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The Trussville Tribune
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Your weekly news source for Trussville, Clay and Pinson
Clay working to
reach ‘mutually
satisfactory
resolution’ to
dog ordinance
Trussville pretrial diversion
program ‘very conservative’
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Trussville’s new pretrial diversion program will
have a “very conservative attitude,” Trussville
Municipal Court Judge
Carl Chamblee said last
week.
The pretrial diversion program was approved by the Trussville
City Council earlier this
month, something the
council was able to do
after the Alabama Legislature adopted an act au- Trussville Municipal Court is held at Trussville City Hall.
thorizing any municipal
hours of community serprosecutor.
governing body to estabChamblee provided a vice, Chamblee said.
lish a discretionary precouple examples of the
In a driving under the
trial diversion program.
program works. In a theft influence case of a firstThe program allows
case of a first-time of- time offender, the prosomeone charged with a
fender, the program fee gram fee is $650, which
crime -- usually a firstis $500. That’s the mini- is the minimum fine for
time offender of a misdemum fine amount for a a DUI case. Typically,
meanor -- to have his or
theft case that goes to the fine is around $1,000
her charges reduced, discourt. Those involved in plus about $400 in court
missed without prejudice
a theft case who are ap- costs. DUI cases that go
or otherwise mitigated
proved for the program through the program call
should all the conditions
must take education for 80 hours of commube met during the timeclasses on learning not nity service and a nineframe set by Chamblee
to steal and perform 15 month drug and alcohol
and approved by the city
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
photo by Gary Lloyd
program.
“The pretrial diversion
program helps those who
have made a tragic mistake in their life,” said
Chamblee, Trussville’s
judge for nearly 30 years.
There are guidelines,
however, and not all defendants qualify for the
program. If someone
gets a DUI and the legal
limit is far exceeded or
see PRETRIAL page A-3
Cheyenne Diner to Pinson?
‘Not at this point’
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The historic Cheyenne
Diner will likely not be
coming to the city of Pinson, according to the executive director overseeing the project to move
the historic diner.
Going Back Enterprises Executive Director
Patti Miller said the diner, which would fit well
at the old Food Town
building on Main Street
in Pinson, will “not at
this point” be located
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The Cheyenne Diner
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in Pinson. Miller said
the diner will likely not
be located in Jefferson
County due to high sewer
rates. Going Back Enterprises owns the Food
Town building.
Miller said in April
that there had been discussions with the city of
Pinson about relocating
the diner there since the
summer of 2011.
The diner was built in
1939, one of three or four
of its kind even built, and
it’s the only one left, Millsee DINER page A-3
Clay has agreed to suspend the enforcement of its
vicious dog ordinance as the city and two plaintiffs
work to reach a resolution, according to court documents.
According to the court documents, both sides will
work to reach a “mutually satisfactory resolution.”
The court order states that Clay city attorneys and
plaintiffs Mary Schreiner and Stephen Schreiner
are to appear in court on or before Sept. 15 to give
Judge Joseph Boohaker a status report.
The breed specific ordinance was set to begin 60
days following the ordinance’s adoption June 3. A
suite seeking an injunction was filed July 30 and a
hearing had been set for last Monday. The preliminary injunction hearing was then delayed due to the
parties being “in agreement to work cooperatively
in an effort to reach a mutually satisfactory resolution to the claim involved herein.”
“We were going to go to court, let the judge hear it
and see what happened,” Clay Mayor Charles Webster said last week. “They made a call at the last
minute Friday and asked if we could sit down and
talk before it came before the judge.”
Webster said he believes the plaintiffs were trying to “scare us into changing it without getting any
kind of ruling on it.”
“My thought was to take it to the judge and let the
judge decide and that way every city around us will
know what they see,” Webster said. “We’ll be the
guinea pig if that’s what we’ve got to be.”
According to the June ordinance, existing pit bull
dogs, or any of their variations, must be registered
with the city, no new pits may be brought into the
city, and any newborn pit puppies will need to be removed from the city limits within a certain amount
of time.
City Manager Ronnie Dixon said earlier this summer that 15 to 18 pit bulls have been registered with
the city since the ordinance took effect. He said
that also since that time, two dogs in the city have
been killed by pit bulls and three more injured by
pit bulls. He said in one of those five cases, a dog
climbed over a fence, and in another a dog was unleashed. He didn’t know the particulars of the other
three instances.
