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TO A TEEBy DALE SHORTDaily Mountain Eagle

It all came down to aphone call. Randall Watts,facing burnout after 16years of teaching, had amajor career change inmind when he called anold college buddy who wasan up-and-coming golferon the pro touring circuit.Spike McRoy laughed.“You’re not going to be-lieve this,” the golfer said.“It must be divine inter-vention or something, be-cause my caddie just quitto go work for somebodyelse. Why don’t you comedown to Florida and we’llsee how it goes?”

The year was 1998.Over the next severalyears, Watts would livehis dream job as a caddie,traveling to 38 states andseven countries.

He was no stranger togolfing. As a freshman atWalker High School, heplayed on the golf teamand spent countless hourson the course at MusgroveCountry Club. ”I thoughtI was getting pretty good,”he recalls, “but then Istarted to play in someprestigious amateur tour-naments and I saw ex-actly where I stood on thefood chain.” From then on,when he watched golf ontelevision, “I started pay-ing more attention to thecaddies. Before that,they’d just been part ofthe background, but I

Jasper native sees the world on pro golf tour

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Camp McDowell executive directorconsidering run for Alabama governor By ED HOWELLDaily Mountain Eagle

NAUVOO — The leader of CampMcDowell for the past 26 years sayshe will be retiring — and that he isseriously exploring the idea of run-ning for governor in 2018.

The Rev. Mark Johnston, a Demo-crat, posted on social media Wednes-day night that he is considering a

run and was overwhelmed by Fridayafternoon at the response he had re-ceived.

“I’ve thought about it for twoyears,” Johnston, 66, said Friday,adding that he plans to retire fromhis post at the camp probably some-time this summer no matter what hedecides on the governor’s race.

“I’m really exploring. I’ve found ithas been affirming and humbling

that so many people have contactedme. It’s pretty unbelievable,” hesaid. “I’m so overwhelmed withphone calls I am just exhausted.”

He noted he knows people fromacross the state, but added he is“pleasantly surprised” at how ex-cited people have responded to apossible campaign. The Rev.

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Supporters declarepride in president,slam his opponentsFrom Colorado’s state Capi-

tol to Trump Tower in NewYork and the WashingtonMonument, groups of hun-dreds of people rallied forPresident Trump on Saturday,waving “Deplorables forTrump” signs and even carry-ing a life-size cutout of thepresident. / A10

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Firefighters from across the countyparticipate in fire training programBy ELANE JONESDaily Mountain Eagle

Firefighters from fire de-partments across WalkerCounty participated in afire training programhosted by the WalkerCounty Firefighters Associ-ation and the Alabama FireCollege.

Richard Fikes, presidentof the Walker County Fire-fighters Association, saidthis was one of the largesttraining classes using thefire college’s Mobile BurnTrailer.

“The Mobile Burn Trailerhas visited our county sev-eral times, but I believethis is probably the largest

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Firefighters from across Walker County participated in a trainingsession hosted by the Walker County Firefighters Association andthe Alabama Fire College. The training included a Mobile BurnTrailer brought in by the Alabama Fire College.

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By LEA RIZZODaily Mountain Eagle

Dora native David Box, a fire-fighter and certified EMT, recentlytook over the role of fire chief withDora VolunteerFire and Rescueafter being withthe departmentfor 11 years.

Box steppedinto the positionin November afterChris Edwardsstepped down asfire chief after hiselection to theDora City Councilin August. Beforethat, Box hadserved as assistant chief since 2009.

Box, 45, has lived in Dora his en-tire life and graduated from DoraHigh School in 1989. He and hiswife, Jolene, have two children,Larken, 14, and Harris, 13, who at-tend Sumiton Christian School.

In order to spend more time withhis children when they wereyounger, Box cut back on the amountof calls he would run. He also toldthe department at that time that hewouldn’t run calls at night anymorebecause it took so much out of himand made it difficult to get up for hisregular job the next morning.

In addition to his work with thefire department, Box’s full-time jobis as a computer-aided drafter.

“I’ve done everything from designand detail the structures for theoverhead signs on the interstate.Then I went to sewer and water

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DEATHS & FUNERALSKathy Hardeman

Kathy Hardeman, 64, of Jasper, went home to be withthe Lord Friday, March 3, 2017, at Walker Baptist Med-ical Center.

A graveside service will be held today, March 5, 2017,at 2 p.m. at Bennett Cemetery. Friends and family willbe officiating the service.

Hardeman is preceded in death by her parents, ElmerHock and Jack and Edith Hardeman; and a grandson,Christian West.

She is survived by her loving husband, CharlesHardeman; six children, Shannon Dunn (Jimmy), FayeWest (Ira Boshell), Misty McWhirter (Kenneth), CharlesHardeman, Jr., Rebecca Alexander (Tim), and MelonyAlexander (Johnny); brother-in-law and sister-in-law,Tony and Faye Gerbin; 15 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and dearfriends.

Wilson Brothers Funeral Home; 205-924-4147

Mary Jo Lankford RolloMary Jo Lankford Rollo, 88, of Jasper, died Saturday,

March 4, 2017, at Walker Baptist Medical Center.Funeral arrangements will be announced by Collins-

Burke Funeral Home.

Collins-Burke Funeral Home; 205-384-5571

The Rev. Billy Powell Garrett

The Rev. Billy Powell Garrett, 78, of Oakman, diedFriday, March 3, 2017, at his residence.

Visitation will be held Monday, March 6, 2017, from 6until 9 p.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Parlor. Fu-neral services will be held Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at11 a.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Chapel, withburial to follow at Walker Memory Gardens. RandyBrand will officiate.

Garrett was preceded in death by his father, FayetteGarrett; mother, Billie Burke Earnest Garrett; andbrothers, Gordon Garret and Roger Garrett.

He is survived by his wife, Norma Dean Poe Garrett,Oakman; daughters, Angela Fondren and Mary JanePendley (Roy), all of Oakman; sons, Randall Garrett(Donna) and Sammy Garrett, all of Oakman; sister,Brenda Brown (Rayford), all of Oakman; brother, Don-ald Garrett of Oakman; grandchildren, April Woodard,Jeff Terry (Lindsey), Brittany Day (Jeff), Nick Myers,(Marcy), Tiffany Madison (Johnathan), Hannah Pend-ley, Heath Garrett, Heather Fondren (fiance, BoogFinch), and Zack Fondren, all of Oakman; and six great-grandchildren, all of Oakman.

Garrett was a veteran and retired from Berry minesas a heavy equipment operator and mechanic. His de-votion and love for his Lord and Savior led him to de-liver the Gospel of Christ for 45 years. He was a veryloving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfa-ther. His friendship and love for his family and friendswill be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Collins-Burke Funeral Home; 205-384-5571Uber deploys secretweapon againstundercover regulators

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber has been wielding asecret weapon to thwart authorities who have been try-ing to curtail or shut down its ride-hailing service incities around the world.

The program included a feature nicknamed “Grey-ball” internally that identified regulators who were pos-ing as riders while trying to collect evidence that Uber’sservice was breaking local laws governing taxis.

To stymie those efforts, Uber served up a fake versionof its app to make it appear the undercover regulatorswere summoning a car, only to have the ride canceled.The San Francisco company mined the data that it col-lects through its real app to pinpoint the undercoveragents.

The New York Times revealed Greyball’s existence ina story published Friday based on information providedby four current and former Uber employees who werenot named.

Uber acknowledged it has used Greyball to counterregulators working with the company’s opponents to en-trap its drivers.

Greyball is part of a broader program called VTOS,shorthand for “violations of terms of service,” that Ubersays it developed to protect its service.

“This program denies ride requests to fraudulentusers who are violating our terms of service — whetherthat’s people aiming to physically harm drivers, com-petitors looking to disrupt our operations, or opponentswho collude with officials on secret ‘stings’ meant to en-trap drivers,” Uber said.

Although Uber is becoming more widely acceptedthan in its early years, the company says it still usesGreyball as a tool in some cities that it declined to iden-tify.

The Times reported that Uber has targeted regulatorsin Boston, Paris and Las Vegas, among other cities, aswell as a litany of countries that include Australia,China, Italy and South Korea.

The cat-and-mouse game with regulators is the latestexample of the aggressive tactics that Uber has adoptedwhile upending the heavily regulated taxi industry. Indoing so, Uber has built a rapidly growing company val-ued at more than $60 billion by its investors that is fre-quently accused of bending the rules.

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This photo shows an exterior view of the head-quarters of Uber in San Francisco. Uber has beenwielding a secret weapon to thwart authorities whohave been trying to curtail or shut down its ride-hailing service in cities around the world.

Republican health care pushcoming; success a question mark

WASHINGTON (AP) —Republicans seem set tostart muscling legislationthrough Congress reshap-ing the country’s healthcare system after sevenyears of saber rattling.

Don’t confuse that withGOP unity or assume thatsuccess is guaranteed. Un-resolved disputes overtaxes and Medicaid rageand conservatives com-plaining that Republicanproposals don’t go farenough could underminethe effort, or at least makeGOP leaders’ lives diffi-cult.

Two House committees— Energy and Commerce,and Ways and Means —plan to begin votingWednesday on their por-tions of the legislation,barring late problems.Leaders want to push thepackage through theHouse this month andhope the Senate can con-sider it by Congress’ earlyApril recess.

It’s an ambitious calen-dar for what could be theyear’s most momentouscongressional battle.

Repealing PresidentBarack Obama’s 2010health care overhaul haslong been the GOP holygrail.

It helped elect PresidentDonald Trump and hasdriven the Republicanagenda in Congress, given

GOP office-seekers a ra-tionale for their candida-cies and fueled countlessfundraising appeals.

Yet Republicans havenever rallied behind an al-ternative and spent yearssettling for dozens of billsscuttling the law that wentnowhere.

Now, with a GOP presi-dent and party control ofthe House and Senate, vot-

ers expect Republicans todeliver and party leadersare banking on it.

“If you’re a Republicanwho votes against ‘Oba-macare’ repeal, you’regoing to have a lot of ex-plaining to do to your con-stituents,” said DougBadger, a GOP health careadviser.

There are few hard-lineconservatives on the twocommittees poised to votethis week, so the panelswill likely approve the leg-islation over unified Dem-ocratic opposition.

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File

In this Feb. 9 file photo, the HealthCare.gov web-site, where people can buy health insurance, is

“If you’re a Republican whovotes against‘Obamacare’ re-peal, you’re goingto have a lot of ex-plaining to do toyour constituents.”

- Doug Badger, a GOP health care

adviser

started watching them and Ithought it would really be some-thing to caddy for a pro on a tour. Itwould be a chance to vicariously bepart of something I loved.”

Not long after he showed up forhis first job as a caddie, fate smiledon McRoy. He won the GatewayTournament by one stroke and wonthe tour championship by five.

“When it came down to the lasthole,” Watts says, “the crowd wasthree deep and they were shouting‘Roll Tide!’ That was an experienceI’ll never forget.”

Life on the roadThe traveling life had its advan-

tages and disadvantages, he says. “Igot to be on all the courses I’d onlyseen on television. The worst partwas working in all kinds ofweather. Scorching hot, freezingcold. They go along anyway. Theonly thing that stops a game isstanding water or frozen grass.

“And you know you’ve been trav-eling a lot when you can recite theWaffle House menu by heart.”

Watching world-class golfers upclose was an education in itself.“Some golfers have natural talent,and McRoy was one,” he says. “Hereminded me of my dad, who couldplay piano by ear but couldn’t reada note. Spike sort of played golf thesame way, by feel.”

The most naturally talentedplayer? “The easy answer is TigerWoods,” Watts says. “But his abilitywas coupled with a lot of practicefrom the time he was knee-high,with his dad. I’m not sure one with-out the other would have amounted

to the same outcome.“Meanwhile, the young guys just

keep coming up. There’s a newplayer out there named DustinJohnson, who won the U.S. Openlast year. I got to see him when hewas first coming along, and I be-lieved he was really going to begreat guns.

Sure enough, 10 years later, hejust makes it look so effortless, sosimple. And his attitude matchesthat, just real nonchalant.”

In addition to carrying clubs, acaddie’s job covers a range of skillsdepending on each particulargolfer, Watts says, and part of thetask involves being a psychoanalystof sorts:

“The pro has probably played10,000 rounds of golf, and theyhave a pretty good idea how they’regoing to play their next shot. Butthere’s always this element ofdoubt lurking. If a caddie knowsthe player and his tendencies, youcan say something positive thatvalidates what the pro is alreadythinking. That empowers them togo ahead and freely execute whatthey were probably going to do tobegin with. It’s almost a Zen thing.

“But when a player asks yousomething on the course you’ve gotto be on your toes with an answer,because the caddie has a stake in ittoo. Our wages are pretty much de-termined by theirs, so you wantthem to do well.”

But all good things must come toan end, and for McRoy the causewas homesickness. “By that time hehad a young family,” Watts says,“and he had three kids below schoolage. His body was out on the tour,

but his heart was back home withhis family, so he quit and took a jobwith Morgan-Stanley. I got to cad-die for a few more guys after that,but it wasn’t the same.”

Watts, in search of a job, calledup a course on the coast of Oregonnamed Bandon Dunes, which rankssecond in the nation only to PebbleBeach. “They said, ‘When can youstart?’” and he set about drivingcross-country. “It’s a beautifulplace,” he says. “It’s about two giantleaps from the ocean.”

Then two things happened. Hisfather’s health began to deterio-rate. And an old friend phoned himand said, “I don’t want you to dowhat I did. I stayed on that rockabout five years too long. Now myknees and back and neck don’twork. Before you start feeling worndown, don’t grind it out. It’s notworth it.”

“The bloom was off the rose, so tospeak,” Watts says. He soon movedback to Alabama.

He still plays golf whenever hecan. “Sometimes I see that 7,000yards of green grass that’s culti-vated and babied and nurtured,” hesays, “and I get the urge to lie downand wallow in it. I like to play bymyself sometimes, like today whenthe weather’s dreary, and just com-mune with nature.

“Sometimes Spike used to rib meand say, ‘You act like you’re on va-cation,’ and that’s how I feel. Some-times people get so absorbed in thegame that they miss all this otherstuff. I just try to smell the roses,man.”Dale Short’s email address [email protected]

Watts From A1

classes we’ve had, that Ihave been in involved withat least,” Fikes said. “Weactually held three seper-ate classes this week andtrained around 80 firefight-ers.”

The training was held atthe old Walker County Air-port near the WalkerCounty E911 office, whichwas a more central locationfor all the fire departmentsparticipating in the train-ing. The mobile burn trailerhas numerous capabilities,which include fire attacks

and search and rescue aswell as a number of otherscenarios.

It has built-in safety fea-tures that engage automat-ically (or can be engagedmanually by an operator)to shut down when safetyissues occur.

Fikes, who is also thechief of the Thach Volun-teer Fire Department, saidit was the first time thatseveral of the firefighterswho participated in thisweek training had actuallygeared up and gone inside

a burning structure. “They’ve trained with

their gear and have as-sisted with fighting struc-ture fires, but a number ofthem have never gone in-side a burning structure,”Fikes said. “Needless tosay, some of them werepretty nervous.”

The firefighters enteredthe mobile burn trailer inteams of two or three, justas the training instructorcranked up the controls onthe scenerio being used inthis training.

The scenario simulatedthe effects of a real-lifehouse fire, including flamesin two separate locationsinside the trailer, as well asall the heavy smoke andsounds firefighters faceanytime they enter a struc-ture fire.

“This was a really greatway for the new firefightersin our community to getlive fire training,” Fikessaid. “And it was also agreat way for our veteranfirefighters to refresh ourtraining.”

Training From A1

ATLANTA (AP) —Everyone was in place forthe hearing in Atlanta im-migration court: theGuinean man hoping tostay in the U.S., his attor-ney, a prosecutor, a trans-lator and the judge. Butbecause of some missingpaperwork, it was all fornothing.

When the governmentattorney said he hadn’t re-ceived the case file, JudgeJ. Dan Pelletier resched-uled the proceeding.Everybody would have tocome back another day.

The sudden delay wasjust one example of the in-efficiency witnessed by anAssociated Press writerwho observed hearingsover two days in one of thenation’s busiest immigra-tion courts. And that caseis one of more than half amillion weighing downcourt dockets across thecountry as President Don-ald Trump steps up en-forcement of immigrationlaws.

Even before Trump be-came president, the na-tion’s immigration courtswere burdened with arecord number of pendingcases, a shortage of judgesand frequent bureaucraticbreakdowns. Cases involv-ing immigrants not in cus-tody commonly take twoyears to resolve and some-times as many as five.

The backlog and insuffi-cient resources are prob-lems stretching back atleast a decade, said SanFrancisco ImmigrationJudge Dana Marks, speak-ing as the president of theNational Association ofImmigration Judges.

“It would be a shame ifthe mistakes of the pastcontinue to be repeated,”Marks said, citing previ-ous attempts to ramp upenforcement without pro-viding adequate resourcesto the courts.

Trump’s recent execu-tive orders and subsequentmemos from HomelandSecurity Secretary JohnKelly have focused on hir-ing more enforcementagents to find and detainpeople in the country ille-gally, but the administra-tion has been largely silenton beefing up immigrationcourts.

The system includes 58courts in 27 states. Theirjob is to decide whethernoncitizens charged withviolating immigrationlaws should be allowed tostay in the U.S. Immigra-tion judges work for theJustice Department’s Ex-ecutive Office for Immigra-

tion Review, not the judi-cial branch.

People appearing in im-migration court are gener-ally considered to have theright to an attorney, butthe court isn’t required toprovide one for free as incriminal cases. Rulingscan be appealed to theBoard of Immigration Ap-

peals, and board decisionscan be appealed to a fed-eral appeals court.

Of 374 authorized immi-gration judge positions,301 are filled. Fifty morecandidates are in variousstages of the hiringprocess, which typicallytakes about a year, saidKathryn Mattingly, a

spokeswoman for the Ex-ecutive Office for Immigra-tion Review.

The office “constantlyevaluates the need to shiftits resources,” Mattinglysaid, and is reviewingways to maximize its ef-forts on “priority cases.”

In all, more than534,000 cases were pend-ing before immigrationcourts nationwide in Feb-ruary, according to a re-cent memo from Kelly.

Advocates worry theTrump administration willincrease the use of proce-dures that allow authori-ties to deport peoplewithout using the courtsystem at all.

“Instead of actually try-ing to make the courts bet-ter, they just want to usethem less, even thoughthat obviously is deeplyproblematic from a due-process standpoint,” saidOmar Jadwat, director ofthe American Civil Liber-ties Union Immigrants’Rights Project.

