Gene Thornton, manager of the Randolph County Farmers Market this year, is seeking additional growers to contribute to the Wednesday market at the old Terry Manufacturing on U.S. Highway 431, particularly those growing corn.The Alabama Farmers Market Authority helped the market this year with contributions of six 10-foot by 10-foot individual tents. They are first…
It looks like after all the talk about mega-conferences, fantasy alignments and TV contracts that would make Bill Gates blush, we’re pretty much done with conference expansion talk. Colorado moved to the Pac 10 and Nebraska bolted for the Big 10. That’s it. No gargantuan splash regarding Notre Dame or Texas. There was no big-time…
While the college football landscape was undergoing a makeover over the past week, the debate over which conference is the best got clouded. Until teams started leaving the Big 12 like rats from a sinking ship, the SEC was clearly the best football conference. It had the biggest fan base, the most national titles, the…
With all the talk of proration and deep cuts in state spending, most people in Alabama are well aware of the dire financial condition of the state of Alabama. What they probably do not realize is that the situation is even worse than it appears and is getting worse. Alabama, like almost every other state,…
Gene Thornton is bringing new agricultural methods to his grandfather’s old farm. But, that would be expected from a former software engineer living in the present. Thornton worked as a foreign officer in the U.S. State Department about 11 years before working for Xerox research and development as a computer scientist for about 25 years.…
Yogi Berra has explained that his famous quote “it’s déjà vu all over again” originated after he saw teammates Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hit back-to-back home runs in the early 1960s. Many political watchers in our state, referencing back to the Baxley-Graddick contest for governor in 1986, are now wondering it Yogi’s words…
A Lake Wedowee jet skier was taken from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church parking lot to University Hospital in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon following an accident. According to Alabama Marine Police officer Barry Popham, Neal Daniel, 47, of Winston, Ga., was riding a personal watercraft at approximately 60 mph when some big waves threw him off.…
Conspiracy theories. Some folks are hot-wired to believe them. If something horrific happens, simple answers won’t do. As soon as those planes crashed into the Twin Towers, folks started asking for reasons. And when the Al Qaeda answer wasn’t enough to satisfy (how could a small group of Islamic militants pull off something so complicated)…
Most of the media focus on the Gulf oil spill has been on the oil that is coming ashore. It is a disaster, to wildlife and to local economies that depend on tourists drawn to formerly pristine beaches and clear water. These effects won’t be easily overcome. According to Dr. Bob Shipp, head of Marine…
The Fourth of July Boat Parade on Lake Wedowee will be Saturday, July 3. Check-in for boats begins at 9 a.m. at Re/Max Lakefront. The parade begins at 10 a.m. and will take the boats past Lakeside Marina and Wedowee Marine. Boats will be judged for “Most Patriotic, “Most Creative” and “Best Personal Watercraft.” Registration…
(BREMEN, Ga.) Thomas L. Rampy, 85, of Carrollton Street, Bremen, Ga., died June 12, 2010. He was born on April 28, 1925, in Randolph County, Ala., the son of the late Lawton Rampy and Katie Burgess Rampy. Mr. Rampy was a truck driver for Yellow Freight Lines, was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church…
DEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE ACCORDING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE MORTGAGE EXECUTED BY JAMES MONROE THROWER AND LINDA WIGGINS THROWER TO MORTGAGOR FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, EL DORADO ARKANSAS ON MARCH 2, 2006, AND SAID MORTGAGE BEING RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN BOOK 493 AT…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said County, do hereby give notice of election to be held in Randolph County, Alabama, and by virtue of the power vested in me as Judge of Probate of Randolph County, said elections are to be held…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: DR-2006-70.04 RICKY MILLER, PLAINTIFF VS. TAMMY BROWNING, (F.K.A. TAMMY MILLER), DEFENDANT NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Ricky Miller, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Petitioner, Tammy Browning’s Emergency Petition to Modify Visitation in the Circuit Court of Randolph County Alabama on or before Aug. 9, 2010, or thereafter a judgment by default…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by William R. Terry and Bessie Terry, to Ameritrust Mortgage Company, on the 25th day of April, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 444, Page 637;…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV10-048 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Plaintiff vs. Thesius Brett Conn, alias; and 1992 S-10 pickup truck VIN# IGCCS14R7N8195173, and Hi Point .40 caliber handgun serial # 766209, and A, B and C, Defendants NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any and…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Marilyn Sue Johnson and Barron Johnson, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for GMAC Bank, on the 24th day of September, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA JU 2006-013 IN THE MATTER OF L.A.L.G., a minor Notice to: Kelly LaRae Grant Kelly LaRae Grant, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights filed by Ray Benefield and Blanche Benefield in the above-styled case by filing an answer with the Juvenile Court of Randolph County and…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: SM-2010-39 KAY REAVES, PLAINTIFF VS. DUSTIN MUSICK AND CHENDA MUSICK, DEFENDANTS NOTICE Dustin Musick, whose whereabouts are unknown must answer Kay Reaves’ Statement of Claim and other relief by July 22, 2010, or thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case Number SM-2010-39 in the Small…
Default having been made in the terms of that certain Mortgage, executed on the 25TH day of JANUARY, 2006, WILLIE REED, a single man, as Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS as nominee for ENCORE CREDIT CORP, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, as Mortgagee, which said Mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate,…