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Bill payment plan has some worried Late fee would be charged on the 10th of the month instead of the 15th LAURA GADDY Consolidated News Service are asking the City Council to reverse a new policy before it begins because some say it will break their budgets. The policy, which is scheduled to go into effect later this fall, would change the bill payment schedule for the city’s
power customers. Those who fail to pay their bill by the 15th are charged a late fee, but if the change takes effect they will face a late fee on the 10th. “I don’t think it’s fair,” Lois Brittain, a come, told the Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. “That one late payment would pay for one of my medications.” The utility policy states the change
will go into effect in October, but at Tuesday’s meeting the council made an informal decision to delay the change until November. After hearing Brittain speak, the council also agreed to reconsider the measure at its next meeting. Brittain said she has been a faithful customer of the city-owned electrical service for almost four decades, but if the change was already in effect she would
have been late this month. That’s because she receives her monthly Social Security check after the 10th and she said she has to spend much of her check on other expenses, including prescription medications. is necessary to help maintain the city
New doctor comes to town Dr. Corey Gilliland arrives at office on motorcycle MARGARET ANDERSON Journal Correspondent
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For as long as he can remember, Dr. Corey Gilliland entertained the idea of being a scientist. “I always wanted to be a scientist,” he said. “Somehow, early in my life, it crystallized into becoming a doctor and since that time, that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.” Dr. Gilliland was born in Mesa, Ariz. He was one of nine children. Growing up, he spent his summers changing tires for his father who owned a chain of tire stores. Dr. Gilliland and his family moved to Anniston in July from Mesa, where he had practiced medicine for 10 years and had his own practice since 2009. His wife, Amelia, wanted to move to the South to be near her home state of Georgia. They met in Augusta, Ga., 13 years ago while Dr Gilliland was completing his internship at Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon. “She was a Georgia Peach, had recently finished her master’s degree and was starting her doctorate program at the University of Georgia,” said Dr. Gilliland. Shortly after they met, Dr. Gilliland transferred
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Piedmont’s school system is counting on local tax revenue to bolster its bottom line in 2014. Reflecting revenue projections that are up by $579,470.90 for 2014, the budget shows an expected income of $11 million and expenditures totaling $10.8 million in the 2014 fiscal year, according to a plan approved by the Piedmont school board Friday. “We’ve seen growth this year and we think we will see slight growth again next year,” said Piedmont schools
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Bodie Smart worked 40 years with railroad These days he enjoys vacationing with his family MARGARET ANDERSON Journal Correspondent As a child, Edward Smart was bow-legged. His doctor, G. C. Hamilton, noticed it and made comments about it every time he saw Smart. “You used to have doctors come around to the houses a long time ago,” said Smart. “Dr. Hamilton got to calling me bow legged, and it turned into Bodie. I’ve worked with people 20 or 30 years, and they didn’t really know my name. Even in school they called me that.” Smart and his wife, the former Mary Cain, live on Gnatville Road where he’s able to have spacious gardens on their 30 acres. Smart knows a lot about gardening. Growing up he helped his parents, the late Fred and Ruth (Moon) Smart with theirs.
He was one of 10 children and attended Spring Garden School. “My daddy was a cotton farmer,” said Smart. “I used to think that if I ever grew up I wouldn’t farm. But I guess I got it in my blood. I used to think I couldn’t wait to get off the farm and do something else, but you always go back to your roots I guess.” In spite of an abundance of rain this year, Smart has had a good garden. He’s especially proud of his okra. Some of the stalks have grown to 12 feet, and many of the pods are 14 inches long. “It looks like it keeps getting taller,” He said. “I took some up to the Civic Center one day and laid it down on the tiles. It measured 11 feet that day.” Even though he was often out of town when he
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Former memories of fall It seemed the start of cash registers (for fall’s cooler weather energy to shop, of brought back lots of course). Then, I began pleasant memories for matching size three me last week. and size 10 pants with Sherry Here are examples of coordinating shorts, Kughn what I mean: sweaters, and jackets. I The annual Tots 2 picked out several sets Teens consignment of pajamas, some toys, sale at Trinity and two pairs of likeChristian Academy new shoes. Afterward, I Sherry-Go-Round took place. For a few felt exhilarated. hours during the sale, I Later in the week, I shopped one afternoon after I had taught had to return to my car during the first school. few minutes of the school day. As I My daughter called the week before walked past the front of the school, two and said her children needed a few second-graders were preparing to raise clothes for the winter. Her comment the American flag. gave me the chance to remember how I thought back to several decades ago, much I enjoyed buying clothes for my remembering how much I had enjoyed children, oh, so many years ago. the same job at Norwood Elementary I armed myself with a list of the School in North Anniston when I was a children’s sizes, a checkbook, and some student there. free chocolate candy I found near the At Trinity that morning, the dew
covered the grass, traffic noises wafted onto the school grounds, and the chain of the flagpole clanked against the metal pole as the students hoisted the flag – all sounds that were identical to the ones I remembered. On Wednesday afternoon, I decided to create a new bulletin board. I took some large purple background paper and asked several of the students to help me create a silhouette of the main character, Scout, from the book “To Kill a Mockingbird.” One of the students designed a moon in the center of the paper and began painting. I found myself sitting in the middle of the floor helping him and other students finish the moon, design a tree, and draw Scout. As I worked, I remembered my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Tate. She was an elderly teacher who told us students that she grew up without paints in the classroom. She showed us how to paint a snowy
