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Utility customers get another break

In the final minutes of an extended Piedmont City Council meeting Tuesday night, members voted unanimously to support two measures that will make it easier for residents to pay their power bills.

Through one measure the council is implementing a special change in procedures to make all residential power customers eligible for budget billing.

Under the previous policy, some residents who had made late payments within the last 12 months would have been ineligible to participate in the program.

Through a second measure the council decided to move back the late payment date for power bills in March. The bills are usually late on the 15th of each month, but residents will have until the 20th at 2 p.m. to make the payment this month.

“People have a hard time sometimes,” Baker said. “It’s just a

break to try to help them.”

Piedmont, unlike other Calhoun County municipalities, operates its own power system. It buys power in bulk from wholesalers and breaks it down at local power processing plants in order to resell it.

The council, at Baker’s request, decided to vote on the measures after listening to residents complain about the high cost of power bills for about an hour. The items were not listed on the council’s agenda, and they were brought up near the end of the meeting.

Before the vote about six residents stood to discuss the cost of their utility bills. About half of the residents complained about their water bills, and the rest complained about the cost of their power bills.

One Piedmont-area mother stood to say she receives $995 a

month, and that one of her recent bills totaled $1,076.

“Half my house has no electricity, so I don’t understand why it’s that high,” she said. “My kids and I are on a tight income.”

Council members also voted to help residents pay their power bill last month when they temporarily reduced the rates on gas and power bills, which were higher than usual because people have had to use more energy to heat their homes due to cold weather.

The city has also been struggling to pay its power bills to wholesalers. Late last month city officials were able to pay a late bill that totaled $190,000 bill, but the city is again having a tough time making the payment.

Piedmont City Clerk Michelle Franklin said it owes its power provider a $270,000 payment. A portion of that payment will be paid in the coming days, and the rest will be paid next week.

Freddie Perry

Piedmont man found Photos by Doug Borden

ABOVE LEFT: Singing at the Black History program. (RIGHT): Carlos Houston speaks during program.

Carlos Houston speaks at Black History program Piedmont’s young people perform MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor Elder Q. Hughley, a member of St. Luke’s CMA Church, was scheduled to be one of two speakers at the 16th Black History Month Program Friday night at the Bethune Center, but because of a prior engagement in Mississippi, he wasn’t able to get back to Piedmont before the

program ended.

Bethune Center director Tiny Lewis said that Hughley didn’t get to Birmingham until 6 p.m., which is the time the program started, so she advised him not to try to come on to Piedmont.

“We missed him, but we had another speaker who took over,” she said, referring to Carlos Houston. “Carlos stepped in and did what he had to do. He gave a wonderful speech. Mr. Hughley didn’t realize that he

was overloading himself.”

Houston, who lives in Atlanta, incorporates the spoken word into a form of poetry. At Friday night’s program, he spoke about two aspects of black history that has been on his mind recently. One of those aspects was the Civil Rights Movement.

“What would inspire a person to ■ See PROGRAM, page 12

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Police said Tuesday that a Piedmont man who had been missing since Saturday was found safe.

Freddie Perry called Piedmont police midday Tuesday from a road in Mississippi, chief Steve Tidwell said. According to the chief, Perry’s car had gotten stuck in the mud.

According to the department’s Facebook page, Perry spoke with a family member around 11 p.m.

Saturday. At the time of the call, Perry was somewhere between Huntsville and Piedmont on Interstate 65, Tidwell said.

The chief said he did not know how Perry ended up in Mississippi or where his car got stuck.

Tidwell said Perry used another person’s phone to call an acquaintance, and after that person told Perry the police were looking for him, he called the department.

Tidwell said Perry’s family members were going to get him Tuesday.

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Chiropractor chooses Piedmont for her home Dr. Amy McCurdy announces Patient Appreciation Day MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor Dr. Amy McCurdy said she knew there was something special about Piedmont the first time she drove through here a little over 20 years ago. She lived in Jasper at the time and had been visiting her parents in Powder Springs, Ga. She 666000999999 PU was onNBAR her.0104 wayBWA to-0.0015 visit her brother who was in MAG 80

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school at Jacksonville State University.

The very next week, she relocated to Piedmont, from Jasper, where she had a chiropractic practice.

Dr. Amy said it seemed as though everything was in place to welcome her, including a vacant office building, just waiting for her to occupy it. Billy Lindsay owned the building and rented the office to Amy. He even helped her find office furniture ■ See McCURDY, page 7

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OPINION/EDITORIAL Election will offer no real excitement

For the past year it has appeared that this year’s election was going to be less than exciting. Now that the dust has settled it looks like that will pretty much be the case. This lackluster year has been created by the fact that incumbents hold all five of the top constitutional offices and all five, especially the governor, are pretty popular.

The field is set and the lineup card is in the hands of the scorekeeper. The primaries are set for June 3 with the runoffs coming six weeks later on July 15. The general election will be November 3. More than likely the governor, attorney general, lieutenant governor, agriculture commissioner and treasurer, all Republicans, will be reelected to a second four-year term.

That means that 2018 will be looming as a watershed year. You should see six or more big name thoroughbreds seeking the governor’s post that year when Gov. Bentley cannot seek another term constitutionally. There are some naysayers who are saying, “Not so quick, my friend. I am not so sure that Bentley will be reelected.”

Indeed the Democrats, who many have written off for dead in statewide races, have fielded a slate of candidates. If there was any surprise it came in that corner. The fact that the Democrats have a ticket to choose from is the surprise of the year. We will see if the assumption that winning the GOP primary in Alabama is tantamount to election in the Heart of Dixie.

In the governor’s race incumbent Robert Bentley has two token challengers. He will hardly have to break a sweat or spend any money garnering the Republican nomination. In the fall, Bentley will more than likely

face Parker Griffith, who will probably be the Democratic standard bearer.

Steve Parker Griffith is a Flowers former congressman and state senator from Huntsville. He was elected to both of these posts as a Republican.

He is a physician and Inside The Statehouse businessman who is wealthy and has a propensity for spending his own money. That is what makes him a viable candidate. He is also handsome and articulate.

Bentley will prevail in November but Parker Griffith will net as many votes as a Democrat can get for governor. Most experts think that is about 42%. This race will be interesting to follow. It is also interesting that there will be two physicians pitted against each other in the fall. Bentley is a retired dermatologist and Griffith is a retired cancer specialist.

Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey will face a challenge within the GOP primary from Dr. Stan Cooke from Walker County.

Cooke is the pastor of the Kimberly Church of God in Jefferson County and is an active Tea Partier.

The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor is from just up the road on I-65 in Cullman County. James Fields is also a pastor and served a term in the State House of Representatives before being swept out by the GOP tidal wave in 2010.

Attorney General Luther Strange has no Republican opposition. However, Montgomery State Representative Joe Hubbard, who will be the Democratic standard bearer, will challenge him in the fall. This could be the closest race in November.

Incumbent GOP Treasurer Young Boozer is unopposed in his race for a second four-year term in the primary.

He will be challenged by longtime AEA lobbyist Joe Cottle in the general election.

Incumbent Republican Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan has no GOP primary opponent. His Democratic challenger is Doug “New Blue” Smith.

The best statewide races of the year are for the offices of Secretary of State, State Auditor and two of the Public Service Commission seats.

The best regional race of the year will be for the open congressional seat in the Birmingham metro area.

The 6th congressional post is being vacated by 20-year veteran congressman Spencer Bachus. There are seven Republican men vying for the open seat. It has been ranked as one of the most Republican seats in the nation.

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions will waltz to a fourth sixyear term in the U.S. Senate. He has no opposition from any Republicans or Democrats.

Even if it is a lackluster year, it will be fun to watch.

We will see if there are any upsets.

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

Mysteries solved, but more are around the corner

Sometimes life presents mysteries to us homeowners.

Sunday was my day to resolve three of them that had cropped up in recent months.

First of all, a mysterious odor has been present in my laundry room since Christmas. My visiting family members swore it was gas leaking from the hot water heater. One family member went so far as to stuff a towel beneath his bedroom door for fear that he would be overcome by poisonous gases as he slept. The next day, I called the gas company who sent out a person to confirm that there was no gas leak present.

The guests left, and the odor persisted. A few weeks later, the severe cold caused a water pipe beneath my laundry room to burst. I told the plumber about the odor, and he said there was no sewage pipe in that vicinity.

However, he found a hole in another pipe and plugged it. Still the odor persisted.

I was embarrassed by the odor and had only invited two other friends over. One of them went into the laundry room, sniffed, and declared the odor was definitely from a sewage leak.

I made an appointment with my handyman son Jonathan to come to the house on Sunday to do what we all dreaded – cutting out the floor to identify the source of the odor. Shortly before he began the project, he investigated the laundry room and found a spray bottle that I once had filled with a mixture of room deodorizer and alcohol. The mixture had soured and the odor had somehow permeated through the plastic bottle, even with the lid closed. Everyone had a laugh at my expense, but the mystery was solved.

Another mystery involved my attic lights. Several years back, I added a tin roof. It darkened any natu-

ral light that used to come into the attic. When the two light bulbs in Sherry the attic went out several months ago, Kughn I replaced them.

