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Council to vote next month on contract to restore wireless Internet LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service PIEDMONT — The City Council and a Wetumpka-based technology company are nearing an agreement that’s expected to restore free wireless Internet service to Piedmont public school students.

The council on Tuesday received a copy of a contract that’s similar to an existing contract between the company,

Information Transport Solutions, and the city. The council is expected to vote on the revised contract at its next meeting, May 6.

Around nine months have elapsed since the City Council began discussing the matter with school officials.

“It’s gone on too long,” Piedmont Mayor Bill Baker said.

“If we’re going to pass it, let’s pass it; if we’re going to vote it down, let’s vote it down.”

If approved, the revised

contract will send $6,250 per month from the company to the schools, thereby providing students with citywide Internet access. Superintendent Matt Akin has said the citywide Internet service is an essential component of the system’s technology plan. Another $250 will be paid by the company to the city for using the city’s cables.

The new contract is for three years instead of 10.

The new contract also

includes provisions that state the company should pay the city more than $3,000 monthly to use Piedmont’s electricity, and that the company should pay $4,225 a year to use the city’s electrical poles. The existing contract also states that the city should be paid a pole and energy fee, but the city failed to bill the company for those fees for the first two years of the contract.

Once the error was realized, the company paid Piedmont $7,000 to make up for the lost

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Piedmont native becomes plastic surgeon Dr. David Chandler does mastectomy reconstruction

revenue, Baker said.

In 2011, the Piedmont school district used a $867,000 federal grant to install a citywide Internet network for students.

The students used the system at no cost to them until early this school year, when grant funding ran out in 2012 and the city stopped funding the program.

Also in 2011, the city signed the 10-year contract with the Information Transport Solutions.

■ See COUNCIL, page 3

Out-of-town teachers tour Piedmont schools See tech program

MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor

LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service

Dr. David Thomas Chandler of Jacksonville worked his way through college as a firefighter. That’s when he began entertaining the idea of being a doctor.

After graduating from Piedmont High School, Dr. Chandler attended Jacksonville State University briefly, then went on to Auburn University where he received a degree in physics.

With that degree in hand, his next decision was easy.

He went on to the University of Alabama in Birmingham where he earned a medical degree. There, he worked with one of the most prominent plastic surgeons, Dr. Louis Vasconez, who had a huge influence in Dr. Chandler’s decision to become a plastic surgeon himself.

“It took a little time to figure out exactly what field of medicine I wanted to do,” he said. “I thought about everything, even neurosurgery, but I learned plastic surgery is what I’m best at. It fits my personality because I’m a perfectionist and I enjoy solving problems.”

Dr. Chandler did his residency at the

Out-of-town teachers milled about Agnie Harper’s Piedmont Elementary School classroom Thursday, where about 18 students worked on laptops that sat atop their desks.

Natural light filled the room and the walls were dressed with typical classroom material, the alphabet written in cursive, cartoonish pictures of punctuation and a display of brightly colored posters. But another staple of the traditional classroom setting — books — were harder to find. A single set of exposed bookshelves in the back of the room were bare but for a set of science texts, a few spare dictionaries and a globe.

The visitors in Harper’s class were a few of about 120 educators from across northeast Alabama who visited Piedmont City Schools Thursday. The visitors came to see how the school district uses the laptops and mobile devices in classrooms, and the guests spent the morning meeting with teachers and students in rooms aglow with the light from laptops, projectors and mobile devices.

“We’ve heard that Piedmont is doing it very well, so we didn’t want to miss this opportunity to come in and see it for ourselves,” said Tommy Whitten district technology coordinator for Madison County Schools, which is in the midst of implement-

■ See CHANDLER, page 10

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Dr. David Thomas Chandler on his way to see a patient in his office at McClellan.

■ See TEACHERS, page 5

Baptist preacher works in construction industry Tony McCain enjoys genealogy MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor Tony McCain doesn’t know why he has high blood pressure. He’s had it since he was 18. It was so high, he was only able to serve 90 days in the Army as a young man.

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some of those hats, including that of taking part in amateur rodeos. He won several trophies, but not enough time and a knee that gradually began to give him problems caused him to give it up.

McCain was born and reared in Piedmont. He and his wife, the former Gloria Wood, live in the Vigo community on the very spot where his grandfather lived. They live across the road from where his father lived and just down the road from where his great grandfather lived.

For the past 30 years, McCain has supported his family as a superintendent for various companies.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL Blue Belt region brings Virginia and Georgia planters

When Alabama was being settled in the early 1800’s our first settlers were diverse in their origins. Our river regions were the most desirable lands. Indeed this is where the Indians lived. They realized the importance of water and the abundant fishing for their sustenance besides the natural advantage offered by these waters.

The river basins also offered the most fertile soil for cultivation.

Among these river basins is a swath of land across the middle of the state that extends from Georgia to Mississippi. This area is known as the Black Belt. This region of our state is called the Black Belt because of the rich, black, luminous soil found there.

This rich black soil is perfect for growing cotton. The people who settled the Black Belt were looking for new cotton lands. They had burned up their soil in the east coast of Virginia by planting the cash crop cotton continuously year after year. The soil they found in the Black Belt was much better than their worn out soil in the tidelands. Therefore, the people who settled in the Black Belt were primarily planters from Virginia and Georgia.

These settlers were well educated and many had been leaders in their govern-

ments in those states. difference between North and They were well South Alabama arose. heeled slave ownWith the election of ers and became the Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Steve cotton growing planwith the Emancipation Flowers along tation owners of the Proclamation abolishing Black Belt. They also slavery, the crucible decision usurped and wielded of secession arose. Contrary inordinate power in to what most present day state political affairs Alabamians think, it was not for the next century, Inside The Statehouse an easy unified decision that despite the fact that we should leave the Union. they were a distinct minority population The obvious political cleavage between wise.

North and South Alabama was stark and In contrast, the people who settled measured. The folks in North Alabama North Alabama were small farmers who did not own slaves and they figured they migrated to the Tennessee Valley of North did not have a dog in that fight.

Alabama from North Carolina or simply A secession convention was held on moved down from the hill country of January 7, 1861 in Montgomery. The vote Tennessee. The land they settled on was was extremely close. There were 100 not conducive to growing cotton. It was delegates. The vote was 54 to secede and hilly and less fertile.

46 against secession. The vote fell along These folks were not interested in being regional lines. The Black Belters from cotton farmers anyway. They were yeoSouth Alabama were for creating a conmen hill farmers who were happy to have federacy of southern states to protect their 40 acres and a mule. They were fiercely slave ownership and way of life. The hill independent and very religious. They did farmers from North Alabama preferred not need slaves like their neighbors to the to wait and see what their cousins from south. Therefore, when the winds of divi- Tennessee were going to do because they sion between the North and South began had more in common with them. These to blow in the 1850’s an obvious political North Alabamians voted against secession

from the Union at this time.

