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Time For Fun! The Rocket City Trash Pandas are planning some fun events to introduce the community to Toyota Field. Page 3A

COVID-19 Impact.

New regulations set for court proceedings in Madison. Page 2A

Eagle Scout Local Boy Scout installs kiosks at Swan Creek for Eagle Scout rank.

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EDUCATION

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WHAT A YEAR! - Discovery Middle teachers and administrators boarded buses last week for a special farewell salute to students. The school had three buses that traveled throughout the school zone to wish students a great summer and express their appreciation for all the hard work over the past few months. Families lined the streets and cheered the teachers as they passed. See story and more photos on Page 4B.

Dick “Pops� Clem

Wife of capital murder suspect arrested in Madison

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Congratulations!

Mill Creek, Liberty rated as CLAS School of Distinction. Page 6A

Leading the Way Discovery, Rainbow named Distinguished School with Project Lead the Way. Page 6A

Senior Spotlight Area high school seniors highlighted in our ongoing series. Page 7A PHOTO BY BOB LABBE

Longtime wrestling coach at Bob Jones leaves a legacy

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Historic Bob Jones alumna is SEC’s 1st woman athletic director. Page 1B

All-Stars Local players picked for North All-Star team. Page 1B

The Wait is Almost Over Bob Jones softball coach looking forward to finally being back with team. Page 1B

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MADISON – Pops is gone, but never forgotten.

Dick “Pops� Clem, longtime volunteer assistant coach of the Bob Jones wrestling team, passed away on May 19 from conditions associated with Alzheimer’s. He was 83.

The former multi-sport participant and sport official joined the Patriots’ program in 1998 after he retired as a social studies teacher of 34 years. He and his wife, An-

nette, of 59 years moved to Madison in 1993 from Baltimore to follow the treks of three grandsons who lived in the area. One former coach of the program once stated, “Pops is the voice of reason and encouragement.�

Matthew Sweatman, head coach of the program after his fifth season, said of his dear friend, “Bob Jones wouldn’t have a program if it wasn’t for Pops.

He’s been very instrumental in the wrestling community.�

Pops was slowed several years ago after undergoing knee sur-

geries, but facing Alzheimer’s was an opponent he knew would finally win in his toughest battle of his life. In a 2013 interview, Clem spoke of his past and retirement, but was more enthused to speak about the young wrestlers within the program. “Kids learn life factors through wrestling as on the mat you are by yourself,� stated Pops. “If an athlete can go through four or more years of high school wrestling they can face anything in their adult lives. I teach the See POPS Page 2A

LifeSouth faces critical need after canceled drives

By GREGG PARKER gregg.parker@madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON – Canceled blood drives during recent months have led to a significant drop in donations. The impact of COVID-19 continues to decrease the local blood supply as LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

works to sustain levels for rising needs of patients.

Many businesses, schools and churches remain closed during this time, and all typically host drives with LifeSouth. The decrease in blood drives has resulted in a low community blood supply, while the need for blood has rapidly increased as hospitals

resume elective surgeries and continue treatments for cancer, other diseases (like sickle cell anemia) and daily traumas.

LifeSouth needs donors of all blood types and is in critical need of Type O and B donors. “We are so grateful to our donors who came in to donate as See LIFESOUTH Page 2A

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By JOHN FEW news@themadisonrecord.com

MADISON – Three versions of a new calendar for the upcoming 2020-21 school year are being considered by the Madison City school board. All three include a later start date.

Because of COVID-19, the state superintendent recommended schools start later this year to allow the continual spread of the virus to slow down even more before campuses reopen.

Interim superintendent Eric Terrell Terrell submitted the proposed revised calendars to school board members last week. “The previously adopted calendar must be amended to adjust for See CALENDAR Page 2A

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Dick “Pops� Clem, longtime volunteer assistant wrestling coach at Bob Jones High, passed away leaving a legacy that every wrestler at the school learned from and will carry the remainder of their lives.

MADISON – The man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor last week also faces drug charges, and his wife was arrested Tuesday in Madison and charged with the same drug offenses, according to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office.

Travis Stanley, 41, who was charged with capital murder, C. Stanley has also been charged with drug trafficking and first-degree possession of marijuana, both felonies, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, according to an arrest report from the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office.

The office last week said Stanley’s wife, Christina Stanley, See ARRESTED Page 2A

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May 27, 2020

COVID-19 Impact: new regulations set for court proceedings in Madison

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON – There will be some changes for people having to go to court in Madison.

City officials say when court resumes there will be a set of new regulations during proceedings.

The new guidelines include: • Masks shall be worn by all participants appearing in court. Upon checking in at the front of the buildings, a mask will be provided if the defendant does not have one.

• All persons are required to maintain 6 feet distance.

• Sanitizer spray will be applied to hands before entering the court room.

• ONLY defendants whose name appears on the docket for Probation Review, Payment Review, Arraignments, and Tickets

will be allowed entry. All others must remain in vehicle or arrange a drop off and pick up. Please arrange appropriate child care, as children will be not be allowed in the court room or lobby during court proceedings.

• Trial dockets will be monitored according to state law.

• Defendants will check in and be instructed to wait in their car for their docket to be called.

• All doors will remain open during Court sessions, preventing any contact with handles.

March and April municipal court dates were canceled due to COVID-19. According to the city, defendants who had dates during that time should have received new court dates by mail.

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Dick “Pops” Clem had a very postive influence on the lives of the many wrestlers he helped through the years. He was dearly loved by the players and coaches at Bob Jones.

Pops youngsters to learn it and do it.”

Pops did not begin wrestling until he attended college at Lowson College of Maryland. He joined the wrestling program with no experience, but his spitfire attitude worked to perfection as he won three consecutive Mason-Dixon Conference championships in the 167-pound division. He went undefeated while learning the sport inside and out. He also won awards for his play on the school’s baseball and soccer teams where he graduated in 1958.

The Bob Jones wrestling team Facebook page announced the death of the beloved assistant coach as Pops passed away around 6:00 p.m. at a local living facility. Family members and friends from the Madison community will host a celebration of his life at a yet undetermined date.

Pops bridged the gap

between generations of athletes, parents, teachers and coaches. He was a big part of the 2018 Class 7A State Championship team from Bob Jones and the squad was thrilled to present their coach a championship ring. He admitted he was tough on the wrestlers he coached, but they loved him for his strict coaching style. He was viewed as the “tough old grandpa.”

As viewed on Facebook, Pops was known to yell out the term “half” whenever one of the Patriots got into position to throw the most basic of wrestling moves.

“He taught the kids to use the half-nelson move properly, which in turn can easily win a match,” said Sweatman.

He was such a mainstay within the program at Bob Jones, the annual Bob Jones Invitational Wrestling Tournament was renamed the Dick Clem Invitational in 2007. He

was extremely proud of the event named in his honor.

The 2020 tournament was completed where Pops was escorted to the event by one of his sons. He was unable to perform the annual presentation of handing out medals to the winners, but stopped just long enough to give the Bob Jones wrestlers a pep talk. The squad listened and posted a team victory in the event that will become the Dick Clem Memorial Tournament next season.

“We will miss him tremendously,” said Sweatman.

The Madison community will miss him as well.

The wrestling facility located on the back of the Bob Jones campus will soon be filled with young wrestlers facing what could be the toughest personal challenges of their lives and will hear the past echo of “Half” vibrating wall to wall from the inspiration they simply called Pops.

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LifeSouth Community Blood Centers has a reduced supply because of the aftermath of the COVID-19 virus. Bloodmobiles will visit numerous sites in coming weeks.

LifeSouth our community was first impacted by COVID-19,” Brite Whitaker, LifeSouth Director of Outreach, said.

“We ask blood donors and those who have not given before to continue to help.

We want to make sure the blood is on the shelves when our local patients need it most.”

LifeSouth encourages all eligible donors to book an appointment to donate as soon as possible.

LifeSouth has remained fully operational throughout the coronavirus pandemic as an essential service provider and assures local donors it is safe to donate blood. The corona-

virus does not pose any known risk to blood donors during the donation process or from attending blood drives, Whitaker said.

“The organization is taking every precaution to maintain a safe environment for donors and staff in its centers and bloodmobiles,” Whitaker said.

“Blood donors are needed every day, and anyone who is in good health is encouraged to donate.”

LifeSouth has donor centers in Huntsville, in Madison at 8190 Madison Blvd., Albertville, Decatur, Cullman and Florence. LifeSouth’s blood-

mobiles will continue to visit numerous locations in coming weeks. All donor centers and bloodmobiles are enforcing social distancing between donors, implementing heightened sanitation protocols and encouraging donors to wait in their cars until their appointment time.

Donors must be at least 17 years old (or 16 with parental permission), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good health. A photo ID is also needed.

