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The BSCC News Digest is a sampling of news articles and information regarding Bevill State Community College that appears in local media. If there is and article that you see that is not listed, please send to

Chris Franklin at cfranklin@bscc.edu  

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Forestry checks presented to fire departments

State Rep. Mike Millican, R-Hamilton, presented forestry checks to Marion County fire departments on June 23 at a meeting of the Marion County Fire-fighters Association at Backside BBQ and Catfish Restaurant in Hamilton. A total of $1,052.28 was given to each local fire department through the AlabamaForestry Commission. Shown are (from left, both rows) Robert Clement, staff forester for Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC); Tony Avery, AFC workunit manager; Eric Mills, firefighter, Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department (VFD); Jeff Williams, fire chief, Shottsville VFD and president of the MarionCounty Firefighters Association; Jerry Ezekiel, fire chief, Pea Ridge VFD; Matthew Frederick, firefighter, Hackleburg VFD; Millican; Augy Avery, assistantchief, Shiloh VFD; Tim Rye, fire chief, Hamilton Fire Department; Jamey Plunkett, fire chief, Twin VFD; Dwayne Norris, assistant fire chief, Winfield FireDepartment; Randy Garrison, fire chief, Guin Fire and Rescue; Jeremy Prestage, fire chief, Byrd VFD; Meredith Green, fire chief, Brilliant VFD; and JoelBartlett, forestry specialist, Alabama Forestry Commission. Sunny Home VFD did not send a representative. State Sens. Larry Stutts and Paul Bussmanalso were not in attendance.

COURTESY/BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3M makes donation to Bevill State students3M Guin recently presented Rebekah Blackstock, a Florence native and a third semester associate degree nursing student, and Emelio Madero, a Guinnative and recent welding graduate, a 3M Littman Stethoscope and 3M Speedglas Welding Shield. The two students, who have attended Bevill StateCommunity College-Hamilton, were selected by college faculty members in their respective departments. Interim Associate Dean Dr. Russell Howton of

the Hamilton Campussaid Bevill State “is ap-preciative of the supportthat 3M has given to usover the last severalyears. They have beenvery instrumental in thesuccess of theC3/BSCC Career Fairwhich targets local highschool students andnow they have gone astep further by providingdeserving students withessential items that canbe used in their respec-tive career fields. Thepartnership between 3Mand Bevill State exem-plifies local industry andeducation working to-gether for the good ofthe community.” Shownare (from left) Dr. DaleAlexander, nursing divi-sion chair; Blackstock;Matt Collins, human re-sources manager for3M Guin; Madero; andMike Reed, welding in-structor at Bevill State-Hamilton.

n Funds to assistwith summer reading programs

By TRACY ESTESNews Editor

WINFIELD - The libraries servedthrough the Northwest Regional Li-brary in Winfield will each receive a$2,000 grant due to the research per-formed by facility officials.

Learning of the program spon-sored by Dollar General, the librarieshave secured the grant funds for theretail chain to assist with their re-spective summer reading programs.

The funds are provided by theDollar General Literacy Founcationand is designed to specifically aidwith such work at local libraries.

Libraries benefitting from the

grant funds will be the Winfield Pub-lic Library, the Clyde Nix Public Li-brary in Hamilton, the WeatherfordPublic Library in Red Bay, theKennedy Public Library, the MillportPublic Library, the Sulligent PublicLibrary and the Mary Wallace CobbLibrary in Vernon. These are thelocal libraries which form the re-gional library service.

The seven libraries will collec-tively receive the $14,000 in grantsfrom a pool of more than $7.1 mil-lion, which are set aside by the foun-dation to assist more than 900schools and non-profit organizations

in the 43 states served by DollarGeneral.

“I want to thank everyone whodonates to the foundation duringtheir shopping trips to Dollar Generalas it is through these donations ourgrants have been made possible,’’said Winfield Public Library Librar-ian Regina Sperry.

“Every dime helps and our li-braries benefit greatly from a largegrant to assist with our program ex-penses. I encourage citizens to do-nate their change or even more everytime they shop at Dollar General.

“Please stop by your local library

for more information on the summerreading events. All programs are freeand are so much fun.’’

Dollar General officials also un-derstand the importance of providingthese grants for local libraries.

“Consistent with our mission ofserving others, we are excited to pro-vide these various organizations withfunding to further literacy and edu-cation across the communities wecall home,’’ said Dollar GeneralChief Executive Officer Todd Vasosin a press release on the grant fund-ing.

“It is always so exciting to see the

true and meaningful impact the liter-acy foundation has on both childrenand adults looking to improve theirlives through literacy.’’

Including the support for the sum-mer reading programs, Dollar Gen-eral has donated more than $120million in such grants since 1993.

While promoting the grants forthe libraries served by the NorthwestRegional Library, Sperry also notedthat her local library also received a$750 grant from the Walmart Super-center in Winfield to assist with thesummer reading program at her fa-cility.

“Funding like this is critical towhat we try to do for the children ofour community,’’ Sperry said.

“We are grateful to Walmart andall in our community who have con-tributed to our efforts in recent weeksto make this summer reading pro-gram the best ever.’’

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Bingo battle returnsSheriff investigating legality ofelectronic gaming machines

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Four businesses in Carbon Hill currently offer electronic bingogames on machines such as this one. A bingo ordinanceadopted by the Carbon Hill City Council in August 2015 andreplaced in February opened the door to such businesses.

