hewitt names to be auctioned off new defensive coordinator ......page 2 january 21 — 27, 2015 |...

A Birmingham man is charged in a police chase that ended with a crash in Pinson last Thursday.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Of-fice Sgt. Jack Self said at about 3:45 p.m. last Thursday, depu-ties attempted a traffic stop for a

tag violation. Self said the driver took off and a chase ensued.

The driver lost control and struck a tree on Silver Lake Road, Self said. The driver and passenger tried to flee on foot but were caught right away, Self said.

No one was injured and no other vehicles were involved. The chase only lasted about

three minutes, Self said.Cameron Blanding, 22, was

arrested and charged with un-lawful possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of a con-trolled substance, reckless en-dangerment and attempting to

elude. He posted $10,500 bond and

was released at about 1 a.m. Friday. The passenger was not charged.

Contact Gary Lloyd at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd.

No action was taken by the Trussville City Board of Education on Friday regarding the Magnolia Place community elementary school bid.

Earlier in the week, the low bid that was revealed was nearly $5 million over Trussville City Schools’ budget. Birmingham-based Argo Building

Company was the apparent low bidder with a bid of $15,229,235. Trussville-based Blalock Building Company’s bid came in at $15,360,500. Tennessee-based Bell and Associates came in with a total bid of $16,868,189.

Trussville City Schools’ available funds for the project totaled $10,862,350.

Once bids are opened, the school system has 30 days to take action on it. The bid was opened Jan. 13, so 30 days from then

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

weather conditions in Trussville, Clay, and Pinson, see The Trussville Tribune weather web

page by scanning the QR code below with your smartphone.

A five-year-old dream has become reality, and kids who live in Trussville will start seeing the rewards this year.

The Trussville Recreational Youth Sports Foundation was born Nov. 25, 2014, about four years after Trussville resident David Guttery, a financial advisor, saw a need for helping kids in Trussville Parks and Recreation sports.

Guttery, who’s coached

recreation league basketball for 13 years, saw the city’s departmental budgets decrease dramatically after the Great Recession. Kids in the flag football league were told to obtain T-shirts with press-on letters since there wasn’t enough money for NFL replica jerseys. Basketball kids were to do without a postseason tournament for the same reason.

Guttery ventured out into the corporate community and secured $250 each from 12 businesses so that the basketball league

could have a postseason. At the time, Guttery felt a foundation to which individuals and businesses could make annual, tax-deductible contributions would be a great idea.

“They’re only kids once,” Guttery said. “To me, economic hardship even befell the kids, as they were asked to participate in meeting budget shortfalls by doing without jerseys and tournaments, and this didn’t sit well with me at all.”

The lots are still nothing more than cracked sidewalks, but homes will soon begin to rise again in Georgebrook.

The Clay subdivision off Old Spring-ville Road became the dominant visual of the Jan. 23, 2012 EF-3 tornado, which scarred the landscape and took the life of 16-year-old Christina Heichelbech in Steeplechase.

It’s now been three years since 98 structures were destroyed by the torna-do in Clay. There were 241 with major damage, 194 with minor damage and 138 affected. There was also substantial damage at the Department of Youth Ser-vices Girls School on Old Springville Road.

Clay City Manager Ronnie Dixon

The city of Clay has joined the party.The Clay City Council on Tuesday

approved a resolution supporting the UAB football program, which was shut down in December.

“It felt like a hope and a dream was taken away from a lot of guys,” said Timothy Alexander, a former UAB football player injured in a car accident.

The resolution in part states that the elected officials of Clay “believe in the values and community which athletics, the marching band, and spirit and cheer-ing squads provide to the college envi-ronment and experience.”

The resolution states that the city council encourages the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees and UAB President Ray Watts to re-estab-lish the UAB football program. The city council also urges UAB alumni and cur-rent students “as well as the local busi-ness community to take responsibil-ity for supporting the sports programs through attendance and donations of time and/or financial resources to ensure the uninterrupted continuation of such extracurricular activities.”

“We all support UAB,” said Clay Mayor Charles Webster.