It was shortly after the secession convention that the majority of the good citizens of the northwest Alabama county of Winston met at Looney’s Tavern to determine their course of action regarding the advent of the war between the North and the South. These yeomen farmers of the hills were obviously reluctant to leave the Union for the cause of the planter and his slaves. In 1800 there were only 14 slave owners in Winston County.

The legend of Winston County is that on July 4, 1861 at their meeting at Looney’s Tavern the good people of Winston County decided to secede from Alabama and remain in the Union.

Thus, they basically ignored the Civil War the best they could. In their minds they never left the Union and remained free and independent from Alabama and the War Between the States. That is why they are known in Alabama political history and folklore as the “Free State of Winston.”

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His column appears weekly in 72 Alabama newspapers. Steve served 16 years in the state legislature.

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In memory of Betty and the fantasy dress High school is almost over for seniors. I know a certain few who have been counting down the days since Christmas. As their teacher at Trinity Christian Academy, I see their joy regarding the next steps they plan to take.

I remember that feeling. My best friend Betty and I shared it, and we talked incessantly about studying for our future careers, marrying our boyfriends, and having children.

We were excited enough to plan beyond retirement.

Since the two of us shared a love for music, we would travel the United States and perform with our instruments at formal concerts, maybe even at the Julliard School of Music and Carnegie Hall.

Betty and I dreamed about such a possibility because we had a background in performance. Since eighth grade, we had played a duet each year in the state competition, and we had always scored a high rating.

She played flute, and I played clarinet; and sometimes we also had a piano accompaniment for the grand performances that our band director, parents, and judges loved. How much harder could it be to please the throngs?

Also, we planned the wardrobes for our future concerts. We would wear the long, black gowns that we had seen performers wear at the various symphony orchestras that came to Anniston as part of the Knox Music Series. I can still remember how impressed we

were when elegant female instrumentalists practically floated onto stage after the Sherry other musicians had sat down.

Kughn With a nod of their heads to the director and with a swish of their skirts, the feaSherry-Go-Round tured musician would perform and sway to the music. Betty and I could do those things; and we would, just as soon as we had journeyed along a few other roads that lay ahead.

The one thing that neither Betty nor I planned was how hard those other roads might become. Before too many years went by and, after coping with many of life’s ups and downs, Betty moved far away. Because of the demands of families and jobs, we barely had time to speak on the telephone every other year or so. No matter how much time had passed, though, time fell away whenever we talked. Our conversations would always return to what had become the fantasy of girlish dreams. We had not played together in more than 30 years, and we knew we would probably never live near each other again. Then, after decades of our being apart,

Betty got sick, moved back closer to home, and died some time afterward.

As my life unfolded after her death, I began playing my clarinet again; and I thought of her often whenever I played. I thought of our notions about how life would be and how, in some ways, it had been better than we could have dreamed; even if it had not been so good in other ways.

This past weekend, Betty’s memory was especially strong because, on Saturday, as I shopped for required dark outfit to wear for the Palm Sunday concert at Parker Memorial Baptist Church, I discovered a long, knit, black dress. It was the kind that Betty and I had always wanted to wear. It had an elegant neckline, tight sleeves that would not hamper our performance, and a long skirt.

When it was time for the concert, I didn’t float onto stage as a featured performer, nod my head to the director, nor swish my skirt. Instead, I sat practically hidden in the midst of the other instrumentalists and performed my little part.

I thought of Betty, though, as I wore my dress. It flowed whenever I moved as if it were almost alive. Performing in my dress was a fantasy fulfilled. It was not exactly as I dreamed, but it was still good.

I wish Betty knew how wonderful it felt to wear a gown and perform, and how do I know she doesn’t?

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‘Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise’ Roman soldiers crucified three men that day: two thieves and one extremist.

We have extremists across the political spectrum today, but not like this extremist. He was so extreme, he pronounced himself God. No one is more despicable than a thief, especially one who steals from the innocent, from the mouths of babes, and who lies about it.

A thief who steals for pleasure and not from need, who steals because others think they’re so high and mighty and have nice things they don’t deserve. Thieves love to steal from those who are so comfortable in their own arrogance, who don’t even recognize they only have things because someone else has given them…stuff.

It’s all just stuff.

Society recoils against thievery. Some societies chop off hands of thieves.

Romans crucified thieves and zealots as

well as any who threatand proclaimed marvels ened to break the peace and utopia and supernatural of Rome. abilities no one else could All thieves get what’s Daniel imagine. coming eventually. All And, this extremist Gardner meet their Maker at the demanded and expected His end. One of the two followers to live at superthieves literally met his natural levels, not grovel in Maker at the end of his the grime of everyday lives, My Thoughts miserable life. doing what comes naturally.

While the Maker and What difference is there Creator of all things is the first to between a religious man and a non-relidespise thievery and corruption and to gious man anyway? judge and condemn the worst in all of Many see the non-religious man as us, the Maker on the cross forgave. more righteous than the hypocritical It’s hard to imagine. The One Who religious man who wears his religion had created and made all things had on his sleeves as though he were better come into His creation as a creature, than those around him. but no one recognized Him. But, one of the thieves did not. The Instead, they rejected Him and reviled extremist was not like other religious Him, beating and scourging Him to do men. away with Him finally and forever.

He was in fact innocent. One thief He was the cause of all that’s wrong argued with the other thief: “Do you in this world! He was an not even fear God, since you are under extremist Who rallied the same sentence of condemnation? men and women against And we indeed justly, for we are all that’s natural and receiving what we deserve for our human. He lifted Himself deeds; but this man has done nothing The Piedmont Journal Established 1907 up above everyone else wrong.”

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Obituaries HIGGINS

Piedmont- Service for Pamela Leigh Higgins, 34, was held Saturday, April 12, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with Pastor Rodney Ragsdale officiating.

Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery.

The family received friends from 12-2 p.m. at the funeral home. Pamela passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014.

Survivors include her daughter, Hayleah Higgins, of Spring Garden; mother, Belinda Lockridge, of Spring Garden; step-father, Jerry McIntyre, of Piedmont; halfbrother, James Crane (Kristie), of Leesburg; step-brother, Kevin Lockridge (Janna), of

Glencoe; step-sister, Sharon Mabrey (Joel), of Glencoe; one aunt, Lucinda Franklin (James), of South Carolina and two uncles, Newton Jones and Kenneth Jones (Faye), all of Rome, Georgia.

Pallbearers will be Joel Mabrey, Randy Smith, Ricky Doyal, Van Lockridge, Lynn Crook and Hunter Parker.