These dog breeds must be confined indoors or
kept in a locked, outside pen. If taken for a walk, the
dogs must be leashed and muzzled at all times, acsee DOG ORDINANCE page A-3
Basement future in doubt, but Christian youth movement is not
by Scott Buttram
Publisher
Karen and Pat Schatzline
are full-time evangelists based
in Trussville with Mercy Seat
Ministries. Pat, an author, was
one of the first people Matt
Pitt reached out to after his
conversion to Christianity as
he began his evangelistic career.
Pitt is in Shelby County Jail
following his second arrest
on charges of impersonating
a peace officer. In September
2012, Pitt pleaded guilty to
the first charge, which he now
says he was innocent of. The
Jefferson County District Attorney charged Pitt with the
second alleged incident just
over a week ago.
Late last week, a video of
Maegan Pitt’s encounter with
sheriff’s deputies attempting
to serve an arrest warrant for
Pitt surfaced on the Internet,
adding to the seemingly end-
less list of stories.
Hanging in the balance is
the future of The Basement,
a Christian youth movement
founded by Pitt almost 10
years ago in the basement of
his parents’ home.
“Matt and I have been
close for many years,” Pat
said. “When The Basement
launched, we spent a lot of
time together. We gave them
resources that they needed.
I really love all those guys,
love Matt, and believed deep-
ly in them.”
Despite
traveling
and
preaching separately all over
the country, Karen sees their
ministry as a team operation
between husband and wife.
Both have been troubled as
they have watched the public
drama surrounding Pitt and
his wife unfold.
“What we do, we do together, and we’re in agreement
with what we do,” Karen said.
“My first role is to keep our
home together, to take care of
our children. I am his wife and
a mother before I am anything
else. I believe that training up
our children, being a woman
of integrity, being a woman of
purity and representing who
we are and everything that we
do.”
Pat said there is no time
off from being who he is as
a representative of Christ and
is concerned about the recent
saga surrounding The Basesee BASEMENT page A-4
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Clay seeks attorney general opinion on road paving
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Clay City Council
last week voted to authorize Mayor Charles
Webster to seek an
opinion from Attorney
General Luther Strange
as to whether Jefferson
County was in violation
of the law by keeping tax
money designated for
road paving work that is
not being performed.
Webster said Councilman Kevin Small made
3 Pinson cemeteries
added to state
historic register
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Three Pinson cemeteries have been added to
the Alabama Historic
Register, it was announced last week.
Steven Baird of the
Pinson Historical Society announced that the
Red Hill Cemetery off
Tapawingo Road, the
Cole-Johnson Cemetery
on Kaley Drive and the
Chamblee
Cemetery
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Most of these cemeteries date back to the
1800s, according to the
Pinson Historical Society.
“Cemeteries provide a
rare opportunity to study
and honor our ancestors
and our community,”
reads a post on the society’s Facebook page.
“These memorials to
past generations can tell
us about settlement patterns, family relationships and lifestyles.”
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the responsibility to pave
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Small said the county
receives 70 percent of
gas tax because it was
responsible for paving
70 percent of the roads.
Webster said he doesn’t
believe those numbers
are correct, though he
said he was going to retrieve the exact figures
for Small.
“It would take a math
expert to figure (the percentages) out,” Webster
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Trussville OKs new tenants, incentives
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Trussville City
Council on Tuesday approved incentives and
leases for two businesses to occupy the former
Food World on Main
Street.
Councilman Alan Taylor recused himself from
the vote, and Councilman Perry Cook voted
no. Councilmen Anthony Montalto, Brian Plant
and Buddy Choat voted
for the deal.
Triple N Enterprises,
which will be a grocery
store, and 24e Fitness,
were approved.
Trussville’s
Downtown
Redevelopment
Authority earlier this
month approved the execution of subleases for
the former Food World
building.
As part of the approval, the city will spend
$912,000 to divide the
former Food World into
two spaces. The city
council also approved
abating a portion of
the sales tax as an incentive for the grocery
store, which amounts to
$800,000 over a fouryear period.
The move was met
with criticism from some
Trussville residents, notably other fitness center
owners. Anytime Fitness
owner Rick Plourde said
he had a letter from his
attorney, saying he reviewed the legality of
the leases.
One resident said the
approval of the new
businesses and the way
they were approved is
“cannibalizing”
other
businesses that have operated in the city for a
number of years.