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Dozens of police depart-ments around the U.S. areamassing their own DNAdatabases to track crimi-nals, a move critics say is away around regulationsgoverning state and na-tional databases that re-strict who can providegenetic samples and howlong that information isheld.

The local agencies createthe rules for their data-bases, in some cases allow-ing samples to be takenfrom children or from peo-ple never arrested for acrime. Police chiefs sayhaving their own collec-tions helps them solvecases faster because theycan avoid the backlogsthat plague state and fed-eral repositories.

Frederick Harran, thepublic safety director inBensalem Township, Penn-sylvania, was an earlyadopter of a local data-base. Since it was createdin 2010, he said robberiesand burglaries have beengone down due to arrestsmade because of the DNAcollection.

Harran said the Penn-sylvania state lab takes upto 18 months to processDNA taken from a bur-glary scene but with thelocal database authoritiesgo through a private laband get results within amonth. He said he usesmoney from assets seizedfrom criminals to pay forthe private lab work.

“If they are burglarizingand we don’t get themidentified in 18 to 24months, they have twoyears to keep committingcrimes,” he said.

DNA is found in cellsand provides a geneticblueprint unique to each

person. Blood, saliva,semen, hair, and skin areamong the biological cluesa criminal might leave at acrime scene and investiga-tors need only a few cellsto create a profile.

Police typically get aDNA sample by swabbingthe inside of a person’smouth.

That sample can then becompared against othersin a database to see if amatch occurs.

Some police depart-ments collect samplesfrom people who are neverarrested or convicted ofcrimes, though in all suchcases the person is sup-posed to voluntarily com-ply and not be coerced or

threatened.State and federal au-

thorities typically requirea conviction, arrest or war-rant before a sample is en-tered into their collections.

“The local databaseshave very, very little regu-lations and very few lim-its, and the law just hasn’tcaught up to them,” saidJason Kreig, a law profes-sor at the University ofArizona who has studiedthe issue. “Everythingwith the local DNA data-bases is skirting the spiritof the regulations.”

It’s unclear how manypolice departments main-tain their own DNA data-banks because they aresubject to no state or fed-

eral oversight, but policein California, Florida, Con-necticut and Pennsylvaniahave spoken publiclyabout their local data-bases. Harran said heknows of about 60 depart-ments using local data-bases.

In San Diego, in additionto voluntary samplestaken from adults, policeofficers are allowed to takesamples from juvenileswho aren’t arrested or con-victed as long as they arefor investigative purposesand the children sign aconsent form.

After the sample istaken, a police officer is re-quired to contact thechild’s parent or legal

guardian to tell them aDNA swab was collected.

The American Civil Lib-erties Union filed a law-suit against San Diego lastmonth alleging the policy“purports to sideswipe” re-strictions implemented bya California state law thatbars those samples frombeing entered into thestate’s DNA database.

When police officerstake DNA samples fromchildren without a courtorder, “it’s hard to imagineit’s anything other than co-erced or involuntary,” saidBardis Vakili, an ACLU at-torney who is spearhead-ing the lawsuit.

“I think they are tryingto avoid transparency andengage in forms of surveil-lance,” he said. “We don’tknow what’s done otherthan it goes into their laband is kept in a database.”

A San Diego policespokesman declined tocomment on the lawsuitand wouldn’t provide addi-tional information aboutthe department’s policy.

San Diego, the nation’seighth-largest city, hasabout 1.4 million peopleand a very large database,while Branford, Connecti-cut, population 28,000, hasjust 500 samples in its col-lection.

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Police agencies with own DNA databases stir debate

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In this 2010 file photo, Sarah Bettinger, a Senior DNA Analyst I at Bode Tech-nology, removes tubes containing crushed bone from a centrifuge during theprocess of DNA extraction of bone samples from Mexico at the lab in Arling-ton, Va. More police departments are amassing their own DNA databases,a move critics say is a way around stringent regulations governing statecrime labs and the national DNA database.

Immigration courts: Record number of cases, many problems

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In this Sept. 2014 file photo, an unidentifiedGuatemalan woman stands inside a dormitory inthe Artesia Family Residential Center , a federaldetention facility for undocumented immigrantmothers and children in Artesia, N.M.

MONTGOMERY (AP)— There might be a billthat could bring majorchanges to deer season inAlabama.

The Montgomery Adver-tiser reports that some lob-bying for the bill wouldallow hunters to use baitfor deer and feral hogs.The bill passed the Houseon Tuesday. It heads nextto the Senate for consider-ation.

The Legislature passeda “supplemental feeding”law last year, that wentinto effect this past hunt-ing season. State Rep. JackWilliams, who sponsoredthe bait bill, wants to clearup some of the confusionaround that law.

“There have been someproblems come up about

just what out of sightmeans under the currentlaw,” Williams said. “Is itout of sight when you can’tsee it from a stand, but youcan see it from the ground?I just think this is a betterway to go.”

The Alabama Depart-ment of Conservation andNatural Resources saywhitetail deer is the mostpopular game animal inthe state. Hunting gener-ates a $1.8 billion yearlyeconomic impact in Ala-bama, according to theHunting Heritage Founda-tion.

After the bait license fee,$14 will be returned to theconservation departmentwith $1 being an adminis-trative fee for issuing thelicense.

“We calculated that theannual license will raisebetween $1.2 and $1.5 mil-lion for the conservationdepartment,” Williamssaid. “Like every otherstate agency, the conserva-tion department needsmore money.”

The Wildlife and Fresh-

water Fisheries Division ofthe conservation depart-ment is funded throughthe sale of hunting andfishing licenses and per-mits and matching federalfunds from excise taxespaid on firearms, ammuni-tion, archery equipmentand fishing tackle.

MONTGOMERY (AP)— Lawmakers plan towhittle down Gov. RobertBentley’s proposed $800million prison construc-tion project when it headsto a committee vote nextweek.

Senate Judiciary Com-mittee Chairman CamWard said the committeewill vote on a smallerprison construction pro-posal next week. However,Ward said he didn’t yetknow the dollar size of theplan, but said it will beless than Bentley’s origi-nal $800 million proposalto build four new prisons.

“I think everybody real-izes you’ve got to do some-thing. You have to geteverybody where they arecomfortable,” Ward said.“Lawmakers realize thatis a lot of money to investin prisons. They want to

spend it the right way.”The governor unsuccess-

fully proposed the prisonconstruction plan lastyear. He has faced ques-tions again this year aboutthe affordability of the

project and the closures ofexisting facilities.

“I believe what Sen.Ward will be able to pres-ent in committee as a sub-stitute is a lot closer towhere the comfort level is.It will be smaller, but Ican’t tell you to what ex-tent,” Senate PresidentPro Tem Del Marsh said.

Bentley said Friday thathe appreciated the workby Ward and Marsh on theproject “They are workingon this. We will be appre-ciative of whatever theyare able to get out of theSenate,” the governor said.

Ward said he did notknow if he would keepBentley’s proposal of de-sign-build construction inwhich a single designer-builder is selected for theproject.

Alabama prisons house23,074 inmates in facili-

ties build for 13,318, a fig-ure that puts the depart-ment at 173 percentcapacity.

Bentley had proposedborrowing $800 million toconsolidate 14 of thestate’s 16 maximum andmedium security facilitiesinto four new large re-gional prions.

Three mega-prisons formen would hold 4,000 in-mates each and one prisonfor women would hold1,200 inmates. Two exist-ing facilities would stayopen.

The Department of Cor-rections has told lawmak-ers that the increased bedcapacity to a total of16,000 beds, plus previ-ously approved sentencingreforms, would bring thesystem to 125 percent ca-pacity, a number that hasbeen found acceptable by

the courts in prison crowd-ing litigation in otherstates.

The department hasalso projected that the costof the $800 million bondissue — about $50 millioneach year — could be paidfor with the savings in thedepartment gleaned fromconsolidations and endingthe maintenance projectson aging buildings.

“Why should we trustyou to deliver an $800 mil-lion project,” Sen. BobbySingleton, D-Greensboro,asked the prison commis-sioner in a public hearingthis week.

“I’m asking for a big

project. It’s a big problem,”Corrections CommissionerJeff Dunn replied.

If the proposal clears theSenate, it will head to theHouse of Representativeswhere lawmakers havehad informal discussionsabout a smaller plan.

“One of the ideas thatwe had was trying to dowhat we call a pilot pro-gram, which is similar towhat I’m hearing from theSenate. But we haven’tlocked in on anything spe-cific,” House Speaker MacMcCutcheon said.

The Senate JudiciaryCommittee is expected tovote Tuesday.


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STATE IN BRIEFPolice seek help in 2012 nightclub slaying in TuscaloosaTUSCALOOSA — Tuscaloosa police say they’re

still trying to solve the slaying of a teenager whowas shot to death in a crowded nightclub more thanfour years ago. The Tuscaloosa News reports thatinvestigators believe dozens of people witnessedthe shooting death of 18-year-old Labarron Rice atClub Secret on Dec. 20, 2012.But no one has come forward yet with information

leading to an arrest, and authorities are asking forhelp. Homicide Capt. Gary Hood says investigatorsbelieve someone can identify the shooter.Police believe the slaying was related to a shooting

that occurred about two weeks earlier at a gas sta-tion. A 26-year-old was injured in that incident.Shortly after Rice was killed, someone fired more

than 20 shots at a house in Tuscaloosa.

Ex-Albertville city worker pleads guilty to theft chargeALBERTVILLE — A former Albertville assistant city

clerk has pleaded guilty to stealing city funds, halt-ing a previously scheduled trial.Media outlets report Leigh Ann Jones was arrested

last year on charges of first-degree theft and usingher public office for personal gain. She is scheduledto be sentenced May 30.Prosecutor Richard Minor says that between 2007

and 2015, Jones stole more than $500,000 from thecity. Jones oversaw the city’s ambulance accountand handled the city’s bank deposits. Prosecutorssay she would place ambulance account checksinto cash deposits and take the cash.Jones faces a minimum of two years and maxi-

mum of 20 in prison.

Anniston Army Depot employee accused in theft caseBIRMINGHAM — An Anniston Army Depot em-

ployee has been charged with stealing more than$175,000 worth of transmission oil coolers between2013 and 2015.The U.S. Attorney’s Office, in a news release

Wednesday, said federal prosecutors filed a bill ofinformation charging 45-year-old Eric Hardy, of An-niston, with one count of theft of government prop-erty.In conjunction with the charge, prosecutors also

filed a plea agreement with Hardy. As part of thatagreement, Hardy agreed to plead guilty, forfeit$175,537 to the government, and to pay that sameamount in restitution to the Anniston Army Depot.The maximum penalty for the theft charge is 10

years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Leeds woman accused of DUI in fatal 2016 head-on wreckLEEDS — Police say a Leeds woman was under

the influence of controlled substances when shecrashed head-on into another vehicle, killing onewoman.Citing records made public on Wednesday, Al.com

reports that 31-year-old Jennifer Schrencongost hasbeen indicted on a manslaughter charge in the Feb-ruary 2016 wreck that killed 35-year-old MeredithJones.

— The Associated Press

The “What’s Going On” Section willbe featured each Wednesday andSunday in the A section of the DailyMountain Eagle, and daily on theCommunity Calendar on the DMEwebsite at www.mountaineagle. com.Community and school events, andclass and family reunions, are listedfree of charge and run in chronologi-cal order by calendar date and time.Community and school events, andclass and family reunions are onlyaccepted from local civic, govern-ment, nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organiza-tions, schools, high school classes,and families. The deadline to place acommunity or school event, class orfamily reunion is no later than noonon Tuesday or Friday of each week.To place a community or schoolevent, class or family reunion, in theWhat’s Going On section, call ElaneJones at 205-221-2840, ext. 246, oremail information [email protected].

SPECIAL NOTICESSecond “Indianhead”

Division Association iscurrently searching foranyone who served in theArmy’s 2nd Infantry Divi-sion at any time. The asso-ciation will commemoratethe 100th anniversary ofthe division, which wasformed in France duringWorld War I. For more in-formation about the asso-ciation and our annualreunion in Arlington, Vir-ginia on September 13-17,2017, call Secretary-trea-surer Bob Haynes [email protected], orcall 224-225-1202 or visitwww.2ida.org.

Civitan Club ofJasper is now taking pre-paid orders for their an-nual Vidalia onion salepurchased and deliveredfrom Vidalia, Ga. The costis $10. per 10 pound bag.Proceeds go toward help-ing the developmentallydisabled. Deadline for or-dering is Monday, April 10.For more information, callHalie Sherer at 471-3223or Joanna Brand at 387-0562.

MONDAY, MARCH 6Kiwanis Club of

Jasper will meet eachMonday at noon in theFrancis Israel Cafeteria onthe Bevill State Commu-nity College - Walker Col-lege in Jasper.

Sasha’s Hope andRescue will have a SpiritNight at Johnny Brusco’sN.Y. Style Pizza in Jasperon Monday, March 6, from5 until 9 p.m. Dine-in ortake-out orders. Your in-vite to show your supportso this 501(c)(3) non-profitrescue group can continueto save strays in WalkerCounty. Also ask abouttheir low cost $25 cat/dogspay/neuter program.

Walker County Cat-tlewomen Associationwill meet Monday, March6, at 7 p.m. at the Farmer’sFederation building inJasper.

Free CommunityYoga Class will be heldeach Monday at 7 p.m. atthe Sumiton CommunityCenter on Bryan Road inSumiton. Restorative ther-apeutic class is open topeople of all ages and skilllevels. For more informa-tion, email Jilda Watson [email protected].

Jasper AFG (AlanonFamily Group), a sup-port group for those withloved ones with a drinkingproblem, will meet eachMonday, at 8 p.m., at 216Gardner Road in Jasper.

TUESDAY, MARCH 7Jasper Family Serv-

ice Center at 2209Delaware Avenue inJasper will hold computerclasses for adults ages 50and up every Tuesday andThursday of each month.For more information, callthe Jasper Family ServiceCenter Office at 205-387-0511, ext. 5830 or ext.5831.

Jasper Senior Activ-ity Center has a specialday for seniors every Tues-day, featuring games andmovies. For more informa-tion, call 205-221-8513.

The Prospect Quiltersmeets every Tuesday from8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., atOld Prospect UnitedMethodist Church. Cov-ered dish lunch. Anyoneinterested in learning howto quilt is invited to attendany of the meetings. Formore information, callBetty Gober at 205-384-4233 or Janelle Baughnsat 205-387-2256.

VIP (Visually Im-paired People) SupportGroup of Jasper will

meet the first Tuesday ofeach month at 10:30 a.m.,in the Community Roomat the Jasper Public Li-brary. For more informa-tion, call Gail Smith at205-221-1514, ShelbyMote at 205-697-4063,Cyndi Drummond at 205-221-9521 or John Black at205-384-1666.

Marvin Lee FergusonVFW Post 4850/LadiesAuxiliary will meet thefirst Tuesday of eachmonth at 6 p.m. for mealand fellowship followed bymeetings, at 7 p.m. at thepost home on Viking Drivein Jasper.

American Legion Post101/LadiesAuxiliary/Sons Unit willmeet the first Tuesday ofeach month at 6:30 p.m.for refreshments followedby meeting at 7 p.m., atthe post home in CarbonHill.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

Lamon Chapel Ma-sonic Lodge and East-ern Stars will host aSwamp John’s dinnerfundraiser on Wednesday,March 8, from 3 until 6p.m. at the Thach Commu-nity Center off AlabamaHighway 195 North.Plates are $12.

THURSDAY, MARCH 9Jefferson-Lovell

United Daughters ofthe Confederacy willmeet the second Thursdayof each month at 11 a.m.at the Jasper Library on18th Street in downtownJasper.

Breast Cancer Sup-port Group of WalkerCounty will meet the sec-ond Thursday of eachmonth at 1:30 p.m. in theCommunity Room at theCarl Elliott Regional Li-brary on 18th Street inJasper.

Walker County Demo-cratic Party will meetthe second Thursday ofeach month at Victoria’sRestaurant. Meeting willbegin at 5 p.m. All Democ-rats are invited to attend.For more information, callany of the following num-bers: 205-388-6088, 870-834-3721, 205-717-4027,205-221-6175, 205-221-3296 or 205-221-3296.

Arley American Le-gion Post 0223 will meetthe second Thursday ofeach month at 6:30 p.m.,at the Boy Scout Lodge inArley.

Jasper American Le-gion Woods-Smith Post9 and Auxiliary Unit 9will meet Thursday, March9, at 6:30 p.m., at theWade Math & ScienceBuilding located at 80514th Street on the BevillState Community College- Walker Campus inJasper. Doors open at 5:30p.m. The 98th Birthday ofAmerican Legion which isMarch 15 will be recog-nized. Post 9 will also com-memorate “Four ChaplinsDay” with a presentationabout the sinking of thetransport ship, the USSDorchester, which tookplace on Feb. 3, 1943. Theprogram will concludewith a short candle light-ing ceremony in honor ofthe four clergy who gaveup their life vests so othermen aboard the shipmight survive. For moreinformation, call AdjutantJames Snow at 205-527-7090 or [email protected].

FRIDAY, MARCH 10Jasper Senior Activ-

ity Center will host adance with Ray Hood atthe Memorial Park Nata-torium in Jasper on Fri-day, March 9, from 7 until10 p.m. Admission is $3.For more information, call205-221-8513.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11Dilworth Community

Center on Stella LockhartRoad in Empire will hostits monthly breakfast thesecond Saturday of eachmonth at 7:30 a.m. at thecenter.

Walker County ARESHam Radio Club willmeet the second Saturdayof each month at 8 a.m. atthe American Red Crossoffice on Viking Drive inJasper. Testing will be heldfollowing the meeting.

MONDAY, MARCH 13Arley Women’s Club

will hold its regularymonthly meeting the sec-ond Monday of each monthat the Arley Library, withlunch at noon and meetingat 1 p.m.

Walker County CivilService Board will meetthe second Monday of eachmonth at 5 p.m. on the sec-ond floor of the WalkerCounty CourthouseAnnex.

TUESDAY, MARCH 14READ ALABAMA!

“The Tradition Contin-ues” Literary Programwill be held Tuesday,March 14, in the MathewsLecture Hall in the WadeMath & Science Buildingon the Bevill State Com-munity College - WalkerCollege Campus in Jasper.Free to the public. Re-freshments served at 3:30p.m. Featured author’sprogram will begin at 4p.m. Featured author willbe Robert Perry, a memberof the Chickasaw Hall ofFame.

