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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Heritage Lending & Investments, LLC on April 12, 2007, by William Mitchum and Theresa Mitchum Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship, and recorded in…

Old house getting new life

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

ABANDA–Nan checks in daily with Len Tadych as he oversees the work on her house. Her eagerness to have the old house finished is clear. The old Victorian home that rested on Handley Avenue for 111 years looks regal in what used to be Larry and Nan Price’s horse pasture. Tadych, the superintendent and lead…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF ALTUS HUDDLESTON, DEC. NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ALTUS HUDDLESTON, DECEASED You are hereby notified that on this day came Irene Huddleston and filed in this Court a Petition for the Probate of the Will of Altus Huddleston, deceased, and that…

Police Reports

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

Roanoke Arrests Pamela Latisha Staples, 24, of 320 Johnson St., Roanoke – no insurance – June 29 Shaquaita Contida Rhodes, 25, of 241 County Rd. 79, Apt. 9, Roanoke – assault – June 29 Salivia Day “Libby” “Shorty” Lewis, 20, of 543 Seymour Dr., Roanoke – reckless endangerment – June 29 Jeffery Bernard Neely, 46,…

Handley seniors heavily recruited

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

For many high school athletes looking to pursue an athletic career into college, the recruiting process can be confusing and highly demanding. Sorting through the letters, emails, calls from coaches, calls to coaches and the all the decisions that come along with it is something all highly recruited athletes can expect. But the chance to…

FORECLOSURE NOTICE

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carron Meadows Sparks, a single woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Pensacola Guarantee Mortgage dated the 15th day of June, 2007, and Recorded in Mortgage Book 517, Page…

Plenty of holiday activities in county

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

There will be no shortage of Fourth of July activities in Randolph County this weekend. Rodeo The sixth annual Randolph County Sheriff’s Department Professional Cowboy Association Rodeo will be Friday and Saturday, July 3-4, at 7 p.m. on the lot just north of Wedowee Building Supply on U.S. 431 in Wedowee. The rodeo will feature…

Officials prepare for demonstration that wasn’t

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

Days after Plantation Patterns employees were told to “hold off” on picketing Roanoke’s Wachovia Bank branch, the status of its parent company, Meadowcraft, is still unclear. Meadowcraft, Inc. is in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and fighting for money to survive. Along with its headquarters in Birmingham there are manufacturing facilities for soft goods,…

WEDNESDAY, July 1

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, July 2 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 4:30 p.m. The Life Crisis Support group meets in the fellowship hall of First United…

Joseph Alton ‘Joe’ Smith Jr.

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

(STANDING ROCK) Services for Joseph Alton “Joe” Smith Jr., 62, of Standing Rock will be Thursday, July 2, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clifford Delee and Rev. Gerald Sheppard officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5…

Wadley keeps insurer; seeks new town clerk

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

WADLEY–The Wadley Town Council last week approved keeping Blue Cross-Blue Shield Insurance for employees after looking at another carrier and agreed to provide the Ethics Commission with required statements of interest from the council and other entities. They also discussed the search for a new town clerk. Joyce Brand tendered her resignation in May due…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR 2009-71 MARSHA MARTINEZ, PLAINTIFF VS. JOSE J. MARTINEZ, DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to Jose J. Martine that a Complaint for Divorce was filed by Marsha Martinez on May 29, 2009. The said Jose J. Martinez is ordered to enter an appearance or file an answer to said…

City school board approves salary schedule, personnel hires

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

The Roanoke Board of Education approved the salary schedule for all personnel, approved Superintendent Chuck Marcum’s personnel recommendations and set a 9 a.m. July 9 called meeting to handle more personnel changes. After this meeting all the personnel should be in place for the next school year, he said. Board member and current chairman Calvin…

Martin: Latest candidate has interesting past

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

The latest announced candidate for governor in the Republican Primary is the current governor’s longtime buddy and campaign coordinator, Bill Johnson, the head of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), the state spigot through which a lot of federal money flows. He has an interesting past. When Johnson left his ADECA post…

Pool: A wonderful time of year

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

As I was driving through Roanoke Tuesday near dark, the most incredible pink and blue skyline was a backdrop for some of the wonderful old buildings downtown. It was a gift to the eyes. I love this time of year with full dark not coming on until about 8:15 or so. Time is moving much…

PUBLIC NOTICE

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

The City of Roanoke will be using GovDeals.com to dispose of surplus equipment and property. Anyone interested in bidding on surplus equipment should go to GovDeals.com and search for Roanoke, Alabama. (26)

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF GRADY TAYLOR, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of June, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

Jackson: We’re off to throw the mullet

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

It was 25 years ago or so that folks at the Flora-Bama Lounge and Package Store began talking about sponsoring the world’s largest beach party. The last weekend in April seemed a good time. Spring break was over. The summer crowd was yet to come in. It wasn’t a holiday. Nothing going on. Which presented…

Baldwin: Roanoke provides massive send-off to Great War

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

“He kept us out of the war” became the slogan that re-elected President Woodrow Wilson in 1917. But when American shipping came under U-boat attack and the Zimmermann telegram revealed Germany’s plan to involve Mexico in a war against the United States, America entered World War I. On April 19, 1917, the USS Mongolia sank…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | July 1, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Allie Robinson, A married woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Bayrock Mortgage Corporation, on the 29th day of March, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…