The Jacksonville News - 05/13/14

COMING UP IN NEXT WEEK’S JAX NEWS: 2014 GRADUATION EDITION

TUESDAY / MAY 13, 2014

SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1936 RECIPES / COMMUNITY, 4

BASKETBALL / SPORTS, 11

DONNA STEED TEACHES DRAMA AT J’VILLE HIGH

LACEY BUCHANON CHOSEN ALL AMERICAN

www.jaxnews.com

VOL. 80 • NO. 20

75 CENTS

COUNCIL

City decides to help Bear and Sons The company will get sales tax break on equipment and a break on property tax LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service The City Council agreed Monday to support a local company’s effort to expand.

The city will give Bear and Sons Cutlery, a knife manufacturer located near Alexandria-Jacksonville Road, a sales tax break on $479,789 of equipment purchases. In

addition, the City Council agreed to give the company a property tax break for the next 10 years; the value of the break -- which omits the portion of property tax that funds education -- will total about $20,000.

“It’s all about jobs,” Jacksonville Mayor Johnny Smith said. “It’s just someone else being able to provide for their families when they might not otherwise have been able to.”

Ken Griffey, president and owner of the

company, said the new equipment will enable Bear and Sons to attract new clients and to hire six new employees. Griffey also said the company has purchased a new building for packaging purposes.

“Our business continues to grow each year,” Griffey said, adding that people seek his products out because they are made entirely in the United States.

The sales tax break will apply to one-time

FACES IN THE COMMUNITY

Wendell Thompson with son Tristen displaying his awards.

■ See COUNCIL, page 12

MUSIC FESTIVAL

Wendell Thompson receives Soldier’s Medal

Anita Kilgore

purchases of three pieces of equipment.

Those items include a chiller, which will help enhance the performance of a water jet used to cut metal, and two grinders, both of which are used to carve blades from steel, Griffey said.

The abatement offering from the city marks the second such move by Jacksonville

Back 40 Bash back for second year

National Guard 1st sergeant has been deployed three times

RILEY GREEN HOSTS EVENT

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR

BRIAN ANDERSON Consolidated News Service

When Wendell Thompson woke on the morning of Dec. 10, 2012, it was raining and cold. The temperature was around 34 degrees. It was just after 7 a.m. when Thompson began his drive down Alabama 21 South to McClellan where he was on active duty with the Alabama National Guard.

Thompson had his mind on a lot of things -- the work he’d be doing that day, the weather and his family.

Especially his family which, to Thompson, is the most important thing in his life. He had no idea that in the next few moments he’d be helping another family.

As he was approaching the base of the hill about a half mile from the ■ See THOMPSON, page 8

Joey D’Anna

RILEY GREEN

PLEASANT VALLEY – Like a lot of musicians, Riley Green always dreamed of one day headlining a music festival. Now, he dreams of getting an even bigger name to headline his own.

On Saturday night, Green organized, ran and starred in the Back 40 Bash, a country music festival in the musician’s backyard of Pleasant Valley. It was the ■ See BASH, page 7

Katie Rosch strives to help others with medical problems Represented Alabama in Washington, D.C.

BY MARGARET ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR

this year’s Youth Ambassador training in Washington, D. C. Along with her sister Christina and their mother Jacqueline, Katie participated in sessions help build public speaking skills and enable her to educate her peers about Tourette Syndrome.

Katie attended various training sessions where she learned how to be an advocate for persons who have illnesses. She now feels that she is knowledgeable enough

Seventeen-year-old Katie Rosch has nine diagnosed medical conditions, but she doesn’t let any of them get her down.

One of them is Tourette Syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics.

She was selected for the Tourette Syndrome Association Youth Ambassador Program and represented Alabama at ■ See ROSCH, page 8

e: 666000888880 PU

+

MAG 80 NBAR .0104 BWA -0.0015

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

USPS 2722480 ECR-WSS

Anita Kilgore

Katie Rosch left, practices her presentation with sister Christina.

Encode: 666000999999 PU

MAG 80 NBAR .0104 BWA -0.0015

THE PEIDMONT JOURNEL DEDICATED TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF JACKSONVILLE AND CALHOUN COUNTY

OBITUARIES

INDEX

None this week.

CHANCE OF RAIN THIS WEEK 6

66000 88888

0

6

66000 99999

9

Opinion/Editorial . . . . . . . . .2 Community Notes . . . . . . . 3 Police Digest. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Community . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,7

SPRING IS HERE!

WEATHER THIS WEEK TUESDAY- PM T-STORMS - HIGH- 87º - LOW- 64º WEDNESDAY -SCATTERED T-STORMS- HIGH-83º-LOW-59º THURSDAY- FEW SHOWERS- HIGH- 66º - LOW - 46º FRIDAY -PARTLY CLOUDY- HIGH 73º - LOW 46º SATURDAY -PARTLY CLOUDY- HIGH 74º - LOW 52º SUNDAY - PARTLY CLOUDY- 76º - LOW - 52º MONDAY - PARTLY CLOUDY- HIGH 81º - LOW- 56º

Church Devotional . . . . . 6 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,10,11 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

Celebrating 15 years in Business Established 1999 Owner: Wayne Mizzell waynemizzell@aol.com

256-835-0509 • OXFORD,AL

Call us to have your unit operating at the maximum operating efficiency!

For all of your central heating and air conditioning needs

+

PAGE 2 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

OPINION/EDITORIAL

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

TOWN & GOWN

McKerchar helps in establishing licensing bill

By Christina MacDonald Dr. Paige McKerchar is a valuable asset in many areas.

She serves as the head of the psychology department at Jacksonville State University, the director of the Center for Behavioral Studies, and the executive director of the Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis.

Recently, her work as the executive director of the Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis contributed to new state legislation. With the support of State Senator Cam Ward, Bama Hager, Anna McConnell, Susan Hansen, Jane Davis, and the Alabama Department of Mental Health, Dr. McKerchar drafted SB13.

SB13, which passed into law in March, established the Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board within the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Alabama Department of Mental Health. The licensing board was created to regulate the practice of behavior analyst professions.

Dr. McKerchar wrote the bill at the request of Sen. Ward, who sponsored it.

Of the bill Dr. McKerchar says, “State licensure will provide closer oversight of applied behavior analysis service providers and will increase access to services for families whose insurance covers applied behavior analysis therapy, a medically necessary treatment for autism, provided by licensed professionals.”

Sen.Ward also sponsored The Riley Ward Autism Insurance Reform Act that went into law October 2012.

The Riley Ward Act helped in offering autism insurance coverage options. However, many of the insurance options required that the specialists be licensed, so behavioral analysis services were not covered.

The passage of SB13 allows these systems to work together effectively.

Dr. McKerchar is now assisting with the identification of the first licensure board members and with the development of the Rules and McKerchar Regulations.

Licensure is not something that is only happening in Alabama, however. Dr. McKerchar states, “Behavior analysts across the nation are working toward state licensure,” as the demand for applied behavior analysis (ABA) services and their coverage increases, largely stemming from the autism insurance reform efforts.

With the passage of SB13 Alabama became the fifteenth state to license behavior analysts who provide ABA services.hile Dr. McKerchar’s efforts benefit the state, Jacksonville State University also stands to experience growth and greater demand for its programs

as a result of the passage of SB13.

“JSU’s psychology department offers the only graduate program in Alabama that is accredited by the Association for Behavior Analysis International, the primary membership organization for behavior analysts; and it offers one of only two graduate programs in Alabama that provide the coursework necessary for becoming a licensed behavior analyst,” says Dr. McKerchar.

The course sequence of JSU’s psychology department is also one of only two in Alabama that are approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).

“The BACB provides professional credentialing for behavior analysts nationwide—establishing and evaluating minimum standards for behavior analysts,” says Dr. McKerchar. “Alabama’s behavior analyst licensure requires successful completion and maintenance of the standards set by the BACB to receive a license to practice behavior analysis, so these BACB-approved course sequences will be in even higher demand than they were previously.”

“JSU psychology’s faculty, its students, and its alumni are excited about serving as a leader in behavior analyst training at such an important time for Alabamians in need of ABA services,” says Dr. McKerchar.

For more information, contact Dr. Paige McKerchar at pmckerchar@jsu.edu

Bentley gets up close look at Alabama’s poor prisons In 1967 when Lurleen Wallace became governor, one of her first missions was a trip to Bryce Mental Hospital in her native Tuscaloosa. The conditions she saw at Alabama’s primary mental health facility were beyond deplorable. It was a heart wrenching and Damascus road experience for the demure and soft-spoken lady. However, she roared like a lion with determination to remedy this blight on the state.

She implored her husband’s legislature to appropriate significant increases in the Mental Health Budget and she passed bond issues to relieve overcrowding.

Our current Governor, Robert Bentley, also a Tuscaloosan, may have had a similar conversion experience a few months ago. Our state prisons are in a crisis situation. The ghastly horror stories that have come out this year surrounding our largest women’s prison facility have reverberated around the nation.

We are teetering on the federal courts taking over our prisons. The population is well beyond what the courts view as basic human rights. The revelation at Julia Tutwiler Prison further exacerbated the crisis.

Our kindly country doctor governor toured Tutwiler in early March and quietly said, “we are probably going to have to build some new prisons in my second term.” This is probably a foreshadow of what we will see in a second Bentley administration. You may see the Governor move from the right to the middle and moderate somewhat on the need for some new revenue for the beleaguered General Fund. It cost money to build prisons and as well as to simply perform the basic functions of state government.

The General Fund has had no new revenue enhancement Steve measures in 30 years.

Flowers There are several benign measures that would be easy to tap. Our cigarette tax is the lowest in the southeast. A state Inside The Statehouse lottery would pass overwhelmingly if the legislature would allow people to vote on it and there must be some creative ways to tax the Indian casinos that are hauling in millions of untaxed profits from low income Alabamians.

Several other issues that have remained unresolved in this quadrennium will be the subject of debate during this year’s campaigns and will be at the forefront for the new legislature beginning next year.

The 2015 legislature may again look at rewriting Alabama’s lengthy and cumbersome state constitution article by article. Our Alabama Constitution was written in 1901 and is the longest of any state with more than 800 amendments.

Every election year candidates espouse one prevalent theme, “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.” We are creating industrial jobs in Alabama. However, we are buying them with tax abatements. This is depleting tax dollars that would go towards education in the state. We may need to do more to help our small business owners who do not

get any tax breaks. We also need to invest heavily in technical job training in the state.

Education issues will be at the center of the spectrum of discussion next quadrennium. How do we improve education for students? Has this term’s legislature hurt education by lowering teachers’ salaries over the last four years? Have programs like the Alabama Accountability Act hurt public education in the state?

Will charter schools be the next initiative mounted by conservatives?

The most talked about issue this year was the Common Core issue. It was tabled and swept under the rug during this year’s legislative session. However, you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be front and center when the new legislature convenes in 2015.

It has been a hot topic of debate during this year’s legislative contests.

Legislators will be asked again to decide whether to support the national Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Gov. Bentley and the current legislative leadership are adamantly opposed to accepting this expansion. They say we cannot afford what we have now, much less more cost. It is doubtful that the Governor or a Republican legislature will change their position on this issue. We will see.

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.

Couple practices, preaches joys of folk art The Auilers (pronounced “i-lers”) of Cleburne County say they are “good” retirees. They love retirement and have immersed themselves in meaningful activities, namely Appalachian arts. They have made many new friends as they have spread the word about how enjoyable it is to create art like people of long ago did.

His name is Skip, and he carves wood and gourds. Her name is Jane, and she sews, crochets, knits and weaves baskets. Their love for the arts is a natural for her, a new love for him.

Jane is a Cleburne County native who grew up around relatives who quilted and practiced the types of crafts and folk art popular among their kin and friends. Skip is a San Diego, Calif., native whose transition to plying his favorite crafts led him to a new world.

Around 1976, Jane moved away from home to live in San Diego, Calif. She worked at San Diego Welder Supply in San Diego. Decades later, Skip met Jane at

The Jacksonville News P.O. Box 2285, Anniston, Alabama 36202 Phone (256) 435-5021 Member Alabama Press Association Member Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce

2012 Alabama Press Award Winner

John Alred jalred@jaxnews.com

Publisher

Shannon Martin smartin@annistonstar.com

Advertising

Margaret Anderson pollya922@gmail.com

News Editor

Anita Kilgore akilgore@jaxnews.com

Photographer

Phillip A. Sanguinetti

Consultant

Periodical postage paid at the post office in Jacksonville, AL 36265 - USPS 272480 Consolidated Publishing Co. proprietors, published every Tuesday at 4305 McClellan Boulevard, Anniston, AL 36206 POSTMASTER: Send change of address notices, undelivered copies, subscription orders, and other mail to P.O. Box 2285., Anniston, AL 36202

Subscription rates Email: jalred@jaxnews.com

City & county $29.00 yr.

