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City must buy equipment to stop water loss Overflowing holding tanks are costing Piedmont $17,503 each year; equipment to fix problem will cost $9,895 LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service Piedmont is losing thousands of dollars of clean water each year because of overflowing holding tanks, the City Council learned Tuesday at its regular meeting.

The news came in a report presented by the Piedmont Water, Gas and Sewer Department during the council’s meeting. It states that the city is losing at least 9.5 million gallons of water each year and that it is costing the city $17,503 on an annual basis.

In response, the seven-member council cast an unplanned vote to purchase a $9,895 piece of equipment that will help fix the problem.

“It just bumfuzzles me that this much water is lost each year,” Councilman Terry Kiser said.

The report is an estimate, based on how much money the city would lose if the water is overflowing three times a week, said Jesse McKnight, Director of the Water, Gas and Sewer Department. McKnight said the exact amount of water and money lost is unclear. He added that department officials also are unsure how long the problem has been going on.

Councilwoman Mary Bramblett, who has served on the council for several terms, said this is the first time the council has heard of the problem.

McKnight, who has been the superintendent for about a year, said his department worked several months to compile the report.

He said the problem began when a device that was used to measure the amount of water in the city tanks malfunctioned. Since then, workers in the treatment ■ See COUNCIL, page 7

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Engines roar into Piedmont

Piedmont Throttle Kings Classic Car Club held show that included 250 entries; Club honored founding member Sonny Ray

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Bill Long of Centre looks at a 1971 Olds Cutless Supreme at the annual Piedmont Throttle Kings Car Show at Fagan’s Park Saturday.

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You may have head the loud roar of car engines coming into Piedmont last Saturdays since most of them were headed to Fagan’s Park. It was once again time for the Piedmont Throttle Kings Classic Car Club Annual Car Show that is held the third Saturday of March each year.

More than 250 classic cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles registered for the annual car show.

The day was filled with visitors from Alabama and Georgia, according to Keith Word, who served as the Disc Jockey/Master of Ceremonies once again for the car club.

Word said he is grateful to the Throttle Kings for allowing him to be part of the annual show each year.

Word also said that he is always thankful for those who load and unload his equipment, set it up and tear it down, since he has health limitations that do not allow him much lifting at all. Word says that he has made so many new friends in car clubs all over Alabama and Georgia. Word said he always announces their annual show and cruise in dates for the other car clubs since they support the local classic car club.

The Rock Run Station Band entertained everyone in attendance from 10 a.m. until noon. The day was also filled with exhibitors, vendors, and a swap meet with parts from many different cars in the grassy area behind the old cotton mill building. Word said some of the exhibitors and vendors traveled from outside of Piedmont and one all the way from Geraldine.

The annual show also included a very special presentation to the family or Sonny Ray. Ray was one of the founding members of the local Throttle King’s Car Club in the mid 1950’s. The club presented a beautiful laser plaque with Sonny Ray’s picture on it from a racing event in Indianapolis in 1987. Word did the reading of the accomplishments of Sonny Ray that was provided to him from his wife for this event.

The plaque was presented by Past President Steve Robertson to the family members of Sonny Ray including his wife of 51 years, Pat Ray of Piedmont, son Chuck Ray and his wife Lori Abernathy Ray, both of Piedmont, his two daughters, Kelly Ray Rampy of Piedmont and Allison Ray Ragsdale and her husband Adam Ragsdale, formerly of Piedmont but now residing in Guntersville.

Kaylon Gilley finds creativity in music Teacher drives home to Piedmont on weekends MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor Kaylon Gilley’s mother had a vision about a boy singing and holding a microphone. That was 10 years before he was born. She didn’t know what it meant. She does now though It didn’t take Gilley long after his birth in 1990 to start singing. The microphone came later, but not much later. Some of his first memories are singing 666000999999 PU NBAR .0104 BWA -0.0015 inMAG the80bathtub.

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Love and laughter is what filled the home of Rickey and Pam (Prater) Gilley in Spring Garden when young Gilley was growing up. There was also music. His mother can play piano by ear and has written songs for the past 35 years. His father has led singing in several churches.

It was different in school though.

“I was in an environment where music wasn’t the strongest thing in school,” said Gilley. “It wasn’t the dominant factor. However, I’ve always put ■ See GILLEY, page 7

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OPINION/EDITORIAL It has always been about name identification

A while back I wrote a column entitled, “The State Legislature Is A Good Training Ground For Governor, But Not A Good Stepping Stone To Governor.” The essence of my hypothesis was being one of the 105 members of the House of Representatives or even one of the 35 members of the State Senate does not lend itself to building name identification, which is essential to election to statewide office.

The perfect example in support of this argument occurred several years ago when Covington County State Representative Seth Hammett was Speaker of the House. Seth contemplated a race for governor. The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives is probably the second most powerful position in state government. Seth had served 20 years in the House and had garnered unfathomable knowledge of the machinations of state government. He was immensely popular and universally known in his home district.

One of the first steps when seeking a major statewide office is to conduct what is called a benchmark poll.

This poll measures how well you are known statewide.

Seth’s name identification was only 3 percent. If the Speaker of the House has three percent name identification, what do you think a backbencher from Wedowee’s would register? Seth decided against making the race.

The current Speaker, Mike Hubbard, would more than likely have less than 10 percent name identification and half of his name identification would be attributed to people confusing him with legendary AEA lobbyist Dr. Paul Hubbert.

A similar scenario occurred decades ago when then Senator, now lobbyist John Teague decided that as Pro

Tem of the State Senate he should naturally ascend to lieutenant governor.

Steve proceeded with Flowers He the mandatory benchmark pole. Like Seth, Teague came back with the same single digit result. His Inside The Statehouse pollster candidly told him, “John, it is even worse than you think.

Probably over half of your 6 percent name identification belongs to State School Superintendent Wayne Teague.”

John continued on and ran for lieutenant governor anyway but was swamped by Jim Folsom, Jr., who had inherited statewide name identification from his legendary father Big Jim Folsom.

The funniest story of this name identification game occurred several decades ago when my friend Mac McArthur launched into a foray to run for Attorney General of Alabama. Mac has headed the Alabama State Employees Association for close to 20 years. Mac has been around politics all of his life. He grew up in the Wiregrass and was a protégé of Bill Baxley. Mac wanted to follow his mentor, Baxley, and become a trailblazing state prosecutor. Mac had been a district attorney and was currently the head of the State Ethics Commission.

In that capacity he had garnered some state press so he figured that would translate into name identification.

Mac proceeded with his initial name identification poll. The legendary political guru, Joe Perkins, had

taken Mac on as his client. Joe called Mac to come over and get his results. Perkins, who has managed many of the successful races for statewide offices over the years, knew from past experience that initial name identification for state aspirants could be very low. Perkins met Mac excitedly and said, “Mac, I have some good news for you.” Joe then revealed that Mac had 5 percent favorable statewide name identification.

Mac slowly looked at his counselor and said, “Joe, the only thing I see good about that is that I can run naked through Winn-Dixie and nobody will know who I am.”

The general rule that the legislature is not a good steppingstone to statewide office may be changing in modern times. Our current Governor, Robert Bentley, ascended to the governorship from the legislature. He was the first governor in this century to move directly from the legislature to the Governor’s office.

One reason why this may change in future years is the tremendous amount of money that incumbent state representatives and especially state senators are raising and stockpiling. There are several state senators who have amassed $400,000 to $500,000 war chests. That is a good start towards a statewide race. In addition, a powerful state senator is building an entrenched relationship with special interest groups and lobbyists who are the primary resources for funding a race for governor, lieutenant governor or attorney general.

We will see.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His column appears weekly in more than 70 Alabama newspapers. Steve served 16 years in the state legislature. He may be reached at www.steveflowers.us

Oak Level future home for Alexander’s Challenge Point This week I met with Larry Alexander, Program Director of Challenge Point, a non-profit, Christian organization that teaches teamwork and leadership skills through the use of adventure-based activities.

