Trussville OKs land rezoning for possible commercial development

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Trussville OKs land rezoning for possible commercial development
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Trussville OKs land rezoning for possible
commercial development on U.S. 11
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Trussville City
Council on Tuesday voted
to rezone a portion of land
on U.S. Highway 11 for
future commercial development.
The area of 1941 Gadsden Highway through 2101
Gadsden Highway, roughly
27 acres, was rezoned to
commercial after about an
hourlong public hearing.
The action just approves
the zoning of the land, not
of the commercial development itself.
The Trussville Planning
and Zoning Board had recommended the zoning to
the city council.
Blackwater
Resources
has an option on the stretch
of U.S. Highway 11 starting at Gloria’s Hair Salon
and up to and including the
boarded-up house across
from the Tutwiler Farm
subdivision entrance.
Trussville City Clerk
Lynn Porter said in January
that the company had about
70 percent of the space spoken for with no duplication
of retailers already in Trussville. Blackwater Resources
has not disclosed who the
retailers are. The shopping
center space could cover
more than 290,000 square
feet, generate $45 million
in sales and create 550 jobs,
according to the company.
The potential shopping
center would have three
access points. A new traffic light would likely be
constructed at the Calumet
Downs entrance.
Many Calumet Downs
residents voiced their opposition to the possible
shopping center. Most cited
traffic congestion and diminishing property values
as reasons not to have a
development across from
their subdivision.
“I feel like we’re paving
Trussville from one end to
the other,” a Dew Gardens
resident said.
Habitat Home Builders Blitz in Clay:
‘We prayed for a day like this’
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Marilyn Phillips was too excited last
Wednesday night, too eager for the next
day, that she accidentally painted part
of a wall inside her new home with
primer instead of paint.
But that’s OK, because she was taking pride in her home, wanting it complete for herself and daughter Amari.
Last Thursday, Phillips’ home, along
with the homes of 12 other families,
was dedicated in Clay’s Winchester
Hills subdivision, part of the ninth annual Greater Birmingham Habitat for
Humanity Home Builders Blitz.
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of volunteers helped in the weeklong building project. Twelve building companies
participated.
“I had such a great time at last year’s
Blitz that I volunteered to serve as this
year’s event chair,” said Kyle Murphy
from Murphy Home Builders. “The
photo by Ron Burkett
Tyechia Owens receives the keys to her new
home in Clay last week.
Councilman
Anthony
Montalto said traffic will
continue to increase in
Trussville.
“People want to come to
Trussville,” he said. “If they
live here, they want to shop
here.”
One Trussville resident
said crime will increase
with another shopping censee REZONING page 2
Matt Pitt speaks
for first time since
release: ‘One of the
greatest experiences
of my life’
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
photo by Ron Burkett
Tamika Pope, with her family around her, shows off her home’s keys to a crowd at last
Thursday’s dedication in Clay.
Home Builders Blitz is a great way for
builders to get involved with Habitat
and help families who would not be
able to purchase a home through conventional means achieve their dreams.”
Families at last Thursday’s dedication
ceremony wore lime green T-shirts with
“I’m a Proud Homeowner” stitched
across the front in blue.
“We prayed for a day like this,” said
Tara Sweeney, who will live in one of
the new homes with sons JaCarrius,
Jayden, T’yon and Alonzo. “We’re just
so happy for this opportunity.”
Builders presented families with
large picture frames including photos
from the week, Bibles and keys to their
new homes.
“Without Habitat, this wouldn’t be
possible,” said new homeowner Carla
Smith, who will live with her son Justin.
Brittany Dixon, with daughters Alana
and Londyn beside her, said the week
was a “very pleasurable experience”
and that she was “in love with my
home.”
“Owning a home will give my family stability; I will have the space to
play with and teach my children new
things,” Dixon said. “It is such a blessing to be a part of this program and to
know that very soon my daughters will
have a place to call our home. God has
photo courtesy of The Basement
The Basement founder and youth evangelist
Matt Pitt
The first thing Matt Pitt wanted to do when
he was released from Shelby County Jail last
month was go back in.
The Basement founder and youth evangelist,
who served eight months for a probation revocation on an impersonating a police officer
charge, wanted everyone to come inside, to see
see PITT page 6
see HABITAT page 4
Zoning for Kellogg’s warehouse could be discussed again in Pinson
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Pinson City Council
meets Thursday, May 15
at 6:30 p.m. at Pinson City
Hall, and a rezoning issue
may be discussed again.
