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A common statement I hear from clients is a fear that if they

don’t have a will, the “state will get the property.”

The doctrine of pay-ing money from an estate over to the state is known as “escheat.” This doctrine is found in the Alabama State Code and states that

if a personal representative of an estate can’t find any heirs after 18 months, the monies are to be paid out to the probate judge to be distributed to the state trea-surer. This doctrine isn’t intended to be a source of revenue for the state, but, rather, a solution to an is-sue that, when it arises, can

cause a headache for all in-volved.

There’s no need of con-cern for most people as state law in Alabama pro-vides a long list of indi-viduals who would qualify as an heir. For those who have parents, children, spouses, siblings, or more distant relations surviving

them, the chance of a loss of property to the state is almost zero.

However, this fear does bring some attention to an area that is often over-looked: the need for a will. While there are some con-cerns about the cost of pro-bating of will, the benefits obtained by probating a

will often outweigh those costs. A will can allow for the quick, efficient resolu-tion of estate issues.

If you have any concerns about how your estate will be dealt with, you should discuss this with an attor-ney of your choice.

A few years ago, an insurance salesman came to the law firm

where I worked to pitch sup-plemental disability cover-age to my fellow employees and me. If I were to mention the name of the company he was representing, it would likely ring a bell. Its TV commercials star an annoy-ing duck.

Among the promotional items scattered across the conference room table was a single Beanie Baby-like duck that when dropped or squeezed, quacked the com-pany name three times with a louder, more drawn-out emphasis on the third quack. Knowing the guy probably had a dozen more like it in his car, I asked if I could have the duck, and he gladly handed it over. The fact that

I’d just agreed to purchase one of his policies probably helped.

I thought it would be fun to take the duck home to the Chihuahuas and see their re-action to a talking toy. And at first, it was. Initially curious, they grew hilariously cau-tious when I dropped it on the floor, and it quacked. But once they grew accustomed

to the noise, they actually seemed to like it.

For the next several days, one pup or the other toted the duck around the house, occa-sionally dropping it or grab-bing it in just the right way to set it off. After hearing the repetitive phrase for about the thousandth time, I seri-ously considered throwing the thing away. But it soon disappeared, and I thought nothing more about it – un-til I was cleaning the spare bedroom last weekend and found it wedged between the wall and the mattress of the daybed.

You see, the bigger Chi-huahua, Dobbie, is some-what of a hoarder and has several select places around the house into which he stashes toys, bones and whatever else strikes his fan-

cy. He’s particularly prone to stealing socks, golf balls and plastic drinking cups but doesn’t limit himself to those. I once lost a winter scarf, only to discover it a few months later in a back corner of a closet wrapped around two Milk Bones and a rawhide stick.

One of his favorite hiding places is behind the pillows on the daybed, probably be-cause he knows the room is rarely in use. He doesn’t like people bothering his stuff.

In fact, when I found the duck and pulled it out of hid-ing, Dobbie appeared out of nowhere to snatch it out of my hand. Since he’d been three rooms away only sec-onds before, some uncanny dog sense must have told him his privacy was being violated.

But I’m wishing I’d never bothered the blasted thing. Now that it’s back in circula-tion, the dogs are enjoying it just as much as they did on the first go-round, and it’s driving me crazy.

The duck, loud and vocal as ever, sounds off at the most inopportune moments. For example, I was conducting a phone interview the other day when my interviewee paused in mid-sentence and in a puzzled tone asked, “Do you hear a duck?” I had to admit that I did.

But trashing the toy is a rather dicey proposition since Dobbie now guards it with his life and is willing to fight to keep it. I’m to the point, however, of thinking that getting rid of the dang thing might be worth losing a finger or two.

Sadly I have no one to blame for this situation but myself. I’m the one who asked the salesman for the duck; I’m the one who brought it home and gave it to the dogs; I’m the one who didn’t trash it when I had a chance.

If the phrase, “Be care-ful what you ask for,” ever meant anything to me, it certainly does now. And I sincerely hope that the next time I ask an insurance sales-man for a talking toy, he’ll refuse my request. Better yet, if I’ll just think before I speak and ask him for a quiet little ink pen or pad of paper instead, I can save myself a lot of aggravation in the long run.

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From staff reports

The Jefferson County School System last week received more than half a million dollars from Jeffer-son County’s pistol permit fees.

The school system last week received $550,690 from Jefferson County Treasurer Mike Miles and Deputy Treasurer Sherry McClain.

