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Unity Day Donation The Madison Police Department was on the receiving end of a generous donation recently thanks to a event held in October.

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Volunteer firefighters from Harvest, Monrovia and Toney worked on this residential fire in Harvest on Sunday. Photo from the Harvest Volunteer Fire and Rescue

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Volunteer fire departments kept busy with weekend fires

By JOHN FEW John@themadisonrecord.com HARVEST – It goes without saying that with frigid winter weather, the chances of house fires drastically increase. This has been very true lately. Volunteer firefighters were kept busy over the weekend in the Harvest and Monrovia area. Firefighters responded to three major house fires from Fri-

day through Sunday. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported.

According to Kyler Albright with the Harvest Volunteer Fire and Rescue, the first fire occurred Friday around 3 p.m. in the 300 block of Early Harvest Court. Crews from Harvest VFD 23, Monrovia and Toney responded.

Firefighters found a single-family residential struc-

ture with an attached garage on fire. Crews from Monrovia and Harvest were able to prevent further extension, Albright said. “Smoke damage was throughout the home, but fire damage contained to the garage and interior hallway.” They were assisted by firefighters from Toney.

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Volunteer firefighters started the weekend by responding to two house fires on Friday, a garage fire (left) and one within a home’s attic late that night. Photo from the Harvest Fire and Rescue

HPD officer charged with capital murder after shooting near Madison

By JOHN FEW John@themadisonrecord.com

MADISON – A Huntsville police officer has been charged with capital murder for a deadly shooting at an apartment complex near Madison.

David Michael McCoy, 28, was arrested shortly after an initial death investigation Friday morning by the State Bureau of Investigation. Huntsville Police requested SBI take the lead because the shooting involved McCoy, an off-duty Huntsville Police officer.

According to authorities, officers responded to a shooting Friday around 10 a.m. at Western Ranch Apartments, which sits just north of Hwy 72 behind Home Depot and Khols in Madison.

WAFF reported a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound. “Sources familiar with the situation tell us, McCoy, who lives in the apartment complex as a courtesy officer, called in to dispatch of shots being fired, but later told authorities it was an attempted suicide,” WAFF reported.

WAFF also reported that a family member confirmed the victim’s identity as Courtney Spraggins, who was 7-months pregnant.

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Rosalee Mahdi to compete in Miss Alabama Teen USA

By GREGG PARKER Gregg@themadisonrecord.com MADISON – As the reigning Miss Madison Teen USA 2022, Rosalee Mahdi will represent Madison in the upcoming Miss Alabama Teen USA pageant and promote her belief in language study for children.

Gouge Performing Arts Center at Auburn University will serve as the pageant venue. After preliminaries on Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m., the finals on Jan. 15 will determine the winner.

“I had always admired girls that competed in pageants, specifically the Miss Universe system, and toyed with competing for a long time,” Rosalee said. “Last year, I decided to put myself out there in my very first pageant” in January 2021.

“I loved meeting all the girls and seeing how kind everyone is. I didn’t place in the top 16, but I was hooked on the culture,” Rosalee said.

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Rosalee Mahdi, a senior at James Clemens High School, will represent Madison in the upcoming Miss Alabama Teen USA pageant.

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2022 session: gambling, guns and other issues

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MONTGOMERY - This session is likely to be a sensitive one for most legislators. For at least 23 of them, it is their last session and for the rest, it is an election year. One must wonder what the legislators spending their last session will place their priorities on. The ones up for election must be careful not to trip over anything too controversial. It will be hard to do because this session is all about gambling, guns and other legislative issues.

As for gambling – it’s the proverbial elephant in the room. A gambling bill passed in the Senate last year but not in the House.

If I were a betting person (and I’m not), I would lay you odds 10:1 the same thing will happen this year.

If it passes, it will be on the ballot in November so call your legislator now and let your voices be heard if you don’t want it on the ballot.

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A rather quiet week of weather is upcoming for our area with only scattered showers possible on Saturday. A little bit of light snow is possible on the tail end of that front Saturday night with colder Sunday. Most of this week will be fair to partly cloudy with high temperatures near normal for this time of year with the warmest day expected 56 degrees on Friday.

It continues to look like we could see a return to winter weather, and the door opening up to Arctic air returning between the 17th and the end of the month. By the 25th, temperatures will likely be colder than we had from this past system, and a freeze that will likely go down to central Florida.

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her age group. Networking is one of her favorite aspects of competing.

To help Rosalee reach the Top 16, vote for her at www.missalabamausa.com/ contestants-teen.

Rosalee will compete with 46 young women. The winner will compete for Miss Teen USA. The Miss Alabama Teen USA pageant has three sections for judging: Interview; Activewear / Swimwear; and Evening Gown. The top five will face onstage questions.

For interviews, Rosalee anticipates questions about her personality, platform and reasons to aspire for the title.

Her platform, TALK or Teaching Accelerated Languages to Kids, follows Rosalee’s passion for foreign languages.

She didn’t have options to properly study languages until her freshman year, but she wants youngsters to learn early. “I believe children should have access to foreign languages starting in elementary school, and my platform revolves around advocating for that change,” Rosalee said.

In that effort, she reads books in foreign languages to Horizon Elementary School students and volunteered for Liberty Middle School’s language camp.

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Then there is the $1.5 billion Alabama is receiving from the federal government – the American Rescue Plan. How it will be used and whether the Legislature or the Governor allocates those funds will be an issue. The expansion of rural broadband and banning critical race theory in our schools will also be hot topics.

I only hope education gets its proper place in the Legislative debate. Our future and the future of our children depends on it. Ranking 52nd in third grade math is not acceptable. There is legislation to address this issue, hopefully it will offer a solution to this problem.

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As for guns, who in Alabama doesn’t own one? Very few. But should people be allowed to carry concealed weapons without a permit? That is the question and again, if I were a betting person, I would say the law enforcement community will lobby hard enough against it to make it a challenge to pass.

So, what may pass you ask. An abortion bill, titled the Alabama Heartbeat Act, has a lot of traction.

It is modeled after a Texas bill that conservatives love. And what is the Alabama Legislature filled with?

Conservatives – 25 in the House of Representatives alone have already co-sponsored the bill. This bill would make it illegal for medical providers to perform an abortion once cardiac activity is detected. This bill also makes it possible to file civil lawsuits and collect damages against anyone violating or assisting in violating the law.

“The kids loved hearing about foreign languages and asked me all about the languages I’ve studied,” Rosalee said. “I have met with Rep. Terri Collins of Decatur about (her) bill for Seal of Biliteracy.”

“I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many people are eager to aide a woman with a plan and a passion,” Rosalee said.

Initially, her journey to augment language study “seemed daunting and impossible,” but many people have listened and helped.

If Rosalee wins in Miss Alabama Teen USA, she will tour Alabama and promote TALK, especially to the state legislature.

The winner also will attend scheduled appearances to represent Alabama and meet “sister queens from other states.”

A senior at James Clemens High School, Rosalee is undecided about college, but the University of Alabama in Huntsville has offered full tuition. For two years, she already has studied Russian at UAH. She will major in either international relations or political science.

Rosalee serves on Student Advisory Committee with Madison City Schools.

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Her parents are Alexander and Susan Mahdi.

