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LEEDS — Leeds Main Street is organizing their inaugural Main Street Mu sic Fest Fundraiser & Silent Auction on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Rails and Ales – 1210 6th St
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TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Council ap proved the Trussville Police Department’s (TPD) con tract with FUSUS during the council meeting on Thursday, Nov. 3.
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TRUSSVILLE — Since 2005, the Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club has held a tradition of decorating City Hall with ribbons for Veter ans’ Day. The Club has part
SPRINGVILLE — The Springville City Council met Monday night, November 7, for the first regular meeting of November. In the pre-meeting work session, Mayor Dave
TRUSSVILLE — Ala bama voting polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, as of 9:34 p.m. for voters 18 or older to vote in the 2022 Alabama General Election. As of press time, 38 of 67 counties have been ac counted for.
tie Britt (Rep.) was declared the winner and currently has 466,569 votes (66.21%), Will Boyd (Dem.) followed with 220,996 votes (31.36%), and John Sophocleus (Lib.) with 15,954 votes (2.26%).
In the Alabama Gover nor race, incumbent Kay Ivey (Rep.) was declared the winner shortly after the polls closed. Ivey currently has 469,814 votes (66.63%), Yalonda Flowers (Dem.) fol lowed with 208,674 votes (208,674), and Jimmy Blake (Lib.) had 21,821 votes (3.09%).
Running for Lieutenant Governor is incumbent Will Ainsworth (Rep.) leads with 474,011 votes (83.33%), and Ruth Page-Nelson (Lib.) with 90,807 votes (15.96%).
U.S. Senate seat that’s open due to the retirement of Republican Richard Shelby. For the U.S. Senate seat Ka
In the Attorney General race, incumbent Steve Mar shal (Rep.) was declared the winner and currently has 384,170 votes (65.57%), and Wendell Major (Dem.) has 201,225 votes (34.34%).
Running for Secretary of State is Pamela Laffitte (Dem.) with 231,337 votes (31.51%), Well Allen (Rep.) with 481,121 votes (65.52%), and Matt Shelby (Lib.) with 21,454 votes (2.92%).
United States Represen tative 6th Congressional Dis trict polls continue to roll in with Gary Palmer (Rep.) at 38,837 votes (86.03%) and Andria Chieffo (Dem.) at 5,880 votes (13.03%).
Locally, in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s race, incum bent Mark Pettway (Dem.) leads with 72,791 votes (59.50%), and Jared Hud
son (Rep.) has 49,458 votes (40.43%).
In St. Clair County, Springville and Odenville voted to increase property tax, and vote counters began to tally ballots after 7 p.m. when polls closed. The yeses in the Springville referendum are holding on by razor-thin margins.
Voters also voted on the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 Proposing adoption of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, which is a recompi lation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, prepared in accordance with Amendment 951, arranging the constitu tion in proper articles, parts, and sections, removing racist language, deleting duplicated and repealed provisions, con solidating provisions regard ing economic development, arranging all local amend ments by county of applica tion, and making no other changes. (Proposed by Act 2022-111)
Currently, yes votes stand at 409,142 votes (76.95%), and no votes are at 122,555 votes (23.05%).
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The unofficial vote for Springville, with 6 out of 7 precincts (85.71%) for pro posed taxation 2,508 and against proposed tax 2,425. Odenville with 6 out of 7 pre cincts (85.71%) for proposed taxation 1,768 and against proposed tax 2,269.
Also on the ballot were 10 Amendments.
Statewide Amendment 1:
Proposing an amendment to Section 16 of the Constitu tion of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 16 of
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LEEDS – A meeting of the Leeds City Council be came tense on Monday, Nov. 7, when a resident confronted Mayor David Miller during public comments about griev ances he had with the city.
The agenda was short, with only two items listed. The first was under an old business in which property on Mountain View Lane was being considered for decla ration as a public nuisance. Later the council approved a 60-day extension to have it cleaned up.
The other item was con sidering a building on Moton Street unsafe. Councilman Kenneth Washington advo cated for an extension as peo ple are currently living there.
The building was home to Harry England, who was arrested for drug offenses.
Police Chief Paul Irwin said that the house had a history of drug use and trafficking.
LaShunta Boler stood and spoke, saying that she is an attorney that was retained by the heirs of the property.
She requested that 30 days be given for her to research and assess the situation with the house.
However, the issue of the house’s condition was the fo cus of the resolution. Devel opmental Services Director Brad Watson said that struc tural flaws in the building made it uninhabitable.
“I don’t want to put any body out on the street, elder ly people or whatever,” said Councilman Eric Turner, “But
I have to listen to the chief, and I do know what went on there, so I can’t in my mind vote to continue to let that house continue to exist.”
Despite this, Washington motioned to allow an exten sion, but the motion failed when half the council voted yes and the others no. Later the resolution to declare it unsafe passed, leading to its eventual demolition.
Before public comments occurred, Turner brought up
a music festival to be held by Leeds Main Street at Rails and Ales on Saturday. He said he was notified that the festi val would require a nonprofit special events license, which Leeds Main Street Director Amber Vines did apply for through Avenu Insights, used by the city.
He said that Vines later received a call telling her that Watson notified Avenu that the wrong license had been applied for. The “wrong” li cense was $65, while the cor rect one would be $283. She was also told that the program might have to pay taxes on items sold at the festival.
He then criticized the no tion of Main Street paying taxes, alleging that some ef forts have been made to stop it.
“Do the schools collect taxes when they sell t-shirts? Does the band? Does the lit tle league? Never. Never col lect taxes for that,” he said. “When the fundraiser was organized to raise money for the slain Moody officer, was a special permit required? No.
LEEDS — Two girl scouts from the Leeds Girl Scout Troup 30234, under the lead ership of Troup Leader Liz Johnson, made a presentation to the Leeds Jane Culbreth Library last Thursday. Girl
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SPRINGVILLE — The Springville Regulators 10U baseball team has a heart for the community. This fall, the team partnered with the Springville Police Depart ment for Toys for Tots and
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LEEDS — The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Jackson ville State University to pro vide educational opportuni ties to its members.
PINSON – The Pinson City Council approved a “uni versal facility rental agree ment” and rental fee schedule for 2023, setting new policies and prices for rental of cityowned facilities by the public. See VETERANS, Page 4 See SPRINGVILLE, Page 4
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On my daily walks along the Trussville greenway and Civitan Park, I pass by the construction site for the new memorial to the city’s fallen veterans. As another Veter ans Day approaches, I am reminded of how many of those who have served have touched my life.
Beginning with my Dad, who was drafted into the Army during World War Two. Dad was a natural-born leader. He went from raw pri vate to being a sergeant and leader of a tank destroyer unit in Europe. The stories he used to tell me about surviv al and courage on the battle field kept me wide-eyed and awestruck. I remember his favorite TV show in the early 1960s was called COMBAT! (the exclamation point was stylized as a bayonet). It was about the adventures of an infantry unit during the sec ond world war. Dad would watch it intently, quickly pointing out to me anything that wasn’t being portrayed accurately. In our basement, I still keep Dad’s army chest, containing many of his war souvenirs and equipment. He passed away back in 1990. He was very proud of his military service, and I am so proud of him.
Both of my older brothers enlisted in the U.S. Navy. I had an uncle named Rich ard, Dad’s brother, whom I never met. He was a military pilot, killed in a plane crash during the war before I was born. Dad told me many sto ries about him, and I have a few photos. He was tall and broad-shouldered with wavy hair, looked like a 1940’s movie star, very popular with the ladies. Apparently, he had a brief career as a pro football player, according to
a few newspaper clips my grandmother had saved. My parents honored his memory by giving me his name as my middle name. Perhaps I will meet him in heaven one day.
In December of 1969, the Vietnam War was raging. The number of American casual ties had reached such heights that the government decided to institute a draft lottery, the first one since 1942. It was aimed at American young men who would turn nineteen years of age in 1970. I was in that group. I was a freshman in college at the time, living in an all-male dormitory. Most all of us were turning nineteen within the upcom ing year.
The format of the lottery called for each day of the year to be called out in chrono logical order beginning with January 1, accompanied by the drawing of a number from 1 to 366. The number
assigned to your birthday was your draft number. The army would begin drafting those who had number one and continue up the chart un til they had met their needs.
The draft lottery drawing was carried live on the radio, and I have this vivid memo ry of all the guys in the dorm gathering in the common area to listen. Those with low numbers were certain to be drafted, and, at the time, we considered that to be a death sentence. I already knew of two friends who had been killed in the fighting over there, and I was scared to death.
I didn’t have to wait long to find out my draft number. My birthday is on January 6. I held my breath as the date was called. The number as signed to it was 224. As it would turn out, in 1970, the Army would draft numbers up to 190. If my birthday
had been one day earlier, my number would have been 101.
I’ll never forget the ashen look on the faces of my dorm mates who received low draft numbers. I was never able to keep up with how many of them were actually drafted, nor how many of them came back. I have so much admi ration, respect, and gratitude for those who fought in that war. They displayed the kind of bravery and heroism that, quite frankly, I’m not sure I would have found in myself. The disrespect they received when they returned home was, and is a national dis grace.
For several years I had the honor and privilege of em ceeing the seventh-grade Vet erans Day program at Hewitt Trussville middle school. Each seventh grader was en couraged to bring a veteran to the event. They were called up to the stage one at a time to present a certificate of ap preciation to their veteran guest. In these times, when patriotism and national pride are getting harder to find, the program was an incredibly effective way to connect our kids to the heritage of cour age these military servers dis played.
Every time I walk past that memorial in Civitan Park, I think about the vet erans who have touched my life. My Dad, my brothers, my uncle Richard, those guys in the dorm. I think about all those seventh graders and wonder if, one day, they will be called upon to defend us. If you are a military veteran, thank you for your service. You are the reason that grand old flag continues to fly.
May it always be so.
(Ken Lass is a retired Bir mingham TV news and sports anchor and Trussville resi dent.)
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LEEDS — An armed and dangerous person wanted out of Prattville was arrested in Leeds on Saturday, Nov. 5.
According to the Leeds Po lice Department (LPD), offi cers were notified to be on the lookout for Michael Butler, 35, of Greenville, who kidnapped two juveniles for sexual pur poses in Prattville, Alabama, on Thursday, Nov. 3.
“The vehicle was last seen in Oxford and, prior to that, in Atlanta, Georgia,” LPD Chief Paul Irwin stated. “He was wanted regarding a couple of armed robberies and an at tempted murder in the Atlanta area as well.”
