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Two women from Trussville finished in the top five of the 2014 Miss Alabama Pageant on Saturday night.

Miss Point Mallard Katie Malone, a 2010 Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate, finished first runner-up to pag-eant winner Miss Leeds Area Caitlin Brunell. Miss Tennessee Valley Elisabeth Chramer, a 2009 Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate, finished a third runner-up.

This was the fourth Miss Alabama Pag-eant for Malone and fifth for Chramer.

Chramer was also named Miss Conge-niality.

Holland Brown, a 2011 Hewitt-Truss-ville High School graduate, also compet-ed in the pageant.

There were 47 women who competed in the pageant at the Wright Center on the campus of Samford University.

The Trussville City Council on Tuesday approved of coop-erating in a community devel-opment block grant program with Jefferson County.

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs does grant funding for

cities, and applications in Jef-ferson County run through the Jefferson County Community Block Grant Program.

The approved resolution states that it is effective and binding through federal fiscal year 2017.

Funds in the past were used on a recent addition to the Trussville Senior Activ-ity Center. The original con-

struction of the senior activ-ity center was partially funded through this program.

The participation agreement must be renewed periodically. A great deal of Alabama De-partment of Economic and Community Affairs funding is based on per capita income of the community, or on certain population groups.

In other Trussville news, the

city council approved an ordi-nance to amend its agenda for organizational purposes. Noth-ing is being removed from the agenda for good, it’s just a rearranging of items. Coun-cil President Buddy Choat said the order of business will change but “not a whole lot.”

The city council on Tuesday

The Jefferson County Board of Education last week ap-proved a bid for the installation of artificial turf on the football field at Cougar Stadium on the Clay-Chalkville High School campus.

Shaw Sports Turf was the lowest responsible bidder with a bid of $480,000. The total cost of the project is $516,664.51 and will be equal-ly divided between the city of Clay and the Jefferson County Board of Education.

The agreement is contingent

on the city of Clay paying its half up front, interim Superin-tendent Bobby Neighbors said.

“I think this works out well,” Neighbors said.

The Clay City Council in May voted to enter into a fa-cilities use agreement with the Jefferson County Board of Education, in which the city would provide up to $265,000 — roughly half the cost of new field turf — in exchange for usage of all school sports fa-cilities through June 30, 2029. The board of education last week approved the intergov-ernmental agreement. The new

The Jefferson County Board of Education last Thursday took steps toward repairing the football field at Willie Adams Stadium, on the Pinson Valley High School campus.

The board also took the first step toward planning for a new practice field adjacent to the school.

The board awarded a con-tract to civil engineering firm LBYD to assess the situation with the current field and plan for the practice field.

“The recommendation is

made to appoint LBYD engi-neers to design plans and spec-ifications to improve and ex-pand the athletic fields at Pin-son Valley High School,” the approved memorandum states. “There are no practice fields for football, soccer, and band, and the main football field is insufficient to meet the cur-rent physical demands of the school’s programs. In addition, the campus is ‘landlocked’ and prevents any expansion to meet current and future needs.”

Jefferson County Board of Education President Jenni-fer Parsons said the field is in

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A child actor from the 2006 comedy “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” turned himself in to authorities last Thursday night in connection with a five-vehicle crash on Main Street last Wednesday in Truss-

ville.Luke Bigham, of Trussville,

20, who played 10-year-old Ricky Bobby in the movie, was charged with reckless driving.

Bigham was free on a $1,000 bond Friday, said Trussville Po-lice Chief Don Sivley.

Bigham was the driver of a Lexus that was allegedly travel-ing in speeds in excess of 80 mph

in a 35 mph zone, Sivley said. The Lexus that Bigham was driv-ing struck another vehicle, send-ing his vehicle down Trussville’s Main Street in a spin.

Bigham said he got knocked out during the wreck’s impact and “don’t know what hap-pened.”

Sivley said three people were reportedly injured in the crash.

Bigham was the only person transported to a hospital. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

Sivley said Bigham didn’t ex-hibit any signs of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs immediately following the acci-dent.

Bigham’s court appearance will be July 16 at 4 p.m. in Truss-ville Municipal Court.

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The Council of State Governments will lead Alabama’s effort with the JRI process.

