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Summertime has come to Walker County. And what could be more representative of summer in the Deep South than stock car racing and some good ol’ barbecue. As seen on the cover, this edition of Walker Magazine features cousins, Austin and Justice Evans, who have a need for speed like their fathers before them. The duo is only 16 and 20, respectively, but they are carrying on a family tradition of racing on tracks around the state. Both of the boys plan on their futures being in the racing industry. Whether its driving a car or working on one, they both hope to go from Boldo to Bristol. BBQ is a summer tradition in our area, so our “Food for the Soul” feature highlights Anthony “Bo” Jackson of Mr. Bo’s BBQ. Jackson shared with us some stories from his cooking experiences as well as a recipe for Mr. Bo’s Smoked Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breast. This issue also features a salute to local law enforcement in our “From the Vault” section as well as a piece on Walker County’s “Top Cop,” Sheriff Jim Underwood. With a career spanning 50 years, Underwood has served in multiple law enforcement capacities, including as a Birmingham police officer, a member of the U.S. Marshals Service and as an investigator for the Walker County District Attorney’s Office. Underwood’s current role as sheriff of Walker County is his dream job. Jasper’s Juliana Hallman helps grant wishes every day in her role as development and communications coordinator for Make-A-Wish Alabama. Hallman’s passion for helping others has made her a perfect addition to the nonprofit. Craig Dodson is a Jasper native currently living in Tuscaloosa. For the past few years, he has worked hard to restore the Bama Belle, an old Southern riverboat that now actively makes it way through the Black Warrior River. The story of that restoration will take readers away to a summer day floating down the river. As we wrap up our fifth year of Walker Magazine, our photo essay is a reminder of what the past five years have looked like in Walker County. Year No. 6 will begin with our Fall 2017 issue. We are thankful for our loyal readers and always welcome your suggestions and thoughts at walkermagazine@mountaineagle.com. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
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McGruff the Crime Dog greets kids in this undated photo. McGruff first appeared in 1980. State Troopers increase their presence in May 1977 to prevent highway deaths. From left: Walker County Deputy Frank Cole; Corp. Billy Bradshaw; Trooper; C.L. McCullar; Walker County Sheriff Jack Trotter and Trooper L.J. McBride.
Employees of the Walker County Sheriff’s Department move 40 prisoners from the old jail into a new facility located in the basement of the courthouse annex in June 1978.
Drivers were fined 25 cents for parking in front of an expired meter in 1982 unless they were an officer on official business.
Jasper officer George Gillott opens a jar top for a woman in December 1987.
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Top cop “It looks like a rough night,” the rookie cop told the reporter. James E. Underwood had been on the Birmingham police force for four days. That night in 1967 was his first on bicycle patrol. He and another officer were assigned to ride through North Birmingham from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. The reporter described their mode of transportation as “an old, dented frame with the faded word ‘police’ painted across the middle support bar and two well-worn tires.” Underwood had wanted his first job in law enforcement to be at the Jasper Police Department, but Chief Hewitt Gant refused, having pegged him as a former gang leader. Underwood couldn’t suppress a smile as he told the story recently with badges from the U.S. Marshals Service, the Walker County District Attorney’s Office and the Walker County Sheriff’s Office spread on the desk in front of him. In truth, Underwood had been one of more than a dozen boys of the same age who used to play together in West Jasper. Though some were prone to mischief-making, Underwood resented the constant police presence as a teenager. “They harassed us quite a bit over there, at least that’s what I thought they were doing. Now that I look back, it was good that they did because knowing that they were watching us kept some of us out of trouble,” Underwood said. Underwood moved to West Jasper in 1950 from his birthplace in the Redmill-Saragossa community. His father, who had grown up on a farm, had a 37year career in the maintenance department at the Walker County Board of Education. His mother was a homemaker, focusing her time on raising Underwood and his three
