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“Fresh vegetables; that sounds good,” said Randy, a Cleburne County man who receives government assistance to buy food. Those vegetables are typically found in area farmers markets, but Randy, who’s enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and didn’t want to give his last name, hasn’t gone to a farmers market in years. That’s partly because he didn’t know he could use his benefit card at the market, Randy said. But he said he’d love to. “It’s better than going to the store; you don’t know what
you’re going to get,” Randy said. “You don’t know how long it’s been laying around.” He may soon get his wish. Alabama farmers selling produce at farmers markets will soon be accepting SNAP cards from buyers. Through funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the National Association of Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs is helping farmers acquire the technology to accept payment from customers using SNAP. Under a new program, administered through the association, farmers would be eligible to receive iPhones and receipt printers that could accept the SNAP
cards as well as debit and credit cards, according to Don Wambles, president of the association and director of the Montgomery-based Farmers Market Authority. Since the early 1990s, people using the government-issued food assistance program haven’t been able to use it at farmers markets because it was issued in electronic card format, Wambles said. But in 2012, the USDA awarded funding to the state Department of Human Resources to provide terminals to farmers markets to accept the SNAP cards. The farmers market in Jacksonville applied for and received
a terminal, said LuAnn Billings, who has volunteered with the market for five years. “There were so many bugs in it,” Billings said. “We just were never able to use it.” If the people were unable to pay because of the problems, the market didn’t let the customers leave without their food, she said. But there was never much demand for the terminal, Billings said. Only three people inquired about using it. This year, the market would have been charged for the terminal, so it decided not to keep it, she said. n See Farmers page 2
“Steel Magnolias” premieres tonight This year’s production will also introduce a new actress to Heflin: Misty Owen, in her first play with the council will portray Annelle.
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The Heflin Arts Council will celebrate another first this year – its first performance on the Heflin Civic Center stage — by bringing back “Steel Magnolias,” the first play it produced in 2005. The play, scheduled to run today through Sunday, also features some of the same cast members of the original play. Suzanne Payne will play Clairee Belcher; she played Ouiser in the first production. Lolly Payne, who directed the 2005 production, will play the part of Oiuser this year, and Peggy Cochran will reprise her role as Truvy, the beauty shop owner. This year’s production will also introduce a new actress to Heflin: Misty Owen, in her first play with the council will portray Annelle, the newcomer to town who takes a job at the beauty shop. The cast is rounded out with Georgia Cook, a Birmingham resident, who will play the part of the bride, Shelby, and Ricketta Wilson, who will portray her mother M’Lynn. “Steel Magnolias’ has no male cast members and focuses on the women at a place they can all talk and laugh and commiserate about the joys and trials in their lives, said director Shane Smith. The play cast is small, at just six roles and it all takes place in a beauty shop in Chiquapin Parish, La., Smith said. But it’s a favorite with audiences, he said. Theatre-goers can look forward to “some laughter, some tears, leaving very happy and just having a good time,” he said. The Arts Council was created to bring drama, music, art, literature and learning to the community, said Tracy Williamson, the group’s president. “Steel Magnolias” was its first effort and it was welcomed by the community. Plays continue to be successful projects for the council. “We have packed houses many times,” Payne said. “People, I think they’re hungry for this type of entertainment.” The plays have become a fundraiser for the council, raising an average of $2,000 for its other activities including the children’s theater, Music in May and theater camps, Smith said. This year, the play is also raising money for the Civic Center. Audience members and residents can sponsor chairs that will be used at the play and other Civic Center events that will follow. Sponsoring one chair for $25 will get the sponsor’s name in the “Steel Magnolias” program; sponsoring four chairs for $25 each will also earn the sponsor a free ticket to the play, Smith said. As of Wednesday morning, sponsors had purchased 102 chairs. For the cast, the play is a creative outlet and just plain fun, they said. Cook, who drives from Birmingham to the practices, said the Heflin productions are among her favorite to work on. She’s done 15 plays in Anniston and some in Gadsden; this is her fourth in Heflin. She knew no one when she came to her first audition, but was welcomed into the community, Cook said. “That’s why I drive an hour and a half and why I will continue to drive an hour and a half to Heflin,” she said. Many cast members agreed. The cast and crew become a close-knit family for a couple of months during the practices, Smith said, and that shines through on the stage. Performances will be today, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Heflin Civic Center on Evans Street. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Staff Writer Laura Camper 256-463-2872. On Twitter @LCamper_Star.
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On March 3, Josh Lydell set off on a 2,800-mile journey that he expects will take him eight months and cost him at least seven pair of shoes, but gain the Wounded Warrior Project thousands of dollars in donations. When he stopped in Heflin Tuesday, Lydell, a New York transplant to Charleston, S.C., said he would be christening the second pair of running shoes he had brought with him the next day. He expected each pair would last him about 400 miles, pretty close to what he had walked in his first 30 days. Lydell, who is a self-employed stonemason in Charleston, said he set off on the journey to San Francisco after he saw the good that the Wounded Warriors Project did in a friend’s life. The Wounded Warriors Project works with military members and veterans injured during their service. According to the website, it does that through “a holistic rehabilitative effort to assist warriors with visible and invisible wounds as they recover and transition back to civilian life.” Project programs include education, career guidance, peer support, family support, recreation, sports and nutrition among others. Lydell is a veteran of the Ma-
Lydell with his homemade cart walked through Heflin on his way to San Francisco.
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Heflin Highlights by: Suzanne Payne This column will be a little on the short side this week. I hope you all have a wonderful seven days! Mark Twain Said… Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did NOT do than by the things you actually did. (I love Mr. Twain!)
Grizzard was honored Mr. Herman B. Grizzard, native and lifelong resident of Ranburne in Cleburne County, was honored by the Major General Patrick R. Cleburne UDC Chapter. A World War II Cross of Military Service was approved to be presented to Mr. Grizzard for his service in the United States Navy. However, Mr. Grizzard died a few days before the presentation on March 18. His widow, Mrs. Drucilla Grizzard, accepted the medal posthumously on his behalf. The bestowal ceremony was conducted by Mrs. Jo Howard of Oxford, Chapter Recorder of Military Service, and Dr. Lynda Lowery of Heflin, Chapter President. Mrs. Grizzard was accompanied by her son, Mr. Anthony McIntosh, of Cave Spring, Georgia. The event was held at Classic on Noble in Anniston with approximately forty people in attendance.