Pamela was a resident of Piedmont and was of the Baptist faith.

She was preceded in death by her step-father, James Martin “Marty” Lockridge and two aunts, Virginia Flemming and Sue Jones. www.thompsonfuneralhomepiedmont.com

Police Report April 7 • Fraudulent use of credit/debit card. A 20-year-old female reported a dozen unauthorized transactions totaling $885.22 made at local businesses between 6:30 p.m. April 5 and 11:05 p.m. April 6.

April 8 • Identity theft. A 48-year-old female reported an incident that occurred April 2 at 11:43 a.m.

April 10 • Possession of marijuana II. Officers recovered a plastic bag containing

green/brown plant material during an incident that occurred on the Tom Bible Memorial Highway.

April 11 • Found property. Officers took possession of a pink Rallye bicycle found on South Church Street at 11:32 a.m.

April 12 • Theft of property III. Officers investigated the theft of a full set of red drums valued at $500 that occurred on Lea Street between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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April 9 • Matthew Shane Lewis, 40, probation violation.

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• Tiffany Jo Luciana, 30, driving under the influence - alcohol.

Community Capsule • A fashion show to benefit Venecia Benefield Butler’s Venecia’s Foundation will be at 7 p.m.

Friday at the Solid Rock Cafe.

Models will wear fashions from the Willow Tree, Lisa’s Gifts, With Love Boutique, Swank and Sweet Peas. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or at any of the participating boutiques.

• A blood drive will begin at 9 a.m. on April 16 in the PHS library. Appointments can be made at the Red Cross website or just show up at the drive.

• Those with relatives buried in the Philadelphia Church cemetery are asked to come to a cleanup day at both the church and the cemetery at 8 a.m. on May 10.

•Nances Creek Community Center will have a fund-raising event by selling barbecue beginning at 10 a.m. April 19. We would like to invite all of the candidates, especially those from District 5. Everyone else is also invited.

•Nances Creek Community Center will have Trade Day and Farmers Market starting at 7 a.m. the first Saturday of each month beginning in May through October. There is no set-up fee.

• 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 sup-

port 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.

• The Calhoun County Community Band meets every Tuesday night at 6:30 at the Jacksonville High School band room.

• Bradford Health Services has free family support meetings from 5-6 Monday nights at 1701 B Pelham Rd., S., Suite D (Brookstone Building next to RMC Jacksonville). The meeting is for anyone experiencing behavioral problems with a loved one, has a family member of any age with drug or alcohol problems, needs help coping with a loved one’s drug or alcohol problems or needs help making decision on how to help a family member of any age. A counselor will facilitate the meetings.

• Venecia Benefield Butler’s book, “I Have to Get Some Things Off My Chest,” can be purchased for $15 (including tax) by mailing a check to P. O. Box 572, Piedmont 36262, or take money or check to Butler’s sister, Randa Carroll, at the office of Benjamin Ingram at 207 Rome, Ave., Piedmont. Proceeds will go to the V Foundation, founded by Butler, to purchase gift bags

for patients going through chemo treatments. The bags will include items such as comedy DVDs, chap stick, gift cards, gas cards, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, search-a-word, lubricant eye drops, gum and peppermints, soft toothbrushes, queasy drops, lotion, neck wrap or hydrating socks.

• Dogs for the Deaf, located in Central Point, Ore., is a non-profit organization that rescues dogs from animal shelters and trains them to help adults and children with different disabilities, challenges, and needs. For example, a Hearing Dog is trained to alert its owner to household sounds that could affect his or her safety and an Autism Assistance Dog would keep an autistic child out of traffic, bodies of water, and other dangerous situations. Chris Hill, a resident of Anniston and a volunteer “ambassador” for Dogs for the Deaf, has a DVD presentation he will give to civic and community organizations or individuals. Contact him at 835-6918 • New classes for the Jacksonville State University Adult Wellness classes are at 8 a.m. in Pete Mathews Colseium. Senior water aerobics and senior floor aerobic classes are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Senior water aerobics and senior therapeutic yoga classes are on Tuesday and Thursday. Contact Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-2580 or jsu9517k@jsu.edu for more information.

COUNCIL: neighborhood watch From page 1

At that time the company agreed to pay the city $6,500 a month for the privilege of sending Internet signals over city cables. The city then agreed to give $6,250 of that sum to the schools for the life of the grant.

The city retained $250 a month.

In 2012, however, the grant ran out and the city stopped paying the

schools, though it continued to collect the $6,500 from Information Transport Solutions.

a program in Piedmont.

— Approved a list of fees residents will be charged to use city recreational facilities, includIn other business the ing a new city pool. The council: city will charge individuals and couples $5 each to — Heard Calhoun use the pool for one day County Sheriff Larry Am- and it will charge families erson speak on the value of three or more people of neighborhood crime $4 each to use the pool watch programs. Amerson for one day. and three deputies at— Discussed damage tended the meeting at the at Veterans Memorial request of a resident who Park, where vandals wants help initiating such spray-painted expletives

on benches and tried to topple a monument.

— Discussed tree removal at Veterans Memorial Park. Baker said city employees were asked to trim Bradford pear trees at the park, but they cut them down instead. He added that small decorative trees will be planted to replace them.

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Nurse enjoys photography as a hobby Kim Steward McFry works at Anniston Orthopedics MARGARET ANDERSON Journal News Editor

K

im Steward McFry compares her job to a mission. As a licensed practical nurse, she is able to help patients and at the same time educate them about their health.

“I’ve always enjoyed this type of environment,” said Kim. “To me, it’s almost like a ministry or a calling. I just enjoy helping people. I love the patient contact.”

Kim received her LPN license from Ayers State. She works at Anniston Orthopedics. She was Dr. Herb McCrimmon’s nurse for over 12 years until he retired.

“Now, I just fill in and work with some of the other doctors as needed,” she said. “I do a lot more paper work now. I have more or less a desk job.”

Kim was born in Anniston. She moved to Piedmont when she was 8. Her parents are Mutt and Frances (Minton) Steward. Her siblings are Mike Steward and his wife Felicia of Spring Garden, Sandra Ingram and her husband, Ben, and Mark Steward and his wife, Lynn, all of Piedmont and Leanne Pike and her husband,

Jud, of Jacksonville.

She and her husband, Kevin “Kip”, have been married almost 28 years.

Her daughter and son-in-law, Emily and Andrew Zinn, live in Anniston. Her son, Joshua Morgan, lives in Jacksonville.

Her grandson, Devin, is 11.

Kip is assistant controller at Jacksonville State University.

Kim teaches first grade Sunday school at First Baptist Church.

“I love the little kids,” she said.

