IN RE: PAULINE HESTER, DECEASEDNOTICE TO FILE CLAIMSLetters Testamentary on the estate of Pauline Hester, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 25 day of May, 2007, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required to present the…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Timothy C. Arrington, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender, on the 1st day of November, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of…

(DOUBLE SPRINGS) Frances Cardwell Potts, 86, of Double Springs died Tuesday, June 5, at Lakeland Community Hospital in Haleyville. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 7, at 11 a.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett. Mrs. Potts is survived by her daughter, Catherine Wade of…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Anita Allen and Kenneth Doyle Allen by warrantydeed with survivorship, wife and husband to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, acting soley as a nominee for IndyMac Bank, its successors and assigns, dated March 21, 2005,…

(VALLEY) Services for Sarah Jane Sanford, 86, of Valley will be Saturday, June 9, 2007, at 10 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bill Bryan officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 8. Mrs. Sanford died Tuesday, June 5, at Lanier Nursing…

CASE NO. SM 07-132 FIRST STOP FINANCIAL PLAINTIFF VS. WILLIE WOOD DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT Willie Wood, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer First Stop Financial Inc., complaint for unpaid balance on account by July 12, 2007, or thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case No. SM 07-132, Small Claims…

Remember when spring showers were plentiful and you had to plan spring events around them? Sunday’s brief shower was better than nothing but that wonderful smell of rain in the air, beating down the dust and washing everything, didn’t fulfill the yearning for a downpour that would soak the ground. As children living on Short…

In wake of one of the driest Mays ever, the Roanoke Utilities Board and Randolph County Water Board are asking citizens to voluntarily reduce water consumption, according to Donna Tucker. Tucker, manager of the Roanoke Utilities Board, said the board at its Thursday meeting decided to ask for voluntary water conservation for now. “We’re just…

Agriculture is a subject state Sen. Kim Benefield holds dear. She recently traveled to Cuba as part of a trade mission to find more outlets for Alabama agriculture. The freshman senator got her dream job when she became chairperson of the powerful Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, a job she said she wanted while she…

I finally got a chance to go fishing last Saturday. I drug out my rod and reel, dusted off my tackle box and loaded up with my girlfriend, Grace, to head down to the Lee County public lake. Grace is very much an outdoors person. However, she doesn’t have much experience fishing — at all.…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Harold Bozeman, 66, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Grove Baptist Church, with the Revs. Donald Spradlin, David Taft and Lynn Janney officiating. Mr. Bozeman will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr.…

Arrests Jason Travis Holloway, 31, and Sarah Mitchell, 26, of 11344 Hwy. 48 W., Wedowee, were arrested at on June 3 and charged with willful abuse of Mitchell’s 4-year-old child. Kevin T. Parker, 42, (no address given) was arrested on June 3 and charged with failure to appear in court (child support). Reginald Dewayne Wright,…

(ROANOKE) Suggs B. (Sugar) Strickland, 88, of 1044 County Road 461, Roanoke, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at Randolph Medical Center. Services for Ms. Strickland will be at Saturday, June 9, at 11 a.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. L.B. Houston and the Rev. Steve Joiner officiating. Burial will be…

The Southeastern Conference had a chance to do something good for college football last week at the SEC meetings, but in the end the conference rolled over and played dead. Again. Florida president Bernie Machen came to the SEC meetings with a plan for a college football playoff, which would be more popular than the…

The city of Douglas is deep in the pine thickets of south Georgia, midway between Tifton and Waycross. With nearly 11,000 population, it is the county seat of Coffee County. Years ago tobacco and turpentine drove its economy. Today the economy is much more diverse. For example, it has a 1,400-employee Wal-Mart distribution facility, even…

The most popular item on Time Magazine’s web site at the start of this week was a story titled “Karl Rove linked to prosecution of ex-Alabama governor.” It’s the story of an alleged Justice Department-connected plot against former Gov. Don Siegelman based on an affidavit provided by a Rainsville lawyer and Republican operative named Dana…

(ROANOKE) Services for Cleo Cummings Young, 91, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at 2 p.m. a Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tommy Gene Young officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs.…

We trust the two statewide amendments on yesterday’s ballot passed. An earlier printing schedule prevents us from having the final results in this issue of the paper. Usually when there is a ballot issue to be decided there is opposition to it from some groups or individuals. Often we receive letters and news releases stating…

(WADLEY) Services for James Lucke Hauer, 59, of Wadley will be Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 2 p.m. from Wadley First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Paul Messer and Richard Stryker officiating. Graveside services will be held Friday, June 8, at 1 p.m. from Oakwood Cemetery in Tuscumbia. The family will receive friends at…