The city council last
month voted to reconsider
a previous action, one in
which the rezoning of land
at 7068 Highway 75 for a
Kellogg’s warehouse was
denied.
For the rezoning to pass,
four positive votes were
needed. Dawn Tanner,
Robbie Roberts and Joy
McCain voted for the rezoning. Mayor Hoyt Sanders and John Churchwell
voted against it. Joe Cochran was not present for
the vote. To be approved,
the vote needed to be 2/3.
“A motion to reconsider
can be made by a member voting in the majority
from the previous action,”
Sanders said. “The matter was then tabled till the
next meeting to confirm
any legal steps to reconsider a zoning case.”
Sanders said last month
he didn’t believe there had
been a motion to reconsid-
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non-intrusive as possible
and as far away on the
property from housing as
possible.
The city has already designated the area as a site
for future highway commercial businesses, according to the master plan.
According to current zoning rules these businesses
could include bus stations,
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“All others have been
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2 Trussville women win Girl Scouts volunteer award
a geographic area team or
program delivery team in
moving its assigned area or
audience toward achievement of the council’s goals.
Sheila Smith of Birmingham and Linda DeLong of Hoover received
the Thanks Badge II. The
Thanks Badge II honors a
previous Thanks Badge I
recipient who has continued to provide exemplary
service in a leadership role,
resulting in a measurable
impact that benefits the total council of entire Girl
Scouts movement.
Page, of Birmingham, received the 30 Years of Service pin.
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A pair of Trussville women won Volunteer of Excellence awards at the Girl
Scouts of North-Central
Alabama annual meeting
earlier this week.
Allison Rudick and Annette Wickert, both of
Trussville, were recognized
as volunteers who have
contributed
outstanding
service while partnering
directly with girls to teach
leadership or who have
supported the delivery of
the council’s mission to girl
and adult members. Sherry
Holloway of Mount Olive
and Catherine Fowler of
Mountain Brook also won
the award.
Frances Faulks, Jeanette
Humes and Peggie Myles
of Birmingham received
the Juliette’s Pearls award,
which recognizes an outstanding volunteer who
has served Girl Scouts for
10 or more years and has
had a significant impact on
GSNCA.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
of Alabama received the
Juliette Low Community
Partnership Award. Sophie
Martin accepted the award
on its behalf. This award
recognizes a corporation,
civic organization or spiritual community that has
collaborated with the council to advance the council’s
mission and goals and resulted in positive community awareness of the Girl
Scouts movement.
Maria Burke of Vestavia
Hills, Judy Cullinan of
Mountain Brook, Dee
Walker and Joyce Christian
of Birmingham received
the Appreciation pin, which
recognizes outstanding service that goes beyond the
expectations for the recipient’s position.
Rachel Estes of Homewood and Beverly Alldredge of Birmingham received the Honor Pin. This
award recognizes an individual’s exemplary service
in support of delivery of
ter. Another said Trussville
doesn’t need any more big
box retailers.
According to Blackwater Resources’ website,
the company has managed
and leased properties at the
Vestavia City Center, Patton Creek in Hoover, the
River Trace Shopping Center in Gadsden, the Northside Mall in Dothan and the
Market Shoppes in Decatur.
by Gary Lloyd
from The Women’s Fund
of Greater Birmingham
built the home for Keyona
Samuels and her family,
on Vernon Street.
More
than
13,000
volunteers were expected
to partner with 300 Habitat
for Humanity affiliates
across the country to help
build affordable housing
in their local communities
last week.
Now in its seventh year,
National Women Build
Week challenges women
to devote at least one day
to the effort to eliminate
poverty housing.
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the Girl Scout Leadership
Experience, which has had
measurable impact on two
or more geographic areas of
service, allowing the council to surpass its missiondelivery goals.
Service Units 54, Mountain Brook, and 56, Shades
Mountain, received the Girl
Scouts of the USA President’s Award. Accepting
the awards on behalf of volunteers of each unit were
Cullinan, service unit man-
ager for Mountain Brook,
and Joan Page, service unit
manager for Shades Mountain. The President’s Award
recognizes the efforts of
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Home built in Chalkville
area part of National
Women Build Week
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A home was built in the
Chalkville area Friday as
part of National Women
Build Week.