siblings. Underwood had plans to be a high school teacher when he enrolled in Walker College, becoming the first in his family to pursue a college education. Before and after classes, he drove a school bus for the Walker County School System. His route took him down the Old Tuscaloosa Road to Owen School and back to Walker County High School. “I think I made just enough for tuition and books. It was close,” he said. After two years at Walker College, Underwood transferred to Jacksonville State University, though he never attended. Underwood, 20 and newly married, sat in the parking lot the day before his first class and decided that it was time to transition from student to breadwinner. One year and several odd jobs later, he joined the Birmingham Police Department after his aunt suggested that he consider a career in law enforcement. “I thought I knew a lot about a lot of things, but I found out I didn’t know much when I got to the big city,” Underwood said of his early days as a patrolman. His first night on the job, he and his partner served as back-up during an arrest at a home in North Birmingham. His training officer stationed him at the back door and instructed him to shoot anyone who ran out and did not obey his command to halt. In the darkness, the rookie uttered the first prayer of his police career: “God, please don’t let anybody come out that door.” His first arrest came before he had gone through the academy. “As a rookie, you see everything. I was riding with another officer and I saw a fella walking across the street with a sack in his hand. He sat it down by a power
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pole when he saw us coming. It was a pint of moonshine whiskey. We had an ordinance about possession of untaxed whiskey, so I wrote him up,” Underwood said. When Underwood wasn’t riding his bike 33 miles a night in North Birmingham during his first year on the force, he did foot patrol walking the Five Points business district. Every hour, he reported to dispatch on a call box attached to a telephone pole to let dispatch know that he was okay. If he made an arrest, he had to walk the suspect to a call box so that he could request a car from dispatch. Though Underwood loved the work, it didn’t pay enough to support his family, and he spent his off hours working security at nightclubs or wrestling matches in order to make ends meet. After nearly three years as a patrolman, Underwood was accepted into the U.S. Marshals Service at age 24. He was sworn in on a Friday, his last day at Birmingham PD, so that he could be in federal court the following Monday.
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At roll call that night, the captain announced the presence of “a fed.” “On my last shift, I carried a federal badge and a city badge. I don’t know if that’s ever happened, but the guys got a laugh out of it,” Underwood said. Underwood worked out of the U.S. Marshals’ Birmingham office for 15 years. Though he has lost track of the number of federal fugitives he apprehended as head of the office’s Fugitive Squad, the stories of each capture remain. Once, he tracked a federal prison camp escapee to a residence in rural Alabama. While another deputy marshal was questioning the man’s mother, Underwood noticed a Doberman that seemed especially playful. “I thought it was probably his dog. We walked over to the edge of the yard, and he went off into the woods. He took us right to the brush pile he was hidden under,” Underwood said. In his fourth year with the Marshals Service, Underwood received a special assignment to Fort Holabird, a safehouse in Baltimore for witnesses testifying in the Watergate hearings and other white collar prisoners. John Dean III, E. Howard Hunt Jr., Charles Colson, Herbert Kalmbach and Egil Krogh Jr.— more famously known collectively as the President’s Men — all spent time at Fort Holabird. One day, Underwood noticed Dean and Colson enter the
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Jim Underwood graduated from the FBI National Academy in January 1981.
