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Emergency Declaration for County Road 835

By Marla Jones Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The DeKalb County Commission approved an emergency declaration for CR 835 (Old Highway 35), on Tuesday.

Road Superintendent, Tom Broyles, updated the Commission on the difficulties that crews were experiencing while trying to get the road re-opened. According to Broyles, over 12,000 tons of material had been placed on the site but heavy rain has made the site unsafe for workers.

DeKalb County Engineer, Ben Luther spoke on the work on CR 835 thus far. While Luther spoke of some progress, he stated that the upper slopes of the mountain were breaking loose, threatening the stability of

the site and making unsafe conditions for workers.

Luther asked the Commission to issue an Emergency Declaration that would bypass advertising bids and expedite a Soil Nail Wall to stabilize the site.

The Commission approved the Emergency Declaration which will allow a federal contract that will pay 80% of the estimated cost of $400,000. The estimated time to complete stabilization would be approximately three weeks.

Luther also presented the 2021 Rebuild Alabama Annual Report to the Commission.

DeKalb County received $979,742.10 in rebuild gas tax funds. The amount was $61,770.10 more than originally estimated at the beginning of the program.

Amounts were based on

>See CR 835, P3

Culvert Bid approved Andrews Resigns for Chavies Bridge from BOE

By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The Rainsville City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on January 6.

Bids were opened for the Chavies Bridge Culvert. Five bids ranging from $119,000 to $290,000 were submitted.

A bid was accepted in the amount of $119,691 to Gillisipe Construction for the culvert work at Chavies Bridge. The Council

passed Resolution 1-6-2022 C which approved Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt to sign all necessary paperwork to begin the project.

This will begin the necessary steps in getting the road opened back up.

A Public Hearing was conducted to hear input regarding rezoning three (3) parcels of land on Industrial Drive.

The rezoning was approved by the Planning Commission. With no objections, the land was

>See BRIDGE, P3

By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.—The DeKalb County Board of Education held a Special Called Meeting on Friday, January 7.

The meeting was held to accept the resignation of DeKalb County Board of Education President Chris Andrews.

Andrews, a former teacher, coach, and administrator at Geraldine and Collinsville, recently was named as the new principal at Guntersville High

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School. Andrews is coming out of retirement to take the job. He gave up his full-time pastorate at Liberty Church in the Painter community last fall, feeling then that God had a new challenge in store for him.

“I am thankful for the opportunity to serve on the DeKalb County Board of Education “ stated Andrews.

While Andrews could continue serving on the DeKalb County Board of Education, he felt that

>See BOE, P3

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HIGH COUNTRY TOYOTA TO DONATE $15,000

Scottsboro, AL (January 7, 2022) – High Country Toyota in Scottsboro, AL, is donating $15,000 to the Scottsboro City School System for the 2021-22 school year in order to help create a positive behavioral incentive program. The money donated will go toward developing and purchasing awards and incentives for students in order to allow teachers to get maximum behavioral improvements from their students.

High Country Toyota General Manager Alan Cox visited Minor Elementary in Birmingham and

witnessed the amazing results of having a program like this in place. “I was blown away by the exemplary behavior of the students and the upbeat morale of both teachers and students,” Cox said. “I believe every school can benefit from instituting a program like this.”

A positive behavioral incentive program uses a three-tier system that provides support to all students while also identifying students at risk of developing behavioral problems to offer more individualized support when needed. Schools

that used this type of program experience improved academic performance, decreased rates of student drug/alcohol abuse, improved teacher outcomes, and more.

According to Scottsboro City Schools Superintendent Amy Childress, the district plans to use the funds during this current school year to pair strategies with incentives for students in kindergarten through third grade.

The donation allows them to provide additional help to meet the academic criteria outlined in the Alabama Literacy Act.

“These incentives will help encourage, motivate, and impact the overall gains in student proficiency toward meeting individual student goals,” Childress said. “Scottsboro City Schools are proud and honored to partner with High Country Toyota to provide these muchneeded supports and incentives for our students. This partnership is an insightful, yet impactful way to motivate students, teachers, and administrators and is a huge win for our kids!”

“I’m thrilled to be partnering with area schools and providing

support to implement the policies and incentives needed,” Cox said. “Working together, we can establish this program from pre-k through eventually twelfth grade and make a difference in the lives of thousands of students.”

Steve Ayers, the owner of High Country Toyota, also expressed his excitement about the donation. “We are just so very blessed not only to be in a position to not only open a new facility this year but also to make sure it is not at the expense of our amazing city school system,” he said. “We

have the best teachers and administration around, and we all have a mutual goal of helping mold the future leaders of our area.”

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Jackson County Sports Hall of Fame

By Marla Jones Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

SCOTTSBORO, Ala.--The Jackson County Sports Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2021 on Saturday evening at the Goose Pond Civic Center.

Photo courtesy of Candice Ragsdale Britt

By Steve Flowers This year’s midterm congressional elections will be the political story of the year in American politics.

The U.S. House of Representatives will be in play big time.

Whichever party has the majority has all the power.

Currently the Democrats have a very small majority. Polling and history reveal that Republicans are poised to pick up a large number of seats and gain back a majority in the House and will more than likely gain a slim majority in the U.S. Senate where there is currently an even 50 to 50 split, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris having the tie breaking vote that gives the teetering majority to the Democrats.