Farmers: “There were so many bugs in it,” Billings said. “We just were never able to use it.” From page 1 Cleburne County’s farmers market also doesn’t also doesn’t have a terminal for customers paying with SNAP cards. Rhonda Green, a Heflin councilwoman and Cleburne County Chamber of Commerce member, is helping organize this year’s farmers market in Heflin for the chamber. She said she talked to the local vendors about the program offering smartphone card readers, but they weren’t interested in getting the equipment. But Jennie Hargrove, 4-H regional extension agent for the Cleburne County Extension office, said the terminals and the smartphone card readers could potentially benefit the farmers as well as the SNAP users. It opens up a whole new clientele for the farmers, Hargrove said. According to a 2013 report by PolicyLink and The Food Trust — nonprofit groups that work to ensure everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food — SNAP benefits can generate local spending. Every $5 SNAP users spend at local supermarkets, grocery stores and farmers’ markets, generates $9 in local spending, the report stated. And if the markets are available to SNAP customers, they will go, according to the groups’ research. In Rhode Island-based Greenmarkets, expanding SNAP purchases to include farmers markets resulted in an increase in SNAP sales from $1,000 in 2005 to more than $500,000 in 2010, the report said. “Many low income people don’t have enough flexible spending to spend it on fresh fruits and vegetables,” Hargrove said. But if it’s available to them, the fresh
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fruits and vegetables are much higher in nutritional content than the canned food alternative, she said. The heat in the canning process destroys vitamins and minerals, Hargrove said. Barry Spear, public information manager for DHR, said the access is very important to low-income residents. “Especially for the nutrition part of it,” Spear said. “If you live in a rural area, and a long way from a full-service grocery store, you may not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.” Although it seems counterintuitive, according to the nonprofit organizations’ report, residents in agricultural areas may not have local access to a retail site to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. In many small towns, the only retail outlet may be a convenience mart, which tend to sell highly processed, high-sugar and high-fat foods, the report said. As of Tuesday, Wambles said about 100 farmers statewide had signed up for the equipment available through the association’s new program. Between the farmers markets that already have the equipment and the farmers, many who tend to work at more than one farmers market, he believes that most of Alabama’s farmers markets will be SNAP accessible by the end of the year. Farmers interested in the program can get more information at www.marketlink. org or www.fns.usda.gov/ebt/learn-aboutsnap-benefits-farmers-markets. Staff writer Laura Camper 256-4632872. On Twitter @LCamper_Star.
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PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Heflin has received a Declaration of Vacation, by MM Matt Miles and wife, Pamela Conner Miles, requesting assent to the vacation of Jay Circle, a street as shown on the plat of The Pines Subdivision recorded at Plat Book 4, Page 40, in the Probate Office of Cleburne County, Alabama. On Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 at 5:30 p.m., assent to the Declaration will be considered by the Heflin City Council at the Heflin Recreation Center located at 128 Coleman Street. This is a public hearing and the public is welcome to attend. Any citizen affected by the proposed vacation may submit written objections to the Council or may request an opportunity to be heard at the meeting.
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OPINION/EDITORIAL 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 Steve sister southern state Flowers of South Carolina likes to boast of being America’s most Republican state. However, they were ranked number ten, just Inside The Statehouse behind us. The most Republican states in order are Wyoming, Utah, North Dakota, Idaho, Kansas, 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
I’m glad we have healers among us
“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 Sherry more and more Kughn the importance of imitating the many godly role models that he observed in his family, church, Sherry-Go-Round 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 acquaintances struggling with some of the hard issues of life such as infidelity, conflict, grief, and hurt and pain,” Nichols said.
By then, the couple was attending the 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
There’s a hot race in Mississippi worth watching Primaries are heating up more than the weather across the South this spring, and no race is Daniel hotter than the Mississippi Gardner Senate race between incumbent Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel, the former My Thoughts being the establishment’s favorite, and the latter representing TEA Party supporters. In any election year, incumbents always have a significant statistical advantage. The longer they’ve been in office, the more likely they are to remain in office. So, Cochran is way ahead in this race merely by having occupied offices in Washington for more than 40 years. Name recognition alone would propel Cochran into a 7th term in the Senate, especially considering McDaniel has little name recognition in most of the state outside of
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TEA Party circles. Why does this primary matter? In the short run (next two years), whoever wins the GOP primary, and more than likely the general election in November, will have little effect on Mississippi or Washington politics. The real difference is the long-term consequences. At 76, Cochran is the second most senior Republican Senator, and likely would not serve the full 6-year term. Rumors abound Cochran would retire at some politically convenient time and GOP Governor Phil Bryant, who is supporting Cochran, would appoint another establishment Republican to fill the remaining years. Why would the GOP establishment pursue a strategy like this? Contrary to what both Republican and Democratic establishments say, the TEA Party in Mississippi is powerful enough to elect a candidate to an empty Senate seat. The GOP establishment does not want a TEA Party candidate representing Mississippi in the Senate. So, the bottom line in the GOP primary is whether Mississippi voters want to maintain business-as-usual in Washington politics, or begin laying a foundation for change after 2016 national elections. In one sense Cochran has been too good for Mississippians. Our state receives nearly $3 for every $1 we send to Washington. We’re the number 2 ‘welfare state’ in the nation. I don’t see that status changing even if McDaniel wins. On the other hand, Cochran has done more than his fair share of raising national deficits and debt by bring-
ing the pork back to our state and exchanging political favors with colleagues in DC to spread pork in their states. You know, business-as-usual in Washington… that’s how politics work, and that’s how career politicians in both parties have created and maintained an outof-control federal bureaucracy hell-bent on bankrupting our children’s futures. McDaniel says he supports term-limits, which would shift power from party establishments back to popular movements among the voters. No career politician of either major party establishment wants term limits for lucrative reasons. No doubt, Cochran has served honorably and represented Mississippi well. Nevertheless, he is an entrenched career politician who will continue to support establishment excesses growing the power and size of the federal government. McDaniel promises to change business-as-usual in Washington, and to rein in out-of-control spending and waste (otherwise known as pork). By electing McDaniel, voters could get a leg up on power sharing in DC especially if conservatives win the White House in 2016. The weather may not be warmer in June, but I suspect June 3 will be a hot day at the polls in Mississippi. Daniel L. Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at Daniel@ DanLGardner.com, or visit his website at http://www. danlgardner.com Feel free to interact with him on the Clarion-Ledger feature blog site blogs.clarionledger. com/dgardner/
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RANBURNE CONTINUES QUEST FOR 2A RIP DONOVAN
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Ranburne continued its quest to defend its Class 2A, Area 10 baseball title by sweeping an area doubleheader from visiting Wellborn Monday. The Bulldogs took the opener 4-3 in extra innings then claimed the nightcap 11-1. Spencer Gibbs started the 4-3 win and fanned six Panthers in eight innings of work. Ranburne had just three hits but made the most of them, aided by nine walks and a hit batter. Dylan Wiggins had a single and an RBI. Logan Sibley doubled and drove in a run. Kyle Lovvorn delivered a triple and an RBI. Lovvorn also walked once and was hit by a pitch. Gibbs, Wade Richardson and Cody Skinner each walked twice. The Bulldogs scored two runs in the second and one in the third and led 3-1 until Wellborn tied the score with two runs in the top of the seventh. Six hits and seven walks helped Ranburne
score 11 runs in the blowout game. The Bulldogs got three runs in the third. After Wellborn scored a run in the top of the fourth, Ranburne responded immediately with a seven-run outburst in the home half of the fourth. A single run in the six ended the game on the 10-run rule. Sibley had a pair of singles in two official at-bats and also walked twice. He drove in three runs. Mark David Smith had a double and a single. Wade Richardson was 1-for-1 with a triple and an RBI. Brayden Wilson doubled in his only official at-bat and had two RBIs. Spence Florczak, Lovvorn, Skinner and Wiggins each had an RBI in the win. Smith was the winner with two strikeouts in three innings of work. Blake Young fanned three in his three innings on the mound. Ranburne continues area play today with a varsity doubleheader at Woodland. The Bulldogs play two games Saturday at Saks, starting at 9 a.m. Ohatchee comes to Ranburne for an Area 10 doubleheader Monday.
