Gordo Home Owned and Operated Pickens County Herald OUR WEB SITE: WWW.PCHERALD.COM OUR E-MAIL: PICKENSCNTY@CENTURYTEL.NET VOLUME 165 NUMBER 39 SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS 367-9228 (WABT) 1-888-367-9228 On-Call Telephone Banking www.wabt.com Member FDIC EQUAL HOUSING LENDER Contact your local office for details! Reform clarifies policy on use of park ALABAMA POWER COMPANY MAKES PRESENTATION TO GORDO --- Ala- bama Power Company recently awarded a Gateway grant to the Town of Gordo. Left to right are Gordo Mayor Craig Patterson receiving the check from Andrea Ellis of Alabama Power Company. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY MAKES PRESENTATION TO GORDO --- Ala- bama Power Company recently awarded a Gateway grant to the Town of Pick- ensville. Left to right are Andrea Ellis of Alabama Power Company presenting the check to Mayor Mary Fuseyamore, Councilman Jim Presley and Councilwoman Helen Sherrod. Feasibility study: As county loses population, school enrollment will also decline over time The Alabama Power Foundation has awarded more than $33,000 in Gate- way grants to provide mate- rials for signs that greet visitors to cities, towns and communities across the state, including two in Pickens County. This year, the Gateway grant program will help 16 communities welcome visi- tors and potential new busi- nesses by providing funding to support well-designed en- trances. The program helps communities remain beauti- ful and vibrant. "The Alabama Power Foundation has a goal of strengthening the communi- ties we serve," said John Hudson, president of the Al- abama Power Foundation. "Providing an attractive gate- way into these communities can help spur economic de- velopment and maintain civic pride." Communities benefiting from this year's Gateway grants are: Gordo, Pick- ensville, Bay Minette, Cal- era, County Line, Daleville, Demopolis, Hayneville, Louisville, Montgomery, Oak Hill, Prichard, Samson, Sumter County, Vance and York. In its second year, the Gateway grant program has already impacted more than 30 communities in central and southern Alabama. For more information on Gate- way and other grant pro- grams of the Alabama Power Foundation, visit www.alpowercharitablegiv- ing.org. Each year, the Alabama Power Foundation awards more than 1,000 grants, using non-ratepayer money. Since it was founded in 1989 with an investment by Alabama Power shareholders, the Foundation has given more than $130 million through more than 20,000 grants and scholarships. Its assets ex- ceed $120 million, making it one of the largest corporate foundations in the state. By Doug Sanders Jr. Editor and Publisher The Reform City Council, Mayor and Police Chief last Tuesday clarified the use of the city park and who has to obtain a permit to hold an event there. The use of the park arose as an issue when a new organization called TBOY (which stands for Taking Back Our Youth) scheduled a Christian youth rally for Sept. 21 but had not applied for a permit to use the park. Mayor Bennie Harton asked Jimmy Curry, a member of the group, to explain their purpose in using the park. Curry said the rally was for all youth in Pickens County and featured guest speak- ers, praise and worship, lunch, fun and activities. It was scheduled to run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Curry said he wanted to see Pickens County “get back to the way it used to be” when someone from one town in Pickens County could go to an- other town without “violence, fighting and shoot- ing.” Curry said “kids today are in trouble and need to start back following the Lord.” He said he hoped the rally would attract youth from Reform, Gordo, Aliceville and Carrollton so everyone could sit down and talk and to teach them to walk away from a fight. Curry said change cannot happen overnight, “but we’ve got to start somewhere.” He said he has contacted each high school through their principals about the rally. Councilman Willie Littles said many of the problems youth are experiencing need to be ad- dressed at home. Curry agreed and said respect starts at home. He commented on the look of some youth of letting their pants sag and said no one is going to give a job to someone with that look. Mayor Harton pointed out to Curry that one section of the city’s ordinance dealing with pa- rades, demonstrations, and certain gatherings must first have a permit issued to the organizer of the event. The permit process includes date and time of the event and how security for the event will be handled. Harton told Curry he needed to get a permit from the city for the rally and asked if he had a problem with obtaining one, and Curry said he did not. Curry said he did not anticipate any trouble from the event, but security would be addressed. Councilman Bruce Lowe said if the Council is going to make the TBOY organization fill out a permit application, it should do so for all organi- zations. The Council, by a show of hands, agreed to issue a permit to TBOY when they filled out the application. Councilman Percy Matthews asked if the city needed to put up a sign explaining the permit process. Police Chief Richard Black said the city already enforces the ordinance and has issued sev- eral permits for events at the park in the past. Black noted that the park is for public use. He clarified the ordinance further by noting that if a public demonstration is planned for the park, a per- mit is required. However, if a family decided to just go down to the park and hold a picnic, a permit was unnecessary; conversely, a large-scale planned family reunion would require a permit. Lowe asked Harton if anyone at the city had told TBOY they could not hold their rally. Harton said they had not; he said he had merely asked Curry to come explain what the rally involved. NO TREATS ON THE STREET THIS YEAR The Council learned that the annual Treats on the Street event for Halloween will not be held this year because this year’s Gordo-Pickens County High School football game has been moved to Thursday, Oct. 31, the same night as Halloween. Treats on the Street is a project of the Reform Pub- Gordo, Pickensville receive APC gateway grants (Continued on Page 6) Don’t miss another week of Pickens County News. Call (205) 367-2217 for more details. Subscribe Today! By Doug Sanders Jr. Editor and Publisher As Pickens County’s population decreases and gets older, school enrollment in the Pickens County School System will also shrink, according to a feasibility study conducted by RKR Planning Services LLC of Bremen, Ga. The Board commissioned the feasibility study, and Steve Bennett and Steve Salmon of RKR presented their findings at the Board’s Sept. 10 meeting. Relying primarily on data from the U.S. Censuses of 2000 and 2010, the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, and the Alabama Department of Public Health, RKR compared data of the county as a whole to the state and the West Alabama region and also broke down the county into five regions based on census tracts--the northwest part of the county (which included Ethelsville, Forest, Liberty and Macedonia); the north central part of the county (which included Reform, Palmetto and Coalfire; the northeast part of the county (which included Gordo, Fairview and Zion); the west-central part of the county (which included Carrollton and Pickensville); and the southern third of the county (which was the largest sector and included Aliceville, McMullen, Memphis, Cochrane, Dancy, Benevola, Garden, Olney, Pioneer and Kirk). RKR noted that Pickens County’s population in 2000 was 20,949 but over the next decade it lost 1,203 people, resulting in the 2010 Census stating the county’s population was 19,746. During that decade, the towns of Carrollton and Gordo had increases in population--Carrollton increased by 32 to 1,019; Gordo increased by 73 to 1,750. The Town of Ethelsville had no change in its population, which was at 81, the same as in 2000; while the Macedonia region increased by one to 292. The other municipalities in the county lost population-- Reform dropped 276 people to 1,702; Aliceville dropped 81 to 2,486; McMullen dropped 56 to 10; and Memphis dropped 4 to 29. Overall Pickens County’s population declined by 5.74 per- cent from 2000 to 2010. In that same decade, Alabama’s pop- ulation increased by 7.48 percent to 4.779 million. Pickens County’s drop in population was in keeping with the trends of other West Alabama counties. In that same time period (2000 to 2010) Fayette County dropped 17.9 percent to 17,241; Greene County dropped 18.9 percent to 9,045; Lamar County dropped 21.8 percent to 14,564. Only Bibb County (up 5.1 percent to 22,915) and Tuscaloosa County (up 26.9 percent to 194,656) grew during the decade. Bennett and Salmon then turned their attention to school statistics in the county. In 2000, when Pickens County’s population was 20,949, there were 3,768 students in the K-12 enrollment, or 17.99 percent of the population. In 2010, when the county’s population was 19,746, K-12 enrollment was 2,055 students, or 14.97 percent of the pop- ulation. They then projected what Pickens County’s population and school enrollment would be over the next 17 years. They predicted that the county’s population would be 18,871 by 2020 and 17,914 by 2030. If the population has about 15 percent of its school age children enrolled in the Pickens County schools, then enroll- ment in 2020 would likely be about 2,831 and by 2030 en- rollment would be down to 2,696. If the percentage of school-aged children has declined over that period of time to 12 percent of the population, then enrollment in 2020 could be 2,265 and enrollment in 2030 could be 2,157. (Continued on Page 3)
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VOLUME 165 NUMBER 39 SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
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Reform clarifies policy on use of park
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY MAKES PRESENTATION TO GORDO --- Ala-bama Power Company recently awarded a Gateway grant to the Town of Gordo.Left to right are Gordo Mayor Craig Patterson receiving the check from Andrea Ellisof Alabama Power Company.
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY MAKES PRESENTATION TO GORDO --- Ala-bama Power Company recently awarded a Gateway grant to the Town of Pick-ensville. Left to right are Andrea Ellis of Alabama Power Company presenting thecheck to Mayor Mary Fuseyamore, Councilman Jim Presley and CouncilwomanHelen Sherrod.
Feasibility study: As county loses population,school enrollment will also decline over time
The Alabama PowerFoundation has awardedmore than $33,000 in Gate-way grants to provide mate-rials for signs that greetvisitors to cities, towns and
communities across the state,including two in PickensCounty.
This year, the Gatewaygrant program will help 16communities welcome visi-tors and potential new busi-nesses by providing fundingto support well-designed en-trances. The program helpscommunities remain beauti-
ful and vibrant."The Alabama Power
Foundation has a goal ofstrengthening the communi-ties we serve," said JohnHudson, president of the Al-abama Power Foundation."Providing an attractive gate-way into these communitiescan help spur economic de-velopment and maintain civicpride."
Communities benefitingfrom this year's Gatewaygrants are: Gordo, Pick-ensville, Bay Minette, Cal-era, County Line, Daleville,Demopolis, Hayneville,Louisville, Montgomery,Oak Hill, Prichard, Samson,Sumter County, Vance andYork.
In its second year, theGateway grant program has
already impacted more than30 communities in centraland southern Alabama. Formore information on Gate-way and other grant pro-grams of the Alabama PowerFoundation, visitwww.alpowercharitablegiv-ing.org.
Each year, the AlabamaPower Foundation awards
more than 1,000 grants, usingnon-ratepayer money. Sinceit was founded in 1989 withan investment by AlabamaPower shareholders, theFoundation has given morethan $130 million throughmore than 20,000 grants andscholarships. Its assets ex-ceed $120 million, making itone of the largest corporatefoundations in the state.
By Doug Sanders Jr.Editor and PublisherThe Reform City Council, Mayor and Police
Chief last Tuesday clarified the use of the city parkand who has to obtain a permit to hold an eventthere.
