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Bevill State wins big in opener - Daily Mountain Eagle All-Hallows Read held at Bevill St. - Times RecordBevill State Volleyball completes 2018 season - Times RecordBears improve to 5-1 - Daily Mountain EagleHitting the ground running - Lamar DemocratA holiday tradition - Daily Mountain EagleOur View - Journal RecordFall enrollment down - Daily Mountain EagleHitting the ground running - Northwest Alabamian

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———New Era presents Caged In

•New Era wrestling presents the biggest show of the year “Caged In” on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Swann Gym. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and belltime is 7:30 p.m. The main event is a steel cage match Bubba Cagle vs 2Fly Ty. In other matches, former WCW, WWE, ECW, TNA Star Johnny Swinger, NEW OPEN Champion Thun-derCat defends against Cody Windham, the debuts of Lights Cameron Action, the hybrid Jaxson Cassel, and The Unicorn Princess Taylor Rae plus the American Brawlers, Shane Noles, Action Mike Jackson, and The Cowboy Dusty McWiliams will be in action. Call 435-3403 to reserve ringside seats. Kids 6 & under general admission are free.

NASCARCole Custer wins at Texas for shot at NASCAR Xfinity title

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Cole Custer regained the lead after the final restart with two laps to go Saturday, pushing past rookie driver Tyler Reddick to win the NASCAR Xfinity race at Texas and locking in a chance to race for the series championship.

It was the first win of the season for the 20-year-old Custer, who maintained control after he and Reddick made hard contact while racing to the checkered flag.

Reddick did take over the series points lead from retiring driver Elliott Sadler, who finished eighth and dropped to second in points.

There are three championship-contending spots for Homestead that will be decided next week at Phoenix. The restart came after the 13th caution, the most ever in an Xfinity race at Texas. The final charge to the finish left Custer with a winning margin of .162 of a second, the third-closest at the 1 1/2-mile track.

MLBCincinnati Reds: Minor leaguer killed, two injured in car accident

CINCINNATI (AP) — Pitcher Jairo Capellan was killed and two other Cincinnati Reds minor leaguers were injured in a car accident Satur-day morning in the Dominican Republic, a team official said.

Dick Williams, the Reds’ president of base-ball operations, confirmed Capellan’s death and said pitcher Raul Hernandez was in critical condition and outfielder Emilio Garcia in stable condition. The club released no details about their injuries.

Capellan was 19, the same age as the two injured players. All three played on the Reds’ rookie team in the Dominican Summer League.

“We received this terrible news and send our condolences and support to the families, friends and teammates of Jairo, Raul and Emilio,” owner Bob Castellini said. “Our Domin-ican operations are an integral part of the Reds organization, and this tragedy affects us all.”

NFLPats’ Edelman fined $26,739 by NFL for unnecessary roughness

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has fined Patri-ots wide receiver Julian Edelman $26,739 for an unnecessary roughness penalty in New En-gland’s win over Buffalo on Monday night.

Edelman was called for an illegal block after a fair catch signal, but before the ball was touched on a Bills punt in the third quarter.

Giants safety Sean Chandler was fined $20,054 for unnecessary roughness for a horse-collar tackle in the fourth quarter of their 20-13 loss to Washington on Sunday.

Raiders linebacker Kyle Wilber also was fined $20,054 for unnecessary roughness.

Also fined:—Vikings wide receiver Laquon Treadwell,

$13,369 for unsportsmanlike conduct.—Ravens defensive lineman Brandon Wil-

liams, $10,026 for unnecessary roughness.

SPORTS DIGEST BEVILL STATE 82, STILLMAN JV 61

Bevill State wins big in openerBy W. BRIAN HALEEagle Sports Writer

The Bevill State Bears are off to a perfect start following Saturday’s 82-61 victory over the Still-man Tigers JV in the season opener at Glen Clem Gymnasium.

The Bears, which finished 9-19 during the 2017-18 season, battled with the Tigers for early control of the contest, eventually building a six-point advantage at the half, 40-34.

The second half belonged solidly to Bevill State, with the Bears quickly pushing their lead into double digits early after the break then pushing further ahead en route to the 82-61 win.

Nelson Haskin led the Bears with a dou-ble-double effort of 16 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks, while Wanya King added 16 points, six rebounds and a steal. Miguel Williams had 12 points, Omar Bartholomew scored eight points with seven rebounds and a block and Chris Free-man had seven points with five rebounds and a block.

The Bears (1-0) return to action on Tuesday at Enterprise State at 7:30. On Thursday and Friday, Bevill State plays in the Veterans Classic at Shelton State.

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Bevill State’s Nelson Haskin (20 pulls down a re-bound in Saturday’s season opener against the Stillman JV team. The Bears won 82-61.

of the season. He threw 26 touch-downs before throwing the inter-ception this season, which is the second most since Louisiana Tech’s Colby Cameron threw 27 in 2012. Alabama’s running game was just as strong as the passing game. The Crimson Tide used five players to rush for 281 yards. Senior running back Damien Harris led the team with 107 yards and a score.

The Crimson Tide finished the game the way coach Nick Saban likes to — running the ball. It ran 13 plays in the fourth quarter, 12 of which came on the ground. On those 12 running plays, Alabama covered 81 yards and used 8:38 of game time.

“I thought the drive that we went down on the field and scored on the last one was really how you’re sup-posed to finish a game on offense,” Saban said. “That’s the way you need to do it to finish the game when you have a lead.”

The Alabama defense controlled LSU’s offense, especially its offen-sive line.

The Tigers ran for just 12 yards, which is the first time since 2001 that LSU was held to less than 30 yards.

Alabama held it to negative one rushing yard by halftime.

