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marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Longtime Rainsville Postmaster Pam Kirkland has announced that Friday, August 31 will be her last day as a employee of the United States Postal Service.

Kirkland began her 30 year career with the Post Office as a city carrier in Attalla, Ala. “My first day it rained on me, a dog chased me, Football is like life — it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. — Vince Lombardi

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Beloved Rainsville Postmaster Pam Kirkland will retire on Friday. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch)

and a man threatened to kill me because I didn’t have any mail for him,� said Kirkland. “My postmaster

came out, stood on the road in front of man’s home and screamed ‘you will never speak to a federal employee like that again!’�

While she went on to say that she cried the entire way home from that first day of work, she did continue on with the Post Office. “At that time, you were called in when needed,� she said. “Saturday was my only official day of work. I prayed every day ‘please don’t let them need me’,

[but] after three weeks, it clicked and I knew that it was a job I could be proud to work at.�

Kirkland has served as an Acting Postmaster across north Alabama from Boaz to Geraldine and Leesburg, before landing in Rainsville in 2003, where she has served for the last fifteen years.

She said some of the funniest things that people would call and ask are:

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Benefit Poker Run a Success Beloved Rainsville Postmaster Pam Kirkland will retire on Friday. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch)

By Marla Jones Reporter marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The Fort Payne Fire Department, Wills Town

Rats, and American Cruisers Annual MDA Benefit Poker Run was held last Saturday, August 25 at

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By Marla Jones Reporter marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — (Full Video on our Website) The DeKalb County Commission held their regularly scheduled

meeting on August 28, 2018.

Road Department Superintendent Tom Broyles updated the Commission on the second round of herbicide application in Commission District 2, reporting that

the work was almost done.

The herbicide application will then move on to District 4, where chirt was also be hauled on Tuesday for road repairs. Also, a team is pre-basing materials to reclaim roads across the county via the

CDBG grant. The reclamation of County Road 1002 began on Wednesday, while County Road 1001’s work is almost complete.

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Fort Payne BOE approves budget

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FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full Video on our Website) The Fort Payne Board of Education held their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 23, 2018.

The Board approved its $45.7 million budget for the 2019 fiscal year with $15 million in expected revenue headed toward funding the building of a new school to replace Williams Avenue Elementary School.

The Board was scheduled to hear a presentation from

Goodwyn Mills and Cawood’s Robert Littleton and Katie Lucas regarding the building of the new school, but due to illness, that presentation has been postponed until the Board’s next meeting in September. The Board said a special called meeting may necessary to hear the proposal as soon as possible.

Resignations (approved in one motion) Johnny Johnson from the following positions, effective July 27, 2018, as submitted: PE Teacher at Wills Valley Elementary School and Head Baseball Coach at Fort Payne High School Geri Johnson, 2nd

grade teacher at Wills Valley Elementary School, effective July 29, 2018 Tamara Smith, CNP Worker at Fort Payne Middle School, effective July 26, 2018 Lana Goggans, CNP/ Transportation Secretary/ Bookkeeper within the Fort Payne City School System, effective August 24, 2018 Dawn Langston, HIPPY Parent Educator, effective for the 2018-19 school year Transfers (approved in one motion) Kyle Crabtree from History Teacher at Fort Payne High School to PE Teacher at Wills Valley Elementary School, effective August 7, 2018 and non-renew his

contract on May 24, 2019 Karen Hughes from a CNP worker at Fort Payne Middle School to a CNP assistant Manager at Fort Payne Middle School, effective August 24, 2018 Kayla Mitchell from System-Wide Special Education Aide to Kindergarten Teacher at Wills Valley Elementary School effective August 2, 2018 and non-renew her contract on May 24, 2019 Tammy Trotman from Kindergarten Teacher at Wills Valley Elementary School to a 2nd Grade Teacher at Wills Valley

Several Arrested Over the Weekend

By Staff Reports DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office: The DeKalb County Drug and Major Crimes Unit, Deputies, Investigators and Fort Payne Police Department have been investigating several different individual over the past few months. On Friday afternoon, August 24, a search warrant was obtained for a resident on

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Kirkland displays an antique piece of mail that would have contained a letter to be delivered by a carrier. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch)

KIRKLAND from Page 1 Can I have tomorrow’s mail today?

