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A 20-year-old Ragland woman was found dead Sunday following a motor vehicle accident in Calhoun County.

Authorities say the body of Magen Elaine Hughes was discovered in a vehicle off to the side of the road-way at 5110 Alabama 77 late Sunday afternoon. The late-model Mustang she was driving had run off the road and struck a tree.

The coroner’s office was called and Hughes was pro-nounced dead at 5:25 p.m.

Calhoun County Dep-uty Coroner Shane Adrian said the cause of death was blunt force trauma and esti-mated that the accident had occurred much earlier in the day, sometime between midnight and 3 a.m.

Adrian said the highway at the accident scene was not curved or on a hill. He said the victim’s vehicle came to rest about 50 feet

off the road in a location that would not have been obvious to passing motor-ists as an accident scene.

“It was right there with several wrecked vehicles, like a junkyard type thing,” he said.

A trucker called the authorities because, Adri-an said, he noticed that the Mustang’s airbag had deployed.

The Alabama State Troopers office is investi-gating the accident.

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STOCKHOLM — Syria imported near-ly six times more weapons in 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting for 72 percent of the arms supplies to President Bashar Assad’s regime, an international research institute said today.

The report on global arms transfers by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute highlighted how Mos-cow continues to provide Syria with weap-ons even as the U.S., the European Union

and others impose arms embargoes due to the regime’s violent crackdown on pro-testers.

It did not specify the volume of weap-ons exports after the start of the uprising in 2011.

Major Russian arms deliveries to Syria in 2007-2011 included air defense sys-tems and anti-ship missiles, which have no direct use in the current unrest in the Arab state. But they have upgraded the regime’s capability to defend against out-side intervention, SIPRI researcher Pieter Wezeman said.

Report: Syria arms imports surge thanks to Russia

The material inside the Monday Record is recorded by The Anniston Star from various institutions and government offices.

The public records are published as they appeared on the documents obtained by the newspaper.

Direct questions and comments about Monday Record to Isaac Godwin at jgodwin@jsu.edu.

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• Dustin Lamar Parris of Jacksonville to Savanna Leanne Bishop of Jack-sonville• Anthony Byrian Watts of Jacksonville to clarissa Rose crow of Jacksonville• Joseph hamilton Peters of Piedmont to Linda Thom-as Pegg of Piedmont• Ryan Mikael Brown of Piedmont to Odete Nicole hughes of Piedmont• Ventura hernandez Sica of Oxford to Lilia Isabel Guzman-Garcia of Oxford• Derek Lee harrell of Wel-lington to Amy Elizabeth Fortson of Wellington• Jaywarren Nacunta Ray of Anniston to Erika Sha-lon Orr of Anniston• Rex Alan cortez of Oxford to Mistie Lynn Boone of Oxford• Jonte Ismel Williams Jr. of Jacksonville to Shantel Lee Rhoden of Pinson• William Paul Pearce of Wellington to Patricia Ann Williams of Wellington• Quentin Thomas Mcclel-lan of Anniston to clarissa Marie Garrett of Anniston• David Ross Thompson to Julie Ellen hughes of Jacksonville• Marty clyde Lovvorn of Oxford to Lindsey Marie

Bagley of Wellington• Alan William Robert Mange of Alexandria to Lindy Leann Baird of Alex-andria• Justin Nicolas Lee of Anniston to Samantha Lee Waites of Anniston• Tommy Joe Pinson of Anniston to Melissa Varae Webb of Anniston• Vincent George Wil-liams Skipper of Anniston to Nasaria Alicia Ramirez of Birmingham• William O’Neal Ginn of Wellington to Maggie Nunnelly of Ohatchee• Tommy Shawn Taylor of Oxford to Katie christine Yates of Oxford• Stuart Gray Wade of Anniston to Kelsey Mae campbell of Anniston• Gary Lynn hopson of Eastaboga to Jessica Ann Elrod of Eastaboga• James carl Oliver Jr. of Oxford to Mae Evelyn Gar-rett of Oxford• James Aaron Sands of Calhoun, Ga., to Bobbie Jean hill of Atlanta• Joel Mark Brannon of Jacksonville to Mackenzie Ellen hays of Jacksonville• Keyonte Reine chick of Anniston to Iyana Unay Wynn of Cleveland, Ohio

MARRIAGE LIcENSESA Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor to retain certain exempt property, but the debtor’s remaining property is gathered and sold by a trustee from which creditors will receive payment. It may also be used by businesses which wish to terminate their business.A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, through court supervision and protection, to propose and carry out a repayment plan under which creditors are paid, in full or in part, in installments over a three-year period. During that time, debtors are prohibited from starting or continuing collection efforts. The following bankruptcies declared by Calhoun County residents were recorded by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama last week:

chapter 7• Steven howard, 100 Monta Vista Road, Oxford• Stephanie D. Ghee, 334 Sleepy Hollow Circle, Oxford• Larry c. Morris, 119 South Allen Ave., Anniston• Ameila S. hallman, 61 Lazy Brook Drive, Oxford• James Thompson, 1401 Noble St., Anniston• James A. Mize, 430 Ingram Wells Circle, Ohatchee• James Kimberlee Brown and Dawn Marie Brown, 597 White Plains Road, Anniston• Shane Mark cash and Spring Marie cash, 417 Cohaven Drive, Weaver

chapter 13• Randall Tucker and Summer Tucker, 127 Millie Ann Lane, Ohatchee• charles Bailey Remington and Kathleen D. Reming-ton, 4027 Dix St., Anniston• Milton E. Elston Sr., 245 English St., Anniston• Donald howell and Wanda howell, 197 Irby Drive, Eastaboga• Kinya Darnell henderson, 3736 Airport Road, Oxford