For more information, call LifeSouth toll-free at 888-795-2707 or visit lifesouth.org.

period ends • Spring Break falls after 3rd grading period ends • 1st semester ends January 14 • Thanksgiving Break shortened to 3 days instead of full week from previously approved calendar • Winter Break is full 2 weeks for students/teachers • No ½ days for students • No Weather Days built into calendar • Teachers continue to work 187 day contract with 10 days at beginning of year for professional development

students/teachers • No ½ days for students • No Weather Days built into calendar • Teachers continue to work 187 day contract with 10 days at beginning of year for professional development

Calendar a later school start,” said MCS spokesperson John Peck. He said Draft A and Draft B have 175 instructional days for students and Draft C has 180 days, with various other adjustments to things like holidays and professional development.

Teachers continue to have 187 work days.

The MCS school board is inviting public feedback.

Comments can be directed to board members or to Dorinda White at dcwhite@ madisoncity.k12.al.us. The school board expects to vote on a substitute calendar by early June.

To see copies of each proposed revision, go to www. themadisonrecord.com.

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Highlights from each draft: Draft A • 175 student days • Opening Day for students delayed 2 full weeks • Number of days in grading periods are spread evenly • Fall Break and Spring Break are changed from previously approved calendar • Fall Break falls after 1st grading

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Draft B • 175 student days • Opening Day for students delayed 2 full weeks • Number of days in grading periods are spread evenly • Fall Break and Spring Break are NOT changed from previously approved calendar • Fall Break falls before 1st grading period ends • Spring Break falls before 3rd grading period ends • 1st semester ends January 15 • Thanksgiving Break shortened to 3 days instead of full week from previously approved calendar • Winter Break is full 2 weeks for

Draft C • 180 student days • Opening Day for students delayed 8 student days • Number of days in grading periods are NOT spread evenly • Fall Break and Spring Break are NOT changed from previously approved calendar • Fall Break falls after 1st grading period ends • Spring Break falls after 3rd grading period ends • 1st semester ends December 22 • Thanksgiving Break shortened to 2 days only instead of full week from previously approved calendar • Winter Break is shortened to one week and 3 days • No Weather Days built into calendar • Teachers continue to work 187 day contract with 10 days at beginning of year for professional development

Judge Matthew Huggins.

The judge also ordered that all of his firearms, ammunition and body armor be surrendered to the Sheriff’s Office.

The Limestone County District Attorney’s Office upgraded the charge against Stanley from murder to capital murder last week because a child of the victim was present at the time of the shooting, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Stanley was arrested May 11 in the death of 33-year-old Joey Sutton, Young said, and he has been held in Limestone County Jail. Young said

there was an ongoing dispute between Stanley and Sutton, who also lived on Mill Valley Drive in the East Limestone community.

According to Young, Stanley had made threats regarding Sutton’s 12-yearold son riding a bicycle on the road and believed that the boy was acting suspiciously while riding the bike.

Sutton came to the Stanley residence on May 11, and there was a verbal confrontation then a physical altercation between the two men in front of the house and Sutton was shot, Young said.

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faces the same charges, with bail set at $26,000. She was arrested on warrants in Madison during a traffic stop with the assistance of Madison police, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s Office spokesman Stephen Young said that during a search of the Stanley residence, marijuana and kratom were seized. The amount of the substances seized wasn’t available.

Travis Stanley won’t be released from jail since he’s charged with a non-bailable capital offense, according to an order filed by Limestone County District Court

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Amended order means Toyota Field will soon host events

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON – With Governor Kay Ivey’s announcement on Thursday regarding the amended Safer at Home Order for Alabama, which began Friday, the Rocket City Trash Pandas say they are excited to start rolling out some non-baseball events to introduce the North Alabama community to Toyota Field.

While the organization still awaits word on the start of the Minor League Baseball season, the Trash Pandas will take the opportunity to host various

events at Toyota Field.

The Trash Pandas staff will be adhering to all CDC guidelines to ensure that everyone feels safe as they enter the gates for any event. With the ability to operate at 50 percent capacity, events could hold up to 3,750 people.

Such events being considered include: Week-long kids’ camps for ages 5-12, which will include hitting in the batting cage, kickball on the field, and arts and crafts. These camps are scheduled to begin on June 1st. Regis-

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Home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas -- the $46 million multi-purpose facility and ball park, Toyota Field, will soon come to life with special events while America waits for the return of professional baseball. trations will begin on Tuesday, May 26th.

• Concerts, happy hours and fireworks shows.

• Instructional Baseball camps.

• Movie nights.

• Small festivals and more.

“We are certainly disappointed to not be playing base-

ball right now, as is the rest of Minor League Baseball,” says team CEO Ralph Nelson. “But while we wait to hear about our season, why not make the best of this situation and try to give the people of North Alabama what they want? Let’s open the gates.”

While a baseball stadium first, Toyota Field is a multi-purpose facility designed to take on events outside of baseball. In addition to America’s pastime, the stadium was built to host concerts, festivals, corporate meetings, parties, 5K/10K runs and other events year-round.

Census Bureau restarts delivering questionnaire packets to front doors of households in Alabama

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON – The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, have begun to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets to households in Madison and other parts of Alabama. This is done in areas where the majority of households do not receive mail

at their physical address.

The Census Bureau began hand delivering census materials March 15 but suspended all fieldwork for this operation March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

People are encouraged to respond promptly to the 2020 Census. They can respond online, by phone or by using the paper form in the packet.

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Price Cannon has achieved the status of Eagle Scout. He completed his Eagle Board of Review virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MADISON – Christopher Price Cannon has achieved Boy Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout. Despite the pandemic’s stay-at-home guideline, Price coordinated his Eagle Board of Review by digital conference in April and is moving through national approval by digital signatures.

Price is a member of Boy Scout Troup 204, sponsored by Madison United Methodist Church. Scoutmaster David Cole leads the troop.

Price’s parents are longtime Madison residents Todd and Beth Cannon.

Seventeen-year-old Price is a junior at James Clemens High School and an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church.

“The Scout Motto is, ‘Be Prepared.’

There’s no way our country’s citizens or youth could have prepared for what we have experienced through the COVID-19 epidemic,” Melanie Cole said. She is Troop 204 Advancement Representative and works as counselor for St. John the Baptist Catholic School.

“Troop 204 is no exception. Scouting leaders have had to learn to guide youth though digital platforms and programs. Even with these challenging times, youth are still achieving great things, advancing, living by Scout laws and working towards better communities,” Cole said.

Price’s Scouting career started as a Cub Scout with Pack 204 and Cubmaster Stewart Lynn. With completion of Webelo, Price achieved the Arrow of

Light award and crossed over to Boy Scouts. He has held numerous leadership positions including quarter master, patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader and senior patrol leader.

Price has earned 26 Merit badges.

“Whitewater rafting was one of my most memorable, earned badges,” he said. An avid outdoorsman, Price participated in a two-week backcountry trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and attended National Youth Leadership Training. He was inducted into Coosa Lodge Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s 2018 Honor Society and 2019 Brotherhood membership.

Prices has completed five-plus years of long-term camping and has participated on many canoeing and backpacking campouts. For his Eagle Scout service project, Price coordinated a work crew to install information kiosks for Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area. Price’s project documented more than 250 hours of community service.

“I remember Price as a new Scout … in particular, his first summer camp.

He was not excited about spending a week away from his family. Fast forward today, Price is able to successfully lead a group of young men and help educate and train future citizens. That developed maturity and leadership starting at a young age, you can only find in Scouts,” Cole said.

Price is currently slated to go scuba diving at Sea Base in the Florida Keys.

For more information about Scouting, email troop204madison@gmail. com.

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Village, Madison Manor, and Heritage Assisted Living. MVP working with a generous donor and Hudson Alpha was able to secure 2,000 masks for Madison city workers and school employees.

The Madison Chamber recently sold #Madison Strong t-shirts and all the money raised, $4,770 currently, has been used to help feed the frontline workers in Madison City. They have fed the Madison Police and Fire departments, HEMSI who serves all of Madison County, Madison postal workers, Madison County sanitation workers, and Madison Hospital’s day and night shift.

Madison nursing home directors said their residents were “having quite a tough time” being isolated from their families. Most hard hitting was the Mother’s Day holiday. The Moms were not allowed to share their special day with their children so care packages were delivered to Merrill Gardens, Morningside of Madison, Heritage Assisted Living, and Madison Village.

Residents of Madison and the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama provided the following for the “treat” boxes: nail polish and remover, handmade face masks, hand sanitizer, Bingo prizes, candies, cookies, flowers, picture frames, and items for the staff. The most loved items in the boxes were beautiful Mother’s Day cards handmade by the children, families, and Girl Scouts of Madison.

Our commitment to making sure Madison’s needs are being met during the COVID crisis will continue. But we will need your help to do it.

We ask our partner nonprofits to continue to share any needs in our community and to please join our Collaborating 4 Community Facebook group to keep communicating and assisting each other.

It has been wonderful watching our community work together to help each other thrive.

But please remember the helpers need help too!

