a farm and turned it over to George. He built the dikes, married Mary Elizabeth Howell, and had a family of his own. Bragg has a family photo taken on the porch of the Bragg home. He has identified several of the family members, and he also has found six unmarked graves in the Edwardsville Cemetery. Cemetery records showed him where the six are buried, and soon he plans to erect markers on their graves. “I am proud that Mahala is my ancestor. She was called ‘Big Granny,’ and George’s wife was called ‘Little Granny’,” said Bragg. “Big Granny must have been a strong-willed, strong-bodied woman. She never married, and she is pictured in the photograph I have with the family.” Also, Bragg has proof of the character of George. He found an obituary in The Cleburne News that ran on June 30, 1927. “The county never produced a more noble or honest citizen,” read the obituary. “He never intentionally harmed or wronged anyone.” Steve is proud that he was able to see the dikes, and he proudly shows off the 11 X 18-inch memory book he has compiled. It is full of family trees, census records, photographs, personal stories, and more. “There are good things that came out of my accident,” said Bragg. “One is this project, and another is that I have been able to give a testimony to God for using my life and giving me purpose.” Email Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail.com
America is suffering from ‘power inequality’
In my classroom at Mississippi State University we were discussing gender differences. Contrary to what political correctness and the feminist movement have claimed, genders are quite different, a ‘duh’ statement for anyone who thinks for himself or herself. As we were discussing various differences, one fellow asked whether there was a double standard regarding crying in public, and then noted that men and women were equal, a statement that drew applause from several girls in the room. Taking this opportunity, I asked the class what ‘equal’ meant. Then I observed none of us is ‘equal’ to another, particularly regarding gender. We like that word just as much as we like the word ‘fair.’ What does ‘fair’ mean? Two buzzwords flying around politispace these days are “income inequality.” Everybody recognizes we don’t all get paid the same. Is that fair? President Obama and his progressive acolytes are pressing the point we need to do something to solve income inequality. They have already raised taxes on ‘the rich’ among us and devised more government programs to pass money to those in lower income brackets. Is that fair? Is it fair to take money someone has earned and give it to someone else? If we are all ‘equal,’ then why should the government take money from some and give it to others? That
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doesn’t sound equal or fair to me? Frankly, I’m all for helping those in need, Daniel and I personally have Gardner helped many people in need when I’ve had the means and the opportunity. I have to question the logic of My Thoughts the government taking $1 from me, paying 75-cents for administration and interest, and giving a quarter to someone in need. That’s one fewer dollar I have to give to someone in need. Yet, that’s the bureaucracy career politicians have created in Washington in order to keep their jobs. Ebenezer Scrooge was a progressive who believed the government was supposed to take care of the poor and indigent. Annual surveys continually show progressives like Mr. Scrooge give a fraction of what their conservative counterparts give to charities. It’s the progressive way! Bigger government will care for ‘the little guy.’ My wife and I have been watching the Netflix series “House of Cards,” a TV series about Washington poli-
tics. Many real politico types have attested the series is a pretty close depiction of what really goes on behind the scenes in DC. I believe it. The main character, Francis ‘Frank’ Underwood, is the epitome of corruption. No morals or scruples at all, merely an unquenchable thirst for power. Believe me, nothing Frank does is fair, and he certainly has no equal in Washington. Coincidently, Frank is a Democrat. What all the ‘little guys’ out there don’t know: the burgeoning DC bureaucracy fed by career politicians of all stripes is the primary force in our economy helping the top one percent of us grow exponentially richer while the rest of us have stagnant wages. Moreover the fabulously rich among us heap mounds of dollars into coffers of career politicians to keep this ruse up, that big government is helping the little guy. America is suffering from ‘power inequality’ where career politicians have crowned themselves the royal class and the rest of us are their servants, dependent upon government for all our needs. That’s not fair. 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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Hokes Bluff - Funeral service was held Feb. 11, 2014 at Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Chapel for the Rev. Jay. L Daugherty, 76, who went home to be with the Lord on February 8, 2014. He was surrounded by his family who loved him very much and will forever cherish his memories. Jay graduated from Hokes Bluff High School in 1956. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956-1961. He retired from Independent Life Insurance Company after 33 years of service. From there, he worked for Farmer’s Furniture for seven years as a salesman. The Rev. Daugherty was of Methodist faith. He was a member of Young’s Chapel Church from 1961-1993 where he taught the young married Sunday school class and served as church leader. He was called to preach in 1993. His pastoral journey was Arrington Chapel, Piedmont, 1993-1995; Liberty United Methodist in Alford’s Bend where he established the yearly Veteran’s Day program, 1995-2006; 1st Congregational Methodist Church of Piedmont, 2007 to present. He loved people and telling them about Jesus. He also loved to fish and watch Alabama football. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Susan Daugherty; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Edvadine and L.T. Gidley and six brothers. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Joan; children, Tammy (Rick) Hawkins, Celina (Bruce) Jenkins and
Feb. 1 • Duty upon striking an unoccupied vehicle. A 49-year-old male reported an incident that caused $1,000 to the front left panel of a Honda Accord and occurred on Old Piedmont Gadsden Highway between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. • Criminal mischief III. A resident of Southern Avenue reported damage done to the passenger side front window of a Chevrolet Equinox between 10 p.m. Jan. 31 and noon Feb. 1. Feb. 3 • Domestic violence III. A 32-year-old female reported damage done to a metal screen in a window and an interior window lock during an incident that occurred at 10 p.m. Feb. 2. • Theft of property I, criminal mischief II. Officers investigated the theft of an air conditioner unit and damage done to a furnace that occurred on Old Gnatville Road between Jan. 1 and Feb. 3. • Theft of property I, criminal mischief I. Officers investigated the theft of 18 1200-amp bypass switches valued at $21,600, a threephase gang switch valued at $2,948 and $1,300 damage done to a Switzer regulator control that occurred between Jan 27 and Feb. 3 at the Piedmont Power Sub-station. Feb. 4 • Burglary III. A 52-yearold male reported the theft of a generator valued at $450 and a Stihl weedeater valued at $350 that occurred on Haslam Street Jan. 23. Feb. 6
Brandon (Amanda) Daugherty; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Martha Bonds and Joyce Howell; many nieces and nephews; special friends, Charles and Sandra Bonds. The Rev. Samuel Roe officiated. Eulogy was given by Charles Bonds. Burial was to Young’s Chapel Cemetery. The family wishes to thank Dr. Steven Sanders and the nurses at Gadsden Regional Hospital, MICU, SICU, sixth and ninth-floor nurses and Ultra Care Home Health nurse, Jennifer.
