May 7, 2014 Section A - The Trussville Tribune

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Home Builders Blitz
dedication in Clay
Thursday, page 2
Pinson soccer
teams reach Final
Four, page 20
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May 7 - 13, 2014
JeffCo BOE moves
Nowlin to consulting
job, ending
superintendency
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Pinson to
reconsider
zoning for
Kellogg’s
warehouse
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gifted Trussville student
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by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Editor
The Jefferson County Board of Education on
Tuesday voted to part ways with Superintendent Stephen Nowlin, at least in that position.
The board approved an amended version of
Nowlin’s contract that makes him an administrative officer for the remainder of his contract,
and continues his regular monthly salary for 14
months. He will then be paid a lump sum buyout of $219,691.17 on Jan. 5, 2016. Nowlin, in
his new position, will report to the person who
becomes the new superintendent.
The board confirmed last month that the buyout of Nowlin’s contract was a possibility.
test were presented, it was
revealed Maya was in the
99.99th percentile. Maya’s
IQ is between 157 and 159.
She was moved ahead to the
second grade. When graduation comes for Maya, she’ll
be 16, a month away from
her 17th birthday in seven
years.
Maya said it doesn’t feel
weird being the youngest in
her class. She uses it to her
advantage in four square. If
someone gets her out of the
game, she’ll say, “I’m just
a little girl.” She said this
works on the older kids most
of the time.
In February, Maya was accepted into American Mensa,
a large group of people who
have tested in the 99th percentile on the IQ test.
“We were pretty excited,”
said Kristen, who’s been
working to hopefully earn
scholarship money for Maya
on a fast track since she’ll
The Pinson City Council
at first did not succeed, so
it is trying again.
The city council last
week 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.”
The city council meets
Thursday, May 15 at Pinson City Hall at 6:30 p.m.
Sanders said he doesn’t
believe there has been a
motion to reconsider on a
zoning case since Pinson
has been doing zoning,
which has been for three
years.
“All others have been reclassification based on annexation,” Sanders said.
The owner of the property, Jason Stidham, wants
see MAYA page 5
see PINSON page 3
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Maya Viikinsalo reads “Divergent” in her living room last week.
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
photo courtesy of Jefferson County Schools
Stephen Nowlin
Board President Jennifer Parsons said the
move was “a very careful” one and was “overwhelmingly emotional.” Board member Tommy Little said the decision was “not sudden by
any means.”
An interim superintendent will likely be
named at the board’s 10 a.m. Thursday meeting. A search for the next superintendent will
follow.
Parsons said issues brought to the board’s attention were conveyed to Nowlin many times.
There was nothing “immoral” that took place,
Parsons said. She called him a “fine person”
and “great educator.”
“It just became a philosophical difference in
leadership,” Parsons said.
Nowlin was the Jefferson County Schools
superintendent since January 2013. He was the
Lee County Schools superintendent since 2008
prior to coming to Jefferson County. Prior to
that, Nowlin served as interim superintendent
of Lee County Schools from 2007 to 2008,
and interim superintendent of Madison City
Schools from 2006 to 2007.
Nowlin earned a satisfactory evaluation from
the board in his first year. Nowlin was rated by
the board on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being poor
and 5 being excellent, in 11 categories. A score
of 3 is average.
Nowlin’s best score was a 4.73 in the technology management category. Nowlin’s lowest
ratings were a 3.26 in personnel management
and a 3.2 in community relations.
Maya Viikinsalo’s intelligence could be seen in a
bucket of basic building
blocks when she was 2.
She’d place the blocks one
on top of the other on a coffee table in her parent’s living room until she couldn’t
reach any higher. Viikinsalo
was able to stack them so
high that her parents would
stand her on the coffee table
and hold her up to place the
last piece on top.
She had an “innate concept” of the center of balance
at an early age, her mother,
Kristen, said.
“They usually wouldn’t
fall until I got bored with it
and just knocked it over,”
Maya said.
Maya is a fifth-grader at
Paine Intermediate School
in Trussville. But she’s 9
years old, nearly two years
younger than her classmates
Off-duty Birmingham cop shot at home in Pinson
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A 37-year-old off-duty
Birmingham police officer
was shot during an apparent
domestic dispute in the 5000
block of Gold Leaf Lane in
Pinson on Monday night.