Out of county $47.50 yr.

Photographs submitted will be used when possible. They will be handled with the utmost care and every effort will be made to return photos in perfect condition, however, we will not assume responsibility for photographs submitted.

American Press Association, New York, Chicago, Detroit

the welding supply where he had returned to work after retiring from a Sherry pipefitting job. Then, Kughn after marrying her in 1993 and retiring for a second time, they moved to Alabama.

“We looked around Sherry-Go-Round at many places to move,” said Skip, “Washington, Oregon, and Colorado.”

Jane’s relatives told the couple about a house on a lake in Heflin that had become available near her uncle. The Auilers liked the price, the beauty of the spot, and the idea of getting involved with fun things to do.

“I told him that if we move here, I will have cement around my feet,” she said.

Now the couple lives in a house with many curio cabinets and shelves filled with their crafts and other collectibles they have acquired in their travels. Also, he hunts, fishes, and shoots pool. She is a master gardener and has a yard full of plants on rock terraces.

Almost five years ago, the Auilders tried their first craft together, carving gourds. She showed off one of the first gourds they made. It is in the shape of a hanging basket near their fireplace. The two visited art festivals in both Calhoun and Cleburne Counties and met others who decorated and carved gourds. She painted a few. He began carving and, two years later, tried his hand at also carving figurines from wood.

In addition to enjoying the crafts she grew up learning, Jane attended a basket weaving class a couple of years ago and loved the social interaction. After becoming a member of the Dixie Weavers Basketry Guild, she suggested moving the growing class to the meeting center at Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan where it meets today.

The Auilers hope they can motivate others to join them in the joy they have found in perpetuating the folk arts. On Sat., May 31 at 9 a.m. at the Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan, the guild will host an open weave. That means potential members will leave with a completed basket. Even if they decide they do not like the process, members will complete the basket for them. The cost is about $35 for the kit and needs to be ordered a few days in advance. Also, others who want to attend the regular meetings for free should contact her at 256-253-3138. Another open weave will be at the Anniston Museum of Natural History in August and those interested should call the museum at 256-2376766.

Skip encourages those who might be interested in wood carving to come to Parker Memorial Baptist Church every Thursday from 8-11 a.m. or to Grace Baptist Church in Oxford on Thursday evenings from 6-8:30 p.m. There is no charge, but Skip warns that visitors might carve something by the class’s end.

Readers might meet the Auilers at any of the local festivals. They often set up a booth to promote their crafts.

“We hope people will join us,” said Jane. “These crafts are becoming lost arts. We want to keep them alive.”

Email to Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail.com

Sound off Take Pride in Jacksonville Day was big success

More than 70 area residents spent a morning walking the streets of our community to pick up litter to mark the third “Take Pride in Jacksonville Day.” We are grateful to the students in the FBLA Club from Pleasant Valley, Cub Scout Pack 19 and Boy Scout Troop 19 and their parents and leaders, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (who helped as their day of service), students from JSU SGA, members of the Evangelism Class at First United Methodist Church, and other Jacksonville residents for their participation. Members of Girl Scout

Troop 20107 passed out literature to help educate our folks on the importance of recycling and clean water. We look forward to seeing even more folks out next year. Thank you to everyone for their hard work.

As we do each year we had a great response to the paint collection, the large recycling bins, and the recycling.

Local citizens brought in lots of household items to be disposed of properly, keeping our community much cleaner.

Thank you to the City of Jacksonville, including Planning and Building, the

Street Department and the Mayor and City Council, Wise Environmental Company, the Calhoun County Recycling Center and Landfill, JSU, RSVP, the Calhoun County Extension Office, and the Calhoun County Commissioners who made this day possible.

Please remember that every day should be “Take Pride in Jacksonville Day.” Our streets are not trash cans. Please help keep our city clean.

Sherry Blanton Jacksonville

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 / PAGE 3

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

Community Capsule • PROFILE BAPTIST CHURCH is having their HOMECOMING May 18 beginning at 10:30 am until? The guest singers will be THE FAMILY CIRCLE SINGERS from the Weaver, Jacksonville area. Lunch will be served.

Pastor James Owens and the members of Profile Baptist Church would like to invite everyone. The church is located on the corner of B and G streets in the Mill Village in Jacksonville, across from the Jacksonville Community Center.

• NAMI Jacksonville will meet Tuesday, May 13 at 6 p.m. at the K.L. Brown Funeral Home Community Room. It is located across the street from the Jacksonville Church of Christ on Hwy 204 (Nesbit St.) in Jacksonville. Feel free to come at 5 p.m. to help NAMI Jacksonville get up to standards.

Bring a friend!

• The Farmers Market, in the pocket park behind Roma’s, is now open from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturdays until Nov. 1. On June 2, it will be open from 4-6 p.m. on Mondays until Sept. 1. The market accepts EBT, debit and credit cards and SFMNP food vouchers.

• Dementia and Alzheimers’ Support Group will meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Jacksonville Senior Center from 2:30-4 p.m.

A counselor will facilitate the meetings.

For more information call Andrea Morris at 256-435-9199 • 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: • May 13, Making Healthy Eating Part of Your Total Lifestyle •May 20, Physical Activity Is Key to Living Well.

• 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 256-237-1621. The following programs are scheduled.

•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 4H Tree Amigos Master Gardener volunteers are having a “Clean out the Greenhouse Sale” from 8-11 a.m. May 31 at Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan, 77 Justice Ave. Prices on all remaining plants will be marked down. There is still a wide selection of unusual perennials, ornamental shrubs, and trees available for purchase, including some not offered at the first sale. Call the Calhoun County Extension Office at 256-237-1621 for more information. Proceeds benefit the 4H Program at Coosa Valley Attention Home.

• The White Plains Alumni Association is having a membership drive.

Those eligible are graduates of White Plains, attendees who may not have graduated, and persons who may not have attended White Plains but desires to support the schools and students.

The White Plains Alumni Association awarded four $1,000 college scholarships to deserving White Plains seniors last year. Donations pay for these annual scholarships. For more information call Alvin Robertson at 256-236-8780, Bill Ward at 256-236-3629, Brenda Morgan at 256-435-3725 or Norman Parker at 256-447-7563.

• 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 4354881.

• 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.

HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?

YOU WILL

WITH A SUBSCRIPTION TO Never miss an issue or dig for the exact change!

Enjoy the convenience of home delivery of your hometown paper!

Save money off the newsstand price!

Check one: Best Deal One Year $29.00 (in Calhoun County) One Year $47.50 (outside Calhoun County) Payment must be included Name: ________________________________ Phone______________________ Address: _______________________City: _______________Zip: ____________ Email:____________________________________________________________

Call 1-866-814-9253 for faster service OR mail to Circulation Department PO Box 2285, Anniston, AL 36202 Yes - Check is included.

Yes - Please bill my: VISA

MASTERCARD

AMERICAN EXPRESS

DISCOVER

Card Number:___________________________________Exp. Date ___________ Signature _________________________________________ (required for validation) Unless notified, delivery will continue at the regular subscription price.

Offer expires December 31 2014.

Police Report May 5 • Third degree burglary reported in the 300 block of Nisbet Street Northwest.

• Harrassment reported in the 700 block of Alexandria Road Southwest.

May 6 • Third defree theft of property reported in the 700 block of Alexandria Road Southwest.

• Duty upon striking an unoccupied vehicle reported in the 400 block of Wilson Drive Southwest.

• Second degree sexual abuse reported on Chimney Peak Tower Road.

May 7 • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported in the 300 block of Quill Avenue Northwest.

• Third degree domestic violence and suicidal gestures reported in the 900 block of Ladiga

Street Southeast.

• Domestic violence strangulation and second degree burglary reported in the 300 block of Nisbet Street Northwest.

May 8 • Third degree domestic violence reported in the 600 block of Nisbet Street Northwest.

• Ungovernable juvenile reported in the 70 block of C Street Southwest.

• Third degree theft of lost property reported in the 1600 block of Pelham Road South.

May 10 • Third degree theft of property and unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported in the 400 block of Madison Avenue Northwest.

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported in the 200 block of Mountain Street Northwest.

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported in the 700 block of Park Avenue Northwest.

• Indecent exposure reported in the 1000 block of Alexandria Road Southwest.

• Harrassing communications reported in the 800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.

May 11 • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle reported in the 900 block of 2nd Avenue Northeast.

• Domestic dispute reported in the 600 block of Francis Street East.

• Duty upon striking an unoccupied vehicle reported in the 1600 block of Pelham Road South.

• Third degree assault reported in the 400 block of Wilson Drive Southwest.

• Nuisance dogs reported in the 500 block of Ladiga Street Southeast.

Arrests May 5 • William Larkin Coker V: Minor in consumption/possession of alcohol May 7 • Erin Roseann Sanchez: public intoxication May 8

Cancer is called a

• Kenneth Lee Todd: possessing forged instrument • Anthony Tyrone Roy Jr.: reckless endangerment May 11 • James Alvin Lauderdale: Driving under the influence

journey.

But you don’t have to leave home to find

expert cancer care.

Conveniently located in the beautiful Appalachian Foothills of Northeast Alabama, Anniston Oncology is a community-based, private oncology practice providing a full range of hematology oncology services. Here, patients receive the highest level of care and personalized treatment plans delivered locally, expertly and compassionately.

• All types of cancer treated • Chemotherapy certified nurses • On-site certified CLIA laboratory • National clinical trials available • Affiliated with Regional Medical Center and Stringfellow Memorial Hospital • Most insurance accepted

Ellen N. Spremulli, M.D. Melissa F. Baird, M.D. Charles P. Lattuada, Jr., M.D. To schedule an appointment with one of our physicians, call 256-238-1011.

, PC 901 Leighton Avenue, Suite 602 Anniston, AL 36207

Anniston Oncology Welcomes Charles P. Lattuada, Jr., M.D., FACP Anniston Oncology is happy to announce Dr. Charles Lattuada has joined the practice. Dr. Lattuada brings more than 30 years of medical experience, and will begin seeing oncology patients here on May 5, 2014.

Drs. Spremulli and Baird welcome Dr. Lattuada, and look forward to the expertise he will bring to the clinic. To schedule an appointment, please call 256-238-1011.

COMING NEXT WEEK Don’t miss the Graduation section in the May 20th edition of The Jacksonville News

PAGE 4 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

JHS drama teacher enjoys her students Donna Steed draws having had no training

J

MARGARET ANDERSON News Editor acksonville High School drama teacher Donna Steed thought everyone could draw. She could look at anything and draw it effortlessly. In elementary school, she helped her teachers design their classroom bulletin boards.

She was in high school before she realized she was blessed with a talent that most others

weren’t.

“I started entering science contests and always won because of my drawing,” said Donna. “I never did pursue art in college. I’m not sure why I didn’t. I can look at anything and draw it exactly the same. I know how to proportion it, as well. It’s a gift straight from God. It’s not anything that I was taught.”

Donna has taught at JHS for the past 18 years. She has taught history, English, and drama, which is what she teaches currently. When she recognizes a student who can draw, she gives him/her encouragement due to the talent that is inside her. She helped one student get a full scholarship to the University of Alabama. Now, he’s on a three-year scholarship to the University of Missouri where he will obtain his master’s.

“That’s a tremendous deal,’ she said. “Usually your master’s only lasts a year, but in his field, there are so many things he has to study and accomplish. I look for him to go to New York and work on Broadway and then become that famous designer that I know he is.”

This young man isn’t the only student Donna has helped pursue his/her dreams.

“I have students in colleges on full rides,” she said. “The drama department here has been so successful. Our school produces academic honor students who go to college because of it. We have students who go on to college because of their talent in sports or band. I have one drama student who is already an assistant to the drum major at JSU, and he’s only a freshman. The students who come out of here are very successful. We have so many success stories.”

Donna said her entire life is about her students as well as her daughter and son-in-law, Shondria and Allen Wright, of Jacksonville. Shondria is in her 12th year of teaching at Constantine Elementary School in Anniston, and Allen is manager of the Sav-a-Lot in Anniston.