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Piedmont - Service for Janice Martin Gambrel, 79, was held Saturday, February 22, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Matt Turner and the Rev. Hollis Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Piedmont Memory Gardens. The family received friends February from 12-2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Gambrel passed away Wednesday , February 19, 2014, at RMC in Anniston. Survivors include her husband , Dallas Gambrel, of Piedmont; one daughter, Brenda Bowen (Butch), of Weaver; two sons, Jeff Gambrel, of N.C. and Tim Gambrel (Marybeth), of Irondale; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Linda Ingram (Art), of Piedmont; three brothers, Hollis Martin (Janice), Johnny Martin (Cathy) and Joey Martin (Sandy), all of Piedmont and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Joe Wallace, Michael Wallace, Josh Martin, Judson Martin, Lewis Franklin and Eddie Martin. Mrs. Gambrel was a resident of Piedmont and attended Piedmont Congregational Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her son, Dallas Dewayne Gambrel and her parents, the Rev. Joe H. and Lillian Martin. www.thompsonfuneralhomepiedmont.com
Black History program set for Feb. 28 at Bethune Center
The 16th Black History Program will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Bethune Center. Carlos Houston, a former Piedmont resident, who now lives in Atlanta, and Elder Q. Hughley, who attends St. Luke’s FBH Church, will speak. A youth group from Mount Pleasant CMA Church and the Praise Team from Thankful Baptist Church will perform. Mayor Bill Baker and other city officials will attend. A potluck meal will be served after the program. The parks and recreation department pays for part of the food but relies heavily on the public for their food contribution. • COPING WITH GRIEF. A coping with grief - even if nobody died group meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Jacksonville First United Methodist Church. Please call the church office for information and directions (256-435-6021). • The Calhoun County Community Band meets every Tuesday night at 6:30 at the Jacksonville High School band room. • Bradford Health Services has free family support meetings from 5-6 Monday nights at 1701 B Pelham Rd., S., Suite D (Brookstone Building next to RMC Jacksonville). The meeting is for anyone experiencing behavioral problems with a loved one, has a family member of any age with drug or alcohol problems, needs help coping with a loved one’s drug or alcohol problems or needs help making decision on how to help a family member of any age. A counselor will facilitate the meetings. • Venecia Benefield Butler’s book, “I Have to Get Some Things Off My Chest,” can be purchased for $15 (including tax) by mailing a check to P. O. Box 572, Piedmont 36262, or take money or check to Butler’s sister, Randa Carroll, at the office of Benjamin Ingram at 207 Rome, Ave., Piedmont. Proceeds will go to the V Foundation, founded by Butler, to purchase gift bags for patients
Arrests Feb. 3
• Jeffrey Scott McMurray, 36, criminal trespass I. Feb. 4
• Kathy Hughes Treece, 55, theft by deception III. • Shannon David Kelley, 34, contempt. Feb. 6
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• Albert Rex Teague, 46, failure to pay. Feb. 12
• Johnny Wesley Chastain Jr., 34, domestic violence III. Feb. 13
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• Darla Roberts Cotton, 37, failure to pay.