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UNITY DAY DONATION - The Madison Police Department was on the receiving end of a generous donation recently thanks to a event held in October. About 20 local non-profit organizations from North Alabama came together to celebrate Unity Day at James Clemens High School in Madison on Oct. 30. Unity Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. He is called the “Unifier of India”. In 2018, a 600-foot tall bronze statue, which happens to be tallest in the world, was dedicated in his honor in India. The local Unity Day event was led by Dr Santanu Borah, Professor of Management at the University of North Alabama. The organizers of the event decided to donate the net proceeds of the event to the Madison Police Foundation in recognition of Chief of Police Johnny Gandy and his team’s services to a very diverse community. The photo above shows a check for $2000 being presented to Madison Chief of Police Johnny Gandy. Pictured from left to right are Rajiv Sharma, Krishna Srikakolapu, Ashish Pahwa, Dhrumil Patel, Santanu Borah, Madison Chief of Police Johnny Gandy, Gaurav Negi, Sudha Srikakolapu and Sanket Patel. Photo and information submitted by Krishna Srikakolapu, Chairman of Huntsville India Association.

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Family members say Courtney was in a relationship with McCoy. According to McCoy’s jail records, the charge is capital murder of a victim in a vehicle. He has been

placed on administrative leave, said a HPD spokesperson. Once the investigation is complete, the findings will be turned over to the Madison County District Attorney’s Office.

An HPD spokeswoman said the

officer was placed on administrative leave pending the probe’s outcome.

More details will be posted in www.themadisonrecord.com as they become available.

the homeowners or firefighters.

Albright said the fire departments have seen an increase in calls lately due to the immense residential growth in the area and help from the community is needed.

“We respond to any type of fire, rescue, or EMS call we receive,” Albright stated. “Due to the increased population in Madison County, volunteer fire departments are feeling the impact” There are 16 volunteer fire departments in Madison County that serve their communities day and night, and they are 100% volunteer.

“One way people can help is a mon-

etary donation due to the departments limited amount of funding.

Not only are we limited on funding, but we are also shorthanded.”

There are more people moving in the county which means the departments’ call volumes have risen, increasing the need for more volunteers. “A huge help to the departments would be people volunteering for their local volunteer fire department. People can reach out to them and ask how they can help,” Albright added.

To find more information about the Harvest Volunteer Fire Department, go to www.harvestvfd.com or look them up on Facebook.

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time it was to a single-family home at the 200 block of Saddle Rock Court showing smoke from the roof.

The ceiling was opened, and the fire was contained in the attic, said Albright. Firefighters from Monrovia, Harvest and Toney responded.

On Sunday, firefighters responded to garage fire in Harvest.

According to Albright, the homeowner stated that he heard an explosion and saw his garage was on fire. “There was heavy fire showing from the garage and extending through the attic on arrival,” he said. All three departments responded. There were no injuries to

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Looking ahead at 2022 with excitement LifeSouth has two collection centers in Madison and regularly holds blood drives throughout the area. The LifeSouth collection bus is seen above at the Madison Senior Center for a recent blood drive.

LifeSouth joins nation’s first emergency blood reserve

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - Facing an increasingly unsteady blood supply, LifeSouth Community Blood Centers has helped found a firstin-the-nation partnership to prepare Alabama for emergency situations where blood needs are high.

The local LifeSouth Community Collection Centers are located in Madison at 8190 Madison Boulevard and at 12060 County Line Rd STE F. As part of the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC), LifeSouth joins blood centers across the country to an on-call rotation.

If a large-scale crisis occurs, such as a shooting or natural disaster, during the time LifeSouth is oncall, they will send blood to that location to help the local blood center provide hospitals treating victims. BERC members helped during the recent school shooting in Michigan and the devastating tornadoes that struck the

South and Midwest.

“COVID exposed the reality that our national blood supply is unstable when there is catastrophic need,” said Kimberly Kinsell, CEO of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. “In the face of disaster, BERC will provide a safety net securing the blood necessary for immediate transfusion need. BERC provides Alabama and our partner states a ready-to-go supply of blood allowing us to be proactive in our disaster response efforts.”

The nation’s blood centers have faced widespread blood shortages in recent months, creating a severely strained national safety net for mass traumas and other high casualty disasters. As one of the state’s primary blood supplier, LifeSouth Blood Center helps BERC to be proactive in its emergency planning, rather than rely on an increasingly unstable back-up supply plan.

When faced with a mass-need event, Kinsell said, blood centers

across the country have relied on patchwork pleas from local donors for additional blood resources. States that had extra blood on hand might send units, but there was nothing that a blood center could count on other than undefined goodwill. With BERC, partner blood centers will know exactly how much emergency blood is available and where it will come from.

LifeSouth will be collecting extra blood donations as part of its on-call schedule. Drive coordinators and donors will be asked to step up to a higher calling of guardianship to cover possible coast to coast needs. If no emergency situation arises, the blood will be returned to LifeSouth’s general inventory, to be used for local blood needs. Participating centers will rotate inventory coverage, starting on a threeweek cycle.

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Tennessee Valley Toastmasters to host virtual Open House Jan. 29

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MADISON - Tennessee Valley Toastmasters, Club #960 (www.tvt. toastmastersclubs.org) invites residents to its virtual “Open House” through Zoom on Jan. 29 to meet members and watch special guest speaker, Gary Schmidt, Distinguished Toastmaster, Past Toastmasters International President, and Clackamas County Administrator, Clackamas Oregon. The event

will be held 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

According to Toastmasters, guests will be able to discover how their dreams can become reality when as a Toastmaster.

Club Vice President Education, Chantaine Rhoe-Bulluck, who has served in various club positions, will serve as the Table Topics Master. “Table Topics are one of my favorite parts of the meeting,” says Rhoe-Bulluck. “This is where guests and members are randomly selected

to speak for one to two minutes. It helps you think and speak clearly on your feet.”

Other speakers include Toastmaster of the Meeting: Suezy Proctor, Distinguished Toastmaster, Past International Director, Club Vice President of Public Relations; and Samantha Brinkley, Club Vice President of Membership.

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By MICHELLE EPLING Executive Director Madison Chamber of Commerce MADISON - The start of a new year is always so exciting! With this issue of Madison Living also being all about the start of new chapters in local Madison residents’ lives, with it being the wedding issue, it reminds me of the same excitement I have had in the past as a new entrepreneur starting a new business and getting my business license at city hall, feeling almost the same excitement as going to the courthouse to get my marriage license.

We had some incredible ribbon cuttings in the month of December including watching our local high school students at the James Clemens high school branch to provide real world financial education to all the students at our local high school. This partnership with Redstone Federal Credit Union and Madison City Schools will provide life-changing financial advice for students for life.

We also had the ribbon cutting at the new Outback Steakhouse in Clifts Farm and Next Level Pack and Ship. Standing next

to these business owners as we cut the ribbon to their new businesses reminds me of my wedding day and the possibilities of all the exciting opportunities that lie ahead!

As we wrap up the month of December, we are so thankful we were able to celebrate all the hardworking business owners with our first Madison Chamber holiday party at Main Street Cafe and launch the first of many “Madison Only Holiday Shopping Guide” in partnership with Rocket City Mom media group!

The Madison Chamber of Commerce is here to help all those new entrepreneurs as they start the new business journey.

We are looking forward to sharing in 2022 real value in how we can help business owners no matter if they are just starting their business or celebrating the 100th anniversary of opening their doors! The number one reason you should join the Madison Chamber of Commerce is because of the opportunities for lifelong learning as a business owner. The key to being successful at any business is making the customer experience amazing and trusting the vendors you work with everyday! We are looking forward to continuing this foundation through networking and online training classes in 2022 to expand on these topics to help our businesses navigate through the “New Normal” of owning a business through Covid-19.

You can join the Madison Chamber of Commerce at any time at www.madisonalchamber.com.

Snapshot Here are some of the ribbin cuttings, grand openings and other business events held by the Madison Chamber of Commerce last month.