same room, which violated a house rule. He quickly chastised the two. “These were powerful people, and I was a deputy U.S. Marshal from Jasper, Alabama giving the President’s Men instructions. To them, I was nothing, but regardless of who they were or what position they might have had, they didn’t control things like they once did. It made me realize we have a good justice system if it’s handled correctly,” he said. In January 1981, Underwood was accepted to attend the 124th Session of the FBI National Academy. He began the training on Jan. 4 and completed the training on March 20. Underwood was the top student in budget and management of a law enforcement agency. Underwood took a lot of kidding from his fellow marshals over the years for taking extra jobs for no pay and doing office work normally handled by women. His motives became clear in 1985 when he took an exam to be promoted to chief deputy and finished fifth out of a national pool of 800 applicants. He was assigned to the Lexington headquarters for the U.S. District of Eastern Kentucky, which consisted of 64 counties and seven offices. In time, he was promoted to U.S. Marshal, typically
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a presidential appointment. In Underwood’s case, it came from U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. While in Kentucky, Underwood earned a bachelor’s degree in police administration from Eastern Kentucky University — 30 years after he was a freshman at Walker College. After retiring from the U.S. Marshals Service in 2001, Underwood accepted a job offer from Walker County District Attorney Charles Baker and moved home. Underwood investigated child abuse cases for eight years and then retired again in 2009, capping a 42-year career in law enforcement. Or so he thought at the time. In 2014, Underwood fulfilled a lifelong dream of being elected sheriff of Walker County. (An earlier bid for the office in 2006 had been unsuccessful.) After four years in office, the word Underwood uses most often to describe the job is “humbling.” One day shortly after the election, a woman recognized him at the courthouse but could not recall his name. “She said, ‘You’re my sheriff, aren’t you?’ That struck me, and I said, ‘Yes, ma’am, I am.’ I never have forgotten that. That’s how people feel about you,” he said. •
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Jasper native Julianna Hallman’s work with Make-A-Wish Alabama
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Hallman with Yari who suffers from a brain tumor and has spent every birthday in the hospital. Her wish was to have a birthday party.
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Walker County native Julianna Hallman is helping to make wishes come true for children in Alabama every day. Hallman works as the development and communications coordinator for Make-A-Wish Alabama, and it is her job to promote the efforts of the nonprofit and help to fulfill the wishes of children across the state who are battling cancer or fighting an incurable disease. Prior to securing her dream job, Hallman attended Memorial Park Elementary School and Maddox Middle School in Walker County, and graduated from Walker High School in 2011. “I did a lot in high school, and I loved it. I love serving people,” Hallman said at the Make-A-Wish office in Vestavia Hills in May. When Hallman was 16, her friend, Charlie Lovely, was diagnosed with acute myloid leukemia. “That is what ties me to our mission [at Make-AWish],” she said. “He was diagnosed the day after his 16th birthday, and he lived with leukemia for about 62 days. He passed away on New Year’s day of 2009. I’ve always had a strong passion for children with cancers or life threatening medical conditions, and that’s why I’m thankful to be at Make-A-Wish.” Before Lovely passed away, he started The Live Lovely Foundation. When Hallman attended Samford
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University in Birmingham after high school, she helped to raise money for the foundation, which was then donated to further cancer research efforts. Little did Hallman know, she would eventually have a career where she could help others battling cancer — all while honoring her friend’s memory. During Hallman’s time at Samford, she served as panhellenic president and was the SGA’s first press secretary. She even interned for the Rick and Bubba show in 2012, later joining them on their 20th anniversary tour in 2013. Hallman also worked on Congressman Gary Palmer’s first campaign and continued to make volunteer trips to Haiti. She lived there for one month between her junior and senior years of college, and learned to speak Haitian Creole at Samford. “At Samford, it built me to be the woman that I am today and allowed me to have this job, I feel like, because I was given so many opportunities,” she said. “I know if I would have gone anywhere other than Samford, I wouldn’t have the opportunities that I have.” Hallman graduated from Samford with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications, with a concentration in public relations and broadcasting. She also minored in political communications. After graduation, Hallman worked for six months at an area business, but knew she had a greater calling. In
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A map at the Make-A-Wish Alabama office of Alabama with pegs to represent the number of children in the state awaiting their wishes to be granted.