Natural Bridge Com-munity Center will hosta Swamp John’s DinnerFundraiser on Tuesday,March 14, from 4 until 7p.m. at the communitycenter on Alabama High-way 13, north of the 4-waystop in Lynn. Cost is $10per plate. Dine-in or carryout. Proceeds go to theNatural Bridge StormShelter and CommunityCenter Building Fund.

Jasper Herb Societywill meet the second Tues-day of each month at 5:30p.m. at First PresbyterianChurch in Jasper.

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

Pilot Club of Jasperwill meet the third Thurs-day of each month at noonat the Francis Israel Hos-pitality Center on theBevill State CommunityCollege - Walker CollegeCampus in Jasper.

Fibromyalgia Sup-port Group of WalkerCounty will meet thethird Thursday of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at theJasper Civic Center on19th Street in downtownJasper. For more informa-tion, call 205-387-1833 or205-275-4984.

New Beacon Hospice,located at 300 North Air-port Road, Suite 4, inJasper will host a monthlyGrief Support Group thethird Thursday of eachmonth at 2 p.m., at the of-fice. The group will be ledby Stan Prewett, M.Div,the New Beacon Hospicechaplain and bereavementcoordinator. For more in-formation, call Prewett at205-387-9339 or [email protected].

Sumiton Senior Citi-zen Dance at the seniorcomplex in Sumiton willbe held the third Thursdayof each month at 6 p.m.

Carbon Hill CityCouncil will hold a coun-cil workshop on Thursday,March 16, at 7 p.m. at theCarbon Hill CommunityCenter.

SUNDAY, MARCH 19Sons of Confederate

Veterans Major John C.Hutto Camp 443 willmeet the third Sunday ofeach month at 2:30 p.m. inthe basement of FirstUnited Methodist Churchin Jasper.

MONDAY, MARCH 20Pineywoods Volun-

teer Department willhost a Swamp John’s Din-ner Fundraiser Monday,March 20, from 4 until 7p.m. at the PineywoodsFire Station on Piney-woods/Sipsey Road inJasper. Chicken, fish orshrimp plates, includeslaw, fries, cake and tea.Eat-in or carry out $11 perplate. Buy tickets early orat the door. The Fire De-partment is also sellingtickets on a drawing for aYeti Cooler for $5 each.The drawing will be heldMonday, March 20, at 7p.m. For more informationor to purchase tickets fordinner or drawing, callGeraldine at 205-384-5615.

TUESDAY, MARCH 21Curry Water Author-

ity will hold its monthlypublic board meeting onthe third Tuesday of eachmonth at 4 p.m., at theCurry Water Authority of-fice on Brakefield DairyRoad in Jasper. For moreinformation, call 205-221-4164.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23Capstone Rural

Health will host itsmonthly Community Re-source Day for Nauvoo onThursday, March 23, from

1 p.m. until 4 p.m. at theNauvoo Clinic. They offerenrollment assistancewith Medicaid and Afford-able Care Insurance,SNAP (Food Stamp), andfree Safelink cell phones.Middle Alabama AreaAgency on Aging (M4A)will also be on hand withinformation on resourcesoffered in Walker County.For more information, callShannon Williamson at205-724-9031.

Walker County Ge-nealogical Society willmeet fourth Thursday ofeach month at 1 p.m. inthe meeting room of theJasper Public Library on18th Street in Jasper.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25Town of Parrish 3rd

Annual Car Show andBBQ Cook-Off will beheld Saturday, April 1, at10 a.m. at the ParrishCommunity Center (oldParrish High School).Entry fee for BBQ Cook-Off is $75. Entry fee forCar Show is $20/first vehi-cle; $10 each additional ve-hicle. Deadline to enterwill be Saturday, March25. Vendor booths are alsoavailable for $20. For moreinformation, call ParrishTown Hall at 205-686-9928 or Facebook Town ofParrish.


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We were unable to reach an agreement to renew our lease. We want to thank everyone for your patronage over the past 17 years. It has been a

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WHAT’S GOING ON

OPINIONSunday,March 5, 2017 A6

EDITORIALS

TODAY INHISTORY

Trump’s more inclusive speechshould set new tone

President Donald J. Trump rose to the occasionTuesday night with an address to a joint session ofCongress that delighted supporters, reassured somecritics and signaled economic policies that sent theDow Jones Industrial Average up more than 300points the next day to close over 21,000 for the firsttime.

In a measured and calm tone, Trump delivered amore inclusive speech that laid out the goals of hispresidency and the principles that will guide his ad-ministration. That inclusivity must last longer thanone night’s speech.

Trump said his economic team is working on “his-toric tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on ourcompanies” along with “massive tax relief for the mid-dle class.” He promised resources and support for themilitary, including veterans. He sketched a vision of“gleaming” new infrastructure, a “rebirth of hope,safety and opportunity” for inner cities, and a newhealth care law that lowers costs while preservingprotections for Americans with pre-existing condi-tions.

Trump promised secure borders and also proposedchanges to the system of legal immigration, callingfor a “merit-based” standard that considers the abil-ity of people to support themselves financially.

He vowed an aggressive policy to “demolish and de-stroy” ISIS, which he called “a network of lawless sav-ages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians,and men, women and children of all faiths and be-liefs.”

The speech was full of big promises, now he mustdeliver.Repeatedly Trump called on members of Con-gress to work with him. “Why not join forces to finallyget it done?” he asked. At another point, he called onlawmakers to “work together to achieve an outcomethat has eluded our country for decades.” He saidproblems can be solved, but it will “require us to workpast the differences of party.”

At a lunch the next day with Republican congres-sional leaders, Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn ex-plained: “We are getting organized, getting prepared.The only way we’re going to get this done is to workclosely together.”

To keep good on his promises and unite a very di-vided nation, Trump will need to ensure Democratsare at the table. If he is able to accomplish that, hemay be able to make good on much of what he spokeof Tuesday evening.

— The Orange County Register

Let’s let facts guide our decisions

Today is Sunday,March 5, the 64th day of2017. There are 301 daysleft in the year.

Today’s Highlight inHistory:

On March 5, 1867, theFenian Rebellion tookplace in Ireland as thou-sands of members of theIrish Republican Brother-hood launched an attemptat overthrowing Britishrule; the poorly-organizedrising was swiftly putdown by British and Irishauthorities.

On this date:In 1927, “The Adven-

ture of Shoscombe OldPlace,” the last SherlockHolmes story by SirArthur Conan Doyle, waspublished in the U.S. inLiberty Magazine.

In 1946, WinstonChurchill delivered his“Iron Curtain” speech atWestminster College inFulton, Missouri, in whichhe said: “From Stettin inthe Baltic, to Trieste inthe Adriatic, an ‘iron cur-tain’ has descended acrossthe continent, allowingpolice governments torule Eastern Europe.”

In 1953, Soviet dictatorJosef Stalin died afterthree decades in power.Composer SergeiProkofiev died in Moscowat age 61.

In 1963, country musicperformers Patsy Cline,Cowboy Copas and Hawk-shaw Hawkins died in thecrash of their plane, aPiper Comanche, nearCamden, Tennessee, alongwith pilot Randy Hughes(Cline’s manager).

In 1977, PresidentJimmy Carter took ques-tions from 42 telephonecallers in 26 states on anetwork radio call-in pro-gram moderated by Wal-ter Cronkite.

In 1982, comedian JohnBelushi was found dead ofa drug overdose in arented bungalow in Holly-wood; he was 33.

Today’s Birthdays:Actor Paul Sand is 85.Actor James B. Sikking is83. Actor Dean Stockwellis 81. Actress SamanthaEggar is 78. Actress-come-dian Marsha Warfield is63. Magician Penn Jilletteis 62. Actor Kevin Con-nolly is 43. Actress EvaMendes is 43. Model NikiTaylor is 42. ActressKarolina Wydra is 36.Actor Sterling Knight is28. Actor Jake Lloyd is 28.

Thought for Today:“Freedom is not worthfighting for if it means nomore than license foreveryone to get as much ashe can for himself.” —Dorothy Canfield Fisher,American author and es-sayist (1879-1958).

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“Without data, you’re just an-other person with an opinion.”

– W. Edwards Deming

The AlabamaLegislature isconsidering leg-islation — HB97 by Rep. TerriCollins, R-De-catur, and SB153 by Sen.Bobby Singleton,D-Greensboro —to establish asmart and se-cure statewidesystem to meas-ure studentachievementover time. Incredibly, in the 21stcentury, Alabama does not have astatewide platform for collectinglongitudinal data that are gath-ered from year to year to plotchange. Currently, education andworkforce data are collected byvarious entities, but it is not longi-tudinal in nature.

Most data that we have are asnapshot of information at onepoint in time. There is no means tomeasure how something at onepoint in time affects outcomes laterin life. We’re essentially asking ourlegislators, school districts, princi-pals, and teachers to make deci-sions based on opinions and not

science-based data.For example, the percentage of

Alabama high school graduatestaking remedial courses in collegecan be determined. However, a lon-gitudinal data system would en-able us to learn what high schoolprograms/achievement levels (e.g.enrollment in advanced courses orperformance on state tests) im-prove student readiness for college,what college-level programs ensurethat more students succeed inhigher education, and what is thecost.

Shouldn’t legislators who are at-tempting to direct our very limiteddollars know which initiativesshow the best evidence of increas-ing student achievement?Shouldn’t school administratorshave the information and re-sources to effectively manage?Shouldn’t teachers have the datato inform their instruction to helpeach student improve?

A secure longitudinal data sys-tem would provide these answerswhile at the same time protect con-fidentiality of the information. Itwould utilize performance recordsfrom early childhood educationthrough the workforce to evaluatethe progress of education programsand workforce programs over time.

It is important to note that withthe proposed secure longitudinaldata system, privacy is paramount.

The proposed system does nottrack individuals nor does it pro-vide personally identifiable infor-mation or release information onany individual. Period!

The purpose of the secure longi-tudinal data system is to look athow groups of students advancethrough education and trainingprograms, to determine which pro-grams that are successful andthose that are not, learn whichgroups that may need early inter-vention to help them succeed, whatprograms that are best practicesand can be incorporated into otherareas, and workforce outcomes ofparticipants in both higher educa-tion and workforce training pro-grams.

We have the pieces that will letour children succeed. Now is thetime to put those pieces togetherthrough a longitudinal data sys-tem and use the data to know whatis working for students, and per-haps more importantly, what isnot.

In the words of my good friendand New York Times bestsellingauthor Andy Andrews, “Everyoneis entitled to their own opinion butnot their own set of facts.”

Let’s let the facts, not our opin-ions, guide our decisions so that allAlabama students will excel. William J. Canary is president and CEO of theBusiness Council of Alabama.

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noon, ESPN2SEC championship,

2 p.m., ESPN2Big Ten championship,

6 p.m., ESPN2Pac-12 championship,

8 p.m., ESPN2

Kyle Buschwins secondstriaght AtlantaXfinity race HAMPTON, Ga.

(AP) — Kyle Buschwon the NASCARXfinity Series race atAtlanta MotorSpeedway for thesecond year in arow Saturday.With a helping

hand from lappedcars, pole-winnerBusch was able tohold off Brad Ke-selowski by 0.606seconds.No one else was

within 2 seconds.Keselowski won

the first 40-lapstage, Kevin Harvicktook the next 40-lapphase and Buschwas leading at theend — a promisingstart to a busyweekend in Atlanta,where he is compet-ing in all three ofNASCAR’s top se-ries. After celebrat-ing in Victory Laneand a brief stop inthe media center, hehustled back to pitroad for the TruckSeries race.

By JOHNATHAN BENTLEYEagle Sports Editor

Twenty years — no true home games.That’s all about to come to an end for the Walker

Lady Vikings.For the first time in school his-

tory, Walker’s softball team willhost a true home game on March14. When construction began onthe new Jasper High School lastyear, adding a softball field was aprimary concern. Now, with thesoftball season already underway,head coach Brandi Hall and hersquad are counting down the daysto that first home opener againstGardendale.

“I was amazed because I reallydidn’t believe we had a field until I saw it,” said Hallof the facility, located behind the new school. “I knewwe were getting one, but it’s one of those things youdon’t really believe until you see it. It’s been a longtime coming.”

Since its inception, the Walker High softball pro-

gram has practiced and played its games at MemorialPark. The same was true during Hall’s playing dayswhen Walker was a slow-pitch softball power, winningthree state championships under coach Sheila Kilgore.

“All of the players who played here before me andafter me, they had no idea what it was like to have afield of their own. It’s a huge difference. You take somuch more pride in your own place,” said Hall, who ishoping for a large crowd for the opener.

“We are going to have a ribbon-cutting and try to

Daily Mountain Eagle - Johnathan Bentley

Walker High School softball coach Brandi Hall takes time away from watching her team practice onThursday at the Lady Vikings’ new softball field. The team is opening the new facility on Tuesday,March 14 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Walker has its own on-campus field after years of playingits home games at Memorial Park.

PREP SOFTBALL

Home sweet home

Walker to host first game March 14

Daily Mountain Eagle file photo

Oakman’s Garrett Martin (4) runs against Cor-dova during his junior season. Martin signed withBirmingham-Southern recently.

PREP FOOTBALL

By JOHNATHAN BENTLEYEagle Sports Editor

OAKMAN — Garrett Martin was on track for amonster season for the Oakman Wildcats in 2016.

Then came the Cordova game.One play into the rivalry matchup, Martin went

down with a ruptured spleen, stopping his senior sea-son in its tracks.

However, the injury didn’t stop Martin from reach-ing his goal of playing at the next level. The Oakmanrunning back signed with Birmingham Southern re-cently. He will play for the Panthers in the fall.

“I was No. 1 in the state in rushing before I gothurt,” Martin said. “Obviously, it wasn’t the best feel-ing because I worked so hard my whole life to get tothis year.”

Despite the injury, Martin did make it back for Oak-man’s final game, a third-round playoff loss to Mobile

Oakman seniorMartin signs withB’ham Southern

“All of the players who played here be-fore me and after me, they had no ideawhat it was like to have a field of theirown. It’s a huge difference. You take somuch more pride in your own place.”

- Walker High School softball coach Brandi Hall

SEE HOME, A9

Home openerset for March 14vs. Gardendale

AUBURN 89,MISSOURI 78

HerronpacesAuburnin win

AP Photo

Auburn forward DanjelPurifoy heads to thegoal during Saturday’ swin over Missouri.

By JOHN ZENORAP Sports Writer

AUBURN — MustaphaHeron made every shot hetook in the first half, andt h eA u b u r nT i g e r sd i d n ’ tm i s smany ei-ther.

H e r o nscored 20points andthe Tigerss h o tnearly 70 percent beforehalftime in an 89-78 vic-tory Saturday over Mis-souri. It was theregular-season finale forboth teams.

Auburn (18-13, 7-11Southeastern Conference)built a 20-point lead in thefirst half and didn’t cooldown much, shooting aseason-best 56.1 percent.

“We were moving theball,” said Heron, whomade all five of his at-tempts in the first 20 min-utes. “We were gettinggood looks. We were hit-ting. Everything was goingright.”

SEE AUBURN, A8

Tigers closewith 7-11

mark in SEC

SEE MARTIN, A9

Vols rallypast TideBy STEVE MEGARGEEAP Sports Writer

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —Admiral Schofield made a3-pointer with 1:58 left toput Tennessee ahead forgood Saturday as the Vol-unteers erased a 16-point,second-half deficit in a 59-54 victory over Alabama.

Grant Williams had 16points and 10 rebounds asTennessee (16-15, 8-10SEC) snapped a three-game skid in the regular-season finale for bothteams. Alabama (17-13,10-8) and Tennessee will

TENNESSEE 59,ALABAMA 54

SEE RALLY, A8


PREP BASEBALL

Eagles sweep FultondaleSumiton Christian picked up a pair of lopsided

home victories over an overmatched Fultondalesquad Saturday at Blair Field, beating the Wild-cats 10-0 and 13-1. Both games went five innings.

Caleb Headrick and Grant Shepherd each hadfive RBIs on the day for the Eagles.

In the opener, Sumiton Christian scored eightruns in the third inning to take control. PaytonAlexander finished 3 for 4 at the plate with tworuns and an RBI, Shepherd was 1 for 2 with twoRBIs, Headrick was 1 for 3 with three RBIs andJacob Jones was 1 for 2 with two RBIs.

Shepherd got the win, allowing two hits andstriking out seven in four innings.

Six Sumiton Christian pitchers combined on afour-hitter in the second game. Chandler Overtongot the start and picked up the win, striking outone in one inning. The Eagles took a 10-0 leadafter the first inning.

Shepherd was 2 for 3 at the plate with a runand three RBIs, Headrick was 1 for 2 with a runand two RBIs and Jarrett McLain was 1 for 2 withtwo runs and an RBI.

The Eagles host Dora at 3 p.m. Monday.

PREP SOFTBALL

Walker girls split games atJaguar Classic on Saturday

Walker’s softball team finished 1-1 at the SpainPark Jaguar Classic on Saturday, beating Ves-tavia Hills 3-1 and losing to Thompson 4-2.

Against Vestavia Hills, Mabry Norris earned thewin in the circle, allowing five hits and striking outthree. At the plate, Skylar Birdyshaw had a dou-ble, a home run and two RBIs, Temperance Chat-man added a double and an RBI and KelseyShelton had a hit.

Thompson beat Walker behind the internationaltie-breaker in the 4-2 decision. Norris took theloss. Blake Burton hit a home run for the Vikings(2-1-1), Khloe Kimbrell added a double and anRBI and Chatman had a hit.

Walker plays at Tuscaloosa County on Tuesday.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NCAA newcomer! JacksonvilleState wins Ohio Valley crown

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Greg Tucker scoredall 14 of his points in the first half and JacksonvilleState upset UT Martin 66-55 Saturday night in theOhio Valley Conference championship game toearn its first NCAA Tournament berth.

A former Division II program, this was the firsttime the Gamecocks (20-14) had even reachedthe OVC Tournament final since joining theleague for the 2003-04 season. They upset regu-lar-season champion Belmont in the semifinalsand knocked off the West Division winner in thetitle game for their fourth straight win.

Erik Durham led Jacksonville State with 17points and Malcolm Drumwright added 13 as theGamecocks became the first school in the countryto earn an automatic NCAA Tournament bid thisyear.

UT Martin (21-12) had its three-game winningstreak snapped and lost in the title game for asecond straight year.