A grand opening and ribbon cutting was held for MCC member Outback Steakhouse in Town Madison

Ribbon cutting for the new James Clemens bank branch by Redstone Federal Credit Union

Ribbon Cutting for MCC Member Pamper Me Pretty Kids Spa

Ambassador and Madison Chamber board member, Carlos Mendoza attended the James Clemens ELL (English Language Learner) event.

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SKATING IN THE PARK • Through January 17 Huntsville Museum of Art • www.hsvmuseum.org The Huntsville Museum of Art’s Skating in the Park will continue through January 19. The outdoor ice-skating rink is located directly behind the Huntsville Museum of Art in Big Spring Park. Rink hours can be found at hsvmuseum.org. To stay updated on all Skating in the Park events and any weather-related closings or delays, be sure to follow the Facebook or Instagram pages @SkatingInThePark.

Hairstylist training for “Steel Magnolias” is underway with Erin Barrow (Annelle), from left, Sherry Ryan Mulholland (Clairee) and Troy Nixon (Hair Design).

Theatre Huntsville to show strength of ‘Steel Magnolias’

By GREGG PARKER Gregg@themadisonrecord.com HUNTSVILLE – At Truvy’s Beauty Shop, lifelong friends Shelby, M’Lynn, Ouiser, Clairee and others will gather for Theatre Huntsville’s production of “Steel Magnolias.”

Shawn Fahy is directing the play that Robert Harling authored. “’Steel Magnolias’ reminds us that each of us has not only our own inner steel to make it through these uncertain times, but we have each other’s to lean on as well.”

Covering a three-year period in northwest Louisiana, the play shows Shelby’s defiant approach to her illness, as her mother M’Lynn takes a practical outlook. Clairee, an icon of Southern values, spars in good-natured banter with Ouis-

er, a rebel-without-a-cause misfit with an acidic tongue and outlook but pure at heart.

Truvy offers sincere, kitchen-table advice to the circle. Her benevolence peaks with hiring Annelle, an unhappy, new-in-town loner who eventually opens her attitude to a brighter, hopeful lifestyle.

The cast includes Molly Knickerbocker (Shelby), Erin Barrow (Annelle), Valerie Clemons (M’Lynn), Joy Whitti (Truvy), Elaine Hubbard (Ouiser) and Sherry Ryan Mulholland (Clairee).

Other staff members are Josh Phillips, scenic and set design; Melissa ‘Birdie’ Jones, lighting design; Gina Mallonee, costume design; Charlie Rogers, sound design; Troy Nixon, hair design; and Sky Smith, makeup.

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Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for seniors (65-plus years), students and active-duty military. Group discounts are available.

To buy tickets online, visit THtix.com. In-advance tickets are available at Theatre Huntsville box office at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment or call 256-536-0807. If seats are available, guests can buy tickets at Von Braun Center Playhouse one hour before showtime.

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Huntsville Museum of Art 300 Church Street hsvmuseum.org/5-after-5p Enjoy $5 admission every Thursday from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Explore the Museum’s latest exhibitions or visit favorites from the Museum collection during this weekly event. Wine service has returned.

Guests aged 21+ will be able to purchase a glass of wine from the Church Street Wine Shoppe for $7. Some evenings will also include live performances from local musicians. Visit the website to learn more.

ENCOUNTERS: DEAN MITCHELL Through March 20 Huntsville Museum of Art 300 Church Street hsvmuseum.org/encounters-dean-mitchell The engaging works of this master watercolorist from Tampa, FL encompass portraits, landscapes and still lifes in the time-honored realist tradition. Mitchell engages with Black Identity by drawing his subjects mainly from African American culture. Of his preferred subject matter, he notes, “Artists are observers of life, and it is natural that I would first gravitate to the space which I occupy. The neighborhoods I was raised in were segregated. Most of my teachers were Black. Churches I attended were Black, so it is natural for me as an artist to create works that reflect my own personal experience.”

LOOKING AT THE COLLECTION: WORKS ON PAPER Through February 13 Huntsville Museum of Art 300 Church Street www.hsvmuseum.org/works-on-paper One of the Museum’s best kept secrets is its collection of works on paper, which includes well over 1,000 prints and drawings dating from the

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18th through the 21st centuries. This diverse holding includes a large number of 19th century Japanese wood-block prints; important early 20th century American and European prints; and modern and contemporary paintings and drawings in graphite, watercolor, ink, and mixed media by critically renowned artists across the region and nation.

MISSION EXPERIENCES AT US SPACE & ROCKET CENTER U.S. Space & Rocket Center One Tranquility Base www.rocketcenter.com/#experience See if you have what it takes to get the crew safely to space and back home again in the Shuttle Experience. Journey into the world of SCUBA and Neutral Buoyancy through the Underwater Astronaut Training Experience. Explore history and get ready for the next era of space exploration in the Family or Adult Astronaut Training Experience. Some experiences are offered on weekends only. Check website for availability.

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT: CHILDREN IN ILLUSTRATION Through February 27 Huntsville Museum of Art 300 Church Street hsvmuseum.org/children-in-illustration Exclusive to the Huntsville Museum of Art, Sweetness and Light: Children in Illustration features approximately 35 original artworks by celebrate Golden Age Illustrators, including Jessie Wilcox Smith, Ludwig Bemelmans, John Clymer, F. X. Leyendecker, Hy Hintermeister and Harrison Fisher, borrowed from the National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, RI. By illustrating subject matters related to children’s lives throughout classic stories, magazine covers, and advertisements, these artists produced beautiful and compelling images which both reflected and shaped our understanding of childhood.

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TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEKEND January 15-17 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center One Tranquility Base www.rocketcenter.com/scienceneverstops The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is proud to salute teachers for their hard work and dedication by providing free admission to educators and one accompanying guest Saturday, Jan. 15, through Monday, Jan. 17. Teachers will need to present their educator identification for free admission.

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Von Braun Center Mark C. Smith Concert Hall 700 Monroe Street www.broadwaytheatreleague.org

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Von Braun Center Propst Arena 700 Monroe Street www.huntsvillehavoc.com Celebrate and help raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Jersey auction benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

WALE - UNDER A BLUE MOON TOUR January 15 Von Braun Center Mars Music Hall 700 Monroe Street There’s only one Wale. Since arriving in 2006, he has consistently gone against the grain. An old school lyricist with new school energy, otherworldly hooks and a sense of irony tailormade for its own Seinfeld episode, he instantly set himself apart. Wale also made history as “the first rapper to open the State Of The Union,” gracing the stage with an unforgettable performance before President Obama’s final State Of The Union Address.

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The Cook Museum is wild about whoopers! Find out why whooping cranes are so amazing in the “Cool Cranes! Science on the Spot” presentations.

Complete your set of six “Wetlands“ collectable cards while visiting the exhibits. There will also be a coloring activity and a selfie station. Before you leave, stop by Nature’s Table for a Cool Crane Smoothie.

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SWEETNESS AND LIGHT: CHILDREN IN ILLUSTRATION ZOOM LECTURE January 13 6-7 p.m.

Huntsville Museum of Art 300 Church Street hsvmuseum.org/children-in-illustration Judy Goffman Cutler, Co-Founder/Director of the National Museum of American Illustration, is the Founder and Executive Director of the American Illustrators Gallery, NYC. This is the premier gallery showcasing major original artworks from the “Golden Age of American Illustration.” She will be giving a virtual Zoom lecture about the museum’s current exhibition, “Sweetness and Light: Children in Illustration.”

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New dining options opening in Clift Farm, Town Madison to resist but are in competition with salads, Southern Fried Shrimp Moe Boy and smoked chicken.

JONATHAN’S GRILLE is open in Clift Farm and under construction in Town Madison for a special meal or a gathering of friends to watch wide-screens on Game Day. The family-owned eatery’s first locations were in Nashville before expanding in Tennessee and now in Madison.