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Special to the Eagle

Bevill State Community Col-lege’s Sumiton Campus will betransformed into a “battle-ground for bots” this week,while the College hosts a robot-ics camp as part of its CareerPathways Academy.

Students from Walker andFayette counties who are par-ticipating in the Career Path-ways Academy Robotics Campwill learn how to build andprogram robots during theweek. The week concludes onSaturday with a robotics com-petition and a chance for campparticipants to challenge eachother in an exciting way thatshows off what they havelearned by competing againstother students using the robotsthey build and program.

The Bevill State Career

Pathways Academy was an-nounced earlier this year. It al-lows currently enrolled highschool sophomores in Walker,Fayette and north Tuscaloosacounties to encounter new ca-reer pathways through experi-ences in career fairs,exploration camps, internshipsand industry relevant training.

In addition to the roboticscompetition on Saturday, aspecial ceremony is also sched-uled as part of the day’s activi-ties.

Immediately following therobotics competition, partici-pants and their families willattend a scholarship signingceremony where each studentwill sign a Career PathwaysAcademy Scholarship charterto officially recognize the schol-arship offered by Bevill State

Community College for theAcademy and the acceptance ofthe scholarship by the student.

Alabama Sen. Greg Reed isexpected to attend the cere-mony. Sen. Reed was instru-mental in securing funding tostart the Career PathwaysAcademy at Bevill State.

“The Robotics Camp andcompetition should prove to bea great piece of the overall ex-perience that participation inthe Career Pathways Academywill have for these students. Iam excited and looking for-ward to seeing the results ofthe students’ hard work,” saidBevill State President Dr.Larry Ferguson.

To learn more informationabout the BSCC Career Path-ways Academy, call (205) 397-0511, ext. 5710.

By LEA RIZZODaily Mountain Eagle

A Dora native is working to docu-ment the history of area coal mines inher first book, “Images of America:Walker County Coal Mines.”

Iris Singleton McAvoy, a Dora na-tive, released her book earlier thisyear, and it’s filled with old photos ofmines and miners from around thecounty. The book includes images fromthe Drummond Company and the lateHorace Defore Collection, as well aslocal residents. The photos showcasethe county’s coal mining history fromthe early 20th century to present day.

“Mining has been here in WalkerCounty, in some way or another, forover 170 years. It’s been here a longtime. There’s a lot of history,” McAvoysaid.

Her interest in mining stemmedfrom hearing her father tell old min-ing stories when she was younger.

Several members of McAvoy’s fam-ily have been involved with coal min-ing in various ways. This includes herfather and grandfather, who were bothminers; her grandmother, who used towork at the mining museum in Dora;and one of her distantly-related aunts,who founded a church for childrenwho lived in the mining camps to at-

SUMMER READERS LEARN THE ABC’S OF YOGA

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By JENNIFER COHRONDaily Mountain Eagle

Seven years after a JeffersonCounty judge ruled that WalkerCounty’s bingo machines were il-legal, electronic bingo games areonce again being played.

District Two Commissioner DanWright brought up the businessesoffering electronic bingo that havebeen popping up in Carbon Hill inrecent months during Tuesday’smeeting of the Walker CountyCommission.

“Everybody is asking me, ‘Whyare we not getting revenue off ofthis?’ We’re in financial need. Wehave these places operating, andthe city of Carbon Hill is receivingrevenue off of them,” Wright said.

The Carbon Hill City Councilapproved a bingo ordinance in Au-

gust 2015 that was rescinded inFebruary in favor of an ordinancefrom 2007.

The ordinance defines bingo asa game in which “numbers or sym-bols on a card, either electronic orotherwise, are matched with num-bers or symbols selected at ran-dom.”

The ordinance allows the oper-ation of bingo games by qualifiedorganizations, which are definedas “a bona fide religious, educa-tion, service, senior citizens, cityunit, fraternal or veterans organ-ization which operates withoutprofit to its members.”

Qualified organizations mustreceive a business license from thecity before operating a bingogame. Applicants must pay $100in order to be considered for a li-

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Claude Campbell was a minerwho worked at the ChickasawMine in Carbon Hill and posed forthis photo to commemorate theachievements of the WorksProgress Administration.

Bevill State hosting robotics camp this week

April Madison andAmie White of InspireFitness taught “TheABCs of Yoga for Kids”at Jasper Public Li-brary’s summer read-ing program onWednesday. The kidslearned 26 differentyoga poses, includingthe Zero, top, and theWarrior, at left.

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would like to volunteer at the event or help with dona-tions should email Jennifer Smith at justfaceital-abama@gmail.com. An official date for the event has notbeen set.

The ACE Jasper team will have another communitymeeting on Tuesday, July 19, at the Jasper Civic Center.The meeting will serve as another opportunity to con-struct a strategic plan for the months and years movingforward, giving the community a platform to discussways to grow the city of Jasper and utilize existing re-sources.

The meeting is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Birmingham.Drummond is survived by his wife

Peggy Drummond, four children, nu-merous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, one brother and ahost of nephews and nieces. He ispreceded in death by one son, threebrothers, and two sisters.

H.E. Drummond, Garry’s father,began the Drummond Coal Com-pany in Sipsey in 1935 as a coalprovider for farms and households.He secured a loan in the amount of$300 from Walker County Bank inJasper to start his business usingthree mules as collateral on thenote. At 15, Garry Drummond beganworking in coal mines in WalkerCounty with his father and wasnamed CEO of Drummond Com-pany in 1973.