The Greater Birmingham
Habitat for Humanity and
Lowe’s teamed up for
the build. Ten volunteers
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Rotary hears from
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The Trussville Rotary
Daybreak Club hosted
internationally
known
Dr. Ashok Kapadia at its
weekly breakfast on May 7.
Kapadia has served in
various capacities within
the Rotary Club, including
president of the Rotary
Club of Bharuch in 19911992. His club was formed
in 1944, and he was the
first district governor from
his club. Among his club’s
projects are a drinking water
project, assistance during
an earthquake, and a dolls
museum that included dolls
from 91 countries. His club
has 100 members. He said
there are 124,000 Rotarians
in India as of April.
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JeffCo GOP straw poll
results revealed
by Gary Lloyd
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Results from Saturday’s
Jefferson County Republican Straw Poll fundraiser
at the Gardendale Civic
Center have been revealed.
In the governor straw
poll, Gov. Robert Bentley won. Kay Ivey was
revealed as the straw poll
winner in the lieutenant
governor category.
Paul DeMarco won the
straw poll for Alabama’s
Sixth Congressional District.
In the House of Representatives District 44
straw poll, John Amari, of
Trussville, was named the
winner. Fellow Trussville
residents Joe Freeman and
Danny Garrett are running
for the seat, which covers
Trussville, Clay and Pinson.
Brett King was revealed
as the straw poll winner
for State Senate District
17. Other candidates are
Trussville’s Shay Shelnutt,
Pinson’s Joe Cochran, Jim
Murphree, Gayle Gear,
Adam Ritch and Jim Roberts.
Other straw poll winners
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High Fly’s new Trussville location Trussville Dunkin’ Donuts
Craigslist ‘hacked,’
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by Erik Harris
For The Tribune
High Fly, a mainstream
competitive
cheerleading and dance
organization, has a new
28,000-square-foot
Trussville
location,
on Valley Road, that
opened earlier this year.
The original High Fly
was on Camp Coleman
Road, established about
11 years ago.
Owner Shane Sharpe
said the company has
grown significantly.
“This location has
been awesome, the parents can make a really
quick move over to any
of the stores to go shopping or grab a bite to eat
while they drop their kid
off,” Sharpe said. “The
other location wasn’t
very convenient.”
photo by Scott Buttram
A scene from High Fly in Trussville
High Fly teaches
gymnastics-based
skills, essential tools for
cheerleaders. The business has groomed more
than 90 college athletes
over the past few years,
Sharpe said.
“We have a high
number of kids that
HABITAT continued from page 1
come through and get
a college scholarship,”
Sharpe said. “We’re really proud of that.”
Getting athletes to the
next level will continue
to be a priority for High
Fly, as it welcomes a
new chapter of business
this week. An additional
building for baseball
and softball sessions
will enter its preparation
phase this week.
Both facilities will
soon share the same lot,
one behind the other.
The baseball and softball complex will offer
10 batting cages and a
full infield for practice
use.
“It (creates) a complete sports training facility, not just a cheerleading training facility,” Sharpe said. “That’s
our goal; we want to be
a complete sports training facility.”
Also earlier this year,
Trussville’s Ta Tumble
U merged with ACE
Cheer Company to form
ACE of Trussville, located on Camp Coleman
Road.
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‘white’ employees
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A Trussville Dunkin’ Donuts
job listing posted on the
Birmingham Craigslist website
asking for “young personable
white people who can listen” is
the result of a hack, according to
the company.
The ad was posted last Sunday
with the headline “Cooks,
cashiers and time to make the
donuts (Trussville).”
The ad in part states, “No more
cry babies or welfare chasers!!!”
and asks to not waste time “with
non experienced people from
center point. If your from center
point apply at that location
please.”
“We are aware of the
Craigslist ad in question, and
upon following up with our
local franchisee learned that
truly answered my prayers
and I am indeed thankful.”
Moneyette Armstrong
said her new home in
Clay, where she’ll live
with daughters Trinity and
Zion, is “truly a blessing.”
Tamika Pope, along with
daughters Cortney, Camilah and Caliya, and granddaughter Jhonna, said she
was happy to see the day
finally come.