scene using buttermilk. Then, we used colored chalk to draw children skating on an icy lake. The smile I wore when my students finished their artwork was probably the same one I had when I admired the bulletin board on Mrs. Tate’s schoolroom wall. Then, on Saturday, I cook a big pot of chili in honor of the cooler weather. As I worked, I remembered when my mother used to buy the blocks of frozen chili. We daughters would place one in a pan on the stove and watch it melt into a tasty supper. Mother gave us soda crackers to crush and spread on our bowls of chili. Now, that is a good memory – comfort food on a cold day. Rediscovering a past pleasure or two is a good way to ease from fall into winter, and it helps us remember that the younger person inside of us is still alive through cherished memories. Email Sherry at sherrykug@hotmail. com
Who will replace First District’s Bonner Probably the biggest political story of the year is the resignation of 1st District Congressman Jo Bonner. Congressman Bonner left Congress on August 2nd to accept a newly created position as Chancellor of Governmental Affairs and Development at the University of Alabama. Bonner did a stellar job of representing his congressional district, which includes Mobile and Baldwin counties. He represented the First District for a decade. Prior to that he was the administrative assistant to Congressman Sonny Callahan. Callahan represented the district for 20 years. Jack Edwards was Mobile’s congressman for 20 years before that. The legendary Frank Boykin, “everything is made for love,” was the district’s congressman for 30 years prior to Edwards. Therefore, only four men have served in the seat since 1935. That, my friends, is 88 years with only four congressmen. Bonner could have stayed in the seat as long as he wanted. He could have done 20 years easily. However, he is in a better position personally. He has doubled his $174,000
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victor in the first district, he will never be in the league with Edwards, Callahan or Boykin. If Bonner had stayed he could have walked in those three men’s shoes. You need to go to Congress at a young age to ever become a player. The name of the game in Washington is seniority. If you do not get to Congress by 45, you have missed the boat when it comes to building seniority. Byrne is close to 60. If he wins, most of his contemporaries from around the country will have served 20 years in the U.S. House and will finally be in line for a committee chairmanship. In fact, many times a State Senator who heads a powerful committee in Montgomery has more influence over public policy than a freshman U.S. Congressman. The perfect example in this open coastal district race is State Senator Trip Pittman, who opted to forego this open congressional seat chase. Pittman could have been a formidable candidate. However, as Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Budget Committee, Trip has more power and can do a lot more for Baldwin County in
What are folks talking about in East Alabama?
WASHINGTON, D.C. —As Congress returns to Washington to begin work on some important issues facing our country, I wanted to pause and reflect on the time I spent across East Alabama and give an update on what I heard folks talking about in the Third District. I had the opportunity to hold “Congress on Your Corner” events in several parts of the district. These public town hallstyle meetings allow me the chance to hear directly from you. The topics on the minds of folks in each area were
Montgomery than he could accomplish as a freshman congressman in Washington. There are nine candidates seeking the Republican nomination to succeed Bonner in Tuesday’s special primary. A runoff will more than likely be needed to get down to the final two. That runoff will occur on November 5th. The general election on December 17th will be a formality. Byrne is the favorite. However, special elections are a different animal than a regular election. Money and name identification are important ingredients in a general election. A special election hinges on organization and getting your folks to the polls. The two candidates to watch in this race are State Representative Chad Fincher and realtor Dean Young. Fincher is a handsome articulate twoterm legislator. He is young and polished and hails from Mobile County. In a race with this many people, voters many times go with the local hometown boy. The old political adage of “all politics is local,” prevails. Fincher has built a solid conservative record in his eight
that struck our nation 12 years ago. September 11th, 2001 is Congressman Mike Rogers a day that will never be forgotten – in the attacks 514 Cannon HOB on our homeland and in the Washington, D.C. 20515 tragic embassy attack in 202-225-3261 Benghazi, Libya. Although the terrorists tried, and will about the same. The top city officials, leaders at keep trying, the American concerns at each meeting Anniston Army Depot and spirit will not be crushed. included Obamacare and held several meetings with Let us not forget the its implementation, what’s constituents in my District families whose lives were next in the illegal immigra- Offices in Anniston and changed forever, and let tion debate and of course, Opelika. These meetings us remain steadfast in our the economy. The fast gave me a chance to hear dedication to America, moving events in Syria, what is going on in the dif- the greatest country in the and America’s role in that ferent cities and towns that world. conflict, also came up. make up the Third District. As always, please feel During August, I was As I traveled across East free to contact me at also able to meet with Alabama, I was pleased mike-rogers.house.gov, to be able to tour several like me on Facebook small businesses in many at Congressman Mike of our towns which really D. Rogers, follow me are the backbone of our on Twitter, Pinterest, local economies. Tumblr and Instagram at The Piedmont Journal Established 1907 For example, in RepMikeRogersAL and Combined with The Piedmont Independent 1982 Montgomery I toured subscribe to my YouTube ISSN 08906017 Precision Medical page at MikeRogersAL03. Second class postage paid in Piedmont, Alabama. Solutions, which proPublished weekly by Consolidated Publishing. vides Alabamians with “Our everlasting obligation and greatest privilege is to orthopedic braces. This is one of so many small Austin Johnson, Founder and Publisher, 1907-1963 businesses that help provide good-paying jobs for John Alred Robert Jackson hard-working Alabama Publisher Consultant families. I hope as Congress Shannon Martin Laura Johnson returns to session, lawmakAdvertising Director News Editor ers on both sides of the NEWS: 256-235-3530 aisle can remember folks ADVERTISING: 256-235-9238 like the ones I met with Subscription Rates: back at home. With more 1 Year In County - $18 2 Years In County - $33 important issues facing our 1 Year Out Of County - $30 2 Years Out Of County - $58 country each day, we must (Prices Include Sales Tax) remember the concerns Postal regulations require all subscription to be paid in advance. of these hard-working To subscribe, mail cash, check or money order, along with your name and complete mailing address to: Americans. The Piedmont Journal, P.O. Box 2285, Anniston, AL 36202 We should also be POSTMASTER, send change of address to : reminded of the tragedy The Piedmont Journal, P.O. Box 2285, Anniston, AL 36202