Irwin stated officers from the LPD took that information and sat near Interstate 20 for over an hour. At approximate
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“The event will have live music from local musicians, food trucks, a silent auction, and certainly the football games on the TVs and pro jector,” Executive Director Amber Vines said. “All door donations, tips at the bar, si lent auction proceeds, and shirt sales go directly back to Leeds Main Street to support our efforts to bring people, dollars, and jobs back to the Leeds downtown district!”
You can preorder tick ets and official festival shirts
ly 10:01 p.m., an LPD officer spotted the suspect vehicle and verified that it was the suspect.
“Several Leeds Police Of ficers attempted to stop the vehicle at mile marker 140,” Irwin stated. “The suspect began to flee until he drove off the roadway and down an embankment. The suspect at tempted to flee on foot but was apprehended by the Leeds Po lice Department with the assis tance of the Moody Police De partment and St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office.”
The suspect was armed with multiple firearms.
Butler was taken into cus tody, and the City of Prattville responded to the Leeds Police Department to take custody of this criminal and tow his vehi cle.
“Butler is an example of the predators that are in the community who should be in
jail,” Irwin stated. “This indi vidual is charged with kidnap ping two juveniles for sex pur poses and an array of charges to follow in Georgia. He has a lengthy criminal record and put officers and the public in harm’s way.”
Irwin stated he is very proud of the courageous ac tions of our officers and their dedication to duty.
“They continue to make me proud every day,” Irwin stated. “When we share in formation and have motivated officers like these who want to make a difference in the community, we can do great things. I appreciate the Moody Police Department and the St. Clair County Sheriff Deputies who assisted in this apprehen sion. It is great when we can all work together to make our communities in the State of Alabama safer.”
and C&B Piping.
In June 2022, Leeds Main Street received a Main Street Alabama Designation. Leeds Main Street is a communi ty-led, non-profit organization focused on the revitalization of their downtown district.
IRONDALE – The Iron dale Police Department (IPD) announced the arrest of a vi olent assault suspect Tuesday, Nov. 1, at approximately 3:37 p.m.
According to the IPD, 21-year-old Navaeh-Ojore Timothy-Carl Payton turned himself into the Jefferson County Jail. Bond has been set at $1,000,000 for the Rape First Degree charge and $15,000 for the Burglary Third Degree charge.
On Wednesday, Oct. 26, at approximately 11:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 1800 block of Crestwood Boulevard to investigate a felony assault.
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Why does an organization whose sole purpose is to help downtown Leeds continue to hit roadblocks every time they do anything?”
Turner motioned that the council waive any permits required for the festival. The council then approved the ac tion.
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cy several times.
Moore criticized Miller for appointing Watson to the po sition of overseeing the city’s budget. He then spoke on the regulations of establishing an entertainment district, saying that the city has been incon sistent with telling people how they work as he referred to a past meeting where resi dent Chad Anderson spoke in public comments to ask about the district.
A short time later, at ap proximately 3 p.m., Irondale Police located and stopped the suspect’s vehicle on Grants mill Road at the I-20 east en trance ramp. Payton, the sole occupant of the vehicle, fled on foot into a wooded area next to the interstate. Iron dale Police, with assistance from other law enforcement agencies, began an extensive search but were unable to lo cate Payton.
At approximately 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 26, Irondale Police dispatched officers to a burglary in progress at a convenience store in the 3300 block of Crestwood Boule vard. After accessing video surveillance, police deter mined that Payton was also the suspect in the burglary.
stopped by Miller, saying that his time was up. Tensions then rose as an exchange between Miller and Moore began, with Moore saying that a public re cords request was submitted to the RDA that was reported ly never responded to.
During this time, the au dibly discontented audience began shouting, some booing.
on the event website. https:// www.weloveleeds.com/up coming-events/main-streetmusic-fest-2022
Main Street Music fest is thankful for our sponsors, Sherman Industries, Casey Parsons Mortgage Group at Guild Mortgage, Line of Fire,
Since its designation in June of this year, there are three net new businesses in the downtown district, three new jobs created, $139,478 of private dollars invested in downtown, and over 1,135 volunteer hours accumulated. Leeds Main Street is commit ted to the Leeds community and focused on making mean ingful change.
Afterward, attention turned to public comments where several spoke. Among the speakers was Judd Moore. Before the meeting began, a flyer was passed around with a list of grievances against the city, similar to a letter that was discussed in November 2021, alleging ethics violations. As with that letter, the flyer mentioned Watson’s filing for bankrupt
Miller said that the legis lature changed certain rules regarding establishing such things but that the city would still qualify for having an en tertainment district. Moore accused Miller of lying, which he immediately denied.
Moore also brought up the controversial blocked-off doorway at the Leeds Main Street meeting room but was
Irwin then escorted Moore from the podium as Miller stood and left the room. Irwin then told Moore that he had to leave the building. Most of the people in the room left along with him.
Washington took Miller’s seat for the remainder of the public comments before Mill er eventually returned to ad journ the meeting.
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Thomas discussed the need to temporarily appoint someone to fill in for councilmember Wayne Tucker as Mayor pro tempore. Tucker has been ab sent in recent weeks due to illness.
“We’re going to have him [Tucker] set up for the next meeting, and hopefully, he can conduct the meeting from home,” Thomas said. “The temporary pro tempore will just be in waiting should it be necessary in the future.”
In the regular meeting, Thomas nominated coun cilmember Hennings to serve in the role of pro tempore. He reiterated that it was a tem porary position being creat
ed until Tucker can return to duty. Tucker has held the pro tempore position, in addition to his seat on the Council, since 2020.
Following the October 3 meeting discussion, the Council approved $2500 in funding to support the ARC of St. Clair County. Thom as presented a resolution and agreement providing the funding for the nonprof it, which serves the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the county.
“The Arc of St. Clair County is excited to part ner with the Springville city council in our efforts to pro vide much-needed services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in
seeing their downtown area adorned with yellow bows for soldier support.
our county,” said Joyce Cun ningham, board chair for the organization, speaking to the Trussville Tribune after the meeting. “Thank you, Mayor Thomas and the Springville city council, for your sup port.”
Cunningham said the ARC of St. Clair is hosting its first large fundraising gala in its 49-year histo ry this year. The Christmas gala, featuring a silent auc tion, will be held on De cember 2 at Mathews Man or in Springville. Thomas encouraged members of the Council to attend the gala in support of the services the organization provides to the community. Tickets to the gala are available at the ARC website at thearcstclair.org.
In other business, the Council approved the fol lowing:
$18,000 to Pyro Shows for a fireworks display celebrating the city’s ses quicentennial.
• The use of seized funds to acquire a police dog from the city of Ragland for use by the department in local schools.
A bid from the Calhoun Meter Company for 600 feet of ductile iron wa ter pipe at the price of $31.03 per foot. The pipe is to be used in the upgrade of the fourway stop in downtown Springville.
The next meeting of the Springville City Council is scheduled for November 21.
nered with the Trussville Fire Department for the past few years on this patriotic proj ect. A few years ago, the Club changed from yellow ribbons to red, white, and blue rib bons.
Rotarian Linda Burns, who came up with the idea, believes it is important to say ‘thank you’ to our veterans. Burns said she borrowed the idea from a community in Lake Jackson, Texas, after
Linda’s son, Justen, was in the Army, so service men and women hold a special place in her heart. “Our military and their families sacrifice so much for our country,” Burns said. “The least we can do is to recognize them and to say ‘thank you for your service.’”
Justen recently retired with 20 years of service.
The Rotary International motto is ‘Service above Self,’ and this club lives out this
motto by serving the commu nity in many ways. Proceeds from fundraising events, in cluding coordinating a golf tournament for 30 years, go toward the club’s many proj ects.
Those projects include leadership opportunities for local high school students, ribbons at City Hall in rec ognition of Veterans’ Day, lunch for campers and staff at Smile-a-Mile, trees planted at Civitan Park, and more. In ad dition, the Club has recently funded the new clock tower in
downtown Trussville, benches at the walking track at Cahaba Elementary, and playground equipment at The Mall in his toric Trussville. The Truss ville Rotary Daybreak Club meets at First Baptist Church Trussville on Wednesday mornings at 7 a.m.
For more information on the Club or to help with one of its projects, ‘like’ them on Facebook (Truss ville Rotary Daybreak Club) or email Diane Poole at di anepoole1225@centurytel. net.
Beginning this spring, the university will offer a 20% corporate tuition scholarship per semester to full-time and part-time workers employed by member organizations of the chamber. The application fee has also been waived.
“Whether a member wants to gain an additional creden tial or go to college for the first time, we want to help them attain their goals,” Pres ident Don C. Killingsworth Jr said. “It’s our role to be a good community partner, and we are excited to be part of this.”
Located approximately 60 miles northeast of Leeds, Jacksonville State was es tablished in 1883 as a state teacher’s college and has
grown into a public, compre hensive university that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees – from bachelor’s to doctorates – in more than 110 areas of study, including more than 50 online degrees and certificates.
JSU also offers numerous community resources, includ ing a Center for Manufactur ing Support, Small Business Development Center, Center for Economic Development and Business Research, and Center for Best Practices in Law Enforcement.
“I attended JSU and marched with the Southern ers,” Sandra McGuire, execu tive director of the chamber, said. “I met my husband at JSU, and that’s what brought me to Leeds. We are very ex cited about this partnership and what it will mean to our chamber members and their employees. I think it’s going to be a great program for us!”
The Spring 2023 semester will begin at JSU on Jan. 9. For more information about the chamber scholarship and eligibility criteria, please vis it www.jsu.edu/partnerships/ leedschamber, call 256-7825039 or email enroll@jsu.edu.
Learn more about joining the Leeds Area Chamber at www. leedsareachamber.com.
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The resolution states that Fusus builds out and manu factures a common operating video platform with various features used to provide video support which TPD finds nec essary in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens.
The resolution autho rized Trussville to enter into a contract with FUSUS One for video cameras and the required operating platforms necessary for those cameras.
“Fusus is the sole manu facturer that builds a common operating platform that does not require a complete re placement of all cameras and hardware and is used as the sole source and used by oth er law enforcement agencies within the area,” the resolu tion states.
The council also discussed upcoming events in the com munity.