“They’re a lot of fun. I enjoy being with them. They keep me young, and I learn a lot from them.”

Kim enjoys photography and is a member of the Alabama Shutterbugs.

“I do some portraits, but what I really love is wild life and nature,” she said. “That’s my favorite thing to photograph.”

She was given her first camera when she was 10. It was a Polaroi Instamatic.

“I’ve always enjoyed taking pictures,” she said. “About four or five years ago, I started doing a lot of digital scrapbooking online.

That’s when I got really serious about taking pictures and learning more about photography. The last few years, I’ve gotten more into it.”

Anita Kilgore

Kim McFry at her office in the RMC Tyler Center.

Kim takes photos professionally. She can be reached at 236-447-9372. Her email address is kmkmcfry@aol. com.

She and Kip enjoy camping and fishing. She said most of

the time they share cooking responsibilities.

“Some nights I don’t get home until pretty late, and he’ll have something fixed,” she said. “I don’t do as much cooking since the kids are grown. My mother

raised five kids. She never used recipes. She would use a little bit of this and that and taste it I kind of learned that way.”

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RECIPES CREAMY POTATO SOUP 5 lb. bag potatoes 2 (14 oz.) cans chicken broth 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of celery soup 1 (14 oz.) can evaporated milk 16 oz. sour cream Peel and cube potatoes and pour in both cans of chicken broth. Let boil for about 15 minutes.

Add cream of chicken and cream of celery soup and stir well. Add evaporated milk and sour cream and mix well.

Let cook on low until ready to serve. Serve with shredded cheese and bacon bits. Can also be cooked in crock pot 3-4 hours on medium or high heat.

TORTILLA SOUP 1 ½ - 2 lbs. ground beef 1 lg. block Velveeta cheese 1 can Rotel tomatoes

1 2 1 1

can diced tomatoes cans chicken broth can whole kernel corn, drained can cream corn Brown meat and drain well. While meat is cooking, melt cheese. (I melt the cheese in the microwave stirring every couple of minutes.)

When melted, add tomatoes, chicken broth, corns and meat. Stir until it is all mixed together.

Cook in crock pot on high for 3-4 hours or cook on stove on low heat 30-45 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips.

CORN CASSEROLE 1 (15 oz.) can creamed corn 1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn 8 oz. sour cream 1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix 2 eggs 1 stick margarine, melted Salt and pepper to taste

1 c. grated cheddar cheese Combine creamed corn and drained whole kernel corn in large mixing bowl. Add sour cream, Jiffy corn muffin mix, 2 eggs, 1 stick melted margarine and salt and pepper to taste. Pour into casserole dish. Top with grated cheese. Cook 45 minutes on 350 or until light golden brown.

MICROWAVE QUICK AND EASY CHOCOLATE ICING 3 2/3 c. confectioner’s sugar ½ c. cocoa ¼ c. milk ½ c. butter 1 T. vanilla ½ c. chopped pecans, optional Combine and cook confectioner’s sugar, cocoa, milk and butter on high power until butter is melted about 2-3 minutes. Stir until smooth.

Blend in vanilla and pecans.

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MasterMechanic-Preacher LEFT: Rev. Davis shown in the pulpit where he conducts three services every Sunday with an overflow of the congregation in the background.

ABOVE: Piedmont Congregational Methodist Church whose membership of more than 300 won’t let their pastor, Rev. Davis, go to a larger church “because we couldn’t get a pastor half as good for what we can pay.”

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ABOVE: Preacher Davis in the Coosa shop where he is a master mechanic.

The company gives him permission to take any time off necessary for his pastoral duties, yet he supervises 58 employees and has what is considered a “headache” job in the plant. Mr. Davis says it’s possible to handle two different full time jobs, because “everyone cooperates with me.”

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(Editor’s note: The Piedmont Journal has begun publishing older photographs on a regular basis. Those having older photographs who would like them published can send them to jalred@jaxnews.com or akilgore@jaxnews.com. Identify the people in the photo and, if possible, include some information about it.)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL16, 2014 / PAGE 5

SUNSHINE CLUB NEWS

Sheriff Larry Amerson speaks to club

By Patsy Franchiseur

Sheriff Larry Amerson. Sheriff Amerson is a member of Mt. Zion Church and teaches a Bible study class there.

He began his program by telling how modern Easter lilies, crystal crosses and shades of purple technology has both good and bad uses. The good is better representing the Easter celebration were scattered throughout the fellowship hall at First Baptist Church when communication, medical care and medical research. There is technology that actually can be put to good use, but there the Sunshine Club met April 1. Those responsible for the are those who turn it around and scam people, especially decorations were Doug and Joy Borden, Sue Dempsey, senior citizens.

Betty Lively and Jane Johnston.

The number one scam is calling and telling a person he Prayer requests were taken, praises were voiced, and Michael Ingram asked Ronnie Morrow to pray the opening has won something, but the person has to pay shipping, prayer remembering all requests. The March minutes were sign-up fees or other charges. The sheriff advised everyone to hang up on these callers. Most of them aren’t even inside read by Patsy Frachiseur.

Happy birthday, led by Doug Borden, was sung to Doug, the United States.

Another scam is being told you’ve been called for jury Betty Lively, Brea Ingram, Danny Pointer and Lenny duty and didn’t show up. The FBI is on the way. You’re White.

The travel committee set up a trip to Petros in Cedartown asked to give the caller your bank account number so he can for April 17 and one to Catfish Cabin in Albertville on May stop it. The sheriff said to hang up. The FBI is not coming.

Door to door salespersons must be licensed and have 15. Other trips in the planning stages are a play in Rainsville a sign on the side of their vehicle. If this is not visible, and a Booth Brothers singing in Rome. don’t admit them. They only want in to check out what Norman Jones had the devotion entitled, “Wanted, you have worth taking at a later time. Keep a check on Capable Shepherd.” Using Psalms 23, he explained how, your credit report. If there’s been unauthorized use of like a shepherd, God’s guidance is with us each day. He is your name and numbers, call your provider. The Federal calm and capable and meets our daily needs. We should seek His words, listen to His voice and be comforted by his Trade Commission wants to know about any calls you may receive. presence. Norman closed with prayer.

Sheriff Amerson also discussed gun control. He said that Michael introduced the guest speaker, Calhoun County

County commission candidate visits Piedmont High School

Alabama has a liberal gun law, but extensive background checks are done to keep guns out of the hands of felons or mental patients. The money from permits in Calhoun County goes for equipment and training. Nineteen states recognize Alabama permits. Many states insist on professional training before issuing a permit. A bill is in the making to do away with AMERSON permits.

Sheriff Amerson touched on several other subjects including witnessing illegal acts. He said to be attentive and possibly use a phone camera, note tag numbers of suspicious cars and be sure you have your prescription bottles with the doctors’ names and names of medicines on them.