January 21 — 27, 2015 50¢

www.trussvilletribune.com

The Trussville TribuneThe Trussville TribuneYour news source for Trussville, Clay and Pinson

Birmingham man charged in Pinson chase that ended in crash

see CLAY page 3 see UAB page 8

photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office

Cameron Blanding

3 years since tornado ravaged area‘We’ve been able to move past it,’ Clay mayor says

Clay OKs resolution supporting UAB football

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

by Gary Lloyd

Editorby Gary Lloyd

Editor

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Foundation established for Trussville youth sports‘It means the world to me,’ director says

Hewitt names new defensive

coordinator, page 12

Land on Deerfoot to be auctioned off Thursday, page 8

8 63150 00000 5

24 HR Plumbing and HVAC Service

No Overtime Rate 205-229-2090

TRUSSVILLE

Baptist Health Center Pinson 4360 Main Street ~ Pinson, AL 35126

Pediatrics (205)681.8002 Tamara Mason, MD Ann-Katrin Wilson, MD

Family Practice (205)680.4836 Lefferage K. Robbins, MD Walter W. Wilson, MD

www.pinsonfmpeds.com

The Trussville Tribune “Reader’s Choice Finalist - Best Realtor”

Family Owned & Operated in Trussville OF CAMP COLEMAN ROAD

(205)655.3324

Located on Camp Coleman Road (NEXT TO PUMP-IT-UP)

Your Single Source for Total Service

We’d like to have a special of “mention this ad and we will waive your truck charge for a savings of up to $25.00. We’d like to incorporate all of our trades somehow. These include Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, Electrical, and General Construction. Our website is www.trin.com.

■Heating ■Cooling ■Plumbing ■Electrical ■General Construction

Trinity Contractors, Inc. 561 Simmons Drive Trussville, Alabama 35173 (205) 655-5099 , (205) 923-6595 or (205) 979-9258

24 HOUR SERVICE (205)655-5099

www.trin.com business builder ad (Feb, March, April 2013)

We carry fresh flowers, blooming and green plants,fruit and snack baskets,balloons, silk flowers,original art, and fun gifts of all kinds. General Information We deliver for all occasions. Birthday Get well, Sympathy, Birth, Anniversary We specialize in weddings and events.

fresh flowers, blooming and green plants,fruit and snack baskets,balloons, silk flowers original art gifts of all kinds

Brian Bozeman (205)542-1555

1808 Gadsden Highway~Trussville, AL 35173

A+

Mention this ad and receive $40 off

a set of any Tires!

Offer ends September 30, 2013

1043 Gadsden Highway

Erik Carmack, Owner

Shocks & Struts Engine Diagnostics Oil Changes Truck Accessories

NOW OPEN!

Tire & Auto Repair Tires Brakes Alignments AC Service Oil Changes Engine Diagnostics Truck Accessories

Inside The Tribune:News – pages 2 - 6Lifestyle – pages 7 - 9Opinion – page 10Calendar – page 11Sports – pages 12 - 14

file photo by Ron Burkett

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.

No action taken on Magnolia Place school bid Friday

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

file photo by Gary Lloyd

A lot in the Georgebrook subdivision not long after the tornado

We offer the best selection of Prom and Pageant gowns in Alabama.

With hundreds of beautiful dresses in stock, we can find the perfect one

just for you!

The Prom and Pageant Place

2472 Old Springville Road Birmingham, Alabama 35215

(205)854-0409

promandpageantplace.com

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Sunday 1pm-5pm

Under the new management of Rick and Cathy Wheeler,

formerly of Ken’s BBQ

see TRUSSVILLE page 4

see BIDS page 3

Tribune AreA WeATher

January 21 — 27, 2015 | The Trussville Tribune

6730 Deerfoot Parkway-Clay-681.3639

We no longer double coupons.

www.PeeWeesPawn.comm

FLORIST

Florist, Gifts & Art

226 Main Street (205)655.8006

ginni g

Erik CarmackOwner

A+ Tire & Auto Repair1043 Gadsden HighwayBirmingham, AL 35235

(205) 833-1771

106 N Chalkville Road205-655-2116

www.bradenfurniture.com

Trussville’s Complete Furniture Store

Argo750 Hwy 11

205-467-3444205-680-4119

Dine-In•

Take-Out•

Delivery

Delicious Pizza, Pasta, Salads,Hoagies, Stromboli, & More!Private Party Room & ArcadePerfect for Parties!