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November 2015, she received the call from Make-A-Wish Alabama. “I know that the Lord had that waiting on me, teaching me patience, and he showed me he had something so much better for me,” Hallman said. Hallman is the first development and communications coordinator for Make-A-Wish Alabama, which was founded in September 2012, and is one of 62 chapters nationwide. While the state didn’t have a chapter until a few years ago, Hallman said many wishes had already been granted in Alabama. “Make A Wish has been granting wishes in the state since 1987. This year, we’re actually celebrating 30 years of wish granting in Alabama. That’s incredible,” she said. “There’s still so many kids waiting, and we get referrals daily.” Three-hundred children in Alabama are waiting on a wish, and Hallman expects nearly 140 wishes will be granted this year. “It hurts my heart knowing that those families are going to suffer through something and be in a hospital room for weeks to months to a year at a time with their kids struggling and hooked up to all sorts of cords and machines. But I’m thankful that Make-A-Wish is there to be the happy in that struggle,” she said. Hallman is responsible for overseeing the North Alabama region under her development role for Make-A-Wish Alabama. She helps to coordinate events for the North Alabama Regional Advisory Council, such as the Punkin Chunkin Fall Festival in Huntsville that helps raise money for Make-A-Wish. Roughly 2,500 people attended the event last year. In addition, she supervises the state’s Make-A-Wish wishes and flights campaign that encourages people to donate airline miles to help fulfill wish trips. Hallman also oversees wish kid engagement and national corporate alliances for fundraising, such as Make-AWish Alabama’s relationship with Macy’s. Under her communications role with Make-A-Wish, she handles marketing communications, media relations, graphic design and social media. The greatest reward of working with Make-A-Wish, Hallman says, is developing relationships with wish children and their families. She volunteers for Make-A-Wish as a wish granter, and said she had the opportunity to meet with Katie Adams of Jasper. Adams was diagnosed with kidney cancer in September 2015, and after her recovery, Hallman paid the 8-year-old a visit to learn what Adams’ true wish would be. “Katie Adams was the first kid I was able to be a wish granter on,” Hallman said. “She’s so smart and so energetic.” Adams’ wish was granted earlier this year. After learning of her love for American Girl Dolls, Make-A-Wish arranged for her to visit the American Girl headquarters in Wisconsin to be the company’s chief play officer. “She’s pretty much the only little girl in the world that is going to have an experience like that. We were excited that we were able to do something for her like that,” Hallman said. Leukemia survivor Lane Clark, also of Walker County, had his wish granted last year to visit the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Hallman said fulfilling the wishes of children across the country would not be possible without wish granting volunteers, and Walker County currently has no active volunteers. “Our volunteers are who we use to go out into the community, to go out to our wish families’ houses, to sit with them. They speak with the child and figure out what their wish is,” she said. “We don’t have any wish granters in Walker County, and we need some. We’ll assign them a wish kid, and they get to go meet with them and find out what their one true wish is.” Hallman did say Make-A-Wish Alabama is thankful to Jasper resident Guy Able, who hiked to raised $2,500 for the organization. summer 2017
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The children’s play room at the Make-A-Wish Alabama office. Wish kids who visit the office are given some of the toys to take home with them for comfort.
Other businesses in the Jasper area have also raised money for Make-A-Wish. Aside from Adams, Hallman said another girl from Trussville will forever hold a special place in her heart. “Besides the Adams’ from Jasper, the Murrays are probably one of the wish families I’m closest to,” she said. Hallman said she received a call about the Murrays daughter, Henrietta, a 4-year-old with an incurable condition that causes vision loss. After speaking with the girl’s doctor and learning how quickly Henrietta was losing her vision, Make-A-Wish Alabama granted a rush wish to allow her to visit Disney World. “We granted it within two weeks after her mom called us,” Hallman said. “Henrietta and her mom had come into the office ... and we played with her. I just fell in love with her, and my co-worker Maggie and I were able to throw her a wish party to go away on her wish, and give her a bunch of goodies and all sorts of things for her to enjoy.” “Her mom and dad told us that on her wish you could tell her eyesight was deteriorating more, and they got a beautiful picture of her and Cinderella. Cinderella had bent down so Henrietta could get up close to her face and feel her features,” Hallman said in tears. “It’s for wish kids like that. Knowing that we can be