After 15 years of being a mobile program, Challenge Point has come to Oak Level in Cleburne County to develop a home base. In the interim, Alexander, 42, will continue to travel, from time to time, throughout the Southeast as he provides retreats and backpacking treks to hundreds of teens and adults annually, “It is a great centralized location for all the groups we work with on a regular basis,” said Alexander.

“Beyond that, the close proximity to Talladega National Forest, the Pinhoti Trail, and the Chief Ladiga Trail provides a wealth of potential for future adventures.”

Alexander knows a few things about adventure, having hiked the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail in 2006, the 2,668 mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2012, and several international hikes throughout eleven countries.

With all those miles behind him, he considers himself, first and foremost, a group-dynamics counselor and, second, a guide.

“We work with any group that has a purpose and a will to become better. In the past we have worked with churches, mission trip groups, Scouts, marching

bands, college sports teams, social clubs, corporations, Boys & Girls clubs, Sherry environmental councils, and Kughn schools.”

Whether it is a one-day workshop or a weekend Sherry-Go-Round retreat, Challenge Point uses group challenges and teambuilding activities to teach communication, cooperation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills within the group.

He became interested in this field when, at the age of 14, he had to undergo brain surgery to remove a tumor.

Afterwards, his learning process became dependent on experience. “I had to do it to learn it. Later on, while attending Lipscomb University in Nashville, I did an internship at a treatment center for juveniles.

It was there that I was introduced to adventure-based counseling. Watching people learn through experience was something I could relate to.”

Alexander continued to use adventure-based counseling while working in Tennessee at schools,

treatment centers, and a juvenile prison. During that time, he had several youth ministers and other leaders ask him to work with their groups. In 1998, he created Challenge Point as a fun weekend business; but, as word spread, it became more.

“I believe there are 14 states that we work in regularly, and as much fun as I’ve had traveling and meeting people, I’m excited about this next step in Challenge Point’s journey. Having a permanent base will help to expand our program in ways I’ve only dreamed.”

In the next two years, Alexander hopes to develop phase one of their plan, which includes several challenge-course elements, along with a green-energy, eco-friendly encampment similar to ones he has stayed in while traveling through Central and South America.

“As we get things developed here in Oak Level, I look forward to working with local churches, community organizations, schools, and businesses.”

Alexander, a native of Jasper, has also written three books, “Through Hiker’s Eyes – A Journey Along the Appalachian Trail” (parts one and two) and “People 101- Getting an A in Relationships.”

To learn more about Challenge Point, visit Facebook, Twitter, or their website at www.challengepoint.org.

Email Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail.com

Are we free? Or does government control us?

How does government control us? Let’s look at just seven areas: healthcare, poverty and welfare, debt, gun control, education, religion, and class warfare.

The Affordable Care Act has been a dismal failure.

Promising to provide affordable insurance for 30 to 45 million Americans without coverage, ACA has caused cancellation of more than 6.2 million policies so far. Yes, ACA has made millions more eligible for Medicaid, but still the number of uninsured Americans has remained about the same.

Moreover, ACA has negatively affected many Americans through raising rates of health insurance, patients losing access to their doctors or hospitals, or having terms of employment compromised, i.e. reduced work hours or loss of jobs. Government controls healthcare.

Fifty years of the ‘War on Poverty’ have had negligible effects on the U.S. poverty rate, around 15 percent, essentially the same as the mid-1960s. We have invested about $16 trillion to defeat poverty. Total anti-poverty spending by all levels of government is nearly $1 trillion annually. Generations of families have grown substan-

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tially or completely dependent on government assistance with few if any incentives Daniel to seek ways out of Gardner poverty. Government controls those in poverty.

The debtor is slave to the creditor. America My Thoughts owes more than $17.5 trillion. A nation must tax (the only source of income) those with money to pay off debt and maintain essential government programs.

Taxpayers are slaves to irresponsible rulers in government who mismanage money to maintain their positions of power within the government. Government controls taxpayers.

American government infringes gun ownership in the name of safety and security. Wouldn’t Americans be safer if only government had guns? Let history be your guide. Great Britain tried to confiscate and regulate arms before the Revolutionary War. To make the colonists safer and more secure? Right….

Control education and control beliefs, values, and attitudes for succeeding generations. The Constitution clearly places more power in the hands of the people and the states than the federal government. However, progressives in education turned that principle on its head.

The all-powerful federal government will protect us from tyranny of big corporations and other unfair entities?

Which could possibly be worse: tyranny of Washington, or tyranny of ‘unfair’ entities. Government controls fairness.

Americans are supposed to have a separation of church and state, right? Actually, Jefferson first used the term ‘wall’ of separation between church and state to advocate for the church (Danbury Baptists) to be free from oppression of local government. Washington has targeted Christians as dozens of court cases attest today. How many cases of Muslims suing the state for freedom of religion? None that I know of. Government is suppressing Christianity.

Government fosters class warfare. I thought there was not a red America or a blue America, but the United States of America? Now all I hear coming out of Washington is drivel about the haves and have not’s, and the need to reduce the income inequality gap.

Government controls us by dividing us against ourselves.

We are no longer the United States of America. We have become the United Socialist States of America.

Welcome to the USSA! And, by the way, to maintain this socialist state, please continue to reelect incumbents of both parties. No change in representation in Washington means no change in how Washington controls those it governs.

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/

Sound off Obama wants western culture gone Ref: Daniel Gardner commentary on March 5 Emperor Obama regularly declares by his actions that Westerns Culture is damned, that democracy, our national borders and capitalism must be buried. “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western Culture must go!”

Regarding foreign policy, however, should the United States, a nation saddled with lethal debt, an empty trea-

sury and the foolish arrogance that incompetence can be eradicated by government expansion be involved in the affairs of others?

Liberal dysfunction is always ascribed to insufficient funding, time or lack of devotion to the Leftist ideology .... to fantasy!

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Community Capsule The Piedmont City School them at the time of registration: System will be having Kindergarten registration on 1. Certified Birth April 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 Certificate p.m. The registration will take 2. Social Security Card place in the lobby of the K-3 3. State of Alabama Blue building. Those students who Immunization Slip will reach their 5th birthday on 4. 2 Proofs of Residence or before September 1, 2014 are eligible to register.

If further information is needed, please contact the Parents must bring the Elementary School @ 256-447following information with 7483.

Three-car accident on U.S. 278 injuries two; both airlifted

A three-vehicle accident on U.S. 278 injured two persons last weekend. The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m. between Piedmont and Knightens Crossroad.

Kayle Naugher, 20, suffered severe ortho injuries to his lower extremities that required surgery at UAB, said Phillip Winkles of Piedmont Rescue and EMS. He was driving a small Mazda truck. Naugher is a resident of Rainbow City but a native of the Piedmont – Spring Garden area. He was wearing a seatbelt.

Winkles said the driver of a Ford Explorer SUV was Jay Maxwell, 38, of Attalla. He suffered facial, chest, abdominal and lower extremity trauma. He also was airlifted to UAB. Winkles said the cause of the accident was undetermined. The accident was a head-on collision the SUV rolled and caught on fire, although the driver was not burned, Winkles said.

A third car was involved but the driver was not injured.

Police Report March 7 • Abandoned vehicle. Officers responded to a call about an abandoned 1995 Buick LeSabre located in the 200 block of Caton Street.

March 8 • Interence with custody. A 34-year-old male reported an incident that occurred on West Hood Street between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

• Domestic violence III. A 26-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on Hughes Stree between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

• Domestic violence III. A 52-year-old male reported an

incident that occurred on Walker Street at 11:20 p.m.

March 10 • Burglary III, criminal trespass III. A 73-year-old male reported the theft of an unknown brand table saw valued at $60 that occurred at his residence between Feb. 13 and Feb. 21.

March 13 • Harassment. A 40-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on Walker Street March 12.

March 14 • Fraudulent use of credit/ debit card. An 81-year-old male reported fraudulent charges made totaling $75.21.

• Fraudulent use of credit/ debit card. A 37-year-old female reported three incidents of fraudulent use of her credit/ debit card that occurred between March 1 and March 14.

