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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous calls concerning a scam that is again going around.

According to reports, a man identifying himself as an investigator with the Jefferson

County Sheriff’s Office calls. The suspect uses a technology known as “spoofing” to make the victim’s caller I.D. show that the call is from the sheriff’s office.

He tells victims that they owe money to the Internal Revenue Service and that a warrant has been issued for their arrest. They are then told the warrant can

be dismissed if they get a pre-loaded debit card and then send the information to him. There is never any warrant and the man does not represent the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office doesn’t conduct business this way. The sheriff’s office doesn’t collect money for fines or court costs. That responsibility belongs to

the court clerk’s offices. An investigation into the scam

and the identity of the caller is under way.

For information from the IRS about this scam, visit http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts.

If you have received one of these calls that displayed the Jefferson County Sheriff’s

Office’s telephone number, you should file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission at https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us.

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Railroad Avenue in Trussville could be completed by September, according to Mayor Gene Melton.

Melton said at the April 14 Trussville City Council meeting that the city council could approve of going out to bid for the project at its Tuesday, April 28 meeting, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Trussville City Hall.

Railroad Avenue runs behind Hardee’s near the railroad tracks just off South Chalkville Road. The road would extend all the way to behind Bryant Bank. Completing the road would likely alleviate traffic congestion at the Chalkville Road intersection with Main Street.

The project would also take care of drainage issues and clean up the area.

There is a second part of that potential project, Melton said. Once Railroad

Here is The Trussville Tribune’s area weather forecast for the next seven days. For current

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The names are now official.The Trussville City Board of Education

on Monday voted on the official names of two community elementary schools under construction in Trussville.

The school in the Cahaba Project will be called Cahaba Elementary School. The board last month placed Cahaba Elementary

School on the table for consideration. Other options were Central Trussville Elementary School, Cahaba Central Elementary School, Cahaba Village Elementary School and Trussville Cahaba Elementary School.

The school in the Magnolia Place area will be called Magnolia Elementary School. The name the board placed on the table was Magnolia Elementary School. The other option was South Trussville Elementary

The trial of youth evangelist and The Basement founder Matt Pitt continues in Jefferson County this week.

The trial began Monday and recessed Tuesday around 4:15 p.m. It was set to resume Wednesday at 9 a.m., with five witnesses left to testify for the defense.

The prosecution rested its case Tuesday afternoon.

Pitt is charged with impersonating a peace officer, a felony, for an incident

A man was being treated at UAB Hospital last week after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria following a softball game in Trussville.

Trussville Parks and Recreation Athletics Director Zach Manning said there is a men’s recreational softball league that plays in the city. Park officials had not been informed of the situation and were not aware of any issues involving the league, according to Manning.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious bacterial skin infection that spreads quickly and kills the body’s soft tissue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accurate diagnosis, prompt treatment with antibiotics through a vein, and surgery are important to stopping this infection that can become life-threatening in a short amount of time.

The man was identified on a GoFundMe.com page as Anthony Smothers. The page’s creator, Jennifer Wesson, did not respond to a message seeking comment before press time. Smothers’ condition was unavailable at press time.

According to the page, Smothers and his wife on April 8 noticed a “strawberry” on his right calf that was

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When The Trussville Tribune plunged headlong into the world of digital media last year, publisher Scott Buttram realized the new venture would require more room than the newspaper’s 900-square-foot office on Valley Road would allow.

“I’d kind of been looking around for another, more visible location before that,” he said, “but when we started formulating the idea of an in-house studio, I knew it was time to get serious.”

Then he heard the upper floor of the old Masonic building on Main Street was about to become available, and the more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea of moving there.

“We’d not only be acquiring the room we needed for a studio,” he said, “we’d also be putting the newspaper downtown

where it should be.”So a deal was struck with

the building’s new owner, local businessman Mike Gunter, and the process of turning a former lodge hall into a combination newspaper office and multimedia studio began. Though some of the remodeling is still a work in progress, the Tribune relocated in January.