Trussville
resident
George Glenn said there
“is so much illegal in
Clay mayor sees property
tax ‘down the road’
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Clay Mayor Charles
Webster said a proposed
property tax may come
up again in the future.
“I would think so,
down the road,” Webster
said.
The Clay City Council
last week voted 3-2 to
remove the 5-mill property tax, which would
have generated about
$500,000 per year for the
city, from its agenda.
“I wanted it to come to
a vote, and let’s discuss
it,” Webster said. “That’s
why I put it on the agenda.”
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Clay Mayor
Charles Webster
Jefferson County has
not made property values
by city public in a couple
years, so Clay officials
had to pore over individual property records
from the county and
voter registration records
from the state to arrive
at the number of homes
within the city limits and
their worth. City Manager Ronnie Dixon said
the average home value
is $120,000 and there are
2,900 houses in the city
of Clay.
Webster said he doesn’t
foresee the property tax
being on the agenda “any
time real soon.”
“It might happen down
the road somewhere,”
Webster said.
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this.” Plant, however,
said no illegalities have
been involved. He said
he had “every confidence in the world”
in the city’s attorneys
and the attorney for the
Downtown Redevelopment Authority.
“I think we’re doing what we have to
do,” said Mayor Gene
Melton.
Taylor agreed.
“I want to see this
city prosper,” he said. “I
want to see that happen.”
The city of Trussville
has spent about $22,000
per month for rent on the
building since leasing
it in October 2011. The
city spent $250,000 to
end a 15-year lease with
America’s Thrift Store,
which had planned to
open a store there.
Plant said the council
made the right decision
in 2011, now and the
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DOG ORDINANCE continued from page A-1
cording to the ordinance.
Veterinarians have suggested removing the section on muzzling dogs be
changed, since that can
lead to dogs suffering
sun strokes.
Within 10 days of registration, owners must
post “Beware of Dog”
signs in easily seen locations on their property.
Owners are also required
to carry $50,000 in public liability insurance for
their pets. In case of the
death of a pet, the birth
of puppies or a change
of address within the
city limits, owners have
10 days to notify city officials. Violators of this
ordinance will face between $200 and $500 in
fines as well as up to 30
days in jail.
Webster said the city
doesn’t have the personnel to check to make sure
residents are following
the dog ordinance. That
was never the intent, he
said. He said the city
would be dependent on
the city’s residents to
report vicious dogs and
dogs not on leashes.
“It was basically on a
DINER continued from page A-1
er said. It was moved to
Manhattan, N.Y., in 1940
or 1941 and named the
Cheyenne Diner in 1986
when it was sold. It became famous around that
time when photo shoots
and movie scenes were
shot there, Miller said.
The 96-foot diner has
been in an undisclosed
location in the Birmingham area since it was
moved from Manhattan
in 2009, Miller said. It
was moved in two piec-
es, something that took
six hours to prep for.
Miller said the diner is
owned through a limited
family partnership and
that Going Back Enterprises is overseeing the
project that would relocate the Cheyenne Diner
to a city and accompany
it with a family entertainment development,
which would include a
car museum that would
feature cars from all over
the country and a music
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for the city in the future.
“This is not about
stopping the bleeding,”
Plant said. “This is about
stepping up to the plate
and doing what we have
to do.”
The building has been
vacant since 2010.
someone else is injured
as a result of the drunk
driver, that person may
not qualify. If a defendant is in a pretrial diversion program elsewhere and is arrested in
Trussville, that person
will likely not qualify.
If an alleged thief hurts
someone while stealing, that person will not
qualify, nor will anyone
with prior convictions
or crimes that involve a
gun. There are extenuating circumstances sometimes, Chamblee said.
“There are a lot of
safeguards in it,” Cham-
blee said.
Chamblee said the
program helps those
who have made a mistake and have otherwise
been good citizens. He’s
had past offenders come
to him wanting to their
convictions taken off
their records because it
was affecting their job
and college prospects.
In the past, there’s been
nothing he could do.
“For one moment of
indiscretion or stupidity
in their life, it’s ruined
their life,” he said.
Chamblee said the
court monitors offenders
volunteer basis that you
come to City Hall and
give us a picture of your
dog and let us know that
you’ve done all that you
need to do,” Webster
said.
Webster
said
he
doesn’t want to repeal
the ordinance.
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s still enforced,” he said. “The
judge didn’t rule on the
papers they filed as far
as an injunction. There’s
no injunction that’s been
filed against the ordinance yet.”
venue/recording studio.