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years in the House. He has been endorsed by GOPAC, a national group that works to promote young Republican leaders. Dean Young is a former aide and close ally of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. This alliance and Young’s toiling in the religious right vineyards may give him the edge with the evangelical vote in the district. Young also probably built some name identification in an unsuccessful race against Bonner in 2010 when he finished second in a four-man race. Twenty-eight year old Wells Griffith could be a dark horse. He is a deputy Chief of Staff at the Republican National Committee. Political columnist Quin Hilyer could also be a surprise. However, his polling numbers do not appear to be rising. Even though organization is important in a special election, money is still the mother’s milk of politics. We will see. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His column appears weekly in more than 70 Alabama newspapers. Steve served 16 years in the state legislature. He may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
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Obituaries BEDWELL Montgomery - Robert Jones Bedwell passed away September 14, 2013 in Piedmont, Alabama. He was a longtime resident of Montgomery. He is survived by sisters, Lynne Rhodes (Thomas), of Piedmont, and Virginia Dothard, of Jacksonville and sistersin-law, Sara and Sibbie Smith and nieces and nephews. He graduated in 1944 from Cherokee County High School in Centre. He served in the latter part of World War II. He was a graduate of Auburn University. He joined New York Life in September, 1962 and retired in July 1999. During his career with New York Life Robert was No. 1 in the entire company for 10 consecutive years in sales of Employee Protection Group Plans, NAHV Harold R. Gordon Memorial Award, Health Insurance Man of the year in 1986. Charter member as a RHV. Other civic activities include Recipient of the Golden Eagles of Auburn University, founder and past president of the Central Alabama Alumi of Sigma Phi Epsilon Social Fraternity. Organizer and past president of the Capital Club of Montgomery, member of Montgomery Lions Club for over 60 years. He received the Melvis Jones Fellow Award, life member of the Auburn University Alumi Association, member of Trinity Presbyterian Church and Robert Strong Sunday School Class.
Pallbearers will be Greg Dothard, George Dothard, Andrew Stone, Dillon Smith, Hammond Cobb, Woodrow Williams. Honorary Pallbearers are W.A. Ellis, Jack Livingston, New York Life Employees, Montgomery Lions Club, Robert Strong Class. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ann Brinson Bedwell and son, Robert Keith Bedwell and mother, Mary Bedwell Stewart and longtime caregiver, Joyce Stephens. Funeral services will be at Trinity Presbyterian Church today September 18, 2013, at 2 p.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service.
Eubanks, Tony (Deborah) Eubanks and Eddie (Glenda) Eubanks; sisters, Nancy (Max) Carey and Sharon (Forrest) Lester; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim (Sandy) Adderhold and Kathy (Keith) Word and grandchildren, Matthew and Brittney Christian. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clint and Dean Christian; mother, Mary Jane Eubanks; brother, Ronnie Eubanks; mentor and friend, Oscar Mickelson and mother-in-law, Mary Nell Adderhold. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 15, 2013, at 3 p.m. from Dansby Heritage Chapel with the Rev. Deborah Moon and the Rev. Ted Ander-
nations may be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church or a favorite charity. Online condolences may be made at www.LEAK-MC.com.
was Sunday from 1-3 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Piedmont Memory Garden. The family requests,
CHRISTIAN Piedmont - Clayton Coley Christian, 65, of Piedmont, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. He was a Vietnam War veteran serving his country in the U.S. Marines, and was the former owner of Mickelson Funeral Home. He retired from the maintenance department at Jacksonville State University. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Adderhold Christian; son, Chad Christian; mother of his grandchildren, Misty; brothers, Junior (Jenny)
rials to the local Disabled American Veterans organization, 114 N. Center Ave. Piedmont, AL 36272, or Ellisville Volunteer Fire Department, 7200 Al highway 9 south Centre, Al. 35960, or American Red Cross Association. Pallbearers will be Ricky Page, Frankie Wood, Elbert Bright, Dr. Bill Berry, Dr. Eric Clanton and Wade Sprouse. Honorary pallbearers will be Ronnie Norton, Keith Pace, Gathan Burns, Ryan Maddox and Ted Pruitt. Dansby Heritage Chapel is honored to serve the Christian Family.
Police Sept. 9 • Possession of a forged instrument II. A business located on Highway 9 turned over four forged checks written between May 19 and March 22 on a Regions Bank account. • Possession of a conrecovered two plastic baggie corners containing an off-white substance valued at approximately $600. Sept. 10 • Theft of property III. A 32-year-old female reported the theft of a pink and white Roadmaster 18-speed bicycle valued at $50 that was taken from North Fifth Avenue. • Theft by deception III. An employee of a business located on 278 By-Pass reported the theft of $445 worth of cigarettes that occurred between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Aug. 29. Sept. 11 • Domestic violence III. A 22-year-old female reported an incident that
occurred on Carol Street at midnight. • Domestic violence I. A 35-year-old male reported an incident that occurred at 8:19 p.m. on Law Martin Road. • Reckless endangerment. A 29-year-old female reported an incident that occurred on Old Ladiga/Cedartown Highway between 8:10 p.m. and 9:01 p.m. Sept. 12 • Domestic violence III. A 52-year-old female reported an incident that occurred at 8:19 p.m. Sept. 11 on Law Martin Road. • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle. A 23-year-old male reported the theft of a XRS cd player with USB cable valued at $175 that was taken while the vehicle was located in the Gregerson’s parking lot. Sept. 13 • Theft of property III. A 46-year-old male reported the theft of a grey Huffy Mt. Habit mountain bike valued at $50 that was taken from
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the 100 block of Barlow Street between 6:15 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sept. 14 • Burglary III. A 55-yearold female reported the theft of $5,000 in miscellaneous jewelry items, $1,00 worth of miscellaneous coin sets, four antique glass vases valued at $500, ten hunting/ buck knives, and a mirror and hair brush set valued at $100 that were taken from Haines Drive between May 1 and Sept. 13. Sept. 15 • Criminal mischief II. A 45-year-old female reported an incident that occurred at her residence and resulted in $100 damage done to the glass on a front metal door.