“I couldn’t wait for my
day to come and it’s here,
and I’m so happy,” Pope
said.
Tiffany Sweeney said
their Craigslist account had been
hacked,” Dunkin’ Donuts said in
a statement. “The ad in question
was not posted by our franchisee.
Dunkin’ Donuts and our
franchisee contacted Craigslist
to have the ad removed.”
The ad appears to have been
removed late last Wednesday
afternoon.
Dunkin’ Brands Group Public
Relations Manager Justin Drake
said he believes the ad was not
posted by a current employee.
“While we are currently
working with our franchisee
to investigate who may have
been responsible for the post,
our franchisee has no reason to
believe it is a current employee,”
Drake said.
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last Thursday’s dedication
was “very emotional.” She
said it was special seeing
her kids, Nicholas and Nakia, run through the house
for the first time.
“They were everywhere,” she said.
Others who received
keys to their new homes
last week were Shaunte
Miller; Cathy Walker and
daughters Calandra and
Cassandra; Tyechia Owens and children Cameron, Courtlyn and Cydney; Ashley Robinson and
daughter Mari; Jareace
Boxley and daughter Jillian; and Oneasha Swanson and son Mentae.
“Me and my son are
very, very happy,” Swanson said.
At the end of last Thursday’s ceremony, Clay
Mayor Charles Webster
presented certificates to
each family.
“We’re glad to have you
in Clay,” Webster said.
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Trussville library
gets more than
22,000 April visits
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Trussville Public
Library registered 22,123
visits in April, Trussville
City Council President
Buddy Choat said at
Tuesday’s Trussville City
Council meeting.
The library also gained
73 new members in April,
he said.
“The library is one of
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the biggest assets to our
community,” Choat said.
On Tuesday, June 10
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JefCoEd names interim
superintendent
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
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Twitter @GaryALloyd.
The Jefferson County
Board of Education on Friday named Bobby Neighbors, of Nixburg, its interim superintendent.
Neighbors replaces Stephen Nowlin, who earlier
this month was moved to
a consulting job within the
school system for the remainder of his contract.
Neighbors was the Jefferson County School District superintendent from
Chief Deputy Randy
Christian said.
Christian said the man
got out and offered to
help. After looking under
the hood he told her
that she needed oil and
coolant, and offered to
drive her to the store to
get it. She believed him to
be a Good Samaritan and
got in the van, Christian
said. He took her to three
gas stations in Fairfield
and then back to her car.
Once they arrived back at
her car the man slapped
her, sexually assaulted her
and took her money and
cell phone, Christian said.
He then left her on the
side of the road. Another
passing motorist stopped
and called 911.
Sheriff’s
detectives
began work on the case and
sent the description of the
vehicle and the suspect to
law enforcement agencies
across the Southeast.
On April 30, detectives
received information from
Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia that provided
valuable leads in the case
and painted a picture of a
three-state crime spree.
The
investigation
revealed that a man
matching the suspect’s
2000-2003. He was appointed when the school
system was put in state
intervention for financial
challenges.
“He calmed the waters
and helped us through difficult challenges then, and
he can
do so again for us,” said
board President Jennifer
Parsons.
Neighbors formerly was
the former superintendent
of Jasper City Schools. His
son, Mark Neighbors, is
the superintendent of Opelika City Schools.
Neighbors’ first official
day was Monday. He will
serve as interim superintendent for the system’s 56
schools through June 30.
His compensation can’t
exceed $23,000 because he
is in the retirement system
for the Alabama Retirement System for Alabama
schools. The board expects
to have a permanent superintendent by July 1.
photo courtesy of Jefferson
County Schools
Bobby Neighbors
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Suspect in I-59 sexual assault captured, charged
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A suspect was arrested
and charged last week in
a sexual assault case that
happened on Interstate 59
near mile marker 117 on
April 23.
A 34-year-old victim
reported that her car had
broken down, leaving her
stranded. While she was
waiting for help a passing
motorist in a white van
stopped. The male driver
of the van was the only
occupant,
Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office
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Malachi Josephus Moody
description had robbed a
woman in Byram, Miss.,
on April 22 and then stole
the white van from a
church in Jackson, Miss.
The suspect then drove
through Alabama, where
he is believed to have
attacked the victim on
Interstate 59.
