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Bob Jones students set to return to campus on Monday

By JOHN FEW john@themadisonrecord.com

Retiring Parker will miss her ‘seniors’ after retiring as Director of Madison Senior Center. Page 3A

River of Hope Grants awarded through MVP’s River of Hope project. Page 2A

EVENTS Madison City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols said when schools started he believed this would be a great school year - just different. It’s different all right. But no less fun or engaging. MCS teachers are going above and beyond to keep learning interesting for all students - both virtual and face-to-face learners. Dr. Nichols entered their world last week, dressing up for cowboy day at Mill Creek Elementary. First grade virtual teachers Hannah Lingerfelt, Rebecca Pride and Markeshia Carter used cowboy themes to teach phonics and promote reading. “Cowboy Ed� talked about the importance of learning at the ranch and urged the live virtual classrooms to read books.

Halloween is still on! ‘Insane DRIVE-THRU Nightmare on Skate Street’ to scare trick-or-treaters. Page 5A

Education MCS health gets $1.5m boost through DoDEA grant. Page 6A

Chess Students return to tables for school year’s first tourney, 2020 Summer Knights. Page 7A

SPORTS

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - James Clemens High School has a new assistant principal. Eric McCants replaces Dr. Kerry Donaldson, who recently accepted the position of administrator over The Academy of MCS. The Madison City Board of Education approved McCants’ hiring at its board meeting on Thursday.

McCants comes from Sparkman High School where he is a behavioral interventionist and coach. He worked in the Demopolis and Mobile County school systems accepting the job for the Madison County school system..

He holds a bachelors degree in education from the University of West Alabama and a masters’ in education lead-

Eric McCants with his wife Marcia, son Zack and daughter Zaiden. ership from the University of South Alabama.

James Clemens Principal Dr. Brian Clayton welcomed McCants as a very qualified

and personable fit for the job.

McCants was joined at the board meeting by his wife, Marcia; son Zack, 4; and daughter Zaiden, 9.

2020 Liz Hurley Ribbon Run has virtual start

The Senators shine over Bob Jones in Madison Stadium for a meeting of the White brothers. Page 1B

COVID-19 Randolph forfeits game with Madison Academy over COVID-19.

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By STAFF REPORTS HUNTSVILLE – North Alabama’s largest 5K race is going virtual for 2020. The annual Liz Hurley Ribbon Run 5K has boasted a sell-out crowd of 6,500 runners in recent years, and now anyone can safely participate from their neighborhood, favorite trail or a treadmill thanks to the new format.

Residents can join as an individual or form a team and fundraise via their own personal

fundraising page. Participants will choose a day between Sept. 28 and Oct. 15 to run their personal race. They can choose their own route, use a stopwatch or fitness tracker to time the run, and log final results t hrough the race site.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, top finishers will be announced live on Huntsville Hospital Foundation’s Facebook page.

For more information or to register, please visit lizhurleyribbonrun.org.

Madison Visionary Partners used the recent “River of Hope� project at Dublin Park (above) to raise funds for local non-profits and services providing COVID-19 relief. See page 2A for full story.

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MADISON - In the first month since elementary schools in Madison reopened for classes, the other schools have been gradually reopening. Going into the week-long Fall break last Friday, Bob Jones High School remained the only school campus not yet opened. Students will return to that campus on Oct. 12 after the break.

MCS superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols said Friday the school district has 202 staff or students in quarantine from being associated with positive or presumptive cases. There has been only 6 new cases over the past week, he added. “I want to thank all of our school district teachers, staff, and administrators for the hard work and dedication for this first nine weeks of school,’ Dr. Nichols said. “I can assure you next to the word hero in the dictionary you would find the names of the wonderful employees that we have in our school district.�

Here is the breakdown of cases within the Madison City School District for last week: Positive Cases: Madison Ele. - 1 student Liberty Middle - 3 student James Clemens High - 2 students Quarantined (Does not include the 6 new positive cases listed above): Columbia - 3 employees, 17 students Heritage - 21 students Horizon - 1 employee, 6 students Madison - 2 employees, 10 students Mill Creek - 4 employees, 6 students Rainbow - 5 employees, 11 students West Madison - 6 students Pre-K - 3 students Discovery - 29 students Liberty - 38 students Bob Jones - 16 employees, 6 students James Clemens - 2 employees, 13 students On Oct. 12, the students at Bob Jones High School will return for the first time this school year. The school’s reopening was postponed last month due to new COVID cases.

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October 7, 2020

Grants awarded through MVP’s River of Hope project

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - Madison City Schools is the recipient of two grants from the River of Hope project launched by Madison Visionary Partners.

The funds will go to the Bob Jones Band and also pay for hip packs for teachers that will make masks, sanitizers and other PPE easily accessible.

Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols and BJHS Assistant Band Director Kevin Smart accepted the checks on behalf of MCS in a ceremony at Dublin Park.

That is where the River of Hope is located, featuring rocks painted with inspiring messages. Funds came from pledges, donations and sponsorships of the rocks.

“This is about the community coming together in a time of crisis to help each other and meet needs on the ground,” said Liz Brinton, executive director of Madison Visionary Partners.

Other recipients of River of Hope grants include the AUM Foundation, American Legion, Madison Public Library, Madison CEO and Fantasy Playhouse.

The COVID packs were sorted and

stuffed by students at James Clemens High School. If not for COVID-19 restrictions, such skills could be learned in community based instruction at work sites.

Madison City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols speaking at the check presentation ceremony of the River of Hope project.

Some of the funds will go to pay for hip packs for teachers that will make masks, sanitizers and other PPE easily accessible.

Kevin Smart, assistant band director at Bob Jones High School, accepting a check donation for the band from the River of Hope project in Madison.

Madison Visionary Partners officers and representatives of several entities that received grant funds from the River of Hope project.

Have you voiced your opinion? Three Springs survey deadline is Oct. 19

By GREGG PARKER gregg.parker@ madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON – The City of Madison wants citizen input in a survey about conversion of the Three Springs property into a new community center.

“The City of Madison needs your help in developing a vision for a new community center and park to be created on the recently acquired Three Springs property. This site’s 30 acres of land and approximately 30,000 square feet of building space will be improved to accommodate a spectrum of programs, services and amenities of interest to Madison community members of all ages,” according to a press release.

In 2019, Madison City Council revoked Three Springs’ business license after public outcry about the facility. Many complaints concerned the 2017 escape of two runaways from Three Springs who killed a construction worker behind Publix supermarket on County Line Road.

The Three Springs’ address is 1329 Browns Ferry Road, just east of County Line Road.

Survey deadline is Oct. 19. Printed copies of the survey are available at Dublin Park, 8324 Old Madison Pike in Madison; return the completed survey to Dublin.