The Trussville Museum and Heritage Hall will be open to the public on Satur day, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Trussville Public Li brary will host Marvin Clem ons as he discusses his book on Birmingham Terminal Station and the railroad sys tem that parallels Highway 11 through Trussville on Sun day, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. It is free, and refreshments will be served.
Trussville Veterans com mittee is still taking nomina tions for Veteran of the Year, and the Fallen Warrior Mon ument has had great progress.
“We’ve got columns that are up, and in about two weeks, we’ll have a better projection on when the proj ect will be complete,” Council President Lisa Bright said.
National Veterans Day is Nov. 10, and the Veterans Committee is having a din ner at 6 p.m. at the Down town Birmingham Sheraton. Wreaths Across America will be on Dec. 17, 2022, at Jef
ferson Memorial Gardens in Trussville.
Trussville Tree commis sion is planting six trees lo cated at 119 Lake Street, 110 Parkway, 101 Oak Street, 319 Brentwood Avenue, 200 Brentwood Avenue, and 505 Rock Ridge Avenue.
The Trussville Tree Light ing will be on Sunday, Nov. 27, and the Christmas Parade will be on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 3:00 p.m. this year’s parade carries the theme “Candyland Christmas.” Grand Marshals are Riley Quick and Kenleigh Cahalan.
During council reports, Bright explained that Truss ville City Schools (TCS) is actively searching for a new superintendent. TCS Board of Education Vice President Kim DeShazo was present during the meeting and added to the discussion.
“Just to piggyback off what you said, Lisa, about the search for the new super intendent, we are working with AASB,” DeShazo said. “Turns out, none of us on the school board have been a part of selecting a superintendent before, so it’s new territory for us. AASB thankfully has a training session that they will come in and conduct with us and teach us how to do a su perintendent search.”
DeShazo said the selection for superintendent involves a community survey and input from teachers, administrators, and parents to get ideas, sug gestions, and characteristics.
“AASB has a program that we will be utilizing that is going to streamline that for us so that we are not try ing to do this all ourselves, so we’re thankful for them,” DeShazo said. “We have cir culated some dates just today amongst the school board members trying to figure out a date if we can make that hap pen in the next two weeks. So as soon as that’s done, we will be trained, and we’ll be uti lizing and leaning heavily on AASB since they are the body that knows how to do this.”
Mayor Buddy Choat also reminded the community that on Dec. 1, 2022, the city will have a new garbage and debris pick-up company that will pick up garbage and de bris once a week.
“The difference being for those that haven’t heard is that the recycle and garbage will go on the same truck,” Choat said. “Those trucks are trans ported down to Montgomery to a recycling plant, where they separate the recyclable, the usable, the non-usable, and what’s leftover goes to the landfill.”
In other news, the coun cil approved the following: Reappoint Ian Maddox to the Redevelopment Au thority, with term ending Nov. 23, 2028;
• Accept the resignation of Lindsey Rutland from the City Redevelopment Au thority;
• Accept the resignation of Jean Cox from the City Tree Commission; Resolution to Commit $250,000 Local Match to CRISI Grant through Fed eral Rail Administration;
• Resolution to Award Gym nastics Equipment Pur chase & Installation Bid to American Gymnast LLC; Resolution to Give Lon gevity Pay to Long-Ten ured City Employees;
• Resolution to Approve Leave Without Pay for a Certain City Employee;
• Resolution to Approve Po lice Contract with Fusus;
• Resolution to Approve Parks & Recreation Con tract with Southern States Corporation; Resolution to Adopt the Amended Flex Spending Plan for City Employees, Effective Dec. 1; and
• Resolution to Award Po lice Pursuit Vehicles Bid to Donohoo Chevrolet LLC.
The next Trussville City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. at the City Hall Annex (113 North Chalkville Road).
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Scouts, Emma Cox and Kate lyn Finn, took on a project to help them attain the Bronze Award, the highest award achievable at their particular level in the Girl Scout pro gram.
Finn and Cox presented six Tinker Boxes to the li brary board of directors as a project that helped them complete and earn the highest award possible to their par ticular level of Juniors in the Girl Scout Program.
“There are several steps to receiving this award, which includes providing a sus tainable, meaningful, lasting project for a recipient in the community,” Fine stated. “We were required to complete at least 20 hours each to go into the project, including choos ing the project, doing the re search required to develop the project, creating the plan, implementing the plan, and presenting the final project to the recipient to complete the requirements for the award.”
Finn explained that these Tinker boxes were created to help Annette McGuire, the Activities Director with the library, in her desire to use them while working with her STEM Program at the library.
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Cox said that the Tinker Boxes contain assorted hand tools such as screwdrivers, both standard and ratcheting, assorted types of wrenches, rachets and assorted types of screws, bolts, nuts, anchors, and washers.
“These tools will be used with these wooden stands that we created to allow the user to learn how to screw different types of screws and bolts,” Cox said. “We creat ed two each of these types of Tinker Boxes, including stepby-step instructions on how to use the kits. In addition to these four Tinker Boxes, we also made one of each Tinker Box, which teaches the user how a flashlight works.”
Cox explained that these Tinker Boxes contain differ ent types of flashlights and all the parts that go with them. In addition, instructions are included on how to put each flashlight together, including how the batteries are assem bled and what has to happen to allow the batteries to have the light come on.
“We want to thank Ms. Annette and all of you for al lowing us to help the library in this way and hope that these Tinker Boxes will help
the kids to learn about these things in a fun way,” Cox said. “This completes our presentation, and we thank you all for allowing us to be here.”
The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce congratulates Finn and Cox on their ac complishments and the Leeds Jane Culbreth Library for be ing the recipient of this won derful project.
National STEM day is November 8, and the library will officially present the Tin ker Boxes made by Cox and Finn for everyone to view at the library at their all-day STE event. Hands-on activ ities will be available for all ages to explore, and library staff will explain what STEM is. Plans are to expand their STEM program to be avail able for adults and tots in 2023.
STEM activities require gathering and using evidence to create knowledge or solve problems. The Leeds Jane Culbreth Library’s monthly STEM Club provides handson challenges to stimulate higher thinking skills through activities for children explore, play, and try new things. For more information about this and other library programs, please visit www. LeedsLibrary.com.
TRUSSVILLE — Enter prise Holdings Foundation announced the 2nd annual Holiday with Heroes that will take place on Dec. 7, 2022, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
According to Eric Lund with Enterprise Holdings Foundation, the event will partner with America Family Care and begin at Spare Time
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“This basically will allow us to fold all of our rental agreements into one master document that will be handy for the citizens to be able to use,” City Councilor Rob bie Roberts said. “It will be eventually put together with brochures and website infor mation, and all that sort of thing, for folks as they might have need for some of our fa cilities.”
Rental prices for all of Pinson’s facilities will be in creasing after Jan. 1, 2023, Roberts said.
“Then again, most every thing’s going up,” he said. “The mayor and the staff have done a fine job of investigat ing the rates at other munic ipalities and we are still not only very competitive, but probably actually even more reasonable than many of these folks at these other cities are. So, while it might be a little bit of a jump for some folks from what you’ve been used to, welcome to 2022.”
Anyone interested in rent ing one of the city’s facilities can contact City Hall at (205) 680-5556 for more informa tion. Any changes to the city’s
(3600 Roosevelt Boulevard) at 4:30 p.m. Then, the chil dren will be transported to Target. The children will shop with the heroes from 6:45 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., and par ents and guardians will pick up the children.
Parents and guardians will bowl at Spare Time and have access to the “Heroes Closet” for family needs until 8:30 p.m. Last year, Enterprise Holdings Foundation pre
rental policies and fees will not take place until the new year.
Mayor Joe Cochran re minded the public that the city’s Veterans Day luncheon will be held on Nov. 11, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., at the Rock School Center. Entertainment will be provided by Three on a String and lunch will be ca tered by Olive Garden.
“It is a great day for us to honor the veterans and the people that have served our country, in giving of their lives to make our lives bet ter,” Cochran said. “We truly appreciate it.”
During 2020 and 2021, the city held drive-thru Veterans Day meals in lieu of a tradi tional sit-down luncheon for the veterans and their guests.
“This is something that we’ve been looking forward to for two or three years now,” Councilor John Churchwell said. “We’ve had the event there for a good while; of course, we had to stop it during Covid. We’re just glad to be able to open it up to that whole group now and mingle with all of the folks and have some entertainment. The en tertainment should be very good.”
Each veteran attending the
sented a check to the Boys and Girls Club of Central Alabama $1,500. Local law enforcement/military person nel, such as Trussville Police Department, Jefferson Coun ty Sheriff’s Department, Bir mingham Police Department, and representatives for the United States Military, partic ipated in the event last year.
“We are growing the event to double the children served,” Lund said.
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raised more than $1500 in un der a week, filling the Police Mobile Command trailer full of toys for local children this holiday season.
The team started serving the Springville community during the COVID-19 pan demic when youth sports came to a halt. Evolving from the 6U All-Star team, the Regulators were formed to give boys and families a place for community and athletic development.
“There are no words to tell this baseball team how proud our department is because of these young men, coaches,
and parents,” read a statement on the Springville Police De partment Facebook page.
“Because of these young men, there will be toys for our kids in our city. These young men set the bar high. We want to thank the team moms and the coaches of these young men,” the statement con tinued. “This baseball team is truly SPRINGVILLE STRONG. The officers of our department want to thank you
Cochran also informed the public that a general election will be taking place on Tues day, Nov. 8, and he encour aged everyone to get out and vote.
so much for what you did for other children in our city.”
The members of the Regulators are:
Coy Cunningham
• Daniel Milam
• Jacks Barnett
• Bryant Roberson
• Seth Gossett
• Luke Stuman Max Goodwin Rhett Lowry
Sawyer Leith Jentry Brantley
• Chandler Albani
• Cohen Johnson
• Coaches:
• Matt Cunningham
• Ryan Barnett
• Chad Goodwin Brian Milam Brian Stuman
by Brittany and Derrick Burden at 5565 Country Road into Pinson
event is allowed to bring one guest, and reservations must be made by contacting City Hall.
Councilor Glenda Kirk land announced that Pinson Trade Days will be holding it’s one-year anniversary event this Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
“Let’s just pray that it doesn’t rain them out and ev erybody supports them,” she said. “Every time, we usual ly have a really good crowd and music, and a lot of good things to eat. So, let’s just hope it doesn’t rain.”