Deputies responded to the
call at 7:55 p.m.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s
Office Chief Deputy Randy
Christian said that initial information is that an adult fe-
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male friend was at the man’s
house when her husband
showed up and knocked on
the door. When the victim
opened the door, the husband
fired three shots, Christian
said.
The victim was hit in the
hand, lower body and back.
He was alert and talking
when he was transported to
UAB Hospital, and his injuries were believed to be not
life-threatening, Christian
said.
The husband fled the
scene. On Tuesday, sheriff’s
detectives obtained arrest
warrants for 33-year-old Andre Devon Morgan, of Birmingham, charging him with
shooting into an occupied
dwelling and attempted murder. He turned himself in to
the Jefferson County Jail on
Tuesday evening. His bond
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While attending the Harris
Early Learning Center in Birmingham, a preschool that
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and is designed to maximize
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tested “way off the charts,”
Kristen said.
During the summer before
Maya’s first-grade year at
Paine Primary School, Kristen contacted Trussville City
Schools to find out about the
Gifted and Talented Education program, for which
students are screened in second grade and again when
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through sixth grades. A day
or two after Maya began the
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and a half of tests, including
an IQ test, that she skip ahead
to second grade.
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UAB coach to talk at Trussville luncheon
by Gary Lloyd
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First-year UAB head
football coach Bill Clark
will be the featured speaker at the Thursday, May 15
Trussville Area Chamber
of Commerce luncheon at
the Trussville Civic Center.
The luncheon begins at
11:30 a.m.
Clark, a Jacksonville
State University alum, led
Prattville High School to
two Class 6A state championships before joining the
University of South Alabama as defensive coordinator, where his defenses
ranked among the best in
the nation for his five seasons there.
Jacksonville State won
its first Division I playoff game under Clark and
posted 11 wins in his only
season at the school last
season.
Clark was named the
UAB head football coach
in January, when Garrick
McGee departed after two
seasons to become the
Louisville offensive coordinator.
“As we talk about the
process of what we are
going to build here, we
talk about making the total man,” Clark said at his
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UAB head football coach Bill Clark
introductory press conference. “That is what we
want to do. We are also
going to involve the city of
Birmingham, our faculty
and our students. We want
to create excitement. There
are just so many things that
we have got to do. We are a
little bit behind, but that is
OK. We have been recruiting. We have been working. We think there are a
ton of things to sell at this
university. We just have to
get that process started. We
are extremely happy.”
UAB Athletics Director Brian Mackin said at
Clark’s introduction that
he wanted a man who had
integrity and character.
“Check, he has that,”
Mackin said. “He is respected by his peers. There
has not been one person
who has said a bad thing
about Bill Clark.”
The cost for the luncheon
is $17. For more information, visit www.trussvillechamber.com or email
Event Coordinator Katie
Thompson at katie.thompson@trussvillechamber.
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Zoning for Highway 11 commercial development
could go before city council
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Trussville City
Council at its Tuesday, May
13 meeting is expected to
hold a public hearing regarding the rezoning of
land off U.S. Highway 11
for a possible commercial
development.
The city council meets
at 6 p.m. at Trussville City
Hall.
The Trussville Planning
and Zoning Board has recommended the zoning to
the city council. Any possible action by the city
council would approve the
zoning of the land, not of
the development itself.
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.
Porter said in January that
the site’s entrance will be at
the traffic light at Tutwiler
Farm. It will require rezon-
ing and plat approval prior
to construction. Porter said
the company indicated that
it would like to be under
construction this summer.
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.
come from the building
community whose members understand the importance of creating strong
communities,” said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of
Habitat for Humanity International. “We are incredibly grateful that so many
home builders choose to
give of their time, talent
and resources to help build
hope in the lives of families
in need of decent shelter.”
Construction on 13
homes in the Winchester
Hills subdivision off Sweeney Hollow Road in Clay
began last Thursday. Families are scheduled to receive their keys Thursday,
May 8 at noon.
