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Cheaha Challenge this weekend More than 300 volunteers will be available Dibiase, will. Dibiase has ridden for the past seven years. He said he’s glad that JSU is taking on such an important role. “I’m happy to see that JSU is going to be hosting it, because the facilities are really good there and, if handled well, will be of mutual benefit to both the university and the bike club,” said Dibiase. “I think the university has a tremendous responsibility to help keep this 22 year old ride alive. I wish the best of luck in hosting this event.” The Southern Bicycle League and the Northeast Alabama Bicycle Association have collaborated to bring the event to Calhoun County. The Cheaha Challenge has also partnered with the city and JSU to provide a new start/
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Bicycles are Scott Edmiston’s livelihood and have been for many years. Edmiston has had a bike shop on the Square in Jacksonville since 1988. Called The Bike Garage, it’s located on the southeast side of the Square. Like many other biking enthusiasts, Edmiston is excited about the 22nd Annual Cheaha Challenge Grand Fondo April 6 starting this year at the Pete Mathews Coliseum on the Jacksonville State University campus. He’s hoping his enthusiasm is contagious with merchants and residents alike. Edmiston won’t be a participant in the Cheaha Challenge this year, but another Jacksonville resident, Carmine ■ See RACE, page 10
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ABOVE: Scott Edmiston put bikes in store windows on the Square in anticipation of the challenge.
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For years Ken McElroy was a two-packa-day smoker. On a trip to Las Vegas he tried an electronic cigarette. That was nine months ago. He hasn’t smoked a cigarette since. On Valentine’s Day, McElroy opened a store, ECig South, that sells electronic cigarettes at 8908 McClellan Blvd. McElroy explained that electronic cigarettes contain liquid that evaporizes and that they are an alternative for smokers to help rid themselves of a nicotine habit. “I’d tried everything to quit smoking,” he said. “I’d used the patches and the gum, and nothing worked. This works really well.” McElroy is director of Anniston EMS. He and his wife, Melinda, and two other
In the summer of 1983, Jimmy Creed — then a senior at Munford High School — went to the offices of The Daily Home and asked the sports editor, Tommy Hornsby, for a job. Creed said Hornsby asked him why he wanted to be a sports reporter. He remembered telling the editor he liked to write and the job looked easy. “To his credit, he didn’t laugh me out of the room,” Creed said. CREED
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House of Refuge sponsors kite contest Founder Pearl Williams is pleased with first competition in several age categories. Kites were judged based on creativity and highest flying. Free kites were given to the first 50 participants. Williams said the contest will become an annual event. Pearl Williams remembers the fun she had flying “We’re going to be doing this every year during spring kites when she was a child. She wants children today to break,” she said. “I thought it would be fun for the children experience that pleasure. The House of Refuse, which Williams founded in 2000, of Jacksonville. Our ministry sponsors activities for the sponsored a kite flying contest March 22 at the soccer field behind the Community Center. Prizes were awarded ■ See CONTEST, page 12 BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR
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$11.67 million federal grant could enable JSU program to go national
By Angie Finley Jacksonville State University Office of Public Relations It was quite possibly the best gift Dr. Alicia Simmons could have received on that Friday afternoon last December as the Jacksonville State University campus was emptying for the holidays. A ding from her inbox signaled to the executive director in the Office of Planning and Research/Institute for Research and Collaboration that she had an incoming message. In that one message, years of hard work paid off in the form of an $11.67 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s highly competitive Investing in Innovation (i3) program. The award was for a proposal Dr. Simmons and her team had submitted months earlier to validate and expand JSU’s Collaborative Regional Education (CORE) comprehensive model, an already successful program that brings technology to high-need, rural classrooms with the goal of improving college and work readiness among 8th-12th grade students. The grant is for a five-year period and included a $1.2 million match requirement, which was quickly exceeded by roughly $700,000 due to some very enthusiastic national partners: the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU); the Council for Aid to Education; and the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC). ICF International will serve as the grant evaluator. The CORE model integrates technology in classrooms and provides teachers with professional development that prepares them to use technology as a tool to support individualized learning. Other components include partnership building, classroom support, dual enrollment and change management. The i3 grant will build upon what has already been established for CORE, with the long-term goal of implementing the program nationwide. There is also a strong research and assessment component, as participants will be followed and data will be collected throughout the life of the grant. One of the most exciting benefits of the grant, according to Dr. Simmons, is the addition of CORE Scholars, which will provide 500 dual enrollment scholarships per year during the first three years of the grant. Dual enrollment allows high school students to take college courses and earn credit toward a degree while they are still in high school. “Our data tells us that first-time freshmen who took at least one dual enrollment course at JSU have an 85 percent firstyear retention rate, 17 points higher than all JSU first-time freshmen, so we know that dual enrollment has a very positive
impact on student success,” she says. “As a result of this grant, we will be recruiting students, particularly students who might not otherwise be able to pay for dual enrollment courses.” To further understand the impact of the grant on the future of CORE, one must first take a look back, at CORE’s beginnings. A component of JSU’s Institute for Research and Collaboration, CORE began in 2010 as a partnership between Jacksonville State University and Piedmont City Schools. Armed with the knowledge that the future success of students required 21st Century skills as well as a new approach to teacher education, the educational institutions were transforming classrooms at all levels “from the inside out,” according to Dr. Simmons. From this nucleus grew a partnership of 18 public school systems and three private school systems representing 72,600 students, or almost 10 percent of all Alabama public school students. The first CORE workshop, which took place at JSU in November 2012, hosted 70 attendees from these partner schools. These educators discussed the CORE model and helped fine-tune the CORE vision. Two months later, in January 2013, the second CORE workshop took place. There, partners discussed and demonstrated how they used technology in their classrooms. By early June, when the inaugural CORE Academy took place on the JSU campus, 273 participants including teachers, superintendents and other school systems staff joined JSU faculty and staff to discuss and learn more about teaching with technology, collaborative classrooms, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives and implementation, and learning management systems. Dr. Mark Milliron, a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of educational innovation, delivered the keynote. Fast forward several months, to January 2014. After the December grant award, the team that put together the grant application—Dr. Simmons, Lynn Garner and Allison Newton— had little time to rest on their accomplishment. By the time classes resumed after the holidays, the grant period had kicked in. Dr. Simmons and her team hit the ground running. In addition to Dr. Simmons, who serves as project director, the grant management team consists of Garner, project manager; and Nina King, assistant project director. Among the first items on the to-do list were working with i3 staff in Washington to handle grant specifics, hiring the 10 staff members needed to manage components of the grant, and planning a meeting of the partners, which took place March
19-21 at JSU. Also on the JSU campus that week were nearly 70 CORE school system representatives, who converged on JSU’s Stadium Tower on March 20 for a Learning Management Systems Workshop. The free, full-day workshop focused on software and building curriculum. In addition to technology presentations by their peers, the teachers were able to meet some of the partners who have demonstrated their commitment to CORE. The presence of all these entities on the JSU campus together was one more reminder of why CORE exists. “Everything is about collaboration; we couldn’t have done any of this without our wonderful partners and staff,” says Dr. Simmons. “This project is really about the excitement of everyone who is involved in education in our state. It is transformative, and it allows us to be leaders in education, not only in our region and state, but nationally,” she adds. What is next for CORE? In April, CORE grant evaluator ICF International will draw a sample of 66 teachers from the original CORE participating rural school systems to determine who will be part of the CORE study. Of the participants, half will be the active group and half will be the control. All will get funding for their classrooms. Also in April, students in these classrooms will begin taking the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA). In mid-May, the teachers selected to be part of the CORE study group will come to JSU for training, where they will be issued a MacBook laptop computer. Some will also receive iPads. These teachers will return throughout the summer and fall for additional training and support. In August, there will be a CORE assessment data collection workshop for the participants. On June 3-5, JSU will host the second annual CORE Academy. Anticipated attendance is 500 teachers, administrators, curriculum directors, special education coordinators and others interested in technology and practical implementation methodologies for the classroom. As year one winds down, the work will have only just begun. Year two calls for expansion of the program and the next step on the journey to nationwide CORE integration, the recruitment of additional universities to serve as CORE incubators. For more information about CORE, please visit the website at www.corepartners.org.