Also on Saturday, the city will be hosting Shred-A-Thon at City Hall from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Mayor Cochran and Coun cilor Clinteshia Irvin gave the public an update on the 2022
Pinson Christmas Parade, which will be themed “Ugly Christmas Sweater.” Applica tions are currently available online at www.thecityofpin son.com. All applications for participation in the parade should be turned in to City Hall by Friday, Nov. 25.
“It is a nighttime parade again,” Cochran said. “We love the nighttime parades. Have lights on your floats –it’s part of the requirement. I will have a golf cart that I’m riding in (and) I may or may not be wearing a sweater. We will see. The ugly sweater challenge has been thrown down.”
The Christmas Parade will take place on Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m., and staging for the pa rade and floats will take place at Bicentennial Park.
“It’s always important to exercise your vote,” he said. “Low turnout really bothers me. When we have an election and only 13% of the people show up – well, you get 13% of the representation. If you get 90% of the people show up, you really have an idea of what the people really want. … I realize it’s not a national election season for a presiden tial seat and all that, but what happens in your communities, in Jefferson County, in Pin son, in the state, is really more important than what happens in the federal government. We’re the people that interact with your lives everyday. … Locally, we could really make a difference.”
In other city business, the council unanimously ap proved the following:
• Ordinance No. 2022-27, changing zoning classi fication for real estate at 3809 Osage Lane from Jefferson County to City of Pinson classification
• Ordinance No. 2022-26, annexing property owned
• Resolution No. 22-33, amending Resolution 2215 concerning the City of Pinson’s consent and approval of the issuance of an alcoholic beverage license for Shelly’s Bakery
• Resolution No. 22-34, es tablishing a full-time of fice assistant position for the City of Pinson Motion to accept an agree ment between Alabama Power and the City of Pin son for temporary use of power line poles for holi day decorations
• Motion to approve a food truck permit application
• Motion to purchase appli ances, in the amount of $2,896, for a city-owned house at 7520 Faucett Cut-Off Road, which is proposed to house a future resident manager for the ballpark The next meeting of the Pinson City Council will be Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at Pinson City Hall. Pre-council will begin at 6:15 p.m. and be followed by a 7 p.m. meeting. Contact Crystal McGough at mcgoughcrystal@gmail. com
High School. Devin is a former member of the Math Team and is active in his church. He is also a member of the Nation
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the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended, to create Aniah’s Law, to provide that an individual is entitled to reasonable bail prior to con viction, unless charged with capital murder, murder, kid napping in the first degree, rape in the first degree, sod omy in the first degree, sexual torture, domestic violence in the first degree, human traf ficking in the first degree, bur glary in the first degree, arson in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, terrorism when the specified offense is a Class A felony other than murder, and aggravated child abuse of a child under the age of six. (Proposed by Act 2021-201)
Currently, yes votes stand at 463,964 votes (79.88%), and no votes are at 116,868 votes (20.12%).
Statewide Amendment 2: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the state, a county, or a municipality to grant federal award funds or any other source of funding designated for broadband in
frastructure by state law to public or private entities for providing or expanding broad band infrastructure. (Proposed by Act 2022-117)
Currently, yes votes stand at 433,451 votes (78.88%), and no votes are at 116,073 votes (21.12%).
Statewide Amendment 3:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Ala bama of 1901, to require the Governor to provide notice to the Attorney General and to the victim’s family prior to granting a reprieve or commu tation to a person sentenced to death, and to void the reprieve or commutation if the Gov ernor fails to provide notice. (Proposed by Act 2022-256)
Currently, yes votes stand at 454,923 votes (81.67%), and no votes are at 102,131 votes (18.33%).
Statewide Amendment 4:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended; to pro vide that the implementation date for any bill enacted by the Legislature in a calendar year in which a general election is to be held and relating to the conduct of the general election shall be at least six months be fore the general election. (Pro
al Honor Society. In his spare time, he enjoys anything re lated to technology, hardware, and software.
Kennedy’s teacher of the Month (TOM) selection is Mrs. Shanna Hays, his computer sci
posed by Act 2021-284)
Currently, yes votes stand at 430,112 votes (79.91%), and no votes are at 108,145 votes (20.09%).
Statewide Amendment 5:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to delete a provision giving the probate court of each county general jurisdic tion over orphans’ business. (Proposed by Act 2021-202)
Currently, yes votes stand at 359,307 votes (68.81%), and no votes are at 162,864 votes (31.19%).
Statewide Amendment 6:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, each municipality authorized under Amendment No. 8 to the Con stitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing Section 216.01 of the Recompiled Constitu tion of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to levy and collect the ad valorem tax pursuant to Amendment No. 8 for the purpose of paying bonds and the interest thereon, and may also levy and collect such ad valorem tax and utilize such funds for capital improve ments on a pay-as-you-go ba sis at a rate not exceeding the rate then lawfully permitted
ence teacher.
“Mrs. Hays’ class allowed me to understand program code further, which will help me in my planned career,” Kennedy said. The SOM and TOM pro grams are sponsored by Full
for the municipality to directly pay the costs of public capital improvements, as well as to pay the principal and interest on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued to finance or refinance the costs of the im provements; and to ratify, val idate, and confirm the levy and collection of such tax levied and collected for any of these purposes prior to the ratifica tion of this amendment. (Pro posed by Act 2021-327)
Currently, yes votes stand at 309,838 votes (60.54%), and no votes are at 201,956 votes (39.46%).
Statewide Amendment 7: Proposing an amendment to revise Amendment 772 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to spec ify that all counties and mu nicipalities may exercise the authority and powers granted by Amendment 772 to provide for economic and industrial development; to permit notice for Amendment 772 projects to be published in any newspa per in circulation in the county or municipality; and to ratify all actions and agreements of any county or municipality done under Amendment 772
Moon Bar-B-Q. Each recipient was presented with a certificate and a Full Moon gift card.
The Trussville Rotary Day break Club meets at 7 a.m. on the first through fourth Wednes day mornings of each month at
unless subject to pending judi cial proceedings on the date of adoption of this amendment. (Proposed by Act 2022-286)
Currently, yes votes stand at 382,967 votes (75.25%), and no votes are at 125,986 votes (24.75%).
Statewide Amendment 8:
Relating to Shelby County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to bring certain pri vately owned sewer systems that use public rights-of-way of public roads under the juris diction of the Public Service Commission under certain conditions. (Proposed by Act 2021-199)
Currently, yes votes stand at 314,619 votes (72.00%), and no votes are at 122,364 votes (28.00%).
Statewide Amendment 9: Relating to Jefferson County and Tuscaloosa Coun ty, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Ala bama of 1901, to bring certain privately owned sewer sys tems that use public rights-ofway of public roads in the city limits of Lake View under the jurisdiction of the Public Ser vice Commission, beginning
First Baptist Church Trussville (128 N. Chalkville Road). For more information on the Truss ville Rotary Daybreak Club or to help with one of our projects, please email Diane Poole at di anepoole1225@centurytel.net.
January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2027. (Pro posed by Act 2022-288)
Currently, yes votes stand at 312,881 votes (71.85%), and no votes are at 122,579 votes (28.15%).
Statewide Amendment 10: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Code Commissioner, contingent upon the ratification of an of ficial Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to renumber and place constitutional amend ments ratified before or on the same day as the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, based on a logical sequence and the par ticular subject or topic of the amendment, and to provide for the transfer of existing annotations to any section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section as it is numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (Proposed by Act 2022-177)
Currently, yes votes stand at 378,699 votes (75.05%), and no votes are at 75.05% votes (75.05%).
The story will be updated as results continue to roll in.
In my study at home, there are a number of memorials to my family’s military service. There are three rifles hanging on the wall. My grandfather, my father and I each brought home these reminders from WWII, Vietnam and Afghan istan, respectively. There is my grandfather’s General Of ficer’s pistol and belt buckle in a shadowbox. A ceramic elephant my father sent home from the Far East. A framed certificate from civilians I helped in Iraq and the rug I had made in Afghanistan. They are essentially three generations of memorials from a family that has been committed to military service for most of a century.
My father and grandfather have both passed away now. They were patriots. They were true believers in America and what it stands for. But I know what they would say if they could see today’s news cycle.
They would wonder aloud who would stand up. Well, standing up can be done by voting.
I’m reminded of Sebas tian Junger, who wrote a book called “Freedom.” In one scene he and several friends were camping near a train track and marveled at the size, weight, and speed of a freight train going by. He asked his hiking buddies what they thought it would take to stop something like that dead in its tracks. The only re sponse they could figure was another train coming from the opposite direction. But then Junger said, “America could seem like that as well, a coun try moving so fast and with so much weight that only a headon collision with itself could
make it stop.”
That’s where we are. The existential threat to all that we, as freedom-loving Americans, hold dear is not so much a vi rus, nor an external enemy; it is the fight going on within our own culture. It will take America colliding with itself at the polls to make it stop.
Like many conservatives across the nation, I feel at times as though I’ve gone through Alice’s looking glass. Conservatives are often told now that what we have always believed is right is wrong and that basic discourse is not al lowed. The President of the United States just gave a fullblown speech last week for no other purpose except to brand me and anyone else who dares to think or vote like me as a threat to democracy itself.
I have a study and memo ries full of the evidence that I fought for democracy! I, for one, look forward to a change on Election Day.
For the past several years, government leaders at all lev els have browbeaten citizens and ruined their lives, crush ing businesses by declaring the winners and losers of so ciety during the pandemic. To be sure, the coronavirus was awful. But declaring business es nonessential, shuttering society, keeping loved ones from visiting dying relatives in hospitals, and then using federal relief dollars to fund more government has created cynicism. And now they want “pandemic amnesty” as if it never really happened. It is possible to forgive while still demanding accountability, but that will only come with a red wave on election day.
“Big Tech,” long protect ed by sanctuary laws written to protect them, is in full sur vival mode now knowing that
they must cancel opposition in order to maintain their status quo. There is still hope that a revision of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, or institutional change, such as Elon Musk buying Twitter, will bring Big Tech back into a place of free dis course. But that will not hap pen unless election day brings conservative change.
Also on the menu at the Mad Hatter’s tea party is ac tual government action being taken to legitimize the mis guided notion that a boy can be a girl, and that defining a woman scientifically is impos sible. The Biden Department of Justice has weaponized against any state that would dare protect its children from transgender surgeries and life-altering treatments. The CDC now refers to “pregnant people”, and the Department of Defense is determined to pay for abortions. This will only change at the polls.
