Ritu Linhart, General Manager of Westervelt Renewable Energy Plant in Aliceville, speaks at the Aliceville Rotary meeting last Tuesday.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor
Ritu Linhart moved to Aliceville in December 2018 to take over as general manager of the Westervelt Renewable Energy Plant in Aliceville. She is originally from Miami, Fla. and lived in Waycross, Ga. before coming to Aliceville.
Hollie Finch and Robert Frederick Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Finch are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Hollie Finch to Robert Frederick Jr. on February 23, 2019 at 5pm at Reform Church of God.
Hollie is a 2010 graduate of Pickens County High School. She graduated Cum Laude from Lawson State in 2013 and is currently employed as Director of Human Resources for Cahaba Valley Home Health.
Southern Ghost Girl Tours and Paranormal Investigations, along with Gordo Mayor Craig Patterson, will be hosting three tours and investigations of the Pickens County Courthouse on Saturday, February 9th. The first tour begins at 6pm, followed 7:30 and 9pm tours.
Patterson will tell the history of the courthouse and events. Tickets are $30 per person and a portion of all ticket sales will be donated to the Pickens County Preservation Association for the Courthouse. Tickets include a tour of the courthouse and all guests will be provided with paranormal investigation equipment.
Pam Fleming
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor
Pam Fleming retired from her position as a soil conservation technician at the Natural Resources Conservation Service after 28 years of service. She began working as the district clerk for the Pickens County Soil and Water Conservation District in 1990, and the rest is history.
Brian Hamilton
Horace Moore, Publisher of the Pickens County Herald, anounced this week that Brian Hamilton has been named the new editor of the Pickens County Herald.
GORDO HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES FOR 2019 — From left are Wayne Moss, Joe Brown and Gerould Thomas.
BankFirst makes $10,000 donation to Pickens County College & Career Center Wednesday morning. (From left: Chan Mullenix, Heyward Gould, Martin Colvin, Leon Manning, Moak Griffin, Natalie Lavender, Gail Beams, Randy Simpson, Shawn McDaniel)
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor
On Wednesday, BankFirst and First National Bank (who will soon merge with BankFirst) were at the Pickens County College and Career Center (PCCCC) to present a $10,000 check, which will be used to provide students with scholarships.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor
First National Bank is in the process of merging with BankFirst, which is headquartered out of Columbus, Miss. According to FNB President Heyward Gould, the entire process of the merger will not be complete until near the end of 2019.
“The deal was scheduled to close in the first part of the second quarter, so hopefully April 2019,” Gould said. “It takes a while to integrate the system and computers, so that won’t take place until November. Signage changes and things like that won’t happen until then.”
Pickens County honorees at 2nd Annual PCCAC banquet at Aliceville City Hall, from left: Gordo Mayor Craig Patterson, Joan Boothe, Rev. James Wright, Edgar Pruitt, Dr. Brittney Anderson, and Rev. Dr. Tim Alexander.
By Brian Hamilton, Correspondent
The Pickens County Community Action Committee held its second annual banquet at the Aliceville City Hall last Saturday night, celebrating the 54th anniversary of the PCCAC. The highlight of the banquet was the honoring of six individuals--Edgar Pruitt, Joan Boothe, Rev. Dr. Tim Alexander, Rev. James Wright, Dr. Brittney Anderson and Gordo Mayor Craig Patterson--for their service in Pickens County.
BY GENA HUFF, Correspondent
The Aliceville City Council met Jan. 23 for their second session of 2019. The meeting was led by Mayor Pro-Tem Warren Lavender II in Mayor Marva Gipson’s absence.
Beginning as most other council meetings, with old business, speed breakers in certain high-speed risk areas were discussed and tabled again as precise quotes and locations were still under debate. Two areas mentioned for the breakers were the 4th Avenue hill that connects Highway 14 to Franconia Road and later, 5th Avenue near the Food Fare grocery store.
To celebrate Black History Month, the Aliceville Museum is hosting a program by Dr. Derryn E. Moten, Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Alabama State University, on Thursday, February 7 at 6:00 p.m. in the Museum’s Events Room at 104 Broad Street NE in Aliceville.
The Urology Health Foundation will hold a free prostate cancer screening for men 40 years of age and older on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Pickens County Health Department on 80 William E. Hill Drive in Carrollton. No appointments are needed.
The former Scott-McPherson Funeral Home has been a matter of contention for some time. Instead of demolition however, owner Jonathan McPherson has decided to renovate. This picture was taken January 18, 2019.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Actors from the touring troupe of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival answering questions after the play on January 10. Shown from left: Dane McMichael, Tony Pelligrino, Eduardo Ruiz, Tyshon Boone, Toree Alexandre, Katrina Clark, Chris Marth, and Sigrid Wise.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) touring troupe made an appearance in Pickens County January 10 for a presentation of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” Eight actors filled 17 roles, doing quick changes and characterizations while delving into the language that is Shakespeare.
By Brian Hamilton, Sports Correspondent
A plethora of Pickens County football players were recently tabbed to the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) all-state football team. Pickens County led the way with four selections, while Gordo had three players selected, and two from Aliceville.
The new Beginner Band for Aliceville High School with Band Director Thomas Hargrave and Principal Fred Young.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Aliceville High School has revamped its band program this year. Students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grades have been learning to read music since August. Now, those students can put what they have learned into practice on brand new instruments.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The city of Aliceville is extending an invitation of annexation to properties adjoining the city limits. Edgar Pruitt, Director of the Aliceville Chamber of Commerce, has been working diligently to expand the city’s footprint and with it, Aliceville’s population count. According to Pruitt, an increase in the city’s population would increase federal grant funds.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Regarding an upcoming project by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) for Highway 82, the Gordo City Council heard an annexation ordinance by Mayor Craig Patterson to take the planned new route of the highway and annex it into the city. The council was asked to look over the ordinance and be ready to vote on it at the next city council meeting February 4.
The ordinance was read aloud by Patterson as follows:
Caroline Lee Turner and Harrison Blake Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Brent Holifield of Gordo are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Caroline Lee Turner to Harrison Blake Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Halbert Smith of Fort Payne, Ala.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Joyce Hall Dyer and the late William Mack Dyer, Gordo, and Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Francis Holifield, Guntersville. She is a graduate of Gordo High School and a graduate of the University of Alabama where she earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Human Environmental Science.
The Aliceville Entertainment Complex, 210 Broad Street NE, will host two performances of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It on Thursday, January 10. The show will be performed by actors from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF).
The first show, at 9:30 a.m. is exclusively for all high school juniors and seniors attending school, or being home schooled in Pickens County. The second, for the general public, will be at 7:00 p.m. Admission to both performances will be free.
Cast members pictured from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival will perform in Aliceville on January 10.
One of Shakespeare’s most popular romantic comedies, “As You Like It,” will be presented by the world renowned Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) at the Aliceville Entertainment Complex, 210 Broad Street NE, on Thursday, January 10. There will be two performances. The first will be at 9:30 am for all high school juniors and seniors attending school, or being home schooled in Pickens County. Another performance at 7:00pm will be for the general public. Admission to both performances will be free of charge.
