Ever so often we column writing folks should take stock of what we have written, repent where repenting is called for and if the record got twisted, set it straight.Which is what I am about to do.I’ll start by repenting for suggesting that folksinger Lou Gottlieb (“Don’t do what Dr. Dino did,” May 16th) tried…

(ROANOKE) Services for Benny Ray Mason, 46, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tim Whaley and the Rev. Wayne Cowhick officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Stand Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…

Mayor Spec Bonner announced that an industry Roanoke has been courting has selected a Greenville, Ga. site instead of Roanoke. He admitted tremendous disappointment because the city gave Dongwon everything they asked for, but the international company selected the Georgia location. Roanoke was the only Alabama town under consideration so Gov. Bob Riley assisted the…

Every year we hear stories about young children dying after being left alone in hot vehicles. From 1998 to 2004, approximately 33 deaths occurred each year from children being left alone in vehicles. This year is sure to be no different with record-breaking high temperatures throughout the South and much of the country. Tragedy was…

When the Adequate Yearly Progress Reports came out this year, no school in the Randolph County system was judged to be “in school improvement.” The only school in the county that did not meet all of its goals was Randolph County High School, which although it scored well, fell short in the graduation rate. Although…

(FIVE POINTS) Scottie Kendrick, 37, of Five Points died Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. Services will be Saturday, Aug. 18, at 11 a.m. at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, with the Rev. Mario McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Curtis and Fannie…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Stewart Hill, 66, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007, at 3 p.m. at Oak Grove Church of Christ, with Bro. Allen Daniel and Bro. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Mr. Hill will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Hill…

(ROANOKE) Donna McCurty, 43, of Roanoke, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital. Services will be Friday, Aug. 17, at 1 p.m. at Pure Holiness Church of God, Roanoke, with Elder John C. Greathouse officiating. Burial will be in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Survivors include one son, Timothy McCurty of Roanoke; three…

(NEWNAN, Ga.) Christine Holloway Johnson, 84, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. She was born Sept. 22, 1922, in Carroll County, Ga., to Clyde and Clyde Knott Holloway. She is survived by her daughter, Joann Harper of Corpus Christi, Texas; her son, Larry Johnson of Roanoke; two brothers, Bobby L.…

(FIVE POINTS) Services for Charles Malcolm “Mack” Blackmon, 60, of Five Points were Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Derick Farr and the Rev. Gerald Sheppard officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. Mr. Blackmon died Friday, Aug. 10, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Survivors include his…

(WELCH) Mae Bell Thompson, 85, of the Welch community died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Services were at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. R.L. Heflin officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Thompson was born June 17, 1922, in Chambers…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Roy Parks (R.P.) Bridges Jr., 71, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee, with the Rev. Scott Hannah officiating. Mr. Bridges died Tuesday, Aug. 7, at his home. Mr. Bridges is survived by his wife, Linda Hamilton Bridges of Wedowee; three daughters,…

(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for Tony Ray Wright, 60, of Wedowee, will be Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, at 7 p.m. at Kiwanis Park in Wedowee. Speakers will be East Alabama Antique Farm Equipment Club members. Mr. Wright died Thursday, Aug. 9, at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital. Mr. Wright is survived by two daughters, Tonia Zimmerman…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Landon Kyle Ragan, age 1 day, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m. at Open Door Baptist Church, with the Rev. J.D. Bearden officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Landon was born Aug. 7, 2007. He joined his late grandmother, Nicole “Nikki” Ragan, on Wednesday, Aug. 8,…

(WEDOWEE) John Wesley Houston, 101, of Wedowee died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, at Roanoke Health Care Center. Services will be Monday, Aug. 13, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church in the Broughton community, with the Revs. Calvin Trammell, R.L. Heflin, Robert Welch and William Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors…

(ROANOKE) Services for Junior Veal, 86, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Stoney Halsey and the Rev. Cecil Halsey officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.…

Alison Allen is really efficient. Before her regular customers at the Hub Restaurant get in the door she has their order in and their drinks on the table, according to co-worker Vicky Bell. But, no one would have anticipated her being so efficient she delivered her own baby. But, she did. “She’s a trooper. If…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Roy Parks (R.P.) Bridges Jr., 71, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee, with the Rev. Scott Hannah officiating. Mr. Bridges died Tuesday, Aug. 7, at his home. Mr. Bridges is survived by his wife, Linda Hamilton Bridges of Wedowee; three daughters,…

I’m Laura Gasser, the new Randolph County Animal Shelter board president and facility manager. As most of you know, Carol Nicholson and her husband Nick moved to Kansas to be with their three granddaughters as they grow up. We all thank Carol for bringing the shelter to life. Carol never gave up even when things…