Miller has been contacted by other cities
— which she couldn’t
mention — outside of
Jefferson County but
still in Alabama that are
interested in having the
Cheyenne Diner relocate
to their cities, she said in
April.
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in the program closely to
make sure they’re getting
done what they’re supposed to. He withholds
adjudication until the
program is completed.
Chamblee said the passage rate in Trussville
is between 80 percent
and 85 percent. He calls
the ones who complete
the program “NORPs”
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“If it’s somebody that
wants to help themselves
and learn from it, it is a
good program,” he said.
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Child Find at Trussville City
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Pursuant with the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act and Act 106,
Trussville City Schools offers special
programs for children with disabilities
and for children who are gifted. Child
Find is an attempt to locate and provide
appropriate educational and related
services to all children with disabilities
between birth and age 21 and all school
age children who are gifted who reside
within the city limits of Trussville. If
you are the parent of a child between
the ages of 3 and 21 with disabilities or
would like to make a referral for gifted
services and reside within the city limits
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Wrestling at Palmerdale
Homesteads Community
Center
Center will be Sept. 2 from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Plates are $8. Buy tickets in
advance at Unique Gifts or calling 205680-0588. For more information, visit
www.palmerdale.org.
Chalkville Elementary open
GCW Wrestling is the first Saturday houses
each month at 7 p.m. at the Palmerdale
Homesteads Community Center. The
Mark Taylor Band performs the fourth
Saturday each month, clogging and
line dancing, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
PHCC Labor Day Bar-B-Que
The Labor Day Bar-B-Que at
Palmerdale Homesteads Community
Chalkville
Elementary
School
will have its open houses beginning
Tuesday. Kindergarten will be Tuesday
from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and fifth grade
will be 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Second grade
will be Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Fourth grade will be Sept. 9 from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m., and the first and third
grades will be Sept. 10 from 5 p.m. to 6
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p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., respectively.
‘Let Us Entertain You’ at
GVCC
Area ladies are invited to attend a “Let
Us Entertain You” brunch at Grayson
Valley Country Club on Wednesday,
Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
News anchor Janet Hall will entertain
with her original songs and music.
Phyllis Page, humorous international
speaker, will relate how to have peace
when faced with hurricane headaches.
Reservations are encouraged and are
$12. Contact Janice at 205-853-3022
or email [email protected].
Matt Pitt jumped off 45-foot cliff in attempt to elude police
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
The Basement founder and youth evangelist
Matt Pitt jumped off a
45-foot cliff while trying
to elude Birmingham police and Jefferson County
Sheriff’s deputies during
his arrest near Vulcan on
Tuesday night, authorities said.
Birmingham
Police
Department Sgt. Johnny
Williams said that when
officers encountered Pitt,
30, he exited his vehicle
while attempting to leave
the television station on
Red Mountain. Officers
engaged in a foot pursuit
atop Red Mountain and
one of the officers deployed a taser at Pitt but
missed, Williams said.
Williams said that Pitt
continued to run to the
edge of a cliff southeast
of Vulcan and jumped to
the ground about 45 feet
below on 20th Street.
Authorities were at the
base of the cliff and observed Pitt climb from a
ditch after the jump and
arrested him, Williams
said. No officer reported
using any force on Pitt,
Williams said.
Pitt’s mother, Missy
Pitt, posted this message
to Twitter last Wednes-
photo courtesy of Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office
Matt Pitt
day night: “Please pray
for my precious son!!
Bruised and broken leg
and possible broken
ribs,” she tweeted.
“He is lucky that cliff
didn’t take his life,” said
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy
Randy Christian. “For
his family’s sake and for
his, I am truly glad he is
OK. As I said before, going to jail may very well
have saved his life.”
Pitt was arrested Tuesday night shortly after he
finished giving an interview to a local television
station. Pitt was wanted
on felony charges of impersonating a peace officer, but had yet to surrender to authorities.
Pitt remains jailed
without bond in Shelby
County after a writ was
issued for his arrest on
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‘This isn’t about Matt.
concept, was never
“They have to go back It’s about Jesus,’ and get
about a man,” Pat said. to the foundation and their eyes back on Him.”