BANKRUPTcIESDEAThSRhonda Fleming Archable, Californiahelen Owen Barron, JacksonvillePaul J. Beasley Sr., OxfordBilly Joe Blake, TennesseeLinda Melton Boyd, TalladegaLeola Brown, WoodlandPatricia Allen Brown, OxfordDoris Ranelle Laws Burks, Rock MillsPhillip Eugene chupp, GeorgiaMarvin h. cobb, AnnistonSheila clayburn cooper and Alyssa cooper, OhatcheeAnnie L. curry, OxfordShirley Parris Duncan, RabbittownEssie Ree Garrett, AlpineLeamon Garrett, AlpineBetty Inez higgins, BirminghamBetty Jean howard, OxfordTerry hulsey, JacksonvilleMary P. Jackson, Hobson CityOnetha Weed Jemison, LincolnDonald Gene King, GaylesvilleJeffrey ‘Jeff’ carl Knight, JacksonvilleBonnie S. MacDonald, GaylesvilleBetty W. Mathis, DeArmanvillecarl Steve Maynor, GadsdenMillie Joyce McIntyre, FruithurstGordon Ray McKinney, HeflinFairy Mae Mobley, CentreLouvinia “Granny” Nelson, Linevilleherschel O’Kelley, AnnistonEarnest Eugene Pinkston, AlexandriaJames Walter Pope, JacksonvilleSteven Brian Pope, Spring GardenNelson Reece Pounds, MontgomeryMary E. Powell, AnnistonMildred Pumpelly, AshlandBlake Starr, Rainbow CityLillie T. Smith, LincolnJesse Stockdale Jr., AnnistonLinda Faye Owens Vaughn, AnnistonNaomi Webb, Hobson CityRodney Preston Westfall, AnnistonDana L. Whaley, HarvestGrover h. Whaley, JacksonvilleMilton “Bud” Whistenant, AnnistonWilliam Quinton “W.Q.” Wilkinson Sr., HeflinJames Woodall, Vincent

Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale.Receipts for this week 666 compared to 748 last week. Receipts a year ago 866.

FEEDER cLASSES:Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 190.00 to 240.00; 300-400 lbs. 180.00 to 218.00; 400-500 lbs. 170.00 to 197.50; 500-600 lbs. 145.00 to 178.00; 600-700 lbs. 127.00 to 162.00.Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 170.00 to 216.00; 300-400 lbs. 152.00 to 180.00; 400-500 lbs. 147.00 to 165.00; 500-600 lbs. 138.00 to 158.00; 600-700 lbs. 128.00 to 140.00.

SLAUGhTER cLASSES:Cows: Breakers 84.00 to 90.50; Boners 80.00 to 91.00; Lean 70.00 to 78.00.Bulls: Normal Dressing 54-58% 97.00 to 101.00; High Dressing > 58% 103.00 to 104.50; Low Dressing

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Dissolved• Bethany Cobb Courville, LLC• MJD, LLC• Metro Mail Service, Inc.

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The people listed in this arrest report, whose names and charges are obtained from pub-lic records, are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

AnnistonThe following felony arrests were reported by the Anniston Police Department during the seven-day period ending 7 a.m. Thurs-day.• Samantha Renae Fee, 18, of unspecified address: third-degree burglary.• Michael Wayne Simpson, 45, of unspeci-fied address: two counts of first-degree theft, third-degree burglary.

• Samantha Dale Adams, 24, of unspecified address: second-degree theft.• Matthew Wade Phillips, 26, of unspecified address: second-degree theft.• Darrell Edward Boykins, 41, of unspecified address: second-degree possession of a forged instrument, giving false information to a law-enforcement officer.• Larry Sanders Johnson, 54, of unspeci-fied address: possession of a controlled substance.• Jackie Vann Sides, 52, of unspecified address: second-degree theft.• James Tyron Grant, 43, of unspecified address: first-degree theft.

• Nicholas Chad Powers, 26, of unspecified address: first-degree theft.• Terry Jerome Nixon, 29, of unspecified address: first-degree possession of mari-juana.

calhoun countyThe following felony arrests were reported by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office dur-ing the seven-day period ending Thursday at 7 a.m. • Glenn Edward Ray Jr., 33, of Hobson City: distribution of a controlled substance.• Bobby Eugene Odom, 22, of Jacksonville: second-degree theft of property.

• Frankie Eugene Thompson Jr., 28, of Annis-ton: violation of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.• Patrick DaJuan Carr, 29, of Anniston: viola-tion of Sex Offender Registration and Noti-fication Act.• Jere Lynn Mason, 54, of Anniston: traffick-ing in cannabis.• Matthew Blake Darnell, 22, of Wellington: possession of a controlled substance.• Lana F. Leath, 31, of Piedmont: second-degree possession of a forged instrument.