“They come and help us when we do our plays at night,” said Donna. “Shondria has been here for all of our performances, which is 17 years worth. She is our house manager, and Allen, who came aboard about eight years ago, is our security. I love what I do. I couldn’t do it without the Lord nor them. The Lord is the one I depend on and the one who directs me to do everything I do. I am most

CHILI 1 ½ lbs. ground round (very lean) 1 lb. leanest ground chuck Brown in skillet; pour off any excess grease. Mix in 2 pkgs. of Chili-O-Mix. Set aside.

2 cans stewed tomatoes 2 cans whole tomatoes 1 can diced tomatoes 1 small can tomatoes with diced peppers and onions 2 cans light kidney beans Stir all tomatoes and beans together in a large crock pot, and sprinkle with salt, pepper, and chili powder. Turn crock pot on low setting.

Anita Kilgore

Donna Steed surrounded by students. appreciative of God for the wonderful opportunity I’ve had and am having teaching drama solely at Jacksonville High School.”

She said she loves her students.

“They’re so creative and so appreciative of everything that happens to us, like when we do well with our fundraisers,” she said. “They get so excited, especially when we’re planning the plays. Most of my students thrive on what I call a full plate. They do something with drama, choir and/or the band. In other words, they do something else besides drama and keep their grades where they belong, and handle it very well. This year our school added iPads for each student and all teachers. So, we all have been learning together how to utilize them into our planning for our plays. For example, we used them for set, costume and make up designing all year. We even used the iPads for t-shirt designing for each play we produced.”

Donna is a long-standing member of the Thespian Honor Society, which she joined her senior year at Gadsden High School while taking drama there.

She was born and reared in Gadsden. She attended Gadsden State before transferring to Jacksonville State University where she received a bachelor’s in secondary

RECIPES

Place meat mixture after salting and peppering it into crock pot and cook on low overnight or on high for about 4-5 hours. Chili is completely cooked and all flavors missed when the mixture’s edges are beginning to turn brown and bubbly.

MY MOTHER’S BEETS 1 can beets ½ cup sugar ¼ cup vinegar ¾ cup beet juice Sprinkle a little salt to liquid and bring to a boil (sugar, vinegar, and beet juice) in order to dissolve sugar. Pour over beets. Remain in refrigerator for 2

education with a double major in history and English.

Donna’s parents are the late William Van Curtis Johnson and Jeanne (Culver) Johnson Blanton of Gadsden.

She visits Eagle Point Baptist Church.

“I love watching TV,” she said. “I think I’m an addict.

I like dramas, comedies, and suspense, especially police mysteries. But I don’t like horror.”

She also likes spending time with her cat, Miss Yellow, who showed up at her house about five years ago.

“I didn’t know if she was going to stay or not,” said Donna. “She had some yellow on her so that’s what I named her, and it stuck.”

Donna said that Shondria is the cook in the family.

“I help cook for some holidays, but Shondria is the main cook and the baker,” said Donna. “I just let her have it.

She has all of my recipes. My mother was an artist in the kitchen. She would fix us international dishes. We didn’t know at Christmas if we were going to Italy, Israel or Germany. She would make holidays flamboyant occasions which we looked forward to and loved. I hope these recipes from my Mother that Shondria and I both use will bless other people in the community” (Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail)

or 3 days. The longer the better.

ASPARAGUS CASSEROLE 1 can asparagus ½ cup melted butter 3 boiled eggs (chopped) 1 can cream of mushroom soup 2 cups saltine cracker crumbs ½ lb. (8 oz.) sharp cheese.

Grate cheese and mix with crumbs and melted butter. Mix liquid from asparagus with the soup and the eggs. Layer asparagus, the cheese mixture, then the soup mixture. Then, begin again with the layering. Top with remaining cheese mixture.

Myrtle Casey’s PVES teacher receives educator award Kelly Goodwin teaches kindergarten apple cake recipe CLUB NEWS

One of the first teachers Kelly Cheatwood Goodwin knew wasn’t a teacher. She was a nurse and she was Goodwin’s grandmother who taught a children’s church class. Goodwin helped her grandmother and, though she was quite young at the time, that’s when she knew she wanted to be a teacher.

At Wednesday’s Kiwanis Club

meeting at noon at the Community Center, the club presented Goodwin with an educator award for her work in teaching kindergarten students at Pleasant Valley Elementary.

“I was very humbled because the only reason I can do what I do is because of the other ladies I work with in my grade level and others at the school,” she said.

Anita Kilgore

PVES assistant principal Angie Stewart with Kelly Goodwin and Kiwanis Club president Jim Wilson.

“I’m very pleased that the Kiwanis Club would honor me.”

Goodwin has taught kindergarten at Pleasant Valley for the past 14 years.

Prior to that, she taught pre school at First Baptist Church of Williams for two years.

Kindergarten, she said, is her favorite age group.

“I love every minute of it,” she said.

“It’s truly what I believe God intended me to do. I couldn’t imagine teaching another grade. At that age, they’re so precious. They’re little sponges, so eager to learn. It’s amazing to see how much they learn in one year.”

Goodwin said the easiest part of her job is teaching math and reading. The most difficult part, she said, is tending to the hearts of her children, while trying to help them grow and develop their character traits.

Goodwin said she’s an avid reader, and she wants her children to know the importance of reading.

Goodwin and her husband, Derrick, who teaches sixth grade at C. E. Hanna Elementary School, have a 7-year-old son, Spencer, who attends Pleasant Valley Elementary. The Goodwins live in Pleasant Valley.

Goodwin was born and reared in Oxford. She graduated from Oxford High School and received a bachelor’s in elementary education from Jacksonville State University.

(Contact Margaret at pollya922@ gmail.com)

Editor’s note: Myrtle Casey’s apple cake recipe was not run in its entirety recently.

APPLE CAKE 3 eggs 1 1/4 c. oil 2 c. sugar 2 ½ c self-rising flour 2 med. apples 1 c. shredded coconut 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans Peel, core and chop apples. Blend eggs, oil and sugar until creamy. Add flour, a little at a time.

Blend well. Batter will be stiff. Fold apples, coconut and nuts. Pour into tube pan and bake for 1 hour.

Remove from pan after 30 minutes.

Topping ½ stick butter ½ c brown sugar 1/3 c. milk Mix butter, sugar and milk in saucepan. Boil for 3 minutes. Pour over warm cake.

WWW.JAXNEWS.COM

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014/ PAGE 5

Cost Plus 10%

CASHSAVER of Jacksonville • 618 Pelham Rd. S We Gladly Accept Credit, Debit, EBT, or Checks

Prices Effective: Wednesday, May 14 thru Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Your LOCAL food folks at CASH SAVER can help you eat better FOR LESS …and save you DOLLARS on your total food bill!!! …

And Thanks!

IT’S BBQ TIME! Star Ranch Angus Beef, Boneless

Packed in 10 Lb. Bags, USDA Fresh

Star Ranch Angus Beef, Boneless

Top Round Roast

Chicken Leg Quarters

NY Strip Steak

2

$ 99

57

¢

Check out our deals!

6

$ 98

99 SAVE ON FRESH Buy Any 5 Items With Our Pick-5 Label ack MEAT EVERYDAY! For ONLY $1999! Plus 10% at Checkout Value P

$

19

2

3

$ 98

1

$ 57

90% Lean, Family Pack

Tender, Family Pack

Ground Round

USDA Pork, Boneless Pork

Cube Steak

1

$

$ 18 Lb. Pack, Zeigler

Boneless Pork Chops

19

$ 77

1

$ 68 USDA Pork, Family Pack

Tenderloin Tips

3

$ 88

2

$ 88

48

Meat Jumbos

3

2

$ 68

CUT INTO STEAKS FREE!

$ 79

Lb. Pack, Regular or Thick

24 Oz. Bag, Zeigler

10 Lb. Box, Great Buy!

Star Ranch Angus Beef, Whole

USDA Pork, Baby Back

Zeigler Meat Bologna

Red Hots

Danish Spare Ribs

Boneless Top Sirloin

Spare Ribs

Selected Varieties, Little Debbie

24 Oz., Bunny Giant

6

2/$ 00

Big Packs

97

39

¢

Totino’s Party Pizzas

Always Save Canned Vegetables

5

24 Half Liters, SuperChill

4

2/$ 00

77

¢

Banquet Pot Pies

1

$ 48

Ketchup

5

3/$ 00 Best Choice Sugar

15 Oz. Can

Luck’s Beans

59 $ 75 3 ¢

Grands Biscuits

98

¢

Paper Towels

4

2/$ 09

2/$ 00

6 Oz. Cup, Selected Varieties

11.3-11.6 Oz., Sandies or

¢

5 Count Can, Pillsbury

6 Roll Pack, Always Save

1

97

¢

7 Oz., Selected Varieties

24 Oz. Best Choice

4 Lb. Bag

68

3/$ 00

9

3/$ 00

Mt. Dew or Pepsi Cola

14.75 Oz. Can, Corn, Peas, & Green Beans

Selected Toppings

Drinking Water

$ 69

Loaf Bread

¢

1

12 Pack Cans or Half Liter 6 Pack, Selected Varieties

Yoplait Yogurt

98

¢

1

$ 98

Keebler Chip Deluxe

68

¢

Sweet Athena

3 Lb. Bag, Yellow

Fresh Zucchini or

Head, California

10 Lb. Bag, California

Xtra Large, Green

Cantaloupes

Onions

Yellow Squash

Wrapped Lettuce

Russet Potatoes

Bell Peppers

Prices Effective: May 14 thru May 20, 2014 PLUS 10% ADDED AT CHECKOUT

Special purchases with unbeatable low prices. Compare & Save!

PAGE 6 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

Compliments of

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

“This devotional is made possible by these sponsors who encourage all of us to attend worship services.”

Tommy Thomas, Manager 1575 Pelham Rd. S Jacksonville, AL 36265 calhouncoop@cableone.net 256-435-3430 Fax: 256-435-9922 Cell: 256-310-6295

FRANK MILES AUTO SALES, INC. 1510 Pelham Rd. S Jacksonville, AL 36265

Ace Hardware 1420 Pelham Rd. S Jacksonville, Al 256-435-6383 Debbie & Chuck

“SELLING QUALITY CARS SINCE 1954”

This devotional page is made possible by the listed businesses and individuals who encourage all of us to attend worship services.

Phone: 256-435-7800 Fax: 256-435-7838

frankmilesauto@earthlink.net

Jacksonville church of God 812 Francis Street W 256.490.6369 Rev. David Daniels Sunday School: 10:00AM Morning Worship: 10:45AM Children’s Church: 10:45AM Wednesday Worship: 6:00PM • Handicap Accessible

Barrett

BODY SHOP, Inc. We guarantee the finest quality paint & body repair.

- Phillip Barrett

BAPTIST

CHURCH OF GOD

ANGEL GROVE BAPTIST 4404 Alabama Hwy. 204, 435-3636

JACKSONVILLE CHURCH OF GOD 812 Francis St. W., 435-6478

ASBERRY BAPTIST 3682 Roy Webb Rd., 435-2730

501 Pelham Rd., N. Jacksonville, AL 256.782.0008

BONNY BROOK BAPTIST 2303 Pelham Rd. S., 435-0056

ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL 400 Chinabee Ave. S.E., 435-9271

EASTWOOD FIRST BAPTIST 309 Vann St. S.E., 435-3380

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF JACKSONVILLE 230 7th St. N.E., 435-7263

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES 5911 AL Hwy. 204, 435-9738

First Baptist Church of Williams 5579 Nisbet Lake Road 256.435.5020 Pastor Chris Thomas Sunday School: 9:00AM Sun. Morning Worship: 10 AM Sun. Evening Worship: 6 PM Wed. Evening Bible Study: 6:30 PM • Children & Youth Activities • fbcwilliams.org

MR. REFRIGERATION INC. HEATING & COOLING

256.435.1904 AL CERTIFICATION #01192 1410 Pelham Road South Jacksonville, AL mrrefrigerationinc.com

OXFORD CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS Caffey Dr., 435-3005

NANCES CREEK BAPTIST 3670 Hollingsworth Rd., 435-1411 NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST 810 Church St., 435-3696 POST OAK BAPTIST 2427 Post Oak Rd., 820-3126

PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF THE NINE GIFTS 101 Annie Lou Dr., 435-8282

WEST SIDE BAPTIST 713 Mountain St. N.W., 435-6111

EAGLE POINTE 301 Henry Rd. S.W., 644-0515

WILLIAMS FIRST BAPTIST 5579 Nisbet Lake Rd., 435-8313

Jacksonville, AL

256-435-1966

Steve Rayborn Or Skyler Rayborn

256-435-7083 256-435-2023

Marty Boyles, Dealer 1628 Pelham Rd. S Jacksonville, AL 36265 Office: 256-365-1616 www.jascars.com Visit us on Facebook! jascars.com/facebook.aspx

ADRIANNE CURVIN & JASON KING 256-782-1120 Fax: 256-782-1123 601 Pelham Rd. S - Suite B Jacksonville, AL 36265 jason.king@curvinandking.com adrianne.curvin@curvinking.com

GREATER FAITH OUTREACH 1840 Pelham Rd. S., 435-1569

CATHOLIC ST. CHARLES CATHOLIC 308 7th St. N.E., 435-3238 CHRISTIAN

HOPE COMMUNITY 101 Lockette Dr., 435-5005

FAITH TEMPLE CHRISTIAN CENTER 831 Alexandria Road S.W., 435-2059

MIRACLE REVIVAL TEMPLE 204 Faith Ave., 820-0703

Phone: (256) 435-2392 Fax: (256) 435-9060 8221 McClellan Blvd.