A new law passed Jan. 21 in the Alabama Legis-lature relating to money that would come to the Jefferson County School System as part of a pistol permit fee of $7.50 that the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is now required to charge.

Distribution of these monies would be $4.50 to the retirement system, 50 cents to the county sher-

iff’s fund and $2.50 to the county treasury for a Jefferson County Legis-lative Delegation Office. Any amount more than $120,000 would be given to the public school sys-tems in the county for op-eration of public schools, including, but not limited

to, being used for school security.

It’s divvied on a pro rata basis based on the number of students in each local city school system, includ-ing the newly formed Gar-dendale School System based on 2013-2014 en-rollment numbers.

New traffic lights at the intersection of Old Spring-ville Road and Clay-Palm-erdale Road in Clay are now operational.

The lights flashed yel-low over the weekend.

The traffic lights are something Clay has been working toward since it incorporated in 2000. Nine traffic accidents were reported at the intersection of Clay-Palmerdale Road and Old Springville Road in 2013, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

JefCoEd receives half a million dollars from pistol permit fees

New traffic lights in Clay now operational

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From left are Jefferson County Deputy Treasurer Sherry McClain, Jefferson County Schools Career Technical Director Kay Harris and Jefferson County Treasurer Mike Miles.

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The street sign at the intersection of Old Springville Road and Clay-Palmerdale Road in Clay

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

From staff reports

Last week’s speaker for the Trussville Rotary Day-break Club was Eddie Ad-ams, founder of the Fishers for Men Farm.

Growing up on his grand-dad’s farm, Adams always had a dream of someday owning his own farm. That dream came true, he said, when he was finally able to buy a farm that’s now a Christian family retreat, which also offers a safe place for others to hunt and fish. He and his wife, he said, are “caretakers of God’s farm,” which also provides an opportunity for them to tell others about Je-sus Christ.

He challenged Rotary members to ask themselves why they are here and to determine their purpose in life.

Upcoming speakers for the club include Trussville Mayor Gene Melton on Wednesday, Aug. 6 and

new Hewitt-Trussville head football coach Josh Floyd on Wednesday, Aug. 13.

The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club meets for breakfast on Wednesdays at 7 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn at 3230 Edwards Lake Parkway in Trussville.

Fishers for Men Farm’s owner speaks to Rotary

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The street sign at the intersection of Old Springville Road and Clay-Palmerdale Road in Clay

Meal prices this school year in the Jefferson County School System will be unchanged from last year, according to the system.

The system announced Monday that prices for school breakfasts and lunches will remain the same for the 2014-2015

school year as they were for last year. Lunches for elementary school students will stay at $2.05, and $2.30 for middle and high school students. Adult employees will pay $3, and visitors will pay $4.25.

Breakfast prices will be $1.50 for students at all grade levels, $1.75 for adult employees and $2.25 for visitors.

Students qualifying for

reduced-price meals will pay 40 cents for lunch and 30 cents for breakfast.

The prices have been recommended to the Jefferson County Board of Education for approval.

The new school year begins Wednesday, Aug. 6 for students.

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

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Editor

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If race was a major is-sue in 1958, being the racist candidate in

1962 was the only way to be elected governor. With this issue in hand and George Wallace’s love for campaigning and remem-bering names, he would have beaten anybody that year.

Big Jim Folsom was really no match for Wal-lace because Big Jim had always been soft on the race issue. He was a true progressive liberal who would not succumb to ra-cial demagoguing, but Big Jim had succumbed to al-cohol. Leading up to the governor’s race in 1962, while Wallace had been campaigning 12-16 hours a day, seven days a week for four years, Big Jim sat home. Wallace would’ve won even if Big Jim hadn’t embarrassed himself on

live TV the night before the election.

A secondary story de-veloped during the 1962 campaign. A star was born. Ryan De Graffenre-id was a smart, handsome, articulate Tuscaloosa state senator and lawyer. His family had been a promi-nent Tuscaloosa political family for generations but young De Graffenreid tru-ly had the makings of an Alabama governor. How-ever, when he entered the 1962 governor’s race the pundits wrote him off as an also ran. They said it was a Folsom vs. Wallace race, but De Graffenreid had charisma and capti-vated all the silk stocking voters who would be Re-publicans today. He was quietly moving up in pop-ularity leading up to the May Democratic Primary.

