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By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - Voters in Marion Countywill go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4, tomake selections in races such as the gover-nor’s race, members of the Legislature, sher-iff and county commission, as well asseveral state amendment races.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.throughout the county for thegeneral election, the first torequire photo identificationstatewide and new votingtabulation machines in Mar-ion County. Those machinewill require an oval to befilled instead of completingan arrow.

Voter turnout is expectedto be low for a general elec-tion. Some local candidateshave noted they have had ahard time gauging how theystand as there has been so lit-tle talk in Marion Countyabout the elections.

Outside of some fire de-partment gatherings, nomajor debates nor politicalrallies in the county wereever held. With 15 of 28races with no opposition butwrite-ins, few political cam-paign visits were made in re-cent weeks outside offestivals or other standingevents.

Five of nine county posi-tions will no opposition but

write-ins, leaving only three commissionseats and a sheriff to decide.

Voters will be allowed to vote straightparty tickets at the top of the ballot for De-mocrats or Republicans. They may alsohave a write-in vote in each candidate race,including those with no party opposition.

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Hamilton’s Buttahatchee River FallFest on Saturday, Oct. 25, offeredloads of fun, entertainment, shop-ping and history for attendees of allages. Shown are (from top) Proudparents taking advantage of a photoopportunity, crowds packing thenewly revitalized downtown area,First Born Sons’ Conner Nix (left) onbass and Cody Bass on electric gui-tar performing a behind-the-backrendition of “Free Bird” and Civil Warliving historians Hugh Horton (left)and Randy Brown, both of Winfield,who spoke with visitors at the Hamil-ton Sullins-House. For more on the2014 Buttatchee River Fall Fest,please see Michael E. Palmer’sphoto review of the festival on page2 and Ed Howell’s stories on page 3.

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HAMILTON - Veterans will be honoredthroughout Marion County during the nextcouple of weeks with Veterans Day pro-grams at area high schools and Bevill StateCommunity College-Hamilton.

The official Veterans Day holiday thisyear is Monday, Nov. 11.

All area veterans are cordially invited toattend the Veterans Day program at theirlocal high school and at Bevill State.

Program times and locations are as fol-lows:

Tuesday, Nov. 4• Bevill State - 12:15 p.m. - Bear’s Den.

Thursday, Nov. 6

• Phillips High School in Bear Creek -8:30 a.m. - High school gymnasium;

Monday, Nov. 10• Hackleburg High School - 9 a.m. - at

the First Baptist Church in Hackleburg;• Brilliant High School - 10 a.m. - gym-

nasium, with refreshments served for veter-ans following the program;

• Marion County High School in Guin- 10 a.m. - All-purpose room;

• Hamilton High School - 10:45 a.m. -old gym, with a reception for veterans from10 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. in the high schoollibrary; and

• Winfield City High School - 9:30 a.m.- gymnasium.

n One other injured in Oct. 28 accident

By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - One man waskilled and another injured in thewake of a Tuesday, Oct. 28, log-ging accident, Marion CountySheriff Kevin Williams said lateWednesday afternoon, Oct. 29.

John L. Skinner, 73, of Hamil-ton died at North Mississippi Med-ical Center in Tupelo, Miss.,

Williams said, although he did notknow the exact time he died nor hisage. An obituary from HamiltonFuneral Home said Skinner died atthe hospital on Oct. 29.

“He is from that area up there,off County Road 73, Williams said.

Marion County Coroner RandyJackson could not be reached forcomment on Oct. 29. However,two deputies did come to the sceneto investigate and a report wasfiled, Williams said. Chief deputyJeff Davis also took photos.

The incident happened on Tues-day, Oct. 29, in the timeframe of11:30-11:45 a.m. on County Road73 and a half-mile north of CountyRoad 20, near the Shiloh Commu-

nity. “We received a 911 call about a

logging accident just north ofCounty Road 20 on County High-way 73. Deputies arrived and sawa white male laying on the ground,not responding but still breathing.”

The logging company involvedwas Kelly Logging, whose crewslive and operate off County Road34 (Cherry Hill Road) in MarionCounty, Williams said.

Skinner “was not helping them.He just pulled up and got out justto check on them,” he said. “Oneof the witnesses said Mr. Skinneralways comes around when theyare logging in the area, just to sayhello and talk. He just came up to

talk to them.”Williams said Skinner was

standing next to an area where theywere loading some logs onto atrailer. A skidder--a heavy vehicleused for transporting trees from acutting site to a landing site-- wasbeing used.

“The big end of the log gothung,” he said. “The small end ofthe log kicked around, causing thebig end of the log to come looseand hit Mr. Skinner in the side ofthe head, knocking him to theground.” Skinner was later airlifted

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Bystander killed in logging accident

SCHOOL VETERANS DAY PROGRAMS

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See ELECTION on page 5.

See ACCIDENT on page 5.

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Having a Blast at the Buttahatchee River Fall FestRecord crowds and vendor booths packed the beautiful new downtown streets of Hamilton onSaturday, Oct. 25, for the Buttahatchee River Fall Fest. Attendees enjoyed a great variety of en-tertainment and activities that included a Kiwanas 5K run, stage bands, games, automobileshows, and a multitude of other offerings spread out across the city’s streets. Miss HamiltonJanna Carruth emceed the stage events. The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama Bird Clan per-formed traditional Native American songs and dances. Members of Energy Dance Zumba Fitnessdemonstrated their technique to an amazed crowed. “In the nine-year history of the festival, thiswas the largest in terms of attendees and vendors,” said Hamilton Area Chamber of CommercePresident Marla Minter. “The festival was a tremendous success,” she said.

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Bobby E.Burlesonhas served his

community for the lasttwenty years. He hasworked diligently andwithout partisanship toprovide better jobs and

roads, clean water, economic growth through C3, and

support for school, fire departments, andrescue squads in his District. As District

5 Commissioner, Bobby E. Burlesonwill continue serving all residents of hisDistrict through projects like the recentresurfacing of County Road 61, the PeaRidge Clean Water Expansion, and theongoing modernization of our countyairport. He will also continue to assist

our volunteers with the purchase of newand better fire and rescue equipment.Vote Bobby E. Burleson for District 5

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HAMILTON - Atten-dance of the first Butta-hatchee River Fall Fest intwo years swelled on Satur-day, Oct. 25, as good weatherand late times for collegefootball games brought outthe largest crowds many re-called seeing for the event.

The Hamilton AreaChamber of Commerce spon-sored the event, with fewproblems reported for theday.

Chamber president MarlaMinter on Tuesday, Oct. 28,called this year’s edition ofthe festival “the largest ever,not only in attendance but inparticipation in the form ofvendors, sections, etc.” Thefestival started early in themorning and was closed outby mid-afternoon.

“It was a good Saturday.Everything went very well,”she said, saying the key washaving good volunteers.

She said the festival wasmore spread out geographi-cally than she could ever re-call. With Western Auto nowtorn down, that entire blockwas utilized for the festival,she said. Booth sales weregreat.

“We sold every booth wehad. I’m not sure we can ex-pand that a whole lot, butthere is a possibility we can,”she said.

No attendance figureswere available, she said, al-though she said probably 200people volunteered to helpput on the festival, which re-turned after a one-year hiatusbecause of construction lastyear for downtown revitaliza-tion.

She also mentioned the“tremendous job done” byfestival coordinator JohnBoyett. “He spend countlesshours over the past fewmonths putting the event to-gether. John was our key tosuccess,” Minter said.

Vendor sections sold out,going into overflow, she said.

Parking was more chal-lenging than many peoplecould remember, with someparked a few blocks from theevent.

“The football stadiumparking lot was full. A lot ofpeople at the middle schoolwere coming across,” shesaid, noting people were hes-itant to cross Military Street.“They will park six blocksfrom the west or south.” 

Helping attendance, be-sides excellent weather, wasthe fact that Alabama andAuburn both started theirgames at 6:30 p.m. that night,Minter said.

“It was the perfect storm,plus the fact we had been offfor a year,” she said, as wellas people looking forward toseeing the results of down-town revitalization as well asadded or upgraded sectionsof the festival.

Merchants were mixed inreaction, she said. “Some didcartwheels,” while other saidthey only had a good day, nota great day. Moving the stagefrom uptown to further southwas blamed by some for lessfoot traffic. She said chamberofficials will look at it again,

but “I think it really worksout” to have the stage southof its old location.

She said loading and un-loading vendors had been aconcern with the new bul-bouts that jut into the streetafter downtown revitaliza-tion. However, she said itturned out to be one of theeasiest years for loading andunloading, possibly becausethe event is more spread out.

More street space wasmarked off this year, particu-larly with Aggie Avenue infront of Hamilton HighSchool being blocked off forthe first time to make way formore entries in the car show.

“We knew going in if wehad a pretty day we wouldhave more cars than we knewwhat to do with,” Mintersaid, noting the event hadbeen promoted at other carshows since April and thatthe motorcycle events wouldalso take up space.

“We hate to do that be-cause that is a major thor-oughfare for anyone comingto the festival,” but the festi-val has grown to the pointextra precautions wereneeded, she said.

While the traffic wasblocked from Military Streetto Second Street, next yearthe barricade may go up atThird Street, entering behindcity hall, for more room.

“We may have to get allthe cars in,” she said. “It’sprobably one of the largestcar shows in Northwest Ala-bama.”

Minter thanked manybusiness owners in generalfor the use of their property,and gave a special thank youto the First Baptist Church ofHamilton for its cooperationin the use of its lot just northof the church. She said she

had volunteered assurancesthe chamber would leave thechurch property as good asthe chamber found it and thatthe chamber had temporarilyleft up one of the circuitboards if it was needed.

She said for next year,there may be some discus-sions about moving theEchota Indian area to theHamilton-Sullins House toconsolidate history exhibits,especially as it would givethem a more grassy area. Shesaid growth of the overallfestival may also requiresome shuttling of peoplefrom parking areas, such assome of the shopping centerlots.

Several of the sectionshave the potential for biggrowth in the future, she said.

By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - Here is abreakdown Hamilton AreaChamber of Commerce Pres-ident Marla Minter gave forhow sections did at the 2014Buttahatchee River Fall Feston Oct. 25: 

Car showThe car show was the

largest ever at the festival,with 108 vehicles, she said,with participants comingfrom Tennessee, Mississippiand Alabama, with the far-thest participant coming fromClarksville, Tenn., four hoursaway.

The following car showwinners were released:

• Best Paint: Durrell Lol-lar, Mooreville, Miss., 1952Studebaker.

• Best Interior: WaynePeppers, Phil Campbell,1962 Pontiac Grand Prix.

• Best Engine: WalterRobinson, Tupelo, Miss.,1968 Ford Ranger.

• Best Production Car:Carl Lewis, Jasper, 1999 ply-mouth Prowler.

• Best Production Truck:James Elkins, hometown un-known, 1972 Chevy SuperC-10.

• Best Modified Car:Tom McRae, Hamilton,1936 five-window ClubSedan Packard.

• Best Modified Truck:Kevin Phillips, Columbus,Miss., 1940 Ford Pickup.

• Best Street Rod: RexPinkard, Russellville, 1933Chrysler Convertible.

• Chamber Choice:Debby Rasco, Clarksville,Tenn., 1965 VolkswagenMaxi Taxi.

• Ladies Choice: Tomand Linda Danielowicz, Flo-rence, 2014 Chevy CorvetteC-7.

Fox 6 also sent its stormtracker vehicle to be dis-played for three hours, withthe station giving weatherforecasts a couple of days inadvance that were tied in tothe event. They also men-tioned the event over theweekend.

MotorcyclesDream Riders Biking for

Children, Chapter F, hosted amotorcycle “dice run” andmotorcycle show, with bene-fits going to Kinley Gal-breath, who is undergoingtreatment for EnterovirusD68 at Children's of Alabamain Birmingham. A total of 75riders raised more than$3,700, with riders comingfrom Mississippi clubs inHouston, Baldwin andAmory, as well as Alabamaclubs in Guin and Jasper.

“The majority of their at-tendees probably came infrom out of state,” she said.

The ride was held thatmorning, going to Guin andWinfield. Winners from thedice run donated their win-nings back to Kinley Gal-breath, Minter said.

Minter quoted riders assaying this was “one of themost organized, easiest andenjoyable ride they had beenon in a long time, and theywere looking forward to par-ticipating next year. They areplanning on coming back andbeing a part of Fall Fest nextyear. It’s a welcome additionto our festival.” 

The group typically raisesmoney for needs addressingchildren, she said.

TractorsFive tractors competed in

the tractor competition. DaleReece of Hamilton won theChamber Choice Awardwhile Jackie Isom won firstand third place with differenttractors. Teddy Sullens wonsecond place.

Fall Fest RunMinter quoted Dr. Jeff

Harrison, who coordinated

HAMILTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Fall Fest sections did welln Minter breaks down how each section did

HAMILTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Fall Fest swells in crowds, goes welln Good weather, late games bring out people for event

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By TRACY ESTESNews Editor

Questions have surfaced in MarionCounty concerning if the amendment setto appear on the general election balloton November 4 involving funds for ar-mories could assist in the construction ofa new facility in Hamilton.

According to information from stateofficials with the Alabama NationalGuard, such will not be the case.

If approved by voters in the statewidereferendum, Amendment 2 would pro-vide $50 million in new funding for plan-ning, construction and the maintenanceof armories across the state.

Construction, as noted in the ballotreferendum, refers to needed work on anyexisting facilities.

The state funding would be matchedby federal funds to push the total to $100million.

Funds at the state level would be gen-erated with the issuance of bonds to berepaid over the next 20 years.

Funds would be forwarded to the Ar-mory Commission of Alabama with pro-ceeds from the Alabama Trust Fundsused to pay back the monies over the 20-year life of the note.

The state trust fund is funded throughrevenues from oil and gas production inthe Gulf of Mexico.

The amendment will have no directimpact on the taxes paid by Alabama res-idents as the funds used to pay for thebond issue would simply be redirectedwithin the trust fund.

Payments for the bonds would totalabout $3.7 million per year over 20years.

This redirection of funds may serve tolessen interest income for the state andlocal governments, which are often paidfrom the trust fund.

“None of these monies would be usedfor construction of the Hamilton head-quarters,’’ said Lt. Col. Shannon Hancockwith the Alabama National Guard in aninterview with the Journal Record.

Hancock said construction of a newheadquarters for the 877th EngineersBattalion in Hamilton would require bothstate and federal funding.

“There is no federal funding pro-grammed for the Hamilton project in theupcoming years’ federal budget,’’ Han-cock added.

“The original design was a directeddesign added by our Congress.’’

Hancock confirmed that the originalcost estimate for the Hamilton projectwas just under $13.5 million.

The design calls for the new facilityto have more than 52,000 primary squarefeet and an additional 10,000 in square

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Actual copies of the ballotcan be viewed at alaba-mavotes.gov, a site run by theAlabama Secretary of State’sOffice which also has otherelection information.