Alabama among nation’s top conservative states
The Gallup poll has come out with their ranking of the most conservative and most liberal states in America. Last year we were ranked as the most conservative in the country. We lost that mantle to Wyoming this year. In fact, we fell dramatically to number 10. In past years either Alabama or one of our sister southern Bible Belt states took home the title. This year the Western states made inroads into our group in the top ten rankings. The most conservative states are always located in the South and West, while the most liberal states are found on the East and West coasts. Thus the label that we like to bestow on Californians is that both they and their philosophy are from the left coast. Following number one Wyoming in order of conservatism are Mississippi, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama. The ten most liberal states are Vermont, Massachusetts, Delaware, New York, Hawaii, Oregon, Maine, California and New Jersey. Not surprisingly, the top ten liberal states all voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and in 2012, while all of the top ten conservative states voted for the Republican nominees in the past two presidential elections. This same Gallup poll ranked the states on their Democratic-leaning and Republican-leaning propensities. As you might expect, the conservative states rank high as Republican havens and the liberal states rank high as Democratic enclaves. There are more Democratic-leaning states than Republican. That probably explains why Barack Obama is President. Wyoming, which was ranked the most conservative state, also came in as the most Republican state in the nation. We ranked number nine in the country in Republicanism. Our
sister southern state of South Carolina likes to boast of being America’s most Republican state. Steve However, they were ranked number ten, just Flowers behind us. The most Republican states in order are Wyoming, Utah, North Dakota, Idaho, Kansas, Inside The Statehouse Alaska, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Oklahoma, Alabama and South Carolina. The most Democratic states are New York, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, California, Illinois, Delaware, New Jersey and New Mexico. Gallup also ranked the states in order of who was the most and least religious. We came in third in the country when it comes to religion. The only two states more religious are the Mormon state of Utah and our sister Bible Belt state of Mississippi. In fact, Mississippi edged out Utah for number one. The ranking of the most religious states in America are Mississippi, Utah, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Kentucky. The South dominates when it comes to religion. No wonder folks refer to us as the Bible Belt. The 10 least religious states are Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Connecticut and Hawaii. You can safely say the people in the Northeast are not very religious.
What this all tells you is that you do not have to be a profound intellectual political scientist to analyze American politics. If you live in the Midwest or South, you are likely to be a religious, conservative Republican. If you live in the Northeast or on the West Coast you are probably not very religious and you are a liberal Democrat. In the meantime, our Alabama legislature is determined to prove that they are the most conservative legislative body in America. As this year’s legislative session winds down they are finishing their four-year mission to rid the state of immigrants and abortions and making sure that folks can carry a gun anywhere they want. These strident and meaningless stream of ultra right wing initiatives are designed to placate Alabama’s conservative electorate. They may be passed with the intent to become Alabama law. However, they are automatically outlawed by the first federal court, usually after a cursory few hours of review. The anti-immigration measure passed the first year of the quadrennium was laughed out of court right away. This year’s anti-abortion bill is so blatantly unconstitutional that a sixth grade civic student would know that it will never be administered. This charade is great political year pandering. They also want the rest of the country to know that Wyoming and Mississippi are not more conservative than us. They figure we need to send them a message. 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
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“If we live long enough, we must go through ‘stuff,’” said a friend I saw recently after a lapse of many years. She is right. At any given time, friends and family members are suffering from loss, despair, depression, and frustration of one sort or another. I am thankful that we have healers among us to help us cope with all of our troubles. I recently talked to one someone who gave up a promising career to help people suffering from spiritual and psychological problems. Cleburne County native Grant Nichols is now implementing his mid-life career change. He is a licensed marriage and family therapy associate; and, for now, works under the supervision of Dr. Hugh Floyd, LMFT at Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta. Three days a week, he sees clients at Antioch Baptist Church in Oxford. Nichols is nearing 50 years old and has been establishing his new career for the past 13 years. “I am working toward full licensure and building clinical hours,” he said. “I find the work has great meaning and purpose; however, sometimes it is hard because I am trying to help people deal with difficult issues.” Nichols’ path has been long and arduous. He said he grew up in a poor, rural, Christian family and attended Beason Grove Baptist Church near Heflin, both of which had a deeply positive influence on him. Later, when he attended Cedar Creek Baptist Church, also near Heflin, he realized more and more the importance of imitating the many godly role models that he observed in his family, church, and community. Then he graduated from high school and college and married his wife Tammy shortly afterward. Nichols obtained a bachelor’s degree at Jacksonville State University where he majored in psychology with an industrial/organizational focus. He worked at the Anniston airport and transferred to the main office of Atlantic Southeast Airlines in Atlanta in 1986. As a result, his career blossomed. He moved up in the company until Delta Air Lines bought it out. He stayed for a while, worked elsewhere briefly, and began
to feel what he said was God’s calling. “I had seen many of my friends and acquainSherry tances struggling with of the hard issues Kughn some of life such as infidelity, conflict, grief, and hurt and pain,” Nichols said. By then, the couple was attending the Sherry-Go-Round Oxford church, which he now calls home. “We were at church one Sunday, and I felt the Lord was leaning on my heart to enter this field,” he said. He struggled with the decision for a long while and decided finally to obey what he believed God was telling him. He liked that Richmont Graduate University, which is in the northwest Atlanta area, adhered to professional clinical counseling practices in light of the Bible truths he knew from childhood. Nichols and his wife both work at other jobs. He hopes that, as soon as he is fully licensed, he can devote all of his time to helping older teen-agers and adults. Nichols sees clients at the Antioch church, which is not the only church in the area that has counselors, either on staff or using church offices. Most major denominations have counselors who offer spiritual and psychological help to others. Also, chaplains offer assistance at local facilities, and the Calhoun-Cleburne Mental Health Center is located in Anniston on Eighth Street. Help is available to those who seek it, even if they lack the ability to pay. Often, counselors charge clients on a sliding scale according to their income. Life is hard, but it is made easier by those willing to spend their time helping others. Email Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail.com