“Matt needs to have a they have to start over,”
Pat concedes that
season of healing and a Pat said. “They have to The Basement ministry
time for restoration.”
earn back not just the probably won’t continue
Pat said he has reached public trust, but the call- as it has in the past, but
out to Pitt and his fam- ing of God. I honestly sees a new opportunity
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the public life right now chatter, all
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and focus on his family. the different things that to other evangelistic op“Everyone makes mis- are going on,” Pat said. portunities.
takes,” Pat said. “Ev- “We are all account“There are other great
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this was handled badly, fluence. There are tens up,” Pat said.
horribly, but I believe in of thousands of people
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probation
revocation.
He pleaded guilty in
September 2012 to attempting to impersonate a peace officer after
Calera police stopped
him on Interstate 65. Pitt
received a suspended
12-month sentence and
was placed on unsupervised probation for two
years in that case.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s officials say Pitt
identified himself as a
law enforcement officer
in June. A man called
deputies to Falling Creek
Lane on a report of a
found rifle on the edge of
woods, where the caller
reported having seen
people going back and
forth between a vehicle
and the wooded area.
While he was waiting
for police to arrive, two
men drove up on ATVs.
When the man asked
them what they were
doing, Pitt retrieved the
rifle, gave the man his
name and identified himself as a law enforcement
officer. A warrant was
issued for Pitt’s arrest
Aug. 14.
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Teaching kids at church often a learning experience for the teacher
F
or the better part
of the past three
decades,
I’ve
taught kids in Sunday
school.
Since Mama always
taught Sunday school
when I was growing up,
I took it for granted that I
would, too. I just thought
it was something adults
were supposed to do,
kind of along the same
lines as buying a house
or driving an automobile.
So once Jimmie and
I were married and had
duly acquired a mortgage and a car note, I
took what I considered
the next step on the
path to full adulthood:
I agreed to help teach a
class of 2-year-olds in
Sunday school.
I felt safe and somewhat capable starting
out with preschoolers. I
knew the Itsy Bitsy Spider song by heart, and I
could finger paint with
the best of them. As long
as someone else did the
diaper-changing, I got
along just fine.
I later jumped to fifth
grade for a year or two,
dropped back to fourth
grade, then did a stint in
sixth grade that lasted
four or five years. But
for a while now, I’ve cotaught fifth-grade boys
with my friend, Randy,
whose wife, Cindy, calls
me his “Sunday wife.”
But when a new group
comes in each year, we
carefully explain to the
kids that we’re not a
couple.
“Mr. Randy is married
to Ms. Cindy, and I’m
married to Mr. Jimmie,”
I’ll routinely say, even
though some of the kids
tend to forget.
“But y’all fuss like
you’re married,” a fifth
grader once explained,
causing me to question not only the state
of his parents’ union but
whether or not Randy
and I have been teaching together entirely too
long.
Over the years, I’ve
taken breaks and gone
into adult classes for a
while. After all, teachers need to be taught,
too. But before long, I’m
ready to get back to the
kids.
Some people think I’m
drawn to them because
I don’t have kids of my
own, and that may be so.
I do consider the hundreds of kids I’ve taught
in Sunday school “mine”
in a way. Fortunately,
though, I don’t have to
regularly feed them or
send all of them to college.
But the true attraction is more a matter of
maturity: The kids are
more fun than the adults.
I mean, had you rather
play games and watch
Chesley P. Payne
video Bible stories for
an hour each week or
sit around a table talking serious stuff with the
adults? Duh.
And yeah, it takes
some effort to prepare a
lesson whenever it’s my
turn to teach, but when
all is said and done, I’ve
learned as much from
teaching as I’ve ever
taught.
For one thing, I’ve
learned to be flexible. I
can make up games on
the spur of the moment
and scrap an activity altogether if it’s not working and move on to something else. This comes in
especially handy when
working with fifth-grade
boys. They can turn a
room inside-out in a matter of seconds, so quickly
switching gears is often
the key to maintaining
some semblance of order.
And I’ve learned new
words. After hearing one
of my former 2-year-olds
refer to a cupcake as “alicious,” the term became
part of my vocabulary
and remains so to this
day. To give you an idea
of how long that’s been,
that 2-year-old now has
a 2-year-old of her own.
Then there was the preschooler who could cuss
like a sailor, but that’s a
story for another time.
Kids also inadvertently teach me about
their world. Thanks to
the quality and quantity
of their media exposure,
they’re vastly more sophisticated than I was at
their age. And when a
sixth grader starts talking
about girls her age having sex, the importance
of spiritual training becomes ever clearer.