The use of the park arose as an issue when anew organization called TBOY (which stands forTaking Back Our Youth) scheduled a Christianyouth rally for Sept. 21 but had not applied for apermit to use the park.
Mayor Bennie Harton asked Jimmy Curry, amember of the group, to explain their purpose inusing the park. Curry said the rally was for allyouth in Pickens County and featured guest speak-ers, praise and worship, lunch, fun and activities.It was scheduled to run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Curry said he wanted to see Pickens County“get back to the way it used to be” when someonefrom one town in Pickens County could go to an-other town without “violence, fighting and shoot-ing.”
Curry said “kids today are in trouble and needto start back following the Lord.” He said hehoped the rally would attract youth from Reform,Gordo, Aliceville and Carrollton so everyonecould sit down and talk and to teach them to walk
away from a fight.Curry said change cannot happen overnight,
“but we’ve got to start somewhere.” He said he hascontacted each high school through their principalsabout the rally.
Councilman Willie Littles said many of theproblems youth are experiencing need to be ad-dressed at home. Curry agreed and said respectstarts at home. He commented on the look of someyouth of letting their pants sag and said no one isgoing to give a job to someone with that look.
Mayor Harton pointed out to Curry that onesection of the city’s ordinance dealing with pa-rades, demonstrations, and certain gatherings mustfirst have a permit issued to the organizer of theevent. The permit process includes date and timeof the event and how security for the event will behandled.
Harton told Curry he needed to get a permitfrom the city for the rally and asked if he had aproblem with obtaining one, and Curry said he didnot. Curry said he did not anticipate any troublefrom the event, but security would be addressed.
Councilman Bruce Lowe said if the Council isgoing to make the TBOY organization fill out apermit application, it should do so for all organi-zations.
The Council, by a show of hands, agreed toissue a permit to TBOY when they filled out theapplication.
Councilman Percy Matthews asked if the cityneeded to put up a sign explaining the permitprocess. Police Chief Richard Black said the cityalready enforces the ordinance and has issued sev-eral permits for events at the park in the past.
Black noted that the park is for public use. Heclarified the ordinance further by noting that if apublic demonstration is planned for the park, a per-mit is required. However, if a family decided tojust go down to the park and hold a picnic, a permitwas unnecessary; conversely, a large-scale plannedfamily reunion would require a permit.
Lowe asked Harton if anyone at the city hadtold TBOY they could not hold their rally. Hartonsaid they had not; he said he had merely askedCurry to come explain what the rally involved.NO TREATS ON THE STREET THIS YEAR
The Council learned that the annual Treats onthe Street event for Halloween will not be held thisyear because this year’s Gordo-Pickens CountyHigh School football game has been moved toThursday, Oct. 31, the same night as Halloween.Treats on the Street is a project of the Reform Pub-
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By Doug Sanders Jr.Editor and PublisherAs Pickens County’s population decreases and gets older,
school enrollment in the Pickens County School System willalso shrink, according to a feasibility study conducted byRKR Planning Services LLC of Bremen, Ga.
The Board commissioned the feasibility study, and SteveBennett and Steve Salmon of RKR presented their findingsat the Board’s Sept. 10 meeting.
Relying primarily on data from the U.S. Censuses of 2000and 2010, the Center for Business and Economic Researchat the University of Alabama, and the Alabama Departmentof Public Health, RKR compared data of the county as awhole to the state and the West Alabama region and alsobroke down the county into five regions based on censustracts--the northwest part of the county (which includedEthelsville, Forest, Liberty and Macedonia); the north centralpart of the county (which included Reform, Palmetto andCoalfire; the northeast part of the county (which includedGordo, Fairview and Zion); the west-central part of thecounty (which included Carrollton and Pickensville); and thesouthern third of the county (which was the largest sector andincluded Aliceville, McMullen, Memphis, Cochrane, Dancy,
Benevola, Garden, Olney, Pioneer and Kirk).RKR noted that Pickens County’s population in 2000 was
20,949 but over the next decade it lost 1,203 people, resultingin the 2010 Census stating the county’s population was19,746.
During that decade, the towns of Carrollton and Gordohad increases in population--Carrollton increased by 32 to1,019; Gordo increased by 73 to 1,750. The Town ofEthelsville had no change in its population, which was at 81,the same as in 2000; while the Macedonia region increasedby one to 292.
The other municipalities in the county lost population--Reform dropped 276 people to 1,702; Aliceville dropped 81to 2,486; McMullen dropped 56 to 10; and Memphis dropped4 to 29.
Overall Pickens County’s population declined by 5.74 per-cent from 2000 to 2010. In that same decade, Alabama’s pop-ulation increased by 7.48 percent to 4.779 million.
Pickens County’s drop in population was in keeping withthe trends of other West Alabama counties. In that same timeperiod (2000 to 2010) Fayette County dropped 17.9 percentto 17,241; Greene County dropped 18.9 percent to 9,045;Lamar County dropped 21.8 percent to 14,564. Only Bibb
County (up 5.1 percent to 22,915) and Tuscaloosa County(up 26.9 percent to 194,656) grew during the decade.
Bennett and Salmon then turned their attention to schoolstatistics in the county.
In 2000, when Pickens County’s population was 20,949,there were 3,768 students in the K-12 enrollment, or 17.99percent of the population.
In 2010, when the county’s population was 19,746, K-12enrollment was 2,055 students, or 14.97 percent of the pop-ulation.
They then projected what Pickens County’s populationand school enrollment would be over the next 17 years. Theypredicted that the county’s population would be 18,871 by2020 and 17,914 by 2030.
If the population has about 15 percent of its school agechildren enrolled in the Pickens County schools, then enroll-ment in 2020 would likely be about 2,831 and by 2030 en-rollment would be down to 2,696.
If the percentage of school-aged children has declinedover that period of time to 12 percent of the population, thenenrollment in 2020 could be 2,265 and enrollment in 2030could be 2,157.
ports that the following in-dividuals were arrested andbooked into the PickensCounty Jail for the week ofSept. 8-14, 2013:
Letitus Gay of Reformwas arrested by the 24thCircuit Drug Task Force forunlawful distribution ofcontrolled substance.
Daryl Guyton of Carroll-ton was arrested by thePickens County Sheriff’sOffice for driving under theinfluence, possession ofmarijuana second, illegalpossession of alcohol andopen container in vehicle.
Adam Hall of Greens-boro was arrested by the Al-iceville Police Departmentand Pickens County Sher-iff’s Office for possession ofcontrolled substance.
Gary Hood of Ralph,Ala. was arrested by thePickens County Sheriff’s
Office for probation viola-tion.
Amy Jones of Gordo wasarrested by the AlicevillePolice Department andPickens County Sheriff’sOffice for possession ofcontrolled substance.
Michael Lang of Eutawwas arrested by the PickensCounty Sheriff’s Office fornon-support.
Michael McCollum ofAliceville was arrested bythe Pickens County Sher-iff’s Office for non-support.
Patrick McCoy of Fay-ette was arrested by thePickens County Sheriff’sOffice for probation viola-tion.
Jimmy Prude of Carroll-ton was arrested by thePickens County Sheriff’soffice for negotiating worth-less instruments.
Kelvin Salgado of Dun-canville was arrested by the
Pickens County Sheriff’sOffice for non-support.
James Seale of Greens-boro was arrested by the Al-iceville Police Departmentand Pickens County Sher-iff’s Office for possession ofcontrolled substance, pos-session of marijuana sec-ond, possession of drugparaphernalia, attempting toelude and four counts ofreckless endangerment.
WANTEDThe following individu-
als are wanted by the Pick-ens County Sheriff's Office.If you have any informationconcerning their where-abouts please contact theSheriff’s Office at 205-367-2000.
Stephanie McCleod ofGordo is wanted for 10counts of negotiating worth-less instruments.
Veronica Gardner ofMarion, Ala. is wanted fornegotiating worthless in-
struments.Martha McCollum of
Gordo is wanted for failureto appear on charges of pos-session of controlled sub-stance and possession ofmarijuana second.
Frederick Hall of Berry,Ala. is wanted for failure toappear on charges of bur-glary third, theft of propertythird and attempt to elude.
Janet Hall of Tuscaloosais wanted for negotiatingworthless instruments.
NOTE: The PickensCounty Sheriff's Office usescertain criteria in determin-ing which arrests are listedin the weekly Sheriff's Officearrest report. All felonycharges, all drug charges,all non-support (child-sup-port) and all bad check ar-rests are listed in the paper.
When a person ischarged with a crime, thecharge is merely an accusa-tion until or unless provenguilty in a court of law.
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Death Notices
Geraldine “Gerry” DavisBlakney Burkhalter
Funeral services for Geral-dine “Gerry” Davis BlakneyBurkhalter of Reform/Gordowere held at 11 a.m. Sept. 18at the Skelton Funeral Homewith Rev. Randy Key offici-ating.
Gerry is remembered as aloving wife and mother whowas actively engaged in com-munity activities. She lovedfamily, cooking, traveling,the Braves and sports in gen-eral. She and husband O.B.owned and operated Blake’sDrive In and the Town and Country Restaurant, both in Re-form, for a number of years. Later, Gerry was employed byHickman’s Hatchery/Peco Foods Inc. as a bookkeeper, retir-ing after 18 years. She was a longtime member of StanselBaptist Church and most recently Shiloh Freewill BaptistChurch of Gordo. Gerry was preceded in death by her hus-band of 49 years Oscar Bernard (O.B.) Blakney and husbandof 15 years, Marlin Burkhalter, Gordo; brother WilliamRemus Davis (Lorraine) and sister Imogene Dowdle (Jimmy)of Millport.
She is survived by her brother Billy R. Davis (Mary),Tuscaloosa; sons Bob Blakney (Kaye), Tuscaloosa, TommyBlakney (Virgie), Atlanta, and John Blakney (Joni), Birming-ham; and grandchildren Brandon Blakney (Leslie Barmann,fiancee) Cimarron, N.M., Brianna Blakney, Birmingham,Brittany Blakney Moore (Dyer) Northport, and Freeman andJeremy Blakney, Birmingham, as well as members of theMarlin Burkhalter family.
Graveside services followed at Greenhill Memorial Gar-dens Cemetery with Dowdle Funeral Home directing.
The family wishes to thank her friends and especiallyneighbor Shelby Lambert as well as the caregiving staff atMorning Pointe, 6 North DCH Regional Medical Center,Hospice of West Alabama, and Heritage Health Care Centerfor their loving care and support.