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Tigers 3-0 in area play RIP DONOVAN
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Tuesday’s 7-0 win over visiting Lincoln completed the first round of Cleburne County’s home-andhome series against area opponents and upped the Tigers to 3-0 in area play. The Anniston Bulldogs come to Heflin today at 5 p.m. to start the second round. Cleburne County coach Vaughn Lee said his team worked Saturday “with a lot of effort drills.” He characterized the effort against the Golden Bears Tuesday as “great.” “We played well last night, still didn’t just explode but we played very sound baseball last night,” Lee said early Wednesday afternoon. Against Lincoln, the Tigers manufactured single runs in the first and second innings, added three in the fifth and two in the sixth in support of starting pitcher Max Watson. Watson allowed just two hits and one walk over seven innings. He fanned eight in a complete-game effort. Lee said Lincoln’s two hits
came on a leadoff base hit and “a nubber that spun around in the infield.” “He came to play and did a great job on the mound,” Lee said of Watson. In the first inning, leadoff batter Anderson Jacks reached on a two-base error. Austin Harler singled to put runners on third and first before Brady Padgett’s sacrifice fly scored Jacks. Ross Price opened the second inning for the Tigers with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. Matthew Shortt singled to right field, creating another third and first situation. Trey Bolton’s sacrifice fly got Price home and Cleburne County led 2-0. With one out in the fifth, Jacks started another Tiger rally with a single to center and Harler reached on an error. With two down, Tyler Berry tagged a drive to deep center for a two-run triple. Lee said Berry’s blast “kind of blew the game open for us.” After Cole Corkren was hit by a pitch, Berry scored when Price reached on an error. In the sixth, Bolton singled to
left and sped all the way to third base when the outfielder misplayed the ball. Watson helped his own cause with a sacrifice fly to send Bolton home. Singles by Jacks and Padgett put men on second and first and Jacks scored on Berry’s base hit to left. Berry finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs. His triple was the only extra-base hit for the Tigers. Jacks and Harler each went 2-for4. “We played flawless defense, threw some guys out. Catching-wise, Harler did a great job. Defensively, we made a lot of plays. It was sound baseball,” Lee summarized. The win over the Golden Bears in which the Tigers did not make an error was in sharp contrast to Cleburne County’s two losses in the Bradey Munroe Memorial tournament. The Tigers made six errors in losing to Handley and six more in a loss to Priceville. Cleburne County hosts White Plains Saturday at 3 p.m. and travels to Munford in area play Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Ranburne travels to Woodland for area play RIP DONOVAN
News Sports Correspondent
Ranburne travels to Woodland today for another area softball game. The Bulldogs will play Friday and Saturday in Oxford’s Spring Sting tournament. On Friday, they face Class 5A Benjamin Russell at 7:30 p.m. and Jacksonville at 9 p.m. Saturday morning at 10:30, the Bulldogs meet 6A Daphne. Ranburne hosted Pleasant Valley Tuesday and fell 18-3. The Raiders scored 11 runs in the first inning – all unearned. The Bulldogs got their runs in the fourth inning. Catcher Montana Mattox opened the frame with a base hit and Abbey Farmer entered as a courtesy runner for Mattox. Brittany Langley got the big blow of the inning with an RBI double to score Farmer.
Tigers host Munford today at Tiger Park RIP DONOVAN
News Sports Correspondent
Cleburne County returns to softball action today at Tiger Park hosting area opponent Munford. First pitch for the ‘B’ team game is set for 5 p.m. with the varsity game to follow about 6:30 p.m. “That’s our first time playing them this year,” Cleburne County coach Ron Ervin said of Munford. “They’re pretty good. I’ve seen them and they’re ranked No. 10 in the state. … The No. 10 ranked team in the state coming into your house, if you’re a competitor you’re going to be excited about that.” Ervin said prior to Wednesday’s practice that recent workouts have focused on lessening errors. Two or three new fielding drills Ervin said he borrowed from Jacksonville State created a sense of excitement among the players. “Yesterday and the day before were probably two of the best practices we’ve had all year,” Ervin said. He noted that assistant coach Todd Gable has been working with the pitching staff on command with the goal of being comfortable
calling any pitch at any time. Cleburne County will participate in the annual Oxford High Spring Sting tournament Friday and Saturday at the Oxford Lake fields. The Tigers play Class 6A Pell City and Class 5A Moody in pool games Friday. The Pell City game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and Ervin predicted a pitchers’ duel. The Moody game is set for 6 p.m. In addition to host Oxford and Pell City, the tournament also features 6A Daphne, 6A Prattville, 6A Gadsden City and 5A Benjamin Russell. Cleburne County will tangle with Prattville Saturday morning at 9 before the start of single-elimination play in the championship bracket. “I think it’s going to be a good one,” Ervin said of the Oxford tournament. “That’s the reason we’re going over there to play in it. We’re trying to take this thing to the next level so we’re trying to play more and more competitive teams. It has a bunch of 5 and 6A schools, driving a long way to play and you don’t drive that far to lose. It’s going to be a good one so we’re going to get tested. Hopefully, we’ll test some other teams, too.”