ARRESTS

Crimes are listed by location. Anonymous tips may be called in to Crime Stoppers at 256-238-1414. A reward of up to $1,000 may be given.

AnnistonThe following property crimes were report-ed to the Anniston Police Department dur-ing the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Burglaries• Residence, 400 block of Christine Avenue: game console, televisions. • Unknown location, 400 block of town Cen-ter Drive: copper wire and pipes.• Residence, 1300 block of Johnson Avenue: air conditioning unit, copper pipes and fit-

tings.• Residence, 5300 block of Whisperwood Court: game console, television.• Residence, 1300 block of Leslie Lane: wire-less router, DVR unit, computer unit.• Residence, 500 block of Glen Addie Ave-nue: computer, television, game consoles, DVD player, furniture.

Thefts• Department store, 5500 block of McClellan Boulevard: jewelry. • Residence, 600 block of West 44th Street: Honda four-wheeler.• Drug store, 400 block of East 10th Street: cell phone.• Residence, 100 block of Hunter Ridge Lane: metal fence posts.• Residence, 2200 block of Parkwin Avenue:

medications, cash, clothing, perfume.• Residence, 100 block of East 21st Street: money card, cash.• Residence, 2000 block of Duncan Avenue: cash, car keys.• Supermarket, 5500 block of McClellan Bou-levard: grill.

Auto-related thefts• Parking lot, 1700 block of Quintard Avenue: Cadillac STS.• Residence, 1500 block of Leighton Avenue: 1998 dodge Avenger. (Recovered 03-11-2012)• Parking lot, 3400 block of U.S. 78: 2005 Ford Taurus.• Unknown location, 2000 block of Alabama 202: vehicle stereo.

calhoun county The following property crimes were report-ed to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Robbery• Street location, Berry Street andAirport Road, Oxford: cash, personal I.D., bank cards.

Thefts• Residence, West 53rd Street, Anniston: cash.• Residence, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Hobson City: game console, games, televi-sion, DVD player, DVDs, jewelry.

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Meetings:• RMC board meeting, 5 p.m., Phy-sician’s Center, board room, Suite 403.• Calhoun County Volunteer HAZMAT, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Jackson-ville EMA, email hazmed@cable-one.net for more information.• Hartwell Masonic Lodge No. 101 F & A.M. of Alabama, 7 p.m., 600 Main St., Oxford, 256-282-2035.• Civitan Club, noon, Classic on Noble, 256-236-9874.• American Legion unit 155 Auxil-iary, 7 p.m., 1780 Beck Road, behind the Bynum post office, 256-237-5068. • Oxford Rotary Club, noon-1 p.m., Western Sizzlin’ in Oxford.

Support Group:• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256-237-6196.• Free drug treatment for ado-lescents abusing drugs, meeting times will vary, Family Links, 265 Rucker St., 256-256-820-5911. This is the last meeting for the year and will return in January 2011.• Courage to Change Group of Narcotics Anonymous, basic text study, open, non-smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and 11th streets.• Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, 7:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont.• Help in Progress Narcotics Anon-ymous, 7-8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s).• Domestic Violence Survivors Support Group, 5:30 p.m., Tyler Center, first floor class room, secu-rity guard on duty, 256-236-7233 or 256-236-7381.

Miscellaneous:• Senior floor fitness class, 8-9 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.• Senior adult aqua aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Colise-um, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.

• Senior adult fitness class, 8-9 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.

Tuesday

Support Groups:• Parent(s) who have lost an adult child, 6:30 p.m., Physician’s Office Building, room 406, 256-235-5146.• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256-237-6196.• Bariatric Support Group, 6-8 p.m., RMC Bariatrics Office, Phy-sicians Office Building, Suite 102, 901 Leighton Ave., led by Louise Aldridge, call 256-236-1300 for more information.• Free drug treatment for ado-lescents abusing drugs, meeting times will vary, Family Links, 265 Rucker St., 256-820-5911.• Countryside Hospice Bereave-ment/Grief Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Oxford First United Methodist Church, 212 Snow St., open to the community, 256-782-3560.• Courage to Change Group of Nar-cotics Anonymous, discussion, open, smoking, noon; women’s meeting, candlelight, smoking, 7 p.m.; 11th Step Meditation meet-ing, closed, non-smoking, 8:30 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and 11th streets.• Prostate Support Group, for men with prostate concerns, includ-ing prostate cancer, diagnosis and treatment, 5:30 p.m., Cancer Resource Center, Physicians Office Building, fourth floor, suite 406.• Alzheimer’s Support Group, for families dealing with Alzheimer’s disease, 5-6 p.m., Physician’s Cen-ter, room 301, 256-235-5578.• Mental Illness Support Group, for patients with bi-polar, depres-sion, and other disorders and those interested in providing support, 1:30 p.m., Tyler Center, 731 Leighton Ave., in the galley.• ALS Group no longer meeting, 256-235-5146 if assistance is needed.• New Perspectives, a narcotics anonymous group, 6:30-7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 109 Gayle St., behind McDonald’s, Jacksonville, 256-435-4881.