Anniston, Al 36206

1116 Alexandria Rd. SW Jacksonville, AL 36265

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 200 Clinton St. S.W., 435-6340

TREDEGAR CHAPEL CONGREGATIONAL 1676 Nisbett Lake Rd., 435-2615

Edwards Grocery Valley Meats

200 Coffee Street

For All Your Cars Needs

OTHER

WEST POINT BAPTIST 6835 Hwy. 204, 435-9380

CHURCH OF CHRIST 329 Nesbit St., N.W., 435-9356

fax: 256-820-0102

CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS 604 Alexandria Rd. S.W., 435-5918

MT. SINAI BAPTIST 2125 Peaceburg Rd., 820-8686

CHURCH OF CHRIST

barrettbodyshop@cableone.net

HOLINESS

MT. GILEAD BAPTIST 1787 Mount Gilead Rd., 435-2940

www.klbrownfuneralhome.com Email: klbrownfuneral@cableone.net Office: 256-235-7042

256-820-7978 barrettbodyshop.com 2819 Cedar Springs Rd. Jacksonville, AL 36265

David’s Wrecker/ Rayborn Collision

EPISCOPAL

HATCHER AVENUE BAPTIST 1311 Hatcher Ave., 435-1947

322 Nisbet St. N.W. Jacksonville, AL

Frank Miles, Del Miles, & rayMonD WooDruFF

Call for special orders/meats Lynn Edwards, Owner P.256.435.4447 F.256.782.1414 6726 Hwy 204 Jacksonville, AL

INCOME TAX PREPARATION & ACCOUNTING SERVICE

820-1040 (Hwy. 21 North past Lenlock & Ft. McClellan’s Baltzell Gate on the right) •Year Round Accounting Service •Member National Association of Tax Professionals “Free electronic filing, if we prepare”

6205 McClellan Blvd.

Anniston, AL 36206

Jacksonville News would like to thank everyone for participating each week!

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 / PAGE 7

Keller Williams has Red Day to help community Volunteers assist Maudine Holloway this year Keller Williams International has set aside a day – called Red Day -- each year for the past six years to help out in the local community. Each Keller Williams office shuts their doors and chooses a project in the area.

This year the committee chose Maudine Holloway’s Community Enabler Developer, Inc., and were able to see the difference she has made in many people’s lives in the past 44 years.

Since the organization moved to its new location there have been many needs to arise.

Out of the many options there was to chose from at CED, inc. Keller Williams chose the one that may help bring in some revenue.

Holloway expressed that a source of income would help immensely. She also mentioned that one of her staff had the idea of a thrift store, but they had many other pressing needs and had not gotten around to it yet.

The house/building they wanted to use was packed full of inventory for the thrift store that had been donated to CED, inc.

This was the largest project Keller Williams has attempted since Red Day began. With the help and sponsors volunteers had the building emptied by 9 a.m. on May 8.

The builders from Calhoun Development installed shelves as other agents and volunteers sorted through the items outside. The building was transformed from a storage building to a thrift store by that afternoon, including handrails and a handicap accessible ramp.

Along with Keller Williams, other businesses that helped make Red Day possible were Webb Concrete & Building Supplies, Calhoun Development Inc., Classic on Noble, Classic at Buckhorn and staff from BBVA Compass Bank. Keller Williams and donations from others involved raised over $3,000 for Community Enabler Developer, Inc.

Volunteer Candace Moser helped sorts through some books.

ABOVE LEFT: Maudine Holloway spent the day helping volunteers while they helped her. MIDDLE: Terry Smallen takes a hammer to a spot outside the house. FAR RIGHT: Wearing their Red Day shirts, Wilson Boothe and Timothy Cash sort through silverware in the kitchen.

BASH: Riley Green helps entertain for second year at Back 40 Bash off Harold Boozer Road From page 1

second year Green hosted the event, which has grown from just a dream venue, to a 1,000-plus attendee annual show for the community.

“I was doing a show in Heflin and there were about 500 people there, and 200 or 300 of them I knew,” said Green, who started playing his music in bars seven years ago. “I thought, ‘Why don’t we just put on our own show? We can probably get a lot of people out here.’”

Out here, being the 40 acres of land off of Harold Boozer Road owned by Green’s uncle. Last year, Green and his father built a stage for the field anticipating a crowd of about 300.

About 1,400 country music fans showed up.

“You look out and see that many people, it’s pretty exciting,” Green said. “It went so well; we couldn’t not do it again.”

A large chunk of those 1,400 fans last year were Green’s old friends and family, who were back for year two.

“You get to drink in a field, what more do you want,” said Travis McDaniel. “And you don’t have to drive 300 miles to get there.”

More like just a few hundred feet for some in the community. While Pleasant Valley may be off the beaten path for residents

in Anniston or even Jacksonville, the Back 40 takes place just off a residential street. But Green said the neighbors don’t complain about the noise.

“They’re actually the first ones setting up in the front row,” Green said in between his afternoon sound check.

It was hard to find someone Saturday night who was a first-year attendee or unfamiliar with Green. Ryan Saccucci, like most at the festival, said he and Green “go way back” to when the two played football in high school. Saccucci, who now lives in Georgia, was back in town for Mother’s Day, and said there was no way he was going to miss the second Back 40 Bash.

“It’s like a family reunion,” Saccucci said while playing cornhole during the concert’s sound check. “You don’t get to see your friends and classmates every day, but you come here and run into all of them.”

The family reunion naturally extends to the folks who helped Green put the show together. Besides getting the land and stage from his father and uncle,

Green’s friends and family volunteered to sell tickets and park cars.

“We cut some corners,” Riley said, adding, “I headline so I don’t have to pay myself.”

The group Wind Creek Hospitality out of Wetumpka helped sponsor the event this year as well, setting up a food stand, with all the proceeds going to the First Baptist Church of Williams, where Green is a member.

For this year, Green’s show was again himself and local country music friends, such as Blake Flood, an Oxford resident who plays acoustic guitar. Green said he’d like to see the festival keep growing, and hopefully, maybe even attract a name bigger than himself to

take the stage.

“I’d love to just open up, then come back out here and just enjoy it,” he said.

“It wouldn’t take much to get a bigger name than me, so I’m open for it.”

Jonathan Skinner, another one of Green’s close friends, was tailgating early Saturday and said it was hard to believe such a big music fest could happen in Calhoun County. But all the same, he said while sipping a beer, he wouldn’t bet against it growing more in years to come.

“With Riley, anything is possible,” Skinner said.

“He likes to keep things weird.”

Staff Writer Brian Anderson: 256-235-3546. On Twitter @BAnderson_Star

Dead ain’t fun.

Click it or ticket, Alabama.

This project is supported by Contract #14-HS-M2-003, awarded by the Governor of Alabama, the Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Division of ADECA, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Buy it anywhere...Finance HERE

WWW.JAXNEWS.COM ANNISTON - 1731 Noble St. ........................................(256) 237-2113 CENTRE - 500 Cedar Bluff Rd. .......................................(256) 927-4203 JACKSONVILLE - 1204 Church Ave. SE ..........................(256) 435-5741 OHATCHEE - Indian Village ..........................................(256) 892-7129 ROANOKE - Hwy. 431 Bypass .....................................(334) 863-8902

// Photos by Anita Kilgore // Online slideshow at www.annistonstar.com

Lung Cancer or Colon Cancer

Asbestos exposure was common in many industrial professions prior to 1980. Many cancers have been linked to such exposure including:

Lung Cancer • Mesothelioma • Colon Cancer If you or your loved ones have been diagnosed with any of these cancers call:

Environmental Litigation Group, PC

1-800-749-9200

No representation is made that the quality of services performed is greater than the quality of services performed by other lawyers.

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

PAGE 8 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

THOMPSON: Earns college degree while working and raising family From page 1

gate where he’d turn into the former fort, Thompson noticed some tire marks that went to the right and off the road.

Then he saw that a car was upside down in a creek.

Thompson darted from his Jeep and noticed that someone was trapped. An Anniston police officer and another motorist, William Lerner Long, and Long’s son were already there.

While the officer summoned for help Thompson checked to be see if anyone else was in the vehicle and then joined Long who was already in the process of trying to save Jabon Lancaster.

Thompson and Long couldn’t retrieve Lancaster from his vehicle. All they could do was hold his head up to keep him from drowning while the water kept rising.

“The guy was unconscious in the water,” said Thompson.

“We couldn’t let go of his head.

We were all trying to help him as much as we could.

Jabon was unconscious.

Each breath felt like it was going to be his last. He was taking slow, long breaths.

I’m thinking I’m here holding this guy’s head, and he’s going to die, and I don’t even know who he is.”

Thompson was in waist to chest deep water, though he didn’t think about it at the time. Finally, help arrived, and Lancaster was freed from the vehicle.

After the rescue, Thompson suddenly realized he was cold, soaking wet and muddy.

He called his boss to tell him he’d be late. He had to go home and change.

Lancaster remained unconscious for a month and a half.

Word spread that Thompson had helped save Lancaster’s life. He didn’t like talking about it, but it seemed as though everyone else did.

In December 2013 Thompson was honored during a ceremony at Fort McClellan and was presented the Soldier’s Medal for heroism. He was surprised to see Lancaster walk in carrying a baby girl.

During the time Lancaster was unconscious, his wife learned she was pregnant.

Thompson doesn’t like to talk about what he did that day. He said he doesn’t feel heroic, and he felt hesitant about doing this story.

“I’m a private person, and I don’t like a lot of recognition,” he said. “I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to help somebody. And I just happened to be in a military uniform and got recognized for it.”

Thompson and Lancaster don’t keep in touch, but they are Facebook friends.

Thompson was born and reared in Jacksonville. He is the son of the late Donald R. Thompson of Ozark and the late Jerry and Roszell Fair Maye of Jacksonville.

His sister, Denise Holiday, lives in Pueblo, Colo.

Another sister, Vanessa Thompson Williams, lives in Pleasant Valley.

Thompson has been married to the former Kym Lawrence of Montevallo for 20 years. Kym is an administrative assistant with Bradshaw and Pitts, LLC in Anniston. They have two children. Alexis is 15 and Tristen is 10.

After graduating from Jacksonville High School Thompson did two things.

He enlisted in the National Guard and enrolled at Jacksonville State University.

“I wasn’t mature enough when I first went to college,” he said. “I wanted to go, but not for the right reasons. I let my grades go down.”

He left JSU but stayed with the military.

Nineteen years later -- in 2008 -- Thompson received a bachelor’s in human resource management from Faulkner University in Montgomery.

“It was a struggle going back to school and raising a family,” he said. “I’d stay up many nights studying until 2 o’clock in the morning, then have to get up at 4 or 5 and go into work. And I still had to make time for my family.”

Thompson is currently a heavy mobile equipment mechanic at Anniston Army Depot. He’s been in the Military 24 years; 13 of those were active duty and 11 were Alabama National Guard.

He’s been deployed three times, twice to Southeast

Photo by Anita Kilgore

The Thompson family, Wendell, Tristen, Kym and Alexis.

Asia and once for Operation Noble Eagle. The first deployment was to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The second deployment was Operation Noble Eagle.

The third deployment was to Iraq.

When he returned from Iraq in 2010, the state military department put him on Title 32 active duty orders with the Alabama Pre-Mobilization Training Element. His job was to train soldiers on Army warrior task and battle drills based on the specific theater and location in which the sourced unit would be deployed.

Thompson said the active army and guard have been good for him.

“It’s been a good living for me,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot of changes through the years. Different policies have come out. I could retire now if I wanted to, but that’s not my plan. I’m going to stay in as long as I can.”