Families receiving keys
to their new homes are
Carla Smith and son Justin;
Shaunte Miller; Brittany
Dixon and daughters Alana
and Londyn; Moneyette
Armstrong and daughters
Trinity and Zion; Marilyn
Phillips and daughter Amari; Tamika Pope, daugh-
ters Cortney, Camilah, and
Caliya, and granddaughter
Jhonna; Cathy Walker and
daughters Calandra and
Cassandra; Tyechia Owens and children Cameron,
Courtlyn and Cydney; Tara
Sweeney and sons JaCarrius, Jayden, T’yon and
Alonzo; Ashley Robinson
and daughter Mari; Tiffany Sweeney and children
Nicholas and Nakia; Jareace Boxley and daugh-
ter Jilliann; and Oneasha
Swanson and son Mentae.
Ten families received
keys to their new Habitat
for Humanity homes in the
Winchester Hills subdivision last May. In Decem-
ber, one family received the
key to its new home in the
same subdivision as part of
Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity’s “Home
for the Holidays” event.
It was announced last
year that Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity had purchased 50 more
lots in the Winchester Hills
subdivision. The 2015
Home Builders Blitz could
also take place there.
Greater
Birmingham
Habitat for Humanity
President and CEO Charles
Moore said families who
qualify for the Habitat for
Humanity program must
contribute 300 hours of
“sweat equity” and attend
workshops on financing
and budgeting. The families pay a mortgage, but
with zero interest.
Home Builders Blitz dedication in Clay Thursday
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Local homebuilders have
partnered with Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity to raise walls on 13
homes in partnership with
low-income families seeking decent and affordable
housing in Clay as part of
Habitat for Humanity’s
Home Builders Blitz 2014.
Home Builders Blitz
2014 is a partnership between Habitat for Humanity and the building industry
to build homes across the
nation. Builders and Habitat affiliates work closely
to organize all aspects of
building, including securing subcontractors and
suppliers, fundraising and
seeking donations of materials. Builders participating in the program this year
worked with more than 80
Habitat affiliates.
“Many of Habitat’s most
prolific supporters have
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by Gary Lloyd
The Clay City Council will hold its first
meeting of May on Thursday, May 8.
The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at Clay City
Hall at 2441 Old Springville Road.
The meeting was originally scheduled
for Monday, May 5.
In other Clay news, the annual fishing
rodeo has been scheduled for Saturday,
June 7 at Cosby Lake Park. More details
will be released as the date approaches.
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Hewitt-Trussville High School teacher in Final
Four for Teacher of the Year
by Gary Lloyd
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Hewitt-Trussville High School
exceptional education teacher
Carrie Jones is one of four
final candidates for the 20142015 Alabama Teacher of the
Year recognition, the Alabama
State Department of Education
announced last week.
The other three candidates
for the award are Rocky Ridge
Elementary School teacher
Ellen Anson, Cherokee Bend
Elementary School teacher Ann
Marie Corgill and Dothan High
School teacher Christopher D.
Payne.
“The final four candidates are
shining examples of educators
who have devoted time, attention
and love to the education of
students in Alabama,” State
Superintendent of Education
Tommy Bice said. “They have
given all their energy and
expertise to help prepare students
for the world.”
The next step for the final four
is an extensive interview with
the state judging committee. The
2014-2015 Alabama Teacher of
the Year will be revealed at a
ceremony hosted by the Alabama
State Board of Education and
the Alabama State Department
of Education at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14 at the RSA
Plaza Terrace in Montgomery.
Alabama’s Teacher of the
Year spends the majority of
the school year serving as the
spokesperson for education and
the teaching profession as well as
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Carrie Jones
presenting workshops to various
groups. Additionally, Alabama’s
representative is a candidate for
the National Teacher of the Year
Award.
In her Alabama Teacher of
the Year Final Four biography,
Jones describes how she was
inspired by her father’s example
of love and service. Though
she originally aspired to be an
English teacher, two years into
her degree program she felt
led to become an educator for
exceptional needs children.
Jones established the Life
Skills Academy at HewittTrussville High School in 2005,
a multi-faceted program that
focuses on functional academics,
daily living skills, vocational
training, recreational and leisure
programming,
and
general
population integration through
peer partnering.