March 16 • Domestic violence III. A 22-year-old female reported an incident that occurred at her residence at 12:44 a.m.

• Domestic violence III, criminal mischief III. Officers responded to a call made by a 47-year-old female about an incident that occurred at her residence and resulted in damage done to a mirror with wood trim and a dinner plate.

• Leon Bradley and ClearVision quartet will be singing at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 23 at Philadelphia Baptist Church.

• 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 (256435-6021).

• 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 going through chemo treatments. The bags will include items such as comedy DVDs, chap stick, gift cards, gas cards, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, search-aword, 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

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March 14 • Jackie Lee Studdard, 27, failure to appear.

• Barry Brent Parker, 46, failure to appear.

March 15 • Barry Brent Parker, 46, contempt.

March 16 • Jeremy Victor Merfeld, 29, domestic violence III. • Jason Michael McFry, 40, failure to pay (three counts).

• Gerardo Alfredo Mejia, 35, public intoxication.

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• The Alabama Shutterbugs, a new club for all skill levels of photographers, meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Noble Building, Suite 100, Anniston. Anyone interested in photography is welcome to join us. Call 236.8488 for more information.

• Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 21 meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m.. at 114 N. Center Ave. downtown Piedmont, to discuss the latest veteran’s issues and benefits. If you are a service-connected disabled vet or you think you may have a military service related condition, the DAV may be able to help you. Help workshops are also available from 8 a.m.-noon on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Veterans are urged to attend for possible compensation and benefits they’re not aware of.

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Jane Williamson learned to love teaching Received degree in education after her children were born MARGARET ANDERSON Journal Editor

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hen Jane C o t n e y s t a r t e d dating Larry Williamson, he was a coach and teacher. At that time, Jane felt she could never have the patience or the interest to teach, and she told Larry so.

They married and had two children of their own. That’s when Jane changed her mind.

“After my daughters were born, I was all about teaching them new things and seeing them learn,” said Jane. “That’s when I decided to go back to school and become a teacher.”

Jane already had an associate business degree from Southern Union Junior College in Wadley.

She enrolled at Jacksonville State University and earned her degree in education.

She did her student teaching in the fifth grade at Kitty Stone Elementary School. She spent the next 20 years teaching that grade at Kitty Stone.

Jane had to retire early, in 2006, because of health problems.

“After I had my own children and, realizing how much I loved them, everything changed,” said Jane. “I loved teaching. But since my retirement, our grandchildren take up most of my time now.”

Jane was born in Wadley and graduated from Wadley High School. Larry, a native of Jacksonville, had just graduated from JSU and had gone to Wadley to take on his first coaching job.

They began dating in January, became engaged in June and married on Thanksgiving Day in November. That will be 40 years ago come Nov. 28.

Larry coached at Piedmont, Ragland, Fort McClellan and Hazel Hurst, Ga. They settled in Piedmont 26 years ago.

Both their daughters live in Piedmont. Their older daughter, Beth Bryant, has two children.

Jewel, 6, is in first grade, and Drake, 4, is in pre-school. Lara is married to Phillip Fagan.

She is office manager at B&G Machines in Alexandria. He is a machinist in Oxford.

Jane grew up in Wadley with three brothers, two older and one younger.

“My mother had two sets of children,” she said. “My daddy was in the Navy and wasn’t home for my oldest brother’s birthday. But he was home and in the delivery room when my next brother was born. He looked at my mother and said they weren’t going to have any more children.”

It took eight and a half years for Jane’s mother to convince her father that they needed a little girl. Jane was born on Father’s Day, June 19, 1955. Two years later, they had another son.

Her brothers, Elliott and Richard, live in Wadley. Her brother, Stanley, is deceased.

Her parents are the late Bob and Mary (Elliott) Cotney.

“We didn’t have a whole lot of material things, but we had a very happy childhood,” said Jane.

“My daddy was a pulpwooder, and my mother worked at the local shirt factor. We had a nice home, nice clothes, plenty of food and a whole lot of love. We were, and still are, a very loving family.”

When Jane turned 12, she began babysitting. At 16, she started working in the shirt factor after school and during summers.

She saved enough to pay her way

CROCK POT BEEF ROAST 2-3 lb. boneless chuck roast Adolph’s Meat Tenderizer (with spices) 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 soup can of water ½ envelope of Lipton’s onion soup mix 1 pkg. brown gravy mix 1 heaping T. flour Spray crock with Crisco butter spray. Sprinkle tenderizer on one side of roast and put in crock pot for about 5 minutes. Turn roast over and sprinkle tenderizer on the other side. Mix in bowl the mushroom soup, can of water, onion, soup mix, brown gravy mix and flour. Mix well and pour over roast. Cook 6 hours on high or overnight on low.

Extra cooking time may be required, depending on different crock pots, so make sure it’s fork tender.

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Jane Williamson taught fifth grade at Kitty Stone Elementary for 20 years. through Southern Union and to pay for her wedding.

The Williamsons are members of First Congregational Church in Piedmont. Jane teaches the 5- and 6-year old Sunday school class which includes her granddaughter.

“Every night after I get my bath, I get in my recliner and read,” said Jane. “I’ve begged my husband to read since retirement.

One day at the library I grabbed three of Rick Bragg’s books. I bought them home, and he read one of them in a day.”

Jane said she’s not a cold weather person. As soon as the weather warms though, she likes to get out in her yard and work in her flowers and plants.

One of her favorite things is

swimming in their pool with her grandchildren.

It’s a tradition for Jane and Larry to take their grandchildren to the beach and to the Smokies each year.

“We did quite a bit of traveling before they were born,” said Jane. “We’d just pack up and go.

But now, we don’t do anything unless we take the grandchildren with us. They’ve changed our lives totally.”

Jane did little cooking growing up in Wadley. Her job was to help clean the kitchen.

Through the years she watched her mother make a lot of dishes, including dressing, chicken stew and meat loaf.

“I guess I remembered a lot from watching her, so when I got

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BROWN RICE 1 stick butter 1 c. chopped onion 1 c. raw long grain rice 1 can beef consommé 1 can beef bouillon 1 can mushrooms, drained Melt butter in frying pan. Add onions and rice, stirring almost constantly until very brown. Pour into casserole dish. Add soups and mushrooms.

Stir, cover and put in oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour.

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married I could cook,” said Jane.

“She would guide me along, but for the first six months we were married, it didn’t matter what kind of bread I cooked, I would burn it. I was so busy watching the other food I was cooking, I’d forget about the bread. Larry came to expect burned bread.”

Jane’s mother prepared her biggest meals at night and on the weekend.

Jane has followed in her steps.

“We don’t eat out a lot,” she said. “I’ve pretty much followed my mother’s pattern. She always cooked our biggest meals at night and on weekends, and that’s what I’ve done.”

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Mix and bake in 11x16 greased pan for 20 minutes in 400 degree oven.

Icing Melt and bring to boil 1 stick oleo, 3 ½ T. cocoa, 6 T. sweet milk. Remove from heat and add 1 box powdered sugar, 1 t. vanilla, 1 c. chopped nuts.

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Morris Penny talks about Civil War The Sunshine Club met March 4 in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church.

Hosts Danny and Gail Pointer, Bud and Myra Sanford and Rebecca Greer used a St. Patrick’s Day theme of greens, shamrocks and vases of flowers. To honor Doug Woolf, they placed a vase of resurrection roses. Doris always shared them in March. Michael told how St. Patrick used the shamrock to demonstrate the Trinity.

Michael began the meeting with a hearty good morning. After prayer requests, he asked Doug Borden to remember them in an opening prayer. Minutes of the February meeting were read by Patsy Frachiseur.

Doug Borden led the group in singing happy birthday to Stacey Smith, Peggy Free, Pat Floyd, Norman Jones, Barbara Moss, Michael Ingram, Patti Singleton, Audrey Simpson and Polly Putnam.

Ramon Feazell presented the devotion on the 23rd Psalm. Ramon used two different translations, one the King James version of the Easy to Read version.

The translation can give totally different meanings. There are over 100 translations.