Pell City (Eden)209 Cogswell Ave205-338-5400

Print • Ship • Fax Drive Thru Service1430 Gadsden Highway

Next to Starbucks(205) 661-1188www.parcelstoo.com

Business Center

neWs

Tues-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 10am-5pm

Closed Sun & Mon Tutus-Tights

Leotards-Jazz Shoes Tutus-Tights

Leotards-Jazz Shoes Tap & Ballet Shoes

Clogging Shoes with Buck Taps

Miss Me Jeans Silver Jeans

Handbags-Gifts Jewelry

6417 US Hwy 11 Springville, AL 35146

TRUSSVILLE

Baptist Health Center

Pinson 4360 Main Street ~ Pinson, AL 35126

Pediatrics (205)681.8002 Tamara Mason, MD Ann-Katrin Wilson, MD

Family Practice (205)680.4836 Lefferage K. Robbins, MD Walter W. Wilson, MD

www.pinsonfmpeds.com

The Trussville Tribune “Reader’s Choice Finalist - Best

Realtor” Family Owned & Operated in Trussville

OF CAMP COLEMAN ROAD

(205)655.3324

Located on Camp Coleman Road

(NEXT TO PUMP-IT-UP)

Your Single Source for Total Service

We’d like to have a special of “mention this ad and we will waive your truck charge for a savings of up to $25.00. We’d like to incorporate all of our trades somehow. These include Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, Electrical, and General Construction. Our website is www.trin.com.

■ Heating ■ Cooling ■ Plumbing ■ Electrical ■ General Construction

Mention this ad and we will waive your truck charge for a savings of up

to $25.

Trinity Contractors, Inc. 561 Simmons Drive Trussville, Alabama 35173 (205) 655-5099 , (205) 923-6595 or (205) 979-9258

24 HOUR SERVICE www.trin.com (205)655-5099

business builder ad (Feb, March, April 2013)

Faith Household Cleaning Services

Residential Homes Apartments New Construction Offices

FREE estimates 205-422-5643

BONDED~INSURED~STATE CERTIFIED

s t o v e s - r e f r i g e r a t o r s - w a l l s b a s e b o a r d s - f l o o r s

b l i n d s - w i n d o w s - g a r a g e s

Latonya Smith, Owner

James 2:20 Faith without works is dead. You leave the MESS, we’ll do the REST! We treat every home like it’s our own.

BARNETT FURNITURE6961 Gadsden Highway

205-655-7049

ALWAYS AT A GREAT PRICE

YOU CHOOSE STYLE AND FABRIC

www.barnettfurniture.comfacebook/BarnettFurniture

Call now and place your Valentine’s Day orders!

205-655-1600

The first 500 people that stop by Shirley’s new Trussville location on February 11th & 12th

will receive a red rose! One rose per person.

No purchase necessary!

Centerpoint 1477 Centerpoint Parkway Birmingham, AL 35215

233 Main Street - Trussville, AL 35173

205-856-5033

NOW OPEN IN CENTERPOINT AND TRUSSVILLE!

Shirley’s Florist and Events

205-655-1600

www.clearbranch.org

8178 Gadsden Hwy Suite 104

205-655-7526www.keystonefingrp.com

Sara McClendon445 Main Street

Trussville, AL 35173205-508-3769

After hours number 256-490-6752

Bill Turner, DMDwww.trussvilledentalarts.com

• New Patients and Walk-Ins Welcome• Most Insurances Accepted• Sensitive to Your Fears and Concerns• Cosmetics, Crowns, Bridges & Fillings

Find us onFacebook!

Facebook.com/trussvilledentalarts

Mention you saw our ad in the Tribune and receive $75 off your dental service

(205) 655-SMILE

Dr. Sharon WaltzClinical Psychologist

1976 Gadsden Hwy, Suite 206

205-503-1643Referral Fax line:

205-409-2172Accepting Medicaid

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENTEND UNIT/Approx. 1,000 sq. feet

5850 Valley Road(In the same building as Salon 2000)

Last Available Unit in ComplexCall for more Information

205-222-2829

Outdoor Living * Pool Decks * Retainer Walls Fireplaces * Outdoor Kitchens * Patios

Architectural Pavers & Walls

Summer is here and fall is approaching. Call APW now for free estimates to enhance your outdoor living! From outdoor kitchens to natural stone walls and patios, we

are your hometown hardscape experts…..

Rodney Denson205-966-2313

www.APWofAL.comVisit us on Facebook

205-948-TINTwww.tintprobham.com

AUTO, HOME, AND OFFICE

The Trussville City Council last week approved of spending more than $110,000 on a bi-directional amplifier and distributed antenna

system for public safety radio transmissions for the four schools in the city.

Allcomm Wireless, Inc. was the approved low bidder at $110,873.65.