The night before the

election, De Graffenreid, Wallace and Folsom each had 30-minute TV shows. Wallace appeared first and did all right, but he was used to the stump and country campaigning so the new medium of tele-vision felt uncomfortable to him, but he didn’t hurt himself. De Graffenreid came on next and was a sensation. He took to the camera like a duck to wa-ter. He was the new kind

of candidate. He had John Kennedy-like appeal and mastered the new medium of TV. He helped himself a lot. Alabamians saw a candidate they liked. Then Big Jim came on obvi-ously inebriated and sunk himself, although it was a very colorful show.

Wallace won, but the surprise of the election was that Big Jim finished third. De Graffenreid came in second and faced Wallace in the runoff. Wallace was elected governor, but De Graffenreid had run a bril-liant get acquainted race and a star had been born.

The 1966 governor’s race had two stories: the De Graffenreid story and the Lurleen Wallace story. De Graffenreid had be-come the man to beat in 1966. He took a page from the Wallace playbook and copied Wallace’s work habits from four years ear-lier. He worked the state nonstop from one end to the other. He worked as hard as Wallace but was even more organized. Old timers say he had a precinct and box captain lined up in every box and hamlet in Alabama. It was an unbelievable organiza-

tion for that era.During the summer of

1965 one of the most ti-tanic sessions in state sen-ate history occurred. Wal-lace called a special ses-sion to get the Legislature to change the Constitution and do away with the one-term limit to allow him to succeed himself. It was called the Succession Ses-sion. It passed the House easily, but some strong-willed state senators with-stood the most powerful pressure ever put on leg-islators. They refused to buckle in to the brazen and strong-armed Wal-lace’s power play. Wallace couldn’t get the major-ity he needed in the Sen-ate. Many of those sena-tors were committed to De Graffenreid. They had served with him and were loyal to him. It cost many of them their political ca-reers. Wallace went after them with a vengeance. He was at the height of his popularity. The race is-sue was at its peak and at a fever pitch, and Wallace owned the race issue.

With Wallace out of the race De Graffenreid ap-peared invincible. He cam-paigned tirelessly even

though he had only token opposition. It was a cold, windy night in February 1966 and he was to make a speech around Sand Mountain. He had a cam-paign plane, and he and his pilot were advised not to try to make the flight to the event. De Graffenreid refused to stop. He board-ed his plane at Fort Payne and within minutes after takeoff he and his pilot crashed into a mountain and were killed instantly. De Graffenreid would have been governor. The state was in shock. The governor’s race was wide open with less than three months before the prima-ry, which was tantamount to the election.

We will continue next week with the rest of the story of the 1966 gover-nor’s race, the Lurleen Wallace story.

Steve Flowers is Ala-

bama’s leading political columnist. His column appears weekly in 72 Ala-bama newspapers. Steve served 16 years in the state legislature. He may be reached at www.steve-flowers.us.

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Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center events

GCW Wrestling is the first Saturday each month at 7 p.m. at the Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center. The Mark Taylor Band performs the third Saturday each month, clogging and line dancing, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge meetings

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge No. 338 in Trussville meetings are at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday each month. Practice nights are on the first and third Monday. Family nights are on the fifth Monday of the month. The lodge is at 190 Beechnut St. in Trussville. For more information, call Bryan Stover at 205-706-5220.

Springville Military Order of the Purple Heart meetings

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 2213, Springville, meets at the Smokin Grill at 85 Purple Heart Boulevard on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Upcoming Trussville City BOE meetings

The Trussville City Board of Education will meet Aug. 18, Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15. All meetings are at 6 p.m. with public work sessions at 4:30 p.m. The Oct. 20 meeting will include a board retreat that begins at noon. All meetings are at the Central Office on North Chalkville Road.

Van fundraiser Saturday for Moody resident

Brandon’s Ride Benefit Fundraiser will be Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Moody City Park. All proceeds go toward the purchase of a handicap van for Brandon Channell, who’s paralyzed from the mid-chest down as the result of a car accident. There will be live music, food vendors and raffles.

National Night Out Aug. 5Trussville’s second National Night Out

will be Aug. 5 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Target parking lot. For more information, visit www.nationalnightout.org.

Blessing of the Backpack at Taylor Memorial Aug. 2

Blessing of the Backpack community block party will be held Saturday, Aug. 2 at Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.There will be games, music, food and giveaways. Attendees should bring an empty backpack to be filled and blessed. The church is located at 2501 Sweeny Hollow Road.

‘Cougar Tracks’ for CCHS freshmen Aug. 5

Cougar Tracks for all incoming freshmen students at Clay-Chalkville High School will be Tuesday, Aug. 5 from 8 a.m. to noon in the school’s auditorium. Students should arrive at 7:45 a.m. for check-in.

