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The National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC), Madison City Schools, and Madison police and fire announced the creation of the state’s first Handle With Care (HWC) program. Page 3A
Representatives from BJ’s Wholesale Club presented a $15,000 check on Thursday from BJs’ Charitable Foundation to help fund the arts in Madison City Schools.
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MADISON - Alabama’s first BJ’s Wholesale Club opened in Town Madison on Friday. The New England-based wholesale club is bringing its 25% off average grocery prices and its savings at the gas pump to Madison. The club makes Alabama the chain’s twentieth state in its recent nationwide expansion. Briana Keene, Senior Manager of External Communications for BJ’s Wholesale Club, said the Madison community has really embraced the store, “It’s been such a warm welcome that the community has given to us. This location is a great fit for us, and we’re just so excited about the reception that we’ve received so far for being here.” Likewise, BJ’s has returned the welcome and embraced the Madison community. They have already established a partnership with North Alabama Food Bank and made a significant donation to Madison City Schools art programs.
The check presentation was held at Midtown Elementary, led by kindergarteners singing kid classics “The Farmer In The Dell” and “Old McDonald Had A Farm” (above).Music and art teachers from the other elementary schools attended the surprise grant presentation under the guise of an important faculty meeting. Last Thursday, the day before the club’s grand opening, Head of Community Relations Emily McCann and Club Owner Tommy paid a visit to Midtown Elementary where they presented a check for $15,000 at a special pep rally. The money will fund
the fulfillment of Midtown’s music teacher’s wish list as the school grows its burgeoning arts program. Arts and music teachers from around the district were present for the presentation of the check, which See BJ’S WHOLESALE Page 8A
HUNTSVILLE – Quality of life was the biggest priority in Madison County Commissioner Mac McCutcheon’s first State of the County address last Tuesday. McCutcheon has been county commissioner since appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in January 2023 to fill the position vacated by Dale Strong to join the U.S. Senate. McCutcheon accepted the position after a tenure in the state legislature that included six years as Speaker of the House. McCutcheon said he draws from his experience in the legislature and the problem-solving abilities exercised in his ascent to Speaker of the House during a tumultuous time. He now support each county commissioner and serves the people of Madison County by advocating for improvements to the areas of public safety and transportation and infrastructure that most affect the quality of life in Madison County. “Your quality of life is the number one focus of your county government,” McCutcheon guaranteed in his address. In light of that focus, public safety is the county’s top priority in its upcoming initiatives. First responders, especially volunteer fire departments, are receiving bumps in funding and resources. The county is working on programs to increase staff and improve training and training facilities for county police. Training improvements include approaches to dealing with mental health in the community, to which McCutcheon says, “Madison County is taking a proactive approach.” The county is expanding the reach of mental health services with funding for more facilities and resources in rural areas. The county’s court system will be receiving increases in resources as McCutcheon reports the current system is strained by the over twenty-six thousand cases See STATE OF THE COUNTY Page 3A
Jean Downs accepts 2023 AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award By GREGG PARKER gregg@themadisonrecord.com MADISON – Maj. (Ret.) Jean Downs and her family have been honored as Association of the United States Army or AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year for the AUSA Huntsville Chapter. Downs accepted the award at the 2023 Huntsville/Madison County Veterans Week Dinner on Nov. 10 at the Von Braun Center’s Saturn Ballroom. Jean and husband Jeff Downs are
parents of six children: • Brent, 32 – In mechanical engineering, bachelor’s degree at University of Mississippi and master’s degree at Mississippi State University. Madison resident. Works for defense contractor. • Brian, 30 – Will graduate from Ole Miss in December with bachelor’s degree in geological science. Served as Army Ranger with multiple deployments to Afghanistan. See DOWNS Page 8A
Maj. (Ret.) Jean Downs, third from right, accepts the Association of the United States Army or AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award. Attending the presentation were Brigadier General (Ret.) Jack Haley, from left, AUSA National Vice President of Membership; Jeff Downs; Mary Downs; Olivia Downs; and Marc Jacobson, Executive Vice President, Redstone-Huntsville AUSA Chapter.
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THANK YOU VETERANS - These cute students at Mill Creek Elementary School are holding up a banner thanking area veterans while waiting for the school’s Veterans Day parade to start on Thursday. Madison City Schools held Veterans Day tributes at many of its campuses last week. Parades, breakfasts, hall of heroes displays, musical performances, guest speakers and more are just a few of the ways the schools said thanks. Check out our photo gallery on page 6A and in the December issue of Madison Living Magazine.
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MADISON - A man charged with capital murder for the shooting of his ex-girlfriend has been denied youthful offender status. Antonio Terrell Burks was indicted for capital murder in May for the 2022 shooting death of 22-yearold Chi Ari-Hasan McDade. Burks, who turned 21 in August, was 19 years old when he was originally arrested. Burks applied for youthful offender status earlier this year, but Limestone County Circuit Judge Matthew Huggins denied that request Friday after a hearing on the matter earlier in the week.
The shooting happened in the area of SW Wall Street in Madison on July 28, 2022, according to investigators with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO). They said the incident started with a domestic dispute, which led Burks to pull out a gun and shoot McDade. Limestone County Coroner Mike West said at the time of the shooting that McDade was shot in the face and transported to Huntsville Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. According to the indictment, McDade was in a vehicle when she was shot. According to the judge’s order, Burks will be arraigned in the case on Jan. 24, 2024.
HEMSI: one dead after being struck by vehicle in Madison From WHNT.com MADISON - Officials with HEMSI say one person is dead after being struck by a car in Madison Friday. HEMSI Spokesperson Don Webster said crews responded to a call on Burgreen Road near Lantry Lane at 7:16 p.m. Friday. He said when crews arrived they found a man
had been struck by a vehicle. Webster said the man was pronounced dead on the scene. He said crews from both HEMSI and Madison Fire and Rescue responded. A notification sent by the city of Madison said both northbound and southbound lanes of Burgreen Road are shut down at this time. The city urged residents to avoid the area due to the incident.
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Alabama’s first Handle With Care program being launched in Madison
By STAFF REPORTS news@themadisonrecord.com MADISON – The National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC), Madison City Schools, and Madison police and fire announced the creation of the state’s first Handle With Care (HWC) program. This collaborative effort provides trauma-informed support and care to children who have experienced traumatic events. The “Handle With Care” program operates on a simple premise. When first responders encounter a child during a potentially traumatic event or crisis, they notify the child’s school with a confidential message that reads, “Handle With Care.” This discreet notification lets educators know, without divulging sensitive details, that the child may need
additional support. By doing so, schools can create an environment attuned to the child’s needs, offering appropriate resources and assistance. The goal of HWC is to reduce disciplinary issues in schools while increasing student success and graduation rates. “Madison City Schools is pleased to partner with the National Children’s Advocacy Center and our first responders in the Handle With Care program. As educators, we know that traumatic experiences can impact student learning from lack of sleep, difficulty concentrating, changes in behavior, or being unprepared for class. Through the HWC initiative, schools are better able to address the needs of these students by offering extra care to help them succeed,” See CARE Page 4A
Number of new Limestone subdivision lots down this year By STAFF REPORTS news@themadisonrecord.com
Madison County Commissioner Mac McCutcheon gave his first State of the County address last Tuesday at the VBC.