Florene FiedorFlorene Fiedor went Home on September 15, 2013 to
enjoy unbroken fellowship with her Father. She lived in lightof eternity, obedient and kind. Now, her Great Story beginsas we celebrate her birthday into eternal life. She is reunitedwith her husband, Rudy, son, Greg, and parents Braxton andRena. She leaves behind for a blink of an eye on earth herson, Eric, daughter-in-law, Wendy and only grand-daughter,Savannah.
Please join us on Saturday morning, November 2, 2013 at11 a.m. at Carrollton United Methodist Church for a celebra-tion of her life.
Well done, Flo.in lieu of flowers to make a donation to the American Di-
abetes Association in memory of her son, Greg. The addressis American Diabetes Association, 1701 North BeauregardStreet, Alexandria, VA 22311.
Cecil SentellFuneral services for Cecil Sentell of Reform were held at
11 a.m. Sept. 19 at Arbor Springs Baptist Church with Rev.George Shaw officiating. He died Sept. 16, 2013 at PickensCounty Medical Center at the age of 70. Burial was in ArborSprings Cemetery in Pickens County with Dowdle FuneralHome of Millport directing.
The family of Elois Rickman wish to express theirthanks for all the calls, visits, food and especially theprayers and support during the loss of our mother andgrandmother. May God bless you all!
The Elois Rickman family
ADULTS NEEDED FOR HEARING STUDYAdult volunteers (19 years or older) needed for
hearing study conducted by the Department of Com-municative Disorders at the University of Alabama.
Testing will take place on Friday, September 27,from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pickens County Health De-partment.
Testing will take approximately 1 hour to complete.A $25 gift card will be provided.
For more information or to schedule an appointmentcontact Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon at [email protected] or 205-348-4572.
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The GES Fall Festival is a project of theGordo Elementary PSO. The GES PSO invites
everyone to come out to this special event andhave a great time and support our school!
Feasibility study: As county loses population,school enrollment will also decline over time
(Continued from Page 1)One reason for the decline is that Pickens County’s popu-
lation is expected to get older over the next few decades, andolder couples do not produce as many children. The studynoted that in 2000, 3,293 of the 20,949 were 65 years old orolder (or 15.7 percent); by 2010, 3,336 of the 19,746 in thepeople were 65 and older (or 16.9 percent).
Projecting that further, the study said if Pickens County’spopulation in 2030 is expected to be 17,914, then the numberof those 65 and older will be 4,833 (or 27 percent).
The statistics also showed that live births have been de-clining in Pickens County since 1990, and that the trend islikely to continue.
Enrollment in Pickens County schools has also been in de-cline for several years. Except for an occasional bump of afew children, the trend has been downward for enrollment ingrades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
Enrollment in the school year of 2008-2009 was 1,397 forgrades K-5; 736 in grades 6-8; and 899 in grades 9-12. Totalenrollment that school year was 3,032.
Enrollment in the school year of 2012-2013 was 1,228 forgrades K-5; 666 in grades 6-8; and 839 in grades 9-12. Totalenrollment in this last school year was 2,733.
Enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year (which is called
average daily membership by the state) cannot be taken until20 days after Labor Day. When these figures are obtained,RKR will update the feasibility study.
The study further broke down the enrollment of eachschool from the 2007-2008 school year to the 2012-2013year. Again, except for an occasional increase, all of theschools were expected to see declines in enrollment over thenext decade.
Then the study looked at the enrollment of each school,determined what the capacity of each school could be basedon its building space and if that school was under or over ca-pacity. Only one school--Gordo Elementary School--wasconsidered over capacity.
Overall, the study says enrollment in 2012-2013 was at2,733, but all of the schools could have accommodated 3,887students so the county as a whole is 1,154 under capacity oronly utilizing 70.31 percent of its building capacity.
As stated earlier, Gordo Elementary is using 100.32 per-cent of its buildings--it has a capacity of 630 students, buthad an enrollment of 632 last school year.
Gordo High School used 75.99 percent of its buildings lastschool year; it had an enrollment of 519 and could have held683 students.
Pickens County High School used 66.93 percent of itsbuildings last school year; it had an enrollment of 340 andcould have held 508 students.
Reform Elementary School used 65.29 percent of itsbuildings last school year; it had an enrollment of 333 andcould have held 510 students.
Aliceville Elementary School used 61.52 percent of itsbuildings last school year; it had an enrollment of 323 andcould have held 525 students.
Aliceville High School used 58.33 percent of its buildingslast school year; it had an enrollment of 294 and could haveheld 504 students.
Aliceville Middle School used 55.41 percent of its build-ings last school year (the lowest in the county); it had an en-rollment of 292 and could have held 527 students.
RKR projected that if the decline in enrollment continues,the building utilization factor will continue to decline. By the2022-2023 school year, if the enrollment has dropped to2,216 and the number of school buildings was unchanged,only 57 percent of the building space would be used.
By then, GES would still have the highest percentage,81.59 percent; but all of the rest of would be below 60 per-cent; and two--AMS and PCHS--would be below 50 percentcapacity.
Golf Tourney to be Oct. 4
Jaydon Dorsett, son of Tim and Jennifer Dorsett ofGordo, turned four last week.
Jaydon celebrated his birthday on Sept. 20, 2013. Hehad a Scooby-doo party at Northport Church of Christ.Jaydon enjoyed his birthday with his brothers Andrewand Ethan, friends, and family.
Pickens County native to mark 101st
The entire Pickens Countycommunity is invited tospend Oct. 4 with the threePickens County MasonicLodges as they host the PastMaster's Memorial GolfTournament at the Knoll'sCountry Club in Reform.
The profits from thisyear's tournament will go tohelp the following PickensCounty organizations: thePickens County Disaster Re-lief Team; the the Gordo Sen-ior Center; and PickensCounty area food banks.
Even if you don't play
golf, this will be a fun day forall. Lunch, cart and fees areincluded in the entry fee forgolfers, and lunch for non-golfers will be $10. Home-made ice cream will also beavailable! The beautifulcountry surrounding andfresh air is absolutely free!
Come on out and have agreat time cheering on yourfavorite foursome as theycomplete for prizes whilesupporting great causes inPickens County. Entry feesare $50 for golfers and $200for foursomes. You can be an
event hole sponsor for $50.Starting times on Oct. 4 are8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., withOct. 11 scheduled as a back-up in case of bad weather.
Teams participating in-clude the Gordo Area Cham-ber of Commerce; AmericanLegion Post 104, Carrollton;and others. Updates will beprovided as more teams signup.
Please see one of the fol-lowing sponsors to pick upan entry form.: From Al-iceville: McBride Oil Com-pany, Piggly Wiggly, First
National Bank, AlicevilleCountry Club. From Carroll-ton: Carrollton Auto Parts,Carrollton City Hall. FromGordo: West Alabama Bankand Trust, Cheeky's,Taterz/Gordo Supply Pawnand Gun, First National Bankof Central Alabama, PigglyWiggly. From Reform: Sulli-van Supply, The Knoll'sCountry Club, AlabamaPower Company.
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Gracie Sellers Freemarked her 101st birthdaywith a birthday party amongfamily and friends at a Mo-bile restaurant on Sept. 28.
Gracie began her journeyof life in Pickens County,born in a two-story house inLathrop, Ala, on Oct. 2,
1912. Her parents were MaryAnn and Thomas RobertSellers. She was the oldestchild and had three brothersand four sisters. Her fatherdied at the age of 92. She hasone living sister who turned95 in July.
After high school, Gracieattended Business School in
Columbus, Miss. Whilethere, she won a trip toAuburn University.
She loved to travel. Overthe years, she visited the Col-orado Rockies, Tennessee’sSmoky Mountains, Missouri,Texas, Washington DC,Boston, Virginia, North andSouth Carolina, Kentucky,
Maryland and Georgia. Gracie lived in several
states and one foreign coun-try. She has resided in Ala-bama, Mississippi, Lou-isiana, Florida, Arkansas, andHonduras. She has been aChristian for 90 years and hasalways honored God.
She has six children--
Glenda McCollum of Ox-ford, Ala., Pat June ofPascagoula, Miss., Doris
McKenzie, Ann Pruett,Bobby Free, and Mike Free,all of Mobile.
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Alabama’s hospitals again outperformed the nation in theprevention of healthcare-associated infections. This was re-leased in the 2012 annual infection report posted online todayby the Alabama Department of Public Health. The report in-cludes data reported by hospitals in 2012, along with a com-parison to the data reported in 2011.
“Our hospitals performed better than the nation in all fourcategories being reported,” said Dr. Donald Williamson, statehealth officer. “In last year’s report, they were better in threeof the four categories, which include catheter-associated uri-nary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream in-fections and two types of surgical site infections. Not onlydo I want to congratulate hospitals, but I’d like to thank themembers of the Alabama Healthcare Data Advisory Counciland the ADPH staff who have worked very hard to ensure ac-curate reporting and to make the information as easy as pos-sible to understand.”
The hospital-specific information allows consumers to re-view the data by region and by the volume of patients andmay be found at www.adph.org. Additional information oninfection prevention can be accessed at www.jointhe-healthjourney.com.
“The goal of the statewide reporting is to provide usefulinformation to the public and to encourage greater reductionsin infections,” added Dr. Williamson. “Alabama’s hospitalsare reducing infections. This report reflects the significantwork of infection practitioners, nurses, physicians, and otherhospital staff, and provides a great way for hospitals to iden-tify and learn from top performers.”
Dr. Williamson added that the report should not take theplace of discussions between patients and their physicianswhen choosing a hospital. “While this report is important andhelpful, it should not be used as the sole factor in the selectionof a hospital,” Dr. Williamson stated.
Mike Horsley, FACHE, president of the Alabama HospitalAssociation, echoed Dr. Williamson’s praise for hospitals andreinforced the goal of reducing infections. “All hospitals arestriving to eliminate infections and have achieved much suc-cess. In a recent national project to reduce central line-asso-ciated bloodstream infections, Alabama’s hospitals had the
To the Editor:Dear Doug:I was delighted to read in the paper that the Pickens
County Commission is close to naming an advisory group tothe Pickens County Medical Center. I think it is a great idea,and I pray that it will be a giant step forward.
Over the past few weeks, it has saddened me to read thenegative things about our hospital that have been quoted inthe Herald. This statement certainly is no reflection on you,Doug, since you are only doing your job. In my opinion, youstrive to keep the residents and your customers informed tothe best of your ability in a fair and unbiased manner. Igreatly appreciate the job that you do in reporting the newsand in promoting all the businesses, including PCMC, andevents in our county and the surrounding area.
The Pickens County Medical Center is a facility that allthe residents of Pickens County and West Alabama shouldtake pride in. As all your readers are aware of--we do not livein a perfect world. There are no perfect people, no perfect sit-uations, and no perfect hospitals. I have been with familymembers who have been patients or have visited in hospitalsin Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Northport, Montgomery,Columbus, Ga., Starkville and Columbus, Miss., just to namea few. There have been some positive experiences but guesswhat--there have been some negative experiences as well!