Individuals can access a digital copy of the survey at www.madisonal.gov; scroll down and click “Three Springs Community Survey.”

Taking the survey requires less than 10 minutes. All responses are confidential. On the survey, select the responses that apply to you as an individual and to other members of your household. For example, indicate the types of court and aquatic sports that interest you, along with any hobbies or table games, such as cards, Bunco, instrumental or vocal music and lectures.

You can state youth-oriented activities that the center should offer, such as classes for babysitting, martial arts and lifeguarding. Other options include movies, dance instruction, drama classes or

City officials hope that residents will complete a survey to gauge preferences for the proposed community center at Three Springs. outdoor adventures.

Adults can specify if they want computer and technological device classes, handcrafts like sewing, visual arts, pottery/ceramics, entrepreneur ventures, nutrition, foreign languages, genealogy, yoga, Zumba or gardening.

In addition, the survey asks for preferred recreation activities, like board

games, movies, live entertainment, banquets or sports. What drop-in options, like an art studio, lunch or coffee, or a business incubator, would be interesting? Would you use outdoor amenities, like a pool or flower gardens?

After the submission deadline, employees will compile the survey comments and post results at www.madisonal.gov.

Donate on Oct. 17 for blood drive at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

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By GREGG PARKER gregg.parker@madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON – An upcoming, local blood drive will help with the needed supplies to deal with the persistence of COV19’s infection rate and frequency of natural disasters in the United States.

The Knights of Columbus, Assembly 2420 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on Hughes Road in Madison is sponsoring its regular, bi-monthly blood drive for American Red Cross on Oct. 17.

The blood drive hours will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the American Red Cross Bloodmobile, which will be parked in the lower parking lot at St. John.

For an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org, and click “Make your appointment.” Type “35758” in the “ZIP or Sponsor Code” box. Select the St. John blood drive from the list of events, and select the time that you want.

“The need for blood in Alabama and the nation is constant, and especially so now with COVID-19 continuing to threaten us,” blood drive coordinator John Horch said. “With regard to the virus, we will be observing the national-, state- and Diocesan-suggested separa-

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The Knights of Columbus, Assembly 2420 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church will sponsor a blood drive, open to the public, on Oct. 17.

tion, disinfecting and cleanliness guidelines.”

“Your participation is greatly appreciated by the Red Cross and St. John’s Knights of Columbus, but most of all by those who need blood at this trying time in our nation,” Horch said. “Please take a few minutes out of your busy schedule and give the gift of life.”

Clergy at St. John includes Father Bryan Lowe, Pastor; Father Anil Thomas, Associate Pastor; and Father Phil O’Kennedy, Retired Priest in Residence.

St. John’s street address is 1057 Hughes Road in Madison. For more information, call the church office at St. John at 256-722-0130 or Horch at 256-7723280.

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Parker will miss her ‘seniors’ after retiring as Director of Madison Senior Center tending our center in recent years,” she said.

Many funny scenarios have played out during Parker’s time at the center, but one especially comical incident stands out. Joy Edwards, a former activities coordinator, scheduled a visit to the center for two poodles to perform tricks and visit with the seniors.

“Apparently, there was a bit of miscommunication, and to our surprise 20 to 25 furry friends of all sizes and breeds showed up to entertain us,” Parker said.

“We all had a good laugh from it and had a great time watching the ‘expanded’ show.”

Vickie and her husband Michael Parker have been married for 42 years. “I love to shop and to go on day trips in our area,” Vickie said.

During her retirement time, Vickie plans to enjoy having time to relax and spend time with Michael.

The public can wish bon voyage to Vickie at the “Drive Thru Good-Bye for Vickie” on Oct. 29 at 1:30 p.m. Motorists should drive under the front door’s awning at Madison Senior Center, 1282 Hughes Road.

By GREGG PARKER Gregg.Parker@madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON – When Vickie Parker retires as Director of Madison Senior Center on Oct. 30, she will miss her ‘seniors’ … their smiles, laughs and even a few tears.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at Madison Senior Center. It has been my honor to serve the senior citizens of the Madison community and hopefully make a difference in their lives,” she said.

“I am most grateful for my amazing staff. They always put the interests of the seniors first, and they’re dedicated to making certain that their needs are met on a daily basis,” Parker said.

Parker started working at Madison Senior Center in January 2000 as a parttime Activities Coordinator. She accepted the position of Director in 2013. As Director, Parker has been responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the center.

Over the years, Parker has seen many changes occurring in Madison and at the center. “Due to the rapid growth of our city, we have had many more seniors at-

Vickie Parker is retiring as Director of Madison Senior Center.

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October 7, 2020

Snapshot Schools in Madison are still celebrating the reopening on campuses across the city. Elementary schools have been posting photos of their students adapting to a new learning environment in the midst of COVID-19. Below are some of the photos from Madison City Schools shared last week.

From flashlight reading, to skits in blended learning, to fun letter building, there’s no shortage of creative teaching at West Madison Elementary School. These are just a few photos from Principal Savannah Demeester capturing the learning fun.

Discovery Middle School was presented the unofficial golden milkshake award at their rivalry game against Liberty Middle School last Tuesday. The award went to the school that bought the most milkshakes at Chick-Fil-A!. Discovery Middle prevailed with 149. In the end of the Golden Milkshake Battle, both teams won, as Chick-Fil-A Madison will be making a donation to each schools PTA. Madison City Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols is pictured above with the award. He is surrounded by Discovery PTA officers.

They may be virtual students but they could not get by with a virtual flu shot.

These Madison City students got their flu vaccination last week the traditional way at Madison City Stadium. The district’s nursing team staged a location there for virtual students in addition to the flu vaccine clinics in schools for schoolbased learners.

Health experts: Flu shot especially important during pandemic

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - Every year at this time health experts pitch the importance of getting a flu vaccine, but they are doing so with more urgency this year as flu season overlaps with a pandemic.

The CEO of Huntsville Hospital Health System, which includes Decatur Morgan and Athens-Limestone hospitals, said the similarity of flu and COVID-19 symptoms makes taking the flu vaccine especially important.

“Flu symptoms and COVID symptoms are very similar,” said David Spillers.

“We will have to treat people who come in with symptoms of the flu as if they’re (positive for) COVID until we can rule out COVID. ... The more people who get a flu shot and don’t show up with symptoms, the better off we’ll all be.”

Because of increasing evidence that people can be infected both with the flu and with the new coronavirus, he said, a positive flu test may not be enough to rule out the possibility that a patient also has COVID-19.

The Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabama Hospital Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama all issued statements last week stressing the importance of getting an influenza vaccination.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seasonal influenza is a year-round illness, but cases often increase in October and peak between December and February. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, staving off the flu becomes especially imperaSTATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (All Periodicals Except Requester Publications)

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“Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses, like the flu, this fall and winter is more important than ever,” said Koko Mackin of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. “Flu vaccines will not prevent COVID-19, but they will reduce the burden of flu illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths on the health care system and conserve limited medical resources for the care of COVID-19 patients.”

In a separate statement, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris also stressed the importance of Alabamians getting the vaccine.

“Yearly influenza vaccination of all persons 6 months of age and older is the best way to protect yourself and your family from potentially serious complications,” said Harris. “Sadly, last year only half of Americans got the vaccination, and more than 400,000 were hospitalized for the flu. Getting vaccinated is easy and can lower the risk of the flu, doctors’ visits, hospitalization and even death. The vaccine also reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke among highrisk groups.”

Joining Harris in a statement released last week was Medical Association of the State of Alabama President Dr. John Meigs, who also spelled out the troubles caused by the flu.

“One of the myths is that healthy people don’t need the flu vaccine,” Meigs said. “While the highest risk is for those with underlying conditions, we’ve lost thousands of healthy adults and children each year to flu, so that’s a myth we need to address right away.”

Beer & Wine Fest planned for Oct. 17

Horizon Elementary, Principal Rodney Richardson got on the floor with a pair of 5th graders in Ms. Lara Baswell’s class to learn strategies in a game of math bingo (below).

Rainbow Elementary 5th graders took part in a weight and mass activity with parachutes as part of a science lesson. The halls worked just fine to keep their social distancing (belkow).

By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - The newest Trash Pandas event on tap this fall will host various breweries and wineries for a full afternoon of tastings at the ballpark.

The Beer & Wine Fest takes place on Saturday, Oct 17, and will feature an unlimited sampling of 40 local and national selections. This event is for guests 21 and up ONLY – no children are allowed.

Standard admission is $35 per person and VIP tickets for one-hour early access are $45. VIP tastings begin at 1p.m., standard entry is set for 2p.m., and the festival runs until 5p.m.

In addition to tastings, guests will be able to vote on their favorite beverages, and the staff will present “Best Beer” and “Best Wine” awards at the end of the day. The Trash Pandas will announce attending breweries and wineries in the weeks leading up to the event.

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Madison City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols entered the virtual world last week, dressing up for cowboy day at Mill Creek Elementary. He is pictured with first grade virtual teachers Hannah Lingerfelt, Rebecca Pride and Markeshia Carter ( see page 1A).

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October 7, 2020

THE WEEKENDER

A look at some of the area events coming up this weekend

Madison City Farmers Market COMMUNITY DAY CAMP Recurring weekly From: 7:30 AM to 3:30 p.m.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center One Tranquility Base Admission charged www.rocketcenter.com This program offers a safe place for virtual learners and is designed to support local families with a solution for working parents in our community. In addition to study periods for work on school assignments, reading, puzzles, or other quiet work,

‘Insane DRIVE-THRU Nightmare on Skate Street’ to scare trick-or-treaters MADISON – For its fifth year, Madison’s “Insane Nightmare on Skate Street” will take a different approach to comply with social distancing and safety from COVID-19.

On Halloween, Oct. 31, Insanity Complex at 100 Skate Park Drive will host a drive-through version of the trick-or-treating

fun from 5 to 8 p.m. in the parking lot. ‘Nightmare’ is a family-friendly event that the public can attend free.

“Think of it as a trunkor-treat event, except you don’t even have to leave your car if you don’t want to,” an Insanity Complex spokesperson said. “Drive thru if you dare!”

Insanity Complex’s ghoulish employees encourage all guests to dress up in their best Halloween

costumes and decorate their cars in the Halloween spirit, maybe using a special theme or a tribute to a favorite movie or cartoon character. Individuals can enter their car in the “Best Car Costume Contest” for a chance to win a prize.

Sponsors for the event are Insanity Complex, Regions Bank and WZYP 104.3.

Anyone interested in attending as a vendor or

helping as a sponsor can email Shelby Arias at shelby@insanitycomplex.com.

For more information, call 256-319-0000 or visit insanitycomplex.com.

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By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - A host of Halloween activities will take place at the ballpark on Friday, October 30th.

Movie Night will feature the 1993 fall film “Hocus Pocus” starring Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children 12 & under.

In addition, the local Rocket City Wranglers organization will be safely putting on trunk-or-treat – Jeeps will be parked throughout Toyota Field for kids in attendance to receive candy.

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Pepsi Gates will open at 5:30 PM for trunk-or-treating, and showtime of “Hocus Pocus” is set for 7. Parking is free.

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By STAFF REPORTS MADISON - Health science and biomedical programs in Madison City Schools just got a major shot in the arm with the awarding of a $1.5 million DoDEA grant.

The money will pay for new health teaching equipment, new health science intro courses in the middle schools, and new industry credentials such as EKG technician in the high schools.

Approval of the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) grant was announced today. Programs at Bob Jones and James Clemens high schools will benefit with the acquisition of several full body, “high fidelity” patient simulators (manikins) used in the training of clinical skills.

Each school will receive an infant, child and two adult manikin patients that can be programmed to emit real-life medical conditions. The money will also be used for technology and other health training equipment for classrooms.

DoDEA leaders say its Committee on STEM and the National Science and Technology Council find it is “critical to our national security that our students spark interest” in crucial and fast growing careers in STEM and that the nation’s PreK education system is “poised to increase and sustain student engagement in STEM” learning and careers.

“This grant will provide Madison City Schools with the college and career ready resources necessary to successfully build and/or expand the district’s

STEM programming,” DoDEA said.

The new patient simulators and medical equipment will modernize an already robust health science and biomedical curriculum in Madison City Schools. Another key component of the grant will be to add classes at the high school that will help students in acquiring industry credentials in EKG and CCMA (Certified Clinical Medical Equipment).

Middle schools will have a three course sequence for students interested in studying the health science or biomedical track because this DODEA grant will allow MCS to add two health science courses to the existing PLTW Medical Detectives course.

“We are excited to have secured this funding and what it will mean for students on a health/biomedical sciences pathway” said Dr. Heather Donaldson, Chief Academic Officer for Madison City Schools.

“This grant will help us provide new, excitDr. Donaldson ing opportunities for students as they will be able to start studying health/biomedical sciences at an earlier age, utilize state of the art equipment for hands-on simulations, and achieve industry recognized credentials like EKG and CCMA. All of these pieces combined will better prepare our students for their future endeavors whether that be going straight into the workforce or to a two-or fouryear institution of higher learning.”

Health sciences teachers Melinda Lawson, Jennifer Dennis, Kara Koler, Kathryn Teare of Bob Jones HS.