• Families may sign up for The Piedmont Benevolence Center’s 2013 Star of Christmas Program. Applications will be taken at Piedmont Civic Center, 500 Mill St., and Bethune Center, 205 US Hwy 278 Bypass East on Saturday, Sept. 21st from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those residing in the 36272 zip code will need to bring the following items with them when applying: Valid photo ID, income, guardianship documentation, past months bills, and any paperwork (food stamps, WIC, Medicaid card for children) For questions Please call: 256447-2220 • Effective August 7th, the City of Piedmont will be accepting petitions to bring real property or annexation into the corporate limits of the City of Piedmont. Applications may be picked up at
aerobic classes, 8 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum. Contact Aubrey Crossen at 256689-2580 or jsu9517k@jsu.edu for more information and: Tuesday and Thursday: Senior water aerobics and senior theraany time between 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. peutic yoga classes, 8 a.m., Jacksonville Anyone who has any questions regardState University, Pete Mathews Coliseing annexation into the City of Piedmont um. Contact Aubrey Crossen at 256may contact Michelle Franklin, City 689-2580 or jsu9517k@jsu.edu for more Clerk at 256-447-3563. information. • Trade Day and Farmers Market • Disabled American Veterans, at Nances Creek Community Center Chapter 21 meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6 P.M. at 114 N. Centhrough October. It starts at 7 a.m. There ter Ave. downtown Piedmont, to discuss is no set up fee. • YOU’RE INVITED TO LUNCH If you are a service-connected disabled & LEARN….A series of free gardening vet or you think you may have a military programs sponsored by Calhoun County service related condition, the DAV may Master Gardeners & Calhoun County be able to help you. Help Workshops Commission held the 4th Wednesday of are also available on the 1st and 3rd each month at the Cane Creek Commu- Wednesday’s of each month from 8 a.m. nity Garden at McClellan from noonto noon. Veterans are urged to attend 1pm ; bring your own lunch! • September 25 “Gardening unknown. for Dry Places”: Hayes Jackson, ACES • Anyone with knowledge about Speakers & topics subject to change. German and Italian POW’s and their artifacts at Fort McClellan during the time period 1943-1946 please contact • Dogs for the Deaf, located in Klaus Duncan at 256-782-2991. • Piedmont Health Care has started ganization that rescues dogs from animal an Alzheimer’s support group. The shelters and trains them to help adults Alzheimer’s Support Group at PHCC and children with different disabilities, is designed to increase public awarechallenges, and needs. For example, a ness and enhance individual and family Hearing Dog is trained to alert its owner education regarding Alzheimer’s disease to household sounds that could affect his and other dementia. For more additional or her safety and an Autism Assistance information, please call Yolanda Pierce, Dog would keep an autistic child out of social services director (256) 447-8258 Ext. 232. Refreshments will be provided.
Arrests Sept. 9 Sept. 13 • Virginia Nicole Masters, 27, posses• Jeremy Heith Simpson, 36, criminal sion of a controlled substance. trespass III. Sept. 12 • Jared Craig Kelley, 24, theft of • Donny Lee Fuller, 43, public intoxication. property II.
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Nursing Program Accreditation Visit Scheduled Gadsden State Community College’s Nursing Education Program wishes to announce that it will host a site review for continuing accreditation of its Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The site visit team will include Dr. Alice Serey, team chair, from Indian River State College in Ft. Pierce, FL; Dr. Mary Tennies-Moseley from Northern VA; Ms. Dorothea Lever from SUNY Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY; and Dr. April Reese, Darton College, Albany, GA. Faculty, staff, students, and the public are invited to meet the site visit team and share comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 3 at 3:00 p.m. in the Helderman Auditorium on the Wallace Drive Campus. Written comments are also welcome and should be submitted directly to: Dr. Sharon Tanner, Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850 Atlanta, GA 30326 Or email: sjtanner@acenursing.org
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Pacesetters tour Hyundai plant By Jimmy Busby The Pacesetters of Parker Memorial Baptist Church toured the Hyundai plant in Montgomery on Aug. 12. Bus Harris and Greg Stone. Deana car. Those going w e r e J o a n Alexander, Martha Bumpious, Jimmy Busby, Jean Cooper, Barbara Culberson, Herbert Cunningham, Bibby Cunningham, Janice Drake, Ted Hooks, Richard Flood, Bill Gunnells, Peggy Gunnells, Ray Harris, Rita Harris, Janice Eddie Lee, Martha Lee, Barbara Submitted photo Marks, June Morris, Mary O’Mara, Nell Perciful, Norma Parker Memorial Pacemakers visit Hyundia plant in Montgomery last month. Quattlebaum, Marcelle Battle, Joyce Simmons, Deana Stone, facility and employs more than Chung Ju-Yung was born in North Greg Stone, Ramona Winn and manufacturer, announced it would 3000 persons. More than 72 assembly shop, a two-mile test Korea in 1915, the eldest son of a Scarlett O’Steen. track and two engine shops. In poor peasant farming family. At The tour lasted about an hour and assembly and manufacturing plant throughout North American to May 2005, the facility marked the the age of 18, he set off to Seoul a half. The Pacesetters watched a in Montgomery on April 12, 2002. support the plant. These suppliers official start of production with with hopes of finding a better life. created 5500 additional jobs with its first saleable 2006 Sonata. The The Hyundai Motor Co., was the tour trams. The tour guide Bob Riley and other officials were plant currently assembles Sonata established in 1967 and has and Elantra sedans. It is capable of manufacturing bases in Brazil, on hand to cut a ribbon marking $500 million. describing the manufacturing the grand opening. The 2 million square foot China, the Czech Republic, India, process as it happens. Russia and Turkey, as well as the The plant was the company’s manufacturing plant sits on 1744 per year at full capacity. Hyundai Motor Company, acres and includes a stamping Hyundai’s founding chairman