Thompson is the 1st sergeant over the 2025th Transportation Company in the Alabama National Guard in Jacksonville.

He’s responsible for transportation logistical support, seeing that supplies and equipment are moved from one location to another safely.

He’s been called to help with relief work in several natural disasters, including hurricanes Katrina and

Rita.

He has served a year in South Korea and several months in South America to locations such as Dominican Republic and the Panama Canal Zone.

Thompson has recently been initiated into the F&M Masonic Lodge in Jacksonville. He attends Faith Temple Christian Academy. He officiates football for the Alabama High School Athletic Association. He is a Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity alumni.

In addition to football, he enjoys kayaking, hunting, and fishing.

(Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)

ROSCH: Three Rosch women will speak at expo in Montgomery From page 1

to go into schools or visit organizations where she can help those who are dealing with their illnesses.

Accompanied by her sister, Christina, she spoke on several occasions with staff members at the D.C. offices of Sen. Jeff Sessions, Sen. Richard Shelby and Congressman Mike Rogers.

Katie, an 11th-grader, who is home schooled, said speaking on Capitol Hill was a powerful experience, and she’s looking forward to speaking about Tourette Syndrome and her other illnesses including lupus, Sjogrens, fibromyalgia, thyroid disease, Hashimito’s, Raynaud’s, and Sjogrens Syndrome.

Katie also has suffers with celiac disease, which means she can’t eat meat,

barley or rice.

“Even touching wheat will make me sick,” she said.

Katie said her illnesses interferes with many aspects of her life, especially socially. She’s grateful to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham which taught her how to manage her tics.

“Along with Tourette comes what they call comorbidity which means I have OCD symptoms as well,” said Kate. “I’m undergoing testing now to see if I have dyslexia or other learning disabilities.

I have an anxiety disorder, which also goes along with it.”

Katie, Christina and their mother will be featured speakers at the statewide Alabama Homeschool Expo in Montgomery next month. Katie and Christina

enjoy going into schools and clubs to do awareness presentations. They say to feel free to contact them for more information at katierosch.webs.com.

“We’ll have a booth with tons of information,” said Katie. “We’re also featured speakers, teaching about how to teach children with illnesses, which is a problem a lot of people have. The cool thing about my mom is that she and I go out and talk to people. We work together, and we’re trying to start a support group for chronically ill children and adults.”

When Christina became ill at the age of 8, Katie said her mother sprang into action immediately.

“Christina was really, really sick in 2002,” she said. “We were worried about her, and the doctors were worried about her.

My mom went to school and became a naturopathic doctor, which means keeping the body working.

It’s kind of a preventive medicine. It’s helped us a zillion times. I wouldn’t be where I am without that. It really changed my life.”

Katie said her mother has been teaching about health issues since 2006.

“I grew up listening to her speeches, so it was kind of ingrained in me,” she said.

“Supporting your body so that it functions optimally is important.”

Katie said she has many hobbies.

“I really aspire to be a writer, and to write novels, but to also help others, because I’ve come across so many people who are ill,” she said. “I’ve been dealing with chronic illnesses, and now it feels like a time to help others

so they don’t have to go through things alone like feeling that their big sister might die.”

Katie said she has a lot of experience under her belt.

And, while on the subject of belts, she mentions that she and Christina are both black belts in Taekwondo. Katie is a chief master sergeant in the Civil Air Patrol.

Christina is a certified yoga instructor and life coach, and Katie is taking courses

and will soon be a certified stress management coach.

She likes to knit, read and dance.

She also enjoys making videos and blogging on youtube about her life experiences. She likes to write music and sing, which can be seen and heard on “The Zebra Channel”. Katie’s website is katierosch.webs.com.

(Contact Margaret at pollya922@gmail.com)

Credit cards make great travel companions.

Accepted worldwide at over 25 million retail locations and 1 million ATMs, our Platinum Visa® Credit Card is convenient, easy to pack, and more secure than cash.

To apply, visit your nearest F&M location, contact your lender, or go to www.f-mbank.com.

Visit us on the web at: www.jaxnews. com Service • Solutions • Strength

NOW BUYING

Anita Kilgore

Katie and Christina Rosch are both black belts in Taekwondo.

Kitty Stone students suggest Weekly Challenge to help elderly

GUNS, GOLD & DIAMONDS TOP $$$ PAID

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

B&B Pawn & Jewelry

Elderly people need help sometimes. Please call an elderly person that you know and ask them if they need help doing some chores.

6050 HWY 202 COLDWATER

KEEP (Kids Encouraging Elderly People) Mrs. Parker’s Fourth Grade Class

256-237-4202

www.BandBpawnshop.com

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 / PAGE 9

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

JSU closes OVC play with sweep Gamecocks will host Crimson Tide tonight Casey Antley had six strikeouts and allowed just four hits to lead Jacksonville State to a 5-0 win over Eastern Kentucky as the Gamecocks swept the Ohio Valley Conference series on Sunday The Gamecocks improve to 29-21 overall and 17-10 in the league, and with the win on Sunday, the Gamecocks earned their 11th straight appearance in the OVC Baseball Tournament on May 21-25 in Jackson, Tenn. Jax State has advanced to the tournament every year since joining the league in 2004.

Antley (2-4) threw 88 pitches in seven solid innings on the mound to earn the win for the Gamecocks. Brent Cobb (3-6) gave up all five runs to suffer the loss for the Colonels.

The Gamecocks took a 1-0 lead in the third inning after Michael Bishop led off with a double and scored on Ryan Sebra’s RBI single to center field to give JSU the early lead.

Jax State added three more runs in the fourth inning to extend the lead after Gavin Golsan scored on an infield grounder and Stephen Bartlett scored on an EKU throwing error. Bishop then scored on a sacrifice fly as the Gamecocks built a 4-0 lead.

JSU added a run in the seventh inning after Mora-Loera scored on another infield grounder for the final margin.

Mora-Loera led the Gamecocks with three hits, while Michael Bishop, Ryan Sebra, Andrew Bishop, Bartlett and Golsan each finished with two hits to lead the Gamecocks’ 14-hit attack. Ben Fisher led the Colonels with two hits.

Jacksonville State returns to action by hosting No. 22 Alabama on Tuesday evening at Rudy Abbott Field Game time is set for 6 p.m. and the game will be carried on the JSU Radio Network. Advance tickets are available by visiting JSUGamecockSports.com/tickets.

JSU 10-3, EKU 1-2 Eddie Mora-Loera had three hits and Zachary Fowler allowed just two hits to lead Jacksonville State to a 10-1 win over Eastern Kentucky in the first game of a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series on Saturday afternoon.

Gavin Golsan scored on Michael Bishop’s single off the left field wall for a 3-2 11-inning sweep over the Colonels in the night cap.

In the opener, Fowler (6-5) threw just 71 pitches in seven solid innings on the mound and allowed just two hits to pick up the win for the Gamecocks. Tanner Perkins (3-8) allowed seven runs on six hits in just 1 1/3 innings to suffer the loss for the Colonels.

Jax State jumped out to an early 7-0 lead after scoring four runs in the first inning and three more in the second inning to take control of the game.

In the first, Griff Gordon, Paschal Petrongolo, Ryan Sebra and Stephen Bartlett each drove in a run, while Mora-Loera hit a three-run home run in the second inning to lead the Gamecocks.

Trent Penny / Consolidated News Service

Zachary Fowler delivers a pitch during action earlier this season.

Jax State added two more runs in the fourth after Gordon scored on a wild pitch and Andrew Bishop had a RBI single as the Gamecocks extended the lead to 9-0.

Ryan Sebra led off the sixth inning with a solo home run to push the lead to 10-0, and EKU scored its run in the top of the ninth inning on a solo home run by Taylor Blair for the final margin.

Mora-Loera had three hits and drove in three runs, while Sebra finished with a pair of RBI to lead the Gamecocks.

In the second game, EKU took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a RBI single by Ben Fisher, and Sean Hagen scored on a Gamecock error.

The Gamecocks scored in the second after Andrew Bishop reached on a two-out walk and came around to score on Golsan’s double down the right field line to cut the lead to 2-1.

Jax State rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning after Sebra reached on a one-out double and moved to third on a deep fly ball, before scoring on a EKU wild pitch to tie the game at 2-2.

The Gamecocks won the game in the 11th inning after Golsan walked and stole second. Bishop then took a 1-1 pitch and hit it off the left field wall to allow Golsan to score the game-winning run.

Travis Stout (2-0) had three strikeouts and did not allow a hit in three innings of relief to earn the win for the Gamecocks, while Cody Creamer got stuck with the loss for the Colonels.

Michael and Andrew Bishop each had two hits, along with Gordon and Golsan as the Gamecocks finished with 10 hits in the game. Hagen finished with two hits to lead Eastern Kentucky.

Late Tennessee Tech rally sinks Gamecocks in conference tourney

Trent Penny / Consolidated News Service

Tiffany Harbin pitches during action earlier this year.

The Jacksonville State softball team’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament run came to an end on Saturday morning, when Tennessee Tech plated six runs after a 21-hour rain delay to hand the Gamecocks a 6-3 loss at University Field.

With JSU leading 3-0 in the top of the sixth on Friday morning, rain started falling and halted play until 9 a.m. on Saturday. The seventh-seeded Golden Eagles used a pair of home runs in the sixth to plate six runs and pull off the upset and eliminate the Gamecocks.

The Gamecocks took a 1-0 lead in the first at bat of the day on Friday morning, when sophomore Ella Denes continued her hot streak with her second leadoff home run in as many days. The Pisgah native drove Danielle Liberatore’s 2-2 pitch well over the wall in right center for her third home run in three OVC tourney games.

A pair of freshman starters went toeto-toe for five innings, with JSU’s Logan Green holding the Golden Eagles scoreless over her 4 2/3 innings in the circle. She struck out three and walked three before a pair of fifth-inning singles forced head coach Jana McGinnis to go to senior Tiffany Harbin in the bullpen with two outs. She then stepped in and got a pop up from TTU’s All-OVC first baseman Kendall Hooper on the 10th pitch of her at bat, and senior Kalee Tabor snagged it at the top of the net in front of the third base dugout to end the threat.

JSU had stretched its lead to 3-0 in the top of the inning, one that was started by a Stephanie Lewis leadoff double off the wall in right center. Liberatore walked Denes on four pitches to bring up Taylor Sloan, who put down a perfect bunt that was just out of the reach of TTU third baseman Cortney Fry. With the infield in, McGinnis sent Lewis home to score the first run of the inning, then she scored Denes from second on second baseman Hannah Eldridge’s misplay of a Savan-

nah Sloan grounder.

The game came to a halt in the top of the sixth at 11:35 a.m., when heavy rains started falling in the Jacksonville area. It will pick up where it left off, with Lewis facing Liberatore with two outs and a 1-2 count and Cadi Oliver standing on second base.

When the game resumed 21 hours and 21 minutes later, the Golden Eagles bats were red hot. They got a two-run homer from Cortney Fry and a three-run blast from Angi Sakamoto to quickly erase their deficit and stake Liberatore to a 5-3 lead. A Chelsea Burgess single scored the sixth and final run, and the Gamecocks couldn’t get anything more than a Taylor Sloan leadoff double in the seventh.

Harbin (18-8) suffered the loss after allowing six runs, five earned, on five hits in two thirds of an inning. Green threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Harbin caps an illustrious JSU career that saw her strike out a school-record 923 batters, 288 more than the previous record, earn the OVC’s Freshman of the Year in 2011 and its Pitcher of the Year honor in 2014. She also holds the career records for wins, innings pitched and games started.

Murray 5, JSU 4 A late Murray State rally was capped with a run in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Racers to a 5-4 win over the Jacksonville State softball team in Thursday’s second round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

Sophomore Ella Denes went 4-for4 with a home run, three RBI and a school-record-tying three doubles to lead a 10-hit effort by the top seeded Gamecocks (40-14), but a two-run sixth tied the game and set up the Racers (32-22) in the seventh. Harbin (18-7) suffered her first loss since the April 6 game at Murray after allowing five runs on nine hits in six innings of work.

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

PAGE 10 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

White Plains heading for state tournament CHRIS BROWN Consolidated Correspondent

TROY — After each of White Plains High’ two wins in the Class 3A South Central Regional on Friday, Wildcats head coach Rachel Ford’s son, 3-year-old Cooper, ran onto the field to celebrate with the team.

Following its championship-clinching victory over Glencoe 6-0 on Saturday afternoon, Cooper ran into his mom’s arms again, and was in the middle of the postgame huddle of the Wildcats.