Samford hangs on for 67-63 winover Furman in SoCon tourney

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Christen Cunning-ham scored 17 points, Wyatt Walker had 15 to gowith 12 rebounds, and No. 7 seed Samford hungon Saturday for a 67-63 win over second-seededFurman in the Southern Conference Tournament.

Samford (19-14) led by as much as 12 in thesecond half before Furman used an 8-0 runcapped with back-to-back 3-pointers from DanielFowler and Devin Sibley to cut the deficit to 63-60with 36 seconds left.

The Bulldogs stretched the advantage to 66-60with 14 seconds left after going 3 for 4 from theline and Sibley quickly cut it back to three againwith another trey. Cunningham sealed it with fourseconds remaining by getting the first of two freethrows.

Troy is No. 6 Sun Belt seed, topsArkansas-Little Rock 57-54

TROY (AP) — Wesley Person hit six straightfree throws in the final minute to complete Troy’scomeback to beat Arkansas-Little Rock in the reg-ular season finale 57-54 on Saturday.

Troy entered the game tied with Louisiana-Lafayette for seventh place in the Sun Belt Con-ference and moved into a tie with CoastalCarolina for sixth after the Chanticleers lost to Ap-palachian State.

The Trojans own the tiebreaker against bothand enters the tournament as the No. 6 seed andwill play No. 11 seed Appalachian State in a first-round game Wednesday in New Orleans.

Person was 12 for 12 from the free throw lineand finished with 20 points to lead Troy (18-14,10-8).

Williams hits late 3 to lift SouthAlabama over Arkansas State

MOBILE (AP) — Ken Williams scored a sea-son-high 25 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left, and South Alabamasnapped a four-game skid with a 73-70 win overArkansas State in the season finale on Saturday.

Devin Carter’s 3 for Arkansas State tied it at 70with 29 seconds left. Williams, just across halfcourt, started his move with seven seconds leftbut was trapped behind the 3-point line by twoRed Wolves. He split the trap and elevated offone foot from the left wing, rising up for his fourth3 of the game.

SPORTS DIGEST

State ScoresAHSAA 95th State Basketball

ChampionshipsAt BJCC Legacy ArenaSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP

GAMESCLASS 1A GIRLS

R.A. Hubbard (23-8) 44, SpringGarden (26-8) 43

CLASS 1A BOYSSacred Heart Catholic (28-8)

82, South Lamar (25-8) 59———

CLASS 2A GIRLSGeneva County (31-2) 44, Tan-

ner (28-3) 42CLASS 2A BOYS

Lanett (25-7) 54, R.C. Hatch(24-3) 40

———CLASS 3A GIRLS

Locust Fork (35-1) 72, Pisgah(27-8) 62

CLASS 3A BOYSMidfield (28-6) 60, Plainview

(31-5) 46———

CLASS 4A GIRLSMadison Academy (35-1) 50,

Deshler (34-1) 47 CLASS 4A BOYS

Hale County (28-4) 67, MonroeCounty (23-5) 56


Wenonah (30-3) 55, CharlesHenderson (30-6) 52

CLASS 5A BOYSMae Jemison (34-4) 58, Faith

Academy (22-9) 52———

CLASS 6A GIRLSHomewood (34-2) 52, Hazel

Green (37-2) 49CLASS 6A BOYS

Paul Bryant (24-11) 48, Parker(28-8) 44


Hoover (29-7) 51, Spain Park(22-12) 47, OT

CLASS 7A BOYS

Mountain Brook (31-5) 63,Auburn (24-10) 43

NBA StandingsAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 40 22 .645 —Toronto 37 26 .587 3½New York 25 37 .403 15Philadelphia 23 39 .371 17Brooklyn 10 50 .167 29

Southeast Division W L Pct GBWashington 36 24 .600 —Atlanta 34 27 .557 2½Miami 29 34 .460 8½Charlotte 27 35 .435 10Orlando 23 39 .371 14

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 42 19 .689 —Indiana 31 30 .508 11Chicago 31 31 .500 11½Detroit 30 32 .484 12½Milwaukee 28 33 .459 14

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 47 13 .783 —Houston 43 19 .694 5Memphis 36 26 .581 12Dallas 25 36 .410 22½New Orleans 24 38 .387 24

Northwest Division W L Pct GBUtah 38 24 .613 —Okla, City 35 27 .565 3Denver 28 34 .452 10Portland 25 35 .417 12Minnesota 25 36 .410 12½

Pacific Division W L Pct GBx-Golden St. 50 11 .820 —L.A. Clippers 37 25 .597 13½Sacramento 25 36 .410 25Phoenix 20 42 .323 30½L.A. Lakers 19 43 .306 31½x-clinched playoff spot

———Friday’s Games

Cleveland 135, Atlanta 130

Orlando 110, Miami 99Philadelphia 105, New York

102Toronto 114, Washington 106Milwaukee 112, L.A. Clippers

101Dallas 104, Memphis 100Phoenix 118, Oklahoma City

111Utah 112, Brooklyn 97San Antonio 101, New Orleans

98, OTBoston 115, L.A. Lakers 95

Saturday’s GamesDetroit 136, Philadelphia 106Miami 120, Cleveland 92Milwaukee 101, Toronto 94L.A. Clippers 101, Chicago 91Charlotte 112, Denver 102Memphis at Houston, nMinnesota at San Antonio, nBrooklyn at Portland, n

Sunday’s GamesIndiana at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Golden State at New York, 3:30

p.m.Boston at Phoenix, 5 p.m.Orlando at Washington, 5 p.m.Utah at Sacramento, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30

p.m.New Orleans at L.A. Lakers,

9:30 p.m.

Top 25 Fared By The Associated Press

Saturdayx-must win today’s game to ad-

vance1. Kansas (28-3) beat Okla-

homa State 90-85. Next: Big 12Tournament.

2. Villanova (28-3) beatGeorgetown 81-55. Next: Big EastTournament.

3. UCLA (27-3) vs. WashingtonState. Next: Pac-12 Tournament.

4. Gonzaga (29-1) vs. Pacific.Next: x-vs. Santa Clara, Monday.

5. North Carolina (26-6) beatNo. 17 Duke 90-83. Next: ACCTournament.

6. Oregon (27-4) beat Oregon

State 80-59. Next: Pac-12 Tourna-ment.

7. Arizona (27-4) beat ArizonaState 73-60. Next: Pac-12 Tourna-ment.

8. Louisville (24-7) beat No. 19Notre Dame 71-64. Next: ACCTournament.

9. Kentucky (26-5) beat TexasA&M 71-63. Next: SEC Tourna-ment.

10. West Virginia (24-7) did notplay. Next: Big 12 Tournament.

11. Baylor (25-6) beat Texas75-64. Next: Big 12 Tournament.

12. Florida (24-7) lost to Van-derbilt 73-71. Next: SEC Tourna-ment.

13. Butler (23-7) lost to SetonHall 70-64. Next: Big East Tourna-ment.

14. SMU (27-4) beat Memphis103-62. Next: AAC Tournament.

15. Florida State (24-7) beatNo. 25 Miami 66-57. Next: ACCTournament.

16. Purdue (24-6) did not play.Next: at Northwestern, Sunday.

17. Duke (23-8) lost to No. 5North Carolina 90-83. Next: ACCTournament.

18. Cincinnati (26-4) did notplay. Next: at UConn, Sunday.

19. Notre Dame (23-8) lost toNo. 8 Louisville 71-64. Next: ACCTournament.

20. Saint Mary’s (26-3) vs.Portland. Next: x-vs. BYU, Mon-day.

21. Wichita State (29-4) beatMissouri State 78-63. Next: vs. Illi-nois State, Sunday.

22. Wisconsin (22-8) did notplay. Next: vs. Minnesota, Sun-day.

23. Virginia (21-9) beat Pitts-burgh 67-42. Next: ACC Tourna-ment.

24. Iowa State (20-10) did notplay. Next: Big 12 Tournament.

25. Miami (20-10) lost to No. 15Florida State 66-57. Next: ACCTournament.

FOR THE RECORD

AHSAA STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Petty wins 3rd state MVP award;Mae Jemison earns 5A boys titleFrom the AHSAA

BIRMINGHAM – Mae JemisonHigh School closed out its first yearthe way J.O. Johnson High Schoolended its finalyear. TheJaguars wonthe AHSAAClass 5Astate boys’basketballchampionship.

The Jaguars (35-4) downed FaithAcademy 58-52 in the finals of 95thAHSAA State Basketball Tourna-ment at the BJCC Legacy Arena toclose out the school’s first season.John Petty had 22 points, 11 re-bounds, four steals and three assiststo earn MVP honors for Jemison. Hewas also the MVP in 2016 and 2015as J.O. Johnson won state titles.

Coach Jack Doss directed all threechampionships with the 2017 titlethe 10th of his prep coaching career– an AHSAA state record. He hasnow won state titles at four differenthigh schools, Hayes, Butler, J.O.Johnson and Mae Jemison.

———Class 7A Boys

Mountain Brook 63, Auburn 43

Trendon Watford scored 26 pointsto lead Mountain Brook to a 63-43victory over Auburn on Saturday inthe Class 7A boys state finals atLegacy Arena.

Auburn pulled within three, 35-32, with 46 seconds left in the thirdquarter, but Mountain Brook an-swered by scoring 20 of the next 24points.

Watford, a blue-chip sophomore,went 11-of-17 from the field. He alsohad 11 rebounds for the Spartans

(31-5), who won the program’s thirdstate championship and first since2013. Sean Elmore hit five 3-point-ers and scored 17 points, and BenMcCool added 10 points for Moun-tain Brook, which shot 51.2 percentfrom the field (22 of 43).

———Class 6A Boys

Paul Bryant 48, Parker 44Paul Bryant High School of

Tuscaloosa captured its first AHSAAstate boys’ basketball championshipSaturday afternoon with a 48-44 winover Birmingham-Parker.

Coach Sean Peck-Love’s Stampede(24-11) trailed by one at the half buttook the lead by the end of the thirdquarter and then never relinquishedthe lead despite a tenacious Parkercomeback effort in the final period towin.

Paul Bryant point guard JaredSherfield earned Class 6A statetourney MVP honors thanks to hisfloor leadership.

———Class 7A Girls

Hoover 51, Spain Park 47 (OT)

Hoover outscored Spain Park 7-3in overtime Saturday night in thebattle of the city’s two rival highschools and captured the 2017AHSAA Class 7A girls’ state basket-ball championship 51-47.

Coach Krystle Johnson’s LadyBucs (29-7) saw a 3-point lead van-ish as Sarah Ashlee Barker sank a3-point goal with four seconds re-maining in the fourth quarter forSpain Park (22-12) to tie the game at44 all.

Hoover was clinging to two-point48-46 lead with 1:05 left in overtimewhen Joiya Maddox stepped to thefoul line and sank free throws in the

final seconds to seal the win.———

Class 6A GirlsHomewood 52, Hazel Green 49Homewood High School juniors

Kalia Cunningham and Ajah Wayneeach sank two free throws in thefinal 22 seconds to lift Homewoodover Hazel Green, 52-49, in theAHSAA Class 6A girls’ basketballtournament finals.

The Lady Patriots (34-2), coachedby Kevin Tubbs, never trailed, but 3-point goals by Imari Martin andClaire Walker in the final minute ofplay put Coach Tim Miller’s Trojans(37-2) into position to have thechance to win.

The championship game appear-ance was the third in a row forHomewood. The Patriots won theschool’s first girls’ state title in 2015and lost in the 2016 finals toLeFlore.

———Class 5A GirlsWenonah 55,

Charles Henderson 52Wenonah (30-3) scored the last

eight points of the game Saturdaymorning to post a 55-52 come-from-behind victory over Charles Hender-son and claimed the Lady Dragons’fourth straight AHSAA Class 5Agirls’ state basketball title.

The Lady Trojans (30-6), coachedby Dyneshia Jones, trailed by fiveheading into the fourth quarter buttook the lead with 5:57 remainingwhen 6-foot-4 sophomore MaoriDavenport scored inside to put herteam ahead 40-39. The leadstretched five with 1:10 to play, butthe momentum changed 13 secondslater when Davenport picked up herfifth foul. She exited the game with20 points and 25 rebounds.

Heron missed only hisseventh and final shot andmade all three of his 3-point attempts to helphand Missouri (7-23, 2-16)its sixth straight loss. Thetwo teams will meet againin the first round of theSEC Tournament.

T.J. Dunans scored 16points before fouling outwhen he and Jordan Geistwere called for a doubletechnical late after jawingat each other. Danjel Puri-foy made 5 of 7 shots for 13points. AnferneeMcLemore had eightpoints, six rebounds and

four blocked shots.Kevin Puryear led Mis-

souri with 19 points de-spite 4-of-14 shooting andgrabbed eight rebounds.He made 10 of 12 freethrows. Terrence Phillipsscored 15. Geist made four3-pointers and scored 13points, along with five as-sists. Jordan Barnettadded 12 points.

“When a team is hittingshots like that, it deflatesyou,” Barnett said. “Wejust had to keep pushing.We responded well in thesecond half. We had noth-ing to lose at that point.”

Missouri pulled towithin 56-48 three min-utes into the second halfon 3-pointers by Barnettand Geist. Auburn scoredthe next eight points andwasn’t seriously threat-ened again.

Auburn made 12straight shots during onefirst-half stretch, riding a21-5 run to a 14-point lead.

“We took good shots,”Auburn coach Bruce Pearlsaid. “Mustapha Heronwould be a great example.He’s 6 for 7; talk aboutbeing efficient.”

Missouri did outscore

Auburn 38-35 in the sec-ond half.

UP NEXTThe teams meet again

Wednesday night at theSEC Tournament inNashville, Tennessee,where Auburn will be theNo. 11 seed and MissouriNo. 14. Auburn won bothregular season meetings.

“Hopefully we learnedfrom this game,” Andersonsaid. “Hopefully welearned that you’ve got tocome out ready to playagainst these guys becausethey’re an explosive teamand a very athletic team.”

Auburn From A7

open Southeastern Conference Tour-nament play Thursday in Nashville,Tennessee.

The Crimson Tide led by as manyas 16 early in the second half beforeTennessee came storming back witha 16-2 run. =The Volunteers finallypulled ahead 48-47 with 8:35 leftwhen Williams sank a 3-pointerfrom in front of Tennessee’s bench asthe shot clock expired.

Alabama regained the lead on aCorban Collins 3-pointer with 7:29left that sparked a 6-0 run. Ten-nessee answered with nine straight

points of its own on a trio of 3-point-ers — two from Lew Evans and thego-ahead shot from Schofield.

Evans had 13 points and Schofieldadded 10. Riley Norris scored 13points and Braxton Key had 12 forAlabama.

Tennessee overcame a dreadfulfirst-half performance in which itshot 6 of 30 from the floor, including1 of 12 from beyond the arc. Ala-bama led 36-22 at halftime as itmade seven of its first eight 3-pointattempts.

But the Tide cooled considerably

the rest of the way. Alabama shot 6of 24 and scored just 18 points in thesecond half. Tennessee seniorsRobert Hubbs III and Evans werehonored as they played their finalregular-season games for the Vols.

UP NEXTAlabama will play its first SEC

tournament game Thursday againstan opponent to be determined. Ala-bama has clinched the No. 5 seed inthe tournament.

Tennessee will play its first SECtournament game Thursday againstan opponent to be determined.

Rally From A7

Christian.“I played about five

plays in that final game,”Martin added.

Despite missing the bet-ter part of eight games,Martin was still second onthe team in rushing yards.He totaled 573 yards andseven touchdowns on just68 carries.

“Garrett wanted to comeout and have a good year,”Oakman coach Mark Hast-ings said. “Until he gothurt, he was having a fan-tastic year, by far his best.Through the first fourgames, he was averaging175 yards per game.”

Over the last two years,the 5-foot-9, 175-poundMartin rushed for 1,812yards and 16 touchdownson 227 carries, an averageof eight yards per attempt.

When it came down topicking his college destina-tion, Birmingham South-ern came out ahead ofMillsaps, Rhodes and Se-wanee.

“I just had a feel when Igot on campus. It felt likehome. I loved the coachingstaff and everyone I metthere was great,” said Mar-tin, who boasts a 3.7 GPA.“I focus on grades just asmuch as I focus on football.I really enjoyed spendingmy four years with ourfootball coaches. Withoutthem I wouldn’t be where I

am now.”Martin, who is also a

Bryant Jordan Achieve-ment regional winner, hassucceeded at Oakman de-spite facing several set-backs. He battled throughcancer as a second grader,overcame a broken ankleas a freshman and had todeal with what amountedto a season-ending injuryas a senior.

“Even though he’s bat-

tled all the obstacles he’shad in his life, he’s contin-ued to put in the work andget better. He’s a great kidand he makes good grades.Good things happen topeople who work hard anddo the right things,” Hast-ings said. “He’s such ateam player, too. He nevercomplained if he didn’t getthe ball. He did whateverwe asked him to do. (AtBirmingham Southern), he

will adjust to the speed ofthe game. He’s going to getbigger, stronger andfaster.”

The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —Joel Berry II scored 28points — including a criti-cal late-game burst ofseven straight for his team— to help No. 5 North Car-olina hold off No. 17 Duke90-83 on Saturday night.

Isaiah Hicks added 21points for the Tar Heels,who battled through anearly shot-for-shot fightwith their fiercest rival tofinish unbeaten at home.The game featured 24 leadchanges and 14 ties beforeUNC (26-6, 14-4 AtlanticCoast Conference) finallypushed ahead for good inthe final six minutes, withits final margin the biggestlead for either team allnight.

Berry shot 9 of 14 andmade all five of his 3-pointers to offset a toughershooting night for leadingscorer and ACC player ofthe year candidate JustinJackson.

Luke Kennard, anotherleague player of the yearcontender, finished with 28points to lead the BlueDevils (23-8, 11-7).

———No. 1 Kansas 90,

Oklahoma State 85At Stillwater, Okla.,

Frank Mason III scored 27points to help top-rankedKansas hold off OklahomaState.

Mason, the Big 12’s lead-ing scorer, also had nineassists and eight re-bounds. Josh Jackson had17 points and nine re-bounds, and Devonte’ Gra-ham added 13 points forthe Jayhawks, who wontheir eighth straight over-all and snapped a three-game skid in Stillwater.

Kansas had alreadyclinched its 13th consecu-

tive Big 12 title, but theJayhawks (28-3, 16-2) re-mained focused and shot56 percent against one ofthe hottest teams in theleague.