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Community Capsule • The Living Museum “Fair on the Square will be from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 26. The free event, sponsored by the Jacksonville Arts Council, will feature exhibitors as they display and sell their arts and crafts. • Pastor Larry Gardner and Hatcher Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville would like to invite everyone to a singing Saturday, April 5 at 7 p.m. with The Diplomats. For more information call Donna at 256-435-6214. • The J.O.Y. Quilt Guild will meet Thursday, April 3 at 9.30 a.m. in the FMC of the First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville. Visitors are welcome. • ENCOURAGMENT…A special women’s weekend filled with exciting events, including special speaker Brenda Ladun, will be April 4 and 5 at Anniston’s First Baptist Church at McClellan 851 Morton Rd., Anniston, 256-847-0230. There is a $10 entry fee and reservations may be made by calling the Calhoun Baptist Association at 256237-5171 or via email to publications@ cbasbc.org. All proceeds will benefit Calhoun Christian Women’s Job Corps, an organization that provides women with job readiness and life skills by the mentoring of Christian women in our community. • The events Friday, April 4, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. will include a brief social with beautiful tables of luscious food, a fashion show with purchase options, a boutique to browse for other fashion items and finally a silent auction of items from local merchants. • Events Saturday, April 5, from 8:30-11 a.m. will include another brief social with the same luxuries from the previous night, speaker: Brenda Ladun, Co-anchor at ABC 33/40 and author of Encouraged, a silent auction and a completion ceremony. • The Gen. John H. Forney Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at 10 a.m. April 5 in the meeting room of the Jackson-
ville Public Library. • Children’s Market Consignment Sale will be April 9 -12 at Jacksonville First United Methodist Church. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the children’s ministry at the church. For more information about the sale, please call (256) 239-6033 or visit their website at www.jaxfumc.org • Jacksonville Professional Firefighters Association Local 3948 and the Parks and Recreation Department will have the 1st Jax Dash 5K and Fun Run beginning at 8 a.m. April 12. Proceeds will go to JPFFA Local 3948’s Jax Charities Fund. The cost for the 5K run is $20 and includes a t-shirt. The fun run is $10 and those 10 and under will get a firefighter’s hat, badge and wristband. Anyone interested in helping sponsor the event can contact David Bell at david. bell@jaxfire.org Registration is from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the fire department and Community Center or online using a credit card at Active.Com/JaxDash. “Cakes and More Bake Sale” will be Saturday April 12, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, 1000 West 18th Street, Anniston. Get ready for Easter holidays with cakes, muffins, candy, breakfast casseroles, homemade breads and a host of other gourmet foods available. Sausage, biscuits, coffee and juice will be $2 and served form 8-10 a.m. All proceeds from this event will help provide financial assistance to the Anniston Soup Bowl, Center for Concern, Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity, “Small Places” and St. Michael’s Clinic. For additional information contact Gail Wilson at 256-237-8615, Ginny Costner at 256-435-7378 or the church office at 256-237-4011. • The Calhoun County Tree Amigos Master Gardeners will have their plant sale featuring unusual perennials, trees and shrubs from 8-11 a.m. April 12 at Cane Creek Community Gardens, McClellan. The gardens are at 77 Justice
March 27 • Michael Noal Sellers: possessing stolen property • Aundrea Nicole Smallwood: DUI (alcohol) • Darla Michelle Keller: failure to appear in court March 28 • Roy Lee McCullum: probation violation (3X) • Andrew Noel Belts: probation violation (3X) March 30 • Martavius Donel Spratling: domestic violence (third degree)
March 24 • Harassment, menacing, third degree assault and third degree burglary reported in the 1100 block of Whites Gap Road Southeast. March 25 • Third degree theft of property reported in the 1600 block of Pelham Road South. • Third degree theft of property reported in the 100 block of D Street Southwest. • Third degree domestic violence reported in the 500 block of Whites Gap Road Southeast. March 26 • Third degree domes-
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tic violence reported in the 400 block of Church Avenue Northeast. • Criminal use of a defensive spray and second degree domestic violence reported in the 400 block of Church Avenue Northeast. March 27 • Third degree criminal mischief reported in the 200 block of Coffee Street Southwest. March 28 • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported in the 300 block of Nisbet Street Northwest. • Harassment, third degree criminal mischief and third degree domestic
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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. • Alcoholics Anonymous meets at noon each Thursday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 400 Chinabee Ave., just off the square. Call 847-0909. • A Narcotics Anonymous group meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at First United Methodist Church behind McDonald’s. For more information, call Pearl Williams at 435-4881. • The Friday Night Opry Show is presented from 6:30-9:30 Friday nights at the Golden Saw Music Hall in the Williams community. Call 4354696. • Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12-step program, meets every Friday night at First Baptist Church. Dinner is served at 5:30. Large group meetings with worship and praise bands and guest speakers begin at 6:30. Small share/support groups meet after that at 7:30 p.m., followed with cake and fellowship. Call 435-7263 or 225-2492. • The Jacksonville Aspiring Writers Group meets from 4 to 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of every month at the public library. Anyone interested in the creative writing process is welcome. Bring samples of original writing to share. The group offers support, critique and information about writing.
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Arrests March 24 • Michael Ray Townsend II: probation violation March 25 • Jermael Jermar Christian: second degree burglary; intimidating a witness • William Michael Benefield: probation violation March 26 • Michael Noal Sellers: theft of property • Tameka Latrice Moment: domestic violence (second degree); criminal use of a defensive spray
Ave. Plants for sale will include those that are new to the market, including hardy bananas, plants with variegated foliage, plants that are drought tolerant and plants with fabulous flower. The sale will include banana shrubs again this year. These flowers have blooms that smell like banana pudding. • The third Team Megan Paws for a Cause will begin at 10 a.m. Aril 26 at the Community Center. Registration and judging will be from 9-10 a.m. Money will be raised through sponsors for a chance to be featured as the 2015 Ambassa dog. Pre registration is $20 with t-shirt. Registration on the day of the event will be $30 with t-shirt. Contact rboyles@jcsboe.org for more information.• The White Plains Alumni Association is having a membership drive. Those eligible are graduates of White Plains, attendees who may not have graduated, and persons who may not have attended White Plains but desires to support the schools and students. The White Plains Alumni Association awarded four $1,000 college scholarships to deserving White Plains seniors last year. Donations pay for these annual scholarships. For more information call Alvin Robertson at 256-236-8780, Bill Ward at 256-236-3629, Brenda Morgan at 256-435-3725 or Norman Parker at 256-447-7563. • COPING WITH GRIEF. A coping with grief - even if nobody died group meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Jacksonville First United Methodist Church. Please call the church office for information and directions (256-435-6021). • The Calhoun County Stamp Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month except December at 7 pm in room 123 of Brewer Hall on the JSU campus. All those with an interest in stamps, post cards and postal history are welcome. Contact Richard Kania at 256-782-5339 for more information. • The Calhoun County Community
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Sue Lane earns GED at the age of 60 Worked in father’s dairy growing up MARGARET ANDERSON News Editor
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ue Livingston Lane had every intention of going back and graduating when she quit school and married at 16. Soon though, her children came along, and she had to work outside the home to help support her growing family. There was never enough time left over for school. It took a while, but soon after she turned 60, she got that high school diploma. “I always wanted one when my kids were growing up,” she said. “I had to get them through school first though. I finally went back, took the test and got my GED. I always wanted to say I had a diploma. It felt great.” Sue’s first job was at Johnson Cleaners in Piedmont. That’s where she learned to do alternations. She’s been sewing and altering clothes since then. She made dresses for her daughters when they were growing up. One of her daughters, Susan, was a cheerleader. “I made Susan’s cheerleader outfits,” said Sue. “And I even made some for the other girls.” Her next job was at StandardCoosa-Thatcher. Even though she had lost three fingers cutting up wood two months before she married, she ran a spooler at SCT for 23 years. “It was an easy job,” she said. “I didn’t have to do any lifting or anything like that.”