After the team took pictures with their regional championship plaque, several players -- including shortstop Sophia Taylor, Carley and Shelby Wood -picked up and played with him like they were all his older sisters. The moment showed how close this team is to its coach, teammates and a valuable fan such as Cooper.

“This championship means even more because of how close this team is,” said Taylor. “With it being my senior year, this really means a lot to me.

“This team really loves each other, so there isn’t any drama. We are all one big family.”

Next for White Plains (38-5) is the Class 3A state tournament at Lagoon Park in Montgomery. The Wildcats will play their opener Thursday at 9 a.m.

Ford and Wildcats rode the arms of Anna Snider and Amber Greenwood during the tournament.

They combined to allow only one run through 21 innings, and four dating back to the Class 3A, Area

JSU women’s programs win APR award INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Jacksonville State women’s tennis team and the women’s cross country squad has been honored by the NCAA for its academic success in the classroom by receiving a public recognition award for top academic performance, announced by the governing body of intercollegiate athletics.

The honor marks the third consecutive year that the Gamecock netters have received the award, while it’s the first recognition for women’s cross country.

The awards are given to teams scoring in the top 10 percent of the multi-year Academic Progress Rates (APR), which is part of the NCAA’s academic reform program. Top performing APRs this year ranged from 978 to a perfect 1,000, with the majority of teams earning a perfect APR. The number of teams in some sports may exceed 10 percent depending on the number of perfect scores.

79SPECIAL SPECIAL 89

$$

Lipo/B12 Combo Injection with May with January Special Special

FREE

First initial visit only with this coupon, cannot be used with any other offer.

Expires 5/31/14 Expires 1/31/14

(Includes doctor visit & written prescription for 2 weeks of (Includes visit & Genericdoctor Appetite written prescription for Suppressants) Listed: Phentermine 1 month of(Adipex) Appetiteor Phendimetrazine (Bontril)

$50 SPECIAL Suppressants) $

65 - 71

$

Phentermine (Adipex) May Special Phendimetrazine (Bontril) Written Monthly RX Lipotrophic B6-B12 Liptrophic B6-B12 Injections $6-$13 Injections $6-$13

Gadsden Anniston Weight Weight Control 256-442-2686 Control

8 tournament.

“I think our pitchers are some of the best around,” Ford said. “However, if it wasn’t for our defense, we wouldn’t be in this situation.”

Greenwood, playing second base against Glencoe, made an athletic catch while running to her right, keeping the Yellow Jackets off the board in the inning and Anna Snider’s shutout intact. “(Amber Greenwood) made a game-saving performance play,” Ford said. “With a line drive over her head, she caught it.

“Our pitches may be shutting them down, but the defense is getting behind them, too.”

The game was a standoff, with White Plains leading 1-0 until the fifth inning.

That’s when the Wildcats erupted for five runs off five hits and two Glencoe errors.

With two on, Carley Wood sent a double to left field to score Morgan Cobb and Snider to start the scoring.

“When (Carley Wood) hit that rope, it set the tempo of the inning,” Ford said.

“After she did that, it gave our hitters confidence to go up there and attack the ball, because they knew they could do it too.”

Cobb finished with two hits and two runs scored.

Snider added two doubles, one RBI and one run scored.

Greenwood had two hits and one run scored. Shelby Wood hit one single and scored a run. In addition to her double, Carley Wood hit a single and scored a run.

“Winning this tournament gives us confidence we can compete with anyone,” Cobb said.

This will be the fourth straight year White Plains will play in the state tournament, and Ford feels this team could be special.

“I think things will be different, because our team has a different attitude,” she said. “In big games, we don’t seem to get as tense and stay loose, which really helps our play.”

The Competition doesn’t stack up

Miss Spring Beauty & Talent Pageant May 31st at JSU McClellan Auditorium in Anniston, Alabama.

Pageant 10:00 a.m. for 0-4 and 1:00 p.m. for 5 years and up Beautiful 6” rhinestone crowns for all queens, trophies, monogrammed banners.

12 age divisions for Natural contestants

&

12 age divisions for Glitz contestants

For entry form call: 256-239-2886 or 256-201-8153 or e-mail anamericanbeauty@centurylink.net or janicepbrown@centurylink.net

Now Open Mon. thru Fri. 9-5 pm Saturday 9-4 pm

Customer Satisfaction is Our No. 1 Priority

Call us today at 256-435-4076

www.jaxnews.com

Thank You For Your Service

Barbeque

Come have fun at our old fashioned Memorial Day BBQ honoring the dedication of our area Veterans and First Responders. Reserve your seats today!

Friday, May 23 | 12 p.m.

Special Guest: Army Sergeant Corey Garmon, wounded veteran Pulled Pork | Beans | Slaw | Refreshments $200 Gift Card Raffle | Entertainment RSVP by May 21 to 256.456.0016 $10 Suggested Donation to Fisher House Charity

All proceeds to benefit Fisher House Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides military families housing close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.

All-Inclusive Lifestyle The premier senior living •• Affordable, Professional Team Available 24 Hours a Day community in the south • No “Buy-Ins” or Long-Term Commitments

510 East Grand Avenue, Rainbow City, AL 35906 256.456.0016 | www.DiscoverRegencyPointe.com Independent Living | Assisted Living | Memory Care

Doctor Supervised

(256) 231-7999 314192 1-866-443-2686 Doctor Supervised

Prices, plans, programs and specifications subject to change without notice. Void where prohibited by law. ©2014 Discovery Senior Living. Managed and Operated by Discovery Senior Living.

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 / PAGE 11

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

Warren isn’t drafted; signs with Saints

Former JHS star Buchanon chosen All-American Gadsden State sophomore basketball point guard Lacey Buchanon recently was named a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American. She was the only player from Alabama selected for the honor. A 2012 Jacksonville High graduate, Buchanon finished the season first in the Alabama Community College Conference and in the top 10 in the nation for assists averaging five per game. She had a total of 166 assists while scoring 600 points for the Cardinals for an 18.2 average.

“Postseason awards such as this one are a great compliment to any student-athlete,” said GSCC women’s head basketball coach John Butts. “For us to have the only player named from the state makes it very special for our program. Lacey has accomplished some wonderful things for us the last two years, and we are extremely proud of her.

We know she’ll great at the next levelyou and wish Sample our do liquids before buy.her much success in the future.”

In March, Buchanon was named ACCC Region XXII and North Division 2014 Player of the Year while also being named to the All-Region and All-North Division first teams after leading Gadsden State to the ACCC championship game. Last summer, Buchanon was chosen as one of 50 players from across the country to participate in the NJCAA All-Star Weekend in Florida. Buchanon plans to continue her athletic career as a student-athlete at Troy University this fall.

JORDAN SMITH Consolidated News

While most prospects were anxiously waiting to learn if they would be selected in the final round of the NFL draft, safety Pierre Warren already knew where he would wind up.

He agreed to sign with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent during the final round of this year’s draft. “(The Saints) called before the draft was over and asked, if I don’t get drafted, if I wanted to sign a free agent deal with them,” Warren said. “It seemed like the best deal so I took it.”

Warren declared for the draft after his junior season at Jacksonville State. He earned the reputation as a hard-hitting safety as he finished as the Gamecocks’ second leading tackler with 76 and led JSU with five interceptions and three fumble recoveries.

Even so, those statistics weren’t enough for an NFL team to draft him. But even in hindsight, Warren still feels he made the right decision.

“I miss my old teammates,” he said, “but I left to get a chance to play in the league and that’s what I got. I still feel I made the right choice.”

As Warren says farewell to his old teammates at JSU, he is preparing to be greeted by another former Gamecock.

Defensive back A.J. Davis signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Saints in 2012. The two played together in the Gamecock’s secondary in 2011. Davis called their reunion “a blessing.”

“I found out about it when I got on Twitter,” Davis said.

“I saw a lot of retweets and stuff. I was in my apartment when he told me. I was really excited when I heard he was coming down here. He’s somebody I’m actually familiar with, somebody I played with and actually hung out with in in college. I guarantee you we’ll be doing the same here.”

Walking into an NFL locker room as an undrafted free agent can be intimidating. Warren is walking into an almost perfect situation. Davis will be there to help ease his transition to the NFL. According to Davis, the Saints made him feel “really comfortable” when he was in Warren’s shoes in 2012.

“This is a real good organization from the top man on down,” Davis said. “The owner, the coaching staff, they do a real good job of making a lot of guys feel like family. I think Pierre will fit right in with the defensive scheme that we run.”

The duo combined for 65 tackles, five interceptions, and three fumble recoveries in 2011. If they are able to recapture some of their chemistry, Saints’ quarterbacks could be in for a surprise when training camp opens in summer.

Electronic Cigarettes

QUIT SMOKING TODAY ASK US HOW!

Accessories & E-Liquid

Sample liquids before you buy.

FRIENDSour DON’T LET FRIENDS SMOKE

Electronic Cigarettes Submitted photo

Lacey Buchanon will continue her career at Troy.

PLEASE VOTE 6/3/2014 BILLY S. LINDSEY DISTRICT FIVE (5)

CALHOUN COUNTY ALABAMA

COMMISSIONER John 3:16

Paid for by Billy S. Lindsey Campaign 2014 604 Memorial Drive, Piedmont AL 36272

Subscribe to The Jacksonville News Call Mandy

QUIT SMOKING TODAY ELECTRONIC ASK USCIGARETTES HOW!

A NEW VAPOR SHOP NEAR YOU! Accessories & E-Liquid FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS SMOKE PHONE: 256.689.0075 8908 MCCLELLAN BLVD. ANNISTON AL. 36206 (BESIDE HERO’S GRILL)

at

ACCESSORIES & E-LIQUID

256-235-9254

Sample our liquids before you buy.

Electronic Cigarettes

QUIT SMOKING HH BILLY S. LINDSEY HHTODAY

ASK US HOW! Candidate for Commissioner, District 5

Accessories & E-Liquid

In January 2014, Billy read that Mr. Rudy Abbott would not seek re-election to District 5 of the Calhoun County FRIENDS DON’TCommission.

LET FRIENDS SMOKE He then proceeded to start the qualification process to run as a Republican for the District 5 Commissioner’s job.

Please read the following to learn about Billy’s Military Career.

Military Service: For Billy S. Lindsey Jan. 1949 from Private First Class to Major with 7 years in Grade for Retirement. May 1972 with 21 years’ service.

Assignments: 1-1949 Alabama National Guard Co. A 131st Tank BN. Armory Piedmont, AL 6-1949 2 weeks Summer Camp , Ft. Benning Columbus, G 7-1949 2 weeks Summer Camp, Ft. McClellan Anniston, AL 9-1950 Co. A 131st. Tank Bn, Piedmont, activated for federal service, Ft. Knox KY 9-1950 Cpl. Lindsey assigned to Co. A as a Company Armor to maintain-Issue large caliber weapons to troops for training at Ft. Knox.

5-1951 Promoted to Sgt. And assigned as Company a Supply Sqt. To maintain complete records on thousands of items-tools, small arms, supplies, jeeps, trucks, clothing, kitchen equipment, and supplies, bedding for troops, large caliber weapons and anything needed to support the company training mission-issue and requisition and accountability for the Company Commander and be ready at all time for IG Inspections.

1-1952 Sgt. Lindsey was selected to establish a supply operation at a new location at Ft. Knox, Ky.

6-1952 Sgt. Lindsey completed his Federal Activation Call-up and was released from active duty at Ft. Knox to return to Piedmont, AL. 9-1952 Capt. George P. Hendrix was assigned the duty of establishing a new unit in Piedmont, AL

by The Alabama National Guard Headquarters in Montgomery, AL and the new unit was the 146 Engr.

Company, Light Equipment, Capt. Hendrix invited Sgt. Lindsey to join the unit and suggested he apply for a direct commission as a 2nd Lt. at the Alabama State National Guard Headquarters in Montgomery.

After introductions-interviews, a testing process and follow-up interviews, a direct commission was approved effective in Sept. 52, and 2nd. Lt. Lindsey was assigned as the Company Supply Officer and served under Capt. Hendrix and later under Capt. Thomas E. Doyal CE-ANC. In August 1954, LT. Lindsey was invited to join Major Hendrix, BN Staff at the Armory in Anniston.

In May 1956, 1st LT. Lindsey was given the opportunity to attend the officer’s Military Engineering School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia with a cadre of Graduates from the Army’s Academy at West point in New York and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. They were tough competitors; he graduated September 1956.

