Last Thursday city of Roanoke Utilities workers were up to their waists in cold water on Main Street as they worked to repair a broken water main.According to Brent Wilson, operations supervisor, the work would have gone much faster if they had shut off the water to houses and businesses but they did not want…
The Roanoke Planning Commission removed a major obstacle in the drive to buy land on Bud Cummings Road for an industrial park by rezoning the land from agricultural to industrial on Monday. Prior to the brief public hearing Commission Chairman Earl Manning laid down the ground rules for speaking at the well attended meeting, but…
“I’ll be home for Christmas You can plan on me…I’ll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams,” is one of the saddest songs to me. I love it but it is sad. I am not one to cry. It is the rare movie, book or song that will bring tears to my eyes…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Angelia F. Smith, an unmarried woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) acting solely as nominee for SouthStar Funding, LLC dated the 7th day of February, 2007, and Recorded in Volume 511, Page 491…
In 1921, Henry Ford, accompanied by Thomas Edison, came to North Alabama with a vision of transforming it into “a 75-mile city” from Muscle Shoals eastward. Ford also said he would employ a million workers. The news of Ford’s plan caused a real-estate panic. Speculators began buying up land along the Tennessee River in Colbert…
Proration has come again, an all too familiar experience for Alabama schools. This week the governor declared proration, and he will institute spending cuts for education that will be ugly and inherently hurtful to children and young people. Proration is an ugly but familiar word for Alabama. Since 1980, Alabama’s schools have gone into proration…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jefferson L. Shelton and Pamela P. Shelton, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Compass Bank, on the 25th day of March, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
It was roughly 15 years ago. My wife was pregnant with our first child. I was with a bunch of historians at one of those historian receptions when a Yankee-lady of my acquaintance came up and asked, the way Yankees ask: “Why are you having children at your age?” The question took me aback. My…
Consumer spending is not the only thing dropping due to the economic downturn. As more job losses occur, more people are in need of a helping hand. Unfortunately, charitable giving also suffers in financial hard times. Christmas this year won’t be the same for millions of people nationwide. Although the organizations that have always tried…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: CV 2008-116 DAVID MARLOW, PLAINTIFF VS. SHARON GRIFFITH MARLOW, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF SALE By Order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County entered on the 16th day of December, 2008, the undersigned, John Tinney, as Commissioner appointed to conduct the sale, will offer for sale at public auction the following…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: JAMES WOODFORD CARTER, DECEASED NOTICE OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT TO: Larry Baylock, 1648 Huffman Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45403 Pat Baylock, 529 Qunn Road, West Alexander, Ohio 45381 Patricia Anne Millingard, P.O. Box 1754, Bryon, California 94514 Cathy Sprouse, 17910 Stingel Road, Escalon, California 95320 You are hereby…
WEDOWEE – In its regular meeting on Dec. 16, Wedowee Town Council made appointments to area boards. Napoleon Ponder was reappointed to the Water, Sewerage & Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee. Dick Israel was reappointed to the Randolph County Industrial Development Council. Following a presentation from Andrew Smith of Nucor Steel, the council…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF EDWARD E. JONES, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Edward E. Jones, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 2nd day of Dec., 2008, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
At Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting Mayor Mike Fisher said Forestry Network Services had entered a bid of $30,000 to buy the old jail and one for $25,000 for the old police department. He asked the council to look over the bids prior to making a decision later. If they have any questions they can…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum presented a dark analysis for the next two school years to the school board at last week’s meeting due to the bleak economy and Gov. Riley’s calling for proration in the Education Trust Fund. The state was still holding back 25 percent of the system’s November allocation, $168,665, but…
The Wadley Bulldogs continued to show why they should be considered one of the best basketball teams in the county last week, despite losing their first games of the season. Wadley defeated Edward Bell, 64-60, last Tuesday. Edward Bell was considered by many to be one of the frontrunners in the area. Edward Bell actually…
(NEW BERN, N.C.) Harlice Hall Green died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, at Craven Regional Medical Center after a year of declining health. Mr. Green was born in Woodland, Ala., on Dec. 12, 1918, to the late Virgil Berry Green Sr. and Pearl Beddingfield Green. He joined the U.S. Marine Corp as a young…
(NEWELL) Services for Girtrude Brown Mitchell, 95, of Newell, will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Liberty East Baptist Church with the Revs. Doris Williamson and Clayton Scott officiating. Mrs. Mitchell will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The…
I know it is rather corny, but with Christmas right around the corner I thought it might take a look at some of the Christmas wishes from some of the coaches around the Southeastern Conference this year. Urban Meyer at Florida has just one Christmas wish-another national title, which would be his second in three…
(OPP) James Lawrence Nolen, 88, of Opp died Dec. 19, 2008, at Mizell Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Services were Tues., Dec. 23, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Opp with burial to follow at Peaceful Acres Memorial Gardens. Mr. Nolen was born July 4, 1920, in Roanoke, the son of…