“I’m very glad Scott shared my vision for the newspaper to be downtown,” Gunter said. “I think it’s perfect having the newspaper overlooking the heart of our city.”

The roots of the historic structure go back to 1939, when Georgiana Davis Lodge No. 338 purchased the lot at what is now 192 Main St. for $400. A down payment of $140 was made, with a mortgage for the balance held by local businessman T.E. Glenn.

After the final payment was made in June 1944, lodge members began making plans to put a building on the site.

Construction began in 1947. Lodge member L.P. Tucker was appointed to oversee the project with members and contractors providing the rest of the work.

Financing was provided by the sale of 180 bonds for $100 each secured by a mortgage held by First National Bank

of Birmingham (later, AmSouth Bank). Some members also made cash contributions to the building fund.

The first meeting in the new lodge hall was a quarterly meeting of the Pinson Division of the Jefferson County Masonic Conference on Aug. 21, 1948. Two days later, the

Georgiana Davis Lodge held its first meeting there and continued to meet there for the next 40-plus years.

According to the building’s previous owner, Rick McDowell, his former boss, Jimmy Walker (the original owner of Total Printing), purchased the building from Georgiana

Davis Lodge in the early 1990s. Walker later sold the business, building and all, to Jerry Higdon.

“In 2001, I bought the business from Jerry and a few years later, I bought the building,” McDowell said.

Total Printing remained in the two-story building’s street level space for two decades, but a number of other businesses preceded it. While the upper floor was reserved for lodge meetings as long as the Masons owned the building, the lower floor was rented out. Members of the “Trussville, Alabama – The Good Ol’ Days” group on Facebook recall the space being occupied at different times over the years by a restaurant, a grocery store, a florist, an antique shop, a dress shop and a branch of the U.S. Post Office, among others.

“For most of its existence, this building has played an active role in the life of downtown Trussville, and we’re happy to be a part of continuing that tradition,” Buttram said. “Trussville is a special place, and keeping our downtown alive and growing is an important part of our city’s future. It’s my hope that other businesses will join the effort.”

The Trussville Tribune currently shares space with Cross Digital and Principle Portrait Group. A formerly home-based embroidery business called Birds on a Fence recently set up shop on the ground floor.

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The Trussville City Council last week voted unanimously to approve an amendment to its firearms discharge ordinance to accommodate an indoor firing range.

Sheepdog Firearms plans to open an indoor firing range on Deerfoot Parkway in Trussville this

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now reads, “No person shall discharge, shoot or fire any gun, firearm, air rifle, air pistol or similar device propelling or discharging pellets, shot, darts or any other projectile except in self-defense or by special permit from the city council, or unless exempted elsewhere in this article or as otherwise permitted or authorized by

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growing instead of healing from a softball game that Smothers had played in a few days before. That night, it showed a purplish area under the skin.

The couple drove to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa the next day, and Smothers was admitted for IV antibiotic treatment for a staph infection. The doctors began the treatment, marked an area around the infection and decided to drain it. By April 10 it seemed to be

working, but that night the area around the drain site started to turn purple and the red infection was creeping up to the circle the doctors had marked.

By April 12 an infectious disease surgeon decided that surgery to drain and remove the dead tissue was the best option. On April 14, the doctors checked Smothers and told his wife that he needed to have another surgery to remove the dead tissue.

Doctors thought the

infection could have been from a spider bite but later discovered it was necrotizing fasciitis, according to the page. Smothers was then transferred to UAB.

Paul Goepfert, a professor of infectious diseases at the UAB School of Medicine and the director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic, said necrotizing fasciitis is “extremely rare.”

“Fortunately, most people don’t get this,” Goepfert

said. “You generally have to have some sort of injury to your tissue and even then you have to have something else happen. The bacteria has to get there and establish itself and then take hold. If it does, you can get this.”