History has portended without

Inductees were: Tom McCrary, Roy Anderson, Dr. Clyde Butler, Dr. David Campbell, Claude “Butch” Cassidy, Dr. Bill Elder, Tom Esslinger, Holland Floyd, Ben Hunt, Ricky Ragsdale, Dr.

Inside The Statehouse deviation to a clear historical political fact that the party that wins the White House and concurrently House seats loses those seats in the next midterm elections. It is usually a significant pickup, especially when there is a Democratic president.

Early polling indicates this will happen this year.

President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are abysmal, which will spill over into the swing House districts throughout the country. The first revealing salvo occurred in November in the Democratic State of Virginia when voters elected a Republican Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and the majority of Virginia House delegates. A Republican takeover of the U.S. House will affect Alabama favorably because our House delegation is made up of six Republicans and one

lone Democrat.

The marquee event for this year, politically, in Alabama will be for the open seat of retiring Senior Senator Richard Shelby. The race has been ongoing for almost a year and will be decided in a few short months from now. The election is May 24. The runoff will be June 21. The winner of that runoff will be our next U.S. Senator.

The favorites to capture the seat are either Katie Britt or Mo Brooks. Recent reliable polling reveals a close dead even contest between Brooks and Britt.

Mo Brooks is the current congressman from the 5th Congressional District, which encompasses Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley.

There is probably not a congressional district in the entire country that has benefited more from federal spending than the Huntsville Redstone Arsenal. Brooks has not been helpful in this attraction of federal

dollars to his district.

The heavy lifting towards Huntsville’s growth has fallen onto the shoulders of Senator Richard Shelby. Brooks has been an obstacle to Huntsville’s federally funded prosperity.

Brooks is seen in Washington as a rightwing gadfly nut that is more interested in finding a Fox News camera than helping his District or State.

His claim to fame is that he is currently the endorsed candidate of former President Donald Trump.

Katie Boyd Britt is the mainstream, rational, conservative candidate. She is the choice of the pro-business, progrowth Republican establishment in the state. She is the former CEO of the Business Council in the state.

She has received the endorsement of most business groups as well as the coveted Alabama Farmers Federation. The business community sees her as a stable, reliable, and youthful

successor to Shelby.

Katie Britt and Mo Brooks will both be well funded. Britt has outdistanced Brooks in fundraising.

However, Brooks will be bolstered by the right-wing Washington conglomerate Club for Growth and may be able to match Britt dollar for dollar. It will be an expensive race.

The wildcard in the contest is the entry of one Mike Durant. He announced his entry about two months ago and immediately began a bombardment of excellent television and radio ads. Durant is a decorated war hero and POW, who came to Huntsville from New Hampshire and built his own successful business from scratch. He has a real story that if told well, will sell. In fact, it has already begun to sell. The hidden fact in the recent polling, which shows Britt and Brooks knotted at about 30 percent each, reveals that

Morris Seymour, Bobby Talley, Ronnie Thompson, William “Bill” Commodore Wood Jr., Rupert Wright, Heath Zapf.

The contributor inductee was Delmus “Pat” Patterson.

Durant is polling at 15 percent after only one month in the race.

Durant is the wildcard in this race.

Katie Britt’s polling numbers are good. They show her trending upward. She is also the only candidate with a grassroots organization. She has campaigned in every county in the state, while Brooks’ handlers have worked to keep him off the campaign trail in fear that he will go off script and implode, which he has a tendency to do.

It would not surprise me that if Durant can sustain his ads for four months, which will be a heavy lift of his personal assets, that when the votes are counted on May 24, you may have a Katie Britt vs. Mike Durant runoff on June 21. It will be a fun race to watch.

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Mayor Brian Baine was one of the many participants who “Painted the Town Blue” for Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Fort Payne. Submitted photo

By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com

FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- The City of Fort Payne painted the town blue for Human Trafficking Awareness Day on January 6.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Fort Payne City Council, Mayor Brian Baine presented a proclamation to Bonnie Danielle Walters of Family Services of North Alabama. The Council proclaimed January as Human Trafficking Month for

the City of Fort Payne.

The Council “Went Blue” to promote awareness on Thursday, January 6.

According to the proclamation presented, the United States government estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 individuals are trafficked across international borders each year and are exploited through forced labor and forced sexual activity.

The U.S. Institute Against Human

Trafficking states the United States is the number one consumer of commercial sex worldwide.

In 2017, the University of Alabama identified 1,167 human trafficking victims within the State of Alabama. The Department of Homeland Security identified victims as young as 9 years old.

Members of the community wore blue shirts, that were sold as a fundraiser for Family Services of North Alabama, on Thursday in support.

he could not serve both efficiently.

The DeKalb County Board of Education can appoint someone to fill the remainder of Andrew’s term. The position will be posted on the DeKalb County Board of Education webpage (www. dekalbk12.org). If a replacement is not filled in 30 days, the State Superintendent can fill the open position.

Andrews will start as Principal at Guntersville on Monday and said he’s looking forward to building new relationships with the faculty, staff, and students.

The Board named Carol Hiett as the new President of the DeKalb County Board of Education.

Robert Elliot will serve as the Vice-President.