Donate to your favorite community nonprofit or volunteer at www.mvpmadison.org. We are all in this together!

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assess and meet ever-increasing needs — needs that are changing almost by the minute.

One of the best examples of this has been the coming together of our local nonprofits which are collaborating to meet the needs of our community in ways both large and small. This group of nonprofits has been working both individually and together to help our City in its time of need.

We have the honor to be serving on the boards for three of the organizing nonprofits of the group -- the Rotary Club of Madison, Madison Visionary Partners (MVP), and the Madison

Volunteers with the Rotary Club of Madison and MVP recently held a cleanup day at Rainbow Mountain to make the nature trails even better for residents and visitors to enjoy.

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MVP, a community nonprofit, aspires to “connect people who care with causes that matter to enrich the quality of life in the City of Madison”.

The Madison Chamber of Commerce is a leader and advocate for its members and the community of Madison for over 20 years.

Our organizations have reached out to the community in its time of need. Realizing the need for social distancing and other current guidelines, we have been able to gather much needed supplies and provide them to many.

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MADISON—The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt in innumerable ways. Of course, the effect on public health is tremendous, but it goes far beyond that.

It is likely that the economic toll of the virus will linger well beyond the point when the health dangers have been reduced sufficiently to allow life to return to normal. And yet, amid all the unpredictability remains a steadfast truth that is completely predictable. Madison cares for its own and through our care for one another, we find practical, substantive ways of providing hope in an otherwise ominous if not overwhelming public health crisis.

In the past weeks we have witnessed many examples of Madison at its best as government and health leaders, nonprofit organizations, and community business and civic leaders have collaborated on how best to

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EDUCATION

May 27, 2020

Mill Creek, Liberty rated as CLAS School of Distinction

By GREGG L. PARKER Gregg.Parker@ madisoncountyrecord.com M A D I S O N —Two campuses of Madison City Schools recently received the coveted “School of Distinction Award” for excellence from the Council for Leaders in Alabama (or CLAS).

Mill Creek Elementary School is the CLAS Banner School for District 8 in Alabama.

“This is a huge accomplishment and honor.

We are recognized for our outstanding accomplishments with our EL (English Learners) program,” Mill Creek Principal Car men Buchanan said.

“The success of this program is due to partnerships of teachers, faculty, students, parents, staff, administration and district leaders all working together to ensure our students suc-

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Mill Creek Elementary School and Liberty Middle School have earned a coveted School of Distinction Award from CLAS or Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools. Mill Creek advanced to win the CLAS Banner Award for District 8. In the photo, English Learner (EL) students and families at Mill Creek enjoyed a Jenga game during a get-together. ceed,” Buchanan said.

“We are thankful for our entire Mill Creek family and the hard work of so many to achieve this honor. Thank you, Michelle Phillips and Kiley Rikard, for helping guide us as we reach

our English Language Learners.”

Liberty Principal Shannon Brown said CLAS recognized 30 Schools of Distinction across the eight state school board districts and announced the 2019

CLAS Banner Schools on May 4 during a virtual awards ceremony.

The CLAS Banner School program was created in 2001 to recognize schools in Alabama that showcase outstanding programs and service

to students. Each school was nominated for this award by their superintendent with 189 school programs nominated statewide, Brown said.

“Liberty was awarded the recognition as one of the 30 Schools of Distinction across the state for our middle school World Language Program. We are very honored to be in this category of recognition, and we are so excited for Mill Creek Elementary who was awarded the 2019 District 8 CLAS Banner School,” Brown said.

“Liberty faculty and staff are always going above and beyond to create experiences for our middle school students, so I am excited that our World Language teachers are receiving recognition for their hard work, dedication and creativity across the languages. There aren’t many middle schools out

there where you get to pick from five different languages,” Brown said.

Brown gives all the praise to Liberty’s faculty and staff. “They are the ones in the trenches, constantly seeking new ideas and always giving it everything they’ve got,” Brown said. “We have the best of the best teaching in our district.

This award is just one recognition of many that proves that.”

During the Banner School process, superintendents nominate schools with unique, student-centered programs that have succeeded during the preceding school year.

Nominated principals then document details about their school’s programs in an application.

Within each state board district, a district selection team reviews the applications.

For more information, visit clasleaders.org.

Discovery, Rainbow named Distinguished School with Project Lead the Way

By GREGG L. PARKER Gregg.Parker@ madisoncountyrecord.com M A D I S O N — Discovery Middle School and Rainbow Elementary School recently received the designation of a Project Lead the Way or PLTW Distinguished School.

PLTW labels the school with success in providing broad access for transformative learning opportunities through PLTW programs.

“We received exciting news today that Rainbow elementary has been selected as one of only five schools in the state of Alabama to be recognized as a PLTW Distinguished School for launch curriculum for elementary schools,” Rainbow Principal Brian Givens said. “Our STEM Zone offering for students is a fun and collaborative environment for all of our Rockets.”

“Mrs. Robin Bruyns and Mrs. Amy Walton

have worked extremely hard creating a culture of excellence,” Givens said.

“Our students engage in this science and engineering curriculum on a weekly basis. We have such a supportive community who has always helped donate to the classroom and help in any way.”

Discovery was the only school in Alabama to receive this honor for the 2017-2018 school year.

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Rainbow Elementary School chess players ‘attend’ virtual awards ceremony

By GREGG L. PARKER Gregg.Parker@ madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON—Chess players and sponsors at Rainbow Elementary School weren’t satisfied with the shortened school year and stay-at-home statements because of the COVID-19 virus.

The constraints of the pandemic caused officials to cancel their traditional gathering to present awards to chess players.

As a substitute, a virtual awards ceremony on May 9 honored members of Rainbow Elementary Chess Team. Award presenters included Rainbow Principal Brian Givens; chess team sponsors and teachers Nancy Brandon and Maria Krassick; and Madison City Chess League Executive Director Ranae Bartlett.

“Team members and their families were sent invitations through Webex for the Saturday evening ceremony,” Bartlett said.

“It was so much fun for us to see each other together, even if online!”

During the week before the ceremony, Brandon, Krassick and Bartlett delivered awards to parents and asked them to keep the awards a secret until the announcement of their child’s name at the ceremony. “The looks on the kids’ faces when they were presented various awards were priceless,” Bartlett said.

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Rainbow Chess Team also recognized those members who achieved special milestones:  Competitors at national chess events.  Players who solved the most puzzles on ChessKid.com.  Team members who played in the most tournaments.

 Students who achieved the highest ratings increases and were most improved.  Players who volunteered to help teach the game of chess to younger students.

Xavier Bruni earned the highest award, the Top Fifth-Student Award.

“Xavier leaves Rainbow elementary as the highest rated player in the school’s history. He had a rating with the United States Chess Federation at over 1,800,” Bartlett said.

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We are shining the spotlight on senior students who are missing their end-of-high-school experience. Let’s celebrate them! They are our future.

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Senior Spotlight – Molly Kathryn Willis

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By GREGG L. PARKER Gregg.Parker@ madisoncountyrecord.com H A RV E S T — I s i a h Darnell Rogers is a senior at Sparkman High School.

His classes in French and any type of math curriculum were Rogers’ favorite subjects at Sparkman. He was a member of National Honor Society.

Isiah’s parents are Larry and Serena Rogers.

Isiah’s twin sisters, Kesiah Rogers and Lesiah Rogers, are 16 years old.

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Former Bob Jones standout basketball player Candice Storey Lee has officially been named athletic director at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Vanderbilt University has announced that Candice Storey Lee, former standout student-athlete and three-time Vanderbilt University graduate and 1996 graduate of Bob Jones High, has been named vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director at Vanderbilt after serving in the role on an interim basis since February.

The decision firmly cements Lee’s place in Vanderbilt and college sports history as she is Vanderbilt’s first female athletic director and the first African American woman to head a Southeastern Conference athletics program. The appointment places her in the upper echelon of college athletics as one of only five women currently leading a Power Five program.

“Candice is perfectly positioned to lead our athletics program to new heights of success on and off the field of play. She has the drive, creativity, and perseverance to help elevate our student-athletes, and the entire Vanderbilt Athletics program,” said Incoming Chancellor Daniel Diermeier. “The progress that Vanderbilt Athletics has achieved in recent years, and our very high aspirations for the future, are grounded in the university’s commitment both to academic excellence and to preparing our student-athletes to play and win in one of the most, if not the most, competitive conferences in the country. Candice is the living embodiment of these values and aspirations.”

Lee has served as an integral leader at the university and in athletics for almost 20 years.

Prior to becoming inter-

im athletic director, she served as deputy athletic director, a role she was appointed to in 2016.

“Most importantly, Candice leads by example as an alumnus and former athlete – showing our student-athletes that the university’s commitment to ensuring they are successful on and off the field can pay dividends in their lives after Vanderbilt,” said Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente. “Candice hit the ground running after being appointed interim athletic director earlier this year and I am confident she will continue to deliver the best opportunities possible for our student-athletes.”