Health sciences teachers Ashley Steinert, Patricia Collins at James Clemens HS.

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MADISON – Neil Chaudhary of Madison has been named the 2020-21 Trustees Scholar by the University of South Alabama Board of Trustees.

This scholarship is one of the most prestigious at South Alabama. To create the program, in 2014 trustees gave the university more than $125,000, which was matched by the Mitchell-Moulton Scholarship Initiative.

“It was kind of unexpected, because the semester had already started. I wasn’t anticipating extra financial aid or anything, but I was definitely very happy and grateful,” Chaudhary said.

Chaudhary is the second Madison student to earn the title of Trustees Scholar.

After the program started in 2015, Ada Chaeli van der Zijp-Tan was selected as Trustees Scholar in 2017.

At James Clemens High School, Chaudhary achieved a weighted GPA of 5.2 and reached 35 for ACT composite score. Chaudhary served as president of Red Cross Club and belonged to several service groups and national honor societies. He volunteered at a local hospital and worked as a math tutor.

Chaudhary, 18, is majoring in biomedical sciences and plans to pursue a career in medicine. His grandmother influenced his career choice as she struggled to walk or get around in a wheelchair.

“As a kid, I always wondered how much better her experience would be if she didn’t have to go through that,” he said.

“That was one of the early sparks that

led me into medicine.”

Chaudhary’s parents are from India.

His mother is a chemist, and his father is a software engineer. Neil was born in California but moved to Alabama when he was seven years old.

Chaudhary, who already had received a Whiddon Honors Scholarship, chose South Alabama for its Honors College and early-acceptance medical program.

“You can’t put yourself through a schedule where you work all the time and never give yourself a break for interests or hobbies,” he said. “That just makes you a boring person, who’s serious all the time and never has fun. With me, I can sit down and study for a long period of time, but then I’ll see if my friends want to go out for a bite to eat … something like that.”

At South Alabama, Chaudhary is interested in the Student Government Association and the First Year Council. He wants to pursue undergraduate research and make the most of his time at ‘South.’

The coronavirus pandemic has limited some campus social events, but Chaudhary is anticipating his first Jaguar football game and already has traveled across Mobile Bay to Fairhope.

A few years ago, he first visited the University of South Alabama while on a family trip to Dauphin Island. He now is adjusting to late-summer humidity on the Alabama Gulf Coast. “I can deal with the heat,” Chaudhary said, “if I can be on a campus like this.”

Next summer, Chaudhary hopes to join an Honors College program in London.

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Students return to tables for school year’s first tourney, 2020 Summer Knights MADISON –Madison City Chess League was thrilled to register more than 100 students in both Rated and Non-Rated sections of the 2020 Online Summer Knights Tournament.

“It’s always exciting to see kids play in their first tournament of the school year. And it’s great seeing our returning players dust off those cobwebs and get back into tournament play,” MCCL Executive Director Ranae Bartlett said.

Summer Knights offers the youth a low-pressure way of playing competitive chess, without filing of a ratings report. “We would like to thank our sponsor, CB&S Bank, for continuing to support the first tournament of the school year, which usually is held over-the-board at the end of August,” Bartlett said.

In Non-Rated Sections, these students earned top spots: * Grades K-2 – First-place winner Esteban Jerez is a new member of chess team and a second-grader at

Horizon Elementary School. Dennis Lenski, second; Avery Lewis, third; Raga Gowda, top female who otherwise did not place. * Grades 3-5 – Sophia Jerez in first place is a Horizon fourth-grader and new recruit to chess team. Margaret Lin and James Hoogstra, second-place tie. Seamus Bonebright and Victor Stephenson, third-place tie. * Grades 6-12 – First-place winner Sam Pratt, a senior at James Clemens High School, recently joined chess team. Aneesh Maruvada, Joshua Holt and Zachary Holt, second-place tie; Anjali Gottumukkala, top female.

This year, MCCL divided the Under 500 Section into two groups, K-5 and K-12: * K-12 Under 500 -- Esteban Jerez in first place “decided to ‘play up’ and challenge himself by competing in this section,” Bartlett said.

Sai Mudium, second; Lachie Jones, third; Anaya Naphade, fourth; Conrado Jocson, fifth; and Sean Rowe, sixth. * K-5 Under 500 – Horizon

fourth-grader Sophia Jerez and Prahaas Avula, a fourth-grader at Mill Creek Elementary School, tied for first place. Nathan Dong and Alice Zou, third-place tie; Neel Gowda, fourth; Andrew Tkach, fifth; Daniel Tkach, Esinam Tettey and Shrabin Bista, sixth-place tie; and Cora Newberry, top female. * K-12 Under 1000 – This section had the most participants with 29 students. Multiple ties resulted, even with tie breaks. Award winners are Holland Lang, first; Justin Yoon, second; Caroline Wang, third; Praneel Avula and Cooper Martin, fourth-place tie; Pranaav Satheesh and Sahithi Mynampally, sixthplace tie; and Christina Yang, Top Female. * K-12 Open -- The Open section had the highest rated players.

Award winners are Victor Lundy, first; Nirvana Rajbhandari and Steven Pan, second-place tie; Shreya Sunil, third; Madhu Balaji, fourth; Josh Lin, fifth; sixth-place tie with Rachael Ehrman, Aadi Saxena, Sherwood Dong and Pranav Somu; and Constance Wang, Top Female.

First-place winner Sam Pratt, a senior at James Clemens High School, recently joined chess team.

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MCS students benefits from partnership with Toyota USA MADISON - Madison City Schools has enjoyed a long partnership with Toyota Motor Manufacturing in north Huntsville and now the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant being built in west Huntsville.

Students have benefited from plant visits to learn about robotics and other STEM skills. Toyota parents have helped in schools, and there have been other ways Madison City Schools has benefited from Toyota’s support for education.

The Toyota USA Foundation strengthened that

partnership recently with a $200,000 gift to help pay for internet access and devices for students in MCS, Huntsville and Madison County schools.

“All students deserve equal access to education,” Toyota Alabama general manager April Mason said in a release. “The foundation typically supports STEM, but the pandemic has exposed deeper issues that are a barrier to good education.”

The funding is part of a national effort to help more than 350,000 students gain access to virtual learning in 13 states where Toyota has operations.

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Kids A to Z Page Page 5B MADISON - Sparkman head coach Laron White achieved a little bit of family revenge Thursday night at the City of Madison Stadium as his Senators derailed the host Bob Jones Patriots 31-nothing and their head coach Kelvis White, who just happens to be Larons’ younger brother of four years, in the annual battle between Coach Kelvis White the two heated rival schools.

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MADISON – Randolph school officials made the decision to cancel Thursday night’s game against Madison Academy after several students tested positive for COVID-19.

