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MAKE JACKSONVILLE TIDIER Residents urged to take pride in the city

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR

Sherry Blanton has a motto that she wishes the entire city would adhere to -Pride in Jacksonville starts on your own block.

For the third year, Blanton is spearheading Take Pride in Jacksonville Day Saturday. Assisted by co-chair Retired

Senior Volunteer Program director Denise Rucker, the two are hoping to have a tidier city by this time next week.

Take Pride in Jacksonville day is sponsored by the city, RSVP, Calhoun County Recycling Center, Jacksonville State University, Calhoun County Extension Office, Calhoun County Landfill, Calhoun County Commissioners and Wise Environmental Services.

Teams of volunteers will walk the streets

picking up litter. Volunteers are asked to register at 8:45 a.m. at city hall to receive an assignment.

Jacksonville residents can drop off items at the Jacksonville-Piedmont landfill free from 7-11:30 a.m. They can bring items, including paint, to city hall for trash collection from 7:30-11:30 a.m. There will be recycling with bins for cardboard, paper and plastic. Additionally, there will be e-cycling, with collections for electronics,

with the exception of televisions.

Cub Scout Pack 19 will collect aluminum cans.

“Each year, it seems to be getting bigger and bigger,” said Rucker. “We seem to get better participation each year. I think it helps the city. If everyone would just not throw their litter out and keep their own area clean, it would make for a nicer, ■ See PRIDE, page 9

UPDATE

RECUPERATING AFTER HEALTH SCARE

Thompson Wagoner family gets good news

Cardiac arrest lands Zade Adams at UAB

Gadsden State student will stay away from energy drinks from now on

No more tumors detected

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR

Zade Adams, 21, woke up March 7 feeling fine. He ate the breakfast his father made for him, grabbed an energy drink and left for his job at Burke’s Outlet where he has been a supervisor for the past two and one-half years.

He was the first to arrive at work that Friday morning. Usually, he doesn’t open the store on Friday. He closes it. Since he didn’t have classes that day though, he opened it.

He arrived at the store about 8:30 and started counting down the registers, getting everything ready to open. His co-worker, Shirley Johnson, phoned and asked him to unlock the door to let her in.

“She went to the back to put her stuff up,” said Zade. “I was about to put cash ■ See ADAMS, page 9

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis has been Thompson Nash Wagoner’s home-away-fromhome for a year. His parents are happy that his trips to St. Jude’s will be fewer now.

Thompson, the son of Duff and Missy (Almaroad) Wagoner, was diagnosed with WAGONER retinoblasphma in both eyes on his six-month birthday, April Anita Kilgore

Zade Adams feels lucky to be alive. ABOVE: Zade with his mom, Susan.

■ See THOMPSON, page 9

TWO BY TWO. . .

Missionaries want to meet Jacksonville residents The missionaries are not paid. They, or their families, take care of the cost of their missions.

Two of these missionaries, Sister Casperson and Sister Nelson serve in the Jacksonville area.

Both missionaries were thrilled with the lowering of the age. Sister Casperson (while serving a mission the missionaries take the name of Sister or Elder rather than their first name) didn’t have to wait until she was 21 to go on a mission. She heard the announcement change when she had just turned 19 and sent her papers in right away.

Both Sister Casperson and Sister Nelson admitted that going on a mission when they were 19 was much more desirable then when they were 21. At 19 they had both just finished a year of college, at 21 they would be close

BY LORI TIPPETS SPORTS EDITOR

You can see them walking or riding a bike on the side of the road, well dressed, well groomed and always in twos.

These are missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) better known as Mormon missionaries.

Two years ago president of the LDS church, Thomas S. Monson, announced a change in the minimum age for missionaries, lowering the age for the men from 19 to 18 and for the women from 21 to 19. The lowering of the ages created a surge of new missionaries and increased the number of missionaries currently serving a mission for the church to 84,820 worldwide. There were 58,000 missionaries serving when the age change was announced. ■ See MISSIONARIES, page 9

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ROTC, International House partner for seminar

By Heather Greene The Jacksonville State University International House recently partnered with the JSU ROTC program for an evening seminar to educate cadets on various world events, cultures, and etiquette.

Cadets rotated throughout three classrooms, divided by region -- Asia, the Middle East, and Africa -- where international students from countries within each region gave presentations on their homelands. Topics discussed included social, political, and military facts from each country, as presenters especially noted the greeting customs and basic etiquette found within their own cultures.

“This is just an opportunity to dabble in broadening their understandings of the different regions,” explains Maj. Paul Thiessen, assistant professor of military science and director of the ROTC program at JSU. “There’s no way they are going to become experts in these cultural areas in one night, but just exposing them to that different environment and letting them know that this is the way the U.S. military is going to be going in their future careers…This is so much more advanced and hands-on. I think it takes them a little further. This is not so much the science of it, but the art of it and getting to know people. Hopefully, they will meet these guys and then see them on campus.”

Directors of both campus organizations realized that the International House, located just a block down from the ROTC building Rowe Hall, could provide an excellent source of international cultural education from which young cadets can learn.

However, this seminar did not just work one-way on its benefits, but provided the international students the handson experience of teaching in an American classroom and an opportunity to serve as ambassadors.

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Seung Yoon Shin, a second year International House Student from Korea, shares information about his country and culture with cadets in the ROTC program at JSU. University International House program, explains, “In terms of my own students, they are fulfilling an ambassadorial function which is part of their scholarship to the university. But also, I want them to come away with a sense of confidence and trust in men who are wearing uniforms…I think it will be a very positive outcome. Our students come here for an education, but they also come here to learn about this culture.”

“For the cadets, it is a great opportunity to introduce them to different cultures,” explains Captain Sawdy, the ROTC survival instructor at JSU. “Just a little bit of awareness of how to talk to and communicate with people goes a long way. We certainly don’t want to offend someone when you go into his or her country if we can avoid it. As soon as you shake with the wrong hand, depending on what country you are in, your

relationship is pretty much over. It’s great for cadets to understand that there is a different perspective out there, other than the perspective that is in the United States.”

Immediately following the seminar, Cadet Emerald Padgett, a JSU senior from Dallas, Ga., says, “It was a lot of fun. I learned it was about half and half on who you could look in the eye and who you could not. That was actually interesting to me.”

“I enjoyed it. I just wish it wasn’t so short,” states Cadet Evan Prince, a JSU senior from Anniston, Ala. “I really liked it and think we learned a lot from it in the short time that we had. If we had had a little more, I think it would have been more fun.”

Both cadets agreed that this is an event that they would like to see more of and think that other JSU students, not just ROTC cadets, could learn quite a bit from a seminar like this one.

Not only did the cadets benefit, but the international students presenting did as well.

“I saw that we need to do this more often,” states MayaNora Saaid, a JSU sophomore majoring in marketing who has been in the U.S. for about three years. “Even back home, if they could give a class about American culture, that would really help them understand that everyone really is different -the Western side and the Arab side -- it’s different.”

A child of Arabic parents but born and raised in the Netherlands, Saaid explains she wished to be helpful to the cadets since she knows first-hand how one feels going into a new country: “I felt like a stranger here, so when people from here go there, they will feel like a stranger. But really, we are all human, we are one.”

For more information about the JSU ROTC program or the International House program, please visit www.jsu.edu

Winston County farmers said no to succession A good many of you found last week’s historical column interesting. You seemed fascinated about the vast diversity regarding the folks who settled in South Alabama versus those who homesteaded North Alabama at the state’s origination.

You found it even more interesting how close the secession from the Union vote was in 1861 with the vote falling in line with regional sentiment with South Alabamians for and North Alabamians against secession. However, the most enthralling passage was my brief mention of Winston County and its legendary stand to secede from Alabama when Alabama seceded from the union. This bold anomaly really piqued your interest. Therefore, this week I will expound on the in-depth details of the story of the “Free State of Winston.”

Winston County is a quiet rural county of about 24,000 people. It is about 75 miles northwest of Birmingham. Its closest neighboring cities of any size are Jasper and Florence.

It is nestled into the heart of Northwest Alabama. In fact the county newspaper in Haleyville is named the Northwest Alabamian.

Like many rural counties in our state, there are a lot more trees than people. The William Bankhead National Forest encompasses most of Winston County. The county was named for Alabama’s Gov. John Winston. He served two terms as governor from 1853 to 1857.

Winston was not from that neck of the woods. He was a slave-owner from Sumter County but a staunch Jacksonian Democrat who stood up to the railroad interests. With the election of Abraham Lincoln as president, the inevitable secessionist movement began. Lincoln’s platform as the newly minted Republican Party candidate was to abolish slavery.

South Carolina was the first state to secede. They were soon followed by Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,

Florida and Texas. Later Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas Steve left the Union. These states became Flowers southern the Confederate States of America.

Many reasons were given for seceding.

However, the primary reason was that Lincoln Inside The Statehouse planned to abolish slavery.

The men who controlled these states’ political machinations did not want to give up their slaves.

On April 12, 1861, shots were fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. These shots were the beginning of the Civil War. Once the shots were fired, the last four states to join the Confederacy quickly seceded as well.

When Virginia seceded, their western mountainous counties had no intention of leaving the Union so they formed their own state of West Virginia and stayed with the Union. A similar occurrence was festering in Alabama. The folks of North Alabama were similar to the mountain people of West Virginia. They did not have plantation style farming. They were small yeoman farmers who cultivated their own 40 acres with one mule. In short, they did not own nor did they need slaves. Therefore, they felt like they did not have a dog in the fight.

These North Alabama counties did not care much about the slave issue nor secession. These folks in North Alabama had more in common with their neighbors and cousins to the north

in Tennessee, which was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy. These North Alabama hill farmers were very religious and extremely independent.