Hewitt-Trussville High School Class of 1964 50-year reunion

A reunion for Hewitt-Trussville High School classes of 1963 through 1966 will be Saturday, Aug. 9 at Grayson Valley Country Club from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The cost is $45 per person and the attire is casual. Checks should be made payable to HTHS Reunion and are due no later than Aug. 1. Checks can be mailed to Dianne Mize at 2664 Altadena Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35243-4503. For more information about the 1963 class, contact Sue Wilkins at [email protected]. For more information about the 1964 class, contact Carolyn Green at [email protected]. For more information about the 1965 class, contact James Alexander at 205-854-1219. For more information about the 1966 class, contact Mary Louise Sutter at [email protected]. For more information, find the HTHS Reunion Group on Facebook.

Kurly Q’s dance club in Odenville Aug. 9

The Kurly Q’s square dance club will host the “Kool Kats,” a doo wop 1950s and 1960s group with Belynda Sims on Aug. 9 from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at Purser Ray Hall at St. Clair Middle School at 100 First Avenue in Odenville. Reserved tickets are $10 and general admission is $8. For more information, call Donna Hayles at 205-640-8939.

Elvis concert at Palmerdale Homesteads Aug. 10

There will be an Elvis concert Sunday, Aug. 10 at Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center at 5320 Miles Spring Road in Palmerdale. Traditional Elvis, played by Robert Glass, will perform from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. An Elvis gospel will be from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A $5 donation is due at the door. Children under age 12 get in free. For more information, call 205-680-0450 or 205-680-0588.

Trussville Bridal Show Aug. 10The third annual Trussville Bridal Show

will be Sunday, Aug. 10 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. Admission is $5 per person. Brides are admitted free with a paying guest. Attendees must pay in cash. No credit cards will be accepted.

Trussville flag football registration open until Aug. 10

Youth flag football registration in Trussville is open for the fall season. The cost is $115 per child. Registration will close Aug. 10. For more information, call 205-661-3777 or visit www.trussvilleparks.org.

Brunch and fashion show at GVCC Aug. 13

Area ladies are invited to an Awesome August Brunch and Fashion Show at Grayson Valley Country Club on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. The featured speaker will be Barbara McGregor, author of “The Last Mile

Home.” The cost is $14 and reservations are requested. For more information, call Cathryn at 205-640-6182.

UA JeffCo Alumni Association kickoff party Aug. 13

The University of Alabama Jefferson County Alumni Association will hold a 2014 kickoff party Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at Regions Field. Admission is free to members. Non members’ admission is $25 for individuals and $40 per couple. Phil Savage is the guest speaker. Kids can meet Big Al. Dreamland ribs will be served while they last.

Trussville Public Safety Committee meetings

Trussville’s Public Safety Committee meets Aug. 21 and Nov. 20. Both meetings are at 7 p.m. at the Trussville Police Department Training Building at 127 Main St.

Cahawba Art Association meetings

The Cahawba Art Association meets monthly on the second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Trussville Public Library.

August city council meetingsThe Clay City Council meets Aug. 4 and

Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Clay City Hall at 2441 Old Springville Road in Clay. The Pinson City Council meets Aug. 7 and Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Pinson City Hall at 4410 Main St. in Pinson. The Trussville City Council meets Aug. 12 and Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. at Trussville City Hall at 131 Main St. in Trussville.

Trussville Muscle and Fitness Classic Sept. 6

The first annual Trussville Muscle and Fitness Classic will be Sept. 6 at the Trussville Civic Center. To register or for more information, visit www.

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Alabama Butterbean Festival Oct. 3-4

The Alabama Butterbean Festival will be Oct. 3-4 in Pinson. The event features a pageant, fireworks show, 5K race and one-mile fun run, car show, carnival, arts and crafts, food vendors, an entertainment stage, a homemade quilt raffle and the world’s largest pot of baked beans. For more information, visit www.alabamabutterbeanfestival.com.

Jazzercise at Trussville Civic Center

Jazzercise is Mondays at 5 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. For more information, contact Beth Gilbert at 205-966-9893.

Maple Leaf Run in Trussville Oct. 25

The 2014 Maple Leaf Run is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25 in downtown Trussville. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. and a kids’ run is at 9 a.m. For more information, visit www.trussvillechamber.com or call 205-655-7535.

Pinson Insanitarium in September, October

The Pinson Insanitarium Haunted Attraction will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 7 p.m. to midnight and Sundays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in September and October. The attraction is at the Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center at 5320 Miles Spring Road in Pinson. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit www.catacombproductions.com.