The guest speaker, Morris Penny, historian and author of two books on the Civil War, gave everyone a look back on Cross Plains (Piedmont) before, during and post war.

Cross Plains was a small community

made up of middle to upper middle class farmers using slave labor. Jacksonville was the county seat, and roads connected Piedmont to Jacksonville and Rome, with several other small communities nearby.

The Democratic Party was in power then. Abraham Lincoln was elected President. State seceded and armies began to form. After the first shot at Fort Sumter, men from White Plains, Nances Creek, Ladiga and Cross Plains volunteered by joining the 5th Battalion Infantry. Ports were blocked, goods weren’t available, and women and children were left behind to do what they could to survive and still help the war effort.

The 5th regiment fought in Tennessee, Virginia and Maryland. After Gettysburg, there weren’t enough to muster. Cross Plains suffered. Sherman’s march was meant to seek and destroy the South. The South was devastated.

When the Civil War, or what is also called the War Between the States, was over, it was called a war of aggression and left over 650,000 dead. One out of five men did not come home. Reconstruction came, but it took a long time.

Michael prayed the closing prayer.

Visitors Kelly Johnson, Savannah Grace, Rhonda Ledbetter, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Penny and 40 members enjoyed a morning of good food and fellowship.

Maddux Burns and Breanna Shadrix were recently crowned king and queen for their fundraising efforts. The two attend Plainview Church in Piedmont and raised the most money to help Elise Raider who is undergoing treatment for an illness.

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RMC Piedmont Family Medical Center celebrates Open House

TOP LEFT: Millard Young, JSU President Bill Meehan, Vernon Young and Dr. David Lee Smith share a lighthearted moment at the Piedmont Family Medical Center’s Open House last Thursday. ABOVE: Jimmy Busby partakes of the refreshments. LEFT: From left, Betty Lively, JSU President Bill Meehan and Dr. and Mrs. David Lee Smith at the Open House. Guests were taken on tours of the facility.

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GILLEY: Wears many hats at Eufaula High where he teaches music From page 1

that as a priority because it’s an outlet for creativity, emotion and exploration for new challenges and exiting things. I’ve always enjoyed music and teaching.”

Teaching music is exactly what Gilley is doing right now in his first year at Eufaula High School. Actually, he wears several hats there. He teaches the women’s ensemble, the concert choir, the show choir, the FFA string band and the FFA quartet.

It keeps him busy, but he’s loving every moment of it.

Gilley graduated from Jacksonville State University with a bachelor of arts in music education degree in May. He was beginning to think he might not get any of the jobs he’d applied for until Aug. 1, just a few days before the start of school. He received a phone call telling him to come to Eufaula. He was ecstatic.

“I’ve enjoyed this new, exciting opportunity,” he said. “I’m very interested to see where the Lord wants me to go with what I’m doing now and how He plans to develop it. I’m waiting on Him.” Gilley said moving to a different part of the state has been an adjustment. The one thing that has helped most of all is his love for music and being able to share it with

others and teach it to young people.

“Getting everybody together for one purpose and one cause, is very rewarding,” he said. “Everyone is working toward the same goal, but doing different things.”

Every Friday after school is out, he sets out on a three hour drive to his home in Piedmont to spend the weekend with his parents, his sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Chris Cofield, and their children, Macon, 8, and Jacob, 4.

Sunday morning and Sunday night he drives to Anniston where he is minister of music at Fairview Heights Northside Baptist Church. That night, after service at Fairview, he heads back to Eufaula.

“I’m following the leadership of the Lord,” said Gilley. “If the Lord wanted me to stop directing music at Fairview Heights, he would have told me, and I would have listened, but he has not said that.”

Gilley said for him it’s a blessing to walk through the church doors and see his church family on Sunday.

“I feel like our music program at church is growing,” he said. “I’m very excited to see where God is taking it.”

Gilley is a member of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education.

He likes to run, cook, record songs, arrange music and play the piano. He also likes

to travel to new places and eat new food.

What he likes most of all though is being with his family at home, his church family and his friends.

He said he’s enjoyed living and going to school in Jacksonville and Piedmont.

Gilley attended school in Spring Garden the first 10 years of his life, then transferred to Jacksonville Christian Academy where he graduated. At JSU, he appeared in a number of operas and madrigal dinners.

“I’ve always lived in Piedmont, and I miss it during the week,” he said. “I miss the north Alabama area, especially Piedmont, Jacksonville, Anniston and Oxford. When I started coming home, I began to appreciate things around me.

Once I was removed from it and came back, I see the true value that’s there.”

Gilley said this year he’s had to do more readjusting than he’s had to do in a long time. He wonders what the future holds.

“I’m going to go where I’m needed,” he said. “I’m thankful to all he professors at JSU for their patience and their work.

Their dedication to music has helped me in my passion for music. I’m also very grateful to my own family and my church family.”

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COUNCIL: One councilman wants to cut back city employees From page 1

plant have had to guess how much water should be pumped into the tanks, which are used to regulate water pressure and supply businesses and homes, he said.

The result, he said, workers sometimes pump too much water into the tanks, causing the water pour out.

The decision was one consideration in a meeting that was full of talk about financial considerations, including a call by councilman Frank Cobb to reduce spending by scaling back the amount of city employees.

“We’re going to lose at least a quarter of our employees if we do what’s right,” Cobb said.

Piedmont Mayor Bill Baker said that layoffs would be a last resort, and suggested that the council consider other cost cutting measures during work sessions and committee meetings.

“I don’t think anybody wants to see anybody lose their job,” Baker said. “There may be other things that we can do.”

In other business the council: — Baker closed the meeting by saying that two companies, BR Williams Trucking

and Federal-Mogul Corporation, both of which already have a presence in Calhoun County, will be opening warehouses in Piedmont on April 6. He said the two companies will move into existing buildings and that they will together employ 40 people.

-- Voted to appoint Kip McFry to the Piedmont Health Care Board.

-- Voted to indefinitely table a vote regarding a $7,500 contract with Jacksonville State University for an economic retail analysis.

-- Voted to buy 25 large metal trash cans for about $30,000.

-- Voted to limit budget billing, a program used to equalize resident’s monthly bills. have to those residents who have paid an electric bill for at least 12 months.

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Jacksonville State’s Jana McGinnis is surrounded by her players after collecting her 700th victory as softball coach.

JSU’s McGinnis racks up 700th win

Former Spring Garden star continues to lead successful program at alma mater JOHN ALRED Piedmont Journal Publisher

The Jacksonville State softball team made sure Saturday would be a special day for head coach Jana McGinnis.

The Gamecocks slugged its way to a pair of mercy-rule wins over Tennessee Tech and gave McGinnis her 699th and 700th career wins, while also getting the 2014 OVC season off to a roaring start. They used a 9-0 win in the opener before rolling to a 17-4 victory in the finale to secure their coach’s milestone, and did so in impressive fashion.

McGinnis, a native of Spring Garden, has been the softball coach at JSU for 21 years. McGinnis and her twin sister, Dana Austin, are the only women athletes to have their numbers retired at JSU. Last week, when she spoke to the Jacksonville Exchange Club, she gave her recipe for success.

“My parents always told me when I was growing up to surround yourself with good people ,” McGinnis said. “They will help get you to success. That includes choosing your friends in high school to your teammates.

You want to beside the player who worked the hardest or had the best attitude. That’s the one you wanted your locker right beside because you could learn so much

from them.”

“It’s also very important to hire good assistant coaches. They can make or break your program I’m especially proud of our assistants. They all are JSU graduates.

They don’t come to work wishing they were somewhere else. They love to come to work every day. They do the little things behind the scenes.”

Assistant Mark Wisener has been with the program 18 years and graduated in 1996. Julie Boland played at JSU and joined the program after graduation in 2002.

“My assistants have had chances to move to bigger programs, but as they have grown they’ve learned bigger and better is not what always makes you happy.”

McGinnis said she has enjoyed coaching this year’s team, which has compiled a 17-5 record and are 3-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play.