If you’re a parent or
otherwise involved with
kids, you’ll completely
understand when I say
teaching Sunday school
has taught me patience.
But somewhere along the
way, I learned to lighten
up and laugh at some of
the kids’ shenanigans as
much as they do.
Under certain circumstances, I figure that’s
OK. Since God created
kids with all their craziness, He obviously has a
sense of humor.
And in that case, I’ll
just bet He’s laughing,
too.
you are a non-custodial
parent, child support calculations follow a formula with many intricate
provisions that demand
the attention of an attorney with experience in
determining the amount
deemed best for the welfare of the child.
Having an attorney
to represent you in this
situation can often avoid
pitfalls that could lead to
conflicts years after the
divorce agreement is finalized. Some examples
are: Who will pay for the
child’s college education? What documents
need to be executed to
avoid conflicts regarding property ownership
in the event a spouse
chooses to sell a marital asset at a later time?
Who, if anyone, will stay
in the marital residence?
Who will pay for the
child’s health care?
These questions, and
many others, require serious thought and consideration to ensure a
smooth process. In the
event you are faced with
the end of a marriage,
seek legal advice. Often
the benefits will follow
you for years to come.
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Somewhere in
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Understanding the difficulty of divorce, child custody
W
hile not a
pleasant topic, divorce is
a fact of life these days.
Divorce is an area of
law that can encompass
all other areas of the law.
Real estate, debt issues,
business interests and
even bankruptcy can be
involved when a couple
decides to go separate
ways.
The advice of an at-
torney is a virtual necessity. Only an attorney has
the requisite knowledge
to help guide a divorcing spouse through the
mine field of difficult
decisions. If there are
children involved in the
divorce, special attention
is given by the court system to ensuring that the
child will be placed in a
safe, nurturing environment. In the event that
Landings
Welcoming
Returning and Inactive Catholics
A Paulist Ministry
Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church
8090 Gadsden Highway, Trussville, Alabama 35173
WEBSITE: www.hiopcc.org
If you are a Catholic who has been away from the Church, know we
are thinking about you. We invite you to be an active part of us again.
We offer you a safe place, a “Landings” place to be listened to, a
place for understanding and healing, and a place to ask questions and
update your faith as an adult.
During an eight week Landings program, a group of active Catholics
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If you are interested and want more information, call or email us.
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Fall session begins Sunday, September 8, 2013.
Pre-registration is required.
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Riddle, Hood speak to Trussville Rotary
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Hewitt-Trussville and
Clay-Chalkville
head
football coaches Hal Riddle and Jerry Hood spoke
to the Trussville Rotary
Daybreak Club last week.
The coaches discussed
technology. This year,
teams can record a game
from the press box and
share the recording im-
submitted photo
Hewitt-Trussville head football coach Hal Riddle and
Clay-Chalkville head football coach Jerry Hood
mediately with coaches
on the sidelines, enabling
coaches to make corrections with players in real
time.
Hood expressed concern over the new rules
regarding
above-theshoulders hits by players
during a game. Rulings
could be made by judgment calls by the officials.
“The new rules came
about due to concerns
about
concussions,”
Hood said. “I understand
that. Hits that were previously legal, and still
should be, may be ruled
as a penalty under the
new guidelines.”
Riddle said his team is
“hungry” for the season.
“They have had a good
attitude and work ethic
and are looking forward
to the start of the season,”
Riddle said.
H e w i t t - Tr u s s v i l l e
travels to No. 2 ClayChalkville on Friday
to open the 2013 high
school football season.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club meets on
Wednesday mornings at
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Trussville Youth Football League 2013 Team Rosters
photo by Principle Portrait Group/GAMEDAY Sports
photo by Principle Portrait Group/GAMEDAY Sports
photo by Principle Portrait Group/GAMEDAY Sports
The 75-pound Trussville Youth Football League Huskies
are made up of Braden Bakane, Alston Delvecchio,
Colton Blackerby, Brody Robbins, Jack Besse, William
Lamons, Aleksander Colvin, Noah Dobbins, Will Smith,
Jonathan Hoffman, Colby Durden, Jeb Lacy, Coley
Isbell, Brooks Seely, Jackson Carson, Camercon
Simpson, Bryce Fulda, Joshua Ho, Jamal Hobbs,
Mason Holloway and Carson Kirk.