Winston County epitomized this independent virtue. The hill people of Winston County owned no slaves, worked their own fields, went to church and did not want to be bothered. When Alabama held its secession convention in 1861, Winston County voted overwhelmingly for a 22-year-old schoolteacher named Christopher Sheats to be their delegate. Sheats and Winston County refused to sign the secession document. The residents of Winston County were proud of Sheats. They were in approval. The independent people of Winston County were not going to be pushed around. They saw Alabama’s secession from the Union as their rationale to secede from Alabama.

The rest of Alabama and the Confederacy resented Winston County’s insubordination. However, the people of the Free State of Winston stood their ground. In July 1961, a meeting took place in Winston County at a place called Looney’s Tavern. They officially seceded from Alabama. However, the resolution was more of an act of neutrality. Winston County wanted more than anything to just be left alone. It was a call for neutrality where an estimated 3,000 people, almost the entire population of Winston County, attended the meeting.

Today, if you travel through Winston County and drive by the courthouse in the town of Double Springs, you will see a statue of a Civil War soldier, half Union and half Confederate, commemorating the county’s divided loyalties during the war.

The legacy of the Free State of Winston lives on.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His column appears weekly in 72 Alabama newspapers. Steve served 16 years in the state legislature. He may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

Morrison is teacher and friend

Local environmental enthusiast Renee Morrison recently won the Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award for Outstanding Educator in Conservation. More than a half-million students and thousands of adults would likely agree that Morrison deserves any award she receives for her work throughout the past 20 years. Her positive attitude, bright personality, and smiling eyes enhance the message she loves to share: God connects nature and man in ways that should be respected and enjoyed.

Morrison is the assistant director of the Jacksonville State University (JSU) Field Schools and is a part of the JSU’s Environmental Policy and Information Center known as EPIC. She conducts and participates in hundreds of environmentally related events each year, such as teaching people, especially

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children, how to appreciate nature. Also, she works with JSU students in their various fields of study. Her work takes place mostly in locations accessible to everyone, such as Little River Canyon National Preserve where JSU oversees Sherry-Go-Round the Little River Canyon Center, Talladega National Forest, and at sites throughout Alabama.

Morrison tells about one student who became infatuated with both the message and the teacher. She was standing among a group of children and talking to them about how to build fairy houses. Suddenly her elbow grew warm and wet.

“I looked down and a little girl had licked my elbow,” said Morrison. “She looked up and said, ‘I wanted to know if you tasted as good as you teach.’”

Morrison knows how to keep students’ attention, such as when she shows them the pet hognose snake she carries in her pocket or allows them to experience the opportunity to wade in a creek or catch a jar of lightning bugs. However, no memory is as vivid as the one that shaped her life.

Morrison was five years old and living in Choccolocco on the family dairy farm when they learned that a beloved uncle had been killed by a grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park. “This was a man who had made me cinnamon toast and carried me to see the family cows,” she said.

Shocked to see her grandmother so distraught at the news, Morrison crawled beneath the dining room table and listened to biologist Dr. Frank Craighead’s explanation of what had happened. She thought of the bear that was hungry because the park officials had sealed off the garbage cans. Also, Morrison thought of her uncle who was only guilty of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She knew instinctively that the incident had been the fault of neither. If only people understood wildlife and the importance of respecting wild

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places, she remembers thinking; and she wanted to be the one to tell them.

“I didn’t know it at the moment,” said Morrison, “but I later realized that I had made a decision that would lead me to a career in environmental education.”

Morrison said she appreciates the recent award, which was bestowed by her peers in environmental education, and she credits her success to the opportunities given to her by JSU and various partners in environmental education. She is thrilled that there is a new consensus among them. The Environmental Education Association of Alabama, of which Morrison served as president last year, recently took part in the first Southeastern Environmental Education Conference.

Educators form networks which help everyone involved, especially those in Alabama.

“If someone from the Gulf Coast calls me and wants me to come there to teach, I connect them with environmental education partners in their area,” said Morrison. “It’s not about me or my success, but it is about being fruitful in what we do and seeing a change.”

The change that she is referring to occurred during the 1980s when mainstream education shifted away from environmental education concerns. Also, children began staying indoors too much. Many schools stopped allowing students to go on field trips and take recess breaks. “Those things have educational value,” said Morrison. “Studies show that children who participate in nature-based learning have fewer attention-deficit and obsessive-compulsive disorders and less stress.”

Parents and grandparents have told Morrison what a difference her suggestions make in their children’s lives. She tells them to go on a picnic with them, walk barefoot in the grass, go hiking, or barbecue outdoors. That’s what kids want.”

Morrison’s passion for what she does is based on faith.

“I see God reflected in everything, from a star in the sky to a child holding a tadpole,” she said. “Nature allows me to see a little glimpse of the Creator, and even though I don’t always talk about those things, I try to show people that glimpse with the passion I have for them.”

Email Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail.com

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Obituaries CURRIER

Jacksonville - Private graveside service for Glenn Darrell Currier, 63, was held Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Mr. Currier died Monday, April 14, 2014, at his residence.

He is survived by his wife, Gennie Currier; two sons, Bradley (Lindy) Currier and Jason (Haley) Currier; three grandchildren, Nathan, Nolan and Nancy Claire Currier: two sisters, Rosalyn (Steve) Lang and Karen (Gene) Freeman and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Currier was retired from Charter Communications.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alacare Hospice, 2109 Highway 78 East, Oxford, AL 36207 or to the American Cancer Society, 1100 Ireland Way, Suite 201, Birmingham, AL 35205.

Online condolences to the family at www.klbrownfuneralhome.com.

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Police Report April 14 • Failure of duty upon striking an unoccupied vehicle reported in the 300 block of Nisbet Street Northwest.

• Harassment reported in the 1600 block of Pelham Road South.

April 15 • Theft of property reported in the 300 block of Alexandria Road Southwest.

• Ungovernable juvenile reported in the 1000 block Alexandria Road Southwest.

April 16 • Third degree domestic violence reported in the 700 block of Forney Avenue Northwest.

April 17 • Domestic violence reported in the 700 block of 2nd Street Northeast.

• Harassing communications reported in the 200 block of Greenleaf Street Southwest.

• Fraudulent use of a credit/debit card reported in the 300 block of Pelham Road South.

• Violation of a protection order reported in the 1000 block of Alexandria Road Southwest.

April 18 • Third degree criminal mischief reported in the 300 block of Nisbet Street Northwest.

• Second degree theft of property reported in the 100 block of Ladiga Street Southwest.

• Third degree burglary reported in the 200 block of 3rd Avenue Northeast.

• Third degree domestic violence reported in the 300 block of Vann Street Southeast.

• Ungovernable juvenile reported in the 2700 block of Whites Gap Road.

• Failure of duty upon striking an unoccupied vehicle reported in the 800 block of Pelham Road South.

April 19 • Second degree theft of property reported in the 300 block of Merrellton Road.

• Third degree domestic violence reported in the 300 block of Coffee Street.

• Second degree theft of property reported in the first block of Marbut Drive.

• Third degree domestic violence reported in the 200 block of Greenleaf Street Southwest.

April 20 • Nuisance dogs reported in the 300 block of 5th Avenue Southeast.

Arrests April 14 • Darious Rashad Borden: probation violation (2X) • Anthony Shane Davis: bail jumping (4X) April 15 • Rokesha Deana Johnson: assault • Lori Lee Whitten, failure to appear in court April 16 • Taylor Roland Abbott: failure to appear in court

April 17 • Janet Blackburn Gaddy: public intoxication • Jason Michael McFry: probation violation April 18 • Roberto Pedro-Francisco: attempting to eluda a police officer; public intoxication April 20 • Demeterick Dewayne Thomas: domestic violence (third degree)

Community Capsule • The Living Museum “Fair on the Square will be from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 26. The free event, sponsored by the Jacksonville Arts Council, will feature exhibitors as they display and sell their arts and crafts.

• The J.O.Y. Quilt Guild will meet at 9:30 a.m. May 1 in the FMC of the First United Methodist Church.

Visitors are welcome.

• Five eating healthy workshops developed by the U. S. Department of Health and Services and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, will be presented at the Cane Creek Community Garden and Education Center, 77 Justice Ave. The workshops are designed for individuals and families to come together in a fun and interactive setting to learn about eating healthier and putting more activity into their everyday life. The workshops will be from 1-2 p.m.

Call Sharon Haynes at 256-975-0089 for more information. They are: • April 29, Quick, Healthy Meals and Snacks; • May 6, Eating Healthy on a Budget and Tips for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off; • May 13, Making Healthy Eating Part of Your Total Lifestyle •May 20, Physical Activity Is Key to Living Well.

• The Maj. Dwayne Williams 7th Memorial Golf Classic will be May 10 at the Silver Lakes Golf Course in Glencoe.

The shotgun start will be at 8 a.m. There will be a two-person scramble format. Registration fee is $90 per player.

Contact Nancy Turner at nturner@jsu.edu or 256-453-8607 for more information.

• The Jacksonville Garden Club will have its annual plant sale from 8-11 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Dr. Terry Bonds office, 601 Pelham Rd., S. The plants were grown by club members. Master Gardeners and other experts will be present to answer questions. Proceeds will go toward local beautification and educational projects.

• The third Team Megan Paws for a Cause will begin at 10 a.m. April 26 at the Community Center.

Registration and judging will be from 9-10 a.m.

Money will be raised through sponsors for a chance to be featured as the 2015 Ambassa dog.

Pre registration is $20 with t-shirt. Registration on the day of the event will be $30 with t-shirt.

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tion.

• Take Pride in Jacksonville Day is April 26.