Police Report • Burglary III. Officers investigated the theft of miscelleanous pieces of jewelry that were taken from a location on Carol Street between 2 p.m. Feb. 3 and 2 p.m. Feb. 4. Several of the items were recovered. • Theft by deception III. Officers investigated an incident that occurred on the Cedartown Highway Feb. 4 at 5:32 p.m. • Receiving stolen property III. Officers recovered five women's rings valued at $90 from a business located on the Cedartown Highway. Feb. 9 • Narcotic investigation. Officers recovered $675 during an investigation that occurred on North Fifth Avenue Feb. 5. • Discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling or vehicle. Officers investigated an incident that occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Dewey Drive. • Unauthorized use of a vehicle. A 33-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on North Fifth Avenue at 3:30 p.m. and involved a Chevrolet Z71. • Criminal mischief III, public intoxication. While officers were involved in a public intoxication incident, the suspect caused $100 damage to the left rear door window and track of patrol car #5. Feb. 10 • Harassing communications. A 30-year-old female reported incidents that occurred on West Alabama Street. • Criminal trespass III. A 55-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on
Highway 21 North at 10:20 a.m. • Burglary III. A 21-yearold male reported the theft of $562 in cash that occurred at his residence between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 11 • Domestic violence III, criminal mischief II. A 60-year-old male reported an incident that resulted in damage done to a convertible top, the hood of a Ford Taurus, a passenger side window and mirror, an electric heater, and a food rotisserie that occurred around 2 p.m. • Harassment, harassing communications. A 38-yearold male reported incidents that occurred between Jan. 1 and Feb. 11. Feb. 12 • Criminal mischief III. A 27-year-old male reported $499 damage done to Bashan scooter while located in the 200 block of Wolfe Avenue between 1 a.m. and 6:55 a.m. • Domestic violence III. A 30-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on East Ladiga Street at 4:55 p.m. Feb. 13 • Manufacture of a controlled substance I. Officers recovered the components of a one pot methamphetamine lab during an incident in the 300 block of Dailey Street. Feb. 15 • Domestic violence III. A 26-year-old female reported an incident that occurred at her residence between 11 a.m. and 8:34 p.m. • Burglary III, theft of property III. A 54-year-old female reported damage done to a plexiglass window
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mischief, public intoxication, and resisting arrest.
• Brenda Lee Mosley, • Kathy Hughes 32, manufacture of a Treece, 55, public intoxcontrolled substance I. ication. • Jason Dewayne Feb. 7 Clark, 34, manufacture of • Debi J. Stephens, 52, a controlled substance I. contempt (four counts). • Andy Jason Shep• Christopher Blake pard, 35, manufacture of Graham, 23, failure to pay and failure to appear. a controlled substance I. • Morgan Brittany Thacker, 25, criminal
going through chemo treatments. The bags will include items such as comedy DVDs, chap stick, gift cards, gas cards, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, search-a-word, lubricant eye drops, gum and peppermints, soft toothbrushes, queasy drops, lotion, neck wrap or hydrating socks. • 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 256-6892580 or jsu9517k@jsu.edu for more information.
and the theft of a 19-inch HD flat screen television that occurred between Feb. 1 and Feb. 15. Feb. 16 • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle. A 42-year-old female reported an incident involving an Isuzu Rodeo that occurred at her residence. Feb. 17 • Foreign recovery. Officers took possession of a 2006 Chevrolet Impala that was recovered from a location on Highway 9 South.
MY 2 CENTS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 When campaigning in the run-off for October 2012, I handed out literature with my concerns for Piedmont, if elected. One section in my handout was titled, MY 2 CENTS! I campaigned for (1) Accountability, (2) Transparency and (3) Responsible Spending . A transparent government is about people and their rights. It is about the taxpayers’ right to know how city hall is spending their tax dollars. The public is entitled to know city business. Accountability and Transparency In a ultra transparent world where information is shared on Facebook and Twitter, almost everything said and done is out in the open . For community support, if everything the Council is discussing and voting on, it is human nature to do things that most people would approve of . In a 2012 Piedmont Journal article, the City Council voted to appoint a member to a board without a discussion . When asked by a reporter if this had been discussed in an open meeting, several council members said no . One member was quoted as saying, “That ‘s the way we’ve always done it. “ Another council member stated that he did not like the way the council handled some issues and recommended the council put at least one meeting between the time the council discusses business and then votes on it. The council member said it is more open, and he liked the openness of it . The Mayor Pro Tem agreed . Our meeting ‘ s agenda makes the Council aware of specific items for discussion and then a vote . “Other Business” is also an item on the agenda . I feel that “Other Business” items should be for discussion only and should come before the council at the next meeting under a specific agenda item for a possible vote . Personally, I need the extra time in order to make an informed decision, and I agree with the councilman ‘ s comment in 2012 to have one meeting between the discussion and voting . I have been told many times lately, “Brenda, that ‘s the way we’ ve always done it. “ In my opinion, that answer is not acceptable anymore . Be an informed taxpayer and citizen . The decisions of the Council affect us all . Attend council meetings and voice your opinions, comments, and concerns for Piedmont . The meetings are the first and third Tuesdays each month at 6:00 pm in the Municipal Building at 312 N. Center Avenue .