After that attack he
continued to the metro
Atlanta area where he
robbed another victim and
led Cobb County police
on a pursuit before being
captured.
Jefferson
County
detectives
obtained
photographs of the suspect
and identified him as the
man responsible for the
attack on a 34-year-old
woman who was broken
down along Interstate 59
near mile marker 117 on
April 23.
On May 1, sheriff’s
detectives obtained arrest
warrants for 21-year-old
Malachi Josephus Moody
of Jackson, Miss. He’s
charged with first-degree
rape and first-degree
sodomy. He was being
extradited to Alabama
when released in Georgia.
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Alabama joins lawsuit against New York’s gun ban
bear arms in the defense
of themselves and their
families,” Strange said.
“I and other attorneys
general believe these
fundamental rights deserve
the highest protection and
that New York’s gun ban
is unconstitutional under
principles the Supreme
Court
has
already
established.”
Alabama was the lead
author of the bipartisan
brief, joined by attorneys
general
representing
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, West Virginia
and Wyoming.
The brief explains that
semiautomatic
firearms
are commonly owned by
law-abiding citizens for
lawful purposes. It urges
the Second Circuit Court
of Appeals to subject New
York’s categorical ban
of certain semiautomatic
weapons to heightened
scrutiny. The brief argues
that, because New York
failed to show that
banning
semiautomatic
weapons would increase
public safety or decrease
gun violence, the ban is
unconstitutional.
what was happening in a
place not accustomed to
positivity.
“It was so alive and revival was really happening
that I wanted everybody in
the lobby, if I could have
had one dream at this moment, I would have had
everybody to come see
what God was doing in this
block,” Pitt said.
Pitt went into the jail to
begin serving time last August. About two months in,
he began a “prayer call”
each night at 8:30 with
one, maybe two inmates.
Those couple became four.
Four became eight. Eight
turned into 12, then 12 became 32. Prayer calls were
then held each morning,
after lunch and at night.
“It was so cool,” Pitt
said.
Pitt said he received
many postcards and words
of encouragement during
his once-a-day, 15-minute
phone calls.
“I couldn’t thank people
enough,” Pitt said.
He said he knows there
are also critics. He remembers the old saying, “Sticks
and stones may break your
bones, but words will never
hurt you.” Then, he shakes
his head.
“That’s a lie,” he said.
“Words hurt.”
There were nights he
cried in jail, he said. He felt
misunderstood, and was
upset that his family were
having to go through the
ordeal. That was the toughest part, he said.
In jail, inmates are promised an orange outfit, three
meals per day and a Bible.
“The word of God became everything to me,”
Pitt said. “I had to eat,
sleep and breathe God’s
word because inside there,
you’re scared. You’re going through a lot of emotions.”
Inmates heard bad news
from family at home, from
lawyers about their cases.
One of Pitt’s cellmates was
looking at a 20-year sentence and was never happy.
Pitt said he found his place
by praying for others, for
those with addictions, for
those who needed their
marriages restored, for
those who just needed to
know God would forgive
them.
“That
became
my
church, just being able to
pray for people,” he said.
“I felt so blessed to just be
in there just doing time.”
Some inmates were suicidal. Some inmates would
use the phone to call people on the outside, but no
one would answer. Pitt told
inmates there was a family
on the outside who would
listen to them. His parents
began fielding phone calls
from inmates. Pitt called in
to The Basement in Trussville.
The prayer calls that
were taking place got so
big that they couldn’t be
done in the lower part of a
cell block in Shelby County Jail. One inmate asked if
they could move it to “the
upper room.” Pitt remembered that from Acts 1.
“When he said that, I
thought, ‘No way. This is
it,’” he said.
Inmates throughout the
jail heard about it, he said.
The room got crowded.
Inmates listened from the
stairwell. Pitt spoke from
atop a toilet.
“Everybody was trying
to get in,” he said.
It was the same room,
Pitt said, where inmates
would get into altercations
before he was put in jail.
Inmates asked each other
if that was the same room,
he said.
“That was the biggest
miracle inside jail,” Pitt
said.
Pitt said one inmate
considered suicidal was
brought to stay with him in
his cell, despite there being
empty cells. After spending some time with Pitt and
at prayer calls, the inmate
ended up preaching in one
of the blocks. Fighting in
the jail declined. Guards
and inmates got along,
smiled at each other, Pitt
said.