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processed in 2022. In response, the county is appealing for more judges and staff to handle the large volume of cases. McCutcheon announced plans for improvements to all the county’s recreation areas, the largest of which will be the reinvention of Ditto Landing. The Ditto Landing will bring upscale dining, an event venue, and an entertainment venue to the park at a price tag of $10 million. “Madison County Commission is supporting the project that will revitalize an existing 2.5-acre space into a vibrant outdoor destination, which includes private dining, which overlooks the Tennessee
River, [and] an event venue with seating for six hundred occupants, which also includes an entertainment space for fifteen hundred people,” McCutcheon stated. Transportation and infrastructure are the other top priority of the county. A ten-year, $101 million plan will apply some TLC to county roads through twenty-nine different road projects to accommodate the traffic of the current and future growth in the county. McCutcheon described the firstof-its-kind plan as a drastic change from past procedures of the commission, “Over the years, Madison County has been more reactive instead of being proactive. Due to
the growth and traffic demands, we have put together a plan for the future. We will be addressing connectors, traffic flow, and safety issues.” Another $50 million will be devoted to tending to the county water system and erecting a new water tank to likewise update the infrastructure and better serve the expanding population. McCutcheon praised the county commissioners and employees for their contributions to the overall goal of the county government, “You are the best, and you are true public servants. Every hour you work is an hour to provide a better quality of life for the residents who call Madison County home.”
LIMESTONE CO. The number of subdivision lots receiving final approval in Limestone County has decreased significantly since last year, but a commissioner predicts lot numbers will increase again, especially on the county’s east side. Heath Black, assistant Limestone County engineer, said, as of Monday, 569 subdivision lots in 11 subdivisions had received final approval this year. He said that in 2022, a total of 1,026 lots received final approval in 17 subdivisions. “Once all construction-related activities are completed and the subdivision had passed final inspection then it receives final approval from the Limestone County Commission,” said Hunter Daws, project manager
for the Limestone County Engineering Department Danny Barksdale, District 2 Limestone County commissioner, said interest rates and higher prices for homes may be reasons for the decline of new lots. “I’ve noticed subdivision developments have slowed down, but we still have several going in District 2,” he said. “I think it will slow down some, but I think to a certain extent Limestone County is immune to an overall slowdown compared to the rest of the nation. Our growth will keep us from coming to a halt.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Limestone County’s population in 2010 was 82,782 and it increased to 103,570 by 2020. The estimated population in 2022 was 110,900, a 7.1% increase from 2020. “I believe (the number See HOMES Page 4A
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• D.J., 28 – Graduated from Ole Miss with bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Works for contractor on Redstone Arsenal. A Corps of Engineers Captain with Mississippi National Guard, D.J. commands a Sapper Company. • Haley, 28 – Graduated from Auburn University with bachelor’s degree and from University of Alabama at Birmingham with master’s degree in occupational therapy. Works at SAIC. Haley and husband Grayson Couch live in Huntsville. • Mary, 19 – Ole Miss sophomore studying marketing and communications. • Olivia, 17 – Ole Miss freshman studying biomedical engineering. In Madison American Legion, Post 229, Jean Downs serves as Vice Commander and is President of Auxiliary Unit 229. For the post, she has worked with Honor Guard, Oratorical Contest, planning for Madison Memorial Day ceremony, JROTC Awards Ceremonies at three high schools, American Legion Baseball, Madison Street Festival, volunteers for six school assemblies/parades for Veterans Day, Christmas Parade, Quilt of Valor presentations, first-responder awards, conducted memorial for World War II veteran, monthly newsletters, game nights at Tut Fann State Veterans Home and as board member of Post 229 Foundation. An avid supporter of Girl Scouts, Downs has worked as Troop Leader for 13 years; Camp Trico caretaker; Director, Summer Resident Camp; and watersports trainer. Jeff
has assisted with Girl Scout camps, Post 229’s observances at city cemeteries, parades and gravestone repairs. Like Jeff, daughters Mary and Olivia have assisted in cemetery work and Memorial Day activities. Mary and Olivia also distributed memorial poppies, shipped care packages to deployed troops, prepared holiday gift baskets, filled backpacks for Kids to Love, conducted flag retirements and yard work at Veterans Park. Jean Downs has earned many awards in the past two years: Madison County Veteran of the Year; DAR State and Southeastern Division Veteran of the Year; and prestigious Girl Scout of the USA Thanks Badge. Mary and Olivia both earned Girl Scout Gold Award. For the Downs family, community service is integral in normal routines. Recognizing veterans in Madison’s senior-living facilities is an American Legion focus; the Downs have adopted this endeavor. Through this outreach, approximately 160 veteran couples are recognized at all holidays and Veterans Week. Four of these veterans received the Quilt of Valor. A birthday party honored a 100-yearold World War II veteran. These ‘seniors’ received hundreds of local students’ cards/correspondence. Jean participates in Gentry-Isom VFW, Post 2702; two chapters, General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Redstone Arsenal Military and Civilians Club; and MOAA. She works as a Senior Director at Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc.
MOCK DISASTER - If you saw a large presence of emergency vehicles at James Clemens on Thursday, it was only a practice exercise. The “emergency” was a simulation of mass injuries from a tornado. The exercise is a collaboration between JC Health Sciences students who must assess and help stabilize injured victims, theater/drama students who pose as the injured, and Madison Fire and Police departments who help with the staging and add realism to the scene. Here are some photos by Andrew Noles of www.nolesnestphotography.com of the mock disaster.
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of new lots will increase) as folks become acclimated to the higher prices and higher interest rates,” he said. Sharon Wilson, Limestone County engineering support assistant, said this year’s numbers are still higher than nine years ago and slightly higher than three years ago. She said in 2014, the commission gave final approval to 119 lots and in 2017 it approved 199 lots. Wilson said in 2021, there were 434 lots that received final approval. “Most of the (county’s) growth is in District 2 and 3 with the difference being in District 2, most of the growth is in unincorporated Limestone,” Barksdale said. “Whereas in District 3, most of the growth is in annexed areas of Limestone that have been annexed into the cities of Huntsville and Madison.” Barksdale said he is seeing more people move into his East Limestone area than any other part of the county and most are coming from out of state. At the Oct. 16 commission meet-
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ing, Walton Creek subdivision received preliminary approval of 122 lots for its first phase. It is located on the south side of Pepper Road, just west of the intersection with Jones Road, in Barksdale’s District 2. “The majority of the lots are around 0.3 acres each,” Black said. “There are approximately 45 of the 122 lots that are planned for patio or town home type houses. The size of these lots average around 0.15 acres.” Gray Winn is a partner in the Limestone County-based company LPH, the builders and sellers of the homes in Walton Creek. He said there will be at least one additional phase with what could be 80 to 100 lots. Winn said they will start selling homes as they are completed, and the second phase will start once all of the first 122 lots are sold. “We are a local, Limestone County builder; we’re not an out-of-state builder, we’re not a regional builder,” he said. “We are a builder that only builds in Limestone County,
primarily over in East Limestone. We were building in East Limestone before East Limestone became the place to go build.” Winn said they have been building in East Limestone for almost 20 years. He said they are also working on subdivision projects other than Walton Creek. “We have the final phase of Legacy Grove; we are actually selling homes in it right now. And the final phase of Highland Ridge; we’re selling homes in it as well,” he said. “Legacy Grove was recently completed, and it has 59 lots and Highland Ridge has been completed for probably about a year.” Highland Ridge has just over 150 lots, Winn said, and both subdivisions have lake lots. He said both subdivisions are less than a quarter of a mile away from Walton Creek. “This is something we’ve been planning for 10 years,” Winn said. “This is not a, oh, it’s doing well in this area. We would be doing it if the area was just OK versus the fastest growing. It’s our home area.”
the National Children’s Advocacy Center to be the first law enforcement agency in the state to initiate the Handle With Care Program. We have a very large student-age population that attends our world-class school district, and this is yet one more tool to allow us to assist our schools in servicing the best needs of our children, especially when they are in crisis,” said Madison Police Chief Johnny Gandy “Madison Fire and Rescue is pleased to partner with The National Children’s Advocacy Center and the Madison City School system in this new program. It is our desire that every child be provided with the best chance for success in school as well as life. We believe identifying any situation that might cause a child trauma in everyday life would
help them in the future,” said Madison Fire Chief David Bailey Increased use of trauma-sensitive strategies by educators and school leaders will improve educational and life outcomes for students experiencing trauma because of adverse childhood experiences. The Handle With Care website and database, funded by the Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime and the Madison County Women’s Philanthropy Society and developed by Huntsville-based Alpha Toro, can be used statewide. The National Children’s Advocacy Center provides training and implementation. The Handle With Care program is being used by schools in more than 40 states after being piloted in 2013 in West Virginia.