The next meeting of the DeKalb County Board of Education will be held on January 25. A work session will be held at 4:30 p.m. and the regular meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m.

At press time, Southern Torch reached out to the DeKalb County BOE. A spokesperson stated that while there had been interest in filling Andrews term, a definate number of applicants was unknown.

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previous years of tax funds. The increased amount gave an extra $15,442.00 per district for roads.

Sheriff Nick Welden advised the Commission that the lobby of the Sheriff’s Office was closed due to an increase in Covid cases.

“We have a lot of sickness in our Sherriff’s Office family. Please keep those in your prayers” stated Sheriff Nick Welden.

“We are short in every location, that we can be in. We had to shut down the office for the safety of the public and our people and that is my number one priority” Welden continued. “ I’ll take crucifixion on any angle but those people are my people. We are family.”

Welden announced the retirement of Mary Waters as School Resource Officer (SRO) at Ruhama School and named Sherry Johnson as her replacement.

David Smith, Chief Jail Administrator, requested three new hires in jail personnel: • Haden Denton to replace Christopher Leath • Brian Freeman to replace Tim Wilson • Elijah Avila to replace Jerry Hall In other business, the Commission approved the

following: • New truck purchases for the Road Department on the Fleet Program • Damage claim to Jeremy Goza • ARPA Policies and Procedures • The hiring of Rhea Roberts at the DeKalb County Revenue Commission The next meeting on the DeKalb County Commission will be held on February 8, beginning at 10 a.m.

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rezoned from R-2 (Residential) to Industrial.

A bid was Awarded to Ladd Environmental to oversee the installation of the Bar Screen at the WasteWater Treatment Plant.

The City surplused (12) City Vehicles. Resolution 1-6-2022 B was approved to award the bid of surplus to Twin City Used Car Sales in the amount of $95,500.

In other business, the following was approved: Hire Anthony Baldwin—Part-Time Dispatch/Police Department Training and travel expense for Josh Wilson Eli’s Tree Service—Removal of Tree Limbs $1350.00 Michael’s Tree Service—Weather Clean-up $2400.00 Next Regular Council Meeting: January 17, 2022

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January 14 & 15, 2022 | Doors open at 6:00 pm | Event starts at 7:30 pm. Come see some of the top bull riders in the Touring Pro Division on January 14th & 15th at the Northeast Alabama Agri Business Center.

For the first time at this event, freestyle bullfighting is brought to you by Bud Light and the Ultimate Bullfighters! Tickets are good for one-night admission only and are non-refundable unless the event is canceled.

$20.00 - Advance General Admission Ticket - Admit One. January 22, American Legion Post 89 - American Legion Post 89 of Fort Payne, Alabama, cordially invites you to join American Legion Post 89, veterans, patrons, pastors, and public, to commemorate the selfless sacrafice of Four Immortal Chaplins 79 years ago.

Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 2:00 PM Hosted by the City of Fort Payne.

Fort Payne City Auditorium 100 Alabama Ave. N.W. Fort Payne, AL 35967.

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LEG LEGALS

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, 7th day of January, 2011, a certain Mortgage was executed by James E. Brown and wife, Emma A. Brown, as mortgagor in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, NA and was recorded on January 14, 2011, in Mtg Book: 1679, Page 259, Instrument No. 3029137, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of DeKalb County, Alabama, and WHEREAS, the Mortgage was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment; said mortgage transferred and assigned to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company in Misc Book: 478, Page 165, Instrument No. 3096624 on August 16, 2017; said mortgage transferred and assigned to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in Miscellaneous Bk: 488, Page: 4783 on November 26, 2018 in the Probate Office of DeKalb County, Alabama; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage in that the payment due on September 10, 2021 was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of November 12, 2021 is $113,753.06; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded in the Probate Records of DeKalb County, Alabama, notice is hereby giving that on the 10th day of February, 2022 between the hours of 11:00 am and 4:00 pm, local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction in front of the main

entrance of the DeKalb County, Alabama, Courthouse, in the City of Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama, to the highest bidder: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ALABAMA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT WHERE THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 9 EAST INTERSECTS THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A COUNTY ROAD; RUN NORTH 44 DEG. 22 MIN EAST WITH SAID ROAD 441.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 61 DEG 00 MIN. WEST 336.4 FEET TO UTILITY POLE ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 23, THENCE SOUTH 01 DEG. 41 MIN WEST WITH SAID SECTION LINE 478.56 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND CONTAINING 1.6 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. SAID PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 9 EAST IN DEKALB COUNTY, ALABAMA. SOURCE OF TITLE: DEED BOOK 307, PAGE 125 DEKALB COUNTY PROBATE OFFICE LESS AND EXCEPT, BEGINNING AT A POINT WHERE THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 9 EAST INTERESTS THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A COUNTY ROAD, RAN NORTH 44 DEG 22 MINUTES EAST WITH SAID ROAD 138.6 FEET: THENCE RUN NORTHWESTERLY TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 23 WHICH IS 400 FEET NORTH OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE RUN SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 23 400 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, Parcel ID: 05-06-23-0-000-004001 Commonly known as 3561 County Road 712, Henagar, AL 35978.