Morgan Calhoun added a single then Jessi Calvert’s ground out got another run home. Earlier in the game, Hannah Phillips and Indiana Morgan had a single apiece for Ranburne. Bulldogs coach Terrell Mobley said Wednesday morning that practice time the remainder of the week will focus on fundamentals and making routine plays. “The thing is, the girls still have a good attitude even though we’re getting thumped,” Mobley said. “I’ve got good kids. There’s no doubt about it.”
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Cedar Creek by: Glenda Triplett It was our pleasure to have Richard Robertson as our guest in the morning worship service Sunday. Richard and his wife shared their music ministry with us. They are local folks from Alexandria. They were a blessing! Revival services will be April 6 - 9. Jerome Whaley from Freedom Baptist Church will bring the message each night. Sunday night service at 6pm and Monday - Wednesday night services at 6:30pm. Special music each night. Come with a heart prepared to receive the message God has given Bro Whaley Easter egg hunt will be April 12 from 3pm - 5pm. Adult VBS will meet each Wednesday night 6:30pm - 7:30pm April 16 - May 14. Remember to pray for our sick and shut-ins as there are many. Special prayer for the family of Ray & Katie Dalee, Genell Cobb, Naomie & CD East, Jesse Harcrow and Howard Pate.
East Heflin by: Bruce Wright MEN & BOYS from the community- this Saturday is a Fish Fry and Wild game dinner at 6:30pm! Come out to hear Dr. Craig Reynolds from Cove Creek Baptist, eat, and register for door prizes. Every kid will leave happy! We will serve catfish, crappie, frog legs, venison meatloaf, venison steak, Boston butt, slaw, fries, beans, and hushpuppies. Come out for casual fellowship! Bro. George opened to James 3: 1-12, “Who Pierced your Tongue?” The most evil thing we have is the tongue for it was pierced by Satan. It brings division, destruction, defilement, denial, and depravity. The tongue can cause churches, families, and home to split. It begins small and blows out of control. Satan loves to see the tongue fan the flames in the form of gossip or media posts. It will defile people and eat away at others. James says that the tongue cannot worship God and speak ill will the next. The Savior pierced tongue brings profession and confession of His name. The tongue professes Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It brings peace to your life that will give you the power to overcome habits and addictions. It brings power to direct and to control the tongue. It can then bring delight. Don’t bless the father then curse man. Inconsistency says you’re in deep spiritual trouble.
Wise Chapel by: Dorcas Toney Youth meet next Sunday at 5 p.m. Each first Sunday of the month the youth and children have breakfast at 10 a.m. April 9 is Senior Celebration the festivities begin at 10:30 worship, fellowship, lunch and more. April 11-12 the youth at Ranburne and Wise will participate in the 30 hour famine. Prayer concerns for: Lula Mae Camp, Bea Crawford, Rider Bearden, Kathleen Norton, Hunter Rowland, Ozell Benefield, Bobbye Williamson, Nancy Nizon, Gerald Robinson, Stephanie Kirby and other missionaries in Honduras, Grayson Smith had his surgery and is home now, our nation, president, military and Mary Truett. May God richly bless you all. Scriptures: Isaiah 58:1-10. During a fasting time we are cleansing our souls through prayer and faith and allow a newness in Jesus. We do without food or something else during Lent and this time is devoted to time for God with God. To guide each moment of our days.
Obituaries Billy Joe Driggers
Billy Joe Driggers, Sr., 82, died Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held March 31, 2014, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Bishop Darrell Gooden officiating. Burial followed in Edwardsville City Cemetery. Dryden Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include: Daughter - Myra Lucille “Lou” (David) Ashley, Pell City, AL Son - Billy Joe (Sandra) Driggers, Jr., Edwardsville, AL Son - Charles (Kathy) Driggers, Edwardsville, AL Son - David (Kime) Driggers, Edwardsville, AL Brother - Leroy (Anna) Driggers, Decatur, AL Sister - Alice (Dean) Holder, Jackson, TN Grandchildren - Billie Jo Driggers, Eric Ashley, Mandy Ashley Church, Linsey Driggers Johnson, Lance Driggers, Tekia Ledbetter Hill, Alison Driggers Johnson Great Grandchildren - 12 Pallbearers: Lance Driggers, Eric Ashley, Joshua Johnson, Joshua Driggers, Adam Driggers, John Church and New Hope Ministries Blake Johnson Mr. Driggers was a native of Clay County and a resiby: Veneta McKinney dent of Edwardsville for most of his life. He was retired Greetings from New Hope Ministries. May the Lord from Southwire and was a good Christian father, husband, grandfather, and brother who was loved by all. give you peace and joy this next week. We have changed the Monday night Bible Study to Wednesday nights. The youth services and the boys and girls clubs that met on Monday nights will also be meeting on Wednesdays at 6:30 instead of Monday night. Friday night April 4 at 6:30 pm, Missionary Janis Watkins will be speaking at the church for the women. The event is called “Walk in Freedom.” It will be a great time to get together and fellowship, as well as hear the word of the Lord. Sunday night, April 6 at 5 pm we will be having an ordination service for all the ministers that have attended the class. Everyone is invited to attend to celebrate with April - Paint the Town those who are being ordained. Thursday, April 17th Thursday night, April 10, the men of the church will be Purple - The City of Heflin gathering for the fellowship time. Meet at the church at would like to encourage 6:00PM Survivor Dinner all businesses to decorate at the Heflin Civic Center 6:30. More details will follow. This past Sunday morning was Youth Sunday. The their store fronts in support youth had met on Friday night and had their “Spring of Relay for Life. Saturday, April 19th Fling” Celebration which was awesome. Youth pastor 10:30AM Miss & Mr. March - April 25th Relay for Life - Heflin Mt. Olive Church of God SmallTown Bank -Come Civic Center for younger by Small Town Bank in by: Susie Smith Heflin and enter for an Op- girls and boys, older girls 1:00 p.m. Sponsored by Brother Grey Morgan opened this morning’s service portunity to win a Beautiful Heflin Tiger Bench East Heflin Relay for Life with Psalms 22:4, our parents and grandparents trusted made and donated by J&E Team. All proceeds goes to Jesus, why shouldn’t we? What He did for our fathers he Art and Design. $5 per the American Cancer Sociwill do for us! Our Sunday School lesson was from Isaiah 59:1, 60:22, ticket or 10 tickets for $20 ety. Entry Forms & Best “From Darkness to Light”. We have to realize what sin is with all proceeds going to Wishes are available at the before we can repent and receive God’s forgiveness. God American Cancer Soci- Heflin Recreation Center is the only way to true peace and happiness! God’s light ety’s Relay For Life! Win- or you may e-mail: janner will be chosen April can rid this world of spiritual darkness. icepbrown@centurylink. Brother Ronnie’s message this morning was from John 25th net or anamericanbeauty@ 14:15-19, 26, 27 on “another comfortor”. While Jesus was centurylink.net for entry Friday, April 4nd on earth He was limited in the number of people He could forms & information call 11:00AM 2:00PM City touch because of His humanity, but when He returned to 256-239-2886 of Heflin Relay for Life Heaven the Holy Ghost came and lives inside each of us Event Downtown Heflin once we’re saved and sanctified. The Comfortor is just Friday, April 25th - Clelike Jesus living in us. The Comfortor helps us have joy next to City Hall - ChickFil-A Sandwiches, Ice burne County Relay for in the midst of any storm. Life at L.E. Bell Field! When Brother Greg took prayer requests before to- Cream, and more night’s service he reminded us that God likes to work in situations we think impossible. Brother Ronnie’s message tonight was from Acts 14:111; if we’re saved, we’re called to preach to a lost and dying world. There’s no neutral ground, we’re either in the will of God or we’re not. We are looking for the soon coming of Jesus as king; if you’re not ready, Brother Ronnie will pray with you; his number is 256-201-9444.