Liberals across the nation continue to argue that they will do all that they can to diminish the Supreme Court, degrade the efficiency and accuracy of voting, and spend our grandchildren’s money. There is no hope of these mat ters being corrected to a more conservative worldview with out a wave of concerned vot ers making themselves known at the polls.
It is not a question of accepting a differing view point. Politics is always cy clical — what goes around comes around, they say. I have often debated the issues and at times I did not feel as though I was prevailing, but I learned to keep working, continue with life, and just fuss at political differences. This is not that. This feels different.
For conservatives, what we are experiencing today feels like a fight to push back against a crushing attempt to change our way of life. For ever.
And that will not happen, at least not quietly. Joe Biden may believe that like his for mer boss, Barack Obama, that he has some mandate to use his “pen and phone.” But I have a keyboard and a mi crophone. And I am just one of many who is not content to sit idly by. Not for a minute.
I asked rhetorically earli er on behalf of my father and grandfather: “Who will stand up?” I said that standing up can be done by voting, and I believe that. Voters are he roes.
And yes, there are heroes left. They are out there. Cit izens who vote, with voices and sound reason, and a sense of mission, have always been the mainstay of our society. Individual citizens still have rights and a say in what hap pens in their homes and lives. I’ve said before that dark days do not deter resolved people and there are many who I be lieve will work within a time such as this to set the world back on its proper axis. Ordi nary people do extraordinary things when times call for them.
This mid-term elections are so important! All elections matter. And to be sure, every vote matters. But this election feels different. This one feels like far more than just that obligatory vote for that per son who we read about who is running for some office re moved from our sphere of in fluence. No, my friends, this one – this election – it feels more like a reckoning.
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This past week the con viction and recommendation of the death penalty by a Marshall County jury of Jim my Lee Spencer put the state one step closer to justice for the victims of his crimes and a sordid chapter in Alabama’s criminal justice history.
Spencer was found guilty of the murder of three people only eight months after his release from prison by the Al abama Board of Pardons and Paroles in November of 2017.
The violent career criminal should have never been re leased on parole, but he was, and his subsequent actions led to the 2018 deaths of Martha Dell Reliford, Marie Kitchens Martin, and 7-yearold Colton Ryan Lee.
The state of Alabama paid the victims’ families $1 million based on the conten tion that Spencer was neither wrongly paroled nor properly supervised once he was out of prison. Attorney General Steve Marshall at the time recounted that Spencer was not only a felon who had committed violent crimes but also stayed in trouble while in prison. Thus, his parole should never have occurred.
His release and the vio lent killings prompted state officials to finally overhaul a lenient parole board that rou tinely released violent felons who did not deserve to be
back on the streets and were a public safety risk.
After Alabama lawmakers passed reforms in 2019, the current Board, with all new members, has earned praise for finally putting public safe ty first when making release decisions. The new law gave the governor more oversight of the Board and new rules and regulations to keep vi olent offenders behind bars. Thankfully, with a stronger parole board and the Victim Advocacy Group “VOCAL,” we are in a better position to prevent dangerous inmates from being released early.
However, there are al ready efforts by some pro gressive groups and law makers to weaken the parole board during the next session of the Alabama Legislature.
Alabama citizens need to make it crystal clear to state leaders that they will not stand for legislators passing laws that do anything to jeop ardize public safety.
Paul DeMarco is a for mer member of the Alabama House of Representatives and can be found on Twitter at @ Paul_DeMarco.
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Knitters and crocheters, join us for fellowship and creativ ity!
Knit & crochet meetup group (aka The Yarn Manglers). Bring any projects you are working on; join us for fel lowship and creativity. This is a great way to check in, catch up, see what everyone is working on, and get help if you are stuck. Please join us – newcomers are welcome!
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Journey to the Great Temple of Travel: The colorful history of Birmingham’s Terminal Station
November 13 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
station in the south, the grand and ornate Terminal Station opened in Birming ham in 1909. As rail travel decreased, the building de clined and was demolished in 1969. The station’s de struction is still lamented as the greatest single loss to Birmingham’s architectural heritage. A lifelong railroad enthusiast, Marvin Clemons has spent decades explor ing this interest as a writer, photographer, and historian, collecting hundreds of docu ments and photographs.
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Yarn Manglers (Knit & Crochet Group) November 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
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November 14 @ 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
TEENS 6th-12th grade! The library is hosting a Man ga Club! What is manga? Manga is Japanese style comic books. This club is the perfect place for man ga and anime fans but also anyone that likes comic books in general. The book will change every month. November’s manga is Dr. Stone! Refreshments will be provided at the event.
(Photographs may be tak en during the program and used by the TPL. If you do not want pictures of your child to be taken please let the Librarian in charge of the event know)
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Life Skills – Sewing Reschedule November 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Explore the history of Bir mingham’s Terminal Station In this program, co-hosted by the Trussville Histori cal Society, Author Marvin Clemons will share his ex tensive knowledge of Bir mingham’s Terminal Station and sign copies of his book, “Great Temple of Travel: A Pictorial History of Bir mingham Terminal Station.” Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Light refreshments will be served. Hailed as the finest railway
An evening Adult Book Club meeting at Ferus Artisan Ales
Join us for Books & Brews, an evening adult book club from the Trussville Public Library! Connect with your community and share your thoughts about this month’s book while enjoying deli cious food and drinks at Ferus. We will meet each month on the second Mon day of the month at 7:15 PM in the event room at Ferus. Contact the Adult Dept (205655-2022 or tr.adult@jclc. org) if you need assistance in obtaining books or if you have any questions.
Book selections are:
October 10: Cackle by Ra chel Harrison
November 14: Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
December 12: The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gorni chec
January 9: The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
February 13: My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Gra ham Jones March 13: Infinite Country
Basic Sewing Class | Teen (6th – 12th Grade) |
Due to inclement weath er the Basic Sewing class had to be rescheduled. The class will now be on Novem ber 15th at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium.
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Trussville Public Library 2023 Alabama Wedding Showcase January 28, 2023 @ 10:00 am - January 29, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
The first annual Alabama Wedding Showcase pre sented by The Trussville Tribune, sponsored by Shir ley’s Florist, will take place on January 28th and 29th at the Trussville Civic Cen ter. We will have dozens of vendors for all your engage ment, wedding, and honey moon needs.
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august 13, 1938 ~ october 24, 2022
(age 84)
With broken hearts, we are sharing the passing of the most precious Carolyn L. Collett. Carolyn went to be with Jesus Monday, October 24, 2022. God saw her pain and said, “Come Home, Child of Mine.” She has her perfect heavenly body now and is rejoicing with The Lord. Carolyn was truly beloved by her family, and everyone she met. She will be tre mendously missed while we are still here on Earth. But we will see her again one day in Heaven, Praise God!
Carolyn grew up in Locust Fork, Al and resided in Springville, Al. She was a determined, hardworking, woman of God. Carolyn shared The Lord’s word, the bread of life, as well as physical food, with everyone she met. She was determined to feed your body AND soul.
Carolyn leaves behind her beloved husband, Howard Collett, her lov ing daughter, Lane (Alan) Pair, loving granddaughter, Lyndsay (Matt) Champion, loving grandsons, Jason Price, and Tyler Pair, and two great grandsons, Jack, and Ryan Price; sisters Linda Holt Harris (Bub) and Toni Holt Ayers, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Carolyn in preceded in death by her father, Glenn Holt, mother, Elouise Youngblood Hold, and son, Greg Price; brothers JD Holt (Elton) and Kenneth Holt (Johnnie Sue.)
The family will receive friends at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 11:00 am to 12:00pm. Service will begin promptly at 12:00 pm in the Chapel. Weather permitting, Grave side services will follow at Jefferson Memorial Gardens.
november 9, 1943 ~ october 26, 2022 (age 78)
Our beloved Ruth Ann Cranford, aka “Nana” passed away peacefully on Wednesday, the 26th of October 2022 at the age of 78. Ruth Ann is preceded in death by her parents Helen and James Wahl, sister-inlaw, Mary Ann Cranford and her husband of 31 years, Paul (Sandy) Cranford Jr. who passed away in 1991.
Ruth Ann was born in Birmingham, AL on the 9th day of November 1943. She is survived by three loving brothers Jimmy Wahl, John Wahl, and Joe Wahl (Kim) as well as her beloved sister-in-law, Jea nette Self. She was lovingly devoted to her surviving daughters Dale Noblin (Tommy), Paula Bice (Chris) and Melanie Allen (Lynn).
She was a wonderful, caring and sweet Nana to Tommy (Sarah), Tifanie, Tyler (Lauren), Matthew (Sara), Kayla (Mason), and Lynsey (Jon) and her 6 great-grandchildren, McKenzie, Ryver, Emerson, Bennett, Eli and Tristan and as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Her grandchildren will remember Nana for her loving nature and her playfulness. She doted on her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anyone who knew her was touched by her kindness, humor and mild temperament. She was truly a peacemaker and was always a source of positivity. Ruth Ann loved her Alabama Football and was a diehard Bama Fan -Roll Tide! She spent many years at Infinity Insurance Company where she was well known and admired. In her retirement she spent much of her time babysitting her great-grandchildren. Ruth Ann loved her family and led by example. She was always there with a helping hand, sympathetic ear or shoulder to cry on. She was strong, determined and a fiercely independent woman and will be missed every day. Pallbearers will be, Tommy Noblin, Matthew Allen, Tyler Noblin, James Wahl, Robbie Wahl, Conner Wahl, Mason McFarland and Jon Banks.
The service for Ruth Ann Cranford will be held on Monday, at 2:00 PM at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home.
Visitation: Monday,1:00 PM at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home.