The governor’s race usu-ally draws people to thepolls, but this year the Re-publican incumbent, RobertBentley, is 38 points ahead ina late October CBSNews/New York Times pollagainst Democrat ParkerGriffith, putting Bentley at 63percent. Widespread expecta-tions of a Bentley victory islikely to decrease turnoutthroughout the states.

Marion County andNorthwest Alabama has fac-tored into the race, as Bentleyhas heavily used the recruit-ment and rebuilding of theWrangler plant in Hackle-burg, owned by VF, as evi-dence of his work inindustrial recruitment. Bent-ley played a role in convinc-ing the company to stay inHackleburg in the wake ofthe 2011 tornado that de-stroyed VF’s company’s dis-tribution warehouse there.

Also, according to al.comon Oct. 26, Griffith hascharged Bentley’s son, PaulBentley, made profits fromselling fuel to state agenciesin Walker and Winston coun-ties through his oil company.The former owner of HenryOil, Bob Reed of Jasper, de-nied that the 2012 contractscited by Griffith had anythingto do with Paul Bentley.Henry Oil later merged withPaul Bentley’s company.

Both candidates havecampaigned in the county.

Republican Lt. Gov. KayIvey is running for re-elec-tion against Democrat JamesC. Fields, Jr., while U.S.Sen. Jeff Sessions and U.S.Rep. Robert Aderholt, bothRepublicans, are running

only against write-in opposi-tion.

Attorney General LutherStrange is running for re-election against state Rep.Joe Hubbard, a Democrat.The race has been wellfunded on both sides and isbeing closely watched.

There has been some con-fusion in the attorney gen-eral’s race with the recentindictment against HouseSpeaker Mike Hubbard, acase in which Strange has re-cused himself from. Joe Hub-bard’s campaign said the twoHubbards are not related toeach other.

Legislative districtlines change

Marion County Commis-sioner Don Barnwell is leav-ing his post after 24 years torun as a Democrat againststate Rep. Mike Millican, R-Hamilton, in the House Dis-trict 17 race. Millican hasserved for 24 years in theLegislature, as he was firstelected in 1990.

In the wake of recent re-districting, the district ispicking up new areas in northLamar County but will re-main the same in MarionCounty. The district will alsokeep some of WinstonCounty.

The redistricting effecthas been more confusing inthe Senate. State Sen. RogerBedford, D-Russellville,faces opposition from an ap-pointed Republican candi-date, Dr. Larry Stutts. Stutts,who lives between Tus-cumbia and Colbert Heights,is an obstetrician and gyne-cologist in Sheffield.

Both Bedford and Stuttshave heavily campaigned inthe district and in MarionCounty, and some Republi-can officials are anticipatinga tight race.

Bedford’s District 6 washeavily redrawn, which tooka large section of eastern

Marion County for District 4,held by state Sen. Paul Buss-man, R-Cullman. Bussmanwill run against DemocratAngelo “Doc” Mancuso ofCourtland, who is a dermato-logic surgeon and formermember of the AlabamaHouse of Representatives.Voters in Hackleburg, BearCreek and areas in that east-ern area will vote in the Dis-trict 4 race but not in District6.

A number of state judicialraces will only feature Re-publicans running againstwrite-in votes. The GOP can-didates include Greg Shaw,associate justice for Place 1of the Alabama SupremeCourt; William C. “Bill”Thompson, Court of CivilAppeals, Place 1; Scott Don-aldson, Court of Civil Ap-peals, Place No. 2; Mary B.Windom, Court of CriminalAppeals, Place No. 1; andBeth Kellum, Court of Crim-inal Appeals, Place No. 2.

The secretary of state racehas no incumbents, leavingRepublican state Rep. JohnMerrill, R-Tuscaloosa, to runagainst Democrat Lula Al-bert-Kaigler, who al.com re-ports has not even raised$1,000. Merrill has raised alarge war chest of funds andhas said he has visited everycounty twice.

State treasurer YoungBoozer, a Republican, onlyfaces write-in votes. Democ-rat Miranda Karrine Josephwill face Republican Jim Zei-gler for the state auditor post.John McMillan, the incum-bent Republican commis-sioner of the stateDepartment of Agricultureand Industries, will face De-mocrat Doug “New Blue”Smith.

Two Republicans are un-opposed for the Public Serv-ice Commission: Jeremy H.Oden in Place 1 and Chris“Chip” Beeker Jr. in Place 2.Oden is an incumbent.

Marion Countyraces

Three contested races forthe Marion County Commis-sion will be on the ballot.District 1 commissionerKenny Jackson and District 4commissioner Mike Davis,both incumbents, face no op-position. All current mem-bers of the commission areDemocrats.

The contested races, aswell as the sheriff’s race be-tween incumbent DemocratKevin Williams and Republi-can Kenny Hallmark, Hack-leburg’s police chief, arebeing watched to see if Re-publicans can continue mak-ing inroads seen in recentelections on judicial countyseats and one seat on theMarion County Board of Ed-ucation.

At one point last year, Al-abama Republican PartyChairman Bill Armisteadsaid a top goal for the stateparty was to target sheriffraces where Democrats werestill in charge.

District 2 will feature in-cumbent Eddie Byrd versusRepublican KennethCochran, who met in a bitter,contested Democratic pri-mary four years ago, withByrd winning by only ahandful of votes. Cochranshowed up at the first day ofDemocratic qualifying thisyear without signing papers,but later decided to join theRepublican Party, winningthe primary for that seat.

With Barnwell running forthe House, District 3 willhave a new member. Democ-rat David Elrod and Republi-can Roger Knight will run forthe seat. In District 4, incum-bent Bobby Burleson willface Republican Keith Boze-man.

Revenue commissionerBarbara Harrison Cooper andcoroner Randy Jackson, bothDemocrats, will run onlyagainst write-in opposition.

Daryl Weatherly, a Republi-can, also faces no oppositionin a District 1 race for thecounty board of education.

AmendmentsFive state amendments

will also be on the ballot.Amendment 1 would prohibitapplying foreign laws to thestate. Amendment 2 wouldprovide funds from the Ala-bama Trust Fund to constructand maintain Alabama Na-tional Guard armories.Amendment 3 would insurethe right to bear arms.Amendment 4 would requirea two-thirds vote in the Leg-islature for unfunded man-dates on school boardscosting at least $50,000.Amendment 5 would clarifypeople have the right to hunt,fish and harvest wildlife.

To complain of election abusesMeanwhile, Assistant U.S.

Attorney Pat Meadows will

serve as the district electionofficer for the Northern Dis-trict of Alabama, overseeingcomplaints in the district ofelection fraud and votingrights abuses, in consultationwith Justice DepartmentMeadows will be on duty inthe Northern District whilethe polls are open. The publiccan reach him at 244-2001.

FBI agents will also beavailable to receive allega-tions of election fraud andother election abuses. Thephone number for the Birm-ingham FBI field office is326-6166.

Complaints about possibleviolations of the federal vot-ing rights laws can be madedirectly to the Civil RightsDivision's Voting Section inWashington, D.C., by phoneat 1-800-253-3931 or (202)307-3961, by e-mail to [email protected] or bycomplaint form athttp://www.justice.gov/crt/complaint/votintake/index.php.

to the Tupelo hospital. Another man, T.J. Hatton,

was also there talking to Mr.Skinner. He was hit in the leg

by a log and was transportedto Russellville Hospital. Noother details about Hatton norhis condition were available,Williams said.

Williams, who did not goto the scene, did not know

how close the men were tothe logging operation.

The incident has beenlisted as a logging accident.“There was no negligencethat we can tell” from the in-vestigation conducted bysheriff’s deputies, Williams

said.According to the obituary,

funeral services were to beheld on Friday, Oct. 31, atHackleburg Freewill BaptistChurch in Hackleburg, withburial following at NewHope Cemetery in Hamilton.

By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - TheHamilton City Council ap-pears close to approving along list of equipment needsin its Fiscal 2015 budget, in-cluding new police vehiclesand handicapped parking forcity ballfields. Roof repairsfor the rec center, however,may need to come from thecity’s new $8 million bondissue.

New adjustments to thebudget in recent days maystill trim some of those items,but it is clear much will stillbe approved.

It was not clear at firstduring an Oct. 6 budget ses-sion what had been added, if

anything, from $491,500 inneeds listed by the recreationdepartment. The recreationdepartment’s wish list hadbeen by far the most exten-sive of any department

However, city clerk JanWilliams said that $80,000 isput in the recreation budgetfor repairs and maintenance,which is where $40,000 inhandicapped parking issuescan be addressed, helping thecity in turn to eventuallyapply again for park grants.

Another $30,000 is put inthe budget for equipment. Assuch, it was later determinedthat a four-wheel drive truckat $20,000 were covered inthe budget.

That would leave morethan a dozen other recreationwish list items to possibly de-

pend on whether they werepaid for with bond money.

If roof repairs--estimatedat $50,000 for the gym areaand $120,000 for the entirerec center--are to be done,“you are probably going tohave to do it out of the bondmoney,” Jan Williams said.

Park and recreation direc-tor Larry Armstrong listedthe following on his original$491,500 wish list: Roof re-pairs over the gymnasium areat the rec center, $50,000;handicapped needs at parkballfields, $40,000; gymcooling and heating units(which are now outdated inthe gymnasium), $30,000;four-wheel drive truck (as the

HAMILTON COUNCIL

Police cars, parkingfor disabled in budgetn Rec center roof repairs may have

to come from bond issue money

7/03/1978 - 12/01/2014

You are cordially invited to aRetirement Reception

Honoring

Libby EstesFor her 36 years of service to

The Water Works & Sewer Boardof the City of Winfield

Sunday, November 9th, 20142:00 - 4:00 p.m.

The Pastime Civic Center(across from City Hall)

ELECTION(Continued from front page)

Pd. Pol. Adv. by Don Barnwell, 1138 Georgia Circle, Hackleburg, AL 35564

With Don Barnwell as your next District 17 State Representative,

THERE IS HOPE!Don Barnwell Will Help Deliver

1. JOBS • Jobs and job growth are veryimportant for Marion, Lamar and Winston

counties. More businesses are closing rather thanprospering, affecting the lives of the people inDistrict 17. Don will work with the leaders of

District 17 to bring jobs to our district.

2. EDUCATION • Don will work with theeducation system to help produce students readyfor the workforce. This will play a major role in

bringing more jobs to District 17 and theState of Alabama. Let’s work together to make

sure every child has the opportunity toachieve their dreams.

3. INFRASTRUCTURE • Don will work withthe Governor and other state leaders to improvethe city streets and county roads in District 17.

They have been neglected for a long time.

4. TERM LIMITS • 2-3 Terms

On Tuesday, November 4th, Remember DON BARNWELL

forState Representative, District 17

Marion, Lamar, and Winston counties.

DON ONEis the

ACCIDENT(Continued from front page)

See BUDGET on page 9.

BAPTISTPLEASANT GROVE

BAPTIST4550 County Hwy. 42Hamilton, 921-9377PLEASANT HILL

FREE WILL BAPTISTHackleburg, 935-3764PLEASANT RIDGE

FREE WILL BAPTIST515 Rideout Falls Rd.Hamilton, 921-2337

POPLAR LOG FREE WILL BAPTIST

Hamilton, 952-9066PRIMERA IGLESIA

BAPTISTAHamilton, 921-1292

ROCKY GROVE FREE WILL BAPTIST

840 Sentry St.Hamilton, 921-5045SHILOH BAPTIST

1920 County Hwy. 41Hamilton, 921-0958SOUTH HAMILTON

BAPTIST1805 Military St. S.Hamilton, 921-7358

TRINITY FREE WILLBAPTIST

2588 Bankhead Hwy.,Winfield

UNION CHAPEL FREE WILL BAPTIST235 Union Chapel Rd.,

WinfieldUNION HILL

FREE WILL BAPTIST29211 St. Hwy. 253,

HackleburgWINFIELD FREE WILL

BAPTIST1960 U.S. Hwy. 43,Winfield, 487-6548

ZION MISSIONARYBAPTIST

1960 State Hwy. 253Winfield, 487-3690

CATHOLICHOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC

2710 U.S. Hwy. 43,Winfield, 487-3616

CHRISTIANGRACE CHRISTIAN

225 Bexar Ave. E.Hamilton, 921-7277

CHURCH OF CHRISTBEAR CREEK

CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 13, Bear Creek

BETHEL CHURCH OFCHRIST

12330 State Hwy. 233, Bril-liant

BRILLIANT CHURCH OF CHRIST

930 Main St.Brilliant, 465-9142BROCK CHURCH

OF CHRIST3005 County Hwy. 70,

BrilliantBURLESON

CHURCH OF CHRIST10655 U.S. Hwy. 278Hamilton, 921-9417

CENTRAL CHURCHOF CHRIST

5898 State Hwy. 233Brilliant, 465-9477

CHERRY HILL CHURCH OF CHRIST

County Hwy. 25Hamilton, 412-2976

CHURCH OF CHRISTHackleburg, 935-8332CHURCH OF CHRIST

151 Apache St.,Winfield, 487-2926

CHURCH OF CHRIST AT NORTHSIDE

State Hwy. 129, Brilliant

EAST WINFIELD CHURCH OF CHRIST3191 Hwy. 129 North,

WinfieldGLEN ALLEN

CHURCH OF CHRISTCounty Road 73, Glen Allen

GOLDMINECHURCH OF CHRIST11674 State Hwy. 129

Brilliant, 465-2439GUIN CHURCH OF CHRIST

Guin, 468-3520GU-WIN CHURCH OF

CHRISTU.S. Hwy. 43, Gu-Win

HAMILTON CHURCH OF CHRIST

2376 Military St. S.Hamilton, 921-3232HUBBERTVILLE

CHURCH OF CHRIST741 State Hwy. 129, Fayette

MOUNTAIN HOME CHURCH OF CHRIST

9485 State Hwy. 241, BearCreek

MT. VIEWCHURCH OF CHRIST

6344 State Hwy. 187, Hodges

NEW HOPE CHURCH OF CHRIST2644 County Hwy. 250

Guin, 468-2922PINEY GROVE

CHURCH OF CHRIST15027 State Hwy. 129,

BrilliantPINEY GROVE

CHURCH OF CHRISTWinfield, 487-5272

PINEY GROVECHURCH OF CHRIST731 County Road 65,

Glen AllenTIDWELL CHAPEL

CHURCH OF CHRIST6758 County Road 24,

Glen AllenTIDWELL CHAPEL

CHURCH OF CHRISTWinfield, 487-4836WEST HAMILTON

CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 74 – Corner of

Bexar Ave. Wand Remington

Hamilton, 921-2338WHITE ROCK

CHURCH OF CHRIST321 Swanigan Dr.WHITES CHAPEL

CHURCH OF CHRIST16474 County Road 53,

Glen AllenWHITE’S CHAPEL

CHURCH OF CHRIST5121 County Road 24

Winfield, 487-4112

CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GOD

10167 State Hwy. 129Brilliant, 465-9280CHURCH OF GOD

OF NORTH CAROLINA12024 State Hwy. 19Hamilton, 921-3701 CHURCH OF GOD

OF PROPHECY9731 State Hwy. 172

Hackleburg, 935-3549FULL GOSPEL

CHURCH OF GOD386 Legion St., Brilliant

GUIN CHURCH OF GOD8500 U.S. Hwy. 43

Guin, 468-2731HAMILTON CHURCH OF

GOD1716 Military Trail, Hamilton

HAPPY HILLCHURCH OF GOD606 County Rd. 20Hamilton, 921-4822

[email protected]

(Bus.) 468-3341

1-800-295-3341

135 11th Ave. • Guin

www.alexandershtgac.com

We Service All Brands

ALEXANDER’S

Bear Creek, Alabama

1-205-486-3667

Commercial, Utility, Residential2980 US Hwy 43PO Box 1323Winfield, AL 35594

PhoneOffice 205-487-5297Fax 205-487-5237Cell 205-413-4003Email: [email protected]

C.F.S.P

Sponsored byCOUNTRY CORNER HARDWARE & FEED

Steve & Pam Pollard169 Hwy 278PO Box 1068

Guin, AL 35563(205) 468-3434(205) 468-2218

David A. HallAgency President

Nationwide Insurance138 1st Street NWHamilton, AL 35570Tel 205-921-9215Fax 205-921-2518

[email protected] alabamafarminsurance.com

James OdumWinfield, AL 35594 Tel 205-487-4545

Dwight Streetman

205-921-21061780 Military St. S.

