Pot Luck Shop celebrates mental health awareness month
Left to right are former Board member Maribelle McDougal, Pot Luck Store manager Barbara Byrd, and current Pot Luck's Board of Directors Theodis Henderson, President Elizabeth Rice,, Kim Price, Patricia Bonner, Johnnie Spain, Johnny Spain and Charles Quarles.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Locally, that includes the Robison-Geer Center, a day habilitation program with Indian Rivers Mental Health Center. The Robison-Geer Center is the only day program in Pickens County. There are currently 12 clients that come to the center daily to learn independent living skills, money management skills, along with community resource and social skills. The staff works together to come up with creative and fun ways to provide training for the individuals attending the center.
People of Pickens: Elizabeth Rice
Elizabeth Rice
Elizabeth Rice is one of the most giving individuals in the Pickens County community. Whether it is volunteering at The Pot Luck Shop through the Mental Health Association, or spending her time working in the gift shop at the Pickens County Medical Center, Mrs. Rice is a humanitarian that we should all aspire to emulate. Pickens County Herald editor Brian Hamilton recently sat down with Mrs. Rice for an interview.
Markevious Forte arrested and charged with murder of 4-year-old
Markevious Forte
By BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor
Markevious Forte, 29, of Aliceville, was recently arrested and charged with murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of Taylor Cunningham, 4. Cunningham was taken to the Pickens County Medical Center on September 18, 2018, where he succumbed to multiple injuries. Authorities believe that the 4-year-old was already dead when arriving at the hospital.
Carrollton Council: Aiming to improve the community
By Lindsey Turner, Correspondent
The Carrollton City Council met on Thursday, May 2nd to discuss several items on their agenda. Mayor Mickey Walker opened the meeting in prayer. The first order of business that Walker brought up to the committee was to appoint a member to the Board of Equalization.
Ultimately, the council decided to appoint David Stokes.
Aliceville Elementary students learn about gardening
Aliceville Elementary Students learn to plant and grow flowers.
By BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor
Pickens County College and Career Center's Teacher Cadet program, which is headed up by Instructor Haley McGee, includes 10th-12th grade students from Aliceville High School, Gordo High School, Pickens County High School, and Pickens Academy who have a desire to become teachers.
Pickens County teen wins Big Gobbler Photo Contest prize
Carlee Jane Criswell, 14, won the 2018-19 Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association Big Gobbler Photo Contest. The eighth-grader at Gordo High School took this turkey in the Palmetto community north of her hometown.
Carlee Jane Criswell, a 14-year-old from Reform, is the winner of the seventh annual Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association Big Gobbler Photo Contest.
The contest, open to hunters who took turkeys in Alabama’s 23-county Black Belt region during the 2018-19 season, drew 27 entries. Carlee Jane wins a prize package worth $175 for attracting the most votes on the ALBBAA website – AlabamaBlackBeltAdventures.org.
Peter Cottontail arrives in Carrollton
West Alabama Bank employees pose with the Easter bunny at the Bunny Hop. Pictured (from left): Donna Nance, Easter Bunny, Robyn Taylor, and Pam Acker.
By Lindsey Turner, Correspondent
The 3rd annual Carrollton Bunny Hop was held on Saturday, April 20th at the Courthouse Square. The event was sponsored by the Carrollton Beautification Committee and was hosted by the community, along with several local churches and organizations. Myra Shufflebarger, who helped coordinate the Bunny Hop, says that the committee decided to start this event after the Face In The Window Festival, which is also hosted by the Carrollton Beautification Committee, and helps raise money for the beautification of the town.