Outside
the
classroom,
Jones serves as the executive
director
of
Independence
Place, a nonprofit program
that provides recreational and
leisure services for exceptional
needs adults in Trussville and
surrounding
communities.
Jones and Independence Place
won a Gatekeeper award at
the Trussville Area Chamber
of Commerce annual banquet
earlier this year.
“I believe the art of teaching
in the noblest profession one
can aspire to obtain...It is the
inherent job of a teacher to
inspire students to be greater
than anyone believes they can,
go farther than they think they
are able, and give more than they
feel they possess,” Jones said.
and the other was armed with a
machete, said Jefferson County
Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy
Randy Christian.
After allegedly robbing the
store, the two men fled in a gold
pickup truck, Christian said.
A description of the truck was
broadcast to responding units.
Deputies were familiar with a
vehicle matching the description
as well as two brothers that often
drove the vehicle.
Deputies went to the home of
the men and found them at the
house. They were identified as
the two who had committed the
robbery, Christian said.
The brothers were taken into
custody and transported to the
Jefferson County Jail.
Brian Matthew Peters, 34, is
charged with first-degree robbery. His bond is set at $20,000.
Jacob Ian Peters, 22, is charged
with first-degree robbery and
third-degree theft of property.
His bond is set at $20,300.
Contact Gary Lloyd at news@
trussvilletribune.com and follow
him on Twitter @GaryALloyd.
Pinson brothers nabbed in convenience store robbery
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A pair of Pinson brothers are
behind bars after allegedly robbing a convenience store on New
Castle Road near Morris last
Thursday.
Just before 2 p.m. last Thursday, Jefferson County sheriff’s
deputies responded to a report
of a robbery in the 6600 block
of New Castle Road. A caller
reported that the store had just
been robbed by two men. One
was armed with a baseball bat
photo courtesy of the Jefferson
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photo courtesy of the Jefferson
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Engineering Academy discusses projects at Trussville Rotary
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Trussville Rotary
Daybreak
Club
last
week heard from HewittTrussville High School’s
Engineering Academy.
Students shared with
Rotarians
information
about two of their recent
projects. One involved
researching temperature
differentials to design a
project to be able to charge
cell phones through a
helmet using body heat
exerted while, for example,
climbing a mountain, a
situation that currently
wouldn’t allow such a task.
Another project – one
futuristic in nature –
involved the creation
of a cane for those with
disabilities. The cane
would read bar codes in
flooring to assist people in
finding their way around.
Unlike some devices that
would make a noise, the
cane would vibrate to direct
its user, so as not to attract
unnecessary attention.
The
Engineering
Academy is under the
direction of Jason Dooley
and Chris Bond.
“Engineering
teaches
kids to think, even if they
don’t become engineers,”
Bond said.
submitted photo
From left are Rotary Club member Ty Williams, Taylor
Cooner Rotary Club President Alan Taylor and Danny
Cooner.
MAYA continued from page 1
graduate at such a young
age.
A television documentary series may help. Last
month, Kristen received
an email from American
Mensa, notifying the family that Shed Media US
is casting gifted children
ages 8 to 12 and their
families for a new documentary series that aims
to offer a deep insight into
the extraordinary world
of America’s most gifted
children and their families.
Kristen and Maya have
both been interviewed by
casting producers via Skype. They’ll soon know if
Maya has been chosen for
the TV show.
“I believe things happen
for a reason,” Kristen said.
If chosen for the series, a
crew will film Maya’s day
to day life in Trussville in
June. Near the end of June
and early July, Maya and
her family would be flown
to Los Angeles to film the
first couple episodes of the
show, which will likely be
on a major cable network
such as TLC. The show
will also feature a rigorous
academic competition for
the children.
old, though. She likes to
draw, play with dogs and
cats, play on iPad apps and
build homes on “The Sims
3” game. She watches the
movie “Frozen” about
once per week. She wants
to eat snacks and watch
TV after school, but is “intensely focused” when she
works on her homework,
Kristen said. She’s never
had a B on a report card
and the slang word “ain’t”
drives her crazy.