The city council last week also voted to return property to the

Emergency Management Agency it had requested be returned. A 2004 Ford F550 mobile command center, 2007 Ford F350 special operations vehicle and a 2008 Better Built eight-ton trailer will be returned to EMA. Those vehicles had been used

by the Trussville Fire Department.

The city had used those vehicles “by transporting this equipment to designated sites in time of disaster,” according to the approved resolution.

The city council also awarded a contract to

SHI for $28,016.65 for National Crime Information Center authentication software.


by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Trussville OKs equipment for public radio transmissions for schools

The Trussville City Council last week approved of going out to bid to move sports lighting from Jack Wood Stadium to the fields behind Hewitt-Trussville Middle School.

The city council in August 2014 awarded a $93,318 bid to Titan Electric, Inc. to light the fields behind the middle

school.The Trussville City

Board of Education has already approved

an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Trussville for the use of the fields.

The agreement will allow Trussville Parks and Recreation to use the fields behind Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, which are former soccer and band fields. The city plans to use the fields for soccer, flag football and lacrosse.

The city will pay for maintenance and for the bills in exchange for the

use of the fields.Jack Wood Stadium

is set to be demolished beginning this month.

The city council last week also approved of going out to bid on air conditioning systems for the Trussville Athletic Center on Parkway Drive. The athletic center includes two gymnasiums and offices.

Contact Gary Lloyd at news@trussvilletribune.

com and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd.

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Trussville going out to bid to move Jack Wood Stadium lighting

file photo by Gary Lloyd

Jack Wood Stadium

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to watch Gary Lloyd talk about the history and future of Jack Wood Stadium.


LEGAL NOTICEIn accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Shaw Contract Flooring Services dba Shaw Sports Turf, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of Clay-Chalkville High School – Synthetic Turf Football Field, LBYD Job No. 102-13-032.003 at Clay-Chalkville High School 6623 Roe Chandler Road Pinson, AL 35126 for the State of Alabama, Jefferson County, and the Jefferson County Board of Education, and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify:LBYD, Inc. Civil & Structural Engineers, Inc.716 South 30th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233.Shaw Contract Flooring Services dba Shaw Sports Turf185 South Industrial Blvd Calhoun, GA 30701

NOTE:This notice must be run once a week for four successive weeks for projects exceeding $50,000.00, for projects of less than $50,000.00, run one time only. Proof of publication is required.

Piggly Wiggly Clay is now Piggly Wiggly Cost Plus! We will now sell items at our cost plus 10% added at the checkout. Come see for yourself how cost plus can save you Big!

At Piggly Wiggly Cost Plus, we o�er fresh meats, seafood and produce. We also o�er an excellent selection of gourmet imported & ethnic groceries. Don't miss our large selection of imported and domestic Wines and Beers.

Our Cost Plus store proudly o�ers delicious, quality foods. Store Management is always willing and able to special order any item you may request.

We no longer double coupons.

6730 Deerfoot Parkway • Clay • 681-3639

is Feb. 12.Superintendent Pattie

Neill said there is a plan in place to “remedy” the difference in the school system’s budget and the low bid. A committee will take the 30 days — or less — to study the bid and what the new school should include. Reductions in the original school design plan could be made to make the school more affordable.

“We’ve already started the wheels turning toward the solution,” Neill said.

Board members didn’t directly address the issue of

affording the school. Board President Bill Roberts said it would be “wise” to wait until the bids were opened for the construction and renovation of the elementary school in the Cahaba Project before discussing options.

Neill said she’s “very comfortable” with where the school system is at in the process, noting that all the wants of the system and committees were included when the design plans were drawn, instead of going with a base bid and adding change orders later in the

process.The school system could

take action on the bid — to approve it or reject it — by the Jan. 26 meeting, or it could have a special-called meeting in February.

A school to house 500 students is the only option, said Trussville City Council President Alan Taylor.

“And we will figure out a way to get it done,” he said.


BIDS continued from page 1

CLAY continued from page 1said the city has torn down three houses and performed about 50 weed abatements, though not all are related to the tornado. The best news is that a developer has bought the remaining lots in George-brook for rebuilding on the empty slabs.

“He’ll probably finish this year,” Dixon said.

The city of Clay received no Federal Emergency Management Agency or Alabama Emergency Man-

agement Agency funding in the wake of the tornado, but it has established a contingency fund for pos-sible disasters in the future. Dixon said the city plans on contributing $125,000 to it this year, bringing the total to $300,000.

