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Selma children’s book author, illustrator teaches lessons about epilepsy and bullying BY FRED GUARINO
Selma Sun Staff A new children’s book by a Selma author and illustrator promotes seizure and epilepsy awareness and sends a strong anti-bullying message. The book “Zeeba and the Seizure” was written and illustrated by Meadowview Christian School and University of Montevallo graduate Michaela Barnes of Selma. The goal of the book, Barnes said, is to educate children and adults who do not have seizures to possibly save a life. It also encourages children with epilepsy. Barnes said the book was inspired by her 6-year-old niece, who suffered seizures
and epilepsy since she was 3. The book features Zeeba the zebra, her classmates at school, and a moose and a crocodile as doctors. Some of the characters in the book are based on Selma doctors and nurses, Barns said. Barnes said she worked in medical records for Selma Medical Associates after college, and two of the doctors in the book – a moose and a crocodile – were based on Dr. Nicholas Knight and Dr. Jack Burns, respectively. Barnes said her niece, who is stable at present, had a lot say about who was who among the characters. According to Barnes, when her niece was small, she would run into things and fall, and
The book “Zeeba and the Seizure” was inspired by Michaela Barnes’ 6-year-old niece, who suffered seizures and epilepsy since she was 3.
no one knew what was going on. But when her niece had an actual seizure, Barnes said she was diagnosed with epilepsy. She said her book follows Zeeba the Zebra to school, where things happen to her such as headaches and falling, which Barnes said she uses to teach children to recognize the symptoms of seizures and what to do. Barnes said at the beginning of the book, Zeeba the zebra falls, and a little girl character, who proved to be a bully, does not know what is going on. That character, Barnes said, makes fun of Zeeba. But in the end, when the bully realizes that Zeeba had been suffering seizures, “She apologizes and promises to never bully anyone again,” Barnes said. Barnes said was also aware of children who died in their sleep from SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy). And she said she wanted people to know the signs and symptoms to save a life. In “Zeeba and the Seizure,” the class takes a field trip to the hospital, where they learn many valuable lessons. The book focuses on anti-bullying, empathy, friendship, courage and support. The book also features seizure first aid. Barnes said her book, which was published June 1, can be read by children and by parents to their children. And she said it currently available on Amazon.com for $11.99 and will be available on Barnes & Noble. com soon. It received a five-star rating on Amazon, she said. Barnes said “Zeeba and the Seizure” is her second book to illustrate and the first she has written. Barnes is the daughter of Eugene and Gail Barnes. She is a 2007 Meadowview Christian graduate who earned a degree in mass communications from the University of Montevallo in 2011 while minoring in fine arts. When she is not writing and illustrating books, said she does portrait art.
Michaela Barnes of Selma has a new children’s book she wrote and illustrated that promotes seizure and epilepsy awareness. Photo provided.
Facade enhancements, flowerbed projects coming downtown SRA approves grants for beautification along Broad Street
Saints graduate Class of 2020 in ‘COVID-friendly’ style Selma-Dallas County high schools finished out graduation ceremonies last week for the Class of 2020 in unique ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Selma High School’s graduation
on Saturday featured nearly 200 graduates who were recognized through a parade and a chance to walk across a stage set up at the high school after getting out of their cars. Many seniors like
DeKarria Ross, brought a trailer of friends and family to cheer her on in the parade. READ more about this year's graduates on PAGE 7.
Old shrubs could soon be replaced with flowerbeds lining Broad Street. BY FRED GUARINO
Selma Sun Staff
DeKarria Ross had a trailer full of family and friends participate in the graduation parade.
At least six buildings in downtown Selma will get a facelift and new flower beds will line Broad Street from the Edmund Pettus Bridge to Selma City Hall, it was announced at last week’s Selma Redevelopment Authority meeting. “With the facade project and this flowerbed project, we can start to make downtown much more presentable,” SRA board member Harold Speir said. Board member Billy Young volunteered to adopt a couple flower beds himself. The SRA will have at least six building facade enhancement projects for an estimated $10,550 in grant funds as of its Thursday, June 18 meeting. The projects, whose amounts
are estimated, will be funded as follows: • A project through Arts Revive for $3,000 • Two projects through Probate Judge Jimmy Nunn for $1,000 each (pending an Ethics Commission opinion to be requested on behalf of the SRA) • A project through David Summerlin for $3,000 • A project through Jody Pilcher for $2,000 • A project through Joseph Harris for $550 These projects come from $15,000 in SRA grant funds, including $5,000 from the Dallas County Commission and $10,000 from EFA through a nonprofit. The board approved the projects pending receipts from grant recipients for what was spent, with one third, a maximum of $3,000, coming from the SRA.
The board also voted to expand the facade project, originally to include Water Avenue and Broad Street, to one block to the east and west of Broad Street pending funding. The board also approved a project to add 20 flower beds along Broad Street from the bridge to City Hall. It was pointed out during the meeting that the SRA can weed and prune the flower beds. The City Council approved participating. Businesses will partner with the SRA for the project. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the SRA continued to meet by teleconference. Present for the meeting by teleconference were Chairman Juanda Maxwell, Clint Wilkinson, Martha Lockett, Johnny Moss Jr., Young and Speir.
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Queen of Peace Catholic Church marks 150th anniversary with video BY BRAD FISHER
Selma Sun Staff
Volunteers distributed food on June 11. Photo submitted.
Food Pantry to be available June 25 The Christian Outreach Alliance of Dallas County Food Pantry will be open on Thursday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to noon. Distribution of monthly food allotment will be
conducted by drive-thru coming north on Mabry Street onto the pantry property at 700 J. L. Chestnut Blvd. and exiting east onto J. L. Chestnut. Clients must have a photo ID
with them to be presented before receiving food. A COA volunteer said the pantry will be open twice a month (2nd & 4th Thursday) but clients can only come once.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish marked its 150th anniversary with a video remembering the events that shaped the spiritual journey of Selma’s Catholic community. The 47-minute video, available on Vimeo, tells the story of Selma’s Catholic community through the 19th century to today. Selma Catholic Church opened on Washington Street on July 19, 1870, at a cost of $13,084.43. The church became Our Lady Queen of Peace in 1971, according to the video. The church bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish says that the church would like to gather more personal stories about the history of the church for an exhibit that will be displayed when it’s safe to gather. The church is interested in gathering memories about Craig Air Base and its effect on the parish, memories of the James Burk beating, memories of special Sisters who served, memories of significant parish-
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Selma marks 150 years. ioners and memories of helping Edmundite Missions, among others. Parishioners and others with information are asked to contact Maria Stevenson, president of the Women’s Society. After the exhibit, the story-
boards would be placed in a binder so that future generations might know and appreciate the diverse story of Selma Catholics. The video can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/430467449.
Yard sale at Angie’s Auction takes March over Edmund Pettus the place of canceled annual Bridge recognizes Juneteenth, World’s Largest Yard Sale need for racial equality A group gathered Friday for a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and press conference to recognize Juneteenth. Led by former Sen. Hank Sanders and with organizations represented, a crowd marched in the summer heat from the Dallas County Courthouse to Freedom Park over the bridge. Speakers talked about the country’s need for racial equality, the Black Lives Matter movement and the history of Juneteenth, when the news of slavery being abolished reached the last slaves in Texas in 1865. Participants were from the Alabama Save Ourselves Movement for Democracy and Justice, the Alabama chapter
The Edmund Pettus Bridge was closed to traffic on one side during the march on Friday. of the NAACP, the Alabama New South Coalition, the World Conference of Mayors, the Historic Black Towns and
Settlements, the Alabama Conference of Black Mayors and more. - Cindy Fisher
Shoppers had a variety of tents and vendors to choose from at the yard sale. After the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the annual World’s Largest Yard Sale this year, Angie’s Auction held a large yard sale on their own June 20 instead. The World’s Largest is usually held the third weekend of April but was cancelled due to the virus. Bo and Angie Morgan held a yard sale at their property on Highway 44 Friday and Saturday with more than a dozen vendors selling anything from chickens to antiques and jellies.
A band entertained shoppers into the late evening Saturday.
Young people start the march carrying a sign that says “Vote or Die.”
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‘John Lewis Bridge Project’ launched to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge BY NATHAN PREWETT
Selma Sun Staff Following the recent change. org petition to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge in the wake of national dialogue over race in the U.S., a nonprofit project has been launched to name the landmark after civil rights activist John Lewis.
Civil rights activist John Lewis.