Hamiltondinellis.com

[email protected]

Raymond Edwards President/Owner

Email:[email protected]

Web:www.edwardstruss.com

Phone 24/7: 205.921.9607Fax: 205.921.9088

Mobile: 205.487.9607

Hamilton, AL 35570

Edwards Truss, Inc.

OLIVER FREDERICK WOODSOUTHSIDE COURT SQUARE113 1ST AVE. SW SUITE I & II

DIVORCE • PERSONAL INJURY • CUSTODY

(205) 921-0202(205) 921-5465

[email protected]

GATEWAY

Double Springs • Curry • WoodstockRussellville • Moulton • Winfield

(205) 489-5001

991 Bexar Ave. E(US Hwy. 278 E)

Hamilton, AL 35570Phone: 205-921-2453

Fax: 205-921-5614http://hamiltontractor.com AGCO

City of HamiltonWade Williams, Mayor

and City CouncilP.O. Box 188 • Hamilton, AL 35570Email:[email protected]

Home: (205) 921-0599 • Office: (205) 921-2121

The Journal RecordIf you would like to participate on the

Marion County Devotional Page, please call

921-3104 or 487-3278 for more information.

• Haleyville -Village East• Haleyville - Downtown• Phil Campbell

• Berry• Sulligent

USDACHOICE

Piggly Wiggly Only Sells Cut

Fresh Daily USDA CHOICE

Top Quality BEEF!

• Buy• Sell•Trade

HE THAT HATH AN EAR,LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT

SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES.- REVELATION 3:22 (KJV)

HAMILTON • 952-9368Wesley Gilmore

WINFIELD • 487-0332Mike Collins

• SCREEN PRINTING • TROPHIES • TEAM UNIFORMS • EMBROIDERY

• SPORTING GOODS • SUBLIMATIONwww.sporteesonline.com

Call us when you’reready to look good.

Suzanne Dodd, Vice President • NMLS #433834

GiGi Byrd552 3rd Ave.Hamilton, AL

921-9889

Clothing, Gifts & MoreIn Historic Downtown Winfield

1000 US Hwy. 43 • P.O. Box 115 • Winfield, AL205.487.4900 • [email protected]

Owner: Kayla Cole

True Value of Winfield2250 Hwy 43, Suite 100

Winfield, AL 35594Phone: 205-487-5280

Fax: 205-487-3630

Jeremy’s CarClinic

NASCAR TECHGRADUATE

205.468.2356205.495.1429

Vaughn’s UsedCars

7637 US HWY 43, GUIN

Office: 205.468.2356Cell: 205.468.1366

Home: 205.468.3103

Betty’s Fabric Gallery775 Tahoe Road • Winfield, AL 35594 • Ph: 487-2239 • Fx: 487-2090 • M-F 9-5 CST &

Sat 9-4 • [email protected] • www.WarehouseFabricsinc.com

This Devotional and Directory are made possibleby these businesses, who encourage all of us

to attend the worship service of our choice this Sabbath.This page will appear each Saturday in the Journal Record

and church names will appear on a rotating basis.

MARION COUNTY DEVOTIONAL PAGE

144 River Road Dr.Hamilton, AL

(205) 921-0525

BE NOT FORGETFUL TO ENTERTAIN

STRANGERS: FOR THEREBY SOME HAVE

ENTERTAINED ANGELS UNAWARES.

- HEBREWS 13:2 (KJV)

LAWLER & COLE, CPAS, LLC.CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSP.O. BOX 1506 • 321 1ST STREET S.W.

HAMILTON, AL 35570

PHONE: (205) 921-7801

“Best Ribs Around”161 11th Ave. W. • Guin, AL • 205-468-2272

Owners: Jimmy & Rose Harrison

Mon. - Thurs.5 am - 2 pm

Fri. • 5 am - 8 pmSat. • 11 am - 8 pmSun. • 11 am - 2 pm

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Saturday, November 1, 2014 Journal Record Page 7

FOR SALE - 4 brandnew fishing poles.Call 495-7438. (tfn)

FOR SALE - 57 an-tique plates. All for$350! Must see to be-lieve! Great plates ata great price! 495-7438 or 412-1458.(tfn)

FIRE WOOD FORSALE - Full size truckload $70/delivered.Charles 205-546-9010. (10-25, 11-1, 8,15)

HEATERS - VENTfree blue flame &brick. Propane or nat-ural, manual thermo-stat or remotecontrol. Vent free gaslogs. Low Prices -Real Service. BULLBUILDING SUPPLY(205)384-4545. (10-1/tfn)

FOR SALE - Queensize bedroom suit,bed, dresser with mir-ror, chest, nightstand. $400.00 niceset, call 205-485-3461. (10-22/tfn)

FOR SALE - 1987Toyota Corolla. 4 cyl.,5 speed manual,$1200. Call 205-412-2878 (tfn)

FOR SALE - 1997Mustang GT Con-vertable, automatic90K miles, new top,$3995. Call 412-2873. (tfn)

FOR SALE - 1976Peterbuilt, 359 Peter-built Flattop 13speed-Ready towork. $10,000.00.Call 205-412-2878.(tfn)

FOR SALE - 2013Ford F150 STXSuper Cab 4 WheelDr. Under 10,000miles. $25,900 Call921-9037. (10-18 -11-12)

FOR RENT - 2-StoryLarge Office Building.7 Rooms, LargeRoom & Kitchen Up-stairs and a Bath-room. 3 BathroomsDownstairs. (205)

412-2676 (tfn)

HAY FOR SALE -205-388-6296. (tfn)

AMERICAN GREET-INGS - is looking forRetail Merchandisersin Haleyville. As amember of our team,you will ensure thegreeting card depart-ment is merchan-dised and maintainedto provide customersthe best selection ofcards and products tocelebrate lifeʼsevents. Apply onlineat: WorkatAG.com orcall 1-888-323-4192.(10-25, 29, 11-1, 5, 8,12)

IMMEDIATE POSI-TION AVAILABLE -Property Manager-We are looking for aself-motivated teamplayer who enjoysworking with people!Property Manager formulti- family proper-ties located in Ha-leyville andsurrounding areas.Leasing experience aPlus! Computer ex-perience a Must!*Full time posi-tion*Must have reli-able transportation*Please send contactinformation and re-sumeʼ to:[email protected].(10-25, 29, 11-1, 5)

NOW HIRING - ALLPOSITIONS! ChefTroyʼs Talk of theTown, Houston, AL.Apply in person - Nophone calls please.(11-1, 5, 8, 12)

NORTH MISSIS-SIPPI MEDICALCENTER - has im-mediate openings forfull time CLPN, Nurs-ing Service, 7a-7pshift & 7p-7a shifts, inaddition, PRN posi-tions. Must be Li-censed in state of AL. Applications are ac-cepted on line atwww.nmhs.net. Foradditional informationcontact Anne Lawler,HR Director. EOE.(11-1, 5)

M A I N T E N A N C EPERSON - neededfor apartment com-plex call 205-486-9924. (10-29, 11-1)

FOR RENT - Nice 3BR, house, good lo-cation inside Hamil-ton city limits. $450deposit, $450 permonth. 412-1160 (tfn)

GUEST HOUSECOTTAGE FORRENT - 1br. fur-nished, kitchen, utili-ties included, nopets. $700/month.Small efficiency cot-tage $500. Winfield.Call J.D. 205-567-5555. (9-27 - tfn)

HOUSE FOR RENT -2 bedroom, 1 bathhouse in Haleyville,$475/mo. $300/dep.,no pets, call 269-2978 or 486-4645.(11-1/tfn)

FOR RENT - 4 bed-room house in Ha-lyeville. Call205-486-0407. (10-18, 22, 25, 29, 11-1,5)

FOR RENT - Nice 1bedroom apartmentfor rent in Haleyville.$350 per month ref-erences required.Call 256-796-1209 or205-451-5625. (9-10/tfn)

IN THE JUVENILECOURT OF MARIONCOUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE: THE CUSTODYOF: B.E.P.,CASE NO. JU-2011-35.05ANDK.G.P.,CASE NO. JU-2011-36.05NOTICE OF CUSTODY

ACTIONBrian Parsons and

Charlotte Self Parsons,whose whereabouts areunknown, must answerDavid Cason and SherryCason’s Petition to Ter-minate Paternal Rightsand other relief by the17th day of November,2014, or thereafter, ajudgment by defaultmay be renderedagainst them in Case no.JU-11-35.05 and JU-11-36.05 in the JuvenileCourt of Marion County,Alabama.

Done this the 1stday of October, 2014.Sheila CochranCLERKBETSY M. HARRISONATTORNEY FOR PETI-TIONERP.O. BOX 339DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL.35553(205) 489-8118

Oct. 11, 18, 25, 2014Nov. 1, 2014

LEGAL NOTICEPursuant to Section

9-16-70 et seq., AlabamaCode, 1975, Reed Miner-als, Inc., L. Massey WestMine, hereby gives no-tice that it has filed aPhase II & III, bond re-lease application withthe Alabama SurfaceMining Commission forrelease of performancebond for Permit P-3853,Increments 1& 4, a

Phase III release in In-crements 3 & 5, and aPhase I, II & III in Incre-ment No. 6. The area ofland for which bond re-lease is requested con-sists of 190.0 acres inIncrement 1, 200.0 acresin Increment 3, 182.0acres in Increment 4,210.0 acres in Increment5 and 28.0 acres in In-crement 6, all located in:

The NE/SW,SE/SW, NW/SW,SW/SW, NE/NW,SE/NW, SW/NW& NW/NW ofSection 3; theNE/NE, SE/NE,SW/NE, NW/NE,NE/SE, SE/SE &NW/SE of Sec-tion 4; TheSE/SE of Sec-tion 9; theNE/NW, SE/NW,N W / N W ,SW/NW, NE/SW,NW/SW, SE/SW& SW/SW ofSection 10; theSW/SW, NW/SW,NE/NW, SE/NW,SW/NW &NW/NW of Sec-tion 15; theNE/NE, SE/NE,NE/SE & SE/SEof Section 16, inTownship 13South, Range 11West; theSE/SE, SW/SE,NW/SE, NE/SW,SE/SW, SW/SW& NW/SW ofSection 33,SW/SW of Sec-tion 34; in Town-ship 12 South,Range 11 West,Marion County,Alabama.The permittee main-

tains that as of 09/25/14,all requirements involv-ing re-grading, plantingand growing times ofthe area has been com-pleted in compliancewith State Law and Reg-ulations and the ap-proved reclamationplan. The permittee,therefore, is requestingrelease of $232,500.00 ofthe performance bond$232,500.00 for Incre-ment 1, $100,000.00 ofthe performance bond$100,000.00 for Incre-ment 3, $209,875.00 ofthe performance bond$209,875.00 for Incre-ment 4, $105,000.00 ofthe performance bond$105,000.00 for Incre-ment 5 and $63,940.00 ofthe performance bond$63,940.00 for Increment6.

Any objections tothe release or requestfor informal conferencemust be sent in writingto:Alabama Surface MiningCommissionP. O. Box 2390Jasper, Alabama 35502-2390

Such requests mustbe received no later thanDecember 1, 2014.

Oct. 11, 18, 25, 2014Nov. 1, 2014

IN THE PROBATECOURT OF MARIONCOUNTY, ALABAMA

IN THE MATTER OF THEESTATE OF ELMUS E.CLANTON

NOTICE TO FILECLAIMS

Letters Testamen-tary on the Estate ofElmus E. Clanton, De-ceased, having beengranted to the under-signed on the 14th dayof October, 2014, by theHonorable Rocky E. Rid-ings, Judge of Probateof said County, notice ishereby given that allpersons having claimsagainst said estate, arehereby required to pres-ent the same within thetime allowed by law, orthe same will be barred.

Reita C. HallExecutrix

Rocky E. RidingsJudge of Probate

Oct. 25, 2014Nov. 1, 8, 2014

LEGAL NOTICEST BUNN CON-

STRUCTION CO., INC.HEREBY GIVES NOTICEOF COMPLETION OFCONTRACT FORNORTH INDUSTRIALPARK, PROJECT ST-047-013-001 IN MARIONCOUNTY.

THIS NOTICE WILLAPPEAR FOR FOURCONSECUTIVE WEEKSBEGINNING ON OCTO-BER 25, 2014 AND END-ING ON NOVEMBER 15,2014. ALL CLAIMSSHOULD BE FILED AT1904 UNIVERSITYB O U L E V A R D ,TUSCALOOSA, AL35401 DURING THIS PE-RIOD.

ST BUNN CON-STRUCTION COMPANY,INC.