As athletic director, Lee will continue to work with the Vanderbilt Athletics leadership team and coaching staff and collaborate directly with the chancellor on implementation of the univer-

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sity’s strategic plan for athletics, which outlines the university’s vision for developing the best student-athlete experience in college athletics.

“I am incredibly honored to lead the Commodores, and I could not have been in this position without the support of the university’s leadership, our dedicated coaches and staff, and all of Commodore Nation,” Lee said. “There are challenges ahead and much uncertainty about what college athletics can and should look like during a pandemic, but I firmly believe that anything is possible if we all work together.”

“My priority, and the university’s priority, continues to be examining everything we can do to support our student-athletes and ensure their safety and well-being. We also continue to

MADISON—Two players from Bob Jones High School and one from Sparkman High School were named baseball AllStars by the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

North-South Baseball All-Star Teams selected for the recently canceled 2020 AHSAA NorthSouth All-Star Sports Week. The teams comprised of 2021 rising seniors were chosen by a special coaches committee from nominations received from member school coaches.

Bob Jones’ duo Slate Alford and Max Soliz anchor the North team.

Alford, a third baseman, hit.400 with four home runs and 14 RBIs in shortened 2020 season. Soliz, a strong-armed catcher, had five homers and 12 RBIs with a.295 batting average.

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M A D I S O N — Fo u r t h year Bob Jones High head softball coach Whitney Deaver has spent more time away from her players than other coaches during the COVID-19 pandemic as the 2020 season was cut short after just 18 games of the Lady Patriots’ 2020 schedule. Deaver also spent months separated from her team during her maternity leave to have her second child.

“I love being a mom as I loved staying home and I can’t imagine not coaching, but I missed my softball players as it was like missing my daughters,” said Deaver.

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MADISON—The 2020 road race schedule continues to mesh with the current COVID-19 pandemic as the annual Cotton Row Run on Memorial Day was postponed until September, but the overall yearly schedule remains intact with races remaining on the schedule.

The Huntsville Track Club continues to process the schedule for the upcoming year with plenty of competitive races along with family-friendly events on the horizon. The always popular Monte Sano 10K, 5K and Kids Fun Run has been cancelled for 2020 as in a partial conflict of the Cotton Row Run, which has been moved to Labor Day, Sept. 7.

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Lee, who has been nationally recognized as a rising star in college athletics, was named to Sports Business Journal’s “Power Players: College Sports” list in 2019 – distinguishing her as one of “the best thinkers, problem-solvers and dealmakers in college sports” and as someone who “will play a distinctly important role in its future.” In 2018, Adidas named Lee to its prestigious “NEXT UP” class, comprising “senior-level administrators, handpicked by some of the most respected athletic directors in the industry, who are believed to be ready to take the next step as athletic directors in their own right.”

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Vanderbilt, and for Candice – someone who has risen through the ranks at the universi-

Continued from page 1B ty and with whom I have had the pleasure to work with for a number of years. I think Commodore athletics can only benefit from her leadership,” John Ingram, chair of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust Athletics Committee, said.

Along with her roles as associate vice chancellor and deputy athletic director, Lee has served as the department’s senior woman administrator since 2004. As deputy athletic director, she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the athletics department and also served as the sport administrator for the football and women’s basketball programs.

Lee formerly served as a member of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee, is the former chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Committee and a former chair of the SEC Senior Woman Administrators.

As a captain and fouryear letter winner for Vanderbilt’s women’s basketball team, Lee gradu-

ated with a Bachelor of Science degree in human and organizational development in 2000. She also received her master’s degree in counseling from Vanderbilt in 2002, and in 2012, Lee earned her doctorate from Vanderbilt in higher education administration.

“I came to Vanderbilt in ’96 and never left,” added Lee, in a recent interview with the Madison Record.

“For me, this position is not a job- it’s a lifestyle. I think I’m part of the university community and consider this a privilege.”

Lee has been instrumental in Vanderbilt Athletics’ success in proving that excellent academics and excellent athletics can coexist. In 2019, Vanderbilt finished with an overall NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 97, the highest of any SEC program for the fifth straight year.

This year, student-athletes also exceeded a 3.0 grade-point average for the 15th straight year. The recently-released NCAA

Baseball Also selected is Garrett Telaga, the towering 6’6 pitcher from Sparkman High School.

“This is an outstanding group of baseball standouts and coaches,” said Jamie Lee, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors

Jamie Lee, director of the AHSADCA, which also has announced the annual Summer Conference will now be held virtually.

The second annual Elite 100 Showcase, basketball event, which was scheduled for June, is being postponed with a possible new date forthcoming.

In addition, the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame Banquet has been moved to Sept. 21 at the Montgomery Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center.

“With the current health situation we felt it is in the best interest of our member schools to make these adjustments,” added Lee.

Academic Progress Rates for the 2018-19 academic year showed seven of Vanderbilt’s varsity programs earning perfect – and nation-leading – scores.

Since 2007, Vanderbilt’s student-athletes have won five national championships, in baseball (two), women’s bowling (two) and women’s tennis. Vanderbilt has also won over two dozen league titles and tournaments, including the Southeastern Conference baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer and women’s tennis championships, the Southland Conference bowling championship and the American Lacrosse Conference title.

The Vanderbilt football team has played in six bowl games in recent years, breaking a 26-year drought in 2008.

A complete personal look at Lee will be published in the July edition of the Madison Living Magazine.

Continued from page 1B & Coaches Association (AHSADCA). “We are proud to announce these teams even though we are disappointed the AllStar competition set for the All-Star Sports Week this summer has been canceled. Each player will be receiving certifi-

cates from the AHSADCA for their selection to these prestigious squads.”

The AHSADCA, which operates under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), has hosted annually NorthSouth all-star games in

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Those contacts have been andhundreds online. of thousands of we went from hav- both locally across aNorth Alabama to time, der announced last week

by Gov. folks hurting and suffering is not “We can’t not sustain aHer delayed an invaluable resource first estimate of how ing a scheduled communiaugment supplies during Kay Ivey and State Health Officer option,” Ivey said. “We have wayalmost of life as we search a vacaccepting and distributmany masksan could be comty event every day for the COVIC-19 crisis.

Dr.Bank Scott Independent Harris. keep our businesses open and cine,” Ivey said while announcing the masks within the pleted and to distributed by to figure out how offi- to trying Entertainment are subkeep our people working.” ing the new health order.her team were hospitals. Their help has relatively to continue to volunteer cials said theyvenues began CONTRIBUTED Gov. Kay Ivey announced the amended order on Thursday. ject to restrictions including order expires July 3. camps, athletic activ-when The allowed us keep our social modest she new submitin this Summer new, quarantined implementing their pan- 50% distance and our presence ted the idea to the bank’s demic plan during the environment.” from being a disruption to The idea of sewing Chief People Officer (CPO) early days of March in the hospitals we support.” preparation for the masks wasn’t original Penny Camp.

The more than 1,000 “That’s when the idea unknown. They knew to the bank, but rather PHOTO BY TRENT RANDOLPH masks have been distribthat social distancing inspired by hundreds of became bigger than the Nikki Randolph cutting mask patterns. uted to local hospitals. would need to be factored other grassroots efforts community engagement “I’m very proud to see team,” explains Camp. had been sent home early and supplies were sanitized in for most staff, and for around the country.

Healthcare provid- “We sent the call for volun- on for health reasons prior to construction. Only how this project has come some with underlying teers and theywasn’t answered. fac-of sewing health the safest ers nationwide were By STAFFissues, REPORTS The idea masks orig- suddenly find their pur- materials and patterns together over the last Somebut people had inspired a talent pose outside of their typ- approved for use in medi- few weeks,” says Camp. shortdistance would be work- ing an alarming inal to the bank, rather forother sewing, others efforts a sim- ical role, creating masks. cal facilities were used. And “I think it is a testament personal ing from home.

The bank MADISON – Over the lastage fewof weeks, byprotective hundreds of grassroots ple passion to help and a With all the extra hands, each finished mask was to the spirit of volunteerequipment. people was to prioriBankdetermined Independent team members have Many around the country. learn. We we realized we could make carefully individually pack- ism here at the bank and now protecfound themselves on willingness tize health and safety sewnthe and distributed over 1,000 Healthcare providers tonationwide hadalarming frontline workers sewstay-at-home with an of teamtowhile ensurtivethe masks hospitals across North Al- orders were facing shortage of a bigger impact than our aged to minimize cross con- across the communities tamination before and after we serve. The common ing between transactions on the their personal hands and ing everyone felt secure in time abama to augment supplies during protective equipment.

Many early estimates.” thread is our shared gratThe team of volunteers distribution. andthemselves office support cutting a desire to help.