She left SCT less than a year before it closed and went to work for Stewart Cleaners in Anniston. Then, she worked at NuKleen Cleaners in Jacksonville. Sue has sold Avon for the past 18 years. “I like to meet people,” she said. “I’m a people person. Selling Avon gets me out to talk to different people. That and doing alterations keeps me busy. I’d be bored if I weren’t doing something. I grew up on a farm and always had something to do.” Sue was one of 10 children of Hoyt and Vida (Cambron) Livingston. She was born and grew up on a 180-acre farm in Piedmont. Her father always planted a lot of cotton. “We didn’t have cotton pickers back then,” she said. “We had to pick it ourselves. I never was a good cotton picker. I couldn’t pick but a little over 100 pounds a day. I’d get to day dreaming and forget I was picking cotton.” Sue’s father had a dairy and sold milk to many SCT employees and Piedmont residents. She had to help the rest of her family milk 40 cows before going to school each day. “We had to take the milk and put it on porches for people or put it in their refrigerator,” said Sue. “I started doing that when I was about 6.” Not long after she married, her father sold the dairy to Tro-Fe Dairy. Sue is a widow. Her husband, James Lane, died 28 years ago. She has four children. Lee
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Sue Lane with one of the quilts she is working on. Hoskins and his wife Rita live in Tuscaloosa. Susan Parker and her husband Bobby and Beth McFry and her husband Michael live in Piedmont. Carol West and her husband Mark live in Batesville, Ark. She has five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. “It’s just like the word says, they’re great,” said Sue. “Two of them go to the middle school and come to my house every afternoon after school.”
Sue moved back to Piedmont three years ago after living in Jacksonville 20 years. “I wanted to be closer to my kids and grandchildren,” she said. “Most of them live in Piedmont. The Lord has really blessed me. I give all the credit for being as old as I am and where I am in life to him.” Sue said cooking was one of her responsibilities before she married, so putting meals on the
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JHS to present ‘Alice in Wonderland’ for kids and ‘The Secret Garden’ adults on April 13 this weekend DOWN ART AVENUE
By Hervey Folsom The city block in Anniston that houses the old Wa t e r Wo r k s building is quiet now on an early evening. People and traffic are at a minimum after tonight at 6 p.m. Hervey Folsom But there is life inside the building on the corner of West 11th Street and Moore Avenue, even though the building has been empty after the Water Works moved to the WaterMark structure on Noble Street. The lights are on and so is the excitement. Several rooms and halls bustle with activity as a meeting is Submitted photo going on in one space, rehearsals are progressing in an adjoining room ABOVE:In the photo are Rachel Walker, Dylan Hurst, Emma Royster and costumes are being brought in and music director Eric Traynor at rehearsal for “9 to 5” by CAST. and hung on racks in a larger room. a long time. Dylan Hurst, Howard Johnson, and Props have been sorted and stored. These evenings, it’s the place Rachel Walker. Eric Traynor is musiIt’s hardly a place at first glance where “9 to 5: The Musical” is being cal director. that seems theater related, but that’s practiced. With music and lyrics by Set in 1979, which the script says exactly the reason behind the bee- Dolly Parton and book by Patricia is “the Rolodex era of office work”, hive of activity. This is CAST The- Resnick it will open April 24 and it is described as a hilarious story of atre’s storage space rented from the continue through May 4 at McClel- friendship and revenge. Those that City of Anniston, also a prelude to lan Theatre. It is directed by Kim like “outrageous, thought-provoking rehearsals on stage, and a facility Dobbs. something needed for the theater for In the cast from Jacksonville are ■ See CAST, page 7
On Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5, 2014, the Jacksonville High School Drama Department will be performing Francis Hodgson Burnett’s classic The Secret Garden. Adapted by Tim Kelly, this two act play follows Mary Lennox (Abbie Beatty), a recently orphaned young girl, as she relocates from India to England to live with her reclusive uncle, Archibald Craven (Dylan Hurst), and his house full of servants. Once at Misselthwaite Manor, Mary proves to be bitter and stubborn and finds little enjoyment in the empty mansion and its by-the-book housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock (Katie Cline). Only when she meets the Sowerbys, does she learn the truth about her new home and the secrets it hides. With the help of her invalid cousin Colin (Noah Davis) and Dickon Sowerby (Brett Thornburg), Mary opens a walled garden that has been locked for over ten years. But flowers are not the only things that grow in this secret garden. Love, friendship, and miracles abound in this theatrical retelling of one of the most beloved stories of all time. Also featuring Eric Cline as Dr. Craven and Alexis Paige as Lilias and directed by JHS Seniors Dylan Hurst, Katie Cline, Alyce Sparrowhawk, Ariel Hosmer, and Devin Carter, The Secret Garden is a heartwarming tale of how love transcends everything. A family friendly, feel-good show, the curtain rises at 7 p.m. both nights. All tickets are $5. There will be one intermission with snacks and drinks available to purchase. Produced by special arrangements with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. Englewood, Colo.
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Kitty Stone teacher gets Kiwanis Club honor Aimee Weathers teaches pre-K The Kiwanis Club named a Kitty Stone Elementary School teacher as the Outstanding Educator of the Month at its meeting on March 19. This is the second year Aimee Davidson Weathers has taught pre-K at Kitty Stone. Weathers, the mother of four, sees in her own children the effect that a teacher has on students. Three of her children attend Kitty Stone. Hannah Grace, 11, is in sixth grade; Noah, 9, is a thirdgrader, and Lily, 7, is in first grade. Hope, 3, attends pre-school at First United Methodist Church. Weathers and her husband, Carl, who is pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Anniston, will be married 17 years in June. She said she’s grateful that the Kiwanis Club selected her. She also explained why she enjoys teaching at Kitty Stone. “I feel honored that the Kiwanis Club chose me,” she said. “We have so many great teachers at Kitty Stone, so I’m just feel very humbled to be the recipient.” Weathers said she’s proud to teach at a school
that is doing a lot of innovative things for students. “There’s so much I love about Kitty Stone,” she said. “I work with children who are 4 years old, and I’m able to se a lot of growth from the beginning of the school year until the end. Some of these kids have come to me with blank slates, and I’ve been able to see so much growth in them.” Weathers said she and her family moved to Jacksonville because of the school system, which she and her husband consider one of the best in the country. “We’ve not been sorry about the move,” she said. “We’ve been very pleased. Our kids are exposed to so much. With the school system having the one to world initiative, it’s amazing what they can do.” Weathers was born in Columbus, Miss. She graduated from Emmanuel Christian High School. She attended the University of West Alabama in Livingston and Jacksonville State University.