School officials said they were informed late in the afternoon that students tested positive. Officials said they canceled the game out of an abundance of caution.

The Randolph Raiders had already traveled to Madison Academy when the decision was made.

A statement from Randolph on the cancellation of tonight’s game against Madison Academy said the school was informed late that afternoon that two students tested positive for COVID-19.

The Raiders had actually gotten off the bus for the game before having to pack up and go home.

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“Thank you to our service men and women for your dedication to our country and thank you to our wonderful volunteers for your service to our students,” the band said.

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nior running back Chance McClendon. In the second half, the third quarter was scoreless until Andrew Thrasher drilled a 39-yard field goal and, three minutes later, senior quarterback Nick Sawyer hit fellow senior Mekhi Wall on an eight yard pass to put Sparkman ahead 17-0.

Sawyer, a West Point commit, found Cameron Foley, a senior, on a 42yard scoring strike to put the visiting Senators on top 24-0 and 195-pound senior running back Clifton Shaw capped the evening’s scoring with a 12-yard touchdown with less than

two minutes to go in the game.

Sawyer was easily the individual star of the game with over 200 yards total offense including two touchdowns. Bob Jones quarterback Slate Alford was limited to just 45 yards on 10 completions, but sophomore Rowan Jones (5-9, 185) did rush for over 100 yards against a tough, stingy and swarming Sparkman defense.

“Our defense played extremely well as our plan was to stop their run game and force their quarterback to make plays,” added Laron. “We gave them a good look underneath, but took away any deep passes. Our entire box on defense played well as Bob Jones up front was bigger than we thought.”

“The difference in the game was their quarterback,” added Kelvis. “He made the plays as he took control of the game. Their defense played well as we stalled a few times on offense. We played well in several areas, but just seem to run out of gas.

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Sparkman brother, but I’ve said many times I don’t like playing against him as he’s my baby brother,” said Laron.

“As for the rivalry with our schools, it was special for our team to beat Bob Jones for the second year in a row after 12 years of being on the losing side of the game. Our seniors played well and took it upon themselves to make this game a priority.”

Kelvis, in his first season as head coach of Bob Jones, said, “The game was not about us, it was about the kids, but we’ll have many more times to play against one another.

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The first half between the two rivals was basically close. With five minutes remaining in the second quarter, Bob Jones recovered a Sparkman fumble at the Senators 10-yard line, but the Pats were unable to score as the Sparkman defense played tough and stuffed any movement by the Patriots.

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Conner Cantrell pulls double duty at James Clemens

By BOB LABBE bob0873@yahoo.com MADISON - To have the distinction of starring in two sports programs in high school carries a lot of weight among the school and amid college recruiters who look for all-round athletic talent.

Connor Cantrell is a prime example of possessing double duty as an outstanding quarterback on the James Clemens football team and as a two-position player and three-year starter on the Jets Class 7-A baseball squad.

“Each sport builds different characteristics and makes me a more complete athlete,” said Cantrell. “Mentally, having to handle two sports each school year makes you grow up a lot and really fast.”

The 6-foot, 195-pound senior is currently leading the 12th ranked Jets in the somewhat moderated football season due to the worldwide pandemic. His junior season of baseball earlier this year was halted after only 20 games. He led the team in both homers and RBIs, batted .280 and exhibited some speed by swiping nine out of 10 stolen base attempts.

His main position is infielder, but he’s also a relief pitcher and carved out three saves in the 2020 season.

In football, Cantrell was thrust into the high level of varsity play as a freshman after starting quarterback Jamil

Muhammad was hit with a season ending injury. Cantrell was then regulated to a backup position as a sophomore before taking over as the starter during his junior season after the graduation of Muhammad.

He’s a leader on the field and considers his competitive spirit a great attribute to his success.

“I’m smart as I can be on the football field as I’m a student of the game watching a lot of film of our opponents and our play,” Cantrell. “I also watch college and pro games on TV to learn.”

Born here locally to Keith and Sandi Cantrell, the 18-year old Cantrell has a 4.0 grade point average and wants to attend college where he wants to study bio-medical sciences and attend medical school. He was drawn to that possible career having suffered from double vision since the summer prior to his eighth grade year.

“I was on the Tennessee River riding an inner tube with a couple of my friends, we took a spill and I took a knee to the head,” said Cantrell. “I suffered some double vision and just played through it.

I went through a battery of tests through the years and it was determined I suffered Fourth Nerve Palsy.”

His condition worsened to where he wasn’t seeing the baseball clear enough while at the plate to hit properly. He

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His talents to tuck and run the ball have improved and in many ways compliments his strong arm strength, which allows him to throw the deep passes when needed. He’s selfless and believes in the team aspect of the sport.

To show he has tremendous eye-hand coordination he plays ping pong on the sport table, which is setup at his home.

He and his best friends have played a many competitive games in the quick sport and it helps build competitive spirit, which will carry over to his adult life where his life will be filled with double duty experiences…all with a single vision of success.

struggled as his eyesight got tremendously worse. In June, he missed two weeks of summer baseball as he underwent eye surgery to correct his condition.

If he has a chance to play athletics in college he would choose baseball. So far, no offers have pipelined his way, but he’s more interested in furthering his education.

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By GREGG PARKER Gregg.Parker@madisoncountyrecord.com MADISON – Brian Dinnell entered military service in October 2011 and served in the U.S. Army. He reached the rank of Corporal during his time of duty.

Dinnell completed Basic Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and then pursued Advanced Individual Training or AIT for Automated Logistics at Fort Lee, Va. Then at Fort Benning, Ga., he completed Airborne School, Ranger Assessment and Selection and then finished training for Ranger School. He also completed the Unit Armorer Course at Fort Benning.

Dinnell’s Permanent Duty Station was with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He served two tours in Afghanistan.

His extensive array of awards includes Combat Action Badge, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, Army Commendation Medals (two), Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Con-

duct medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal, Parachutists Badge and Ranger Tab. Dinnell was born at Fort Hood, Texas and moved to Madison in 2000. A 2011 graduate of Bob Jones High School, he currently is a senior at the University of Mississippi or ‘Ole Miss’ with a major in geology.

His parents are Jeff and Jean Downs of Madison. Brian has five siblings.

Brian is an active member of Madison American Legion, Post 229. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, working out and outdoor activities. Brian likes the companionship with Thad, his dog that he adopted from a rescue shelter when Brian returned from Afghanistan.

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By ERICA DeSPAIN www.allthings madison.com MADISON - When Madison’s only Chickfil-A location announced mid-August that they’ll be moving to a brand new location in 2021, the community was abuzz. After nearly 22 years at its current location on HWY 72 across from Lowe’s, Chickfil-A will reopen just one mile west in its new building in the Clift Farm development.