“I really didn’t know what to expect from the team,” she said. “We have five seniors and they have provided good leadership,” she said. “We also have nine freshmen and you never know how they will shape up when they move away from mom and dad and are surrounded by other good players.

“But through the first half of the season they have responded well and I believe a lot of that is because of our senior leadership.”

McGinnis says the seniors are “paying it forward.”

“The first thing you must learn when you come to JSU is to respect the program,” McGinnis said. “The players who have been here take it on themselves to show the new players the ropes. Eight of the freshmen have shown that. One didn’t and she is gone from the team..

“I am proud of our seniors. All five are set to receive their degrees in May or December.

McGinnis is also proud of the updated facilities at University Field.

This year the old dugouts that served as the home of the Gamecock baseball and softball teams for years were torn down and new sunken dugouts with restrooms and a dressing facility for the Gamecocks were installed, making University Field one of the best Division I softball facilities in the Southeast.

“We’ve come a long way since I’ve took over, but we are proud of what we have,” McGinnis said. “We used to have to change into our uniforms in our cars. Now we have a wonderful locker room. And the girls take care of it.

“Our first home game was against Ball State and when their players got off the bus they all pulled out their cell phones and starting taking pictures. That really made me proud.”

Dogs have momentum heading into area play RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

Piedmont begins defense of its Class 3A, Area 10 baseball title later this week. The Bulldogs host Saks for a single game Thursday then play a doubleheader at Saks Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. both days.

The Bulldogs enter with momentum gained from a stellar week last week that included a 5-2 win over Oxford Tuesday. Friday, Piedmont swept a doubleheader from Jacksonville by scores of 6-5 and 9-0 with Taylor Hayes tossing a no-hitter in the second game. Saturday, the Bulldogs bested Cleburne County 12-2 in six innings.

“If the kids stay focused, I think it will,” Piedmont coach James Blanchard said in response to a question about the possible benefits of momentum. “The only bad thing about that is sometimes kids get a little bit overconfident.”

Against Oxford, Payton Young’s two-run home run gave Piedmont a 2-1 lead after one inning and the Bulldogs never trailed thereafter. Peyton Whitten led off the second with a solo homer. In the third, Easton Kirk walked with two out, moved to second on Bayley Blanchard’s single and scored on a base hit by Hayes. With Piedmont leading 4-2, Blanchard opened the sixth with a single and Whitten doubled him home.

Tyler Lusk faced seven batters in the first but escaped with only one run scoring.

Oxford small-balled Lusk for one run in the fourth. Blanchard got the final out of the fifth and finished with two hitless innings for a save. Lusk struck out three and Blanchard two.

The elder Blanchard cited defensive positioning by assist coach Matt Deerman, three “unbelievable” defensive plays by second baseman Caleb Adams and solid work on the mound by Lusk and Blanchard as the keys for Piedmont.

“Those three things right there, I think were huge in beating Oxford,” Blanchard said.

In the 6-5 win over Jacksonville, Piedmont fell behind 3-0 as the Golden Eagles scored twice in the first and once in the third. Young scored twice for Piedmont while Blanchard, Whitten, Lusk and Deven Hincy each scored one run. Hayes’ two-out single drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh, snapping a 5-5 tie. Jaret Prater, Adams and Kirk also had a RBI. Hayes and Whitten each had two singles.

Adams, Young and Prater each recorded a double. Whitten got the win with seven innings of work in which he allowed five hits and just two earned runs with four strikeouts.

Hayes was even better in Friday’s nightcap. He struck out nine and didn’t issue a free pass over seven no-hit innings. He spoiled his own prospects of a perfect game by hitting two batters.

A six-run first inning aided Hayes and Piedmont added three more runs in the fifth.

Adams was 3-for-4 with a double, the only extra-base hit of the game. Blanchard and Prater each had a single and two RBIs. Adams and Young added an RBI apiece. Kirk

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Bayley Blanchard delivers a pitch during action earlier this season. was 2-for-2 and Lusk went 2-for-3.

In Saturday’s win over Cleburne County, the Bulldogs got an early lead again with three runs in the home half of the first as Adams, Kirk and Blanchard scored. Young opened the third with a double and scored on Whitten’s two-out single. Prater worked a walk to start the third and Young’s base hit, another two-out single, scored him.

Hayes and Whitten scored in the fifth when Lusk drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Ten Bulldogs batted and five scored in the sixth to invoke the 10-run mercy rule.

Whitten’s three-run inside-the-park home run was the big blow. Young’s third RBI of the game scored Prater with final run. Whitten and Kirk each had three hits and Young had two. Blanchard went all six innings for the Bulldogs. He fanned four and allowed four hits.

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Garden uses five pitchers to subdue Collinsville RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent Five pitchers in a six-inning game generally isn’t a promising sign but everything worked out nicely for the Spring Garden Panthers Monday at Collinsville as the visitors claimed a 13-2 victory.

Senior Will Westbrook pitched the first inning, his first mound appearance of the season, and struck out two of the four batters he faced. Andrew McLarty allowed a run and had two strikeouts in his one inning of work, his second time on the mound.

Freshman Austin Stordahl gave up one run in the third. Grant Benefield pitched the fourth and fifth frames and whiffed four.

Will Ivey retired the side in order in the sixth, three strikeouts, on 12 pitches.

“It was a good night for us,” said Spring Garden coach Tony Benefield, noting that the Collinsville field was in much better condition than he had anticipated. “I was very pleased with it.

I wanted to throw all those guys and every one of them threw well.”

Spring Garden got a run in the first when Benefield singled and advanced to third as Ivey reached on an error. Dylan Kirk’s sacrifice fly got Benefield home.

Six runs in the second effectively put the game away. Kyler Bellamy, Dawson Broome and McLarty had consecutive singles to load the bases. Benefield singled to drive in two runs and Ivey followed with Spring Garden’s fifth straight single, also good for two RBIs. Ivey later scored on a passed ball and Westbrook, who had been hit by a pitch, scored on Colton Lambert’s ground ball out.

Lambert added a second RBI with a single in the fifth, highlighting a three-run inning. In the sixth, Spring Garden added three more runs.

Leevi Maddox and McLarty each walked then moved up a base on a passed ball. Mattox scored on Benefield’s sacrifice fly and McLarty came around on an error. Ivey delivered a triple and scored on Westbrook’s base hit.

Ivey finished with three hits, a triple and two singles, and scored three runs. McLarty tripled and singled and tallied twice.

Benefield had two singles and three runs. Lambert also had two

Piedmont track competes in first meet Thompson, Savage and Spears teamed with Darnell Jackson on Piedmont’s winning 4-by-100 relay team that covered the distance in 44.9 seconds.

In the girls’ track events, Green finished second in the 100 The first track meet of the 2014 season for Piedmont was dash at 12.96 seconds. Riesha Thompson was fifth in the 100 Saturday at Fort Payne in the 2nd annual Heil Northeast Alabama Invitational. Piedmont’s boys, last year’s AHSAA Class hurdles at 18.78. Bre Green was fifth in the 1,600-meter run 3A state champions, finished fourth overall with 117.5 points. (6:19.85) and seventh in the 800 run (2:49.71). Carlie Flowers finished eighth in the 300 hurdles (56.39).

Class 6A Albertville (173.5 points) was first followed by 5A In field events for girls, Thompson was second in the long Fort Payne (143) and 5A Arab (121). Piedmont’s girls finjump with a leap of 14 feet, 6 inches and fourth in the triple ished with 88 points and were fifth behind Fort Payne (142), jump at 29-4. Megan Mohan was second in the pole vault Arab (127), Albertville (99) and Handley (91).

“Last year, when we started the year off I didn’t know what with a personal best of seven feet, six inches and Macy Hanin the world we had. This year, being able to start the year off son’s seven feet was good for fourth place.

“I thought Riesha Thompson had a good day the other day. knowing what we have and being able to put them in the right Megan Mohan in the pole vault did really well, she and Macy places, I had about as fun a time at a track meet Saturday as I’ve ever had as a coach,” said second-year track coach Mark Hanson,” Mitchell said.