• Free parenting classes for par-ents of newborns to 4-year-olds, 9-11 a.m., Family Services Center of Calhoun County, 13 E. 11th St. Child care provided. 256-231-2240.• One day at a time Al-Anon group, noon-1 p.m., (new location), Phy-sician’s Office Building, Suite 406, call Ann Garner at 256-237-3464 for directions or more information.• Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting, noon, Tyler Center, in the Galley. • Help in Progress Narcotics Anon-ymous, 7-8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s).• TOUCH Cancer support group, noon, The Cancer Resource Cen-ter, Physicians Office Building, across from ER, fourth floor, lunch provided, call Charlotte Ayres at 256-235-5084. • Man to Man Support Group for men, 5:30 p.m., The Cancer Resource Center, Physicians Office Building, across from ER, fourth floor, light dinner provided.• True Transformation, a Christ-centered recovery program for women only, noon, 1211 Noble St.• National Association for Retired and Active Federal Employees, Volunteer Service Center, 9 a.m.-noon, Anniston Army Depot, Building 220, (outside main gate), to assist retired federal employ-ees. Call 256-235-4631 to make an appointment or for more informa-tion.

Meetings:• Jacksonville Aspiring Writers Group, 4:30 p.m., Jacksonville Public Library, anyone interested in the creative writing process is welcome. Bring samples of your original writing to share. The group offers support, critique and infor-mation about writing and possible publishing venues. Call 256-782-2881 for more information.• Altrusa International, Inc., noon, Classic on Noble.• • Eastaboga Masonic Lodge No. 155, 7 p.m., Lodge building in Easta-boga, 256-835-7576.• East Alabama Credit Associa-tion, 8 a.m. breakfast, Shoney’s in Oxford, 256-463-4377.• Anniston Runners Club, 5:30 p.m., at Anniston YMCA, W. 14th Street.

Call 256-310-0830, email ddunn@annistonstar.com or visit www.annistonrunners.com. • The Anniston Rotary Club, noon, Anniston Country Club, Highland Avenue. • North East Alabama Table Ten-nis Club, 5-9 p.m., Anniston Army Depot Gym, Bynum, 256-689-8603.• Bridge Club, 9 a.m., Lenlock Cen-ter No. 5, 5818 McClellan Blvd., 256-225-0003.

Miscellaneous:• Free, confidential counseling for prospective and existing small business owners, provided by the Service Corps of Retired Execu-tives (SCORE), by appointment, Northeast Alabama Entrepreneur-ial System, 1400 Commerce Blvd., just off Greenbrier Road, call 256-831-5215 to make an appointment or for more information.• Anniston First United Method-ist Church men’s prayer breakfast, 6:30 a.m., The Bridge, 1400 Noble St., at rear of church, all men are invited to attend, call 256-236-5605.• Senior adult aqua aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Colise-um, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.• Senior therapeutic yoga class, 8-9 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.

Wednesday

Support Group:• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256-237-6196.• Celebrate Recovery, 12-step Christ-centered recovery Step Study Group, 6 p.m., Word Alive International Outreach, Coldwater, 256-225-2186 or 256-223-6593.• Courage to Change Group of Narcotics Anonymous, 90 min-ute, closed, candlelight, smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and 11th streets.• Free parenting classes for par-ents of 2- to 12-year-olds, 9-11 a.m. Family Services Center of Calhoun

County, 13 E. 11th St., Child care provided, 256-231-2240. • Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, 7:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont.• Help in Progress Narcotics Anon-ymous, 7-8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s).• New Wine Recovery Support Group for addicts and alcoholics, 6:30 p.m., Hill Crest Baptist Church, “The Rock,” room 208, Family Life center.

Meetings:• McClellan Development Author-ity, program management team, 9 a.m.; property/planning commit-tee, 10:30 a.m., 4975 Bains Gap Road.• The Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, noon, Jacksonville Community Center, 501 Alexandria Road, 256-435-9588.• Men’s Bible Study of Anniston First Baptist Church, 8 a.m., McDonald’s in Lenlock, 256-847-0230.• Bridge Club, 11 a.m., Lenlock Cen-ter No. 5, 5818 McClellan Blvd., 256-225-0003.

Miscellaneous:• Free health screenings for Pied-mont Elementary and Middle School students, as part of the Sight Savers America KidCheck Plus program, fourth- through eighth-graders, 8 a.m., Piedmont Elementary School gym, 504 Hood St.; Piedmont Middle School, 401 N. Main St., both screenings will con-tinue until each child with parental permission has been screened. The health assessments will be administered by approximately 20 nursing students from the Jack-sonville State University School of Nursing. Call 334-412-7819 or visit www.sightsaversamerica.org or email lstewart@sightsaversamer-ica.org for more information.• Senior adult aqua aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Colise-um, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.• Senior floor fitness class, 8-9 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Abby Fleetwood at 256-782-5523 for more information.

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establishment support and he hasn’t been able to close the deal and even come close to closing the deal,” Santo-rum said. “That tells you that there’s a real flaw there.”