“The Justice Reinvestment Initiative is an opportunity for Alabama to examine the criminal justice system in order to reduce prison crowding and increase public safety,” Bentley said. “The number of inmates incarcerated in Alabama has significantly increased over the last decade. With the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, we have an opportunity to examine areas to maximize efforts in the criminal justice system that will benefit our Department of Corrections. By participating in the study, we will have a detailed understanding of drivers behind Alabama’s prison population growth and identify ways to reduce growth.”

The number of people incarcerated in Alabama has increased significantly over the last decade. Alabama prisons currently operate at approximately 190 percent of capacity, housing more than 25,000 inmates in facilities designed to hold approximately 13,000.

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“We applaud the leadership Alabama officials are demonstrating to advance the Justice Reinvestment Initiative in their state,” said Bureau of Justice Assistance Director Denise E. O’Donnell. “By launching this project and establishing an inter-branch task force, Alabama becomes the 21st state to take important steps through the JRI toward creating new justice reform policies grounded in research and state-specific data that will improve community safety.”

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The Prison Reform Task Force will meet routinely between June and December, and is expected to have policy options ready for the Legislature to consider in 2015.

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The Pinson Valley var-sity football team has been practicing at the field be-hind the Old Rock School. Jefferson County Athletics Director Ken Storie said repairs could begin quickly once a plan of action is de-

termined. “We have a contractor on

bid up to a certain amount, and we could start very quickly,” Storie said.

Pinson Mayor Hoyt Sanders and Pinson City Councilman Joe Cochran were on hand for last week’s meeting. The coun-cil has discussed putting artificial turf on the field, with the cost to be split between the city and the board of education in re-turn for increased access

for youth sports programs, similar to an agreement at Clay-Chalkville High School that was approved last week.

Interim Superintendent Bobby Neighbors, though, warned Sanders and Co-chran to proceed with cau-tion, to see how the agree-ment works out at Clay-Chalkville first.

Regardless of the solu-tion, the field needs to be repaired quickly.

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The Pinson City Coun-cil voted last Thursday to accept Clements Dean Building Co. as the con-tractor for the new city park.

Clement’s base bid was $1.498 million, a bid $44,000 less than the near-est competitor. The coun-cil also accepted all five Phase 1 alternates. These include $37,000 worth of canopies for shade, a $16,000 disc golf shelter, a $14,000 entrance sign and $6,000 worth of landscap-ing at the park entrance.

This resolution did not include playground equip-ment. Councilman Rob-bie Roberts has asked that those items be revisited. At an earlier meeting he sug-gested having Kaboom, a nonprofit organization that specializes in play equip-ment for children, do the work.

“The playground equip-ment came in at $56,000 and that’s still four piec-es of playground equip-ment,” Roberts said. “Ka-boom is saying it could be done in the $20,000 to

$25,000 range.”The original architect

estimated the equipment to run around $60,000.

The council will likely re-visit this issue at its next

meeting Thursday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Pinson

City Hall.The park will be located

near Center Point Park-way between Sweeney Hollow Road and Glen Brook Road in Pinson. The city council hopes the park will be able to be opened in conjunction with Pinson’s 200th an-niversary as a community in 2015. Councilman John Churchwell made a mo-tion at the council’s first March meeting to have the Enhancement Committee begin planning the event. The motion was accepted unanimously.

In other Pinson news, the city council annexed 120 acres of land between Pinson Valley Youth As-sociation’s property and Highway 75 into the city limits. The land was part of a settlement between Pinson and a land com-pany. The land could be used for PVYA, as well as commercial real estate, Roberts said.

Property owned by the Center Point Fire District, just off Highway 79, was also annexed. The land will be the site of a new fire station that will ser-vice the Pinson area.

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This graphic shows the particulars of the park.

field could be completed in early to mid August. Clay-Chalkville’s first home football game is scheduled for Aug. 29 against Minor.

Under the agreement, Clay would also save on various rental fees. Through the previous

agreement, city officials could request the use of school facilities, such as gyms and fields for recre-ational use, a sometimes time-consuming task. The city was also responsible for paying rent for the use of those facilities. Council-

man Kevin Small estimat-ed that the city would save more than $150,000 in fees from basketball alone by entering into this agree-ment. This means that, for the city, a new field could pay for itself in less than two years. The city will

still be responsible for the electricity used for events.