Oct. 25, 2014Nov. 1, 8, 15, 2014

MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE SALE

Default having beenmade in the payment ofthe indebtedness se-cured by that certainmortgage executed byChristopher Lee Gannand Jerrie H. Gann, orig-inally in favor of HomeCapital Inc., on the 17thday of December, 2003,said mortgage recordedin the Office of theJudge of Probate of Mar-ion County, Alabama, inVolume 0876 Page 120;the undersigned Wilm-ington Savings FundSociety, FSB, not in itsindividual capacity butsolely as Trustee for thePrimeStar-H Fund IITrust, asMortgagee/Transferee,under and by virtue ofthe power of sale con-tained in said mortgage,will sell at public outcryto the highest bidder forcash, in front of themain entrance of theCourthouse at Hamilton,Marion County, Ala-bama, on December 2,2014, during the legalhours of sale, all of itsright, title, and interestin and to the followingdescribed real estate,situated in MarionCounty, Alabama, to-wit:

That part of theSoutheast quar-ter of the South-east quarter ofSection 8, Town-ship 13 South,Range 12 West,Marion County,Alabama de-scribed as fol-l o w s :Commence atthe intersectionof the East right-of-way ofApache Streetand the Southright-of-way ofPerry Street fora point of begin-ning; thenceSouth 88 De-grees 11 Min-utes 44 SecondsEast along theSouth right-of-way of PerryStreet, 115.71feet to an ironpin at a fence;thence South 1Degree 50 Min-utes 28 SecondsWest, along saidfence, 65.68 feetto the fence cor-ner; thenceNorth 88 De-grees 16 Min-utes 08 SecondsWest along thefence, 110.84feet to an ironpin on the Eastright-of-way ofApache Street,said point beingNorth 57 De-grees 36 Min-utes 46 SecondsEast 534.21 fromthe Southwestcorner of theSoutheast quar-ter of the South-east quarter ofsaid Section 8;thence North 2Degrees 23 Min-utes 32 SecondsWest, along saidr igh t -o f -way ,66.00 feet to thepoint of begin-ning.Property street ad-

dress for informationalpurposes: 360 ApacheSt, Winfield, AL 35594

THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ON AN“AS IS, WHERE IS”BASIS, SUBJECT TOANY EASEMENTS, EN-CUMBRANCES, ANDEXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORT-GAGE AND THOSECONTAINED IN THE

RECORDS OF THE OF-FICE OF THE JUDGE OFPROBATE OF THECOUNTY WHERE THEABOVE-DESCRIBEDPROPERTY IS SITU-ATED. THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD WITH-OUT WARRANTY ORRECOURSE, EX-PRESSED OR IMPLIEDAS TO TITLE, USEAND/OR ENJOYMENTAND WILL BE SOLDSUBJECT TO THERIGHT OF REDEMP-TION OF ALL PARTIESENTITLED THERETO.

This sale is made forthe purpose of payingthe indebtedness se-cured by said mortgage,as well as the expensesof 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 or can-cellation.Wilmington SavingsFund Society, FSB, notin its individual capacitybut solely as Trustee forthe PrimeStar-H Fund IITrust, Mortgagee/Trans-fereeElizabeth LoefgrenSIROTE & PERMUTT,P.C.P. O. Box 55727Birmingham, AL 35255-5727Attorney for Mort-gagee/Transfereewww.sirote.com/foreclo-sures338645

Oct. 25, 2014Nov. 1, 8, 2014

MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE SALE

Default having beenmade in the payment ofthe indebtedness se-cured by that certainmortgage executed byLamar D. Wallace andRegina C. Wallace, hus-band and wife, originallyin favor of MortgageElectronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., actingsolely as nominee forM&T Mortgage Corpora-tion, on the 31st day ofAugust, 2006, said mort-gage recorded in the Of-fice of the Judge ofProbate of MarionCounty, Alabama, inBook 1007 Page 0082;the undersigned FederalNational Mortgage As-sociation (“FNMA”), asMortgagee/Transferee,under and by virtue ofthe power of sale con-tained in said mortgage,will sell at public outcryto the highest bidder forcash, in front of themain entrance of theCourthouse at Hamilton,Marion County, Ala-bama, on December 2,2014, during the legalhours of sale, all of itsright, title, and interestin and to the followingdescribed real estate,situated in MarionCounty, Alabama, to-wit:

A parcel of landlying in the NE1/4 of the NE 1/4of Section 14,Township 13South, Range 12West more par-ticularly de-scribed asfollows, to-wit:Begin at a steelrod at the NWcorner of the NE1/4 of NE 1/4 ofSection 14,Township 13South, Range 12West and runEast a distanceof 635.3 feet toan iron stake. Atthis point saidland begins;thence continueEast a distanceof 314.7 feet toan iron stake;thence South adistance of 386feet to an ironstake; thenceWest a distanceof 235 feet, moreor less, to thenortheaster lyright of way ofKite Loop;thence in aSoutherly direc-

tion along KiteLoop for a dis-tance of 30 feet;thence West adistance of 80feet to an ironstake, being theSoutheast cor-ner of the A.P.Seals, Jr. land;thence North adistance of418.4 feet to thepoint of begin-ning. Lying andbeing situated inthe NE 1/4 of theNE 1/4 of Sec-tion 14, Town-ship 13 South,Range 12 West,Marion County,Alabama.Property street ad-

dress for informationalpurposes: 3409Bankhead Hwy, Win-field, AL 35594

THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ON AN“AS IS, WHERE IS”BASIS, SUBJECT TOANY EASEMENTS, EN-CUMBRANCES, ANDEXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORT-GAGE AND THOSECONTAINED IN THERECORDS OF THE OF-FICE OF THE JUDGE OFPROBATE OF THECOUNTY WHERE THEABOVE-DESCRIBEDPROPERTY IS SITU-ATED. THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD WITH-OUT WARRANTY ORRECOURSE, EX-PRESSED OR IMPLIEDAS TO TITLE, USEAND/OR ENJOYMENTAND WILL BE SOLDSUBJECT TO THERIGHT OF REDEMP-TION OF ALL PARTIESENTITLED THERETO.

This sale is made forthe purpose of payingthe indebtedness se-cured by said mortgage,as well as the expensesof 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 or can-cellation.Federal National Mort-gage Association(“FNMA”), Mort-gagee/TransfereeRebecca RedmondSIROTE & PERMUTT,P.C.P. O. Box 55727Birmingham, AL 35255-5727Attorney for Mort-gagee/Transfereewww.sirote.com/foreclo-sures318328

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ADVERTISEMENT FORBIDS

Sealed bids, subjectto the conditions con-tained herein, will be re-ceived by the Town ofHackleburg until 2:00P.M. (CDT Local Time),Friday, December 5,2014, and then publiclyopened and read at theMayor’s Office locatedat 314 1st Ave., Hackle-burg, AL 35564, for fur-nishing all labor andmaterials and perform-ing all work for con-struction of:200,000 GALLONWATER STORAGETANK, BOOSTER STA-TION, WATER LINE EX-TENSION AND WATERMETER REPLACEMENT– EDA PROJECT NO. 04-79-06714.

This project con-sists of construction ofa 200,000 gallon waterstorage tank, boosterstation, water line exten-sion and water meter re-placement.

The CONTRACTDOCUMENTS ANDPLANS may be exam-ined at the town hall ofHackleburg, AL, at theoffice of Goodwyn, Millsand Cawood, Inc. in Ver-non, AL, at theAGC/Isqft Plan Room inMontgomery, AL, and atthe McGraw-Hill Con-struction Network®.

Copies of the CON-TRACT DOCUMENTS

AND PLANS may be ob-tained at the office ofGoodwyn, Mills and Ca-wood, Inc. upon pay-ment of $100.00 for eachset which includes print-ing, reproduction, ship-ping and handling byU.S. Mail, etc. Depositshall be refunded in fullto each prime contractorbidder submitting abonafide bid within 20days after bid opening,provided the bid docu-ments are returned inclean, reusable condi-tion within ten (10) daysafter bid opening. Nopartial sets, individualpages or drawing sheetswill be provided. Nodocuments will be is-sued within 48 hoursprior to bid opening.

The Owner reservesthe right to waive any in-formalities, or to rejectany or all bids, and toaward the contract tothe lowest and most re-sponsible bidder. Allbidders must complywith requirements of theContractor's LicensingLaw ofthe State of Alabamaand be certified for thetype of work on whichthe proposal is submit-ted. Each bidder mustdeposit with his bid, se-curity in the amount,form and subject to theconditions provided inthe Information for Bid-ders.

All Contractorspreparing Bids for thereferenced project shallsubmit a list of similarprojects successfullycompleted in the last 2years, having the samescope of work with con-struction cost similar toor greater than this proj-ect. All nonresidentcontractors preparingbids shall submit withthe bid documents evi-dence of a current Ala-bama GeneralContractors License, ev-idence (with originalseal of the State of Ala-bama) of proper regis-tration with the AlabamaSecretary of State as aforeign corporation, anda Certificate of GoodStanding as a ForeignCorporation from theState of Alabama De-partment of Revenue.Bids submitted by anonresident contractorwithout these docu-ments included will berejected.

No bidder may with-draw his bid within 60days after the openingthereof. Bids may beheld by the Owner for aperiodnot to exceed sixty (60)days from the date ofopening of bids for thepurpose of reviewingthe bids and investigat-ingthe qualifications of thebidders prior to award-ing the contract. Thisproject is being fundedby EDA Project No. 04-79-06714.

All bids should besubmitted in the Con-tract SpecificationsBook as issued by theEngineer. All bids mustbe submitted in a sealedenvelope bearing on theoutside the name of theBidder, Bidder’s licensenumber, address andname of the project. En-velopes containing bidsmust be addressed asfollows, and delivered toWaymon Cochran,Mayor, Town of Hackle-burg, P. O. Box 279 or314 1st Ave., Hackle-burg, AL 35564: A BIDFOR “200,000 GALLONWATER STORAGETANK, BOOSTER STA-TION, WATER LINE EX-TENSION AND WATERMETER REPLACEMENT- EDA PROJECT NO. 04-79-06714.” The Town ofHackleburg is an equalopportunity employer.Goodwyn, Mills and Ca-wood, Inc.44750 Hwy 17Post Office Box 527Vernon, Alabama 35592-0527TEL (205) 695-9137FAX (205) 695-9287

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Alabama State Troopers

The following accidents were reported by the Alabama StateTroopers Post in Hamilton for the week ending on Oct. 22:

• Jason Taylor, 37, Hamilton, driving a 2004 Ford, and VictoriaWard, 45, Scottsboro, driving a 2005 Nissan, were involved in atwo-vehicle accident on Oct. 22 at 5:20 p.m. on County Road 20.No injuries were involved.

• Christopher Gurley, 40, Memphis, Tenn., driving a 2011 Ford,and John Anthony, 55, Alabaster, driving a 2007 Ford, were involvedin a two-vehicle accident on Oct. 24 at 9:30 p.m. on U.S. Interstate22. No injuries were reported.

• Colby Runnels, 19, Starkville, Miss., driving a 2007 Chevrolet,was involved in a one-vehicle accident on Oct. 25 at 12:20 p.m. onAlabama Highway 253. No injuries were recorded.

Election update

MONTGOMERY - In connection with the Nov. 4 General Elec-tion, business and medical emergency absentee voting applicationsmay be submitted to the Circuit Clerk’s Office in the Marion CountyCourthouse after the normal absentee deadlines, but no later than5 p.m. on the day before the election. The absentee election man-ager is Circuit Clerk Sheila Cochran.

Voter registration and regular absentee voting has closed. How-ever, current voters who have moved since the last election mayupdate their addresses with registrars.

A form for that purpose may also be downloaded at www.alaba-mavotes.gov. Some voters may find they have been moved to an-other polling place or their legislators may have changed due toredistricting.

This will also be the first general election where Alabama’s newphoto ID law will be in effect. The requirement has already beenused for the primary and primary runoff elections earlier this year.Anyone who does not have a driver’s license, non-driver ID, or anyother government or state-issued photo identification can get onefor free at the Marion County Board of Registrars, which is on thefirst floor of the courthouse.

A registered voter may receive a photo voter ID at any point dur-ing the time leading up to the election, even on Election Day. If avoter is required to vote a provisional ballot due to lack of a photoID, the voter has until the Friday following the election to get a photoID and provide it to the board of registrars.

Voters can view sample ballots at www.alabamavotes.gov andalso click a link to the Fair Ballot Commission website where theycan read more about the five statewide constitutional amendmentswhich will also appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. (Digital subscribers canimmediately access summaries of the amendments in the archivedOct. 8 edition of the Journal Record.)

To learn more about registration or absentee voting, please visitwww.alabamavotes.gov. To learn more about the photo voter ID re-quirements, visit www.alabamavoterid.com or call 1-800-274-VOTE.They may also call the Marion County Board of Registrars at 921-3625 or email the board at [email protected].

Food ratingsThe Marion County Health Department reported the following

food establishments were inspected on Oct. 20-24:• Brilliant Elementary School Lunchroom: 92.• Winfield Middle School Lunchroom: 92.• Dollar General, Brilliant, 95.• Hamilton High School Lunchroom, 95.• Burger King, Hamilton, 96.• Hamilton Elementary School Lunchroom, 96.• Watson’s Grocery Store, Detroit, 99.

Hamilton Police Dept.

HAMILTON - The following arrests and activities were reportedby the Hamilton Police Department for the week of Oct. 21-27:

Incident and offense casesOne each for first-degree rape, arson, third-degree domestic vi-

olence, third-degree burglary, second-degree theft of property, third-degree theft of property and third-degree forgery.

Arrests or citationsFive for speeding; four for no insurance; three for improper tag;

two for public intoxication; and one each for driving while under theinfluence, licenses suspended/revoked, no driver’s license, disor-derly conduct, expired license and alias warrant.

Wrecks

Five wrecks were reported for the week.

Holiday garbage pickup

HAMILTON - The following garbage pickup schedules have beenannounced in connection with the Veterans Day holiday on Tuesday,Nov. 11:

• Winfield: The Tuesday, Nov. 11, garbage will be picked up onWednesday, Nov. 12.

• Hamilton: The Tuesday, Nov. 11, garbage will be picked up onMonday, Nov. 10.

City halls in Winfield and Hamilton will be closed on Tuesday,Nov. 11. Post offices will be closed and no mail routes will be run.The Winfield City School System and the Marion County SchoolSystem will be closed that day, as will Bevill State Community Col-lege. The Marion County Courthouse will be closed that day.

In addition, the following garbage pickup schedules have beenannounced in connection with the Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 27-28:

• Winfield and Hamilton: The Thursday, Nov. 27, garbage willbe collected on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and the Friday, Nov. 28,garbage will be collected on Monday, Dec. 1.

City halls in Winfield and Hamilton will be closed on Nov. 27-28.Post offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27, and no mail routeswill be run; mail and post offices will be open again on Friday, Nov.28. The Winfield City School System and the Marion County SchoolSystem will be closed on Nov. 26-28. Bevill State Community Col-lege will not hold classes on Nov. 24-30. The Marion County Court-house will be closed on Nov. 27-28.

(Due to the number of holidays now through the end of the year,the Journal Record encourages entities to let the newspaper knowabout schedule changes for those holidays.)

Marion Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

HAMILTON - The following arrests and activities were reportedfor the week ending Oct. 29:

Arrests or citationsTwo each for violation of a release order, second-degree pos-

session of marijuana, probation violation, non-support, third-degreecriminal mischief, third-degree theft of property and harassing com-munication; and one each for alias (district court), alias (traffic court),alias (circuit court), driving while under the influence, resisting arrest,disorderly conduct, third-degree criminal trespassing, and benchwarrant.

Felony arrestsThe following felony arrests were released:• Joseph Breeden, 49, Winfield, was arrested on Oct. 23 for sec-

ond-degree theft of property and was released from the MarionCounty Jail in Hamilton on Oct. 23 under a $5,000 bond.

• Erin Loving, 45, Albany, N.Y., was arrested on Oct. 29 for sec-ond-degree theft by deception and remained in the county jail as ofOct. 29 under a $7,500 bond.