This upscale sports grill and bar boasts 55 television monitors for guests to cheer on their favorite team while enjoying a tasty appetizer or full meal.

Guests can choose seating at the bar with focus on sports or in the restaurant for a pleasant atmosphere for a meal.

Jonathan’s appetizers vary from lemon-basil chicken skewers and crispy Brussels sprouts to Margherita flatbread and Nashville hot chicken sliders. Salads are tossed in 14 combos, including a Luau Salad with cranberries, pineapple, manSee DINING Page 8A

MADISON – Members of Madison Senior Center can learn a ‘WEALTH’ of suggestions for a healthy lifestyle in a session on Jan. 12.

The WEALTH session, or “Wise Eating Approaches for a Lifetime of Health,” is a presentation by the Urban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education or USNAP-Ed. This program is associated with Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

With the USNAP-Ed program, senior center members will hear about making nutrition easy, tasty and affordable. Participants will learn to manage food dollars, make wise food choices and prepare safe foods.

The presentation will start at 1:15 p.m. on Jan. 12.

The session will offer hands-on activities that both entertain and reinforce ideas from the lecture. The presenter will keep ideas easy to understand.

The USNAP-Ed program focuses on

food nutrition and physical fitness. In the WEALTH series, participants will learn about general nutrition, healthy habits, smart shopping techniques and food safety.

Other sponsors for this session are SNAP and Alabama A&M University.

USNAP-Ed is available with the Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs unit of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Alabama A&M. The program is co-funded by the extension system and SNAP Division of Alabama Department of Human Resources.

Alabama Extension at Alabama A&M University strives to make an impact in Alabama’s urban and suburban communities. Through urban extension programs, the organization provides learning experiences to make positive changes, inspire new ideas and solve problems.

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The ‘pickin’s’ are anything but slim at SLIM CHICKENS in Clift Farm, just north of U.S. 72. (Clift Farm actually lies in Madison County but the development is next door to the City of Madison.)

The menu at Slim Chickens features fresh chicken tenders, marinated in buttermilk and lightly breaded by hand. Buffalo wings are hearty and generously cut. Sandwiches, chicken and waffles, salads and smokey cheddar wraps are options.

Along with traditional iced tea, beverages are available in raspberry and peach tea blends, along with lemonade. Tasty side dishes and 13 sauce flavors make it hard to decide.

Another Slim Chickens is scheduled to open in Town Madison at 130 Outfield Drive.

MOE’S ORIGINAL BBQ at 102 St. Louis St. in Town Madison has been serving guests for several weeks now. The eatery has an upbeat, casual atmosphere for an enjoyable visit. Its founders include ‘local boys’ Ben Gilbert, Athens; Jeff Kennedy, Huntsville; and Mike Fernandez, Tuscaloosa.

Moe’s can boast its inclusion in Top 10 BBQ Chains in America by “USA Today” and “The Daily Meal”; fast-growing chain by “Restaurant Business Magazine”; and among Top 10 Rib Joints by “Relish.”

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And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. - 2 Peter 3:15-16 A grieving widower, a friend with cancer, you or spouse overlooked for promotion or bonus, friend lost house in a natural disaster, snubbed by friends due to ‘stupid politics’, family who is dealing with an unexplained child illness, and many other scenarios are very painful if you are the one enduring them.

Hurt and pain are part of life and also can be tools God used to mold character as long as you can remember to not act like you know more than God and shake your fist at him.

What do you say to someone who is close to you to lift their spirits and help get their life back on the right course? The main thing is to not quote scriptures to them but be there with them to encourage and give a hug. As a new year has just begun it is time to reflect on what you want to pursue and do different as the calendar changes.

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PRAYER: Lord when the world seems to cave in around me help me to press on and know I am not abandoned. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Madison History Association will meet Jan. 18, 6-7 p.m., at the Madison Public Library. The speaker will be historian Marjorie Ann Reeves. She will be discussing Virginia Clay Clopton and the Madison County Confederate Monument.

Marjorie Ann Reeves’ families go back to many generations of Madison County residents. Family legend is that Jordan Lane is named after her great grandfather John Jordan.

She has a B.S. in Mass Communications from University of Southern Colorado and a Masters in Library Science from University of Washington. She has been involved with several historical organizations and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy for over twenty years.

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Guests can select pizza from an impressive array of combos, along with wings, tacos, quesadillas and flatbreads.

Entrees, all including a side salad, vary from three steaks, pulled pork stuffed potato, teriyaki salmon, chicken in four recipes, pastas and more.

FARM + FEED stands as one of Madison’s first farm-to-table varieties. Founded by Antonio Spence and Chef John Cleveland, the restaurant is open in Bowler Hat Brewing, 7429 U.S. 72 W. The menu offers the Pulled Pork Tater Bowl, Smoked Salmon Avocado Toast, French Toast, Fried Monster Chicken Sandwich cooked plan or Nashville hot, Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich, Angus Backyard Burger and Naan Pork Loin Sandwich.

SA ZA SERIOUS ITALIAN in Town Madison creates classic Italian dishes but is brave with its out-of-the-ordinary recipes. Chef Joe DiMaggio Jr. explains that Sa Za’s men is “extreme peasant cuisine.” His grandmother conceived most of the dishes.

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Classic pasta options vary from the norm with lobster from Maine, chopped shrimp and spinach in a chardonnay, exploded garlic and olive oil sauce. Guests can order favorite blends of pizza with standard combinations or experiment with a specialty pizza varying with 40 tasty toppings.

HONEST COFFEE ROASTERS plans to open in The Avenue Madison, an upscale apartment community in downtown Madison at 92 Shorter St. Owner Christy Wimberly estimates that her new eatery will open in summer 2022.

EGGS UP GRILL estimates its opening date for summer 2022 at 300 Hughes Road. The restaurant’s comprehensive menu will include breakfast sandwiches, Eggs Benedict, omelets, pancakes, waffles and French toast.

Along with standard breakfast fare, EGGS UP GRILL will serve home-fry bowls and delectable muffins. At lunchtime, guests can opt for a hamburger and other sandwiches, wraps and salads.

The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau compiled most of the restaurant details in this article. (huntsville.org)

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Agent “0” On any given day Calen Lightford can be found inside Sparkman High’s gymnasium usually with a basketball in his hands. Parked outside in the school parking lot, his burgundy color Jeep Wrangler with a personalized car tag of “Agent 0” easily gives away his whereabouts.

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MADISON - Bob Jones head basketball coach Luther Tiggs has always been proud of his career both as a player and as a coach, but has always looked out for his players and teams, first. So, when the game ended recently in Decatur at Austin High, it was a rare time when most people around the program took note of not just the 55-52 victory, but the milestone reached by the 56-year old leader of young people.

The victorious night was win No. 400 of his 22-year scope as a head coach.

“This milestone has never been about me as I’ve been truly blessed with an elite group of assistant coaches and plentiful players who were committed to set a core values, work ethic and a team above self-type attitude,” said Tiggs, in his usual

humble style comments. “I’m grateful beyond words.”

Victory 400 did not come easy to the visiting Patriots in the Class 7A Area 8 opener for both teams. Bob Jones opened an early lead only to see the Black Bears come back in the second half and actually cut the Bob Jones lead to two points, 4846, with 4:54 remaining in the game. In true Bob Jones style under the direction of Tiggs, the Patriots responded with a 5-0 run that sealed victory number 10 on the season and 400 for their coach. Malachi Steele (G, 5-9, Jr.) finished with 19 points for Bob Jones. Sean Paul (G, 5-11, Jr.) had 12 and Bryson Smith (G, 6-1, Sr.) and Christian Rice (F, 6-3, Sr.) each had 11.