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said Dr. Ed Nichols, MCS Superintendent Madison City School officials will notify appropriate school personnel of a HWC notice on a “need-toknow” basis. Staff are instructed not to discuss any HWC with the child, only to observe and provide support if the child needs extra care. The HWC notice does not imply that the child or the child’s family was directly involved in the potentially traumatic event, only that the child was present and may be impacted by it. This notice is not placed in the child’s permanent records. This new Handle With Care initiative is in keeping with Madison City Schools’ mission to empower ALL students for success. “The City of Madison Police Department is honored to partner with
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Do you remember a Christmas that did not turn out the way you expected? My grandmother’s favorite time of year was Christmas. As soon as the tree came down and the decorations packed up and taken to the barn, she started planning the next one. Grandma was a firm believer that no one should be left out at Christmas time. From her and Grandpa’s rambling old farmhouse, she directed the most extensive “Santa’s Workshop” in St. Clair County, Alabama; Uncles and aunts, grandchildren, and numerous in-laws and out-laws were pressed into duty. Gloves, scarves, and checkerboards with hand-carved wood checkers were all stockpiled so everyone received a gift at Grandma’s Christmas gathering. Uncle Charnel was Grandma’s “baby boy,” she called him her conundrum. He had been “churched” at our local congregation (ole time speak for ex-communicated), due to his overabundance of willful sinning; he was a moonshiner, but he followed the Commandments better than any deacon, except for that moonshine part. When a tornado blew through, Charnel was the first there with his chainsaw to lend a helping hand, and several times sick children’s hospital bills were paid, thanks to Charnel. After midnight on Friday, he would load up his “best” in a concealed compartment in his red, 1956, Pontiac Super Chief and make his runs. Coming out of Oneonta, Al. the feds caught him. Uncle Charnel appeared before a federal judge in Birmingham and was sentenced to a year and a day in the federal pen in Montgomery. It was close to Christmas and Grandma could not stand the thought of her “baby boy” spending the holidays away from the family. Uncle Charnel had already told his wife and two small boys that he would not be home for Christmas but would see them on the next one. Springing into action, Grandma mustered the
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Patriot, Jets actors and plays advance to state drama festival By GREGG PARKER gregg@themadisonrecord.com MADISON – Judges at the 2023 District 1 Trumbauer Theatre Festival gave accolades to drama students at Madison high schools. Among the awards, the one-act plays by Bob Jones and James Clemens advanced for adjudication at the State Trumbauer Drama Festival. “Jesse Tilton and I are thrilled that this play was selected to advance to state!” drama teacher Mary Davis said. “The play, ‘Where Words Once Were,’ is a thought-provoking, dystopian play about the importance of the words we use, and how important the freedom to choose our words is a gift we too often take for granted.” The play’s subtitle is “A play about language and its absences.” “We were awarded ‘Best Technical Design,’” Davis said. “The set feels like it has a life of its own, transforming many times throughout the show.” Also at the District 1 Festival, Bob Jones won “Best in Show” for “Where Words Once Were.” Students Harley Dauma and Drayton Walker were named members of the “All-Star Cast.” Jaxon McClanathan earned the “Best Supporting Actor” award. In the Individual Events or IEs, 99 performances earned a Superior ranking, and 87 Bob Jones students’ events are continuing to the state contest. To witness the one-act play before state competition, Bob Jones Theatre will present their “Benefit Show 2023” and per-
form “Where Words Once Were” on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. in Zompa Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students; tickets will be sold at the door. Davis thanked Huntsville High School for an excellent job as host of the district festival. For more information, visit Facebook/Bob Jones Theatre. “We are blessed across our district with the best fine arts teachers,” MCS Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols said about District 1 theatre results. Also delivering stellar performances, students in James Clemens Theatre qualified to advance to state competition with their one-act play, “What a massive weekend for James Clemens Theatre (at Bob Jones (above) and James Clemens (below) theatre students qualified at District 1 Trumbauer Competition to district competition)!” drama advance to the State Trumbauer Drama Festival. teacher Amy Patel said. “We are so, so proud of all of the work our students put in, and we cannot wait to cheer on our friends at state.” Bryan Comer works as Technical Director for James Clemens Theatre. James Clemens’ one-act play is “Scenes from Metamorphoses” by Mary Zimmerman and based on the myths of Ovid. “Step into a world where myths come to life and view the depths of the characters within them. Witness stories of gods and mortals centered around a pool of water onstage! (In this) mesmerizing production, ancient myths like King Midas and Narcissus meet contemporary theatre,” according to Facebook/James Clemens ing Performer,” Connery Pa- had 61 entries that won Superior events. Theatre. The awards stash for James tel, Simon Tsikalas; and “Best ratings. From that group, 51 IEs Bob Jones and James Clemens Clemens includes “Top 3 Group Supporting Performer,” Lorelei advanced to compete at the state actors and tech crews will enter festival. Some students even Walter J. Trumbauer State DraMusical”; “Best Scenic Design”; Mueller, Berkeley Preer. In the individual events, James qualified for state in multiple ma Festival on Dec. 1-2. “Best Costumes”; “Best Lead-
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VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCES - Madison City Schools held Veterans Day tributes at many of its campuses last week. Parades, breakfasts, hall of heroes displays, musical performances, guest speakers and more are just a few of the ways the schools said thanks. Here are a few pics from Madison City Schools. Look for more in the December issue of Madison Living Magazine.
Liberty Middle school honored veterans in a special program. The LMS choir, band, competition cheerleaders, dance team, color guard and basketball cheer teams all performed.
Discovery Middle School held a breakfast and school-wide assemblies to honor veterans. Patriotic music and a wreath laying were among the activities.
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inmates standing at the edge of the exercise yard and issued a blanket invitation to all. The guards were a little bemused and stand-offish as we set up- until they smelled the fried chicken, ham, and turkey, saw the red velvet cake and dishes filled with sweet potato casseroles, pickled watermelon rinds in red hots, and Aunt Lena Mae’s mile-high Banana Pudding. When the fiddle, banjo, guitar, and upright bass kicked off, hands clapped and feet kept time as Uncle Lester and the boys played and sang, we all joined in “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, and “Silent Night.” We visited one another, ate until we could not hold another mouthful; The social hierarchy dissolved as necks were hugged, hands shook, and backs patted. The guards, inmates, and us became a big, happy family. A tall, hulking inmate shadowed me that day, he was protective and asked several times, “Why are ya‘ll here?” I told him Charnel was my uncle and we did not want him to be lonely at Christmas. In a whisper, he said, “I have been here 20 years, and no one has come to check on me. I had a family, once, two
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ager of Public Relations for Madison City Schools. Seven-year-old Millie is a United Kennel Club/American Kennel Club champion retriever and certified therapy dog. During the program, Millie sat at attention as King discussed the importance of safe driving. An Alabama State Trooper accompanied King, who discussed a PowerPoint presentation geared toward a young audience. King set the stage with posters, shaped like highway “Yield” signs attached to a column of orange-and-white cones. The signs’ message stated, “No Phones in the Cone Zone.” Millie wore a yellow hard hat and sunglasses while sitting by an orange traffic cone. A large, background screen read, “Lessons from Millie – You play a role in AGC Work Zone Safety – Drive Safe America. -- Millie.” “One ominous part of the presentation was when King asked how many students had been in a car with a driver texting. A vast majority of the students thrust their hands in the air,” Peck said.