Danny Pointer asked the blessing over the meal. Fortynine members attended, including Jordyn Trammell and Huntley Pointer.

NANCES CREEK NEWS

By Thrya Smith •Nances Creek Community Center will have a fund-raising event by selling barbecue beginning at 10 a.m. April 19. We would like to invite all of the candidates, especially those from District 5. Everyone else is also invited.

•Nances Creek Community Center will have Trade Day and Farmers Market starting at 7 a.m. the first Saturday of each month beginning in May through October. There is no set-up fee.

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ABOVE: Jason Lively, Republican candidate for the Calhoun County Commission, visited Piedmont High School Monday. Lively toured the athletic facilities and several classrooms to learn more about the academic achievements and excellent extra-curricular programs ongoing at PHS.

McCAIN: Preacher teaches class at church From page 1

He’s currently one of three project superintendents for Forsyth Building Co., in DeArmanville.

He started out in construction working for his cousin, the late Jerry Kirk.

“A lot of us guys started out with Jerry,” said McCain.

He graduated from Spring Garden High School in 1969 and married Gloria the next year. They have three children and five grandchildren.

In 1973, he was saved at Philadelphia Baptist Church, near his home.

“For a couple of years I felt my calling -- that’s what we Baptists like to call it -- and I was ordained in 1976,” said McCain.

The last church he pastored was Chosea Springs Baptist.

It was while pastoring there that he decided to let someone else preach the gospel for a while because his job takes up so much of his time and takes him away from his church and family.

He felt it wasn’t fair to either.

He practically lived in Dothan from August 2012 until this past October while his company was building a library for that city.

“When I’d come home, there would be too much to do at home,” he said. “There was grass to cut and gardens to be plowed.”

Let alone taking on the responsibility of leading a congregation.

He’s just stepped aside for a while though. He enjoys preaching too much to not ever do it again.

McCain has pastored churches for the past 37 years, including 13 years at New Prospect Baptist

Church in Cherokee County and 11 years at Liberty Baptist Church in Spring Garden.

He has a master’s and doctoral degree from Covington Theological Seminary in Rossville, Ga. “I’m a people type person,” said McCain. “I get along with folks. I enjoy preaching the gospel.”

He’s currently teaching a weekly class on experiencing God at Rock Run Baptist Church.

McCain and his family live on Terrapin Creek. One of his favorite things is fishing there with his children and grandchildren.

He’s been a member of the Sons of the Confederacy,

Savage-Stewart Chapter 522, for 20 years. He’s served as commander for the past 12 years.

McCain enjoys genealogy and has traced his family back to Alexander McCain who lived in Glencoe, Ireland, around 1590.

“That’s one reason why I enjoy the Sons of the Confederacy so much is the historical side of it,” he said.

For the past 30 years McCain has worked on 25 churches in several states with Cherokee County Carpenters for Christ.

“Because of my work restrictions, I don’t have time off like a lot of people do,” he said. “So I’ve worked mostly on small

local churches building fellowship halls and Sunday School rooms. Plus, this knee that’s giving me trouble won’t let me do as much of that stuff as I used to.”

When tornados hit the area in 1994, he worked on five houses for 19 consecutive weekends.

“I was glad to help out,” he said. “That’s what life’s all about. I’ve had a good life.

I’ve got a good wife. She’s always been supportive and cooperative. I’ve got good kids. They’re all educated and they all work. I’ve got five good grandkids. They all go to church. I thank the Lord for that.”

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COUNTY TRACK AND FIELD MEET AT JSU

BULLDOGS LEAP OVER COMPETITION Boys took first place, girls third

RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

Piedmont took first place for the boys and third place for the girls in the annual Calhoun County track and field championships at Jacksonville State on April 9. The boys scored 148 points to 141 for second-place Oxford. The girls earned 141 points but trailed Oxford (153.5) and Anniston (148).

“I just couldn’t be more pleased with our girls and our boys than where we’re at with our program right now,” second-year head track coach Mark Mitchell said shortly after the meet ended.

In the boys division, the Bulldogs led Oxford 142-141 entering the final event of the day, the 4-by-400 meter relay. Piedmont’s team of Mitchell Bennefield, Seth Pope, Jamal Young and Justin Young finished third in 3:44.64 – more than seven seconds better than its previous best of the year – and picked up another six points. Oxford dropped the baton on an exchange and was disqualified.

“Sometimes you’ve got to make some luck”, said Mitchell. “We gave ourselves a chance today for a little luck and we got a little luck there at the end and won.”

The Bulldogs weren’t just lucky. They were very good as well. In the 100-meter dash, Denard Spears won with a time of 11.2 seconds. C.J. Savage was on his heels in second place at 11.04.

The Piedmont pair turned in their best times of the season and edged Oxford’s Racean (Roc) Thomas who was third at 11.05. In the 200 dash, Savage was first in 22.8 seconds and Spears third in 23.12.

In the middle distances, Seth Pope with seventh in the 400 dash at 56.19 seconds. Wil Mitchell ran 2:19.39 in the 800-meter run and was fifth. Pope finished eighth in the 800 at 2:23.28. All three times were personal bests.

In the 1600 meters, the metric mile, Justin Escamilla was third at 5:18.87. Brett Akin shaved more than 20 seconds of his previous best and was tenth at 5:38.19. Escamilla was sixth in the 3200 meters.

Bennefield was third in the 110-meter hurdles in 17.66 seconds and Skylar Fontaine was sixth in 19.23. In the 300 hurdles, Bennefield was fifth (44.86 seconds) and Fontaine ninth (47.73). All four times were personal bests.

The Bulldogs 4x100 relay team of Darnell Jackson, Dreek Thompson, Spears and Savage covered the distance in 43.99 seconds, another Piedmont best, and finished third behind Anniston and Oxford. Mitchell, Pope, Jamal Young and Justin Young ran 9:16.77 in the 4x800 and were fourth.

In the field events, Chase Keener and Mitchell were 1-2 in the pole vault. Keener cleared 10 feet, 6 inches, three inches better than his previous best.

Mitchell matched his best at 10 feet. Fontaine was fifth at 9 feet.

Jaden Amberson was second in the javelin with a throw of 126 feet, 8 inches. Exavyer Jackson was second in the shot put at 46 feet, 10 inches and fifth in the discus with a personal best of 110 feet, 8 inches. Savage and Spears were 3-4 in the long jump. Each jumped 19 feet with Savage having the

fewest attempts. The distance was his best of the season. Neonta Alexander also had a personal best of 17 feet, 1 inch.