the happy in that crazy, chaotic life that they’re having right now ... that is why I come here daily, to help kids like Henrietta and Katie, to give hope, strength and joy to our families that desperately need it.” As of May, at least five children in Walker County were waiting for their wishes to be granted. “Every day, I wake up and wonder why the Lord has blessed me with all the opportunities I’ve had. I think about the doors that have been opened for me even from when I was in middle school, from holding my very first leadership role as Student Council president at Maddox Middle School, to being Samford University’s Panhellenic president, to now, being able to work for one of the most well-known nonprofits in America,” Hallman said. “I had a recent Samford graduate tell me that I had their dream job. I’m 24 years old, and the fact that I have someone’s dream job is mind-blowing. Working for this organization has become a dream job to me. I get to wake up daily and know that going to work is going to bring the happy amid a family’s toughest time. It is truly an honor and a blessing that I don’t deserve.” Hallman resides in Cahaba Heights. To explore volunteering or donating to Make-A-Wish Alabama, visit www.alabama.wish.org. •
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Conversations among the members of the Evans family are not conventional. Phrases such as “swappin’ paint,” “drafting” and “gettin’ loose” are typical around the dinner table. While the family has been involved in short track racing for years, a new generation of drivers has the Evans bunch as excited about the sport as ever. “I got into racing because of my dad; I was born into it,” said Justice Evans, a 20-year-old 2015 Cordova High graduate currently studying industrial design at Auburn. “I grew up going to the racetrack. It is all I’ve ever really known. All little boys want to be just like their daddy, so that’s what I wanted to do.” Justice Evans has spent most of his summertime Saturdays driving the No. 48 car on the quarter-mile track at Sayre Speedway. Many of those Saturdays have been spent competing against his 16-year-old cousin, Austin Evans, who will be a junior at Cordova High this year. “There’s just nothing like it,” said Austin, a rookie driving the No. 19 car this year. “When you’re in the car, and there is all that adrenaline going through your body, your goal is to get to the front and stay up there. You’re just racing. It’s awesome.” Keith Evans, Austin’s father, is the owner of both cars and in charge of the Evans Racing team. Keith’s older brother, Howard Evans, drove the car currently driven by Austin Evans in the 1990s. The two brothers spend much of their free time working on the young Evans boys’ cars. “I love racing, and I have done my best to hang on to the cars,” Keith said. “It’s all great. It’s a good family thing that we all enjoy together. It takes a lot of time, effort and dedication from all of us to keep it going.” When asked who was the best racer in the family, the guys tend to toss out multiple answers. “I could beat him now, because he has gotten old,” Justice said of his father. “In his hey-
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day, absolutely not, because he’s way meaner than me.” Howard said the two younger drivers have done a tremendous job in their early days on track. “I get more enjoyment watching them race and do good than I ever did when I was racing,” he said. “Both of them know how to race. It’s like it is just in them. It’s really all either one of them has ever known.” Austin and Justice said racing means more to them than other sports because it is such a family affair. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and many friends show up at the races each week to cheer on the cousins. “It’s fun for the whole family,” Justice said. “If you win, everybody is in victory lane. Anything that can bring family closer together is great and I am all for it.” Competition within the family dynamic is also on display when the cousins hit the track, because they compete in the same division – Street Stock. “I enjoy racing against Austin,” Justice said. “It’s awesome racing door-to-door with my cousin.” “I try to learn from him, because he’s been racing a lot longer than I have,” Austin said. Despite the friendly competition, the two talk strategy all the time. “We sit down with a notebook and a pen,” Justice said. “He has taken notes and gets better every time that he races.” While Justice has raced solely at Sayre this summer, Austin has taken to the road a few times to compete in Huntsville. In three races there, he has finished in the Top 5 twice and picked up a win in his latest run. “It’s a little faster in Huntsville,” Austin said. “There