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ABOVE: Aimee Weathers, (left), Outstanding Educator, receives congratulations from Kitty Stone principal Christy Hamilton and Kiwanian Steve Smith.
White Plains Class of 1959 celebrates reunion
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The 1959 class of White Plains School met for their 55th reunion on March 15 in Oxford. Class members attending were front row, left to right, Jimmy Hyatt, Frances Lipham Adams, Barbara Tucker Duke, Sara Renfroe Prickett, Betty Jones Clay, Leola Brown Kendal, Eloise Cheatwood Cobb, Lyndth Morgan Hunter (teacher), Richard Madden (coach); back row, left to right, Billy Couch, Doris Hightower Parker, Gerald Willis, Jerry Curry, Floyd Clay, Kenneth Barnwell, Joy Barnwell Patty, Joyce Huckeba Vaughn and Wayne Hollingsworth. Barbara Tucker Duke traveled the most distance from Orlando, Florida. Ten members of the class are deceased.
CAST: Groups of at least 12 are eligible for lower rates at plays From page 1
and even a little romantic” in their viewing taste will enjoy it, according to the billing. Actors, dancers and a chorus combine to reflect that there are lots going on in the office besides work. “9 to 5” is based on the 1980 movie of the same title. The songs include “Joy to the Girls”, “Potion Notion”, “Backwoods Barbie” and “Around Here”. Here’s the plot: Judy, a housewife whose husband has left her for his secretary, begins her own secretarial career at a huge corporation. Violet, a feisty, veteran office manager, instructs her on the perils and procedures of office life -- and of working for Franklin Hart, their chauvinistic, sleazy boss, and his right-hand woman, the crisp, nosy Roz. Meanwhile, Hart’s endless attempts to attract his happily- married secretary, Doralee Rhodes (the Dolly Parton role in the movie), lead the entire office to think she’s a trollop. When Hart unfairly passes Violet over for a promotion, she drowns her sorrows at a local bar with Judy and Doralee, who regales the others with more tales about Hart. Later, at Doralee’s house, the women smoke pot, eat barbecue, and concoct hilarious revenge fantasies about killing their boss. When a mix-up leads the women to think they have accidentally poisoned Hart’s coffee, the plot thickens. Soon, for CAST, a campaign will begin to sell tickets and secure donations for the next season which will be one challenge after another in the line-up. Funds must be raised and grants applied for, but it’s artistic merit that keeps volunteers involved. CAST has actors and technicians who possess a variety of skills. And new faces will be seen in this musical. “We have new people and new personalities in this
one,” Rachel Walker, who portrays Missy, Hart’s wife, says. “And everything is working well.” Emma Royster, for example is from Gadsden State on the McClellan campus and one who heard about CAST. She auditioned and landed a part. She plays one of the Candy Stripers, a hospital volunteer group, and part of the ensemble. In the September, 1984 issue of the Anniston Star, there is a profile of Anniston Community Theatre artistic director Doug Andrews written by Dennis Love. It well defines the lure of community theater then and now and explains the reason, possibly, that Jacksonville individuals continue to give their time to the productions. Andrews’ reasoning on what draws volunteers is expressed in these words: “There is a special feeling involved among people on stage and back stage. Very close friendships develop rapidly…and in a matter of weeks people who have never met each other feel like family. You grow even closer than you do with the people you work with in your everyday jobs…and the friendships last long after the show is over.” The musical is given Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 for the two weekends and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Groups only (at least 12 people for a lower rate) must make reservations. For ticket information call 256-820-CAST. CAST Kidz presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’ The musical,”Alice in Wonderland” is going strong in rehearsals and it will be presented at April 13 at 4 p.m. at Foothills Theatre, the theater that was formerly named Zannie Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. But before 4 p.m. there is a Mad Hatter tea party at 2:30 p.m. in the building adjoining the theater with refreshments and characters dressed in costumes. The fee for the tea party is $5 per person. The musical is the classic story by Lewis Carroll of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world.
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It was a series to remember
Case gets 400th victory, Gamecocks score 13 runs in one inning, JSU sweeps
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Tyler Gamble had three hits, including a home run, to lead Jacksonville State to a 8-6 win over Eastern Illinois as the Gamecocks swept the Ohio Valley Conference series after winning their eighth straight game over the Panthers. Michael Mason (3-0) had six strikeouts and allowed just one hit over three innings of relief to earn his third win of the season, while Travis Stout recorded the final six outs to pick up his eighth save of the season. EIU’s Joe Greenfield (3-3) gave up just four hits, but got stuck with the loss for the Panthers. The Gamecocks improve to 17-10 overall and 9-3 in the OVC, while Eastern Illinois falls to 7-20 and 2-7 in the league. Jax State is currently in second place, just one game behind OVC leader Southeast Missouri State. Gamble slugged his second home run of the season for the Gamecocks in the second inning to cut the lead to 4-1. Jax State cut the lead to 5-2 in the fifth inning after Ryan Sebra reached on a oneout single and came in to score after Gamble’s single. The Gamecocks then scored three runs in the fifth on Eddie Mora-Loera’s RBI double, who later came in to score on an infield grounder, and Stephen Bartlett drove in another run with a single up the middle to cut the lead to 6-5. Jax State took the lead in the sixth after Gavin Golsan was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on Michael Bishop’s double. Griff Gordon then knocked in Bishop to give JSU a 7-6 lead. The Gamecocks added an insurance run in the ninth after Sebra singled and later scored on Andrew Bishop’s RBI double for the final margin. Gamble had three hits, while Sebra, Mora-Loera, Andrew Bishop and Michael Bishop each finished with two hits as the Gamecocks posted 13 in the game. Jacksonville State returns to action on Wednesday with a non-conference game at Alabama State. Game time is set for 6 p.m. in Montgomery.
JSU 23, Eastern Illinois 15 CHARLESTON, Ill. - Jacksonville State tied a school record by scoring 13 runs in the seventh inning as the Gamecocks rallied for a 23-15 win over Eastern Illinois to secure the Ohio Valley Conference series against the Panthers. The Gamecocks trailed 11-7 entering the
seventh inning, but sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 13 runs on nine hits - all with two outs - to take a 20-7 lead over the Panthers in the record-tying inning. JSU also scored 13 runs against Alabama State in an inning in a 26-6 win in 2009. The 23 runs were also the most against an OVC opponent for the Gamecocks, passing the record of 22 set against Morehead State. Michael Bishop, Eddie Mora-Loera, Griff Gordon and Daniel Gaither each had three hits as the Gamecocks pounded out a season-high 19 hits. Mora-Loera, Gordon and Paschal Petrongolo each drove in four runs, while Gordon and Stephen Bartlett each extended their hitting streaks to nine games. Mora-Loera was a double away from hitting for the cycle after hitting a home run in the first, a triple in the seventh and a single in the ninth inning. Gordon also hit a home run in the fourth inning. Graham Officer (1-0) pitched the final four innings to earn his first win of the season for the Gamecocks.