“You’re not used to seeing peace between the inmates and the guards, and
there became a lot of it,”
he said.
Pitt spent time in multiple blocks, something
he said he felt like God
was doing so he could go
through every room in the
jail to identify with every
kind of inmate. Pitt said he
feels bettered by the expe-
rience.
“I believe that it will be
one of the greatest experiences of my life,” he said.
“God uses every kind of
thing in my life. He uses
trouble, He uses trials. Any
time I’ve been knocked
down, He uses the pit as
my greatest story. He’s always used the craziness of
my life to reach so many
more people.”
Pitt said being incarcerated has opened his eyes to
who to speak to. He hasn’t
put together the eightmonth experience on paper
yet, likening it to a move
he hasn’t yet been able to
package.
“Now that I’ve been
where a lot of people in my
generation are, I believe
that this will be one of the
greatest stories I could tell
for the rest of my life,” Pitt
said.
While in Shelby County
Jail, Pitt got an hour outside
per day, just a “dog kettle”
area where 60 or more inmates could look up and
see the sky, feel the heat or
cold. Every day, Pitt said,
he wondered what it would
be like in the grass, seeing
trees. Now that he’s out, he
sometimes steps outside,
just to sit in the grass.
“It gets no better than
this,” he said. “Everything
has changed. It’s just such
a blessing to even be able
to walk outside now.”
He said he’ll look around
and think, “I’m never leaving this place. I want to sit
and look at this forever.”
He said he notices things
he didn’t before. He’s trying to see everything, every place, in Alabama.
“Sometimes God will put
you in the dark, in order
for you to see the light,”
Pitt said. “My passion is
now at a level it’s never
been. My commitment,
my dedication to reaching
lives, oh, it’s on now. God
used it to spark a fire in my
heart to reach this generation. That’s what I’m going
to do.”
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by a bipartisan group
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“This brief is about
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1 area residence part of nationwide drug raid
and residences were raided
last week. He said 30 to 40
of the nearly 200 locations
raided nationwide were in
Alabama. Payne said the
drugs come from China
and law enforcement
officials are targeting
the importers, who are
routinely
convenience
store owners. The drugs
carry a large profit margin,
Payne said.
Payne said authorities
believe this could be a
matter of national security.
“We don’t know for sure
that these guys are funding
terror, but the money’s
going to the Middle East
so that’s red flag No. 1,”
Payne said.
Designer synthetic drugs
have caused significant
organ
damage
and
overdose deaths. Over the
past five years, the DEA
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A national takedown on
the synthetic designer drug
market was carried out
last Wednesday, and one
location was in the area.
A residence on Falling
Creek Lane in Grayson
Valley near Trussville
was raided. Other areas
raided in Jefferson County
included Center Point,
Birmingham and Mulga.
The Drug Enforcement
Administration, Customs
and Border Protection,
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Homeland
Security
Investigations,
FBI, IRS and other federal,
state and local partners
announced the culmination
of Project Synergy Phase
II, an ongoing effort
targeting every level of the
dangerous global synthetic
designer drug market.
Since January and leading
up to early Wednesday
morning,
nationwide
enforcement
operations
have taken place targeting
these drug trafficking
organizations that have
operated in communities
across the country.
The second phase of
the
Project
Synergy,
which
began
in
January, culminated last
Wednesday morning in
29 states, involved more
than 45 DEA offices
serving nearly 200 search
warrants. As of last week,
more than 150 individuals
had been arrested and
has identified between 200
and 300 new designers
drugs from eight different
structural classes, the vast
majority of which are
manufactured in China.
“Many who manufacture,
distribute and sell these
dangerous synthetic drugs
found out first hand today
that DEA will target,
find and prosecute those
who have committed
these crimes,” said DEA
Administrator Michele M.
Leonhart. “The success of
Project Synergy II could
not have been possible
without the assistance
of our state, local and
foreign law enforcement
partners. We stand united
in our commitment to
aggressively
pursue
criminals who are all too
willing to experiment on
our children and young
Some of the drugs from one of the busts last week
and manufacturers, many
of these investigations
continued to uncover
the massive flow of
drug-related proceeds to
countries in the Middle
East, including Yemen,
Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and
others. Investigations also
targeted trade implements
such as organic leaves and
packaging material used
in preparation for drug
re-sale and distribution.