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In the program, “King noted that five seconds of inattention to look at a text while driving 55 mph would be the equivalent of driving the length of a football field with one’s eyes closed,” Peck said. “Millie was clearly a hit with the kids, with most of their questions afterward centering on the dog and not the message,” Peck said. “But King hopes they’ll remember Millie’s visit and help save lives by ‘calling a driver out’ for being distracted by a cell phone.” Distracted driving can include texting, calling with a cell phone, eating and drinking, talking to passengers, grooming, reading (even the text on a navigation system), watching a video, adjusting music, among others. (trustedchoice.com/ distracted-driving/alabama-laws/) Compared to most states, Alabama has relaxed laws for distracted driving laws. One example is Alabama’s fine for distracted driving, which is among the lowest in the country. For more information, visit alagc.org or dot.state.al.us/programs/distractedDriver.html.
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Mustangs gallop past Hokes Bluff, Bob Jones ousted By CALEB ODOM caleb@themadisonrecord.com
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The James Clemens and Bob Jones boys and girls teams qualified for the AHSAA Cross Country State Meet held in nearby Moulton on Saturday. Page 4B
Logan Eggart #5 carries the ball for the Jets in their first-round playoff game against Hoover at home. Photo by Andrew Noles (nolesnestphotography.com)
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Who Was President John F. Kennedy? John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of The United States. He was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was a part of a large family; he had three brothers and five sisters. He was a Boy Scout and made very good grades in school. His father was a politician and very involved in politics. During World War II, John served in the Navy. During his time in the Navy, a torpedo patrol boat that he was in charge of was hit and sank. John survived and was considered a hero. After the war, he was elected as a U.S. Congressman in 1947 and served for six years. On September 12, 1953, he married Jacqueline Bouvier in a lavish wedding. John ran for U.S. Senate in 1953 and won. In 1957, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles In Courage. He wrote the book from 1954-1955 while recovering from back surgery. In 1960, he ran for U.S. President against Richard Nixon. It was one of the closest Presidential races ever, but he won. He was the youngest person ever elected as President. He took his oath of office at the age of 43 on January 20, 1961. His presidency was marked with many memorable events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is also known for being the President during the Space Race between the United States and Russia, in which each wanted to be the first in space and the first to have a man on the Moon. He challenged the Country to have a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. Sadly, what he is most-known for is being the fourth U.S. President to be assassinated. On November 22, 1963, while riding in an open-motorcade parade in Dallas, Texas, the President was shot and killed by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald. His legacy remains as one of the most interesting Presidents in United States history.
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MADISON - For the Madison Academy Mustangs football team, “one is not the loneliest number,” to use lyrics from a song from over 50 years ago. The Class 3A team remained the lone local program advancing to the second round of the AHSAA playoffs after delivering a blowout 57-20 win over the visiting Hokes Bluff Eagles in a first-round game. Both Bob Jones and James Clemens, the only other local teams to make the post-season action, lost in their first-round efforts. For James Clemens, the Jets saw the visiting Hoover Buccaneers score 35 unanswered points to erase a ninepoint deficit and take a 42-16 victory at
Madison City Schools Stadium. The surprising loss ends the 2023 James Clemens season with a 7-4 record. Meanwhile, Bob Jones was on the road to visit Hewitt-Trussville in its first-round contest and was no match to the host Huskies who pounded the Patriots 56-14. The Huskies (8-3) advance to round two of action against Hoover (5-6). Bob Jones packs its equipment for the off-season completing its 2023 campaign at 5-6. The Region 7 champs and No. 2 ranked Mustangs will now host a team they have never met. The 10-1 Mars Hill Panthers of Florence will bring its high-powered offense to Bill Washington Stadium after they delivered a huge 63-7 pounding over Oakman in their first-round matchup. See PLAYOFFS Page 2B
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The game that ensued was a 42-16 dismantling of James Clemens (7-4) by Hoover (5-6) that eliminated the Jets in the first round. But the final score doesn’t tell the entire story. James Clemens drew first blood with an important fourth down conversion at midfield and would spur JC forward and eventually lead to a 34-yard touchdown run by Ty Doughty with 9:06 to play in the opening quarter. See MADISON ACADEMY Page 2B
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MADISON - There was an ominous banner that flapped in the cool wind on Friday night at Madison City Stadium before the opening kickoff. It was larger than a garage door and James Clemens’ playoff opponent Hoover was about to smash through it. Upon the large black banner were the words: “JETS YOUR FLIGHT TO ROUND 2 HAS BEEN CANCELED.”
It was a cheesy line that someone from Birmingham was obviously very proud of, but it set a tone for what would follow all the same. As the two schools ran onto the field at the exact same time, there was a moment where the colors of Jet Blue and the road warriors of Black and Orange were charging straight at each other like some scene from Braveheart. Playoff football was in the air and there was a different energy on the field.
MADISON - Of the three local schools that had playoff games in the first round, Madison Academy was the only program to emerge with a victory. It was more dominance for the Mustangs (11-0) who blew out Hokes Bluff (5-6) by a score of 57-20 on Friday at home. Madison Academy senior quarterback Jake Poldiak was a perfect 14 for 14 passing the ball for 177 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Running backs Ken Cherry and Joshua Williams combined to score five touchdowns on the ground and rack up 376 yards. Cherry ended up with 11 carries for 201 yards with a pair of touchdowns while Williams had nine rushes for 175 yards with a trio of TDs in the blowout win. Mustang receivers MJ Drake, Jackson Reece and Jaiden Etienne each finished with a touchdown grab from Poldiak, but it was Reece who had the biggest numbers with 10 catches for 101 yards. The win advances Madison Academy into the second round of the 3A Playoffs where it will travel to Florence to take on Mars Hill Bible (10-1) this Friday.
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Up 7-0, the Jets were able to force Hoover to punt on its opening drive, but a first-quarter fumble on a run play by James Clemens handed the rock right back to the Bucs. Gifted with a short field in which to operate, Hoover wasted no time using Dylan Bunkley’s fumble recovery to generate points in the form of a 3-yard TD carry by Bradley Shaw that squared the game at 7-7 with 6:49 to go in the first quarter. A huge sequence in the first half came when Hoover quarterback Jonah Winston’s 43-yard carry was negated on a holding call. Instead, the Bucs were backed up deep in their own territory when James Clemens linebacker Jaylon Ruffin swooped in and sacked Winston who attempted to vacate the pocket. The sack placed even more pressure on the already pinned-back Hoover team which was forced to punt the ball out of the end zone. The Jets came screaming through the line and Brycen Dowdell was there to block the punt and the pigskin went skipping out of the back of the end zone for a safety that put James Clemens out front 9-7. James Clemens took advantage of the free kick by moving the ball down the field to cash in for a score when Doughty carried the ball three yards to make it 16-7 early in the second quarter. It began to rain near halftime as the Jets were seemingly in control of the game up 16-7, but there was a change in the wind when the two schools came back on the field after the break. Hoover began to utilize running back Kamal Amerson in the third quarter, and he was gashing the James Clemens defense with chunk plays. The Bucs pulled within two points of knotting the game down 16-14 Jets when Amerson punched the ball in from a yard out with 8:34 to
James Clemens scored first with a 34-yard touchdown run by #11 Ty Doughty. Photo by Andrew Noles (nolesnestphotography.com) play in the third. Hoover had also adjusted to James Clemens’ run-heavy play calling after halftime and this led to the Jets offense becoming bogged down in the backfield. Following a JC punt, The Bucs went on another scoring drive that was capped by a 17-yard touchdown run by Winston to hand Hoover the 21-16 lead with 3:05 remaining in the third quarter. Things started to fall apart for James Clemens when Hoover sent a kickoff toward the Jets that was dropped by Cam Berry and recovered by the Bucs’ Trey Sanders. A 31-yard touchdown pass from Winston to wide receiver Armari Towns expanded the Hoover edge to 28-16 after the JC special teams’ turnover. There seemed to be a reluctance to pass the ball for James Clemens that was only reinforced when the Jets did attempt a throw and it was knocked down by the Hoover secondary. By the start of the fourth quarter, the rain was falling even harder, and Hoover had the ball back poised
to go for the kill shot. It was suddenly 34-16 when Winston struck again with a 9-yard TD pass with 7:49 remaining in the game. The Bucs continued to pour it on as the clock ticked down when wide receiver Fredrick Dunson broke loose for a 28-yard scoring scamper to make it a definitive 42-16. There was 3:41 on the clock when James Clemens quarterback Ty Marsh got absolutely walloped by a Hoover defender that jarred the football loose. It was a disheartening scene near the end of this game as Marsh lay on the field in pain after absorbing the brutal blow. He was attended to by the team doctors and helped off the field with his helmet propped back on his head clearly busted up from the abuse of this playoff game. For a Jets team that had won a lot of big games this season, it was a bitter pill to swallow to be neutralized by Hoover and eliminated from the postseason in such a harsh way. The Bucs moved on to play host to Hewitt-Trussville (8-3) this Friday.