JSU 8, Eastern Illinois 2
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Jacksonville State head baseball coach picked up his 400th career win on Friday as the Gamecocks claimed an 8-2 Ohio Valley Conference win at Eastern Illinois on Friday afternoon. Case has a 400-324 career record in his 13th season at Jacksonville State and is the winningest coach in the Ohio Valley Conference with an 181-90 record against conference opponents. “The 400 career wins means that we have had a lot of good players and coaches,” Case said following the game. “I’ve been fortunate to have some really good people come through our program and from a program stand point, it’s very special.” Senior Adam Polk (1-0) scattered six hits and had three strikeouts to earn his first win of the season, while Bradley Raulston picked up his first save of the season after allowing one hit over the final three innings. “We were able to score early and kept adding runs,” said Case. “Adam can throw Trent Penny three pitches for strikes and I thought he did a really good job of keeping the ball down. Jim Case collects his 400th win as Jacksonville State’s baseball coach. He was able to get out of trouble in the fifth inning after loading the bases and only giving up one run.” Andrew Bishop, Bartlett, Mora-Loera and Gamble each had a pair of hits to lead the Gamecocks, while Gamble led the team with three RBI. EIU was led by Tyler Schweigert’s two hits.
JSU sweeps Tigers NASHVILLE - Logan Green and Tiffany Harbin gave the Jacksonville State softball team a couple of gems in the circle on Sunday, when the Gamecocks swept a doubleheader at Tennessee State to cap a sweep of the Tigers in the Ohio Valley Conference series in Nashville. Green got the day started for the Gamecocks (23-8, 8-2 OVC) with a two-hit shutout in a 7-0 win over the Tigers (14-23, 2-7 OVC) before Harbin answered with a one hitter in a 6-0 win in the finale. JSU won the series opener 10-0 on Saturday. TSU got one runner past first base against Green in the first game and only had two baserunners against Harbin in the nightcap. Harbin was dominant for the second-straight day, tying her career high with 15 strikeouts on Sunday, just one shy of the school record, one day after retiring 13 Tiger batters on strikes in the opening win of the series. Over her two starts, the Hazel Green, Ala., native allowed three hits in 14 scoreless innings, while striking out 28 batters. The JSU pitching duo got plenty of run support in a series that saw the Gamecocks outscore TSU 23-0. The Gamecocks hit .319 as a team in the series, while TSU managed just a .090 average (6-for-67) over the three games. In the first game of the day, Green gave up a leadoff single to Linsdey Burgess in the first and didn’t allow another hit until an infield single with two outs in the seventh. The Hebron, Md., native struck out a careerhigh six in her first career complete-game shutout and her fourth complete game in seven starts. She got all the runs she would need in the third, when an error started things off and set up a three-run inning for the Gamecocks. Sophomore Cadi Oliver drove in a pair with a one-out single up the middle before Savannah Sloan’s two-out single to right made capped the inning. JSU scored three more in the fifth and one in the seventh to finish the scoring for the game. Senior Hayden Crawford had RBI singles in each the fifth and seventh frames, while a two-run pinch-hit double from junior Melanie Steer plated a pair in the fifth. Green (5-2) defeated Shea Morris (8-8) in the circle, allowing the two hits in seven
scoreless innings. Morris allowed seven runs, five earned, on 12 hits, but struck out nine Gamecock batters. Both pitchers issued one walk. In the series finale, Harbin (9-4) and TSU’s Olivia Gamache went back-andforth for three scoreless innings before three Tiger errors led to four unearned runs in the top of the fourth. Miscues by the Tigers’ left fielder, shortstop and third baseman scored three of the runs, while freshman Jamie McGuire’s RBI single plated the other. McGuire was the lone Gamecock with multiple hits off of Gamache, going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Harbin fanned 15 in the win, her 11th complete game and fifth shutout of the season, and allowed only two runners to reach base. The Gamecocks play play at UAB at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and will host Samford Thursday at 6 p.m. It will take on Austin Peay in a Saturday twinbill starting at noon in Clarksville, Tenn., before wrapping up the week with a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Murray State on Sunday
JSU 10, Tennessee State 0 NASHVILLE - The Jacksonville State softball team built an early lead and then broke the game open in the seventh inning of a 10-0 series opening win over Tennessee State on Saturday. On a day that saw rains postpone the start of what was supposed to be a doubleheader and allow the Gamecocks and Tigers to play just one game, senior Tiffany Harbin got plenty of run support as she tossed yet another gem in the circle. She tossed a three-hit shutout of the Tigers, her 13th complete game in 14 starts this season. She struck out 13 batters and threw just 109 pitches, 74 for strikes, allowed just two runners past first base and retired the last 12 batters she faced to improve to 8-4 on the season. Junior Savannah Sloan gave Harbin all the support she would need in the second inning with her first homer of the season, a two-run shot to left center that scored sophomore Cadi Oliver and staked Harbin to a quick 2-0 lead. Borders, Oliver and Crawford each recorded two hits for JSU in the game, while Borders, Maldonado and Sloan each drove in two runs.
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City Council agrees to pay extra money for Challenge LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service
The City of Jacksonville on Monday voted to allocate $15,000 for the Cheaha Challenge, a 104-mile bike ride that will be based out of Jacksonville for the first time this year. Jacksonville agreed to help fund the project last year but Mayor Johnny Smith said he expected to pay $7,500. Financial control officer Jarrod Simmons said the city didn’t receive a bill for the expense, but on Thursday he got an email requesting $15,000 from the city. “I think it’s a great event,” Smith said. “Whether or not it’s worth $15,000, I don’t know, it’s hard to put a value on the event.” Before the vote the council and the mayor agreed to ask Jacksonville State University, which is co-hosting the ride, to reimburse the city for a portion of the expense. “We’re hoping we can split that with the university,” Smith said. “We haven’t had a chance to talk, it was spring break. So, we don’t really know if they’re going to be able to help us with this or not.” The council held a special called meeting on Monday to consider the matter. During discussion before the vote, Council President Mark Jones said he is unsure where the problem began. “I think there was some miscommunication,” Jones said. Councilman Truman Norred asked for an amendment to the motion to request an itemized list of how the city’s money is spent. Jones also said the amount requested surprised him, but he felt it was important to help fund the event. “I don’t want to do anything that’s going to cause us to lose it in the future,” Jones said. “I think it’s a great event and it gets us, not only regional exposure, but national exposure.” The Cheaha Challenge is expected to draw more than 300 cyclists to Jacksonville on Sunday. The route will take riders from Jacksonville to the top of Mount Cheaha
and back. Event organizers expect to attract participants from across the country, but the majority of the riders will be from Alabama and other states in the southeast. At 7:30 a.m., cyclists will take Alabama 204 to Pelham Road though Jacksonville’s Public Square and on to Whites Gap Road where they turn left and continue outside the city’s limits. The cycling traffic will cause public safety officials to close portions of Alabama 204 and Pelham Road early in the day, and Jones said cyclists will return to the city between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. He added that city officials are asking residents to be at the Public Square at 7:30 a.m. to cheer cyclists on. Since 1993, the Cheaha Challenge has begun in Piedmont, but organizers decided that the facilities there are no longer adequate to support the event. One of the two other annual cycling events planned for this weekend, the Foothills Classic Road Race, will be based in Piedmont. The other, the Sunny King Criterium, will be in Anniston. Jacksonville city officials said Cheaha Challenge organizers asked them last spring if they would host the event in Jacksonville in 2014. Smith said organizers told him that they didn’t want to lose money by moving the event, and that Piedmont was paying them $7,500. And, in addition to that, business owners pitched in to support the event. “I think we agreed to help,” Smith said. “They came to us, we did not go trying to recruit this.” Following the formal meeting, a council committee convened to discuss the city’s planned public safety and municipal complex. The committee met to discuss the perimeters it wants McElrath and Oliver Architects to work within while designing the project. The firm was asked to design about a 45,000 square feet complex and that would cost no more than $10 million to build. The committee also decided to separate the courtroom and federally-funded safe room, which were slated to be combined.