Will you look up a phone number for me?

Will you deliver mail on Halloween?

What’s in the package?

I haven’t ordered anything.

(Postal workers have X-Ray vision.)

During her tenure, she has served on numerous finance teams, as a credit card officer, transfer agent, and received many Spot Awards. In 2014, Kirkland was named Postmaster of the Year.

“Rainsville has been a

great city to call home.

Employees have been like family,” she said. “Saying goodbye is hard to do.”

Kirkland is a longtime survivor of throat cancer, and has been cancer free for five years after making it through 32 rounds of radiation and five rounds of chemotherapy. She says her future plans are to wake up each morning and see what God has for her to do that day. We wish Pam a happy retirement!

FPPD: Heroin Arrest

By Staff Reports

FORT PAYNE, Ala. — According to Fort Payne Police Chief Randy Bynum: On August 23rd, at approximately 9:32pm, Fort Payne Officers and Dekalb Drug Task Force went to 4915 Martin Ave Apartment G-2 directly across from Fort Payne Middle School to investigate possible drug activity.

Once inside the residence officers and agents were given written and verbal consent by the lessee, Mildred Christina Thompson, age 42, to search her apartment.

During the search officers found several syringes and baggies of light brown powder substance. The light brown powder substance tested to be Heroin.

Thompson was arrested and charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance.

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Ben Luther updated the Commission on the opening of bids for a utility bed and auto crane on a Road Department mechanic truck. They received two bids: one from TerraX Utilities at $34,214.55 and Southeastern Truck Body at $27,880.64. Luther recommended that the Commission accept the second bid and it was approved unanimously.

Luther also announced on behalf of Commissioner Kuykendall that the Bridge Replacement Project on County Road 212 at Big Wills Creek has been completed. The bridge was reopened last week.

Commission President Ricky Harcrow reported that at the 90th Meeting of the Alabama County Commissioners Association, DeKalb County was second in the state of Alabama for its safety program. For this, Harcrow said that the County will get a refund on our insurance premium of almost $45,000 and the premium itself is reduced to $7,000.

The next meeting of the DeKalb County Commission will be held on Tuesday, September 11 beginning at 10am in the DeKalb County Activities Building.

FPPD: Waffle House incident in Fort Payne

By Staff Reports FORT PAYNE, Ala. — According to Fort Payne Police Chief Randy Bynum: At 3am on this date, officers were dispatched to the Waffle House about a man with a knife.

Waffle House management said that a black male was inside the business acting erratically and had jumped the counter and grabbed a butcher knife from the grill area.

Officer Josh Jones and Lt. David Smith entered the restaurant and made verbal contact with male subject identified as Oscar Lee Jones, Jr, age 36 of Fort Payne.

Jones was subsequently taken into custody without incident. Mr. Jones was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana 2nd, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Methamphetamine. No one inside the restaurant was injured.

ARRESTS from Page 1 County Road 122 in Fort Payne. The DeKalb County Deputies, Drug and Major Crimes Unit, Investigators, and Fort Payne Police Officers arrived at the residence to execute the search warrant the same day. While executing the search warrant, they found drugs and stolen items.

As a result of the search 6 individuals were arrested: Rickey Lionel Rogers, Jr., 35 of Fort Payne; Dale Lee Johnson, 55 of Geraldine; and Michael James Little, 47 of Henagar, were charged with Receiving Stolen Property 2nd, Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Marijuana 2nd, Lisa Marie Rogers, 56 of Fort Payne, and Timothy Wayne Smith, 46 of Fort Payne were both charged with Receiving Stolen Property 2nd, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Controlled

Substance, and Shannon Dewayne Seabolt, 40 of Fort Payne was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Receiving Stolen Property 2nd.

Chief Deputy Edmondson says, “This has been a combined effort between the DeKalb County Drug and Major Crimes Unit, Deputies, Investigators and the Fort Payne Police Department.