“We’re glad we’ve been able to move past it,” Clay Mayor Charles Webster said of the tornado.

Webster said that in the last couple years things have been done to help the

community and move it forward. The turf installa-

tion at Cougar Stadium on the Clay-Chalkville High School campus is one. So is the Cougars’ Class 6A football state champion-ship.

A new vocational edu-cation building being con-structed on the high school campus is another positive.

“Education and athletics are helping to rebuild the whole community,” Web-ster said. “Those things, along with the traffic sig-nal at Clay-Palmerdale

Road and Old Springville Road, that the community

has waited on for 20 years, as well as the resurfacing of OSR and several city streets, show that we have moved beyond the storm, but we’ll never forget the life that was lost.”

Things are also looking up in the Pilgrims Rest subdivision in Trussville, where 17 homes were completely destroyed by the tornado and 82 were affected. Homes are being rebuilt and many already have.

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to see a then-and-now video of the Pilgrims Rest subdivision in Trussville.

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to see how the 2012 tornado still affects the Paradise Valley and Georgebrook subdivisions in Clay today.

Two former Hooters servers at the Trussville location have filed a class action lawsuit against the owner over allegations that the restaurant violated the Fair Labor Standard Act.

Brooke Pearman and Jodi Lee filed the suit, dated

Jan. 6, against Hooters of Trussville, LLC.

According to the filing, Pearman was employed by Hooters in Trussville from June 2009 through July 2014. Lee was employed there from May 2011 through the present, according to the filing.

The complaint states that the action is brought “to recover unpaid

compensation, in the form of unpaid wages and overtime.”

Pearman and Lee allege in the lawsuit that Hooters of Trussville required the servers to perform non-server duties, such as washing windows; cleaning sections; wiping down tables, chairs, window ledges and baseboards; making tea;

and setting up tables and server stations, which involved filling table caddies with condiments.

According to the filing, Hooters of Trussville allegedly compensated the servers the wage of a tipped employee at $2.13 per hour despite their performing non-server duties.

Pearman and Lee also

allege in the lawsuit that Hooters of Trussville required servers to contribute a part of their tips to “Staff Guys” who do not directly interact with customers.

Pearman and Lee seek unpaid compensation and benefits, along with attorney’s fees and costs.

Pearman and Lee are

represented by Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb, LLC in Birmingham.

The Hooters in Trussville is located on Edwards Lake Road.


by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Former Trussville Hooters servers file class action suit over pay


From staff reports

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children last week announced a partnership with Facebook to send AMBER Alerts to the social network’s community to help find missing children.

“Because of the time sensitive and critical nature of the AMBER Alerts, the Alabama Law

Enforcement Agency values the partnership with the Alabama Broadcasters Association and media outlets throughout the state for the distribution of notifications and the re-broadcast of AMBER Alerts to the public,” said Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier. “With the new expansion of the AMBER Alert program to

Facebook, the message of a missing child can reach more people faster.”

People have already been using Facebook to help find missing children. Last year, an 11-year-old girl was safely recovered after a South Carolina motel employee recognized a photo of the girl in an AMBER alert she saw on Facebook. The woman called the police, and the

child was found unharmed. “For most people, these

alerts will be rare because they will only go to people who are in a position to help – those specifically within the designated search area,” said Emily Vacher, who leads this initiative for the Facebook Trust and Safety team. “If you get an alert on Facebook it means there is an active search for an abducted child going

on in your area. The alert will provide the critical information you need to potentially help reunite a child with his or her family.”

Facebook’s distribution system will send AMBER Alerts to people’s news feeds to quickly disseminate detailed information about the child to the people who are in the best position to help

– those in the designated search area.

AMBER Alerts are a child abduction alert system that started in the United States in 1996. AMBER stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas.

AMBER Alerts expanded to include Facebook

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, Guttery was made aware of children who didn’t participate in basketball for economic reasons -- parents losing jobs, parents getting divorced, incurring fees for the sports.

“This breaks my heart,” Guttery said. “Over 13 years of coaching basketball, I can tell you that participation in such offerings is beneficial to the physical, emotional and social development of children. Its is a privilege of the highest order to be a center of influence in their lives for a few months, knowing that what we’re doing isn’t just about playing basketball, but more so about learning life lessons upon which they’ll draw well into their adulthood.”

Guttery said he thought

that if a foundation was established to offer economic support in the form of scholarships for youth that might not otherwise have the chance to participate, it was a great idea.

The foundation was then born in November as a 501(c)(3) organization. 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. “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.”

