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THE SOUTHERN TORCH / FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 / VOL. 5, NO. 44 / $1.00
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Body Recovered from Little River Canyon By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Saturday, October 26, The National Park Service confirmed that a man had died following a kayaking accident at Little River Canyon Preserve. The DeKalb County resident apparently fell from his kayak and was pinned under a rock. The 911 call went out at approximately 11:38 a.m.
on Saturday morning. The preserve closed the Canyon Rim Parkway from County Road 255 to Grace’s High Falls around 2 p.m. The search was suspended due to the weather at 4:00 p.m. The recovery effort resumed on Sunday morning. At approximately 11:13 a.m., the body of Sylvania resident Chip Sizemore was recovered. According to Fischer Rescue Squad Captain Quinten Green, the Alabama Law Enforcement
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Agency (ALEA) search helicopter was used in the recovery effort. In addition to the ALEA, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office along with the Fort Payne Fire Department, Fischer Rescue Squad, DeKalb County Emergency Management, National Park Service, DeSoto Rescue, Dogtown Fire, Tucker's Chapel VFD, and the DeKalb Ambulance Service aided in the recovery effort.
SHOP WITH A COP
By Marla Jones Managing Editor
marla@southerntorch.com
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DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — RAINSVILLE, Ala. — As the Christmas season approaches, several “heroes� joined forces to help those who are less fortunate. Southern Torch would like to recognize Shop with a Cop, a local collaboration between the Rainsville Police Department and Mycah Swift. This year will be the third annual event with the goal of helping over 100 children.
Swift, an Ider native, had a vision of helping other children have joy at this time of year as well. Swift took this idea for “Shop with a Cop� to Chief Kevin Smith of the Rainsville Police Department and made it not just a reality, but a tradition. At this time of year, it is important for us to stow away all of the bad headlines from across the globe and come together. We are all glad that these people would take the time to make a difference.
Managing Editor Marla Jones presents Rainsville Police Chief Kevin Smith with a donation to help with department's Shop with a Cop.
Passing A DeKalb Co. School Bus Will Cost You By Southern Torch Staff DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — In April 2019, a study was conducted to determine how many school buses were illegally passed in a single day. The answer? Alabama school buses were passed 1,605 times. According to Dr. Jason Barnett, DeKalb County School Superintendent, that is 1,605 times too many. “As superintendent, and as a school
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system, it is our first priority to keep our students safe. That priority begins from the time students step on a bus, or on to one of our campuses, and the priority extends until students are home safe in the afternoon. And to be honest-- we worry about them when school isn’t in session, too. With that in mind, we want to cover as many bases as
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