These facilitators are key
players in the designer
drug industry.
DEA spokesman Rusty
Payne said several stores
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federal, state and local law
enforcement
authorities
had seized hundreds of
thousands of individually
packaged,
ready-to-sell
synthetic drugs as well
as hundreds of kilograms
of raw synthetic products
to make thousands more.
Additionally, more than
$20 million in cash and
assets were seized. These
numbers are expected to
grow as investigations
continue. Charges of
individuals
were
not
released last week.
In addition to targeting
retailers,
wholesalers,
adults.”
Alabama Gov. Robert
Bentley in a news
conference last week said
10 Alabama counties,
including
Jefferson,
were involved in Project
Synergy.
“Alabamians
should
know that synthetic drugs
are dangerous to their
health, and as governor, I
am going to do everything
I can to rid Alabama of
these drugs,” Bentley
said. “I appreciate the
partnership
with
our
federal, state and local law
enforcement officers to
confiscate synthetic drugs
in Alabama.”
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Clay moving toward new turf for Cougar Stadium
by Lee Weyhrich
Staff Writer
The Clay City Council
is moving forward with
plans to upgrade the field
at Clay-Chalkville High
School’s Cougar Stadium.
The city council last
week voted to enter into
a facilities use agreement
with the Jefferson County Board of Education,
in which the city would
provide up to $265,000
-- roughly half the cost
of new field turf -- in exchange for usage of all
school sports facilities for
the next 15 years.
“We reached out to the
Jefferson County Board
(of Education), and they
are very receptive to
reaching some sort of intergovernmental
agreement where the city of
Clay Park and Rec would
have the next first option
behind the high school,
middle school, elementary school and Jefferson
County sports,” Clay-
Chalkville head football
coach Jerry Hood said.
Just fixing the existing
field would cost between
$350,000 and $400,000,
Hood said. For around
$200,000 more an artificial turf can be installed
with a 10-year warranty,
and the capability to drain
14,000 gallons per minute
with an included underground drainage system.
This is the same type
of field used by Jacksonville State University and
Lincoln High School, and
UAB will soon be installing two fields of this type,
Hood said.
The city would also
save on various rental
fees. Through the previous
agreement, city officials
could request the usage of
school facilities, such as
gyms and fields, a sometimes
time-consuming
task. The city was also responsible for paying rent
for the use of those facilities. Councilman Kevin
Small estimates that the
city would save more than
$150,000 in fees from basketball alone by entering
into this agreement. This
means that, for the city, a
new field could pay for itself in less than two years.
The city would still be responsible for the electricity used for events.
If everything is approved, the school board
will have a bid meeting
May 20, with bids for
work opening May 27,
Hood said. The field could
be completed by Aug. 11,
or as early as 40 days after
groundbreaking, if conditions allow.
In other Clay news, the
city allocated more than
$52,000 to be divided
equally among the three
Clay-area schools from
revenue acquired through
the city’s additional sales
tax. The city last year approved a two-cent sales
tax increase. City Manager Ronnie Dixon said the
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items of “direct student
benefit.”
Chamber names 2014- Trussville Chamber names
2015 ambassadors
new board member
by Gary Lloyd
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Editor
The Trussville Area Chamber of
Commerce last week announced its
ambassadors for 2014-2015.
Named ambassadors were Jason Sparks,
Randy Jinks, Brooke Morris, Sherri Hood,
Brigitte Johnson and Michael Lynam.
These individuals assist the chamber
in recruiting and retaining members, and
coordinating events.
The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce announced this week that Michael
Korpiel, president and chief operating officer of St. Vincent’s East Hospital, has
been appointed to its board of directors.
Korpiel fills the term vacated by the resignation of Patricia McKnight.
Korpiel has served as president and
COO of St. Vincent’s East since December 2013. He is administratively responsible for the 362-bed acute care hospital
including the 90-bed psychiatric unit and
20-bed rehabilitation unit.
Prior to his position at St. Vincent’s East,
he was the COO at the University of Mississippi Hospital and Health System for
three years, and from March 2005 through
October 2010, he served as vice president
of operations for Methodist Hospitals of
Dallas.
He authored “Issues Related to Clinical
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Last chance at April car
registration in JeffCo Friday
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The state of Alabama has
extended the deadline for
renewing April 2014 motor
vehicle registrations in Jefferson County until Friday,
May 16.