Maya wants to be an ar-
submitted photo
Viikinsalo
Maya is a “human scanner,” Kristen said, absorbing information after looking at it just once. She uses
time signatures in written
music to simplify fractions. She does the same
with the numbers on a
clock before she goes to
bed. “This is just what she
does,” Kristen said.
She’s also an accomplished singer at a young
age. She was in the Birmingham Girls Choir for
four years, has been on
ABC 33/40 singing with
Taylor Hicks and has taken private voice lessons
at UAB ArtPlay for about
two years. She’ll sing the
National Anthem at the
Birmingham Barons game
against the Jackson Generals on June 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Maya is a typical 9-year-
chitect when she grows up,
no doubt a dream that can
be traced back to when she
piled building blocks up
on that coffee table. She’s
obsessed with iPad games
that involve building.
“I just think it’s really cool to make things,”
Maya said.
Kristen wants to do all
she can to help make Maya’s future dreams come
true.
“That’s my job,” Kristen
said. “That’s my mission.”
Maya’s
stepsister,
Amanda, graduated from
Hewitt-Trussville
High
School with a 4.4 GPA.
She’s on scholarship and
in the Honors Program at
UAB. She’s already studied abroad in France.
“They never stop working hard,” Kristen said.
“They just never do.”
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Scenes from Hewitt-Trussville Crash victim north
of Pinson identified
High School Awards Day
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
photo by Ron Burkett
Hewitt-Trussville High School Principal Tim Salem speaks at
Awards Day.
The crowd at Awards Day last week
Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill speaks
at Awards Day.
A 78-year-old man who
died last Thursday morning
in a crash just north of
Pinson has been identified.
The victim was identified
by
Jefferson
County
Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jack
Self as Isaiah Sanders Jr.,
of Warrior.
At about 7 a.m. last
Thursday, deputies were
called to investigate a
single-car accident in the
1000 block of BradfordTrafford Road. A maroon
Chevrolet Trailblazer left
the road and crashed into
a fence, said Jefferson
Chief
Deputy
Randy
Christian. Deputies arrived
to find the male driver dead
on the scene.
Initial indications are
that the driver suffered a
medical emergency that led
to the accident, Christian
said.
Hewitt-Trussville High School Principal Tim Salem and
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Fugitive charged with selling heroin in 2013 in custody
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A Birmingham man and
federal fugitive charged
in connection with a
2013 heroin overdose
death in Tuscaloosa was
arrested last month in
Atlanta and arraigned
last week in U.S. District
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indicted in 2013 as part
of an ongoing initiative
between law enforcement
and the U.S. Attorney’s
Office to attack the supply
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Joel’s Restaurant on Main Street in
Trussville has partnered with CM Food
Service.
CM Food Service Director of Operations Mitch Hurt said owners Joel and
Peggy Rickles are getting some help so
they can have some time off.
Joel’s Restaurant opened in Trussville
in January 1983.
“We’re going to be around,” Peggy
Rickles said.
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Hurt said the restaurant’s recipes will
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be changed as a result of the partnership.
“We recognize it as the institution as it
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Hurt called it a “perfect fit for everybody.”
In other business news, the first phase of
remodeling the former Lightning Strikes
in Trussville is now complete. Now known
as Spare Time Entertainment, the bowling
side of the spiraling heroin
problem.
U.S. Magistrate Judge
John E. Ott arraigned
Foster on the charges
against him and ordered he
remain in custody pending
trial.
The charges include that
Foster distributed heroin
on March 19, 2013, that
resulted in the death of
a 20-year-old University
of Alabama student the
following day. The charge
of distributing heroin that
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
results in a death carries
a minimum mandatory
sentence of 20 years in
prison.
“The U.S. Attorney’s
Office is fighting the
growing
availability
of heroin and alerting
the community that the
problem is here and
growing ever more deadly,”
Vance said. “The rising use
of heroin is a public health
crisis. It ruins lives and is
killing our children. My
office prosecutes heroin
dealers. Those who sell
heroin that causes a death
are looking at a mandatory
20-year sentence in federal
prison.”
Another
Birmingham
man arrested in the
September roundup also
was charged with selling
heroin that resulted in a
death. Harold Donnell
Mims, 31, pleaded guilty
in February to selling
heroin that caused the
death of a 28-year-old
Tuscaloosa resident. Mims
is scheduled for sentencing
May 27.