They have been working diligently on this investigation for several months now and has done an outstanding job.”

BOE from Page 1 Elementary School effective for the 2018-19 school year Recommendations (approved in one motion) Steven Goff as a History Teacher at Fort Payne High School, effective August 8, 2018 and non-renew his contract on May 24, 2019 Brittany Webb as a System-Wide Special Education Aide, effective August 2, 2018 and non-renew her contract on May 24, 2019 Eric Varnadore for the following positions: Head Baseball Coach and Co-Defensive Football Coordinator at Fort Payne High School, effective for the 2018-19 school year Rachel Chaparro as the Head Junior High Softball Coach at Fort Payne Middle School, effective for the 2018-19 school year Mike Leath as a half-time Bus Driver within the Fort Payne City School System, effective August 13, 2018 and non-renew his contract on May 23, 2019 Graciela Hernandez De Lopez as a CNP Worker at Fort Payne Middle School, effective August 23, 2018 and non-renew her contract on May 23, 2019 Joy Ana Conely as a HIPPY Parent Educator, effective August 24, 2018 and non-renew her contract on May 23, 2019 Approve the following teacher as Vertical Leadership Team Members at Wills Valley Elementary School, effective for the 2018-19 school year: Sherinda Hawkins (Pre-K), Brandi Battles (2nd Grade) Other Business Approve the additions

to the following substitute personnel lists, effective August 23, 2018: CNP, Nurse, Teacher Approve the request from Brian Jett, Athletic Director/Principal at Fort Payne High School for the following out-of-state travel: FPD 9th Grade Football Team on August 27, 2018 to Chattooga County High School in Chattooga, Ga. Approve the request to suspend the rules concerning approve to create, advertise and fill the position of School Social Worker Approve the creation, advertising and filling of the following position: School Social worker, job description, and salary schedule based on the Alabama Teacher Salary Matrix Approve the request to add an additional month to the contract of the CNP/ Transportation Secretary/ Bookkeeper position: ten month contract to an eleven month contract Approve Jackie Jennings to provide homebound services per physicians written orders until the student is able to return to school or moves out of the Fort Payne City School District, effective August 10, 2018 Approve the 2018-19 Five Year Capital Plan for the Fort Payne City School System Approve the FY 2019 Budget and Salary Schedules for the Fort Payne City School System Approve the July 2018 financial statements and bank reconciliation report The next meeting of the Fort Payne Board of Education will be held at 6pm on Thursday, September 27 in the conference room of the Central Office.

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Every Wednesday, Parents of Addicted Loved Ones - A new support group for Parents of Addicted Loved Ones is starting in Fort Payne at Word of Life Ministry, located at 3610 Gault Avenue North. The meeting will be held every Tuesday from 6pm to 7:30pm. Any adult family member over 18 is welcome to attend these PAL meetings, however, for insurance reasons, no one under the age of 18 may attend and child care will not be provided. For more information, visit palgroup.org.

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September 9, Black Family Reunion - The annual Black family reunion will be held on Sunday, September 9 at the Tom Bevill Center in Rainsville. All of the descendants of James Oscar Black (1844-1914) are welcome to attend.

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WT WILSON Virginia Nail Wilson - 79 of Crossville, passed away on Saturday, August 25. Visitation was held from 5pm to 8pm on Monday, August 27 at the funeral home. Funeral services were held at 11am on Tuesday, August 28 at WT Wilson Funeral Chapel with Revs. Wayne Tarvin and Carl Oliver officiating.

Burial followed in Bethsaida Cemetery.

Sarah Trautman - 79 of Fort Payne, passed away on Sunday, August 26.

Visitation was held from 2pm to 8pm on Monday, August 27 and from 8am to 8pm on Tuesday, August 28 at the funeral home. A graveside service was held at 1pm on Wednesday, August 29 at Corbinville Cemetery.

Mary Spears Martin - 59 of Guntersville, passed away on Monday, August 27. Visitation was held from 11am to 8pm on Wednesday, August 28 and 11am to 8pm on Thursday, August 30 at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Friday,

August 31 at WT Wilson Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in Wesley’s Chapel Cemetery.

