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WWW.TUSCALOOSANEWS.COM Lend A Hand: Alabamians can get free trees as part of Arbor Day program | 11B S UNDAY , A UGUST 25, 2013 S ECTION B West Alabama I n the estimation of my signifi- cant other, Bella is our most beautiful Corgi. That’s probably as it should be. The very name Bella — short for Isabella Rossellini, the tri-colored Corgi’s namesake — connotes beauty. If it’s true that 2-year-old Bella is most beautiful, then Milly, our red 7-year-old, runs her a close sec- ond. Milly is sweet and lovable and con- stantly seeks attention, sticking her snout under your arm. She quickly turns over on her back to have her tummy rubbed and would happily run off with anyone who pets her. The boy dogs always flock to Milly, though she doesn’t recipro- cate their canine affections. Clearly, she doesn’t think of herself as a sex object. Sometimes I think she doesn’t even consider herself a dog. In my mind, beauty equates with glamor. I think of Bella and Milly as I would Elizabeth Taylor in her hey- day, or perhaps Ava Gardner. Not that Liz or Ava would quickly roll over to have their tummies rubbed, but the Corgis put me in mind of the way the two stars car- ried themselves in the 1950s. Proud and regal. Most of the time. There are differences. Bella doesn’t roll over, although she’s very sweet. Also, she’s pretty particular about who she would go home with. In fact, she’s our most hard-headed Corgi, a breed famous for producing stubborn females. Like Liz and Ava, she pretty much gets what she wants. My significant other judges 6-year-old Ducky to be our most handsome Corgi. Ducky, the only one of her breed that was not given to us, was born in Tennessee. When I think of handsome fe- males, I envision someone with clas- sic features, like Ducky has, but also someone who’s not particularly sexy. Like Katharine Hepburn or Lau- ren Bacall. Or maybe even Grace Jones, though she’s pretty extreme. Some people get off on domina- trixes. Ducky isn’t like that, but she makes it plain that she’s the alpha female. She can be fierce, especially around food. Milly offers her an occasional challenge, but it usually ends in di- saster for the older dog. Ducky generally keeps to herself and keeps an eye on the other Cor- gis (as well as on her food bowl). So if Bella and Milly are the most beautiful and Ducky is the hand- somest of our Corgis, where does that leave Lola? Well, she’s the smallest. Lola is Bella’s sister and litter mate, but she came to us about a year after we were given Bella. We were told that she wasn’t ex- pected to survive as a puppy but that a vet “worked his magic” and Lola lived for a time alongside her sis- ter. She was named for actress (singer and dancer, too) Lola Falana, but the Corgi doesn’t share many of the characteristics of the star, who was a protege of Sammy Davis Jr. The Corgi is runty, kind of pudgy and has sharp ears. Still, she can be pretty sweet and loving. When females meet her, they always burst into Barry Manilow’s song, “Copacabana”: “Her name was Lola “She was a show girl ... Me, I go the Ray Davies route: “Well I’m not dumb but I can’t un- derstand “Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man ...” But that’s just me. Kinky. Every Corgi has her place within the hierarchy BEN WINDHAM SOUTHERN LIGHTS Disaster test a success Civil Air Patrol reacted to simulated hurricane emergency By Ashley Chaffin Staff Writer The Alabama Wing of the Civil Air Patrol earned a grade of “successful” from the United States Air Force as it simulated an emergency response on Saturday. “Each wing will have one of the scenarios every two years, and they are based on the natural threats that are surrounding that particular wing,” said Col. Barry Melton, south- east region vice commander. Two years ago, they were evalu- ated on a simulation of a large tor- nado outbreak. This year, they were evaluated on a hurricane emergency situation. “This is a simulated mission,” said Lt. Col. Patricia Mitcham, Alabama Wing public information officer and public affairs officer. “It is designed to show that we can do the job that we trained to do in case we are asked to do it for real.” The Civil Air Patrol, which was founded in 1941, is a congressionally chartered nonprofit corporation that performs services for the federal PHOTOS | ERIN NELSON From left, Jubal Camp, Aaron Butters and Josh Atkison, cadets of Maxwell Air Force Base, go over ground oper- ations with Civil Air Patrol 2nd Lt. Stan Holling. The United States Air Force southeastern division performed its biennial evaluation of the Alabama Civil Air Patrol Wing at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport on Saturday. A cadet directs a plane at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport on Saturday during the Air Force’s evaluation of the Alabama