(WOODLAND) Services for Phenix Edward Harrington, 56, of Woodland will be Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Woodland First Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Widener officiating. Mr. Harrington will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.The family will receive friends…
To the owner, secured parties of record, and lienholders: Please take notice that WTW Enterprises, located at 1051 LaFayette Hwy., Roanoke, will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the herein described abandoned motor vehicle. The public auction will be held at 1051 LaFayette Hwy., Roanoke, AL 36274 at WTW…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated May 27, 1999, executed by LISA M LOONEY, to COMMERCE BANK OF ALABAMA, which mortgage was recorded on May 28, 1999, in Mortgage Record 382, Page 150, of the mortgage records in the Office of the Judge of Probate…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2005-140 ETHLEEN SHEPPARD PLAINTIFF VS. Curtis Maddox, Jr., Gerald White, Sandra Crosswaites, Jerry Paul Stephens, Johnny Will Stephens, Earl Stephens, Todd Stephens, James R. Stephens, Virginia Stephens-Dunevent, Michael Maddox, Icie Mae Baker-Ayers, Marie Maddox, Shelby Maddox Rollins, Joe Bob Maddox, Rebecca Jane Maddox McDonald, Diane Maddox Clark, Wayne Dallas Richards,…
Everything you did today, your entire way of life, veterans made possible. Veterans Day is Friday, and I truly hope you will stop and think of the veterans whose actions led to the birth of this country up to the men and women of our military fighting on foreign soil today. We are at war,…
The City of Roanoke Fire Department has received a grant of $126,977 from the 2005 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Roanoke Fire Department will use funds for upgrade of self-contained breathing apparatus and hydraulic rescue tools. Roanoke Fire Chief Bill Ford explained that the department’s 26-year-old…
As a scientific observer of the world of major national sports, I have discovered several diseases that plague the landscape of my field of expertise. We fans are the morbid observers of such debilitating maladies as the Barry Bonds Enlarged Head ‘Roids Syndrome. Some fellow sufferers include Eric Young, Brian Giles, Dusty Baker, and Tony…
8 a.m. Friends are sponsoring a sew-a-thon at Wadley Town Hall until 3 p.m. to make chemo caps for cancer patients. For more information call (256) 395-2546. noon All Roanoke merchants are invited to a meeting at the Galley Restaurant to give their input regarding the Christmas parade (Nov. 29), a shop-at-home campaign and other…
FYFFE – The RCHS Tigers’ furious last-minute rally fell just short as they dropped a heartbreaker to fifth-ranked Fyffe 21-14 in their Class 2A playoff meeting Friday night. Fyffe’s Kasey Hall scored the game-winning touchdown on a 20-yard run around right end with 1:08 left in the game to send the Fyffe faithful into a…
WEDOWEE – After adopting its nuisance ordinance in late August, the town of Wedowee is beginning to see some positive effects of the new law. Police Chief Paul Showalter issued about a dozen or so warnings to owners of abandoned houses, dilapidated barns and a couple of commercial buildings regarding the ordinance. The warnings gave…
WADLEY – It was first-round business as usual for the top-ranked Wadley Bulldogs Friday night as they dismantled an overmatched Section team 51-16 to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Despite the decisive margin of victory, Wadley head coach Randy Sparks’ analysis of his team’s win was not entirely favorable. &#8220We didn’t play…
A Veterans Day observance co-sponsored by The Randolph Leader and the City of Roanoke will be held Friday at noon downtown in front of the old Martin Theatre. Everyone who wants to honor and remember veterans past and presently serving is urged to attend, if only for part of the ceremony. Alabama State Veteran’s Affairs…
Tim Harlin likes challenges. The new chief executive officer is not intimidated by the volatility of the situation at Randolph Medical Center. &#8220My background is with start-up businesses, so I am not a stranger to instability, but I do feel very confident about Randolph Medical Center,” he said. His number one message to both the…
And then there were two. Gone from the playoffs are Handley and RCHS, bounced in first-round losses that were as opposite as night and day. Woodland and Wadley forge ahead in what will only become a more treacherous playoff field. For the Bobcats, the element of surprise (as in &#8220Surprise. We’re still in the playoffs.”)…
Multiple fire departments and rescue vehicles responded to the fire at La Herradura Restaurant Monday morning to no avail, as fire destroyed one of the area’s most popular restaurants. Owner Jose Velazquez watched his restaurant, tucked into the curve of U.S. Highway 431, enter its death throes as Roanoke firefighters poured water on the fire…
DEMOPOLIS – The Handley Tigers’ season ended Friday night in Demopolis as the defending state champions began the defense of their title with a solid 48-7 win. Handley head coach Mike Battles knew going into the game that the task of pulling an upset would be a daunting one, but Handley was able to keep…
It could be a movie but it’s not. It is the life story of Raymond Hodges and the contributions he made in development of aircraft to fight in World War II; the missions he flew and the contributions he made to the Chinese effort to stop the Japanese. Now, 86, not the cocky young man…
MONTGOMERY — If I have been asked once I have been asked a dozen times or more, have we ever had a line-up of such political heavyweights running for governor as awaits us in 2006? There may well have been such a line-up of face cards in the distant past, but certainly nothing like this…
SYLVANIA – The Woodland Bobcats recaptured a little bit of last year’s playoff magic with a 14-6 upset over top-seeded Sylvania Friday night. The ‘Cats joined the parade of top-seed upsets in class 2A as two other number one’s went down in the first round. The Woodland defense forced five Sylvania turnovers, which resulted in…
(ATLANTA) Robert M. Treadwell, 40, of Atlanta died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Treadwell is survived by a son, Hunter Treadwell of Atlanta; his mother, Betty Nix Cutting of Hendersonville, N.C.; his maternal grandmother, Clara Nix of Roanoke; and two sisters, Vicki Siedlock of Tampa, Fla., and Felicia Payne…