“The John Lewis Bridge Project” was launched on June 11 by Michael Starr Hopkins, a Democratic strategist who started the change.org petition that has now gained more than 200,000 supporters. In a press release, he said that the project seeks to remove “existing signs” of the Confederacy in addition to renaming the
Johnnie Leashore announces re-election bid for Ward 6 seat BY CINDY FISHER
Selma Sun Staff
Johnnie Leashore, is running for re-election in Ward 6 for Selma City Council.
Johnnie Leashore, current City Councilman in Ward 6, announced he is running for re-election. Leashore has held the council seat twice before, first in 2004-2008 and again in 2016. Leashore says he won most recently on a campaign to restore citizen’s right to speak at council meetings. That was accomplished. “I’ve done a good job representing citizens,” he said. He also said he helped get lights installed at the dangerous Plant Street bypass intersection at Highway 41.
Leashore says he is running again because “Selma needs good leaders.” “We have the ability to move the city forward if we have capable leaders,” he said. “Right now, we just don’t have that.” He wants better public safety and more police officers with better pay that is equal with other departments in the state. Leashore is an alumnus of Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., and retired from the State Department of Human Resources as a support supervisor. He attends Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
Selma-Dallas County unemployment rates drop BY FRED GUARINO
Selma Sun Staff People are returning to work in Alabama and in Dallas County following the coronavirus pandemic-related shutdown, which is being reflected in the unemployment numbers. From April to May, Dallas County’s May preliminary unemployment rate improved 5.8%, and Selma’s May preliminary unemployment rate improved 6.1%, according to the latest numbers from the Alabama Department of Labor. Even with the improvement, Selma’s unemployment rate of 17.1% is one of the highest in the state. Similar cities with high unemployment rates are Prichard at 18.6%, Selma at 17.1% and Gadsden at 15.7%. Dallas County’s May preliminary rate of 15% is down from April’s revised rate of 20.8% and above May 2019’s rate of 4.4%. Selma’s May preliminary rate of 17.1% is down from April’s revised rate of 23.2% and above May 2019’s revised rate of 5.4%. May’s Alabama rate represents 221,811 unemployed
persons, compared to 302,535 in April and 68,057 in May 2019. Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Friday, June 19 that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 9.9%, down from April’s revised rate of 13.8% and above May 2019’s rate of 3%. “This month’s decrease in the unemployment rate reflects that people are returning to work following the pandemic-related shutdown,” said Gov. Kay Ivey. “While we are nowhere near pre-pandemic levels, a monthly decrease of nearly four percentage points is certainly a positive.” She said, “Alabama, along with the rest of the nation, will be feeling the impacts brought on by this virus for months to come. My administration is committed to helping return Alabamians to their jobs safely and to helping Alabama businesses to reopen and grow.” Washington said, “While we are still far short of last year’s economic markers, we did show significant improvement over the last month. More than 80,000 fewer people were counted as unemployed last month,
while the number of employed rose by more than 128,300.” Alabama’s wage and salary employment increased in May by 42,500. Monthly gains were seen in the leisure and hospitality sector (+23,600), the education and health services sector (+9,600) and the other services sector (+5,400), among others. Over the year, wage and salary employment decreased 161,500, with losses in the leisure and hospitality sector (-64,600), the professional and business services sector (-27,700) and the education and health services sector (-16,700), among others. Average weekly earnings increased to a record high in May, rising to $905.25 per week, representing an increase of $66.43 over the year. Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are Clay County at 5.6%, Geneva County at 6.3% and Shelby County at 6.5%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are Wilcox County at 19.3%, Lowndes County at 18.3% and Greene County at 16.4%. Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are Vestavia Hills at 5.2%, Homewood at 5.4% and Madison at 6.2%.
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bridge. “As we wipe away this country’s long stain of bigotry, we must also wipe away the names of men like Edmund Pettus,” he said in the release. “This isn’t just about changing the name on a bridge, this is about changing our country and living up to our own expectations.” “Since launching this cam-
paign on Thursday, June 11 we have seen over 200,000 people join us in raising their voices to say it is long past time to change the name of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Congressman John Lewis has been an example of courage, strength, and morality for decades. This bridge is a monument that should lift up his message and his story, not
the story of a Confederate officer and Klan member.” According to the press release, the effort to rename the bridge has been supported by Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, Rep. Terri Sewell, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, actress and director Kerry Washington and former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power.
Terri Sewell introduces resolution she says will provide voter protections
BY NATHAN PREWETT
Selma Sun Staff On Thursday, June 18, Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) introduced a resolution related to voting protections with representatives Marc Veasey (TX33) and Bobby Scott (VA-03), who are also co-chairs of the
Congressional Voting Rights Caucus. According to a press release on Sewell’s website, the resolution addresses what was described as voter suppression, as well as protections that would prevent voting system malfunctions before the November general election and the Alabama primary on July 14. “Black Americans have faced obstacle after obstacle to exercise their right to vote for the more than 100 years since being considered full citizens under the Constitution,” Sewell commented in the release. “If our nation is ever to live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all, we must redouble our efforts to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to its full strength, enact H.R. 4 into law and actively work to end every modern-day barrier to the bal-
lot box.” The resolution was introduced before Juneteenth as a way to celebrate the holiday that commemorates the abolition of slavery, the press release stated, which also said that it will help minority voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Specifically, the resolution aims to help minorities by including provisions that will support the implementation of transparent and inclusive election policies, the expansion of vote-by-mail and postage-paid absentee ballot options, the prioritization of disbursing election assistance funding to states that are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and the creation of a national task force through the Election Assistance Commission that would prioritize promoting safe voting practices during this pandemic,” said the release.
Dallas County could be ‘shortchanged’ by poor Census response BY TODD PRATER
Selma Sun Staff Dallas County is falling behind on its response to the Census, and that could mean the county will be “shortchanged” in government funding for a decade, according to an official with the U.S. Census Bureau. Marilyn Stephens, assistant regional Census manager for the U.S. Census Bureau, said that nationwide “nearly 62% of the nation’s households have completed their census form. In Alabama, 59.4% have completed, but in Dallas County only 52% have completed their Census.” Stephens said the formulas used to determine the need of the state, county and cities use Census population data. “If you don’t participate, then your community gets shortchanged for over 10 years,” Stephens said. The federal government uses data from the census to allocate more than $675 billion in resources each year. Stephens said funding for programs like Medicare, rural hospitals, community health centers, Early Head Start, Head Start, Title 1 grants and the national student free- and reduced-lunch program all depend on Census numbers to determine funding. Senior assistance programs like Meals on Wheels, highway repair and construction, Pell grants for college students and services for military veterans
all rely on population data collected by the Census. Stephens said the population data collected is also used to determine the number of seats each state gets in Congress. She said Alabama is in danger of losing a congressional seat. “I have had several conversations with Gov. Ivey, and she is determined that the state of Alabama will not lose a seat in Congress, so Alabama Counts wants everyone to complete the Census.” One of many things the COVID-19 pandemic brought to a screeching halt was the U. S. Census Bureau’s field operations. During this operation, Census workers hand deliver Census material to homes that use post office boxes and do not get their mail delivered directly to their physical address. Hand delivery has started up again, but the response is still low in Dallas County. The delivery of Census materials started on May 5, so Stephens said, “everyone in Dallas County should now have Census materials.” “What I want everyone to do is to make a choice: do I want to go online at www.my2020census.gov and complete my form online, or do I want to talk with a representative and do it by phone at 1-844-330-2020, or be a traditionalist and fill out the paper questionnaire and mail it back, no postage necessary,” Stephens said. She said they check the phone number daily,
and there is no wait time. Stephens said the website is easy to use. A 92-year-old man called her for help, and he filled out the form online and said he did it in just about six minutes. She said he was so impressed at how easy it was, he wanted to do it again. “I told him once is enough, but the point is that it is that simple,” she said. Some people are concerned about security of the information. Stephens said two laws protect personal data of everyone filling out a Census form. Title 13 prohibits the Census Bureau from publishing any information that may identify a person or anyone in the family at a particular address. The only way the Bureau can use the collected data is in statistical form, and not in any way that could identify any individual. Stephens said Title 13 also prohibits any other government agency from using the data except in statistical form. She said the other law is Title 44, which seals all Census Bureau personal information for 72 years. Stephens said for questions or to fill out the Census over the phone, call the Census Bureau toll free number 1-844330-2020. Or go online at www. my2020census.gov. Alabama also has a Census website at https://census.alabama.gov/ Stephens said at the end of July, Census workers will follow up door to door visiting households that have not completed their forms.