Civil Air Patrol Wing. Jared Kornegay, left, and William Booth set up a rope bridge at the Black Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Family Fun Day For more pho- tos of Family Fun Day, see Page 3B. PHOTO | ERIN NELSON Program helps addicted women By Angel Coker Special to The Tuscaloosa News Alcoholics Anonymous helped Karen Hamm of Lawley in Bibb County get sober and stay sober, but she felt like something was missing, she said. Hamm said she couldn’t put her finger on it. “I felt an emptiness,” she said. “There was a spirit that was miss- ing.” In 2009, Hamm turned to Women for Sobriety, a national abstinence- based self-help program. The program was established in 1975 by Jean Kirkpatrick, a profes- sor at the University of Pennsylva- nia, in Quakertown, Pa. Kirkpatrick, who died in 2000, found that women need a different way than men to recover from alco- holism and drug abuse. Becky Fenner, Women for Sobri- ety’s director in Quakertown, said men and women have different rea- sons for drinking and substance abuse. “We deal with things differently because we feel differently,” Fenner said. Women for Sobriety’s “New Life” acceptance program reaches women Its approach is specifi c to reasons behind abuse Rival focuses on future, incumbent on progress By Mark Hughes Cobb Staff Writer The Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education District 7 race is between incumbent Erskine Simmons, run- ning for a second term, and first-time candidate Renwick Jones, who says he thinks the time is right for him to move from volunteer to a more hands-on ap- proach. Jones is part of the slate of first-time candidates receiving funding from PACs, with contributions of $16,000 from business-funded PACs and direct business contributions, and expendi- tures of $8,600, as of Aug. 9, compared to Simmons’ contributions of $1,300 and expenditures of $300, also as of Aug. 9. “(The money) is helping me get my name out on the streets with the yard signs, the radio announcements, basic publicity,” said Jones, a Gadsden na- tive who moved to Tuscaloosa three years ago. In that time, he has at- tended two city school board meet- ings, he said, and noted that his deci- sion to run was not based on anything the current school board has done or not done. What compelled his campaign, he said, has been hearing about black kids and failing test scores since 1984, when he began working as a journalist in radio and television, and his work as a volunteer teacher at University Place Elementary School. “Looking at a city school board seat, it’s perfect timing for me,” he said, not- ing that he learned a lot about working with politicians while president of the executive board of Central Alabama CrimeStoppers, where he also worked with the Montgomery school superin- tendent. “It was fun to do that, but at the same time it was quite serious, because we were trying to get kids to work to solve their own problems, before it esca- lated. It was fun to be a part of.” TUSCALOOSA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 7 SHOWING GUESTS THE ROPES ON FAMILY FUN DAY 82 69 Skyland Blvd. 15th St. 20 59 359 Tuscaloosa a a sca sa lo o oosa o u Tus us s Tu s Holt lt Holt Holt H l o Hol Holt H t H lt District 7 City of Tuscaloosa Kicker Rd. Greensboro Ave. Univ e r s i t y Blvd. H a r g r o v e R d. University Mall Walmart 10th Ave. STAFF GRAPHIC | ANTHONY BRATINA WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY For more information about Women for Sobriety meetings in Tuscaloosa, email Karen Hamm at [email protected] or call 205-718-4097. The program is also available online at womenforsobriety.org. Defense lawyer tries to free popular Birmingham youth pastor Matt Pitt The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM | A defense lawyer is trying to win the freedom of a popular Birmingham-area youth evangelist fol- lowing his second arrest on a charge of trying to impersonate police. Attorney Daniel Boman told WBRC- TV he’s asking a court to reinstate pro- bation for Matt Pitt, who is now jailed in Shelby County. The 30-year-old Pitt was arrested this week after a judge revoked his probation from a case last year. Pitt pleaded guilty in 2012 to trying to impersonate a police officer, and he was charged with the same offense this summer. Pitt gave a rambling TV interview before police say he fled officers and jumped off a 45-foot cliff in Birming- ham. Pitt started a ministry called “The Basement” in 2004, and it grew into one of the nation’s largest youth min- istries. Tuscaloosa ELECTION 2 0 1 3 For Q&As with each candidate run- ning in the municipal election, see pages 5-7B. INSIDE SEE WINDHAM | 10B SEE WOMEN | 10B SEE ELECTION | 10B SEE PATROL | 8B
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In the estimation of my signifi -cant other, Bella is our most beautiful Corgi.