Benefit concert scheduled Raymond Matthews and Ashley concert for Venecia’s Foundation at The Solid Rock Cafe’ in Piedmont from 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 21. The cost, which includes dinner, is $15. items, including a signed football from Florida State coaches Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher, a football signed by Auburn coach Gus Malzon and items Talladega Super Speedway. The 5K Crap Run/Walk for will begin at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 5 in downtown Piedmont. Proceeds will go to the Venecia
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GILLILAND: Corey and Amelia Gillilands’ wedding makes headlines From page 1
to Fort Bragg where he served as a flight surgeon for the Army Special Operations Command. Later, while serving as battalion surgeon for the 7th Special Forces Group, he proposed to Amelia during a trip together in Key West, Fla., on Sept. 10, 2001 — the night before the terrorism attack on America. They had planned to marry a year later, but the groom-to-be was immediately called back to duty and informed that he would be deployed to Afghanistan. In response to the news of his going to war, they opted to get married two weeks later. Their wedding in Fayetteville, N.C., made headlines across the country. Their story was told on national television and newspapers. Witnesses at their wedding were a reporter and a photographer from the Associated Press, who did their wedding photographs free. Amelia is a professor of education and teaches online for Colorado Technical University. They have six children, two boys and four girls, ages 4 to 22. Dr. Gilliland earned his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University and his medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He also has a master’s in public health through the Medical College of Wisconsin. A military scholarship helped him pay for his medical
degree. Dr. Gilliland was brought to Piedmont by Regional Medical Center and in August opened his practice, Piedmont Family Medical Center, a collaboration between Regional Health Management Corp., and the Piedmont Healthcare Authority. “We’ve received a very warm response from the community,” he said. “The businesses, residents and patients have been extremely kind and generous to us. We’ve been welcomed like family. We already know that Piedmont is a giving town because we’ve had people bring us produce and plants, which we appreciate very much.” The Gillilands live near Golden Springs and attend Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Their children attend Sacred Heart Catholic School. The doctor enjoys playing guitar and was, in fact, in a rock and roll band when he was younger. He likes to water ski, snow ski, fish, and spend time with his wife and children. He’s planning on being in Piedmont for a long time, so he bought a motorcycle to make his daily commute. “I consider being in Piedmont the culmination of my life and training,” he said. “I want to give back to this community. It’s made us feel very welcome and very much at home.” (Contact Margaret at pollya922@ gmail.com)
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ABOVE: Dr. Corey Gilliland stands in good company with, from left, Piedmont Healthcare Center director Sandra Keener, Mayor Rick Freeman and city councilman Bill Baker. The threesome were present Thursday at the grand opening of Dr. Gilliland’s office. BELOW LEFT: Everyone who attended the grand opening enjoyed refreshments that were served. BELOW RIGHT: RMC employee Kristy Smith helps Phillip Smith as he grills.
SMART: Smart lived out of a suitcase the beach. This year, it rained the whole week. They had 12 inches of rain in one
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ABOVE: Bodie Smart has to bend the stalks over to pick the okra.
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BOE: System expects to receive $6.9 million from state From page 1
Superintendent Matt Akin, referring to local sales tax revenue. The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Though it is good to see local revenue grow, the increase is nothing new, Akin said, saying it has increased incrementally for the past several years. He and board members said that because the revenue has changed little, their budgets have been similar in recent years. “It looks about the same,” said board member and banker Lin Latta. The district gets local
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Battle of the unbeatens Cleveland is surprise challenger in region RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
Suddenly, there’s an unexpected challenger to Piedmont’s run of region football championships. Former Oneonta head coach Gardner Gilliland has taken over at Cleveland and his initial Panther team has yet to lose. “I think the fact that they’re 3-0 and undefeated in region play is going to speak volumes to our kids,” predicted Piedmont coach Steve Smith. “We’ve been telling them all week that there are three team in this region that are undefeated right now and at the top – that’s us, Cleveland and Saks. After Friday night, there will just be two undefeated team and we want to be one of those.” The 3-0 start has created a renewed interest in football at Cleveland and the Panthers should bring a supportive crowd with them to Piedmont. “Everybody over here is excited right now,” Gilliland said. “They’re proud of what we’ve done so far. There’s been a little bit of buzz around here. Everybody’s excited about football right now.” Gilliland’s offense is a spread. He said to this point the Panthers have run the ball about 60 percent of the time. “It really kind of depends on what we’re getting defensively,” he said. “If people try to load the box on us we’re going to try to throw it around. If we get matchups that we like in the running game, we’re going to run it.” Gilliland’s starting quarterback has been his son Peyton but the 6-foot, 190-pound sophomore is questionable for the Piedmont game with injuries to both quads according to his father. If the younger Gilliland is unable to play, look for senior Matt Pelt under center. “It changes us a little bit offensively but for the most part we’ve got to do what we do,” the elder Gilliland said.