Thompson was fourth in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 8 inches in fewer misses than Desmond Cooley of Oxford and Timothy Hawkins of Weaver. In the triple jump, Darnell Jackson was third, Alexander sixth and Thompson eighth. Jackson jumped 39 feet, 6 inches. Alexander had a personal best 35 feet, 8 inches and Thompson hit 34 feet, 8.5 inches.

In girls competition, Karri Green had a big day with three victories and a second. Green won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.84 seconds. She was first in the 300 hurdles in a personal best 48.65 seconds and won the 200-meter dash in 27.04 seconds, another personal record. Green covered the 100 dash in 13.09 seconds for second place. Riesha Thompson was third in the 100 hurdles (18.33 seconds) and Carlie Flowers was eighth in the 200 dash (29.06 seconds). Megan Mohon competed in the 400-meter dash for the first time in a meet and was eighth in 1:12.11.

Bre Green ran 6:11.84 in the 1600 meters and was third, chasing down an Oxford runner in her final strides. She was fifth in the 800 meters (2:49.54).

In the relays, the Bulldogs were fourth in the 4x100 with Flowers, Thompson, Mohon and Breanna Brazier running legs for a time of 55.48 seconds. The 4x400 team of Brazier, Flowers, Bre Green and Katelyn Truett was third at 4:56.85. In the 4x800, Truett, Mohon, Macy Hanson and Bre Green ran fourth in 11:45.47.

A 1-2-3 finish in the pole vault was highlight for Piedmont in the field events. Hayden Tyree cleared 8 feet for the first time to win. Hanson was second at 7 feet, 6 inches and Mohon topped 7 feet for third. Tyree also finished third in the javelin with a throw of 70 feet, 10 inches.

Thompson and Brazier were 2-3 in the triple jump. Thompson jumped exactly 31 feet while Brazier’s best jump was 28 feet, 9 inches – 13 inches better than her previous best. Samirra Braswell jumped 27 feet, 6 inches for fifth. Thompson was fifth in the long jump at 14 feet, 5 inches.

Jaylen Major was second in the discus with a throw of 85 feet, 8 inches, an improvement of more than eight feet. Kaliyah Braswell was seventh at 62 feet, 10 inches, also a personal best.

In the shot put, Kaliyah Braswell was fifth with a personal best 29 feet, 3.5 inches. Major finished seventh (27 feet, 2 inches) and Caitlin Tant’s personal best of 26 feet, 3 inches was good for eighth.

Even in enjoying his teams’ successes in the county meet, Mitchell was thinking ahead to the state championships.

“It’s good to win the county but I liked the way we competed today and got times down. When it was on the line we had a bunch of people come through. It was good today to see that we’re going to respond when we have to have it because in a couple of weeks we’re going to try to repeat for the boys and win one for the girls and there are a whole bunch of other teams that are going to be trying to do the same thing,” Mitchell said.

Piedmont enters opening round of playoffs Blanchard commends ‘good pitching, good defense’ RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent

Piedmont enters the opening round of the AHSAA Class 3A baseball playoffs on a nine-game winning streak after games scheduled with Cedar Bluff on Monday and Jacksonville Tuesday were washed out. The Bulldogs, who have won 19 of their last 20 contests, host Glencoe for a doubleheader Friday, starting at 5 p.m. If a third game is necessary to decide the best-of-three series, it will be played in Piedmont Saturday at 3 p.m.

Asked about the keys to defeating Glencoe, Piedmont head coach James Blanchard didn’t hesitate in responding.

“Good pitching, good defense and hitting the baseball. That’s what we’ve done all year,” Blanchard said.

Blanchard attributes much of Piedmont’s success in games to the approach the Bulldogs bring to practices.

“In practice, it’s not where the guys can be loose. We really hit home about staying disciplined – doing what you’re supposed to do at the plate, doing what you’re supposed to do on the mound, doing what you’re supposed to do in the field – every play. We don’t let them slack on that,” the coach said.

That work ethic paid big dividends again on Wednesday and Thursday of last week ■ See PIEDMONT, page 8

Panthers open 1A playoffs Spring Garden baseball coach Tony Benefield wanted his Panthers to face good pitching at Class 6A Mountain Brook Friday and the Spartans obliged. Will Ivey opened the first game with a double for Spring Garden’s lone extra-base hit. In the third inning, Grant Benefield had a lead-off single.

He moved to third base on a ground out and an error then scored on Dylan Kirk’s RBI sacrifice fly. Mountain Brook eventually won 12-1.

The Spartans took the nightcap 16-1. Eighth-grader Austin Finch, just up from the junior high team,

singled and Chase Jennings entered to run for Finch.

Ivey reached on an error then Benefield singled to the gap in right field, scoring Jennings from second base.

Joe Rogers had the other hit for the Panthers, a single.

Spring Garden traveled to Munford last Thursday and fell at 13-2. The Panthers’ runs came in the first inning. Ivey and Benefield had back-to-back singles to start the game. The duo moved to third and second on a ground out then scored on Andrew McLarty’s tworun single.

The Panthers open the

Class 1A playoffs at Collinsville Friday but will not have played since the previous Friday at Mountain Brook.

The elder Benefield expects to continue working Will Westbrook and McLarty gradually into the pitching rotation. Each got a late start throwing because of arm issues.

“We’ve just got to get consistent pitching,” Benefield said of the playoffs, noting that he hoped to solidify the No. 2 and No. 3 places in the Panthers’s rotation at Collinsville. “If we can do that, I think we’ll be successful.”

Bill Wilson / Consolidated News Service

ABOVE: Piedmont’s Megan Mohon in the pole vault event.

Baseball. softball and track schedules Baseball – The games today at Jacksonville have been canceled due to rain. Next game will be Friday, April 18 at 5 and 7 at home.

This will be the first round of the play offs against Glencoe. NO PASSES WILL BE HONORED. THIS INCLUDES BOTH BOOSTER CLUB AND TEACHER PASSES. ONLY AHSAA PASSES WILL BE HONORED. Admission should be approximately $8.00.

Softball – Today’s game with Centre has been postponed until Wednesday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. at home. There will be only one game.

They will be making up the Gaston games – both Varsity and JV – on Thursday, April 17 starting at 4:30 p.m. This will be Senior night for Softball.

Track – The Track meet for today at Lincoln has been canceled.

The next track meet will be Saturday, April 19 at Fort Payne starting at 10 a.m.

SOFTBALL

Lady Bulldogs participate in county tourney Piedmont opened against Faith Christian Piedmont didn’t lose a game to a team seeded lower than the Bulldogs in last week’s Calhoun County softball tournament. However, coach Rachel Smith felt her team let a win slip away in the 1-0 loss to Wellborn that eliminated Piedmont.