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carries in the game. Kennedy Mitchell led the way with four carries for 94 yards and a pair of touchdowns. James Kelly had three rushes for 73 yards with a score while fellow running backs Delvecchio Alston
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Bob Jones baseball’s Booth, Pearl sign for scholarships By BOB LABBE bob@themadisonrecord.com MADISON - Braden Booth arrived on the Bob Jones varsity baseball team rated the No.7 player in Alabama among the class of 2024 by the PBR (Prep Baseball Report). He heads into his senior season with the Patriots still regarded as one of the top players in the state and was one of two Patriots to recently sign college scholarships. Booth signed with the SEC’s Mississippi State Bulldogs while teammate Jacob Pearl signed with Montevallo in a signing ceremony held
among family and friends at Bob Jones High. Booth (6-0, 180) a right handed pitcher and third baseman has played in 116 games since joining the squad as a freshman hitting with a .345 batting average, 115 hits, 10 homers with 67 RBIs. On the mound, he has appeared in 118 innings, posted a 2.72 ERA, starting 21 games with a 14-5 record with 157 strikeouts. His past accomplishments include being invited to play in the North-South All-Star Game, the Perfect Game Select Festival and PBR Future Games. He has a 3.71
grade point average. Pearl (5-6, 155) is a second baseman and outfielder for head coach Jared Smith’s Patriots and transferred from Huntsville High for the 2023 season. In the most recent campaign the left handed hitting Pearl played in 43 games with a .298 batting average, had 31 hits, 6 doubles, 2 triples and 2 homers with 29 RBIs. He scored 27 runs and had 12 stolen bases. He currently has a 3.74 grade point average. Bob Jones High School is expected to have one additional signing just after the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
Braden Booth and Jacob Pearl.
Three Bob Jones softball players sign to play in college By BOB LABBE bob@themadisonrecord.com MADISON - Teammates, opponents, but true friends. Those are the descriptions of three Bob Jones softball players who began playing softball together at Discovery Middle School, played against one another on summer travel teams and have remained genuine friends as they enter their senior year of high school and prep for their final season together in the spring. Together, Natalia Kenyatta, Charlotte Herron and A.J. Vineski signed college scholarships as they look into the near future for a college education and will do so with help from an athletic scholarship where they will continue to play softball, though be it at different schools. Kenyatta, catcher and third baseman, signed with Michigan State where she will study graphic design and heads into her senior year at Bob Jones with a 3.91 grade point average. Last season for the
Patriots, she played in 35 games scoring 50 runs, had 49 hits, with 29 RBIs, 20 doubles, 4 triples, 3 homeruns and carried an .869 slugging percentage, .495 batting average and a .963 on defense. She also played for the D1Vision travel team. Herron is a middle infielder and signed with Western Kentucky. In her junior season, she played in 35 games, had 46 runs, 47 hits, 39 RBIs, 12 doubles, 2 triples and 7 homers. She had a slugging percentage of .824, batting average of .461 and posted a .938 percentage on defense. She played on the Georgia Impact travel team. She has a 4.01 grade point average and plans to study accounting. Vineski will work towards a degree in physical therapy at Northwest Florida State with a 3.65 grade point average. She is a lefthand pitcher and outfielder and in 2023 posted a 15-12 record, 4.49 ERA and 80 strikeouts on the mound. At the plate, she played in 35 games, had 11 runs, 50 hits, 34 RBIs, 8 doubles, 1 homer and had a .455 batting average.
Lady Chargers rally to defeat West Georgia in regular season finale, GSC volleyball championship next CARROLLTON, Ga. - The UAH volleyball team ended their 2023 regular season with a road victory on Saturday night against Gulf South Conference opponent West Georgia by a score of 3-2 (1225, 21-25, 25-14, 25-16, 15-12). The Chargers improved to 17-9 (13-3 GSC) with the win as the Wolves fell to 14-14 (8-8 GSC). UAH was led offensively by Autumn Mayes and Caroline Moyer for the night, as each of the outside hitters contributed 16 kills to the winning effort. In addition
to the 16 kills, Mayes tallied six block assists and 12 digs for the Charger defense. As a team, the Chargers posted 12 total blocks, with Mary Grace Bundrant leading the way with two solos and five block assists. Tatiana Bonilla had 17 digs for the match to lead UAH as Savannah Rutledge tallied 16. Rutledge also had 40 assists, and an ace to aid the Charger victory. Next up for UAH is the 2023 GSC Volleyball Championship, in which they have secured a bye through the first two rounds as the number two seed. The Chargers will begin postseason play on Saturday, Nov. 18 in Pensacola, Florida.
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HUNTSVILLE - The UAH women’s basketball team upended No. 3 Tampa by a final score 65-59 on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action on the final day of the GSC-SSC Crossover, presented by the Huntsville Sports Commission. UAH improves to 1-1, while UT slides to 3-2. This is UAH women’s basketball’s first win over a ranked opponent since topping No. 19 Lee on Feb. 12, 2022, and this is also the program’s first win over a top-10 team since beating No. 9 Lee on Feb. 9, 2020. Junior Jesse Jennings guided the Chargers in the victory with a teamhigh 14 points to go along with seven rebounds. She went 4-for-6 from the field and 5-for-5 from the free throw line over 30 minutes of action.
Head coach Andrea Lemmond’s squad featured a total of four players with 10 points or more on Saturday, including Jennings (14), Andie Flatgard (13), Shauna Fletcher (11) and Elyse Hughes (10). Fletcher’s 10-plus point performance was the first of her collegiate career. Freshman Bella White pulled down a team-high eight rebounds, followed by Jennings and Hughes with seven boards apiece. Overall on the day, UAH outrebounded the Spartans 36-28. The Chargers shot 47.7 percent (21-44) from the field and 50.0 percent (4-for-8) on three-pointers, while limiting the Spartans to a 36.7 percent (22-60) mark from the floor. UAH is back at Kelly Court at Spragins Hall for a nonconference matchup on tonight at 5:30 p.m. against future Gulf South Conference member Trevecca Nazarene.
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4B • THE MADISON RECORD
November 15, 2023
The USA Table Tennis has agreed to host its 2024 US National Table Tennis Championships in the Von Braun Center July 3-7. The agreement will include the Youth Contender Event June 26-29 to be held at Athletic Club of Alabama located on Leeman Ferry Road in Huntsville.