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COVIC-19 crisis. people now found on stay-at“Our team of volun- itude for what we’ve been patterns handmade production “Day Independent to day work officials life ing Bank said they home orders with timebetween on theirspreadhands followed very specific prosheets. then wehandhad tocols in the production of teers has been able to pro- given and our commitwas created a to changed pretty dramatbegan implementing theirline pandemic andtoa fill desire help. And A booming some team need for masks. ically, especially for my plan during the early daysgrowing of March made production line wasmembers created towho fill masks. Hands, work areas vide masks to hospitals ment to pay it forward.” in preparation for the unknown. They a growing need for masks. knew that social distancing would need Local hospitals began welcoming to be factored in for most staff, and for mask donations to support healthcare some with underlying health issues, the staff.

PHOTO BY TRENT RANDOLPH safest distance would be working from Nikki immediately started research- Nikki Randolph cutting mask patterns. with teams at SpaceX in By JANET ANDERSON home. Space Flight Center ing patterns of hospital approved masks Hawthorne, California, Marshall our business footprint,” says Randolph.

The bank was determined to prior- and the availability of materials both to learn.”

Kennedy Space Center in The team of volunteers followed very “We’ve relied on our team members to itize the health and safety Cape Canaveral, Florida HUNTSVILLE—A new of the team locally and online. Her first estimate and family working while everyone felt secure in of how many masks could be completed specific protocols in the production of reach out to friends and Johnson Space Center era of ensuring human spaceflight masks. Hands, work areas and supplies in the healthcare profession to discover their job position. and distributed by her team were relain Houston, Texas to monis set to begin today as is greatest.”

“Day to day astronauts work life changed pretty tively modest when she submitted the were sanitized prior to construction. where the needitor launch conditions.

American The more than 1,000 masks have been Only materials and patterns approved dramatically, especially for my team,” idea to the bank’s Chief People Officer Marshall also supports Robert Behnken and for use in medical facilities were used. distributed to local hospitals. says Community Officer (CPO) Penny Camp. the station by operating Douglas Hurley onceEngagement again “I’m very proud to see how this projAnd each finished mask was carefulNikki Randolph.

“In the span of just a “That’s when the idea became biglaunch on an American the Payload Operations over the last few few-days-time, went from having a ger than the community engagement ly individually packaged to minimize ect has come together rocket from we American Integration Center, which cross contamination before and after weeks,” says Camp. “I think it is a testascheduled community event almost evteam,” explains Camp.

“We sent the call soil to the International operates, plans and coorment to the spirit of volunteerism here ery dayStation to trying to figure out how to for volunteers and they answered. Some distribution.

Space as part of dinates the science exper“Our team of volunteers has been able at the bank and across the communities continue to volunteer in this new, quar- people had a talent for sewing, others a NASA’s Commercial iments onboard 365 days a antined environment.” simple passion to help and a willingness to provide masks to hospitals across we serve.”

Crew Program – the first year, 24 hours a day. time since the end of the Continuous coverage of Space Shuttle Program in the mission on all NASA 2011.?

TV channels begins at The Commercial Crew 11:15 a.m. today, May 27, Program was formed to By JANET ANDERSON and continue continue through through Marshall also supports and facilitate Dragon’s arrival arrival at at Marshall Spacethe Flight developCenter Crew Dragon’s the station by operating Crew ment of a U.S. commerthe International International Space Space the Payload Operations the cial crew space transporon Thursday, Thursday, May May HUNTSVILLE - A new Station on Integration Center, which Station tation with the 28, including the subseera of capability human spaceflight operates, plans and coor- 28, including the subseCONTRIBUTED goal safe, hatch opening is set ofto achieving begin today as NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley speak to members of the media after arriving quent hatch opening and dinates science exper- quent at thethe Launch and Landing reliable cost-effecwelcomingceremony. ceremoAmericanand astronauts Rob- Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission, last Wednesday in Florida. welcoming iments onboard 365 days a and tive access to and from ny.

Watch launch and and ert Behnken and Douglas Watch thethelaunch year, 24 hours a day. in the Huntsville the International Space flight to the International atop a Falcon 9 rocket, en shifting the way we think,” present all prelaunch activities Hurley once again launch Continuous coverage of all prelaunch activities Support route to an extended stay said Bobby Watkins, Operations Station and low-Earth NASA TV, TV, YouTube, YouTube, on an American rocket Space Station. on NASA the mission on all NASA on (HOSC) atbegins Marshall manager of the Human Center Launch is targeted for on the station. orbit. from American soil to Twitter, Facebook, Facebook, and and TV channels at Twitter, will today, work May closely “The Commercial Crew Exploration Development and SpaceX Falcon theThe International Space9 today, May 27, at 3:32 p.m., Linkedin.

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CONTRIBUTED at rocket will launch the from Launch Complex Program has challenged & Operations Office Stationthat as part of NASA’s NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley speak to members of the media after arriving Crew Dragon Crew spacecraft, Commercial Pro- 39A at NASA’s Kennedy the traditional way of NASA’s Marshall Space at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy SpacespaceCenter ahead of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission, Flight Center.

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Behnken with gram –NASA the firstastronauts time since Space last Wednesday in Florida. huge moment for NASA flight launch vehicles by and Hurley will launch aboard, on the first crewed the end of the Space Shuthelpsitsprovide oversight man Exploration Develop- and national Space Station. partners, and we tle Program in 2011. to safety standards Launch is targeted for ment & Operations Office are proud at Marshallfor to The Commercial Crew the aspacecraft and small part of verithis Program was formed to today, May 27, at 3:32 p.m., at NASA’s Marshall Space be fies data. mission.” facilitate the development from Launch Complex Flight Center. “This is a monumental For the launch, memThe Human Exploration of a U.S. commercial crew 39A at NASA’s Kennedy huge moment for NASA bers of the team will be & Operations space transportation ca- Space Center. Behnken and its partners, and we Development presentat in Marshall the Huntsville suppability with the goal of and Hurley will launch are proud at Marshall Office Operations Support Cento be a small part of this atop a Falcon 9 rocket, en ports the Commercial achieving safe, reliable ter (HOSC) at with Marshall Crew Program engiand cost-effective access route to an extended stay monumental mission.” and will The Human Explora- neers that work have closely helped to and from the Interna- on the station. with teams at design SpaceXand in “The Commercial Crew tion Development & Oper- review critical tional Space Station and Hawthorne, California, ations Office at Marshall Program has challenged development documentalow-Earth orbit.

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Her official maternity leave began Aug. 1 of 2019.

After visiting her doctor she was ordered to two weeks of bed rest prior to the birth of her and her husband’s daughter Brynle. Deaver was also at home for six weeks postbirth as she and her husband of five years, Bryant, were dealt with the news their daughter would be placed in Neonatal ICU at Huntsville Hospital after Brynle was diagnosed with sticky lung. The condition is where the lungs fill with mucus and cause severe breathing conditions.

“She spent eight days in NICU and we had to take her to the emergency room twice after she arrived home,” added Deaver.

At nine months of age, Brynle currently does not have any health issues and Deaver is able to remain at her side, but the former high school four-time

Continued from page 1B All-State softball player and four-year star player at Jacksonville State is ready to get back out on the softball field with her extended family.

“I can’t wait to continue my relationships with my players as I returned to the team at our first practice back in January and our season was going very well until we were halted by COVID-19,” said Deaver.

“We were 15-3 in season play, but I had a bad feeling about what was going on with the virus and sort of knew the season was coming to a quick end.”

Deaver had a young team in 2020 as the team roster featured just one senior, Rylee Snyder.

Going into what would be the season-ending Hazel Green Tournament, which Bob Jones co-hosted, Deaver said her memories of the entire shortened season will fall into one moment when Snyder came to the plate for what

would be her final at bat as a Lady Patriot.

“Rylee got a hit and I couldn’t believe the finish of her high school career,” said Deaver. “It was a disappointing end to our season as we were 15-3 and the team was jelling and playing well.”

For Deaver, it was a very unusual 2019-2020 school year as she spent only 10 weeks as a teacher/coach at the school. During her maternity leave while the team was hosting unofficial practices and workouts, she would attend a practice once a week just to be around her “family.”

Assistant coaches Shanna Foster and Kent Chambers showed incredible support for Deaver by taking the reins of the program and guiding the squad in preparation for the return of their head coach.

“They did so much for me I can’t thank them enough,” said Deaver

of her coaching staff.

“Getting back to action in January was very exciting and reminded me of what I really do as a coach and as an educator in driver’s education. It was awesome being home with my children, but I really missed my players.”

Deaver’s husband owns Black Tie Moving Company and has been working from home as much as possible during the pandemic. Both are ready to return to their professions fulltime and with the recent order of schools and their athletic programs being able to reopen the first of June, Deaver is looking forward to being with her players as much as possible during the summer months.

“I’d like to do whatever we can do in June as several of our girls play on high-level travel teams, so we’ll do as much as possible,” said Deaver. “It’s good to be back.”

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Discovery teachers take bus tours to celebrate end of the school year, say goodbye to students

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON—This has been a crazy year so far, and it has especially been challenging for educators and students.