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atty McDowell Glover’s first job after graduating from Wellborn High School was working with children at a nursery in Jacksonville. It appears that working with children is how she will end her career. For the past 18 years, she’s worked with Piedmont City Schools. Three years of that were spent working as a title teacher. She’s currently secretary at Piedmont Elementary School in the Frances E. Willard building. Patty said working with children is a blessing. “If you can touch a heart, give them a snack or just be nice to them that’s what they need,” she said. “You don’t know how they’re treated at home or what their environment is like. If you can make the office better for the students and the teachers, then your day is made.” She said that working with the teachers and staff is a blessing for her. In between these jobs, Patty worked at two others. She worked at Alaco Pharmacy. Then, she worked eight years for Dr. Russell and Evelyn Ulrich. “They’re like family to me,” she said of the Ulrichs. Patty and her husband Don have two sons. Steven owns Lovers by Glover on Main Street. Steven redesigned his parents’ home last year. Kyle is a firefighter in Jacksonville and Piedmont and works with the Piedmont rescue squad. Kyle’s wife Heather works at Anniston Army Depot. They gave the Glovers triplets last year. Emma, Lilly and Brantley are now four months old. “It’s a blessing times three,” said Patty. “It’s God’s blessing for us. It’s wonderful.” Patty said she and Don and the maternal grandparents are set up on schedules to help the parents with the trio. The Glovers met through mutual friends at Pizza Inn in Anniston. Patty had been a lifelong resident of Wellborn, but after she and Don married, she moved to Piedmont. That was 33 years ago. Her parents are Gail McDowell and the late Donald Ray McDowell. The Glovers are members of First United Methodist Church where Patty is former youth director. She said she’s available to help whenever asked. She is also a
HUNGRY JACK CASSEROLE 1 lb. ground beef 16 oz. can pork and beans ¾ c. barbecue sauce 1 T. chopped onion 1 T. brown sugar 1 t. salt 1 can Hungry Jack biscuits ¾ c. shredded cheddar cheese Brown beef in skillet and drain. Mix next five ingredients together and stir in beef. Put in clean skillet. Let simmer until it starts to bubble. Spray a 9x13 casserole dish. Pour the mixture into dish. Cut biscuits in half. Place over top of mixture. Sprinkle cheese on top. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook 20-30 minutes or until biscuits are done. CHEESY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP 1 Wyler’s chicken noodle soup starter 2-4 chicken breasts 8 oz. Velveeta cheese 2 cans cream of chicken sup 1 bag egg noodles Boil chicken in water. When chicken is done, take it out and let it cool. In broth, add Wyler’s chicken noodle soup starter and the bag of noodles. You need to add about 4-5 cups of water with the noodles. Let this boil. When it is soft add Velveeta cheese. Make sure you turn it down to low so the cheese won’t burn. When cheese is melted, add your chicken. (I usually chop up my chicken.)
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Patty Glover at her home in Piedmont. member of the Piedmont Booster Club. “I was so involved when my kids were little,” she said. “Now, I’m letting other church members enjoy what we enjoyed.” Patty said the things she enjoys most are cooking, cleaning and working in her yard. She and Don also enjoy riding motorcycles with their family and friends. Her mother and grandmother taught her to cook. “They were both great cooks,” she said. “I always liked to be in their kitchen.” Patty cooks almost every day. Don is a police officer and volunteer fireman and works long hours. His parents are
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BEEF AND MUSHROOM LASAGNA 1 can (10 ¾ oz.) Campbell’s condensed cream of mushroom soup (regular or 98 percent fat free) ¼ c. milk 1 lb. ground beef 2 c. Prego fresh mushroom Italian sauce 9 cooked lasagna noodles 1 c. shredded Italian blend or mozzarella cheese Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Stir the soup and milk in a small bowl until the mixture is smooth. Cook the beef in a 10-inch skillet over mediumhigh heat until it’s well browned, stirring often to separate meat. Pour off any fat. Stir in the Italian sauce. Layer half the beef mixture, 3 lasagna noodles and 1 c. sup mixture in a 2-quart shallow baking dish. Top with 3 lasagna noodles, remaining beef mixture, remaining noodles and remaining soup mixture. Sprinkle with the cheese. Cover the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until the lasagna is hot. Uncover the baking dish. Heat the broiler. Broil 4 inches from the heat for 2 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes. COCA-COLA CAKE 1 box (15.25 oz.) chocolate fudge cake mix - Ingredients listed on back of cake mix box (eggs and oil – water, not needed) 1 small box (4 oz.) instant chocolate pudding 1 1/3 c. Coca-Cola
Pat Davidson and the late Claude Donald Glover. “There are a lot of days he doesn’t get to have lunch, he’s so busy,” she said. “I want him to have a good meal when he gets home.” Patty prefers old-fashioned cooking, the way her mother and grandmother cooked. She likes to cook for her family and company. “The more people you can cook for and the bigger the crowd, the more I like it,” she said. “I love to cook for family, and I like to help others and not be recognized for it. I like doing things behind the scene.” (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)
1 stick margarine or unsalted butter 3 T. unsweetened cocoa 4-6 T. heavy cream or milk (see notes below) 2 c. (packed powdered sugar) 1 t. vanilla extract ½ c. chopped pecans, options Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9x13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Prepare cake mix according to package directions but instead of adding water, you will replace that amount with Coca-Cola. Add in dry instant pudding mix to the batter s well. Pour batter into baking dish and bake according to package directions (usually 35-39 minutes). Just before cake is ready to come out of the oven, start making frosting. In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, start melting one stick of butter/ margarine. Add in cocoa powder and heavy cream (or milk, if using) and stir. Then stir in confectioner’s sugar. Stir briskly with a whisk to get all the lumps out. Take mixture off heat and add vanilla extract. Once cake comes out of the oven, pour frosting over warm cake. Do your best to spread it out evenly. Sprinkle chopped nuts on top (optional). Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. (If you are using milk instead of heavy cream, you will probably only need about 3-4 T. of it because milk is thinner than heavy cream. Use your judgment on it. Start with less and add a little at a time to get the right consistency. Or, you can always add a bit more powdered sugar to the frosting to make it thicker if you like.)