The 95-pound Huskies Gray team is composed of
Jadon Loving, Blake Barlow, Bradley Coffman, Jeb
Bettis, Cal Bearden, Ethan Sutherland, Nolan Posey,
Trey Tyldesley, Wiliam Argo, Cooper Langston, Tucker
Smith, Hunter Jones, Reid Stodghill, Conner Durden,
Macon Gallant, Turner Young, Ethan Finnegan,
William Gallant, Jackson Bryant, Jacob Sanders,
Nigel Smiley, Tyrone Reece, Braylon Chatman, Trace
Eddleman, Luke Filasek, Jacob Alfano, Braden Valdez
and Joseph Filasek.
The 95-pound Huskies Red team is made up of
Jackson Karcher, Noah Walls, Will Jackson, Rob Wright,
Jaqson Melton, Adam Norris, Hunter Osborne, Mark
Smith, Carson Zeitvogel, Riggs Dunn, Keelan Oniszko,
Cole McCarty, Jack Cannon, Drew Johnson, Brady
Trammell, Clayton Hollis, Chase Stewart, Logan Phillips,
Gavin Williams, Jacob Moore, Aidan White, Trey
Thompson, Hunter Kyle, Ryan Davis, Colby Cooper,
Eayn Thomas, Logan Glover and Kade Martin.
photo by Principle Portrait Group/GAMEDAY Sports
photo by Principle Portrait Group/GAMEDAY Sports
photo by Principle Portrait Group/GAMEDAY Sports
Members of the 115-pound Huskies Red team include
Matthew Miller, Will Diggs, Dawson Blount, Colby Little,
Kenyon Anthony, Dexter Massey, James Hammonds
Jr., Owen Fulda, Asheton Adkins, Weston Lovelady,
Benjamin Lamons, Michael Edwards, Brady Ritchey,
Blake Ritchey, Evan Fulda, Kyle Newman, Andrew
Guarino, Ryan Lovelace, Carter Hollis, Jake Allen,
Clint Simpson, Garret Dunn, Nicholas Knisely, TJ Hobbs,
Palmer Bromley, Kyle Wright, Will Scarborough, Cole
Bailey, Colton Pohlman, Aasin Thomas, Wiley Fields
and Chaz Young.
Members of the 115-pound Huskies Gray team include
Eli Spruiell, Ellis Smith, Christopher Mauldin, Jackson
Holland, Matthew Simpson, Garrett Chrisenberry,
Matthew Jones, Luke Golden, Gavin Ellison, Riley
Quick, Ryan Shoop, Logan Ogzewalla, Cade Carruth,
Matthew Shaddix, Peyton Jackson, Reggie Nunn, Riley
Voltz, Cayson Zackery, Eli Muncher, Jaylen Thompson,
Gordon Scott, Trey Washington, Andrew Shelton,
Andrew Cornelius, Landon Ho, Trevor French, Stevie
Curlee, Peyton Bumpers, Carson Chapple, Miller
Malone, Maddox Golden, Cole Stathers, Tanveer
Raza and Matt Antkowiak.
Members of the 135-pound Huskies team include Evan
Kirk, Landon Berguson, Tanner Dodd, Davis Snow, Tyler
Mauldin, Phillip Bentley, KJ Ward, Andy Poole, Noah
Jones, Ian Spruiell, Daniel Simpson, Grey Howard,
Nasir Jordan, Conner Cantwell, Jonathan Moore,
Luke Aaron, Michael Fowler, Ben Belter, Davis Harper,
Samuel Jones, Paul Dimler, Layton Lamber, Matthew
Roberson, Jacob Seagle, Tuner Corley, Reece Roberts,
Logan Self, Trevor Brown, Jake Alderson, Nicolas Lee,
Treagan Lockett, Payne Cardwell, Walker Van Horn,
Blake Parrish, Kristopher Knisely, Caleb Kettering and
Matt Kallaher.
who recently lost his battle with cancer. St. Jude
promised a plaque in his
honor.
whereas older students
kicked
approximately
1,000 times.
This was the third year
Kick-a-thon raises more than $5,000
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A kick-a-thon held in
Trussville earlier this
month raised more than
$5,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The event held at Birmingham Academy of
Martial Arts on North
Chalkville Road in Trussville raised $5,192.25.
The event, which had
45 participants ranging
in age from 3 to 48, was
done in honor of Thomas
Sullivan, a former student
Students spent one to
two hours completing
1,000 kicks. Young students kicked 500 times,
for the event. The first
two years, the academy
raised a total of just less
than $10,000.
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