Despite the impact COVID-19 made on the last quarter of the 20192020 school year, the Madison community has pulled together to make the most of a trying situation.

The end of the current school year took on a whole deeper meaning last week. It was a time to celebrate the accomplishments of students, educators and parents who worked together through campus closures, food distributions and online learning.

Discovery Middle teachers and administrators boarded buses last Wednesday for a special

farewell salute to students.

The school had three buses that traveled throughout the school zone to wish students a great summer and express their appreciation for all the hard work over the past few months.

Routes and approximate drive-by times were posted on Facebook to maximize the chance for mutual goodbyes.

Families lined at the side of the road, some were on

their porches, there was even a girl sitting in a tree.

Teachers on the buses, and many of the students lining the streets, held up homemade signs expressing their admiration for each other and their Panther pride.

“It was a good day to see not just our current Panthers, but also future and past Panthers,” said assistant principal Kate Wade.

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Discovery Middle School teachers were excited to see their students again, even if it was from a school bus. They held signs celebrating the end of school and their students’ hard work. Families lined the streets to cheer on the teachers and express their appreciation to them.

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Veteran of the Week: Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Madison

American Legion, Auxiliary share poppies for Memorial Day

By GREGG PARKER gregg.parker@ madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON—Constraints from the COVID19 virus threated to end a long-standing tradition for Madison American Legion, Post 229 for Memorial Day. Because direct contact violated ‘safer-at-home’ guidelines for social distancing, members of American Legion, Post 229 and American Legion Auxiliary could not set up tables at retail stores and other sites to hand out poppies to the public.

Fortunately, post members reached a compromise to sustain this gesture of American patriotism.

“The City of Madison allowed us to set up outside of City Hall to distribute poppies. We worked on May 20-21,” Auxiliary Unit President Jean Downs said.

Local defense contractor Teledyne Brown Engineering provided memoriam cards with artwork of the poppy flower and a copy of the poem, “In Flanders Field.”

“Teledyne Brown, SCI Corporation and Madison County Commissioner Steve Haraway also have made generous donations to the American Legion and Auxiliary,” Downs said.

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Olivia Downs, at left, and Mary Downs, members of American Legion Junior Auxiliary, handed out poppies for the traditional observance leading up to Memorial Day. In addition, the Auxiliary provided poppies to officers of Madison Police Department “to wear this week and to show their remembrance for our fallen,” Downs said. “Employees working in City Hall also received poppies.”

In other Memorial Day observances, members of American Legion, Post 229 will place flags during the weekend at veterans’ gravesites. However, this annual activity will not be open to the public this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Likewise, the Memorial Day service at veteran’s park on Front Street in downtown Madison will be open only to a small gathering of American Legion, Post 229 members who will pay their respects.

The poppy is an important symbol on Memorial Day, because the flowers are associated with military personnel who died during wartime since World War I. Poppies were the only flowers that grew in war-torn battlefields during World War I. Seeing the red poppies in May 1915, a Canadian soldier, Col. John McCrae, was motivated to write “In Flanders Fields.”

The opening/closing of the poem follows: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly.

Scarce heard amid the guns below” … … “If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields.”

Donations to American Legion are tax-deductible under the 501(c)19 non-profit category for veteran organizations. Individuals can postal mail checks payable to American Legion, Auxiliary Unit 229, P.O. Box 194, Madison AL 35758.

To more information about American Legion Auxiliary, call Downs at 256-929-8450 or email ALAux229@yahoo.com.

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Maple Glazed Pork Chops and how to traumatize your kids MADISON - These delicious maple glazed pork chops are so easy to make and loved by my whole family. The recipe to make them can be very economical, too!

I’m going to show you how to make them in this column, but first I have a little story from this past summer.

Alright, it isn’t that little.

It’s rather long winded so if you’d rather just get right to the pork chop making then skip down until the food stuff starts. Otherwise, take a bathroom break and grab some coffee…

A pro’s guide to how to traumatize your children We dearly love Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is truly one of the most family friendly cities we have ever been to, and that is standing it up against Orlando, too.

I could happily spend a week just meandering around downtown with the kids and then another week splitting time between the Tennessee Aquarium and Lake Winnie.

When we headed up for a day trip not too long ago, everyone was thrilled and looking forward to our day.

As we stood in line getting our tickets to the Aquarium, Brady saw a sign for TORNADO ALLEY 3D and he and Ricky about had a cow fit wanting to go.

Alright, they didn’t have a complete cow fit but thanks to the pleading eyes cast towards me and Katy, along with the case they built about how long they’d wanted to see this movie and now they finally had their big chance. So, the girls agreed to go to a guy movie.

Now, don’t anyone start in on how Tornado Alley 3D isn’t just a guy movie.

I’m talking about my family here and in my family it’s as guy of a movie as it gets.

We purchased tickets for the 5 p.m. show so that it could be the last thing we did before heading home.

At the theater, I had a bad feeling going in but kept that to myself. Weather movies just aren’t my thing, but I placated myself by deciding to take a nice little nap while everyone else watched it.

About ten minutes in though, Katy was cowering and asking when it was going to be over and I was wondering what on earth would possess anyone who lives in a tornado area to bring their children to see this movie.

This was kind of like taking your kids to see Jaws before going deep sea diving.

“Is it over yet Ma? Do you promise we don’t live there?” came a tiny plea from my daughter as she clung to my arm.

I didn’t exactly lie. We don’t live in Kansas. “No Baby, we don’t get tornadoes like that.”

Because, you know, tornadoes like that would be in Kansas, tornadoes in Alabama are different because…they’re in Alabama.

We FINALLY got out of there and while Ricky and Brady were thrilled, Katy Rose and I just wanted to find a sunny spot and escape from forty-five minutes of three dimensional, surround sound, tornadic destruction

of homes and lives.

It just gets better…

As Ricky pulled onto the interstate heading home, I casually pulled up Facebook on my phone and saw several people in our town had posted about tornado warnings. Seriously, this wasn’t happening. What are the chances of taking your kids to a traumatic viewing of tornado fury and then a big old batch of tornadoes break out where you live on that very same day…directly following the movie? These things can only happen to me sometimes.

So, I looked to make sure the kids were chatting and otherwise occupied. Then, I leaned over and discreetly told my husband “There are tornado warnings back home”.

He responded with “Huh?” So, I leaned in closer to his ear and said a little louder “There are tornado warnings back home.”

He looked annoyed and said “I can’t hear you, just a minute” With that he turned the radio off and called out “Kids, y’all be quiet, Mama has something she wants to tell us” ~sighs~ I turned to see every eye in the car on me. “Nothing” I said and turned back forward, resigning to just keep an eye on the weather myself.

Within minutes the sky began to look mean. Not just grumpy, but good and dark and downright angry.

Ricky said, “You might need to check the weather.”

Knowing exactly how this would go if I tried to tell him again, I just said “Already did. We’re fine.”

I didn’t know he had some little app on his phone that tells him about warnings and soon it started pinging for all it’s worth and sending him little text messages.

The very first one he got, he read aloud and said in his always booming voice “There are tornado warnings back home, looks like we’re driving right into it.”

Katy’s voice from the back was a wail of anxiety “Tornadoes?”

I took a deep breath and decided that killing him while he was driving would not be a good idea. Besides, we were packed pretty tight in the vehicle and it would be difficult to transport the body to a good hiding place in the woods without being obvious.

I kept my thoughts to myself as he continued to ramble off details of the impending doom.

My husband takes tornado warnings far more seriously than I do. You see, I’m from another time when a warning meant there was a tornado. A watch meant that there were tornadic conditions and to be on alert, and when you heard a warning you got the heck out of Dodge right skippy like.

Then they changed it. I have no idea why, but basically a tornado warning is now what a watch used to be and there is nothing beyond a warning, which I think is entirely necessary. Unfortunately, the National Weather Advisory Big Dogs have yet to take my opinion under consideration.

I’m still holding out hope

that eventually they’ll have three levels though: Tornado Watch, Tornado Warning and a Tornado Warning-we’rereallyseriousthistime.

So, Ricky was holding his phone up to his ear listening to these warnings and rattling them off verbatim in a voice loud enough so that everyone can hear.

Now, if I was piloting this ship, I’d be speaking in hushed tones or just hand my phone over to my wife for her to be in charge of keeping up to date on notifications. However, as my early mutiny had failed, I just had to sit back and try to calm Katy as best I could while Ricky continued to convince

time” level yet.

I looked around me to the ditches on either side of the road. Not a structure in sight except for the occasional abandoned gas station but we were just a few miles away from Scottsboro.

I leaned over again and calmly told my husband, “We need to pull over up here at the Walmart and go in.”

He immediately replied “We don’t need to go into Walmart. We’re fine.” Which supports my theory that my husband’s initial reaction to any wisdom from me is instant denial so that he can later restate said wisdom as his own.