• Dusty Wilkerson, 33, Winfield, was arrested on Oct. 28 for sec-ond-degree receiving stolen property and remained in the countyjail as of Oct. 29 under a $5,000 bond.

(When a defendant is charged with a crime, the charge is merelyan accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until andunless proven guilty.)

Meetings

Meetings are at the respective city hall or the board’s office un-less otherwise noted; groups not directly affiliated with local gov-ernment are indicated by italics:

• American Legion Post 100 in Winfield, every second Tuesdayof the month, 6:30 p.m.

• Bear Creek Town Council, first and third Monday, 6 p.m. • Bear Creek Water and Sewer Board, first Tuesday, 6 p.m. • Brilliant Lions Club, second and fourth Monday, 6:30 p.m., State

Bank and Trust annex. • Brilliant Town Council, fourth Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. • Brilliant Park and Recreation Board, second Monday, 6 p.m.,

Brilliant Town Hall.• Glen Allen Town Council, first Tuesday, 7 p.m.• Guin City Council, first and third Monday, 5:30 p.m. • Guin Park and Recreation Board, second Sunday of the

month, 8:15 p.m.• Guin Water Board, second Tuesday, 5 p.m. • Gu-Win Town Council, first Monday, 7 p.m. • Hackleburg Town Council, first and third Monday, 6 p.m. • Hackleburg Water Board, first Monday, 5 p.m.• Hamilton Beautification (Tree) Board, second Tuesday, noon,

Hamilton City Hall. No meetings held from October through Febru-ary.

• Hamilton City Council, first and third Monday, 6 p.m. The coun-cil also holds a preliminary meeting in the mayor’s office to reviewthe agenda 15 minutes before the formal meeting.

• Hamilton Industrial Development Board, third Monday, 6 p.m.,Hamilton City Hall Conference Room.

• Hamilton Kiwanis Club, Mondays at noon at Dinelli’s Pizza inHamilton.

• Hamilton Lion Club, first and third Tuesday at 7 p.m. at ClydeNix Public Library.

• Hamilton Planning Commission, fourth Monday, 6 p.m., Hamil-ton City Hall.

• Marion County Board of Education, date and time set individ-ually, Central Office site next to the Marion County-Rankin Fite Air-port.

• Marion County Commission, second and third Monday, 9 a.m.,commission’s annex building. A work session is held on the Thurs-day before the first meeting of the month at 9 a.m.

• Marion County Democratic Party, the first Thursday of themonth at 5:30 p.m. The location of each meeting will be announced.

• Marion County E-911 Board, second Tuesday, 5 p.m. at the E-911 center about a block from the county engineer’s office in Hamil-ton.

• Marion County Public Water Authority, first Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.,authority’s office at 130 Industrial Drive in Hamilton.

• Marion County Republican Party, second Saturday of themonth, at the Cedar Landing in Winfield, 8:30 a.m.

• Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District Board ofSupervisors, second Tuesday of each month, 5:45 p.m., Oh! Bryan’sFamily Steakhouse in Hamilton.

• Northwest Alabama Arts Council, second Monday of the monthat the arts council office at 190 Military Street S. in Hamilton, 5:30p.m.

• Northwest Alabama Gas District Board of Directors, date andtime set individually, gas district office in Hamilton.

• Twin Town Council, first Monday, 7 p.m., Twin Town Hall build-ing.

• Twin Water Authority, first Tuesday, 6 p.m., Twin Water Authoritybuilding.

• Winfield Board of Education, second Tuesday, at the board of-fice.

• Winfield City Council, first and third Tuesday, 6 p.m. • Winfield Kiwanis Club, each Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Huatulco

Mexican Restaurant. • Winfield Park and Recreation Board, second Wednesday, 6

p.m. • Winfield Water and Sewer Board, second Thursday, 5:30 p.m.Anyone with corrections, changes, or special meeting informa-

tion is asked to call Ed Howell at 921-3104. They may also mail theinformation to the Journal Record, P.O. Drawer 1477, Hamilton,Alabama 35570, fax it to 921-3105, or e-mail it to [email protected].

Time change

Clocks will change once more to Central Standard Time at 2 a.m.on Sunday, Nov. 2.

Residents going to bed on Saturday, Nov. 1, will need to set theirclocks back one hour before going to bed, remembering the phrase,“Spring forward, fall back.’’

Moving the clock forward each spring allows an added hour ofdaylight for outdoor activities. Moving the clocks back in Novemberreturns residents to standard time.

Meanwhile, the International Association of Fire Chiefs remindseveryone that the time change is always a good time to change thebatteries in home smoke detectors.

Winfield Police Dept.

WINFIELD - Officers with the Winfield Police Department issuedtwo citations during the period from Oct. 22-29 with the followingbreakdown: One each for speeding and driving while under the influ-ence.

Incident and offense reports were filed for the following: Four for of-ficer’s report; two for harassment; and one each for shoplifting, third-degree assault, second-degree theft of property, third-degree theft ofproperty, and third-degree criminal mischief.

Arrests made during the period included: Four for capias warrants;and one each for alias warrant and driving while under the influence.

The department worked three accidents in the period while thedepartment received 63 calls.

the 2014 Buttahatchee River FallFest Run on behalf of the HamiltonKiwanis Club, as saying 38 runnerssigned up for the event. “They werepleased with the turnout,” she said.“That’s something they hope togrow.” A total of 35 participated theyear before.

Money totals and winners of theevent were not available yet.

All monies raised by the run areearmarked for scholarship pro-grams supporting Hamilton HighSchool seniors.

Arts and craftsMissy Miles coordinated a chil-

dren’s arts area were 100 gourdnecklaces were made. Minter saidthe Bevill State Ambassadorshelped with that booth all day. Thebooth was provided by the North-west Alabama Arts Council. “Thatwas a big success,” Minter said.

Backyard BBQ Cookoff

In the first year, the BackyardBBQ Cookoff was successful, mak-ing money for the Hamilton PoliceFund. Hamilton Police DepartmentSgt. Jimmy Pendley said the depart-ment raised $600. Six contestantscompeted and sold 114 tickets.

Organizers are looking to ex-pand this section next year and pos-sibly become part of a statebarbecue trail, Minter said.

“There is no doubt in my mind itwill continue to grow, like the mo-torcycle run,” she said.

In the barbecue contest, BruceEddy of Winfield, who works atFirst National Bank of Hamilton’sSouth Branch, took first place.Shannon Lawler of Haleyville wonsecond place and Andy Riley ofWinfield claimed third.

EntertainmentMinter said entertainment went

well that day. The stage was movedto the northeast corner of First Bap-tist Church of Hamilton’s lot, acrossfrom AddieJack Supply Co. “Thatworked out well, because you couldhear it all over the festival,” angled

to face city hall so vendors on FirstStreet “didn’t just get blasted” withsound, she said. She anticipates thesection to continue with the clubsparticipating.

Kids ZoneThe Kids Zone on the southeast

corner of the First Baptist lotworked out well, Minter said, not-ing that for the first time it was ajoint venture by the Kiwanis, Lionsand Civitan clubs. Money wasmade to donate to the Weldy Homenear Winfield, although figures arestill being totalled. Children seemedto respond well to the section, shesaid.

Food CourtVolunteers publicizing the Fall

Fest at different festivals--handingout 3,000 to 5,000 flyers in theprocess--have found problemselsewhere with people not havinganywhere to eat.

Minter said the festival has or-ganized the Hamilton event so thattables and chairs are available andthe vendors are closely placed in

one location, which also helps inrunning electricity and water.

“We got every table and chairthat the rec center had,” Mintersaid, noting some still had to stand.But food vendors were happy, andtwo downtown restaurants, CoffeeBuzz and Toll Gate Cafe, were openand pleased with the customers theyreceived. They did well with break-fast, as volunteers were needingfood that morning.

Some vendors said they wouldlike next year to offer some foodstarting Friday at lunch, Mintersaid. She said officials are lookingto develop that, possibly with ahome football game the night be-fore the festival and a block partythat night.

She noted next year’s festivalwill actually fall on Halloweennight, which may lead to specialevents such as a trunk-or-treat orother themed events.

Block party held on Friday night

Ironically, the last of this fall’sblock parties was held the night be-

fore the festival, Minter said, on thecoolest night of the series. Like theother block parties, it turned out tobe a success.

A surprise appearance by former“American Idol” contestant DexterRoberts of Fayette, which was notplanned, livened the festivities.“When Renegade Jane took a break,he jumped in and played some. Itwas a complete surprise. Whenword got out on social media, thecrowd hit. He probably played fouror five songs.” 

Merchandise vendorsGeneral vendors with merchan-

dise came from across Alabama andMississippi, with one from Savan-nah, Tenn. The vendors were happywith their sales, she said.

On beautification awards, theCity of Hamilton’s fire truck at cityhall won the Best of the BestAward. The Best Design Awardwent to the Clyde Nix Public Li-brary and the Beautification BoardAward went to Marion CountyTitle/Lowe, Mobley, Lowe andLeDuke.

footage for storage and support facilities.Hancock said there is no current timeline for the

work as state guard officials wait on action from ei-ther the U.S. Army or Congress in order for the proj-ect to proceed.

Asked where the facility would rank in priorityfor the guard, Hancock offered little hope for thosehoping to see a new structure built in the near future.

“The Alabama National Guard is looking at ourcurrent facilities based on today’s infrastructure,force structure and state and federal resources,’’ Han-cock said.

“Our priority is to sustain the current infrastruc-ture we have to adequately support our soldiers. Wereview the repair, maintenance and modernizationpriorities continuously and apply our limited re-sources accordingly.

“The Hamilton project is currently under design,but does not have any federal or state constructionresources programmed for it at this time.’’

FOR THE RECORD

SECTIONS(Continued from page 3)

By KATHRYN HIRSCHFELDStaff Writer

BRILLIANT - Brilliant Town Coun-cilor Marshall Bostick resigned his Place 2position on the council during its Wednes-day, Oct. 22, meeting due to ill health.

Brilliant Mayor Perry Franks noted thatBostick was elected to the council in 2004and has served 10 years.

“He’s been on the council since my sec-ond term and he’ll be truly missed,” Frankssaid. “He’s served well and been a goodfriend and a good councilman.

“He has a great love for Brilliant and hiscommitment to the council has been strong.We appreciate the job he’s done. We’ll bepraying for him as he battles cancer.”

Lori Colley appointedAt the same meeting, the council voted

unanimously to appoint Brilliant residentLori Colley to the Place 2 council seat forthe next two years to fill out the remainderof Bostick’s term.

Franks noted, “The council chose to ap-point Lori to the council and I think she’sa good person and will make a good coun-cilor.

“She’s done a good job on the parkboard, taking many projects and runningwith them.

“Just like the other council members,she loves Brilliant and the people of Bril-liant. I look forward to having her on thecouncil and working with her.”

Brilliant Town Clerk Kay Wiginton ex-plained that Colley will continue to serve

on the park board, as it’s not a paid posi-tion, until a replacement for her park boardposition can be found.

Colley told the Journal Record on Oct.27 that she is looking forward to servingthe community she loves.

“I enjoy Brilliant,” she said. I’ve livedhere all my life. I enjoyed working on thepark board and I look forward to servingon the council.

“I don’t particularly like the circum-stances, with Marshall resigning due to hishealth. I wish he could have served out histerm. He did call and congratulate me.

“I’ve been friends with Marshall and therest of the council for a long time. I lookforward to doing the best I can for this

BRILLIANT COUNCIL

Bostick resigns from town councilAMENDMENT(Continued from page 4)

See BOSTICK on page 9.

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current model is “worn out”after nearly a decade and wasobtained used), $20,000;four-wheel-drive tractor andloader, $15,000; lights, bath-rooms, concession stand atthe old softball field,$75,000; rework tenniscourts, $70,000; cameras forbuilding and park, $15,000;complex lights, $2,500; gymfloor repairs, $20,000; discgolf course, $8,000; parkinglot at Hightower corner(where a house is to be torndown or moved next to thewalking trail), $20,000; relo-cate tot lot, $10,000; a dozenchairs for the senior center,

$1,000; and bleachers at ballfields, $115,000.

Mayor Wade Williamssaid requests from the streetdepartment for a one-tondump truck, a utility trailerand a sand spreader are in-cluded in the budget.

For the water department,two meter reader trucks, at$21,000 each for a newChevrolet Colorado fromFikes Chevrolet, to replaceold state surplus trucks wereincluded in the budget, aswell as a tractor.

“Everything that the (po-lice chief, Ronny Vickery)had is in the budget,” JanWilliams said. He asked for aFord police car at $24,900and a Tahoe at $28,300, not-

ing the need to rotate vehiclesand the problems the depart-ment had with its fleet ofDodge vehicles. Vickery saidthere have been “extensiverepairs” in the Dodge fleet,including part replacements.

Vickery has proposed sell-ing two Dodges, whichwould pay for one of twonew vehicles. Also, policeequipment purchases was in-creased from $37,000 to$80,000 in the budget, afteronly spending more than$19,000 last year.

A number of cars willneed to be replaced at once,and many of the Dodges’swarranties are about to ex-pire, officials have said. TheDodges--of which 10 werepurchased about three years

ago under police chief RalphConner, after a suggestionwas made by interim policechief Rector Johnson--havehad to have a number of re-pairs under warranty.

Conner said at the time heplanned to rotate about twoor three new cars each yearsso that older cars will stillhave value when they aresold. Johnson suggestedDodge Chargers as Ford hadstopped making Crown Vic-torias. Most of the fleet at thetime had over 100,000 mileson them.

“The only thing not bud-geted in the general fund isthe fire station and all thisstuff” for recreation, JanWilliams said, although the

mayor added the two trucksand equipment needed by thefire department.

Another $46,500 in equip-ment, separated out by firechief Tim Rye, was includedin the budget as equipmentpurchases, raising that itemfrom $17,000 in last year’sbudget.

These budgeted items in-clude $10,000 for a thermalimaging camera, $3,500 for asecurity camera system forthe fire station, $26,000 for afour-wheel drive vehicle and$7,000 to replace wornequipment hoses, nozzles andladders.

Officials noted that thefire department already hasdesignated some items to bepaid for with bond money, in-

cluding a new $350,000 firestation for the east side oftown (possibly at the BedfordIndustrial Park), two pumpertankers costing a total of$600,000 and equipment forthe pumper takers at $45,000,for a total of $995,000. Thoseitems are not in the budget.

All the $17,000 in re-quests from the Clyde NixPublic Library were added.This would include a newbook return with a separatecompartment for DVDs andaudio books, a microfilmscanner that can be read oncomputers and save editedimages on flashdrives, awireless printer, a machine toclean DVDs and CDs andnew couches and chairs.

town.”Although not employed

full-time, Colley said she en-joys helping others out byserving as a caregiver whenneeded.

Her husband, David, is atruck driver. The couple havea grown daughter, Whitney,who is a senior at the Univer-

sity of North Alabama in Flo-rence majoring in early child-hood development.