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Patty’s grandchildren triplets Brantley, Emma and Lilly.
The more people you can cook for and the bigger the crowd, the more I like it. I love to cook for family, and I like to help others and not be recognized for it.” Patty Glover
Christopher Anthony and Laura Benefield Anthony are proud to announce the arrival of Ily Joan Anthony who was born at 4:49 p.m. Jan. 27, 2014, at RMC of Jacksonville. Ily weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces and was 19 inches at birth. Grandparents of the baby are Robert (Bobby) and Sandra Benefield of Knighten Crossroads in Piedmont and Ernest and Faye Anthony of Spring Garden.
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A LOOK BACK IN HISTORY COOSA YMCA BASKETBALL TEAMS IN 1950 TOP LEFT: COOSA YMCA MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM: Standing, from left, are Curtis Johnson, Jim Davis, Jimmey Collier, Archie Stewart, John Roy Kirkpatrick, Harold Kines and Joe Faulkner. Seated: Raymond Lockridge, Joe Gowens, Milton Steward and Winston Collier.
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BOTTOM LEFT: COOSA YMCA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM: Standing, from left, are physical director Archie Stewart, Minnie Dean Stephens, Doris White, Willie Dean Westbrooks and Helen Carr. Seated: Elizabeth Hurst and Annie Jo Rutherford.
(Editor’s note: The Piedmont Journal has begun publishing older photographs on a regular basis. Those having older photographs who would like them published can send them to jalred@jaxnews.com or akilgore@jaxnews.com. Identify the people in the photo and, if possible, include some information about it.)
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Fifth-grader Slade Haney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Haney, won the Piedmont Elementary School Spelling Bee Jan. 7. Omarion Foster, fourth grade, son of Monique Stitts, won 2nd place. Third place winner was Elliot Ford, fifth grade, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ford. Slade represented the school in the Calhoun County Spelling Bee Jan. 28 at Donoho School. Shown with principal Chris Hanson from left are Slade, Elliot and Omarion.
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Piedmont High School recently held a recognition ceremony for several students and a member of its faculty for their outstanding accomplishments. Pictured were those who were recognized. From left to right, bottom row, Kali Waddell (State Championship JV Cheerleader Squad), Megan Mohon (State Championship JV Cheerleading Squad), Gracie Goss (State Championship JV Cheerleading Squad), Brianna Winkles (State Championship JV Cheerleading Squad), Makayla West (All-State Band Flutist), Krysten Byers (State Championship JV Cheerleading Squad). From left to right, top row, Dylan Akin (Congressional Appointee to the Air Force Academy), Exavyer Jackson (All-State Football Defensive Lineman & Class 1-4A, 285 lbs State Wrestling Champion), Coach Harley Lamey (Coach of Ten State Individual Wrestling Championships), Darnell Jackson (All-State Football Defensive Back), and Taylor Hayes (All-State Football Linebacker & Only Freshman in Alabama named to All-State Football).
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SCHOOL NEWS
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On Feb. 8, the Piedmont High School VEX Robotics team competed in Centre. Justin Price built the robot with help from Nathaniel Nichols. Nina Gouger and Angela Lucas made a folder to go along with the process it took to build the robot. Katlyn McCurdy and Hannah McCurdy drove the robot and worked on course management. The team robot finished 10th out of 42 robots. Mrs. Miller and Mr. McMath are very proud of the hard work put forth by the students.
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Plans for busy spring As we (hopefully) say goodbye to winter in the coming weeks, Piedmont Public Library is staying busy and planning for an even busier Spring and Summer. The Library currently has three groups meeting at the Library at different times. All of these groups are open to anyone who would be interested in joining. The first is a Women’s Group that will meet at the Library through the end of March on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. The group focuses on dealing with the pressures of life and how to live without guilt and without trying so hard. Anyone who struggles with these issues is welcome. The second is an ongoing women’s exercise group that meets at the Library at 5 p.m. on Thursdays. Anyone who is interested in moving more and getting healthier is welcome to come. The third is our Library Book Club. The book club meets once a month, and books and snacks are provided for no cost. The next meeting of the book club will be Tuesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. Beginning in April, we hope to have a basics computer class, staff led, on Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-noon. These will be very basic, strictly to learn the rudimentary computer skills needed to search the internet, type a document, etc. if anyone is interested in these classes, we will begin signups at the beginning of March. The classes will only hold six people at a time and will be based on signups. If we do not have signups for a particular week, we will not meet that week. Please stop by the Library for more information. Of course, the Library always has new books and movies coming in. Some of our new titles include: Books: Wedding Bees by Sarah-Kate Lynch Command Authority by Tom Clancy Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson First Love by James Patterson Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz Robert B. Parker’s Bull River by Robert Knott All Things Hidden by Tracie Peterson Dancing Master by Julie Klassen Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly Heart of Mercy by Sharlene Maclaren Hunted by Karen Robards Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly Let Me Off at the Top by Ron Burgundy Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare No Ordinary Man by Suzanne Brockmann Practice to Deceive by Ann Rule Rising Tide by Randy Roberts Warman’s Depression Glass by Ellen Schroy Blue Flame by Jill Shalvis Movies: Escape Plan Free Birds Riddick Diana All is Lost Austenland Captain Phillips Carrie Lee Daniel’s The Butler Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Last Vegas Enough Said Despicable Me 2