Guttery said he expects the foundation to make its first scholarship distributions this fall, likely coinciding with registration for flag football. The foundation serves kids of all ages in Trussville Parks and Recreation offerings, including basketball, flag football and gymnastics. Soccer, baseball, football and lacrosse each have their own associations.

The foundation will determine the total number of participants in each sport in order to arrive at a pro-rata split for contributions. If residual funds remain for a given sport once scholarships are awarded, then the foundation will work with Parks and Recreation to determine what other needs may be met with the funds.

Guttery said a website and social media pages

are being developed. For more information, email [email protected] or call Guttery at 205-223-4356.

“For the community, this can only be a huge positive,” Guttery said. “All thriving municipalities have a growing and prosperous recreation department. As Trussville has grown, we on the Park Board are perpetually dealing with lack of

adequate field and gym space to accommodate the vast and growing number of kids who participate in athletic offerings. This is a good problem. My dream is that the foundation can make it possible for even greater participation in these offerings.”


TRUSSVILLE continued from page 1

Complimentary consultations

Affordable payment options TMJ treatment

AFFORDABLE payment options

CHOICES INCLUDING Clear braces Lingual braces

TMJ treatment

George Nelson DMD Sara Wolfe DDS,MSD Orthodontics East

Tone, Tighten & Firm in 45 min205-368-4667www.love2wrapit.com

Independent Distributor It Works Global

Michele McDonald

Have you tried that CRAZY wrap thing? Host a party & Try it FREE or $5 off with this ad. Need extra money? It Works can help you. Enter to Win a FREE wrap every month when you like & share my page. Beth Gilbert – Certified Jazzercise Instructor-19 Yrs

205.966.9893 • Facebook-Trussville JazzerciseWWW.JAZZERCISE.COM

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley last week established the Alabama Safe Room Task Force by executive order.

The purpose of the task force is to “develop and coordinate the implementation of administrative regulations that will govern the construction or installation of all storm shelters in the State of Alabama,” according to the order.

The order also states that the

state of Alabama and its citizens “need to be provided with administrative regulations that contain all the requirements for the construction or installation of all storm shelters located in one consolidated location.”

The task force will include

appointed representatives from the Alabama Building Commission, Manufactured Housing Commission, State Fire Marshal, Board of Architects, Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors and General Contractors Board.

The order states that the task force should submit recommended regulations to Bentley no later than April 30.


by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Bentley establishes Alabama Safe Room Task Force


Friday, Jan. 235:30 – 7 p.m.

Music, giveaways, sampling and more!

Don’t miss our Open House!

Now with more

465 Main Street in TrussvilleStore: (205) 661-0026

Pharmacy: (205) 661-1110

new farm-fresh produce

new hot bar with carving station

new custom-made subs and wraps • new bakery

new fresh, live lobster • new sushi made on site

new wine and beer selections • new pharmacy

Copyright © and (P) 1988–2008 Microsoft Corporation and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved. http://www.microsoft.com/streets/

Certain mapping and direction data © 2008 NAVTEQ. All rights reserved. The Data for areas of Canada includes information taken with permission from Canadian authorities, including: © Her

Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, © Queen's Printer for Ontario. NAVTEQ and NAVTEQ ON BOARD are trademarks of NAVTEQ. © 2008 Tele Atlas North America, Inc. All rights

reserved. Tele Atlas and Tele Atlas North America are trademarks of Tele Atlas, Inc. © 2008 by Applied Geographic Systems. All rights reserved.

461

0 mi 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

465 Main St.in Trussville

Win

n-D

ixie

• S

tore

46

1 G

O •

10

.75

x2

0.1

25


You’re invited!Starting February 4th, 2015Wednesday nights, food at 6:30 pm

Church of the Holy Cross90 Parkway DriveTrussville, AL 35173

Welcome w/ free meal each week205-655-7668Please register at www.holycrosstrussville.org

Got questions about life

What is Alpha?

Alpha is a chance to explore and question the meaning of life. Over a series of about ten sessions, you’ll find out about the basics of the Christian faith. Each session involves a main talk and some time to say what you think. It’s fun, relaxed and free, and you can ask anything you like (that’s why over 25 million people worldwide have already tried Alpha.)

#TryAlphaalphausa.org

( 2 0 5 ) 6 5 5 - 2 5 3 6

j m g a r d e n s . c o m Family Owned and Operated

A combination funeral home and cemetery for your convenience

We’ve made it a�ordable for everyone!