The defensive line accounted for 16 of the team’s 59 tackles, led by defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.

The redshirt sophomore, who had 1.5 sacks coming into the game, finished with a team-high 2.5 sacks and 10 tackles.

“It’s no surprise to me,” center Ross Pierschbacher said. “I’ve got to block Quinnen Williams every single day. I get pretty frustrated at practice. I’m just like ‘I can’t freaking block this guy. What do I need to do?’ Coach Key kind of calms me down. If we can block these guys, we can block anyone in the country. This is a big game for

them (defensive line), just a state-ment game for us.”

The shutout was the first for Ala-bama this season and the first SEC shutout since it defeated Vanderbilt 59-0.

“It was very important (to finish the shutout),” safety Deionte Thompson said. “We did not want to let them in the end zone. We just kept depending on each other.”

The Crimson Tide left Death Valley virtually unscathed. Henry Ruggs, who went out late in the second quarter, most likely has a bruise, Najee Harris sprained his ankle. Saban said neither are severe.

With the win, Alabama wins the SEC West.

Georgia won the SEC East earli-er on Saturday.

Alabama will remain home for the rest of the season. The Crimson Tide takes on Mississippi State for its next game on Saturday Nov. 10.

STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UAB routs UTSA for 7th straight winThe Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM— Freshman Ty-ler Johnston III threw three first-half touchdown passes and scored on a 3-yard run to help UAB cruise to a 52-3 win over UTSA on Satur-day night for the Blazers’ program record seventh consecutive win.

Johnston, making his first collegiate start in place of injured A.J. Erdely, hit Kailon Carter for a 50-yard TD on the opening posses-sion and, after UTSA went three-and-out, connected with Xavier Ubosi on a 22-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0 midway through the first quarter. Johnston’s 31-yard scoring strike to Ubosi made it 28-3 and, one play after Gerrit Prince blocked a punt, Spencer Brown’s 4-yard rushing TD gave UAB (8-1, 6-0 Conference USA) a 32-point lead with 12 minutes left in the first half.

———Samford 35, Wofford 20

At Birmingham, Devlin Hodges passed for 399 yards and account-ed for five touchdowns to help Samford upset Wofford 35-20 on its homecoming Saturday.

Samford won its fourth straight in knocking off Wofford, which entered the game ranked eighth in the FCS coaches’ poll.

Hodges threw an 8-yard TD pass to DeMarcus Ware with 11:25 left in the fourth quarter and added a 1-yard keeper for a score less than four minutes later, giving the Bulldogs (5-4, 4-2 Southern Con-ference) a 15-point cushion for the remainder of the game.

———Troy 26, La-Lafayette 16

At Troy, Damion Willis had 10 catches for 213 yards, B.J. Smith set a school record with his fifth straight 100-yard rushing game and Troy remained unbeaten in Sun Belt Conference play with a 26-16 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.

Kyler Knudsen, making his first career start, caught an intercep-tion with 2:08 left in the game and learned in the locker room after the game that he had earned a

scholarship.———

Arkansas State 38,South Alabama 14

At Jonesboro, Ark., Justice Hansen ran for a score and threw three touchdown passes, including a 78-yarder to Justin McInnis, and Arkansas State beat South Ala-bama 38-14 on Saturday.

Hansen hit Kirk Merritt on a 5-yard TD pass, but the Jaguars’ Evan Orth tied it up on the next possession with a 17-yard strike to Malik Stanley.

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UAB running back Spencer Brown carries the ball against UTSA at Legion Field in Birmingham on Saturday. UAB won 52-3.

Alabama From A9

UNA blasts Shorter, 41-14

FLORENCE (AP) — Christian Lopez threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and North Alabama beat Division II Shorter University 41-14 on Saturday.

Lopez was 18 of 27 for 240 yards for the Lions (6-3). Cortez Hall had 107 receiving yards and a score and Jakobi Byrd added 89 yards and two touchdowns. The Lions scored on their first four drives, starting with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Byrd, followed by an 11-yard strike to Hall and they were up 14-0 with 9:26 left in the first quar-ter. In the second, Byrd caught another scoring pass and C.J. Sturdivant ran 23-yards for a 28-0 lead at halftime.

Fisher - Bruceto wed

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher of Fayette, announce theengagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter,Caitlin Elizabeth Fisher, to Johnny Robert Bruce, Jr. ofWinfield.

Johnny is the son of Mr. Johnny Bruce, Sr. of New Or-leans, Louis. and the grandson of Ms. Adrienne West ofWinfield.

Caitlin is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. BrooksWilson and Mrs. Helen Fisher, all of Fayette.

Caitlin is a 2014 graduate of Auburn University with abachelor’s degree in Human Development and FamilyStudies. She is currently employed with Lamar CountyDepartment of Human Resources.

Johnny is a 2005 graduate of Faulkner University witha bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. He is currentlyemployed with the Alabama National Guard.

The wedding will be at Timber Valley Lodge on Satur-day, Nov. 17, 2018 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. All fam-ily and friends are invited to attend.

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spend time with his par-ents. Six years after leav-ing the service, Campbellsaid that he joined thelocal National Guard unit.

“I’ve always been patri-otic and I had missedbeing in the service,”Campbell said. “I joinedbecause I wanted to con-tinue serving my country.”

A few years later, theVeterans Service Officerposition in Fayette cameopen. Campbell said thathe applied for the job andwas delighted when hewas hired for the position.

“It was very satisfyingknowing that I could per-haps do something to help

veterans who had sovaliantly served this coun-try,” Campbell said.“Many times, veterans feltthey had nowhere to turnfor help. Helping thesepeople get the benefitsthat they were entitled towas very rewarding.”