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11 years before we got married,” he said. Margaret worked 29 years at StandardCoosa-Thatcher. When SCT closed, she worked at Springs for a few years. The Kellers have three daughters. Wendy Alexander, Erica Fairs and Nicole Keller all live Piedmont. They have a goddaughter, Katina Higgins, who also lives in Piedmont, and four grandchildren. Other relatives living in Piedmont are his 79-year-old mother, Annie Mae Keller; his brother, Willie Keller, who works with the city; and sisters, Sarah Keller and Doris Keller. Another sister, Linda Keller, lives in Huntsville. Keller has held several jobs, one of which was at Standard-Coosa-Thatcher. He worked for a chemical plant in Cedartown and is now retired after
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“We’re going to take this money and repair bridges along the trail,” he said. “This is great. It’s grant money. Somebody is going to pay 80 percent. We like that part of it, especially.” Baker said that Piedmont spearheaded the trail in the ‘80s under the administration of James Bennett. “We’re excited to be a part of the trail,” he said. “It’s always wonderful to see it expand and see improvements that are made.” Baker said he believes that the prettiest
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working 25 years at Bostrom Seating where he was a welder. The Kellers are members of Thankful Baptist Church where he sings in the male chorus. “I enjoy the church and our pastor, Rev. Charlie Parker,” he said. “He lives in Gadsden and comes up here every Sunday. He’s also an assistant principal in Gadsden.” Keller likes working around his house. He likes to talk and especially likes to visit and talk to the elderly. “I visit them pretty often, and when they’re in need I try to help them,” he said. He also likes to fish and isn’t concerned about the size of his catch. “I’m not concerned about the big fish,” he said. “I love crappies.” (Contact Margaret at pollya922@ gmail.com)
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Piedmont seeded fourth in county tourney RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
Piedmont was 1-4 when the seeding meeting for this year’s Calhoun County baseball tournament convened Sunday. However, the teams the Bulldogs had played and the way those games played out impressed the coaches enough to put Piedmont as the No. 4 seed for the tournament. The Bulldogs open the tournament against No. 13 Anniston Friday in Jacksonville at Henry Farm Park. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. but will start shortly after the completion of the 4:30 p.m. game between No. 3 Jacksonville and No. 14 Jacksonville Christian. Friday’s winner plays again Saturday at 10 a.m. against the winner of the game between No. 5 Pleasant Valley and No. 12 Donoho. All four quarterfinal games on Saturday, Monday’s semifinal games and Tuesday’s championship game will be at Henry Farm Park. This year’s Bulldogs include just three seniors. Caleb
Adams at second base and Matt Strott at catcher are returning starters. Jaret Prater is starting in the outfield for the first season. Juniors are shortstop-pitcher-third baseman Tyler Lusk, first baseman Cale McCord and pitcher-shortstop-outfielder Peyton Whitten. Whitten transferred to Piedmont from White Plains at the start of the current school year late last summer. Seven sophomores are part of the 19-player roster. Bayley Blanchard will pitch and play third base. Edrian Diaz, another transfer, is a shortstop. Jacob Goss and Devin Hincy are outfielders. Hunter Jones is a second baseman. Dalton Spears is battling McCord for the starting role at first base. Payton Young returns as the starter in left field. Freshman Taylor Hayes will start in center field and pitch. Couy Taylor will pitch and play at third base. Ry Atkins is a pitcher. Derrick Baer can catch, play second base and cover ground in the outfield. Easton Kirk is a catcher and Michael Rogers is a second baseman. Blanchard had expected defense and hitting would be
strengths in 2014. “I’ve been real surprised. Our pitching has been pretty good and our defense and hitting has been kind of off to start with. It’s kind of been opposite of what I thought it might be,” Blanchard said of the season’s start. The Bulldogs opened on Feb. 18 with two losses on the road to Oxford by scores of 6-0 and 12-8. Blanchard said the second game was 8-7 until the late innings. On Friday, Piedmont played at home and defeated Cedar Bluff 9-5. Ahead 9-0, Blanchard played all 19 of his players. At Attalla Saturday, Etowah rallied to defeat Piedmont 3-2 after Piedmont led 2-0. In the second game Saturday, Cedar Bluff downed the Bulldogs 6-4. Blanchard said that while a number of this year’s players have game experience at the varsity level few have been starters or the players depended upon to start rallies or drive in runs to give Piedmont leads. “We’re trying to find a batting order right now that everybody feels comfortable with,” he said.
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Panthers chosen to all tourney teams Spring Garden seniors Haley Motes and Will Westbrook were named to the 2014 Northeast Regional all-tournament teams for Class 1A girls and boys at the conclusion of the 1A championship games Friday at Jacksonville State’s Pete Mathews Coliseum. Motes recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds in the Panthers’ 58-51 loss to Skyline in the regional semifinal round on
Feb. 18. She was 7-for-14 from the floor and 2-for-2 at the free throw line and played the full 32 minutes. Westbrook also finished his career with a double-double in the boys’ 60-47 semifinal loss to eventual 1A champion Sacred Heart on Feb. 18. He had 20 points on 8-for-16 shooting and four free throws and pulled down 12 rebounds.