Property being sold “AS IS”. Property is subject to any title deficiencies. No representation is made as to the title to the subject property Commonly known as: 3561 County Road 712, Henagar, AL 35978.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $113,753.06 plus interest, fees, and costs.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorate share of any real estate taxes that have

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been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $11,375.31 [10% of the Secretary’s bid] in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $11,375.31 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence.

This amount, like bid deposits, must be delivered in form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash.

The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right or redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price accordance with terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if is established, by documented written application of the

mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure sale is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid in if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $113,753.06 as of November 12, 2021, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-ofpocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Date: December 27, 2021 Said notice to be published January 7, 14, and 21

LEGALS STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF DEKALB MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE DEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain real estate mortgage executed to Liberty Bank

by Barbara Hurley, which mortgage is dated November 22, 1993, and which was recorded in Mortgage Book 657, Page 146 in the Office of the Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama; and that certain Notice of Additional Advance to be Secured by Mortgage dated September 9, 1994 and recorded on September 20, 1994 in Mortgage Book685, Page 127 in the Office of the Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama; and that certain Notice of Additional Advance to be Secured by Mortgage dated June 13, 1997 and recorded on June 30, 1997 in Mortgage Book 77, Page 142 in the Office of the Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama; and that certain Amendment to Mortgage and Security Agreement dated May 10, 2002 and recorded on May 16, 2002 in Mortgage Book

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1039, Page 224 in the Office of the Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama; And default continuing, notice hereby is given that under the power of sale contained in said mortgages, I will, on behalf of Liberty Bank proceed to sell on January 26, 2022, during the legal hours of sale, to-wit: 11:00 o’clock a.m. to 4:00 o’clock p.m., in front of the main entrance to the DeKalb County Courthouse in Fort Payne, Alabama, to the highest, best, and last bidder for cash, the following described real estate situated in DeKalb County, Alabama, and described as follows: One (1) acre in a square in the SE corner of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 23, Township 7 South, Range 7 East, DeKalb County, Alabama, together with all the improvements thereon.

Said sale is for the purpose of securing payment of the indebtedness secured by said mortgages, together with the costs of foreclosure.

in the above-described property,

***Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process.

An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

Said notice to be published December 31, January 7, & 14

LEGALS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY, ALABAMA

CASE NO.: CV-2021-900250.00 MATTHEW RYAN SMITH, Plaintiff VS. LOT 2 IN BLOCK NUMBER 8 IN THE CHOATE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF FORT PAYNE, IN THE COUNTY OF DeKALB AND STATE OF ALABAMA AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF SAID COUNTY IN BOOK OF MAPS PAGE 85

AND Fictitious Defendants “A” through “F” whose names and addresses are unknown, and any and all parties, including any persons claiming any present interest therein and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder, or other interest therein, who may claim any interest

Defendants.

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT NOTICE HEREBY IS GIVEN TO: TOMMY LADON KEEF AND DORIS KEEF, and their unknown heirs, successors, or assigns, and any and all persons claiming any present interest in the real property described above, and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder or other interest therein who may claim any interest in this property.

The Plaintiff has filed a Verified Complaint to Quiet Title in the Circuit Court of Dekalb County, Alabama in Case Number CV-2021-900250.000 against TOMMY LADON KEEF AND DORIS KEEF, and their unknown heirs, successors, or assigns, and any and all persons claiming any present interest in the real property described above, and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder or other interest therein who may claim any interest in this property, and the lands described above and against any or all parties listed above to establish the right and title of the Plaintiff to the lands and to clear up all doubts or disputes concerning the same.

Therefore, the Defendants and any persons claiming and interest in the real property must file an Answer to the Complaint in writing in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Alabama by March 9, 2022, or suffer default judgment against them. The Plaintiff requests that the Court will make and enter all orders, judgments, and decrees that may be necessary or proper in the premises, and upon a final hearing thereon, the Plaintiff requests that the Court will make and enter a decree that the Plaintiff has the entire and undivided fee simple interest in the lands, with no restrictions thereon. The Plaintiff further requests such other, further, different, or general relief as he may be entitled in the premises.

Dated this the 6th day of January, 2022.

Said notice to be published January 14, 21, 28, & February 4

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GALS LEGALS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: CV-2021-900249.00 MATTHEW RYAN SMITH, Plaintiff vs.

HHD, LLC; and FAYE FULLER, and THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR DEVISEES, IF DECEASED, THEIR SUCCESSORS, AND/ OR ASSIGNS and That certain real estate described specificallyin attached Exhibit “A” attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference and adoption and Fictitious Defendants “A” through “F” whose names and addresses are unknown, and any and all parties, including any persons claiming any present interest therein and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder, or other interest therein, who may claim any interest in the above-described property, Defendants NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT NOTICE HEREBY IS GIVEN TO: HHD, LLC and Faye Fuller, their unknown heirs and devisees, if deceased, their successors, and/or assigns, and any and all persons claiming any present interest in the real property described above, and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder or other interest therein who may claim any interest in this property.

The Plaintiff has filed a Verified Complaint to Quiet Title in the Circuit Court of Dekalb County, Alabama in Case Number CV-2021-900249.00 against HHD, LLC and Faye Fuller, their unknown heirs and devisees, if deceased, their successors, and/ or assigns, and any and all persons claiming any present interest in the real property described above, and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder or other interest therein who may claim any interest in this property, and the lands described above and against any or all parties listed above to establish the right and title of the Plaintiff to the lands and to clear up all doubts or disputes concerning the same.