That’s probably as it should be. The very name Bella — short for Isabella Rossellini, the tri-colored Corgi’s namesake — connotes beauty.
If it’s true that 2-year-old Bella is most beautiful, then Milly, our red 7-year-old, runs her a close sec-ond.
Milly is sweet and lovable and con-stantly seeks attention, sticking her snout under your arm. She quickly turns over on her back to have her tummy rubbed and would happily run off with anyone who pets her.
The boy dogs always f lock to Milly, though she doesn’t recipro-cate their canine affections. Clearly, she doesn’t think of herself as a sex object. Sometimes I think she doesn’t even consider herself a dog.
In my mind, beauty equates with glamor. I think of Bella and Milly as I would Elizabeth Taylor in her hey-day, or perhaps Ava Gardner.
Not that Liz or Ava would quickly roll over to have their tummies rubbed, but the Corgis put me in mind of the way the two stars car-ried themselves in the 1950s. Proud and regal.
Most of the time.There are dif ferences. Bella
doesn’t roll over, although she’s very sweet.
Also, she’s pretty particular about who she would go home with. In fact, she’s our most hard-headed Corgi, a breed famous for producing stubborn females. Like Liz and Ava, she pretty much gets what she wants.
My signif icant other judges 6 -year-old Ducky to be our most handsome Corgi. Ducky, the only one of her breed that was not given to us, was born in Tennessee.
When I think of handsome fe-males, I envision someone with clas-sic features, like Ducky has, but also someone who’s not particularly sexy.
Like Katharine Hepburn or Lau-ren Bacall. Or maybe even Grace Jones, though she’s pretty extreme. Some people get off on domina-trixes.
Ducky isn’t like that, but she makes it plain that she’s the alpha female. She can be fi erce, especially around food.
Milly offers her an occasional challenge, but it usually ends in di-saster for the older dog.
Ducky generally keeps to herself and keeps an eye on the other Cor-gis (as well as on her food bowl).
So if Bella and Milly are the most beautiful and Ducky is the hand-somest of our Corgis, where does that leave Lola?
Well, she’s the smallest.Lola is Bella’s sister and litter
mate, but she came to us about a year after we were given Bella.
We were told that she wasn’t ex-pected to survive as a puppy but that a vet “worked his magic” and Lola lived for a time alongside her sis-ter.
She was named for actress (singer and dancer, too) Lola Falana, but the Corgi doesn’t share many of the characteristics of the star, who was a protege of Sammy Davis Jr. The Corgi is runty, kind of pudgy and has sharp ears.
Still, she can be pretty sweet and loving. When females meet her, they always burst into Barry Manilow’s song, “Copacabana”:
“Her name was Lola“She was a show girl ...Me, I go the Ray Davies route:“Well I’m not dumb but I can’t un-
derstand“Why she walked like a woman
but talked like a man ...”But that’s just me. Kinky.
Every Corgi has her place within
the hierarchy
BENWINDHAM
SOUTHERN LIGHTS
Disaster test a success
Civil Air Patrol reacted to simulated hurricane emergency
By Ashley Chaffi nStaff Writer
The Alabama Wing of the Civil Air Patrol earned a grade of “successful” from the United States Air Force as it simulated an emergency response on Saturday.
“Each wing will have one of the scenarios every two years, and they are based on the natural threats that are surrounding that particular wing,” said Col. Barry Melton, south-east region vice commander.
Two years ago, they were evalu-ated on a simulation of a large tor-nado outbreak. This year, they were evaluated on a hurricane emergency situation.
“This is a simulated mission,” said Lt. Col. Patricia Mitcham, Alabama
Wing public information offi cer and public affairs offi cer. “It is designed to show that we can do the job that we trained to do in case we are asked to do it for real.”