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Local Church & Community April 5
New Harmony Baptist Church Student Ministry will be having a spaghetti supper to help raise money for summer youth camp. Plates will include spaghetti, salad, bread and dessert and will be $6 each. Mt Paran Baptist Church located on County Road 40 , Fruithurst will have an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 5th, at 10:00 AM CST. There will also be games, contests, and lunch. East Heflin Baptist Church welcomes all men and boys to a Fish Fry and Wild game dinner at 6:30pm! Come out to hear Dr. Craig Reynolds from Cove Creek Baptist, eat, and register for door prizes. Every kid will leave happy! We will serve catfish, crappie, frog legs, venison meatloaf, venison steak, Boston butt, slaw, fries, beans, and hushpuppies. Come on out for casual fellowship! April 6 Liberty Hill Congregational Methodist Church will be hosting our Spring Revival, April 6th through 9th. Pastor Keith Runnels will be our guest speaker. Revival will begin at 6:00pm on Sunday, April 6th and at 7:00pm on Monday, April 7th through Wednesday, April 9th. Please plan to join us and be prepared to receive a blessing. Revival Services at Cedar Creek Baptist Church on County Rd 19 will be April 6 - April 9. Jerome Whaley of Freedom Baptist Church will bring the message each night. Services on Sunday night will begin at 6pm and services on Monday - Wednesday will begin at 6:30pm. Special music each night. Everyone is invited to attend and a special invitation to youth. Donald Triplett is Pastor. April 7 Oak Grove revival will be held April 7-9 at 6:30 p.m. Ralph William will bring the message. April 9 Pleasant Grove Elementary School kindergarten registration is April 9 & 11th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Registración del programa kinder de la Escuela de Pleasant Grove Primaria es viernes Abril 9 Y 11, 2014 de 11a.m. - 3p.m. The following needs to be brought with you: your child, birth certificate, social security card, immunization form, proof of residency. Por favor de traer los siguientes: Certificado de nacimiento, tarjeta de seguro social, forma de inmunización, prueba de salario, y su hijo. (Your child must be five
years old on or before September 1, 2014) (Su niño debe de tener cinco años en el día o antes de Septiembre 1, 2014.)
Cleburne County Elementary’s Kindergarten and Prekindergarten Registration will be held April 9th and 10th from 8:30 until 1:30. The following will be needed at registration: your child, two proofs of residency, the blue Alabama immunization form,certified birth certificate, child’s social security number and parent’s identification. Proof of income will also be needed for Prekindergarten registration. April 13
Reaching Out International Food Distribution will be held on the second Sunday in April due to Easter Sunday following on the third Sunday. Place of distribution is Morrison Chapel UMC in Randolph County from noon - 2 p.m.
The Memorial Day Service for Lecta Methodist Church has changed from April 20 till April 13 for this year only. April 14
Pleasant Grove Elementary School pre-k registration is April 14-18 from 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Registración del programa preescolar de la Escuela de Pleasant Grove Primaria es Viernes Abril, 14-18,2014 de 11 a.m. 2:30 p.m The following needs to be brought with you: social security card, immunization form, proof of income also residency and your child. Por favor de traer los siguientes: Certificado de nacimiento, tarjeta de seguro social, forma de inmunización, prueba de salario, y su hijo. (Your child must be four years old on or before September 1, 2014) (Su niño debe de tener 4 años en el día o antes de Septiembre 1, 2014.) April 18
Live Lords Supper Easter program will be held April 18 at 7 p.m. at Spears (Old Crowntuft building). There will be a kids egg hunt, bring your own basket. For more info call 256.452.0431. April 26
Fifth annual Lea Fite Memorial Golf Tournament will be held April 26 starting at 1 p.m., at the Pine Hill Country Club. The entry fee is $50 per player, 4 man scramble of $200. Tee off will be at 1 p.m. and lunch will be served. For more info call Jimmy Taylor. This event is sponsored by Steel Magnolias Breast cancer support group.
Verdon Chapel by: Jenny Jeffers Sunday was a joy filled day in the Lord. He blessed us with the breath of the Sweet Holy Spirit. The text was out of Ezra 9:5-9 “The Space of Grace.” God left us with a remnant of grace to escape death eternal. God will not always strive with man, so we need to get busy about Gods work and start praying and telling others about eternal life. God gave us a place in His church, He enlighten us to see what we haven’t seen, He lifted us out of the bondage of sin with His mercy and gave us a wall of prayer to keep sin out of our lives. He gave us the ability to over come sin, if we don”t use it, it is our choice. You have not because you ask not. The evening message was out of Mark 2:1-12 “He is in the house”. When God is in the house we rejoice, people show up, the preaching of Gods word begins, and people get on fire for God and His plan. The devil will surely start trying to mess things up and put the fire out, but we have to keep pushing forward and push him out of the way. God gives us the power to do it by prayer and our faith in God. Please don’t forget our revival Wed. through Friday at 6:30 and Sat. at 10:00 am. Pray for the lost and the sick. God bless
Pictured from front to back: Will Hudgins, Jim Edwards, Hunter Couch, Justus Smith, Avery McWhorter, Duncan Hudgins, John-Russell Reaves, Kyler Moore, Travis McCary, Alex Holt, Tim McCollough, Adam Macauley, Gary Wright, Joe Smith, Andrew Brooks, Eli McCormick and Jerry McCollough
Survival weekend
The Greater Alabama Council, BSA, directed a Winter Camporee with the theme, “Zombie Survival.” Heflin BSA Troop 206 participated in the weekend drill held at Camp Sequoyah near Hollis Crossroads. All of the activities were concentrated around Scouts defending from, operating around and surviving a Zombie attack. The camp staff had make-up and costumes to resemble the Zombie’s as seen on the TV show, Walking Dead. The Hollis Volunteer Fire Department provided realism by having their emergency vehicles on site with lights flashing and the fireman assisting in their emergency response gear. Scouts troops from throughout Alabama participated and practiced Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness skills. Troop 206 Heflin won two of the top five awards for readiness and response skills. Over 400 scouts, leaders and Camporee staff completed the weekend with no major injuries and no cases of the zombie “virus” being transmitted.