Yet, Santorum side-stepped when asked if he would fight Romney on the convention floor if he failed before August to stop the for-mer Massachusetts governor from getting the required number of delegates.

R o m n e y , i n t u r n , expressed confidence that he’d prevail.

“I can’t tell you exactly how the process is going to work,” Romney said. “But I bet I’m going to become the nominee.”

Both campaigned in Puer-to Rico last week — in a cam-paign focused on statehood for the U.S. territory — but Romney cut short his trip so he could head to Illinois and Santorum spent Sunday in Louisiana. Illinois, a more moderate Midwestern state, votes Tuesday and is seen as more friendly territory for Romney, while Santorum is the favorite in the more con-servative Southern state of Louisiana, which votes Sat-urday.

After the Puerto Rico victory, Romney had 521 delegates in his camp and Santorum had 253, accord-ing to the Associated Press’ tally. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich trailed with 136 delegates and Texas Rep. Ron Paul had 50.

Enrique Melendez, the Republican representative on the Puerto Rican State Electoral Commission, said Romney “won the Puerto Rican primary by a huge margin and we are granting him the 20 delegates.”

At this rate, Romney is on pace to capture the nomi-

nation in June unless San-torum or Gingrich is able to win decisively in the coming contests.

Both have said they would stay in the race and perhaps force the nomination to a fight at the GOP’s convention in Tampa if Romney doesn’t amass enough delegates to arrive with a mandate. That would turn the convention into an intra-party brawl for the first time since 1976.

Ev e n a s S a n t o r u m declined to commit to forc-ing a brokered convention, his advisers were working behind the scenes on a plan to persuade convention del-egates to switch candidates if the former Pennsylvania senator fails to derail Rom-ney before that.

Half of the states have yet to weigh in on a race with seemingly no end in sight anytime soon. That’s prompted fresh speculation within the GOP over wheth-er a contested convention is likely.

Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus insisted that party will have a nominee sooner rather than later.

“We’re only at halftime,” Priebus said. “I think that this process is going to play itself out. We will have a nominee, I think, fairly soon — one, two months away.”

In Puerto Rico, the race was focused on the issue of statehood, and Melendez said, “This proves Gov. Rom-ney’s electability and his ability to reach out to His-panics and minorities.”

Whether that’s true or not, Romney told Puerto Ricans he would support statehood while Santorum said English would have to be the offi-cial language of the island if it were to join the United States — a statement that roiled residents.

By DAviD LAuTERTribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Over the next eight months, presidential campaigns will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to pen-etrate the suburban living rooms of people like 33-year-old Sarah Hays.

“I agree with certain parts of the philosophies of both parties,” Hays said in a recent interview as two of her three children — ages 6, 4 and 21 months — played within reach at their St. Louis-area home. “I’m a Catholic, and I’m pro-life, and that’s very important to me,” she said, “but I don’t believe that pro-life means only anti-abortion.

“I think we should be fiscally conservative, and yet I think we should take care of people.”

Hays is that rarest of people in a closely divid-ed and sharply polarized country — a swing voter — dissatisfied with both parties, crucial to either one’s hope of success.

Over the last few months, as the Republican primary battle has focused on the most conservative parts of the party’s core, several polls have shown President Barack Obama making headway with self-described indepen-dents like Hays. As a result, the percentage of voters expressing approval of his performance in office has slowly risen in most recent surveys.

The latest major poll, released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, shows Obama’s job approv-al — probably the most

important political statis-tic at this time of year — at 50 percent, with 41 percent disapproving. That’s a sig-nificant improvement over the same poll’s finding in January, when Obama’s approval was a net nega-tive, 44 percent to 48 per-cent. The more recent poll, of 1,503 adults, including 1,188 registered voters, was taken March 7 through March 11, and had a mar-gin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The survey also showed a notable improvement in the Democratic Party’s image among voters, with just under half seeing the party positively. The public’s overall view of the Republican Party was strikingly negative, 36 per-cent to 56 percent.

Though the polls could certainly change again, recent interviews with vot-ers in swing states show that arguments favorable to Obama have begun to sink in with some of those he will need in November.

Such swing voters are a crucial — and often mis-

understood — piece of the American electorate.

Recent polls in key states have shown Obama’s progress with women and blue-collar white in battleground states. Inter-views with independent voters help show why. The voters, interviewed by phone, were among respondents to polls con-ducted in Pennsylvania by Muhlenberg College and the Allentown Morning Call and nationally by the Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research polling firm.

Nearly all those inter-viewed mentioned some degree of disappointment with the president — a sign of his continued vul-nerability.

But many voters spon-taneously mentioned lines that have been Obama campaign talking points. In northern Florida, Diane Cusson-Maddox, 58, a rural mail carrier who voted for Republican Sen. John McCain in 2008, said she admired Obama's toughness.

“I think he’s trying to help the people who are in the middle class and make the rich pay more because they’ve been on a gravy train,” she said.

Asked why she voted against Obama four years ago, she hesitated.

“I didn’t believe a lot of what he said,” she said of Obama, then, after a pause, continued: “It could be because I’m from the South, you know what I mean? It could be that I thought a black man couldn't handle the job. It could have been some prejudice I had.”