A few weeks ago, my husband Marvin and I were at the
HealthPlex when he began to experience severe chest pains.One of the HealthPlex employees immediately put him in awheelchair and rushed him to the Emergency Department andfrom there we were moved to the Intensive Care Unit. Ourcare was excellent! Every employee who we came into con-tact with was efficient, attentive, compassionate and accom-modating. We could not have asked for or expected bettercare. And the most amazing part of all was that we were righthere at home! Okay, so what if everybody and everything hadnot been as expected or desired? Should we get mad, com-plain, put it in the paper, and never go back? Or do we takethe high road, demonstrate mercy and do what is beneficialfor the common good.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the wonderful carethat we are receiving at home from the PCMC Home Health.Our nurses are Lisa Pate and Kathy Taylor; they have beenamazing! Marvin and I are so thankful for this benefitthrough the hospital; it truly has been a blessing to our lives.And again, right here at home: excellent care!
If you are not a supporter of PCMC, I would like to chal-lenge you to support our hospital! Be informed of the manyservices that our hospital provides, and when you have aneed, please consider PCMC. We need our wonderful doctorsto stay/and or work in Pickens County. We need the almost300 jobs that PCMC provides. We need out hospital to sur-vive! We can make it happen!
Sincerely,Marsha Kilpatrick
Carrollton, Al
By Steve FlowersProbably the biggest political story of the year is the res-
ignation of 1st District Congressman Jo Bonner. Congress-man Bonner left Congress on August 2nd to accept a newlycreated position as Chancellor of Governmental Affairs andDevelopment at the University of Alabama.
Bonner did a stellar job of representing his congressionaldistrict, which includes Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Herepresented the first district for a decade. Prior to that he wasthe Administrative Assistant to Congressman Sonny Calla-han. Callahan represented the district for 20 years. Jack Ed-wards was Mobile’s congressman for 20 years before that.The legendary Frank Boykin, “everything is made for love,”was the district’s congressman for 30 years prior to Edwards.Therefore, only four men have served in the seat since 1935.That, my friends, is 88 years with only four congressmen.
Bonner could have stayed in the seat as long as he wanted.He could have done 20 years easily. However, he is in a betterposition personally. He has doubled his $174,000 congres-sional salary and chosen a less stressful lifestyle.
Gov. Bentley has set the special election to replace Bonnerfor next Tuesday, September 24th. There are a bevy of aspi-rants. One candidate, Bradley Byrne, removes a potentialchallenger to Dr. Bentley’s reelection bid. Byrne ran secondto Bentley in 2010 and was mulling over another race forgovernor against the popular incumbent. If he wins the spe-cial election for Bonner’s open seat, he will be in Congress.If he loses, he will probably be through politically.
Byrne enters the congressional race as the favorite becauseof the name identification he garnered during the 2010 gu-bernatorial campaign. However, if he prevails as the victorin the first district, he will never be in the league with Ed-wards, Callahan or Boykin. If Bonner had stayed he couldhave walked in those three men’s shoes. You need to go toCongress at a young age to ever become a player. The nameof the game in Washington is seniority. If you do not get toCongress by 45, you have missed the boat when it comes tobuilding seniority. Byrne is close to 60. If he wins, most ofhis contemporaries from around the country will have served20 years in the U.S. House and will finally be in line for acommittee chairmanship.
In fact, many times a State Senator who heads a powerfulcommittee in Montgomery has more influence over publicpolicy than a freshman U.S. Congressman. The perfect ex-ample in this open coastal district race is State Senator TripPittman, who opted to forego this open congressional seatchase. Pittman could have been a formidable candidate.However, as Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation
Education Budget Commit-tee, Trip has more power andcan do a lot more for BaldwinCounty in Montgomery thanhe could accomplish as afreshman congressman inWashington.
There are nine candidatesseeking the Republican nom-ination to succeed Bonner inTuesday’s special primary. Arunoff will more than likely be needed to get down to thefinal two. That runoff will occur on November 5th. The gen-eral election on December 17th will be a formality.
Byrne is the favorite. However, special elections are a dif-ferent animal than a regular election. Money and name iden-tification are important ingredients in a general election. Aspecial election hinges on organization and getting your folksto the polls.
The two candidates to watch in this race are State Repre-sentative Chad Fincher and realtor Dean Young. Fincher is ahandsome articulate two-term legislator. He is young and pol-ished and hails from Mobile County.
In a race with this many people, voters many times gowith the local hometown boy. The old political adage of “allpolitics is local,” prevails. Fincher has built a solid conser-vative record in his eight years in the House. He has been en-dorsed by GOPAC, a national group that works to promoteyoung Republican leaders.
Dean Young is a former aide and close ally of AlabamaChief Justice Roy Moore. This alliance and Young’s toilingin the religious right vineyards may give him the edge withthe evangelical vote in the district. Young also probably builtsome name identification in an unsuccessful race againstBonner in 2010 when he finished second in a four-man race.
Twenty-eight year old Wells Griffith could be a darkhorse. He is a deputy Chief of Staff at the Republican Na-tional Committee.
Political columnist Quin Hilyer could also be a surprise.However, his polling numbers do not appear to be rising.
Even though organization is important in a special elec-tion, money is still the mother’s milk of politics. We will see.
See you next week.
Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist.His column appears weekly in over 70 Alabama newspapers.Steve served 16 years in the State Legislature. He may bereached at www.steveflowers.us.
SportsManning splashes for 205 yards asAliceville chills Cold Springs 26-6
PA slams Choctaw
Brown’s 230 carries TornadoesSix different running backs scored in the first half as the
Gordo Greenwave romped over Greene County 49-12 in asteady rain Friday night.
Gordo scored on the first play from scrimmage and con-tinued the beating with short possessions, never having theball over four plays at any time the night.
Greene County only had one first down in the first half,that coming on a penalty. Gordo built a 41-0 halftime lead,then played everyone in the second half as the game wasshortened to eight minute quarters.
Malcolm Nicholson went 79 yards untouched on a jetsweep on the opening play. Devin Prude made it 7-0 withthe PAT.
Tyvon Martin took a pitch on the fourth play of Gordo’ssecond series and raced 24 yards to paydirt. Prude’s kickmade it 14-0.
Gordo’s third possession featured a 25 yard gain by Al-ijah Latham, a 20 yard scramble by Lane Moss and a four-yard touchdown scamper by Alandis Smith. Prude made it21-0.
Nicholson took the next Tiger punt 51 yards to theGreene County two. Latham blasted in from there. Thekick was wide and Gordo led 27-0.
The continuing deluge of rain then intervened helpingcreate an exchange of five fumbles. Greene County lostthree and Gordo lost two.
Jordan McCrackin , Blaine Driggers, and Koy Chapmancame up with recoveries for the Wave.
Gordo turned two of those turnovers into touchdowns asPat Manning went 30 yards on a sweep for one and TyreeHurst blasted six yards up the middle for another.Gordowent for two after these touchdowns with Latham convert-ing on the first and a run failing on the second. This madethe halftime score 41-0.
With the game clock shrunk to eight minute quarters, thethird period sped quickly by with neither team denting thescoreboard.
Greene County closed the gap in the fourth with a 17yard touchdown pass.
Manning countered as he took a pitch and went 57 yardsfor his second touchdown of the night. Collin Herringplowed in for the two point conversion. and a 49-6 lead.Greene County hit a 68 yard touchdown pass with 14 sec-onds left to close out the scoring.
Twelve different players carried the ball as Gordo rushedfor 347 yards. The Wave attempted just one pass.
Manning had 108 yards rushing on four carries. Nichol-son had three total touches on the night, one a 79 yardtouchdown run and two punt returns for a combined 99yards.
The Greenwave defense rotated numerous playersagainst Greene County. Ben Davis, Jordan McCrackin andDonnie Billups sparked the muddy defensive effort with sixtackles each.
Gordo hosts the Hamilton Aggies this Friday night in anon region 3A matchup. Hamilton, like Gordo is 3-1 on theseason. Both the Aggies and the Wave are 2-1 in their re-spective regions.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
ALICEVILLE’S DARRION MANNING (24) SLICED THROUGH HEAVY RAIN FOR 205 YARDSAND A TOUCHDOWN TO HELP LEAD HIS JACKETS TO A 26-6 WIN OVER COLD SPRINGS
The Aliceville YellowJackets spotted Cold Springssix and then poured coldwater on the visiting Eagles,running away with a rain-soaked 26-6 Region win.
Darrion Manning pow-ered a brutal Alicevilleground game with 205 of theJacket’s 307 yards rushing.
Aliceville’s defense shutCold Springs down, limitingthe Eagles to just 162 yardsrushing and nothing throughthe air. The Jackets alsoforced five turnovers.
Cold Springs put pointson the board first in the heavyrain, going 60 yards in fourplays for a 6-0 lead at the endof the first quarter.
Aliceville answered witha three-play 68 yard marchcapped by a 38-yard CodyDavis touchdown run.
A 6-6 stalemate held at the
half.Jaterrius Steele closed a
five-play 60-yard Jacketmarch in the third with aseven-yard plunge to put Al-iceville on top for good 12-6.
Manning loped ten yardsfor a touchdown to completean eight-play 68 yard scoringdrive late in the third.
The Jackets finished offCold Springs with a four-play47-yard fourth quarter drive.Christopher Crowell churnedthe final 14 yards. Manningplunged in for two and thefinal 26-6 margin.
Marqueze Marshall ledthe Yellow Jackets with 12tackles. David Hughes had11 and Terrelle Steele added10.
Aliceville (3-1) travels to1A number one PickensCounty (4-0) Friday night.Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Josh Lewis and his Pickens Academy Pirates dominatedSouth Choctaw 29-7 with Lewis accounting for 275 of PA’s356 total yards (79%).
The Pirate quarterback threw for 148 yards and a touch-down completing 12 of 22 attempts. He added 127 yards andtwo touchdowns rushing on 15 carries.
PA started slowly, posting just seven points in the first halfbut Choctaw failed to scratch and the Pirates carried a 7-0lead to the break.
In the third, Pickens Academy notched a pair of scores.South Choctaw finally cracked the board, but the Piratesowned a 19-7 lead heading to the final frame.
Ten fourth quarter points put the game away for PA.Chance Britt had 45 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.
Joseph McGlawn caught four passes for 84 yards and a score.Daniel Cameron hauled in three passes for 32 yards.
Daniel Powell and Grant McCrary paced the defense withnine stops each.
PA (4-0) travels to Eastwood (1-3) Friday night.