———No. 2 Villanova 81,Georgetown 55

At Washington, JoshHart scored 21 points, in-cluding back-to-back 3-pointers with 7 minutesleft that put the game outof reach, as No. 2 Villanovapulled away to beatGeorgetown 81-55 on Sat-urday.

Hart finished 8 of 15from the field with six re-bounds, four assists andthree steals to lead theWildcats (28-3, 15-3 BigEast) to their fifth consec-utive victory over theHoyas (14-17, 5-13) —tying the longest streak inthe history of the rivalry.

———No. 6 Oregon 80, Oregon State 59

At Corvallis, Ore., Dillon

Brooks had 25 points andOregon earned a share ofthe Pac-12 regular-seasontitle with a victory overOregon State.

Jordan Bell added 13points and 10 rebounds forOregon (27-4, 16-2). It wasthe second straight seasonthat the Ducks finishedatop the league, and sixthtime overall.

Oregon tied for firstplace with No. 7 Arizona,which also went 16-2 inconference play after a 73-60 victory over ArizonaState on Saturday.

———No. 7 Arizona 73, Arizona State 60

At Tempe, Ariz., AllonzoTrier scored 19 points,guard Rawle Alkinsgrabbed 15 rebounds andArizona pulled away in thesecond half to clinch atleast a share of the Pac-12regular-season title.

Arizona (27-4, 16-2) wasout of sorts at both ends inthe first half, clinging to aone-point lead. The Wild-cats jumped on the SunDevils to start the secondhalf and shut them downdefensively to sweep theseason series.

———No. 8 Louisville 71,

No. 19 Notre Dame 64At Louisville, Ky., Dono-

van Mitchell scored 20points, including four freethrows in the final 22 sec-onds, and Deng Adel madea big 3-pointer forLouisville.

Quentin Snider added17 points, including foursecond-half 3-pointers thatgave the Cardinals (24-7,12-6 ACC) the edge in aback-and-forth game withthe Fighting Irish, whotrailed 62-60 with 50 sec-onds remaining. Adel fol-lowed with the pivotal 3 13

seconds later beforeMitchell sealed Louisville’shard-earned victory at thefoul line.

———No. 9 Kentucky 71,

Texas A&M 63At College Station,

Texas, De’Aaron Foxscored 19 points and Ken-tucky overcame an early15-point deficit to claimthe Southeastern Confer-ence regular-season titleoutright.

Kentucky won its fifthregular-season SEC cham-pionship in eight seasonsunder coach John Calipari.

The Aggies (16-14, 8-10)leaped to a 19-4 lead 8minutes into the game, asthe Wildcats (26-5, 16-2)missed nine of their first10 shots. Kentucky closedthe first half with a 28-9run.

———No. 11 Baylor 75,

Texas 64At Austin, Texas,

Johnathan Motley had 17points and 17 rebounds forBaylor.

The 6-foot-10 Motleyalso had a big game in avictory against Texas ear-lier in the season with 32points, 20 rebounds andthree blocks.

Jake Lindsey added 16points as Baylor (25-6, 12-6) matched school recordsfor total victories and Big12 wins. Jarrett Allen had20 points and nine re-bounds for Texas (10-21, 4-14), which has lost sevenstraight games.

———Vanderbilt 73,

No. 12 Florida 71At Nashville, Tenn.,

Riley LaChance’s layupwith 1:35 left gave Vander-bilt the lead for good as theCommodores rallied froma 12-point deficit to sweepFlorida.

With the win, Vanderbilt(17-14, 10-8 SoutheasternConference) has won five

of six overall and polishedup its resume for theNCAA Tournament.

Florida (24-7, 14-4) goesinto the SEC Tournamenthaving lost two of its lastthree. The Gators led 54-42 with 12:06 left, thenwent cold down thestretch.

———Seton Hall 70,

No. 13 Butler 64At Indianapolis, Desi

Rodriguez scored 21points, and Angel Delgadoadded 20 points and 16 re-bounds for Seton Hall.

The Pirates (20-10, 10-8Big East) scored thegame’s final seven points,taking a 65-64 lead onKhadeen Carrington’s bas-ket with 1:24 remaining.Myles Powell’s 3-pointerwith 35.3 seconds leftstretched the lead to 68-64. Carrington, who fin-ished with 17 points, icedit with two free throwswith 12 seconds to go, ex-tending the Pirates’ win-ning streak to four.

———No. 14 SMU 103,Memphis 62

At Dallas, SterlingBrown had 26 points and10 rebounds SMU, whichand clinched the outrightAmerican Athletic Confer-ence title.

Brown, one of three sen-iors playing their MoodyColiseum finale, was partof his school-record 106thvictory as the Mustangs(27-4, 17-1) won their sec-ond conference title inthree seasons.

Keon Clergeot had 14points for Memphis (19-12,9-9), which trailed by asmany as 48 points in thesecond half.

———

No. 15 Florida St. 66,No. 25 Miami 57

At Tallahassee, Fla.,Dwayne Bacon scored 23points and Florida Stateclinched a double bye inthe Atlantic Coast Confer-ence Tournament.

The Seminoles (24-7, 12-6) will be the second seedfor the tournament, whichbegins Tuesday at Bar-clay’s Center in Brooklyn,New York. It is their high-est seeding since theywere second in 1993. Thewin gives Florida State itsfirst unbeaten home sea-son since 1977-78.

———No. 21 Wichita St. 78,

Missouri State 63At St. Louis, Shaquille

Morris scored 21 points,Conner Frankamp added18 and Wichita State beatMissouri State in thesemifinals of the MissouriValley Conference Tourna-ment.

Markis McDuffie added15 points for the second-seeded Shockers (29-4),who advanced to thechampionship game forthe fourth time in eightseasons. They will playtop-seeded Illinois Statefor the title on Sunday.

———No. 23 Virginia 67,

Pittsburgh 42At Charlottesville, Va.,

London Perrantes scored22 points in his final homegame for Virginia.

Freshman Ty Jerome,the likely replacement asVirginia’s starting pointguard next season, added13 points as the Cavaliers(21-9, 11-7 Atlantic CoastConference) won theirthird straight. They alsoavenged an 88-76 loss inovertime at Pittsburgh inJanuary.


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Oakman’s Garrett Martin recently signed with Birmingham Southern College.Martin will play football at the Division III school. Present at the signing were,seated from left, Misty Martin, Garrett Martin and Scott Martin, back row ,Oakman football coach Mark Hastings, Daniel Martin and Oakman PrincipalPatrick Gann.

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have the band out and have the ROTCpresent the colors. Former players andalumni are invited to come out and joinus. We are just going to make it a specialday,” Hall added.

There are just a few finishing touchesleft before the home opener. Hall saidthree pennants are scheduled to be putup beyond the outfield fence commemo-rating Walker’s three championships.Also, the dugout benches, just recentlyput in, will be painted and bullpens andbatting cages will be added.

“I love it. It’s awesome to actually havesomething. I’ve been here since the sev-enth grade and I’ve never had a field.Hopefully we leave a legacy for everyonethat comes after us,” sophomorecatcher/third baseman Blake Burtonsaid.

“I really didn’t think we would ever geta field,” junior first baseman/pitcher Sky-

lar Birdyshaw said. “They always talkedabout building a new school and it neverhappened.”

Now that it’s become a reality?“I’m excited because we’ve never had

our own field. I really like that we don’thave to travel. I think we’ve made a lot ofprogress building it up. I think when weget everything finished it will look great,”she added.

Hall said the field is a game changer forthe program.

“The biggest part is knowing that it’sours and taking pride in it. We aren’t justshowing up and the field is ready. We haveto work on this field. We are the ones whoget it ready. It can be as nice as we wantit to be. We have never lined a field or cutthe grass. Now, everyday we’ve got kidswith rakes and brooms in their hands,”said Hall. “Even though it’s a lot morework, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

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plants, then moved to nat-ural gas lines,” he said.

Edwards was the reasonBox joined the fire depart-ment initially, Box said.After seeing Box and hiswife while out groceryshopping, Edwards invitedhim to attend an upcomingmeeting at the fire station.

“Before I knew it, I’dsigned up,” Box said, witha laugh.

He added that he andEdwards joke with eachother about Box beingchief now after Edwardswas the chief for so long.

“He’ll tell me, ‘It’s allyour responsibility now!’and laugh,” Box said.

He added that there isnothing glamorous aboutthe job of fire chief.

“It’s a blessing and acurse. ... When we have ahouse fire or a wreck, mystomach’s in knots becauseI worry about my crew,” hesaid. “The first 15 minutesof a fire scene is nothingbut controlled chaos be-cause you have about 500things to do at one time. ...You’re trying to do every-thing you can to make sureeverything is fine andeveryone is safe.”

But, Box added, he has adepartment full of depend-able firefighters and hehas confidence in theirabilities.

“The whole fire depart-ment works as a team. Ifyou don’t have that, youmay as well close thedoors,” he said. “As long aseverybody watches out foreach other, things go prettywell.”

Currently, the Dora firedepartment is 15 membersstrong, but Box saidthey’re looking to bring inmore volunteers.

“We would like to havearound 25 members. We’realways looking for goodquality people with charac-ter,” Box said. “There for awhile, our numbers gotpretty low but everybody’sstayed with us and we’restarting to build back upnow.”

He encouraged people tohelp their communitythrough volunteering.

Box said that one of hispet peeves is when peoplecriticize their communi-ties, as well as their fire orpolice departments, butdon’t try to do anything tohelp improve things.

Besides firefighters, the

department is also lookingfor volunteers who want tobe used strictly for medicalaid.

“We’re trying to get morepeople in on the medicalside because that’s whatmost of our calls are,” heexplained.

Box said that 60 percentof the department’s callsare medical calls.

The department is cur-rently looking to stream-line the tests for medicalvolunteers so the testsaren’t as rigorous as whatpotential firefighters haveto complete.

These volunteers wouldnot be fighting any fires.

Dora recently restartedtheir Explorers post in aneffort to recruit studentsfrom local high schools. Asmembers of the post, stu-dents go through trainingwith the goal of eventuallybecoming volunteer fire-fighters.

He hopes that this pro-gram will give kids in thearea something to do tohelp them avoid gettinginto trouble.

“When you’re low on vol-unteers, you start missingcalls. And when you misscalls, citizens pay theprice,” he said. “We’re herefor the community and weneed to community to be

here for us. ... It would benice to have more people inthis community to volun-teer. I can’t stress thatenough.”

Box also wants people tounderstand that some-times firefighters have togo through a decompres-sion period, especiallyafter running difficultcalls.

He said that he doesn’twant the public to thinkmembers of the depart-ment are rude but pointedout that firefighters dealwith a lot of stress andaren’t always feeling up tostop for a chat.

“You get a lot of chaosand you’ve just got to con-trol yourself,” he said.

Box added that it takes aspecial kind of person to bea firefighter in order todeal with the kinds ofthings they see on a regu-lar basis.

The department is alsolooking to reduce the city’sISO fire rating. The ratingcurrently sits at a 5/9 andBox is hoping to get itdown to a 4.

Lower ISO ratings helplower insurance premiumrates for city residents.Box said it will probably be2018 before the depart-ment’s score is reevalu-ated, which gives the

department time to makeimprovements.

In working toward thisgoal, the department re-cently tested the hoses onthe fire trucks and foundthat several sections of thehoses need to be replaced.

The city’s water boardalso had the fire hydrantstested and are still await-ing the results from that.

The department has alsobeen applying for grants inorder to acquire a new firetruck. They currently havethree fire trucks that areolder models but Box saidthey’re all in good condi-tion.

Although the fire depart-ment receives a lot of sup-port from the city, such asrepairing fire and rescuevehicles and providingmatching funds for grants,Box said there are alwaysitems the departmentneeds.

City residents can assistthe fire department by do-nating items such as flash-lights, radios, pagers andscene lighting.

“Those are critical. Espe-cially when you’re out onthe highways at nightworking an accident, no-body slows down,” he said.“But we’ll take whateverthe community wants tohelp us with.”


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Supporters declare pride in Trump,slam his opponentsBy The Associated Press

From Colorado’s state Capitol to Trump Tower inNew York and the Washington Monument, groups ofhundreds of people rallied for President Trump onSaturday, waving “Deplorables for Trump” signs andeven carrying a life-size cutout of the president.

The March 4 Trump demonstrations were heldaround the country, and supporters clashed with gen-erally smaller groups of counter protesters.

In Berkeley, California, Trump supporters foughtcounter-protesters during a march in support of thepresident. People wearing goggles, motorcycle hel-mets, gas masks or with their face half-covered withbandanas are pushing each other, throwing punchesand hitting each other with the sticks holding theirsigns.

Six people protesting the rally in St. Paul, Min-nesota, were arrested on felony riot charges after theylit fireworks inside the Minnesota State Capitol andfled, police said. About 400 people attended the St.Paul event, and about 50 showed up to protest it.Some other minor scuffles between the duelingdemonstrators were quickly defused.

In Nashville, two people were arrested as protestersclashed with Trump supporters at the TennesseeCapitol. The groups at times cursed at each other andmade physical contact, which state troopers broke up,WPLN reported.

Near Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach Post reportedthat people on both sides exchanged profanity.Trump’s motorcade briefly stopped so he could waveat supporters.

In Ohio, Trump supporter Margaret Howe, 57, ofPataskala, said she increasingly fears civil war.

“We did not want to have something like this hap-pen,” she said, adding, “We came out today becauseTrump deserves to see he still has people for him. It’sjust all sad.”

Outside the state Capitol in Denver, hundreds gath-ered, listening to speakers including former U.S. Rep.Tom Tancredo on the West Steps facing the moun-tains. Many in the crowd held American flags or worered, white and blue and held signs with messages like“Veterans before Refugees.”

Chelsea Thomas, an accountant from Thornton, Col-orado, brought her family to the rally — and a life-size cardboard cutout of Trump. She said the familyhas taken it with them on camping trips, boat ridesand a country music festival.

“It’s nice to be surrounded by people who share yourmorals and opinions,” said Thomas, as her son walkedback and forth across the grass with a Trump flag. Agroup of counter protesters gathered nearby, sepa-rated from the rally by police tape. They chanted “NoTrump. No KKK. No fascist USA” and held signs withmessages like “Your vote was a hate crime.”

Hundreds gathered in rallies on both ends of Penn-sylvania to show support for Trump.

Supporters waved signs and flags and listened tospeeches during Saturday’s “Spirit of America” rallyin Bensalem’s Neshaminy State Park in easternPennsylvania’s Bucks County.

“They love their country and they love what DonaldTrump represents, which is about making Americafirst,” organizer Jim Worthington said. “... We are hereto meet and make sure all Americans are prospering.”

In northwestern Pennsylvania, the Erie Times-News reported that about 100 people gathered at asquare in downtown Erie for a similar demonstration.“We’ve got to get the whole country united behind thisman,” said Richard Brozell, 75, who along with hiswife braved the mid-20s temperatures and stiff windchill to attend.

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Trump supporters march east on the bike pathalong Metro Parkway in Clinton Township, Mich.,Saturday.

On Wednesday night, Johnston postedhe had shared his political explorationthat day with the staff at Camp McDow-ell and the camp’s board of directors, not-ing he had kept the idea to himself formore than two years.

“For the past 26 years I have had thebest job in the whole world as the execu-tive director at McDowell, Maybe thenext best job in the whole world will begovernor of Alabama,” he posted on Face-book. “I seek your prayers and supportduring this period of discernment. I loveAlabama and I have lots of ideas of howto create a vision of Alabama, the way wecould be. Through this media and inmany other ways I will be inviting yourdreams to be a part of this movement.

“Those of you who know me well knowthat I am not much of a singer or dancer,but I do have a knack for developing con-sensus and vision, and then providing theleadership to make vision reality, Want tojoin me and change the world?”

Johnston has become familiar at theChristian camp, which was founded in1947 by the Episcopal Diocese of Ala-bama and includes 1,140 acres and resi-dential facilities with 770 beds.

The Birmingham native says lives on160 acres next to the Winston Countycamp. “I’m also a carpenter, and I builtmy own house there,” he said.

He said he has looked at a possiblecampaign for a while.

“For a couple of years, I have just hadthese nagging feelings and thoughts thatI was called to a broader public servicethan Camp McDowell,” he said. “I just

couldn’t get them out of my mind. I lookat Alabama and we seem to be first in allthe bad categories and last in all the goodcategories.”

He said he sees a Band-Aid approachto finding budget solutions in the state,as well as dealing with federal lawsuitson problems such as state prisons.

“I feel like I have the experience andleadership to come up with a vision andplan that could move toward long-termsolutions like education” and other is-sues, Johnston said.

He said he had a large amount of busi-ness experience, not just from runningthe camp but also running his own hous-ing business. He said he successfullybuys homes, renovates them and eithersells or rents them out.

“I’ve grown the camp here. I know it isa ministry, but it is really a business, too.When I came there were four full-timepeople and now we’ve got more than 50full-time people,” he said. The camp isnow the largest camp and conference cen-ter in the Episcopal Church.

He said he has been successful in grow-ing churches and was named Alabama’sOutstanding Young Religious Leader in1983. He said he was involved in the cre-ation of the West Alabama Food Bank inTuscaloosa, which today delivers approx-imately 250,000 pounds of food acrossnine counties each month, according toits website.

“I’ve got a lot of experience in helpingpeople have a vision of who that want tobe and what they want to do, and helpingthem get there,” Johnston said.

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Box From A1

Fire department receives new breathing equipmentBy LEA RIZZODaily Mountain Eagle

The Dora Volunteer Fire and Res-cue recently received new self-con-tained breathing apparatuses thatwill allow them to move better andcommunicate more easily when fight-ing fires.

According to Fire Chief David Box,the new air packs are an InterspiroSpiromatic S8 model SCBA, with astreamlined design and additionalfeatures that will help make the fire-fighters safer during structure fires.

These features include a lighterweight, adjustable lumbar supportand screens that tell firefighterswhat temperature they’re exposed toand how much oxygen they have left.

“At the current rate you’re breath-ing, it tells you how many more min-utes you can stay in the fire beforeyou have to get out,” Box said.

Box said that the best thing abouttheir new packs are the helmets,which have a new version of theSpiroCom voice communication sys-tem.

Instead of having to flip a switch tobe able to speak to each other like theother system required, this systemallows firefighters to speak freelywithout having to take any other ac-tion.

“The helmets are all connectedthrough Bluetooth so the firefighterscan talk back and forth as easily as ifthey were sitting around, having anormal conversation,” Box explained.

Firefighters can also open a latchon the helmets that will allow themto breathe ambient air, if they’rewearing their gear but are not in afire. The air tanks also have a largerregulator flow, allowing firefightersto breathe in more oxygen whileworking.