Burial: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East, AL. Gravside service will be family-only. There will be no reception following the services.
august 21, 1930 ~ october 25, 2022 (age 92)
Edwin Dee Newman Trussville AL Edwin passed away peacefully Tuesday Oct. 25, 2022, at the age of ninety-two. Survived by his loving wife Elizabeth T. Newmanthey were married for 66 years as of October 20th. No one could have ever asked for a sweeter, kinder, more gracious father. He loved us unconditionally no matter what. His mother-in-law, An nie Tucker said he treated her like she was his mother too. Dad grew up on the family farm in Fayette Co., AL. He was no strang er to hard work. His father died when dad and his twin brother, Edward were fourteen. They and their mother worked the farm alone until older brother Jack came home from World War 2 more than a year later. Dad and his twin brother Edward served in the Big Red One -1st Infantry division-33rd Field Artillery U.S. Army in Germany in 1952-54. Dad was promoted to corporal in his artillery battalion and was offered an opportunity to go to Officer candidate school. He declined in order to get back home and take care of his mother. He and Edward moved to Birmingham where both joined the Birmingham Fire Department. Both were promoted to lieutenant and served for 30 years. Dad and Edward, along with their nephew Jimmy Young and other firemen, built houses for over 40 years. The brothers both were master carpenters, and they took pride in building a house that would last and serve their customers well. “Do everything as unto the Lord” was their defining standard. Dad built a relationship with his customers. That included not only concern for the quality of their new home but the state of their relationship with Jesus. Dad never hesitated to inquire after the spiritual needs of his clients in a kind manner. Dad never preached at people. He simply shared his faith and love of Jesus. Some clients became lifelong friends and others were repeat customers. We spent many hours listening to Dad sing in the choir. He served for over 50 years. First at Lake Highland Methodist, then Huffman Assembly and lastly at Cathedral of the Cross. His final church home was Faith Community Fellowship in Trussville where Dad was a founding member and a Board Member Emeritus. He also spent 16 years visiting and ministering to people in several local nursing homes. He loved animals and children and assisted Mom in the nursery for over 15 years. Dad was a faithful follower of Jesus, and his life was spent quietly in service to his Heavenly Father. His family, friends and neighbors all knew him as a kind, caring, and devoted family man who could be relied upon for humble counsel and assistance. Dad's last conversation was with the nurse who admitted him when he asked her if she knew Jesus. Thank you, Dad, for leading us in the paths of righteousness and for showing us that the Lord should always be the center of our lives. He is in Heaven right now rejoicing with his sisters, brothers, parents, and others who have gone on before us. He is survived by his daughter Amanda N. Cook (Jack) of Avalon CA and a son Jonathan (Nancy) of Trussville, also grandchildren Jackson Cook (Sara), Elizabeth Cook Merchant (Michael), and Carley Newman and a great-granddaughter Emily Jane Merchant and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be Monday at Jefferson Memorial at noon with visitation at 11. We would love for you to come and celebrate Dad’s life.
february 12, 1948 ~ october 26, 2022 (age 74)
Robert Hugh Linder, Feb 12, 1948, went to his heavenly home on Tues. Oct 25, 2022, due to complications from Lung Cancer. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Holt Linder and a daughter, Tina Mel vin. He loved taking pictures of birds, especially eagles, osprey, and hawks. He loved camping and especially his TN VOLS friend... He was a member of the IBEW 136, Birmingham. Most of all he loved God and his church family. Visitation will be Nov 4, 2022, at 11:00 AM, Service at 12:00 PM at The Healing Place Church, Trussville, Al . Burial at Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Trussville, Alabama..
october 28, 1950 ~ october 28, 2022 (age 72)
Annette Garris, age 72, of Pinson, AL was born on October 28, 1950, in Tuscaloosa to her parents, Arthur George and Claudia George Williams. Annette’s birthday wish was to see her late hus band, “Dick”. On October 28, 2022, after an extended illness, her birthday wish came true.
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Proudly serving those who have served.
Annette was a devoted wife to her loving husband of 40 years, William Richard “Dick” Garris, and loved her stepchildren as her own. She was a proud Nana to her grandchildren and her great grand son. Annette was a hard-working woman who was always putting others before herself, always going above and beyond for her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents; sisters, Shirley Miller, Doris Fleenor, Bren da Johnson, Joan Perry, Reba Seagal, and a brother, Wayne George.
Annette is survived by her stepchildren, Tina Lopresti (Mark) and Richard Garris (Stacie); five grand children, Blake Hamilton (Kristi), Melissa Lopresti, Laura Lopresti, Jack Garris, Annie Garris; one great grandson, Ty Hamilton; a sister, Rita Perry (Calvin) and brother, Dalton George (Gail). She also leaves behind a host of nieces and nephews.
A service for Annette will be held at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home on Friday, November 4th at 2:00 p.m. with a visitation for friends and family held one hour prior to the service. The burial will immediately follow the chapel service at Jefferson Memorial’s adjoining cemetery.
june 30, 1927 ~ october 29, 2022 (age 95)
Wynell Parson, 95, passed away on October 29, 2022, in Vestavia, AL. Wynell Parson was born on June 30, 1927 in Cullman, Alabama to Andrew Virgil Watson and Ethel Hendricks Watson. Wynell married Fred Parson on May 29th, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama. The couple had two children, Joyce Marilyn Ingle and Jo Anne Hull. Wynell was best known for being a Sunday School Teacher, A Grandmother and A Great Grandmother. She loved to read, loved history and she loved to travel. She loved her God and she loved her Country.
is survived by
february 14, 1934 ~ october 30, 2022 (age 88)
Sue Manning, 88, beloved Mother and Grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on October 30, 2022. She entered this world on February 14, 1934 in Birmingham, AL, born to Edgar and Lila Edwards. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ar nold Manning and her son, Brad Manning. She is survived by her daughter Linda Irwin; son in law James Irwin; grandchild Jay Irwin; grandchild
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CLAY — In a shocking upset, the Clay-Chalkville Cougars were defeated in the first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Associa tion (AHSAA) playoffs, drop ping a nail-biter to Parker, 7-6.
The A.H. Parker Bison was unintimidated and came to Clay to showcase and, in a low-scoring slugfest, took down the 2021 6A State Champions.
Parker arrived in Clay with a record of 6-4, 3-3 in 6A Region 5 play while ClayChalkville sported an overall record of 8-1, 6-0 in Region 6, the lone loss coming to 7A titans Thompson.
The shocking loss in the first round left the Cougar crowd stunned.
The game was slow to start, with the first score com ing from the Cougars in the waning seconds of the first half. The second half was not kind to the Clay-Chalkvill as the Bison held the Cougars' offense to only 63 yards in total and no touchdowns. Ad ditionally, in the second half, the Cougars made one prom ising red zone trip in two quarters, but it was squan dered by a fourth down stop.
The Bison kept Cougar quarterback Kamari McClel lan under pressure and trying
to guess where the next rush was coming from, tallying one sack and two total tackles for a loss on the Cougars.
Clay-Chalkville got on the scoreboard first with just four seconds to play in the second quarter on a 16-yard pass from McClellan to Mario Byrd. The extra point attempt was no good, and the Cougars took a slim 6-0 lead into the locker room.
After back-and-forth drives to start the third quarter, Park er hit paydirt on a 50-yard pass from quarterback Malik Mu hammad pass complete to Carl Pitts with 7:47 on the clock. The extra point was success ful as Parker took a one-point lead, 7-6.
Clay-Chalkville’s defense kept the Cougars in the game, tallying one sack and a total
of five tackles for a loss on the Bison. Even with the de fensive play, however, the Cougars were not able to sur mount any kind of comeback.
Despite losing the turn over battle on two lost fum bles, Parker was able to hold their own after scoring their lone touchdown of the game, they were able to hold off the Cougars’ offense for two quarters to ensure their vic tory.
The final score was 7-6, a one-point deficit that was too steep to overcome.
“Parker played their guts out,” said Clay-Chalkville Head Coach Drew Gilm er.”Our defense played good, but we couldn’t get anything going offensively.”
Parker Head Coach Frank Warren said he and his Bison
squad felt they had a chance to beat Clay-Chalkville and turn the world of high school football in the process. “Ain’t nobody believed in us,” War ren said. “We faced adversity all year, the only people that believed in us are the people at this school.”
When asked about the 50-yard touchdown Warren said he thought it affected the game, giving Parker the mo mentum. “It really did, but we let up a cheap one in the first half.”
Overall, the two teams combined for a total of 353. Both defenses were stout and would not give up until the last whistle was blown.
Cougar quarterback Ka mari McClellan, who aver aged 158.7 yards per game during the regular season, only managed to throw for 25 yards total in Friday’s game. Cougar running back, Aaron Osley ran for 18 attempts for a total of 102 yards, averaging just around 5.7 yards a carry.
The Parker offense did not play much better, gaining 181 of total offense. Mohammed threw for 58 yards total while also rushing for 54 more. The Bison backfield ran for a total of 129 yards.
Clay-Chalkville ends the 2022 campaign with a re cord of 8-2. Parker will face Muscle Shoals in the second round.
FLORENCE — Hewitt used a daunting defense and a 21-point second quarter to oust Florence from the play offs in Florence Friday night.
The Hewitt defense was stifling against the vaunted Florence rushing attack, al lowing just under 50 yards rushing against a Falcon team that averaged 228 yards per game.
Hewitt opened the scoring in the first quarter with Pey ton Floyd finding his big ju nior tight end Donovan Price for a 23-yard touchdown pass.
Riley Rigg’s PAT made it 7-0 with 5:52 left in the first half.
Florence would answer with a drive and score late in the first to make it 7-7. Then the blitzkrieg began.
Floyd would find Brett Moseley for a six-yard touch down pass with 10:23 left in the half and call his own num ber 4 minutes later to stretch the lead to 21-7 with around 6 minutes to go in the half.
Florence would answer with a drive of their own to stay in the game for the mo ment, and Hewitt led 21-13.
Hewitt wasn’t done yet, as Floyd led the Huskies on an 80-yard drive in a little over a minute, scoring with 3 sec onds left in the first half.
In the third quarter, things settled down as neither team was able to score.
Riley Rigg would stretch the lead to 31-13 early in the fourth quarter with a field goal after a Hewitt drive in side the Florence 10 stalled.
LEEDS — Defensive
ends Kavion Henderson and Chris Burge acknowledge that everything is different once the playoffs begin.
“Everybody is good in the playoffs,” Henderson said. “We know we have to step it up because everybody in the playoffs is good.”
The Green Wave defense, however, looks much the same now that the postseason has begun. Henderson, Burge, and the Leeds pass rush helped overpower Fairfield on Friday night in a 39-13 victory.
“It’s a team effort,” Burge said. “Either he (Henderson) gets double-teamed, or I do.”
Officially the Green Wave pass rush sacked Fairfield quarterback Ju’maria Ham ilton four times for a total loss of 26 yards. That total,
into a rout. Two plays after the safety, tailback Jeremiah Hunter broke free for a 52yard touchdown. Leeds led 26-0 at halftime.
“I was worried about us because we were quiet before the game,” Hood said. “We came out and did what we were supposed to do early.”
he took off.”