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Taylor Hayes dives over the pile for yardage in last week’s game against Ashville. to him a good bit. They’ve got a good quarterback and Piedmont’s Smith described Cleveland’s offense as good running back that we’ve got to be able to contain looking like the one-back sets the Bulldogs saw from and tackle to the ground,” Smith noted. “They get after Glencoe last week with a greater variety of plays – much it really well on the offensive and defensive fronts. If we like Piedmont’s attack. Around Gilliland at quarterback the Panthers have senior Trevor Yates, a wingback in last don’t match their intensity on the offensive and defensive fronts, it could be a long night. Offensively, we’ve got to year’s attack, at running back. Senior Emanuel Terry, a put some drives together and not get used to striking with 6-foot-6, 200-pound wide receiver will present matchup the big play. We had a couple of turnovers last week at problems for the Bulldogs. Smith said Peyton Gilliland played in the second half of Glencoe which is something we can’t have.” At Glencoe last Friday, Piedmont’s balanced offense last week’s 29-0 win over Ashville but did not run the ball. totaled almost 600 yards as the Bulldogs won 41-7. ThirHe will not be upset if Gilliland remains on the sideline ty-one rushing plays produced 310 yards. A dozen comFriday night. pleted passes added another 282 yards. “He’s good. I’m talking about one of the four or five “I didn’t think that we played our best game of the year best players in this region. He’s legit,” said Smith. “It definitely makes them a lesser football team if he doesn’t but I did think that we did a lot of things well and that allowed us to come out with a victory,” Smith said. play.” Then he noted, “I think most of these kids remember How do the Bulldogs remain undefeated? “We’ve got to contain the big play on defense. Obvious- those tough battles that we’ve had with Glencoe and they ly, they’ve got some big-play capability there. They’ve got a big receiver who’s about 6-6. They throw the fade See UNBEATENS, page 10
Garden looks for first win RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
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Spring Garden’s Quintin Downey fights for yardage on a kickoff return.
Piedmont stops Weaver, rematch Thursday RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
A good day of tournament play on Saturday carried over to Monday for Piedmont as the Bulldogs traveled to Weaver and defeated the Bearcats 25-10, 25-13, 25-14 in an area match. Piedmont coach Grace Strott said her team fell behind 13-10 in the second set at Weaver and she was forced to call a timeout. “I said, ‘Don’t allow them another point,’ and we didn’t. We won 25-13,” Strott recalled, adding the Mallory Roberts, the lone senior on the team, served out the game. Roberts had six service aces and 14 assists in the win. Carlie Flowers had 11 kills. Ashlynne Rivers had four aces and Torre Roberts recorded four kills. Bre Green led on defense with seven digs. Weaver comes to Piedmont Thursday as the Bulldogs begin the second half of their home-and-home area schedule. In the tournament at Cedar Bluff on Saturday, the Bulldogs opened against Gaston and won 2-1. The scores were 24-26, 25-22, 15-6. Against Sardis, Piedmont dropped the first set 25-14, won the second 26-24 then lost the third 15-12. They ended pool play with a 25-21, 25-18 win over Cedar Bluff. In the elimination bracket, Class 5A Southside beat Piedmont
25-9, 25-8. “I was so excited,” Strott said of her team’s effort at Cedar Bluff. “We did a pretty good job Saturday. We beat Cedar Bluff. We beat Gaston and we lost a close third set to Sardis. … It was a good day. We had fun.” For the day, Flowers had 25 kills and four aces. Torre Roberts had 17 kills and two blocks. Riesha Thompson contributed 12 kills and three aces. Mallory Roberts recorded 46 assists, eight kills, six aces and 10 digs. Bre Green led on defense with 24 digs. Keshauna Jones had 15 digs. Rivers served six aces and had 13 digs. Jaylen Major added a pair of aces. At Piedmont Thursday, Pleasant Valley defeated Piedmont 25-10, 25-23 and White Plains downed Piedmont in area play 29-27, 12-25, 25-23, 25-17. For Piedmont, Thompson led with 16 kills on the day and Flowers had 15 kills. Rivers served five aces and Mallory Roberts had 26 assists. Strott said the White Plains match was the best Piedmont has played this season. Strott said last year’s team returned almost the same starting lineup as the 2011 team while this year’s players are all adjusting to new roles and new players around them. “They’re just learning how they fit in with this group of girls. It just takes time with a new group. It’s just been a lot of hard work and the girls don’t mind working hard,” Strott said. “It just sometimes takes a little while for it to pay off.”