Drummond received an associate

degree from Walker College in 1959and a bachelor’s degree in civil engi-neering from the University of Ala-bama in 1961. After graduation, hejoined Drummond Company and be-came the first engineer hired by thebusiness.

Long active in leading state andnational professional organizations,Drummond was a founder of theAmerican Coal Foundation and in1978 served as the first chairman ofthe Mining and Reclamation Councilof America, which later merged withthe National Coal Association. Healso served on the boards of the Na-tional Mining Association and theAlabama Coal Association.

Drummond was a long-time mem-ber of the University of AlabamaBoard of Trustees and served aspresident pro tem of the board. He

was the University of Alabama Col-lege of Engineering DistinguishedAlumni Lecturer in 1987-1988 andwas the university’s outstandingalumnus for 1987-1988.

Drummond was inducted into theAlabama Academy of Honor in 1989,the Alabama Engineering Hall ofFame in 1997, the Alabama Busi-ness Hall of Fame in 2003 and theBirmingham Business Hall of Famein 2010.

Drummond was also a member ofnumerous civic and business organ-izations and served on the boards ofthe Big Oak Ranch, Inc., Boy Scoutsof America Greater Alabama Coun-cil, the Business Council of Ala-bama, the Economic DevelopmentPartnership of Alabama, the RotaryClub of Birmingham and GlenwoodInc.

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treatment options,” Rowesaid. “Historically, it wasonly when someone wasarrested and they woundup with some kind ofcourt-ordered participa-tion in a rehab programthat we saw people enterrehab programs.”

While Rowe thinks thereis a place for this kind oflegislation, she added “wemust consider individualrights when contemplatingthis issue” and said thelegislation will have to “setthe bar pretty high forcommitment” of an indi-vidual.

But “the nexus betweenmental health and drugabuse is a substantial con-sideration in this matter.”

Rowe said that whilethere’s not a bill yet, sheand others are researchingsimilar pieces of legisla-tion from other states.

“There are several statesthat have similar pieces oflegislation that accom-plished ... involuntarycommitment for [sub-stance] abusers. ... There’sdifferences in the waythese states handle thislegislation [regarding] thedifferent ways in which in-dividual rights are lookedat,” Rowe said.

Kentucky has a law sim-ilar to what Hendrix ishoping to see pass entitledCasey’s Law, or theMatthew Casey Wething-ton Act for SubstanceAbuse Interventions.

Rowe said that she islooking into what parts ofthe similar pieces of legis-lation might fit Alabamathe best.

“I think that looking atother states who have sim-

ilar legislation and kind ofgoing through how theyhave perfected their [law]is a smart thing for us todo because they’re a lotfurther down this sameroad,” Rowe explained.

Hendrix began lookinginto involuntary drugrehab legislation after herfriend’s daughter, namedJami, passed away lastsummer. Jami was a youngmother of two who died ofa heroin overdose. Jami’schildren are now beingraised by her mother. This,in addition to the strugglesin Hendrix’s own familywith substance abuse, in-spired her to seek thiskind of legislation for oth-ers who may feel likethey’re unable to helptheir loved ones.

She’s looking to find peo-ple who want to go toMontgomery during thenext legislative session toadvocate for the involun-tary drug rehab law. Thoseinterested in donatingmoney to help charterbuses for this trip canmake donations at RegionsBank at the Jasper Mallbranch under Families DoCare.

In addition to seeing aninvoluntary drug rehablaw passed in the state,Hendrix also hopes toeventually see a rehabili-tation center in Jasper.

Families Do Care will beholding a public meetingat Gamble Park in Jasperon Saturday, July 16, at 9a.m.

Anyone looking for moreinformation can contactJoAnn Hendrix at 205-522-0074 or joannhen-drix18@yahoo.com.

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Gyms, where players can train theirPokemon and do battle with otherplayers.

Poke Stops and Poke Gyms aretypically in public places such as li-braries, churches, parks and histori-cal markers.

Once players reach level five, theyget to join one of three teams: TeamValor (red), Team Mystic (blue) orTeam Instinct (yellow). In additionto catching Pokemon, players alsowant to help their team wrest con-trol of the Poke Gyms in their areafrom the other two teams.

Oakman High School studentsBlanton Odom, Tyler Nelson andClayton Jones stopped by the gym atCarl Elliott Regional Library onMonday afternoon after spendingthe first part of the day huntingPokemon in Tuscaloosa. Their team,Instinct, had control of the gymwhen they arrived, but an unknownplayer from a rival team challenged15-year-old Clayton’s Pokemon andwon.

“Clay just lost the gym,” Tyler, 16,announced in mid-conversation.

“Get it back,” Blanton, also 16,replied.

In the past week, the three friendshave made several trips to down-

town Jasper, where they confessthey likely wouldn’t be spendingtheir summer if not for “PokemonGo.” Clayton, the biggest Pokemonfan in the group, also played thegame on his trip to Chicago lastweek and caught some rare Poke-mon.

“I used to do geocaching. It’s verysimilar to that. This is a more kid-friendly version of geocaching,”Blanton said, referring to an outdooractivity resembling a 21st centurytreasure hunt that also uses GPS.

“Pokemon Go” is being played notonly by longtime fans but also newconverts.

“I see people on my Facebook whohave never had anything to do withPokemon who are posting stuff like‘Pokemon Go’ is so addicting,’” Tylersaid.

Wright’s fiancé, Stone Franklin,downloaded the app two days aftershe did when he realized how popu-lar the game was with his friendsand coworkers.