In Pennsylvania, George Steidler, 81, also said he

voted for McCain, but this time he sees no Republi-can worth supporting. He dismissed Mitt Romney, the Republicans’ halting front-runner, with a verbal back of his hand.

“When you make $15 million and pay 14 percent tax, what good’s that to the American people who pay their taxes?”

In Maine, Julie Jipson expressed admiration for her state’s moderate Republican senator, Olym-pia J. Snowe, who is retir-ing this year, then scorned what she described as a Republican “attack on women.”

“I’m 62 years old, and I’m thinking, ‘My God, we’re going back to when my mother was little,’” having a public argument about birth control, she said. “It’s just out of con-trol. They’re so radical.”

As for Hays, she too spoke of her “disappoint-ment” with Obama, for whom she voted four years ago. The health care bill that Obama sees as the signal accomplishment of his term leaves her not so much opposed as just puz-zled and anxious.

“I don’t think things are being explained ter-ribly well to people,” she said. And the “great hopes” Obama raised in his cam-paign have largely been eroded in her mind.

She was open to finding a Republican to vote for this time, Hays said. But asked about the current field, she laughed.

“I couldn’t see myself voting for any of these guys,” she said. “I don’t think there’s one of them who isn’t completely crazy.”

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House, 7 p.m. on Fox: Diane Bak-er makes her third appearance as Blythe House, our hero’s (Hugh Laurie) mom, in this new episode, in which she pays a surprise visit. While digesting this news, House attempts to figure out what’s wrong with a sightless man (Michael B. Jordan, Friday Night Lights).

How I Met Your Mother, 7 p.m. on CBS: When Barney and Quinn (Neil Patrick Harris, Becki Newton) announce they’re

planning to move in together, Barney’s friends jump in and try to break them up. Ted and Robin, meantime, battle over who should sublet her apart-ment in this new episode.

Pretty Little Liars, 7 p.m. on ABCFamily: Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer finally come face to face with their mysterious tormentor, “A,” but not before one last cat-and-mouse game that plays out at Rosewood’s Junior League Masquerade

Gala in the season finale.2 Broke Girls, 7:30 p.m. on CBS:

Max and Caroline (Kat Den-nings, Beth Behrs) are hired to dog-sit at a wealthy couple’s posh digs in this new episode.

The Bob Newhart Show, 8 p.m. on FamilyNet: In this rerun from March 19, 1977 — wow, exactly 35 years ago — Carol the secretary announces she’s having a baby the same day Emily (Suzanne Pleshette)

announces she’s pregnant, too. Of course, she isn’t — she can’t be — but hilarity ensues.

Mike & Molly, 8:31 p.m. on CBS: Peggy (Rondi Reed) leaves her dog, Jim, in the care of Mike and Molly (Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy) when she goes on a trip, explaining that looking after the dog will be good practice for parenthood in this new episode.

Smash, 9 p.m. on NBC: Two-time

Tony winner Bernadette Peters guest stars as Ivy’s (Megan Hilty) mom, a Broadway star in her own right, who undermines her daughter’s efforts as the team prepares to present the show to would-be investors in this new episode.

Hawaii 5-0, 9 p.m. on CBS: McGarrett gets an ex-con to help him set up a sting after the crime-fighter’s sister is charged with smuggling pre-cious stones.

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• Iris Lucinda Gatlin to Barry W. Gatlin, a parcel of land in section 7, township 14, range 6, $1.• Iris Lucinda Gatlin to Barry W. Gatlin, North Anniston Realty Com-pany, block 9, lots 12 and 13, $1.• America’s First Federal Credit Union to William James Farrell III and Jennifer B. Farrell, a parcel of land in section 8, township 16, range 9, $10.• Marvin Parris and Barbara Par-ris to Marvin Parris, Barbara Par-ris, Elizabeth Parris Sims, Sylvia Parris Taylor and Shelby Parris Brown, a parcel of land in section 1, township 13, range 7, $10.• Larry D. Welch to Cemetery of the First Baptist Church of Williams, Inc., a parcel of land in section 16, township 13, range 8, $10.• E.L. Green Jr. to Cemetery of the First Baptist Church of Williams, Inc., a parcel of land in section 16, township 13, range 8, $10.• Leighton Clinic Corporation to Maurice L. Moskowitz and Heath-er L. Sabo, Anniston City Land Company, block 21, lot 8, $10.• Heirs of Ira Webb to Della O. Webb, Margaret A. Decroff and Judith O. Popp, Anniston Home-stead and Fruit Growers Associa-tion, lots 3006 and 3007, $10.• Leslie Burdette to Charles J. Burdette, Winter Park Subdivision, block 3, lot 1, $10.• Rhonda W. Joy to Robbie Whit-man and Joshua Free Whitman, a parcel of land in section 11, town-ship 14, range 7, $10.• Rhonda W. Joy to Joyce Whit-man, a parcel of land in section 11, township 14, range 7, $10.• Housing & Urban Development to T & K Properties, LLC, Buck-horn Subdivision, Phase V, lot 28, $50,000.• Housing & Urban Development to Macie Wagoner, a parcel of land