Ruth Blackwell Galloway - 91 of Fyffe, passed away on Wednesday, August 29.

Visitation was held from 10am until service time on Thursday, August 30 at the funeral home. Funeral services were held at noon on Thursday, August 30 at WT Wilson Funeral Chapel with Rev. Billy Garner officiating. Burial followed in Green’s Chapel Cemetery.

KERBY Louise Duncan - 85 of Dutton, passed away on Monday, August 27 at her residence. Visitation was held on Tuesday, August 28 from 5pm to 8pm and Wednesday, August 29 from 10am to 11am at the funeral home. Funeral services were held at 11am at Wednesday, August 29 at Kerby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donnie Johnson officiating.

WILSON Charles Lynn “Chuck” Baker - 69 of Fort Payne, passed away on Saturday, August 25. Visitation was held on Wednesday, August 29 from 4pm to 8pm at the funeral home. Funeral

services were held at 2pm on Thursday, August 30 at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Fischer Cemetery with military honors.

RAINSVILLE Virginia Nance - 85 of Fort Payne, passed away on Friday, August 24 at DeKalb Regional Medical Center.

Visitation was held on Sunday, August 26 from 1pm to 4pm at the funeral home. Funeral services were held at 4pm on Sunday, August 26 at Rainsville Funeral Home Chapel with Bros. Ron Johnson, Max Kessler, and Mrs. Hazel Haynes officiating. Burial followed in Kirk Memorial Gardens.

Edward Wayne Smith - 68 of Section, passed away on Saturday, August 25 at his residence.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, August 28 from 5pm to 8pm at the funeral home. A graveside service was held on Wednesday, August 29 at 11am at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Pastor Glenn York

officiating. Burial followed.

Margaret Cowart - 71 of Fort Payne, passed away on Sunday, August 26 at her residence. Visitation was held on Monday, August 27 from 5pm to 8pm and Tuesday, August 28 from 10am to 2pm at the funeral home. Funeral services were held at 2pm on Tuesday, August 28 with Revs. Donald Vaughn and James Grindstaff officiating. Burial followed in Mountain View Memory Gardens.

Jessie Faye Lacy Mitchell - 87, passed away on Tuesday, August 28.

Visitation was held on Thursday, August 30 from 6pm to 8pm and Friday, August 31 from 10:30am to 12pm. Funeral services will be held at Rainsville Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, August 31 at 12pm.

Burial will follow in Unity Church in Henagar.

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By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com COLLINSVILLE, Ala. — The Collinsville Panthers started out the 2018 season with a shocking 13-0 shutout of the Plainview Bears on Thursday night.

The Panthers and Bears have met on the field for a varsity game twenty-four times, last time being in 1979. The Collinsville Panthers lead with 13 wins to Plainviews 10 , with one matchup ending in a tie. The Collinsville Panthers were named the Southern Torch Team of the Week for their efforts.

The Collinsville Panthers held the Plainview Bears to 59 yards and only allowed four first-downs.

On the opening drive of the game, Senior Plainview tailback, Tony Rodriguez injured his ACL and will be out for the remainder of the season. “He is one of the best athletes I have ever been around” said Plainview Head Coach, Nick Ledbetter.

“He is a good kid and unfortunately he is done for the season.”

Late in the first quarter, Collinsville drove down the field with carries from Jarrod Barkley and Mason MckInney to put the Panthers in field-goal range.

Junior kicker, Jason Perez nailed a perfect 38-yard field goal to put the Panthers on the board, with :05 remaining in the first quarter.

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personal foul call against the Bears voided their efforts. A pass by Andrew McLaughlin was picked off by McKinney and returned back to Plainview’s 27. The Panthers advanced down the field to the 13-yard line before a penalty ended the drive.

Perez kicked another 38-yard field goal to advance the Panther 6-0 with 7:25 remaining in the first half.