The
two
overdose
deaths Foster and Mims
are charged with causing
occurred at the same
Tuscaloosa
apartment
complex in the span of one
month in 2013.
As of last week, 39 of
the 49 people indicted
in the 2013 sweep have
pled guilty and 36 have
been
sentenced.
The
sentences have ranged
from probation for first-
time offenders to 12 1/2
years for the dealers who
qualify as career offenders
under federal sentencing
guidelines.
The public is reminded
that an indictment contain
only charges. Defendants
are presumed innocent
and it’s the government’s
responsibility to prove
guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt at trial.
More than 50 people
died in 2012 in Jefferson
County due to heroin
use and abuse. A couple
of those deaths were in
Trussville.
Miss Kelley’s
photo by Gary Lloyd
Joel’s Restaurant in Trussville
alley’s addition of laser tag and a game
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There are more than 75 arcade games.
The second phase is scheduled to be
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Pinson pursuing loan to finance city park
by Lee Weyhrich
Staff Writer
The Pinson City Council last
week voted to pursue a more than
$2 million loan from Joe Jolly and
Co., Inc Municipal Securities to
finance the city park project.
The 20-year, 3.3 percent fixedinterest, non-taxable loan was
offered due to the city’s high
credit rating. The $2 million figure
will not only cover the park, but it
should help the city meet another
obligation as well.
“My thought is that we
will probably be in the $1.7
(million), $1.8 (million) range
with our park given the options
or alternates I feel like we will
take,” Mayor Hoyt Sanders said.
“In December that would enable
us to put in $200,000 and then
finance $200,000 on our city hall
balloon (loan) that will come in
due November this year at about
$410,000 or $415,000.”
Final details for the loan will be
discussed at a later meeting.
The city council agreed to
chip in $15,000 toward the
Pinson Valley High School band
purchasing new uniforms. The
band had already raised $25,000
on its own. The uniforms can
be used for more than a decade
before needing to be replaced.
In other news, Mayor Hoyt
Sanders vowed to inquire with
the Jefferson County Board of
Education of its possible interest
in a city-schools agreement about
use of the football field at Willie
Adams Stadium.
For some time, the council has
been in discussions with the school
board regarding the poor state of
the field. The council discussed
options regarding practice fields
and the reconditioning of the field.
file photo
This graphic shows particulars of the city park.
The school board has been
looking into re-sodding the field
and constructing practice fields
to help mitigate future damage.
The current field sees heavy use
from soccer, band practice and
football, and will soon see use by
a lacrosse team. Having multiple
fields would not only decrease
that damage, but it would allow
multiple groups to practice at
the same time. The city owns
property surrounding the school,
which could be used by the school
for these practice fields.
The cost of re-sodding would be
less than $50,000, but work would
need to be done immediately
with football season starting in
August. Not only that, but with
sod, the council could find itself
having the same debate in a year,
Councilwoman Dawn Tanner
said.
Councilman Joe Cochran
advocated the installation of
artificial turf. While turf would be
considerably more expensive up
front, he added, the field would
have a warranty, a 12- to 15year lifespan and could handle
considerably more punishment.
He suggested an agreement with
the school board similar to that
proposed by the city of Clay,
wherein the city would help
cover the cost of improvements in
exchange for the county allowing
the city free use of the facilities
for events and youth association
games.
The cost of the artificial turf
would be roughly $500,000, of
which Cochran proposed the
city pay half. He also suggested
using the property surrounding
the school as partial payment on
that remaining $250,000. Sanders
estimated the property worth
roughly $100,000.
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Miss City Fest New look for Clay
city
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winners named
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by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Editor
The city of Clay’s website has a new look.
The top header of www.
clayalabama.org now calls
Clay the “lifespring of the
Cahaba,” a reference to the
Cahaba River.
There are tabs for residents, visitors, events and
forms, government and
contact. There is also a calendar button, open bids and
opportunities, and sports
and recreation. There is
also a button where people
can report concerns.
The cities of Trussville
and Pinson have in recent
months updated their websites as well.