“I really had thought that we could hang around a little bit longer but we sort of shot ourselves in the foot by leaving 10 runners stranded on base against Wellborn,” Smith said Tuesday.

A disputed ruling on an interference call cost Piedmont a chance to have a runner at second base with no one out late in the game but Smith said she told the Bulldogs that the call didn’t decide the outcome.

“Anytime we leave 10 runners stranded on base and we can’t get anybody across the plate, that’s something we need to fix,” Smith said.

The Bulldogs’ Kayleigh Williams kept the Panthers off the board for more than six innings. The game ended when Wellborn took advantage of a throwing error to score an unearned run with two outs in the bottom seventh. Williams gave up just three hits and one walk

while recording two strikeouts.

Piedmont had six hits.

Mallory Roberts was 2-for3 with a double. Torre Roberts, Kendall Pressley, Kaitlyn Ridley and Rachel Baggett each had a single in Friday’s loss.

Seeded No. 6, Piedmont opened tournament play Thursday against No. 11 Faith Christian and won 6-2. Pressley was the winner, allowing two earned runs on two hits and two walks in four innings with one strikeout. Williams fanned four over the final two innings. Williams had a pair of singles. Madison Pike singled home two runs.

Hayden Tyree tripled and had one RBI. Torre Roberts and Baggett each recorded a single.

The Bulldogs then fell to No. 3 Alexandria 10-0. Williams kept the Valley Cubs shut out for three innings.

Alexandria scored eight runs in the fourth but six were unearned. Williams struck out five and her single was Piedmont’s lone hit.

In the elimination bracket, Williams limited Jacksonville Christian to one hit over four innings and Pressley did not allow a hit in the fifth as Piedmont won 7-0.

Williams fanned five and Pressley had one strikeout.

Williams had a pair of singles and three RBIs. Caitlin Tant drove in one run. Pike scored three times. Torre Roberts singled and score twice. Ridley, Mallory Roberts and Hannah Hulsizer each had one base hit.

In Friday afternoon’s early game, the Bulldogs scored three times in the first and three more times in the second then held off a fifth-inning rally by Saks to win 6-5. Pressley was 3-for-3, including a double, and had two RBIs. Williams belted a triple for an RBI and scored two runs. Pike had a single and an RBI. Torre Roberts was 2-for-3 with a triple and came home twice.

Baggett, Tant and Mallory Roberts each had a single.

The Bulldogs will make up a rainout against Cherokee County at home today at 4 p.m. Gaston comes to Piedmont Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in another make-up game. Piedmont plays in the Pleasant Valley tournament at Anniston’s McClellan Youth Sports Complex Friday and Saturday. In pool play Friday, the Bulldogs meet Pleasant Valley at 5 p.m. and Geraldine at 6:30 p.m.

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PIEDMONT: Bulldogs win 4-3 From page 7

as Piedmont swept its three-game series against White Plains to claim the 3A, Area 10 championship. At White Plains Wednesday, the Bulldogs won 3-2 in 10 innings. In Thursday’s doubleheader, Piedmont won the initial game 6-3 and took the nightcap 4-3.

“I thought we played pretty good, I really did,” Blanchard said of the series with the Wildcats. “White Plains is a good team. We were down the first game but we hit the ball good. We just hit it right at somebody. We made the defensive plays. We pitched a great ball game.

White Plains is a good team. All through the series, it was close.”

At White Plains, Piedmont trailed 2-0 after six innings, as the Wildcats scored one run in the fifth and one in the sixth. With two away in the seventh, the Bulldogs finally got a run when pitcher Peyton Whitten hit a 1-1 pitch over the fence in left center for a home run. Tyler Lusk singled and Jaret Prater walked. Batting leadoff, Caleb Adams got Piedmont’s third two-out hit of the inning to score Lusk.

In the top of the tenth, Payton Young homered to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead.

After a ground out to third base, a walk and a pop-up to second, Whitten finished the game with a strikeout, his twelfth of the contest. In 10 innings of work, Whitten gave up nine hits and walked six batters.

Adams had a pair of singles for Piedmont’s only two-hit game. In addition to the home runs by Whitten and Young and Lusk’s single, the Bulldogs also got a single each from Prater, Matt Strott and Taylor Hayes.

In the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader, Piedmont scored four times

in the second inning to grab a 4-0 lead.

Bayley Blanchard got the rally started with a leadoff double and Hayes reached on an error by the Wildcats’ pitcher.

Whitten stroked an RBI single to score Blanchard. Lusk walked to load the bases then Hayes was forced out at the plate. With one out, Whitten and Lusk came home when Adams was safe on another error by White Plains. Strott’s sacrifice fly got Prater home with the fourth run of the inning.

The Wildcats made it 4-3 with three runs in their half of the fourth but Young got one of those runs back with a home run in the bottom of the inning. Young scored an insurance run in the sixth when he, Blanchard and Whitten each walked to fill the bases and Lusk came through with a two-out single.

Hayes struck out eight in seven innings.

He surrendered five hits and walked four.

Lusk was 3-for-3, all singles, to lead the Bulldogs on offense.

In the 4-3 win, Piedmont got a run in the first inning when Adams walked and eventually scored on an error. With the score 1-1, the Bulldogs added three runs in the bottom of the third. Strott led off with a single and Young followed with his third home run in three games. With two down, Hayes reached on a dropped third strike and moved to second on a throwing error. From second, he scored on Whitten’s RBI single. White Plains got two unearned runs in the seventh to make it close. Whitten had two singles.

Adams and Hayes each had one single.

Blanchard started and worked the first six innings. He allowed four hits and one earned run with four strikeouts. Lusk picked up the save. He surrendered two hits, no walks and no earned runs while striking out one.

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2.That Notice be issued and served on BRIAN BARTLING, of the filing of said Petition.

3.That Notice be given by publication to BRIAN BARTLING whose whereabouts are unknown, by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Piedmont Journal, a newspaper of general circulation, and proof thereof be submitted to the Court by Petitioner.

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE: ADOPTION OF A.S., A CHILD BORN TO M.D. ON DECEMBER 4, 2008.

TO: Christopher Justin Smith A petition for adoption concerning A.S. having been filed, a hearing will be held on the 5th day of June, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. in the Probate Court of Calhoun County, Alabama. If you intend to contest this adoption you must file a written response with the Attorney for Petitioners and the Clerk of the Probate Court, 1702 Noble Street, Anniston, Alabama, 36201 within thirty (30) days from the last day this notice is published.

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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.

MYRA GALE MCPHERSON, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of WILLIAM FRANK MCPHERSON, Deceased.