He was intrigued because it was agame he knew that they would enjoydoing together, and it also got themoff the couch and out of the house.

“I’m planning on going into the AirForce in January, and I needed to get

active,” Franklin said.Over the weekend, Wright and

Franklin walked around downtownJasper from 9 p.m. to after 4 a.m.catching Pokemon.

They weren’t the only ones. Asthey approached the Carl ElliottHouse Museum, a Poke Stop, lateSunday night, they found severalcars parked in the street and peoplepacing back and forth on the side-walk while looking at their phones.

Each of the players had beendrawn there by pink flowers whichhad been placed to attract more peo-ple and Pokemon to the site.

A police officer drove by to checkon the situation.

“He said, ‘Don’t block the street,and leave here pretty soon.’ Then hesaid, ‘What are all these flowers?’ Hewas playing too. That cracked meup,” Franklin said.

Wright, who struggles with socialanxiety, has had so much fun meet-ing other ‘Pokemon Go’ players thatshe has scheduled a Pokemon huntin downtown Jasper for 9:30 p.m. onSaturday following the Path to theFoothills concert.

The event is open to all players.The meeting place is in front ofWarehouse 319.

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Mississippi leadersdivided on religious-beliefs law appeal

JACKSON, Miss. (AP)— Mississippi’s Demo-cratic attorney generalsaid Wednesday that hewon’t join the Republicangovernor in appealing afederal judge’s rulingthat blocked a state lawon religious objections togay marriage.

Attorney General JimHood said a continuedlegal fight would be “divi-sive and expensive” in astate that’s alreadystruggling with a tightbudget.

“Simply stated, all HB1523 has done is tarnishMississippi’s image whiledistracting us from themore pressing issues ofdecaying roads andbridges, underfunding ofpublic education, theplight of the mentally illand the need to solve ourstate’s financial mess,”Hood said in a state-ment.

Amid lobbying fromBaptist and Pentecostalgroups, the Republican-led Legislature passedHouse Bill 1523 this

spring in response to lastsummer’s U.S. SupremeCourt ruling that legal-ized same-sex marriagenationwide.

U.S. District JudgeCarlton Reeves blockedthe measure momentsbefore it was to becomelaw July 1. Gov. PhilBryant last week askedReeves to reconsider theruling and to let the lawtake effect while Bryantappeals to a higher court.

The law sought to pro-tect three beliefs: Thatmarriage is only betweena man and a woman;that sex should only takeplace in such a marriage;and that a person’s gen-der is determined atbirth and cannot be al-tered.

It would allow clerks tocite religious objectionsto recuse themselvesfrom issuing marriage li-censes to same-sex cou-ples, and would protectmerchants who refuseservices to lesbian, gay,bisexual or transgenderpeople.

BSCC-SUMITON HOSTS ROBOTICS COMPETITION

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A robotics compeition was held at Bevill State Community College-Sumiton on Saturday. Studentsfrom Oakman, Walker, Dora, Curry and Cordova High schools competed, along with other studentsfrom central Alabama. The students participated in a week-long robotics camp as part of the CareerPathways Academy for sophomores. Winners of the competition are as follows: 1st place, John Ponsof Walker High and Dustin Sherrill of Fayette County High; 2nd place, Ethan Franklin of Berry Highand Tanner Hester of Dora High; and 3rd place, Alex Moore of Fayette County High and Cody Robert-son of Northside High. A scholarship signing ceremony was held after the competition, and Sen. GregReed commended the students for their hard work.

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Bevill State to return Women’sVolleyball to Fayette Campus

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Bevill State Community College ad-ministrators announced today thatwomen’s volleyball would be added tothe reinstated athletics program at theCollege.

The College announced in May thatathletics would be return-ing after a five-year ab-sence.

The volleyball programjoins the previously an-nounced men’s baseballon the Fayette Campus,men’s basketball on the Jasper Campusand women’s softball on the SumitonCampus.

Play in all four sports is expected tobegin in Fall 2017.

“When we originally made the an-nouncement to return sports to many ofour campuses, we described it as a ‘pro-totype’ model. This model would allowus to evaluate which sports we couldsupport and on which campuses wecould locate them. In an early evalua-tion of this prototype model, we feel we

can support the addition of volleyball tothe Fayette Campus,” said Dr. LarryFerguson, president of Bevill State.

Before all athletics were discontinuedat the College, Women’s Volleyball wasone of the sports played at Bevill State.

The volleyball program won theeState Championships during its history.

“Returning volleyball to the FayetteCampus, and expanding the sports of-fered by the College, is just another ex-ample how we are dedicated toenhancing the student experience atBevill State,” explained Dr. Ferguson.

“I am excited about all the possibili-ties and involvement this addition willbring.”

Attention now turns to the process ofhiring a coach for the volleyball team.

Last month, the College announcedthe appointment of Joey May as thehead baseball coach.

It was also stated that the selection ofboth a head basketball and head softballcoach was being conducted.

An anticipated start date for all thenew coaches is August.

Atlanta Falconsexpecting campbattles at right

guard, linebackerBy CHARLES ODUMAP Sports Writer

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Therecould be more last-minute additions tothe Atlanta Falcons’ roster, possibly be-fore training camp opens Thursday.

General manager Thomas Dimitroffand coach Dan Quinn already believethey have a stronger roster after an 8-8finish in Quinn’s 2015debut.