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VOICES Primary runoff election in a time of pandemic
BY JIMMY NUNN
Dallas County Probate Judge In preparing for an election, there are so many moving parts as it takes a grand effort on the part of many to conduct an election. So many cit-
izens are asking questions as to whether the election is still going to be held on July 14 and the answer is yes. Although the virus is a major concern of ours, citizens of Dallas County should be assured that the Probate office is implementing clear safety plans to protect in person voting at the polls on July 14. On the day of the election, we are asking citizens to be patient with the election process and the election officials. Although there will be many precautionary measures in effect, everyone will be allowed to exercise their right to vote on election day. Since the citizens and our election officials are our top priority, these are some of the mandatory and necessary pre-
cautions to be taken on election day. • All equipment at each voting precinct will be sanitized and disinfected prior to use of the same. • All poll pads, pens and equipment will be disinfected and sanitized on a regular basis during the day. • Every election official will be required to wear a mask and have their temperature checked. • Every election official will have the option to wear face shields • Every voter will be requested to wear mask, have their temperature checked and wear gloves. • Hand sanitizer and disinfect wipes will be made available to all voters.
• Voters will be strongly requested to adhere to the 6-foot social distancing rule at each precinct. • PPE’s will be provided or a voter may bring their own mask, gloves and/or sanitizer. However, if there is still a concern about contracting or spreading the coronavirus on election day then we encourage you to apply for and cast an absentee ballot. You may skip the lines on July 14 and cast your ballot now on the 2nd floor of the Dallas County court house, Room 219. You will be eligible to check the box on the absentee ballot application that is most applicable to you. In the case none of the boxes are appropriate, you may check the box which reads as follows:
“I have a physical illness or infirmity which prevents my attendance at the polls. [ID REQUIRED]” You may also mail in your absentee application along with a copy of a valid photo ID. Applications can be picked up at the courthouse at the Absentee Election Manager’s office or you may download the application from the Secretary of State’s website. Voters who cast a ballot in the Primary Election may only vote in that same party’s runoff election. In addition, you will have until Monday, June 29 to register to vote and until Thursday, July 9 to submit an absentee ballot application or vote absentee in person. If returning by hand, absentee ballots must be delivered to
the Absentee Election Manager no later than the close of business Monday, July 13. If mailing, absentee ballots must be postmarked no later than Monday, July 13. In light of this virus, I am proud of our election team and I am completely satisfied with the clear safety plans in place to protect our citizens during the July 14 primary run-off election. If you would like to become part of our election team and serve as an election official, please call our office. Further, If the Judge of Probate or his staff can be of any assistance, rest assured that our door is open to serve you. You can reach us at (334) 876-4830. Jimmy Nunn is the Judge of Probate Court in Dallas County.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Edmund Pettus Bridge: Rename it? I labored and tossed in my head about renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and after a single person, most often after a white male. I drew reflection from the words for this article, from James (Jim) Loewen, a former instructor at Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss. The lingering memory of Jim and his courage to stand up on the right side of history and his books about lies in America’s textbook became an impressionable mark on my life. I first met Jim as a student at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Students were having a peaceful demonstration to protest against installing an ROTC program on campus. One of the black staff persons accused us of rioting and having weapons and he called the racist and brutal Madison County sheriff department on campus. The staff person pulled a gun on a peaceful protest student leader and Jim stood with us and possibly prevented someone from being battered and maybe killed. Jim left Tougaloo on his own accord after that incident. I lost
interest in classes and became disappointed at some students who would not stand up for the student leader, after he, me and others occupied the student chapel the preceding semester to protest and demand they be reinstated to school in what we thought was an abuse of their rights by the board and administration. Jim writes from his book Lies Across America that: “…monument come from the Latin name monere, to remind, admonish, instruct. Images are visual, the images monuments show us often linger in memory long after we have forgotten what the words tell us…Monuments say I am important.” “Jim goes on to remind us that markers help people feel good about their wealth and fame, their knowledge and civic mindedness, and often their ancestors”… People who erect markers and monuments determine how history will be remembered. What a community erects on its historical landscape not only sums up its view of the past but also influences its pos-
sible futures… What one generation puts on the landscape thus becomes a force imprisoning the minds of generations that follow…” On the other hand, recognizing the local history of the landscape empowers the people to make more local history. All history is local… the most important ideas come from an area, those things worthy of note… and make it more likely that local townspeople will continue to do things of note. It is for the aforementioned by Jim that I do not agree with the renaming of the bridge after any one person. Local people of Selma organized and struggled for voting rights before 1965, before SNCC and SCLC came to Selma. Much has been made about Mr. Lewis leading the march and nothing about the Dallas County Voters League that organized the march, selected who could be on the bridge, and that persons in the front of the line were chosen by straw vote. Let’s rename the bridge ‘The Foot Soldiers Bridge’ to reflect the true facts of history and to
honor the historic struggle lead by local citizens of Selma. ‘The Foot Soldiers Bridge’ is a name that casts a light bright enough to illuminate the many known and unknown heroes/heroes of that Selma Movement. It will help future generations know and understand Selma’s history and their own possibilities. It will prevent them from following the false narrative of rugged American history of individualism that lifts up one per-