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You’ll need: 4 pork chops. Balsamic Vinegar, Maple Syrup, Kosher Salt, and Pepper. her we were all about to die.

Of course, that wasn’t enough.

My son, ever the aspiring and enthusiastic meterologist, got in on it and set up a mini weather hub in the back seat. From there, he watched satellite images of the storm and kept us abreast on news of the damage caused and possible damage expected.

This has always been a passion of his and he was in his element like a kid who’d been made grand marshal of the first holiday parade of the season – all while sitting right beside his sister.

Needless to say, my daughter’s anxiety increased at a rapid pace. In between a weather report from Brady and words of impending doom from my husband Katy Rose chimed in with “I really wish we didn’t see that movie today!”

“I know baby… ” This is where the supportive wife should let it go.

I didn’t. “…But your daddy and your brother wanted to.”

I leveled a glare on my husband that I hoped would stop the ceaseless weather reporting. Then, threatened to make my son Amish if he didn’t stop reporting every time a pixel changed on the weather radar. (Amish is code word for: you’ve lost all electronics) It worked.

We had peace for a few moments until I saw on my radar that we were heading into a town which had a tornado entering it from the other end. Oh, pardon me, not a tornado but a tornado possibility. We couldn’t really know if there was a tornado because they haven’t instated my “Tornado Warning -we’rereallyseriousthis-

Not even a minute later he announced “Kids, we’re fixing to pull over and go in this Walmart and wait out the storm” Katy was frantic because according to the very loud and very real three-dimensional horror film we’d just seen, this meant we were all about to go the way of Dorothy’s house. I’m so glad she hasn’t seen Wizard of Oz yet…

We pulled over and went into Walmart. They had all of the people huddled in the back near the layaway department and we followed suit, squeezing in as I tried to pretend this was just part of the adventure because that is what Moms are supposed to do.

So, we huddled in the layaway department and Katy was just a crying and clinging to me. “Mama, I really wish we hadn’t of see that movie. Are we gonna be alright? Is the tornado coming?”

Ricky was just now at this point realizing that perhaps the movie was not the best idea. He’s right smart as far as fellas go, but a little slow on the uptake at times.

At this point Katy Rose was just terrified and I was loving on her for all she was worth, telling her we were going to be fine and we’d all be home soon and this was just a precaution to stay on the safe side.

As she looked up towards me and a big fat tear spilled down her cheek, her eyes locked on something just past my shoulder and instantly filled with wonder.

I followed her gaze to see a rainbow unicorn just past me on a shelf. “Ma! Is that a Pillow Pet Dream Light Rainbow Unicorn?”

Maple Glazed Chops.

The tears seemed to stop in that instant as she gazed in awe. “I’ve always wanted to see one of those!”

I picked it up and smiled between her and my husband “It sure is Baby and guess what? Your daddy is gonna buy it for you!”

Ricky looked repentant as he said, “If I do, can I not hear anything else about the movie?” Katy nodded as she reached out and took the rainbow unicorn, holding it tightly against her chest and sitting down on the floor to properly introduce herself.

About ten minutes later we were headed home again and eventually arrived to clear skies and an intact house – with our new friend, the Rainbow Unicorn.

The next weekend, Katy and I took them to see Brave.

Which, by the way, was WAY more awesome in 3-D than tornadoes.

And now, for the pork chops!

You’ll need: 4 pork chops.

Balsamic Vinegar, Maple Syrup*, Kosher Salt, and Pepper. *You can substitute maple flavored pancake syrup or even honey and both will work just fine.

Stir your salt and pepper together. Sprinkle each side of the pork chops with salt and pepper. Place one to two tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add pork chops and cook until browned on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.

Reduce the heat to medium and pour your balsamic vinegar into the pan. It is going to bubble and steam a lot when you add it. Just pour it in and use a wooden spoon to stir around and gently scrape the bottom of the skillet. Pour in your syrup and stir well.

Add in pork chops and continue cooking, stirring frequently, over medium

heat until sauce is thickened, and pork chops are no longer pink in the center, 7-10 minutes.

Now this will most likely take the full ten minutes and maybe even a few more if you are using pancake syrup, but I find that maple thickens up a little bit faster so it will be more like seven.

It is hard to tell when the sauce is thickened because it will still be very fluid while it’s hot. When I think we’re there I spoon a little sauce over my pork chop to see if it is thick. Once it is, remove your pan from the heat and allow it to sit for about five minutes. Then, rub each pork chop in the glaze on both sides before removing to serving plates.

Enjoy!

Ingredients • 4 pork chops about 3/4 inch thick • 1 cup maple syrup or maple flavored pancake syrup • 1/3 cup Balsamic Vinegar • 1 teaspoon kosher salt • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper • 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil Instructions 1. Place oil in large skillet over medium high heat while you prepare the pork chops.

2. Mix together the salt and pepper and sprinkle both sides of each pork chop.

3. Place pork chops in hot skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until browned.

4. Remove pork chops and set aside.

5. Add vinegar to the skillet and stir with a wooden spoon to remove all bits from the bottom.

6. Add syrup and stir until well combined.

7. Return pork chops to pan and continue cooking until glaze is thickened and pork chops are no longer pink in the center, 7-10 minutes.

8. Remove pan from heat and allow to rest five minutes. Before removing pork chops, rub each side in the glaze to coat well and then remove to serving plates.

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By BECKY MILLER God’s Lemonade Stand As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Ecclesiastes 11:5 My husband made the comment recently he felt like he was stuck on a sandbar with nothing happening primarily over the selling of our farm and seeming lack of interest in all things farm. It is discouraging but when we and others prayed and believe God has this, and He does. The discourage-

ment monster often rears its’ ugly head.

Have you been there?

Maybe you are there now?

You feel trapped, stuck, can’t see how things will change and really don’t know what to do? COVID19 uncertainly added fuel to the already blazing fire.

God has not abandoned you friend.

Don’t second guess your prayers or why things are happening a certain way. Many unusual situations are occurring now due to a strange time in our normally happy go lucky lives and after a while it becomes tiring. All I

can say is continue praying and don’t allow Satan to throw you curve balls and cause you to give up or have doubts. Run your race to win!

PRAYER: Father I thank you first for the gift of life and all the blessings in my life especially my family. I thank you for freedom, for money to spend, and for having an abundance compared to

many other nations. I am grateful and will wait for your timing on prayers. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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May 27, 2020

A Vintage Vignette by John P. Rankin – Dr. Alfred Moore

By JOHN RANKIN Madison Historian

There is at least one item of fame in Doctor Alfred’s life that he probably wished he had never MADISON—One of the experienced. That was in tallest obelisks in Section 1839 when the state legis7, where governors of the lature provided $10,000 to state are buried in the undertake improvements Maple Hill Cemetery of to the navigability of the Huntsville, has the inscripPaint Rock River for cotton tion “In Memoriam” for shipping. Commissioners Doctor Alfred Moore and were appointed from the his wife Mary Watson. three counties that would The In Memoriam term be affected -- Madison, is often used to indicate Marshall, and Jackson that the named parties Counties. Of course, Alfred are not buried where the Moore was the commismarker is located, but their sioner for Madison County. memory is to be perpetuThe commissioners ated by those who visit the decided to have the large cemetery. However, with trees along the banks cut this monument and the down, under the assumpimmediately surrounding tion that felling them into area there are good indiPHOTO BY JOHN RANKIN the river would get them cations that several of the The Obelisk in the Maple Hill Cemetery of Huntsville with the inscription “In Memoriam” for Doctor floated downriver during Moore family are in fact Alfred Moore and his wife Mary Watson buried there, including the floods and widen the navigadoctor himself and his last the eastern end of Nick John F. Moore and Alfred’s dren and wives, but these ble channel. Unfortunately, Davis Road. A 65-acre part brother Richard Moore. sources name his wives as wife, Mary. the flood stages were insufThis particular mon- of this parcel was also the Alfred may well have Eliza Jones (1793-1827 or ficient for the job, and the ument in Maple Hill is last land sale of Alfred inherited their land since 1828), Rebecca J. Beasley trees just jammed the chan(1810-1834), and Mary Jane not on, but is beside the Moore’s life, when in 1855 they both died before him. nel and stayed in place for In 1818, Dr. Alfred Watson (1819-1892). grave of their son, William he and his wife sold pormany years.