In other business, thecouncil:

• Voted unanimously toappoint Tim Bryant to theBrilliant Park Board for aterm to end in 2018. Wigin-ton noted that Bryant is fill-ing the board position ofStephanie Corkren, whoseterm ended in September.

“She’s a devoted motherand school teacher,” Frankssaid of Corkren. “She lovessports and the park and willbe truly missed on the parkboard. She would have beenreappointed except she isdealing with health issues.We will pray for her as shebattles cancer.”

Other park board mem-bers include Dennis Ward,Josh Berryhill, Lori Colleyand Ivan Ganey.

Franks noted that Ganey,who he said is another dedi-cated park board member,may not be able to servemuch longer as he’s also bat-tling cancer. Franks said Bo-stick, Corkren and Ganey allhave colon cancer.

“We’re dealing with threeincidences of the same typeof cancer,” he explained. “Aswith Stephanie and Marshall,we’ll also be praying for Ivanas he battles cancer, too.”

• Unanimously voted topay $1,000 in dues to the C3of Northwest Alabama Eco-nomic Development Al-liance.

“We think C3 is a worth-while organization,” Frankssaid. “We agreed to pay thedues and (C3 Executive Di-rector) David (Thornell)works hard for us on projectsfor Brilliant. He’s good aboutgoing to Montgomery andmaking calls to government

and other officials for us. Ithink he’s working hard at re-cruiting industry and I hopethe climate for industry soonimproves. When that hap-pens, I think David will beinstrumental in landingthem.”

• Voted to change the dateof the next meeting due to theThanksgiving holiday. In-stead of meeting on Wednes-day, Nov. 26, the council willmeet on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

n Water extensionsapproved; CDL areaneeds expansion

By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - The last MarionCounty Commission meeting be-fore the Nov. 4 general election of-fered only a light agenda, while theOct. 13 meeting was highlightedwith water expansion and resurfac-ing Highway 35.

Only two commissioners are upfor re-election against opposition:District 2 commissioner EddieByrd, running against KennethCochran, and District 5 commis-sioner Bob Burleson, runningagainst Keith Bozeman.

Commissioner Don Barnwell isstepping down to run for the Dis-trict 17 Alabama House of Repre-

sentatives seat held by Mike Milli-can, and commissioners MikeDavis and Kenny Jackson will onlyface write-in opposition.

The final scheduled meeting be-fore the election, on Oct. 20, wascompleted in about two minutes,with the only action outside of rou-tine business being to approve theannual domestic violence grant ap-plication for the Marion CountyDistrict Attorney’s Office. Thegrant helps to cover the salaries ofpersonnel to handle domestic vio-lence cases in the county.

At the Oct. 13 meeting, whichDavis did not attend, the commis-sion opened up the sole bid forresurfacing part of County Road 35as part of a state project. S.T. Bunnof Tuscaloosa, which has a plant inthe Guin area, submitted a bid of$620,083.92.

The bid was awarded contingenton approval by state officials, as thestate is paying 50 percent of theproduct, said county engineer Mike

Shaw, who said it appeared to be agood bid.

The work will be on CountyRoad 35 from the Lamar Countyline to the east side of the RiverRoad Bridge near U.S. Interstate22. The project is 2.827 miles long.

The commission also approved achange order in leftover Commu-nity Development Block Grant dis-aster funds for the Marion CountyPublic Water Authority to use inareas affected by the 2011 tornado.According to the manager of thewater authority, Jan Cummings, thewater authority will spend $52,275in matching local funds to add allthe residences the water authoritywants to include.

Bids for water expansion cameunder bid, so the authority recom-mended using the leftover funds toexpand water for 31 more resi-dences.

The additional expansion pro-posal will be sent to the AlabamaDepartment of Economic and Com-

munity Affairs for its approval. Theexpansions will be on Gas PlantRoad, Johnson Road and CountyRoad 42, Byrd said.

The entire $1.7 million projectwill help more than 100 people,with the earlier work not requiringmatching funds, Cummings said.

The commission also approvedselling off less than an acre of landnear the District 4 shop in Guin, asit juts behind a neighboring resi-dence. Burleson said he would stillhave the land he would need for op-erations. “I think he’s offered agood price ($2,500) for less than anacre,” Burleson said, saying theneighbor helps look after the shop.He said the neighbor was namedWells, but county officials did notknow the first name.

The commission also openedbids for plastic and metal pipe,which the commission will allowShaw to review and to make recom-mendations at a later date.

While no vote was held, the

commission indicated they wereagreeable to the Alabama Depart-ment of Public Safety having itscommercial driver’s license (CDL)testing area at the county-ownedMarion-Ranking Fite Airport ex-panded by about 40 feet by 60 feet.Shaw said if the area was not ex-panded, there was a chance thecounty would lose the testing site toanother county.

The county will be required tohaul in some dirt to make the arealarger, possibly with help from allthe county districts over three orfour days. “Eventually, we willneed to chip seal it,” he said, al-though the county may can only putcrushed base on it for this year. Ac-tion was needed by the commissionby Nov. 1.

Part of that area was leased bythe acre to Carl Lucus, who growscrops there. Shaw said he wasagreeable to the changes, as long ashis lease price was changed accord-ingly based on the lost acreage.

MARION COUNTY COMMISSION

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By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - Attorney General Luther Strange attackedhis opponent on Oct. 21, saying he took most of his moneyfrom gambling interests in the state.

Strange, 61, who is a Republican and is running for a sec-ond four-year term on Nov. 4, walked through the MarionCounty Courthouse with Marion County Republican PartyChairman David Hall, who invited him to come to the county.

Although 45 minutes late when he arrived in town,Strange took time to go upstairs to meet two Republicanjudges, District Judge Mark Hammitte and Circuit JudgeJohn Bentley, who stepped off the bench for a few minutesto greet the attorney general. Probate Judge Rocky Ridingsalso came upstairs to meet Strange.

Strange also stopped briefly at the Marion County Boardof Registrars Office before walking to Toll Gate Cafe for alunch with other Republicans, including state Rep. Mike Mil-lican, R-Hamilton, and Hackleburg Police Chief Kenny Hall-mark, who is the Republican nominee for sheriff on Nov. 4.

Most of the conversations were light-hearted, with severalreferences to his “Big Luther” nickname. Strange, who is 6-foot, 9-inches tall, had to duck his head to enter several court-house door frames.

Before starting a quick lunch at the cafe, Strange said hewas campaigning across the state.

“It’s been a very productive four years,” Strange said.“We’ve done great work with our statewide and local law en-forcement to reduce crime across the state. Also, I’ve spent alifetime to push back against an out-of-control federal gov-ernment that is infringing on our Second Amendment rights,our religious liberty, Obamacare and on down the line.” 

Strange said drugs continue to be a problem across thestate.

“I’m really proud of legislation that I’ve led in the passageof in Montgomery to put ingredients for meth behind coun-ters. It has led to a 75 percent reduction in the number of methlab busts across the state. It’s a big deal,” he said.

He also said he successfully lobbied for a bill in the Leg-islature concerning the theft of copper and other metals, par-ticularly in rural areas. He said the act has “made a hugedifference” in reducing those thefts.

In February, he told the Franklin Free Press in Russellvillesuch thefts have been reduced by 90 percent. The AlabamaDivision of Risk Management said on its website a 2012 statelaw significantly reduced thefts as it “set new requirementsfor sales of scrap metal and stiffer penalties for metalthieves.”

As for prison overcrowding, Strange said his office has asay on the issue as his office works to convict criminals andput them in prison.

“We are involved with the governor’s task force to makesure we are doing the right thing to keep those dangerouscriminals behind bars,” he said. “In cases where we can getpeople back on the right path and into productive lives, wewill deal with that with programs.”

He went ahead to call it a “team effort” to resolve theproblem. “That will be something we will be focused on”when the Legislature meets in early 2015.

Asked if the gambling issue had become a problem forboth parties in the state, “From our standpoint, we are justenforcing the law. Unlike Washington, where people just pickand choose laws that they like and don’t like, as attorney gen-

eral I work with local law enforcement to enforce all of ourlaws. Gambling laws are part of that. I am proud of our lawenforcement officials who do that day in and day out.

“Statewide, we’ve gotten that issue under control. We’vegiven people their day in court. We will follow the court’s ul-timate decisions and that is how we will proceed.”

Strange has repeatedly attacked Indian gambling interestsin the state, saying electronic bingo is illegal, while his Dem-ocratic opponent, state Rep. Joe Hubbard, D-Montgomery,has stated electronic bingo should continue in communitiesthat have approved bingo.

More than once on the stop in Hamilton, Strange men-tioned Hubbard, 33, had taken most of his financial supportfrom gambling interests. Alabama Republican Chairman BillArmistead released a statement on Oct. 23 saying “$1.5 mil-lion of Hubbard's $2 million campaign war chest has comefrom the Indian casinos owned by the Poarch Band of theCreek Indians, based in Atmore, Alabama.”

The Montgomery Advertiser reported on Oct. 20 thatStrange has raised $2.6 million in his campaign, with hislargest contributors including the Washington-based Repub-lican State Leadership Committee, the Republican AttorneysGeneral Association, Alfa, and Birmingham-based Drum-mond, a coal company.

Strange said in Hamilton that Hubbard is “a liberal De-mocrat and he’s entirely funding his campaign” with moneyfrom “casino gambling interests,” repeating the $1.5 millionfigure.

“Contrasted to my campaign, we’re supported by ordinarycitizens across the state,” Strange said.

For his part, Hubbard told the Montgomery Advertiser thatthe Poarch Band money meant no more to him “than the $5contribution I got from a little old lady in Pine Level, Ala-bama.” He has also dismissed the tag of being a liberal andhas shown himself in ads shooting on a target range.

Strange said he was most proud of endorsements from lawenforcement organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Po-lice and the State Troopers Association, as well as prosecutorsfrom across the state. He said the National Rifle Associationhas given him an A-plus rating, while right-to-life groups andsmall businessmen have also supported him.

Strange was asked about the differing statements in adsfrom Hubbard and Strange, as Hubbard says crime is on theincrease and Strange says it is on the decrease. According tothe Advertiser, Hubbard has said Strange has not doneenough to focus on reducing violent crime.

“I’m not sure he understands the role of attorney general,”Strange said in Hamilton. “Crime is down across the state,and our job is to work with law enforcement, but the day-in,day-out law enforcement, policing is done by our great menand women in uniform who are on the streets every day, put-ting their lives on the line. I’m very proud of the job they’vedone. They’ve done a fabulous job in addressing crime andwe’re going to continue to do that in the future.” 

According to the Advertiser on Oct. 20, “The statisticspaint a mixed picture. According to the Alabama CriminalJustice Information Center, the murder rate in Alabama hasclimbed from 5.3 homicides per 100,000 in 2010 to 7.1 per100,000 in 2013. The overall rate of violent crime also in-creased, from 318.6 incidents per 100,000 in 2010 to 418.6per 100,000 last year.

“The state's violent crime rate did decrease slightly from2012, and property crimes, rapes, robberies and burglarieshave all fallen in Alabama since 2010.”

n Speaker, supporters attack AG after23-count indictmentshakes up GOP

By ED HOWELLStaff Writer

HAMILTON - During hisvisit to Hamilton on Oct. 21,Attorney General LutherStrange declined to directlyanswer questions concerningthe firestorm around him thatday concerning the indict-ment of the speaker of the Al-abama House ofRepresentatives, only a cou-ple of weeks before the Nov.4 elections.

Strange said, as he had inearlier statements, that he hadrecused himself from prose-cution in the case of SpeakerMike Hubbard. Hubbard wasindicted on Oct. 20 on 23Class B felony counts of pub-lic corruption.

Although there was gen-eral knowledge for sometime of the investigation, thedepth of the indictments stillshocked public officials andpolitical observers, as theusually strong Alabama Re-publican Party had eruptedinto pro-Hubbard and anti-Hubbard divisions over thecase.

The investigation hasgone on for nearly two years,the Montgomery Advertiserreported.

“The Democrats aren'tdoing this,” U.S. Rep. MikeRogers said, joining otherGOP officials to supportHubbard at a press confer-ence the same day asStrange’s visit to Hamilton.“Who'd like to be governor infour years? Who would liketo get Mike Hubbard out of

the picture or skin (him) upas a candidate?”

“Why does the AttorneyGeneral’s Office think it's acrime to own a business?”Hubbard said during thepress conference. “And thinkit's a crime to do businesswith anyone you didn't knowbefore you were elected tooffice?” He said he was beingtargeted for “shaking up thestatus quo” in state govern-ment.

There has been specula-tion on Strange’s chances forgovernor in 2018. The web-site for Alabama Political Re-porter recently said one pollof Republican voters showedStrange leading a field of adozen candidates for gover-nor that year at 15 percent,followed by Tim James at 14percent and Bradley Byrne at12 percent. Sen. Greg Reed,R-Jasper, was also listed.

While on a campaign stop

in Hamilton, Strange wouldnot elaborate on the chargesfrom Hubbard’s camp.

“I haven’t any commenton that,” Strange said inHamilton when asked by aJournal Record reporter. “Idid turn it over to an inde-pendent prosecutor to elimi-nate any appearance thatthere might be some politicsbeing played in any way,shape or form,” he said. Su-pernumerary District Attor-

ney Van Davis of St. ClairCounty “has been the personin charge of that case and heis fielding all the questions.”

Later in the afternoon, inresponse to those saying atthe press conference thatStrange was playing politicsto get elected as governor in2018, Strange’s campaign of-fice did release a short state-ment.

In the statement, Strangerepeated he had recused him-

self, saying the decision was“based on the recommenda-tions of our career prosecu-tors and to completelyremove any appearance ofpolitics being involved in thematter.” He said no one hasquestioned “Davis’ qualifica-tions or his integrity.” 

According to the Mont-gomery Advertiser, the 23counts “returned againstHubbard by a Lee Countygrand jury say the speaker

used his position to securebusiness for and solicit in-vestments in Craftmasters, anAuburn printing firm inwhich he owns a partial inter-est.

“The speaker is also ac-cused of using his office tosecure consulting contractswith three different public orprivate entities--some, the in-dictment says, he representedbefore the governor of Ala-bama and the Alabama De-

partment of Commerce.“Finally, the speaker is ac-

cused of seeking help fromprominent public figures--in-cluding former Gov. BobRiley and Business Councilof Alabama president BillCanary--in securing clientsfor the Auburn Network, apersonal business.”

Hubbard said he was notguilty of the charges andwould not step down asspeaker, and would actually

run again for speaker nextyear if re-elected to hisHouse seat on Nov. 4.

Hubbard’s lawyer, MarkWhite, noted at the press con-ference there have been alle-gations by Sonny Reagan, adeputy attorney general inStrange’s office, that anotherofficial in the office--MattHart, head of the specialprosecutions division--hadvowed to “take down Hub-bard and dismantle ‘the Riley

machine.’” Reagan was ac-tive in the Riley administra-tion.

Reagan is now on admin-istrative leave himself pend-ing an internal investigationinto the matter. He is chargedwith making communica-tions with other individualsin the case, without disclos-ing those communications toothers in the office.