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EDWARDSVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT, LARRY THOMPSON, P O BOX 8, EDWARDSVILLE AL 36261 OR CALL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTER 5:00 P.M. TO 256-310-4454 The Cleburne News April 3, 2014 NOTICE Please be advised that the Cleburne County Commission intends to vacate a section of CR 62. The section of CR 62 on each side of the Tallapoosa River shall be vacated in its entirety, from the present Cameron West/Charles Myers property line, east to the intersection with CR 457, approximately 480 feet east of the Tallapoosa River. The length of the section of road to be closed is approximately 3435 feet, or 0.65 miles. A public hearing will be held at the Cleburne County Mountain Center at 3:00 P.M., during the regularly scheduled Commission Meeting on April 21st, 2014. The purpose of the hearing is to allow any citizen alleging to be affected by the proposed vacation to file written objection or request to be heard at the public hearing. Please call the Cleburne County Engineer’s Office at 256-463-2271 for further information. The Cleburne News March 20, 27, April 3,10, 2014
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In the Circuit Court of Cleburne County, Alabama Plaintiff Green Tree Servicing LLC VS Defendant Charles L. Hicks, Devyn Ainsley Sheehan-Hicks a/k/a Lisa Sheehan Hicks Case No. CV13-900049 Notice The Defendant (s), Devyn Ainsley Sheehan-Hicks a/k/a Lisa Sheehan Hicks whose whereabouts is unknown, must answer Plaintiff’s Complaint and other relief by May 1st, or, thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against him/her in the above styled case. Done this the 27th day of February, 2014. Jerry P. Owen, Circuit Clerk Attorney for Plaintiff: Amelia Steindorff PO Box 306 Birmingham AL 35201 The Cleburne News Cleburne Co., AL March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 2014 Notice of Public Auction of Abandoned Vehicle Please take NOTICE that Turning Point MHP will offer for sale by sealed bids to the highest bidder for cash the following abandoned motor vehicle: 1996 Toyota Corolla VIN: 1NXBB02E3VZ505652 The public auction will be held at 123 Co Rd. 609 Ranburne, Al 36273 located at 10 a.m. on April 27, 2014. The Seller shall have a right to reject any bid that is unreasonably low and may postpone the public auction until another specified time and place. In addition, the Seller expressly reserves the right to bid and purchase at the public auction. The Cleburne News March 27, April 3, 2014 PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING UPCOMING 2014 PRIMARY ELECTION Pursuant to 21-4-23(b), of the Code of Alabama(1975), notice is hereby given of the following with regard to Cleburne County, Alabama: 1. Instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each voter registration site and polling place, sufficient to provide hearing impaired and seriously visually impaired individuals with adequate information as to how an where they may register and vote. 2. Each polling place shall have an AutoMARK Voter Terminal for use by individuals with disabilities who would otherwise be prevented from voting because of their inability to mark a paper ballot. 3. Absentee ballots are available to any individual with a disability or elderly individual who, because of disability or age, is unable to go to their assigned polling place to vote on election day, The deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot is the same as it is for other persons seeking to vote absentee ballot. 4. Every individual, including individuals with a disability or elderly individuals, may select a person on his or her choice to accompany such individual into the polling place to assist with the marking and casting of a ballot, provided the person
providing assistance is not the voting individual’s employer, agent of the voting individual’s employer, or an office or agent of the voting individual’s labor union. 5. The Special Amendment Election will be held on June 3, 2014. Done this the 3rd day or April, 2014. Ryan Robertson Judge of Probate Chief Election Official The Cleburne News April 3, 2014
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CASE NUBER: JU-2009-136.04 PETITIONER: CLEBURNE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE MATTER OF: Tammy Blair, A minor child TO: Taurus Tyrone Ackey, father to Tammy Blair, whose whereabouts are unknown. A petition has been filed in this Court requesting that the parental rights of the father to Tammy Blair (DOB 04/16/2006), Taurus Tyrone Ackey be terminated and that the permanent custody of the subject matter be vested in the State of Alabama Department of Human Resources. You must file an answer to said Petition to Terminate Parental Rights within thirty (30) days of perfection of service by publication or a judgment by default may be rendered. Your answer is to be filed in the Juvenile Court of Cleburne County, Alabama, at the Cleburne County Courthouse. You a further notified of your right to counsel to represent you, and if you are unable to afford counsel, one will be appointed by the Court to represent you in this proceeding. A parent has the right to representation of an attorney in a dependency or a termination of parental rights trial, and, if indigent, the Court may appoint an attorney if requested. Should the parent desire a court-appointed attorney, application should be made immediately upon receipt of notice of the action, but no later than 30 days prior to trial, by contacting the Juvenile Court Intake Office at 256-463-2651. This case is set for trial on May 22nd 2014 at 9:00 am. Jerry Paul Owen, Circuit Clerk Cleburne County Courthouse 120 Vickery Street Heflin, AL 36264 Attorney for Petitioner: Jayme Amberson (KIR039) Assistant Attorney General Cleburne County Department of Human Resources P.O Box 1869 Anniston, AL 36202 (256) 240-2072 The Cleburne News Cleburne Co., AL March 27, & April 3, 10, 17, 2014