For the third year Jacksonville has set this day aside to clean the city.

Teams of volunteers will walk the streets picking up litter. Registration is at 8:45 a.m. at city hall to get an assignment.

Jacksonville residents can drop off items at the Jacksonville-Piedmont Landfill free from 7-11:30 a.m. Items, including paint cans, can be brought to city hall for trash collection from 7:30-11:30 a.m.

There will be recycling with bins for cardboard, paper and plastic. There will be e-cycling with collection for electronics (except for televisions).

Cub Scout Pack 19 will collect aluminum cans.

This event is sponsored by the city, RSVP, Calhoun County Recycling Center, Jacksonville State University, Calhoun County Extension Office, Calhoun County Landfill, Calhoun County Commissioners and Wise Environmental Services. Call RSVP at 236-435-5091 for more information.

• The White Plains Alumni Association’s annual fellowship/awards banquet will be in the Christian Life Center Fellowship Hall of Harmony Baptist Church in Choccolocco on Saturday. Meet and Greet will begin at 5 p.m. with the meal at 6. Guest Speak will be Greg Morrow, a 1984 graduate of White Plains.

• A series of free gardening programs sponsored by the Calhoun County Master Gardaeners will be held from noon - 1 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month from April through September at Cane Creek Community Gardens, McClellan.

Please bring your lunch.

For more information call the Calhoun County Extension Office at 256237-1621. The following programs are scheduled.

•Beyond My Backyard.

Lunch and Learn, April 23: Rene Morrison, JSU Field School, •Propagating Hydrangeas. Lunch and Learn, May: 28: David Doggett, Jefferson County Master Gardener.

•June 25: Hayes Jackson, ACES, “Sensational Salvias” •July 23: Dani Carroll, ACES, “Creating a Bee Friendly Garden” •Aug. 27: Jason Powell, Petals from the Past, “Tough Plants for Southern Gardens.”

•Sept. 24: Hayes Jackson, ACES, “Easy Plants for Difficult Places.”

• The White Plains Alumni Association is

having a membership drive. Those eligible are graduates of White Plains, attendees who may not have graduated, and persons who may not have attended White Plains but desires to support the schools and students. The White Plains Alumni Association awarded four $1,000 college scholarships to deserving White Plains seniors last year. Donations pay for these annual scholarships. For more information call Alvin Robertson at 256236-8780, Bill Ward at 256-236-3629, Brenda Morgan at 256-435-3725 or Norman Parker at 256-447-7563.

• COPING WITH GRIEF. A coping with grief - even if nobody died group meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Jacksonville First United Methodist Church.

Please call the church office for information and directions (256-4356021).

• 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.

• Alcoholics Anonymous meets at noon each Thursday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 400 Chinabee Ave., just off the square.

Call 847-0909.

• A Narcotics Anonymous group meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at First United Methodist Church behind McDonald’s. For more information, call Pearl Williams at 435-4881.

• The Friday Night Opry Show is presented from 6:30-9:30 Friday nights at the Golden Saw Music Hall in the Williams community.

Call 435-4696.

• Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12-step program, meets every Friday night at First Baptist Church.

Dinner is served at 5:30. Large group meetings with worship and praise bands and guest speakers begin at 6:30.

Small share/support groups meet after that at 7:30 p.m., followed with cake and fellowship. Call 435-7263 or 225-2492.

• The Jacksonville Aspiring Writers Group meets from 4 to 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of every month at the public library.

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THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

Myrtle Casey celebrates 95th birthday Celebrations at West Side Baptist Church and in Tennessee MARGARET ANDERSON News Editor

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ll of Myrtle Casey’s birthdays are special.

Her family and friends see to that.

This year, her 95th birthday on April 7

was no exception.

Two weeks ago her son and daughterin-law, Mike and Grada Casey of Cookeville, planned and catered a party for her at West Side Baptist Church.

About 100 attended.

The celebrating didn’t end after the party was over. Myrtle went home with Mike and Grada to spend a few days where she continued to be pampered by them and their children and grandchildren.

Myrtle has been a member of West Side Baptist Church since 1943. She is currently the oldest member of the church and has a ladies Sunday school class named after her.

She and her husband, Jeff, married in 1942 in Heflin. The probate judge who married them was Jeff’s cousin. Jeff died 17 years ago. She recalls how they met.

“He and my brother were picking cotton together,” said Myrtle. “I thought he was a dandy. I fell for him, and he did me.”

Myrtle worked at Fort McClellan during World War II inspecting soldiers’ uniforms before the uniforms were sent overseas. She was a beautician for 12 years and worked at a sewing plant,

Imperial Reading, in Oxford.

It hasn’t been many years since she quit cutting her grass. Except for that, she maintains her yard and her home and sews for the public. Myrtle takes a lot of pride in her yard and is proud of her azaleas and her numerous dogwood trees that are in bloom now.

Myrtle believes that staying busy is how she’s maintained her health. She doesn’t have arthritis or high blood pressure. As far as she knows, she’s in perfect heath.

She walks 45 minutes a day six days a week at the Community Center and has done so since it was built. Even before the Community Center was constructed though, she was an avid walker.

“I feel real good,” she said. “I believe if you’ll just trust in the Lord, He’ll take care of you.”

Mike has a video production business, and Grada has a catering business, Grade A, in Cookeville. Myrtle’s grandchildren are Jonathan and Emma of Cookeville.

Jonathan and his wife, Leah, have two children, Julia and Benjamin. They all help in the catering business.

Myrtle started a tradition after she and Jeff were married. She posted weekly menus so that Jeff and Mike could see ahead of time what would be served.

“I always made sure to make the things that they liked the most,” she said. “They liked knowing what we’d be having to eat.”

Myrtle has always enjoyed cooking and, through the years, had many popular recipes. She shares some of them.

CHICKEN CASSEROLE 1 can water chestnuts, sliced 4 large chicken breasts 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of celery soup 1 small ctn. sour cream 1 roll Ritz crackers 1 T. butter Cook chicken. Debone and cube. Mix all ingredients together. Place in large casserole. Mix 1 roll Ritz crackers and 1 T. butter. Spoon over casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE 5 c. sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed 1 c. sugar 1/2 c. butter or margarine 2 eggs, beaten 1/3 c. milk 1 small can crushed pineapple

Anita Kilgore

Myrtle with great-grandchildren Julia, back, Ella,left, and Ben.

RECIPES

Mix all ingredients and pour into a casserole dish.

Topping 1 c. light brown sugar 1/2 c. flour 1/3 c. butter 1 c. chopped nuts Mix all ingredients and sprinkle over potato.

Mixture. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

CORN SOUTHERN STYLE 1 can whole kernel corn 2 eggs 1 t. salt 1/8 t. pepper 1 ½ T. melted butter 1 pt. hot milk Beat eggs slightly. Add rest of ingredients and turn into a well buttered 1 ½ qt. casserole. Bake until firm in a slow oven (300 degrees). Serve hot.

BROCCOLI CASSEROLE 1 stick margarine 2 cans cream of mushroom soup 1 med onion, chopped 1 c. grated cheese 1 ctn. sour cream 4 pkg. broccoli Bread crumbs Salt and pepper to taste Melt margarine and mix with all other ingredients, except broccoli, in double boiler. Meanwhile, cook broccoli. Drain and place in casserole. Pour sauce over it. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes.

APPLE CAKE 3 eggs 1 1/4 c. oil 2 c. sugar 2 ½ c self-rising flour

DOWN ART AVENUE

Former JSU music student performing this weekend Event will be at Oxford Performing Arts Center

By Hervey Folsom Training in Jacksonville State University’s music department opens a wide world of opportunity for its students. Voice students in the Jacksonville Opera Theatre have found professional jobs; other music department gradHervey Folsom uates teach violin, viola and piano; others direct choirs in churches and still others teach choral music in high schools.

Pat Barker, who was a voice major and minored in piano at JSU selected a slightly different path, one that has kept him busy and traveling to share his gift: southern gospel singing. Although the venues he’s been to have been exciting, the native of Oxford is not only excited but thrilled over the next engagement. “An Evening with the Mark Trammell Quartet” will be this Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Oxford Performing Arts Center. It promises to be a chance for Barker to see his friends from Jacksonville and this region again.

“It will be a happy experience for the audience, too,” said Jane Batey, secretary of the Oxford Arts Council, the host group. “The harmonies are wonderful and the message is strong. Jacksonville people have come to our events and we urge them to come again.”

The center is located at 100 Choccolocco Street in Oxford.

Barker’s voice is the bass part of the artistic equation in the Mark Trammell Quartet, a group based in Gadsden. The men have

given concerts in 40 out of 50 US states plus bookings in Canada and The Bahamas.

Barker has also sung in Germany, France and Italy on tour—then back to Hill Crest Baptist Church n Anniston each August for the Homecoming Weekend. The men are on the road 200 days a year. That’s the hardest part of Barker’s career, he said.

“I have a beautiful wife, Kesha, and three children ages eight, five and two,” he shared.

“I have missed so much of their lives by being gone,” So, after being on the road for 17 years, Barker has decided that in May he will step down from the quartet. He has sung with the Crystal River Boys based at Lakeview Baptist Church in Oxford, The Diplomats in Villa Rica, Ga., then the Dixie Echoes out of Pensacola, Fla. His most interesting venues have included such places as The Alabama Theatre in Birmingham and an Amish restaurant in Indiana, a popular stop for vacationers on tour.

It’s been the right thing for him to do, because, as his friends say, he was born to sing.

“I’ve lived out my dream,” he commented. Now I’m going to let Kesha live out her dream as she takes a full-time job as a social worker.”

At JSU Barker’s voice teacher was Dr. Sam Brown who now teaches in Texas.