Campbell said that hesaw the way that veteranswho were returning fromthe Vietnam War weretreated, and that the treat-ment was shameful. “Wewere spat on when we ar-rived back in the states,”he said. “The treatment ofveterans appears to bebetter today, but it is stillshameful to see how some

folks disrespect the Amer-ican flag.”

Campbell retired in2003 from the NationalGuard with 29 years serv-ice in the guard, in addi-tion to his five years ofactive service. He contin-ued to work as the Veter-ans Service Officer forFayette County until2008, retiring with 20years in that capacity.However, Campbell stillremains active with thelocal Veterans of ForeignWars (VFW) post inFayette.

Campbell said that thetroops deserve a lot of re-spect and gratitude for

their service, a servicethat allow others to livenormal lives within theUnited States. He saidthat this is something thatshould never be taken forgranted.

“I would like people topause this Veterans Dayand remember the sacri-fices that others havemade to ensure the free-doms that we enjoy,”Campbell said. “I person-ally want to say a big‘Thank You’ to all the vet-erans. I’ve been in a lot ofcountries, but I can trulysay that there is no placelike the United States.”

The 2018-2019 Fayette Middle School WIRED robotics team competed in the Bevill BEST Hub Robotics Competition, Fridayand Saturday, Oct. 26-27. There were 14 teams registered for the event. This year's challenge included some very difficulttasks, such as driving a robot on a two x four suspended off the ground and creating an expandable arm to locate and moveobjects. On the day of competition, FMS WIRED competed against nine other schools for the top spot. The competition con-sisted of an engineering notebook, exhibit, exhibit interview, marketing presentation, spirit and sportsmanship, team wear,and the robot competition. FMS WIRED placed first in the robot competition, and will advance on to the South’s BEST Re-gional Championship to compete against 57 other teams from five states. The team also won several other awards on Sat-urday. The awards include Highest Round Score/Top Gun; Most Robust Machine; second place in Spirit and Sportsmanship,Marketing Presentation, and BEST Award; and third place in Booth and Engineering Notebook. Natalyn Burkhalter and JackieDodd won the Bevill BEST Sponsor award from an essay written by the WIRED team members. Shown above left is theFayette Middle School WIRED robotics team. Pictured above right, from left are Burkhalter and Dodd, the FMS WIREDrobotic team sponsors.

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All-Hallows Read held at Bevill St.

Bevill State Community College held a program entitled,“All-Hallows Read” on Oct. 31 at the school’s library. SigmaKappa Delta, the English Honor’s Club, hosted the event,along with assistance from Ambassadors, Girl Scout Troop

563, and other volunteers. Festivities included treats forthe children, face painting, book reading, as well as movies.The event was open to the public, and several childrenwere in attendance.

Brother J.D. Gray (center) was presented with a 60-yearpin and certificate by Brother Bobby Bowles (right), Masterof the Lodge. Brother A.B. Fowler, Jr. is the Marshall of theLodge. Gray is a member of the Charles Baskerville Ma-sonic Lodge 281 in Fayette.

The volunteers at Fayette Medical Center invite anyone in-terested to help make tray favors for the hospital patients andnursing home residents. These trays will be made at the hospitalon Thursday, November 8 from 10 a.m. - noon. Thanks to thosewho helped with the fall tray favors and we hope you can help uswith the Thanksgiving tray favors on Nov. 8.

Herbalist Carla Waldrep will be speaking at the FayetteCounty Garden Club's November Meeting. Waldrep is the li-brarian in Haleyville and is best known for her portrayal of AuntJenny Johnston, a well-known figure in the Bankhead Forest.The meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 13. The club will holdthe business part of its meeting at 5 p.m., and Waldrep willspeak at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

A tree lighting ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 20on the lawn of the Fayette Courthouse, in honor of all Veterans,as well as all active and reserve miltary. The event will begin at5 p.m. on the front lawn of the courthouse. Everyone, especiallyveterans, are invited to attend.

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Bevill State finished its volleyball season with a 7-16 record and with Brooke Self beingnamed Second Team All-Region. Head Coach Theresa Berry-Franks said she is proud ofthe team and their accomplishments during the second season of the renewal of Bevill Vol-leyball. Berry-Franks is also excited to have freshman players Ricki-Jill Burrough, AmandaCunningham and Madison Pavlovec.She thanked the crowd for their support this seasonand said that she is hitting the recruiting trail to find new talent for next year’s squad. Picturedis this year’s team posing for a picture before a match with Snead State.

Shown is the FCHS volleyball team as they received the runner-up trophy for the area tourna-ment. From left, front: Jasmine Robinson, Mary Grace Wyatt, Karrigen Koster, Jessica Duckand Samantha Cox. Back: Head Coach Jamie Lawler, Jarrica Cannon, Grace Sullivan, AleahByars, Mary Kate Ballew, Karli Rushing, Kaley Strickland and assistant coach Sandra Holliman.Fayette concluded its season by losing to Jacksonville in the super regional at Huntsville.

Shown is a Bevill volleyball player attempting to block a strikeduring a recent match.

Shown is the All-Area Tournament team. From left: Karli Rushing, Samantha Cox, Kaylee Rid-dle, Ashton McCullar, Allison Watkins, and Tournament-MVP Ali Temple.

false start penalty on the nextplay negated most of thatyardage as the third quarterconcluded. On the secondplay of the fourth quarter,Wallace was sacked in theendzone to give Dora two-points on a safety. With11:48 remaining in thegame, Fayette’s lead had de-creased to 27-12.

Fayette appeared to bemarching toward an insur-ance score, as the Tigersmoved to Dora’s 20-yard linebefore a fumble returned pos-session to the Bulldogs.

