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.