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The new Class 6A, Re-gion 6 is going to be tough.

Most games could go one way or the other, ac-cording to Pinson Valley head coach Matt Glover.

He doesn’t know if the Indians are a playoff team in a region that includes Clay-Chalkville, Shades Valley, Gardendale, Center Point, Huffman and Wood-lawn. He said Pinson Val-ley could win every game or lose every game.

“There’s a fine line be-tween them,” he said.

Center Point head coach Bennie Hall said the region is a tossup between Clay-Chalkville and Shades Val-ley, though he leans toward the Cougars as the favorite to win the region.

“We welcome the chal-lenge of playing in such a good region,” Hall said at Jefferson and Shelby County High School Foot-ball Media Day in Garden-dale on Tuesday.

Glover said whoever makes the playoffs from this region will be “battle-tested.”

“I’m excited about it,” he said. “It’s just another class. It’s still football.”

Pinson Valley has spent the last four seasons in Class 5A. In Glover’s first season in 2009, the Indians were in Class 6A. They went 1-9.

“I don’t want to go back to that,” Glover said.

The biggest challenge in ascending a class is depth, especially in the offensive and defensive lines.

Pinson Valley will have seven starters back on of-fense and five on defense. Glover said the new of-fense will feature “all kind of stuff.”

Pinson Valley also in-troduced its new-look hel-mets Tuesday. Glover said

the idea was to just do something different. Glov-er wanted a stripe on the helmet, and another per-son added the spear across the acronym. Glover said each player’s number will also be on the helmet as a reward. The design of the helmets is similar to that of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Glover was flanked at media day by rising senior running back Nick Gibson and rising senior lineback-er Deon Gregory.


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A familiar face will lead the Hewitt-Trussville varsity softball team for the 2015 season.

Trussville City Schools Athletics Director Karen Johns was approved as the coach at a Trussville City Board of Education meeting last week.

Johns will still maintain all her duties as athletics director.

Johns said Superintendent Pattie Neill approached her about the position a few weeks ago. Johns agreed to coach the

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from spending time around softball practices, games and training.

“I love working with them,” Johns said. “We have an amazing group of athletes in that sport.”

Johns was the head softball coach for the U.S. Junior National Team that won gold in the 2011 Junior World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa.

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coach at the University of Virginia from 2005 to 2007 and at the University of Florida from 2001 to 2005. She has assistant coaching experience at Mississippi State, for the U.S. Olympic team, the University of Alabama and the University of South Carolina.

Johns was a two-time All American at the University of South Carolina and a four-time gold medalist in international softball competition.

Johns replaces Dusti Roberts, who resigned from the Hewitt-Trussville head softball coaching position in May after three

seasons. Over the past two seasons, the Lady Huskies have compiled a 71-28 record. The team won the area championship all of the past three seasons.

Hewitt-Trussville has a lot of talent coming back for the 2015 season. Catcher Taylor Beshears is an Arkansas verbal commitment, shortstop Maddie Dorsett is verbally committed to Mississippi State and Callie Shields is the team’s top pitcher.


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First-year Hewitt-Trussville head football coach Josh Floyd will make $120,000 in his first year, according to Trussville City Schools data released last week.

The head football coach supplement is $32,000. Floyd will earn $40,804 in his role as assistant athletic director for football programs. Floyd’s

teaching schedule — he’ll be a physical education teacher — is $47,196.

Floyd was hired away from Shiloh (Ark.) Christian High School in June. He replaces Hal Riddle, who compiled a 79-55 record in 12 seasons as the Hewitt-Trussville head coach.


by Gary Lloyd

Editor

New Hewitt-Trussville football coach’s total salary $120,000

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Hewitt-Trussville head football coach Josh Floyd

From staff reports

The Triple T’s 12 beginner tennis team from Trussville won the Alabama USTA junior tennis championship in Auburn on July 20.

The team beat nine teams from across the state and had to win a 10-point tiebreak for the championship.

Ellen Sartwell and Ethan Wilson were the mixed doubles pair who won the tiebreak to seal the championship for the team. Coaches are Claire Sartwell and Bret Hill. The program coordinator is Mark Dayton.

Trussville tennis team wins junior title

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H e w i t t - T r u s s v i l l e rising senior shortstop Carter Pharis and Clay-Chalkville rising senior pitcher Matthew Calvert performed well in the North-South All-Star baseball series last week.

The North won 9-8 in one game and lost 2-1 in the other.