When Eliza died, she left R. Moore, who died on tions of land lying west of Moore also privately purEven in the 1880s when December 31, 1896. On the Indian Creek and north of chased 160 acres of land her husband with seven Judge Thomas J. Taylor obelisk face inscribed for Douglas Road to John A. in Limestone County, living children, according wrote his book of the hisjust west of the Madison to the newspaper death William there is an addi- White. tory of Madison County, There are additionally County line. That land was notice. Before Eliza’s passtional inscription for the he had scathing comments Moore daughter Fannie, records of 13 government about one-half mile west of ing there were likely other about the boondoggle, who married William F. land purchases by an Alfred the Burgreen Gin and on children born to them in reporting that the stream Moore from 1824 through the south side of Brown’s addition to the seven surMastin in 1869. was useless for navigation, These inscriptions have 1837 in Lamar, Lowndes, Ferry Road in the Nubbin vivors. If none had passed swimming, seining, fordbecome part of a long quest and Sumter Counties of Ridge area. This tract was away before Eliza, the ing, or any other purpose to learn about the doctor Alabama. There was also close to several Limestone newspaper notice would for several decades. and his family, who have one in Choctaw County in County parcels amounting not have included the word Judge Taylor further figured strongly in the his- 1859, but our Doctor Alfred to well over 1,000 acres pur- “living” for the surviving pointed out that there was tory of Madison County of north Alabama had died chased by Alfred’s older children. a great increase in sickness One daughter at age 6 brother Dr. David Moore and the entire state of in 1856. from water-borne diseasin 1818 - 1831. David Moore or 7, whose name was not es as mosquitoes thrived owned nine plantations in mentioned in the newspain the resultant backwahis lifetime, which ended per notice, was killed in 1841 ters. The stagnant areas by a falling tree limb while in 1845. produced foul smells into Unregistered private riding in a carriage with Taylor’s own time. This land transactions may well her father returning from same account has in modhave been some of the rea- Tuscaloosa. In that acciern times been reported sons that Alfred Moore was dent, the unnamed as occurring on the involved in many court carriage driver also Flint River. However, Considering cases of Madison County died.

Judge Taylor’s during his lifetime here. the date and the age, account is more likeHe was plaintiff in eight the child was almost ly correct since the court cases and defendant certainly the infant Flint River would in 25 cases -- most involv- whose delivery resultnot affect the three PHOTO BY JOHN RANKIN ing payments for debts. Of ed in the death of her counties, and Taylor A broken grave marker for Dr. course, nobody sued any- mother Rebecca at included the names Alfred Moore’s first wife Eliza. one for payments unless age 24 in 1834. of the commissioner A son, Alfred Alfred Moore acquired the defendant was known Alabama. Still, very little for each county. about them has been pub- 200 acres as the first pur- to have money, and often Jr., who was born The commissionlished in histories of the chaser of government the non-payment situa- in 1848 joined the ers’ misjudgment army area. Yet, the prominence land. This land is in the tions were due to bad crop Confederate also likely affected at age 15 or 16 in of Doctor Alfred Moore area bounded by Douglas years.

Dr. Moore himself to Notwithstanding his 1864. He was woundand his family in Alabama Road, Jeff Road, Nance some degree, as he in has been found to be awe- Road, and Mt. Zion Road in courtroom activities, two ed during the batthe 1840s had severMonrovia. Apparently he of Alfred Moore’s sons tle at Indian Creek some. al cotton shipments Historical census, land, also privately purchased or became judges in the state, in Madison on his sent downriver on the court, newspaper, and inherited other nearby par- and Dr. Alfred himself was birthday, December Tennessee through other records have now cels at some time in his life well respected, according 23 of 1864. Following Fearn & Donnegan. his capture, he was been researched to learn of that were not recorded in to historical accounts.

History shows When Alfred passed imprisoned at Camp the life of Alfred Moore. He the land deeds, but some that there is even a patented government land parcels belonging to Dr. away, a Huntsville news- Chase in Ohio. After memorial to Doctor in both Limestone County Alfred Moore were found paper death notice stated the war, he was electAlfred Moore and COURTESY OG JOHN RANKIN and Madison County in referenced as boundaries that he died in Limestone ed as a Huntsville his family installed History shows that there was a memorial to Alderman the 1835 through 1849 peri- in the land deeds of other County on January 7, 1856 City in the Church of the Doctor Alfred Moore and his family installed at age 65, reporting that and then Mayor of od. In 1829 he purchased nearby owners.

Nativity in Huntsville. in the Church of the Nativity in Huntsville.

Adjacent parcels of he was “...a highly respect- Huntsville in 1899. about 225 acres from Leroy Data found in Mary Jane Watson out- the archived collection Pope. This land is about Alfred’s Monrovia land able and honorable physi- He was also employed half a mile southeast of were owned by his father cian and gentleman.” The the First National Bank lived her husband by 36 of Dr. Frances Cabaniss age reported for him indi- in Huntsville for 14 years years, dying in 1892. She was Roberts at the University cates that he was born in prior to his election as co-executor of Alfred’s Last of Alabama in Huntsville Will & Testament, along includes a listing of gifts 1791, but other records Mayor.

Through his banking with Alfred’s son by Eliza and memorials to the show his birth year as 1789, having been born in the career, he represented the Jones, George H. Moore, church. A statue was Wilmington area of North bank in many court cases. who was born in 1824. Just donated by Ella Moore Carolina’s Brunswick However, beginning in as Alfred’s land records in the northwest corner 1898 and through 1911 he were sometimes not record- “given in memory of her County.

He was even consid- acquired via several “Quit ed in Madison County, this parents, Doctor Alfred and ered so prominent and Claims” the 80-acre parcel LWT also was not recorded Mary Moore” in 1877. Also, influential during his life- where his father may have in Madison County. a window in the tower was However, in 1888 the donated “in memory of time that in an 1837 news- resided and buried some paper it announced that of the family members LWT was referenced as Mrs. Alfred Moore” by her 345980-1 “Doctor Alfred Moore has in Section 17 along Knox the authority for George brother, A. A. Watson. removed to Huntsville” Creek. By the census of H, and Mary J. Moore Around 1859 Hugh from his unincorporat- 1910, he is listed as a farm- entering into an 1858 sale N. Moore was hired as a ed county lands. He may er in the Monrovia pre- of Alfred’s two-acre lot builder in the church have been motived to move cinct. He was not found in in Huntsville on “Pope’s for construction efforts. into Huntsville to be with the 1920 census of Madison Hill” along McClung on Data items in the Roberts the south edge of Maple Collection show memorials his brother Doctor David County.

Two of Dr. Moore’s Hill Cemetery to Reuben for Catherine Moore (1812 Moore, who died in 1845 and is also buried in Maple other sons, Sydenham and Chapman, who was a - 1847) and child Lorinda Hill. While there, Alfred John Edmund Moore, were Governor of Alabama. who died in 1843, which was no doubt living among graduates of the University Mary may have used pro- may have been donated by many more influential pio- of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. ceeds from the sale to pay Hugh. Such data discovJohn Edmund Moore prac- for erection of the family eries may someday proneers of the area.

According to Smith & ticed law in Huntsville for obelisk in the Maple Hill vide additional knowlDeland’s HISTORY OF a couple of years and then Cemetery. edge about the Moore famALABAMA, Dr. Alfred ilies of the area and proand his brother Dr. David vide additional awareness Moore were surgeons with of Alfred Moore’s particuGeneral Andrew Jackson lar contributions to histoas he went to the battle ry here. However, Alfred with the Creek Indians at has remained relativePublic notices from Talladega. One or both of ly “lost in history” comAlabama newspapers them may have treated the pared to his much more wounded there -- men such famous brother Dr. David • Access public notices statewide 24/7 as Sam Houston, who got Moore of Huntsville. Still, • FREE manual searches an arrow in one of his legs. it would be nice to know Data gleaned from tombwhy Alfred’s first two • Search by keyword, county, or paper stones plus census, marknown wives, and perhaps • Multi-county or cross-reference searches riage, and genealogical some of their children or data show that Dr. Alfred even Alfred’s father, were Moore had at least three buried in western Madison PHOTO BY JOHN RANKIN wives and 15 or more chilCounty on land where he dren by them.

There could had no known recorded The grave marker for Dr. Moore’s public notice affects you well have been other chilownership. title. second wife, Rebecca.

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moved to Florence, where he became a Circuit Court judge and a congressman.

He declined appointment as the Territorial Judge of Kansas but served as Judge Advocate General on General Hardee’s staff in the Confederate Army. He held that position until his death in 1865.

Sydenham also was an attorney in Huntsville before he moved to Greene County. There he became a Circuit Court Judge and a Probate Court Judge. Sydenham served as a Captain in the 1846 Mexican War, then was a Brigadier-General of the militia in 1847 when he returned to Alabama.

Sydenham was elected to the U. S. Congress 18571861, resigning when the Civil War began. He joined the Confederate Army as a Colonel, but he was mortally wounded with three mini balls during the Battle of Seven Pines in Virginia.

Dr. Alfred Moore’s daughter Olivia married Alabama Governor Edward A. O’Neal, and their son Emmet also became a governor of Alabama. They were reportedly the only father and son to both serve as governor of the state in the 1800s.

Alfred’s third wife, Mary Jane Watson, was a daughter of Matthew Watson.

Matthew had died by the time of Mary’s 1836 marriage to Dr. Moore. The marriage occurred in Richmond, Virginia, and it was officiated by Rev. Richard Channing Moore, according to newspaper notices of the day.

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