USA Table Tennis to hold James Clemens cross country teams 2024 national win at sectionals, placed at state meet championship in Huntsville
The boys team from James Clemens won the Sectional Cross Country Meet held at Palmer Park with five Jets making the All-Section Team. Photo by Drew Bell, James Clemens High
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By BOB LABBE bob@themadisonrecord.com HUNTSVILLE - The Tennessee Valley will soon need to know its jargon for table tennis with such terms as serve, blade, chop and smash. Understanding the sport will come in handy as Huntsville has been awarded the USA Table Tennis Nationals and the World Table Tennis Youth Contender events in 2024. USA Table Tennis Nationals will be held July 3-7 in the South Hall of the Von Braun Center while the Youth Contender Tournament will be played at the Athletic Club of Alabama, located on Leeman Ferry Road in Huntsville, June 26-29. “USATT is a national organization, and we are committed to bringing our biggest and best events
to all parts of the United States and we have been unbelievably impressed with the outstanding commitment and effort exhibited by the city leaders of Huntsville to host these events,” said Virginia Sung, Chief Executive Officer of the USATT. “We hope the tournaments’ participants take this opportunity to explore Huntsville, particularly its history in the field of space exploration. Who knows, we may inspire a young table tennis athlete to launch a career in aerospace engineering, or maybe even become an astronaut.” The 2024 nationals will take over the 80,000 square feet of the South Hall of the VBC with more than 80 courts in action and the crowning of national champs in different divisions throughout the See TABLE TENNIS Page 5B
MADISON - The James Clemens and Bob Jones boys and girls teams qualified for the AHSAA Cross Country State Meet held in nearby Moulton on Saturday. The boys from James Clemens won the Sectional while the girls finished runner-up. The James Clemens’ boys had the best race ever in the history of the program. Not only did the squad win the Sectional outscoring runner-up Huntsville 27-28 while Bob Jones was fourth (128), the squad’s top five runners all finished among the top 10. Those finishers included 1. Luke Alverson 15:16.04, 2. Cole Robinson 15:41.69, 5. Dylan Dryer 15:53.27, 9. Andrew Gohlich 16:20.39 and 10. Ronan Barnes 16:29.69. In all, there were 86 participants in the boys who took to the course at Palmer Park. In addition to their placements, both Alverson and Robinson finished ahead of Eric Moore of
With four runners making the All-Section Team, James Clemens girls placed second in the Sectional Cross Country Meet as the Jets hosted the race held at Palmer Park. Photo by Drew Bell, James Clemens High Huntsville High who is the No. 1 rated runner in Class 7A from across Alabama. In girls, Huntsville took the competition scoring 30 points compared to runner-up James Clemens with 43 while Bob Jones was third 68, and Sparkman fifth 152. James Clemens qualified for the State Meet for the seventh consecutive year. The Lady Jets were
led by Sectional champion Kylie Gero who set a new school record of 18:32.84, 3. Emma Bothern, James Clemens, 19:07.78, 6. Ami Marks, Bob Jones, 19:40.94, 9. Makenzie Parker, James Clemens, 19:53.79, 10. Molly Halter, Bob Jones, 19:59.36 and 12. Ella Carter, James Clemens, 20:02.43. The final team tally included 3. Bob Jones 68 and 5. Sparkman 152.
This is the first time since 2011 Bob Jones has qualified both its boys and girls squad for the State Meet. At state, the James Clemens boys finished third with 64, and the girls finished placed fifth with 139. You can read more about the state results in next week’s issue of The Madison Record and online at www.themadisonrecord. com.
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MADISON – For the first time in 12 years, the strengths of both the boys and the girls Cross Country Teams at Bob Jones High School qualified them for State Championship Races, which was held on Saturday. The Patriots achieved these results at the AHSAA 7A Sectional Races at Palmer Park on Nov. 2. “Our girls missed out by just five points last year and worked hard to get to where they are today,” Head Cross Country Coach Bill McIlwain said. At Bob Jones, McIlwain is the instructor for IT Fundamentals, Digital Video Game Development and Foundations of Information Security (Cybersecurity). The boys team has qualified for state for five consecutive years and earned fourth place overall at sectionals.
Leaders were Jake Bryan and Eric Joy, both setting personal bests with 17:28 and 17:34, respectively; Owen Lang, 17:43; Luke Allen and Nick Lozano, 18:05; Caleb Johnson and Roman Hansen, 18:07; Gabe Joly, 18:16; Owen Johnston, 19:01; and Jackson Clemens, 19:03. Bob Jones Girls Team placed third overall at sectionals. The team advance d to state for the first time in 10 years. Leaders for the girls were Ami Marks, 19:0, sixth place overall; Molly Halter, personal record of 19:59, tenth overall; Jolissa Coe, personal best of 20:32, 16th overall; Sarah Allison, personal best of 20:33, 18th overall; Charlotte Droege, personal best of 21:01, 21st overall; Adeline McGuire, personal best of 21:03; Elise Marks, personal best of 21:44; Madyson Lambertson, personal best of 21:46; Kricket Johnston, 22:41; and Piper Larkin, 22:54. “Our boys overcame some early season See BOB JONES CROSS COUNTRY Page 5B
Bob Jones Girls Team placed third overall at sectionals. The team will advance to state for the first time in 10 years.
November 15, 2023
HISTORY
THE MADISON RECORD • 5B
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Madison area pioneer connections By JOHN P. RANKIN Madison Historian MADISON - The first hundred years of the little town of Madison, from its founding in 1857 to the mid-1900s, attracted a population of people who lived in the surrounding area. Apparently, business was good here, along the early railroad tracks, for many of those who were not long-time farmers and who may have preferred a career in retailing of groceries and general merchandise. This was also well after the initial surge of pioneers leaving Alabama to get land grants in Texas of the late 1830s, so the evolving town never lost population to that or to the 1849 gold fever rush to California. Land purchase histories and census records indicate that the primary population draw into Madison’s infancy, other than from Huntsville, was from the Triana – New Haven area, Mooresville, Athens, Belle Mina, and the several small communities in what is now the central and northwestern portion of Redstone Arsenal. A sampling of some the historical families drawn from these nearby communities into Madison is given the paragraphs which follow. Regarding Triana and New Haven to the south, Madison actually began its existence with the closing of George Washington Martin’s general mercantile store in New Haven (now the northeast side of the Jetplex). Martin had been born on Rainbow Mountain’s northeast face, and he saw the wisdom of moving his business to locate beside the new Memphis & Charleston Rail Road tracks. The trains in the 1850s had to stop about every 10 miles to renew their on-board supply of water and firewood for continued operation of the steam engines. Because of that, Madison (until 1869 called “Madison Station”) was established and grew around the railroad depot station located approximately 10 miles west of Huntsville and about 10 miles east of Decatur. Incidentally, the location is reported to be the highest elevation of the tracks between Memphis and Chattanooga. Huntsville merchant James Clemens had in 1854 bought the land that became Madison. His son Jeremiah was a U.S. Senator for Alabama at the time, so he may have had advance notice of the railroad construction route. Clemens platted lots mostly laid out along the tracks, as surveyed by a young Thomas J. Taylor, who later became the Madison County Probate Judge and historian. In his 1886 book about the county’s history, Judge Taylor was the first to leave a record of Rainbow Mountain being initially called Rainbolt Mountain, from the name of the first settler on the north end of the top, Elisha Rainbolt. Martin was Clemens’ first customer to buy a lot in the new town, with a title bond issued on February 13, 1857. Just three weeks later, on March 6 of 1857, Thomas J. Clay purchased his lot across the railroad from Martin’s lot. Both men operated competing mercantile establishments from “storehouses”, where the front portion of their dwellings was used for selling their merchandise. As folks began to trickle in to live in Madison and the population grew to about 200 folks, the Civil War drew away most of the adult males to do battle for four years. After the war, the town grew rapidly, as Union troops who had been stationed in the area came back to enjoy the opportunities and the milder climate than that of the northern states. The population stabilized at around 400 for several decades after the war, but there was always flow of new people from