Jaylen Major was fifth in the discus (67-7.5) and eighth in Mitchell, praising his athletes’ positive attitudes and work the shot (27-1.5). ethics.

Piedmont’s 4x100 relay team of Mohan, Flowers, ThompPiedmont took first place in three boys’ events and two on son and Karri Green finished second in 53.39 seconds. The the girls’ side. Denard Spears won both the 100-meter and 4x400 team – Breanna Brasher, Flowers, Mohan and Bre 200-meter dashes and Dreek Thompson won the high jump.

Green – was fourth (4:54.28). The 4x800 team – Mohon, Karri Green won the 100 and 300 hurdles in girls’ competiHanson, Katelyn Truett and Bre Green – also was fourth tion.

“She ran really, really good – really good,” Mitchell said of (11:49.65).

Exavyer Jackson threw 47 feet, 7.25 inches for second in Green, just a sophomore, who took the 100 in 16.71 seconds the boys’ shot. Darnell Jackson jumped 38 feet, 9.5 inches for and the 300 in 50.8 seconds. fourth in the triple jump. In the boys’ pole vault, Wil Mitchell Spears and C.J. Savage finished first and second in both the dashes. Spears ran 11.14 to Savage’s 11.17 in the 100 and cleared exactly 10 feet and was fourth while Chase Keener was sixth at nine feet, six inches. Jaden Amberson threw the edged Savage 23.01 to 23.46 in the 200. discus 83 feet, five inches and finished fifth. Spears was fifth “I really think that they can get faster,” Mitchell said of in the long jump (18-5) and Savage was eighth (17-5). Neonta the duo. “They’ve been working hard on some speed and agility drills that we’ve been doing and they’re getting faster. Alexander was eighth in the high jump (5-4).

In the track events, Mitchell Bennefield was fourth in They’re getting in better shape. I think this year, too, they’re the 110-meter hurdles (18.73) and fifth in the 300 hurdles understanding how to run the races better. … I think those (45.77). Jamal Young finished fifth in the 400 dash (56.42). two could go 1, 2 in the state if they stay healthy and if they In addition to winning the 4x100, Piedmont’s 4x800 team keep working. They’re fast. They’re legit.” of Mitchell, Seth Pope, Justin Young and Jamal Young was Thompson, a 6-foot junior who did not participate in track third (9:14.49). Bennefield, Pope, Justin Young and Jamal last year, jumped an even six feet to win the high jump.

Young ran the 4x400 in 3:51.83 and finished fourth.

“He was jumping his height when he was standing by the “It was a pretty good day. We have some areas we need to bar,” Mitchell said of Thompson. “Dreek Thompson, he’ll get better at and we have some other areas that we did really work and he’ll work and he’ll work. He’ll work hard and he’ll good at,” Mitchell said. try to do his best every time he competes.”

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hits. Westbrook, Stordahl, Bellamy and Broome each had one single.

Spring Garden took two Class 1A, Area 13 games from Coosa Christian last week, winning 6-4 at home on Tuesday and 4-0 in Gadsden Thursday.

Ivey fanned seven and allowed just two earned runs Tuesday in a seven-inning three-hitter. McLarty had a double and a pair of singles in four at-bats and scored three runs. Lambert and Ivey had two hits apiece. Westbrook doubled home two runs. Benefield and Kirk added a single each.

In Thursday’s win, Benefield struck out 12 and gave up just three hits in recording his third consecutive seven-inning, complete-game shutout. Kirk had two singles while Ivey, McLarty and Benefield each had one single.

“We didn’t hit the ball great but we’re playing unreal scary defense,” the coach said. “We’re just not making any errors.”

Spring Garden (11-2) is the host school for this week’s annual Cherokee County tournament. The Panthers meet Cherokee County Friday at 4:30 p.m. in a semifinal round game. Saturday’s championship game should begin around 4 p.m.

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Mistakes cost Piedmont in area loss to White Plains RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent Solid defense was the top priority for Piedmont entering Tuesday’s Class 3A, Area 10 softball game against White Plains. Instead, the Bulldogs committed five errors on their home field and lost 7-1.

The loss was Piedmont’s first in area play. The Bulldogs opened Area 10 action at home on Tuesday of last week with a 13-3 win over Weaver then blasted Saks 14-4 at Saks Thursday for a 2-0 area start.

Against Weaver, Piedmont scored four runs in the second inning and seven in the third and needed just four turns at bat to invoke the mercy rule.

Kendall Pressley was 4-for4, including a triple, and had three RBIs. Mallory Roberts, Caitlin Tant and Kayleigh Williams each had two hits.

Tant’s included a double.

Madison Pike doubled in a run. Roberts, Tant and Williams each had one RBI. Leadoff batter Torre Roberts had a base hit in four at-bats and scored four runs. Williams and Tant crossed the plate twice each. Pike, Pressley, Hayden Tyree, Hannah Hulsizer and Rachel Baggett added one run apiece.

Williams hurled all five innings. She gave up two hits and two walks with two strikeouts. Only one of the Bearcats’ runs was earned.

The game at Saks started with a big inning for Piedmont as the Bulldogs put up four runs in the top of the first. After scoring two in the second and one in the third, Piedmont erupted for six runs in the fourth then added a single run in the fifth. Tant was 3-for-3 with two doubles and five RBIs. Williams had a single and a double and three RBIs. Pike and Mallory Roberts each had two singles. Torre Roberts scored four runs for the second consecutive contest. Pike came home three times. Baggett, Williams and Tant each scored twice. In addition to

their 11 hits the Bulldogs got the benefit of 11 walks.

Pressley pitched the full five innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk. She struck out two. Behind the plate, Tyree helped her pitcher by throwing out two would-be base stealers – one at third and another at second.

“Overall, we were just solid,” Piedmont coach Rachel Smith said of the games against Weaver and Saks.

In the White Plains tournament at Oxford Lake Friday and Saturday, Piedmont split its two pool play games Friday. The Bulldogs trimmed Boaz 3-0 first and fell to Pell City 7-4 after leading 3-0 early.

“I thought we played really well down there. We were able to take a game from Boaz and they were solid all around but that was one of those games where we hit well, we executed at the plate and we had no defensive errors,” Smith said. “We had Pell City 3-0 up until the fourth inning.”

Baggett, Hulsizer, Williams and Torre Roberts each had two singles against Boaz.

Pike and Baggett each had an RBI. Pressley, Torre Roberts and Gena Prater each scored for the Bulldogs.

Williams pitched all six innings. She didn’t issue a walk and gave up just one hit with three strikeouts.

Pressley, Williams and Torre Roberts each had two hits against Pell City. Torre Roberts scored twice, Mallory Roberts once and Peggy Ridley once. Williams, Pressley and Baggett each had one RBI. In the single elimination bracket Saturday, Piedmotn lost to Handley 7-1. Each team had six hits but Piedmont committed three errors, leading to six unearned runs for the Tigers in four innings.

Pressley had a pair of base hits and an RBI. Pike had a single and scored Piedmont’s run. Baggett, Mallory Roberts and Torre Roberts each added a single.

The Bulldogs travel to Hokes Bluff for a make-up game today at 4 p.m.

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Hundreds of Piedmont City School students received free health screenings last week Last week, 550 Pre-K-8th grade students in Piedmont Elementary and Middle School received free head to toe health screenings that were administered there at school as part of Sight Savers America’s (SSA) KidCheck Plus program. The health screenings took place last Tuesday and Wednesday in the school cafeteria. Children with signed parental consent were able to receive a full range of health screenings including height and weight with BMI; vital signs; chest and abdomen examinations; heart and lung sounds; heart and respiratory rates; skin and musculoskeletal overview; scoliosis; eyes, ears, nose, and throat exams; dental; vision; and hearing.

A number of special guests were present at last week’s events including Gloria Bennett, Board of Trustees member at the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama (CFNEA); Kerwin Allen, Anniston Community Education Foundation; and Stephanie Alexander, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama. KidCheck Plus events in Piedmont City are funded in part by a grant through CFNEA. Children in need of follow-up eye care are case managed by Sight Savers America and this follow-up treatment is funded in part by a grant from the Anniston Community Education Foundation.