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CLEBURNE COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE# 2014-015 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOEL ANN PRITCHETT, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters of Testamentary in the estate of JOEL ANN PRITCHETT, deceased having been granted to GATHRYN R. PRITCHETT, as Personal Representative on the 24th day of March 2014, by the Honorable Ryan Robertson, Judge of Probate Court of Cleburne County, Alabama, 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. Ryan Robertson Judge of Probate The Cleburne News Cleburne Co., AL March 27, & April 3, 10, 2014 Stateline Storage located on Hwy 46 off exit 205 exit will hold a auction on April 19, 2014 at 8 a.m. AL time. in case of inclement weather the auction will be held April 26. A-21 - Melissa Holcombe A-23 - Valerie Baker A-24 - Bridget Chasse B-11 - Mark Weaver C-2 - Forrest Johnson C-8 - Pam Butcher C-10 - Lanessa Rollins C-4 - Nicole Bright C-21 - Debra Bright C-35 - Darryl Pointer C- 37 - April Spinks Auctioneer Daniel Hall AL#5224 The Cleburne News March 20, 27, April 3, 2014
8– The Cleburne News, Thursday, April 3, 2014 NOTICE OF TAX SALE 2014 The following list contains names of property owners as of October 1, 2013. If you have purchased property since this date, please check the following listing to see if it contains the name of the person from whom you purchased the property. If you find your name listed below and have sold your property, please notify the new owners so they will have an opportunity to clear the property before the tax sale. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW STATE OF ALABAMA CLEBURNE COUNTY Revenue Commissioner Joyce Robinson Fuller By virtue of a decree rendered by the Probate Court at the March term. I Joyce Robinson Fuller Revenue Commissioner of Cleburne County will proceed to sell to the highest bidder for cash before the legal hours of sale (10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) on May 6, 2014, the following real estate for taxes and costs due on to-wit: ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.000 RCPT # 10523 LOT 12 PB 4 PG 542 DB 154 PG 11, FICHE 201A FRAME 12; D1998 PG 1130; D2004 PG 498; D2006 PG 1354-1357 S10 T15S R12E Tax & Cost 73.02 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.003 RCPT # 10520 PT OF LOT 13 PB 4 PG 542 BEG AT SW COR SW1/4 NE1/4 TH: N 507.30’; E 524.31’; E 508.54’; S 411.21’; E 417.50’; SW 141’(S); W 1408(S) TO POB FICHE 197F FRAME 12; FICHE 201A FRAME 13; D1998 PG 1130; D2004 PG 498; D2006 PG 1354-1357 S10 TT15S RR12E Tax & Cost 59.24 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.009 RCPT # 10514 LOT 6 PB 4 PG 542 D2006 PGS 13541357 S10 T15S R12E Tax & Cost 37.70 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.010 RCPT # 10513 LOT 5 PB 4 PG 542 D2006 PGS 13541357 S10 T15S R12E Tax & Cost 37.70 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.011 RCPT # 10512 LOT 4 PB 4 PG 542 D2006 PGS 1354-
1357 S10 T15S R12E Tax & Cost 37.70 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.013 RCPT # 10510 LOT 2 PB 4 PG 542 D2006 PGS 13541357 S10 T15S R12E Tax & Cost 46.16 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 002.014 RCPT # 10509 LOT 1 PB 4 PG 542 D2006 PGS 13541357 S10 T15S R12E Tax & Cost 70.79 ADV $ 48.00 ATB PROPERTIES LLC PARCEL ID 11 02 10 0 000 007.001 RCPT # 10502 BEG 1215.63’ W OF NE COR NE1/4 SE1/4; TH: SW 136.96’; SW 155.22’; SE 219.19’ TO N R/W RIVER FALLS RD; TH: NW ALG N R/W 116.67’; NW 136.25’; NE 181.08’; NE 111.73’; TH: E 60.40’ TO POB; D2006 PG 1563 S10 TT15S RR12E Tax & Cost 31.60 ADV $48.00 BELL KENDALL LEE PARCEL ID 06 08 34 0 000 011.002 RCPT # 12881 TRACT 4 JAMES T MCDONALD PROPERTY DB 158 PG 804; OR21 PG 134-135; D2002 PG 233 S34 T14S R12E Tax & Cost 144.57 ADV $48.00 BILLINGSLEY RUTH & BOWEN FRANCES C PARCEL ID 15 02 03 3 000 006.000 RCPT # 7555 BEG AT INT OF N R/W OF OXFORD ST WITH W LN OF SE1/4 OF SW1/4 TH: NE WITH ST 285’; NW 207’; SW 184S 260’ TO POB DB 76 PGS 398, 485 S3 TT16S RR10E Tax & Cost 280.63 ADV $ 48.00 HEFLIN Tax 57.84 BROWN JEFFREY PARCEL ID 21 08 33 0 000 021.005 RCPT # 2890 BEG AT INT S R/W OLD HWY 431 & E R/W NEW HWY 431 TH: SW 82.84’(D) TH: SE 181’; NE 82.84’ TO S R/W OLD HWY 431; TH: NW ALG S R/W 191’(S) TO POB; D2002 PG 2361 D2007 PG 1068 D2009 PG 1872 D2009 PG 1904 D2009 PG 1905 D2010 PG 683 D2010 PG 686 S33 TT17S RR10E Tax & Cost 747.65 ADV $48.00 BROWN TIMOTHY H PARCEL ID 06 09 32 0 000 006.001 RCPT # 12767 BEG AT NW COR SEC 32 TH: S ALG W LN SEC 32 729’ TO POB TH: E 592’(D) 524’(s); TH: S 592’; W 592’(D) 545’(s) TO W LN SEC 32; TH: N 592’ TO POB; DB 165 PG 564; OR20
PG 283-284 D2009 PG 1108 D2009 PG 1164 S3 TT14S RR12E Tax & Cost 1161.69 ADV $48.00 BROWN TIMOTHY H PARCEL ID 06 09 32 0 000 006.003 RCPT # 12765 BEG 360’ S OF NW COR SEC 32 TH: S 369.1’; E 392.66’; N 369.42’; W TO POB FICHE 10-E FRAME 9-11 D2009 PG 1120 D2009 PG 1532 S3 TT14S RR12E Tax & Cost 36.93 ADV $48.00 CLINE ERIC E PARCEL ID 06 09 30 0 000 010.022 RCPT # 12828 LOT 14; COM 819.87’ E OF NW COR SW1/4 NW1/4; TH: SE 508.15’ TO POB TH: NE 164’(s); SE 277.05’; SW 89.36’; S 200.88’; NW 283.77’ TO RD; NW ALG RD 293’(S) NE ALG RD 70’(s) NW 7’(S) TO POB; D1998 PG 701; D1998 PG 926; D2004 PG 1988 S30 T14S R12E Tax & Cost 251.26 ADV $48.00 COGGIN CAFFEY PARCEL ID 21 01 02 0 000 013.000 RCPT # 3768 BEG 471’(S) SE OF INT S R/W CO RD 19 & W LN SEC 2 TH: SW 210’; SE 210’; NE 210’ TO S R/W; NW ALG S R/W 210.04’ TO POB; DB 131 PG 350 FICHE 231A FRAME 1; FICHE 231A FRAME 2-3; FICHE 244F FRAME 6-7; D2002 PG 895; D2006 PG 677 S02 T17S R10E Tax & Cost 36.54 ADV $48.00 CRAIG MAX T PARCEL ID 13 04 18 0 000 003.012 RCPT # 9342 BEG AT N LN SEC 18 & E R/W NEW HARMONY CHURCH RD;TH: SLY ALG E R/W 1252’(S) TO POB; TH: SLY 300’;TH: SELY 802.65’; TH: N 333.14’; TH: NWLY 657.03’TO POB FICHE 184-B FRAME 5; D2002 PG 1768; D2002 PG 2040 S18 T16S R12E Tax & Cost 255.88 ADV $48.00 DUNN HOLLY PARCEL ID 20 01 02 0 000 021.000 RCPT # 4747 COM INT S LN NE1/4 SW1/4 & E R/W HWY 431 TH: NW ALG R/W 255’ TO POB THN CONT NW ALG R/W 275’(S); NE 180’(S); SE 240’(S); SW TO POB DB 122 PG 424; DB 164 PG 800; FICHE 302A FRAME 1-2; D2002 PG 2327 S02 T17S R09E Tax & Cost 109.65 ADV $48.00 FOMBY MARY JOYCE (LIFE EST) REM Y FOMBY; MISTY FOMBY; KRYSTAL PARCEL ID 15 02 03 4 001 010.002 RCPT
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Fire damages unoccupied Heflin home Jury indicts another LAURA CAMPER