the surrounding areas to offset the losses from diseases and the tolls of age. In addition to the Martin and Clay families, pioneers of the town were notably the Wiggins and related Dunn family. Robert E. Wiggins and William B. Dunn had lived in New Haven. Dunn and his brother John lived in the plantation house of Richard A. Wiggins and his wife Jackey G. (Dunn) Wiggins until they moved into Madison. William Dunn, a physician, was the first depot agent for the Memphis & Charleston Rail Road in Madison. Robert E. Wiggins, a son of Richard, became a Justice of the Peace and the first historian of the town in his later years of life. He was 14 years old when the town was founded, so he watched its growth from the beginning. Other notable pioneer Madison families who came from the area of Triana and New Haven included the surnames of Bibb, Cartwright, Looney, Whitworth, Arnett, Collier, Pickett, Slaughter, and Toney. Two Hopkins brothers, grandsons of Alabama’s second governor Thomas Bibb, came to live in Madison and operated businesses here. John Cartwright was previously (and erroneously) reported in other histories to have been the first settler of Madison. The problem with that is that John Cartwright died in 1835, which was 22 years before Madison was founded and the land was still owned then by the state of Alabama, to be leased annually for farming or timber harvest. However, one of Carwright’s sons, Hezekiah Bains Cartwright, did live on land about two or three miles west of the historic district where Madison was initially platted as consisting of 55 lots, but even Hezekiah was not the first settler of the town. Hezekiah is buried on the south shoulder of Palmer Road very near County Line Road. The old Cartwright and Palmer family cemetery is located there. The Looney family history, in particular, is very impressive in Madison and Limestone Counties. The first of the Looney family here was Absolem Looney, Jr., a son of the senior Absolem Looney, who was a Revolutionary War soldier. The senior Looney bought land where the John Hunt Park is today in Huntsville. The senior Looney’s two sons moved slightly west, with “Junior” later moving to Texas after living for a time in Madison. The other Looney son set up a cotton shipping warehouse at the junction of Indian Creek with the Huntsville Spring Branch, just a bit north of Triana. His descendants moved into Limestone County, where in later generations Frank Looney served as chief engineer to build the test stand for the Apollo project on Redstone Arsenal. Frank and his parents are buried in the old section of the Madison City Cemetery on the south side of Mill Road at the junction with Maple Street. Also, the Toney family of Triana and later in Madison was centrally involved in a Madison County court case of 18524, just before the founding of the town and before the start of the Civil War. The litigation involved Longstreet siblings against Edmund Toney and their own Longstreet mother, who was a Dent before marriage. One of the siblings became Confederate General James Longstreet, who came to fame as General Robert E. Lee’s “right hand” man. Longstreet’s mother, born into the Dent family, was directly connected to the wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent. There was more than one marriage between the Dents and the Longstreet families. In fact, James Longstreet was reputed to have been the “Best Man” at the wedding of U. S. Grant to Ju-
Bob Jones Cross Country injuries and illnesses and laid it on the line on Nov. 2 and fought their way in,” McIlwain said. “As I told them, it’s not so much how you start as to how you finish. I have a great assistant in Coach Brandy Van Dam, and our parents have been super supportive.” At the state meet on Saturday, the boys finished 15th overall, and the girls finished 11th over, just 6sixpoints away from 10th. Charlotte Droege had a personal best at 20:58. Ami Marks finished first for the team and 30th overall with a 19:40 time. Other top scorers
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were Molly Halter ay 20:30, Sarah Allison at 20:53, Maddie Lambertson at 21:50, Elise Marks 21:54, Jolisssa Coe at 22:04, Adeline McGuire 22:13. Seniors Piper Larkin had a 22:22 time and senior captain Kricket Johnston has a 24:2 time. Kevin Harring had a personal best at 18:19. Top scorers were Jake Bryan at 17:34, Owen Lang at 17:38, and Eric Joy and Luke Allen both 17:57, Allen’s best time of the season. Others were Roman Hansen at 18:05, Owen at 18:38, Jackson Clemons at 18:44. Seniors Nick Lozano had an 18:11 and Gabe Joly at 18:26.
Belle Manor (Belle Mina) was built in 1826 by Thomas Bibb, the state’s second governor.
The “Old Brick Church” of Mooresville where Constantine B. Sanders preached part time.
The Lanford-Slaughter-Camper Mansion in snow in 1972. It was constructed in 1854 by William Lanford on the east side of Indian Creek, along today’s Old Madison Pike. lia. The two men attended West Point Military Academy at the same time and were friends there. Only a few years after the Madison County court case settlement, the two men were battlefield enemies. Downriver from Triana, around Mooresville in Limestone County, Madison received members of families surnamed Hundley (connected to the inventor and builder of the first submarine to sink a ship during the Civil War), Sturdivant (Robert Sturdivant from Mooresville became Madison’s mayor in 1930), Sanders (Constantine Blackman Sanders pastored the Cumberland Presbyterian Church that shared the Masonic Lodge near Pension Row after residing in Mooresville), Hundley, and others. Of course, the two previously-mentioned Hopkins brothers, grandsons of Governor Thomas Bibb, moved into Madison from Belle Manor at Belle Mina and became prominent Madison merchants. To the south and east of Madison, from the lands of the arsenal and the community of Elko Switch near Gate 9, at various times came members of the Withers family and some of the Clay, Lanford, Lanier, Pickett, Hertzler, Matthews, Slaughter, Lipscomb, and Camper families – all were of considerable prominence in the immediate area history. For example, Alabama’s eighth Governor (1835-1837), attorney Clement Comer Clay, bought land in today’s Madison area in the 1820s, where he established a plantation and met and then married a daughter of John Withers, who owned the adjacent lands near today’s airport. Susannah Claiborne Withers Clay had ancestry back to several of the royal families of Europe. Between Madison and Athens, there was an area known as “Nubbin Ridge” because the soil was considered to be so poor that corn stalks could only produce withered “nubbins” with few kernels of corn on the cobs. This area was populated for a time after the Civil War with so many returning Union soldiers and their families that it became called the “Union Colony”. However, before the war, it was the home of such notables as Madison’s beloved Civil War era physician Richard Matthew Fletcher, as well as Luke Matthews, the owner of the plantation known as “Cotton Hill”. Matthews later in life moved to land that had belonged first to William Gray and then to James Man-
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ning, located a couple of miles southeast of historical Madison. Luke became the namesake of “Matthews Cave” on Redstone Arsenal lands just west of Gate 9. More to the south of Nubbin Ridge, toward Greenbrier and Mooresville, was the location of the Benjamin Nabors Word family. Benjamin Word was the initial purchaser of the lot that became 19 Front Street in Madison. However, he never completed payments for it, so it became the property of William B. Dunn. Benjamin moved only a few miles westward into Limestone County, where he lived out his days. The land that he moved to was later the home of Charley N. Taylor and his wife Eliza Burris (or Barns), newlyweds in 1899. Charley and a sister were found as young children in the 1880 census, living in the town of Madison with their parents Ely and Elizabeth Taylor. Sadly, just in 2022 there was a tombstone found lying flat and buried underneath a little soil and lots of leaves in the 5-acre Gray Cemetery on the east side of Balch Road (behind the Balch Road Self-Storage facility) near Gillespie Road. The tombstone shows that Eliza Taylor, who was born in July of 1873, died on August 8, 1900, only a year after her marriage to Charley. The old tombstone was not found by cemetery searchers of the past -- not even by the impressive work of Dorothy Scott Johnson, who wrote an extensive description of the cemetery, as well as several cemetery books for Madison County in the 1970s upon the conclusion of numerous years of field research. Charley married again within two years of Eliza’s death, and he lived into the 1950s, producing several children. He is buried in Athens. While very little about the families mentioned above has been written here, most of them have been addressed as primary subjects with much more detail in previous articles published over the years in the Huntsville Times when it ran a weekly Madison Spirit segment on Wednesdays from 2007 into 2012. More has been written about many of them in the Madison Record newspaper in 2021, 2022, and earlier this year. However, it may be that more expanded histories of these pioneer families of the area may become the subjects of future issues of the Madison Record newspaper as time and space allow.