Barker was seen as the lead actor in “Kismet” by the university’s drama department and in the play “Bus Stop”. He took part in the Show Choir, the Chamber Singers and the Community Chorus. Roy Barker, his father, has been choir director at Williams First Baptist Church in Pleasant Valley for 29 years and his uncle, Bill Barker, was band

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ABOVE: The Mark Trammell Quartet. Pat Barker is first on left. director at Oxford High until his retirement in 1996.

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CLUB NEWS

Medicinal plant specialist speaks

The Jacksonville Garden Club presented a special treat last week when Darryl Patton spoke at the Jacksonville Community Center.

Patton is known as the Southern Herbalist because of his work with medicinal plants for the past 25 years.

“All plants are medicinal, but not all plants are food,” he told the group. “We are one generation away from people using plants for medicinal purposes.

Lot of things our parents were giving us were coming out the garden.

“How many people remember using corn silk and tea to cure a bed-wetting baby? Catnip tea for a teething baby or a collichy baby?”

For 12 years, Darryl was privileged to spend thousands of hours studying under the late A. L. “Tommie” Bass, one of the last of the old mountain herb doctors. Known internationally among herbalists as well as the common folk living near Lookout Mountain, Alabama, Tommie Bass used his God-given ability and vast knowledge of medical herbs to help thousands of people from all walks of life.

During his apprenticeship with Tommie, Darryl was taught the identification and medicinal uses for literally thousands of plants found in the hills and hollows of the South. His passion in life is to pass the “old way” of using medicinal plants to his students and others wanting to continue the tradition of gathering wild plants as food and healing.

“I got to know Tommy by just driving up to his house in Leesburg,” Patton said. “I had about five people tell me I needed to talk to him about herbs. So I thought, well 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back and that’s it. Two hours and 40 minutes later, I left and I was hooked.

Patton said use of medicinal plants came about because poor people could not afford to visit a doctor so they began to look for home remedies. Many of those home remedies work today.

“Elderberry is one of those plants that has a wide range of uses,” he said. “Elderberry syrup can stop a virus and the flu’s ability to reproduce. Use elderberry leaves to make a hot tea which will bring out the sweat and break a fever.”

He also said the berries make a great burn salve, plus elderberry makes good jelly and syrup.

Yellow root is one of most famous Southern herbs.

“When you chew on it, it is bitter,” he said. “But it is good medicine for the liver and for stomach ulcers, mouth ulcers and canker sores.”

The list goes on and on.

Darryl is the author of, “Mountain Medicine, The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass,” published by Natural Reader Press and has appeared on Alabama Public Television and the Comedy Channel. Darryl has also been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles relating to the uses of medicinal plants and is in demand nationally as a speaker on alternative medicine. He has lectured in such diverse places as Las Vegas, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.

Living with his wife, Jane, on Lookout Mountain, not far from Tommie’s shack, Darryl operates a wilderness training school in the mountains of north Alabama. He can be reached by writing to P.O. Box 8481, Gadsden, 35902.

Anita Kilgore

Darryl Patton is known as Southern Herbalist.

Advocacy center director speaks to Exchangities Joe Nabors works to end child abuse STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

For the past 23 years, the Calhoun Cleburne Children’s Center has worked to put an end to child abuse. Jacksonville’s Exchange Club has always supported the agency.

The Calhoun-Cleburne Children’s Advocacy Center director Joe Nabors spoke to the Exchange Club last week.

The center provides a variety of assistance, including helping young victims tell their story.

Before the center was available, children would have to give an account of their experience to multiple authorities and agencies before going to court. Today, the center, in child friendly facilities, Nabors interviews the children with trained therapists. Not only is the experience less traumatic, the process is recorded and shared to all the agencies involved so the child does not have to repeat the process.

Nabors says that the center has an agreement with many of the local law enforcement agencies in the area to bring children to the center to be interviewed.

“They bring them to us, out of danger’s way,” said Nabors.

Throughout the years, funding has been cut to the center, but Nabors says that thanks to organizations like the Exchange Club, they have been able to continue their work.

“I feel as if God opens a door each time on closes” said Nabors.

Part of the children’s center’s work involves putting a stop to child abuse before it happens. Reports show the center’s work has made a difference. The number of cases has decreased the past few years. But, Nabors will not be satisfied until there is no need for a center because there is no child abuse.

“I hope to be out of a job one day,” said Nabors.

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King graduates basic training TOP PHOTO: JCA –ELYSABETH MORALES, daughter of Adam and Marla Morales, has been on the A-B (9th grade) and A (10-12) Honor Roll. She received the Thunder Award, was 2013 Homecoming Queen, holds dual enrollment at Oral Roberts Univ., and has been awarded a Bryant Jordan student achievement scholarship. She is member of the National Honor Society and 4-H Club. Elysabeth plays varsity volleyball, basketball and softball and is a varsity cheerleader. She volunteers as an elementary basketball coach, for the V Foundation, helps at vacation Bible school and is active in her church. She enjoys graphic design, reading and running. Elysabeth was introduced by her principal, Dr. Tommy Miller. ABOVE: JHS- VICTORIA PAIGE, daughter of Willie and Veronica Perry, is a JSU Emerging Leader, JHS Ambassador, Jr. National Honor Society member, has received Academic Honors, and was selected to Girls Engaged in Math (GEM) and the Science University Exposition. She serves as VP of the Key Club, is a Student Council rep, and is a member of the Focus Group. Victoria is the current colorguard captain in the band. She has volunteered for the JCOC canned food drive and the FCCLA tootsie roll drive. She enjoys babysitting, working out, reading, movies, hanging out with friends and helping others. Victoria was introduced by her AP Calculus teacher, Mr. Lavender.

Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Jonathan A. King graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

King is the son of Lisa Davis of Jacksonville and nephew of Ellen Franks of Princeton, N.C.

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CLUB NEWS

Klug enlightens Inter-Se members about osteoporosis Meeting held at Jerry Klug home The meeting of the Inter-Se Study Club was held at the home of Judy Klug on April 15 with Judy Klug and Elaine Doyle serving as hostesses.

Program chairman Margaret Stem introduced the guest speaker, Jerry Klug, with Alabama Physical Rehabilitation Service, who spoke on the problems associated with osteoporosis, the causes, how to treat it and how to avoid it.

He provided a booklet “Osteoporosis”, compiled from Mayo Clinic Staff Articles for club members to use as a reference.

He stated that osteoporosis is one of the leading killers of women and encouraged everyone to have a bone mass density test performed. Factors that affect your susceptibility to osteoporosis are frame size, hormone levels, low calcium, eating disorders and gastrointestinal surgery.

Other factors are a sedentary life style, excessive alcohol consumption and smoking. He discussed the drugs that would help prevent this condition,

including calcium with vitamin D, the importance of exercise and how to avoid falls.

Club president Kenneith Calvert called the business meeting to order at 3 p.m. Mary L. White read a letter from Jacksonville Christian Outreach Center, which thanked the club for its contributions.

Constance Sims, treasurer, gave the treasurer’s report showing a balance of $448.97.

Committee reports were given. A vote was taken on prospective member, Maureen Markley. She was unanimously approved for membership.

Linda Reid, Book of Golden Deeds chair, announced that Ruby Abbott had won the Book of Golden Deeds Award. The club’s nominee, Joe Maloney, and his wife will be invited to the May 20 luncheon.

Social chairman Carolyn Brooks announced that the May 20 luncheon will be at 11:30 at Classic at Buckhorn.

Ways and means chair Martha Dobson

and president Calvert discussed the bake sale to be held in conjunction with the Fair on the Square on Saturday.

President Calvert said that she, Sherry Butler and Mary White had attended the District V meeting held in Wedowee on March 22. She said that the club had provided 49 pairs of shoes for “Soles for Souls” as well as many silent auction items.

Sherry Butler had a birthday in April, so funds were collected for Heifers International in her honor. A total of $8.84 was collected. A collection will be taken at the May luncheon for those members having birthdays during the summer.

Mary L. White and Sherry Butler will attend the AFWC convention in Huntsville, April 25-27.

Other members attending were Eloise Moersch, Carolyn Sasser, Constance Sims, Shelby Thornton and Margaret Valine.

Dorothy Jane Nesbit was a guest.

The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

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Jerry Klug

Rev. Ford talks about resurrection of Jesus Easter is topic at meeting

Rev. Bob Ford

Rev. Bob Ford was the keynote speaker at the Kiwanis Club Wednesday at the Community Center. Ford spoke about the celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

“Perhaps you remember Luke’s depiction of the resurrection,” he said. “The women disciples went to the tomb where Jesus had been laid early on Sunday morning. To their amazement, when they found the tomb empty, they encountered two angles who said, ‘Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen.’ ” Ford said this is the most important message they could possibly hear, and it has been passed down.

He told the Kiwanians that no one has any way of knowing that the resurrection was at this time of year. But, he believes

whoever established Easter did a good thing putting it when they did.

Ford asked those in attendance if they had looked around lately.

“The whole earth is celebrating resurrection,” he said. “The flowers and the trees which have been seemingly dead, as Jesus, dead in the tomb, now burst forth with resurrection.

Maybe you were complaining abut the harsh winter we had. But now, amazingly, that harsh winter has brought forth the most beautiful spring in recent remembrance.”

Ford said that Easter reminds everyone that that’s how God deals with us.

“If we go through hard times, He has resurrection waiting for us. As we look forward this weekend, I remember the hopeful word of a preacher who said on Good Friday, ‘It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming.”

Michelle Hindman visits Congressman Rogers

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE PUBLIC NOTICE REMINDER Beginning April 1, 2014, all loose leaves and grass clippings must be bagged.