Hospital officials say psychiatry unit for senior citizens may expand LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service
The geriatric psychiatry department at RMC Jacksonville is poised to expand, according to hospital officials. Regional Medical Center’s Vice President of Operations Joe Weaver told a crowd of residents at a Jacksonville City Council meeting Monday that the 10-bed department, which treats people over 65 who have mental illness, may grow because of demand. The news came at the close of the council’s work session about recent changes at RMC Jacksonville. The hospital’s intensive care unit closed about three months ago, and the obstetrician and gynecology department is scheduled to close. Dr. Bates Redwine, director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at UAB School of Medicine, said there are too few geriatric psychiatrists in Alabama to serve the population. “Most of these patients are simply treated by their primary care physician,” Redwine said. Geriatric psychiatrists are subspecialists who are trained to care for people over 65, Redwine said. They treat all mental illnesses common to adults, but see a higher concentration of patients with anxiety disorders, depressive disorders and dementia. Redwine said Alabama has 15 geriatric psychiatrists, seven of whom practice in Birmingham. The others are spread out throughout the state — Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Tuskegee and Mobile, while Anniston has at least two, Dr. Christopher Randolph and Dr. Eddie Huggins. It is not clear whether an expansion at RMC Jacksonville’s geriatric psychiatry department would lead RMC officials to discontinue such services at the Anniston campus. Following the closure of the OB-GYN department at RMC Jacksonville, the hospital system is moving those services to RMC in Anniston.
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They’re just now catching on in the South he said. “I was having to go online and order off the Internet,” he said. “There are a lot of people who want to quit smoking, they just don’t have a place to go. We decided to open a store so we could educate them, allow them to ask questions and get it right so they don’t waste their money. We want to get them off cigarettes and give them a safer alternative.” McElroy said it’s a misconception that stores similar to his are targeted toward teenagers or non-smokers. “Smokers are our target,” he said. “We don’t sell to anyone under 19.”
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finish venue in Jacksonville. “Now, we’re going over White’s Gap at the beginning and the end,” said Dibiase. “I think it’s going to change the character of the ride, maybe for the better.” The ride starts at 7:30 a.m. and will have ride lengths of 23, 44, 62, 84 and 107 miles available. The event is a part of the Alabama Backroads Century Series promoting the growth and development of long-distance cycling in the state by encouraging participation in established Alabama century (100-mile) rides. A Centurion Finisher’s Medal will be awarded to each finisher of the 104 mile route. More than 300 volunteers will be on the course to ensure the safety of cyclists. Rest stops will be fully stocked with energy bars, fruit, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pretzels, fig Newtons, PowerAde, and water. A complimentary light breakfast of bagels and coffee will be served at the start of the ride. A post-ride meal will be
provided by JSU. The time it takes for riders to make the three mile climb to the top of Cheaha Mountain will be recorded. The winner will be awarded a King of the Mountain for the fastest climb. The event is actually one-half of a two-day biking weekend in the county. The day before, April 5, the Sunny King Criterium race will take place. Dibiase said this urban bike race attracts some of the best professional as well as amateur riders from across the country. Some of these, he said will also ride in the Cheaha Challenge. Edmiston said after being involved in the event for the past 22 years, he’s pleased it’s going to be starting in Jacksonville this year. “My real emphasis and concern have been as a merchant in Jacksonville welcoming people to town,” he said. “I’ve been a supporter or rider for all these years, and I’m looking forward to Sunday.”
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Hornsby assigned Creed a preview story for an upcoming football game for Munford High, which Creed wrote on a manual typewriter. “I guess I did OK because I’ve been doing some type of writing ever since,” he said. Creed has written for The Anniston Star, The Jacksonville News, The Piedmont Journal as well as newspapers in Biloxi, Miss. He’s also written press releases for the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind as well as Anniston’s chemical weapons disposal facility. This month, Creed returned to The Daily Home as editor. Creed’s hiring comes as veteran newspaperman Ed Fowler left the newspaper as publisher and editor in early March. Fowler died a week after the announcement. “The death of a strong leader and good friend, Ed Fowler, has left a vacuum at the Daily Home, which Jimmy Creed grew up reading and now will bring his talent and experience to lead the paper,” wrote H. Brandt Ayers, publisher of The Star and chairman of the board for Consolidated Publishing, in an email. Consolidated owns The Daily Home, The St. Clair Times, The Star and several weekly papers in northeastern Alabama. Creed said the newspaper is not in need of a total makeover, but he and the staff will work to improve the design and to make the newswriting stronger and more concise. Creed, who worked as sports editor for The Star from 2000 to 2005, also served as managing editor for Consolidated’s Jacksonville News and Piedmont Journal. He said working at the two weekly papers taught him the importance of local content. “I was very fortunate to be able to work at The Jacksonville News and The Piedmont Journal some years back, and my experience at those weeklies greatly changed the way I viewed the newspaper business as a whole,“ Creed said. “The things I learned as the editor of those papers
about how to put together publications that are completely local in their content from front to back are things that will serve me well in my new position here at The Daily Home.” Creed said he is fully convinced that a lot of the things that make weekly newspapers so special and so important to their communities are things that can and should be translated to a daily paper as well, and that’s what he plans to do in Talladega. “I am very fortunate to be able to return to the paper where I got my start in the business,” said Creed. “I am getting to spend some extra time with my parents, Shelton and Shelby Creed, who live in Talladega, and I’m looking forward to great things to come for The Daily Home.” Creed said it’s imperative that readers come to their local paper before any other news source, and he will bring that philosophy to The Daily Home. “I would much rather have an entire picture page at something that’s happening at one of our schools than devote a page to a lot of wire copy that I really don’t know if people are interested in it or not,” he said. Creed said he hopes readers will see that the staff is working to be that chief source of news for Talladega and St. Clair counties. Taking over as publisher of The Daily Home is Robert Jackson, vice president of sales and operations for Consolidated Publishing. The change also means the news and opinion content of The Daily Home will be overseen by Bob Davis, vice president for news at Consolidated and associate publisher of The Star. Jackson and Davis will remain at Consolidated’s offices in Anniston. Former Daily Home business manager Barbara Wilson will take over the day-to-day business operations for the newspaper under the title of associate publisher. The new position means Wilson will take a seat on Consolidated Publishing’s board of directors. Margaret Anderson contributed to this story.