are two or three lanes with more banking. It’s a lot of fun.” In their races at Sayre, Austin has finished ahead of Justice once, with his highest finish being second place. Justice has won four races so far and is in third in the points for their division. Both have been in the Top 5 for most of the season. “Sayre is an awesome track,” Justice said. “It’s really fun from a driver’s standpoint. It is real tight and you don’t have a lot of time to think. You have to use your head, be smart and be mature.” The crowds at small racetracks are known to be wild, and the Evans crew said they have seen some interesting things this year. Two of the wildest fans, according to the boys, are their mothers, Leigh and Genia Evans. “Both of our mothers are wild at the track,” Justice said. “They love their boys, so they get really into it.” “It is bittersweet for me,” Austin’s mother, Genia Evans, said. “It’s scary at one minute, but then it is very exciting when you see him doing good. I wasn’t very keen on him racing in the beginning, but now that I’ve seen his
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talent, it is something that he needs to do. I love watching him race.” Another family member, Austin’s 14-year-old brother, Hunter, also participates by being a member of the pit crew. His parents said that he is waiting patiently until he can race, probably next summer. “Hunter helps us out a lot,” Austin said. “He knows so much about racing to be young, but we appreciate everything that he does.” While the present racing experience for the cousins is an expensive one — never breaking even on a race, even if they win – they hope for a lucrative future in the racing business. Justice said he plans to use his industrial design degree from Auburn to design parts for race chassis with the hopes of starting a performance racing shop somewhere in North Carolina, which the boys called “the heart of racing.” Austin’s future plans include going to college at the
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NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, N.C. “After you finish with your first year of learning about every other car, you go to the NASCAR school and most likely you go to one of their shops around the United States or go with a team,” Austin said. “If I don’t make it driving, I definitely want to be close to it.” The summer racing season will continue for a few more months, but the cousins’ favorite memory so far is a race at Sayre Speedway where Justice earned the win, Austin finished second and their close friend Zach Smith finished third. “That was a great night,” Austin remembered. Both drivers say they do not think their racing days will be over for a long time. “When it is in your blood, it is in your blood,” Justice said. “Once you get out there, you are going down the backstretch and that caution light goes off telling you that you’ve got one to go, you get white-knuckled and it is like no other high in the world. That’s racing.” •
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Walker Magazine, a publication of the Daily Mountain Eagle, launched in October 2012. In our first five years, we traveled to every community in Walker County to highlight the people, the places and the traditions that make us unique. The following photo essay exemplifies the themes at the heart of Walker Magazine: sports, nature, food, faith, hard work and fun. We hope you enjoy this look back at how far we’ve come and will join us as we celebrate the best of Walker County in the future.
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Craig Dodson remembers the day he fell in love with the old Southern riverboat named the Bama Belle. The Jasper native was living a long way from home at the time — Pennsylvania — and working in the excavating business. He remembers that “You do a lot of daydreaming during a blizzard. I daydreamed about a boat. Something fun to do on the water.” The Internet came to the rescue, and when Dodson ran across a photograph of the Belle in her glory on the Black Warrior River, he sent the owner a message. The boat, as it turned out, needed some work. A lot. From the day Dodson took possession in November 2015, more than a year passed before a New Year’s Eve celebratory cruise in 2016. Fast-forward to a Sunday afternoon like today, with brilliant blue skies, a soft breeze and the melodic sounds of an acoustic guitarist. With the huge red paddles slapping the surface of the water, it’s hard to imagine a more perfect day for a river cruise on the state’s only remaining paddle-wheel boat. All the engineering work, plumbing and headaches — such as maneuvering through the red tape for a U.S. Coast Guard permit —seem as far away as the icy day of the blizzard, Dodson agrees, from his perch up in the chair of the wheelhouse. At 90 feet, 54 tons, a capacity of 149 passengers, and outfitted with two 371 Detroit Diesel engines, the boat had a colorful history long before occupying its current home dock. It was manufactured on the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1969 — first named the Lady Mim and later christened the Captain Ann. Several years later it moved to Destin, Florida, and took a new name: the Emerald Queen. The Belle had been a fixture on Tuscaloosa’s river scene since 2001, before