However, when the new ones failed to light up, I decidSherry-Go-Round ed the switch was faulty. After the holidays, I had to pack my decorations just inside the attic door because I could not see where they were supposed to be stored. Also on Sunday, I asked Jonathan if he would check the light switch in the attic to see if it had become loose. He and his son Tanner, who is a great handyman apprentice, first placed different light bulbs in the two sockets. The lights came right on, even though one of them blew out quickly. Jonathan thought there might be a short in one of the sockets, but a third new bulb stayed on just fine. Second mystery solved.

Also on Sunday, after Jonathan and his family had left, I decided to replace all of the junk, I mean important household items, back into the laundry room. As I worked, I kept an eye out for a missing glove. I had bought a new pair about 10 days ago, and I had laid them on the back of a chair in the den. Afterward, I delivered some laundry to the family member of a friend in the nursing home. When I returned, one glove was missing from where I had laid it. I had searched for the glove since then, and I had called the friend who said it had not been found. On Sunday evening, well after my

other two mysteries had been solved, the friend called and said the glove had been found. I was delighted that a third mystery had been solved.

No mysteries have revolved around a problem I shared with my readers several weeks ago. I wrote a column about trying to rid my shed of a squirrel. I had explained how many different things I had tried to convince the squirrel to leave. By the time I wrote the column, I thought the squirrel was gone. However, a week later, I once again heard it running around in the wall and attic of the shed. When I went inside the shed, had the audacity to poke its head out at me from a hole it had chewed.

So, I went online, found, and ordered an electric squirrel repeller. The device is designed to emit high-pitched sound waves. Critters are supposed to hate it. Now, three weeks have passed without the pattering of squirrel feet in the wall and attic.

Homeownership is wonderful, especially when we enjoy our warm, comfortable houses in a winter as harsh as this one has been. It is a challenge, though, to keep chipmunks out of dryer vents (the birdseed that one of my friends had placed in a feeder was stolen and stored by a chipmunk), to keep squirrels from biting into electrical wires (this happened in my aunt’s attic), to replace siding when a truck hits the house (my mother came home to that one day), and to prevent a parade of ants from causing a short circuit in a heating unit (that happened to another house my family once lived in).

It is hard to predict what will happen next, but one thing is certain: we can always look around and see that we are not the only ones to experience such frustrating occurrences.

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Administration has chosen to lead from behind Readers of my columns will note I rarely if ever praise President Obama for any of his domestic policies, which I believe have divided Americans and hobbled our economy, increasing unemployment to record levels and stifling small businesses, key drivers of job creation.

Foreign policy is in the spotlight in Washington these days. The Obama administration is reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Please understand two points here: Russia has already invaded Ukraine and is in process of taking over the nation with its military; secondly, Mr. Obama and Secretary Kerry are having to react to this situation because they apparently had not anticipated a scenario in which Vlad Putin would attempt to rebuild the former USSR by military force and economic coercion.

How has this administration reacted? By giving speeches and interviews to national media. Oh yeah, President Obama had a 90-minute phone conversation with Mr. Putin. Presumably, Obama told Putin not to invade, and that if he did invade he’d have to pay a

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price…no specifics coming out of the White House about what that price might Daniel be. Russia has already Gardner invaded and is continuing to move military forces into the Ukraine.

Remember how My Thoughts Obama began is presidency? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her Russian counterpart a “reset” button to begin relations anew. Let’s forget the past and move on to better relations. Oops! The Russian word on the button meant “overcharge.” Yep, Hillary told her Russian counterpart she wanted to overcharge ties between Russia and the US. Relations with Russia have gone downhill ever since.

Regarding foreign policies, President Obama is the weakest president in my lifetime. He began his tenure touring Muslim nations proclaiming peace between America and Muslims, apologizing for slights other administrations had made against Muslims. Not long after that, Muslim nations in northern Africa and the Middle East broke out in civil unrest in what has been termed the “Arab Spring.” President Obama gave speeches to try to quell the riots.

The Muslim Brotherhood gained control of Egypt, formerly one of our best allies in the region.

In the last two weeks General Sisi of Egypt struck a deal with Putin for arms sales as well as political and financial support.

Syria has been in flames for nearly three years, and Obama has made speeches, drawn red lines, withdrawn red lines and given more speeches. And, who can

forget the Islamic terrorist attack on 9/11, 2012? This White House and the mainstream media have apparently moved on. The eight-hour attack with mortars and military weapons met no military resistance as Obama and Hillary watched. Indeed, both leaders quickly classified this terrorist attack as a spontaneous demonstration sparked by a Youtube video. Obama maintained this for weeks as he toured TV talk shows and spoke at the UN condemning the video, saying at one point, “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam,” referring to the video (not terrorists) as the primary spark that led to the murder of four brave Americans in Benghazi.

While the rest of the world has waited for America to maintain a leadership role in the world of nations, the Obama administration has chosen to “lead from behind” with speeches and weak diplomacy. It’s sad to realize how far America has fallen under this president.

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Obituaries

MURPHREE Gadsden - Funeral service for Ashley Rachel Murphree, 22, was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 23, at Crestwood Chapel.

She passed Wednesday February 19, 2014. The Rev. Tommy Ferguson officiated. Burial was held at Highland Cemetery in Piedmont. Crestwood Memorial Funeral Home directed services.

Ashley was a graduate of Westbrook Christian School. She was very involved in athletics, from softball to volleyball and basketball; she loved them all and was a very competitive athlete. She attended Gadsden State Community College and had earned her Certified Nursing Assistant Certification. She was a member of Goodyear Heights Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her grandfather, Harlan Lumsden; great-grandmother Mary Warrine McGowan; cousin Kristina LeAnn Lumsden.

She is survived by her daughter, Ollie LaShae Isaac and Ollie’s father Lonnie Isaac; parents, Michelle (David) Burgess and Gary (Traci) Murphree; brothers and sisters Jeremy (Ashley King) Murphree, Cody Burgess, Hannah Murphree and Jade Sexton; grandparents, Bonnie Lumsden, Cleo Murphree, Charles and Jenny Burgess; uncles, Scott (Judy) Lumsden and Bruce (Nancy) Lumsden; aunt, Sandy (Ralph) Johnson; numerous cousins.

Pallbearers are Jeremy Murphree, Cody Burgess, Josh Lumsden, Chase Lumsden, Andrew Lumsden, and Joseph Hutchins.

The family would like to express their special thanks to Dr. Stephen Jones, Gadsden EMTs, and the staff of Gadsden Regional Medical Center.

SMITH Jacksonville - Graveside service for Betty Honea Smith was held Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 11 a.m. from Highland Cemetery in Piedmont. Mrs. Smith, 85, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014.

She was preceded in death by her parents; 2 brothers; 3 sisters; husband, George W. Smith.

Survivors include her sister, Merita Guisti (Mike), of Sunny Vale, Calif.; step-daughter, Glenda Cone (Buzz); 6 nephews; 3 nieces; cou-

sins; 1 great-niece and her church family.

She attended Tredegar Chapel Church and requests memorials, in lieu of flowers, to Tredegar Chapel Church Building Fund, 1676 Nisbet Lake Road, Jacksonville, AL 36260.

Dansby Heritage Chapel is honored to serve the Smith Family.

WILLIAMS Piedmont - Funeral service for Mrs. Ilean Edwards Williams, 86, of Piedmont, was held 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Dansby Heritage Chapel with visitation from 12-2 p.m.

Burial followed in Lower Cane Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Heflin.

Mrs. Williams passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 1, 2014.

She was born in Edwardsville, in Cleburne County, to R.W. and Ella Sanders Edwards.

She was of the Baptist Faith and had retired from Springs.

She is survived by one brother, Wyatt Edwards and one sister, Abi Laura (Fulton B.) Counts, both of Piedmont; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Reba A. Buchanan; two sisters, Ibis Freeman and Jencie Edwards.

Dansby Heritage Chapel is honored to serve the Williams Family.

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Is President bypassing Congress to delay Obamacare?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, you may have seen President Obama bypassing Congress – yet again.

He is at least keeping one promise –he will not hesitate to bypass Congress to implement his policies.

The Administration announced mid-February it would be postponing a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, by delaying the employer health care insurance mandate by another year.

This means employers with 50 to 99 workers will be given a second year delay until 2016 to comply with the lengthy list of Obamacare regulations.

On the surface, you might think this doesn’t make sense: why is the president delaying another key part of his signature health care law?

I believe the answer is the Administration knows the law will hurt our small and medium sized businesses – which are the heartbeats of our local economies.

To test this idea, I asked constituents on a live Tele-town Hall meeting this week what they thought of the most recent Obamacare delay.

Of those who participated in the sur-

vey, 78 percent believed it was because Obamacare would hurt jobs, versus 22 percent who thought it would give employers more time to prepare.

I have heard stories of East Alabamians who say they have benefitted from Obamacare.

But those stories are far outweighed by the negative accounts, which for example I heard this week during a meeting with employees and officials at Ajin USA in Chambers County.

They brought up their concerns about Obamacare and its impact on their employees. With the continued uncertainty surrounding the law, job creators like this are nervous, and they should be.

I will continue to fight against this flawed law.

As always, I want to hear from you on this or any issue. Contact me on my website at mike-rogers.house.gov and sign up for my eNewsletter. You can also like me on Facebook at Congressman Mike D. Rogers, follow me on Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram at RepMikeRogersAL and subscribe to my YouTube page at MikeRogersAL03.