Additionally, they are alsoequipped with alarms that sound if afirefighter remains stationary for 20seconds.

The SCBAs were purchased withfunds from a $90,000 grant as part ofthe 2015 U.S. Department of Home-land Security financial assistancegrants. The City of Dora was requiredto pay around $4,000 for matchingfunds.

Fire Captain Chris Edwards ap-plied for the grant last year and re-ceived word in July that thedepartment’s application had beenapproved.

The department received 15 newSCBAs as well as 15 additional airtanks.

Box said it was nice to have otherfirefighters envying their new equip-ment while undergoing training withother fire departments recently.

“These are awesome,” he said.

Take a lookdown everystreet and in al-most every yardhere in WalkerCounty and youare almost as-sured to seeazaleas soon tobe in bloom. Infact, azaleasmay very wellbe the singlemost popularflowering shrub in Alabama. Theyare particularly striking whenblooming in conjunction with thewhite or pink dogwoods that havemade a very showy appearancethis spring. I have been asked sev-eral times here lately about howto care for azaleas once theybloom. One of the biggest prob-lems I see is our tendency to over-fertilize them. I’m not real surewhat it is about us home garden-ers when we get hold of a sack offertilizer but it seems that we justcan’t ever put enough. It’s the old“if a little is good then more isbetter” mentality and I mustadmit that I have been as guiltyas anybody. Actually, too much fer-tilizer, especially very high nitro-gen fertilizers, can actually bedamaging to your azaleas. Yourvery young azaleas are especiallysensitive to too much fertilizer.Use no more than one teaspoon offertilizer at a time around very

small plants lessthan 12 inchesin height. Forlarger plants,use one heap-ing table-spoon perfoot of plantheight. Scat-ter the fertil-izer underthe plant andbe careful notto get it on thefoliage. You canapply fertilizer ontop of mulch; however, Iusually change out themulch right after theblooms drop off anyway, soif you change yourmulch, apply the fer-tilizer to the groundand then mulch overthe top. It will be muchbetter if you make a light fertil-izer application right after yourazaleas bloom and another in Julyinstead of applying it all at onetime.

The best way to avoid overfertil-izing your azaleas is to have yoursoil tested every two or threeyears and follow the recommenda-tions. If you don’t have a soil test,use an “all purpose” fertilizer suchas 8-8-8 or 12-6-6. There are alsoseveral azalea-camellia type fer-tilizers available that will do agood job as well. These fertilizers

can be more costly but they dohave the benefit of making thesoil more acidic. There are alsosome very good organic fertilizersavailable for azaleas and otheracid loving plants as well. In par-ticular, cottonseed meal makes anexcellent azalea fertilizer. It acidi-fies the soil as well as providingnitrogen and other nutrients in aslow release manner. Azaleas canbe pruned without damaging theplant and without interfering

DearDave,

Whenit comesto mak-ing awill,would itsufficeto sitdownandwrite itall outon a piece of paper, thenhave it notarized?

Joyce

Dear Joyce,I would never advise

someone to write theirown will, unless, ofcourse, they’re an at-torney in that state.Laws can vary fromstate to state, and somestates may not lookupon a document likethat as being officialunder law. Some evenrequire witnesses, anda notary might not begood enough.

If you’re trying tosave money by doing itthis way, I wouldstrongly urge you tolook at involving alawyer as an invest-ment. In most cases,having a reputablelawyer draw up alegally correct, state-specific will doesn’tcost a lot of money. Atthe very least, go on-line to USLegal-Forms.com. They have

all kinds of state-spe-cific legal forms, in-cluding wills.

Your last will andtestament is one of themost important legaldocuments you’ll everbe part of. Please don’ttry to do this yourself,Joyce. I’ve run into somany families who, inthe midst of grievingthe loss of a loved one,were handed a hand-written piece of paperthat wouldn’t hold upin court. That kind ofthing just adds morestress to an alreadyheartbreaking situa-tion.

Dave

Dear Dave,I’m thinking about get-

ting a secured credit cardto help rebuild my creditscore, because I’d like tobuy a house. Do you thinkthis is a good start towardgetting my credit back ontrack and taking controlof my finances? I make$50,000 a year, and I have$3,500 in debt and $2,100in savings.

Maria

Dear Maria,No, getting a secured

credit card is not agood idea. Let me tellyou a couple of things.Number one, your in-come is your most pow-erful wealth buildingtool. If you don’t haveany payments, youhave the ability tobuild wealth and begenerous.

When you have debt,all you do is sendmoney out the door tomake payments. So,being in debt is a guar-anteed way to staybroke.

Number two, you canget a home mortgagewith no credit scorethrough a manual un-derwriting. Just makesure you have a good,long history of payingother things, like yourrent and utilities ontime.

You would also needto have all your debtspaid off completely,and the accountsclosed for at least sixmonths.

I want you to becomedebt-free before youbuy a home, Maria. Ialso want you to savean emergency fund of

Theroad feltlike myofficethispastweek.Wednes-day, theweatherradarshowedrainmoving in from the south,so I tossed a tent-sizedumbrella behind the seatbefore heading out. Meet-ings took me to the north-ern and western parts ofAlabama. Some peopledread the driving, but notme. I think I inherited arestless gene from mydad’s side of the family.

After the meetings, therain had moved off to theeast. The sun-heated cabof my truck caused me toshed my jacket and rollup my sleeves. Instead offlipping on the AC, Icranked down the windowon the driver’s side. It wasone of those days when itseemed like I had the In-terstate to myself. Stick-ing a hand out thewindow, it darted up anddown like a fleshy kiteeach time I changed theangle of my fingers. As Igot lost in the sensation ofthe rushing wind againstmy skin, my mind beganto wander back in time.

When I was still ingrammar school, dadsometimes drove our fam-ily to the edge of WalkerCounty on Sunday. Pilinginto our old car, we wouldamble along the back-roads through Sipsey andPiney Woods. The destina-tion was the constructionsite where workers werebuilding Lewis-SmithDam. There was a placehigh on a hill that over-looked the area. Peopledrove from all around tosee the work in progress.From our lofty vantagepoint, the bulldozers andlarge trucks looked liketoys. It didn’t take a greatdeal to entertain us inthose days.

Thinking back, wedidn’t have a lot of dispos-able income then, and gaswas cheap. It didn’t costmuch to take a fun ride. Itwas something our familyenjoyed.

My dad also spent timedriving alone. I’m surethere were days when hefelt the walls closing inaround him. His onlyrespite was the timespent behind the wheel ofhis car. I asked him oncewhy he drove aroundalone. He said, “Some-times you just need toride.” I didn’t understandthen, but I do now.

While collecting myfamilies’ oral history sev-eral years ago, my grand-mother told me a storyabout my grandfatherPap. He loved ridingaround too, but theydidn’t have a car backthen. She said one sum-mer, he hopped a trainand headed north with nodestination in mind. Shehad young kids at homeand wasn’t sure whenhe’d be back, or IF he’dcome back.

After a few days, Elmer,a boy that lived with mygrandparents, decided togo looking for Pap. Hewalked to the depot inDora, hopped on an emptyboxcar, and headed out.

A day or so later, hejumped out of the boxcarsomewhere in Kentuckyin a hobo friendly freightyard. He wanted to findsomething to eat and tryto figure out where to lookfor Pap. Just outside thefreight yard was a trestlethat spanned a creek. Thehobos used the creek tobathe while waiting fortheir train to roll out.When Elmer headed

LIFESTYLESSunday,March 5, 2017 B1

Life 101

By Rick Watson

Dave Says

By Dave Ramsey


On theroadagain

What will won’t

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Azaleas are beginning to bloom outside the Daily Mountain Eagle office on Viking Drive in Jasper.

Field &Farm

By Danny Cain

Nature at workAzaleas — always a favorite — beginning to bloom

Daily Mountain Eagle photos - Ed Howell

Rotary Club’s special guestHelen Shores Lee of Birmingham spokeTuesday at the Rotary Club of Jaspernear a display of her book, “The GentleGiant of Dynamite Hill.” Lee’s speech andbook touched on her childhood and herfather, civil rights attorney Arthur Shores,who is seen on the book cover. At left,Eric Nail and Lee pose for a photo.

See WATSON. B2 See RAMSEY, B2

See AZALEAS, B2

with future flower produc-tion. In Alabama, mostazaleas begin to set flowerbuds in early July. There-fore, pruning after earlyJuly will reduce (or re-move) the buds that willform next year’s flowers.The best time to pruneazaleas is immediatelyafter the flowers havedropped off during thespring.

Cut out the limbs thathave grown out of themain body of the plantand also remove anydead, diseased, or dam-aged limbs. Don’t shearyour azaleas unless yourintention is to create aformal hedge, espalier, ortopiary plant. Shearing or“buzz cutting” can detractfrom the natural form ofyour azaleas.

Azaleas can become toolarge for the area they aregrowing in, especially ifthey are used as a founda-tion planting around thebase of your house. If thishappens, wait until afterthey bloom and cut themback to within six totwelve inches of theground. When the newgrowth buds appear onthe stem, the new stemsand leaves will grow rap-idly. Pinch out any longunbranched shoots thatdevelop to force yourazalea to branch. Be sureto keep the soil moist forseveral days after prun-ing.

Mulching is also veryimportant for your azaleabecause it keeps the soilfrom drying out too fastand reduces weed compe-tition. Pine straw is mypersonal favorite mulchas it is readily availableand mostly it is cheap.

Shredded pine bark isalso a great mulching ma-terial. I prefer shreddedpine bark to pine nuggetssince nuggets tend towash away very easily. Byall means avoid blackplastic (or plastics of anykind) to mulch your azal-eas. Landscape fabric isacceptable since it willallow better air and waterpenetration into the soilthan will plastic mulches;however, I much preferthe natural organic typemulches.

Spread the mulch outbeyond the outer leaves ofyour azaleas or elsemulch the entire bed asone planting. After themulch settles, it should beno more than two to threeinches deep.

Finally, spring andearly summer are primetimes for insects to dam-age your azaleas. One ofthe most common insectproblems on azaleas islace bugs. Lace bugs liveon the underside of youazalea’s leaves and turngive the upper surfacethat all too familiar whitemottled appearance.Aphids are also commoninsects on azaleas. Both ofthese insects are at-tracted to the lush newspring growth that yourazaleas put on afterblooming and the subse-quent pruning. Control in-sect pests on your azaleaswith an insecticide that is

labeled for use on yourazaleas and make sure

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Bob Bryan Local attorneys Pat Nelson, Bob Bryan and Allison Jones of Nelson Bryan and Jones sponsor this weekly column. I hurt my back at work in December. Workers Compensation paid for medical treatment until the work comp doctor said I need surgery. The adjuster says that because I hurt my back 12 years ago that it isn’t covered. It’s been almost a decade since I had medical treatment for my back. Is the adjuster wrong? Mike, Jasper Pre-Existing Condition. It’s one of the most common excuses used by insurance companies to deny workers’ compensation claims. This excuse is usually wrong.

We regularly receive calls from people who have been (wrongly) denied benefits based on the excuse of a “pre-existing condition.” The injured worker usually had some pre-injury health problem the insurance company seized-upon to deny the claim. Remember, most people do not have perfect health. Our workers’ compensation system was not designed to help only those few people with perfect health.

What does Alabama’s workers’ compensation law say about prior health problems? Here is the legal principle stated by our courts — “If the previous injury has not demonstrated itself as disabling and has not prevented the employee from performing his job in a normal manner, then the previous injury will not disqualify the claim.” In other words, the primary question in considering whether or not a prior health condition limits a workers’ compensation claim is — Did the prior condition prevent the employee from fully performing his job?

I have addressed this issue in cases more times than I can count. I have tried numerous cases on this issue and I’ve addressed the issue on appeals to the Alabama Supreme Court. Our firm understands the significance of this legal principle. Maybe a worker suffered periodic back pain prior to his or her work-related accident. Maybe a worker suffered joint pain prior to his or her work-related accident. Again, how many adults don’t suffer periodic problems? How many working age adults are in perfect health before an accident? The issue is whether or not this prior condition impacted the worker’s ability to perform the full duties of the specific job upon which he or she was hurt at the time of the injury.

On many occasions the insurance company’s denial is flat wrong. How do we combat these wrongful denials? We prepare our cases for trial under the assumption the insurance company’s excuse must be met head-on.

We interview our client extensively to gather full information about his or her job performance. The injured client needs to understand their past job performance is important. It’s important in demonstrating he or she could previously perform the job fully.

We seek our client’s complete personnel file and any other employer documents available. Years ago, I represented a client who suffered a back injury in a local plant. Yes, this worker did have periodic pain flare-ups prior to his work-related accident. He had even undergone some periodic physical therapy for flare-ups. We obtained all his time sheets and payroll records. Those records revealed he was working 60+ hour weeks for months prior to his accident with no accommodations and no absences. He was working fully and performing the job of two normal employees. We easily defeated the insurance company’s pre-existing condition defense.

We locate co-workers who can testify to our client’s work habits. In some cases, co-workers can provide key testimony demonstrating the client was working fully prior to his or her injury.

Don’t accept a denial of your workers’ compensation claim without consulting legal counsel.

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‘Stay classy, USC:’ Ferrell tospeak at school’s graduation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Stay classy, Trojans.”That twist on Will Ferrell’s catchphrase from “Anchor-

man” could come in handy when the comic actor givesan address at this year’s commencement at the Univer-sity of Southern California.

USC announced Ferrell’s role Thursday, saying in astatement that he’ll be the featured speaker at the May12 ceremony.

The “Saturday Night Live” alum is also a USC grad,and one of its most famous fans and biggest boosters.

He graduated from the Los Angeles school with a de-gree in sports information in 1990 and is often seenwalking the sidelines of Trojans football games.

USC gave no indication of what F errell will talkabout, but his best-known line from “Talledega Nights”may work just fine, especially for the c lass’s valedicto-rian: “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”

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stranger’s living roomLONDON (AP) — Claire

Brynteson had a house , ajob and a dining table thatwas empty once she gother three children out thedoor every morning.

When she received aflyer telling her she couldmake money by rentingseats at the table to peoplelooking for short-term of-fice space, she jumped atthe chance to list itsvirtues on the Spacehopwebsite — where Airbnbmeets the laptop entrepre-neur.

“I wondered why per -haps it had taken so longsince Airbnb has been run-ning for so long ,” Brynte-son said at her home insouth London. “Peoplehave for a long time beenmaking money out of theirhome with guests stayingover the night and pa yingto be there. This is a littleless intrusive.”

The rise of self-employ-ment and soaring officecosts are fueling demandfor shared office space inmetropolitan areas, with ahandful of firms rentingworkspace by the hour ,similar to the way Airbnboffers overnight sta ys.Vrumi, founded in 2015,says it has 5,000 regis-tered users and 120,000square feet of rentableworkspace across the U.K.London-based Spacehopjoined the market lastyear, as did Breather , afour-year-old companythat also operates in theU.S. and Canada.

It’s the latest develop-ment of the so-called shar-ing economy, where thoselooking for extra cash aregenerating income any

way they can with the helpof the internet and smart-phone apps. Space itselfhas become a commodity ,with people renting theirdriveways to commuterssearching for parking, at-tics to apartment dwellersin need of storage and gar-den plots to those whowant to grow their owntomatoes.

Boxful in Hong K ongpromises to declutter yourlife by collecting and stor -ing unneeded belongings .In Spain, LetMeSpace pro-vides a marketplace torent out anything fromparking spaces to unusedstorage. Pubs are rentingout space in the morningto people looking for peaceto work, said CatherineCottney, manager of trendsat business research firmMintel.

“It’s the final frontier ,”Cottney said. “People arerecognizing the worth ofspace and they’re lookingto maximize that.”

With an abundance ofinvestors and a computer-literate entrepreneurialpopulation, the U .K. isdriving the trend in Eu-rope. In Britain, platformrevenues more thantripled to 850 millionpounds ($1.1 billion) in thethree years through 2015,according to a study byPwC. Peer-to-peer accom-modation, which includesshared office space as wellas overnight sta ys likeAirbnb, accounted for 27percent of that total. Glob-ally, PwC estimates thatrevenues in the sharingeconomy were about $15billion in 2015.

The move tow ard new

workspaces dovetails withchanges in the workplaceitself.

Cary Cooper, an experton workplace issues at Al-liance Manchester Busi-ness School, said he’ ssurprised the Airbnbmodel didn’t come to officespace sooner, and he be-lieves it will grow as mil-lennials seek flexibilityand others seek to make aliving. Recent figures fromthe Resolution Foundationthink tank found that self-employment accounts for45 percent of the growth inemployment in Britainsince 2008.

“It’s an outgrowth of therecession and an out-growth of people being re-employed on a contingencybasis,” said Cooper . “Bigemployers don’t w ant to

make a commitment topeople.”

Lavinia Osbournestarted her own financialcounseling business in thewake of the global eco-nomic crisis but foundworking at home w as toodifficult when she neededto meet clients. She strug-gled to find peace andquiet working in coffeeshops and hotel lobbies.

“I hate Starbuc ks,” the40-year-old entrepreneursaid. “It’s noisy. It’s dirty.Sometimes you can’t find aplace to sit. You can’t finda socket that works.”

Hotels weren’t muc hbetter.

“Sometimes, if you arethere too long, the maîtred’ or the staff can give youa little funny look, ” shesaid.

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Spacehop user Lavinia Osbourne poses for a pic-ture in one of the homes available for hire as officespace on the Spacehop website, in London. Therise of self-employment and soaring of fice costsare fueling demand for shared office space in met-ropolitan areas, with a handful of firms rentingworkspace by the hour, similar to the way Airbnboffers overnight stays. V rumi, founded in 2015,says it has 5,000 registered users and 120,000square feet of rentable workspace across the U.K.London-based Spacehop joined the market lastyear, as did Breather, a four-year-old company thatalso operates in the U.S. and Canada.

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NEVERLAND FOR SALEMichael Jackson’s 2,700-acre Neverland Ranch property near Santa Barbara, California, is on the market again. The property is listed under its original name of Sycamore Valley Ranch with an asking price of $67 million. That represents a significant cut from the $100 million it was on the market for last year. In addition to a 12,000 square foot main residence and a 3,700 square foot pool house, the listing boasts a separate building with a 50-seat movie theater and a dance studio. Other features on the ranch are a “Disney-style” train station, a fire house and a barn. Jackson sold the ranch to Colony Capital prior to his 2009 death for $22.5 million.