Quinn said he expectsstiff competition at severalpositions, including rightguard, linebacker andtight end.

The Falcons signed tightend Arthur Lynch andwide receiver Corey Washington onWednesday and announced the retire-ment of safety Charles Godfrey.

The moves left the Falcons with 88players, two below the maximum.

Lynch, from the University of Geor-gia, was a fifth-round pick by Miami in2015 who was signed to Denver’s prac-tice squad last year.

Washington had five receptions for 52yards with the Giants as a rookie in2014.

Godfrey had 12 tackles and a forcedfumble in eight games with Atlanta lastseason.

Following Tuesday’s release of widereceiver and return specialist DevinHester, Dimitroff said “there’s no majorpush” to reach 90 players.

He said he’s still looking at free agentdefensive end Dwight Freeney.

Quinn said he and Dimitroff also havediscussed re-signing outside linebackerBrian Schofield.

The 29-year-old Schofield had 30 tack-les and two sacks for Atlanta last sea-son.

There already have been changes atlinebacker.

Second-year player Vic Beasley Jr.will play outside linebacker in the basedefense and will be an edge rusher innickel packages.

Rookies Deion Jones and De’VondreCampbell and free-agent signees Court-ney Upshaw, Sean Weatherspoon andLaRoy Reynolds are expected to addspeed at linebacker.

Jones, a second-round pick fromLouisiana State, and Campbell, afourth-rounder from Minnesota, earnedcompliments for the way they picked upthe defense in the offseason.

Even Paul Worrilow, the team’s lead-ing tackler each of the last three sea-sons, could be pushed by the new talent.

“We’ve been pleased with the progressof Jones and Campbell,” Quinn said

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The Jasper Swim Team will be participating in the Alabama Recreation and Parks Association State Swim Meet atCrossplex in Birmingham on Friday and Saturday. Christian Hyce, 13, above, is one of the nearly 60 Jasper Sharksparticipating in the state meet. Other swimmers representing Jasper in Birmingham include Evan Sherer, MatthewWashington, Noah Edgil, Emma Rigsby, Allie Rigsby, Carly Stephenson, Cameron Cooper, MaKenzie Allen, HaleySherer, Gracen Norris, Payton Weaver, Millie Oliver, Emma Lou Franks, Ann Gamotis, Olivia Waldrop, Scout Bar-ber, Luke West, Burton Lee, Maddox Acosta, John Abner Nicholson, Sailor Panter, Aidan Carson, Scout Sherer,Gunnar Wakefield, Murphy Lee, Anna Acosta, Lila Oliver, Madison Moore, Maleigha Mauldin, Madison Key, SydneySherer, Annelise Hulsey, Megan Fanin, Ethan West, Hamp Lee, Eli Ford, Caleb Banks, Luke Oliver, Luke Smith,Ella Lynn, Hallee Robinson, Mia Edwards, Breeze Phillips, Mack Moody, Brett Harris, Benjamin West, Erin Fanin,Lorin O'Rear, Grace Washington, Joseph Daniel, Jayce Willingham, Eli Matthews, Jaylan Banks, Carlee Muncher,Caitlyn Muncher, Mary Alice Pearson, Olivia Schirle and Rebekah Sparkman.

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Sergio Garcia smiles as he listens to a questionduring a news conference before a practice roundat Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.

Garciareminded

that time stillon his side towin a major

By DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf Writer

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. —Henrik Stenson took hissilver claret jug andheaded straight forSwitzerland to play in acharity event organized bySergio Garcia. It turnedout to be the perfect occa-sion to deliver an impor-tant message to the host.

Stenson was 40 when hewon the British Open atRoyal Troon. He had paidhis dues with a trio of closecalls in the majors. It washis time.

Garcia has paid evenmore.

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Bevill Stateto set up nature trailn Path will go alongAndrew Jackson’sMilitary Road

By ED HOWELLAssistant News Editor

HAMILTON - Bevill State Commu-nity College-Hamilton is installing along-awaited nature trail to the rear of itscampus that it hopes to use for studentlearning, public wellness, historicalpreservation and community develop-ment.

The college said in a press release onWednesday, July 27, that the Butta-hatchee River Nature Trail will be devel-oped as a three-tier project.

The path of the new trail will be a rec-tangular path, college spokesman ChrisFranklin said, although the distance ofthe new trail has not been determined.

When completed, the trail will offerstudents and the Hamilton community amulti-purpose natural area, the collegesaid.

“For students, the nature trail offersan outdoor learning laboratory that canbe utilized to expand the study of thenatural ecosystem offered by the area,”the college said in the release. “Studentswill also be able to take advantage ofrecreational and entertainment activitiesplanned for the trail.

“The entire Hamilton community canalso enjoy the recreational benefits of theproject. Community residents will beable to take part in the wellness benefitsof the nature trail.” 

Another part of the nature trail will

deal with the historical legacy of thearea. The nature trail is located on An-drew Jackson’s Military Road. Franklinsaid it will be along the river behind thecollege, on the east side of National Av-enue. It will run about the length of thecollege.

“Built near the end of the War of1812, the Military Road was a routefrom Nashville to New Orleans. Becauseof the proximity to the historic road, thenature trail provides a great opportunityto bring awareness to the area’s histori-cal contributions,” the college said in therelease.

Officials hope the trail enhances the

n Lowest of threebids was almost$900,000

By TRACY ESTESNews Editor

HAMILTON - Members of the Marion CountyBoard of Education have rejected bids to constructfour new classrooms at Hamilton High Schoolwith plans now to negotiate for a contractor.