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scheduled week. The event has been hosted for the past two years at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Ft. Worth, Tex. Like the last two years, more than 800 participants are expected. In the youth event, more than 100 of the top junior players from around the world will compete in the indoor complex of the Athletic Club of Alabama. “Hosting a national championship is a special opportunity for our destination and we look forward to USA Table Tennis filling our city next summer,” said Jennifer Moore President and CEO of the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We appreciate the faith the USA Table Tennis has in our team to host these two major
events,” said Mark Russell executive director of the Huntsville Sports Commission. “It is exciting to host the national championships and we look forward to helping table tennis grow in the Southeast.” The two weeks of action are expected to generate more than $2 million in economic impact with more than 3,000 room nights during the holiday weekend. USA Table Tennis is organized under the U.S. Olympic Committee and supports the sport of table tennis by creating opportunities for athletes and coaches of all backgrounds to participate in the sport through more than 250 clubs and over 350 tournaments across the country.
6B • THE MADISON RECORD
November 15, 2023
Who Was President John F. Kennedy? John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of The United States. He was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was a part of a large family; he had three brothers and five sisters. He was a Boy Scout and made very good grades in school. His father was a politician and very involved in politics. During World War II, John served in the Navy. During his time in the Navy, a torpedo patrol boat that he was in charge of was hit and sank. John survived and was considered a hero. After the war, he was elected as a U.S. Congressman in 1947 and served for six years. On September 12, 1953, he married Jacqueline Bouvier in a lavish wedding. John ran for U.S. Senate in 1953 and won. In 1957, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles In Courage. He wrote the book from 1954-1955 while recovering from back surgery. In 1960, he ran for U.S. President against Richard Nixon. It was one of the closest Presidential races ever, but he won. He was the youngest person ever elected as President. He took his oath of office at the age of 43 on January 20, 1961. His presidency was marked with many memorable events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is also known for being the President during the Space Race between the United States and Russia, in which each wanted to be the first in space and the first to have a man on the Moon. He challenged the Country to have a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. Sadly, what he is most-known for is being the fourth U.S. President to be assassinated. On November 22, 1963, while riding in an open-motorcade parade in Dallas, Texas, the President was shot and killed by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald. His legacy remains as one of the most interesting Presidents in United States history.
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Sharing pie and God’s word By DAWN REED
I didn’t want to share my pie. That sounds terrible, but it was blackberry-my very favorite. While Mr. and Mrs. Walker had given it to my beloved for Pastor Appreciation, I knew it was actually for me, because they know it’s my very favorite. My beloved doesn’t like the seeds, so it was all mine. It’s one of those treasures from heaven I only get a few times of year. I planned to enjoy every single morsel. I had divvied it up in my head. I could eat one piece of pie for supper, then one for breakfast the next day. Another for that day’s supper and so on. Sweets make my stomach hurt but I was willing to press through it. Eating a whole pie though? By myself ? That would be stingy. I weighed my options. The girls at work would love it. They had never ever tasted this heavenly delight. It would be such a blessing to all of them. Knowing it was the right thing, I determined to share it the next day. I still cut out two large
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CHURCH OF CHRIST Central Valley 5700 Mooresville Rd.
JEWISH SYNAGOGUES Temple B’nai Sholom 103 Lincoln St. S.E.
Crosspointe 78 Hughes Road
Phillip Tabernacle Primitive Baptist 930 Balch Road
Church of Christ Hughes Road at Gooch Lane
LUTHERAN Faith Lutheran 660 Gillespie Rd
Skyline ABA Baptist 586 Slaughter Road
The Church of Christ on the Highway 7594 Wall Triana Hwy.
Lamb Of God Lutheran 11716 County Line
Grace Baptist 122 Walnut St. Greenbrier Baptist 7939 Greenbrier Road Haven Baptist 1840 Slaughter Rd.
St. Andrew Primitive Baptist 1393 Swancott Road The Brook 8573 Highway 72
Swancott Church of Christ Swancott Road
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Korean First Baptist 4257 Sullivan St.
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Parker Chapel Methodist Church 28670 Powell Road
The Harbor Family Worship Center 1469 Browns Ferry Road
Springhill United Methodist Church 1605 Zierdt Rd.
Hope Church 1661 Balch Road
Restoration Foursquare 5810 Wall Triana Highway Spirit Life Family Worship Center 1469 Browns Ferry Road PRESBYTERIAN Grace Presbyterian USA 5555 Wall Triana Highway
Journey Church 13902 Bradford Road
St. Peter UMC 107 Stewart St.
METHODIST Asbury Church 980 Hughes Road
Monrovia Church of Christ 595 Nance Road
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St. Paul United Methodist Church 620 6th Street
Messiah Lutheran 7740 Highway 72 W
Church of Christ of Madison 556 Hughes Road
Trinity Baptist 1088 Hughes Road
International Baptist 1025 Shelton Road
55:11 reminds us that God’s Word will not return empty, but will accomplish His purpose. That means every time we share Scripture God can use it. Another personal ministry tool is something I call a “Cup of Strength.” It’s a cup or coffee mug with 30 strength-focused Bible verses inside. It doesn’t cost a lot. I get old coffee mugs from ladies at church, Goodwill, or antique stores. They’re great to share with visitors at church and new members, coworkers, employees at our bank and local businesses, new moms, moms of young kids and older kids, neighbors, college students, people going through cancer treatments, new home owners, those who have lost a spouse, etc. A note goes inside each one with the reason for the gift and instructions to hang the verses, carry them, and remember them. (I get messages and texts back about how Scripture has spoken.) My ways aren’t the only ways-just what work for me. God’s Word changes lives-even more than the Walker’s blackberry pie. Sharing pie is good but the very best thing to share is the gospel.
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BAPTIST Big Shiloh Baptist 133 Maple St.
First Baptist Madison 4257 Sullivan St.
pieces to keep. Didn’t want to go completely crazy. They loved it and moaned while eating each bite. Good food is always better shared. If I kept it only for myself, I would have gotten a belly ache. There’s something else I never ever want to be stingy with: God’s Word. I want to share it and need to. Yet when the opportunity comes, I sometimes get scared; my heart races. Here I stand, holding the Words of Life, and shaking in my Crocs. If I keep it to myself, it changes only me. If I give it away, it can change the lives of others. How do I share God’s life-changing words with those around me even if I’m nervous? I need something to bridge the gap, so I make Bible verse cards. (They’re printed on cardstock.) Joshua 1:9 is my favorite to share: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you…” Who doesn’t need strength and courage? Bible verse cards help me get God’s Word into the hands of the lost, downtrodden, troubled, and it can make a difference. Isaiah
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Ford’s Chapel United Methodist Church 280 Ford Chapel Drive
Fellowship United Methodist Church 29768 Huntsville Brownsferry Rd.
MORMON The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 1297 Slaughter Road
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Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian 3726 Pryor Road
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