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Results too close to call for St. Clair County Schools ad valorem vote
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Trussville PD arrest man on drugs, weapons charges From The Tribune Staff Reports
TRUSSVILLE — Trussville Police Department arrested an Alabaster man on drugs and weapon charges on Friday, November 5, around 10 a.m. See POLICE, Page 3
Leeds Cruising for Toys was a huge success for charity From The Tribune Staff Reports
LEEDS — Hundreds of people headed to historic downtown Leeds for the Cruising for Toys charity event on Saturday, November 13. See TOYS, Page 3
Flight trauma nurse speaks to Leeds health sciences students By Hannah Caver Staff Writer
LEEDS — Leeds High School invited flight trauma nurses to speak with students about nursing the nursing career field on Monday, November 15, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. See NURSE, Page 6
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Springville agrees to sell spring water to local bottler for retail use Votes were too close to call at 10:37 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16.
for proposed taxation 116 and against proposed tax 285, and Ashville with 12 of out 13 precincts (92.31%) for proposed taxation 223 and against proposed tax 988. The votes for the St. Clair County Ad Valorem tax came down to do the wire, with the
final precincts rolling in their unofficial votes late into Tuesday night. The final results will not be confirmed until provisional votes are verified. “This is would be a momentous occasion for our school system because we would be able to now partner
Movie poster for “A Soul Filled Life,” submitted by Stan Smith
The Smiths’ family practitioner sent Nancy to see Dr. Jim Kirklin, the son of Dr. John Kirklin, who was doing heart transplants at UAB. They discovered that Nancy’s heart was enlarged and had damaged her lungs. As a result, she could not have a heart transplant without also replacing both lungs. Dr. Kirklin told Nancy that she needed a heart/double-lung transplant for her particular condition, Eisenmenger Syn-
drome. However, heart/double-lung transplants were a new concept and had not been performed at UAB at that time. Additionally, in order to do the procedure, the heart and both lungs needed to come from the same donor. “They had just started that program at UAB and they actually wanted Nancy to be the first (to get the procedure),” Smith said. “She didn’t want to. She said, ‘I want you to
SPRINGVILLE — The Springville City Council met for the second regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday night, November 15.
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get the bugs worked out of it.’” As it turned out, Nancy was the third person, and first woman, to receive a heart/ double-lung transplant at UAB Hospital. Nancy’s donor was a young boy from Eufaula, Alabama, named Scott Parrish, who tragically had a fatal brain injury after getting hit by a car while riding his bicycle. “Scott will always be my hero,” Smith said on his Facebook page. On Oct. 3, 1989, Nancy’s transplant surgery was complete. Ten years later, however, Nancy discovered that the medication she had been taking damaged her kidneys to the point of needing a kidney transplant. In 1999, Nancy underwent her second organ transplant when her sister, Dolores Traylor, donated a kidney to her. The procedure went well for both sisters. Nancy passed away in September 2007, at the age of 61, about two weeks short of the 18th anniversary of her heart and lung transplant.
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with the communities to build, renovate and expand our current facilities and meet the needs of our students and the increasing population that we have,” St. Clair County Superintendent Mike Howard said.
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Leeds Board of Education approves agreement with JBS Mental Health Authority
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LEEDS – At a short regular meeting on Tuesday, November 9, the Leeds Board of Education approved an agreement with Jefferson Blunt St. Clair (or JBS) Mental Health Authority to fund a mental health
Movie based on Trussville woman’s experience
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By Hannah Caver Staff Writer
TRUSSVILLE – In 1974, 27-year-old Trussville resident Nancy Smith received news that would change not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, community, and the medical transplant community as a whole. The news was that Nancy had been born with a congenital heart problem called Atrial Septal Defect, a condition which causes a hole in the wall between the heart’s upper chambers. Nancy was sent to Dr. John Kirklin, for whom UAB’s Kirklin Clinic is named, in hopes that the hole in her heart could be closed. However, after many tests, they determined that the hole could not be closed. Nancy was told to take medication, follow her doctor’s instructions, and she may live five years. “That was in 1974,” Nancy’s husband Stan Smith said. “Well, in 1987 – that’s a long five years – she started having a little bit more problems.”
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Moody presents check to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — Several schools in St. Clair County voted on Tuesday, November 16 to increase property tax, and vote-counters began to tally ballots after 7 p.m. when polls closed. Voting was from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and voters had to be 18 or older to vote on the ad valorem tax in St. Clair County. The unofficial vote as of Tuesday, November 16 at 10:37 p.m., Moody with 6 of out 7 precincts (88.89%) for proposed taxation 923 and against proposed tax 920, Springville with 6 out of 7 precincts (85.71%) for proposed taxation 808 and against proposed tax 849, Pell City with 11 of out 12 precincts (91.67%) for proposed taxation 1,469 and against proposed tax 1,448, Odenville with 6 of out 7 precincts (85.71%) for proposed taxation 695 and against proposed tax 761, Ragland with 5 of out 6 precincts (83.33%)
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MOODY — The city of Moody presented a check to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama on Tuesday, November 9 at 2 p.m.
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Trussville Senior Living Community to host public fall festival From The Tribune Staff Reports
TRUSSVILLE — Trussville Senior Living Community hosts a public fall festival on Thursday, November 18, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Legacy Ridge Trussville, an assisted living community, located at 7868 Gadsden Hwy, is celebrating fall in a big way. See SENIOR, Page 5
Leeds Council reserves support for veterans project, hears citizens on accusations of ethics violations By Nathan Prewett For The Tribune
LEEDS – At a meeting on Monday, Nov. 15, the Leeds City Council passed a resolution to reserve its support in allowing Priority Soldier, See LEEDS COUNCIL, Page 5