Therefore, the Defendants and any persons claiming and interest in the real property must file an Answer to the Complaint in writing in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Alabama by MARCH 1, 2022, or suffer default judgment against them. The Plaintiff requests that the Court will make and enter all orders, judgments, and decrees that may be necessary or proper in the premises, and

upon a final hearing thereon, the Plaintiff requests that the Court will make and enter a decree that the Plaintiff has the entire and undivided fee simple interest in the lands, with no restrictions thereon. The Plaintiff further requests such other, further, different, or general relief as he may be entitled in the premises.

EXHIBIT “A” The SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 7, Range 6 East, containing 40 acres, more or less situated in DeKalb County, Alabama.

LESS AND EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING TRACTS: TRACT ONE: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East of the Huntsville Meridian, DeKalb County, Alabama run due North with the West boundary line of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said Section 33 for 542.41 feet for a point of beginning.

Thence continue due North with said West boundary line for 418.00 feet; thence leaving said West boundary line run N 84° 53’ 23” E for 229.14 feet; thence run S 00° 00’ 58” W for 418.04 feet to a point on the North side of a 30.0 foot access and utility easement; thence run S 84° 54’ 33” West with the North side of said easement for 229.02 feet to the point of beginning.

Said property is lying in Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East of the Huntsville Meridian, DeKalb County, Alabama and contains 2.0 acres, more or less.

Said property is subject to a 20.0 foot access and utility easement lying along the West boundary line of said property. Said property is in favor of a 30.0 foot access and utility easement lying South and immediately adjacent to the South boundary line of said property.

Deed Book 568, Page 348, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

TRACT TWO: A tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East, DeKalb County, Alabama further described; Commence at the Southwest comer of said Quarter- Quarter, 2 5/8” Rebar, running N 0° 38’ 36” W 209.00 feet to 2 1/2” capped re-bar (KBD 2670), the point of beginning; N 0° 38’ 36” W 303.41 feet to a 2 1/2”capped re-bar (KBD 2670); N 84° 11’ 55” E 438.00 feet; S 87° 55’ 49” E 104.00 feet; S 83° 42’ 27” E 313.57 feet; S 82° 10’ 18” E 473.59 feet to 2 1/2” capped re-bar (KBD 2670); S 0° 13’ 25” W 241.00 feet to 2 1/2” Re-bar; N 89° 44’

26” W 889.52 feet to 2 Y2” capped re-bar (JBD-PLS); S 50° 45’ 00” W 11.22’ to 2 1/2” re-bar; S 89° 52’ 05” W 418.00 feet to the point of beginning containing 9.26 acres more or less.

Also an ingress/egress easement North of and adjacent to the four Northerly courses of said tract running from DeKalb Co. Rd. 333 on the West QuarterQuarter line to the East Quarter-Quarter line being 1329.16 feet.

According to that certain survey of Jimmy Hubbard, Davis & David Land Surveying & Engineering.

Deed Book 637, Page 273, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

TRACT THREE: A tract in the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter and the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 33 and the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 34. All in Township 7 South, Range 6 East, DeKalb County, Alabama, further described as follows: Commence at the Hexbolt at the Southeast corner of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of said Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East and run N 000 13’ 25” E 480.93’ to a 1/2” Capped Rebar (KBD 2670). The point of beginning for the tract herein described: thence continue N 00° 13’ 25” E 849.44’ to a 1/2” Capped Rebar (KBD 2670); thence continue N 000 13’ 25” E 16.00 feet to the center of a Branch; thence along the center of said Branch to the center of Town Creek a chord bearing and distance of N 19° 19’ 57” E 672 feet; thence along Town Creek to a point on a chord bearing and distance of N 72° 20’ 07” W 1103.31 feet; thence leaving Town Creek run S 000 13’ 25” W 244 feet to a 1/2” Capped Rebar (KBD 2670); thence continue S 00° 13’ 25” W 84.93 feet to a 1/2 Capped Rebar (JBDPLS); thence run N 89° 57’ 28” E 100 feet to a 1/2” Capped Rebar (JBD-PLS); thence run S 30° 41’ 07” E 710 feet to a 1/2” Capped Rebar (JBD-PLS); thence run S 06° 33’ 42” W 780 feet to a 1/2” Capped Rebar (JBD-PLS); on the North margin of a 30’ ingress egress easement; thence S 82° 10’ 18” E along said North line 474.05 feet to the point of beginning, containing 15.25 acres, more or less.

Also: An Ingress/ Egress easement being 30 feet wide from the Southeast comer of said 15.25 Acre tract to the East Right of Way of DeKalb County Road #333 as described from the same said point of beginning run these four courses with the 30 foot easement lying

South of an adjacent to said courses; N 82° 10’ 18” W 474.05 feet; N 83°42’ 27” W 313.57 feet; N 87° 55’ 49” W 104 feet; S 84° 11’ 55” W 438 feet to 1/2 Rebar on the East Right of Way of DeKalb County Road #333 ending said 30’ Easement.