The Panthers started the third quarter with a 10-play, 55-yard march down the field that ended when Kaleb Jones threw an interception. The Bears went three-and-out returning the ball back to the Panthers. On third-and short, Jones scored on a 2-yard quarterback keeper with :38 remaining in the third. The extra-point by Perez was spot on, giving the Panthers the 13-0 advantage.

The fourth quarter saw Perez become a hero when he dove on the high snap, booted the ball into midfield and fended off the hungry Bears. On the next Bear possession, McLaughlin connected with Jackson Hosch for the 22-yard gain.

Collinsville linebacker, Blake Sparks sacked McLaughlin and knocked the ball loose.

Myles Underwood recovered the ball, ending all chance for the Bear comeback..

Jones finished the game, completing 8 of 16 passes for 91 yards with one interception. He ran the ball 19 times for 109 yards and scored a touchdown.

Perez finished the night as the scoring leader for Collinsville with seven points.

PELL CITY, Ala. — The Fort Payne Wildcats were defeated by the Pell City Panthers, 21-17 in the final seconds of the game.

To start the game, both the Wildcats and the Panthers had a pair of three-and-outs.

In the second quarter, Jordan Bain threw a 14-yard pass to Matthew Shaddix to put the Wildcats in scoring position.

Alex McPherson kicked a 37-yard field goal giving the Wildcats the 3-0 lead with 10:07 remaining in the second quarter. The Panthers had an 80-yard drive making the score 7-3 with 6:50 remaining in the second.

In the third, Shaddix broke a tackle for a Wildcat touchdown, making the score 10-7 with 5:14 left in the third quarter.

On the third down in the fourth, Bain was hit out of bounds. The late hit call on the Panthers kept the drive alive.

Bain connected with Shaddix for a 51-yard touchdown pass for a Wildcat score. McPherson made the PAT to make the score 17-7 with 8:11 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Pell City Panthers then bolted down the field for a 73-yard touchdown. The Fort Payne Wildcats went three-and-out on their next possession. The Panthers scored a 18-yard touchdown to make the score 21-17 with 2:01 left in the game. The Panthers then put pressure on quarterback Jordan Bain. Hoping the Wildcats still had time on the clock, Bain threw the ball away but officials ruled that the time had ran out.

Matthew Shaddix is Coach Elmore’s Offensive Player of the Week, and Connor Shcharder is the Defensive Player of the Week. Fort Payne will be on the road again this week where they will battle for the TopCat Trophy against Scottsboro at 7pm.

By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com CROSSVILLE, Ala. — Saturday night, Crossville and Geraldine met for their annual rival game , “The Battle of Skirum Creek.” This game pairs neighbor against neighbor in the time honored tradition. Geraldine fought a hard battle and came home with the 28-7 win over the Lions.

The first half was an intense battle with both teams going into the dressing room, scoreless.

Coming back from the half, Geraldine puts the first points of the night on the board with 10:10 remaining in the third quarter. The Bulldogs made a 4-play, 90-yard drive capped off with a 11-yard score by Austin Hall. The PAT was good by Jose Garcia. Hall galloped down the field for 93 yards to give the Bulldogs the 14-0 lead. With 4:13 to play in the third quarter, Geraldine padded their lead with a 30-yard punt return to advance the Bulldog lead to 20-0.

With 9:45 remaining in the game, Geraldine brings it in from a yard out. The Bulldogs went for two, making their lead 28-0. With 2:00 left in the game, Crossville put their only points on the board ., when with a 40-yard perfect pass from quarterback, Trenton Bryant to Cam Adkins. The extra point by Eli Borja made the final score 28-7.

Hall completed the game with 10 carries for 151 yards and scoring two touchdowns.

For Crossville, Bryant completed 12-of-26 passes for 168 yards and one touchdown.

Geraldine will travel to face the Fyffe Red Devils on Friday night. Crossville will host Collinsville Panthers.

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RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The fourteen man Cornerstone Christian Academy Eagles football team hosted their first football game in school history last Friday night.

The Eagles put up a good fight but ultimately fell to Chilton County Christian Academy, 40-18.

We were able to capture the first touchdown in school history and we look forward to seeing Cornerstone take the field again!

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