White has stated that ac-tions were taken in “retalia-tion” against Reagan for“courageous exposure” ofwhat he called secrets withinthe Attorney General’s Of-fice.

Alabama GOP ChairmanBill Armistead released onestatement supporting Strangeagainst his Democratic oppo-nent, while at the same timereleasing a statement thatgenerally was neutral aboutthe Hubbard case, saying,“No one needs to rush tojudgment.” 

At the same time, Armis-tead said, “The timing of thisindictment, just two weeksbefore the election, causesone to wonder why now, un-less it is for political pur-poses. But, we saw the samething four years ago. Justweeks before the generalelection in 2010, 11 peoplewere indicted in a federalcorruption case involvinggambling legislation. Ofthose 11, none were foundguilty other than the two whopled guilty.”

Meanwhile, state Rep. JimCarnes, R-Birmingham, saidhe would run for the speakerposition, which will be de-cided by the newly electedLegislature in January.

A spokesman for Joe Hub-bard, Strange’s Democraticopponent, said he is “ab-solutely no relation” to theHouse speaker. Joe Hub-bard’s campaign website sayshe is the great-grandson ofAlabama’s U.S. Senator Lis-ter Hill.

ELECTIONS 2014

Strange withholds comments on Hubbard case

ELECTION 2014 - MARION COUNTY VISIT

Strange critical of opponentn Attorney General says Joe Hubbard has taken $1.5 million from gambling interests

ED HOWELL/STAFF

The tall and the short of itAttorney General “Big Luther” Strange, known forhis 6-foot, 9-inch frame, shakes hands with WilliamBentley, 7, of Hamilton, during an Oct. 21 cam-paign stop at the Toll Gate Cafe in Hamilton. Bent-ley is the son of Samuel and Lauren Bentley andthe grandson of Circuit Judge John and Judy Bent-ley.

ED HOWELL/STAFF

Meeting law enforcementAttorney General Luther Strange (right) meets with Hackleburg police investigator Terry Zills (left) andHackleburg patrolman Steve Thornton during an Oct. 21 campaign stop at the Marion County Court-house in Hamilton.

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n Hackleburgpulls away fromrival Bobcats

By STEVEN HOODHackleburg Correspondent

PHIL CAMPBELL - After a slow startand a scoreless first quarter, Hackleburgturned to the reliable combination ofMatt Harper and Kristian Jones to earn aconvincing road win over rival PhilCampbell on Thursday, Oct. 30.

The Panthers used a strong secondhalf to earn the 34-19 victory.

With the win, the Panthers improvedto 9-1 on the season while the Bobcatsfell to 4-6.

Jones rushed to 93 yards on 14 carrieswhile pulling in two passes for 24 yardsand a score. He also returned a kickofffor 86 yards and scored a two-point con-version.

Harper rushed 13 times for 84 yards,a touchdown and a two-point conversion.He was 10-of-14 passing for 174 yards

n Class 7A squadflexes muscle early

By CONNAR FRANKLINHamilton Correspondent

HAMILTON - The desire to line up againstone of the largest schools in the state is com-mendable, but Hamilton was unable to keeppace with Class 7A James Clemens on Thurs-day, Oct. 30, at Sargent Stadium.

With the 46-7 defeat, the Aggies fell to 7-3on the year while the Jets improved to 7-3 onthe season.

Scoring came quickly and often for the Jets

with Aggie head coach Rodney Stidham say-ing afterwards, “It would have taken a near-perfect game to have defeated them.’’

Despite two stops by the Aggies’ KyleGreen and Jacob Williams on the openingdrive, the Jets needed only five plays to reachthe end zone.

The score came on a 44-yard rush by An-thony Bolden with the point-after pushing themargin to 7-0 less than two minutes into thegame.

In response, the Aggies gained two quickfirst downs on reception by Tra Lark and Den-zel Mitchell for 12 and 21 yards, respectively.

n Brilliantsecond-halfrally fallsshort

By BRENNON NIXBrilliant Correspondent

BRILLIANT - Honoringthe seniors as their final yearwith the Tigers drew to a close,Brilliant fell short in its effortsto earn a victory, but the gamewas certainly entertaining.

With the loss, the Tigersended the season with a 1-9mark while the R. A. Hubbardimprove to 6-4.

The squads squared off onThursday, Oct. 30, with theChiefs earning the 31-24 win.

WEEK 11: HACKLEBURG 34, PHIL CAMPBELL 19

Panthers awaken in second half

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Hard knocks(Top photo) Hackleburg’s Briley Holland and Cole Revis (55) bringdown the Phil Campbell quarterback for a sack. (Bottom photo)Hackleburg’s Ethan Gintz (10) launches to stop the Phil Campbellrunner. Also pictured for the Panthers is Tanner Swinney (64) andMatt Harper (3).

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Steppin’ overHackleburg’s Evan Crowe (27)attempts to step over the PhilCampbell defender.

GINGER AVERY/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Makin’ the stopHamilton’s Zach Bowens (6), Mike Harris (74) and Jerry Santacruz (51) comein to make the stop against the James Clemens ball-carrier.

MICHAEL E. PALMER/STAFF

Runnin’ and restin’

(Top photo) Brilliant’sTyler Durham (6) breaksinto the open againstR.A. Hubbard. (Bottomphoto) Brilliant’s BladeBrasher (52) and TylerDurham (6) catch theirbreath during a break inaction against theChiefs.

WEEK 11: HUBBARD 31, BRILLIANT 24

Seven-point loss to Chiefsends Tigers’ season at 1-9

WEEK 11: CLEMENS 46, HAMILTON 7

Aggies outmannedin loss to Clemens

See PANTHERS on page 14.

See AGGIES on page 15.

WEEK 11: LAMAR COUNTY 34, WINFIELD 27

Late comebackattempt failsn Pirates’ offense stalls as

first-half lead slips awayBy DEREK TRIMM

Winfield Correspondent

VERNON - Having held a lead for much of the firsthalf, the Winfield Pirates fell short in a last-minute come-back try before falling to Lamar County 34-27 in Vernonon Thursday, Oct. 30.

With the loss, the Pirates fell to 6-4 on the season whilethe Bulldogs improved to 7-3.

Coming out of the break, Winfield held a 20-13 lead,but was unable to generate any offense until the waningminutes of the game.

Falling behind 34-20, the Pirates managed a late scoreto cut the margin to seven and even recovered the ensuingonsides kick, but two plays later a Bulldogs’ interceptionended any threat Winfield had of completing the come-back.

Lamar County’s rushing attack proved too much for thePirates defense as it churned out 365 yards on the groundwith 34 yards through the air sprinkled in for good meas-ure.

Winfield had only 273 total yards with 180 yards pass-ing and 93 on the ground.

Attempting to catch the Bulldogs off guards, Winfieldbegan the game with an onsides kick. After a Bulldogs’ de-fender touched the ball, a massive pileup followed withthe officials awarding the ball to Lamar County at the Pi-rates’ 48.

Lamar County’s Alex Wheeler and Cullin Carter tradedruns, moving the ball to the Pirates’ 10-yard line.

Ty Herron carried on first-and-goal to the eight beforecarrying again on second down for six yards to the two.Carter did the honors, carrying in for the two-yard touch-down. Collin Wilson added the extra point to give the Bull-dogs a 7-0 lead with 6:00 left in the first quarter.

Winfield started its first offensive possession at its own28. Quarterback Jordan Hunt went to the air on first down,passing to Will Harrison for 32 yards to the Bulldogs’ 40.Hunt ran on the next play and picked up four yards to the36. Hunt and Xavier McCollum traded runs, moving thePirates down to the 25-yard line.

McCollum found a seam in the Bulldogs defense andbroke free for 21 yards to the four-yard line, setting up afirst-and-goal.

McCollum got the call on the next play, carrying it infor the four-yard touchdown. Elkins tacked on the extrapoint to knot the game at 7-7 with 2:53 left in first quarter.

Tough Pirates defense and penalties slowed the Bull-dogs on the following drive as the home team was forcedto punt on fourth-and-38.

The Pirates picked right up where they left off on the

See ATTEMPT on page 12.

See TIGERS on page 14.

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AHSAA WEEK 10 SPOTLIGHT

Three county playersearn spotlight mention

By MATTHEW PUCKETTSports Editor

Three football players from Marion County were mentioned for their standout play inthe Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Week 10 Prep Spotlight.

Phillips’ Tyler Crumpton was mention for his performance in the Bears’ 40-33 winover Decatur Heritage.

Crumpton hauled in seven passes for 147 yards and four touchdowns in the win. Hackleburg’s Matt Harper and Kristian Jones earned the honor for their performance

in the Panthers’ 36-15 win over R.A. Hubbard.Harper earned a mention after rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries.

He also completed eight of his 13 pass attempts for 74 yards.For the year, the sophomore has thrown for 988 yards and 18 touchdowns. He has also

run for 933 yards and nine more scores.The Panthers’ Jones earned a mention for his 144-yard, three-touchdown effort against

the Chiefs.For the season, Jones has run for 1,033 yards on 116 carries and 15 scores. He has

caught 15 passes for 160 yards and three scores. He also has a 52-yard fumble recoveryfor a score, which gives the junior back 19 total touchdowns on the season.

The overall spotlight in Week 10 shined down on Blount High School’s DemetriceVaughan.

Vaughan led the Leopards from a 22-0 deficit entering the fourth quarter againstLeFlore to a 25-22 win.

Vaughan finished with 156 yards on 20 carries and scoring runs of 32 and 20 yards.

ASWA FOOTBALL POLLS

Panthers, Bearsremain in Top 10n Hackleburg, Phillips

stay at No. 8, 10By MATTHEW PUCKETT

Sports Editor

Hackleburg and Phillips remained at the eighth and10th spots, respectively, in the Alabama Sports WritersAssociation’s Week 10 regular season poll released onWednesday, Oct. 29.

The Panthers stayed firm in the eighth spot in Class1A after the team’s 36-15 win over R.A. Hubbard lastweek. Hackleburg received 94 votes in the poll.

The Panthers improved to 9-1 on the season with theirwin over Phil Campbell on Thursday, Oct. 30. This winwill be reflected in next week’s rankings.

Phillips (9-1) kept pace at No. 10 with 33 votes inClass 1A after the Bears’ 40-33 victory over Decatur Her-itage.

Brantley (9-0) collected 19 first-place votes to remainatop the Class 1A poll.

Behind Brantley in the Class 1A poll are No. 2Maplesville (8-0), No. 3 Hubbertville (9-0), No. 4Donoho (9-0), No. 5 Linden (5-3), No. 6 Berry (7-2), No.7 Ragland (8-1), No. 8 Hackleburg, No. 9 McKenzie (8-1) and Phillips.

The top-ranked team in Class 7A is Hoover (7-2). TheBucs earned 23 first-place votes.

Clay-Chalkville (9-0) stayed at the top spot with aunanimous 31 first-place votes for the second consecu-tive week.

St. Paul’s (9-0) was a unanimous selection with 31first-place votes in Class 5A for the eighth consecutiveweek.

UMS-Wright (9-0) remained in the top spot with aunanimous 31 first-place votes while Madison Academy(8-1) stayed atop Class 3A with 29 first-place votes.

Class 2A Fyffe (8-0) stayed in the pole position forthe eighth week in a row with 24 first-place votes.

Edgewood Academy (9-0) earned a unanimous selec-tion with 31 first-place votes in the 10th regular seasonpoll.

previous drive. Starting at theBulldogs’ 40, Hunt picked up10 yards before McCollumgained eight more to the 22.Following a false start penaltythat moved the ball back tothe 27, McCollum picked upnine yards before XavierChaney picked up 11 yards togive Winfield a first-and-goalat the seven.

McCollum gained sixyards on first-and-goal, before

Hunt took it in from one-yardout for the score. Elkins’ extrapoint gave Winfield the 14-7lead with 7:20 left in secondquarter.

Lamar County needed lit-tle time to answer the Pirates’scoring drive by using fourplays to cover 92 yards. Cap-ping off the drive was a 78-yard touchdown run byCarter.

The extra-point attempt byWilson failed, allowing Win-field to maintain a slim mar-gin at 14-13 with only 5:23remaining in the half.

Winfield answered theBulldogs scoring drive with a13-play, 66-yard drive, eatingfive minutes off the gameclock.

With a healthy mix ofpasses and runs, the Piratessteadily moved down the fieldas Hunt passed to Kent Jenk-ins for six yards and Harrisonfor 12 coupled with McCol-lum runs of 6 and 13 yards.

Later in the drive facing athird-and-goal from the 10,Hunt scrambled and found hisbrother Judson Hunt in theend zone for the 10-yard

touchdown pass. Elkins’ extra-point attempt

missed its mark, but Winfieldhad pushed its lead to 20-13with 33 seconds remaining inthe half.

Lamar County turned to itspassing game trying to tie thegame before the break. Cartercompleted two passes and gotthe Bulldogs deep into Win-field territory at the 17.

But the Bulldogs’ drive was

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ATTEMPT(Continued from page 11)

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Lookin’ for running roomWinfield’s Xavier McCollum looks to run through the Lamar County defensein the Pirates’ 34-27 loss.

CHARLES WHITE/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Followin’ behindWinfield’s Jordan Hunt (11) follows behind Xavier McCollum (1) in the Pirates’game against Lamar County.

See ATTEMPTon page 15.

Saturday, November 1, 2014 Journal Record Page 13

Photos from the

Regional VolleyballTournament

Von Braun Center - HuntsvilleSaturday, Oct. 25

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Around the defenders(Left photo) Brilliant’s Makenzie Tucker (25) goes up for the hit against Meekon Saturday, Oct. 25. (Right photo) Brilliant’s Lauren Kois (15) makes the tipagainst Meek. Also pictured for the Lady Tigers is Lexie Sims (9).

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Goin’ for the block

Brilliant’s Brittany Farley(16) goes up for theblock against Meek dur-ing the regional tourna-ment.

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Diggin’ it!Brilliant’s Oakley Ward(12) goes for the digagainst Meek in the sec-ond round of the re-gional tournament atHuntsville’s Von BraunCenter.

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Tip!Brilliant’s MichelleWideman (3) goes upfor the tip against Meekon Saturday, Oct. 25.

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Turning the ball over ondowns after a failed fourth-down play on its first series,the Brilliant offense handedthe duties over to its defense.

Hubbard failed to answerafter fumbling the ball awayafter a hard hit by Brilliant’sBlade Brasher.

But the Chiefs took the ballback on a turnover of theirown before marching to theend zone for an early 7-0 leadover the homestanding Tigers.

Forcing the Tigers to puntagain on their next series, theChiefs’ offense wasted littletime in adding to its lead.

With a balanced attack inthe air and on the ground, theChiefs’ drive ended with a 13-yard scoring run. The failedpoint-after try left Hubbardwith a 13-0 advantage.

Not wanting the margin togrow, the Brilliant offensechose to fake a punt on itsnext series. The decision paiddividends for the Tigers’ staffas Kyle Price completed apass to Anthony Sartin for thefirst down.