REFI SPIKEU.S. homeowners wary of rising mortgage interest rates refinanced their home loans in the waning months of 2016, causing a spike in refinancing that outpaced purchase loans. Lenders issued more than 883,000 mortgage refinance loans in the fourth quarter of last year, an increase of 20 percent from a year earlier, according to real estate information company Attom Data Solutions. Mortgage refinancings were down 6 percent from the third quarter. By comparison, roughly 595,500 home purchase loans were originated in the fourth quarter, down 12 percent from a year earlier. All told, roughly 3.36 million refinance loans were originated last year, up 4 percent from 2015, according to Attom.

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NOT JUST CAT VIDEOSYouTube is preparing to launch a streaming pay-TV service, dubbed YouTube TV, that will cost $35 a month for access to about 40 channels. The Google-owned company, known for cat videos and do-it-yourself makeup tutorials, is hoping that its expertise in recommendations and search will make its service stand out from those of other companies providing internet cable TV alternatives, including Dish, Sony and AT&T. YouTube TV is expected to launch in the next few months, but it will be initially limited to a few cities where the company has deals with broadcasters. So far, Google doesn’t appear to have deals for popular channels such as HBO, AMC and TBS.

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AFLAC Inc AFL 59.32 9 74.50 72.27 0.56 0.8 s s 3.8 21.3 3 11.2 11 2.4AT&T Inc T 36.10 8 43.89 42.01 -0.35 -0.8 s s -1.2 15.7 3 10.7 16 4.7Adv Micro Dev AMD 2.05 9 15.55 13.03 -1.09 -7.7 s s 14.9 429.7 1 11.8 ... ...Allegheny Tech ATI 10.93 7 23.69 19.06 -0.20 -1.0 t s 19.6 26.2 2 -12.8 ... ...Alphabet Inc A GOOGL 672.66 0 867.00 849.08 1.27 0.1 s s 7.1 16.1 3 17.9 28 ...Altria Group MO 59.48 0 76.04 75.57 1.14 1.5 s s 11.8 25.2 2 23.4 25 3.2Amazon.com Inc AMZN 538.58 0 860.86 849.88 4.64 0.5 s s 13.3 47.2 1 36.5 \>99 ...Apple Inc AAPL 89.47 0 140.28 139.78 3.12 2.3 s s 20.7 40.0 2 13.8 17 1.6Bank of America BAC 12.05 0 25.80 25.44 1.29 5.3 s s 15.1 90.5 1 26.3 20 1.2CocaCola Co KO 39.88 4 47.13 42.48 0.70 1.7 s s 2.5 -0.2 4 7.0 26 3.5Cracker Barrel CBRL 130.15 8 175.04 162.20 0.55 0.3 s t -2.9 14.8 3 27.6 25 2.8Cummins Inc CMI 99.30 0 154.67 151.94 2.00 1.3 s s 11.2 54.1 1 6.9 18 2.7Dirx Jr GoldMin Bull JNUG 3.77 1 33.29 6.72 -3.74 -35.8 t t 20.4 -0.7 4 0.0 ... ...Dir Dly Gold Bull3x NUGT 5.51 2 35.80 8.57 -2.69 -23.9 t s 12.2 -24.5 5 -67.4 ... ...Disney DIS 90.32 0 111.99 111.24 0.92 0.8 s s 6.7 14.1 3 22.5 20 1.4DryShips Inc DRYS 1.57 12227.20 1.37 -0.87 -38.8 t t -95.4 -99.9 5 -87.4 1 ...FedEx Corp FDX 139.58 9 201.57 194.35 1.24 0.6 s s 4.4 36.1 2 17.0 18 0.8Fst Horizon Natl FHN 12.46 0 20.84 20.38 0.53 2.7 s s 1.8 58.8 1 17.6 22 1.8Flowserve Corp FLS 39.13 6 52.50 46.52 -1.20 -2.5 t t -3.2 8.7 4 5.1 18 0.9Ford Motor F 11.07 6 14.22 12.65 0.18 1.4 s s 4.3 -1.8 4 3.8 7 4.7Frontier Comm FTR 2.78 1 5.85 2.87 -0.50 -14.8 t t -15.1 -42.2 5 1.6 ... 14.6Home Depot HD 119.20 0 148.23 147.81 1.86 1.3 s s 10.2 18.8 3 27.1 23 2.4iShs Emerg Mkts EEM 31.70 9 39.15 38.19 -0.29 -0.8 s s 9.1 21.4 3 -1.2 ... 2.2IBM IBM 136.87 0 182.79 180.05 -1.30 -0.7 s s 8.5 34.7 2 0.4 14 3.1Intl Paper IP 37.77 8 58.86 54.00 1.38 2.6 s s 1.8 45.7 1 11.9 18 3.4Kroger Co KR 28.71 1 39.22 29.63 -3.66 -11.0 t t -14.1 -20.4 5 21.2 14 1.6Lowes Cos LOW 64.87 9 83.65 81.68 5.58 7.3 s s 14.8 18.7 3 25.1 20 1.7McDonalds Corp MCD 110.33 9 131.96 127.90 0.19 0.1 s s 5.1 12.7 3 7.7 24 2.9Micron Tech MU 9.35 0 25.31 25.57 2.33 10.0 s s 16.7 116.9 1 24.2 ... ...Microsoft Corp MSFT 48.04 0 65.91 64.25 -0.37 -0.6 s s 3.4 25.6 2 16.9 28 2.4Northrop Grumman NOC 185.08 9 253.80 242.93 -1.22 -0.5 s t 4.5 28.3 2 33.9 22 1.5Penney JC Co Inc JCP 6.10 1 11.99 6.26 -0.20 -3.1 t t -24.7 -42.3 5 -30.2 ... ...PepsiCo PEP 98.50 0 110.94 110.56 1.48 1.4 s s 5.7 14.5 3 14.6 24 2.7Philip Morris Intl PM 86.78 0 110.30 110.21 2.49 2.3 s s 20.5 22.6 3 8.8 23 3.8Regions Fncl RF 7.53 0 16.03 15.36 0.16 1.1 s s 7.0 88.6 1 22.1 18 1.7SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPY 197.38 0 240.32 238.42 1.68 0.7 s s 6.7 22.3 3 14.0 ... 1.7Seadrill Ltd SDRL 1.58 1 6.46 1.25 -0.73 -36.9 t t -63.3 -53.7 5 -22.3 1 ...Sears Holdings Corp SHLD 5.50 2 19.12 7.62 -0.12 -1.6 s t -18.0 -57.9 5 -20.4 ... ...Snap Inc A SNAP 23.50 0 26.05 27.09 0.00 0.0 r r 10.7 ... 5 ... ... ...SPDR Financial XLF 17.31 0 25.30 24.97 0.55 2.3 s s 7.4 41.7 2 17.7 ... 1.8Textron Inc TXT 32.06 9 50.93 48.06 0.89 1.9 t s -1.0 43.1 2 12.4 18 0.2Tractor Supply TSCO 61.50 4 97.25 72.39 1.22 1.7 t t -4.5 -15.1 5 11.8 22 1.3US Bancorp USB 38.48 0 56.61 55.55 0.45 0.8 s s 8.1 38.9 2 15.5 17 2.0VanE Vect Gld Miners GDX 18.58 3 31.79 22.20 -1.93 -8.0 t s 6.1 15.5 3 -16.1 ... 0.5VanE Vect JrGoldMin GDXJ 25.40 4 52.50 35.53 -4.56 -11.4 t s 12.6 41.4 2 -19.1 ... ...Verizon Comm VZ 46.01 4 56.95 50.09 -0.51 -1.0 s s -6.2 0.9 4 9.5 12 4.6WalMart Strs WMT 62.72 6 75.19 70.03 -2.36 -3.3 s t 1.3 8.9 4 6.1 16 2.9Wendys Co WEN 9.15 9 14.47 13.56 -0.04 -0.3 t s 0.3 41.7 2 23.9 36 2.1

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Costco stock traded lower Friday after the warehouse club operator released quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.

The Issaquah, Washington, company posted net income of $1.17 per share, below the $1.35 per share analysts expected, according to Zacks Investment Research.

Analysts said high gas prices hurt Costco’s profits. The company’s

revenue also came up short of analyst projections.In the wake the report Costco said it’s hiking its annual

membership fees. On June 1, fees for individual, business and business add-on members in the U.S. and Canada will rise $5 to $60. Executive memberships in the U.S. and Canada will increase from $110 to $120. Costco shares have jumped 12.3 percent in the last 12 months and are trading at all-time highs.

Friday’s close: $170.26Costco (COST)

Price-earnings ratio: 31(Based on last 12-month results)

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DEAR ABBY: Ihave a friend in hermid-40s who has nat-urally dark hair shekeeps cut short. Itlooked fine.

A few months ago,she bleached her hairplatinum blond. Shesaid she was goingfor a look that will in-clude dark roots, butshe has kept theroots platinum, sonow her hair just looks white — espe-cially in pictures. She posted photos ofherself with her boyfriend on Facebook,and while I was scrolling down, my ini-tial reaction was, “Who is that elderlywoman he’s sitting with?”

A mutual friend commented to mehow bad my friend’s hair looks and howaging it is. Should I mention to her thather hair color makes her look 20 yearsolder? Telling someone her hair doesn’tlook good can be hurtful, but if it wereme, I’d want to know.

HELPFUL IN HAWAII

DEAR HELPFUL: Be diplomatic,but tell her. A tactful way to lead inwould be to say you saw the pic-tures she posted on Facebook andthe platinum hair makes her look“older.” However, unless she askshow much older, don’t volunteer,because if you say it’s two decades,she may take offense.

DEAR ABBY: What is the rule for tip-ping in drive-thrus? I never thought atip was necessary in places like that. Ifthe service is good, a tip is warranted.Now many drive-thrus have a tip jarout on the ledge of the window.

It’s like everyone seems to think theydeserve one. A tip is expected when youget your vehicle inspected, your tireschanged, your oil changed, manicures

and hairstyling, among other things.How much is appropriate to tip for serv-ices? I certainly don’t want to devaluesomeone’s service if times have changedand this is commonplace.

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DEAR DRIVE-THRU: For restau-rant servers, hairstylists and mani-curists, a 15 to 20 percent tip isexpected. The same is true for taxidrivers, hotel personnel and sky-caps. In other situations, a tip maybe offered when the service per-formed has been exceptional.

If the service you received at thedrive-thru was prompt, your orderwas correct and the person at thewindow was pleasant and helpful,either give the workers a couple ofdollars or the loose change that’sreturned to you. However, a tip isnot required.

DEAR ABBY: A woman friend of mineis angry at me because I have starteddating a mutual friend of ours. She sayswhen someone wants to date someone’sfriend, the polite thing to do is ask howthe friend feels about it. Mind you, theman I’m going out with isn’t her ex andwas as good a friend to me as he was toher. If I had discussed the matter withher, what difference would it havemade? She doesn’t own him. Does herlogic make sense to you?

FREE AGENT IN TEXAS

DEAR FREE AGENT: No. Your“friend” has no prior claim on theman you’re dating. That she wouldtry to insert herself into your ro-mantic life makes no sense, andyou would be foolish to allow it.

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AT THE MOVIES

Subtle (very) ‘gay moment’ innew Disney film generates buzzBy JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer

To be c lear: “BrokebackMountain,” this isn’t.

The so-called “gay mo-ment” in Disney’s new live-action version of “Beautyand the Beast” is subtle —so subtle that one couldeasily miss it with an ill-timed sneeze or glanceaway from the screen. Andit may sail over the headsof young viewers.

But the cast and directorsay it is indeed a ga y mo-ment —one they’re proudof. And advocates are call-ing it a big step forward forDisney and for youth en-tertainment.

Mere word of it was alsoenough to lead one Ala-bama drive-in theater tocancel plans to show thefilm — apparently withouthaving seen it, because itdoesn’t open nationwideuntil March 17.

The scene in question in-volves the c haracter ofLeFou (Josh Gad), thetimid and lovable sidekickto the preening villain Gas-ton (Luke Evans). Withoutspoiling too much, it’s safeto say that LeFou spendsmuch of the film in Gas-ton’s thrall, and toward theend also has a moment —a few seconds , really —where the same-sex themeis more overt.

At the film’s Los Angelespremiere on Thursdayevening, Gad said he w as“very proud” of the scene.

“(Director) Bill Condondid an amazing job of giv-ing us an opportunity tocreate a version of LeF outhat isn’t like the original... but that makes himmore human and makeshim a wonderfully complexcharacter to some extent,”he said. “And there’s a mo-ment at the end of the filmthat I don’t want to ruin ...because I w ant the sur -prise to be intact, but I’mvery proud of it. I think it’san incredible moment andit’s subtle, but I think it’ seffective.”

Condon suggested thatdescriptions of LeF ou asthe first Disney gay char-acter went too far. “I keepsaying it’s more like thefirst gay moment,” he said.“Because I think it’s a veryfluid character.” The direc-

tor added: “You can’t helpbut wonder in his adora-tion of Gaston ... (is there)something more going on?”

The length of the scene— or scenes, since LeFou’sfluid orientation is hintedat elsewhere — is notwhat’s important, saidSarah Kate Ellis, presidentand CEO of GLAAD , theLGBTQ media advocacygroup.

“It’s a wonderful step for-ward,” she said. “And thisis incredibly important forthe youth of toda y. Theyneed to see themselves re-flected in the media theyconsume. More and more ,as studios want to appealto youth audiences, they’regoing to ha ve to inc ludeLGBTQ story lines andcharacters.”

Ellis noted that in theannual survey thatGLAAD puts together onLGBTQ inclusion inmovies, “we have struggledyear after year to find anycontent in major studiofilms. We’re usually thepunching bag or the laugh-ingstock. So this is an enor-mous step forward for us.”

In the past, many havespeculated on what theysee as “coded” gay charac-ters, or winking referencesto gay characters orthemes in Disney andother youth-oriented films.Ellis said the differencehere is that “we’re movingfrom coded, where youhave to put together thepieces, to this being in the

spotlight ... It shows the di-rection America is movingin.”

A Facebook page that ap-parently belongs to theHenagar Drive-In Theatrein Henagar, Alabama, an-nounced that the theaterwon’t be showing the filmas planned because its op-erators are “first and fore-most Christians” and “willnot compromise on whatthe Bible teaches.”

“If we cannot take our11-year-old granddaughterand 8-year-old grandson tosee a movie we ha ve nobusiness watching it,” themessage said. Theater op-erators did not immedi-ately respond to emails orphone messages to confirmthe Facebook posting. Thetheater’s website contin-ued on F riday to sa y thefilm was coming in March.

Audra McDonald, theTony-winning Broadwayactress who plays a partic-ularly tuneful supportingcharacter in “Beauty andthe Beast,” said she was “sohonored” to be a part of themoment. “The thing is, Dis-ney’s not doing anythingall that revolutionary,” shesaid. “LGBTQ people havealways existed, interracialcouples have always ex-isted. And now they’reshining light on it. Sothey’re just representingthe world the way it actu-ally is and I think that’ sspectacular and necessary.”(Interracial couples alsoappear in the film.)

Laurie Sparham/Disney via AP

This image released by Disney shows Josh Gadas Le Fou, left, and Luke Evans as Gaston in ascene from, "Beauty and the Beast," opening na-tionwide on March 17.

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Honored as the Laureate Rho 2017 ValentineQueen was member Deb Hudson, who was alsonamed a Beta Sigma Phi International Queen.

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Mayo, wings,butter: ‘Fake milk’the latest food fight

NEW YORK (AP) — Is“fake milk” spoiling thedairy industry’s image?

Dairy producers are call-ing for a crackdown on thealmond, soy and rice“milks” they say are mas-querading as the realthing and cloud the mean-ing of milk. A group thatadvocates for plant-basedproducts, the Good F oodInstitute, countered thisweek by asking the F oodand Drug Administrationto say terms such as “milk”and “sausage” can be usedas long as they’re modifiedto make c lear what’s inthem.

It’s the latest disputeabout what makes a foodauthentic, many of themstemming from develop-ments in manufacturingpractices and specializeddiets.

DiGiorno’s frozenchicken “wyngz” were fod-der for comedian StephenColbert. An eggless spreadprovoked the ire of eggproducers by calling itself“mayo.” And as far back asthe 1880s, margarine wasdismissed as “counterfeitbutter” by a Wisconsinlawmaker.

The U.S. actually spellsout the required character-istics for a range of prod-ucts such as F renchdressing, canned peas andraisin bread. It’s these fed-eral standards of identitythat often trigger the foodfights.

COW, NUT, BEANThough soy milk and al-

mond milk ha ve becomecommonplace terms, milk’sstandard of identity says itis obtained by the “com-plete milking of one ormore healthy cows.” That’sa point the dairy industryis now emphasizing, withthe support of lawmakerswho last month introducedlegislation calling for theFDA to enforce the guide-lines.

“Mammals producemilk, plants don’t, ” saidJim Mulhern, president ofthe National Milk Produc-ers Federation.

The federation sa ys ithas been trying to get theFDA to enforce the stan-dard since at least 2000 ,and that the lac k of en-forcement has led to a pro-liferation of imitatorsplaying “fast and loose”with dairy terms.

Those products oftenrefer to themselves as“soymilk” or “almondmilk,”single words that the dairyindustry says is a w ay toget around the guidelinesfor “milk.”

The Plant Based F oodsAssociation, which repre-sents companies like To-furky and milkalternatives, says stan-dards of identity were cre-ated to prevent companiesfrom passing off c heaperingredients on customers.But the group sa ys that’snot what soy, almond andrice milk makers are try-ing to do.

Those companies arecharging more money, andconsumers are gravitatingtoward them, said MicheleSimon, the group’s execu-tive director.

The FDA sa ys it takesaction “in accordance withpublic health prioritiesand agency resources.”

EDIBLE, BUT EGGLESS

The little-known Associ-ation for Dressing andSauces showed its might ina 2014 mayonnaise melee.

The group repeatedlycomplained to the FDAthat an eggless spread wascalling itself J ust Mayo,noting that under the fed-eral rules ma yonnaise isdefined as having eggs.

Hellmann’s mayonnaisemaker Unilever, one of theassociation’s members, hadsued Just Mayo’s makerciting the same issue. That

lawsuit was dropped afterthe company faced blow-back from the veganspread’s supporters.

The dressings andsauces group w asn’t theonly one upset by J ustMayo’s name. The CEO ofthe American Egg Board,which represents the eggindustry, also tried unsuc-cessfully to get a consult-ant to stop the sale of JustMayo at Whole Foods.