Due to the extreme hardships placed on Alabama
motor vehicle registrants
who reside in locations affected by the severe weather that occurred beginning
April 28, the deadline for
April 2014 motor vehicle
registrations in Jefferson
County has been extended
until May 16.
The car tag renewal deadline in January was also extended by order of Alabama
Department of Revenue
Commissioner Julie Magee
due to the winter storm.
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by Gary Lloyd
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The Pinson Public Library will hold its summer reading kickoff event
Saturday, May 17 from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event is to celebrate
the beginning of the summer reading program,
which is for adults, young
adults and children. There
will be ice cream and Pete
the Cat at Saturday’s event.
Pinson’s summer reading
program is June 2 through
July 19. There will be 60
different programs this
year, and kids will learn
about music, art, animals,
science, the library and
their community.
For teens and adults the
library will have book
BINGO with prizes. Some
of the teen programs include a dance workshop,
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The Pinson Public Library
zombie preparedness and
craft programs. Events for
adults include a program
about Sloss Furnace, introduction to genealogy and a
lip-sync battle.
In the library’s first year
of summer reading in 2012,
14 programs were offered
for teens and children. Last
year, 40 programs were of-
fered for teens, children
and adults.
The Pinson Public Library is located on Main
Street in Pinson.
This
year’s
show,
“Simply
the
Best,”
will be a musical revue
including some of the
best songs from Rodgers
and Hammerstein’s most
famous musicals.
All tickets are $10.
For more information,
contact the theater at 205655-3902 or visit www.
actatheater.com.
Contact Gary Lloyd at
news@trussvilletribune.
com and follow him on
Twitter @GaryALloyd.
ACTA Theater annual
fundraiser this weekend
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
ACTA
Theater
in
Trussville will present its
annual fundraiser May 1617 at 7 p.m. and May 18 at
2:30 p.m.
submitted photo
The Paine Primary School Math Team
For The Tribune
Paine Primary School’s
Math Team consists of 11
first- and second-graders
who meet weekly with
Donna Brumlow, the math
coach.
The team works together
as they solve word prob-
lems, work with Jennifer
Scott in her art room to
create mathematical art
designs, learn about famous mathematicians and
their impact, or work with
Charlene Hallman in her
computer lab to learn how
to write basic programs on
the computer.
Members of the team
are Ren Peterson, Miller
McLeod, Ava Nafziger,
Tyler Land, Sara Marie
Buttram, Savannah Day,
Trace Barlock, Drennan
Jones, John Conner Farris,
Elly Morris and Katherine
Andreae.
Contact Gary Lloyd at
news@trussvilletribune.
com and follow him on
Twitter @GaryALloyd.
The Next Health Talk is Scheduled for May 22nd
Tired of what you see when you look in the mirror?
All that dieting hype? Imagine your life without belly fat!
Dr. Gross and Dr. Gray will tell you about the latest
scientific breakthroughs and methods that help you
permanently and safely remove unwanted belly fat while
quickly reclaiming your health, your youth, and your life!
I know and i thought
we were going to get
pictures made before
now, we should be able
to get some pics made
this weekend, we are
going to a seminar in
san antonio and they
usually have a green
screen to shoot pics for
ads. Lets do the old
picture of us, and
mention our facebook
page, and change our
number to 205-8683741, and there is
gonna be another
~Learn how Hormone Imbalances —man or
health talk
on the 22nd,
woman— can distort your midsection into a large
maybe say
something
belly
and prevent weight loss even with dieting and
exercise.
about this
being our
~Learn how Hormone Imbalances can affect your
before pics,
sleepcome
cycles, see
carbohydrate cravings, and fat
burning.
our after?
~Learn why “Counting Calories” doesn’t work for
belly fat.
~Learn the Biggest Mistake that people make with
Exercise that prevents weight loss.
~LEARN WHAT REALLY WORKS for permanent
loss of belly fat and bulges. Safely. Healthfully!
DeShan S. Gross, DC
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Jody S. Gray, DC, DAAPM
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Take a look at Dr. Gross and Dr. Gray’s ‘BEFORE’ picture.
Be sure to attend the May 22nd HEALTH TALK so that you can
see them ‘AFTER’ in person. Call to make your reservation!