Heavy rain groundednumber one PickensCounty’s air raid, but even aone dimensional Tornado of-fense was too much for thevisiting Brilliant Tigers tohandle. Behind a 376-yardmud ride on the ground,Pickens County waterloggedBrilliant 40-0.
While the Tornado of-fense plowed the rain-soakedfield with a punishing groundgame, the Pickens Countydefense held the Tigers atbay. Brilliant managed just55 yards rushing.
Jermarcus Brown ac-
counted for 230 of PickensCounty’s total on just ninecarries. Brown racked fourtouchdowns.
Devonte Simon added 99yards and a touchdown on sixcarries as the top-rankedteam in 1A remained unde-feated on the season.
Brilliant’s rain addledmiscues started early as theopening kickoff bounced offthe return man and went outof bounds inside the five Ahigh snap sailed over thehead of the Tiger quarterbackand out the back of the endzone for a safety and an early
2-0 PCHS lead.Pickens County’s own
high snap snafu on its firstpossession had a different re-sult. Simon scooped up theloose ball and navigated hisway 39 yards to the endzone.A failed extra point left theTornado lead at 8-0 with11:00 to play in the openingquarter.
Pickens County found paydirt again on their next drivewith a 23 yard run fromBrown. Brown also ac-counted for the two pointconversion to up the Tornadolead to 16-0 with 7:03 to go
in the first quarter.Pickens County added one
more score before the firstquarter expired with a 10yard touchdown run fromBrown.
A two-point dive byBrown improved the Tornadoadvantage to 24-0 at the endof the first quarter.
The second quarter pickedup right where the first leftoff with Pickens Countymangling the Tigers on theground and Brilliant havingno answer for the smotheringTornado defense.
Brown charged across thegoal line on a 33 yard scam-per at the 5:54 mark of thesecond quarter. DevonteSimon found Deonte Simonin the endzone to completethe two point conversion anda 32-0 lead.
Brown bolted 68 yards foranother touchdown prior tothe half. Brown punched inthe two point conversion toexpand the Pickens Countyadvantage to 40-0 at thebreak.
The second half was re-duced to two eight minutequarters and ticked awayquickly with both teamskeeping their offensesgrounded. At the final hornit was the Tornadoes claim-ing the 40-0 shutout victoryas the rain continued to pour.
Leading the way for theTornado defense in theirshutout performance wasChris Hill who jammed sixtackles and notched a pair ofsacks. Justin Barton chimedin with eight tackles and asack.
Up next on the schedulefor the Tornadoes (4-0) is anon-region matchup againstthe Aliceville Yellow Jackets(3-1). Kickoff for the Torna-does and the Yellow Jacketsis set for 7 p.m. Friday nightin Reform.
(Photo by Morris Hickman)
Gordo rolls Greene
PICKENS COUNTY QUARTERBACK DEVONTE SIMON (7)SPLASHED FOR 99 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AS THE
TORNADOES FLOODED BRILLIANT 40-0
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Church HappeningsWOMEN IN HATS PROGRAM AT
NEW CANAAN MB CHURCHNew Canaan Missionary Baptist Church
of Aliceville will hold its annual Women inHats service on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m.Pastor Tommy Cox of Cluster Baptist Churchwill be the guest speaker; he will be accom-panied by his church family. Rev. LonnieWeaver is the pastor. Men and women with-out hats are invited too.FIFTH SUNDAY SINGING AT ARBOR
SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCHArbor Springs Baptist Church, located on
County Road 27 near Reform, will hold itsfifth Sunday night singing on Sunday, Sept.29, at 5 p.m. Special guest singers will be theGordo Methodist Men.
SINGING AT BIGHILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Big Hill Baptist Church will hold a sing-ing on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 1:15 p.m. Specialsingers will be The Tunnell Sisters.
SINGING AT WEST ENDBAPTIST CHURCH
There will be a Sunday night singing atWest End Baptist Church in Aliceville onSept. 29 at 6 p.m. Special singers will beJesse Reece, The Singing Men of PickensCounty and other local talent.
REVIVAL AT CROSSROADSBAPTIST CHURCH
There will be a revival at Crossroads Bap-tist Church near Gordo Oct. 6-9 with servicesat 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 and 7 p.m.each weeknight. Delbert Canterberry is thepastor. From Gordo, go north on Highway159 1.4 miles; turn right onto County Road88; go 2 1/2 miles; look for the white churchon the right.BIKE RIDE AT BB CHAPEL CHURCH
A bike ride will be held at B.B. ChapelChurch in Pickensville on Saturday, Oct. 5,starting at 9 a.m. For more information, con-tact Bro. Sean Curry at 662-574-2081.
HOMECOMING ATINFANT BAPTIST CHURCH
Infant Baptist Church of Carrollton will
hold a homecoming celebration on Sunday,Oct. 6, at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will beRev. Jessie Miller of Mount Galilee BaptistChurch of Northport. Rev. Bernard Henry isthe pastor.
HAT PROGRAM ATNEW SALEM CHURCH
New Salem Church’s Usher Board willhave a hat program on Sunday, Oct. 6, at11:30 a.m. Rev. Dr. Herman Peters is the pas-tor.
ALL DAY SINGING AT UNIONFREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH
The annual all-day singing at Union FreeWill Baptist Church will be held on Sunday,Oct. 6, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will beat 12 noon. Special singers will be The Songsof Faith.
THE KINGSMEN QUARTETIN CONCERT IN REFORM
Reform First Free Will Baptist Churchwill be host to the Kingsmen Quartet on Sun-day, Oct. 13, at 2:30 p.m. A love offering willbe received. For more information, call 399-7224 or 375-2572.
SERVICES AT ZION PRIMITIVEBAPTIST CHURCH
Zion Primitive Baptist Church in the ZionCommunity holds worship services eachSunday morning at 10:30 a.m. and each Sun-day night at 5 p.m. Services will also be heldon the first and third Wednesday nights at6:30 p.m. The church is located at 9487County Road 49, Gordo, eight miles north ofGordo on Highway 159; turn left on CountyRoad 49. Elder Chris McCool is the pastor.For more information, call 205-399-6989.
SERVICES AT BETHLEHEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church is lo-cated seven miles east of Gordo and 10 mileswest of Northport, just off Highway 82 on theBoyd Road near Echola. Services are eachSunday morning at 10:30 a.m. and the secondand fourth Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m.Elder Tim McCool is the pastor. For more in-formation, contact 205-399-0041.
Practical ChristianityRefreshed
By Elder Tim McCoolPastor, Bethlehem Prim-
itive Baptist ChurchThink about the last time
you were refreshed. Maybeyou were exhausted from ex-ercising and then drank acold glass of water. Maybeyou had a stressful day andrelaxed for a few minutes inyour easy chair. What about anoisy environment and thenyou find a place for peaceand quiet?
Recently I was on apreaching trip to North Car-olina. It was a beautiful ruralsetting where we stayed. Wewere able to enjoy the out-doors with the children andthen have a wonderful churchmeeting. There were woodsnear the house where westayed and since we werenear the mountains, largerocks were dotted all around.I spotted a rock in the woodsthat was positioned in theshade and yet had a greatview of the surrounding pas-tures.
I made a mental note ofthe location. Next morning Irose early and went to thatvery rock in the woods. I satdown on that rock in thewoods, meditated andprayed. Around me were themorning sounds – the birdschirping, squirrels barking. Itwas truly refreshing to sit andmeditate on a beautiful morn-
ing. I felt refreshed and readyfor the day.
God intended for our wor-ship to be refreshing. And yetI encounter so many who aredrained, disgruntled or con-fused about worship. God de-signed a refreshing way forHis children to worship Him.Jn. 5:23 declares “But thehour cometh, and now is,when the true worshippersshall worship the Father inspirit and in truth: for the Fa-ther seeketh such to worshiphim.”
Here he makes it clear thatthere are two simple compo-nents to a refreshing worship– spirit and truth. The Lordtakes care of the Spirit andwe are to take care of thetruth. Remember when thosedisciples were downcast andwalking on the road to Em-maus (Lk. 24)? Jesus camealong and disguised himselfand preached to them as theywalked. Jesus was declaring
the truth of what He haddone. The Spirit was there,and when it was over thosedisciples were refreshed!They said, “Did not our heartburn within us, while hetalked with us by the way,and while he opened to us thescriptures?”
Their worship was so sim-ple – it was only those men,the Lord and the truth. That isall we need to be refreshed inour worship. When is the lasttime we burned in our heartsover the opening of the scrip-tures? Of course, I admit thatwas Jesus Himself preachingabout himself. What a ser-mon that would be! Buttoday He intends the preach-ing of the gospel to cause ourhearts to burn with convic-tion, zeal and encouragement– in a nutshell, to refresh us.(2 Cor. 4:7)
What are we dependingon for refreshing? There isnothing on this earth that canrefresh the child of God likeworshipping Christ in thebeauty of His holiness.David declared, “worship theLORD in the beauty of holi-ness.” (Ps. 29:2). Just like theroad to Emmaus, this in-volves, us the Lord and Histruth. If we find ourselvesdrained, confused or frus-trated, we should carefullylook at how we are worship-ping Him, because He in-tended for us to be refreshed.
BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY --- A back-to-school rally was held Aug. 17 at ErvinEllis’ church, Rome Chapel CME Church. Over 100 children were in attendance.
The Minister’s MinutesFaultfinders
By Minister Alfred J.Cooper
Shady Grove MissionaryBaptist Church, Aliceville
Just reading the title prettymuch says it all. Throughoutour lives at one point or an-other, we have encountered aparticular person or group,who sit back watching like abeast, ready to pounce on theunsuspected prey. You knowthe ones, they smile in yourface, patting you on the back,telling how well you havedone and all the good thingsthey can think to say, all thewhile, they are comparingyou to everything and every-body.
Then the moment youslip, or even fall into a mo-mentary weakness, all theatta-boy's you have been get-ting, turn to "TOLD YOUTHEY WEREN'T SAVED,SOME KIND OFPREACHER THEYTURNED OUT TO BE!"Some just flat out from thestart treat you worse than adog. The most hurtful comesfrom family.
One thing that I am re-minded of is that in the bookof Mark 3:2: And theywatched him, whether hewould heal him on the sab-bath day; that they might ac-cuse him. The Phariseeswatched carefully every stepthat Jesus took. Truth be told,when we do this we becomejudge and jury. The Biblesays that Jesus is the only onewho sits on the right hand ofthe Father to judge the quickand the dead.