For the first time this football season, Spring Garden’s Panthers won’t be a decided underdog when they take the field Friday night. Inexperienced to begin with and depleted by injuries, the Panthers had little chance for a win in their first three games against Fayetteville, Gaylesville and Valley Head. Coosa Christian comes to Spring Garden Friday at 7 p.m. with the same 0-3 record as the Panthers and the game with the Conquerors should be competitive. “They’ve got about three or four players that we’ve just got to contain. We’ve got to play well. That’s it going into every game. We’ve got to play well,” Spring Garden coach Jason Howard said of Coosa Christian. “The boys have been playing real hard. If they continue with their effort and we can get a some breaks, we’ll be okay.” Senior quarterback Will Ivey returned to action, mostly on offense, against Valley Head and should be in better shape with an additional week of practice time. While Ivey should be available on offense again, Howard said after Tuesday’s practice that Zach Dobbs and Dalton Kerr are questionable for Friday. At Valley Head last Friday, the Tigers scored twice in the first quarter and went on to defeat Spring Garden 34-7. Valley Head got a bigplay pass for touchdown late in the second quarter and led 21-0 halftime lead. Spring Garden’s best chance to score before intermission came on a 14-play drive that started late in the first quarter. The possession ended on downs in the second quarter at the Valley Head 28-yard line after two consecutive negative plays. Valley Head added 13 points in the third quarter on two more big plays. Late in the third quarter, the Panthers got the ball again and Matt Mullinax capped the possession with a 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Hunter Bondie’s extra point completed the scoring. Mullinax finished with 107 yards rushing on 15 carries. Quintin Downey ran 13 times for 52 yards. Kyle Reece had 24 yards on nine tries. Will Ivey netted 20 yards on 14 attempts and Ben Ivey ran two times for three yards. Will Ivey was 5-for-9 passing for 18 yards. Dalton Kerr had one catch for 12 yards, Dawson Broome one for three yards and Joe See GARDEN, page 10
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Spring Garden looks strong in Donoho Classic tourney Waiting in the semifinals, after a bye in the quarterfinals, was Donoho. The Falcons took the first set 25-10. In the Spring Garden showed they could play second set, the Panthers pushed Donoho with all but the biggest of Class 1A volto the limit before losing 25-23. Spring leyball’s big kids Saturday in Anniston. Garden led 23-21 before Donoho closed In the annual Donoho Classic tournament, out the match with a four-point run. The the Panthers got an early start with a 9 loss dropped Spring Garden to 14-7 overa.m. match against Jefferson Christian all. and won 25-18, 25-18. Addison then swatted Donoho 25-13, They then waited two hours for a noon 25-10. match against Holy Spirit of Tuscaloosa. The Panthers looked particularly good Again, Spring Garden won – 31-29, on defense. Darby Bryant led with 39 25-16 – and again Spring Garden waited. digs. Kenzie Micha had 37 digs, Emory At 2 p.m., the Panthers took on powerful Reedy 35, Madison Sides 31, Haley Addison, the pre-tournament favorite Motes 27 and Maddy Micha 25. Dallas and eventual tournament champion. The Smith and Motes each had three blocks. Bulldogs, Class 1A state tournament Bryant had 23 assists and Kenzie Micha runner-up to Donoho the past two years, added 16 assists. downed Spring Garden 25-13, 25-13. On attack, Motes ended with 20 kills. Finishing second in their pool put the Smith and Sides had 16 and 15 kills Panthers in the tournament’s championrespectively. Reedy added seven kills. ship bracket. In the quarterfinals, Ben Sides served nine aces and Bryant had Carroll’s team defeated an athletic West five aces. End team 25-15, 25-15. RIP DONOVAN Journal Sports Correspondent
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definitely understood Glencoe was a team that could beat us if we didn’t play well.” Piedmont started the scoring on its second possession. Quarterback Ty Sparks hit C.J. Savage on a fly pattern down the Glencoe sideline for 63 yards and a touchdown. The kick missed and Piedmont led 6-0 with almost seven minutes remaining in the first quarter. interception by Darnell Jackson gave Piedmont the ball at the Glencoe 31-yard line with 27 seconds to go in the initial period. Seven plays later, Sparks scrambled and found Jackson along the Piedmont sideline for 27-yards and the The Yellow Jackets responded with a 65-yard scoring run at left end by quarterback Dylan Stone, cutting Piedmont’s advantage to 13-7 with 9:04 to play in the half. Sparks ended the first half scoring with a 51-yard run to cap a five-play drive. A run on a 2-point conversion attempt was stopped short of the goal line. The Bulldogs got the second half kicktheir lead. Sparks threw short to Savage who avoided two Glencoe tacklers then outran another to the end zone for a 53-yard score. Dreek Thompson ran for two more points and Piedmont led 27-7 with 11:47 to go in the third quarter. Piedmont lost the ball on downs at the Glencoe 23 then got it back when a jarring tackle by Tyler Lusk caused a fumble and Dalton Barber recovered at the Piedmont 28. After the teams traded punts, Piedmont took over at the Piedmont 23 and Darnell Jackson took a speed sweep around right end for 77 yards and a score. The kick made it 34-7 with 1:21 to go in the third. Thompson’s 40-yard run through the middle on the first play of the fourth quarter ended Piedmont’s touchdown parade. After the game, Smith credited assistants Oscar Bonds, Mark Mitchell, Patrick Walker and Everett Kelley with the halftime adjustments that broke big plays in the second half. “We blocked our counter a little bit differently because the backside linebacker was knifing through and killing us in the first half. They also suggested we run that little hitch off the speed sweep look because every time Denard (Spears) had
come in motion off the speed sweep the outside backer had flown up to take it on in the backfield. It put C.J. in a one-onone situation out there with a guy that was playing corner for the first time this year,” Smith said. Official Piedmont stats showed Darnell Jackson with seven carries for 128 yards rushing. Sparks ran four times for 69 68 yards. Lusk netted 14 yards on two attempts and Jaret Prater finished with 12 yards on five tries. Sparks was 8-for-15 passing for 208 yards. Lusk went 4-for-8 for 74 yards. Savaged totaled four receptions for 170 yards. Spears caught five passes for 59 yards. Darnell Jackson had one catch for 27 yards, Cody Daughtry one for 23 and Tre Reese one for three yards. Two turnovers and 100 yards in penalties, “signs of sloppy ball”, were the negatives in the game from Smith’s perspective. The defensive unit continued to show improvement against Glencoe. Other than Stone’s run, Glencoe netted 35 yards on the ground in the first half. The Yellow Jackets ran the ball 15 times in the second half and netted four yards. “Just getting reps as a team is the biggest thing for the defense,” said Smith. “They enjoy playing defense. They run to the ball well. We’ve got to overcome a few assignment errors.” “I think our defensive lineman have progressed nicely. I’ve been real pleased in particular with Ryan Kirk’s play on the nose. We knew that we could give people and Tre (Reese) with their quickness off the edges but in what we do you’ve got to have that guy that can control ‘A’ gaps in the middle and Ryan Kirk’s done a really good job stepping into that role. Inside linebackers Taylor Hayes and
Price two catches for three yards. Ben Ivey caught a pass from his brother for no gain. Playing quarterback late, Ben Ivey completed his only pass attempt. Chase Jennings was on the receiving end and the play covered 50 yards. The defensive effort got off to a strong start as Bondie caused a fumble
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tackles included one sack and three other stops behind the line. At safety, Lusk made eight tackles, one for negative yards, and broke up a pass. and another for loss. Kirk and Thompson had five tackles apiece. Thompson broke up one pass as did Bayley Blanchard. Prater had four tackles. Barber and Darnell Jackson each had three tackles.
and Downey recovered near the Spring Garden 40. Downey recovered a second fumble later in the game and Taylor Hardin secured Spring Garden’s third fumble recovery in the fourth quarter. Hunter Crider, Kris Holcomb, Ben Ivey and Alton Shell each had four tackles apiece. Bondie, Downey and Jennings each made two stops.