Board President Jennifer Parsons it’s always good when the school system and cities work together.

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The two-night, three-day summer leadership camp is scheduled for July 24-26 at the University of Montevallo, and will host 30 rising high school ju-niors and seniors.

Students will stay at the Ramsay Conference Cen-ter, where they will gain the college life experi-ence. The American Vil-lage will join the Walsh Academy of Leadership to give the students a look at what leadership was like during the time of Amer-ica’s founders. There will be various speakers on the subject of leadership, fun activities such as an “Amazing Race,” and stu-

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An added bonus will be the “golden ticket” stu-dents will receive upon graduating from the acad-emy to attend the Youth Leadership Development Program for the follow-ing academic year. Stu-dents that have not gradu-ated from the academy are sent to the development program from their high

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A second project and the completion of the green-way project in Trussville will take place early next year, according to Alabama Department of Transporta-tion officials.

ALDOT Preconstruc-tion Engineer Lance Tay-lor said the second project will be done in early 2015 to address the remaining sidewalks and complete the construction that began some time back.

Bids were opened May 30 for the addressing of the parking area around the Veterans Memorial Monu-ment at Civitan Park and the sidewalks down to the Cahaba River.

“This work should be completed by the Fall of this year,” Taylor said in an email.

The apparent low bidder was Walker Patton Com-pany, Inc. at $388,248.22.

Triple J Construction bid $391,868 and Vet-erans Landscape bid $461,042.92.

All bids, however, will be reviewed by the Alabama Department of Transporta-

tion Bid Review Commit-tee. The awarding of the bid will go to the low bid-der after about four to six weeks after the letting of the bid. The contractor will then have 15 days from a

notice to proceed to begin work. Time charges will begin on that date whether work is started or not.

ALDOT has reported that the project should move forward after July Fourth, subject to the con-

tractor meeting all require-ments.

The Civitan Park green-way project in Trussville was divided into two jobs in November 2013. The first job will involve finish-ing the parking at the park and landscaping around the Veterans Memorial Monument. The second aspect involves the rest of the site, including linking the greenway from Civi-tan Park to the Trussville Sports Complex along the Cahaba River.

The Trussville City Council in November approved of spending $16,053 with engineering company KBR to super-vise the project.

The $1.7 million green-way project began in April 2012 and was supposed to have been completed in the fall of 2012. The project has been in the works since 1998.

The project is funded with a federal grant and administered by ALDOT. The city of Trussville has

no supervisory authority over the contractor.

Trussville Mayor Gene Melton spent much of last year’s Memorial Day weekend at Civitan Park as crews from ALDOT worked to address the problems the Alabama Department of Environ-mental Management listed in a project status report. Trussville could have faced a $50,000 fine had the problems not been cor-rected, which they were. The Trussville City Coun-cil in May 2013 approved of paying Cahaba Disaster Recovery up to $25,000 for work it did to clear debris from the Cahaba River on Memorial Day weekend. Melton said at the time that about 768 bales of hay were purchased and spread around the river at Civitan Park.


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Construction for the re-habbing of a stretch of North Chalkville Road in Trussville’s Cahaba Proj-ect is scheduled to begin this weekend.

Trussville Mayor Gene Melton said last month that construction should begin Saturday, June 14 between Rock Ridge Avenue and Hewitt Street.It’s expected to last about two months. Signs will be placed in the area to let people know

where they’ll need to de-tour.

The Trussville City Council last month autho-rized Melton to hire Dunn Construction for the re-habilitation of the section of North Chalkville Road. The rehab of the stretch of road between Rock Ridge Avenue and Hewitt Street will cost $517,911.43.

The roadbed of North Chalkville Road is in poor shape, which causes the wear surface not to hold up. The design is to rebuild the road entirely, including the base, the binder course

that secures the base and the seal coat, as well as curb, gutter and sidewalk repair. Melton said some dead trees will be taken down during the comple-tion of the project.

One block will be re-paired at a time so that de-tours can be taken, Melton said. He said when com-plete, that stretch of North Chalkville Road will “ride good, look good.”