Goepfert said anyone who gets a cut could be at risk for getting a bacterial infection. Goepfert did say, however, that acquiring necrotizing fasciitis is a 1/1,000 or 1/10,000 chance.

Generally speaking,

Goepfert said necrotizing fasciitis can be corrected by antibiotics or plastic surgery, if amputation is required.

“Anywhere from just treating with antibiotics to death (can be a result),” Goepfert said.

He said preventing this from happening once you get a cut is to clean the wound as soon and as thorough as possible. Any injury that gets worse after a day or two should be checked out by a doctor.

“There’s not much else you can do,” he said. “It shouldn’t prevent people from going out and having fun, and playing and playing softball, because that’s another healthy thing to do. It’s all sort of a risk-benefit thing.”

Scott Buttram contributed to this story.


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Trash, apparently, is attractive.

Once again, Pinson’s new trash collection service is drawing in new residents. Sixteen new properties were annexed into the city at last

Thursday’s Pinson City Council meeting. The bulk of those were attributed to the new service.

“Yes, most of these are because of the garbage service, and we’ve still got more to come,” Councilman John Churchwell said.

Residents adjacent to the newly annexed properties

will receive forms so they, too, can become a part of the city, should they choose.

At the city council’s first April meeting, 19 properties were annexed.

Though the bulk of responses have been complimentary, Councilman Joe Cochran said some people,

especially in more rural areas, were still having issues. Anyone having problems with their service is encouraged to contact Advanced Disposal or Pinson City Hall.

Councilwoman Joy McCain announced that more than 5,000 people from at least five states attended the April 11

bicentennial celebration. Final, official numbers have not been tallied.

Pinson’s Movies in May will begin May 1. The movie will be “Big Hero 6.” On May 8, the movie will be “How to Train Your Dragon 2” and on May 15 “The Lego Movie” will be shown. All movies are at the Rock School Center.

Cochran also announced that the Pinson Education Foundation has closed nominations for this year’s awards. Nominees include eight teachers, three support staff and six students. The foundation has raised close to $7,000 this year. The awards banquet will be May 4.

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that happened in the Gray-son Valley area June 15, 2013, when he showed the badge to two men who found a gun laying in the woods that Pitt said be-longed to him.

Pitt pleaded guilty in Shelby County in 2012 when he was charged with impersonating an officer after Calera po-lice pulled him over for allegedly flashing blue lights on Interstate 65.Pitt

served about eight months in Shelby County Jail for violating probation after he was arrested in the Jef-ferson County case.

Most of the testimony has focused on Pitt’s hon-orary deputy badge.

Jefferson County Sher-iff’s Office Sgt. Chris Sharit was the first to tes-tify Tuesday morning, and defense attorney Carmella Penn asked him to read his commission card and the

oath on the back of it. She then asked Sharit to read Pitt’s commission card for his honorary badge. It had an appointment for “spe-cial deputy” from Sheriff Mike Hale, and was nota-rized by Hale’s wife, Di-ana.

There was also testi-mony regarding Pitt’s ar-rest on Aug. 20, 2013, when Pitt attempted to elude Birmingham police and toppled 10 to 15 feet

down an embankment be-low Vulcan Park onto 20th Street. He was arrested by Birmingham police and booked at the Jeffer-son County Jail, where sheriff’s deputy Michael Bishop asked him who he worked for. Bishop said Pitt told him, “Mike Hale” each of the three times he asked.

Prosecutors also played an interview WVTM-TV conducted with Pitt the night of his arrest, in which Pitt shows the badge.

“They made me an offi-cer,” Pitt said in the inter-view. “I have a badge.”

Pitt’s cousin Bailey Little took the stand after lunch. Little was with Pitt on June 15, 2013, the day Brandon Vessels and Brad

Lunsford confronted them about a gun laying in the woods near Grayson Val-ley. Little said Vessels had a “large pistol” on his hip and interrogated the two.

“We felt in danger,” Lit-tle said.