The new building will sit on an angle on the edge of the property in front of Publix. When one pulls into the main Clift Farm entrance in front of Publix, Chick-fil-A will be on the immediate right.

Restaurant Operator Norman Dull shared that construction on the new building is slated to begin ahead of schedule in January and that customers can expect to be enjoying the new facility by early June.

What Improvements Will Be Made When asked what similarities and differences the current and new buildings will have, Dull smirked and said that “besides decor, there will be very few similarities.”

For starters, the new building will be larger and much easier to navigate from the inside out. The new building will be 5,200 square feet, up nearly 50% from the current building’s 3,000 square feet. The new parking lot will comfortably fit 68 vehicles, while the current lot only fits 42.

Finally, the double drive-thru lanes will accommodate up to 42 vehicles, more than twice as much as their current drive-thru lane capacity.

Not only will the new building allow for a safer, more pleasant experience for guests (both in parking, their abilities to find a table, etc.), but more space will also mean a better work environment for Dull’s team of employees.

“Our current kitchen is way too small,” remarked Dull. He continued to say that the kitchen is putting out nearly 8x the amount of product that was sold during their first year in 1999.

During our time together chatting about the new Chick-fil-A location, it was evident that Dull cares tremendously about his team and very much looks forward to a more comfortable environment for them to work in.

Dull understands how frustrating the traffic situation at their current location tends to be but says that guests can look forward to a traffic-flow system that will be much safer and easier to navigate at the new location.

One of the best design aspects of the new location is that guests who choose to dine-in will have a straight shot to walk into the building instead of having to walk through the cars in the drive-thru

lanes.

The new location will feature a double drive-thru lane that guests will enter from a road inside of Clift Farm. Dull doesn’t anticipate much overflow out of the parking lot thanks to the size of their property, but if they do have an overflow, it will not affect heavy traffic anywhere near HWY 72.

Drive-thru guests will enter near the upper right-hand corner of the map and follow the arrow left. They will then circle down and around and exit out the same area that they entered.

Portions of the drive-thru lanes will feature covered canopies in the ordering area, much better lighting, gas heaters, and fans that will offer a great work experience for his team and ordering experience for guests.

The food pick-up area in the drive-thru will feature a set of double doors that will allow team members to walk right out and hand guests their food.

“To be able to do better in our new facility means that we can do more fun things, we can hire more people, and we can serve our great community better.”

Dull shared that despite six months of a closed dining room, business has remained strong.

He isn’t sure how long the dining room will remain closed, but for now, he encourages guests to continue making use of their 12 mobile order parking spots near the pickup side of the drive-thru.

“Most of the business that we used to have in our dining room has now converted into mobile orders.

Our third-party delivery services have exploded as well.”

Norman Dull has been the store operator since the restaurant opened in November 1999.

“The store is doing twice as much business as it was ever designed to do, so yeah, I’d say we’ve grown!”

While Dull looked into expanding the building in their current location, it never quite worked out.

He says that his team has endured a lot of “craziness” over the years

and that they do a lot and do it well.

He shared that he’s had thousands of team members come and go over the years. His leadership team still features some of the team members that he hired 18 years ago, which he is grateful for.

What About Madison Taxes?

While Clift Farm has a Madison address, the development is not inside the city limits.

The new building will sit on an angle on the edge of the property in front of Publix. When one pulls into the main Clift Farm entrance in front of Publix, Chick-fil-A will be on the immediate right.

I asked Dull about his reaction to the criticism of the new location regarding the loss of tax revenue for Madison.

“There is a chance we will be annexed into Madison in the future,” he says. “But even if it isn’t, we are still going to contribute to our community by serving them.”

Dull says that regardless of where the restaurant sits, his restaurant will still continue to do “a ton of different things with Madison schools, charities, the Chamber of Commerce” and more.

With a smile, Dull says that he “is so grateful for how our community has continued to support us, and I will always support them.”

Will there ever be an additional Chick-fil-A in Madison?

The age-old question that everybody wants to know: Will we ever see another Chick-fil-A location?

The answer: more than likely, and maybe even two more!

“Chick-fil-A corporate has the final say about where additional locations go, but yes, there have been ongoing conversations for a while about new locations in Madison.”

Though new locations could be years down the road, Dull shared that a location within Town Madison is one possibility with County Line Road being another.

Of course, there are no plans for either of these potential future locations, but corporate is aware that our community is highly interested in additional locations.

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I can’t tell you how many years I prayed for a daughter. And, oh my little sunshine girl! She was born with twinkles in her eyes and a face of peace and joy. She was the best baby, spending most of her time smiling and just wanting to be held. We happily obliged, babies are for holding after all!

I want to digress and tell you a little story from one of our friends who had a new baby girl about a year ago.

They had hoped for a home birth but ended up having to go to our massive hospital. After their daughter was born every time this one nurse came in someone was holding that sweet baby and the nurse eventually remarked “If you keep holding her you’ll be holding her for the rest of her life!”

Without missing a beat the daddy looked down into his newborn daughters face, smiled, and said “That’s the plan!”

We were those parents, too :). It was especially enjoyable for us because Brady had been my colicky baby and having been a first time parent then, but with a few years experience under my belt now, this just felt like a breeze.

But there was one thing about my girl that served as a lesson to me early on, sort of God’s way of saying “She is your daughter but she is going to be her own person”, and that is what I am going to talk about today.

You know that saying “A sweater is what child wears when its mother feels cold?” well that is certainly the case in our house. I am one of those people who could happily sleep be-

neath fifty quilts at night, while my husband is more of a single sheet or very lightweight blanket type guy. I thought THAT drove me crazy, until I discovered that Katy is more of a no-blanket-at-all type person!

As soon as she was too old to swaddle, I’d put her in her crib, cover her up, and even in her sleep those legs would immediately shoot straight up into the air until they were free of the blanket, and then fall back down on top of it.

No matter how many times I repeated the process of covering her up, the same thing would happen.

I can’t tell you how many times I have covered that child up over the last ten (almost eleven) years but I can tell you that each time was fruitless. I’d lay in my bed at night, fretting over it, wondering if her feet were cold and convinced they were, only to get up and slip into her room, covering her up as gently as I could.

Without fail, every single time, she’d be uncovered by the time I got to the door.

This has been our dance for over a decade now.

So last night, I went into her room and looked down on that happy little face, full of joy and peace even in her sleep, and smiled at seeing one of her legs still covered up. Almost as if on queue she flicked that leg out and pushed the covers off.

And I was reminded that her life is not mine to live but just to be a part of.

And I smiled at her stubbornness and how true she is to herself. Even in her sleep.

So I kissed her forehead. Thanked God for my daughter, and pulled the covers up for the zillionth the time Today’s recipe is quick to put together and a one dish meal with the flavors of our favorite stew.