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mechanical problems developed in 2012 and forced a four-year cruise hiatus before Dodson came to the rescue. And word is getting out, he says. Besides the crowds that show up for the regularly scheduled public tours, he’s booking a long list of advance party dates, particularly “floating tailgate parties” for the Crimson Tide’s home-game weekends. “Private events are what we enjoy doing best,” Dodson says. “Every week is something different. We’ve hosted corporate events, a wedding, the Exchange Club, Tuscaloosa Tourism, a retirement homecoming. Depending on the cruise and the clients’ needs, nearly every setup is different.” The lower, glassed-in level gives the feeling of a passage back in time. There are white tablecloths, a well-used spinet piano in the corner. You almost expect to see the face of Mark Twain among the partygoers, and then there it is: the book cover of an anthology of Twain’s best works. The piano, as with so many objects aboard a boat, has a story to tell. The Bama Belle was at a dock once, Dodson recalls, late at night, when the crew noticed some lights at the shoreline. A closer inspection showed it was two young men, gigging frogs. On a whim, Dodson called out, “Do either of y’all know how to play the piano?” One boy raised his hand. “Yes, sir,” he said. 36
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The froggers came aboard and a quiet night turned into a party. “The boy was really good,” he says, “and he played for quite a while. It just shows you never know what’s going to happen on a boat.” Dodson says he hopes the boat will be good for the local economy by attracting more people to the downtown area. “Maybe if they come to ride the boat they’ll spend the night in town.” “But honestly,” he says, “I probably did it for myself as much as anything. I’m getting older and wanted to do something different and fun. I love the water and I love the river so it was a no-brainer.” Besides the tourism aspect, Dodson feels the Bama Belle serves another important function as a community gathering place. “It’s a great melting pot,” he says. “People everywhere just tend to segregate along racial and financial lines, but because this is the only river boat, we have grandmas, babies, black, white, rich, poor. There aren’t too many places you get a real cross-section like that. “The other day we had a group of ladies from a church playing bingo just for fun, and some college kids drinking beers started playing bingo with them. Over in the corner we had little kids running around, so we cover a lot of bases. That’s the most fun part, seeing people enjoy themselves.” After all, you never know what’s going to happen on a boat. • summer 2017
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Anthony “Bo” Jackson of Mr. Bo’s BBQ has had a score to settle with chicken since he was five years old. “My mom was cooking fried chicken, and I was helping her. She had to run next door to take one of her friends some popcorn,” Jackson said. “So she left me watching the chicken. While she was gone, my shirt tail caught on fire, and I got burned real bad. But that didn’t stop me from cooking. I’ve been punishing chicken ever since.” Jackson, a former Oakman resident who now lives in Berry, is well-known throughout Walker, Fayette and Jefferson counties for his smoked ribs and Boston butts. He recently added bacon-wrapped chicken breasts to his smoked meat repertoire. Jackson, along with other family members, can be found on any major holiday smoking meats in front of New Life Christian Church in Jasper, where Jackson is the pastor. They sell the smoked meats to help raise money for the church’s building fund. They also sell smoked and fried turkeys at Thanksgiving and smoked hams at Christmas. “Everything we do is for our church. We generally set up at the church, but we’ve traveled to other places as well,” Jackson said. “It has truly been a blessing.” Mr. Bo’s BBQ has taken its smoked meats as far away as Huntsville. Jackson and his crew also donate their time to help feed the volunteers at the “Not Just Wishing, Gone Fishing” event sponsored each year by Alagasco and Alabama Power for children with special needs. “I get great pleasure out of helping feed the volunteers at the “Not Just Wishing, Gone Fishing” event each year,” Jackson said. “I’m retired from Alagasco, so I’ve been involved with their charity fundraisers for a long time.” Jackson said they have also catered several weddings and birthday parties and cooked for the volunteers from the Chamber of Commerce of Walker County during the local bass tournaments.