son and one incident to bring about change. The masses of people wrote the history of the voting rights movement in Selma, a movement that begin in Selma, Dallas County in1918 and coalesced in Selma, Dallas County in 1965. Black American Descendants of Enslavement are toppling markers all over the country to say no to white supremacy, they are saying the lives of Black Lives Matter, Black Americans
are important. “They” are writing history, past, present, and future as a collective, just like the history was written in Selma. Let’s not make the same mistakes of the past with trying to put history in the name of a single person. William Waheed is author of “The Courageous Eight, Story of The Unheralded Leaders of The Selma Voters Rights Movement.” He can be reached at morethanabusride@gmail.com.
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CITY OF SELMA TAX DELINQUENCIES LEGAL NOTICE TAX COLLECTOR'S SALE CITY OF SELMA DALLAS COUNTY, AL Under and by virtue of execution issued by the City Clerk of The City of Selma for delinquent taxes due to The City of Selma and levied upon the property hereinafter described, I Kenta Fulford, Chief of Police of the City of Selma and Being the person designated by the City Council of the City of Selma to collect delinquent- taxes, will sell at Public Outcry to the highest bidder for cash on JULY 10TH, 2020 within the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House in the City of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, the real estate in the City of Selma herein after described and assessed to names, TO-WIT:CITY OF SELMA VS THE FOLLOWING: Account#0000525875 ALABAMA HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY C/O HAI PERVEZ Parcel# 11062320010060000 LOT 2 CRESTWOOD PARK MB 3 PG 84 S23 T17N R10E. DB 1102 PG 883 DB 1277 PG 672 DB 1540 PG 293 (FCD) Total Due:623.37 Account#0000492040 ALLEN A.C. & ALBERTA C/O WILLIAM MILLER Parcel# 12093030030550000 LOT 19 BLK 13 TUXEDO PARK DB 698 PG 334 S30 T17N R11E Total Due:94.80 Account#0000539525 AMEEN KHALIL Parcel# 11073620040200000 N/2 LOT 3 BLK 14 LAPSLEY ST DB 1099 PG 202; DB 1200 PG 287; DB 1498 PG 601 SEC 36-T17R10 DB-1538 PG-265 DB 1563 PG 698 (WD) Total Due:443.74 Account#0000006540 BADGER RUTH E. C/O JAMES BADGER Parcel# 11062430030310000 LT 7 BLK B EDGEWOOD ADD MB 1 PG 170 S24-T17NR10E. DB 710 PG 244 (WD) Total Due:212.45 Account#0000006540 BADGER RUTH E. C/O JAMES BADGER Parcel# 11062430030320000 LT 9 BLK B EDGEWOOD ADD MB 1 PG 170 S24-T17NR10E. DB 710 PG 366 (WD) Total Due:366.83 Account#0000541705 BAINS PAUL & CHRISTY Parcel# 11082710010190000 LOT 19 BLK E OF MERRIMAC HEIGHTS S/D S27-T17N-R10E. WB 61 PG 53 DB 1559 PG 659 (AFF) DB 1559 PG 660 (WD) DB1568 PG 53 (WD) Total Due:315.75 Account#0000012090 BENFORD HELEN J. (HEIRS OF) C/O TONJA BENFORD Parcel# 11072540010970000 LOT 16 BLK4 ST PHILLIPS ST. DB 930 PG 379 S25 T17N R10E Total Due:171.13 Account#0000012110 BENJAMIN LORENZO HEIRS OF C/O DEJAUNE WHITE Parcel# 12093030040490000 LOT 13 BLK 16 TUXEDO PARK DB 367 PG 74 Total Due:141.86 Account#0000012560 BENSON CHRISTOPHER C/O JAMES MAY JR-MATTIE MAY Parcel# 11072540020750000 PT LOTS 35 & 36 BLK 54 KELLER AVEDB-1072 PG-253 Total Due:118.90 Account#0000020150 BROWN THOMAS L. & MINTER R.(LE) Parcel# 11062420040460000 LOT 31 KING S/D DB 1085 PG 454 DB 1462 PG 127 S24 T17N R10E Total Due:369.70 Account#0000028000 CARTER ELSIE HEIRS OF Parcel# 12093110010180000 LOT 2 & W/2 LOT 3 BLK 3 WATER HGTS ADDN. S/DDB782 PG-245 Total Due:242.29 Account#0000029220 CENTRAL ALA OB-GYN P.C. Parcel# 12093030030510000 LT 8 BLK 24 TUXEDO PK S/D MB 1 PG 85 S30-T17-R11 DB1079 PG 427 Total Due:98.82
Account#0000505685 CHELSEA SOUTH LLC C/O HATCHER UNDREA T. & JACQUE Parcel# 12093120020220000 BEG SW INT ALABAMA AVE & MAXEY ST; TH W TO E/L RAILROAD; S TO N/L WATER AVE; E ALG SD N/L WATER TO W/L MAXEY ST; TH N TO POB BEING PT BLK 100 ALABAMA AVE... DB 1226 PG 211 DB 1314 PG 737 DB 1419 PG 656 SEC 31 TWP 17N R 11E DB 1422 PG 374 DB 1451 PG 504 DB 1499 PG 241C Total Due:258.36 Account#0000505685 CHELSEA SOUTH LLC C/O HATCHER UNDREA T. JACQUE Parcel# 12093120020230000 BEG SW INT ALABAMA AVE & RAILROAD ROW; TH W ALG S/L ALABAMA AVE 245'S; S TO N/L WATER AVE; E 185'S TO W/L RAILROAD ROW; N 355'S TO POB PT OF BLK 100 ALABAMA.DB 1226 PG 211 DB 1314 PG 737 DB 1419 PG 656 SEC 31 TWP 17N R 11E DB 1422 PG 375 DB 1451 PG 504 DB 1499 PG 241 Total Due:152.19 Account#0000505685 CHELSEA SOUTH LLC C/O HATCHER UNDREA T. JACQUE Parcel# 12093120020600000 BEG SW INT RR & WATER AVE; TH W 152'S; SE 145'S TO N/L RR; E 120'S TO RR; TH N 98.25' TO POB PT LOT 8 ( AKA ARMOUR WAREHOUSE LOT ) IN S31-T17-R11. DB 1314 PG 737 DB 1419 PG 656 DB 1422 PG 376 DB 1451 PG 504 DB1499 PG 241 Total Due:113.74 Account#0000032610 CLEVELAND CATHERINE Parcel# 11072540050380000 LOT 4 BLK 51 ML KING JR ST. DB-405 P-308 WB-51 P-9 BASE YR ACT 48 2004 Total Due:150.47 Account#0000530860 COOK SHERRI Parcel# 11082800040640000 LT 4 BLK C CASTLEWOOD ADD PLAT 1 MB 6 PG 57 S28T17N-R10E. DB 1189 PG 326 DB 1353 PG 110 DB 0000 PG 000 (2015 TAX SALE) REDEMPTION # 37034 DB 1539 PG 283 (FCD) DB 1550 PG 359 (WD) DB 1550 PG 791(D) Total Due:485.06 Account#0000542935 DAVIS BAKARI RASHAD Parcel# 11062310030480000 E 30' OF LOT 5 & W 60' LOT 4 BLK A OF W.R. THRASH MB 2 PG 112 S23 T17N R10E. DB 630 PG 397 DB 1257 PG 717 DB 1280 PG 736 DB 1558 PG 708 (D) DB 1560 PG 551 (FCD) DB 1561 PG 337 (WD) DB 1570 PG 247 Total Due:479.32 Account#0000543515 DAVIS BRENDA Parcel# 11072540050290000 LOT 16 BLK 51 LAWRENCE ST SEC 25-T17N-R10E. DB 495 PG 102 WB 49 PG 48 DB 1571 PG 397 Total Due:93.65 Account#0000205190 EDWARDS EUGENE W. Parcel# 11072520030910000 LOT 1 BLK 1 WHEELER HOMES S/D DB-1010 PG-16 REDEEMED FROM STATE 3/20/98 Total Due:391.51 Account#0000053280 FIKES MILDRED & BEVERLY M. HALL Parcel# 12093020030050000 LOT 18 BLK 4 DAY ADDN. S/D DB-1045 PG-566 DB-1086 PGS-155 159 163 & 167DB-1212 PG-384 Total Due:167.11 Account#0000530825 GRIOTS COLLECTIVE INC. (THE)C/O SHELIA EVANSERANUNN Parcel# 11073640010050000 W/2 LOT 24 BLK C WATER IN S36-T17N-R10E. DB 1206 PG 504 DB 1437 PG 770 DB 1515 PG 533 (WD) DB 1551 PG 25 (QCD) Total Due:334.12 Account#0000359530 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 12093120020070000 LOT 51 BLK 106 ALA. AVE. DB-1305 PG-675 Total Due:264.10 Account#0000359530 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 11072630010160000 S 100' LT 15 BLK N CA. COTTON MILLS PROPERTYDB-1032 PG-593 DB-1256 PG-663 Total Due:254.92