Three bids were submitted for the project, withthe lowest bid submitted by Dymac Constructionof Lynn at $898,200. The two remaining bids werein the amounts of $987,000 and $1.23 million.

“These are just excessive,’’ said MarionCounty Superintendent of Education Ryan

Hollingsworth in remarks to the board during itsmeeting on Tuesday, July 26.

“Allowances had been built into the process toremove and replace some soil at the site, asneeded, as well as unexpected costs which mightoccur, but this is just too much. This is not a rea-sonable price.’’

Hollingsworth said that the current rate forconstruction at schools is about $150,000 perclassroom, meaning the work to be undertaken atHamilton would have cost $600,000 or so.

“Think about it. This has no plumbing or sewerinvolved as restrooms are already in place in ourexisting building to be used,’’ Hollingsworth said.

“There is no need for any additional restroomswithin this addition to allow us to meet state code.Even a bid of $700,000 would have been a morereasonable than this. I do not think it is in thisboard’s best interest to accept this bid. I think wecan make better use of our money.’’

The superintendent said the board had threeoptions in light of the unexpected high price--re-ject the bids, meet with the low bidder to see ifchanges could be made to lower the cost or rejectthe bids while empowering the superintendent tonegotiate a better price with a contractor.

Hollingsworth said there was little reason to at-tempt to make changes in the design of the four-classroom addition in hopes the having the lowbidder reduce his price.

“This is really just a basic design,’’Hollingsworth said. “This is a straight hallwaywith no bathrooms involved. There is really noth-ing fancy within this design that we could have re-moved to lower the cost.

“I do not see where meeting with the contractorwould be of benefit because there is so little thatcould be changed.’’

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Focusing on each step, veteran Thomas“The Walking Veteran” Hudson, recentlytraveled through Hamilton and  Winfield onhis way across America, raising awarenessfor needs of veterans and scandals associ-ated with the Veterans Administration sys-tem. (Inset photo) Thomas Hudson (left)said he was proud to be in the presence ofWorld War II veteran Marvin Cecil Rye ofHamilton, whom he met on Sunday, July 24.Please see the story, Veteran on cross-country mission, on page 2.

n Punishment to be determinedfor violators

By TRACY ESTESNews Editor

WINFIELD - Members of theWinfield City Council are movingforward with a policy which wouldextend random drug testing toelected officials and three other keypositions in the city.

While there appears to be supportfor the program, there are questionsas to what action, if any, the council

could take to punish an elected or ap-pointed official found to be in viola-tion of the drug testing policy.

“I put this on the agenda for thismeeting,’’ Winfield Mayor RandyPrice said to start the conversationearly in the council meeting held onThursday, July 21.

“I feel that the drug testing shouldnot be limited to only the employees,but should also be applied to electedofficials. I think elected officialsshould be subject to this, too.’’

The first-term mayor noted thatwhile city employees are subject tosuch testing, those who lead the

n Western end ofcounty gets drier

By ED HOWELLAssistant News Editor

HAMILTON - The western endof Marion County along the stateborder has now been changed to anextreme drought condition, whilethe rest of the county also is stillsuffering from some drought con-ditions.

Dry conditions continue toplague the state, which is seeing itsfirst extreme drought conditionssince 2012, according to al.com.

The news comes even as rainsgave some relief to the area in themiddle of this week.

The U.S. Drought Monitor,published by the University of Ne-braska, gave its weekly Thursdayupdate on July 28 (with figurescurrent to July 26), showing Mar-ion County had been elevated fromsevere drought, the middle level of

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community from the mayor’soffice and the city council po-sitions are not. He said all cityofficials, including the city at-torney, prosecutor and munic-ipal judge, should be a part ofthe random testing pool aswell.

“I think those who sit at thistable should be of right mindwhen they sit here and makedecisions for the city,’’ addedthe mayor. “The decisions thatthis council makes are criticaland we need to make sure thatthose making these decisionshave a clear mind.’’

Winfield City AttorneyTodd Atkinson said the currentpolicy covers the drug testing

procedure for employees. Hesaid such policy is included inthe employee handbook.

He said should the councilchoose to add the wording toinclude elected officials andthe three positions noted by themayor, an amendment to theexisting policy would be inorder.

“I am not so sure that wedon’t also need to include abackground check of the folkswho sit in these positions andhandle city business,’’ Pricesaid.

Atkinson added, “But whatwill the punishment be if anyof these persons fails a drugtest and are found in violationof the policy? What action canthe council take in terms of anypunishment against the person

elected by the community toserve in that position?’’

The attorney said this is theissue at hand--not whether thecouncil, mayor and other threepositions should be subject tothe policy, but how would anypunishment be handed downin light of a violation.

Atkinson said removing thecity attorney, prosecutor ormunicipal judge from his postwould be relatively simple. Hesaid these three positions arecontracted professionals withthe council and mayor havingfull authority to dismiss fromwork. He said none of thesethree have the same protectionfrom dismissal as the more tra-ditional employee.

“I work for you,’’ Atkinsonsaid to council members, notinghis role as city attorney. “The

same can be said for the cityprosecutor and judge. But I amnot sure how this will apply toelected officials. I am not surehow this would be addressed.’’

The attorney said he had noknowledge of a similar policyin place in other municipali-ties. He agreed to further re-search the concept and returnto the council with more infor-mation at a future meeting.