In 1957, Lt. Lindsey was promoted to Captain and assigned as the Battalion S-2 Staff Officer. In January, 1958, CPT Lindsey was transferred to Headquarters: 166th Transportation Battalion (ACFT Maintenance and Supply) Alabama Army

National Guard at the Birmingham Airport. CPT Lindsey was assigned as the Headquarters’ Company Commandant and as the Staff-Administrator.

Units assigned to the 166th Transportation BN were the 107th Helicopter Company and the 252 ND Maintenance Company to serve the 107th to keep the choppers flying.

In January 1963, CPT. Lindsey was assigned to serve as the Headquarters Company Commandant for the 152nd Engineer Group (Combat) Alabama Army National Guard, 240 Greymont Avenue, West, Birmingham, and Al. In June 1964, CPT Lindsey requested a transfer to the 87th MAC at 2119 North First Avenue, Birmingham, AL to have a better Opportunity for advancement and more educational advantages.

Veteran’s Day, 1965, CPT Lindsey received a promotion to Major and was honored by Major General Hanson who pinned on the Gold Major Leaf just prior to the start of the Veterans Day parade in Birmingham. Major Lindsey served as the S-2 on the Engineering Section Staff of 87th MAC until retirement in April 1972.

Major Lindsey was retained on the Active Retired List of the USAR until 1992.

Extra- Curricular Military Billy is a life member of the Military Officers Association of America; also a member of the National Association for Uniformed Services.

PLEASE VOTE ON JUNE 3RD FOR BILLY S. LINDSEY, CALHOUN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 Paid for by Billy S. Lindsey Campaign 2014 • 604 Memorial Drive, Piedmont AL 36272

PAGE 12 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

Trail extension project planned in Jacksonville The City of Jacksonville is extending a shaded trail spur that extends east from the Chief Ladiga Trail along Little Tallahatchee Creek toward the city’s center.

The city completed the first 1,000 feet of the black-topped path late last summer. Named the Creekside Trail, it is about two blocks south of Mountain Street and bends and slopes until it dead-ends into Alexandria Road SW. The city plans to build the next 2,000 feet of the spur this summer and the path may be paved within the year, officials said.

“The idea is just to get people from the trail to the square easily,” said Jarrod Simmons, Jacksonville’s financial control officer.

Jack Plunk, a principal planner with the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, said he thought the project will make the Ladiga Trail more accessible to more Jacksonville residents.

“It’s great,” Plunk said. “It’s just another connection to allow people to get to and from the Chief.”

The city initiated the project in 2009 when it applied for a grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to build a pedestrian path to the Public Square, a plan officials hoped would lead trail-goers to spend more money downtown. The city didn’t receive the grant that year, but it used the plans developed during the application process to initiate the trail project.

Employees from the street department cleared land for the trail, built a road bed and completed drainage work there. Last year, the city paid Logan Construction Company of Jacksonville almost $16,000 to pave the path with asphalt matching the Ladiga Trail surface, said Stanley Carr, superintendent of the street and sanitation department.

FUN & GAMES WITH THE NEWS

It took two years to complete the first phase.

Poised to start the second phase of the project, the city has decided it will not seek a grant to pay for it. The city had planned to apply for a grant from the Transportation Alternatives Program, a federal plan administered locally by the Alabama Department of Transportation, but last week declined to do so.

Officials in a meeting April 28 said the federal money comes with requirements that could make the project too complicated and costly.

To use the money, municipalities must adhere to, and pay for, strict preliminary engineering requirements, and it must pay for 20 percent of the overall cost, Plunk said. He said it can be more cost effective for cities to do small projects themselves to avoid having to pay for extensive engineering work that could take as long a year to complete and can be unnecessary for simple developments.

City officials said engineers estimated that, if the city had received the transportation grant, the second phase of the project would cost $400,588, and the city would be responsible for 20 percent of that cost and engineering fees. If the city finishes the work without grant funding, it will cost between $40,000 and $106,038, depending on whether the city builds a bridge and how many layers of paved surface are used.

If the city eliminates the pedestrian bridge, it will reroute the bike path to meet A Street just west of a street bridge that crosses the creek.

Cyclists would have to share the bridge with vehicles to connect with downtown Jacksonville.

Eventually, Carr said, he would like to build a bridge wide enough for vehicles and cyclists, and build a designated bike path that extends from it along A street.

COUNCIL: Move will bring jobs in recent months. In October, the city offered abatements to Shelco Foundries in an effort to encourage the company to expand.

In February, Shelco announced that it will add 106 jobs by the end of 2015.

Smith said such abatements can be key in encouraging companies to expand and add jobs.

In other business the council: - Held a first reading of a proposed ordinance to conform with current governmental accounting practice standards.

If approved at a later meeting the ordinance would state that the city is required to record for financial purposes any item valued at $500,000 or more.

- Voted to participate in the annual backto-school tax holiday during the first week-

end in August.

- Voted to amend the qualifications for police officers. The city will now require officers to attain 13 instead of 12 weeks of training during the first year in law enforcement.

- Agreed to purchase an air conditioning unit valued at not more than $8,200 for the Jacksonville Public Library.

- Voted to solicit bids to replace old gas pipes under the ground at the city’s Public Square.

- Accepted the retirement of Gary Hammett, Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic.

- Employed Jonathan Davis, Part-Time Substitute Firefighter.

Staff Writer Laura Gaddy: 256-2353544. On Twitter @LGaddy_Star

Last week’s answers

Sudoku

The Jacksonville News

CC

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 • 13

Reaching 364,000 Households Per Week 256-241-1900

256-299-2153

205-884-3400

1-866-989-0873

Anniston Star Star Plus Jacksonville News Piedmont Journal Cleburne News

The Daily Home The St. Clair Times Coosa Valley Advantage Lakeside Magazine

CONSOLIDATED CLASSIFIED TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE All of the ads in this column represent legitimate offerings, however The Jacksonville News does recommend that readers exercise normal business caution in responding to ads.

Dancers wanted

Babe’s Lounge, Atalla AL. no exp. necessary,

NOW HIRING

Locally TRAINED Sales People that are NOT satisfied with current job, with no advancement opportunities and insufficient income.

CALL 256-741-1888

Truck Driver Trainees Needed!

Become a new driver for Werner Enterprises!

Earn $750 per week!

No experience needed!

Local CDL Training. gets you ready ASAP! 1-888-743-4701

256-458-0943 256-538-9105

EMPLOYMENT NOTICE

The Jacksonville Civil Service Board will be accepting applications to establish a register for the position of EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1A from 8AM on May 12 through 2PM on May 27, 2014.

Applicants must have an Alabama Class A CDL. Applications, job descriptions, and qualifications may be obtained at the Civil Service Office located at 111 Ladiga Street SE, Jacksonville, Alabama or downloaded at www.jacksonville-al.org. Civil Service Board contact information: 256/435-9695 (Mon - Fri, 8AM - 2PM) or email at civilservice@ jacksonville-al.org.

Stairlifts- Wheelchair lifts

local sales, local service, made in the USA. Grizzard Living Aids 256-237-2006 TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE All of the ads in this column represent legitimate offerings, however The Jacksonville News does recommend that readers exercise normal business caution in responding to ads.

MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED!

#1 I buy junk cars paying $200 & up, will match competitor’s price.

Honest, dependable & fair on the price, 256-310-0552

TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE All of the ads in this column represent legitimate offerings, however The Jacksonville News does recommend that readers exercise normal business caution in responding to ads.

J’ville- ESTATE SALE

Train to become a Medical Office Assistant!

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online training at SC Train gets you job ready!

HS Diploma/GED & PC/Internet needed!

1-877-649-3155

Pass Time While Waiting.

Read the Classifieds.

✓

Jacksoville News

Subscribe today and save off the newstand price.

256-241-1900 1-866-989-0873

Central Sterile Tech FT and PRN RN – Inpatient Endoscopy FT Days Tech – Inpatient Endoscopy FT Days RN - Surgery

Josh & Kellee Moses 360 Carr Drive May 16-18 20l4 Fri-Sat 9a-2p Sun 1p-3p 100% of Home/Shop Contents.

LR, DR, BR,Kitchen, toys & games, books, tapes, children, ladies & men’s clothing, golf cart, trailer, sporting goods, tools of all kinds.

Photos: a-mliquidations.com 256-453-1694

Websters Chapel- Estate sale of the late Nadine B. Noah Fri. May 16 8am-3pm & Sat. May 17 8am-? at 1120 AP Hollingsworth Road. Old home w/ iron beds, waterfall bedroom suit, wardrobe, quilts, embroidred & croteched linen, primitives carnival chalk, jewelry, potato crates, Shawnee & McCoy dishes, glassware, & cookware, vintage table w/ chairs, stove, refrigerator, & washer

J’ville- 16X80 3Br/2Ba $3000.

To remain in park where it is located. Call 256-499-5018

TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE All of the ads in this column represent legitimate offerings, however The Jacksonville News does recommend that readers exercise normal business caution in responding to ads.

Move in Special $200 deposit.

JACKSONVILLE COTTONWOOD APTS.

1, 2, & 3 BR avail.

256-435-2060, office now open on Mon.-Fri.

Jacksonville- 2 Br, 1 Ba,

townhouse from $450, total elec., Occasional Vacancies!

Call 256-236-5549 J’Ville, 2BR, West Apt’s.

256-282-4885.

1BA

Village Call Joy

Nights RN- Critical Care Full Time/ PRN

We take care of our classified customers.

CC C

Looking for a New place to call home Pheasant Run Apts in J’ville has a few 1&2Br Apt. Homes avail. Call 256-435-6008 and ask about our special.

M-F 8am-4pm.

Day

Line Deadline

Display Deadline

Daily Home/Anniston Star

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Friday @ 12 Friday @ 5 pm Monday @ 5 pm Wednesday @ 12 Thursday @ 12 Thursday @ 5 pm Friday @ 10 am

Friday @ 12 Friday @ 5 pm Monday @ 5 pm Wednesday @ 12 Thursday @ 12 Thursday @ 5 pm Friday @ 10 am

Star Plus St. Clair Times Jacksonville News Piedmont Journal Cleburne News Oxford Sun

Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Friday @ 10 am Monday @ 12 Friday @ 10 am Monday @ 12 Monday @ 5 pm Thursday @ 12

Friday @ 10 am Monday @ 12 Friday @ 10 am Monday @ 12 Monday @ 5 pm Thursday @ 12

This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer

PCT FT / PRN

Applications are accepted online at www.Riverviewregional.com An Equal Opportunity Employer/ Accredited by JCAHO/ Post offer drug testing is required.

Give Ginger a call and see why 1-866-989-0873 you’re No. 1 in her book!

CLASSIFIED DEADLINES

Nights

Nights

#1

258115

RN- Med Surg Full Time/ PRN

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS

CONSOLIDATED CLASSIFIEDS

FT RN - Emergency Dept FT, PRN

LEGAL NOTICE _________________________ Notice is hereby given that a TANKER DRIVERS - so- The Jacksonville News proposed ordinance that lo/team: up to $5,000 sign-on Calhoun County, AL amends Section 24-239 to bonus! Up to 63 cpm plus addi- May 13, 20 2014 change the off-street parking tional for pump offs, milage borequirements for assisted living NOTICE TO nuses! 1-year OTR required. facilities, is to be considered by Call 1-888-799-4873.

CREDITORS the City Council of the City of www.drive4oakley.com.

Jacksonville, Alabama, at the _________________________ STATE OF ALABAMA CALHOUN COUNTY City Hall, 300 Church Avenue, LAND FOR SALE TO THE BEST OF OUR SE, Jacksonville, Alabama, at BANK APPROVED Sale. PROBATE COURT KNOWLEDGE 7:00pm, June 9, 2014, and at Smith Lake, AL. Deep water CASE NO. 2014-0110 All of the ads in this column dockable year round! Very IN THE MATTER OF THE such time and place all perrepresent legitimate offerings, gentle slope $69,900. Open ESTATE OF JOHNNY W. sons who desire shall have an however The Jacksonville and wooded parcel at the end HENDERSON, DECEASED opportunity of being heard in News does recommend that of a cul de sac. Surrounded by Letters of Administration on the opposition to or in favor of such readers exercise normal busi- a national forest.

Call estate of JOHNNY W. HEN- ordinance. The full text of said DERSON, deceased, having proposed ordinance was pubness caution in responding to 1-205-282-4466. ads. _________________________ been granted to the under- lished in the May 6, 2014, issigned on April 22, 2014, by sue of The Jacksonville News.