Jefferson County Tax Collector J.T. Smallwood was also called to the stand. He helped Pitt get the honorary badge for recognition of his work in the community. Small-wood said the badge was for “identification purpos-es” to let people know he’s a good guy.

Vince Lovell, who helped with security for The Basement, was also called by the defense, and testified that Smallwood said the badge could be

used to get out of traffic tickets and get through air-port traffic quicker.

Adam Pullen, a real es-tate agent who is a Jeffer-son County reserve dep-uty, was the last defense witness called Tuesday. He said he was once arrested in Jemison for using his commission card. The case was dismissed. He said “a lot of people are confused” about the difference be-tween a reserve deputy and an honorary deputy.

“I think they’re the same thing,” he said.

For updates, visit www.trussvilletribune.com.


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The first annual Casino Night to benefit the youth athletes of Trussville Parks and Recreation is set for Friday, May 1 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Trussville Civic Center.

The event is being hosted by the Trussville Recreational Youth Sports Foundation, which exists to provide financial support, by means of scholarship awards, to the youth athletes of families who might be facing economic challenges.

Tickets are $50 -- a tax-deductible gift to the foundation -- and may be purchased in advance by visiting http://trysfoundation.ticketleap.com/casinonight/.

For each ticket, players will receive $1,000 in chips to be

played over casino-style games, including blackjack, Texas Hold ‘em, craps, slot machines and more. At the end of the night, players will receive one entry into the drawing for prizes for every $500 worth of chips redeemed.

Proceeds will be used to provide scholarships for athletes in need of financial assistance, who participate in basketball, gymnastics, and flag football.

There will also be a silent auction, music, food and a cash bar.

David Guttery, a financial advisor who’s coached recreation league basketball for 13 years in Trussville, formed the foundation in 2014. By the end of 2014, the foundation had received contributions totaling $1,925 from individuals, and one matching gift from Ameritas.

“With anything in life —

professionally or personally — if I’m going to commit to doing something, then it must be something about which I can muster passion,” Guttery said in January. “I’m going to give it 100 percent or nothing. Coaching these kids is one of the most meaningful and rewarding avocations that I have, and being the director of this foundation is a natural extension of that avocation. It means the world to me, and I can’t wait for the day when the foundation can disburse scholarships and help to make it possible for any child who wishes to participate in athletic offerings through Trussville Parks and Recreation to do so.”


The submission deadline for commemorating a veteran on the Veterans Memorial Monument in Trussville is Wednesday, April 29.

The city of Trussville in March announced that the inscriptions of names for the Veterans Memorial Monument are being redone. The city was not pleased with the original inscriptions.

After the submission deadline, the city will look at the number of applications received annually to see what needs to be added, City Clerk

Lynn Porter said.Applications are

available at Trussville City Hall or by calling 205-655-7478. Inscriptions cost $100.

The Trussville City Council last Tuesday authorized Mayor Gene Melton to hire Stone & Sons Electrical for $16,112 to move six flag poles from Heritage Hall to the Veterans Memorial Monument site. Melton said the Alabama Department of Transportation has to release the city to do any work at the monument site, since it’s a federal project.

Porter said if all the work is completed, the city is hoping to hold a

dedication ceremony of the monument on Memorial Day, May 25. No official plans have been made.

The first phase of work includes finishing the

parking lot and landscaping around the Veterans Memorial Monument on the Civitan Park side of the Cahaba River. This work was let for bid May 30,

2014, and Walker Patton Contracting was the low bidder, coming in with a bid of $388,248.22. Work on the phase began in August 2014. That project appears completed.

Part of Civitan Park is included in Phase 2 of the project, which includes the rest of the site, including linking the greenway from Civitan Park to the Trussville Sports Complex along the Cahaba River.

Trussville Mayor Gene Melton has said he’s trying to push the Alabama Department of Transportation for the Phase 2 plans so that the job can be let for bid near the end of spring or beginning of summer.

The Civitan Park greenway project was divided into two jobs in November 2013.