KidCheck Plus partners with Jacksonville State University’s School of Nursing and their nursing students, under faculty supervision, administer the screenings. The KidCheck Plus program is a win/win that provides important

health screenings for children while also providing a unique service learning opportunity for participating college nursing students.

Piedmont City Schools have participated in KidCheck Plus since its inception six years ago. Last year, Piedmont City Schools was named the 2012-2013 KidCheck Plus School System of the Year.

This award is given annually to one school system in Alabama that demonstrates outstanding leadership, organization, and school and community involvement in the KidCheck Plus program.

The KidCheck Plus program has developed a customized software platform to capture all health screening results with pass/fail baselines to immediately highlight indications of potential health concerns and abnormalities.

The software generates an individual screening results form that is sent home with parents that day and school nurses are provided all results. Sight Savers America case manages the follow-up for children failing the vision screening and the software system enables children to receive the follow-up treatment they need in a timelier manner.

Sight Savers America is an Alabama-based non-profit that was founded in 1997. Their mission is to identify and secure treatment for unmet vision and health needs that impede a child’s ability to succeed in school and in life.

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FORECLOSURE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE JUDGEMENT of the Calhoun JANET K. WILLIAMS, F/K/A OF THE JUDGE OF PRO- County Circuit Court entered JANET K. ESTES, Personal SALE BATE OF THE COUNTY CV-83-500023 on May 25, Representative of the Last Will Default having been made in WHERE THE ABOVE-DE- in Applications to re- and Testament of BENNY the payment of the indebted- SCRIBED PROPERTY IS SIT- 1984. ceive said educational funds JERRY KILGORE, Deceased. ness secured by that certain UATED. THIS PROPERTY distributed for the Alice K. Martin mortgage executed by Bryan WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT being academic year Judge of Probate Glass, a married male and WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, 2014-2015 be made by those eliHeather Glass, a married fe- EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS must and must be actually The Piedmont Journal male, husband and wife, to TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- gible in the Trust Depart- Calhoun Co., AL Mortgage Electronic Registra- JOYMENT AND WILL BE received of REGIONS BANK, March 12, 19, 26, 2014 tion Systems, Inc., acting sole- SOLD SUBJECT TO THE ment Beth Reece, PO Box ly as nominee for Embrace RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF Attn: NOTICE TO 10885, Birmingham, AL Home Loans, Inc., on the 10th ALL PARTIES ENTITLED 35202, not later than July 1, day of April, 2012, said mort- THERETO. CREDITORS Anyone interested gage recorded in the Office of This sale is made for the pur- 2014. contact Beth Reece, STATE OF ALABAMA the Judge of Probate of Cal- pose of paying the indebted- may Officer, at the above CALHOUN COUNTY houn County, Alabama, in ness secured by said mort- Trust for an application or PROBATE COURT MORT Book 4651, Page 793; gage, as well as the expenses address for further information. RE- CASE NO. 2014-0111 said mortgage having subse- of foreclosure.

BANK, BIRMINGHAM, IN THE MATTER OF THE quently been transferred and The Mortgagee/Transferee re- GIONS its capacity as Trustee of ESTATE OF WILMA FINK, DEassigned to Embrace Home serves the right to bid for and in MARGARET S. LITTLE CEASED Loans, Inc., by instrument re- purchase the real estate and to THE TRUST, 201 Letters Testamentary on the corded in MORT Book 4721, credit its purchase price EDUCATIONAL Parkway, Birmingham, estate of WILMA FINK , dePage 426, in the aforesaid Pro- against the expenses of sale Milan ceased, having been granted bate Office; the undersigned and the indebtedness secured AL, 35211. to HAROLD F. FINK, JR. AND Embrace Home Loans, Inc., as by the real estate.

MARIE FINK HOLT, the underPiedmont Journal Mortgagee/Transferee, under This sale is subject to post- The signed on March 10, 2014, by Calhoun Co., AL and by virtue of the power of ponement or cancellation. the Honorable Alice K. Martin, sale contained in said mort- Regions Bank dba Regions March 19, 2014.

Judge of Probate of said gage, will sell at public outcry Mortgage, Mortgagee/TransferCounty, notice is hereby given MORTGAGE to the highest bidder for cash, ee that all persons having claims in front of the main entrance of Ginny Rutledge against said estate, are hereby FORECLOSURE the Courthouse at Anniston, SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. required to present the same Calhoun County, Alabama, on P. O. Box 55727 within the time allowed by law, SALE May 5, 2014, during the legal Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Default having been made in or the same will be barred. hours of sale, all of its right, ti- Attorney for Mortgagee/Trans- the payment of the indebted- HAROLD F. FINK, JR. AND tle, and interest in and to the feree ness secured by that certain MARIE FINK HOLT, Co-Perfollowing described real estate, www.sirote.com/foreclosures mortgage executed by Mat- sonal Representatives of the situated in Calhoun County, 283350 thew J. Delozier, an unmarried Last Will and Testament of Alabama, to-wit: man, to Cheaha Bank, on the WILMA FINK, Deceased.

The land referred to herein be- The Piedmont Journal 21st day of November, 2008, Alice K. Martin low is situated in the County of Calhoun Co., AL said mortgage recorded in the Judge of Probate Calhoun, State of Alabama in March 19, 26, April 2, 2014 Office of the Judge of Probate Deed Book 3093 at Page 126 of Calhoun County, Alabama, The Piedmont Journal and is described as follows: MORTGAGE in MORT Book 4525 Page 996; Calhoun Co., AL A certain parcel of land in the said mortgage having subse- March 19, 26, & April 2, 2014 Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast FORECLOSURE quently been transferred and 1/4 Section 7, Township 14 NOTICE TO assigned to Bank of America, SALE South, Range 8 East, being more particularly described as Default having being made in N.A., by instrument recorded in CREDITORS follows: beginning at the North- the payment of the indebted- Mort Bk 4725, Pg 816, in the STATE OF ALABAMA east corner of the Southeast ness secured by that certain aforesaid Probate Office; the CALHOUN COUNTY 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Sec- mortgage dated July 11, 2003 undersigned Bank of America, PROBATE COURT tion 7, Township 14 South, executed by Joey L. Dodd, a N.A., as Mortgagee/Transfer- CASE NO. 2014-0096 Range 8 East, thence South 89 single man, in favor of Mort- ee, under and by virtue of the IN THE MATTER OF THE degrees and 49 minutes West gage Electronic Registration power of sale contained in said ESTATE OF INA SUE CAR984.69 feet to the point of be- Systems, Inc. acting solely as mortgage, will sell at public ROLL, DECEASED ginning of the hereafter de- nominee for Homecomings Fi- outcry to the highest bidder for Letters Testamentary on the scribed parcel of land; thence nancial Network, Inc., said cash, in front of the main en- estate of INA SUE CARROLL, South 01 degrees and 20 min- Mortgage being recorded July trance of the Courthouse at deceased, having been grantutes East 140 feet to the North 11, 2003, in MORT Book 4176, Anniston, Calhoun County, Al- ed to PAMELA C. ROBERTline of Boozer Drive; thence Page 253 in the Office of the abama, on April 7, 2014, dur- SON, the undersigned on South 89 degrees and 49 min- Judge of Probate of Calhoun ing the legal hours of sale, all March 07, 2014, by the Honutes West along the North line County, Alabama; assigned to of its right, title, and interest in orable Alice K. Martin, Judge of of Boozer Drive 130.0 feet, Green Tree Servicing LLC by and to the following described Probate of said County, notice thence North 01 degrees and instrument recorded in MORT real estate, situated in Calhoun is hereby given that all persons 20 minutes West 140.0 feet, Book 4715, Page 381 in the County, Alabama, to-wit: having claims against said esthence North 89 degrees and Office of the Judge of Probate Lot 36 of Choccolocco Estates tate, are hereby required to 49 minutes East 130.0 feet to of Calhoun County, Alabama. Subdivision, Addition Number present the same within the Said default continues and no- 1, as recorded in Plat Book time allowed by law, or the the Point of Beginning.