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• 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.

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Police Report Feb. 17 • Burglary III. A 27-year-old male reported an incident in which $2,000 in currency, a Smith & Wesson AR-15, a 12-gauge shotgun, a Springfield 9-mm pistol, a Sig .45 caliber gun, a Waither P-22 pistol, a Ruger rifle and other items were taken from a location on Babbling Brook Road between Feb. 14 and Feb. 17.

• Assault III. A 26-yearold female reported an incident that occurred on Morgan Avenue at 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 19 • Burglary III. Officers investigated the theft of an Apple MacBook, a 42-inch Hitachi television, two Michael Cores wrist watches, four Ralph Lauren shirts, a pair of Ralph Lauren polo shoes, and an Abercrombie shirt that occurred in the 500 block of Anniston Avenue at 3 p.m. Feb. 14.

• Possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana II. Officers recovered a plastic bag containing plant material during an incident that occurred on Nolan Street

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• Manufacturing of a controlled substance I. Officers recovered 29 one-part meth labs and components during an incident that occurred on Nolan Street at 3:20 p.m.

• Possession of drug paraphernalia. Officers recovered a set of digital scales containing residue in an incident that occurred on Wallace Circle at 1:45 p.m.

Feb. 20 • Harassing communications. A 30-year-old female reported an incident that occurred Feb. 19 around 7:45 p.m.

• Harassment. A 21-year-old female reported an incident that occurred at 5:30 p.m. at her residence.

• Theft by deception II. A 59-year-old female reported an incident that occurred Jan. 22 involving $1,000 in currency.

• Lost property. An 87-year-old male reported losing a brown wallet in the Piedmont Plaza around 1:30 p.m.

• Domestic violence III, criminal mischief III.

Arrests Feb. 18 • Amber Kleist, 26, contempt.

• Jammy Trent White, 31, failure to pay, contempt.

Feb. 19 -• Wendy Nicole Hollis, 26, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana II. Feb. 20 • Jessica Lynn Hicks, 36, failure to pay.

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Feb. 21 • Michael Shane Humphry, 34, probation violation.

Feb. 22 • Philip Brandon Gaddy, 21, possession of a controlled substance.

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Jada Grass looks forward to continuing relationship with JSU Former teacher is wife of football coach

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MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor

ada Grass said there was never any question about where she’d go to college or what her major would be. With hardly a mention of it in her family, everyone knew it would be Jacksonville State University and that she would major in education.

Jada grew up in Ragland, the daughter of J. D. and Bettye Arnold, who have been married 58 years. Her older brothers, Bart and Joey, are JSU graduates and educators.

Bart is a retired school principal in Ashland. Joey teaches in Cedartown, Ga. Their wives are also teachers.

As fate would have it, Jada married someone in education who is also a JSU graduate. Her husband, John, has recently been named head football coach at JSU. “We feel like we’ve come full circle,” said Jada. “We’re back at the university where it all started. It’s like coming home. We’re enjoying seeing our former professors and people we knew while we were in school. We love that family atmosphere that Jacksonville has.”

John and Jada have three children. Judson Connor is 11, Jules Marie is 8, and Jace Cannon is 5. The family currently lives in Oxford, where the children are in school, but their parents are looking for a home in Jacksonville.

“We feel like if we could freeze time right now it would be wonderful,” said Jada. “We love the ages our children are. They’re our life. We were married seven years before we had Judson. That’s when life began. I can’t say we don’t stay busy, but they bring so much joy, laughter and smiles into our home.”

Before their children were born, Jada taught high school math at Springville in St. Clair County and Hoover in Jefferson County. She said her fourth grade teacher, Barbara Dover, was her inspiration to become a teacher.

“I think you’re born a teacher,” said Jada. “But once I had Mrs. Dover, I knew I wanted to be a math teacher. It started early. I’ve always loved children and I’ve always loved math.”

Jada said when their first child was born, her teaching career ended.

“I have seven years of teaching under my belt and I loved every minute of it,” she said. “But as long as my babies need me, I’m going to be at home with them.”

Jada said growing up with two brothers was like having three fathers.

“We had a wonderful childhood,” she said. “My older brother liked a month being 16 and my younger brother

MUSHROOM MEATBALLS 1 ½ lbs. ground chuck (makes about 20 balls) 1 pkg. onion soup mix 1 – 26 oz. family size cream of mushroom Combine the onion soup mix with the ground chuck and knead together with your hands. Roll up combined mixture into balls. Spray skillet with Pam and brown meatball on all 4 sides until all meatballs are done. Set the browned meatballs aside. In skillet, pour cream of mushroom soup and heat thoroughly. Add the meatballs back into the cream of mushroom gravy. Let simmer on low with lid on skillet for 50 minutes. Perfect to serve over white rice, noodles or mashed potatoes.

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The Grass family, Judson, Jada, John, Jace and Jules Marie. liked two months being 14 when I was born. They looked after me for sure and were always checking up on my dates.”

The family attends Grace Baptist Church in Oxford where Jada helps teach Wednesday night youth ages kindergarten through sixth grade. She has been director of the Miss Oxford Pageant for the past six years.

“We’re in the middle of all that right now,” she said.

“It’s a scholarship pageant.”

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Jada said that taking care of her children and seeing that they enjoy their lives is what she likes to do most.

She also likes to scrap book and travel with her family.

Disneyworld is a favorite vacation spot.

“We spend a lot of family time together,” she said. “We play board games and watch movies. I love to feed my family. There’s nothing that gives me a greater sense of satisfaction than seeing my children eat and us eating together as a family. I guess it’s the mother in me.”

broken into small pieces ¾ cup oil 1 T. pepper 4 T. vinegar 4 T. sugar 1 of the chicken pack flavorings in Ramen noodle package Pour all ingredients into bowl. Toss around with hands until all mixture is combined. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving. Best to prepare the night before.

on 325 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Serve with tortilla scoops or chips.

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Mix all the above ingredients together in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, sift the following ingredients: 2 ¼ c. all-purpose flour 1 t. baking soda 1 t. salt Slowly add above flour mixture into the first bowl mixture. Stir in by hand a 12-14 oz. bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Spoon out tablespoon size mixture onto sprayed baking pan.

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and her parents, Dr. Tom and Mary Ann Morgan, helped her find equipment.

She opened for business a few weeks later, and now is celebrating her 20th anniversary of practice in Piedmont. She is still in the same office, at 212 Rome Ave., and plans to have a Patient Appreciation Day on Wednesday, March 12, to honor her patients Piedmont and to celebrate 20 successful years of practice here.

She is providing free adjustments for all established patients that day. Their only obligation is to bring canned goods to donate to the Benevolence Center.

New patients are invited to attend, and though they will not receive a free adjustment on that day, they will be given a $25 gift card to be used toward their first visit. Snacks will be served throughout the day.

Dr. Amy likes to reminisce about those first days and weeks in the city of Piedmont.

“Everyone was so nice,” she said. “Vera Stewart was the mayor at that time and she, as well as several city council members, came to my first open house. People sent so many flowers that the office literally looked like a florist shop. I remember a definite feeling of ‘coming home’ because I grew up in a small town in Mississippi and I always wanted to work and raise a family in a small town like that one.”

Dr. Amy had only been in Piedmont for about a month when one of her patients introduced her to Stan McCurdy. It must have been love at first sight because the two were married nine months later. The McCurdys have three children who attend Piedmont schools. Hannah is 17, Libby is 15 and Jacob is 8. Stan is an electrician at the Anniston Army Depot.

“When Hannah was born, I cut my hours back so that I could be a full time wife and mother,” Amy said. “In fact, I took all three children to work with me for their first years, because I just did not want to be away from them.”

As a result of this, the McCurdy kids had several special patients who became more like grandparents to them. Some would come into the office just to hold Hannah, or to read to Libby. Jacob also had his own special patients who he looked forward to seeing. Amy said that she was fortunate to

be able to hire one of these special people – Bobbie Ingram – to take care of Jacob and keep him out of trouble in the office.

“I’ve been very blessed to have my patients’ and my family’s support throughout the years,” said Dr. Amy. “My patients know that they are like family to me. They know also that if they need to see me on an off day, they can usually find me at home doing laundry. Three kids make a lot of laundry.”

Now that Dr. Amy’s children are in school, she, Deborah Spoon and her patients have the office to themselves.

Deborah has worked for Dr. Amy for over eight years.

“Deborah runs the front office for me,” said Amy. “She does a great job and makes my life easier.”

Dr. Amy and her family are members of Piedmont First United Methodist Church.

Her children are active at school and church and keep their parents hopping from one event to the next.

Dr. Amy was born and raised in Verona, Miss. She graduated from McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Ga. Her father and both brothers are chiropractors.

Her brother Jack lives in Cartersville, Ga., Anita Kilgore and practices in Cedartown. Tom lives and practices in Russellville.

Dr. Amy McCurdy works on patient Dean Bishop as Bishop’s granddaughDr. Amy discovered a love for Tennessee ter Brooke Windsor looks on. walking horses when she was 4 and has been riding and showing them since then.

Her parents and Hannah share that passion with her.

“We raise colts and compete,” says Amy. “We show in the spring, summer and fall.

It’s always been my favorite past time.

The horses are beautiful and very sweet natured.”

Dr. Amy has helped raise a world champion who her father still shows.