Bagged leaves and grass clippings will be picked up on a regular schedule if placed at one location near the street but not within the traveled portion, the gutter, or any drainage facility.

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The Jacksonville arTs council Presents THE Submitted photo

Former Jacksonville resident Michelle Hindman visited Congressman Rogers recently in his Washington, D. C., office. Michelle is a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pictured from left are Michelle Hindman, Congressman Rogers, and Paul Bisso

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PVES students participate in Earth Day festivities Pleasant Valley Elementary School fourth grade students visited Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan for Earth Day festivities. The students participated in a variety of activities to learn more about the environment and conservation. They were among the more than 900 students who participated in Earth Day April 9-10.

The David L. Walters Department of Music at Jacksonville State University will present Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Carousel May 2-4 at the Performing Arts Center in Oxford and May 8 and 10 at Wallace Hall on the Gadsden State campus. For tickets and more information go to www.JunelsBustin. com.

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Zade has faint memories of his legs giving away at that point. When Johnson walked to the front of the store, she found him on the floor gasping for air.

“I wouldn’t respond to her,” he said. “I wasn’t conscious.

She called 911. They told her to put me on my side, then they came, did CPR on me and loaded me up.”

Though at RMC Jacksonville, he began having grand mal seizures, the good news was hospital personnel had been able to get his heart beating again.

He was airlifted to the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

“They were afraid I was going to have brain damage,

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Zade shows his defibrillator.

so they used a hypothermia system and bags of ice on my body to cool it down to 92 degrees to keep it stable,” said Adams.

He is one of only about 250 patients that have been cooled like this so far at UAB. Adams later learned that he’d had a total of three cardiac arrests. The first was that morning at the store. He had one around 7 that night and another one around 7 Saturday night. Arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, had caused them.

“The doctors at UAB told me that for every one you have, you have less than a 5 percent chance of living,” said Adams.

Adams remained in UAB until March 19. The day before he left, he received a defibrillator, a small electrical device that provides a shock to the heart whenever life-threatening arrhythmia is present.

Because of having to wear the defibrillator, there are a few things Adams can no longer do. Playing sports, which he’s always enjoyed, is one of them. He played basketball and ran cross-country at Pleasant Valley High School.

“I can never play contact sports,” he said. “I can never be around or hover over a car engine. I can’t be around magnets, metal detectors or anything like that. They said I could probably play basketball if I could find some padding. If it gets really physical, they said I can’t play it.”

Tests done while Zade was hospitalized showed no abnormalities of the heart but genetic testing is still pending. He had recently started drinking energy drinks and doctors feel sure that the energy drinks Adams consumed daily at least contributed to the incident.

“Hopefully, I can be pretty normal,” he said. “If things are getting too crazy, I’m going to have to learn to calm down. Doctors say I need to limit my caffeine intake from now on. I’ll never drink energy drinks again.”

Adams said he’d always been healthy. The only health problem he’d ever faced was in eighth grade when he was

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Adams advises everyone to stay away from energy drinks. Adams will return to doctor on May 12. He continues studying at Gadsden State. hospitalized for a few days with pneumonia.

Adams said he feels fortunate to still be alive and wants people to know how thankful he is for all the prayers.

“God put me on this earth to do something special,” he said. “He gave me a second chance. I’d advise anyone to stay away from energy drinks. Some of them are not even regulated. They’re just bad all together.”

Zade will meet with his doctor on May 12 and will hopefully be cleared to resume normal activity. He’s already back in school at Gadsden State where he’s studying computer science.

Adams is the son of Mark and Susan Adams. His brothers are Zane, 27, and Zach, 25.

MISSIONARIES: Separation from loved ones is worth the sacrifice From page 1

to graduating and going on a mission then would be a lot harder.

For the young men, they can now leave right out of high school without starting college and interrupting their education.

While going on a mission for the church is highly recommended, it isn’t required.

After interviews with local church authorities, prospective missionaries submit their papers to the missionary department in Salt Lake City, Utah. They then wait for a letter to arrive in the mail and find out where the church will be sending them. Missions are not requested so the young missionary can be sent to any of the 103 missions in the United States or 405 missions worldwide.

Before their mission young people have an opportunity to go to four years of Seminary while in high school where they spend one year learning from the New Testament, another the Old Testament, Book of Mormon and Church History. Usually these classes were taught in early morning hours before school.

“I wish I had done more,” admits Sister Casperson about her preparation. “I did have five months from the time I received my mission call to the time I left so I did a lot more reading of the scriptures than I’ve ever done. I also took a class to prepare me to be a missionary and spent a lot of time praying for the strength to leave my family and to be able to teach people.”

Sister Casperson, from Inkom, Idaho, says that the hardest thing for her was leaving behind her family. “Especially my little cousins and my best friend’s children,” said Sister Casperson.

Missionaries live by strict and rigid rules. There is no dating, no movies, no music other than religious music, and no television.

They work six days a week, taking one day to catch up on cleaning, washing clothes and going to the store.

They can email their families once a week, usually at a public library where they can have access to a computer.

They can call home only twice a year, once on Mother’s Day and once on Christmas. They can have no cell phones except for the ones that the mission gives them for the area they are in.

Sister Nelson, from Gig Harbor, Wash., explained what a day is like for the missionaries.

“We wake up at 6:30 in the morning and exercise for onehalf hour. We don’t leave our apartments but can exercise in a gym if our apartment complex has one. I usually do yoga or abs and leg exercises.”

After that the missionaries shower, eat breakfast then have study time, one hour alone, another hour with their companion. They study the scriptures, Old Testament, New Testament and the Book of Mormon as well as Preach My Gospel, a manual of lessons that the missionaries teach by.

The day continues for the missionaries when they leave their apartments and go out to preach the gospel, either going door-to-door or following up on referrals. They take time off for lunch and dinner, usually at members’ homes or they grab a quick sandwich.

The missionaries are back in their apartments at 9 p.m. and they spend an hour planning for the next day. At 10:30 it’s lights out.

Missionaries always go in pairs, for safety reasons and says Sister Nelson, “to have two witnesses of the gospel;

we can support each other.”

The missionaries stay in one area then one or both of the companions are transferred to another area, another companion.

All of the hard work and separation from home and loved ones is worth the sacrifice, according to Sister Casperson and Sister Nelson.

“The most rewarding thing is watching people change their lives,” said Sister Casperson. “Being able to help people who are not happy or are feeling down or don’t have peace.”

“One of the reason I came on a mission was to be able to help everyone strengthen their faith in Jesus Christ,” added Sister Nelson.

Richards D. Hanks, president of theAlabama Birmingham Mission is pleased with the missionaries.

“These are the highest quality, highest caliber, most polite young people,” he said. “They are courteous and have given up 18 months to two years of their life and money to serve their God and fellow man. They have come to teach two things, the Savior’s words and the Savior’s works. They are phenomenal young people, and we are blessed to have them here.”

Several young people from this area are currently serving missions. Spencer Douglas is in the Colorado, Denver Mission, and Jayson Parkhurst is serving in the Brazil Fortaleza Mission. Both are Oxford graduates. Two brothers who graduated from Weaver are serving missions at the same time. Kirby Fausnaught is on a mission in St. Petersburg, Russia, while younger brother Brady is in the Adriatic North Mission.

Jocelyn Cunningham, a Jacksonville graduate, is in the Washington Everett Mission.

THOMPSON: Intravenous line removed from Thompson’s chest From page 1

24, last year.

The family received good news at St. Jude’s recently. Though there are small tumors in his right eye, they are not in his central line of vision, and Thompson has 20/20 vision in that eye. He has lost vision in his left eye.

A spot detected on his brain about six months ago hasn’t changed.

“They’re hoping it’s a cyst,” said his mother. “It’s a very small spot. We’re pray-

ing that it will remain stable and not grow.”

Other good news is that no new tumors have been detected, and an intravenous line that had been inserted in Thompson’s chest for him to receive treatment was removed.

Thompson will continue to see a lot of Memphis and St. Jude’s, just not as much.

He’ll go now every four to six weeks.

“He’s the toughest kid I know,” said his mother. “He’s so happy, and he’s always so content. He didn’t cry when they pulled the line. He just grimaced a little bit. God has blessed him with strength and blessed us

with strength.”

His parents say that Thompson likes playing with his 6-year-old brother, Sam-Parker and his cousin, Deacon Werner. Though Deacon’s sister, Mary Collins, is an infant, Thompson gives her attention and affection.

When his parents first noticed something was different about his eye, they suspected a lazy eye or cataracts. After a trip to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, he was sent to St. Jude’s where the tumors were detected.

“We want to thank everyone for their

support and prayers,” said his mother. “We have such a great support system in our community. They’ve all pulled together for Thompson. It’s been amazing. Jacksonville is a wonderful place to live.”

She said that anyone who would like to keep up with updates on Thompson can do so on his Facebook page, Team Thompson.

Donations can be made to the Thompson Nash Wagoner Fund at Cheaha Bank in Jacksonville.

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cleaner community to live in.”

Rucker said the cleaner a city is, the more likely it is to have others come into town to visit and shop.

Mayor Johnny Smith encourages everyone to come out Saturday and join the effort.

“Take Pride in Jacksonville Day gives us a great opportunity to clean up our city,” he said. “There will be a large number of volunteers that will be spending their Saturday morning doing several different cleanup activities around town.”

Smith praised Blanton for her efforts.

“I am very grateful to Sherry Blanton for heading this up and for all the volunteers who willingly give of their time to make Jacksonville look better,” he said.

Blanton said she hopes residents will participate in the day.

“This is a wonderful community,” she said. “We need to make an

effort to take pride in our community. This is the third year we’ve been able to do this. We appreciate the city for making this day a reality.”