Dora quickly flipped thefield on the next play by com-pleting a 78-yard pass to theFayette two-yard line. Threeplays netted the Bulldogs onlyone yard, but on fourth-and-goal from the one, quarter-back William Goodwin keptthe ball and managed to barelybreak the pane of the goal line

for the score. Spadlin addedthe extra point and with 3:14left in the game, Fayette’sonce comfortable lead haddwindled to 27-19.

The Tigers received Dora’sensuing kickoff near midfieldand managed to control theball for the remainder of thegame, preserving the 27-19victory.

Fayette head football coachLance Tucker said that he wasproud of his team for bounc-ing back from a heartbreak-ing defeat last week to get theroad victory.

“I’m proud of these guysfor the way thay playedtonight,” he said. “We gotsome big plays out of thekicking game tonight andheld on for the win. We’reglad to get the victory, butnow we’ve got to put this onebehind us and get ready forthe playoffs.”

Wallace had another solidgame at quarterback for theTigers, completing five-of-11passes for 147 yards andthree touchdowns. For theseason, Wallace is 104-of-180 passing for 1,578 yardsand 17 touchdowns with fourinterceptions. He has alsorushed for 51 yards and threetouchdowns, and completedfour passes for two-pointconversions.

Walker had a tremendousgame for the Tigers, catchingthree passes for 132 yardsand two touchdowns. He alsoreturned a punt 81 yards foranother touchdown. KyHeimMonford was the leadingrusher for Fayette with 48yards on 13 carries.

The Tigers were led defen-sively by Parker Nichols withnine solo tackles and three as-sists. Ingle had seven solotackles for the Tigers.

Dora was led by Goodwin,who completed four-of-11passes for 117 yards, and ranfor one touchdown. Hosealed the Bulldogs’ rushing at-tack with 99 yards and a

touchdown on 23 carries.Fayette will open the 2018

high school football playoffs byhosting the Randolph Raidersfrom the Huntsville area. Ran-dolph finished fourth in region

seven with a 7-3 record. Thetwo schools have never facedeach other before in football.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7p.m. at John Morgan BrownStadium.

line, advancing out to the Lions41-yard line before Hunter anda host of defenders made thestop. First down broughtUpton out of the backfield for aone-yard gain and on seconddown, Nichols was met for thestop after a five yard gain. Z.Hubbert then took the handoffover right guard to the Bears39-yard line for the first down.With the snap of the ball, G.Key took the handoff and ram-bled his way into the endzonefor the 39-yard rushing touch-down with 7:57 remaining inthe third quarter. The PAT kickby Hubbert was no good, leav-ing the Bears in the lead 21-20.

The Bears began its ensuingpossession at its own 30-yardline. First down brought DillanMitchell out of the backfielddown the right side line withGage Alexander making thestop at the 48-yard line. TheBears were penalized for jump-ing offsides, moving the ballback to the 45-yard line. Fac-ing first and 15, Andrew Yorkwas met in the backfield by Z.Hubbert and Cribb and follow-

ing the play, the Bears were pe-nalized once again for a per-sonal foul, moving the balldeeper to the 27-yard line. Fac-ing second down and 33,Upton rambled into the back-field for a sack on Edwards, re-sulting in a five-yard loss. Onthird down, Z. Hubbert madethe stop on Andrew Gilbert foran additional four-yard loss,leaving the Bears backed updeep at the 18-yard line. Ed-wards punted the ball away,with Nichols allowing the ball toroll to a stop at the Bears 49-yard line.

First down brought Hubbertout of the backfield over the leftside of the line of scrimmagewith the Bears being penalizedfor a face mask infraction on theplay and setting the Lions upwith first down at the 35-yardline. Sticking with the groundgame and runs by G. Key,Nichols and Z. Hubbert, theLions advanced the ball deep inthe Bears red zone. Facing sec-ond down and four, the Bearsjumped offsides, awarding theLions first and goal at the eight-

yard line as the third quartercame to a close. Z. Hubbertfought for an additional fouryards on first down, then Uptontook the handoff straight up themiddle for the score with11:55 showing on the clock.The two-point conversion wasunsuccessful, with the ballthrown just beyond the reach ofHunter Berryhill in the rightcorner of the end zone, leavingthe score 26-21 in favor of theLions.

The kick by Z. Hubbert wasbobbled and recovered at theBears’ 29-yard line. The Bearswere forced to punt andNichols made the reception atHubbertville’s 44-yard line.The Lions quickly moved theball downfield. Facing firstdown at the 27-yard line, Z.Hubbert advanced the ball anadditional six yards and on sec-ond down, Upton fought hisway up the middle bouncingaway from would be tacklers fora 19-yard gain before Scruggsand a host of others could makethe saving stop. Not to be de-nied, Upton took the handoffup the middle for his third rush-ing touchdown of the nightwith 8:23 left in game. Thetwo-point conversion was suc-

cessful, with Upton once againfighting his way across the goalline, leaving the score 34-21 infavor of the Lions.

Starting its ensuing posses-sion from its 34-yard line, theBears started the drive utilizingthe passing attack but on firstdown, Matthew Sanders was inposition, knocking the ballaway on the sideline pass at-tempt. Reverting to the run, theBears advanced the ball intoLion territory for a first down atthe 41-yard line. Matt Brad-bury made a reception for a six-yard gain with Anthony, Uptonand G. Alexander making thestop, leaving the Bears facingthird and five. Scruggs got thecall to fight for the neededyardage but Upton, DawsonYoungblood and a host of oth-ers were in position for the stopleaving the Bears facing fourthand five from the 36-yard line.Edwards’ pass was knockedaway by Z. Hubbert turning theball over on downs to the Lions.