Casino night to benefit Trussville youth athletes

Deadline nears for Veterans Memorial Monument inclusion

by Gary Lloyd

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Coach Kenneth Hardin draws up a play for the Trussville Youth Flag Football Redskins, a Trussville Parks and Recreation team, in the spring of 2014.

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The Veterans Memorial Monument at Civitan Park

School.The Paine campus

will now be called Paine Elementary School.

A groundbreaking ceremony for Cahaba Elementary School will be

held Thursday, April 23 at noon. The groundbreaking ceremony for Magnolia Elementary School will be held Friday, April 24 at noon.

The new schools are

expected to open for the 2016-2017 school year.


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The Trussville City Board of Education on Monday approved of amending Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill’s contract another year.

Neill’s contract now runs through June 30, 2017. It had been scheduled to end in 2016.

Neill has been the superintendent since 2012.

“I think all of us know what a great job our superintendent has done,” said Board President Bill

Roberts.The Trussville City

Board of Education in July 2014 released its annual evaluation of Neill, earning an overall composite evaluation score of 4.76 out of 5.0. She earned a 4.7 the previous year.

The evaluation covered

42 areas of criteria across 10 categories, which were scored individually and independently by each of the five members of the school board. Their results were then combined to determine the composite ranking for each area scored on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being excellent.

Neill earned a 4 or above in every category, including eight areas — problem-solving skills; decision-making skills; systemwide plan for community relations; utilizing local media in community relations; positive community

involvement; speaks clearly, correctly and coherently; writes clearly, correctly and coherently; and taking a leadership role in improving education — where she received a perfect score.

Neill’s lowest score was a 4.0, for reporting to the school board the status of programs, personnel and operations.


From staff reports

A family of five from Houston is almost 75 percent through their journey to walk from Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., to Disney World in Orlando, Fla.

Traveling by foot 20 to 25 miles per day, the family arrived in Trussville on Tuesday on their walk to honor their late daughter and help other families facing cancer.

The Cobb family visited various businesses and friends in Trussville. Julia’s father, Jonathan, was on staff at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Trussville when Julia was suddenly diagnosed with cancer in December 2011.

The Cobb Family estimates arriving to Disney World in June.

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Trussville superintendent’s contract extended another year

Houston family honors late daughter in Trussville

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Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill

Avenue is complete, the plan would be to close Cedar Street, which intersects with Railroad Avenue, to rebuild it to accommodate parking on both sides. Melton said he hopes that project can be done by this fall.

In other Trussville road news, Melton said the city is “real close” to beginning

appraisals on necessary right-of-way to go out to bid for the right turn lane project on Chalkville Road. Melton said talks are close to happening with First Baptist Church of Trussville, Best Insurance, First United Methodist Church of Trussville and Braden’s Furniture.

The project will consist

of a dedicated right turn lane that will stretch from Vann Circle to the intersection of Chalkville Road and Main Street. Melton estimates the project to cost $1 million.

He said he hopes construction is under way in the spring of 2016.


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This map shows where Railroad Avenue intersects with Cedar Street in downtown Trussville.

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From staff reports

The Trussville Public Library received a $2,000 donation from the Trussville Literary Club in support of the library’s summer reading program.

The donation was presented to Library Director Emily Tish by Trussville Literary Club President Ann Hill and Club Treasurer Jackie Ward.

Last year, 1,736 children/teens/adults registered for summer reading and more than 3,000 people attended library programs during the summer.

This year, summer reading kickoff with Farmer Jason will be June 3 at 10:30 a.m. at the

Trussville Civic Center with signup at noon at the library.

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Trussville Public Library Director Emily Tish, center, receives the donation from the Trussville Literary Club.


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The Trussville City Council last week approved of going out to bid for sidewalk installation from Pine Street to Poplar Street along Chalkville Road, and from Poplar Street to Parkway Drive.

The work will also include roadway repositioning of a portion of Poplar Street.