Blanton said this is a good time for residents to get rid of paint, old computer equipment, and trash by bringing them to the recycling bins on the square Saturday instead of

Kitty Stone students suggest GOT Weekly Challenge to help elderly A RECIPE IDEA? (Editor’s note: Kitty Stone Elementary School fourth grade teacher Beverly Parker is working with her class on a challenged based learning project called KEEP (Kids Encouraging Elderly People). As part of their outreach to the community and, in hoping residents will help the elderly, Parker and her students would like for the students’ suggestions to be put in The Jacksonville News each week. The News is happy to publish the first Weekly Challenge suggested by a Kitty Stone student.)

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putting them in the trash where they don’t belong.

Blanton said if everyone would make it a point to take pride in their own blocks -- their own area -- it would make for a cleaner city.

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Jacksonville pitchers fan 19; look to Cubs LORI TIPPETS teamtip@hotmail.com

So, what does the fox say? Fans at the Guntersville-Jacksonville playoff game at Guntersville became very familiar what the crafty ol’ fox says as each time a Jacksonville pitcher would record a strike, parents, turned cheerleaders would jump up and down and scream, “What does a fox say? KKKKKKK.” Fans at the game heard the chant many times as the two Jacksonville pitchers, Chris Elias and Payton Sims recorded 19 strikeouts between them as the Eagles (16-11) beat the No.9 ranked Guntersville team, (28-9) 6-5, 5-1.

The scene was reminiscent as Jacksonville went to Guntersville last year, beating them 2-1 in the best of three series and then advanced to round two to play Alexandria.

It’s deja vu as the Eagles will now once again travel to Alexandria to face the Valley Cubs (24-10) and ranked No.6 in the state in Class 4A. The series, a best of three, will begin Friday with a doubleheader starting at 4:30.

Jacksonville proved two axioms to be true at Guntersville, great players make great plays and great teams find a way to win.

The Eagles had no lack of great players.

Game one found Jacksonville down 4-1 at the end of the second inning.

Jacksonville’s Sid Thurmond scored the Eagles run in the top of the first. Thurmond hit a single, was moved around on a hit by Jackson Bell and then scored on a fielder’s choice by Chris Elias.

Thurmond gained instant respect from the Guntersville team, for his hitting, his speed and his fielding. Not wanting to be challenged by Thurmond, Guntersville choose to walk him twice in the series.

Down 4-1 Tyler Waugh started out the

top of the fourth with a hit and Tyler Carter was hit by a pitch. Both players advanced on an errant throw. Thurmond hit another single bringing in Waugh and moving Carter to third. Jackson Bell, another hero of the night, hit a single scoring two and tying up the game at 4-4.

In the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded and two outs, Guntersville’s Ryan Quigley scored on a passed ball. With the bases loaded, Eagle pitcher Chris Elias struck out Ford McDonald to retire the side.

With their backs against the wall the Eagles came out in the seventh and did what they had to do, scoring two runs to go ahead 6-5.

Bell came out swinging with a solid single to right. Chance Marbut was awarded first when he was hit by the pitch. Bell scored the tying run on a passed ball.

Payton Sims got his first hit of the game and did it just at the right time, scoring runner Josh Glass with the go ahead run to put the Eagles up 6-5.

In the bottom of the seventh Elias struck out the first two batters. Reid Chandler and Ryan Quigley hit back-to-back singles but Elias was able to get the next batter to popup to end the game.

The Eagles had made a come from behind win and had the first game of the best of three series under their belts.

Despite giving up five runs, Elias pitched well for the Eagles giving up nine hits while walking six and striking out nine.

Thurmond was 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and one RBI. Bell was also 2-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI; Waugh was 2-for-4 with one run scored; Sims 1-for-4 with and RBI, Carter 1-for-2 with a run scored, Elias recorded an RBI; and Glass scored a run.

While it took a come back to win the first game, the second game with Guntersville

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Jacksonville’s Chris Elias picks up the win in game one of the best of three series with Guntersville. Elias struck out nine in the win. was never really in doubt. Sims allowed only four hits and one run while striking out 10 to give the Eagles a 5-1 win.

Jacksonville scored two runs in the second when Sims was hit by a pitch, Waugh reached on a fielder’s choice, and Thurmond was given an intentional walk.

A single to right by BJ Murphy, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, knocked in Jacksonville’s first two runs.

The score stayed at 2-0 until the bottom of the fifth. Elias walked, Marbut reached on an error and Jacksonville scored another run on a fielder’s choice by Lavontae

LaCount.

Guntersville finally scored in the top of the sixth but the one run would be all that they could muster.

Jacksonville scored two more in the bottom of the sixth for the 5-1 win and advanced to the second round to face Alexandria.

The Eagles had only five hits in game two but that was all that was needed.

Murphy had two hits, Elias was 2-for-4 and Bell added the other hit. Thurmond was intentionally walked twice and scored twice.

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT: LOGAN JUMPER

Grandfather helps sparks interest in golf

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Senior Logan Jumper practices his putts before a recent golf match.

Logan Jumper’s grandfather, Jim Jumper, started playing golf with Logan when he was little and the interest in golf stuck. In the seventh grade Logan joined the golf team and has been a member of the Jacksonville High School golf team ever since.

Logan, a senior, is the No.1 golfer for the Golden Eagles.

Jumper gave up baseball in the seventh grade to be on the golf team. “I love the competitive side of golf,” said Jumper. “I was very blessed and I’ve always been pretty good at it. I work really hard to get where I am.”

Head Golf Coach Shane Harper has been impressed with Jumper throughout the years. “Logan has played for me since the seventh grade,” said Harper. “He is a great kid. I have formed a relationship with Logan over the past six years. He has always done what I asked him to do and has always been somebody I can count on.

“He always pushed himself to be the hardest working player on the team. Because of his work ethic, he is a natural leader on our team.”

Logan has been the low scorer on about every round that he has played for the Golden Eagles this year. While he says that playing in college has always been a goal, “we’ll just have to see how that plays out.”

In school Logan says that his favorite subject is history, but then pauses and laughs and says “other than that, lunch and PE.” Besides golf, Jumper likes other things that keep him outdoors like hunting and fishing, “I’m not big on video games or anything like that,” admits Jumper, who says that basically most of his time is spent on the golf course.

Outside of high school Jumper plays in a lot of tournaments. “I played Dixie PGA for a couple of years when I was really young, said Jumper. “That gets into bigger tournaments like the Southeastern Junior Golf Tournament (SJGT). That’s what I’m doing now.”

Jumper says that he and his teammates are pretty close, playing not only each day together but on the weekends as well.

Jumper is looking forward to Sectionals and a chance to play at sub-state and then hopefully the state tournament.

Logan is the son of Pam and James Jumper.

Young golf team working hard to improve has been on the team since the seventh grade.

“Logan is definitely my No.1,” said Harper. “Jake Moore, Luke Sides and Jordan Smith have all played pretty solid.

Shane Harper, Jacksonville High School golf coach, has a The boys are really young and we’ve had to have some very young golf team, but one that is driven to work hard and younger guys step up and play a little bit before we thought succeed. they were going to play in those top spots and they’ve done Harper has 10 boys and four girls on the team to include fairly well.” seniors Logan Jumper, Luke Sides, Jordan Smith, Reid On the girls side Allison Hamilton has been at No.1 all Hobbs and Allison Hamilton; sophomores Jake Moore, year. Brittany Harper was injured during the first part of the Tanner Jumper, Hunter Sanford and Maria Limberis, freshseason and has just come back to help out her team. men Brittany Harper and Celia Landers; eighth grader Eric “If I can say anything about the girls its that they are new Ausborn and seventh graders Braxton McFall and Carter to golf but they work so hard and they have improved from Landers. day one to now and they still are improving,” commented The golf team lost several seniors to graduation last year Harper. and had two members move so the team had to start almost The boys’ team came in fifth in the county tournament with from scratch. A mainstay on the golf team who has been the the girls coming in sixth. Both teams are at about .500 so far anchor for the team this year is senior Logan Jumper, who this year. “We’ve struggled some at times but I see improveLORI TIPPETS teamtip@hotmail.com

ments in both teams,” said Harper.

The big competition is coming up for the Eagles. Sectionals will be held April 27 for the boys and April 28 for the girls.

Despite how you have done until now, the golfers all have the same chance to improve and make it to sub-state and then beyond to state. In Sectionals, the top four teams plus the top four individuals not on those teams advance to sub-state. In sub-state action, the top three teams and the top three individuals not on those teams advance to state competition.

Harper is pleased with the way his team has worked this year. “They have a great attitude. They come out here everyday and they are just a fun group to be around, boys and girls both.

“We have a good time. They are very respectful when they go other places.

“They’re great kids and they do whatever I ask them to do,” said Harper.

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Tennessee Tech sweeps JSU in baseball COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Brandon Thomasson and Jordan Hopkins each had three hits to lead Tennessee Tech to an 11-8 win over Jacksonville State as the Golden Eagles swept the Ohio Valley Conference series over the Gamecocks.

Tennessee Tech improves to 32-10 overall and 14-7 in the OVC, while the Gamecocks drop to 21-17 and 11-7 in the league.

Evan Fraliex (3-0) scattered five hits over six innings to earn the win, while Taylor Shields (4-4) got stuck with the loss for the Gamecocks.

Tennessee Tech took control of the game in the first inning after scoring seven runs with two outs - all unearned runs thanks to a Gamecock error - to build a 7-0 lead. Thomasson, Dyland Bosheers, Jake Rowland, and David Allen each drove in a run, while Hopkins drove in two more runs for the Golden Eagles in the opening frame.