The Civil Air Patrol, which was founded in 1941, is a congressionally chartered nonprofi t corporation that performs services for the federal
PHOTOS | ERIN NELSON
From left, Jubal Camp, Aaron Butters and Josh Atkison, cadets of Maxwell Air Force Base, go over ground oper-ations with Civil Air Patrol 2nd Lt. Stan Holling. The United States Air Force southeastern division performed its biennial evaluation of the Alabama Civil Air Patrol Wing at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport on Saturday.
A cadet directs a plane at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport on Saturday during the Air Force’s evaluation of the Alabama Civil Air Patrol Wing.
Jared Kornegay, left, and William Booth set up a rope bridge at the Black Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Family Fun Day For more pho-tos of Family Fun Day, see Page 3B.
PHOTO |
ERIN NELSON
Program helps
addicted women
By Angel CokerSpecial to The Tuscaloosa News
Alcoholics Anonymous helped Karen Hamm of Lawley in Bibb County get sober and stay sober, but she felt like something was missing, she said. Hamm said she couldn’t put her fi nger on it.
“I felt an emptiness,” she said. “There was a spirit that was miss-ing.”
In 2009, Hamm turned to Women for Sobriety, a national abstinence-based self-help program.
The program was established in 1975 by Jean Kirkpatrick, a profes-sor at the University of Pennsylva-nia, in Quakertown, Pa.
Kirkpatrick, who died in 2000, found that women need a different way than men to recover from alco-holism and drug abuse.
Becky Fenner, Women for Sobri-ety’s director in Quakertown, said men and women have different rea-sons for drinking and substance abuse.
“We deal with things differently because we feel differently,” Fenner said.
Women for Sobriety’s “New Life” acceptance program reaches women
Its approach is specifi c to reasons
behind abuse
Rival focuses on future, incumbent on progress By Mark Hughes Cobb
Staff Writer
The Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education District 7 race is between incumbent Erskine Simmons, run-ning for a second term, and fi rst-time candidate Renwick Jones, who says he thinks the time is right for him to move from volunteer to a more hands-on ap-proach.
Jones is part of the slate of fi rst-time candidates receiving funding from PACs, with contributions of $16,000 from business-funded PACs and direct business contributions, and expendi-tures of $8,600, as of Aug. 9, compared to Simmons’ contributions of $1,300 and expenditures of $300, also as of Aug. 9.
“(The money) is helping me get my
name out on the streets with the yard signs, the radio announcements, basic publicity,” said Jones, a Gadsden na-tive who moved to Tuscaloosa three years ago. In that time, he has at-tended two city school board meet-ings, he said, and noted that his deci-sion to run was not based on anything the current school board has done or not done.
What compelled his campaign, he said, has been hearing about black kids and failing test scores since 1984, when he began working as a journalist in radio and television, and his work as a volunteer teacher at University Place Elementary School.
“Looking at a city school board seat, it’s perfect timing for me,” he said, not-ing that he learned a lot about working with politicians while president of the executive board of Central Alabama CrimeStoppers, where he also worked with the Montgomery school superin-tendent.
“It was fun to do that, but at the same time it was quite serious, because we were trying to get kids to work to solve their own problems, before it esca-lated. It was fun to be a part of.”
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Defense lawyer tries to free popular Birmingham youth pastor Matt Pitt
The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM | A defense lawyer is trying to win the freedom of a popular Birmingham-area youth evangelist fol-lowing his second arrest on a charge of trying to impersonate police.
Attorney Daniel Boman told WBRC-TV he’s asking a court to reinstate pro-bation for Matt Pitt, who is now jailed in Shelby County.
The 30-year-old Pitt was arrested this week after a judge revoked his
probation from a case last year. Pitt pleaded guilty in 2012 to trying
to impersonate a police offi cer, and he was charged with the same offense this summer.
Pitt gave a rambling TV interview before police say he fl ed offi cers and jumped off a 45-foot cliff in Birming-ham.
Pitt started a ministry called “The Basement” in 2004, and it grew into one of the nation’s largest youth min-istries.
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For Q&As with each candidate run-ning in the municipal election, see pages 5-7B.
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