In the meantime, Atkinsonwas asked by the council todraft an amendment to existingpolicy for review.

“If state officials are notsubject to such testing, I amnot sure how council memberscould be,’’ noted city councilorGloria Stovall.

Atkinson said while therecould be questions as towhether or not an official could

be removed from office for aviolation, the violator’s namecould be posted in three publicplaces noting the offense.

“Some could consider thata punishment,’’ Atkinson said.“I am not sure, but I will startto research the information andbring it back to the council.

“I will have to see what the

law allows and what we couldinclude in the ordinance.’’

In the end, the councilvoted to approve the policy toinclude elected officials andthese three positions in randomtesting with any punishmentfor violators to be defined afterAtkinson provides the cityleaders with more information.

n Sheriff: Recentcases nothing new in municipalelections

By TRACY ESTESNews Editor

Anyone who observes the munic-ipal election cycle in small commu-nities can attest to the fact the contestcan sometimes cross the boundary ofcompetition.

In almost every election cycle inMarion County, one will see where afew campaign signs have either gonemissing or at least suffered damage.

In one race in Winfield, the actionshave moved beyond damage or theftto include defacing the candidate’sname on at least one of his signs.

For those who may consider suchaction as nothing more than spiritedcompetition, the activity might actu-ally prove to be criminal.

Marion County Sheriff KevinWilliams said damage to campaignsigns is nothing new in local cam-paigns, but the law enforcement offi-cer cautioned candidates or theirsupporters from taking the local elec-tion spirit too far.

“This is criminal mischief and isclassified legally as a misdemeanor,’’the sheriff said. “But it happens in allparts of the county with every elec-tion from municipal and countywideelections to even some at the state

level.’’Williams said he has fallen victim

to such vandals during his own elec-tions as signs have been stolen withone cut into a number of pieces andleft at the scene.

“Incumbents especially can seethis happen because they might havemade someone mad while in office,’’Williams said.

“I think it is a competitive thingfor some, but in most cases, it is eithersupporters of other candidates who dothe damage or folks who are just outcausing mischief and do not supportany candidate. They just want to dodamage and see what they can getaway with.

“I think in some cases, it is justjealousy, in those cases where the sus-pect and the one who is representedon the signs. But in most instances, I

don’t think those involved would bethe candidates. They might be the vic-tims, but I do not see candidates outtaking down or damaging the signs ofan opponent.’’

Asked what the punishment forsuch activity would be, the sheriffsaid the mischief would be addressedin municipal court, in cases wherecity elections were involved, with afine assessed against the person con-victed. The sheriff said no jail timewould be imposed.

“This would be based on theamount of the damage that was in-flicted,’’ Williams said.

“What is the value of the sign orsigns damaged? That is how the finewould be calculated and assessed.’’

Williams said he was not aware ofany such case, or a prank, ever havingcome before a municipal court within

the county.“Most candidates simply bite their

tongue and just go ahead and let itgo,’’ Williams said. “Monitoring allof your signs would be impossibleand catching anyone involved in thedamage to the signs would be diffi-cult.’’

In closing, Williams said he canunderstand the frustration of thosewho are victimized.

“The candidates pay money toenter the race and then pay for (cam-paign) cards and signs to let folksknow that they are running for of-fice,’’ Williams said.

“That is not cheap and the candi-date is paying these costs out of hispocket. I have been there and it isdoes get under your skin a little. Butyou just have to let it go.’’

drought conditions, to extreme drought,the second highest level.

The rest of the western end of thecounty remains in a severe drought,while the eastern end is at the secondlowest level, a moderate drought.

The extreme drought area also ex-tended into all but the northwestern cor-ner of Itawamba County, Miss., and thenortheastern corner of Monroe County,Miss., as well as several counties in thenorth central area of Mississippi.

It is the first time this summer that anextreme drought condition has beenshown on the western end of the state.The northeastern corner of the state con-tinues to be in an extreme drought con-dition, with a third area now breakingout over Limestone and Madison coun-ties.

The extreme drought area in MarionCounty also extends along some of thestate border areas of southwesternFranklin County and northwesternLamar County.

No part of the state is in the worstcategory, which is in exceptionaldrought.

Nearly 2.6 million people in the stateare now in drought conditions.

Approximately two-thirds of thestate is in some form of drought condi-tion, with the bottom third of the statenot in any drought.

A text summary of Southeastern con-ditions released by the U.S. DroughtMonitor noted that among row crops af-fected by drought conditions, Ala-bama’s corn was being hit especiallyhard by drought, with 35 percent of thecrop rated very poor to poor.

Several areas in the northern half ofGeorgia also had extreme drought con-ditions.

community. “Projects like the Butta-

hatchee River Nature Trail atBevill State contribute to themission of our college in somany different ways,” saidDr. Larry Ferguson, presidentof Bevill State. “Not only isthis another way to provide agreat experience to our stu-dents, but it is also a way tomake a lasting impact on onecommunity that we serve.

“The positive effects thisproject will have on the areais something that we can holdup as an example of con-tributing back to those weserve.”

Franklin said the trail hasbeen in development for thecollege for a while, includingthe past two years he hasbeen employed there.

“We’ve appointed taskforces for it,” but the chang-ing of leadership in the col-lege delayed the project untilthose changes could be im-plemented, he said, notingthe nature trail has alwaysbeen a priority for the col-lege.