Field position helped doom the Tigers in the first half. After a Jackson Arthur field goal gave the Green Wave a 3-0 lead on the first possession, the Tigers gave Leeds possession at their 33 following a poor punt. Hunter scored his first touchdown 4 plays later.
A blocked punt on the fol lowing possession set up the Leeds offense at the Fairfield 10, and quarterback Jarod Latta found Jaelyn Felder for a 7-yard score to make it 170.
“It (field position) killed us tonight,” Fairfield head coach Shepherd Skanes said. “We couldn’t get our special teams rolling.”
The Tigers did get 93 yards out of tailback Heze kiah Hudson-Davis. Most of that came on a 69-yard run on the second play of the second half.
MOODY — As they have done all year, the Moody Blue Devils made history Friday night at Bill Morris Stadium. With a 29-21 win over Jasper in the first round of the playoffs, Jake Ganus and his team eclipsed ten wins in a season for the first time in Moody football history.
“I’m so proud of our guys. We’ve had a rough week. We had 41 kids out with the flu this week at different times. Wednesday, we were without 27 guys,” said Ganus. “I’m so proud of these coaches be cause we were having to move guys around just to practice.”
Some of that would show, as Moody got off to a bit of
a slow start and Jasper start ed the game with the ball and marched right down the field. Quarterback Spencer Rosen feld finished the drive with an eight-yard run to put the vis
itors up 7-0 at the 9:30 mark of the first quarter, a score that held for the rest of the frame.
LEEDS — Leeds’ junior defensive lineman Kavion Henderson announced his intentions to play college football at the University of Arkansas during a ceremony at Leeds High School on Sun day, Oct. 6.
however, does not account for the number of holding calls against the Tigers (3-8), nor for the penalty in the end zone that resulted in a Green Wave safety midway through the second quarter.
That sequence helped Leeds (10-0) turn the game
That touchdown was one of 4 for Hunter, who finished with 153 yards on 18 carries.
“He’s (Hunter) a great running back,” said Hood. “He’s got to play somewhere. Somebody will look at him as a big feature back who gets you the hard yards. I was glad
“We fought,” Skane said. “That’s what I wanted to see. We fought and we kept our head up.”
Hamilton, the quarterback, survived the Leeds pressure enough to amass 70 yards passing and a touchdown. He also rushed for 34 yards.
Beginning at 3 p.m., in the Leeds High School gymna sium, the ceremony featured short talks by Green Wave Head Coach Jerry Hood, Principal Rayford Williams, and Defensive Line Coach Curtis Coleman. Following 10 minutes of remarks, Ka vion chose the Arkansas hat from an array of caps lined up in front of him to make it of ficial — Henderson is Arkan sas-bound.
Surrounded by family, Henderson chose the Ra zorbacks over more than 40 other universities, including SEC heavyweights Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Okla homa. Henderson cited the Arkansas coaching staff, es pecially Head Coach Sam Pit tman, as the reason he chose the Razorbacks over several
high-profile programs, in cluding Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Oklahoma.
In the end, the 6-3, 235-pound lineman received more scholarship offers than any player in Leeds High School history. One would assume his decision was a
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CENTER POINT — And then there was one.
The Center Point Eagles advance to the second round of the ASHAA playoffs fol lowing a suffocating win over Jackson-Olin, 26-8t. With the win, Center Point is the only 6A Region 6 team advancing to the second round follow ing early exits from ClayChalkville, Pinson Valley, and Oxford Friday night.
The two-headed monster on offense, quarterback Ja bari Collier and running back Troy Bruce, were productive as always, however, the Ea gles defense was the star of the show, holding the athletic Mustangs offense to just 111 total yards, 29 in the first half.
Additionally, the Eagles’ defense intercepted three Jackson-Olin passes, two by sophomore defensive back Antonio Garfield and one by Jamari Johnson. The vast
majority of the Mustang’s to tal yards came on a 74-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter during garbage time.
Despite the effort on de fense, Center Point Head Coach George Bates, ever the perfectionist, sees room for improvement. “They’re play ing well we’re just missing some gaps,” Bates said.
“I don’t like that we gave up that big ball. But, on the same token, the same kid, sophomore Antonio Garfield, that gave up the big play came back with two intercep tions,” Bates added. “He real ly did what a DB does forget about the last play and made the next two.”
Offensively, the Eagles didn’t get as many big plays as normal, instead relying on a solid rushing attack and short passing game to domi nate in total yards and time of possession. Center Point gained 269 yards of total of fense and held the ball for an
astounding 30 minutes, and 43 seconds on the night.
Center Point received the opening kickoff and started their first drive from their own 38-yard line. The Eagles put together a methodical 62yard drive, eating up almost six minutes of the opening quarter. The drive was capped with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Collier to Bruce. The two-point conversion
By Jamey Curlee For the Tribune
MOUNTAIN BROOK —
On a perfect night for foot ball in Mountain Brook, Al, the Mountain Brook Spar tans played a perfect football game.
All cylinders were firing in perfect unison for the Spar tans, while, on the other hand, nothing seemed to go right for Pinson Valley, as the Indians lost in the first round of the AHSAA playoffs, 49-7.
Pinson Valley came into the first round action as the No. 3 seed with a record of 6-3 (one loss by way of for feit), and 4-2 in 6A Region 6 action. Mountain Brook sported an 8-2 overall record, 5-1 in Region 5 play, but was, perhaps, a more seasoned squad with three of their wins coming against 7A oppo nents.
The first quarter was a blur of Spartan success as Mountain Brook jumped out to a commanding 21-0 lead.
Mountain Brook’s offensive line was the dominating force that set the tone for the game.
was successful, putting Cen ter Point on top 8-0 with 6:15 to play in the first quarter.
After forcing the Mustangs to a quick three-and-out, Cen ter Point began their second drive from their own 26-yardline. This time, the Eagles needed only six plays to find the end zone. With just under one minute to play in the first quarter, Collier found Bruce on a nifty over-the-middle route.
Breaking through multiple tackles, Bruce kicked into tur bo for a 49-yard touchdown. Another two-point conver sion put Center Point up 16-0.
After a scoreless second quarter, Center Point’s special teams contributed, blocking a Jackson-Olin punt, recovered by Kemarius Horne on the Mustangs’ 16-yard-line. Two plays later, Bruce scored his third touchdown of the night on an 11-yard run with 9:52 to play in the third quarter. Fol lowing the extra point, Center Point’s extended their lead, 23-0.
Collier completed 11 of 17 passes for 172 yards in the air. Bruce ran for 84 yards on 17 carries and one rushing touchdown and had four receptions for 115 hards and two touchdowns. Center Point improves to 9-1 overall and will face an undefeated Hartselle squad in the second round.
“We were going to do what we had to do to win the
ball game,” Bates said. “We wanted to make sure we got out of the game with the guys healthy. We knew if we were fortunate enough to get by we were going to have to go up against an amazing program next week with Hartselle.”
Tempers flared late in the third quarter as the J.O. offense scuffled with Center Point de fense, leading to an ejection for an Eagle offensive lineman. The Eagles also had ten pen alties for 85 yards. Bates at tributed some of the sloppiness to the unscheduled week after the cancellation of the regular season finale with Leeds.
“We didn’t play last week so a lot of what I saw tonight was due to rust,” Bates said. “But, we got a kid ejected to night, so we’ve go to respond better. We talk about not re acting and responding to stuff. Those are things that we don’t do and not what this program is about.”
TRUSSVILLE — Both the boys and girls Hewitt Basketball teams opened the 2022-23 season Thursday night in front of a nearly full Bryant Bank Arena, and the home teams did not disap point.
Hewitt-Trussville Girls 58, Gadsden City 39
The Hewitt girls jumped out to a big early lead and cruised to a 59-38 win over Gadsden City. Hewitt led 19-7 after the first quarter and opened a 19-point lead by halftime.
Jordan Hunter led the way with 15 points and three as sists. April Hooks chipped in 12 points and four assists.
Coach Tonya Hunter was pleased with the focus. “We came out with a com petitive fire and high focus,
but we are so excited to get back to practice and fix a few things.”
Hewitt-Trussville Boys 51, Gadsden City 24
The Jeremy Monceaux era at Hewitt began with a bang Friday night as Hewitt the
Huskies used a strong second quarter to crush Gadsden City 51-24.
The first quarter began with cold shooting and good defense as both teams began
BLACKSBURG, VA. —
Pinson Valley Zach Pyron leads comeback, vaulting Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech on Saturday, November 5.
Making his first start un der center, Pyron accounted for 319 total yards, complet ing 19-of-32 passes for 253 yards and rushing for an addi tional 66 yards en route to the Yellow Jackets 28-27 over the Hokies in a key ACC matchup. With the victory, Georgia Tech improves to 4-3 overall, 3-3 in the ACC.
With the Yellow Jack ets trailing late, 2 7-16. The Georgia Tech defense stepped up, forcing three turnovers in the fourth quarter. Pyron led two touchdown drives in the final frame, including a 73yard, nine plays drive capped off by a nine-yard touchdown run to give Georgia Teach the lead with 3:30 to go in the game.
During his post-game press conference, interim Head Coach Brent Key, a Trussville native, said the
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Quarterback John Colvin had over 125 yards passing with a TD to Clark Sanderson, but the man of the night was Junior RB Cole Sanderson with close to 220 yards rushing and six touchdowns in just over two
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to feel each other out. In the second quarter, Hewitt start ed feeding the ball to senior
come-from-behind win demonstrated the hard and discipline he is working to in still in the Yellow Jackets.
"It was a really good team win. The be up, to be down, to persevere to keep fight ing through, it really showed the character of these guys," said Key. "That was one of the things we talked about this week was winning each day with our character and our grit. I think those things showed up today. I'm really happy to come out with a win here."
Pyron, a 2022 graduate
quarters alone.
The Mountain Brook de fense, led by seniors Parker Avery and Trent Wright, could not have played much better. Multiple sacks and tackles for a loss kept the high-powered In dian offense in check all night.
Valley had just over 100 yards total offense for the
of Pinson Valley, saw his first action last week during Tech's 41-16 loss to Florida State, going into the game in the first quarter in place of injured starting Yellow Jack et quarterback Jeff Sims. Py ron completed 18 of his 28 passes for 198 yards with no interceptions and was respon sible for two touchdowns, a 32-yard completion to E.J. Jenkins, and an 8-yard touch down run.
