BY GENA HUFF, Editor
At the July 25 meeting of the Aliceville City Council, Councilman Thomas Wilkins placed an item on the agenda regarding improvements to Aliceville’s old Armory location.
“I’ve got a committee,” said Wilkins. “I’m getting them up now. I want to get about seven or eight people getting to work down there. We can have baby showers, yard sales. I am going to come up with a new name (for the location).”
Parents, a new school year is beginning. The Alabama Department of Public Health reminds you it is time for parents to make sure that their children have everything they need to protect them as they return to school. In addition to pencils, paper and other classroom essentials, vaccination should be included on every checklist.
Bevill State Community College (BSCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Linda Jones as Dean of Finance for Bevill State Community College. Ms. Jones brings sixteen years of experience in accounting roles to Bevill.
Rick Burnham
Rick Burnham, an attorney based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, formally announced his candidacy for State Senate with a series of events throughout Pickens, Lamar, and Tuscaloosa Counties on June 21. Since that date, Burnham has been actively campaigning in Pickens County and the surrounding areas and has spoken with local civic groups.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Charles T. Manning, 68, was reported missing by the Aliceville Senior Citizens Center Wednesday, July 18. A lunch tray provided by the Center had not been removed from his porch from the previous day. His family had not seen him
since Sunday, July 15. e last time Aliceville police could verify anyone having seen Manning was Monday, July 16.
Aliceville Police Chief Tonnie Jones conducted a welfare check on Man- ning and found the doors locked and no one at the residence. Jones noti ed the Pickens County Sher-
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Sports Correspondent
Pickens County will un- dergo changes at the top, as former Tornadoes coach James ompson accepted the head coaching job at Carver-Montgomery this summer. Williams came back to Pickens County in the spring, where he was serving as a volunteer coach, but once there was a vacancy, he decided to in- terview for the head coach- ing job.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The Pickens County Forestry Team recently competed in the 2018 Alabama 4-H Invitational on June 12-13 at the Lakepoint Resort State Park in Eufaula, Alabama. Coaches were Stewart and Ashley Koon, with help from Sam Wiggins.
The senior team competed in a written quiz, tree identification, compass and pacing, insects and diseases, and tree measurement. They placed in second place. Team members were Abel Abernathy, Grace Williams, Luke Koon, and Logan Snipes.
High Individuals Overall: Logan Snipes, third place; Luke Koon, fifth place.
The entrance to the Bicentennial Exhibition features information specific to Pickens County and an audio display with music and singing.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The Aliceville Museum is presenting a traveling exhibit dedicated to Alabama’s 200th Bicentennial birthday. Alabama became the nation’s 22nd state on December 14, 1819. This informative exhibition is traveling to all 67 Alabama counties through December 2019 and will only be in Pickens County July 14 – July 28, 2018.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Early Tuesday morning, July 17, the Aliceville Police Department received a 911 alarm call for Food Fare around 2:30 a.m. Officers responded to the call within minutes but found no one at the scene.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
A New York-based equity firm filed a complaint in 2017 to the U.S. Department of Commerce after buying a paper mill in Longview, Wash. The complaint alleged Canadian newsprint companies had an unfair advantage over U.S. domestic mills because of Canadian subsidies. The Department of Commerce responded by levying a tariff on uncoated groundwood paper, the official name for newsprint.
On the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, at 6 p.m., the Pickens County Commission holds its formal meeting for approval of agenda items. It is also at this time public comment from citizens who sign in with the County Administrator may be heard.
At the most recent meeting, July 10, commissioners:
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced grants totaling $1.55 million to help eight Alabama communities address and improve infrastructure. The town of Carrollton is one of the eight communities who received a grant. Carrollton was awarded $150,000 to rehabilitate the town’s wastewater treatment plant lagoons.
The funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will enable the communities to improve sewer systems, roads, and other concerns.