“Showing horses, reading and crocheting are what I love to do,” she said. “I’m an avid crocheter!”

Dr. Amy says that she thanks and appreciates her family and her patients for giving her a wonderful 20 years.

“Piedmont is a wonderful place to call home,” she said. “I’m happy to live and work in such a great place. I look forward to serving the people of Piedmont for at least another 20 years.”

(Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail. com)

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Dr. Amy McCurdy with Deborah Spoon.

Piedmont off Newpays study seekiNg drug-Naïve $331,387 overdue bill people with type 2 diabetes

LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service

The city of Piedmont paid off a $331,387 past-due power bill in February.

It is important for patients and doctors to expand their The city owed the money to the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, which sells electricity in to 11 cities across the knowledge ofbulk diabetes treatment and to explore ways of state. Those cities, like Piedmont, break the energy down at local power processing plants and resell it to theirtreatment local customers.options for people with type 2 improving future By mid-February the city had paid $140,689 of that debt off, and on Feb. 20diabetes. it paid $190,698, resulting in a zero balance.

Its next payment to the authority will be larger than usual at • over the age of 18 $270,000 and will be due at the beginning of next month, City Clerk Michelle Franklin said.

Therefore, [insert trial name] “We’re a small town, and we’re struggling, andsite we don’t have is seeking people with type 2 • have type 2 diabetes and treated with all the business that we used to,” said Piedmont Mayor Bill BakIt is important for patients and doctors important for patients and doctors to expand their and exercise for at least 30 days diabetes to take part in the SUSTAIN™ 1 It– isMonotherapy er. diet to expand their knowledgetrial. of diabetes knowledge of diabetes treatment and to explore ways To of join the trial you must be: The city has been struggling to keep the payment current since treatment and toforexplore ways of improving To join the trial you must be: It isimproving important patients doctors expand Thesaid. study explores an investigational medication may before screening November, officials futurewhich treatmentand options for to people withtheir type 2 future treatment options for people with knowledge A boost in electrical revenue helped Piedmont pay its bill this diabetes.of diabetes treatment and to explore ways of • over age 18ofyou •join over theofage 18 must be: more and convenient than Tothe the trial type 2 diabetes. month. So, too, be did property business taxes, whichcurrent are paid treatments. improving future treatment options for people with type 2 • have type 2 diabetes and treated withanswer at the first of the year.

• able to attend 9 clinic visits and diabetes.

Therefore, [insert trial site name] is seeking people with type 2 • have and treated with • over thetype age 2 ofdiabetes 18 Piedmont Electrical Superintendent Casey Ponder said revdiet and exercise for at least 30 days Therefore, Pinnacle Research is seeking diabetes to take part in the SUSTAIN™ 1 – Monotherapy trial. diet and exercise for at least 30 days enue from paying customers was up inthe February.

This monthparticipants phone•contacts over a 37 weeks period Throughout study, will Therefore, [insert trial site name] is seeking people withwhich type 2may before people with type 2 diabetes to take medication part screening have type screening 2 diabetes and treated with The study explores anreceive investigational before the city has received $399,548 from power customers, about diabetes to take part the SUSTAIN™ 1 –trial.

Monotherapy trial. in the SUSTAIN™ 1 –in than Monotherapy and exercise for at least 30 days be more convenient current treatments.

• able diet to attend 9 clinic visits and answer 2 $67,667 more than it received in electrical study revenue last February, health comprehensive related checks and investigational medical • able screening to attend 9 clinic visits and answer 2 studyexplores explores an medication which may before TheThe study an investigational when the city collected $331,881 from businesses and residents. phone contacts over a 37 weeks period phone contacts over a 37 weeks period be more convenient than study, current treatments.

“There was a testing, lot of electricity sold,” to Ponder said.medication and Throughout the participants medication which may be more convenientwill receive access trial blood glucose testing • able to attend 9 clinic visits and answer 2 In January temperatures dipped into the single digits, promptcomprehensive study related health checks and medical than current treatments. phone contacts over a 37 weeks period ing residents to equipment use more energy as to heat theiras homes.

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Outcomes trial. <Insert clinic/hospital name/location> long for them to settle up, he said. <Insert name/location> for an informal discussion.

(256)clinic/hospital 236-0055 ext. 102 for an <Insert phone number> “We’re not talking aboutinformal months,” hediscussion. said.

For more information with no obligation, call <Insert phone number> Piedmont collects almost twice as much as it spends to prolcampbell@pinnacletrials.com the diabetes research team for an informal vide electric power each year, but every winter it struggles to pay discussion. the wholesale cost of the energy.

ApprovAl for This TriAl hAs been given by Council members say the problem is cyclical. During the first [inserT eThics/commiTTee And/or regulATion AuThoriTy]. three months of the year, the city’s tax revenue slacks off and APPROVAL FOR THIS HAS ApprovAl for This TriAlTRIAL hAs been given by Piedmont temporarily falls behind on its power bill. But, by early [inserT eThics/commiTTee And/or regulATion AuThoriTy]. spring, the revenue begins to increase and the city is able to keep BEEN GIVEN BY up with its regular payment schedule.

QUORUM REVIEW, IRB The city uses the utility surplus to support its general fund, from which Piedmont makes bond payments, covers salary exThis TriAl penses and otherApprovAl departmental costs.for When other revenue sourc- hAs been given by es dwindle in the winter months, the city prioritizes other pay[inserT eThics/commiTTee And/or regulATion AuThoriTy]. ments and the city’s electrical bill gets behind.

To join the trial you must be:

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From plow boy to fly boy

Carl Ayers fulfilled dream of becoming an Air Force pilot EDITOR’S NOTE: Carl William Ayers Sr., a native of Cleburne County, flew for 26 years in the Air Force. He was a licensed pilot and a flight engineer.

He flew 52 bombing mission over Korea during the Korean Conflict. His last mission was the worst of all.

His plane was hit repeatedly with aak aak fire from enemy ground forced. His plane was hit twice with Kamikaze North Korean MIGS. His plane, “Command Decision,” was the most decorated plane at the end of the Korean Conflict. The plane was placed in the Air Force Museum, where is still sits today. Ayers went on to fly the B-36 bomber for several years. The B-36 was the largest bomber in the world at the time.

Ayers came from a poor family and attended Hollis Crossroads School where he cut wood and lit the fires in the heaters in each of the classrooms before school every morning to help the family. He quit school and joined the Army Air Corps. Through hard work and determination, he worked his way from a barefoot boy plowing behind a mule to a flight engineer and bomber pilot. This information is provided by his son, Carl William Ayers Jr.

Carl decided he wanted to be a barber, so the local of the service.

The family went home to Alabama. Carl tried civilian barber allowed him intern in his shop with a chair. The problem became that his Saturdays were filled cutting life briefly, but re-enlisted prior to Christmas 1945 with relatives’ hair for free. He grew tired of that and threw a 90-day enlistment leave. He left in March 1946 to report for duty. He bounced here and there, base to base; his shears away.

When Carl went to Chicago, he saw a different world the entire world was still upset in post-war times.

Baby number three was born in April 1946. In and became discontented at home. In the early fall of 1940, he was plowing “Ole Grey” in a field when the mid-summer, Carl was assigned to Enid (Okla.) Air Atlanta-Birmingham mail plane flew overhead. Carl Base. Since the family was not with him, he had time looked up and said, “One day I will fly one of you!” to enroll in private flying lessons. He went to night Then he looked at the rear end of “Ole Grey” and said, school on Fridays and flew Saturdays and Sundays. In “Mule, this is the last time I will look at your rear end!” November 1946, his family joined him, but they barely He unhitched the plow, took the mule to the barn, went saw him.

Before Christmas 1946, he was moved to Barksdale in the house, gathered a few things, walked to the highway and hitched a ride to the Anniston Train Station. Field, Shreveport, La., to Air Training Command. He There he boarded an empty box car. He would hobo his continued his night school and flew only on Sundays. way out West. He survived with the help of other hobos. He made his first solo flight to Alabama on Mothers’ During this time away, he had time to clear his head and Day 1947. He prepared my mother a card attached to a little parachute and flew over the house and dropped it. decide what he wanted to do with his life.

He returned home by way of Maxwell Field in It made a write-up in the local paper. He made the same Montgomery to enlist in the Air Force. Carl learned he flight for Fathers’ Day. He would land on a little air strip needed his dad’s signature, so he brought the papers across from our little house, walk across to eat Sunday home. His dad was glad to sign the papers because he dinner, then back to flying. He earned his private license The following story about Carl W. Ayers is written by knew his son needed to do something with his life other and began crop dusting school. He only had a few hours left to earn his crop dusting license when a friend his widow, Mary Collins Ayers, with information given than plowing “Ole Grey.” to her years ago by her husband’s mother and by her Carl returned to the air base where he encountered crashed and died. Carl decided it was too dangerous so he quit. husband.

Submitted photo In September 1947, we moved to Smokey Hill Air The rest of the story, Mary experienced first-hand. The Carl Ayers in December of 1943.

Base, in Salinas, Kan., where he entered the Strategic facts are as Mary recalled them from many years ago, Air Command under General Curtis E. LeMay. He was but are believed to be accurate. Some personal incidents are recorded, others are excluded. another problem – he didn’t weigh enough. The sergeant assigned to a crew and his wing left March 1948 for Mary Ayers hopes this story will tell how a young bare- gave him money to buy bananas and milk and told Berlin to help with the Berlin Wall. He came home at the foot farm boy succeeded in making his dream to fly come Carl to eat and drink then come back and weigh again. end of August 1948.