Mayor Gene Melton estimated the project to cost approximately $370,000. He called the project a “big improvement.”

Melton said he hopes the work can be done once school is out and be completed before the start of the 2015-2016 school year in August.

Melton said that once the sidewalk construction is complete, he hopes to have an entrance sign placed at the intersection of Poplar Street and Chalkville Road, a sign that welcomes people to the Cahaba Project. He said he has a rendering of

what it will look like.“It’s going to really look good,” Melton

said.

Trussville out to bid on ‘big improvement’ to Pine, Poplar streets

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A sidewalk already extends from Oak Street to Pine Street along Chalkville Road in Trussville.

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The third annual No Longer 5K is scheduled for Saturday, April 25 in downtown Trussville.

The race begins at 8 a.m. in the parking lot at First Baptist Church of Trussville.

The race will support Casa Amor, an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. Last year, the No Longer

5K hosted more than 500 runners and raised more than $25,000.

The mission of No Longer is to provide for orphans.

“We will No Longer sit on the sidelines and simply pity those in need,” according to the race’s website. “Rather, we are mandated to do something until there are No Longer orphans in need.”

For more information or to register for the 5K,

visit www.no-longer.com or email [email protected].

No Longer 5K in Trussville on Saturdayby Gary Lloyd

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Recipients of the Leadership 500 Awards for 2015 were named last week for outstanding achievements in leadership development and programs at the LEAD2015 forum being held in Dallas, Texas.

For the second year in a row, the Personnel Board of Jefferson County ranked in the top five nationally in the government/military category.

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County Training and Development department provides leadership training to

more than 6,000 local government employees each year. Four specific leadership programs provide multiple opportunities for Merit System employees to develop their skills.

“I think the Leadership 500 Awards in combination with LEAD2015 demonstrates top organizations that not only value leadership but also have innovative programs,” said HR.com CEO Debbie McGrath. “This year’s list of winners reflects the importance of reinventing leadership development and the need to bring leadership to a wider audience.”

The Personnel Board

of Jefferson County’s Training and Development department consists of Pete Blank, Drew Burk, Michael Glaze and Ayla Russell.

This year’s award recipients were selected based on an application or nomination process, reviewed by HR.com’s expert leadership panel, as well as feedback from the program’s participants. The voting was promoted by the nominees as well as through social media campaigns over the course of the nomination period.


Jefferson County Personnel Board recognized for leadershipby Gary Lloyd

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For the third time in a decade, Jefferson State Community College earned national recognition as one of the top 10 digital community colleges in the country in the 10th annual Digital Community College Survey released last Thursday.

The survey analyzes how community colleges use digital technologies

to improve services to students, faculty, staff and the community at large.

All accredited United States community colleges are eligible to participate in the survey in three classifications based on size of enrollment.

“Technology is being used on campuses and in lecture halls to lower costs and improve student outcomes,” said Alan Cox, senior vice president for the Center for Digital Education. “This year’s

survey indicates that community colleges are making great strides in using data to improve decisions, providing professional development to assist faculty in the use of technology, and creating robust online and mobile environments for their students. Congratulations to this year’s survey winners.”


Jeff State named a top digital collegeby Gary Lloyd

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LifesTyLeIt occurs to me that I’m

no longer in a position to make fun of Jimmie

for bidding on – and subsequently purchasing – a stack of old cigar boxes at an auction a few years ago. Despite assurances that he had “all kinds of uses” for them, they’re still sitting empty on a shelf in the basement, and I rarely let an opportunity pass to remind him.

But I guess you could say we’re now even. I got a little carried away at an auction a while back and bought 200 of those fold-over Styrofoam go-boxes, and so far, they’re pretty much just sitting in the basement, too.

Now don’t go telling

Jimmie I admitted it, but I’m still questioning my judgment on that one. I mean, really, what was I thinking? I neither own nor work at a place that has anything to do with serving food, and other than bringing home leftovers in containers provided by the restaurants we patronize, I have no use for go-boxes whatsoever. I actually experienced a twinge of buyer’s regret immediately upon taking possession, wondering what the heck I was going to do with all those things.