“I told all of my players I couldn’t have done it without their hard work and dedication,” Tiggs added.

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Bob Jones head basketball coach Luther Tiggs notched victory No. 400 of his fabulous career as a head coach. He’s currently in his sixth season with the Patriots and 22nd overall.

UAH earns 76-62 road win over rival Montevallo

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History with John Rankin Check out this week’s history column from Madison’s historian John Rankin and discover the city’s interesting past.

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KIDS & CHURCH

Former James Clemens All-State linebacker and rookie for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans Monty Rice was placed on injured reserve in November. He hopes to return in time for the Titans’ run in the playoffs as the top seed in the AFC. Photo courtesy of Tennessee Titans

A bevy of sports items headline the holidays Special Weekly Pages Check our weekly Kids and Church pages with games and activities for kids, and area church listings.

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Upcoming chess events Two tournaments in Madison are building excitement within the local chess community. Page 8B

By BOB LABBE bob0873@yahoo.com MADISON - As the New Year calendar replaces the old among the holidays and the world of sports, many sports achievements got lost among the family and friends celebrations of both Christmas and New Year’s. The noteworthy athletic happenings came within a bevy of sports and were supported by individual and team superb play.

Basketball While both the Sparkman boys and girls basketball teams were winning classic tournaments, which receive a good amount of attention,

the Bob Jones girls round ball squad was busy posting exceptional play of its own.

At the completion of the holidays the Pats were 15-3 on the season.

The Lady Patriots handled challenges in both the TOC Showcase and Decatur’s DOC Tournament with much success. In the multi-team Showcase, Bob Jones had one game where they bowed to Hazel Green 42-36. Alana Obianozie had 11 points and five rebounds for Bob Jones.

In the Decatur tournament, Bob Jones was 3-1 losing in the championship finals 41-30 to Good Hope.

Emariah Grant led the team with 11 points and Obianozie added eight. On their way

to the finals the Lady Patriots defeated Good Hope in the tournament opener 51-35 (Grant 17-points), Fairview 45-26 (Jada Burks 12 points and five rebounds) and Hartselle 41-21 (Zamyra Goode 17 points and five rebounds).

Sparkman’s boys leading scorer Calen Lightford (G, 5-11, 160, Sr.) joined the 1,000-point club for the No. 6 Senator’s program. Due to illness he was unable to participate in his team’s championship run in the 39th annual Huntsville City Classic.

Sparkman won the title for the first time since 2005.

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MONTEVALLO - The University of Alabama in Huntsville women’s basketball team earned its first Gulf South Conference victory of the season on Thursday and did so in convincing fashion, winning 76-62 at rival Montevallo. The Chargers improve to 2-10 (1-6 GSC), while UM falls to 6-9 (2-5 GSC).

Alexis Woods led the Chargers in the victory as she was an impressive 7-for-8 from the floor to score 21 while also grabbing a team-best nine rebounds and also pacing UAH in both steals and blocks with five and two, respectively.

Two other UAH players scored in double figures as Miajah Bullock went 5-for-8 to score 15 in addition to handing out a team-high six assists, and Jirah Rogers was 6-for-7 with 13 points while also grabbing five boards.

The hosts would hold the advantage for much of the opening quarter but never by more than four points, and a 6-0 run to end the frame would lift the Chargers in front 14-12 going into the second. In that period, the visiting team stayed in front for the entirety, and a 14-0 run would help UAH eventually take a 37-23 lead into the locker room at the break.

UAH would go in front by as many as 18 in the third, but the Falcons would narrow the gap to just eight at 52-44 going into the fourth, allowing them to pull within four on three separate occasions early in the final quarter.

With UAH on top 58-54 at the 7:11 mark of the period, the Chargers would score eight straight to go back in front by double-digSee UAH Page 2B

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All-State and Georgia Bulldogs All-SEC Linebacker Monty Rice remains on the injured reserve list as a member of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, the top-seed in the AFC for the post-season playoffs. He was placed on the IR on Nov. 30.

Rice, the 6-foot, 233-pound rookie, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Jan. 8, suffered an ankle injury in the Titans 36-13 loss to New England Nov. 28. In 10 games, Rice, a third round draft pick, had four starts with 36 tackles including 17 solos.

The 2017 graduate of James Clemens chose to sign with Georgia after verbally committing to LSU. In his senior season with the Bulldogs in 2020, Rice was a finalist for the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s best linebacker.

Wrestling The fifth ranked Bob Jones wrestling team won the prestigious Arab Invitational and advanced to the State Duals quarterfinals by a great showing in the Region 4 Duals. In the region gathering, Bob Jones crushed Austin 81-0, Grissom 60-15 and James Clemens 63-15, and edged Sparkman 43-28.

The Pats suffered its lone loss to Huntsville 43-30.

In the regional, Manny Marrero, Evan Pippin, Jaden Edwards and Tafari Alcime all went undefeated. In the process of the holiday action,

Pippin secured his career victory 176. He’s now fifth on the all-time Bob Jones victory list.

Meanwhile, Bob Jones female wrestler Carly Thomas is currently 10-0 in the 130-pound weight class and won her competition in the recent Arab Invitational. Thomas is a defending state champion.

Scholarship Signings James Clemens had two student-athletes recently sign scholarship offers.

Sydney Freeman signed with the Austin Peay Governors to run cross country and track, while softball player Dakota Daniel opted to sign with Alabama A&M. Bob Jones Baseball Two promising star players for the upcoming Bob Jones baseball season have been recognized among the best in Alabama.

PBR Future Games has tabbed Braden Booth as the No. 4 player in the state. Booth is a 3B/RHP for the Patriots. The organization also indicated RHP Sam Mitchell is the 22nd overall player and sixth among pitchers.

The 6-6, 210-pound Mitchell has an 88 miles per hour fastball along with an impressive 71-mph breaking ball. Mitchell is just a junior in the class of 2023.

The Patriots are coming off a 25-plus win 2021 season.

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“Agent 0,” Calen Lightford, has been the mainstay player for the Sparkman High basketball team and recently joined the program’s elite 1,000-point club. The senior playmaker began his quest for excellence in basketball at age five. Photo by Joselynn Sanchez, Instagram- @ shotbyjoss.

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By BOB LABBE bob0873@yahoo.com HARVEST - On any given day Calen Lightford can be found inside Sparkman High’s gymnasium usually with a basketball in his hands.

Parked outside in the school parking lot, his burgundy color Jeep Wrangler with a personalized car tag of “Agent 0” easily gives away his whereabouts. On the basketball court, he’s even more visible and easily recognized as one of the star performers for the Class 7A sixthranked Senators.

Donning the number “0” on his jersey, Lightford is nicknamed “Agent 0” and has carved out an outstanding career for Sparkman where he began playing varsity as a freshman. He had a breakout game during that season and he knew right away his future was set.

“At that moment in that one game I knew I could play and contribute to our team,” said Lightford, the 5-foot-11, 160-pound guard.

As the second half of the 2021-2022 season tips off, Sparkman is 16-4 and is coming off a huge Christmas tournament performance as it defeated No. 1 ranked Grissom 62-53 to capture the annual Huntsville City Classic for the first time since 2005. Lightford did not play in the 39th annual event due to a weeklong illness. He currently is averaging 17 points per game and just prior to the Christmas break in the N2HOOPS Invitational at Bob Jones he joined the elite 1,000-point club, becoming just third player to do so under the tenure of head coach Ja-

mie Coggins.

Despite now being heavily recruited with schools including Alabama A&M, Delta State, Cleveland State, Freed-Hardeman and others vying for his basketball gifts, his talents weren’t always well thought of.