Jax State got on the scoreboard in the second inning after Stephen Bartlett hit a two-run home run to cut the lead to 7-2, but the Bosheers answered with a two-run homer to push the Tech lead to 9-2 in the home half of the inning.

The Gamecocks cut the lead to 9-3 in the top of the ■ See SWEEP, page 12

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The season for the Jacksonville High School tennis team came to an end at Sectionals last week.

Will Cole, shown, beat Cherokee County in the first round 10-8. Cole made it to the finals but lost to Douglas 6-4, 3-6, 5-8. Garrison Cunningham won his first round against Sardis 10-7 and Ben Speer won his first round against Sardis 10-6. All three boys are seniors.

JSU men’s tennis team wins OVC tournament PADUCAH, Ky. - In a classic championship match that came down to a third set at No. 6, the Jacksonville State men’s tennis team claimed the 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship, 4-3, over Belmont on Saturday at the Heflin Tennis Center in Paducah, Ky. The Gamecocks (17-7), who shared the regular season title with the Bruins, won the program’s fourth OVC crown and the first since 2009. It’s also the second time that JSU has won both the regular season and tournament title as it won both in 2007.

The Gamecocks earned the league’s automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship that will get underway in May. The 64-team field will be announced on NCAA.com on April 29.

“It was a great team effort today. We knew the doubles point would be key to the match and Belmont played an outstanding match. It was just a great college tennis match today,” said head coach Steve Bailey.

Junior Felipe Wenzel, who was inserted in to the line up prior to the match at No. 6

singles, clinched the championship after bouncing back from a first set loss to Martjn Verberne, 7-6 (5). Wenzel quick-worked Verberne the next two sets, 6-0, 6-0.

The Gamecocks picked up the crucial doubles point in a tiebreaker on court No. 2.

After JSU’s team of Jefferson Wendler-Filho and Wenzel topped Hans Nardelli and Verberne, 8-5, the Bruins evened doubles with an 8-6 win at No. 1 over Jax State’s pairing of Jaryd Reese and Pedro Wagner. The freshmen duo of Mathias Chaim and Dylan Gee clinched the point with a thrilling 8-7 win as they won the tiebreak, 7-4.

With momentum on its side, JSU jumped up a set on No. 4 and 5 singles. Wendler-Filho, an OVC second Team performer, needed little time disposing of Nardelli at No. 4. He tallied the second team point with a 6-1, 6-2 victory. Chaim battled Henrik Claesson at No. 5 before he added the Gamecocks’ third point after a 6-2, 7-5 win.

Needing just one more point for the championship, the Bruins pushed JSU to the third set at No. 6 after Mauricio Antun, the league’s Player of the Year, topped Wagner at No. 1, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Reese tested Marko Lovrinovic, but dropped a 7-4, 7-6 decision. Gee fell to Cedric Dujacquier, the OVC Freshman of the Year, 6-1, 6-4.

His 100th turkey

Harbin continues to baffle hitters MARTIN, Tenn. - Senior Tiffany Harbin tossed a twohit shutout in a 3-0 game one win at UT Martin on Saturday before slamming the door on a 7-5 win in the nightcap and on a doubleheader sweep of the Skyhawks.

The senior from Hazel Green, Ala., continued her dominance of Ohio Valley Conference hitters in the twinbill sweep of the Skyhawks (23-22-1, 10-9 OVC), tying her career high with 15 strikeouts in the opening game gem and grabbing her first save in the finale. For the third time in her career and the second this season, she came one strikeout away from the Gamecocks (33-12, 17-4 OVC) record of 16 in a game.

On the day, she tossed 9.2 scoreless innings, extending her scoreless innings streak against OVC opponents to 28.2. She has taken the circle in 81.2 innings in OVC play this season and has not allowed a run in 76 of those innings, dropping her earned run average in OVC play to 0.86. She has struck out 119 OVC batters while limiting them to a .161 average.

Senior Hayden Crawford had a big day at the plate, going 4-for-7 with a pair of doubles and two RBI, while junior Savannah Sloan went 3-for-7 and scored three runs.

In the opening game, UTM starter Brooke Kennedy matched Harbin for four innings and took a no-hitter

It took Collin Cotton 30 years to kill his 100th turkey.

“My grandfather gave me the box call in April of 1984 when I killed my first turkey in Selma. He said, ‘Notch this call every time you kill a turkey. Don’t ever cheat and don’t notch it when you call one up for someone else. It will mean something to you someday.’

He was right.

“Last week, I notched my 100th mark on my box call. Guess it’s time to start on my next hundred.”

Cotton is city president of Farmers & Merchants Bank in Jacksonville.

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eighth inning after Eddie Mora-Loera scored on Ryan Sebra’s infield grounder, but Tech scored two runs in the bottom of the inning on back-to-back RBI singles by Rowland and Allen to build an 11-3 lead.

Jacksonville State then rallied in the ninth inning and scored five runs to cut the lead to 11-8 and had the tying run at the plate before the Golden Eagles got the final out to end the game.

Michael Bishop, Mora-Loera and Bartlett each drove in a run, while Paschal Petrongolo drove in two more runs as JSU sent 10 players to the plate in the ninth inning.

Griff Gordon, Chase Silvani, Mora-Loera, Petrongolo and Bartlett each had two hits to lead the Gamecocks at the plate, while Bartlett finished with three RBI. Jacksonville State returns to action against Troy University on Wednesday evening. Game time is set for 6 p.m. at Rudy Abbott Field, and the game will be carried on the JSU Radio Network.

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Cain Sloan (2-0) had a pair of strikeouts and did not allow a hit in two innings of relief to pick up the win, while Seth Lucio recorded the final three outs to earn his ninth save for the Golden Eagles. JSU’s Michael Mason (0-1) suffered the loss after giving up two runs for the Gamecocks. had three hits to lead Tennessee Tech.

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the fifth. The Gamecocks put an end to it in that fifth inning, thanks to a Crawford leadoff single to right. Sophomore Ella Denes doubled her in two batters later to break the scoreless tie and then scored on a two-out single from junior Sara Borders to give JSU a 2-0 lead.

That would be all Harbin (146) would need, as she allowed just one base runner after she was given the lead. She struck out multiple batters in five of her seven shutout innings, while the two hits she allowed were singles. Seven of the final nine outs were via strikeout.

The Gamecocks gave her an insurance run in the seventh, thanks to a two-out single from Denes and an RBI triple from freshman Taylor Sloan.

Kennedy (4-2) took the loss despite limiting JSU to three runs on five hits in 6.2 innings.

She struck out three and walked two. Denes was the only player on the field with multiple hits in game one of the twinbill, both of which led to JSU runs.

In the finale, freshman Logan Green tossed a gem for four innings before the Skyhawks put their lone rally of the day together in the fifth. JSU took a 6-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth, when the Skyhawks grabbed four runs on five hits to cut the lead to one. Harbin entered to put out the fire with runners at the corners and one out, and she promptly retired the next two batters to preserve the lead. She kept them off the board the rest of the way to earn the save in 2.2 scoreless frames that saw her strikeout five of the final six batters she faced.

Green (10-2) grabbed the win after giving up five runs, four earned, on seven hits in 4.1 innings in the circle. She also struck out five batters and walked one. She gave up a lead off homer to Renate Meckl in the third, snapping a streak of 40 consecutive scoreless innings by JSU pitchers against OVC hitters.

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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama (the “City”) acquired certain real property by deed on January 27, 1998 as authorized by Resolution No. 668 dated November 10, 1997; and WHEREAS, the City Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville (the “Board”) is vested with the general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interests of the City of Jacksonville; and WHEREAS, the Board has made an official request that the City transfer a portion of the above referenced property from the intersection of Emily’s Pass and James Hopkins Road south to George Douthit Drive and back west to the Chief Ladiga Trail for the construction of a new elementary school and associated facilities; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that the portion of real estate upon which the new elementary school is to be constructed (shown in Exhibit A) is not needed for public or municipal purposes by the City, and that the construction of a new elementary school is sufficient consideration for the transfer of real property to the Board; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. It is hereby established and declared that the following described real property of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama, is no longer needed for public or municipal purposes by the City: All of the real property shown on a copy of the warranty deed attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.

Section 2. Pursuant to the authority granted by § 11-47-20, Code of Alabama 1975, the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized, directed and empowered to execute a warranty deed, a copy of which is attached to this ordinance as Exhibit A and made part hereof, conveying said property to the City Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama.

Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and publication or posting as required by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 24th day of March, 2014.

Approved by Mayor Johnny L. Smith ATTEST: City Clerk Dorothy P. Wilson CMC Exhibit A STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF CALHOUN WARRANTY DEED NO TITLE WORK PERFORMED THIS INDENTURE, made this 25th day of March,2014, between CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA, (hereinafter referred to as Grantor), and the JACKSONVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, JACKSONVILLE CITY SCHOOLS, Jacksonville, Alabama, (hereinafter referred to as Grantee). WITNESSETH, that the Grantor, in consideration of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged the said Grantor now does hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the Grantee the following described real estate, to- wit: The following is a description of 30.52 acres of land, more or less, located in the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Township 14 South, Range 8 East, Huntsville Meridian, Calhoun County, Alabama, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 22 being marked by a nail and cap over an iron pin under the pavement of George Douthit Drive, thence South 89 deg. 49 min.

03 sec. West 25.0 ft. along the South line of said section, thence North 00 deg. 23 min.

34 sec. East 50.00 ft. to a nail set at the point of beginning of the hereafter parcel, thence North 00 deg. 23 min. 34 sec.