Chalkville Road rehab scheduled to begin this weekendby Gary Lloyd

Editor


The intersection of Hewitt Street and North Chalkville Road

Economic Development Association of Alabama Executive Director Jim Searcy will be the featured speaker at the Thurs-day, June 19 Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. The luncheon is $17.

Searcy was named executive director in July 2013 after serving as the executive director of the Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance. Searcy previously served as vice president for business and industry retention with the Birmingham Business Alliance. He has served as vice president of marketing for the Birmingham Metropolitan Develop-ment Board.

Searcy began his career in economic de-velopment as a project manager with the Alabama Department of Commerce. He has served as a board member and execu-tive committee member of the Economic Development Association of Alabama. He previously served on the executive com-mittee of the Southwest Alabama Work-force Development Council and the board of the South Alabama Regional Planning

Commission.Searcy has a bachelor’s degree in pub-

lic administration from Auburn Univer-sity and holds a master’s degree in public administration from Auburn University-Montgomery.

For more information, visit www.truss-villechamber.com or email Katie Thomp-son at [email protected].


Economic development director to speak to Trussville Chamberby Gary Lloyd

Editor

submitted photo

Jim Searcy

State Rep. Paul DeMarco has secured the endorsement of the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund for the U.S. Hose District 6 Republican primary.

DeMarco and fellow Republican Gary Palmer will face off in a runoff Tuesday, July 15.

The NRA is a national organization focused on the protection of Second Amendment rights.

“Paul has proven his determination to fight for gun owners and hunters in Alabama,” said NRA-PFV chairman Chris Cox in a news release. “He shares the NRA’s commitment to stand strong against the Obama-Bloomberg gun control agenda in Washington. We urge all NRA members and supporters in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District to vote for Paul DeMarco on July 15.”

In the June 3 primary, DeMarco, after all 219 precincts reported, totaled 30,842 votes, or 33 percent.

Palmer totaled 18,627 votes, or 20 percent. Scott Beason managed 14,428 votes, Chad Mathis had 14,400 and Will Brooke totaled 13,076. Tom Vigneulle totaled 2,394 votes and Robert Shattuck managed just 587 votes.

“It’s an honor to be supported by the National Rifle Association,” DeMarco said. “If elected, I’ll be able continue with my strong legislative track record on gun issues with resounding votes in favor of the Second Amendment

in Washington. It’s vital that we send a congressman to D.C. who will protect not just the Second Amendment, but all of our conservative Alabama values.”

DeMarco has been a state representative from Homewood. Palmer is the co-founder of the Alabama Policy Institute.


file photo

Paul DeMarco

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

NRA Political Victory Fund endorses DeMarco for U.S. House District 6

also accepted its 2012-2013 fiscal audit. Choat called it a “very good au-dit” and Councilman Brian Plant said it’s “extremely important” that the audit is done the right way.

The city council also on

Tuesday selected Merchant Capital as the underwriter for the city’s warrants for the construction of two new elementary schools and the refunding of past warrants.

The city council next

meets Tuesday, June 24 at 6 p.m. at Trussville City Hall.


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Trussville businessman Shay Shelnutt is in the Tuesday, July 15 runoff for Alabama State Senate Dis-trict 17 with Brett King, an attorney and businessman from Locust Fork.

“It’s exciting,” Shelnutt said last week. “The sup-port is unbelievable. The support I’ve received is in-credible.”

When all 51 precincts were reported last Tues-day night, Shelnutt totaled 7,475 votes and King had accumulated 6,566. Jim Murphree totaled 2,081 votes, Gayle Gear had 1,759, Jim Roberts had 1,698, Pinson City Coun-cilman Joe Cochran totaled 1,466 and Adam Ritch had 744.

Shelnutt said the main thing now is to get voters to get back out to the polls July 15. The voter turnout could be low.

“We’re excited but we know it’s not over,” Shel-nutt said. “You can’t quit. I

haven’t won anything yet.” If he’s elected, Shelnutt

said his goals are to bring businesses and jobs to Alabama, improve educa-tion and cut government red tape for small business owners.

Shelnutt said King has run a “great campaign” and he plans to continue run-

ning a positive campaign through July 15.