Account#0000359530 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 11072630030090000 LOT 4 BLK M CA. COTTON MILL PROPERTY DB-1305 PG-675 Total Due:279.60 Account#0000359530 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 16020400013310000 LOT 10 RAMSEY GREENACRES S/D DB-1032 PG-593 DB-1305 PG-675 Total Due:370.85 Account#0000359530 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 16020400013320000 PT. LOT 13 VALLEY FARMS EXTENSION DB-1305 PG-675 Total Due:353.06 Account#0000543170 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 16020400013300000 LOT 9 RAMSEY GREENACRES S/D DB 1256 PG 667 DB 1305 PG 673 DB 1389 PG 332 S4 T16N R10E Total Due:370.85 Account#0000543175 HALL PAMELA TROHA Parcel# 11083430030310000 LOT 15 & N/12 OF LOT 16 BLK 2 FARIVIEW S/D MB 2 PG 100 S34 T17N R10E Total Due:443.74 Account#0000293030 HARRELL LILLIE BENDER C/O REGINA PARKER Parcel# 12093040050490000 LT 13 BLK 1 GREENWOOD PK S/D MB3 PG 17 S30-T17-R11. DB 642 PG 404 DB 1564 PG 102 (WD) Total Due:456.36 Account#0000074120 HEARON DOROTHY T. Parcel# 11073510021040000 LT 38 BLK 14 WEST END LAND CO MB 1 PG 93 S35T17N-R10E. DB 808 PG 68 DB 1515 PG 593 (QCD) Total Due:165.96 Account#0000476130 HHH INVESTMENTS LLC Parcel# 11072530021810000 LOT 12 BLK 7 PLATTENBURG ADD MABRY DB 1179 PG 428 DB 1449 PG 337 S25 T17N R10E Total Due:498.26 Account#0000483105 HOWARD ELGIN Q. Parcel# 11072530020470000 LOT 12 BLK 4 PLATTENBURG ADD. DB 624 PG 213 DB 1459 PG 707 & 711 DB 1459 PG 716 S25 T17N R10E Total Due:102.26 Account#0000483105 HOWARD ELGIN Q. Parcel# 11072530020480000 LOT 11 BLK 4 PLATTENBURG ADD. DB 960 PG 405 DB 1459 PG 707 & 711 DB 1459 PG 716 S25 T17N R10E Total Due:443.74 Account#0000467770 JACKSON SHERMAN L & CAROL J SLAUGHTER Parcel# 11062310040340000 LOT 17A & S 100' LOT 17 PHIPPS S/D DB 1340 PG 255 DB 1428 PG 752 S23 T17N R10E Total Due:231.96 Account#0000085480 JAGASSAR BERTHA G. Parcel# 11072530020940000 LOT 11 BLK 6 PLATTENBURG ADD UNION DB 974 PG 55 Total Due:474.73
SD DB-1154 PG-645 Total Due:266.40 Account#0000527470 JONES ANTHONY Parcel# 12093110021310010 LOT 12 BLK 13 CLIFFORD STONE S/D DB 916 PG 280 DB 1466 PG 577 S31 T17N R11E DB 1543 PG 783 (WD) Total Due:243.44 Account#0000089240 JONES DONNA MARIE Parcel# 11073540020160000 LT 39 BLK B RIVERVIEW ADDN S/D LAMAR AVEDB1073 PG-980 Total Due:221.06 Account#0000431950 JONES RANDY & ROBERT & LARRY & WALTER, ETAL Parcel# 12093020020640000 LOT 6 BLK F LAKEWOOD S/D PLAT 3 DB-690 PG-80 WB-74 PG-490 Total Due:355.35 Account#0000508180 JONES SARAH D. Parcel# 12093040050480000 LT 11 BLK 1 GREENWOOD PARK S/D MB 3 PG 17 IN S30T17-R11, DB 740 PG 71 DB 1509 PG 690-693 Total Due:473.58 Account#0000093260 KENAN CAROLINE S. & ETAL Parcel# 11072540041330000 PT LOT 3 REV'D BLK B PLATTENBURG ADDN. S/D WB 56 PG 228 DB 1273 PG 351 DB 1468 PG 134 & 138 S25 T17N R10E DB 1557 PG 735 (D) Total Due:890.81 Account#0000505340 KONDAUR CAPITAL CORP Parcel# 11083300040020300 LOT 18 BLK C CASTLEWOOD S/D MB 6 PG 199 SEC 33 T17N R10E. QCD 1108 PG 941 DB 1342 PG 653 DB 1342 PAGE 656 DB 1361 PG 767 FCD 1498 PG 8 Total Due:999.85 Account#0000491550 LEE CHRISTOPHER (RICHARD SMITHERMAN Parcel# 11062430030360000 LOT 30 & PT OF LOT 31 BLK C EDGEWOOD S/D DB 529 PG 398 DB 1149 PG 499 WB 77 PG 504 S24 T17N R10E Total Due:511.46 Account#0000525680 LEWIS DWAN Parcel# 11072640030140000 LOT 15 BLK 6 CRISMAN EXT TO UNIV. ADD. MB 1 PGS 147 & 148 DB 551 PG 490 WB 76 PG 131 S26 T17N R10E DB 1531 PG 739 (DED) DB 1531 PG 743 (WD) DB 1534 PG 41 (WD) DB 1539 PG 642 (WD) Total Due:145.30 Account#0000525680 LEWIS DWAN Parcel# 11072640030150000 LOT 16, BLOCK 6, OF THE CRISMAN EXT. TO UNIV. ADD. S/D DB 624 PG 191 WB 76 PG 131 S26 T17N R10E DB 1531 PG 741 (DED) DB 1531 PG 743 (WD) DB 1534 PG 41 (WD) DB 1539 PG 642 (WD) Total Due:165.96 Account#0000528720 LEWIS DWAN Parcel# 11072530020710000 N/2-W/2 OF LOT 1 BLK 4 SEC.25-T17N-R10E. WB 51 PG 326 DB 1545 PG 396 (DC) DB 1545 PG 397 (ADM D) DB 1545 PG 408 (WD) Total Due:439.14
Account#0000085480 JAGASSAR BERTHA G. Parcel# 11072530020960000 LOT 13 BLK 6 PLATTENBURG ADD. DB 974 PG 55 Total Due:432.83
Account#0000100710 LEWIS STELLA & JOHNNY Parcel# 11072540010490000 LOT D BLK 10 O. D. SIMPSON S/DQCD-1101 PG-173 Total Due:92.50
Account#0000397520 JOHNSON SHEMEKIA Parcel# 11082710010070000 LOT 9 BLK C MERRIMAC HEIGHTS S/D DB 668 PG 181 DB-1348 PG-211 DB-1352 PG-720 BASE YR HS 2007 Total Due:523.51
Account#0000539545 LNV CORPORATION Parcel# 11073630020240000 ALL LOT 7 & PT LOT 6 BLK 17 LAMAR AVE IN S36-T17NR10E. DB 1124 PG 983 DB 1186 PG 729 DB 1566 PG 74 (DOF) Total Due:257.21
Account#0000546970 JONES ALFRED A. & BEAUNER JONES Parcel# 12093110010510000 PT LT 4 BLK 4 OF O.L. 32 - BEG 257.9' E OF SE COR OF MECHANIC ST & ALABAMA AVE, E. 50; S. 211; W. 50 TH N 211 TO POB IN S31-T17N-R11E. DB 1143 PG 241 (TAX SALE) REDEMPTION #37162 Total Due:205.56
Account#0000112100 MATHUS WILLIE E. & LOUISE HEIRS OF Parcel# 11073630030170000 LOT 1 BLK 19 ALABAMA DB 840 PG 126 S36 T17N R10E Total Due:211.30
Account#0000434370 JONES ANNIE ANN & TONY Parcel# 11073510020670000 ALL LT 5 & PT LT 4 BLK 15 WEST END LAND CO ADDN
Account#0000112650 MAY JAMES JR. & MATTIE M.S. Parcel# 11072530020980000 LOT 16 W1/2 BLK 6 PLATTENBURG ADD. MABRY DB-862 P-420 Total Due:311.74 Account#0000533525
MAY ROBBIE L. Parcel# 11072540020210000 LT 12 BK 9 PHILPOT AVE S25 T17N R10E. DB 856 PG 305 DB 1228 PG 200 DB 1229 PG 486 DB 1555 PG 29 (WD) Total Due:314.03 Account#0000533525 MAY ROBBIE L. Parcel# 11072540050610000 LOT 11 BLK S MRS D.C RUSSELLS MAP OF SELMA PG 74 S25-T17N-R10E. DB 876 PG 227 & 396 DB 1181 PG 80 DB 1229 PG 792 DB 1274 PG 433 (ROS) DB 1555 PG 29 (WD) Total Due:231.96 Account#0000533525 MAY ROBBIE L. Parcel# 11072610010390000 LT 32 REV'D LTS 32-34 BLK O WOODLAND HGTS SOUTH SECTION OF SUMMERFIELD RD. DB 1243 PG 547 S26 T17N R10E DB 1555 PG 29 (WD) DB 1557 PGS 113 & 114 (AFFS) DB 1557 PG 115 (CD) Total Due:502.85 Account#0000533525 MAY ROBBIE L. Parcel# 11073620040230000 PT LTS 9 & 10 BLK 11 FURNISS AVE S36 T17N R10E. DB 963 PG 304 DB 1067 PG 681 DB 1241 PG 536 DB 1555 PG 29 (WD) Total Due:221.63 Account#0000307670 MCCANTS THOMAS Parcel# 11072530050240000 LOT 4 BLK 121 UNION ST. WB-59 PG-16 DB-1271 PG-652 Total Due:103.98 Account#0000307670 MCCANTS THOMAS Parcel# 11072640040060000 LOT 7 BLK 10 CRISMAN EXT TO UNIV. ADD.WB-59 PG-16 DB-1271 PG-652 Total Due:105.70 Account#0000397480 MILES BRENDA Parcel# 12093110020060000 LOT 11 BLK 1 PERHAM AVE DB-1173 PG-593 DB-1334 PG-499 Total Due:93.65 Account#0000504405 MITCHELL VINCENT E Parcel# 11052200010100000 LOT 26 BLK A LAFORET ESTATES S/D PLAT 2 MB6 PG 118 DB 1209 PG 335 DB 1495 PG 17 DB 1499 PG 249 S22 T17N R10E Total Due:391.51 Account#0000121100 MORROW JIMMY L. (LE) Parcel# 12093040040210000 LOT 17 BLK 3 GREENWOOD PARK S/D DB 731 PG 384 DB 936 PG 183 S30 T17N R11E Total Due:224.50 Account#0000130260 PARTEN RENA H. - HEIRS OF C/O MARCIA CARR Parcel# 11073540010440000 LOT 60 X 180' SATTERFIELD STREETRIVERVIEW---DB-630 PG-123 Total Due:249.18 Account#0000544140 PERKINS VERNETTA Parcel# 11073620021010000 PT LOT 14 BLK 33 PARKMAN DB 898 PG 200 DB 1403 PG 611DB 1425 PG 302 DB 1431 PG 145 DB 1566 PG 88 (DLF) Total Due:438.00 Account#0000139520 RAND JULIA C/O EVA WATTS Parcel# 12093140010900000 LOT 11 BLK 4 FAIRMONT ADD.DB-457 PG-28 Total Due:92.50 Account#0000459495 REDD ROBERT Parcel# 11062430020130000 LOT 6 BLK B CARDINAL HILLS S/D DB 984 PG 77 DB 1288 PG 266 S24 T17N R10E DB 1413 PG 35 DB 1413 PG 39 DB 1413 PG 61 Total Due:609.02 Account#0000546450 REGIONS BANK Parcel# 11082710010520000 1.93 ACRES IN LT 1OF WILKERSON ADDITION PLAT 12 MB 8 PG 114 IN S27-T17-R10... WB 32 PG 284 DB1297 PG 118 DB0000 PG 000 DB1297 PG 118; DB-1536 PG-135 DB0000 PG 000 (TAX SALE) DB1536 PG 135 (REDEMPTION) Total Due:235.98 Account#0000505140 RICHARDSON FELIX R JR Parcel# 11073630010080000 PT LT 3 BLK 9- COMM SW INT PARKMAN & PETTUS TH SW ALG S ROW PARKMAN 54.66'; TH SE 67'; NE 54.66'; TH NW 67' ALG W ROW PETTUS