“I wasn’t one of the best players when I was young as I was the last one chosen in pick-up games and the last one to come off the bench during organized team play,” said Lightford. “That all changed in the eighth grade at Monrovia Middle School. My coach since third grade, Kelly McCarty, who owns Uwin Training, kept working with me. I wasn’t quick to get the results, but when those results showed up I saw I could do something with basketball.”

Upon arriving at Sparkman he played on the junior varsity squad during summer workouts and soon realized he had to improve. He had to become stronger and faster. He reached out to longtime personal trainer Dallas Terrell who owns N2-SPRT. Lightford said he went through two years of intense workouts and lots of reps in weights and cardio training under Terrell. The hard work has paid off.

“I feel I’m fast-paced, can shoot threes, play good defense, play hard throughout the game and I’m very poised on the court,” said Lightford of his self-description. “I usually have an expression-less face throughout the game as I’m silent and offer no trash talking.”

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its where the lead would remain through to the 76-62 final.

For the contest, UAH shot 49.1 percent including 50.0 percent or better in the final three quarters, and the squad excelled defensively as it held the Falcons to shoot just 29.9 percent including 19.2 percent from beyond the arc.

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high school, at Russellville High where his team won the 1982 state championship and was named the Class 3A State Tournament Most Valuable Player, and at both Cincinnati and North Alabama in college, Tiggs was destined to be an outstanding coach and student of the game.

His first head coaching position was at Buckhorn High in the 19941995 season and led the Bucks to a 26-6 record. He remained the head coach at the Madison County school for four campaigns before moving over to county rival Sparkman where Tiggs remained for a decade.

In 2012, he surprised many by taking over the similar position at James Clemens where he amassed a 37-24 mark over just two seasons be-

fore leaving coaching for a more of an administration position within Madison City Schools. The thought of not coaching deeply bothered Tiggs and after just one year rolled back into his role as a head basketball coach at Bob Jones. He’s currently in his sixth season as head Patriot where his team is 10-11.

“A lot of credit goes to one of my mentors, Ronnie Stapler,” said Tiggs of Stapler, the head coach at West Minster. “He has been my wing man since I started as a young coach making all my mistakes. I am grateful beyond words for the opportunity to have worked in great school systems with tremendous support from the administration and the community.

Right now, I want to enjoy the ride… who’s counting?”

karate, boxing and basketball. He awoke one morning and couldn’t breathe. His parents, Cardell and Stephanie Lightford, rushed him to the emergency room where he was given breathing treatments as he diagnosed with asthma. He carries with him an inhaler and uses that device just before each game.

During the off season he plays travel ball with Team Pro 1 based in Huntsville and spends limited time on his hobby of playing video games.

To show he’s an even more-rounded athlete, Lightford said he can bowl very well.

When not in the gym, the 17-year old Lightford has been seen walking down neighborhood streets dribbling a basketball or in his driveway shooting hoops. He carries a 3.9 grade point average and has planned on studying sports management in college. To what college will he attend to earn that degree by way of playing basketball? He has not committed to a school and will take his time on his decision. He’ll turn 18 years of age in February at about the time he hopes his team will be advancing in the post season playoffs.

In the meantime, Lightford is savoring his play as a senior member of the explosive squad at Sparkman and being among the elite in the program’s history and carrying the nickname of “Agent 0.”

“Scoring to that level was a blessing and I was shocked when I found out,” said Lightford. “I was speechless. Growing up seeing Sparkman play, being among the 1,000-point club was the last thing I thought I do.”

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Madison Academy mascot “Champion” (third from right) was part of the huge pre-game festivities at the Citrus Bowl between Kentucky and Iowa.

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Woeber and the remaining mascots accompanied a large marching band onto the manicured field surface of Camping World Stadium for what would be a five-minute dance performance as part of the pre-game festivities surrounding the longtime bowl game dating back to 1947. With her entire family watching within the in-person audience and millions more on national television, Woeber supplied an energetic performance that received a huge applause as an approval.

The Woeber family were reunited with their star mascot in the audience where they watched the game until halftime.

Woeber was exhausted from her already long day of activity so the family chose to exit the stadium and visited a restaurant for a meal and the chance to watch the remainder of the game on a large TV screen. The contest was one of the most exciting of all the post-season bowl matchups as Kentucky scored the winning touchdown with 1:48 remaining in the game and sealed the victory with the Wildcats great defense in the waning moments to secure a 20-17 win over the Hawkeyes.

For the 18-year old Woeber, the experience of being a part of a large college football extravaganza will only lead her in her next quest of trying out for the University of Alabama’s mascot “Big Al” in April. Woeber will attend the school this fall as she looks to earn a degree in

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MADISON - The 2021 college football season bowl games have come to a close, but to be part of one of the most exciting contests of the entire bowl season is an experience even the most dedication football fan can appreciate.

Mia Woeber, who portrays “Champion” the mascot for the Madison Academy Mustangs, was one of 37 mascots from across the country invited to partake in the festivities surrounding the New Year’s Day Vrbo Citrus Bowl held in Orlando, Fla. The game featured No. 22 Kentucky versus No. 15 Iowa with TV coverage provided by ABC, Channel 31 locally.

“I had a lot of fun and it was great meeting most of the mascots who were a part of the game,” said Woeber, a senior at the private school in Madison and who has been the school mascot since seventh grade.

During the recent summer Woeber attended the UCA Mascot Camp and while there she chose to try out for the status as All-American with the most elite of the tryouts would be chosen to participate in the Citrus Bowl.

Woeber in her full “Champion” attire performed a 90-second dance routine using five different songs edited together as accompanying music. Judges determined the overall three winners, who were invited to the Citrus Bowl.

Woeber was the only mascot from Alabama to be selected and joined one each from Georgia and Tennessee to make the trip to Orlando.

Making the trip to the Sunny State with Woeber were her parents, Mike and Marnie, her two sisters, Alley and Emma, 18, who are part of being triplets, and her older brother Mark, 20. They decided to make the trip to Orlando via car as a family vacation.

Arriving a few days prior to the game, the Woeber family made their way to Disney’s Magic Kingdom which is traditionally the place of choice for an annual family outing.

Meanwhile, Woeber was soon instructed to be in full mascot gear for three hours of intense practice sessions in preparation for their game performance.

On game day, a warm temperature of 86 degrees greeted the 50,769 in official attendance, both teams and performers surrounding the annual contest. Include the large

MADISON - The new year brings a new schedule of running events across the Tennessee Valley and Fleet Feet of Madison/Huntsville has training programs set for the next 12 months to assist a runner of any caliber to reach their goals set forth by each individual runner.

On the surface, it looks simple enough to zip through a training program and tackle any race your legs take you to, but in reality, especially for novice runners, the challenge of prepping for an athletic endeavor should be faced up front knowing it takes hard work and determination to compete.

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The training programs hosted by Fleet Feet are geared towards helping those who may have the desire to get started in running, assist those who want to better their already established times in certain races and any individual who may want to begin a program after being a more-or-less shutin during the pandemic. Experts in the health industry agree on the fact exercise can help in a person’s physical and psychological well-being.

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NEW YEAR KICKED-OFF WITH NEW ADMINISTRATORS - The new year also meant some changes in leadership at several Madison City Schools. Last week students returned back to school from the winter break. Principal changes occurred at Mill Creek Elementary (Nathan Wilson), Horizon Elementary (Demetria Freeman) and Discovery Middle (Jamie Hill) due to mid-year retirements. The new principal at Columbia (Miranda Bolden) backfilled the vacancy left by Mr. Hill’s shift to DMS. There were also several changes of assistant principals due to promotions. Pictured above: Columbia Elementary Principal Miranda Bolden greeting students at recess (left).