District 17 includes parts of Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair and Talladega coun-ties.


Danny Garrett last week won the Re-publican primary race for the State House District 44 seat.

When all 10 voting precincts reported, the final results were Garrett with 3,502 votes, John Amari with 2,447 and Joe Freeman with 725. All three men are from Trussville. District 44 covers Clay, Pinson and Trussville.

“I’m overwhelmed,” Garrett said. “I re-ally appreciate all the support of the voters and residents of District 44.”

Garrett thanked those who helped with his campaign.

“I’m just very happy with the results and I’m looking forward to serving the district,” he said.

Garrett said he hopes to help bring jobs and industry to Alabama, improve the ed-ucation and general funds, meet with and help the municipalities in District 44 and get people to work together. He said his whole career has been about getting peo-ple to work together. He spent the bulk of his career in the steel, rail and bus manu-facturing industries. During his more than 30 years as a businessman, he’s served as chief financial officer for two public cor-porations and for a family-owned busi-ness. He has also served as a senior ex-ecutive with a company owned by a major U.S. private equity firm.

“I’d like to just do the same thing in Montgomery and just solve some prob-lems,” Garrett said.

Once Garrett takes office after the gen-eral election in November, he will have to vacate his vice president seat on the Truss-ville City Board of Education, he said. He will remain on the board until he takes of-fice, he said.

Garrett said his cell phone number is 205-410-4637 for anyone in the district who wants to call him with their concerns or questions.

Garrett congratulated Amari and Free-man on their campaigns. He called them “very strong competitors.”

Amari, who called late last Tuesday night to concede the race, said he supports Garrett. He said he wants to make sure all communities in the district are strong.

“The reason I ran is because I love these communities,” Amari said.

Amari said on his campaign Facebook page that he was “at peace because I know we worked as hard as we possibly could and we left it all on the field.”

Freeman thanked voters for the support on his campaign Facebook page.

“We knew we would be significantly outspent and have to overcome a huge block of voters,” he said. “We opened a lot of eyes to issues facing the State and the district. This is not finished. We will continue to fight for real issues.”


Shelnutt on Senate District 17 runoff: ‘It’s exciting’

Garrett on House District 44 election: ‘I’m overwhelmed’

by Gary Lloyd

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The Trussville City Board of Education will meet Monday, June 16 at 6 p.m. at the Central Office.

A public work session in which elementary school zoning is likely to be dis-cussed is at 4:30 p.m.

The board last month placed the proposed el-ementary school zones on the table for consideration. The approval of the zoning lines was pending federal

court approval and com-munity input.

The proposal on the table

includes three zones for el-ementary school students. Based on this year’s enroll-

ment, there would be 427 students attending the New Deal-era school building in the Cahaba Project, 374 at the school in the Magnolia Place area and 1,025 stu-dents at the Paine Elemen-tary Campus.

Information about which schools Trussville homes are zoned for is available at www.trussvillecityschools.com under the “News” tab, in a post titled “Proposed Plan for Three K-5 El-ementary School Zones.” Parents can call 205-228-3064 to find out where

they’re likely to be zoned.The zoning lines are not

“hard zone lines,” since in-tra-district student transfer and cross boundary transfer are also on the table. The policy would allow stu-dents currently living in the city of Trussville and zoned for an elementary school in their zone of Trussville to request a cross boundary transfer to attend outside their attendance zone.

Trussville residents Feb. 25 voted to approve the seven-millage property tax increase to fund the two

new elementary schools. The vote passed by a re-sult of 2,813 voting for the increase to 1,935 voting against it. Seven additional mills in property taxes will cost Trussville residents $70 per year on homes ap-praised at $100,000, $140 per year on homes ap-praised at $200,000 and $210 per year on homes appraised at $300,000.


Trussville BOE likely to discuss elementary zoning lines Mondayby Gary Lloyd

Editor


The Trussville City Board of Education last month listens to Transportation Coordinator Jerry Cataldo discuss bus routes in the three proposed elementary school zones.

The city of Clay has scheduled a public hearing to discuss the possibility of a five-millage property tax.

The meeting will be Monday, June 16 imme-diately following the Clay City Council meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at Clay City Hall at 2441 Old Springville Road.