Simply if we would onlylook over our own lives, wewould plainly see that whenwe first started out we made
some, if not all of, the samemistakes as the ones we aretrying to find fault in. On ourjobs, we didn't just walk in,knowing how to do the su-pervisor’s job that we nowhave; the same goes for thechurch. Preachers, no matterhow long they have beenpreaching the word, start outpreaching like Billy Graham,T.D. Jakes, Joel Olsteen,Cliffo Dollar. But neverthe-less, we tend to place othersunder the microscope, failingto realize, that we are underthe same microscope.
The last I checked, theonly perfect person I knowof, is Jesus. You can have allthe credits schools can give,all the letters in the alphabetin front of your name, but ifyou don't have the love ofJesus in your heart, whatdoes it matter if you have theknowledge to divine theword of truth?
The saddest thing is whenChristians, rather than help-ing one another by upliftingeach other and being the saltof the earth and letting ourlight shine, instead becomejudge and jury, pulling oneanother down.
In the book of Acts whenPeter and John were about tohave hands put on them, and"I don't mean in a good way,"Gamaliel advised the council,that if we do this that we areabout to do and it is of Godthen we are not just goingagainst these men, we also dothis against God, but it is notof God, then it surely won’tlast.(Acts 5:34-39)
All any of us can do is ourvery best to live our lives theway that Jesus would want usto live. We all can't drink ofthe cup that He drink from,and we surely can't bare thecross He bore. We just do thebest we can, and if we alsostop acting like Nebuchad-nezzar, thinking that we areall that, and just be that obe-dient servant of God, andseek first the kingdom ofGod, and all His righteous-ness, everything would be allright. Our faith should be inThe Lord, and not man.
As always, if you do notknow Jesus will forgive youof all your sins, read Romans10:9: That if thou shalt con-fess with thy mouth the LordJesus, and shalt believe inthine heart that God hathraised him from the dead,thou shalt be saved. Becauseof John 3:16: For God soloved the world, that he gavehis only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth in himshould not perish, but haveeverlasting life.
He's waiting to come intoyour heart and give you a bet-ter life, even if it seems allhope is lost, He's waiting justfor you. Find a good Bible-based church, and start yourlife anew. Go with God andbe blessed.
Prayer events at PCHS, RES
Alabama hospitals leads nation
Reform Council learns noTreats on the Street this year
Pickens County High School and ReformElementary School will hold a Week ofPrayer Sept. 22-28.
Prayer at the flagpole will be held onWednesday, Sept. 25, concurrently at PCHSand RES at 7:40 a.m. A similar gathering willbe held on Saturday at the City Park at 3 p.m.
The theme for the week will be II Chron-icles 7:14: “If my people, which are called bymy name, shall humble themselves, and pray,and seek my face, and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from heaven, and willforgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Next, will be a “Tea at 3” event on Oct. 3.Supporters will come together in prayer toask the spirit on the PCHS campus on Oct. 3at 3 p.m. in front of the office; and again onSunday, Nov. 3, at the PCHS Auditorium at3 p.m.
The theme is Galatians 5:25: “If we liveby the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.”
(Continued from Page 4)the second highest participation rate in thecountry and achieved a 53 percent reductionin two years. In addition, Alabama was thepilot for an automated infection surveillancesystem that has significantly reduced infec-tions over the last 10 years and has become a
model for other states.”Horsley noted that while there is still work
to be done on preventing infections, greatprogress is being made. He also applaudedthe work of the Alabama Healthcare Data Ad-visory Council in making meaningful infor-mation available to the public.
(Continued from Page 1)Library.
The Council expressed re-gret that the event was goingto be cancelled. Council-woman Nancy Keasler sug-gested holding it earlier,perhaps about 5:30 p.m. andstill have time for people toget to the ball game. Lowesuggested holding the nextnight on Nov. 1.
Chief Black said many ofthe people involved in organ-izing the event may be tiedup with the ball game. Also,he said whenever the Treatson the Street event is held ona different night from Hal-loween, the city usuallyended up with children trick-or-treating both nights.
Mrs. Keasler said sheliked holding the Treats onthe Street because it gave thechildren a central place totrick-or-treat. She said oneyear before the event wasstarted she counted 410 chil-dren who came to her houseto trick-or-treat. Black alsosaid there is usually less mis-chief when the Treats on theStreet is held.
Lowe asked Mrs. Keasler
to ask the library board to re-consider holding the eventand pledged the support ofthe fire department.
OTHER ACTIONIn other action, the Coun-
cil:--learned from Mayor
Harton that he was preparingthe budget for the 2014 fiscalyear (which runs from Oct. 12013 to Sept. 30, 2014).Among the big projects thecity will face this year will beconstruction of the newsewer treatment plant., whichis being funded primarily bya community developmentblock grant. He asked theCouncil to give him the au-thority to open a line of creditwith West Alabama Bank,and they voted to do so (andalso agreed not to touch thecity’s certificate of deposit).
--was presented a copy ofthe city’s rental property or-dinance so they could studyit. Harton may proposeadding a fee to the ordinanceas a way to generate revenuefor the city.
--talked about the need toreactivate the city’s chamberof commerce and find some-
one to lead it.--voted to adopt a policy
on where cell phone towerscan be located within the citylimits, but also agreed to letthe city attorney review thepolicy before it takes effect.
--noted that the repairwork on the railroad cross-ings by Alabama SouthernRailroad is completed. Whileeveryone agreed the cross-ings are definitely smoother,they also felt they didn’t lookgood.
--agreed to look into re-placing a manhole cover inLittle’s district after Oct. 1when the new fiscal year willbegin. Replacing the man-hole cover alone will cost$400, Harton noted.
--heard a report from Har-ton that he has contacted fourof the five members of thecity’s Zoning Board aboutgetting that board activeagain.
--identified several areasof town which need to havepotholes fixed and tree limbscut.
--learned that the date of2013 Christmas Parade willbe Tuesday, Dec. 3.
TUSCALOOSA--The following students from Pickens County made the President’s orDean’s List for the summer 2013 semester at Shelton State Community College.
Requirements for the President’s List are a semester grade point average of 4.0; and com-pletion of a minimum semester course load of 12 semester credit hours of college-level work.
Those from Pickens County who made the President’s List are: Latessa L. Murry andThomas Zachary Powell of Aliceville; Amber N. West of Ethelsville; Bradley R. Findley ofGordo; Ann Margaret Heritage and Elizabeth R. Prescott of Reform.
Requirements for the Dean’s List are a semester grade point average of 3.5 or above, butbelow 4.0, and completion of a minimum semester course load of 12 semester credit hoursof college-level work.
Making the Dean’s List from Pickens County is Haley Rebecca McDaniel of Reform.
Shelton State names honor rolls
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 PICKENS COUNTY HERALD PAGE 7
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LEGALNOTICE
STATE OFALABAMA
COUNTY OFPICKENS
In the Probate CourtCase No. 2013-098NOTICE OF DAY
SET FORHEARING
To: All known andunknown heirs at lawand next of kin of Bob-bye Ann Coleman, de-ceased, includingSusan Coleman Whit-ley, Al “Butch” Joseph,Patricia Phillips, AndreJoseph, HoustonSpeed, Carolyn SpeedWilkins, ScarlettWalker Clark, PhilWalker, Jean Eatman,Lynn Eatman Potts,Stan Eatman, Eric Eat-man, John Eatman,Warren Eatman, Mar-garet Bryant, AnnetteBryant Winborne,Tammy Sudduth,Cindy Nelson, NancySolomon, BarbaraYarbrough, MikeYarbrough, StephanieClanahan, Ben Pear-son, Bartie M. Acton,Daisy M. Perrigin,Shirley M. Simpson,Ricky Coleman, Bon-nie Coleman Watson,Yvonne ColemanWentz, Robert Pate,Patricia Pate, AubreyNell P. Skelton, TimLowery, Margaret Mc-Donough, Ann Taylor,Clinton Lowery, KenLowery, Susie Burgin,W.M. Burgin III, SusanLea Terch, LuaneDunne, Mark EdwinBurgin, Charles VesterLang III, Philip TaylorBurgin, Frances IreneRamsey, Frank Pear-son, Jean Spiller,Steven Watts, MarvinSpiller, Quida C.Rabon, Sandra La-timer, Carlys Rogers,Frank Cummings,James A. CummingsJr., Olin Cummings,Richard Cummings,Ben Cummings,Orman Cummings,Margaret Barnes,Norma Richardson,Herman Cummings,Mary Joyce Trapp,Jerry Cummings, LindaBlakney, Ronnie Cum-mings and YvonneWinborne Whitman.
You will pleasetake notice that on the6th of September,2013, a petition forprobate of Last Willand Testament of Bob-bye Ann Coleman wasfiled by Jean ColemanMcBride and StevenM. McBride and thatthe 16th day of Octo-ber, 2013, at 9:00 a.m.was appointed a day set
for hearing thereof, atwhich time you can ap-pear and contest thesame, if you see proper.
Given under myhand this 6th day ofSeptember, 2013.
John Earl PaluzziJudge of Probate
LEGALNOTICEMORTGAGE
FORECLOSURESALE
Default havingbeen made in the pay-ment of the indebted-ness secured by thatcertain mortgage exe-cuted by Stephen M.Wedgeworth, a singleman, to Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc., acting solelyas nominee for FirstFederal Bank, on the5th day of June, 2009,said mortgage recordedin the Office of theJudge of Probate ofPickens County, Ala-bama, in Real Book248, Page 398; saidmortgage having sub-sequently been trans-ferred and assigned toBank of America,N.A., successor bymerger to BAC HomeLoans Servicing, LPFKA CountrywideHome Loans Servicing,LP, by instrumentrecorded in Real Book275, Page 603, in theaforesaid Probate Of-fice; the undersignedBank of America,N.A., asMortgagee/Transferee,under and by virtue ofthe power of sale con-tained in said mort-gage, will sell at publicoutcry to the highestbidder for cash, in frontof the main entrance ofthe Courthouse at Car-rollton, PickensCounty, Alabama, onOctober 15, 2013, dur-ing the legal hours ofsale, all of its right,title, and interest in andto the following de-scribed real estate, sit-uated in PickensCounty, Alabama, to-wit:
Town Lots 58 and59, corner lot fronting132 feet on CollegeStreet and runningback to right-of-way ofMobile and Ohio Rail-road (now Illinois,Central, Gulf Railroad)in the Town of Gordo,Pickens County, Ala-bama.
Also: All that partof Town Lot No. 75lying North and East ofthe Gulf, Mobile andOhio Railroad (nowIllinois, Central GulfRailroad) and West ofan unopened alley inthe Town of Gordo,Pickens County, Ala-bama.
THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ONAN “AS IS, WHEREIS” BASIS, SUBJECTTO ANY EASE-MENTS, ENCUM-BRANCES, ANDEXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORTGAGE ANDTHOSE CONTAINEDIN THE RECORDSOF THE OFFICE OFTHE JUDGE OF PRO-BATE OF THECOUNTY WHERETHE ABOVE-DE-SCRIBED PROP-ERTY IS SITUATED.THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLDWITHOUT WAR-RANTY OR RE-C O U R S E ,EXPRESSED OR IM-PLIED AS TO TITLE,USE AND/OR EN-JOYMENT ANDWILL BE SOLD SUB-JECT TO THE RIGHTOF REDEMPTIONOF ALL PARTIES EN-TITLED THERETO.
This sale is madefor the purpose of pay-ing the indebtednesssecured by said mort-gage, as well as the ex-penses of foreclosure.
T h eMortgagee/Transfereereserves the right to bidfor and purchase thereal estate and to creditits purchase priceagainst the expenses ofsale and the indebted-ness secured by the realestate.
This sale is subjectto postponement orcancellation.
Bank of America,N.A.,
Mortgagee/TransfereeAndy SaagSIROTE & PER-
MUTT, P.C.P. O. Box 55727Birmingham, AL35255-5727Attorney for Mort-gagee/Transfereewww.sirote.com/fore-closures285700
LEGALNOTICEMORTGAGE
FORECLOSURESALE
Default havingbeen made in the pay-ment of the indebted-ness secured by thatcertain mortgage exe-cuted on January 14,2008 by DeMario Law-son, an unmarried man,originally in favor ofMortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems,Inc. as nominee forPHH Mortgage Corpo-ration d/b/a Century 21(R) Mortgage (SM),and recorded in REALBOOK 232 at PAGE938 on January 24,2008, in the Office ofthe Judge of Probate ofPickens County, Ala-bama. Shapiro andIngle, L.L.C., as coun-sel for Mortgagee orTransferee and underand by virtue of powerof sale contained in thesaid mortgage will, onOctober 15, 2013, sellat public outcry to thehighest bidder in frontof the main entrance ofthe Pickens County, Al-abama, Courthouse inthe City of Carrollton,during the legal hoursof sale, the followingreal estate situated inPickens County, Ala-bama, to wit:
Lot 11, Block D ofthe First Addition toWoodland Hills Subdi-vision as recorded inPlat Book 2, at Page 54in the Probate Office ofPickens County, Ala-bama, reference to saidmap or plat beinghereby made in aid ofand as a part of this de-scription.
For informationalpurposes only, theproperty address is:215 Crescent Rd, Al-iceville, AL 35442.This sale is made forthe purpose of payingthe indebtedness se-cured by said mort-gage, as well as theexpenses of foreclo-sure. Furthermore, theproperty to be offeredpursuant to this noticeof sale is being offeredfor sale, transfer andconveyance AS IS,WHERE IS. Neitherthe mortgagee, nor theofficers, directors, at-torneys, employees,agents or authorizedrepresentative of themortgagee make anyrepresentation or war-ranty relating to thetitle or any physical,environmental, healthor safety conditions ex-isting in, on, at or relat-ing to the propertyoffered for sale. Anyand all responsibilitiesor liabilities arising outof or in any way relat-ing to any such condi-tion, including thosesuggested by Code ofAla. (1975) § 35-4-271, expressly are dis-claimed. This sale issubject to all prior liensand encumbrances andunpaid taxes and as-sessments includingany transfer tax associ-ated with the foreclo-sure. The successfulbidder must tender anon-refundable depositof Five Thousand Dol-lars and no/100($5,000.00) in certifiedor cash funds at thetime and place of thesale. The balance ofthe purchase price mustbe paid in certifiedfunds by close of busi-ness on the next busi-ness day thereafter atthe Law Office ofShapiro and Ingle,L.L.C. at the addressindicated below.Shapiro and Ingle,L.L.C. reserves theright to award the bidto the next highest bid-der, or to reschedulethe sale, should thehighest bidder fail totimely tender the totalamount due.
way, Suite 400Charlotte, NC 28216704-333-8107/ 13-002773Attorneys for Mort-gagee or Transferee
LEGALNOTICEMORTGAGE
FORECLOSURESALE
Default havingbeen made in the pay-ment of the indebted-ness secured by thatcertain mortgage exe-cuted by William CoryGayle, to Chase BankUSA, N.A., on the 11thday of August, 2006,said mortgage recordedin the Office of theJudge of Probate ofPickens County, Ala-bama, in Book 216,Page 824; said mort-gage having subse-quently beentransferred and as-signed to JPMorganChase Bank, NationalAssociation , by instru-ment recorded in RealBook 271, Page 715, inthe aforesaid ProbateOffice; the undersignedJPMorgan Chase Bank,National Association ,as Mortgagee/Trans-feree, under and byvirtue of the power ofsale contained in saidmortgage, will sell atpublic outcry to thehighest bidder for cash,in front of the main en-trance of the Court-house at Carrollton,Pickens County, Ala-bama, on October 15,2013, during the legalhours of sale, all of itsright, title, and interestin and to the followingdescribed real estate,situated in PickensCounty, Alabama, to-wit:
The following de-scribed real estate,lying and being in theCounty of Pickens.State of Alabama, to-wit:
Begin at the inter-section of the Northside of Bostic Roadand the West side ofParker Street and runthence West along theNorth Side of BosticRoad a distance of 75feet; thence North 75feet; thence East 75feet to Parker Street;thence South along theWest side of ParkerStreet a distance of 75feet to the point of be-ginning. Said propertylying and being in theSoutheast quarter of theSoutheast Quarter ofSection 8, Township 20South, Range 13 West,Pickens County, Ala-bama.
Property Street Ad-dress: 508 First AveWest, Gordo, AL35466
THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ONAN “AS IS, WHEREIS” BASIS, SUBJECTTO ANY EASE-MENTS, ENCUM-BRANCES, ANDEXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORTGAGE ANDTHOSE CONTAINEDIN THE RECORDSOF THE OFFICE OFTHE JUDGE OF PRO-BATE OF THECOUNTY WHERETHE ABOVE-DE-SCRIBED PROP-ERTY IS SITUATED.THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLDWITHOUT WAR-RANTY OR RE-C O U R S E ,EXPRESSED OR IM-PLIED AS TO TITLE,USE AND/OR EN-JOYMENT ANDWILL BE SOLD SUB-JECT TO THE RIGHTOF REDEMPTIONOF ALL PARTIES EN-TITLED THERETO.
This sale is madefor the purpose of pay-ing the indebtednesssecured by said mort-gage, as well as the ex-penses of foreclosure.
T h eMortgagee/Transfereereserves the right to bidfor and purchase thereal estate and to creditits purchase priceagainst the expenses ofsale and the indebted-ness secured by the realestate.
This sale is subjectto postponement orcancellation.
JPMorgan ChaseBank, National Asso-
ciation ,Mortgagee/Transferee
Rebecca RedmondSIROTE & PER-MUTT, P.C.P. O. Box 55727Birmingham, AL35255-5727Attorney for Mort-gagee/Transfereewww.sirote.com/fore-closures120485
LEGALNOTICE
In the Probate Courtfor Pickens County,
AlabamaIn the Matter of theEstate of Betty E.
Rickman,Deceased
Case No. 2013-097Letters Testamen-
tary on the Will theretoof the said Deceasedhaving been granted toWilliam E. Rickman Jr.and Jack Rickman, as
Personal Representa-tives of the Will andEstate of Betty E. Rick-man, Deceased, on the2nd day of September,2013, by the HonorableJohn Earl Paluzzi,Judge of the ProbateCourt in and for Pick-ens County, Alabama,notice is hereby giventhat all persons havingclaims against said es-tate are hereby requiredto present the samewithin time allowed bylaw or the same will bebarred.
William E.Rickman Jr. and
Jack Rickman,Personal
Representativesof the Will and
Estate of Betty E. Rickman,
Deceased
LEGALNOTICE
In the Probate Courtof Pickens County,
AlabamaIn Re:The Matter ofthe Estate of Charles
Edward Williams,Deceased
Case No. 2013-099PERSONAL
REPRESENTA-TIVE’S NOTICETO FILE CLAIM
Letters of Adminis-tration on the Estate ofCharles EdwardWilliams, deceased,having been granted toL. Griffin Tyndall, Per-sonal Representative,on the 16th day of Sep-tember, 2013, by theHonorable John EarlPaluzzi, Judge of saidCounty, notice ishereby given that allpersons having claimsagainst said estate arehereby required topresent the same withintime six months afterthe grant of letters, orwithin five monthsfrom the date of thefirst publication of thisnotice, whichever is thelater to occur, or thesame will be barred.
Witness my handthis the 16th day ofSeptember, 2013.
John E. Paluzzi,Judge of Probate
LEGALNOTICESteal Investments
will hold an auction onthese properties if notclaimed on September25, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. atthe location: Home onLot #4 West Park Al-iceville, AL; Home onLot #28 West Park, Al-iceville, AL.
PriceClassified ads and legal notices rates are thirty-
two (32) cents per word, per insertion, with aminimum charge of seven dollars ($7.00). We re-serve the right to classify the ads according toour criteria. Cash in advance is required on allclassified ads in and out of state.
To Place an AdYou may bring your ad to our office on High-
way 17 in Carrollton or you may mail your ad tothe address below; payment must be made beforethe ad can run in that upcoming week’s issue.Deadline for ads is 12 noon on Friday for thenext week’s issue.
Mail ads to:Pickens County Herald
P.O. Box 390Carrollton, AL 35447-0390
LegalNotices
The annual Welty Series at Mississippi University forWomen W will be held Oct. 24-26.
This weekend honors the world-renowned alumna Eu-dora Welty and draws noted authors, journalists, scholarsand artists to The W.
This year's Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium theme is"'Alive as Ever, on the Brink of Oblivion’: Southern Writ-ers in the Eye of the Storm.” Ellen Gilchrist, long consid-ered a major voice in Southern Literature, will be thekeynote speaker.
Other authors participating in the Symposium includeSteven Barthelme, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, Holly GoddardJones, Cary Holladay, L. Lamar Wilson, Elizabeth Hughey,Steven Yates, and Stephanie Powell Watts.
W’s Welty Weekendis October 24-26
Lung Canceror Colon Cancer
Asbestos exposure was common in many industrial professions prior to 1980. Many cancers have been linked
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If you or your loved ones have been diagnosed with any of these cancers call:
1-800-749-9200No representation is made that the quality of services performed is greater than the quality of services performed by other lawyers.