Horizon Elementary Demetria Freeman and assistant principal Wendy Pharo help deliver meals to classrooms (right). Below: Principal Jamie Hill and SRO Sam Scott during a lunch change at Discovery Middle (left). Mill Creek Principal Nathan Wilson sits in with students in Allie Jacobsen’s class (right).

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The session is Jan. 13 in the Sparkman building on the Huntsville campus.

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There will be a “Ways to Pay for College” workshop and a session for veterans covering Veterans Administration benefits and how to apply.

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Students and sponsors involved in various clubs and organizations will be available.

The free event will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Registration is highly encouraged as refreshments will be served. To register, please visit www.calhoun.edu/PreviewNight.

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VIRTUAL DAYS - Thanks to the threat of winter weather, students in Madison City Schools learned virtually Thursday and Friday last week. The school district shared photos of Madison City PreK students engaging in assignments on Friday’s virtual day. Sharing a picture book, engaged in a scavenger hunt, assisting in a shopping outing, searching words with dad, and many other tasks. A Facebook post from the district stated. “Even our earliest learners got some learning activities Friday.”

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MCS LEGISLATIVE DINNER - The Madison City Board of Education said they had a productive meeting with members of the Madison County legislative delegation last week. The meeting came as lawmakers prepare to convene in Montgomery for the start of the 2022 legislative session. Discussions covered an array of subjects including requests to fill funding gaps in transportation, EL and special education, cybersecurity protections, and professional development; as well as consideration for a deferred retirement initiative to keep some employees longer and other incentives to help in employee recruitment. There were also discussions about growth challenges in Madison City Schools and future building plans, including a planned new elementary school and additions to the high schools. Lawmakers were also briefed on the district’s use of ESSR funds for tutoring and new career tech additions including a new welding program. Pictured above (first row - left to right): MCS assistant superintendent Eric Terrell, State Rep. Howard Sanderford, State Sen. Tom Butler, school board member Alice Lessmann, State Rep. Parker Moore, and State Rep. Mike Ball. Second row: shool board president Tim Holtcamp, MCS superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols and schoo board member Travis Cummings.

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Gladys McFarlen True and her daughter Beverly True Young selling Gladys’ book at the Roundhouse in 1999.

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Gladys’ parents Samuel Wesley McFarlen and Cora Elizabeth Ardis on their wedding day on Sept. 12, 1909.

Life Memories of Gladys True - Part 3

By JOHN P. RANKIN Madison Historian MADISON - Gladys Naomie McFarlen married Robert “Pud” True in 1931, but they did not move to Madison until 1933. Gladys’ book “My Life from Wagons to Rockets” begins with descriptions of her childhood in Trenton, Alabama. During her childhood, Trenton was a small town with three stores and a post office. It is located in the Paint Rock Valley of northwestern Jackson County. More excerpts of Gladys’ book follow: I will tell you about the churches. Today it would be hard to believe how muddy the roads were. Everybody traveled in buggies or two-horse wagons. We had two churches. One was a big church on the right side of the road. Further up the valley, there was a Presbyterian Church. My mother was a Presbyterian. There was a smaller Baptist Church on the left up the hill. It had many more members, one of which was my daddy.

I had to go to both churches because I went with my mother and my daddy.

Religion was never discussed in our house except on the Sunday that they held communion at the Baptist Church. My daddy took communion with my mother at her church, but when they were going to have communion at the Baptist Church, Daddy would always remind us, just before we started up the steps, “I can’t sit with you all today.” He would not sit with us when we took communion, because we stood up in the Baptist Church, and they brought the communion to us.

He would not stand up while we were sitting down; he would just sit somewhere else. Mama would always laugh, and say to me, “You’re just a half-Baptist.” My daddy, Samuel Wesley McFarlen (who married my mother, Cora Elizabeth Ardis), was the middle child of ten. Everyone else in his family was Church of Christ.

He would have to get off the wagon on the way to their church to go to the Baptist Church he went to. He was considered the black sheep of the family because of this, and I think they worried about his soul. I guess this made religious freedom important in our house.

Now I will describe the first house that I ever remember living in. It had a hall, a closed hall that was never heated and never used for anything. I do not know why it was there. The house had a porch all across the front, and when you went into this hall, there was a bedroom to the right, which was mine. There was a bedroom on the left, which was my mama and daddy’s, and that was where we lived. There was a little tiny heater in there. We never had a fireplace. I remember bringing in the big tub, and putting it in front of that heater, and seeing two teakettles of water just steaming away when we were going to take a bath. I had long hair, down to my waist. I wore my hair pulled back with a big black bow.

Daddy had the store, and he had what they call a “peddling wagon.” It was a covered wagon, like you see on television today. He put a little bit of everything from the store on the wagon. He drove up and down the road, and people would run out and buy things like sugar, flour, and kerosene for the lamps. They called it coal-oil back then. For pay, he would take eggs, chickens, and other things. Sometimes we would see him coming back when the eggs had broken and were running out the back.

Mama had to go to the store every day and help him get off with the “peddling wagon.” I spent a lot of time at the store after school. My daddy did not always have that store. I do not know exactly what happened to his store. We always worry about what our children are going to remember, but I do not remember all my early childhood. {Thankfully, Gladys remembered enough to produce an absorbing book about her life.} I do not remember starting to school. I remember taking Angelese to school the first day. Angelese Vandiver was my best friend then, and she is still a good friend today. Now we are in our eighties. She comes to my house, or I go to her house, and it is just as if we saw each other yesterday. We had another friend, Wyness Freeman, who now lives in Paint Rock, Alabama.

They both moved away and later came back. Angelese finished high school in Vernon; Wyness finished in Gurley. At the present time (1997), the three of us get together whenever we can.

Going up the valley on the right, was the prettiest building in the little town. It was our school, just a real pretty building. It still would be if it were standing today. I started to school when I was six {1919}. It was a three-room school. We had three teachers, and the principal was the one who taught the seventh and eighth grades. It only went through the eighth grade.

The other two teachers were ladies, and they taught three grades. We had a school bell that would ring three times each morning of each school day, and each time it rang it had a special meaning. The first bell reminded you that it was time to get ready. The second bell meant to be on the way to school. The third bell meant taking up books because school had started.

There were three blackboards at the end of the room,

and after we had a little Bible reading and said the Lord’s Prayer, sang “America” and saluted the flag, the teacher put the day’s work on the board. One board was for first grade, one for second grade, one for third grade. Each grade had one book. I have an old primer now. That was the only book we had that year.

To this good day, you can look in there and see there was a story, five new words, and some writing that we were supposed to learn to do for one week. At the top of the blackboard, just like blackboards today, were our ABC’s and numbers.

We had no janitors so at the beginning of the school week the teachers picked out three students to sweep the room, wipe off the seats because it was so dusty, and bring in the wood for the pot-bellied stove that was in the middle of the room to keep us warm in the winter. The teacher took all of her students out on the playground alone. There was nobody out there except first, second, and third grades. A great big outdoor toilet was off down a little lane from the school. I guess it had room for about twelve students to go in at a time.

We waited in line, went in, and then came out. There was no washing your hands or paper towels to dry on.

We came out and played.

There were no such things as school buses or lunchrooms. School closed at twelve noon, and we went home for lunch if we lived close to the school. If we rode a horse to school, we tied him outside, and he stayed there while we were in school. After school, we got on him and rode home. There were also wagons and buggies. In our school districts, we went to the closest school. We had one family that was very big, and they had two or three spring seats on their wagon. They were always dismissed a little early because those kids had to get home before dark. This is primitive to you children, but we got a good education. {The conditions that Gladys called “primitive” would have largely applied in Madison of the time as well.} Some of the people who went to that school turned out to be doctors and lawyers and other professionals.