But the good fortune wasshort-lived as a Chief defenderstepped in front the next Bril-liant pass and returned themiscue for the score.

The extra-point try failed,but Hubbard had managed tobuild a 19-0 advantage.

The teams exchangedpunts before ending the firsthalf of play.

Hubbard received the kickto start the second half, butfumbled the ball away to theTigers.

Brilliant responded with ashort scoring drive, but thefailed two-point conversionleft the Chiefs with a 19-6lead in the third quarter.

With the Brilliant defenseforcing another Chiefs punt,the Tigers’ special teams roseto the occasion by blockingthe kick.

Michael Kingsbury scoopedup the loose football andraced to the Hubbard eight be-fore being pulled down frombehind.

Two plays later, the Tigers’Ryan Metcalf ran in for thetwo-yard score to narrow thedeficit to 19-12 after the failedtwo-point attempt.

Hubbard fumbled the ballback to Brilliant on the kickoffwith the Tigers needing onlyone play to return to the endzone.

Tyler Durham broke freefor a 34-yard scoring run tocut the deficit to 19-18 afterthe point-after try failed forthe Tigers.

The Brilliant defense heldstrong on the next possession,forcing the Chiefs to pun afteronly three snaps.

The Tigers’ offense stalledand punted the ball back to theChiefs only to have the Chiefsreturn the favor three playslater. But this Brilliant drivenever materialize as it was cutshort by a fumble.

Eventually, the Hubbardoffense found a gear with a21-yard touchdown run to ex-tend its precarious margin to25-18 after a failed two-pointtry.

On the ensuing kick, Pricereturned the ball to the Chiefs19 to set the Tigers offense upon the front court.

Two plays later, Durhamran in from six yards out totrim the margin to 25-24. Butanother failed two-point playprevented the Tigers from tak-ing the lead with less than twominutes to play in the game.

Brilliant attempted an on-sides kick after the score, butthe Chiefs recovered.

On the third play of the se-ries, a Hubbard player brokefree for a long scoring play toround out the scoring at 31-24as the clock ticked under oneminute to play.

Details on the followingturn of events were still beinginvestigated as of presstimeon Friday, Oct. 31. But gameofficials ended the game withless than a minute to play afteran incident on the field.

Efforts to reach BrilliantHigh School Principal JackHayes and Marion CountySuperintendent of EducationRyan Hollingsworth prior topresstime on Friday were un-successful.

and three touchdowns.Neither team reached the

end zone in the opening stanzawith Phil Campbell puntingthree times while Hackleburgpunted once and turned theball over on downs.

The Hackleburg defensewas swarming to open thegame with three quarterbacksacks as Briley Holland had ofhis own with Cole Revis join-ing him on the third.

Phil Campbell found theend zone first on a 52-yarddrive, capped on a one-yardrun by Peyton Thomas. Thebig play on the scoring drivewas a 23-yard screen pass tomove the chains on third down.

The extra-point try wastrue to give the Bobcats a 7-0lead with 8:19 to play beforeintermission.

But the momentum did notlast long as Jones pulled in the

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

Team defenseHackleburg’s Cassady Williams (4), Austin Hill (52), Briley Holland (8) andKristian Jones (6) tackle the Phil Campbell runner in the Panthers’ 34-19 win.

MICHAEL E. PALMER/STAFF

Swarmin’ defenseThe Brilliant defense swarms to the R.A. Hubbard running back in the Tigers’31-24 loss.

MICHAEL E. PALMER/STAFF

Runnin’ room(Top photo) Brilliant’s Kyle Price (3) shakes off theR.A. Hubbard defender. (Bottom photo) Brilliant’sTyler Durham (6) cuts away from the R.A. Hubbarddefense.

PANTHERS(Continued from page 11)

MATTHEW PUCKETT/SPORTS EDITOR

86-yard returnHackleburg’s Kristian Jones (6) looks for a seamon the kick return. Jones returned the kickoff for86 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers’ lonefirst half score.

See PANTHERSon page 16.

TIGERS(Continued from page 11)

Saturday, November 1, 2014 Journal Record Page 15

But Hamilton was forcedto put shortly after crossingthe midfield stripe. And witha net punt of only 10 yards,the Jets’ offense was back inbusiness.

Seven plays later, the Jetsscored on a two-yard run byMaceo Booker, but the extra-point attempt was blocked bythe Aggies’ Jerry Santacruz toleave the Clemens’ advantageat 13-0.

Trying to respond, Hamiltoncould only earn a three-yardrun by Logan Rogers and aseven-yard reception by J.T.Kiby before the Jets defensepicked off a Blake Stidhampass.

Turning to its aerial assault,the Jets offense turned in passcompletion of 27, 14, 8, 8 and

7 yards on its ensuing drive.The final toss and catch putthe visitors back in the endzone with the point-after trypushing the Jets’ cushion to20-0.

The Aggies answered witha first-down completion fromStidham to Kirby only to seethe drive end on a fourth-and-two play when the Hamiltoncoaching staff elected to fakethe punt.

The pass attempt neverfound the hands of an Aggiesreceiver with the Jets takingover on downs.

Three plays later, the Jetswere back in the end zoneafter an open receiver hauledin a 23-yard pass for the score.The extra-point attempt failed,but the Jet were holding a 26-0 advantage with 20 secondsto play before intermission.

Hamilton ended the halfwith only 64 yards of offense.

The Aggies’ only scoring

drive of the night came toopen the second half as theJets’ second-team defense tookthe field. Shortly thereafter,the Clemens coaching staffdecided to return the startersto action.

The Hamilton scoringdrive began with Mitchell’sonly carry of more than fiveyards on the night. He endedthe contest with 26 yards oneight carries.

Stidham connected withKirby for 12 yards and a firstdown followed by anotherKirby reception and threetough runs by Rogers down tothe Jets 10.

With his protection failing,Stidham was able to scamperin from nine yards out on asecond-and-goal attempt twoplays later.

Santiago Cruz added theextra point to trim the deficitto 26-7 in the third.

Per a halftime agreement

between the coaches, the halfconsisted of only eight-minutequarters.

Hamilton held the ball foralmost the entire quarter enroute to the end zone, kickingoff to Clemens with 11 sec-onds to play in the third.

The Jets responded withanother score on a first-and-10 play from its own 36.

Bolden broke free for the64-yard scamper as the timeexpired in the quarter. Thesuccessful point-after trypushed the margin to 33-7.

Clemens added two moresecond-half touchdowns to

round out the scoring with a46-7 victory.

Jon Roblero and JacobWilliams led the Hamilton de-fense with seven tackles eachwith the Aggies offense earn-ing 177 total yards on thenight.

Stidham commended hisplayers’ effort and enthusiasm,but also acknowledged thatthe game was not played at avery high level. He also notedthat the Aggies would get backon track and play better nextweek.

As of presstime on Friday,Oct. 31, the playoff picture for

the Aggies was still unclear.Final regional standings are

yet to be determined with anumber of non-region gamesused to determine final regionseedings.

Options available for theAggies are:

a.) Finish as the fourth seedand travel to Deshler.

b.) Finish as the third seedand travel to Wilson or;

c.) Finish as the secondseed and entertain Elkmont.

Regardless of the locationand opponent, kickoff for thefirst-round playoff game willbe Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m.

thwarted when McCollumstepped in front of a Carterpass for an interception as theclock expired.

The Pirates started the sec-ond half with the ball but Mc-Collum lost yardage on firstdown before Hunt had hispass intercepted at the Pirate42.

Lamar County took pos-session and used 10 plays tocover 42 yards for the score.Carter and Wheeler took turnsrunning the ball and Cartersealed off the drive with aone-yard touchdown run.

Wilson’s extra point wasgood, tying the game at 20-20with 6:43 left in the third.

The Pirates were unable toget the offense going andwere forced to punt the ballback to Lamar County.

The Bulldogs setup at theirown 17 and used a methodicalapproach to eat up the clockand march 83 yards for thego-ahead touchdown.

The Bulldogs ran the ball16 out of 17 plays in the driveand Wheeler ended the drivewith a three-yard touchdownplunge.

Wilson added the extrapoint to give the Bulldogs thelead at 27-20 with 8:07 left inthe game.

The ensuing drive sawWinfield go in reverse as abad snap forced the Pirates tolose 26 yards all the way backto their own 11.

Later in the drive facingthird-and-37 from their own10, Hunt fired a pass downfield and Ryan Pollard wentup and fought with a LamarCounty defender to pull itaway for a 40-yard gain and afirst down.

The Pirates were unable topick up a first down fromthere as the Bulldogs defenseclamped down and forced aturnover as Hunt threw an in-terception giving the ball backto Lamar County at its 40.

Lamar County capitalizedquickly on the turnover withanother scoring drive, withCarter picking up one yard onfirst down.

On second down, DyshunWilliams broke free for 54yards but was chased down atthe Pirates five-yard line.Wheeler carried it in from five

yards out for the touchdown.Wilson’s extra point pushedthe Bulldogs’ lead to 34-20with 2:54 left in the game.

Winfield took over the en-suing possession at its own33. Hunt sent to the air, as thePirates were in their hurry upoffense. He connected withHarrison for four yards beforefinding Jenkins for a 31-yardgain to the Lamar County 32.After passing to McCollumfor three yards, Hunt foundJenkins for 19 more yards tothe Bulldogs 10.

On first-and-goal from the10, McCollum picked up fiveyards and later Hunt foundHarrison in the back of theend zone for a five-yardtouchdown pass.

Elkins’ extra point wasgood cutting the lead to 34-27with only 1:14 left in thegame.

Winfield lined up for anonsides kick and Elkins puttoe to leather and the Pirateswere able to recover with

Campbell making the recov-ery giving Winfield one lastchance to score and possiblytie or win the game.

Hunt connected with Har-rison for a six-yard gain. Onsecond-and-four from theLamar County 41, Huntdropped to pass the ball deepdown field, but a LamarCounty defender made a div-ing interception at the five-yard line to end the Pirateshopes.

Hunt was 15-of-25 passingfor 180 yards and two touch-downs and threw three inter-ceptions.

Harrison led the receiverswith seven catches for 64yards and one touchdown.Jenkins had three receptionsfor 56 yards and Judson Hunthad three grabs for 17 yardsand a touchdown.

McCollum led the rushingattack with 16 carries for 81yards and one touchdown.Hunt had nine rushes for 27yards and a touchdown.

“We had opportunities and

we did not take advantage ofthem,” said Winfield headcoach David McKinney afterthe game.

“We made some turnoverswe shouldn’t have made, butwe played hard and we justhave to learn to not make themistakes that cost us thegame.

“We came out after the halfand turned the ball over andour defense played hard allnight. Their offensive schemeis hard to defend. We gotstalemated offensively, but wegot to have someone step upand make a play for us. Ourguys kept competing and I’mproud of their effort tonight,”added McKinney.

“It’s a one-game seasoneach week now. It’s all aboutbeing 1-0 each Friday nightfrom here on out.”

Winfield will host peren-nial power Colbert County inthe first round of the Class 3Astate playoffs on Friday, Nov.7, at Estes Hudson Stadium.

AGGIES(Continued from page 11)

LES WALTERS/MANAGING EDITOR

Stretchin’ outHamilton’s Drew Smith (33) stretches out for the James Clemens ball-carrierin the Aggies’ 46-7 loss.

CHARLES WHITE/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Cuttin’ rightWinfield’s Xavier Chaney (22) cuts to the right sideline against Lamar Countyon Thursday, Oct. 30. Also pictured for the Pirates is Cody Mann (52).

CHARLES WHITE/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Scorin’ and stoppin’(Top photo) Winfield’s Judson Hunt (44) follows hisblockers into the end zone for a touchdownagainst Lamar County. (Bottom photo) Winfield’sJustin Campbell (3) attempts to bring down theLamar County runner.

GINGER AVERY/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Keepin’ his balanceHamilton’s Logan Rogers (5) keeps his balance on the carry against JamesClemens. The Aggies lost 46-7 to the Class 7A Jets.

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ensuing kickoff and raced 86yards for the Panthers’ firstscore.

With an illegal motion callpushing the ball back to theeight-yard line, the Panthers’two-point try failed, leavingthe Bobcats with a 7-6 lead.This margin would hold as theteams headed to the locker-room at the half.

In the opening half, theBobcats’ offense managedonly 86 total yards and fivefirst down while the Panthersrecorded only 70 yards andfour first downs.

Hackleburg coach RodHudson challenged his teamat the break with what seemedto be a new squad taking thefield in the second half.

On its first drive of the sec-ond half, the Panthers neededonly 90 seconds to cover the65 yards to the end zone.

Harper finished the drivewith a four-yard burst as Jonescashed in the two-point playto lift the Panthers to a 14-7lead early in the third quarter.

The Hackleburg defensedid its job by forcing a puntafter only three snaps to givethe Hackleburg offense newlife.

The scoring drive ended onan 18-yard reception by Joneswith Harper running in for thetwo-point conversion to givethe Panthers a 22-7 lead with6:50 to play in the third.

Later in the quarter, thePanthers extended the marginon a 10-yard touchdown passfrom Harper to CassadyWilliams.

The two-point try fell shortof the goal, but the Panthersheld a 28-7 lead as the finalquarter began.

With less than eight min-utes to play, the Panthers putthe game out of reach on yetanother Harper-to-Williamspass to cap a 69-yard drive.The conversion failed, but thePanthers had built a 34-7 lead.

The Bobcats scored twiceon the Panthers’ second-teamdefense. Touchdown passes of36 and 45 yards respectivelyaccounted for the damage.

Each two-point try wasstopped to round out the nightwith a 34-19 Hackleburg win,its ninth straight on the year.

“We played Hackleburg

football in the second half,’’Hudson said after the game.

“I think we were lookingahead in the first half. Ourfirst-team defense played hardall night and kept pressure ontheir offense.’’

Defensively, Holland had2.5 sacks among his eighttotal tackles while Austin Hillled the defense with 11 stopsfollowed by Ethan Gintz andTanner Swinney (nine each),Williams (eight) and Revis(six).

With Harper’s 84 rushingyards, the back surpassed the1,000-yard mark on the season,now standing at 1,017 rushing

yards and 1,162 yards throughthe air.

“It was a good night forMatt and Kristian to over1,000 for the season,’’ Hudsonsaid. “It is a compliment totheir ability and our offensiveline.’’

With the regular seasonnow over, the Panthers turntheir attention to the playoffsas Hackleburg will host theTalladega Country CentralFighting Tigers on Friday,Nov. 7, at Ray Stadium.

Talladega Central entersthe game with a 6-4 mark, butthe Tigers finished the seasonwith four consecutive wins.

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Comin’ at youHackleburg’s Matt Harper (3) throws a pass to-ward the sideline against Phil Campbell. Harperthrew for three touchdowns against the Bobcats.

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Hauling ‘em in(Top photo) Hackleburg’s Court Stidham (1) makes the reception over hisshoulder against Phil Campbell. (Bottom photo) Hackleburg’s CassadyWilliams (4) hauls in the touchdown after making a one-handed catch againstPhil Campbell.

PANTHERS(Continued from page 14)