To make this recipe, you’ll need: Frozen baby limas (unless you just hate limas, then use some other veg-

etable that you have a better relationship with), frozen gumbo vegetable mix (unless you just hate gumbo vegetable mix, then use some other vegetable mix that you have a better relationship with), frozen southern style hash browns (the cubed ones. If you hate hash browns, its time to start examining your issues with veggies at this point), diced tomatoes, Italian dressing mix, BBQ sauce, and some chicken.

Take all of your ingredients and stir them together in a large bowl until well mixed.

Now whenever I use frozen limas people are always surprised they don’t have to cook a lot longer but usually folks are thinking about dried beans and these are dried, they’re frozen, So think of them like you would other frozen veggies.

Pour this into a 3 quart baking dish or 9×13 pan. Cover with foil.

Bake at 350 for 45 – 60 minutes, or until chicken is done and vegetables are tender. Before serving, stir this again really well to evenly distribute the sauce.

Ingredients • 3 cups frozen cubed hash brown potatoes • 2 cups frozen baby lima beans • 12 ounce bag vegetable gumbo mix or mixed veggies of your choice • 14 ounce can diced tomatoes • 1/2 - 1 cup BBQ sauce depending on how much flavor you want to add • One pouch Italian dressing mix 0.7 ounces • 1-2 pounds raw chicken cut into bite sized pieces Instructions Place all ingredients in a large bowl and stir until very well mixed.

Pour into a greased 3 quart casserole or 9x13 pan and cover with foil.

Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes or until veggies are tender and chicken is cooked through. Stir well before serving.

Vanilla Wafer Cake Recipe from Mama Reed Today y’all I’m adding Mama Reed’s Vanilla Wafer Cake to the list of recipes I worry what your life will be without!

This cake is the kissing cousin of my Apple Dapple Cake. They come from a different branch of the family but chances are if you have the good sense to like one of them, you’ll like the other as well.

My mother got this vanilla wafer cake recipe from her grandmother, Mama Reed. Mama Reed had an expansive array of recipes but this cake was my mother’s favorite by far.

When she married my father, this was the first recipe she asked for to use in her own kitchen.

You’ll need: eggs, coconut, milk, vanilla wafers, sugar, nuts (we use pecans -pronounced puh-kahns) Place vanilla wafers in a large sealable bag and crush them with the rolling pin or any other stress relieving device.

Beat up your eggs well and coarsely chop your pecans. Then toss all in-

gredients into a mixing bowl and mix until well blended, about two minutes should be more than enough. Until it looks like this. You can do this with an electric mixer or a spoon.

Now if y’all don’t dip a spoon in that and take a bite then something is wrong with you!

Pour into a greased and floured tube/bundt pan (I just dip a paper towel into some shortening and smear it all over the insides of my pan, then put a few tablespoons of flour in and turn my pan while patting it a bit until the flour has coated the inside. Then I hold it over the trash can upside down and pat it until the excess falls out). Bake at 350 for one hour.

Oh my goodness gracious, don’t we all just love Mama Reed now? Serve to Vanilla Wafer Cake to happy people! (If they weren’t happy before, they will be now!)

Ingredients • 6 whole eggs • 3.5 oz can of coconut if you use

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bagged sweetened flaked coconut, just use 1 cup - don’t use frozen • 1/2 cup milk • 12 ounce box vanilla wafers Mama says don’t use generic ~eyeroll~ I’ll do a “no comment” on that one coz y’all know what I do...

• 2 cups sugar • 1 cup chopped nuts we use pecans Instructions Beat eggs well. Crush vanilla wafers. Mix wafers and all other ingredients into eggs. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 350 for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Christy Jordan is a food blogger, bestselling cookbook author, tv personality, former editor at large for Southern Living Magazine, former contributing editor to Taste of the South magazine, and someone who loves to feed people. She holds a B.S. in Home Economics with a concentration in Foods and Nutrition. A ninth generation Alabamian, Christy lives just minutes from where she was born with her husband of 20 years, their two children, various cats, dogs, and a small flock of chickens. Her website, SouthernPlate, has been twice named one of the top 25 food websites in the country, and draws millions of visitors each month.

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Holding Katy when she was a baby girl.

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The mind is a tricky thing and if not occupied by good things can soon take a nose dive into all sorts of garbage that can get you messed up saying and doing stupid things.

Mind control is not meaning hypnotism or something far off like that but is simply getting your mind focused intentionally on the right thing. If you are obsessing over something it will continue unless you reset your mind to think another way and get busy and move forward out of the OCD ditch.

Take a walk, call a friend, write a letter, start a hobby, clean your house, organize, volunteer, if not working get a job. Find a way to make someone else’s life better. But before all this open your Bible and read some Psalms and clear your mind of worldly distracting thoughts.

PRAYER: At times it is easy to be in self pity and when I am that is wrong because I am concerned only about me, myself, and I. I choose to get up, get going, and live a life pleasing to you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

God’s Lemonade Stand is written by former Madison resident Becky Miller. Her daily devotions appear on a Facebook page entitled God’s Lemonade Stand or at www.godslemonadestand.blogspot.com. She can be contacted at writemiller2002@yahoo.com.

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To make this recipe, you’ll need: frozen baby limas or another vegetable, frozen gumbo vegetable mix, frozen southern style hash browns, diced tomatoes, Italian dressing mix, BBQ sauce, and some chicken.

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The history of 205 Church Street: The Sturdivant - Broyles House

By JOHN P. RANKIN Madison Historian From 1996 Charles and Kim Sturdivant owned the property at 205 Church Street. The lot size is listed as 203.9 ft. X 52 ft., with the 2121 sq. ft. house shown as having been built in 1930, but that is debatable. Since 2014 Charles has been married to Amy Catherine Bell, and they still reside in the house at 205 Church Street. Charles is a grandson of Alda Florence (“Tiny”) Gormley and Claude Lester Sturdivant, whose home was 308 Church Street. Tiny sold the 205 property to Charles in 1996 for $10.

Tiny’s husband Claude, a son of Madison Mayor Robert L. Sturdivant, had died in 1964, but he and Tiny had two sons, Claude L. Jr. and James (“Jim”) G. Studivant.

Madison resident Jim Sturdivant, father of Jimmy Jr. and Charles, is a former Madison city councilman (19912) and Madison school board member. Jimmy Jr. likewise became the owner of 308 Church Street in 2014, as Tiny provided for her family in her later years.

Tiny Sturdivant lived the last days of her life in Madison Manor Nursing Home. Tiny’s father was James C. Gormley, a city clerk and railroad depot agent who built the “ice house” -- a concrete structure beside the Roundhouse on Front Street.