His entire wing left in October 1948 for England. Carl true. Mrs. Ayers currently lives in north Georgia.

So Carl did as told and when he returned he weighed enough. Carl became a private in the Army Air Corps. He couldn’t tolerate the climate and was sent home. He Carl W. Ayers was born at home in northeast Alabama, received his basic training at Maxwell Field, then a short requested release from the service and we went home Muscadine Community in Cleburne County. He was time at a small base in Valparaiso, Fla. He went to Turner to Alabama.

On Dec. 31, 1948, he re-enlisted at Turner Field in born in a little farm house. Carl’s parents were William Field, Albany, Ga., to help open the base. He worked Allen Ayers and Geneva Bell Wade Ayers. Carl’s dad was some on KP (Kitchen Patrol) and MP (Military Police). Albany, Ga., and in February 1949 the family joined a truck farmer; he grew things to sell. As a small boy, Then he went on to Moody Field, Valdosta, Ga., where him. We moved in August 1949 back to Salinas, Kan., Carl learned to plow and help his dad. He also learned to he became clerk typist for Squadron Headquarters. He to help close Smokey Hill Air Base and left just before milk the cow and do other chores on the farm. earned extra money shining shoes and ironing uniforms Christmas for Barksdale Field in Louisiana.

Carl’s wing left in early spring 1950 for England.

Carl’s dad had health problems that required him to for the men. Carl knew how to earn extra money.

Carl was left behind. Then the Korean War began in He later got a permit to go on the flight line, where June 1950 and he had to join his wing in England. They his heart was. An officer had been watching Carl and returned just before Christmas 1950. Carl again left in saw his love for the aircraft and he arranged a flight for early 1951 for Okinawa to fly combat. The family had an Carl. He pulled strings and got him assigned to the flight apartment in his parent’s home in Anniston. line as a mechanic. Carl was very good at what he did He returned home in January 1952 after flying 51 and that same officer arranged for him to go out to flight combat missions.

He flew several notable planes; school with a high school GED and no college. He told “The Outlaw” had Jane Russell painted on it. Another him that without college, the odds were against him and “Command Decision,” the most decorated bomber in the he would have to work very hard. world, had elves and gnomes on it. The plane and crew’s In March 1944, with a wife and a one-year-old baby picture are on display at the Wright-Patterson Air Force and baby number two on the way, he sent his family Museum in Dayton, Ohio. home and left for Lockbourne Air Base in Columbus, After a short leave, Carl was assigned to MacDill Ohio, to study the larger bomber B-17. After six weeks, Air Base in Tampa, Fla. His dad died shortly after in he left for Seattle to Boeing Aircraft Factory to study February 1952. We left MacDill in October 1952 for the building of the B-29 from the first bolt. He passed Shreveport. second in his class. Carl left in August 1944 for Lowery In June 1953, we left for Rapid City, S.D., at Ellsworth Air Base in Denver to begin flying lessons. After Air Base so Carl could fly the B-36 bomber, the largest Submitted photo Thanksgiving he left by train to unknown parts. As it plane.

They would stay in the air several days, being Carl Ayers in his engineer seat in the “Command turned out, he went to Maxwell Field in Alabama. In refueled in the air. Carl didn’t like the plane so he had Decision” at the Air Force Museum in 1981.

January 1945, his family joined him. to go to the Pentagon to request a release from duty. In In February 1945, he began blacking out at high altistop dirt farming and move to other work. During this tudes. The flight surgeon took a flight with him to be October, 1953, we left for Alabama as civilians.

Carl tried operating a retail store for a few months. time, Carl had entered the first grade in a one-room sure what was happening. Carl was taken off his crew Then he decided to test fly for Hayes Air Craft in school house. Flora Stevens, his teacher, boarded with and placed as operator of the flight simulator. He was Birmingham. They rebuilt planes for the Air Force and the Ayers family. Later, her youngest brother became unhappy and still wanted to fly very badly. He remained men like Carl would test fly them. One day a friend of Carl’s closest friend and died in World War II. on this duty until World War II was over. A few weeks his crashed and died on a flight and Carl decided to quit The family moved to Piedmont in Calhoun County later he and thousands of other men were mustered out even though the money and hours were where Carl’s dad fixed a boiler for a saw good. mill. Carl and his mother did things to raise He had been told if he ever wanted money for the family. In those days, every to re-enlist, he would have to go back family member helped. Carl was an only to the B-36. He contacted a colonel child. friend of ours and MacDill and learned After a few years, they moved to the west they had a spot for Carl. He re-enlistside of Cheaha Mountain, at the base of ed at MacDill in May 1954. In July the mountain in the Antioch Community.

1954, he left for West Palm Beach to Cheaha Mountain was the end of the Appastudy the K-C-97 since the B-29 was lachian chain of mountains that came down being phased out. He came home before through Georgia and Alabama. Carl’s dad Christmas and was assigned to a crew fired a boiler for a saw mill there. on the K-C-97.

Before Carl was 16 years old, they In February 1955, he left for Africa moved to Hollis Crossroads in Cleburne for 45 days. In January 1956, baby County where Alabama 9 crossed US 37, number four was born and the family which is now US 431. While living there moved to Tampa. Carl’s final assignhis dad started firing the boiler for a gold ment was at Maguire Air Base in New mine at Chulafinnee, a few miles to the Jersey. He retired on July 30, 1961. north.

Carl tried several jobs, none seemed Then they moved to a better house in to work out. After all, this was a man the Abel community. His dad stayed at the who left high school to join the Air gold mine. Carl hunted and fished for food Force. Flying was his dream and his life for the family and secured a permit to enter and it was difficult for him to settle into the National Forest to get lighter pine to a civilian job. sell. He would cut it to exact lengths, tie He spent 15 years with an insurance it up and sell it in Anniston, along with company, then had major surgery. He vegetables they had grown. began to do little plumbing and electriCarl’s uncle gave him an old beat-up car cal jobs for senior adults. He had open and told him if he took the engine apart and heart surgery after which he started put it back together he would give him the woodworking and loved it. The strokes car and teach him to drive. Carl did it and began after surgery on Sept. 3, 1985, learned to drive.

Carl passed away.

At age 18 or 19, still in high school, he Carl told me one day that even before entered a contest, along with other boys, he left home from the day he said goodsponsored by a fertilizer company. They bye to “Old Grey” till this day, he had measured off a portion of land, furnished accomplished everything he wanted to the seed corn and other supplies. The boy do or be. He had everything he wanted who grew the most corn from that portion except he never owned a Cadillac. of land, won an all-expense paid trip to He said he would tell everyone if he, 4-H Congress in Chicago. Carl won the Submitted photo a farm boy, could achieve what he did contest in October 1939. His parents manCombat crew ready for take off from Okinawa on a mission over North with all odds against him, then anyone aged to buy him a suit for the trip. When he Korea in 1951. The plane “Command Decision” was the world’s most dec- could realize their dreams if they were returned, he had saved a lot of the money orated bomber until the Gulf War. Carl Ayers is to the extreme right. The willing to work hard for them and not given to him for food. He went to all the fuselage of the plane is on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, expect anything to be given to them. schools telling the story of his trip and the Ohio, where this photo is displayed.

So Carl W. Ayers, barefoot farm to fly contest. boy, he did well.

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to second base and then third on two passed balls. Hincy scored on Young’s double.

Piedmont increased its lead to 3-0 in the third. Hayes When the annual Calhoun County baseball tournament singled, stole second, moved to third base on a wild pitch resumed Tuesday evening after a one day delay necessitatand scored on a balk. Strott reached on a hit and Piedmont’s ed by wet grounds and frigid temperatures, the Piedmont third run eventually reached home on an error by the RaidBulldogs were right where they were expected to be. The ers.

Bulldogs, seeded No. 4, met No. 1 seed Alexandria in last Pleasant Valley got its run in the top of the fourth. Piednight’s late semifinal game. Piedmont scored first but three mont completed the scoring with a run in the fifth. Young unearned runs in the fifth inning carried the Valley Cubs to a opened the inning with a base hit and moved to second on a 3-1 win and into tonight’s championship game at 5:30 p.m. ground out. From there, he scored on Blanchard’s single.

Jacksonville’s Henry Farm park is the tournament site.

“I was pleased with Matt Strott, Payton Young and Bayley Piedmont scored its run in the top of the second inning.

Blanchard,” the elder Blanchard said. “They hit the ball. I Tyler Lusk reached on a fielder’s choice and with two down think they all had two hits. They’ve been hitting the ball.”

Easton Kirk single over shortstop and into left field sent Hayes and Easton Kirk each added one hit for the BullLusk scampering home. Three singles by Payton Young dogs. were the only other hits for the Bulldogs. Peyton Whitten The Anniston game lasted just three innings with Piedwas the tough-luck loser. Whitten struck out five in five mont batting twice. Anniston scored its run in the top of innings. Bayley Blanchard fanned two in an inning of relief. the first inning. Piedmont got four in the first then added The Bulldogs reached the semifinals by blasting No. 13 16 runs in the second. The home Bulldogs were the benAnniston 20-1 in the opening round Friday then defeating eficiaries of 10 walks and had nine hits. Blanchard, Strott No. 5 Pleasant Valley 4-1 in a quarterfinal game Saturday and Hayes each doubled and finished with two hits. Hayes, behind the complete-game pitching of Taylor Hayes.