“We currently operate out of two mobile trailers. We have one 16-foot grill and one 18-foot grill,” Jackson said. “And I also co-own a 32-foot grill that we call the ‘Pink Pig,’ with one of my fellow co-workers.” Jackson said he uses pecan, hickory and cherry wood in his smokers because they add a special flavor to meats. Mr. Bo’s BBQ sells an average of 3,000 pounds of meat on any given holiday. “It’s a lot of hard work, but I love it,” Jackson said. “My mom and my grandfather and uncles on my mother’s side were all good cooks, and they passed it on down to me and my cousins. And now I’m passing it on to my children and niece.” Jackson recently had to undergo surgery on his sinuses. Per doctor’s orders, he’s no longer able to man his grills and smokers like he used to. “I started having trouble with my sinuses while I was serving in Saudi Arabia,” Jackson said. “I’ve had several surgeries on my sinuses since then. So the doctors told me I needed to stay away from the smoke as much as possible.” Jackson, who was in the military for 12 years, served with the Alabama National Guard 715th Maintenance Division out of Cordova. He may not be able to man the smokers as much as he once did, but he still has help running his barbecue business. “My sons Tyrone and Tony and my niece Latisha Finch work with me and are a great help,” Jackson said. “My son Nicholas pulls the smokers for us and my son Rodney also helps when he’s available. I get everything ready for them to put on the grill, and they watch over the meat and keep a check on our cooking times. They do a really good job.” Jackson and his wife, Myrtle, have been married for 34 years and have 10 children (nine living and one deceased). They are also grandparents to 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. “I do a lot of the cooking at home. My wife is still working. She works at the Walker County Sheriff’s Office,” Jackson said. “So most days, I try to have a full course meal cooked for her when she gets home. But I leave the dessert making to her because I don’t do cakes.” •
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Ingredients: • 4 cups water or unsalted • chicken broth • Boneless Chicken Breast • 1 cup sugar • 2 to 3 bay leaves • 3 tsp cummin • Kosher salt • Black pepper • Garlic (chopped) • Bacon (at least three pieces per breast) • Sweet Baby Rays Original • Barbecue Sauce (optional)
Brine: • 4 cups water/ chicken broth • 1 cup of sugar • 2 or 3 Bay Leaves • 3 tsp Cummin • 1 cup of kosher salt • 1/2 cup chopped garlic
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4. Remove chicken breast brine and lightly rub with black pepper, garlic and kosher salt. Wrap each breast in three pieces of bacon.
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JULY 23 Project Unity Project Unity, a time to unite communities and law enforcement, will be held Sunday, July 23, at 2:30 p.m. at 26th Street Baptist Church, 2601 Delaware Ave. in Jasper. The goal of Project Unity is to capture the best practices for cooperation between law enforcement and citizens, and to develop technology to improve communications between citizens and law enforcement. JULY 28 Eldridge Fire Gospel Singing Fundraiser Eldridge Volunteer Fire Department and Modern Woodmen of America will host a gospel singing fundraiser Friday, July 28, at 6 p.m. at the Eldridge Community Center in Eldridge. Featured gospel singers will be Tuson Stovall and other local talent. Admission is free, but ENIOR OMECARE donations to the fire departByappreciated. Angels® For ment are more information, call 205-924-8145.
AUGUST 12 Walker County Police and Firefighter’s Ball The inaugural Walker County Police and Firefighter’s Ball will be held Saturday, Aug. 12, from 6 until 10 p.m. at the Jasper Civic Center. Tickets are $30 per person. For more information, contact Oakman Police Chief Ken Marbury at (205) 622-3200 or Jasper Fire Chief David Clark at (205) 2218509.
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AUGUST 24 High School Football kicks off High school football in Walker County will kick off Aug. 24–25. Check out the Daily Mountain Eagle’s Walker County Playbook, scheduled to be out Thursday, Aug. 24, for your favorite team’s fall schedule. SEPTEMBER 15-16 Foothills Festival Foothills Festival, a free twoday live music event sponsored by the City of Jasper, will be held Friday, Sept. 15, and Saturday, Sept. 16, in downtown Jasper. The event will feature a number of musical acts, kids activities, and a variety of food and merchandise vendors located on the Courthouse Square. This year’s featured headliners will be Spin Doctors, North Mississippi Allstars, Muddy Magnolias, John Paul White, Shotgun, Bonnie Bishop, and Wildflowers. Several local bands will also be performing during the festival.
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