in section 20, township 15, range 8, $43,000.• Douglas A. Thomas and Sandra D. Thomas to Gregory L. Gann and Keetha V. Gann, Kon Tiki Subdivi-sion, lots 84 and 85, $195,000.• Zenda Lee Anna Penner to Ronald L. Odette and Deborah R. Odette, a parcel of land in section 30, town-ship 13, range 9, $10.• Fannie Mae to Jennifer L. Kiker, Woodland Ridge Subdivision, lot 4, $104,900.• Charles R. Pruett, Barry Scott Pruett and Marcella Sparks to Frances G. Pruett and Geraldine Pruett, Lake Park Subdivision, block 2, lot 7, $1.• Lillian Jo Ragland to Lillian Jo Phillips and Rebecca A. Cwikows-ki, Alexandria Land Company, block 1, lots 6-8; McClellan, block 3, lot 9, $10.• Michael Sides and Jennifer Sides to Dennis L. Hinds, a parcel of land in section 28/29/33, town-ship 13, range 8, $90,000.• Barney H. Murray and Sheila Murray to Barney H. Murray and Sheila Murray, a parcel of land in section 9, township 14, range 8, $10.• Edward Carl Lindsey and Donna Louise Lindsey to Regina K. Lively, a parcel of land in section 20, town-ship 13, range 9, $10.• James Howard Johnson and Mary Jean Tubbs Johnson to James H. Johnson and Mary Jean Johnson, a parcel of land in section 33, town-ship 14, range 6, $1.• Corey McDonald to James Calvin Bentley Jr. and Diana Bentley, J.F. Toney’s Subdivision, lots 22 and 23, $10.• David Eric Dover Jr. and Lauren Dover to Jamie M. Jaggers, Betta-Life Subdivision, block 7, lot 22, $68,900.• James L. Denson and Geraldine

R. Denson to Kirby D. Rice and Erin R. Rice, a parcel of land in section 6, township 13, range 8, $187,900.• Gregory Thomas Smith and Susanna Rogers Smith to David R. Edgar and Dannika Rae Edgar, a parcel of land in section 16, town-ship 13, range 7, $96,000.• Jackie W. King and Joyce P. King to Jackie W. King, Joyce P. King and Barry T. King, a parcel of land in section 35, township 13, range 9, $10.• Marilyn Faye Moses to Marilyn Faye Moses, William Moses and James S. Moses, a parcel of land in section 27, township 14, range 6, $10.• Howard J. Faulkner and Ruth B. Faulkner to Howard J. Faulkner, Ruth B. Faulkner and Lisa Michelle McCoy, Ann Vivian Kilgore Subdi-vision, lot 4, $10.• Mary Louise McGhee to Kyle Jones, Central City Terrace, block 2, lot 1, $10.• Bruce Clemment to Christopher A. Harlin and Lauren R. Viernes, Anniston Homestead and Fruit Growers Association, lot 1904, and 1922, $100.• John R. Hines and Debra A. Hines to Kerri Hayes, Brown Acres Sub-division, lot 28, $1.• Lenn Costner to Myron Allan Fleming and Deborah M. Fleming, a parcel of land in section 34, town-ship 14, range 7, $10.• Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to Justin Lindsey, Fel-scher Farm, block B, lot 9, $10.• Jason Wayne Moore and Marion Annette Moore to Rodney Carroll, a parcel of land in section 10, town-ship 13, range 10, $10.• Michael W. Carroll to Thomas A. Carroll Sr. and Betty J. Carroll, R.M. Livingston’s Subdivision, lot 1; W.L. Love Subdivision, block H, lots 7-10, $10.

• Martha Y. Norton to Michael Wayne Carroll and Julie M. Car-roll, a parcel of land in section 7, township 13, range 10, $10.• Maxine K. Simmons to Michael Wayne Carroll and Julie M. Car-roll, a parcel of land in section 7, township 13, range 10, $10.• George C. Morris to Johnathan Wayne Davis and Lisa Deeann Davis, W.L. Love Subdivision, block E, lots 13-15, $5,000.• Billy L. Pressley to Steve Gattis and Paula Gattis, Five-W Lakesite, block 9, lots 9-11, $10.• Larry T. Everly and Tina K. Everly to Larry T. Everly and Tina K. Everly, Sun Valley Subdivision, 1st addi-tion, lot 9, $10.• William T. Locke and Linda Gail Locke to William T. Locke and Linda Gail Locke, a parcel of land in section 22, township 16, range 6, $10.• Harry T. Daniel Sr. to Billy M. Ben-nett and Faye M. Bennett, Wood-land Heights, block 9, lot 1, $10.• Matthew Bryan Otwell to Lance K. Braden and Mandy L. Braden, a parcel of land in section 8, town-ship 16, range 9, $10.• Russell T. Emrick and Leann Hur-ley Emrick to Wayne A. King and Brittany L. King, a parcel of land in section 15, township 16, range 8, $10.• Wade Kittrell and Juanita Kittrell to James Ledbetter, a parcel of land in section 17/18, township 15, range 6, $10.• Claude L. Crosson and Candi T. Crosson to Claude L. Crosson, Cot-ton Creek, Phase 2, lot 44, $10.• Cider Ridge Alabama, LLC to TBC Homes, LLC, Cider Ridge Subdivi-sion, Phase I Reassessment Plat, block WH, lot 6WH, $10.• Michael E. Fleming and Kimberly Fleming to Michael E. Fleming, a parcel of land in section 16, town-