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STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 2014-0065 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DALE MURRAY The Piedmont Journal PUGH, DECEASED Calhoun Co., AL Letters Testamentary on the April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014 estate of DALE MURRAY PUGH, deceased, having been granted to CHRISTOPHER D. NOTICE OF ALBERT, the undersigned on PUBLIC AUCTION April 08, 2014, by the HonPursuant to the Judgment of orable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Divorce entered on 3/8/12 in Probate of said County, notice Sonya Olbrantz-McGill vs. is hereby given that all persons Keith McGill, Circuit Court of having claims against said esCalhoun County, Alabama, tate, are hereby required to Case No. 11DR 11-000072.00, present the same within the notice is given that the follow- time allowed by law, or the ing described real property will same will be barred. be sold by public outcry at the CHRISTOPHER D. ALBERT, Calhoun County Courthouse, Personal Representative of the 25 W 11th Street, Anniston, Last will and Testament of Alabama, to the highest bidder DALE MURRAY PUGH, Deon the 29th day of May, 2014, ceased. at 11 o’clock a.m. To-wit: ALL Alice K. Martin THAT piece or parcel of land Judge of Probate situate at Commerce Bight, Sittee River in the Stann Creek The Piedmont Journal District of Belize and being a Calhoun Co., AL portion of land described on a April 16, 23, 30, 2014 subdivision plan of survey registered at the Office of the NOTICE TO Commissioner of Lands and Surveys in Beimopan in RegisCREDITORS ter 13 Entry No. 1639 and STATE OF ALABAMA shown as Lot No. 58 Phase II. CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PROBATE Wilford J. Lane PROBATE COURT Attorney for Sonya Olbrantz- CASE NO. 2014-0107 COURT OF CAL- McGill IN THE MATTER OF THE 1500 Wilmer Avenue ESTATE OF HATTIE SANHOUN COUNTY Anniston, Alabama 36201 FORD GOSS, DECEASED Telephone: 256-238-8353 Letters Testamentary on the STATE OF ALAestate of HATTIE SANFORD BAMA The Piedmont Journal GOSS, deceased, having been IN RE: The Estate of JANE Calhoun Co., AL granted to SABRINA ANN MARIE BARTLING, Deceased, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014 SAFERITE, the undersigned Charlotte P. (Kelley) Leahey, on April 09, 2014, by the HonExecutrix/Personal Represenorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of NOTICE TO tative Probate of said County, notice CASE NO: 2014-0085 CREDITORS is hereby given that all persons ORDER SETTING HEARING STATE OF ALABAMA having claims against said esON PETITION FOR PROBATE CALHOUN COUNTY tate, are hereby required to OF WILL PROBATE COURT present the same within the To The Honorable Alice K. CASE NO. 2014-0126 time allowed by law, or the Martin, Judge of Probate, Cal- IN THE MATTER OF THE same will be barred. houn County, Alabama: ESTATE OF WILLIAM FRANK SABRINA ANN SAFERITE, Charlotte P. (Kelley) Leahey, MCPHERSON, DECEASED Personal Representative of the as petitioner, has filed a Peti- Letters Testamentary on the Last Will and Testament of tion to have a document pur- estate of WILLIAM FRANK HATTIE SANFORD GOSS, porting to be the Last Will and MCPHERSON, deceased, hav- Deceased.

Testament of Jane Marie Bar- ing been granted to MYRA Alice K. Martin tling, Deceased, admitted to GALE MCPHERSON, the un- Judge of Probate probate. Upon considerations dersigned on March 19, 2014, thereof it is by the Honorable Alice K. Mar- The Piedmont Journal ORDERED AND ADJUDGED tin, Judge of Probate of said Calhoun Co., AL by the Court as follows: County, notice is hereby given April 16, 23, 30, 2014

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CHANDLER: Dr. Chandler attends church in which he grew up From page 1

University of Kansas in Kansas City, then moved to Houston to work at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. There, he did a microsurgery fellowship.

“That was actually one of the defining points in my career,” he said. “M. D. Anderson has the top microsurgery program in the world. I was very fortunate to get a spot there. That’s where I learned from the best plastic surgeons in the world.”

Dr. Chandler said M. D. Anderson only takes about seven doctors a year from all over the world.

“It’s super hard to get in there,” he said. “I got very lucky. It’s a tough fellowship, but once you make it through, you’re trained better than anyone. It’s one of those tough things. No weekends off, work all day and night, but that’s what made me a good microsurgeon.”

Dr. Chandler said he performs all types of plastic surgery, including cosmetic, hand, and reconstructive.

“The thing that I’m most proud of is helping women who have had mastectomies get reconstructions,” he said. “One of the things that I learned to do really well at M. D. Anderson is free flaps for head and neck and breast reconstruction. That’s something that hasn’t been done here before. It keeps a lot of people from having to go to Birmingham or Atlanta. They can stay here for the surgery.”

Dr. Chandler said he gets a lot of good feedback from women who have had this surgery.

Dr. Chandler’s office is located at the McClellan Park Medical Mall. He operates at The Medical Mall as well as the Regional Medical Center in

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Anniston and the Surgery Center in Oxford.

Before he, his wife, the former Twila Roland, and their daughter, Danielle, 2 ½, moved to Jacksonville, they considered living in Birmingham where Dr. Chandler was offered a faculty position in the Department of Plastic Surgery at UAB. “But, we wanted to be closer to family, so we came here,” he said. “We’ve been very happy.

Everything is going well for us here.”

Dr. Chandler was born in Piedmont. His parents are Charles (Steve) and Linda (Kelly) Chandler of Piedmont. His brother, Danny Chandler, lives in Piedmont. Twila’s parents are Kenneth Roland and Bettye McFry of Piedmont.

He and Twila were sweethearts at Piedmont High. During the years he was in residency, Twila worked at the University of Kansas Medical Center to help support them. Now, she’s a stayat-home mom for Danielle.

Dr. Chandler attends the church he grew up in, the Church of God in Piedmont.

When Dr. Chandler is not operating, he enjoys woodcarving and metal sculpture.

“It’s kind of a stress reliever,” he said. “I like to create three dimensional artwork. I have several pieces in the unfinished stages, but nothing I would hang on the walls just yet.”

He said he remembers as a child his father carving items from wood, but he didn’t take it up himself until he became an adult.

“It’s really nice to be back home,” said Dr. Chandler. “It’s good to be able to offer help to people I’ve grown up around. I’m seeing people in clinic that I’ve known my whole life. It’s nice to be able to give them medical care.”

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Fourth-grade teacher Christa Woodward said that after several years of teaching with technology, she was prepared to answer the questions. When the schools began introducing technology into the classroom, she had to work to teach students her subject matter, and how to use technology to do it.

“Now it’s getting easier,” she said. “They’re getting it in the younger grades.”

The site visit was the same sort of event Piedmont officials attended at the technology-laden Mooresville

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