But in my defense, I got a screaming good deal – six bucks for the entire batch – and when it comes to bargains, I can’t be held

responsible. Thanks to a mother who can sniff out a clearance sale from miles away, bargain hunting is in my blood.

Honestly, though, I’m not quite sure purchasing a package of 200 go-boxes that have thus far done nothing but take up space qualifies as a bargain. In fact, if I had to categorize the purchase, I’d probably put it somewhere between “less that practical” and “downright wasteful.” Bargains, in my book, are things you pay little money for but can actually use.

And as for go-boxes in general, they’ve never been at the top of my priority list. More often than not, I heedlessly

leave them behind on restaurant tables, even though I’ve gone to the trouble of asking for them and carefully placing my leftovers inside. At least I have good intentions in terms of wasting not. But I often wind up not only wasting the food but a perfectly good go-box, too.

Especially painful is

the memory of the time Jimmie and I celebrated an anniversary at our favorite Italian restaurant. Too full after our meal to eat dessert right away, we requested an order of cannoli in a go-box to take home and enjoy with coffee later that evening. The waiter brought it with the check; we took our time finishing the last of our iced tea and headed to the car.

As we turned onto our street 20 miles later, we realized the luscious pastries we’d been anticipating during the drive home were back at the restaurant, likely tossed into the trash before we got out of the parking lot. I don’t cry easily, especially not over food, but I’m tearing up even now, just thinking about

that untouched order of cannoli.

So given my tendency to forget go-boxes – or even when I remember to bring them home, my tendency to stuff them into the refrigerator, only to toss them unopened into the trash a few days later – why I’d buy a huge batch of the doggone things is a mystery to me.

But if anybody happens to need some Styrofoam go-boxes, I know where you can get 200 of them for a great price. And in case you’re wondering how good a deal it might be, do you think “just get them out of my basement” is cheap enough?

Email June Mathews at [email protected].

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From staff reports

A group of travelers from Trussville spent spring break crisscrossing the countryside between two of the world’s most historically rich countries of Italy and Greece.

The group was comprised of four Hewitt-Trussville Middle School students: Julian Collins, Sydney Collins, Camden DeSimone, and Walter Mason, plus two parents, Loukisha Collins and Phil DeSimone.

Kathy Troncale, an eighth grade teacher at the middle school, was the group’s leader.

“There is no better education than traveling overseas because students learn through experience,” Troncale said. “They are

immersed in a global classroom of history, geography and language.”

The trip was not school sponsored, instead in collaboration with EF Tours, a 50-year-old educational travel

company. Troncale is planning a

new trip abroad for June 2016. For more information on that trip, email Troncale at [email protected].

Trussville group travels to Italy, Greece for spring break

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From left at The Ruins of Pompei, Italy, are Camden DeSimone, Phil DeSimone, Walter Mason, Kathy Troncale, Loukisha Collins, Sydney Collin and Julian Collins.

Saturday, April 25 is Parental Alienation Awareness “Bubbles of Love” Day in the city of Trussville.

The Trussville City Council in March approved a proclamation calling April 19-25 Parental Alienation Prevention Week in Trussville.

According to the

proclamation, about 40,000 children in Alabama were subjected to child custody determination in 2013.

On Saturday, residents are encouraged to take 10 minutes at noon to blow soap “Bubbles of Love,” each one representing “the love our children have and should be allowed to share with both their parents,” the proclamation states.

“Parental alienation is when one parent tries to damage or destroy the

relationship a child has with the other parent,” said Parental Alienation Awareness Organization USA co-founder Wendy Archer. “Parental alienation can be mild, moderate or severe. It’s a form of child abuse that causes extreme emotional harm and trauma.”


‘Bubbles of Love’ Day in Trussville Saturdayby Gary Lloyd

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