Our special o�er is A Burial Space in the Garden of Atonement

For $1,645and with the purchase of the space, an

Opening and Closing

For $995A very limited time o�er

For more information please contact our Family Service Department at 205-655-2536 or 205-322-0543

The lights went out in the Cudworth Hall auditorium for a brief moment.

That split second was a sign of things to come.

The UAB Faculty Senate voted to pass a resolution last Thursday declaring no confidence in school president Ray Watts. The vote received over a two-thirds majority of the 35 voters, with only a simple majority required.

Chants of “U-A-B” broke out immediately among supporters following the announcement that the Senate had elected to pass the resolution of no confidence.

Shortly following the conclusion of the meeting, Watts released a statement to the media expressing his opinion on the decision

while focusing on what lies ahead.

“I’m obviously disappointed,” the statement reads. “But what this vote means to me is that I have more work to do to find common ground. My focus moving forward is to work with our community to carry out our mission. As President I am totally committed to the future of UAB and the many great things we are doing here.”

A pair of resolutions was anonymously voted on during the specially called meeting, with the first one being a declaration in support of the football, bowling and rifle programs, calling for a review of the process that shut the programs down in December.

Prior to the no-confidence vote, a representative from the School of Medicine put forth a motion to postpone

the process until a later date, to allow the faculty to deliberate further. Other senators shot down the notion adamantly, and a unanimous vote allowed the vote to proceed.

“I am absolutely delighted that the vote to postpone failed,” said Susan Key, a management professor at UAB. “What I

have seen over the last six months is bad management decisions that have bad financial consequences for this university.”

Chad Epps, head of the Faculty Senate, hopes that today’s vote will provide a strong enough message to incite change in the administration of the university.

“The faculty have let their voices and their concerns be known,” Epps said.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees is the entity with the power to remove the school president from office, but Epps is unsure whether the vote today will have any real impact on its decision-making.

“I don’t know if it has an impact on them directly,” he said. “Our hope would be that the board of trustees would take this into consideration and recognize that it would be difficult to move forward (with Watts as president).”

It was reported last week that Epps would be on the committee tasked with selecting a firm to review the CarrSports report that led to the dismissal of the football program. He said today that he will not take part in the committee, but

will select another senator to represent the faculty.

Six players from The Trussville Tribune coverage area were members of the UAB football team this past year. Senior running back D.J. Vinson, redshirt freshman safety T.J. McCollum, sophomore running back Marcus Reaves and redshirt freshman linebacker Brandon Fuller all played at Clay-Chalkville High School. Junior wide receiver Jamal Hundley and freshman linebacker Joseph Roberts played at Hewitt-Trussville High School.

Roberts recently announced his intention to transfer to Jacksonville State, and will be a sophomore next season. Vinson has decided to finish his career at South Alabama, and Hundley is headed to Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

by Kyle Parmley

For The Tribune

UAB Faculty Senate votes no confidence in President Ray Watts

photo courtesy of uab.edu

Ray Watts

The construction of two community elementary schools in Trussville will take 14 to 18 months, Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill said at last Thursday’s Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Neill said construction of the school in the Magnolia Place area will take 14 months, while the renovation and construction

of the school at the Cahaba Project building will take 14 to 18 months.

“That has been a dream of so many people for so long,” Neill said of the New Deal-era school building housing students again.

Bids to construct the Magnolia Place school were opened last Tuesday. The projected bid opening date for the Cahaba Project school is Feb. 5.

The plan is to open the schools for the 2016-2017 school year.

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Construction of elementary schools will take 14-18 months

The Relay for Life of East Jefferson - Trussville and surrounding areas kickoff event will be Saturday, Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Trussville Civic Center.

Those who attend will get a free breakfast and learn more about Relay for Life. There is no charge for admission.

The annual Relay for Life event in Trussville will be Saturday, May 16

from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at The Mall in downtown Trussville.

Relay for Life is an event that raises funds to

fight cancer and a chance to honor cancer survivors and remember loved ones lost. Special moments during a typical Relay

for Life event include a luminaria ceremony, a fight back ceremony and a survivors lap. Relay for Life began in 1985 with one man who walked and ran around a track for 24 hours and raised $27,000 for the American Cancer Society.

For more information, visit www.relay.org/eastjeffersonal.


by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Relay for Life kickoff Saturday in Trussville

file photo by Ron Burkett

A scene from last year’s Relay for Life event in Trussville


2022 Brookwood Medical Center Blvd., Suite 403 Birmingham, AL 35209 Phone: 205-721-2777

Our heart specialists do this because they care and are dedicated to giving high-quality care.