Strott, Blanchard and Whitten recorded three RBIs apiece.

“He was really in control,” Piedmont coach James Young and Caleb Adams each singled, walked twice and Blanchard said of Hayes Tuesday morning. “He never got scored three runs. Cale McCord also scored three runs. behind on the count, threw strikes right off the bat. It was Jaret Prater walked twice, scored one run and added an real easy to call pitches with him.”

RBI. Hayes, Whitten, Blanchard, Tyler Lusk and Dalton Hayes tossed a seven-inning complete game against Spears each scored twice. Lusk, Adams and Young had an Pleasant Valley. The Raiders got five hits and Hayes issued RBI apiece. two walks. He struck out eight and did not allow a hit until Blanchard pitched all three innings. He walked two, the fourth inning. allowed one hit, no earned runs and struck out seven.

“Taylor did a great job of pitching. I think he got tired On Feb. 25, Whitten tossed Piedmont’s first complete kind of toward the end but he told me he wanted to finish it game of the season as the Bulldogs defeated visiting Etowah so I let him finish it,” Blanchard said.

6-0. The junior allowed the Blue Devils just two hits and The Bulldogs staked Hayes to a quick 1-0 lead with a run two walks over seven innings. Whitten fanned 12 batters. in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, catcher Matt The Bulldogs scored their first three runs in the second.

Strott singled. Running for Strott, Deven Hincy advanced Adams opened the inning with a base hit and eventually RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

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homered and drove in three runs. Williams, the winning pitcher, doubled and had three RBIs, too. Kendall Pressley was 3-for-3, The work they’ve put into improving including two doubles, and scored two continued to pay dividends for Piedmont’s runs. Torre Roberts added two runs. Pike softball players Saturday as the Bulldogs had an RBI on a sacrifice and Mallory Robfinished second in Jacksonville High erts doubled and drove in one run. Williams School’s tournament. pitched all four innings of the time-limit Piedmont won its two pool play games shortened game and struck out four. by scores of 7-2 over Gadsden City and In pool play, the Bulldogs scored twice 9-3 against Weaver. In the semifinals, the in the top of the first against Gadsden City Bulldogs were matched with Gadsden City and added three more runs in the top of the again and won 10-4. In the championship second for a 5-0 lead. Mallory Roberts, game, host Jacksonville defeated the BullTorre Roberts, Tant and Tyree each had two dogs 10-5. hits. Pike and Baggett each had a single.

“I thought we played really, really well.

Tyree and Tant drove in two runs apiece The only thing is toward the end I think we and Mallory Roberts had one RBI. Torre just kind of ran out of gas,” Piedmont head Roberts stole two bases and scored twice. coach Rachel Smith said prior to Tuesday’s Peggy Ridley had one steal and scored home game against Fort Payne. once.

Piedmont trailed Jacksonville 10-1 after Williams allowed four hits, one walk and five innings then scored twice in the sixth one earned run in five innings and earned and twice in the seventh. the win. She had three strikeouts.

“In the last inning, I think we put seven In the second pool game, Piedmont again hits together to try to rally to win,” Smith batted as the visiting team and led Weaver said, adding that lesser teams might have 2-1 after one inning. Neither team scored been tempted to go away quietly. “To me, again until the Bulldogs put up four runs in that was a bright spot.” the fifth. Ahead 6-2 after five innings, PiedThe seventh-inning rally was one of mont got three more in the top of the sixth. many bright spots on the day for the BullPressley was the winning pitcher. In a dogs. In the opening win over Gadsden six-inning complete game, she gave up five City, Smith said left fielder Mallory Robhits, two walks and two earned runs. She erts, Piedmont’s lone senior, made a sensafanned three Bearcats. tional diving catch.

Tant and Pressley had identical offensive “We’ve been really stressing diving for lines – three hits in four trips, two RBIs balls, getting on the ground and getting and two runs. Tant doubled three times and dirty,” said Smith. “I think it set the tone for Pressley once. the day.”

Tyree, Pike and Torre Roberts had two Another point of emphasis on defense has hits apiece. Roberts tripled and Pike doubeen limiting run-down plays to one throw. bled. Pike and Mallory Roberts each had In the semifinal win over Gadsden City, an RBI. catcher Hayden Tyree forced a Titans’ runPrior to the tournament, Piedmont defeatner to commit back toward third base then ed Gaston 12-4 on Thursday and lost to made the throw to record an out.

Fort Payne 9-2 on Friday. Rivers and Mal“Our catcher executed that perfectly,” lory Roberts each had two hits, including a Smith said. double, against Gaston. Tyree also doubled Smith added that the players have also and was the only Piedmont player with two noticed that the exercises they do to RBIs. Piedmont benefited from 16 walks. strengthen their hands and the drills they Torre Roberts, Tant, Tyree and Ridley each do to improve their quickness are paying scored two runs. Williams struck out 14 in dividends. seven innings.

Against Jacksonville, shortstop Torre In the loss to Fort Payne, Torre Roberts Roberts was 4-for-4 with a triple, a double had a solo home run and scored Piedmont’s and two singles. Caitlin Tant had a double other run when Williams doubled her and two singles in four at-bats. Madison home. Pike and Tant each singled for PiedPike and Kayleigh Williams each had two mont’s other two hits. hits. Williams doubled in the sixth inning.

The Bulldogs begin the Anniston tournaTyree, Mallory Roberts, Rachel Baggett ment at the McClellan youth sports comand Ashlynne Rivers each had one hit. plex Friday with games against Vigor at In the semifinal win over Gadsden City, 5:30 p.m. and Shelby County at 7 p.m. The Piedmont scored eight times in the bottom tournament resumes Saturday at 10 a.m. of the second inning to snap a 1-1 tie. Tant RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

scored on an error. Spears singled and Prater singled to drive in Lusk, who had reached on the error, with the second run. Young’s single plated Spears.

Piedmont added three insurance runs in the third. With one out, Blanchard bunted for a base hit then stole second.

Lusk was hit by a pitch. Spears’ double scored Blanchard, moved Lusk to third and Lusk scored on a passed ball. Derrick Baer, running for Spears, scored the game’s final run on a single by Hayes.

Spears was 2-for-3 and Young was 2-for-4.

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Spring Garden gets easy wins; continues to play solid baseball

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Spring Garden had no difficulty brushing aside first Skyline and later Jefferson Christian in a baseball doubleheader at Spring Garden Saturday. The Panthers took the opener from the Vikings 12-2 then blasted Jefferson Christian 22-0.

Each game lasted the minimum five innings and Spring Garden batted just four times against Jefferson Christian. Spring Garden improved to 5-2 with the wins.

The best part of the easy victories may have been the way the Panthers continued to play solid baseball even with big leads.

“I never saw our guys get sloppy during the games,” Spring Garden coach Tony Benefield said.

Andrew McLarty helped get the Skyline contest off to a good start with a home run in the bottom of the first inning. The Panthers ended the game with five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Austin Stordahl’s double drove home Will Westbrook with Spring Garden’s twelfth run.

Westbrook was 3-for-4, scored three runs and drove in three teammates. Colton Lambert had three singles. McLarty had a single in addition to his homer. Stordahl added a single to his double and Dylan Story recorded a single.

Story also picked up the win in relief. He came on and got the final out of the third

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inning then pitched the fourth and fifth. He gave up just one hit.

Against Jefferson Christian, the Panthers opened with seven runs in the first inning and followed that outburst with five runs in the second, eight in the third and two in the fourth. The game ended when the Eagles failed to score in the top of the fifth.

Dawson Broome had three hits in four at-bats against Jefferson Christian.

Broome had three RBIs and crossed the plate three times himself. McLarty doubled in the first for Spring Garden’s only extra-base hit and also had a single.

Westbrook, Short, Lambert, Grant Benefield and Will Ivey each stroked a pair of singles. Stordahl, Taylor Hardin and Lukas Crawford had a base hit apiece.

Ivey went four innings against the Eagles, allowing just one hit, and was the winning pitcher.

On Thursday, the Panthers traveled to White Plains and dropped an 8-1 decision.

Benefield and Westbrook had two hits apiece. Stordahl and Leevi Maddox each had one hit.

Spring Garden was to begin area play at home Tuesday with a single game against Gaylesville. Weather and field conditions permitting, that area series will finish with a doubleheader at Gaylesville Thursday.

Spring Garden is scheduled to play at Wellborn Friday.

Hundreds apply for jobs at Oxford’s Sam’s Club EDDIE BURKHALTER Consolidated News Service

OXFORD – The Oxford Sam’s Club is not set to open until August, but by noon Monday, more people had applied to work at the retailer than there are jobs to fill. But that didn’t deter Tony Rogers.

“They’re filled up in there,” he said, speaking of the rows of computers, all taken by other job seekers, inside Sam’s Club’s application center at the former location of Bill Bailey Auto Sales on U.S. 78 next to Frontera, a Mexican restaurant.