TO POB IN SEC 36-T17-R10.. DB 750 PG 405; DB 1500 PG 227 Total Due:104.56 Account#0000142500 RICHARDSON ISAIAH SR. & ISAIAH JR. C/O JIMMY MORROW Parcel# 12093030010230000 ALL LOT 14 & PT LOT 15 BLK 28 TUXEDO PKDB-610 PG-385 DB-1380 PG-606 Total Due:262.95 Account#0000368930 ROBERSON HELEN ROSE HEIRS OF C/O JENNIFER SQUARE Parcel# 12041900020050110 LOT 6 BLK A MODEL S/D PLAT # 2 MB 8 PG 75 DB 850 PG 36 DB 1323 PG 740 S19 T17N R11E DB 1440 PG 432 Total Due:227.95 Account#0000147580 SAFFORD GEORGE WASHINGTON Parcel# 11072510050270000 PT LT 2 BLK 5 ROBBINS ADDN S/D RANGE STREETDB-1117 PG-499BASE YR HS A 2008 Total Due:219.34 Account#0000546475 SANCHEZ GILBERTO Parcel# 11083440020080000 LOT 2 PHYSICIANS'S OFFICE PARK S/D PLAT 1 MB 5 PG 220 S34 T17N R10EDB-1223 PG-384 DB-1360 PG-122 DB-1386 PG-744 DB0000 PG 000 (TAX SALE) DB 0000 PG 000 (ASSIGN ) DB1386 PG 744 (REDEMPTION) Total Due:2067.32 Account#0000544875 SANDERS FRANK & FLORA & J JOHNSON & N SIDERS & CARRIE Parcel# 11072530020360000 N 25' LOT 17 BLK 5 PLATTENBURG ADD MB 1 PG 106 S25-T17N-R10E. DB 1143 PG 581 DB 1572 PG 328 (WD) Total Due:135.55 Account#0000149160 SANDERS WILLIE A. HEIRS OF & BARBARA SANDERS & ROOSEVELT SANDERS Parcel# 12093120020980000 LOT 17 BLK 108 HARDIE ST. DB 736 PG 265 S31 T17N R11E Total Due:202.12 Account#0000542770 SIMON ABIJAHM Parcel# 11082730000020650 LOT 17 CROWN RIDGE S/D PLAT # 1 DB 1137 PG 727 DB 1370 PG 646DB 1413 PG 490 DB 1479 PG 303 S27 T17N R10E DB 1570 PG 555 Total Due:172.28 Account#0000494280 SMART MICHAEL Parcel# 11072530050170000 LOT SIZE 60' X81.41; IN S25 T17N R10E DB 644 PG 375 DB 1483 PG 490 Total Due:611.89 Account#0000522605 SMART MICHAEL Parcel# 11072530050750000 LOT 7 BLK 120 FRANK L DUBOSE SR. AVE. . WB 43 PG 65 S25 T17N R10E DB 1533 PG 105 (D) Total Due:137.84 Account#0000478715 SMART MICHAEL C. Parcel# 11072530050850000 PT LT 6 BLK 120 JEFF DAVIS DB 1062 PG 587 DB 1451 PG 585 S25 T17N R10E Total Due:112.59 Account#0000517235 SMITH MARY J. & CAROL M. YOUNG & C.L. SMITH Parcel# 11072640040110000 LT 12 BLK 10 UNIVERSITY ADDN MB 1 PG 14 S26-T17N-R10E. DB 1124 PG 976 (QCD) DB 1524 PG 415 (AFF) DB 1524 PG 559 (1/2 INT) Total Due:316.33 Account#0000544490 STEWART CYNTHIA E & LETECIA Parcel# 11072610020380000 LOT 3 BLK W S. SEC WOODLAND HEIGHTS S/D MB 2 PG 85. Total Due:404.71 Account#0000168500 STEWART DONEY R. & LEOLA S. SMITH Parcel# 12093130000190000 LOTS A & C OF 44 BLK 112 MAXEY ST.DB 978 PG 330 Total Due:411.60 Account#0000304900 STEWART HERMAN JR. & ELLA MAE STEWART C/O ELLA M.S. HOLMES Parcel# 12093040020330000 LOTS 56 & 7BLK B SELMA TERRACE S\D Total Due:93.08
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CITY OF SELMA TAX DELINQUENCIES Account#0000543525 STOUGH CHARLES E JR Parcel# 11072540041340010 PT LOT 3 REVD BLK B PLATTENBURG ADDN SELMA S25-T17N-R10E. DB 1118 PG 457 DB1571 PG 119 (WD) Total Due:144.15 Account#0000168510 SWIFT EULA F. Parcel# 11062310020680000 LOT 13 BLK C KINGSWOOD PARK PLAT # 4DB-1093 PG-521 Total Due:325.51 Account#0000170880 TAYLOR THELMA JEAN Parcel# 11072530040600000 PART OF LOT 3 BLK 17 PLATTENBURG ADDN S/D QCD-1081 PG-580 Total Due:147.02 Account#0000527825 THOMAS CARVIN J. & PATRICIA Parcel# 12093030020080000 E/3 LOT 8 & W/3 LOT 10
BLK 5 WEAVER ADD. DB 1200 PG 371 DB 1455 PG 111 S30 T17N R11E DB 1455 PG 111 (REDEMPTION) Total Due:263.53 Account#0000402440 THOMPSON LESLIE J. Parcel# 11073540020220000 ALL LOT 56 & W/2 OF LOT 55 BLK BRIVERVIEW ADD.; DB-731 P-106 DB-1323 PG-168 DB-1329 P-683 Total Due:370.85 Account#0000285310 TORREY DEVONNE & PATRICIA RAYFORD Parcel# 11062310020130000 LOT 5 BLK D KINGSWOOD PARK PLAT 4 DB-1239 PG-585 Total Due:494.24 Account#0000465375 TRIMBLE FANNIE MAE & C/O JOHNSON LOLA Parcel# 12093020030480000 S30 T17N R11E LOT 17 BLK 4 DAY ADD DB 1254 PG 477 DB
1426 PG 170 Total Due:187.20 Account#0000497195 WALKER LATORIA Parcel# 11072610010350000 LT 28 BLK O WOODLAND HTGS. S/D SOUTH DB 1370 PG 14 DB 1382 PG 327 DB 1470 PG 352 S26 T17N R10E DB 1471 PG 722 DB 1481 PG 764 DB 1490 PG 114 Total Due:157.93 Account#0000232500 WALLACE DAVID RENARD & ANNIE D SMILEY Parcel# 11062340020290000 LOT 7 SHERWOOD ADDN S/D DB-1171 PG-283 Total Due:330.68 Account#0000541055 WARE SANDY Parcel# 11062440020130000 LT 6 & W/2 LT 7 BLK N HIGHLAND PK. REALTY CO. S/D MB 2 PG 15 DB 1050 PG 192 DB 1382 PG 775 S24 T17N R10E
DB 1469 PG 238 & 239 DB 0000 PG 0000 (TAX SALE) DB 0000 PG 000 (TAX DED) Total Due:334.69 Account#0000286990 WATERS CATHY BOWMAN Parcel# 16020300020150000 LOT 7 & AN ADJOINING TRI (1240 SQ FT)WILLOW CIRCLE S/D DB-1225 PG-249 Total Due:625.66 Account#0000185710 WHITE ELIZA Parcel# 12093120021090000 W/2 LOT 26 BLK 107 CARVER AVE. QCD-1056 PG-546 Total Due:234.26 Account#0000222860 WILMER ELLA Parcel# 11072530050780000 N75' LOT 9 BLK 120 LAPSLEY ST. DB-1155 pg-25 Total Due:218.76 Account#0000546575
WOODSON BERTRAM & REGINA Parcel# 11072640020300000 LTS 7 THRU 10 BLK 3 UNIVERSITY ADDN MB 1 PB 97 S26 T17N R10E. DB 1333 PG 378 (ROS) DB1333 PG 378 (REDEMPTION) Total Due:478.74 Account#0000546620 WOODSON BERTRAM ALLEN Parcel# 11072640020280000 LT 12 BLK 2 UNIVERSITY ADDN MB 1 PG 97 S26-T17NR10E. DB 1012 PG 295 (D) Total Due:284.19 Account#0000395300 ZICCARDI NANCY Parcel# 11073610030220000 LOT 76 BLK 79 SYLVAN ST.DB-928 PG-61 DB-1349 PG-45 Total Due:221.06 Account#0000396660 ZICCARDI NANCY Parcel# 12093140020200000
LOT 1 BLK 9FAIRMONT ADDN S/D DB-1146 PG-948 DB-1350 PG-300 Total Due:92.50 Account#0000396660 ZICCARDI NANCY Parcel# 12093140020220000 LOT 3 BLK 9 FAIRMONT ADD DB 677 PG 233 DB 1430 PG 555 S31 T17N R11E Total Due:92.50 Account#0000396660 ZICCARDI NANCY Parcel# 12093140020210000 LOT 2 BLK 9FAIRMONT ADDN S/D DB-1146 PG-948 DB-1350 PG-300 Total Due:92.50 Account#0000396660 ZICCARDI NANCY Parcel# 12093140020230000 LOT 4 BLK 9FAIRMONT ADDN S/D DB-1146 PG-948 DB-1350 PG-300 Total Due:92.50
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NOT IC E TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE OF THOMAS M. MOSS, Deceased.