When we got to school, the first three grades were on the left. The water coolers were in the entrance hall on both sides. I do not know where that water came from because there was no water on the property, so I guess somebody brought it each day. Facing the hall as we came in was a row of windows. Those windows were in what was called a cloak room. It was for the middle three grades, fourth, fifth, and sixth, and it was where we put our coats. In the other two classrooms, there was a cloak room that did not have windows in it, but there were windows on two sides of the room. Now these windows were up high for two reasons. We had no electric lights, and we had no lamps in that school.

We had natural light. The windows were up high so the light would come down over our shoulders, and there would not be a shadow on our hands. Students could not look out the window and daydream. We had to stand up to look out the window. During the first three grades, we were not even tall enough to see out.

We did not have the fine playground equipment like today. We did play, and we had fun. We had lots of jump ropes. Those jump ropes were plow lines that our daddies had most likely plowed with the year before. We brought our jump ropes at the beginning of the school year, and kept them in a certain place. Most of the ropes were already half-worn out, but I always had a new one because my daddy had a store. He rolled off the line by the yard to sell to people. The lines were longer than you might think because they had to go all the way to the mule and were hooked on around their face and around the mule and back to the fellow who was sitting up in the wagon or the plow to guide the horses or mules.

We also had seesaws. Our daddies would bring piles of planks and make those seesaws on a sawhorse. They would fix a place for us to hold on, like the ones today.

My granddaddy bent the piece of metal that was put across that plank. It was screwed on so that it could be taken off when the plank got old, and put on a newer piece of lumber. We played “Drop the Handkerchief” and “London Bridge.”

As we got older, we played different games. We had two trees at the back of the school yard that had nuts on them. I called them “pig nuts.” We could not eat them because they were very bitter, but we all tried anyway. We would pick them up, count them, put them in our cupped hands, and shake our hands together. We would say “hully-gully,” shake our hands, and say, “How many?” If the other person guessed right, we gave them all the nuts. If the bell rang, we would throw the nuts down, and go back in. We would play with them over again when we came out because they were all over the yard. We also sang songs. On rainy days we played games inside. For the life of me, I cannot remember what they were. But we were not bored when it rained.

Again, Gladys brought back memories to some of us older citizens of today who had similar circumstances or experiences.

The Trenton Post Office where Gladys’ mother worked.

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Trophies await players in Kindergarten Chess Tourney set for Jan. 22

By GREGG PARKER Gregg@themadisonrecord.com

The 2022 Winter Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament will be held at Columbia Elementary School on Jan. 15. Deadline to register is Jan. 12.

Tourney circuit returns with Winter Knight Scholastic Chess Tournament

By GREGG PARKER Gregg@themadisonrecord.com MADISON – Players who plan to enter the 2022 MADISON – Players who plan to enter the 2022 Winter Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament must register online by Jan. 12. must register online by Jan. 12.

On-site registration will not be available. In addition, players must renew membership to Madison City Chess League or MCCL for 2022 in a separate order before registering for Winter Knights; players will receive $5 off the registration fee.

Winter Knights tournament will be held on Jan. 15 at Columbia Elementary School, 667 Balch Road. A players’ meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m.

“The benefits of the Winter Knights tournament are two-fold,” MCCL Executive Director Ranae Bartlett said.

“First, the rated section has a 45-minute time control, which mirrors the time control for the Junior High and Open sections of the upcoming State Scholastic Chess Championship. The state championship will be held in Madison in March,” Bartlett said. “The opportunity to play with the same time control as State will be a great advantage for our older students.”

“Second, this will be the last tournament of the 2020-2021 school year that offers a Non-Rated Section for students in grades K-5, which is a great way for beginners to experience tournament play. (Other) tournaments this spring will have Rated Sections requiring U.S. Chess membership,” Bartlett said.

Tournament sponsor is 180 Leadership Coaching.

Winter Knights offers both Rated and Non-Rated Sections. Rated players must register in their grade level section, which closely aligns to the upcoming City Chess Grade-Level Championship in March.

“We’re using a longer time control of 45 minutes for the Rated Section to help our students prepare for national tournaments that use either a 90-minute or 120-minute time control,” Bartlett said.

Round times for Rated Sections will be 9:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Time Control will be G/45;d5.

Non-Rated Sections will have round times at 9:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. Time Control will be G/30;d5.

Before registering for the tournament, players in all rated sections must have USCF membership. For membership, visit uschess.org.

Tournament entry fee is $20 for MCCL members in all sections. If

not a member, fee is $25. (All MCCL annual members must renew memberships in January annually.)

For awards, players in Rated sections will receive individual trophies for places 1-3. Players will receive individual medals for places 4-6, along with Top Female in each section.

For a Non-Rated Section, players in places 1-3, along with Top Female, will earn individual medals.

Winter Knights has six Rated sections, like MCCL City Chess Championship that will be a grade-level contest. Like the City Chess Championship, students must register in their grade level: K-2; 3-4; 5-6; 7-8; 9-10; and 11-12.

“Winter Knights also offers two Non-Rated sections for students who are new to competitive chess: K-3 and K-5,” Bartlett said. “You do not need a USCF membership to play in the Non-Rated section.”

Students in Non-Rated will play five rounds with 30-minute game times and five-second delay. At the tournament director’s discretion, Non-Rated sections may merge.

To register, visit madisonchess. com. Click the “Events” menu, and click “Upcoming Events.” Scroll and click “2022 Winter Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament – 1/15.” Scroll and click “Details.”

MADISON – Young children who like the game of chess will have their special day when Madison City Chess League or MCCL opens their annual Madison City Kindergarten Chess Tournament.

The contest on Jan. 22 at Rainbow Elementary School, 50 Nance Road will be limited to the first 20 youngsters who register. Space limitations at the school are causing this cutoff. Any kindergarten or pre-kindergarten student is welcome to attend.

Games will have 20 minutes per side. Players will compete in five rounds, if time permits.

The contest will open with a players’ meeting at 8:45 a.m. in the Rainbow Library Media Center.

The tournament’s hours will be 9 a.m. to noon.

Rated and non-rated kindergarten students are not required to have

USCF memberships.

“This tournament will be a non-rated tournament and great practice for the Kindergarten section of the Madison City Chess Championship,” MCCL Executive Director Ranae Bartlett said.

Entry fee is $20 for MCCL members. Players who aren’t MCCL members will pay $25. Savings for MCCL members will appear after adding the tournament to your cart.

Finishers in the top five places will receive trophies. All other competitors will receive a medal.

An awards ceremony will be held approximately at noon.

Online registration deadline will be Jan. 14 or until the roster is filled with 20 students. On-site registration will not be available.

For more information, visit https:// madisonchess.com/ events/764/madison-kindergarten-tournament-122.

Madison City Chess League will present the annual Madison City Kindergarten Chess Tournament on Jan. 22.

Snapshot PRACTICE TOURNAMENT - On Saturday, over 50 chess team members of Heritage Elementary and Mill Creek Elementary, along with their parents, came together to learn more about the chess tournament process in a practice tournament. The tournament was led by Coach David Hayes, chess coach for both teams, and held at Heritage Elementary. The purpose of the two round practice tournament was to allow parents to better understand tournament play and to help students feel comfortable in tournament play. Coach Hayes explained the tournaments process and rules. There were great question/answer opportunities. Parents were then able to observe from afar how game play occurred for the first round. Students are now better prepared for the Winter Knights Tournament. Here are soe fun photos from Heritage Elementary of the event.