Rogers was one of hundreds hoping to get one of the approximately 170 jobs at the big-box retail store, being built next to Kohl’s at the Oxford Exchange shopping center. The hiring office officially opened Monday, but began accepting applications Feb. 24, company managers said.

Rogers, a Talladega resident, recently lost his job at a local restaurant. Even though all the computers at the Sam’s Club application center were taken up Monday, managers told him he could apply at a job station at Quintard Mall.

Tarah Pounders, manager of the Oxford Sam’s Club, said the store is expected to open in early August. By noon Monday, she estimated more than 200 applications had been submitted.

“We’ll hire probably 50 or 60 full-time,” Pounders said, with the remaining 110 or so jobs being part time positions.

Asked what kind of pay workers at the store can expect to make, Pounders said she hasn’t yet set those salaries, and still needs to compare compensation at other local large retailers, such as Lowes and Home Depot, to stay competitive.

“I’ve got to do some research,” Pounders said.

The high turnout of applicants was good news to Pounders, who said she’s had several skilled workers apply for positions as meat cutters and other skilled Sam’s Club jobs.

That high turnout is also reflective, however, of local unemployment.

Calhoun County’s December unemployment rate, the latest month for which the Alabama Department of Labor has made data available, remained unchanged from November’s 6.1 percent, and mirrored the state’s rate of 6.1 percent. County unemployment statistics are not seasonally adjusted, however, which means temporary holiday jobs are not factored out.

The county’s 6.1 percent December unemployment is still an improvement, however, over the 6.8 percent unemployment the county recorded in December 2012.

In December, 3,111 Calhoun County residents were unemployed, which was just 36 fewer from the previous month. Still, the county’s civilian labor force — or the

number of people working or looking for work — decreased by 853 from November to December.

That drop is likely due in part to the long-term unemployed simply giving up the hunt for jobs, said Keivan Deravi, an economist at Auburn University at Montgomery.

“And part of it is aging. People get old and get out of the job market,” Deravi said, but much of it is people giving up after being out of work for so long.

“If the labor market is very slow to bring back people who are unemployed, they’ve just given up. So it’s a combination of both,” Deravi said. “A very slow economy and aging. Retirement at a high age is voluntary, but I think the economy is making it mandatory at this point.”

Speaking of Oxford’s Sam’s Club, Deravi said, “It’s a good thing. It’s a necessary component of the economy,” but he expressed concern over what could be lower-paying, retail jobs and the possible negative impact on smaller businesses near the store.

“One of the issues, of course, would be whether Walmart or Sam’s will pay reasonable rates. Will they contribute adequately given the wages in the economy?”

Deravi said.

“And they clean up almost everything in the area. It’s just like a tsunami, in terms of other retailers,” Deravi said.

Brent Cunningham, a professor of management and marketing at Jacksonville State University, said he believes the addition of retail jobs such as the Sam’s Club is an outgrowth of the state’s strong automotive and aerospace manufacturing jobs.

“We put out a million cars a year, so we have the manufacturing base. I think that the retail jobs that are being created in and around the Calhoun County area is the ripple effect from that,” Cunningham said.

Cunningham also disagrees that large retailers are necessarily bad for the small businesses around them.

Predatory pricing laws exist to prevent larger retailers from forcing smaller companies out of business, Cunningham said, and those smaller companies often learn to adapt.

“What typically happens is small independent local business kind of panic at first,” Cunningham said. “Then they begin to analyze and recognize that there are things they can offer that the larger-box stores cannot.”

Those smaller companies can often offer more personalized customer service and products specifically tailored for their market, Cunningham said.

“It’s a much different way of dealing with the customer,” he said.

Staff Writer Eddie Burkhalter: 256-2353563. On Twitter @burkhalter_star.

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Property Street Address: 2749 Coldwater Pump Rd, Oxford, AL 36203 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS 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.

Branch Banking and Trust Company, Mortgagee/Transferee Andy Saag SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. P. O. Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee www.sirote.com/foreclosures 317375

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.

Embrace Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee/Transferee Andy Saag SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. P. O. Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee www.sirote.com/foreclosures 307106

situated in Calhoun County, Alabama.

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS 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 ENThe Piedmont Journal JOYMENT AND WILL BE Calhoun Co., AL SOLD SUBJECT TO THE March 5, 12, 19, 2014 RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED MORTGAGE THERETO. This sale is made for the purFORECLOSURE pose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortSALE TO THE BEST OF OUR Default having being made in gage, as well as the expenses KNOWLEDGE the payment of the indebted- of foreclosure.

All of the ads in this column ness secured by that certain The Mortgagee/Transferee rerepresent legitimate offerings, mortgage dated July 11, 2003 serves the right to bid for and however The Piedmont executed by Joey L. Dodd, a purchase the real estate and to Journal does recommend single man, in favor of Mort- credit its purchase price that readers exercise normal gage Electronic Registration against the expenses of sale business caution in respondSystems, Inc. acting solely as and the indebtedness secured ing to ads. nominee for Homecomings Fi- by the real estate. nancial Network, Inc., said This sale is subject to postMortgage being recorded July ponement or cancellation.

11, 2003, in MORT Book 4176, Bank of America, N.A., MortPage 253 in the Office of the gagee/Transferee Judge of Probate of Calhoun Andy Saag County, Alabama; assigned to SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC by P. O. Box 55727 instrument recorded in MORT Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Book 4715, Page 381 in the Attorney for Mortgagee/TransOffice of the Judge of Probate feree of Calhoun County, Alabama. www.sirote.com/foreclosures Said default continues and no- 315208 tice is hereby given that the undersigned, Green Tree Servic- The Piedmont Journal ing LLC, under and by virtue of Calhoun Co., AL The Piedmont Journal the power of sale contained in March 5, 12, 19, 2014 Calhoun Co., AL February 26 March 5, 12, said mortgage, will sell at pubNOTICE TO lic outcry to the highest bidder 2014 for cash at the main entrance CREDITORS TO THE BEST OF OUR to the County Courthouse, Cal- STATE OF ALABAMA MORTGAGE KNOWLEDGE houn County, Alabama on April CALHOUN COUNTY All of the ads in this column FORECLOSURE 14, 2014, during the legal PROBATE COURT represent legitimate offerings, hours of sale, the following de- CASE NO. 2014-0057 however The Piedmont SALE scribed real estate situated in Journal does recommend Default having been made in Calhoun County, Alabama, to- IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BOBBY R. that readers exercise normal the payment of the indebted- wit: business caution in respondness secured by that certain Lot 17, Block A, as shown on BARKSDALE, DECEASED ing to ads. mortgage executed by Bryan the map of Quail Run Subdivi- Letters Testamentary on the Glass, a married male and sion, as recorded in the Office estate of BOBBY R. BARKSHeather Glass, a married fe- of the Probate Judge of Cal- DALE, deceased, having been male, husband and wife, to houn County, Alabama, in Plat granted to JOYCE G. EVANS, Mortgage Electronic Registra- Book V, at Page 29; situated, the undersigned on February tion Systems, Inc., acting sole- lying and being in Calhoun 03, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Proly as nominee for Embrace County, Alabama. bate of said County, notice is Home Loans, Inc., on the 10th Also Known As: 1214 Quail INSTRUCTION hereby given that all persons day of April, 2012, said mortRun SW Jacksonville, AL MEDICAL OFFICE trainees having claims against said esgage recorded in the Office of 36265 needed! Train to become a tate, are hereby required to the Judge of Probate of CalTHIS PROPERTY WILL BE Medical Office Assistant! No present the same within the houn County, Alabama, in SOLD ON AN “AS-IS, experience needed! Online time allowed by law, or the MORT Book 4651, Page 793; WHERE-IS” BASIS, SUBJECT training at SC gets you job same will be barred. said mortgage having subseTO ANY EASEMENTS, ENready! HS diploma/GED & JOYCE G. EVANS, Personal quently been transferred and CUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPPC/Internet needed!

Representative of the Last Will assigned to Embrace Home TIONS REFLECTED IN THE 1-888-926-6075. (R) and Testament of BOBBY R. Loans, Inc., by instrument reMORTGAGE AND THOSE _________________________ BARKSDALE, Deceased. corded in MORT Book 4721, CONTAINED IN THE HELP WANTED-DRIVERS Alice K. Martin Page 426, in the aforesaid ProRECORDS OF THE OFFICE 25 DRIVER TRAINEES needMORTGAGE Judge of Probate bate Office; the undersigned OF THE JUDGE OF PROed now! Become a driver for Embrace Home Loans, Inc., as FORECLOSURE BATE OF THE COUNTY TMC Transportation!

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Default having been made in sale contained in said mortSITUATED. THIS PROPERTY 1-888-743-4611. (R) 2014 _________________________ the payment of the indebted- gage, will sell at public outcry WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT ness secured by that certain to the highest bidder for cash, WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, ATTN: DRIVER trainees needNOTICE TO ed now! $800 to $1000 a week mortgage executed by Jeremy in front of the main entrance of EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS plus great benefits! Home S. Greenwood, an unmarried the Courthouse at Anniston, TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENCREDITORS weekly or OTR available. No man, to Mortgage Electronic Calhoun County, Alabama, on JOYMENT AND WILL BE STATE OF ALABAMA CDL? We will train you! Call to- Registration Systems, Inc., act- May 5, 2014, during the legal SOLD SUBJECT TO THE CALHOUN COUNTY ing solely as nominee for hours of sale, all of its right, ti- RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF day 1-800-878-2537.