The above property being subject to a 20 feet wide Ingress/ Egress Utility Easement along the West side of said 15.25 Acre Tract and being described as follows: Commence at said point of commencement for said 15.25 acre Tract and run N 00° 13’ 25” E 480.93 feet; N 82° 10’ 18” W 474.05 feet to the center of said 20 foot wide Easement; being 10 feet on both sides of these Three courses N 06° 33’ 42” E 780 feet; N 30° 41’ 07” W 710 feet; N 560 56’ 22” W 119.02’ to the end of said Easement.

Deed Book 645, Page 132, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

TRACT FOUR: All that part of the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East of the Huntsville Meridian, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a stone corner found at the Northwest comer of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said section; thence S 000 13’ 53” E a distance of 949.61 feet to an iron pin set at the point of beginning, from said point of beginning, N 64° 28’ 17” E a distance of 551.93 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 89° 55’ 17” E a distance of 100.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 300 33’ 52” E a distance of 710.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 06° 40’ 24” W a distance of 780.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence N 83° 36’ 54” W a distance of 313.50 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence N 00° 34’ 35” W a distance of 418.19 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence N 87° 53’ 04” W a distance of 103.97 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence S 00° 38’ 37” E a distance of 209.28 feet to a ‘A” rebar iron found; thence S 84° 22’ 00” W a distance of 209.25 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence N 00° 33’ 50” W a distance of 209.07 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence S 84° 19’ 17” W a distance of 229.07 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence N 01° 00’ 19” W a distance of 735.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 21.00 acres more or less, less and except any easements or rights-of-way, and being a portion of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the NE ‘A of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East of the Huntsville Meridian, DeKalb County, Alabama.

Subject to the Northerly and Westerly ten feet of an ingress/ egress/utility easement, Twenty (20) feet in width, lying ten (10) feet, either side of

Deed Book 537, Page 338, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

the centerline, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a stone corner found at the Northwest corner of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said section, thence S 00° 13’ 53” E a distance of 949.61 feet to an iron pin set; thence N 64° 28’ 17” E a distance of 551.93 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 89° 55’ 17” E a distance of 100.00 feet to an iron pin set at the beginning of said easement; thence along the centerline of said easement, S 30° 33’ 52” E a distance of 710.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 06° 40” 24” W a distance of 780.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence N 83° 36’ 54” W a distance of 313.50 feet to a capped iron pin found at the intersection with a thirty foot (30’) easement as recorded in Deed Book 467, pages 141 and 142 in the Judge of Probate Office in DeKalb County, Alabama and the terminus of said easement.

Subject to an ingress/ egress/utility easement twenty feet (20’) in width, lying evenly along, East of and contiguous with the West line of the abovedescribed property.

Deed Book 670, Page 304, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

A lot in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East, DeKalb County, Alabama further described: Commence at the purported Southwest comer of said quarter-quarter, a 5/8” rebar, guarded by a 5/8” rebar one foot tall, the point of beginning running N 00° 38’ 36” W 209.00 feet to a ‘A” capped rebar (C. DAVIS-CA 0268); N 89° 52’ 05’ E 418.00 feet to a 1/2” capped rebar (C. DAVIS-CA 0268); S 00° 38’ 36” E 209.00 feet to a 1/2” capped rebar (C. DAVIS-CA 0268); S 89° 52’ 05” W 418.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.0 acres, more or less. Excepting any public road right of ways on the West side of said lot.

Source of description provided by Grantee and taken from that certain survey done May 14, 2000 by Charley Davis AL Reg. 12512 and further reference Administrator’s deed recorded in Deed Book 516, Page 140-141, DeKalb County Probate Office. Deed Book 516, Page 294, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

TRACT FIVE:

TRACT SEVEN:

A lot in the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East, Dekalb County, Alabama further described: Commence at a 5/8” rebar, the Southwest corner of said quarter-quarter running N 000 38’ 36” W 542.41 feet; N 84° 11’ 55” E 229.00 feet to the point of beginning, a penny painted to a rock with orange paint; N 00° 38’ 36” W 209.00 feet to a capped rebar marked (C. DAVIS-CA 0268) as all other capped rebars on this original survey; N 84° 11’ 55” E 209.00 feet to a capped rebar; S 00° 38’ 36” E 209.00 feet to a capped rebar; S 84° 11’ 55” W 209.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing one acre more or less.

And an Ingress-Egress easement 30 feet wide described as follows: Commence at the Southwest corner of said quarter-quarter running N 00° 38’ 36” W 542.41 feet to the point of beginning of said easement; thence a 30 feet wide strip on the South side of this course N 84° 1 1 ‘ 55” E 438.00 feet also being an easement from the east right-of-way of DeKalb County Road No. 333 to front lot.

Source of description provided by Grantor, and taken from that certain survey done (for Renae Smith) on 7.17.01 by Charley Davis, Davis & Davis Land Surveying & Engineering, AL REG 12512 and further reference Deed Book 516, Page 140-141, recorded in the DeKalb County Probate Office.

All that part of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East of the Huntsville Meridian, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a 1” pipe found at the Southeast corner of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of said section; thence along the east line of said section, N 00° 05’ 56” W a distance of 2,642.08 feet to a 3/4 inch iron pin found, at the Southeast corner of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said section, at the point of beginning.