In the 9-8 win, Pharis, who played third base, was 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored. In that same game, Calvert pitched one inning, allowing no hits and one unearned run. He walked one batter and

struck out two.The North holds an 18-

11-1 edge in the series, which dates back to 1997.


by Gary Lloyd

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Pharis, Calvert perform well at North-South series

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Carter Pharis, left, and Matthew Calvert

Clay-Chalkville rising senior cornerback Kam Prewitt on Friday made his college commitment.

Prewitt committed to the University of Memphis on a visit there.

“I just love everything about Memphis,” Prewitt said. “I love the environment, the facility and especially the coaching staff. It feels like home.”

Prewitt had other scholarship offers from Southern Mississippi and Tennessee Tech. Prewitt, who played safety last season, is projected as a cornerback at the next

level.As a junior last season,

Prewitt led the Clay-Chalkville defense with 69 tackles, 52 of which were solo stops. He also notched 1.5 tackles for loss

and a team-leading two interceptions.


by Gary Lloyd

Editor

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Back and forth they go.Clay-Chalkville head

football coach Jerry Hood believes Shades Valley is the favorite to win Class 6A, Region 6 and be one of the top teams in the class.

On Monday at Jefferson and Shelby County High School Football Media Day, Shades Valley head coach Bill Smith had his turn to speak. He said Clay-Chalkville is “the team to beat” in all of Class 6A, along with Florence.

Smith referenced Clay-Chalkville’s athleticism, tradition, fan support, coaching staff and defense as reasons why he believes the Cougars should be at the top of Class 6A. He joked that “they’re not fooling anybody” by casting the accolades elsewhere.

“They’ve got a load of talent and a great staff,” Smith said.

Shades Valley rising senior running back Keith Mixon said he believes the Mounties should be highly ranked after a 10-2 season in 2013.

“I think we’re going to have another good season this year,” he said.

Class 6A, Region 6 is strong. Aside from Clay-Chalkville and Shades Valley, others are Pinson Valley, Center Point, Gardendale, Huffman and Woodlawn. Smith thinks it’s the toughest region in Class 6A.

“I think top to bottom, you can make an argument for ours being the toughest,” he said. “When it’s all said and done, our goal is to win region.”

Gardendale head coach Matt Plunkett said he expects his Rockets to compete for the region title this season. He said the definition of a successful season for Gardendale is playing for a region championship at home against the Cougars on Oct. 24.

“We have a lot to prove,” he said.


The Trussville City Board of Education last week approved a new varsity boys soccer coach.

Hewitt-Trussville High School’s new coach is Pete Dakis, who comes to Trussville from Oak Mountain High School, where he was the girls soccer coach.

Oak Mountain’s girls

beat Mountain Brook 1-0 for the Class 6A state championship earlier this year. Oak Mountain finished with a 24-0-1 record. The girls won another state championship under Dakis in 2012. The girls were the state runner-up in 2013. At Oak Mountain, Dakis’ record was 75-6-3.

Dakis has also coached at Smyrna (Tenn.) High School, where he compiled a 94-30 record in six seasons as the girls soccer

coach. His career record as a varsity soccer coach is 169-36-5.

The Hewitt-Trussville varsity boys soccer team lost in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs this spring. The team has been the Class 6A, Area 11 champion the past two years.


Another Clay-Chalkville football player has made his college commitment.

Rising senior running back Terrelle West last Thursday committed to play college football at Middle Tennessee State.

West also had scholarship offers from Mississippi State, North Carolina State, South Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Cincinnati, Western Kentucky, Troy, Arkansas State and Jacksonville State.

West, The Trussville Tribune’s offensive player of the year from Clay-Chalkville for the 2013 season, was the leading rusher on a Clay-Chalkville offense that scored the most points in

school history (540) last season. He rushed 129 times for 1,181 yards and 11 touchdowns. West also caught 17 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns. He also added 193 kickoff return yards.

As a sophomore, he rushed 102 times for 903 yards and 12 touchdowns.


by Gary Lloyd

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by Gary Lloyd

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by Gary Lloyd

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Clay-Chalkville ‘the team to beat’ in 6A, Shades Valley coach says

Hewitt-Trussville has new boys soccer coach

Clay-Chalkville RB makes college commitment


Clay-Chalkville senior wide receiver Eric Blockum (2) looks for running room as senior offensive lineman Tyon Hardy (72) blocks during May’s spring game against Parker.


Clay-Chalkville rising senior running back Terrelle West looks for running room in May’s spring game against Parker.

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