G. Key took the handoff andmaneuvered his way down theright sideline behind his block-ers, racing 64-yards for thequick six score with 4:08 re-maining on the game clock.The two-point conversion pass

was completed from Nichols toG. Key, leaving the score 42-21 and securing the win for theLions.

The Lions finished regularseason play with a 7-3 record.The win over the Bears secureda playoff spot, placing the Lionsthird in Region 6. On Fridaynight, Hubbertville will travel toWaterloo (8-2) to face theCougars, who finished secondplace in Region 8. Game timeis 7 p.m.

Head Coach Lamar Harriscommented after the game:

“Very proud of the efforts ofour guys in tonight’s game.After the much disappointmentin our play as a team in lastweeks game, I am extremelyproud of the comeback ap-proach each guy decided to in-still in himself. We decided as ateam that we had to put thatgame behind us and do the bestthat we could in our game planfor tonight if we wanted to con-tinue playing on the season.We had a very intense week onthe practice field and I was re-ally impressed with the leader-ship shown by this senior classas we took to the practice fieldeach day..... the guys remainedmotivated all week, with a focus

on coming out of our stadiumwith the win tonight. BearCreek came into the gameready for the challenge and theyproved that they are a goodteam as well. They will be con-tinuing their season into theplayoffs and they deserve thatopportunity. Our guys justfought a little harder tonight,especially on the defensive side.We had some very big offensiveplays during the second half ofthe game and our defensivestepped up making big playswhen we need them also. Ifeel as though it was an over-all great team effort. I’m justhopeful that we can continueour momentum into theplay-offs. The Waterloogame is going to be a big testas they have improved signif-icantly since we met themduring our first game of theseason. We’ve just got tokeep our focus, continue ourfight and stay motivated toreach our team goals and Ifeel if we continue the efforton the practice field as we didthis past week we can con-tinue in the playoffs. Bottomline is that I’m extremelyproud of the guys and thisgreat win tonight.”

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Isaiah Dixon (52) is shown blocking a pivotal Dora field goal. Parker Nichols (26, hidden fromview in the picture) was also near the ball for the block. Other Fayette players pictured are WillKizzire (65), Seth Stough (54) and Noah Sapp (10).

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Bevill St. Volleyball completes 2018 seasonFCHS Volleyball wins area runner-up

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The Fayette County HighSchool varsity volleyball teamcompleted a successful 2018season, winning the regular sea-son area title and finishing as thearea runner-up to the HaleyvilleLions in the tournament. TheLady Tigers were also the WestAlabama Conference (WAC)champions during the season.Fayette finished with an out-standing 29-10 overall record.

In the area tournament thatwas held at Fayette, the Tigersdefeated Cordova but lost to Ha-leyville in the title match. KarliRushing and Samantha Cox werenamed to the All-Area Tourna-ment team from Fayette.

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Ex-LSU coach Miles agrees to $1.5M buyout

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU and Les Miles have completed a $1.5 million lump-sum settlement that re-lieves the university of paying its former coach an additional $5 million through 2023.

Vice chancellor and director of athletics Joe Alleva says the agreement allows both parties to “move on.”

Miles, who was 114-34 at LSU, was fired four games into the 2016 sea-son, but was due a buyout of around $12.9 million at the time. LSU was able to pay Miles’ buyout in installments over about eight years, but the settlement saves LSU money in the long term while removing any disincentives for Miles to pursue another college coaching job imme-diately.

By JOHNATHAN BENTLEYEagle Sports Editor

Before coaching his first game at Jasper High School, Bryan Moore called quarterback Michael Crear the best athlete in the area.

Crear has lived up to Moore’s words, and then some.

The senior has been a game-chang-er for the Vikings, guiding the team into the playoffs and a 10-game winning streak heading into tonight’s second-round playoff game against Southside-Gads-den at Ki-Ro Gambrell Field.

Crear has accounted for 28 touchdowns on the season, throwing 17 touchdown passes and rushing for another 11 scores.

“He’s special, not just his athleticism, but his leader-ship,” Moore said. “As far as high school goes, he would be my first choice at quarterback because he can do so much — and I was fortunate enough to coach Jake Bentley, the South Carolina quarterback. When a play breaks down (Crear) can do things with his feet, but he’s also thrown for 2,500 yards, which has got to be close to the school record.”

Crear put the Vikings on his back in last week’s 34-20 win over Sylacauga. With the Vikings leading 27-20 and at their own 3-yard line in the fourth quarter, Crear went 97 yards, all on the ground, for the game-clinching score.

“He had a 20-yard gain, went 70-plus yards and then finished it off with a five-yard run,” Moore said. “I thought, ‘Well, he’s gassed,’ but I told coach (Philip) Bailey, ‘Let’s run it with him again and let’s finish this game and let him bang it into the end zone.’ And

he did that.“For him to take the ball

that last drive and drive it all the way from the 3-yard line — he has a desire. He wants to continue playing. We’ve got some kids that honestly, if they decide that we are going to continue playing, then we will.”

Crear has completed 63 per-cent of his passes this season (167 of 264) for 2,416 yards with 17 touchdowns and six interceptions. On the ground he’s rushed for 684 yards on 92 attempts with 11 touch-downs.

He’s thrown at least one touchdown pass in 10 of Jasper’s 11 games. In the one game he didn’t throw a scoring pass, he rushed for the lone touchdown in a 10-7 win over Central Clay County.

He had three touchdown passes in wins over Corner and Hayden and rushed for a team-high 137 yards in last week’s win over Sylacauga.