From said point of beginning and leaving said section line, S 89° 13’ 46” W a distance of 662.06 feet to a 2” pipe found: thence N 86° 39’ 36” W a distance of 229.57 feet to a capped iron pin found; thence N 00° 21’ 19” E a distance of 210.00 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 89° 42’ 44” a distance of 889.52 feet to an iron pin set on the east line of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said section; thence along said section line, S 00° 05’ 56” E a distance of 210.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 4.42 acres, more or less, less and except any easements or rights-of-way, and being a portion of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 6 East of the Huntsville Meridian, DeKalb County, Alabama.

Deed Book 569, Page 260, Office of Judge of Probate, DeKalb County, Alabama.

Dated this the 29th day of December, 2022.

TRACT SIX:

Said notice to be published January 7, 14, 21, and 28

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OBITUARIES Wilson

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Randell Jerome Meyers - 44 of the Mt. Vernon community, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022. A visitation will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2022 from 5pm until 8pm at the funeral home.

Patricia Ann Brisendine - 79, of Fort Payne, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, January 7th.

Garry Wayne Stephens - 63 of Gaylesville, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, January 9, 2022.

Philip Wayne Edwards - 83, of Fort Payne passed away Friday, January 7, 2022. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday.

Mary Jane Gray - 91, of Mentone, passed away January 9, 2022. Funeral services will be 11am Thursday, January 13th.

Billie “Brother Bill” Wayne Romans - 76, went home to be with his Lord January 5, 2022 surrounded by his family. Bill, better known as Popa, was a Godly man. He was born January 7, 1945 to humble beginnings in Section, AL where he grew up working on a farm with his parents Roy and Velma and 5 brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2 pm CT. Jimmy Carl Ball - 82 of Flat Rock died Friday, January 7 at his residence.

Funeral services are Tuesday at 3 PM CT at Corner Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. Terry Bentley officiating. Burial will follow in Beulah Chapel Cemetery with Military Honors.

Family will receive friends from 12 Noon until service time.

Burt Rebecca Lynn Ferguson - 54, of Fort Payne, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Funeral: Saturday, January 8, 2022

Rainsville Roger Willoughby - 75 of

Rainsville, AL passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Collinsville Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 2:00PM at Rainsville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bo Williams, Bro. Earnest Corbitt & Bro. Gerald Dukes officiating. Burial will follow in Rainsville Memorial Park.

Charles Graham - 82 of Sylvania, Alabama passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022.

Funeral service will be held Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 2PM in Mountain View Baptist Church in Sylvania, AL with Bro. Brian Harris & Bro. Shaunathan Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery.

Scottsboro Nellie Faye Dolberry Blizzard - 69 of Scottsboro, Alabama passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at Highlands Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Scottsboro Funeral Home. Burial will follow.

Daisy McCrary -

95, of Scottsboro, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Highlands Health & Rehab.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Karen Chambers - 75, of Woodville, passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Karen was a member of Woodville Church of Christ and served as Librarian and Director of Woodville Public Library for 36 years.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery.

Charlotte Wehrle German - 81, of Woodville, AL (formerly of Carteret, NJ) passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 as a result of serious injuries caused in a motor vehicle accident. The viewing will be held at Scottsboro Funeral Home, Friday, January 14 at 5pm.

David Harold Woodall - 80 of Scottsboro, Alabama passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 at Cumberland Health & Rehab.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.

Friday, January 14, 2022 at Scottsboro Funeral Home with Rev. Quinton Williams officiating.

Burial will follow in the Clay Cemetery in Princeton. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until time of service on Friday.

W.T. Wilson Brandon Kain Fulton - 26, of Albertville passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.

Cremation services provided by W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel. He is survived by his parents, Donna and Donald Coley; sisters, Anna Coley, Alysia Martin, Christina Meadows, and Charlene Cruz; grandfather, William Pursell, Sr.; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousin.

Patricia Samples Bowman - 76, of Grove Oak formerly of Sale Creek Tennessee passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022.

Graveside services will be held at 1pm CST (2pm EST) Thursday, January 13, 2022 from the Hamilton Memorial

Gardens in Hixson, TN. Bro. Hoyt Samples will officiate. W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

James William “Billy” Bowman - 56 of Fort Payne, passed away Friday, January 7, 2022.

Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, January 9, 2022 from W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

Jerry Donald Guess - 79 of Rainsville formerly of) Stevenson, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Monday, January 10, 2022 from W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in Unity Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mildred Jean Stephens - 82, of Scottsboro passed away on Jan. 9, 2022. Funeral services are set for 2pm Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 from the Skyline Holiness Church with Bro. Rodney Stephens officiating. Burial will be in Skyline Cemetery.

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SPORTS

DeKalb County Sports Hall of Fame

The DeKalb County Sports Hall of Fame would like to introduce the Class of 2022.

This will be the 17th class to be inducted.

Inductees are selected by the DeKalb County Sports Hall of Fame’s twenty-one-member Board of Directors.

Inductees must receive 50 percent of board votes to be selected.

The induction banquet is scheduled for June 25, 2022, at the DeKalb Schools Coliseum.

The 2022 class includes: JEFF ALLEN, Sports Media - Jeff graduated from Crossville High School in 1975.