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An unoccupied home on Baber Street in Heflin was damaged by a fire Monday. Heflin firefighters received a call about 1:10 p.m., said Clint Cochran, assistant fire chief. The Hollis and Cane Creek volunteer fire departments also responded, he said. The fire was burning in two bedrooms in the back of the house when firefighters arrived, Cochran said. There was extensive fire damage in the bedrooms and the fire moved up into the attic, he said. The rest of the home suffered smoke damage, Cochran said. It took less than an hour for the departments to put the fire out, according to the assistant fire chief. Neighbors Jerry and Ann Turner said they didn’t know
Laura Camper
The unoccupied home on Baber Street was damaged Monday by a fire it tool less than a hour for the departments to put the fire out
on capital murder
the house was on fire until they heard the fire trucks. The house has been vacant since a previous owner died, they said. According to Cleburne County property tax records, the home is owned by Sylvia Cheatwood Brown of Cartersville, Ga. Attempts to find a phone number for her Monday were unsuccessful. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Cochran said. “The fire investigator has been notified,” Cochran said, referring to Investigator Michael Gore from the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office. Gore checks most of the county structure fires to determine the cause. It could be a few days or longer to determine the cause of the fire, Cochran said. Staff writer Laura Camper 256-463-2872. On Twitter @ LCamper_Star.
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A Cleburne County grand jury indicted a second Anniston man on a capital murder charge in the death an Oxford man reported missing 17 years ago. According to court documents made available online this week, the indictment alleges that 50-year-old Kenneth Earl Kemp II, along with 65-year-old Jack David Stovall II of Anniston, kidnapped and killed Floyd Roger Hurst, 44, in January 1997. According to the indictments, the two suspects killed Hurst by “total body traumatic fragmentation.” Efforts to reach investigators with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for a definition of that term were unsuccessful Tuesday and Wednesday. Both Stovall and Kemp were arrested March 20. Oxford police announced Stovall’s arrest during a press conference Friday. Oxford police Lt. L.G. Owens said Wednesday that Kemp was being held in the Oxford City Jail. According to his indictment, Kemp has no bond set. Owens said Wednesday that the investigation, a joint effort by Oxford police and the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, is continuing. Because of that, Owens and an ABI spokesman on Wednesday declined to com-
Warrior : The Wounded Warriors Project works with military members and veterans injured during their service. From page 1
rine Corps. He served from 1998 to 2003 but he was never deployed to a war zone or injured beyond a stubbed toe. His friend, however, was — he lost a leg, Lydell said. The injury severely limited his friend’s mobility. “He always liked to run, liked to work out,” Lydell said. “He told me he had dreams of being in prison.” After the injury, his friend received a prosthetic leg via the government. But he was left to deal with the emotional consequences of the injury alone, Lydell said. That’s where the Wounded War Project helped out. They helped his friend return to his active lifestyle, including participating in a marathon event. “It helped him to regain some of that freedom,” Lydell said. That was the inspiration for Lydell’s walk, he said. But it was totally out of character for him, Lydell said. He isn’t a runner, a jogger or even a walker, but the fundraiser just seemed right, he said. Lydell is asking 1 million people to
donate at least $1 each to the Wounded Warrior Project, but his fundraising goal is actually $100,000, Lydell said. In the first month of his journey, he’s inspired $2,829 in donations. He’s got a long way to go, both in donations and in miles, but he’s confident he’ll make it, Lydell said. Rebecca Melesky, public relations specialist for Wounded Warriors Project, said by email that the group has been lucky to have “many supporters who do amazing things (such as walk across the country) that help raise awareness and funds for WWP.” The nonprofit has a page on its website for people to sign up to host fundraisers for the project. The page notes that an events team evaluates proposed fundraisers and approves them. Staff Writer Laura Camper 256-463-2872. On Twitter @ LCamper_Star.
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Class of 1959 to hold a reunion
The Cleburne County High School class of 1959 will hold their 55th class reunion on April 12 at the First United Methodist Church Wesley Center with Jimmy Taylor as master of ceremony. Classmates will start gathering from all over the United States for this event.
ment on Kemp’s arrest. Investigators told The Star in 1997 that Stovall, once the owner of the Red Horse Lounge in Anniston, suspected Hurst and two other men of burglarizing his home and stealing cash, guns and $80,000 worth of jewelry. In December 1997, Stovall pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of murder-for-hire, saying he hired a Georgia man to kill Barry Jackson, one of the men he suspected of burglarizing his home. Jackson told The Star in 1997 he had nothing to do with the burglary and was targeted because he was investigating Hurst’s disappearance. Stovall was also charged with, but did not plead guilty to, murder-for-hire in the death of Daryl Adams, who in the summer of 1997 was found shot dead inside a limousine near Alabama Show Palace in Anniston. Stovall was sentenced to nine years in prison and was released in 2005. At Friday’s press conference, Oxford police Chief Bill Partridge said Stovall had been living in the community before his March 20 arrest. Workers with the Cleburne County Jail said Wednesday afternoon that Stovall was still in their custody. His indictment also states he has no bond. Assistant Metro Editor Daniel Gaddy: 256235-3560. On Twitter @ DGaddy_Star.
There will be a first assembly at 4 p.m., with a mix and mingle and class photos will also be taken at this time. Dinner will be from 6-7 p.m. Robert Turner a CCHS class of 59 graduate and the Bluegrass Buddies will be providing the dinner music.
Following dinner a photo slideshow presentation with over 500 photos from yearbooks and previous reunions will be shown. There will be music from the 50-60 era provided as well.
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