For more information,
visit www.clayalabama.
org.
Miss City Fest pageant winners were named
over the weekend after
the pageant Friday at the
Trussville Civic Center.
A total of 36 girls entered the contest.
Mini Miss Overall City
Fest was awarded to Renlee Mac Jones. Baby Miss
City Fest/Crowd Favorite
was Barnett Landry, Tiny
Miss was Jessa Webb,
Precious Miss went to
Finley Bell, Junior Miss
Overall City Fest was
awarded to Payton Myers,
Little Miss was Caroline
Wilder, Petite Miss was
Bella Sahagun, Crowd
Favorite went to Paris
Grace Wilder, Senior
Miss Overall City Fest
was awarded to Madyx
Henning, Pre-Teen Miss
was Haley Howell and
Teen Miss was awarded
to Lizzy Ezell.
More than 5,000 people attended City Fest in
Trussville on Saturday.
photo by Gary Lloyd
A screenshot of the website’s mobile look
photo by John Shadrick
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Pinson city attorney has ‘a lot of fun’ drawing city council members
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Shane Black admits it, he’d go
crazy if all he ever did was practice law.
“You’ve got to do something
else,” said Black, the city attorney for Pinson since it incorporated in 2004.
Black said it’s been a “really
great experience” practicing law,
especially in Pinson.
“Pinson is a special place,” he
said.
But people need hobbies. Back
in 2006 or 2007, Black started
doodling Pinson City Council
members. He drew a puzzlepiece-looking picture of Councilman John Churchwell, the
chair of the city’s Annexation
Committee, standing with a map.
Black and Churchwell laughed
about it.
“It was fun to do,” Black said.
Last year, Black thought it
would be a good idea to draw
the entire Pinson City Council. It
took him about five or six hours
to sketch the caricatures of the
five city council members and
mayor, and then color the picture
with colored pencils. He tried to
draw each person with an emphasis on what his or her focus
has been while in office.
Councilman Joe Cochran, the
chair of the Public Safety Committee, holds a microphone and
wears a badge. Churchwell looks
at a map. Councilman Robbie
Roberts, who was instrumental in starting the Pinson Public
Library, flips through a book.
Councilwoman Dawn Tanner,
who chairs the Finance Committee, looks through bills. Councilwoman Joy McCain, chair of the
Enhancement Committee, holds
a candy cane to reference the
Christmas parade and a movie
reel. Mayor Hoyt Sanders stands
in the middle of the picture, his
hands raised in the air.
“It was a lot of fun doing it,”
submitted photo
Pinson City Attorney Shane Black
shows his drawing of the Pinson
City Council.
Black said.
The picture is at Pinson City
Hall, given to the city council
earlier this year as a gift. Black
said he’s become attached to Pinson, the community he’s worked
with for the past 10 years.
“It’s been a real joy to represent Pinson,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed that representation.
These guys have worked really
hard. I’ve gotten to know them
really well, and I just wanted to
do something to kind of show my
appreciation for it.”
More than 5,000 attend Trussville City Fest
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
More than 5,000 people
attended the 34th annual
Trussville City Fest on Saturday.
Presented by the Trussville Area Chamber of
Commerce, this year’s festival was a one-day event.
Fireworks capped off the
event.
Along with headliner
Benjy Davis Project, entertainment included the Jeff
Otwell Band, the Shaun
Pezant Trio, Kristy White,
One Accord and local entertainment. The group
Nashville Bound featured
local students Jackson
Capps and Skylar Wallace.
A boy rides the mechanical bull at Trussville City Fest.
Jackson Capps and Skylar Wallace perform Saturday.
photo by Patience Marsh
Trussville City Fest attendees enjoy the “hamster balls” on
Saturday.
Entertainment also included a mechanical bull
and “hamster balls,” giant
clear balls people jump
into and roll around in a
pool without getting wet.
Mascots such as Huey
the Husky, the Birmingham Barons’ Babe Ruff,
the Chick-fil-A Cow and
others were in attendance.
This year’s festival again
featured a classic car show
coordinated by the Crossroads Cruisers of Snead.
About 30 cars participated
in the show.
Part of Saturday’s crowd

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