East 1030.27 ft. along the deeded Western right-of-way of James Hopkins Road, according to Deed 2032, Page 841, to a capped iron set, thence leaving said road North 89 deg. 56 min 05 sec. West 1169.93 ft. to the Eastern right-of-way of the Chief Ladiga Trail, thence along the Eastern right-of-way of the Chief Ladiga Trail having a curve to the right the following chord bearings and distances, South 16 deg. 03 min.

11 sec. West 128.98 ft., thence South 16 deg 29 min. 41 sec.

West 125.97 ft., thence South 18 deg. 39 min 15 sec. West 304.68 ft., thence South 20 deg. 49 min. 16 sec. West 170.39 ft., thence South 23 deg. 34 min. 35 sec. West 154.14 ft., thence South 24 deg. 49 min. 07 sec. West 160.74 ft., thence leaving said trail South 89 deg. 56 min. 05 sec. East 993.73 ft. to a capped iron set, thence South 00 deg. 19 min. 44 sec. West 50.00 ft. to a capped iron set, thence South 89 deg. 56 min.

05 sec. East 528.00 ft. to the point of beginning.

SAVE AND EXCEPT Grantor does reserve and retain any and all rights to the trees and timber standing on the property as of the date of this deed.

Grantor further reserves the right, right of way and easement of ingress and egress and to come onto the property with the manpower and equipment necessary to harvest and remove the trees and timber.

All the proceeds of the sale of trees and timber shall be the exclusive property of the Grantor herein.

The above property is subject to any prescriptive right-of-way of the James Hopkins Road, as shown, and any easements of record or not of record.

Per the survey of Timothy D. Barry, RLS AL REG. NO.

Tuesday, April 22 , 2014 • 13

20034, dated March 7, 2014 That whereas the City Council of the City of Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama by an ordinance duly, properly and legally made and passed on the 24th day of March, 2014, and entered on its minutes directing the disposal and declaring the hereinafter real property as surplus and not needed for public or municipal purposes and directing Johnny Smith, its Mayor to make title thereto, which ordinance has been duly and legally advertised in accordance to the laws and statutes of the State of Alabama, and no objection having been made after publication of said ordinance, the hereinafter described real estate was sold to the Jacksonville City Board of Education, Jacksonville City Schools, of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama for the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and, Whereas City of Jacksonville, Alabama is desirous of having the title to the hereinafter described real estate conveyed to Jacksonville City Board of Education, Jacksonville City Schools of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama in accordance with the terms and conditions of the above referred to ordinance.

The draftsman makes no warranty that the description referenced in this document is correct, or that the Grantor is the owner of the premises. Unless separately contracted for, no title examinations has been performed, and there are no representations made that any subdivision restrictions, state, county, or city regulations have been complied with. Further there are no warranties concerning prescription or adverse possession by surrounding landowners or existing easements that may exist on the property but are not referenced in this document.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD to the said Grantee, in fee simple, absolute, forever. And Grantor does covenant with said Grantee, its successors and assigns, that Grantor is lawfully seized in fee simple of the said premises; that it is free from all encumbrances, unless otherwise noted above; that Grantor has a good right to sell and convey the same as aforesaid; that Grantor will warrant and defend the same to the said Grantee, forever, against the lawful claims of all persons.

I attest, to the best of my knowledge and believe that the information contained in this document is true and accurate.

I further understand that any false statements claimed in this document may result in the imposition indicated in Code of Alabama 1975, §40-22-1(h).

In witness whereof, the City of Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, a municipal corporation, has caused its name to be affixed hereto by Johnny Smith, its Mayor, who is duly authorized, and has caused the same to be attested by Dorothy Wilson, its City Clerk, and its Corporate Seal affixed on the 25th day of March, 2014.

City of Jacksonville, Alabama A municipal corporation By:Johnny L. Smith Its Mayor Attest: Dorothy P. Wilson City Clerk The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 22, 2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0146 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES EDWARD PEOPLES, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the estate of JAMES EDWARD PEOPLES, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on March 26, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

SANDRA T. HANVEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMES EDWARD PEOPLES, Deceased.

Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 8, 15, 22, 2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0153 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN NORMAN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of PATRICIA ANN NORMAN, deceased, having been granted to RALPH REYNARD NORMAN III, the undersigned on March 31, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

RALPH REYNARD NORMAN III, Personal Representative of the last Will and Testament of PATRICIA ANN NORMAN, Deceased.

Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 8, 15, 22, 2014

ORDINANCE NO. O-566-14

PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN

REAL PROPERTY INTOTHE CORPORATE LIMITS WHEREAS, there has been presented to the City Council a petition executed by the City of Jacksonville, Alabama, being the sole owner of that certain property described below, requesting that such property be annexed into the City of Jacksonville, Alabama, and: WHEREAS, the Council has determined that said property is contiguous to the existing corporate limits of the City of Jacksonville, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama, as follows: Part of the southeast quarter of section 22, Township 14 South, Range 8 East, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 22, Township 14 South, Range 8 East, said point also being the intersection of the centerline of County Road #65 and the Jacksonville-Weaver Road; thence north 51 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds west 37.42 feet to the point of intersection of the north right-of-way line of said County Road #65 with the west right-of-way line of said Jacksonville-Weaver Road, said point also being the true point of beginning of the hereafter described parcel; thence northerly along said west right-ofway line of Jacksonville-Weaver Road 2,647.95 feet; thence westerly with an interior angle of 87 degrees 08 minutes 24 seconds 1,607.09 feet to the intersection of the centerline of Southern Railway right-of-way with the south right-of-way line of County Road #25; thence southerly along said centerline of Southern Railway right-ofway as follows: with an interior angle of 89 degrees 31 minutes 46 seconds 267.18 feet; with and interior angle of 185 degrees 26 minutes 38 seconds 226.68 feet; with an interior angle of 182 degrees 00 minutes 08 seconds 158.94 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 41 minutes 15 seconds 151.75 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 36 minutes 48 seconds 156.44 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 30 minutes 22 seconds 135.28 feet; with an interior angle 181 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds 136.79 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 22 minutes 23 seconds 150.42 feet; with and interior angle of 181 degrees 26 minutes 38 seconds 173.52 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 20 minutes 54 seconds 134.61 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 19 minutes 27 seconds 146.81 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 24 minutes 33 seconds 121.97 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds 140.25 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds 143.57 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 23 minutes 33 seconds 123.55 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 23 minutes 08 seconds 127.29 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 31 minutes 18 seconds 177.18 feet; with an interior angle of 181 degrees 25 minutes 50 seconds 55.63 feet; thence easterly with an interior angle of 63 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds 667.13 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line of said County Road #65; thence northeasterly with an interior angle of 164 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds along said north right-of-way line a chord length of 87.96 feet; thence easterly with an interior angle of 195 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds along said north rightof-way line 870.0 feet to the true point of beginning.

LESS AND EXCEPT: 4.6 acres of land situated in the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Township 14 South, Range 8 East, on the east line of James Hopkins Road, SW and being described as follows: Commencing at an existing iron pin marking the southwest corner of Lot 96 of Cotton Creek Subdivision Phase 1 as recorded in Plat Book “CC” at Page 98 in the Probate Office of Calhoun County, Alabama; Thence north 00 degrees 24 minutes 26 seconds east 904.56 feet to the center line of a sewer manhole cover; Thence north 89 degrees 31 minutes 19 seconds west along a sewer line alignment 77.57 feet to a point on the west line of James Hopkins Road, SW; thence south 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds west along James Hopkins Road, SW 20.0 feet to the point of beginning of the hereafter described property; thence north 89 degrees 26 minutes 20 seconds west 527.00 feet; thence south 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds west 380.00 feet; thence south 89 degrees 26 minutes 20 seconds east 527.00 feet to the west line of James Hopkins Road, SW; thence north 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds east along the west line of said road 380.00 feet to the point of beginning. a map of which was attached to the petition, is hereby declared to be annexed into the City Limits of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama, and the City Council does by this ordinance assent to such annexation. The above described property shall become a part of the corporate area of the City of Jacksonville, Alabama, upon the date of publication of this ordinance as required by law, and, pursuant to Ordinance No. 327, shall automatically be zoned as an M-1 District. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of this ordinance with the Probate Judge of Calhoun County, Alabama, and to notify the U.S. Attorney General, Calhoun County Tax Assessor, and other pertinent offices and authorities of this annexation.

ADOPTED, this the 14th day of April, 2014.

Approved by Mayor Johnny L. Smith ATTEST: City Clerk Dorothy P. Wilson, CMC The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 22, 2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0118 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACKIE WYATT WALKER, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the estate of JACKIE WYATT WALKER, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on April 14, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

JACKIE MICHAEL WALKER, Personal Representative of the Estate of JACKIE WYATT WALKER, Deceased.

Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 22, 29, & May 6, 2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0086 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALICE D. POWERS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of ALICE D. POWERS, deceased, having been granted to LAMAR DILL, the undersigned on April 04, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

LAMAR DILL, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of ALICE D. POWERS, Deceased.

Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 15, 22, 29, 2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0156 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE RUTH COX, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of ANNIE RUTH COX, deceased, having been granted to JOSEPH DEXTER COX, the undersigned on April 01, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

JOSEPH DEXTER COX, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of ANNIE RUTH COX, Deceased.

Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 15, 22, 29, 2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 2014-0172 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VELMA A. HOVATTER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of VELMA A. HOVATTER, deceased, having been granted to LARRY HOVATTER, the undersigned on April 9, 2014, by the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.

LARRY HOVATTER, Personal Representative of the Last Will and Testament of VELMA A. HOVATTER, Deceased.

Alice K. Martin Judge of Probate The Jacksonville News Calhoun Co., AL April 22, 29, & May 6, 2014

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