Key, who recruited Pyron to Georgia Tech, has been impressed with Pyron's play and leadership despite mak
night, finally getting on the scoreboard late on a touch down pass by Kewone Posey that took away the Mountain Brook shutout making the Fi nal score Mountain Brook 49, Pinson Valley 7
Mountain Brook 24-year veteran head coach Chris Yea ger said he felt his Spartans
and points in transition. By the end of the third quarter, Hewitt
ing a handful of freshman mistakes, including a pick-six from deep in Georgia Tech territory late in the third quar ter that extended the Hokies' lead by 11 points.
"Being a freshman out there, there are a lot of things he's going to learn from, but, I tell you what, being a com petitor ain't one of them," Key said. "He's a dadgum compet itor in everything he does.
"Now, we've got to take him into the film room and teach him to be smarter on some of those things," Key said. "The energy on the side lines, he brought the team together, and we played as a team."
Key is now 3-2 since taking over as interim coach following the firing of Geoff Collins following a 1-3 start to the 2022 season.
The win gave Georgia Tech the most wins in a sin gle season since 2018. The Yellow Jackets can improve to .500 next Saturday with a win over Miami University in an ACC Coastal Division showdown.
Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
squad matched up well against Pinson Valley and stressed playing fundamental football leading up to the first-round playoff game.
“We worked all week on trying to master the fundamen tals,” Yeager said. “Nothing new or special, just keep doing what we do well.”
officials instituted a running clock.
We haven't been able to say enough about the Center Point Eagles. Promoted back to 6A following four seasons in 5A, Center Point has defied expectations all year long.
Led by one of the best head coaches in the area, George Bates, the Eagles finished the regular season 9-1, their lone loss to a Clay-Chalkville ear
The Leeds running game is an arsenal loaded with an array of weapons. Run ning back Jeremiah Hunter might be the Green Wave’s best-kept secret weapon.
The 5-10, 195-pound senior ball carrier was downright deadly in Leeds’ first-round
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Tonight that worked to the advantage of Mountain Brook. The Spartans improved to 9-3 and will travel to Gadsden City next week to take on the Titans in the second round of the state playoffs.
Pinson Valley ends the season with an overall re cord of 6-4, ending an up-
and-down year for first-year head coach Lee Guess. In his first head coaching job, The Hewitt-Trussville and Auburn graduate took over a program that finished the 2021 cam paign with an overall record of 9-4 and advanced to the third round of the playoffs before losing to Mountain Brook 30-0.
The
Anwah led all scorers with 14 points. Ray Rolley had 11 points, and Legion Gastion finished with 9.
Hewitt Coach Jeremy Monceaux saw some posi tives but realized there is still work to be done. “Proud of our guys,” said Monceaux. “I thought we guarded really
well. We have got to figure some things out on offense.” Both Hewitt teams trav el to Montgomery to take on Park Crossing on Tuesday, November 8.
Florence would answer right back with a touchdown of their own with 9:28 to play, cutting the lead to 31-20.
Hewitt would finish the game with a long drive capped off with another Peyton Floyd touchdown run to put the game on ice with a little over a min ute to go.
Unofficially, Floyd passed for 22-25 for 195 yards and 3
touchdowns, while carrying the ball 25 times for anoth er 134 yards and two scores.
Jaqson Melton would add to the total with 20 carries for an other 124 yards.
Head Coach Josh Floyd said the victory over a sol id Florence squad was wellearned against a team that ap pears to have improved each week during the season. "It was a hard-fought win. Flor ence has been playing very well recently and had won six
loss.”
“We’ve got some things to clean up,” he added, “but I’ll take an ugly win over a pretty
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The second quarter was the Blaine Burke show as the Moody running back scored on three consecutive drives with runs of ten, 21, and 69 yards to paydirt. Burke would finish the night with 168 yards on 25 carries with three touch downs.
Before the 69-yarder, Moody was driving and Cole McCarty threw an interception that Jasper’s Baylor Odom would return for a Viking touchdown. After Burke’s third touchdown, Moody ex ecuted a perfect onside kick
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lier in the season.
After the first week of the AHSAA football playoffs, the Eagles are the only team left following the early ex its of Oxford, Pinson Valley, and, yes, the defending state champions Clay-Chalkville.
Center Point disman tled Jackson Olin on Friday, November 4, carried by the
Center Point is the last team standing in what has been the toughest region in recent years.
Clay-Chalkville, Pinson Valley, and Oxford have accounted for
and gave themselves a chance to go up by two scores before the half. However, the drive stalled out at the 17-yard-line as Moody took a 21-13 lead into the locker room.
The opening drive of the third quarter looked like the Moody that we have seen most of the year with a healthy dose of running and passing. McCarty found Aidan Robin son for a 23-yard touchdown to cap the drive off.
“We prepared all week for this. It was fun all night. It’s our first playoff game,” said Robinson. “Every game is just the next game, so we treated it just like another game.”
outstanding performances of running back Troy Bruce, quarterback Jabari Collier, and defensive back Antonio Garfield who had two inter ceptions in the win.
The last five state 6A titles have been won by Region 5 teams. We think Center Point has the talent to make it six in a row. They're confident, well-coached, and are the Trussville Tribune's Team of the Week.
games in a row heading into tonight," said Floyd.
"It was a really good, phys ical football game and I think our defense did a great job stopping the run. I really feel like that was the difference in the game," Floyd added. "They have some really good athletes, that's for sure and they're one of those teams that seem to have gotten better."
Floyd said he felt the team did a great job minimizing some of the mental errors that
the last five-consecutive state titles - all three lost their firstround playoff games. Center Point is the last team from Re gion 6 remaining in the play offs, a remarkable accomplish
The Blue Devils defense would continue dominating on consecutive drives until McCarty threw his second interception of the night, set ting Jasper up with good field position at the Blue Devils’ 30. Rosenfeld would then find Garrett Busby for a 30-yard touchdown to close the gap to 29-21.
Though Jasper would have a couple more chances, the Moody defense stood strong and held them off despite their best efforts to score. “I was kind of nervous. I haven’t ever been in the playoffs,” said de fensive back Chase Jackson, “It feels good. We still have to put our heads down and work.
have troubled the Huskies throughout the 2022 campaign.
"I thought we played a lot of good football tonight," Floyd said. "We did have too many penalties but I think our guys made a lot of plays on both sides of the ball."
Hewitt will travel to face Region 3 foe Hoover in the second round in a rematch of the 2021 quarterfinal match and it will be the first meeting since a 17-7 loss on September 16.
ment in their first year back in 6A after four seasons in 5A.
Center Point will face Hart selle (11-0) in round two of the 2022 AHSAA Football Play offs on Friday, November 11.
Nothing is going to be given to us.”
“Playoff wins are tough. November football is what it’s about. You’ve got to find a way to win. We had a big chunk of our schedule where we could handle teams and do what we wanted to do,” said Ganus. “We faced adversity against Leeds. Our team is starting to mature in that area and the more adver sity we face, the better we are. It’s win or go home.”
The second round of the playoffs means a road trip for Moody. They will travel to Arab to take on the 10-1 Knights who are coming off a 54-14 win over East Lime stone.
tough one. However, Hen derson credited the Arkansas coaching staff, his family, his teammates, and his faith in God for helping to make his commitment easy.
“The great relationship with the coaches — they did a great job recruiting me,” Henderson said. “I’m looking to turn things around at Ar kansas, and I’m really excited for it. It was an easy decision. I just want to thank God first, my family, my coaches, and all my teachers. They got this put together for me. So with out them, it wouldn’t be pos sible.”
Hood said he’s known for some time that Henderson was going to commit to Arkansas and said he’s glad he decid ed to make his choice public and can focus on the Green Wave’s second-round playoff game against Scottsboro on Friday, Nov. 11. Hood said he also warned Henderson that college recruiters will contin ue to try to change his mind right up until signing day on Feb. 1, 2023.
“I had known it for quite a while,” Hood said. “Coach Pittman and I have gotten to talk, and they’re excited to have him. For whatever rea son, he’s got a great feeling about the coaches there. I’m excited for him in one regard, in that it gets it out there, but in the second regard, I told him it’s not going to stop. It’ll intensify.
“I’m glad he did it on a
throttling of Fairfield onFri day, November 4. Hunter ran for 153 yards on 18 car ries and scoring four touch downs, including a thrilling 52-yard run in which he outran the camera operator fiming the game. (You can find that video on Hunter’s Hudl page.
“He’s a great running back,” said Leeds Head Coach Jerry Hood after Fri day’s game. “He’s got to play somewhere. Somebody will look at him as a big feature back who gets you the hard yards. I was glad he took off.”
He certainly took off in our opinon.
Jeremiah Hunter is the Trussville Tribune’s Player of the Week.
“I didn’t think we tack led great in the second half,” Hood said. “But 13 points. It is what it is. We’re being crit ical about very little things right now.”
Latta finished with 79 yards passing and a touch down for the Green Wave of
Sunday so that by eight or nine o’clock when he goes to bed, and he starts winding down, it’s all about Scotts boro and how far we can take this thing at Leeds,” Hood added.
Henderson first caught Hood’s eye shortly after ac cepting the job as the Leeds Head Coach. He knew right away Henderson was going to be a special player.
“We went out on the field one day in the summer and we were practicing with the varsity, all 28 us,” Hood ex plained to the group of friends and family in attendance.
“Then, I see this kid on the other end of the field, that big ol’ kid, he’s an 8th grad er. And so I told him that day, ‘You are not on the middle school team anymore. You’re on the varsity team.’”
Hood went on to say that what makes Henderson a spe cial talent is more than just his skills on the field. Hen derson, Hood said, is a leader who cares about excelling in football and in the classroom.
“Here’s the truth about this young man,” Hood said.
“When your best player is your hardest worker, can take a butt-chewing from the coaches in the right way, lead in the weight room, and takes pride in what he does in the classroom, you’ve got an op portunity to make a real dif ference in the world.”
The undefeated Leeds Green Wave hosts the Scotts boro Wildcats, 7-4, on Friday, Nov. 11, at Homer Smiles Stadium.
fense, which held off Fairfield with a pair of touchdown runs by Hunter.
“The second half, we kept coming out of the hole there,” Hood said.
Leeds now looks forward to Round 2 of the 5A playoffs. They will host Scottsboro, which defeated Brewer 4514, on Friday night at Homer Smiles Field.