Actually, he had built the structure to store vegetables to sell to train passengers, but it soon was used to store ice brought to town by the railroad to sell to Madison residents in the summer.

In winter the “ice house” was used to store coal delivered by the railroad for sale to area residents.

Tiny sold tickets for train travel at the depot when her father was depot agent.

Tiny’s grandmother Mary Sullivan was the wife of William Moody Gormley

and a sister of Dr. George Richard Sullivan, an early physician of Madison and namesake of Sullivan Street. Her grandfather William Gormley owned the property of 205 Church Street for a time and sold it in 1874 to Elizabeth P. Douglass for $150.

Much of this information was obtained from Tiny herself. In 2006 Tiny’s life memories were digitally recorded for the Madison Station Historical Preservation Society, along with copies made of some of her family photos and old Madison scenes.

More about the Sturdivant family history will be covered when the history of 308 Church Street is published.

The history of the lot at 205 Church Street goes back to the time of the purchase of 41 acres plus Lot 6

by Dr. Isaac F. Deloney at the James Clemens estate auction on October 5, 1868.

The 41-acre parcel consisted of all of the west half of the northwest quarter of S16-T4-R2W that lay immediately north of town lots 34 - 40 as platted by Clemens and surveyed by Thomas J. Taylor.

After 1869, when the official deed to the property was issued, this area was also surveyed, subdivided into lots or parcels, and subsequently called the Deloney Survey.

That subdivision of Deloney’s 41-acre purchase may have been what has led to so much confusion about lot numbers. For example, there is difficulty comprehending why Clemens’ Lot 33 was apparently sold so many times after the 1873 purchase of the one defined by Taylor’s survey where the Methodist Church was put in 1873, There must have been a Lot 33 in Deloney’s survey, because even though that plat has not yet been found, it is known that the lot numbers there ran over 108 as found in some other land deeds referencing the Deloney Survey.

The 205 Church Street lot history extends back through ownership by Tiny Gormley Sturdivant’s paternal grandfather William M. Gormley in 1874. It passed through at least 14 more changes of ownership to get back into “the Gormley family” by Tiny Sturdivant. These changes of ownership included the December 4, 1916, acquisition by Douglas Broyles from William S. Russell (son of Madison Constable William A. Russell, murdered in 1903).

Broyles held the property until January 4, 1919, when he sold it to Madison banker Lee Samuel Hager, who sold it on April 21, 1920, to Louie G. Collier before it eventually passed to the Sturdivant family, probably after passing through ownership by Pride and Fletcher families.

While the house has been called the Broyles-Sturdivant home lately, Broyles’ ownership was short, just barely over two years, from late 1916 to early 1919.

Douglas Cyrus Broyles (1884 - 1949) was a salaried salesman / merchant in Madison. In the 1900 census he was shown as a farm laborer in the home of his farmer father John Cyrus Broyles (1839-1932) in Maysville. Their lineage has been traced back to Georg Breuel, born in 1495.

In the 1910 census of Madison County the family was found in Madison, with Douglas still in his father’s house and still a single farmer.

Douglas was the only farmer in the household with two sisters and his parents.

John was listed as age 69 with no occupation, while Douglas’ mother Nancy Evelyn Duncan Broyles (1851-1926) was also listed without occupation. The family was enumerated as living beside William B. Humphrey at that time.

The 1920 census shows Douglas in Madison as a salaried salesman in

a mercantile store. The household headed by Douglas included wife Beulah Ora Balch (married in 1911) and children Mary L. (b. 1913), Vivian Lucille (b. 1915), and Douglas Cyrus Jr. (b. 1918).

Their household was enumerated between the families of Gates and Fletcher on one side and Thomas G. and Harry C. Riddle on the other side in 1920, indicating that they should still be on Church Street, even though 205 Church Street had been deeded to Lee Samuel Hager in 1919 per Deed Book 122, page 31.

The 1930 census shows that Madison merchant Douglas Broyles owned a store. His residence (#67) was shown between those of Thomas W. Carter (#66) and James H. Cain (#68) on Deloney Street. The house of John S. Cain on Deloney Street was house #69 on the census record page, while nearby on Church Street were the neighboring houses of James C. Gormley (with Alda F. at age 14 in house #62), George W. (“Doc”) Hughes (#63), Ellie Hafley (#64), and Fred J. Wann (#65).

While it is not known now as to which of Madison’s stores employed Douglas Broyles as a salaried salesman in 1920, it very well could have been the store of James Edward Williams at the corner of Wise Street with Main Street, now an unpaved parking lot across from the Main Street Cafe. By the time of the 1942 fire that burned that store, it is known that Broyles owned and operated a store of his own in that building from the time that Jim Williams retired from his occupation but retained the structure to house several businesses.

While the ownership of 205 Church Street has been traced from Broyles forward in time to Louie G. Collier, the ownership exchanges from Collier to Claude and Alda (“Tiny”)

Imagine your home, totally organized!

Claude Lester and Ada Florence (“Tiny”) Gormely Sturdivant family, 1957 photo posted to Family Search by Traci Gormley, May, 2020.

Sturdivant have not been yet found in the public records of more recent times. However, the chain of ownership back in time from Broyles is known to at least Tiny’s grandfather William Moody Gormley.

The list is a “Who Was Who” of Madison. As stated before, Broyles got the property from William S. Russell in 1916. Also, it was in an earlier day of 1916 when Russell got it from A. L. & Cora Smith.

They had acquired it from T. G. & Emma Riddle in 1913 for $1500. The Riddles bought it in 1911 from J. D. & Hattie A. Tate for $1400.

The Tates purchased the property in October of 1903 for $1050 from C. W. & L. E. Darby, after they had kept it for only a few months.

Dr. Julius T. Haney sold it to the Darby family for $1150 in July of 1903 after he had purchased it in 1900 from the partnership of Thomas B. Hopkins (a grandson of Alabama’s 2nd governor) & William T. Garner for $100. William H. Douglass had sold it to that partnership in

August of 1892 for only $100 after purchasing it in March of that same year for $740 from the estate of Elizabeth P. Douglass as adminstered by William T. Garner as commissioner.

Elizabeth Douglass had acquired the property from William Moody Gillespie on November 4, 1874, just six years after Dr. Isaac F. Deloney had purchased his 41-acre parcel at the public auction of the estate of James Clemens, Founder of Madison.

The 41-acre parcel included 205 Church Street of today.

There were probably several transactions between the 1868 auction and Gillespie’s purchase in 1874, but they have not yet been found. The lost track may have resulted from poor record-keeping of the Reconstruction era. The conclusion is that only the Sturdivant family has held this property for any long duration, since it has been stated in other publications that they have held the 205 Church Street property since the 1950s.

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