REAL ESTATE Homes built on your land! the Honorable Alice K. Martin, Should any member of the 100% custom built with solid Judge of Probate of said public require special accomwood construction. Choose County, notice is hereby given modations in order to attend from over 100 customizable that all persons having claims this meeting, please call floor plans online at www.trinit- against said estate, are hereby (256) 435-7611 five (5) days in TO THE BEST OF OUR ycustom.com. Brick homes required to present the same advance of the public meeting.

KNOWLEDGE within the time allowed by law, All of the ads in this column starting at $104,900. Find out or the same will be barred.

The Jacksonville News represent legitimate offerings, how easy building can be. OLIVE HENDERSON, Person- Calhoun Co., AL however The Jacksonville 1-256-737-5055. al Representative of the Estate May 13, 2014 News does recommend that _________________________ of JOHNNY W. HENDERSON, readers exercise normal busi- FOR SALE Deceased.

NOTICE TO ness caution in responding to DISH TV retailer. Starting Alice K. Martin $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) ads.

Judge of Probate CREDITORS Broadband Internet starting STATE OF ALABAMA $14.95/month (where availCALHOUN COUNTY able.) Ask about same day in- The Jacksonville News PROBATE COURT stallation!

Call now! Calhoun Co., AL April 29, May 6, 13, 2014 CASE NO.2014-0095 1-800-311-7159. (R) IN THE MATTER OF THE _________________________ ESTATE OF BILLIE F. SAWMILLS FROM only $4397.

NOTICE TO HURST, DECEASED Make & save money with your CREDITORS Letters Testamentary on the own bandmill. Cut lumber any estate of BILLIE F. HURST, dimension. In stock ready to STATE OF ALABAMA deceased, having been grantship. Free info/DVD: www.Nor- CALHOUN COUNTY ed to SHEILA D. DUNN, the w o o d S a w m i l l s . c o m . PROBATE COURT CASE NO.2014-0171 undersigned on April 30, 2014, 1-800-578-1363 ext. 300N. by the Honorable Alice K. Mar_________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE AUCTIONS ESTATE OF DAN KNOWL- tin, Judge of Probate of said MEDICAL SUPPLIES REAL ESTATE Auction May NEW AND used - stair lift ele- TON MILLER, DECEASED County, notice is hereby given 24, Saturday, 11:00. Estate of vators, car lifts, scooters, lift Letters Testamentary on the that all persons having claims D.L. Greene. 2010 County chairs, power wheel chairs, estate of DAN KNOWLTON against said estate, are hereby Hwy. 35 Hamilton, Alabama. walk-in tubs. Covering all of Al- MILLER, deceased, having required to present the same Brick home 4 bedrooms, 3 abama for 23 years. Elrod Mo- been granted to HAZEL MILL- within the time allowed by law, baths finished basement, de- bility 1-800-682-0658. (R) ER, the undersigned on April or the same will be barred. tached building with 2 roll up _________________________ 21, 2014, by the Honorable SHEILA D. DUNN, Personal doors, 36+/- acres to be ofAlice K. Martin, Judge of Pro- Representative of the Last Will fered in parcels and as entirety bate of said County, notice is and Testament of BILLIE F. - 2 fish ponds, timber value, hereby given that all persons HURST, Deceased. beautiful home sites, pasture having claims against said es- Alice K. Martin land. Redmont Auction & Land tate, are hereby required to Judge of Probate Co., Inc. 1-205-822-4229. Edpresent the same within the die Propst #1161.

NOTICE OF HEAR- time allowed by law, or the The Jacksonville News _________________________ same will be barred.

Co., AL ING FOR PETITION HAZEL MILLER, Personal Calhoun INSTRUCTION May 13, 20, 27, 2014 MEDICAL OFFICE trainees of the Last Will FOR LETTERS OF Representative needed! Train to become a and Testament of DAN Medical Office Assistant! No KNOWLTON MILLER, DeADMINISTRATION experience needed! Online PROBATE COURT OF CAL- ceased.

NOTICE TO training at SC gets you job HOUN COUNTY CASE NO. Alice K. Martin ready! HS diploma/GED & 2014-0190 Judge of Probate CREDITORS PC/Internet needed! TO: SHANE CONE, HARLEY STATE OF ALABAMA 1-888-926-6075. (R) CALHOUN COUNTY FLEMING (a/k/a HARLEY The Jacksonville News _________________________ CONE), PROBATE COURT CHAD GOLDEN Calhoun Co., AL HELP WANTED-DRIVERS CASE NO.2014-0109 (a/k/a CHADWIN LEE AN- April 29, May 6, 13, 2014 ATTN: DRIVER trainees need- DREWS), CASEY GOLDEN, IN THE MATTER OF THE ed now! $800 to $1000 a week any and all unknown heirs of ESTATE OF MILDRED E. NOTICE TO plus great benefits! Home the Decedent, WORLEY, DECEASED Tyler Austin weekly or OTR available. No Cone, and to any parties interCREDITORS Letters Testamentary on the CDL? No problem, will train lo- ested in said proceeding.

STATE OF ALABAMA estate of MILDRED E. WORcally!

Call today Please take notice that a Peti- CALHOUN COUNTY LEY, deceased, having been 1-866-918-2838. (R) granted to JO ANN BAYNE, tion for Letters of Administra- PROBATE COURT _________________________ tion of Tyler Austin Cone, de- CASE NO.2014-0132 who is one and the same perATTN: DRIVERS! Top pay! Be ceased, has been filed in said IN THE MATTER OF THE son as JOAN BAIN mentioned a name, not a number! Quality Court by Wesley M. Frye, and ESTATE OF JUNIOUS D. in the Last Will and Testament home time! BCBS + pet & rid- that a hearing on said Petition CATES, DECEASED of MILDRED E. WORLEY, deer. Orientation sign on bonus. has been set for the 1st day of Letters Testamentary on the ceased; the undersigned on CDL-A req. 1-877-258-8782. July, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. before estate of JUNIOUS D. CATES, April 24, 2014, by the Honwww.ad-drivers.com. having been orable Alice K. Martin, Judge of the Probate Court of Calhoun DECEASED, _________________________ County, 1702 Noble Street, granted to MAE BARNETT, the Probate of said County, notice AVERITT EXPRESS new pay Suite 102, Anniston, Alabama, undersigned on April 29, 2014, is hereby given that all persons increase for regional drivers! 36201. by the Honorable Alice K. Mar- having claims against said es40 to 46 cpm + fuel bonus! Al- Wesley M. Frye, Petitioner tin, Judge of Probate of said tate, are hereby required to so, post-training pay increase County, notice is hereby given present the same within the for students! (Depending on The Jacksonville News that all persons having claims time allowed by law, or the Domicile) Get home every Calhoun Co., AL against said estate, are hereby same will be barred. week + excellent benefits. May 6, 13, 20, 2014 required to present the same JO ANN BAYNES, Personal CDL-A req. 1-888-362-8608 within the time allowed by law, Representative, who is one apply @ AverittCareers.com. or the same will be barred. and the same person as JOAN NOTICE Equal Opportunity Employer MAE BARNETT, Personal BAIN, as named in the Last The following Abandoned Vehifemales, minorities, protected Representative of the Last Will Will and Testament of MILveterans and individuals with cle 2008 Nissan Titan Silver and Testament of JUNIOUS D. DRED E. WORLEY, DeVin# 1N6BA06A18N341585 disabilities are encouraged to ceased. abandoned at 220 Macon CATES, Deceased. apply.

Alice K. Martin Alice K. Martin Johnson Dr, Jacksonville, AL _________________________ Judge of Probate Judge of Probate 36265 will be sold to pay for DRIVERS: CDL-A drivers storage and towing fees if not needed. Total respect - total The Jacksonville News The Jacksonville News success. Start up to 38¢ /mile. claimed by June 13, 2014. Re- Calhoun Co., AL Calhoun Co., AL spond via email: OTR & regional runs. CDL May 13, 20, 27, 2014 May 6, 13, 20, 2014 2008titan1n6B@gmail.com. grads welcome. 700+ trucks and growing! 1-888-928-6011 www.Drive4total.com. _________________________ DRIVERS: RUN FB with WTI. Be home through the week and weekends. Start up to 28% plus fuel bonus. New equipment. BCBS. Experience needReaching 285,000 Households Per Week ed.

LP available.

Call 256-241-1900 256-299-2153 205-884-3400 1-877-693-1305. (R) _________________________ Toll Free NEW CAREER - CDL training.

The Daily Home Anniston Star The St. Clair Times Jobs available if qualified. Call Calhoun Marketplace Coosa Valley Advantage Jacksonville News today - start tomorrow! WIA, Hometown Marketplace Piedmont Journal Coosa Marketplace VA, Post-9/11 G.I. Bill & ReCleburne News / Cleburne Marketplace Lakeside Marketplace hab.

ESD TDS, LLC. Ginger Staude 1-866-432-0430. www.ESDs256-299-2152 chool.com. (R) J’ville- 3BR, 2.5BA with seperate entrance apt. containing kitchen, den, 3 additional rooms plus storage.

Ceramic & hardwood floors, gas log fp, trey ceilings, oak cab. 3700 sq ft. $275,000 256-435-9155

242642

PAGE 14 / TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

THE JACKSONVILLE NEWS

RELAY FOR LIFE

Walgreens raises money to fight cancer PROGRAM

Balloons released in memory of victims Walgreens in Jacksonville raised over $1500 for the American Cancer Society through a silent auction, bake sale, and hot dog plate sale at its 2nd Annual Relay For Life Event on May 7. The event ended with Mayor Johnny Smith helping release 300 balloons in the memory of cancer victims and in honor of survivors.

Walgreens manager Randy Halm said he would like to thank the following businesses for their support: Dillards, Bath and Body Works, Xtreme Auto Spa, Papa Johns, IHOP, Amstar Cinemas, Yamato Steakhouse, Heirlooms Hallmark, Coca Cola, Knights of Columbus 13513 St. Charles Catholic Church, Jacksonville Internal Medicine, Talladega Walgreens, Jacksonville Fire Department, Mayor Johnny Smith and Mr. and Mrs. William Gray.

“Without their kind support and donations this event would not be successful,” said Halm.

TOP LEFT: Mayor Johnny Smith helps release balloons at Walgreens during the store’s second annual Relay for Life event. TOP RIGHT: A memory balloon containing the name of a cancer victim is released. Purple is Relay for Life’s signature color.

MIDDLE: Lance Edwards is fed his first hotdog by his mother, Reba, assisted by Walgreens manager, Randy Halm. LEFT: Working at the auction table were Maria Simpson (left) and Diane Halm.

PROGRAM // PHOTOS BY ANITA KILGORE

as seen on tV! PROGRAM

D! e D n e t X e Benton WE’LL BUY BACK YOUR OLD CAR AND nissan PUt YoU in a neW nissan!

10 YeaR /

EvEry NEw & PrE-OwNEd COmEs wIth A

120,000 MiLe PoWeRtRain WaRRantY See Dealer For Details.

PLUs! GEt yOUr vEhICLE sErvICEd

anYWHeRe!

YOUR CREDIT PROBLEMS ARE NO PROBLEM! WE’LL HELP GET YO APPROVED, REGARDLEUSS OF YOUR CREDIT SITUATION!

neW nissan VeRsa seDans STARTING AT

11,988

$

TWO OR MORE AT THIS PRICE. Model#11154

neW nissan aLtiMa 2.5 STARTING AT

17,998

$

TWO OR MORE AT THIS PRICE. Mdl#13014

Based on Altima 2.5 STK#14603. Discount off MSRP $5,502. Retail price $24,949. Includes $2000 NMAC customer cash and $4961 dealer discount. Versa Manual Sedan: Stk#14679T. Discount off MSRP $2. Retail Price $13,889. Dealership discount $1,901. Plus tax, title, license and doc fees. Dealer retains all factory rebates and incentives. Warranty: Service not required at dealership. Valid with proof of Nissan Recommended service maintenance records. All offers with approved credit. Not all will qualify. Vehicles subject to prior sale. Pictures for illustration purposes only. See dealer for details.

1-877-239-1910

Dale Benton OWNER

1834 HWY 78 EAST • OXFORD, AL 36203 NEXT TO LOWES ON HWY 78

78 4

FRONTERA BAR & GRILL

DAVIS MELLOW MUSHROOM

INTERSTATE

20

LOOP

INTERSTATE

20

MORGAN RD.

CALL: CLICK: BentonNissan.com

COLEMAN RD.

Where You've Got a Friend in the Car Business!