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power payments. The city receives one of the bills and another during the third week of the month, “We’re going to have to play by their rules,” Freeman said referring to the city’s electricity providers. Freeman said last December the city was behind by more than $100,000, but now, he said, it’s almost caught up. He said they closed
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HEARD, DECEASED Aids 256-237-2006 Letters of Administration on the having claims against said es_________________________ BC/BS insurance +Auction benefits. 1: 109 Maple Street, Anniston (Vacant Lot), 112 W. 16th Street, Anniston (Im estate of ANNIE HICKS tate, are hereby required to RETIREMENT AUCTION Minimum 2 years experience TO THE BEST OF OUR 3107&Moore Ave., Anniston (Improvement) 212 Burton deceased, having and present the Street, same Oxford within (Vac the 9-20-2013 10 a.m. Courtland, clean MVR. 1-800-580-2205 x HEARD, These KNOWLEDGE 4 to properties will selltime ABSOLUTE for by one law, bid! or the been granted the underallowed AL. North Alabama Tire & Au1. All of the ads in this column signed on August 16, 2013, by same will be barred. represent legitimate offerings, to. Trucks - tools - parts - golf _________________________ Auction 2: the 1711 Marx Street, (TwoJAY Adjacent Vacant Lots), 2532 Norw Honorable Alice Anniston K. 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2013 SPRING GARDEN HOMECOMING COURT ‘A Hero’s Homecoming’
The Homecoming Queen will be announced during halftime at Friday night’s game. 9th Grade Candidate Lauren Ledbetter
10th Grade Candidate Abbie Porter
11th Grade Candidate McKenzie Micha
The freshman representative is Lauren Ledbetter. Lauren is the daughter of John Gary and Melissa Ledbetter. She is the granddaughter of Johnnie Ledbetter, the late Gary Ledbetter, Lowell and Nina Ford, and Kenneth Lorren. Lauren is the sister of Dustin and Zoie. Lauren is a member of FCCLA and FFA. She has been a member of the A and A & B Honor Roll and has been a cheerleader for four years. Lauren attends Dailey Street Baptist Church. Lauren’s pep rally escort will be Dawson Broome and her game escort will be her father.
The sophomore representative is Abbie Porter. Abbie is the daughter of Brian & Tammy Jones & Kevin Porter. She is the granddaughter of Bobby & Dean Porter, Joe Gowens, and the late Edna Jo Gowens. Abbie is the sister of Craig, Adam, & Brandon Jones. Abbie has been a member of FCCLA for four years, FCS, A Honor Roll and a member of the Beta Club. Abbie plays varsity volleyball, varsity softball, and is a varisty cheerleader. Abbie attends Goshen United Methodist Church and Union Grove United Methodist Church. Abbie’s pep rally escort will be Chase Jennings and her game escort will be her father.
The junior representative is McKenzie Micha. McKenzie is the granddaughter of Linda Williams and the late Bobby Williams. McKenzie is the sister of Maddy Micha and Mayce Hoag. She is a five year member of FCCLA and FFA. She has been an FFA officer for two years and an FCCLA officer for one year. She has played volleyball for 5 years, basketball for 4 years, and softball for 5 years. She attends Goshen United Methodist Church. McKenzie’s pep rally escort will be Kyle Reece and her game escort will be her uncle.
12th Grade Queen Candidate Haley Dobbs
12th Grade Queen Candidate Auburn Kirk
12th Grade Queen Candidate Jenna Steward
The second senior representative is Auburn Kirk. Auburn is the daughter of Raymond Kirk. She is the granddaughter of Bobby & Linda Kirk. Auburn is the sister of Dylan Kirk. She has been a member of FCCLA for 6 years & FFA for 3 years. Auburn has played basketball for 6 years, 5 years on varsity, softball for 1 year, and travel basketball for 7 years. Auburn attends Liberty Baptist Church. Auburn plans on attending Jacksonville State University and become a registered nurse. Auburn’s pep rally escort will be Jay Prater and her game escort will be her father.
The third senior grade representative is Jenna Steward. Jenna is the daughter of Greg and Joy Steward. She is the granddaughter of Frank and Carolyn Pike and Alice Steward. She is the sister of Daniel Steward. Jenna has been a member of FCCLA for 6 years, FFA for 6 years, BETA Club, Mu Alpha Theta, National Barrel Horse Association, American Quarter Horse Association, and the 4-H Equine Club. Jenna has competed in barrel races all over the southeast and has competed in the National Barrel Horse Association on the local, state, and world level. She attends Goshen United Methodist Church. Jenna plans to pursue a career in pharmacy. Jenna’s pep rally escort will be Will Ivey and her game escort will be her father.
The first senior representative, in alphabetical order, is Haley Dobbs. Haley is the daughter of Byron Dobbs. She is the granddaughter of Peggy McCord . She is the sister of Tyler Dobbs. Haley has been a member of FCCLA for 6 years and serves as a 2013-2014 officer. She has been a varsity cheerleader for 3 years. Haley attends Cross Plains Church. She plans to go to college and become a veterinarian technician. Haley’s pep rally escort will be Zach Dobbs and her game escort will be her father.
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