At the May 19 city coun-cil meeting, City Manager Ronnie Dixon discussed a shortcoming of roughly $20,000 per month below the city’s budgeted income. At the June 2 meeting he re-iterated this problem.

“A little more than two-thirds is dependent of sales tax income, about one half of the remaining third comes from business licenses and half of the re-maining third comes from

franchise fees, so nothing that we have in the way of income is stable,” Dixon said. “All of it is dependent upon sales of some sort.”

The city council had a five-millage property tax increase on its agenda in August 2013, but voted 3-2 to remove it from the agen-

da. It would have generated an additional $500,000 in revenue for the city. Dixon said last year that the av-erage home value in Clay is $120,000 and there are 2,900 houses in the city.

Clay Mayor Charles Webster at the time said he could see the property tax

coming up again “down the road.” Clay last August also voted to increase its sales tax by two cents.

Property tax is the only way the city could bring in revenue that isn’t complete-ly dependent on local sales. Clay currently has zero property tax, though Clay

residents are currently pay-ing Jefferson County prop-erty taxes which, in turn, go to the schools, Webster has said. A five-millage proper-ty tax would be an addition-al .005 cents tax for every dollar of property value.

The public hearing will be a chance for the city

council and Clay residents to discuss what could be done with the new source of revenue. Once the tax has been discussed, city officials can then vote on whether or not they want to pursue a resolution putting a property tax into effect.

Trussville residents on Feb. 25 voted to approve a seven-millage property tax increase to fund two new elementary schools. Seven additional mills in property taxes will cost Trussville residents $70 per year on homes appraised at $100,000, $140 per year on homes appraised at $200,000 and $210 per year on homes appraised at $300,000.


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The resignation of Trussville City Schools Assistant Superinten-dent of Curriculum and Instruction Ammie Akin was approved by the Trussville City Board of Education at its June 2 meeting.

Prior to that position, Akin was the assistant principal at Paine Inter-mediate School. She’s also taught special educa-tion at the elementary and secondary levels.

“For the past eight

years, Trussville City Schools has been my pro-fessional home,” Akin said. “During my tenure, I worked side-by-side

with outstanding teach-ers and administrators. I wish them continued suc-cess and thanks to all for their support throughout the years. I am looking forward to seeing what the future holds for me professionally as I enjoy spending this time with my family.”

The job opening was posted at www.truss-v i l l e c i t y s c h o o l s . c o m on May 30. The salary schedule for the position is between $101,962 and $114,578, commensurate with degrees, certification and experience.

The University of Ala-bama Jefferson County Alumni Chapter has an-nounced the launch of its new website, www.uajef-fco.org.

New features include a responsive design for use on all mobile and tablet de-vices; annual and recurring membership options; cen-tral membership database; rolling annual membership

date; self editable profile and membership informa-tion; payment portals for donations, membership, events and products; social media links; newsletter in-tegration with Constant Contact; links to www.rolltide.com; event man-agement; updatable con-tent; photo gallery; website traffic tracking; and a con-tact form.

“Our goal at the chapter was to improve the experi-ence for our alumni, friends and fans,” said Susan J.

Norton, chapter president. “WhiteBoard-it has devel-oped a site for us that is easy to update for upcom-ing events so we can pro-vide timely information to our members. The site also gives us the ability to sell our fundraising Tide Pride football raffle tickets through the website. We in-vite all alumni, friends and fans of UA to join our chap-ter as we work to continue to provide scholarships for deserving Jefferson County students.”

The Trussville Police Department on Monday morning searched for and apprehended a suspect who ran from authorities.

Keith Lambert Cooper, 23, is charged with sec-ond-degree receiving sto-len property. His bond is $5,000.

Trussville police were serving this warrant when the suspect ran into the woods, Trussville Police

Department Lt. Jeff Bridg-es said.

Cooper was possibly staying at 3031 Mobile Ave., Bridges said.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 was on the scene to assist in the search.

Cooper was apprehend-ed at about 11:10 a.m. Monday.


Trussville City Schools curriculum assistant superintendent resigns

UA JeffCo Alumni launches new website

Man runs from Trussville PD, caught short time later

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