Bulldogs have only one senior RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent Outfielder Mallory Roberts is the lone senior on the 2014 edition of the Piedmont softball team. Juniors playing are outfielder Peggy Ridely, first baseman Ashlynne Rivers and first baseman-third baseman Caitlin Tant. Sophomore Madison Pike plays in the outfield and at third. Classmate Gena Prater is an outfielder. Kendall Pressley pitches, plays at first base and fills the designated player role. Torre Roberts is the starter at shortstop. Hetavi Shah is an outfielder and Hayden Tyree is the starting catcher. Included among the five freshmen are Rachel Baggett and Amber Maddox, each a second baseman and outfielder. Hannah Hulsizer is a first baseman-catcher-pitcher-designated player. Melanie Richardson is an outfielder. Pitcher Kayleigh Williams plays in center field when she is not pitching. Eighth-grader Kaitlyn Ridley is an outfielder with blazing speed. “For the most part, I’ve been very pleased, especially with our hitting,” first-year head coach Rachel Smith said of her team’s start. “With it being as cold as it has been and us not being able to see a lot of live pitching – we’ve had very few days to get out and see live pitching, we’ve been doing a lot of indoor work – I’ve been pleasantly surprised that our hitting has been as good
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as it’s been.” Softball season began at home for Piedmont but the Bulldogs quickly became road warriors. Jacksonville came to Piedmont on Thursday of last week and left on the short end of a 9-8 score after nine innings. The Golden Eagles got two runs in the top of the first inning and two more in the top of the second for a 4-0 lead. Piedmont responded with a vengeance in the home half of the second with a seven-run outburst. With no one out and the bases loaded, Pressley doubled to centerfield to drive in two runs. Rivers’ bunt single added another run. With two down and the bases again loaded with Bulldogs, Pike doubled to left and three runs scored. Tant completed the big inning with an RBI single. Two runs in the third and one in the sixth by Jacksonville sent the game into extra innings. Using the international tiebreaker, each team scored once in the eighth. In the top of the ninth, the Eagles threaten again. With runners on first and third and one out, Jacksonville bunted back to Williams at pitcher. Williams threw home to Tyree for an out at the plate. The third out came on a ground ball back to Williams. ■ See BULLDOGS, page 10
Monday’s doubleheader at Crossville, rescheduled from last Thursday, turned into an unexpected sixhour marathon for visiting Spring Garden. The Panthers earned a split, winning the opener 8-5 and losing the second game 13-7. Spring Garden coach Tony Benefield said the first game started at 4:30 p.m. and the second ended at 10:35 p.m. Benefield has an unusually large roster of 20 players for the 2014 season, the most he has ever carried. His six seniors are Kyler Bellamy, Grant Benefield, Lukas Crawford, Will Ivey, Leevi Maddox and Will Westbrook. Dylan Kirk and Andrew McLarty are juniors. The four sophomores are Chase Jennings, Colton Lambert, Tanner Parker and Dylan Short. From the freshman class come Dawson Broome, Taylor Hardin, Ben Ivey, Dylan Lewis, Joe Rogers and Austin Stordahl. Ben Ivey was injured during basketball season and is not expected to be cleared to play until the middle of the season. Riley Austin and Elliot Benefield are eighth-graders. Once again, infield defense will be a strong point for Spring Garden. “Grant (Benefield) and Will Ivey and Will Westbrook have been playing infield togeth-
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he will be in center field where Crawford will play when Maddox catches. Stordahl will play in left field most games but occasionally move to a middle infield spot depending on the pitcher of the moment. Dylan Short moves to left in Stordahl’s absence. Dylan Kirk is the primary right fielder and No. 1 reserve at third. The thought of carrying 20 players, with so many in the dugout and unable to get on the field, caused Benefield to worry before the season started that there would be a lack of focus and concentration. His players’ actions have eliminated that concern. “So far, they’ve all stayed in the game (mentally). I’ve been real pleased with the way they are supporting the team,” he said. The depth proved valuable in the Crossville doubleheader. “Last night in the games at Crossville, I had to use everybody. Just getting through two games like that when you don’t have that veteran pitching staff that I’ve always had, it just takes everybody,” Benefield said Tuesday morning. “I threw about seven guys last night, I think. When you do that you’re having to sub in the outfield and everything else. Other than Ben Ivey and maybe one other guy, I think everybody go in one of the games last night and not from me just trying to get them in. I needed them in.” Will Ivey pitched four innings in relief and picked up the win in the first game at Crossville. He also had four hits in seven official at-bats over the two games. His triple in the nightcap was Spring Garden’s only extra-base hit Mon-
day. Grant Benefield was 4-for-8. Westbrook and Stordahl had three hits apiece. Kirk had two hits while Crawford and Lambert each had one hit. The elder Benefield said he was pleased with what he saw from his young pitchers at Crossville. “They weren’t scared a bit,” he noted. The Panthers opened their season Saturday at Asbury where they defeated Asbury 14-1 and Butler of Huntsville 18-1. “We did what we were supposed to do. We hit the ball. We pitched it well. All the guys I threw Saturday pitched well,”Benefield said. Grant Benefield had a five-inning complete game no-hitter in the opener against Asbury. Benefield struck out 14 and did not allow an earned run. Kirk had two hits and three RBIs. McLarty doubled twice and Broome also had two hits. Lambert, Stordahl and Grant Benefield each added a base hit. In the win over Butler, Kirk had two more hits, both doubles, and two RBIs. McLarty had two singles and an RBI. Rogers, Austin, Broome, Lambert, Stordahl, Westbrook, Grant Benefield and Will Ivey each had a single. Five pitchers limited Butler to two hits in the five-inning game. McLarty, Short, Lewis, Hardin and Stordahl worked one inning apiece. Spring Garden (3-1) travels to White Plains Thursday with the varsity game set to start at 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Panthers host Skyline and Jefferson Christian. Spring Garden and Skyline play at noon. Skyline and Jefferson Christian tangle at 2 p.m. and Spring Garden’s game with Jefferson Christian should start at 4 p.m.