Estate SaleLOG HOME KITS
AMERICAN LOG HOMES IS ASSISTING LIQUIDATION OFLAND DEVELOPER’S ESTATE
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3 Log Homes selling for BALANCE OWED. FREE DELIVERYBALANCE OWED $17,000BALANCE OWED $22,900
What's Going OnSTORY HOUR AT ALICEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Aliceville Public Library will have story hour each Tues-day morning at 10 a.m. for preschool children ages 2 1/2 to4 years old beginning in September and continuing throughMay. For additional information, call 373-6691.
MUM SALE AT PCMCThere will be a mum sale on Friday, Sept. 20, on the Pick-
ens County Medical Center Campus from 9 a.m. until (whilesupplies last). Cost is $6 each.
YARD SALE AT THE GORDOSENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER
There will be a yard sale at the Gordo Senior ActivityCenter Friday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceedsgo to help the center. For more information, call 205-364-7966.
VIENNA REUNIONThe Vienna reunion will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, at Old
Bethany in Aliceville at 10 a.m. Please come and be a part ofthis great reunion.
ALICEVILLE ATHLETIC CLUB ANDSUPPORT GROUP MEETING
The Aliceville Athletic Club and support group will meetMonday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Aliceville High School Li-brary (in the new building). Please come and express yourconcerns or suggestions for the athletic program. For moreinformation, contact Robert “Cookie Man” Wilder at 373-1500 or 399-2567.
TURKEY BOWL MEETING IN ALICEVILLEThere will be a turkey bowl pee wee football meeting on
Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Aliceville Middle School gym.Organizers are asking for all area pee wee team coaches(Gordo, Reform, PA and Aliceville) to attend. The TurkeyBowl is in Atlanta, Ga. on Nov. 27. Organizers are trying to
form a West Alabama all-star team for ages 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12 years old. For more information, contact Neal Carpenterat 205-399-9207 or Marion Ball at 205-399-9121.
BLOOD DRIVE AT PCMC ON SEPT. 24Pickens County Medical Center will hold an American
Red Cross blood drive on Sept. 24, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.Bring a photo ID. To make an appointment, go to www.red-crossblood.org.
TUSCALOOSA ALUMNI CHAPTER OFALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY TO MEET
The Tuscaloosa Alumni Chapter of Alabama State Uni-versity is hosting an alumni reception on Tuesday, Sept. 24,at 5 p.m. at the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church Fel-lowship Hall at 3535 Stillman Boulevard. Contact LouiseLewis at 205-339-4981 or [email protected] business meeting will follow the reception.
OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE TOHOLD SESSION AT GORDO CITY HALL
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will be hosting anopen house free to the public at the Gordo City Hall on Sept.24, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Osher Lifelong Learning In-stitute is a membership program that provides seasonedadults with opportunities for intellectual stimulation, culturaldevelopment, and social interaction. The open house willhighlight the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Fall courseoptions. All are welcome to attend. Come find out what life-long learning has in store for you!
COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTORGANIZATION TO MEET SEPT. 25
The Pickens County workforce development organizationwill meet on Sept. 25 at Bevill State College in Carrollton at1:30 p.m. All interested citizens are invited to attend.
BRITCHES AND BOWS CHILDREN’SCLOTHING SALE AT PCMC
Britches and Bows will be selling children’s clothing andaccessories at Pickens County Medical Center on Wednes-day, Sept. 25, from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m., and on Thursday, Sept.26, from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the projectsand services of the Pickens County Medical Center Volunteer
Auxiliary.R.J. KIRKSEY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1970
QUARTERLY FELLOWSHIP MEETINGThe R. J. Kirksey High School Class of 1970 quarterly
fellowship meeting will be Friday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. at Car-men’s Catering, located at 12B Third Avenue NW Aliceville.The meeting is hosted by Deborah W. Hughes.
TYNER REUNIONThe Tyner reunion will be held at the Zion Community
Center on Sept. 28, at 11 a.m. The center is located eightmiles north of Gordo.
REGISTRATION FOR WEST ALABAMAMOBILE FOOD PANTRY
Registration for the West Alabama Mobile Food Pantrywill be at the Aliceville Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 1,from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Aliceville Senior Citizen ActivityRoom (downstairs at the Library). You must bring proof ofincome. Registration will close after 200 are registered.
HEART WALK/5K RUN/FAMILY FUN DAY IN GORDO
The local chapter of the American Heart Association willhold its annual Heart Walk, 5K Run and Family Fun Day onSaturday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Gordo CityPark. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Following the walk/run, there will be team games, grilled chicken tender sand-wiches and hamburger lunches available for $5. You maypurchase memorial and tribute balloons for $5. The balloonswill be released at the closing ceremony of the event. Com-fort color T-shirts are available for purchase in neon pink andgrey. (Small and extra large shirts are $15; 2XL and 3XL are$18; and there are 4XL available in gildan for $18.) All pro-ceeds benefit the American Heart Association. For more in-formation, contact Tammy Hall at 205-399-0867.
PINK OUT DAY AND NIGHT AT AHSOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Aliceville
High School will begin honoring the survivors and remem-bering the fallen at the annual Pink Out Day and Night onFriday, Oct. 4. All faculty and students are asked to pleasewear their favorite breast cancer T-shirt or any pink shirt. Atthe Oct. 4th football game, all fans are asked to please weartheir favorite Breast Cancer T-Shirt or a pink shirt. At halftime the AHS band will play some special music as studentshonor the survivors and the fallen with a balloon release. OnWednesday, Oct 9, AHS will have the annual Breast CancerAwareness Program at 9:30 a.m.. The community is invitedto attend.
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Michelle Kirk of Gordo announces the engagement of herdaughter Brandy Driver to Joey Martinez, son of James andKim Plowman of Gordo.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Jerry and DotDriver of Gordo and the late Joyce Dunn of Carrollton.
She is a 2011 graduate of Gordo High School and a currentstudent at Bevill State Community College, finishing a degreein business administration. She is employed part time withthe District Attorney’s office.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Gerald andJoyce Mosser of Ohio, Linda Mosser of Ohio and the lateRuthie Starnes of Gordo.
He is a 2009 graduate of Gordo High School and attendedShelton State Community College where he received an As-sociate’s degree in electrical technology. He is employed bySouthern Heading and Cooling in Gordo.
The wedding will be at 2 p.m. on Oct. 5, 2013 at Flat-woods Baptist Church in Gordo. No local invitations will besent; all family and friends are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McDaniel of Carrollton are pleasedto announce the engagement of their daughter Kendall Lynn-Marie McDaniel to Samuel Kirt Junkin, son of Stephen andAlice Junkin of Carrollton.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.Henry O. McDaniel of Carrollton, Linda Heiselman ofRiceville, TN and the late Thomas J. Heiselman.
She is a 2006 graduate of Pickens Academy and attendedthe University of Alabama where she received a bachelor’sdegree in Civil Engineering. She is employed by the Depart-ment of Justice.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Louise Nolandof Carrollton and the late G.B. Noland, Helen Junkin andKirt Junkin.
He is a 2000 graduate of Pickens Academy and employedby the Department of Justice.
The wedding will be held on October 12, 2013 in GulfShores, Ala.
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Kasey Carter and Keith Livingston, together with theirfamilies, are pleased to announce their wedding, to be heldSept. 28, 2013 at Friendship Baptist Church near Reform.
The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m., with a reception to fol-low. Please share with this couple and their families as theybecome one.
Driver, Martinez McDaniel, Junkin Carter, LivingstonBrandy Driver and Joey Martinez Kendall McDaniel and Samuel Junkin Keith Livingston and Kasey Carter
Slated for October 12-13,the Annual Tour of Homes inGreene County, Ala. is amuch looked forward toevent. Centered aroundEutaw, the Gateway to theBlack Belt, the Tour offers aglimpse into the past. Manyolder homes, some dating asfar back as the 1820s are lo-cated in Eutaw and the own-ers make special efforts tomaintain and preserve themjust as they were “back then.”
There are also several Vic-torian Era homes in Eutawthat bridge the time between
pre-Civil War to the present.These homes are also ex-tremely fine examples of pe-riod architecture and design.
The Greene County His-torical Society works veryhard to put this Tour togethereach year.
The Society’s headquar-ters is located in the center ofEutaw in the Vaughn-Mor-row House, itself a very his-toric old home, on StateHighway 14 as you comeinto Eutaw off Interstate59/20. Take Exit 40 and fol-low the signs to Eutaw, onlya very few miles. The Tour is
not a walking tour, but all thehomes are easily accessiblein private automobiles.
The homes featured on theTour this year are exceptionaland visiting them is wellworth the price of admission.Adult tickets are $20 andchildren under 12 are $10.Tickets for larger groups, 10or more visitors, are only $15each. Lunches, books, an-tique artifacts, as well as TourTickets can be purchased atthe Society’s headquarters.
GORDO ROTARY CLUB MAKES DONATION TO GORDO BAND --- The GordoRotary Club recently presented a donation of $100 to the Gordo High School InteractClub. Left to right are Club President Craig Patterson; Interact Club sponsor ShawnMcDaniel; and GHS Principal Mark Capps.
GORDO ROTARY CLUB MAKES DONATION TO GORDO HOSA CLUB --- TheGordo Rotary Club recently presented a donation of $300 to the Gordo High SchoolHOSA Club. Left to right are Club President Craig Patterson; instructor Kim Junkin;and GHS Principal Mark Capps.
POSTHUMOUSLY NAMED TO SOCIAL WORK HALL OF FAME --- Ronnie Colvin,right, accepts an award on behalf of his late mother Lois Robison of Carrollton whowas recently inducted into the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame. Presenting theaward on Sept. 13 at the Indian Hills Country Club is Dr. Lucinda Roff, Dean of theSchool of Social Work at the University of Alabama.
HEALTH SCHOLARS SEE EXHIBIT IN ATLANTA --- Eleventh graders from GordoHigh School, Pickens County High School, Aliceville High School and Pickens Acad-emy who are in the Pickens County Health Scholars program traveled to Atlanta tosee the Your Amazing Body exhibit on Sept. 11. Also traveling with them were highschool students from Hale and Fayette Counties, Rural Medical Scholars from theRural Community Scholars Program, and the program staff and teachers from allthree counties and also at The University of Alabama.
Greene County Tourof Homes is Oct. 12-13
Saturday, October 5, 2013 Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Gordo City Park
Following the walk/run, we will have Team Games & Grilled Chicken Tender sandwiches and Hamburger lunches available for $5.00.
Purchase Memorial and Tribute Balloons for $5.00
Balloons will be released at the closing ceremony of the event on Saturday,
October 5, 2013.
Comfort Color T-Shirts are available for purchase in two colors:
Neon Pink and Grey
Small-Xlarge - $15 2XL - 3XL $18
(4XL available in Gildan - $18)
For more information, contact Tammy Hall @ 205-399-0867
All proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.
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