ship 14, range 7, $1.• John Tracy McLean to McLean Properties IV, LLC Series 8, a par-cel of land in section 24, township 14, range 8, $10.• Fannie Mae to Sammy D. McCombs Sr. and Tamula J. McCombs, McClellan, block 5, lot 35, $21,000.• Provident Funding Associates, LP to Federal Home Loan Mort-gage Corp., Ardsley Park, block 2, lot 3.• Housing & Urban Development to Ruth J. Hamilton Revocable Trust, Saks Addition ‘E’ to North Anniston Realty Company, block 2, lot 10, $30,550.• Housing & Urban Development to Mark S. Sedenik and Kathleen E. Sedenik, Forestbrook East Sub-division, 3rd addition, block D, lots 15 and 16, $90,000.• Heirs of Aileene Pitts to Barry Keith Pitts, Vaughan’s Subdivision of lots 78-185, lot 153, $10.• Douglas Doss, Matthew Lee Doss and Thomas Grady Doss to Whitman L. Welch and Christie M. Welch, Anniston City Land Com-pany, a parcel of land in block 562, $10.• William Eugene Lawson to Mari-lyn M. Lawson, Weaver North, lot 29, $10.• Marilyn M. Lawson to George Tyron Young, Weaver North, lot 29, $10.• Edna G. Harman to James R. Fields Jr. and Sandra S. Fields, a parcel of land in section 25, town-ship 16, range 8, $10.• Donna Goodwin Martin to Charles J. Thomason, a parcel of land in section 28, township 14, range 7, $10.• Joel Jeffers to Traci Reaves Rogers and Michael Ladon Rogers, Pied-mont Land & Improvement Compa-ny, block 70, lots 17 and 18, $10.

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Here are food service establishments recently inspected by the Calhoun County Health Department, along with scores. A score of 100 indicates the inspector found no deficiencies. Potentially hazardous defi-ciencies (four- or five-point demerit items) are noted. These must be corrected imme-diately and inspectors say they are often corrected while the inspection is underway. Restaurants earning below 70 must raise their scores within seven days or face clo-sure.

4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS• Discount Supermarket, 7832 Alabama 77, Ohatchee — 96, toxic item not properly stored.• Elk’s Lodge 189, 1019 S. Noble St., Anniston — 93, presence of rodents.• Jefferson’s, 230 Spring Branch Road, Oxford — 91, equipment/food contact sur-faces must be clean and sanitized; presence

of insects (fruit flies).• New Beginning Outreach Ministry/Mar-tin Luther King Child Development Center, Anniston — 90, approved food safety course certificate required.• Sonic Drive In, 1405 Barry St., Oxford — 92, no bare hand contact allowed with ready-to-eat food.

NO MAJOR DEMERITS• Annie’s Supermart, 720 Quintard Ave., Anniston — 94.• Betty’s Bar-B-Q, 401 S. Quintard Ave., Anniston — 92.• Calhoun County Jail (kitchen) — 96.• Christian Corner Meats, 1002 U.S. 431, N., Anniston — 100.• Custom Pizza, 1009 U.S. 431, Anniston — 97.• Custom Pizza, 7802 Alabama 77, Ohatchee — 99.• Domino’s Pizza, 1720 E. Hamric Drive,

Oxford — 99.• Elk’s Lodge 189 (Mobile Unit), 1019 S. Noble St., Anniston — 100.• Faith, Creativity & Achievement, Anniston — 100.• Goal Post Bar-B-Que, 1910 Quintard Ave., Anniston — 99.• J-Kats, 16 Burns St., Eastaboga — 97.• Jack’s Family Restaurant, 201 U.S. 278 By Pass, E., Piedmont — 98.• Jasmine Chinese Cuisine, 1225 Snow St., Oxford — 97.• LaFlor De Mexico, 1225 Snow St., Oxford — 99.• LaMar’s, 1781 Hamric Drive, E., Oxford — 96.• Mata’s Greek Pizza, 1708 Quintard Ave., Anniston — 98.• Meadowbrook Abundant Childcare, Oxford — 100.• Papa John’s Pizza, 13 Bill Robinson Park-

way, Anniston — 95.• Raceway, 805 N. Main St., Piedmont — 97.• Red Lobster, 515 Quintard Drive, Oxford — 99.• Romine’s Annistonian Restaurant, 1709 Noble St., Anniston — 94.• Silver Lakes, 1 Sunbelt Parkway, Glencoe — 99.• Solid Rock Café, 105 N. Center Ave., Pied-mont — 96.• Southern Lady Enterprise, 13316 U.S. 431, Wellington — 98.• Struts, 88 Ali Way, Oxford — 97.• Subway, 6664 U.S. 431, Alexandria — 99.• Subway, 5560 McClellan Blvd., Anniston — 97.• Western Sizzlin, 600 S. Quintard Ave., Anniston — 97.• Westwood Wee Care Center, Alexandria — 100.

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