Ferguson echoed that, not-ing that support from collegepersonnel also helped to keepthe project alive, includingDr. Greg Taylor, divisionchair and biology instructorat the Hamilton Campus, andRebecca Whitten, librarianfor the Jasper Campus.

“The college’s administra-tion appreciates the enthusi-asm and leadership of Dr.Taylor and Ms. Whitten onthis project. Both have beenvery tenacious in their lead-ership and vision. Throughtheir work with other em-ployees of the college andbusiness and community

leaders, we are going to makethis project a reality,” Fergu-son said.

Taylor said, “I want tothank members of our projectcommittee, including TonyAvery of the AlabamaForestry Commission, Mrs.Kacy Cobb of Hamilton HighSchool, Mike Duke of theHamilton Area Boy Scouts,Dr. Russell Howton of BevillState, Mary Hyche of theKemp Foundation, PaulKennedy of the Walker AreaCommunity Foundation,Julie Kladke of Bevill State,Britton Lightsey of AlabamaPower, Rodney Tice of BevillState” and Hamilton MayorWade Williams.

The first tier of the projecthas been completed. It in-cluded clearing a path on themilitary trail on the campususing tread light techniques,providing Wi-Fi accessthroughout the trail, and

“keying,” or identifying, 20different trees along the trail.

Plans to implement thephases of the next two tiers ofthe project are set to beginthis fall.

Franklin said the comple-tion date “is a little bit up inthe air.” He expects the trailwill probably be completedin less than a year, maybesooner.

No budget has been deter-mined yet for the next twophases, Franklin said.

“Some of the things wewant to be able to do, we feelwe have the money in ourbudget to accomplish whatwe need to do” for the threetiers. However, other oppor-tunities for the site mightcould be funded with grants.

“We are actively lookingat grant funding for some ofthe other additional things wewould like to do,” he said.

In the end, board membersrejected all three bids, whileempowering Hollingsworth tosolicit a cost estimate from acontractor for the work.

He explained that the newconstruction would truly be a“tight fit’’ as there is little roomto work where the addition isto be placed.

“We are land-locked,’’ saidHollingsworth, who noted theaddition would extend outfrom the area near what isknown as the old breakroom.

“This was a simple projectin that we did not want to haveto altar the appearance of thecampus or the school. We didnot want to change the parkingconfiguration or do any majordirt work.’’

Plans still call for the newaddition to be in place in timeto start the new school year inAugust 2017.

Hollingsworth said that the

work would take about sixmonths to complete dependingupon the weather. His hopeshad been to begin work soon inorder to take advantage of thedrier conditions which aremore typical in the fall.

Marion County SchoolsChief School Financial Officer

Clint Green stepped outsidethe board room to confirm thedate of the last such addition.Returning to the meeting, heconfirmed that the six-roomaddition constructed on theHamilton Elementary Schoolfor $564,000 in 2000.

That addition included

water and sewer for restrooms,as well as a new heating andair-conditioning system.

The new four-classroomaddition at the high school willnot include central heat and airas new individual classroomunits will be used in each of thefour classrooms.

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CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Summer fun with Upward BoundThe Upward Bound program at Bevill State Community College-Hamilton held its annual Tal-ent Show on Thursday, June 30, at the Bevill Center with a total of 30 students participating.

The next weekend, July 6-7, 35 students and staff members tooka Summer Educational/Cultural Trip to Pigeon Forge and Gatlin-burg, Tenn., chaperoned by project coordinator Katelin Bell andher husband, Chad, and program director Donna Swinney. Shownare photos from the talent show and summer trip, with high schoolsof participating students shown in parenthesis.

Upward Bound students pose for a photo before attending Dolly Parton’sLumberjack Adventure Dinner and Show in Pigeon Forge.

Upward Bound students pose in front of “The Rock” at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Component Class (college prep) students perform at the Talent Show (from left) Gracie Collier (Hack-leburg), Emely Blanco (Phillips), Megan Britnell (Haleyville), Metty Wilson (Haleyville), Rachel Lowery(Winston County), Collin Evans (Hamilton), Stephanie Acevedo (Haleyville), Rhiannon Seaman (MarionCounty), Kimberly Cisneros (Lynn) and Vivian Marquez (Hackleburg).

Abigail Mederos (Haleyville) and Nicole Franks(Hackleburg) on top of the mountain at OberGatlinburg.

Desiree Wallace (Marion County), Rhiannon Seaman (Marion County), Han-nah Barnes (Marion County), and Alexia Dukes (Lynn) wait to watch DollyParton’s Lumberjack Adventure Dinner and Show.

Alicynn Jennings (Hack-leburg) checks out thePearl Harbor exhibit atRipley’s Aquarium of theSmokies in Gatlinburg.

(From left) Alexia Dukes(Lynn), Ashley Blanco(Phillips), Emely Blanco(Phillips) AbigailMederos (Haleyville),and Rosa Blanco (Ha-leyville) touch the jelly-fish at Ripley’sAquarium of the Smok-ies in Gatlinburg.

(Above, left photo)Sarah Outz (Hackle-burg) performs JollySailor Bold. (Above,middle photo) AlexiaDukes (Lynn) presentsher artwork during theTalent Show. (Above,right photo) CollinEvans (Hamilton) partic-ipates in The Dr. RobinGoodfellow Show. (Bot-tom, right photo) ShayPrice (Sulligent) per-forms a baton routineduring the Talent Show.(Bottom, left photo)Sarah Chambless (Win-ston County) performs aguitar solo.

Saturday, July 30, 2016 Journal Record Page 11