Non-Invasive Cardiology Electrocardiogram Stress Testing Holter Monitor (24 hour) 30 Day Event Monitor Loop Recorder Implantation. Echocardiogram Stress Echo Carotid Doppler Venous Leg Doppler and Ultrasound Venous Arm Doppler and Ultrasound Arterial Leg Doppler and Ultrasound Arterial Arm Doppler and Ultrasound ABI/Arterial Multi Segmental Pressures Renal Artery Doppler and Ultrasound Abdominal Aorta Doppler and Ultrasound Cardiac (Heart) Catheterization Cardiac Catheterization and Angioplasty Stenting Transesophageal Echocardiogram Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Cardiac Stress Test Peripheral Vascular disease screening and treatment Peripheral arterial and venous interventions Pacemaker implantation and management

mproving Hearts. For Life.

840 Montclair Road, Suite 606 Birmingham, AL 35213 Phone: 205-592-1020

w w w . a l h e a r t v a s c u l a r . c o m Dr. Timothy C. Lee // Dr. Anabela Simon-Lee // Dr. Jimmie Dotson

LifesTyLe

From staff reports

Katie Malone of Trussville was crowned Miss West Central Alabama in Livingston on Saturday night.

The pageant was a Miss Alabama Pageant qualifier, meaning Malone will have a chance to compete again for the state title.

The Hewitt-Trussville and University of Alabama graduate is currently the first runner-up to Miss Alabama.

Malone is host of the weekday show “Today’s Top 3” and “Friday Focus” for The Trussville Tribune multimedia.

Trussville’s Malone crowned Miss West Central Alabama

photo by Anna Malone

Katie Malone was crowned Miss West Central Alabama in Livingston on Saturday.

It hasn’t even been around two years, but the disc golf course in Clay is already on the national map.

According to Danny Self, a disc golf player who helped design and build the course with volunteers at Clay City Park, players have traveled from all surrounding states, as well as Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Texas, Colorado and California. It’s even had visitors from Austria.

Self said the Clay disc

golf course, which begins near the Clay Public Library, “has become a destination point” after opening Aug. 10, 2013. Volunteer work took several months to design and nine months to install the course. It took thousands of hours to cut

in the fairways, install tee signs and baskets, and build and install the benches.

The course features 21 holes with multiple tee pads and pin positions, which can be rotated to change the layout of the course. There is a nine-

hole family-friendly mini course and an 850-feet driving range.

Disc golf is played similarly to golf. Players use Frisbee-like discs of different weights in an attempt to reach and ring

chain-lined metal baskets. Like golf, players attempt to reach the basket in as few throws as possible.

The most famous hole on the course is No. 4, called “The Bamboo Beast.” The basket is guarded

by 14-feet-tall bamboo that was donated by Clay resident John Gardner.

“It is the only hole in the United States of its kind,” Self said.

Clay City Councilman Ben Thackerson is proud of the course’s success thus far.

“The numbers of players have been increasing and we expect that will continue,” he said. “This is one part of our still young park system and is a first-class course that is family friendly and can be used year round.”


submitted photo

“The Bamboo Beast” is hole No. 4 on the course.

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Clay disc golf course, still in infancy, already one of top courses around

photo by Gary Lloyd

A sign near the first hole at the disc golf course in Clay

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to watch one of Katie Malone’s recent “Today’s Top 3.”

The Trussville City Council last week approved a contract with Bhate Environment Infrastructure for a geotechnical study for the tennis courts in The Mall area.

The contract is for $2,995, with a $475 allowance for additional

exploration and evaluation, if needed.

Mayor Gene Melton said the courts had been closed due to “irregular separation and cracks” noticed in an area that fell away due to a sinkhole 12 or 13 years ago. Melton said some holes were drilled to determine if there was any separation beneath the courts. He said there wasn’t at this point.

“We’re real concerned

(though),” Melton said.Melton said the areas

were filled up and sealed, and the surface repainted. Melton said the area will continue to be monitored.

He said the city is featured in a video from years ago called “Living With Sinkholes.” Melton said the plan is to have that video transferred to CDs for the public to check out and view at the Trussville Public Library.

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

Trussville approves tennis court study

hewitt names to be auctioned off new defensive coordinator ......page 2 january 21 — 27, 2015 |...

Documents