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Notice of Availability of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA)
for the U.S. Army Materiel Command’s Building Demolition Program AMC announces the availability of a PEA and draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for the proposed demolish of unused and unneeded facilities at AMC installations nationwide, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The proposed action is not expected to have any significant environmental effects. Therefore, preparation of an environmental impact statement is not required. The PEA and draft FNSI are available for your review electronically at http://www.amc.arm y. m i l / a m c / e n v i r o n m e n tal.html. Comments on the PEA and draft FNSI can be submitted to USARMY.redstone.usamc.mbx.amc-environmental@mail.mil. Comments will be accepted for 30 days from the publication of this notice. The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 2014
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL
present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. THOMAS JOSPEH GENNARO, Personal Representative of the Estate of HARRY CECIL GENNARO, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 31604 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR GADSON, JR., DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of ARTHUR GADSON, JR., deceased, having been granted to IREALIA J. GADSON, the undersigned on March 5, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. IREALIA J. GADSON, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of ARTHUR GADSON, JR., Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL March 18, 25, April 1, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 2014-0117 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET RUTH GAINES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of MARGARET RUTH GAINES, deceased, having been granted to CHARLES WAYNE GAINES, the undersigned on March 17, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. CHARLES WAYNE GAINES, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of MARGARET RUTH GAINES, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL March 25, April 1, 8, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT OF CAL- PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0008 HOUN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE CASE NO. 2014-0132 TO: MICHAEL CATES and any ESTATE OF LEWIS DENNIS and all parties interested there- LANKFORD, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the in. Please take notice that a Pe- estate of LEWIS DENNIS tition for Probate of Will of LANKFORD, deceased, having the Estate of JUNIOUS D. been granted to STEVEN LANKFORD AND CATES, deceased, has been KENT filed in said Court by MAE RHONDA J. PRUITT, the unBARNETT, Petitioner, and dersigned on March 17, 2014, that a hearing on said Peti- by the Honorable Alice K. Martion has been set for April tin, Judge of Probate of said 29, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. before County, notice is hereby given the Probate Court of Calhoun that all persons having claims County, 1702 Noble Street, against said estate, are hereby Suite 102, Anniston, Ala- required to present the same within the time allowed by law, bama, 36201. or the same will be barred. Wesley M. Frye Attorney for the Estate of Ju- STEVEN KENT LANKFORD AND RHONDA J. PRUITT, Conious D. Cates, deceased Personal Representatives of the Last Will and Testament of The Jacksonville News LEWIS DENNIS LANKFORD, Calhoun Co., AL Deceased. April 1, 8, 15, 2014 Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate NOTICE TO
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STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.31868 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES H. ROOKS, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the estate of JAMES H. ROOKS, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on March 13, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. BOBBIE N. WALKER AND LARRY LEE WALKER, CoPersonal Representatives of the Estate of JAMES H. ROOKS, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL March 25, April 1, 8, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0009 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HARRY CECIL GENNARO, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the estate of HARRY CECIL GENNARO, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on March 20, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to
The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL March 25, April 1, 8, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0137 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE THOMAS HUGHES, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the estate of GEORGE THOMAS HUGHES, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on March 21, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. MARY WISDOM, Personal Representative of the Estate of GEORGE THOMAS HUGHES, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0129 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE LANELLE WILLINGHAM, A/K/A LANELLE W. WILLINGHAM, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of MARIE LANELLE WILLINHAM, A/K/A LANELLE
W. WILLINGHAM, deceased, having been granted to LARRY DAVID KIMBROUGH the undersigned on March 19, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. LARRY DAVID KIMBROUGH, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of MARIE LANELLE WILLINGHAM, A/K/A LANELLE W. WILLINGHAM, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0139 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAY V. HARTWELL III, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of RAY V. HARTWELL III, deceased, having been granted to MARIANNE GEEKER, the undersigned on March 25, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. MARIANNE GEEKER, Personal Representative of the last Will and Testament of RAY V. HARTWELL III, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0133 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROY TIFTON BARKER, SR., DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of ROY TIFTON BARKER, SR., deceased, having been granted to WILLIAM F. BARKER, the undersigned on March 20, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. WILLIAM F. BARKER, Personal Representative of the last Will and Testament of ROY TIFTON BARKER, SR., Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0130 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDELSTRAUD STIEGELER STORY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of EDELSTRAUD STIEGELER STORY, deceased, having been granted to ANGELA DENISE STORY HORTON, A/K/A ANGELA D. HORTON, A/K/A ANGIE HORTON, the undersigned on March 20, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. ANGELA DENISE STORY HORTON, A/K/A ANGELA D. HORTON, A/K/A ANGIE HORTON, Personal Representative of the last Will and Testament of EDELSTRAUD STIEGELER STORY, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0127 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LAMAR JOBSON HOOD, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of LAMAR JOBSON HOOD, deceased, having been granted to VIRGINIA FIELDS HOUSTON, the undersigned on March 19, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred. VIRGINIA FIELDS HOUSTON, Personal Representative of the last Will and Testament of LAMAR JOBSON HOOD, Deceased. Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 1, 8, 15, 2014
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KITES: Contest will become annual event From page 1
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children during the summer and this is one of the things we’re going to add.” When she first founded the House of Refuse, she concentrated on other things. “At that time we had a greater emphasis on helping those who were in need in paying utility bills and buying food,” she said. “We gave away food once a month. Then we turned and focused more on kids. Right now, I’m centering my attention on children. I want to help them be able to get into healthy activities rather than those activities that can lead them on a bad path.” One of the things the House of Refuse sponsors is weekly Backyard Bible classes at her home during the summer. “Our mission statement is to create an awareness about health and social issues in children and adults,” said Williams. “I want to create a wonderful quality of life for them by helping them develop their abilities and build their opportunities. I want to help prepare them for the future.” Barbara Lewis-Fleetion, who is on the House of Refuse board of directors said she’s happy with the first kite contest. “It turned out so well, we want to make it an annual event,” she said. “The kids really enjoyed it, and so did the parents. We’re trying to bring back things that involve families.” Lewis-Fleetion said she grew up in Jacksonville, but she doesn’t remember any activities that involved kites for children. She and other board members are trying to change that. Williams said when she was director of the Eastwood Recreation Center, she had kite flying contests for the children there. That sparked her memory of when she was young and flew kites. “We couldn’t afford to purchase kites when I was a child,” said Williams. “So we made them out of newspapers and other things we could get hold of. I’m hoping that eventually we can get some of the children to build their own kites.” Williams said she’s pleased with the turnout at the first contest. “I think we carried out our motto and created a situation where parents and children could do something together and have fun at it,” she said. “This is something I’m looking forward to doing for a long time.” (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)
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TOP LEFT PHOTO: Mikayla Turner and Jaylon Atkins run to get their kites up in the air at the House of Refuge’s kite flying contest as Barbara Lewis-Fleetion looks on. MIDDLE: Winners in the kite flying contest were, from left, Ian Davis, Timothy Mayes, Jaylon Atkins, Lamiah Steagall Nicole Jones and Xavion Curry. BOTTOM LEFT: Timothy Mayes gets some assistance from dad Steve. BOTTOM RIGHT: Nicole Jones prepares her kite string.
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