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In the bottom of the ninth, Piedmont started with Pike on second base. Tant’s single to center scored Pike and ended the game. Tant had a career in one contest, going 5-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Pike doubled in two official at-bats, walked twice, scored twice and drove in three runs. Mallory Roberts was 2-for-3 and also coaxed a walk. Pressley finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Williams pitched all nine innings. She gave up 11 hits and walked two but only two of Jacksonville’s runs were earned. Williams struck out 11. On Friday and Saturday, the Bulldogs traveled to Heflin for Cleburne County’s Tiger round-robin tournament. It didn’t take long for the offensive fireworks to start. Piedmont opened against Lincoln Friday and won 9-0 in four innings. Hulsizer’s grand slam home run was the highlight of the Bulldogs’ eight-run first inning. Her shot cleared the fence in straightaway center. Pressley was the winning pitcher. She allowed just one hit, struck out three and walked two. Torre Roberts had two hits and a stolen base for Piedmont. Williams tripled. Pressley and Mallory Roberts also had a hit for the Bulldogs. Baggett drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third. Torre Roberts scored twice. Baggett, Hulsizer, Pressley, Kaitlyn Ridley, Mallory Roberts, Tant and Williams each scored one run.
In their first game Saturday, the Bulldogs defeated Clay Central 7-3. It was 3-3 after three innings. In the top of the fourth, Hulsizer singled but was erased when Baggett hit into a fielder’s choice. Peggy Ridley bunted for a base hit and Williams’ infield single loaded the bases. With two down, cleanup hitter Tant doubled to left and Piedmont led 5-3. Williams advanced to third on Tant’s hit and scored on one of the seven errors Clay Central committed during the game. In the fifth, Tyree opened the inning with a single and Kaitlyn Ridley entered as a courtesy runner. Ridley stole second, stole third and scored when the throw got past the third baseman. Williams was the winning pitcher with a six-inning complete game. She did not allow an earned run a walk. Williams gave up five hits and fanned seven. Tyree had a pair of singles and Kaitlyn Ridley scored two runs. In Piedmont’s final tournament game, host Cleburne County limited the Bulldogs to two runs on two hits and won 10-2 in five innings. “The four games we’ve played have revealed some things that we need to work on defensively but for the most part we’re solid and we’ve got some time this week to work on that because we don’t have a game until Thursday,” Smith said. Piedmont plays at Gaston Thursday, at Fort Payne Friday then plays in the Jacksonville tournament Saturday. The Bulldogs go to Gadsden City Monday.
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Harley Lamey is wearing a lot of hats these days. He’s decided to go back to school to get a EdD in education administration and it’s making his life a lot busier. In addition to being a student, Lamey is a husband, father, teacher and coach. For the past 12 years, he’s coached wrestling at Piedmont High School. Lamey was on the wrestling team at Weaver High School and was inspired by his coach, the late Gene Taylor. “Coach Taylor was my motivation,” said Lamey. “There were times I couldn’t stand him because he was so demanding. But I grew to appreciate him.” Lamey’s team won the state championship in 2009. They won the sectional tournament in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and the county tournament in 2009 and 2010. “The kids at Piedmont have a willingness to work hard,” said Lamey. “They push themselves when they don’t think they can go any further.” Lamey teaches on-line health, sociology, psychology, media production and facilitates some ACT prep courses. “It all takes up a lot of my time, especially on Sunday afternoons,” he said. “That’s when I have to make sure I get all my course work finished so it won’t interfere with my coaching and teaching.” Lamey explains on his PHS website that he went into education because he felt that it was his duty to share with others the knowledge and lessons that he learned from his parents, coaches and teachers along his educational
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Piedmont coach Harley Lamey works with his wrestling team. journey. On the website he said he believes that technology in the classroom is important because of the fact that the world has shifted to an always on, always engaged atmosphere. “There is an endless amount of information available to us by our smart devices at the simple touch of a screen,” he said. “We would be apathetic not to use these tools that are
available now to improve the educational environment that we present to our children.” Lamey was born at Fort McClellan where his father was stationed. His father Harley lives in Leesburg with his wife Jodi. His mother, Martha Lamey, lives in Memphis. His sister, Theresa McCary, lives in Southside with her husband Robert and daughters, Lily and Charlotte. Lamey attended Gadsden
State and is a graduate of Jacksonville State University where he received his bachelor’s in 2000 and his master’s in 2007. In May 2013, he completed his educational specialist degree in educational administration from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He and his wife, the former Heather Kirby, have a son, Jack, who attends school in Piedmont and, like his father did in
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