The revelations led to aninvestigation by the U .S.Department of Agricul-ture. Soon after, the egg in-dustry group’s CEOretired earlier than ex-pected.

As for J ust Mayo, thecompany worked out anagreement with the FDAto keep its name — withsome strategic tweaks toits label to make c lear itdoes not contain eggs.

STRAINING FOR YOGURT

It was a milk proteinconcentrate at issue in alawsuit over Yoplait Greek.

That ingredient isn’tlisted in the FDA ’s stan-dard of identity for yogurt.What’s more, the suit saidGeneral Mills relied on theingredient to thic ken itsyogurt, rather than strain-

ing it the way other Greekyogurts are made.

“Not only w as it notGreek yogurt, it wasn’t yo-gurt at all, ” said BrianGudmundson, the Min-nesota lawyer who filedthe suit.

The case was ultimatelydismissed by the judge ,who said the matter wouldbe better handled by theFDA. Gudmundson said hereached out to the agencyafterward, but nothingcame of it.

Yoplait Greek’s maker,General Mills, says it hassince made recipe changesto its yogurts and it nolonger uses milk proteinconcentrate in YoplaitGreek.

The company had alsonoted in legal filings thatthe FDA said during aseminar that milk proteinconcentrate could be usedin yogurt.

In 2002, the presence ofmilk protein concentratein Kraft Singles w as alsocalled out in a warning let-ter from the FDA, whichnoted it was not listed asan ingredient in the defini-tion for “pasteurizedprocess cheese food.” Kraftnow labels the Singles as a“pasteurized preparedcheese product.”

AP Photo/Donald King

This photo shows Yoplait Greek yogurt on displayat a supermarket in Port Chester, N.Y. A lawsuit in2012 said Yoplait Greek was misleadingly mar-keted because it contained an ingredient not listedin the federal standard of identity for yogurt. Thesuit was dismissed.

Bill in R.I. legislature would make welfare of pets a factor in divorce casesBy The Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island la wmakerhas introduced a bill that would require judges to takethe best interests of domestic pets into account whendeciding who gets custody in a divorce.

Democratic state Rep. Charlene Lima told The Prov-idence Journal on Tuesday that pets are a big part ofpeople’s families, and a judge should make the best de-cision for the welfare of the animal.

Pets are considered property under the currentRhode Island divorce law. The newspaper reports thatAlaska became the first state this year to add a la wconsidering the interest of pets in divorces.

Lima sponsored a bill that was passed last year al-lowing Rhode Island restaurants with outdoor diningareas to accommodate patrons and their dogs.

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050 Cemetery LotsWALKER MEMORY Gardens,Jasper 4 plots purchased 50+years ago, on left past office.$3,000 for all, very good valuefor this beautiful cemetery.205-295-5436

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115 Rent or LeaseROOMS FOR rent in home.(205)295-9302.

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#2119 (17-299) 1088 Stephenson Road Parrish , Alabama 35580. 3BR/2BA, country cottage featuring gas log fireplace, eat in kitchen and formal dining room. Home has hardwood floors throughout with tumbled marble floors in bathrooms.

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fenced back and detached storage. Beautiful pastoral view from the back deck. Lots here for the price. $148,500. Call Sheila Smitherman 522-7297 or Vanessa Woodard 275-4577

#1591 (17-248) 1002 Roy Bennett Circle, Jasper , Al 35504 Well maintained, updated house in a great location, 3BR, 2.5BA, Living room, Den, Kitchen w/granite countertops, dining area, pantry area, laundry room, two car garage w/storage,

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#4647(MLS#17-432) VACANT LAND FALL CITY RD. Cleared .90+/- acre ready for a manufactured home. Concrete drive and parking pad. Septic, water and electric. Minutes to Clear Creek Park. $13,500. Call Sheila Smitherman 205-522-7297 or Vanessa Woodard 205-275-4577

#4648 (MLS#17-433) VACANT LOT READY FOR MANUFACTURED HOME. 2307 Greenwood Circle, Jasper, AL 35501. .30+/- acres in Crump Village. Concrete Drive and parking pad. City water, electric, and city sewer. $13,500. Call Sheila

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#1592 (17-430) 1907 Highland Avenue, Jasper, Location and convenience, close to T R Simmons School and Jasper City School, move in ready 2BR/1BA, Living Room, Dining area with built-in- cabinets, Kitchen, Enclosed back porch with laundry area. work shop/

storage w/electricity located on 3 city lots. Priced to sell at $69,900. Call Betty Smith 275-7715.

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115 Rent or Lease

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE : All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to the

Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise

“any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race,

color, religion, sex, or national origin or an intention to make

any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any

advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this

newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Equal

Housing Opportunity, M/F

1, 2, 3BR Apartments availableat Woodland Villa & The Bluffs.Starting at $485. Includes cableand internet. (205)221-0878.

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1BR/1BA DUPLEX (downtownJasper). $700mo. includes allutilities. Call (205)221-3269 formore information

3BR.-2BA., M.H. Manchesterarea, no pets. $575/mo.,$500/dep. Includes water.Ready now. Call Ronny(205)717-9228.

3BR/2BA HOME, 2000sq.ft.Completely remodeled. 1 acrelot. 5 Points area (Jasper).Zoned: Park School. No InsidePets. $1000mo. $500dep.(205)275-9987

4BR/2BA HOUSE (11 rooms)(1836 Old Parrish Rd.) With 5+acres. $1,200 month. No Sec-tion 8; (205)213-7951

BOILERMAKER SPECIAL for 2Workers. 2BR Furnished. Utili-ties paid. Non Smokers only.(205)221-4483 (205)275-3442

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NATURAL BRIDGE MotelRooms with kitchenettes.$125 a week, one person.(205)486-5261.

NICE 2BR. Mobilehome's, nearSipsey (River Breeze Estates).No pets. Background Checks.(205)983-4100.

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124 Land for Sale

3/4 ACRES +/-; Level site.Cleared. Sumiton City Limits.Modular Homes allowed.$11,500; (205)306-1503

FOR SALE: Looking to go offthe grid or have enough roomand no neighbor in your back-yard call me.9 Acres. Water front. WarriorRiver (205)300-6212

125 Real Est. Sales

1ST TIME on Market! FSBO:LARGE 4BR/3.5BA, 2 StoryHouse, 1 Acre (Heritage HillsSubdivision). 3 Car garagew/apartment above it. Fireplace,Hardwood Floors. Tornado shel-ter. Moving Soon! $299,000;LOCAL(805)717-3569

3400 FAIROAKS Place,Jasper

3BR/2.5BA. Basement,saferoom. Stainless appliances,FP w/gas-logs, Large Laun-

dry,Deck, 2-car garage.$239,900;

JamesAnn All-Four RE(205)275-3994

491 WASHINGTON CityRoad, Dora

4BR Triple Wide Home withProperty. $89k O.B.O;Text (205)706-5207

FSBO: LOG Home, 1.5 storyw/full basement. 3 Acres. 5miles from Oakman school.$169,000; (205)341-7596 leavemessage

OPEN HOUSEMarch 5th, 2PM-4PM

131 Lawson Dr Nauvoo$179,000

3BR/2BA home with 21 acresTammy Burton 275-1622RealtySouth Northwest


2302 Wildwood Dr Jasper$189,900

4BR/2.5BA Homein Forest Park

John Nix (205)275-4645RealtySouth Northwest


3207 Pineville Court Jasper$174,900

3BR 2BA home inChestnut Grove

Linda Ingram 522-3675RealtySouth Northwest


95 Boyd Empire $249,9003BR/2BA home on 5+/- acres.

John Nix 275-4645RealtySouth Northwest

PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY4BR/3BA, Spanish style.

2200sq.ft. 2+/-Acres.Large Laundry, den w/cathe-dral ceilings.Screened porch,

2-car detached garage$149,900;JamesAnn

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125 Real Est. Sales

REDUCED$144,900

3BR/2BA; Walk-in Closets,Eat-in Kitchen, Den(Cathedral Ceilings)

300 South Pine Drive, JasperJamesAnn All Four RE

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150 LegalsCITY OF JASPER, ALABAMA

SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY

Comes now the City of Jasper,Alabama, by and through KeithPike, Zoning Administrator, andpublishes this synopsis of a pro-posed Ordinance to rezone cer-tain property located within thecity limits of the City of Jasper,Alabama, which Ordinance waspublished herein, in the DailyMountain Eagle in its entirety onthe 26th day of February, 2017.Said ordinance shall be consid-ered by the City Council of theCity of Jasper, Alabama, on the21st day of March, 2017, at10:00 a.m. at Jasper City Hall,400 West 19th Street, Jasper,Alabama. All persons who de-sire shall have an opportunity tobe heard in opposition to or infavor of the proposed zoning.The property to be consideredfor rezoning is currently in theR-1 (Single Family Residential)zoning district, and is proposedto be rezoned to the B-2 (Com-munity Service) zoning district.The property is located at thecorner of Curry Highway andWest Ridgewood Road. Thepurpose of the proposed rezon-ing is to allow vehicle sales.*March 5, 2017

NOTICE BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE OF A CIVIL ACTION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF WALKER COUNTY,

ALABAMASTATE OF ALABAMA,PLAINTIFF,VS. WADE, BRADLEY ALLEN,DEFENDANTS.CASE NO.: CV-2016-900392TO: BRADLEY ALLEN WADEAND/OR THE OWNER(S) OF$2,017.00 U.S. CURRENCY,WHICH WAS SEIZED ON ORABOUT 10/26/2016 BY THECORDOVA POLICE DEPART-MENT.BRADLEY ALLEN WADEAND/OR THE OWNER(S) is/arehereby notified of his, her, theiror its rights and responsibilitiesrelative to the said property. Acivil forfeiture and condemnationaction has been filed in the Cir-cuit Court of Walker County, Ala-bama, seeking forfeiture of theU.S. currency to the State of Al-abama. If Bradley Allen Wadeand/or owner(s) of the currencyfail(s) to respond within thirty(30) days of the last publicationof this Notice a Default Judg-ment in favor of the State of Ala-bama, may be entered in thismatter in the Owner(s)’ ab-sence.*Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 5, 12, 2017

NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONSharon Leona Kennedy, whosewhereabouts are unknown,must answer ChristopherKennedy's Complaint for Di-vorce and other relief by March15, 2017, or thereafter a judg-ment by default may be ren-dered against her in CaseNumber DR-16-900418, in theCircuit Court of Walker County,Alabama.

Done this 14th day of Febru-ary, 2017.James R. Beaird (BEA010)Attorney forChristopher KennedyP.O. Box 3576Jasper, AL 35502-3576(205) 384-6400*Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 5, 12, 2017

150 LegalsNOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED VACATION

TAKE NOTE, that on the 7thday of March, 2017, at 10:00A.M., at the Jasper City Hall,400 19th Street West, Jasper,Alabama, the City Council of theCity of Jasper, Alabama, shallconduct, at its regularly sched-uled meeting at such date andtime, a public hearing and willconsider taking final action onthe proposed vacation of a por-tion of a road right of way,specifically 17th Street Westand 8th Avenue, within the citylimits of the City of Jasper, Ala-bama. Said public road or por-tion of same sought andproposed to be vacated is moreparticularly described as follows:17th Street West from the West

right of way line of a 15' alleylying between 7th and 8th Av-enues. West to its termination atthe NE right of way of the Nor-folk Southern Railroad.

AND8th Avenue from the South right

of way line of 16th Street Westto its termination at the NE rightof way of the Norfolk SouthernRailroad.*Preceding describes a portionof road right-of-way, specifically17th Street West and 8th Av-enue.

Any citizen alleging to be af-fected by the proposed vacationmay submit a written objectionto the City Council at 400 19thStreet West, Jasper, Alabama35501, or may request an op-portunity to be heard at suchhearing.*Feb. 12, 19, 26, Mar. 5, 2017

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

UNITED STATES SENATORSTATE OF ALABAMA WALKER COUNTYPursuant to and in accordancewith Alabama Code Section 17-15-5 (1975), and such otherrequirements, I Rick Allison,Judge of Probate of WalkerCounty, do hereby give noticethat the Special Election forUnited States Senator will beconducted in said County andState between the hours of 7:00a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the vari-ous polling places on the follow-ing dates:SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONSHALL BE HELD ON TUES-DAY, JUNE 5, 2018.

SPECIAL PRIMARY RUNOFFELECTION SHALL BE HELDTUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018.

SPECIAL GENERAL ELEC-TION SHALL BE HELD ONTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6,2018.Signed this 3rd day of March,2017.Rick AllisonProbate Judge, Walker County*March 5, 12, 19, 2017

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2014 Toyota Corolla Certified,

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2014 Nissan Altima

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2004 Toyota Sienna

Family Ride, Stk#S074168A

$ 6,900

2014 Toyota Corolla Gas Saver,

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$ 14,900

2014 Toyota Camry Certified,

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$ 15,900

2012 Buick Regal GS A Must Drive! Stk#9208699P

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2016 Mitsubishi

Lancer Sporty, Stk#U008544P

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2014 Ford Escape Low Miles!

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$ 15,900

2010 Ford F150

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2012 Toyota Corolla S

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$ 12,900 2015 Ford Fusion SE

Sunroof, Stk#5126151P

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2015 Nissan Sentra Gas Saver,

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$ 13,900

2016 Toyota Tacoma

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2012 Chev. Traverse LT

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2011 Toyota Camry XLE

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$ 13,900 2015 Chev. Cruze LT

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$ 14,900

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1994 Toyota 4Runner

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SCHOOLMENUS

March 6-10WALKER HIGH SCHOOL

Monday - Hotdog on whole wheat bun, shreddedcheese cup, hotdog chili sauce, sauerkraut, vegetar-ian beans, chips, fruit, condiments

Tuesday - Chef salad or lasagna roll, tossedsalad potato yams, fruit

Wednesday - Chicken nuggets, broccoli & cheesecream corn, bread sticks, fruit

Thursday - Potato bar or chili w/grill cheese,tossed salad, cookie, fruit

Friday - Hamburger or cheeseburger, lettuce,tomato, pickle cup, onions, fries, fruit, condiments

Note: Choice of milk offered with lunch.

MADDOX MIDDLE SCHOOL,NORTH HIGHLANDS

Monday - Cheese sticks, dipping sauce, corn, sidesalad/ranch, fruit

Tuesday - Crunchy beef taco, refried beans, fiestarice, salsa, fruit

Wednesday - Chicken poppers, creamed pota-toes, sweet peas, roll, fruit

Thursday - BBQ on bun, hash brown, cole slaw,fruit

Friday - Cheeseburger, hash browns, lettuce,tomato, pickle, onion, fruit


MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARYMonday - Chicken sandwich, lettuce, tomato,

chips, salsa, veggie beans, fruitTuesday - Chili w/beans, corn chips, grill cheese,

tossed salad, orange slicesWednesday - Chicken poppers, rice pilaf, broccoli

cheese, steamed carrots, roll, fruitThursday - Nachos & cheese, potato patty, fiesta

rice, cookie, fruitFriday - Chicken fajita, soft shell, French fries,

steamed corn, fruitNote: Choice of milk offered with lunch.

T.R. SIMMONS ELEMENTARYMonday - Mini burger sliders, lettuce, tomatoes,

onions, pickles, French fries, fruitTuesday - Chicken fajita, lettuce, tomato, cheese,

sour cream, fiesta rice, refried beans w/cheese, fruitWednesday - Chicken poppers w/dipping sauces,

mashed potatoes, English peas, roll, fruitThursday - Spaghetti w/meat sauce, green

beans, tossed salad w/choice of dressing, Texastoast, fruit

Friday - Hotdogs w/chili sauce, baked beans,chips, fresh veggie cup w/ranch, fruit


WEST JASPER ELEMENTARYMonday - Pizza, corn, cookie, fruitTuesday - Vegetable soup, crackers, P.B.&J. sand-

wich, fruitWednesday - Chicken nuggets, roasted potatoes,

pintos, greens, roll, fruitThursday - Steak nuggets, mashed potatoes,

choice of veggie, roll, fruitFriday - Chicken fajita, lettuce, tomato, cheese,

refried beans, fries, ice creamNote: Choice of milk offered with lunch.

ALL WALKER COUNTY SCHOOLSKindergarten - 12th Grade

Monday - Chicken & cheese taquito, chicken fa-jita, dipping sauce, salsa, corn, salad, salad dressing(variety), banana

Tuesday - Taco soup, grilled cheese sandwich,crackers, salad, salad dressing (variety), sourcream, mixed fruit

Wednesday - Chicken alfredo, steamed broccoli,shredded cheese, roll, cookie, applesauce

Thursday - Chicken nuggets, hot bites, mashedpotatoes, gravy, pinto beans, roll, ketchup, honeymustard, peaches

Friday - Hot dog, hot dog chili, shredded cheese,tater tots, corn, ketchup, mustard, apple


Ingredients and menu items are subject to c hangeor substitution without notice.

Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith

Celebrating‘Read AcrossAmerica’ WeekCarbon Hill Elementary School librarian DianeRobins dressed up tocelebrate ReadAcross America Weekon Friday with stu-dents, from left,Jenna Laye, TaygenDozier and MadiGilreath.

SCHOOL EVENTSCounty Head Start registration underway

Walker County Head Start is currently holdingregistration for 3 and 4 year old children for the2017- 2018 school year at the local county Ele-mentary Schools.

Registration will be held at these locations from9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the following dates: Car-bon Hill, March 7; Oakman, March 9; and Par-rish, March 14.

Children must be 3 years old on or before Sept.1. Applications are also taken daily between 8:30a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Walker County Head Start Of-fice at 1000 Viking Drive in Jasper. Please bringthe following information with you: Proof of Birth(if accessible), Proof of Income (tax return or W-2's), and IEP Diagnosis for children with specialneeds (if applicable). Transportation for HeadStart children is not provided. You may contactthe Head Start office for transportation assistanceinformation. For more information, call 205-387-0555 and ask for the Walker County Head StartProgram.

West Jasper hosting ‘Celebration of Generations’

West Jasper Elementary School will host theCelebration of Generations on Thursday, March16, from 6 until 8 p.m. at the school. All alumniare invited to come for a fun night of reminiscingabout the good times at West Jasper Elementary,which will close at the end of this school year. Ifyou are planning to attend, call 205-384-4311.

Meek SGA to host blood drive

Meek High School SGA will host a blood drivefor the American Red Cross on Thursday, March 9,from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the new gymna-sium. For more information, call the Meek HighSchool office at 205-384-5825.

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