PARTIES ENTITLED PROBATE COURT _________________________ Branch Banking and Trust tle, and interest in and to the ALL CASE NO. 31469 ATTN: DRIVERS 60 years of Company, on the 29th day of following described real estate, THERETO. IN THE MATTER OF THE stability. Up to 50 cpm + quality December, 2004, said mort- situated in Calhoun County, Al- This sale is made for the pur- ESTATE OF HOWARD LEE pose of paying the indebtedhometime. $1000 weekly. gage recorded in the Office of abama, to-wit: TAYLOR, DECEASED CDL-A Required. the Judge of Probate of Cal- The land referred to herein be- ness secured by mortgage as Letters of Administration on the 1-877-258-8782. www.ad-driv- houn County, Alabama, in low is situated in the County of well as the expenses of fore- estate of HOWARD LEE TAY4277 Page 130; said mortgage Calhoun, State of Alabama in closure, including a reasonable ers.com. subsequently been Deed Book 3093 at Page 126 attorney’s fees and other pur- LOR, deceased, having been _________________________ having poses set out in said mortgage. granted to the undersigned on DRIVE THE best. Drive Mave- transferred and assigned to and is described as follows: January 31, 2014, by the Honrick! Maverick now hiring in Branch Banking and Trust A certain parcel of land in the Green Tree Servicing LLC orable Alice K. Martin, Judge of your area! OTR, regional, & Company, by instrument re- Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast Paul K. Lavelle Probate of said County, notice dedicated. Experienced drivers corded in Book 4694 Page 1/4 Section 7, Township 14 Attorney for Mortgagee is hereby given that all persons or students with Class A-CDL 790, in the aforesaid Probate South, Range 8 East, being Spina, & Lavelle, P.C. having claims against said esfor training. New student spots Office; the undersigned Branch more particularly described as One Perimeter Park South- tate, are hereby required to just opened. Great pay & home Banking and Trust Company, follows: beginning at the North- Suite 400N present the same within the time. Flatbed, glass, and reef- as Mortgagee/Transferee, un- east corner of the Southeast Birmingham, Alabama 35243 time allowed by law, or the er. Must be 21 yrs old and hold der and by virtue of the power 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Sec- (205) 298-1800 same will be barred.

Class A-CDL. 1-800-289-1100. of sale contained in said mort- tion 7, Township 14 South, WANDA KIRK, Personal Repgage, will sell at public outcry Range 8 East, thence South 89 The Piedmont Journal www.drivemaverick.com. resentative of the Estate of _________________________ to the highest bidder for cash, degrees and 49 minutes West Calhoun Co., AL HOWARD LEE TAYLOR, DeDRIVERS - CDL-A solo & in front of the main entrance of 984.69 feet to the point of be- March 5, 12, 19, 2014 ceased. team drivers needed. Top pay the Courthouse at Anniston, ginning of the hereafter deAlice K. Martin for hazmat. OTR & regional Calhoun County, Alabama, on scribed parcel of land; thence MORTGAGE Judge of Probate runs. CDL grads welcome. April 7, 2014, during the legal South 01 degrees and 20 minFORECLOSURE 700+ trucks & growing! hours of sale, all of its right, ti- utes East 140 feet to the North The Piedmont Journal 1 - 8 8 8 - 9 2 8 - 6 0 1 1 . tle, and interest in and to the line of Boozer Drive; thence Calhoun Co., AL following described real estate, South 89 degrees and 49 minSALE www.drive4total.com.

February 19, 26 March 5, 2014 _________________________ situated in Calhoun County, Al- utes West along the North line Default having been made in of Boozer Drive 130.0 feet, the payment of the indebtedDRIVERS: RUN FB with WTI. abama, to-wit: NOTICE TO Be home through the week and An almost triangular piece of thence North 01 degrees and ness secured by that certain weekends. Start up to 28% land described as follows: 20 minutes West 140.0 feet, mortgage executed by MatCREDITORS plus fuel bonus. New equip- From the SW corner of the SE thence North 89 degrees and thew J. Delozier, an unmarried ment. BCBS. Experience need- 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 20, 49 minutes East 130.0 feet to man, to Cheaha Bank, on the STATE OF ALABAMA 21st day of November, 2008, CALHOUN COUNTY ed.

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East, thence North 87 degrees Property Street Address: 41 said mortgage recorded in the PROBATE COURT 1-877-693-1305. (R) _________________________ East a distance of 396.9 feet to Boozer Dr, Jacksonville, AL Office of the Judge of Probate CASE NO. 2014-0075 of Calhoun County, Alabama, IN THE MATTER OF THE NEW CAREER - CDL training. the point of beginning for this 36265 Jobs available if qualified. Call description, said point also be- THIS PROPERTY WILL BE in MORT Book 4525 Page 996; ESTATE OF JAMES E. CULtoday - start tomorrow! WIA, ing the intersection of the cen- SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE said mortgage having subse- LINS DECEASED VA, Post-9/11 G.I. Bill & Re- terline of the old Coldwater IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY quently been transferred and Letters Testamentary on the ENCUM- assigned to Bank of America, estate of JAMES E. CULLINS, hab.

ESD TDS, LLC. Road (nearly obliterated) and EASEMENTS, AND EXCEP- N.A., by instrument recorded in deceased, having been grant1-866-432-0430. www.ESDs- the west line of the present BRANCES, Coldwater Road; thence North TIONS REFLECTED IN THE Mort Bk 4725, Pg 816, in the ed to TIMOTHY W. CULLINS, chool.com. (R) _________________________ 27 degrees 15 minutes East a MORTGAGE AND THOSE aforesaid Probate Office; the the undersigned on February IN THE undersigned Bank of America, 13, 2014, by the Honorable OWNER OPERATORS CDL-A distance of 249 feet to the front CONTAINED up to $200,000 a year. Out 2 corner of the Ray property; RECORDS OF THE OFFICE N.A., as Mortgagee/Transfer- Alice K. Martin, Judge of Proweeks home as many days as thence North 66 degrees 21 OF THE JUDGE OF PRO- ee, under and by virtue of the bate of said County, notice is needed. Lease purchase avail- minutes west a distance of BATE OF THE COUNTY power of sale contained in said hereby given that all persons able.

Sign on bonus. 114.1 feet to the centerline of WHERE THE ABOVE-DE- mortgage, will sell at public having claims against said essaid old road; thence South 3 SCRIBED PROPERTY IS SIT- outcry to the highest bidder for tate, are hereby required to 1-855-803-2846.

THIS PROPERTY cash, in front of the main en- present the same within the _________________________ degrees 45 minutes West UATED. along said old road a distance WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT trance of the Courthouse at time allowed by law, or the HELP WANTED-TRADES CAN YOU dig it? Bulldozers, of 167.4 feet; thence continu- WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, Anniston, Calhoun County, Al- same will be barred. backhoes, and excavators. 3 ing along old road South 0 de- EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS abama, on April 7, 2014, dur- TIMOTHY W. CULLINS, Perweek hands on training provid- grees 45 minutes East a dis- TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- ing the legal hours of sale, all sonal Representative of the ed. Become nationally certified. tance of 99.9 feet to the point JOYMENT AND WILL BE of its right, title, and interest in Last Will and Testament of Lifetime job placement assis- of beginning, situated, lying SOLD SUBJECT TO THE and to the following described JAMES E. CULLINS, Detance.

GI Bill eligible. and being in Calhoun County, RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF real estate, situated in Calhoun ceased.

Alabama. From the above de- ALL PARTIES ENTITLED County, Alabama, to-wit: Alice K. Martin 1-866-362-6497.

Lot 36 of Choccolocco Estates Judge of Probate _________________________ scription is excepted that por- THERETO. HEATING AND air conditioning tion of the Old Coldwater Road This sale is made for the pur- Subdivision, Addition Number technician jobs available! Fast that is considered its right of pose of paying the indebted- 1, as recorded in Plat Book The Piedmont Journal track, hands on, certification way and being a quadrilateral ness secured by said mort- CC, Page 57, Probate Office of Calhoun Co., AL training provided. GI Bill eli- in shape and being approxi- gage, as well as the expenses Calhoun County, Alabama. February 26 & March 5, 12, mately 10 feet by 267.3 feet. of foreclosure.

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Black history did not begin here.

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“It was a beautiful night,” said Lewis. “We had a good turnout and, like we always do, we had plenty of food and fellowship.

Everybody enjoyed it. I did too.”

Alex Darrisaw was master of ceremonies. She also read for the children from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The Praise Team from Thankful Baptist Church performed.

Lewis said she was pleased with the number of youth who attended and seemed to enjoy the program. She emphasized that they are one of the reasons the program is held during Black History Month each February so they can learn more about their heritage.

Mayor Bill Baker and city clerk Michelle Franklin spoke.

Members of the city council were present. The city’s facilities manager Greg Russell blessed the food.

“We didn’t have anyone playing the piano, but everyone sang,” said Lewis. “It sounded really good, even without a piano.”

Lewis and assistant Bethune Center director Diane Houston said they appreciate the help from the Home Boys and Gents Club through the years for the program.

“They’ve always been there for us and have helped us in so many ways,” said Lewis.

The program is partially sponsored by the parks and recreation department.

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