Property Street Address: 41 tice is hereby given that the un- CC, Page 57, Probate Office of same will be barred.

Boozer Dr, Jacksonville, AL dersigned, Green Tree Servic- Calhoun County, Alabama. PAMELA C. ROBERTSON, ing LLC, under and by virtue of Said property lying and being Personal Representative of the 36265 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE the power of sale contained in situated in Calhoun County, Al- Last Will and Testament of INA SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE said mortgage, will sell at pub- abama.

SUE CARROLL, Deceased.

IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY lic outcry to the highest bidder THIS PROPERTY WILL BE Alice K. Martin EASEMENTS, ENCUM- for cash at the main entrance SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE Judge of Probate BRANCES, AND EXCEP- to the County Courthouse, Cal- IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY TIONS REFLECTED IN THE houn County, Alabama on April EASEMENTS, ENCUM- The Piedmont Journal MORTGAGE AND THOSE 14, 2014, during the legal BRANCES, AND EXCEP- Calhoun Co., AL CONTAINED IN THE hours of sale, the following de- TIONS REFLECTED IN THE March 19, 26, & April 2, 2014 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE scribed real estate situated in MORTGAGE AND THOSE OF THE JUDGE OF PRO- Calhoun County, Alabama, to- CONTAINED IN THE NOTICE TO BATE OF THE COUNTY wit: RECORDS OF THE OFFICE WHERE THE ABOVE-DE- Lot 17, Block A, as shown on OF THE JUDGE OF PROCREDITORS SCRIBED PROPERTY IS the map of Quail Run SubdiviSTATE OF ALABAMA SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY sion, as recorded in the Office BATE OF THE COUNTY CALHOUN COUNTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT of the Probate Judge of Cal- WHERE THE ABOVE-DE- PROBATE COURT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, houn County, Alabama, in Plat SCRIBED PROPERTY IS SIT- CASE NO. 2014-0108 THIS PROPERTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS Book V, at Page 29; situated, UATED. IN THE MATTER OF THE TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- lying and being in Calhoun WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT ESTATE OF HENRY L. WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, JOYMENT AND WILL BE County, Alabama.

HEINE, SR., DECEASED SOLD SUBJECT TO THE Also Known As: 1214 Quail EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS Letters Testamentary on the RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF Run SW Jacksonville, AL TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- estate of HENRY L. HEINE, JOYMENT AND WILL BE ALL PARTIES ENTITLED 36265 SR., deceased, having been THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE granted to HENRY L. HEINE, THERETO. ON AN “AS-IS, RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF JR., the undersigned on March This sale is made for the pur- SOLD WHERE-IS” BASIS, SUBJECT ALL ENTITLED 07, 2014, by the Honorable pose of paying indebtedHUGEPARTIES 2-DAY PUBLIC AUCTION HUGE the 2-DAY PUBLIC AUCTION ness secured by said mort- TO ANY EASEMENTS, EN- THERETO. Alice K. Martin, Judge of ProHugeas Contractors Equipment & Truck Auction HugepurContractors Equipment & Truck Auction CUMBRANCES, AND EXCEP- This sale is made for the gage, as well the expenses bate of said County, notice is TIONSth REFLECTED IN THE pose of paying the indebted- hereby given that all of foreclosure.

Wednesday, March 26 & Wednesday, March 26th persons & The Mortgagee/Transferee re- MORTGAGE AND THOSE ness secured by said mort- having claims against said esth th CONTAINED IN THE gage, as well as the expenses serves Thurs., the right to bid for and Mar. 27 , 2014 • 9amOF THE OFFICE Thursday, Mar. , 2014required • 9am to tate, 27 are hereby of foreclosure. purchase the real estate to RECORDS 1042 Holland Ave •and Philadelphia, Mississippi the same 1042 Hollandpresent Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippiwithin the credit its purchase price OF THE JUDGE OF PRO- The Mortgagee/Transferee re- time allowed by law, or the SpecialtyOF THE 1: Selling Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Day 1: serves Selling Dump Trucks,toTruck Trucks, Trailers, Farm COUNTY the right bid Tractors, for and Specialty againstDaythe expenses of sale BATE same will be barred.

Trucks, Trailers, Farm Tractors, WHERE Farming Equip., THE ABOVE-DE- purchase Tractors, 1-ton Pickups, Vehicles, Antique Vehicles, Mowers, theTrucks, real estate and to HENRY and the indebtedness secured L. HEINE, JR., Per1-ton Trucks, Pickups, Vehicles,SCRIBED Mowers PROPERTY IS credit by the Day real2: estate. its Vehicles, purchase price sonal Recreational Related Attachments, Misc.Representative Items of the Selling Construction Equip., Service Trucks, Logging SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY against the expenses of sale Last Will and Testament of This sale isEquip., subject to postSupport Equip., Attachments, Day 2: Selling All-types of Construction Equip., Support Equip., Service Trucks, WILLAirplane BE SOLD WITHOUT ponement or cancellation. and the indebtedness secured HENRY L. HEINE, SR., DeWater Fuel & Lube Trucks, Generators, Logging Equipment, WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, by Auction Embrace HomeDeanco Loans, Inc., theTrucks, real estate. ceased.

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS This Aircraft,sale Related Mortgagee/Transferee Phone: 601-656-9768 Fax: 601-656-0192 is Attachments, subject to Misc. post-Items Alice K. Martin TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- ponement or cancellation.

Andy Saag877-898-5905 www.deancoauction.com Judge of Probate JOYMENT AND WILL BE Deanco 877-898-5905 SIROTE &POPERMUTT, BankAuction of America, N.A., Mort- www.deancoauction.com Box 1248 • Philadelphia,P.C. MS 39350 • ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE Holland Ave (PO Box 1248) • Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350 Auctioneer: Donnie W Dean, #733, MSGL #835 SOLD Auctioneer: Donnie W Dean, #733 MS Gallery Lic. #835F SUBJECT TO THE 1042 P. O. Box 55727 gagee/Transferee The Piedmont Journal RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF Andy Saag Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Calhoun Co., AL PARTIES ENTITLED SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C. Attorney for Mortgagee/Trans- ALL March 19, 26, & April 2, 2014 THERETO. feree This sale is made for the purwww.sirote.com/foreclosures of paying the indebted307106 HUGE 2-DAY PUBLICpose AUCTION HUGE 2-DAY PUBLIC AUCTION ness secured by mortgage as HugeJournal Contractors Equipment & well Truck Auction Huge Contractors Equipment & Truck Auction as the expenses of foreThe Piedmont thincluding a reasonable closure, Calhoun Co., AL Wednesday, March 26 & Wednesday, March 26th & attorney’s fees and other purMarch 5, 12, 19, 2014 st poses set out in said mortgage.

Thursday, Mar. 27 , 2014 • 9am Thurs., Mar. 27th, 2014 • 9am Green Tree Servicing LLC 1042 Holland Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippi 1042 Holland Ave • Philadelphia, Mississippi MORTGAGE Paul K. Lavelle Specialtyfor Mortgagee Day 1: Selling Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Day 1: Selling Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Specialty Trucks, Trailers, Attorney FORECLOSURE Trucks, Trailers, Farm Tractors, Spina, Farming Equip., & Lavelle, P.C. Farm Tractors, 1-ton Trucks, Pickups, Vehicles, Antique Vehicles, 1-ton Trucks, Pickups, Vehicles,One Mowers Perimeter Park SouthSALE Mowers, Related Attachments, Misc. Items Selling Construction Equip., Service Trucks, Logging Day 2: Default having been made in Suite 400N Day 2: Selling All-types of Construction Equip., Support Equip., Service Equip., Attachments, Airplane the paymentEquip., of Support the indebtedBirmingham, Alabama 35243 Trucks, Water Trucks, Fuel & Lube Trucks, Generators, Logging ness secured byDeanco that certain (205) 298-1800 Auction mortgagePhone: executed

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