“I think he’s gotten a lot better. He threw two intercep-tions in the first game (a 28-27 loss to Cullman) but he hasn’t thrown a true intermediate interception. He hasn’t had a missed read or anything like that. Most of them are on deep balls or end of the game or end of the half scenarios. He’s gotten better at taking care of

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for 2,416 yards with 17 touch-downs and six interceptions while completing 63 percent of his passes.Rushing game: Crear has rushed

for 684 yards and 11 touchdowns on 92 carries this season. He is averaging 7.4 yards per carry.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Ala-bama men’s basketball team fell to the Northeastern Huskies, 68-52, Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the Charleston Classic which is being held in TD Arena on the campus of the College of Charles-ton. Sophomore John Petty Jr. was the only Crimson Tide player to

finish in double figured, collecting 17 points on the afternoon.

Alabama (2-1) trailed at the half, 33-22, and never came closer than seven points in the second half, while Northeastern (2-1) led by as many as 17 late in the contest.

The Crimson Tide struggled of-fensively, shooting just 37.3 percent (19-of-51) from the field and making

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Northeastern topples Tide

Bears improve to 5-1By JOHNATHAN BENTLEYEagle Sports Editor

Bevill State won its third straight game on Thursday night, taking down Wallace State-Selma 74-62 on the road.

The game was tied at 16 after the 10 min-ute-mark, but the Bears (5-1) took command over the next 10 minutes, outscoring Selma 25-18 for a 41-34 halftime lead.

Wanya King got the hot hand for the Bears, connecting on three

3-pointers and scoring 11 points. Miguel Williams added a 3-pointer and had six points in the run.

Bevill State pushed its lead to 57-46 midway through the second half. King finished with 21 points for the Bears while Williams added 20. Omar Bartholomew had13 points and Chris Freeman had eight.

Since losing its first game to Cen-tral Georgia Tech 72-69 at Shelton State last Thursday, Bevill State has beaten Albany Technical College (81-75) and Stillman JV (87-78) before Thursday’s win.

In the win over Albany Tech, King

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COLLEGE FOOTBALLSEC honors Archie Manning with distinguished service award

BIRMINGHAM (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has named Archie Manning winner of the Michael L. Slive Distinguished Service Award.

The award, named after the late SEC com-missioner, is presented to former athletes, graduates or administrators of member schools who have remained involved in college athletics and had an impact on the league. The league announced the winner Thursday.

Manning is a former football and baseball player at Mississippi and the father of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Man-ning. He played 11 seasons for the New Orleans Saints. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says Archie Manning “has left an indelible mark on the SEC through his participation in athletics, his service organization leadership and his ded-ication to family values.”

Manning will be honored during the annual SEC Legends Dinner on November 30 and be-fore the league title game the following day.

Arkansas State, Miami settle lawsuit over canceled game

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State University and the University of Miami have settled a lawsuit over a football game that was canceled last year because of concerns about Hurricane Irma.

The settlement announced Wednesday calls for Miami to pay ASU $400,000 for canceling the September 2017 game in Jonesboro.

Miami canceled the game because of hurri-cane-related travel issues in Florida. ASU had offered to play the game a day earlier, fly the Miami team and staff to Memphis, Tennessee, and pay for lodging.

Arkansas State sued Miami in February, seek-ing $650,000 in damages because the game wasn’t rescheduled.

Under the settlement terms, the lawsuit is dis-missed and the game will not be rescheduled.

ASU System attorney Brad Phelps called the agreement that was reached under court-or-dered mediation “a fair resolution of these issues.”

NFLFalcons’ Jones declines to take much credit for milestone

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Julio Jones seems to take pleasure in shutting down ques-tions about his accomplishments.

It comes to him as naturally as catching a pass over the middle and stiff-arming a defend-er for extra yards.

Jones, the Atlanta Falcons’ star wideout, last week became the quickest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 yards receiving. He accom-plished the feat in 104 games, easily breaking Calvin Johnson’s mark of 115.

But Jones refuses to take much credit, point-ing out that quarterback Matt Ryan, his team-mate since the Falcons drafted him sixth overall in 2011, and many others played an equally big role.

“For me, I’m never an individual guy,” Jones said Thursday. “I couldn’t have done it by my-self. It was just like Matt did a great job giving me opportunities, the offensive line. It’s like one of those things that I can’t go out there and play by myself — football is the ultimate team sport. I don’t know. I feel regular.”

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the ball.”Moore said he’s also

proven himself to be one of the senior leaders on the team.

“Going into the first round of the playoffs. He texted me Sunday night and said, ‘Can I address the team tomorrow?’ On Monday I went in and said my deal and gave him the floor the next 10 minutes. He took over, but that’s what you want. With him, you get the best because you’ve got a leader, a good kid and a really good football player.”

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The Panthers (7-4) edged Brewer 15-9 last week. The team is led by senior running back Kenneth Bothwell.

“They’ve got the best player we’ve seen this year, hands down. (Both-well) is a special player. He’s their all purpose back. He’s electric. He’s scored multiple touch-downs in every game I’ve seen. If we can’t contain him they will put up points on us,” Moore added.

One of Bothwell’s best outings of the year came against Crossville. He

had six touchdowns —rushing for 221 yards and adding a 48-yard touch-down reception in a 54-21 win.

“Their quarterback (Michael Rich) is a pocket

kid. He’s 6-4 or 6-5. He will be tough to deal with. He puts the ball on the money and throws a good deep ball. We’ve got our work cut out this week,” Moore said.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Guarantano’s progress puts Vols on verge of bowl eligibilityBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennes-see quarterback Jarrett Guaranta-no’s ability to avoid mistakes has his team on the verge of a bowl berth.