Aliceville Middle School will open with seventh and eighth graders until Aliceville High School’s facilities can be brought up to par. The school will then close. Fifth and sixth graders will start the school year in the elementary building.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The closing of the Aliceville Middle School has been a subject of great contention after Pickens County School Superintendent Jamie Chapman recommended the school’s fifth and sixth grades be moved to Aliceville Elementary School and the seventh and eighth grades be transferred to Aliceville High School due to declining enrollment numbers and funding issues stemming from those numbers. This will essentially shut down Aliceville Middle School.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The City of Aliceville’s fiscal year begins October 1, and with it the city’s budget should be in place for the upcoming year. At the council’s July 11 meeting, dispute arose between some members regarding a preliminary budget meeting to work out details of the upcoming budget.
Paving projects have begun in Carrollton. Shown are the pavers working on Hill Street beside the Pickens County Herald office.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The Carrollton Town Council voted in their April meeting to spend up to $125,000 on a road-paving project. Burkhalter Paving won the bid for the project and with the summer season, the paving has begun.
Cathy L. Morales
Contributed by TERRI KEATING
On Friday afternoon, July 6, 2018 just before 2 p.m. a three-vehicle accident occurred southeast of Tucson, Arizona, closing down the eastbound lane of I-10 for several hours, according to the Tucson News.
John Mebane Doe
On September 25, 1998 skeletal remains of an unidentified boy were found in Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina.
He was found in heavy brush near a billboard sign along Industrial Drive which is a service road adjacent to the Westbound lanes of Interstate 85 and Interstate 40.
The child had been deceased at this location for several months. The remains were identified as a male, 9-12 years old. His race is Caucasian or Hispanic. He stood approximately 4’11” tall and had straight brown hair.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Gordo will mark its 175th year of service to the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, starting at 10:00 a.m. The service will include some sharing of Mt Pleasant history, former pastors, staff, and those who have been ordained at Mt. Pleasant will be invited to attend. Bro. Glenn Sandifer will preach the sermon, and Keith Mullenix will lead the music. There will be a fellowship meal after the service.
The month of June was our Summer Library Program at Ruth Holliman Public Library.
Top Reader in K-2 grades was Di Nari Horton Brown. Top Reader in 3-6 grades was Bentley Dyer. Second and third place readers were Dawson Roberts, Major Roberts, Kathryn Duren and Justin Sullivan. Several children with perfect attendance were Adien Stephens, Bentley Dyer, Cade Spencer, Dawson Roberts, DiNari Horton Brown, Hagen Burkhalter, and Logan Shirley.
The open air, sawdust floor arbor is the focal point of Tabernacle Campground. Services occur three times a day throughout the week except Saturdays.
Contributed by LAURI SANSING
Obvious roof collapse and damage, coupled with ongoing neglect, makes the old funeral home on Third Avenue in Aliceville a candidate to be condemned.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The former funeral home located next to the post office on 3rd Avenue in Aliceville, is on the council’s radar to be condemned. In the June 27 meeting of the Aliceville City Council, City Attorney John Russell discussed with the council their attempts to get the owner of the building to either repair or tear the building down.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
After a local arrest involving a dog fighting charge and the multiple disappearances of puppies and large dogs in Sapps and neighboring communities, citizens of Pickens County are concerned and appalled at the idea of such a barbaric and abusive practice happening in the community, right under their noses.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The Aliceville City Council approved the application for new police officer cadet, Kimberly Manning, at their latest meeting on June 27. “Chief (Tonnie) Jones and myself have reviewed several applications,” Aliceville Mayor Marva Gipson told the council. “We have one applicant and we need to approve for her to take a pre-qualification test.”
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
The CVS SMART model for schools is a public/private partnership developed between CVS Health, Ginn Group Consulting (architects of the model), school districts, and a partnership with local medical providers. The model was launched nationally in 2013. Its purpose is to provide preventive care to students — with parental consent — to enrich academic performance, achievement, and attendance.