day of April, 2015, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Dallas County, Alabama, in Book 1521, Page 81; the undersigned American Advisors Group, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, on April 15, 2020, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Dallas County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot 4, of Block A of Westfield Subdivision, according to map thereof recorded in Map Book 4, Page 195, in the Probate Office of Dallas County, Alabama, reference to said map is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Property street address for informational purposes: 168 County Road 882, Selma, AL 36701 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/ OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refund-
able deposit of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in certified funds made payable to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price must be paid in certified funds by noon the next business day at the Law Office of Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the address indicated below. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. American Advisors Group, Mortgagee/Transferee The above mortgage foreclosure sale has been postponed until 06/10/2020 during the legal hours of sale in front of the main entrance of the courthouse in the City of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. The above mortgage foreclosure sale has been postponed until 07/22/2020 during the legal hours of sale in front of the main entrance of the courthouse in the City of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Elizabeth Loefgren TIFFANY & BOSCO, P.A. 2311 Highland Ave S Suite 330 Birmingham, AL 35205 Attorney for Mortgagee/ Transferee 459738
tain mortgage executed by Samuel C. Weber and Belinda H. Weber, husband and wife, originally in favor of BAHS Bank of America, FSB, on the 4th day of December, 1996, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Dallas County, Alabama, in Volume 1134, Page 83; the undersigned Wilmington Savings Fund Society dba Christiana Trust, not individually, but solely as Trustee for NYMT Loan Trust I, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, on June 10, 2020, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Dallas County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot Number 2 Lauriewood Subdivision, according to Map of said Subdivision recorded in the Probate Office of Dallas County, Alabama in Map Book 7, at Page 43. Property street address for informational purposes: 62 Laurie Ln, Marion Junction, AL 36759 THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/ OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale is made for the
purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in certified funds made payable to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price must be paid in certified funds by noon the next business day at the Law Office of Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the address indicated below. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. Wilmington Savings Fund Society dba Christiana Trust, not individually, but solely as Trustee for NYMT Loan Trust I, Mortgagee/Transferee The above mortgage foreclosure sale has been postponed until 07/22/2020 during the legal hours of sale in front of the main entrance of the courthouse in the City of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Elizabeth Loefgren TIFFANY & BOSCO, P.A. 2311 Highland Avenue South Suite 330 Birmingham, AL 35205 Attorney for Mortgagee/ Transferee 460952
SELMA, ALABAMA 367020450 Separate sealed BIDS will be received for the STORM DRAINAGE CAVE-IN AT RIVERFRONT PARK project by the CITY OF SELMA in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE SELMA CITY HALL AT 222 NORTH BROAD STREET, SELMA, AL 36701 until 10:00 A.M., C.S.T, Friday, July 10, 2020, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. Printed copies of the BIDDING DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of HSA ENGINEERS, INC. located at #1 SATTERFIELD STREET, SELMA, ALABAMA 36702, (334) 875-1960, meredith.hsaeng@gmail.com upon payment of $50.00 for each set. All BIDDERS submitting a bonafide bid who return Plans and Specifications to ENGINEER, in useable condition, within 10 days of the bid opening will receive a full refund. Non-bidders will receive no refunds. The owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid guarantee for an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, but not to exceed $50,000. The bid guarantee may be by certified cashier’s check or bid bond made payable to the City of Selma. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 and E.O. 11246. No bidder may withdraw its bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. DARRIO MELTON MAYOR, CITY OF SELMA
Letters of Administration upon the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 27th day of May 2020 by Jimmy L. Nunn, Probate Judge of Dallas County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate is here by required to be present the same, duly sworn to, in Probate Court of said County with in the time allowed by law, or else same will be forever barred. Margaret Hardy Personal Representative Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders P.O. Box 1290 Selma, AL 36702-1290 Selma Sun June 18, 25, 2020 and July 2, 2020 Pursuant to Alabama Code § 8-15-34 (1975), the undersigned, claiming an owner’s lien for unpaid storage, will, on June 27, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., sell by private sale to the highest bidder for cash, at Selma Flea Mkt. 606 River Rd. Selma, Al., the following units of storage items: Unit #6-7 Windell Gains 407 Union St. #4, Selma, AL 36701 Unite #46-47 Billy Owens 130 Co. Rd. 465 Selma, AL 36701 Selma Sun June 18 and 25, 2020 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Dorothy R. Jackson, a single woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Advisors Group, on the 8th
Selma Sun March 5, 2020, March 12, 2020, March 19, 2020, April 30, 2020 and June 25, 2020 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that cer-
Selma Sun May 14, 2020, May 21, 2020, May 28, 2020 and June 25, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF SELMA P.O. BOX 450
Selma Sun June 25, July 2 and July 9, 2020
Community Calendar Bus Drivers Needed - Selma City Schools-Employment offerings include competitive pay and flexible hours. Know someone? Have them contact the Director of Operations at 334-874-1600 ext. 6090 or Human Resources at 334-8741600 ext. 7470. Edmundite Missions is Looking for Volunteers to be tutors, coaches, admin support, greeters, room monitors, active adult teachers, team organizers and more for the Dr. Michael and Catherine Bullock Community Recreation Center-For more information call 334-872-2359 or stop by the administrative office at 1002 Minter Avenue, Selma, AL. Family Karate—Tang Soo
Do (Related to Taekwondo) at Edmundite Missions Youth Center, 1108 Griffin Ave. Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00-7:00pm-Fee $30.00 per family (adults encouraged -Free uniforms/free month trial classes -Sr. Kathy, 4th degree Certified Black Belt Instructor-Call 334-455-0929 Pet Adoptions— Selma Animal Shelter in conjunction with the Human Society of Central Alabama are open on the 1st Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Adoptions Only! No take ins. All adoptions are fully vetted, ready to go to a loving home. 334- 877-2204. Free Legal Services for Adults and Children with Disabilities—Call ADAP
( A l ab a m a D i s ab i l i t i e s Advocacy Program) at 1-800826-1675 to set up an appointment -ADAP is in Selma the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 9 a.m.- noon and the 4th Tuesday of every month from noon-4 pm. The ADAP Office Location in Selma is at 801 Alabama Avenue (Inside the offices of Legal Services of Selma). Sew Much Fun Sewing Group at Arts Revive, 3 Church St. in Selma. Join us every Tuesday to create quilts for children in need! We give you all the tools and knowledge you need to make a beautiful quilt regardless of your skill level. All quilts created are given to the Bloom House to serve the children across our state that need it most.
June 25 Operation Fresh Food will give out meals to those in need at Selma High School on 2180 Broad St. The distribution is a collaboration of the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Black Belt Community Foundation, Selma City Schools, Gospel Tabernacle Church, and the Selma Housing Authority. Volunteers can sign up by texting their name and the word, “Volunteer” to 334-339-3599. Those who are disabled or are over the age of 65 can call this number to have food delivered via contactless delivery.