He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1979 with a degree in Broadcast and Film Communications. Jeff began his career doing play by playing for Alabama women’s basketball and selected Alabama baseball games. Jeff has served as the color man for Albertville High School football and other area teams.

He was on call in 1986 for Crossville’s State Championship football game and the girl’s state win in 2008. Jeff is probably best known as the host of the states’ longest-running football scoreboard show. The WQSB High School Football Scoreboard has been

airing for 31 seasons.

CRISTIE BROTHERS, Coach - Cristie graduated from Geraldine High School in 1989 where she was an All-County and All-Area volleyball player. Cristie graduated from Athens State in 1993. Hired as volleyball coach at Geraldine High School in 1997, Cristie turned the Bulldogs into a volleyball powerhouse.

Over the next twenty-one years, her teams won fourteen County Championships and sixteen Area titles.

In 2001 coach Brothers led her team to the 2A State Championship.

She would have two more State Runner Up teams and twelve Elite Eight appearances.

Brothers finished her career with 872 game wins and 346 losses.

BILLY COLBURN, Coach - Billy Colburn graduated from Chalmette High School in Louisiana in 1964.

After high school graduation, he walked on as a football player and graduated from The University of West Alabama. In 1977 Billy was hired as a teacher and coach at Fort Payne High School.

During his tenure at Fort Payne, Billy coached about every sport Fort Payne had to offer including Assistant football coach, B team basketball, head track coach, and head wrestling coach.

Coach Colburn also served as athletic trainer and sponsor of the FCA chapter at the high school. In 1994 Coach Colburn was awarded the Golden Apple Award for Teachers by the governor of Alabama.

This award was given to the teacher who was instrumental in the lives of so many students at Fort Payne High School.

TRACY HULGAN, - Coach - Tracy graduated from Crossville High School in 1981 and Jacksonville State University in 1984.

Coach Hulgan began his coaching career at White Plains High School as an assistant basketball coach while also coaching baseball and junior high football. From 1985-1991 coach Hulgan served as head Junior High basketball and football coach at Center Middle School.

In 1991 Hulgan returned to Crossville as the head basketball coach until 2014. His teams there won six area titles, five elite eight appearances and eight DeKalb County Tournament Championships.

Hulgan served as the head basketball coach at Arab high school from 2014-2016. After two seasons Tracy returned to DeKalb County to serve as an assistant to the boys and girls basketball

program. While continuing to serve in that capacity he has coached the girls to two area titles, one region title, and the 2020 Class 2A State Championship. His all-time record as a head coach is MATTHEW LAMBERT, Athlete Matthew graduated from Fyffe High School in 1997. He attended Central Alabama Community College and graduated from Birmingham Southern in 2001. As a high school player, Matthew had a four year batting average of .475 with twenty home runs and 156 RBI’s. He was selected as a Louisville Slugger 1st team All-American. As a college player Lambert finished his four years with a .333 batting average, 32 home runs and 194 RBI’s.

Matthew played in the 2000 NAIA College World Series and returned with Birmingham Southern again in 2001 to claim the 2001 NAIA National Championship.

Matthew holds the all-time record at Birmingham Southern with a fielding % of .993 committing only 2 errors in 2 seasons.

DALE PRUITT, Coach - Pruitt graduated from Plainview High School in 1975 where he excelled in football and basketball. Dale

played one year of basketball at Northeast Alabama Community College. He later transferred to Jacksonville State University graduating in 1979. He would later receive his Master’s degree from Jacksonville State University. Coach Pruitt began his coaching career at Boaz High School as an assistant football coach. Pruitt next began his forty-year run as a head football coach at Pisgah High School with additional head coaching stops at Plainview High School, Fort Payne High School, Albertville High School, Dade County High School, and two stops at Marion County. Coach Pruitt’s teams have appeared in the post-season twenty-nine times and accumulated 307 wins.

He and his wife Melissa have three children and ten grandchildren.

C.M. SANFORD, Coach - C.M. graduated from Kossuth High School in Mississippi in 1974. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1978 and received his Masters from there in 1980.

Coach Sanford served as defensive coordinator for Coach Jerry Elmore at Fort Pane High school for fifteen seasons from 1984-1999.

During that time, Fort Payne had their

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first ten-win season and made their first-ever playoff appearance. While C.M. was at Fort Payne they were area champions five times.

Also, while at Fort Payne. he served as head or assistant coach for the boys and girls track and cross country teams for fifteen years. Those teams produced three State Championships and eight State Runner Up teams. Coach Sanford has coached thirty-three individual or relay State Champions. He and his wife Pam have one daughter and two grandchildren.

BILL SMITH, Athlete - Bill graduated from Ider High School in 1970. He was an all-county, all-area, and all-state basketball player. He was selected to play in the 1970 Alabama 2A All-Star High School basketball game. Bill signed with the Auburn Tigers to play basketball, and as a freshman, he played in every game averaging 13 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.

He shot 50% from the field and 73% from the free-throw line. After graduating from Auburn in 1974, he coached for two years at Fort Dale Academy in Greenville, Alabama.

Bill next worked for Blue Cross-Blue Shield for twenty-four years as an account executive. Bill is currently living in Auburn, Alabama. He and his wife Patsy have two children.

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