Guarantano heads into Satur-day’s game with Missouri (6-4, 2-4 SEC) having thrown 146 straight passes since his last interception. He broke Casey Clausen’s 15-year-old school record for consecutive passes without an interception last week during a 24-7 upset of No. 20 Kentucky, which was ranked 12th at the time.

Tennessee (5-5, 2-4) is one win away from bowl eligibility, a much greater concern for Guarantano. The sophomore quarterback says he wasn’t even aware of his school record until he was asked about it.

“What record was it?” Guaranta-no said after the Kentucky game.

After being told he’d broken the record for consecutive passes with-out an interception, Guarantano replied, “Well, that’s pretty good then.”

Guarantano has taken plenty of hits since arriving at Tennessee as a highly touted recruit from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey.

Yet he keeps coming back up.“I think he’s the toughest quar-

terback in the country,” Tennessee tight end Eli Wolf said.

Rated as the nation’s No. 1 du-al-threat quarterback in his class according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports, Guarantano redshirted his first year on campus and lost a

preseason competition to Quinten Dormady last year.

He replaced an ineffective Dor-mady as Tennessee’s starter mid-way through a miserable season in which the Vols went 4-8 and set a school record for losses. Guaranta-no remained the starter this year after withstanding a preseason challenge from Stanford graduate transfer Keller Chryst.

Guarantano has come a long way since, though he still has much work to do.

“Jarrett’s just got to continue to

kind of stay within what we’re ask-ing him to do, take what the other team gives him, don’t hold on to the football (too long), get it out of his hand,” Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said.

Guarantano ranks fourth in the SEC in completion percent-age (.651) and passing efficiency (149.21). Guarantano is operating behind an offensive line that lost center Brandon Kennedy and pre-season all-SEC tackle Trey Smith to injuries. He’s working with his third offensive coordinator in as many seasons.

“I’m very impressed with him,” Missouri coach Barry Odom said. “He’s athletic, but the accuracy that he’s throwing the deep ball (with), he’s giving his guys oppor-tunities to go make plays. He’s put-ting them in position with where he’s placing the ball, not only on the vertical passing game but the underneath things.”

Odom has his own quality quarterback in Drew Lock, whose 11,342 career yards passing rank third on the Southeastern Con-ference’s all-time list. Lock is 187 yards away from overtaking former Georgia quarterback David Greene for second place. Lock has thrown for 2,647 yards this year, far above Guarantano’s total of 1,768.

Guarantano isn’t as prolific as Lock, but he’s delivered his best performances in Tennes-see’s biggest wins. He threw for a career-high 328 yards in a 30-24 victory at Auburn and was 12 of 20 for 197 yards with two touchdowns against Kentucky. “I think he has a lot more confidence than what he used to,” Tennessee receiver Mar-quez Callaway said.

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In this Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano (2) passes against Kentucky.

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Florida State bowl streak in jeopardy By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State is bat-tling recent history as it looks to extend one of its most cherished streaks.

The Seminoles (4-6, 2-5 Atlantic Coast Confer-ence) must knock off No. 22 Boston College (7-3, 4-2) on Saturday and then No. 15 Florida (7-3) to extend their bowl streak, which dates to 1982. While Florida State has dug quite the hole for itself, the roadblocks ahead are daunting — the Seminoles are 0-7 against ranked teams since the start of the 2017 season.

“It’s important to us,” coach Willie Taggart said. “It’s important to our players, it’s import-ant to our fan base, it’s important to the teams that came before us that we keep it going and we talked about it as a team and our guys understand what’s at stake, it’s im-portant for our seniors to leave here and not be that senior class that didn’t go to a bowl game.”

The Seminoles’ bowl streak began in Decem-ber 1982 when they were invited to the Gator Bowl and defeated West Virginia.

They have gone to a bowl in 36 straight sea-sons, including a 14-year

run of top-5 finishes in the Top 25 from 1987-2000 under coach Bobby Bowden. The streak is so long that it’s older than current Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell, who was born in June 1984.

The streak has had some close calls, includ-ing last season as Flor-ida State had to rally in November to make a run to a bowl game. The Seminoles were 3-6 before they defeated Delaware State, Florida and Loui-siana-Monroe to become bowl-eligible.

That stretch was easier as Florida State didn’t face a ranked team. This time the Seminoles have

finished with six ranked opponents in their final seven games.

Bowden said he won’t be disappointed if the bowl streak is broken.

“It’s like all streaks — it’s made to be broken,” said Bowden, who guided Florida State to national titles in 1993 and ‘99. “Now whether it will be broken this year or not, I don’t know. It doesn’t last.”

And this may be the year.

The Seminoles have lost three straight games by a combined 148-51, which is the most points given up by Florida State in a three-game stretch in program history.

had 23 points, Freeman had 14 and Williams had 11. Against Stillman JV, King had 26 points, Nel-son Haskin had 17, Williams had 15, Kenton Petties and Freeman each had eight and Malik Betts put in seven.

The Bears return home for their next game on Tuesday against Coastal Alabama-East.

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only 3-of-19 (15.8 percent) of its shots from beyond the arc. On the other side, Northeastern shot over 50 percent from the floor (22-of-42, 52.4 percent) and from deep (9-of-17, 52.9 percent).

“First of all, you have to take your hat off to Northeastern,” Alabama head coach Avery Johnson said. “They played a balanced game today on both ends of the floor. I thought they did a good job of mixing up their defenses and shot the ball extreme-ly well. We didn’t have our best day on either end of the floor. We knew what their strengths were on their team and they played to them and did it extremely well.”