June 29 The
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Support Group Meeting will be conducted via Zoom/ Teleconference from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. To join via teleconference the log-in/phone number is: https://auburn. zoom.us/j/98038449311 or dial: +1 312 626 6799 (US Toll) - Meeting ID: 980 3844 9311, to join by phone. “Managing Diabetes in the Heat” will be the topic. For more information contact the Dallas County Extension of f ice at 334-875-3200. The prog ram is free and open to the public – “Everyone is Welcome.”
August 1
True Crime Wagon Tour of Old Cahawba: History tells us that Cahawba grew from a frontier capital into a
prosperous center of wealth and culture. Despite its short-lived grasp on prosperity, civilization, and refinement, Cahawba was in reality a frontier town that had never lost its frontier mentality. From feuding families to threats of assassination, Cahawba’s corruption will be revealed on this 1-hour guided tour. $10 Adult, $8 Child. Guided tours for the morning may be requested on other days a minimum of two weeks before your requested date. We offer wagon tours, walking tours, and step-on bus guides. For more information, call 334872-8058 or visit the park at 9518 Cahaba Rd in Orrville. Visit us at www.facebook. com/oldcahawba or www. cahawba.com.
Selma Sun
June 25, 2020
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EDUCATION
Selma-Dallas County schools wrap up graduation ceremonies for Class of 2020 with COVID-adjusted events
Valedictorian Kaliyah Williams gets her diploma at the outside ceremony Several schools in SelmaDallas County held graduation ceremonies last week with adjustments to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The largest ceremony was Selma High School’s on Saturday. With nearly 200 graduates, the school chose to do a parade with each senior in a car and a stage to walk across in front of the high school on Broad Street. A crowd gathered to watch the graduates get out of their
Keith High School's Class of 2020 was recognized at an outside ceremony with seats six feet apart.
cars and get a scroll before walking across the small stage as their name was called. Other schools, Southside High School and Keith High School, held graduations that were on the football field with chairs sitting far apart to social distance. Each school had a much smaller graduating class than Selma High’s with 78 graduates at Southside and about 40 at Keith High. - Cindy Fisher
DeKarria Ross had a trailer full of family and friends participate in the graduation parade.
Graduates got to walk across a small stage set up in the front of Selma High School.
Graduates like Ladeja Williams decorated their cars and sat on top for the parade.
A crowd formed at the high school to cheer on the graduates as they crossed the stage.
Reopening schools BY AVIS WILLIAMS As you’re reading this, I am likely deep in the midst of receiving state guidance on the reopening of schools. Nationwide, many states have already pushed out criteria that serves as a roadmap for schools to reopen this fall. As we grapple with this in Alabama, I have mixed feelings about our direction. Before making any decisions, Team Selma sent out a survey and also hosted a virtual town hall meeting. Our survey was quite telling, and we will use this data to inform our reopening strategy. Across all grade spans, the majority of families prefer either a hybrid or blended learning delivery or a virtual learning platform with support. Essentially 30% of the 393 responses believe that a blended learning model that combines face-to-face, traditional learning with virtual online learning will be best suited for their family. Slightly more, 32% see complete virtual learning with the support of a resident teacher as the best option. Surprisingly, only about 24% of families who responded see traditional, face-to-face teaching and learning as the best option. Or perhaps I should not be surprised considering the nature of this pandemic.
As cases continue to rise in our state and in Dallas and other Black Belt counties, families want to be sure that their children are provided an educational experience that is safe and healthy above all else. We agree. Safety has to remain our top priority. Currently, our survey reveals that that 76% of families have some level of discomfort regarding students returning to school this fall. Further, 56% expressed some level of discomfort with their child wearing a mask during the school day. Specific concerns include ensuring that schools are sanitized properly, that personal protective equipment (PPE) will be available and
that Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines will be followed and enforced. With these concerns in mind, this week we will review the results of our employee survey where we assess teachers and staff members’ comfort and readiness to return to school. The data from each of these surveys, Alabama State Department of Education guidance and CDC recommendations will be used to support the Team Selma plan for reopening schools. To date, we still have some unknowns, which means we will continue to grapple with this issue. What we know for sure is that we will offer families a number of options. There are no one-size-fitsall scenarios, as the specific needs and capacity vary from household to household. Complete virtual learning may not be a good fit for all, but it should absolutely be an option for those with this preference. Traditional, face-to-face school may seem too risky for some but many of our scholars need the day-to-day interactions and support that our teachers and staff provide. Stay tuned for additional details as we plan to reopen our schools this fall. For more information, email me at avis.williams@selmacityschools.org.
Selma-Dallas County students make Troy University Chancellor's List for spring semester Troy University released the Chancellor's List for the spring semester and Term 4 of the 2019/2020 academic year. Local students are Shakira Fulford, Peyton Harvill, Michael Krunosky, Carrie Lewis, Johnnaca Reed, Eric Sajna,
Dajah Thrash, Sarah Mitchell Wagoner and John Wood of Selma and Kendrell Hamilton of Minter. Full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who earn a grade point average of 4.0
qualify for the Chancellor's List. The spring semester includes students at the Troy, Ala., campus. Term 4 includes students at TROY's campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, Ala., along with locations outside of Alabama and online.
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Selma Sun
COMMUNITY
Selma High basketball standout Rodericka Parker signs for full scholarship to Mississippi community college BY CINDY FISHER
Selma Sun Staff
Rodericka Parker, 17, wipes away a tear after a short, emotional speech. She is flanked by her parents, father Roderick Parker, right, and mother Tarneisha Ervin and her little sister, Rodneisha Parker, 12. Also coaches Rodericka Parker also received a scholarship named after Coach stand behind her. Anthony Harris.
Selma High School basketball standout Rodericka Parker signed to accept a full scholarship to Mississippi Delta Community College during a ceremony on June 18 in the gym where she made a name for herself on the court for four years. Surrounded by her family and coaches, Parker made the decision to go to the community college official. In a tearful speech, she thanked her coaches and said she “went where my heart took me.” “I worked hard for this,” she added before choking up and having to hand over the microphone to Athletic Director Katasha Turner. Turner said he has “a soul of a champion” and they hope
to have more girls basketball scholarships next year. Parker also received a $500 scholarship – the first recipient of this new scholarship – given in honor of Coach Anthony Harris. Head basketball coach Willie Morgan said he came to Selma High for this school year partly because he saw that she had one more year to play before graduating. “They had a decent program before I came, but it made the decision easier to come home when I saw that 22 had another year to play,” he said. Morgan described Parker as humble, quiet and “sneaky, but a leader at the same time.” “She’s a leader in disguise,” he added. “She would just look at the girls and they would know what she wanted them to do.”
Cornerstone helps 550 families at food drive Food came from Selma Area Food Bank looking for a centralized location BY CINDY FISHER
Selma Sun Staff Cornerstone Presbyterian Church hosted their first food distribution to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic in their parking lot last week with
items from the Selma Area Food Bank. The church's mission team estimates they gave out 10,301 pounds of food to about 550 families. Church member and organizer Kent Woodruff said the
Debbie Anderson helps load food items in one of the 300 cars that came through the line for food on June 18.
food arrived at 7 a.m. June 18 at the church on Broad Street and about 20 volunteers filled up cars from 8:30 until nearly 11 a.m. Robert Radford, who works for the church, oversaw the exchange of food with Selma Area Food Bank and restocked the items as they ran out. The basic boxes of fruit, vegetables, potatoes, grapes, lettuce, tomatoes, eggs, cucumbers, coffee and more went fast. They were left with gallons of milk and apples to hand out. Woodruff said the Food Bank thought Cornerstone would be a good location being in the center of downtown, and they found that to be true with the response of about 300 cars coming through. Selma Police helped with traffic and Lt. Evelyn Ghant helped put items in cars.
About 20 Cornerstone Presbyterian Church members helped distribute food to the cars as they came through the parking lot.
Selma High student to represent area at Huntingdon College program
Jasmine Jackson of Selma High is representing Selma-Dallas County this year at the ECDS program at Huntingdon College.
In partnership with CCAA and Huntingdon College each year the Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Information sponsors a rising junior to participate in the ECDS program at Huntingdon College. Jasmine Jackson of Selma High is represent-
ing Selma-Dallas County this year. All area schools are eligible by submitting an essay and is selected by a committee. Due to COVID-19 the College is committed to making a great virtual experience. Students from across the state will be participating June 23-25.
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