Northeastern, which returns five starters and was picked as the favorite in the Colonial Athletic Association, got off to a hot start as it scored the game’s first eight points forcing a Crimson Tide timeout. The Huskies began the game hitting seven of their first 10 shots from the floor, while Alabama missed nine of its first 10 shots and never recov-ered. The slow start to the game cause the Tide to play catch up, as Northeastern was able to extend its lead to 16-5 with 12:06 left in the half. North-eastern would go on to lead by 11, 33-22, points at half. Alabama was able to cut the lead to seven points on two separate occasions, however, each time the Huskies had an answer.

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Wilson, Seahawks rally past Packers, 27-24 The Associated Press

SEATTLE — After a shaky beginning, Russell Wilson got hot in the fourth quarter and kept the Seattle Seahawks in the middle of the NFC playoff race.

Wilson threw for 225 yards and his 15-yard touchdown pass to Ed Dickson with 5:08 left was the difference in the Seahawks’ 27-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night.

In a key matchup in the battle for the two NFC wild-card spots, Seattle (5-5) snapped a two-game

losing streak by overcoming an early 14-3 deficit. Wilson was shaky at times early game, but was outstanding in the fourth quarter, capping the winning drive by recognizing a blitz and hitting Dickson quickly for his second TD pass of the night. Seattle still has not lost three straight games since the middle of the 2011 season.

Aaron Rodgers had a huge first half for Green Bay (4-5-1) and threw for 332 yards, but the Packers had just one scoring drive in the second half, helped by a 57-yard strike from Rodgers to

Davante Adams. Rodgers threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half, but never got the ball back after Green Bay punted with 4:20 left.

Seattle ran out the clock thanks to a pair of runs from Mike Davis.

Chris Carson rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, overcoming the mistake of fumbling on the first play of the game and setting up Green Bay’s opening score. Tyler Lockett had two key receptions late in the fourth quarter and Doug Baldwin had his first TD catch of the season for Seattle.

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Authorities believe man fatally shoots woman, kills himself

BRYANT (AP) — Investigators believe a man fatally shot a woman before turning the gun on himself in Alabama.

Deputies were called to a home in the Bryant communi-ty late Saturday.

Authorities say 36-year-old Joey Wayne Hollis and 48-year-old Kathryn Nichols were found dead. Investigators believe Hollis fatally shot Nichols before shooting himself.

Police: Man firing at car shoots own daughter

MOBILE (AP) — Authorities say a gunman firing into a car on Interstate 10 in southwest Alabama shot his 9-year-old daughter in the shoulder.

Mobile police say the girl’s injuries ar-en’t life-threatening, and no names have been released.

A police statement say a man repeatedly fired into a vehicle while the girl was rid-ing with her mother in Mobile Sunday.

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Members of the Walker County Christian Chorus rehearse Monday night for this year’s presentation of Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ It’s the 36th year the popular production will be held in Jasper.

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ performance set for next Monday in Jasper

By NICOLE SMITHDaily Mountain Eagle

Walker Countians will join next Monday night for an eve-ning of worship and music at the annual Handel’s “Messiah” performance in Jasper.

The Walker County Chris-tian Chorus will perform “Messiah” on Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. — a decades-long tradition ahead of Christmas.

The 36th annual free event will be held at Jasper’s First Baptist Church at 1604 4th Avenue South and features 80 local singers and members of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

Debbie Olive, a member of the Walker County Christian Chorus, said Monday the cho-rus has been practicing since September.

She said the performance is made possible each year through funding from the Walker Area Community Foundation’s General Fund and Bankhead Fund. She said the public and businesses also make general donations each year.

Funding is used to secure members of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra for the performance.

Dr. John Stallsmith of Bevill State Community College will

direct this year’s “Messiah.” “It’s local, and it’s just part

of the whole Christmas expe-rience for the county,” Olive said. “It’s a worship experi-ence, but it’s also a work of art that we are offering to the community. It’s a very profes-sional, very well-done perfor-mance.”

Childcare will be offered during the performance, Olive said.

The Walker County Chris-tian Chorus held their last

rehearsal Monday night.“Messiah” will feature an

adult and children’s chorus. “It’s such a beautiful and

moving musical presentation, and we’re just pleased to do it every year,” Olive said.

According to Smithsonian Magazine, composer George Frideric Handel produced “Messiah,” which was first performed in Dublin in April 1742 to celebrate Easter. “Mes-siah” details the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus.

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Dr. John Stallsmith directs members of the Walker County Christian Chorus during a rehearsal Monday night for this year’s presentation of Handel’s ‘Messiah.’

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Board reverses itself on Tanya Guin vote after $900,000 spent

By ED HOWELLDaily Mountain Eagle

The Walker County Board of Educa-tion voted last week to rescind its ear-lier vote to rescind the contract of Dr. Tanya Guin as principal at Carbon Hill Elementary/Junior High School, admitting that the battle between the board and Guin had “conserva-tively” cost the taxpayers at least $900,000.

With the vote, the board ended a war between the board and Guin that had not only been costly but had taken an unusual toll in time and energy, resulting in lengthy hearings, the arrest of Tanya Guin’s husband and a superintendent’s race that was aborted once the sitting superintendent had been defeated.

In August 2017, the contract was cancelled for a number of reasons, in-cluding immorality, insubordination, neglect of duty, failure to fulfill the duties and responsibilities imposed upon principals by Alabama Code, willful failure to comply with board policy, other good and just cause, incompetency and failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner.

Tanya Guin’s attorney and hus-band, Ken Guin, charged at the time that it was a personal attack, as she was planning to run for superinten-dent. The sitting superintendent, Ja-son Adkins, denied the charge, saying she had improperly used funds.

Later, Tanya Guin applied to run as a Republican but was turned down by the local party. She then mounted an independent campaign, but withdrew after Joel Hagood beat Adkins in the June 6 Republican primary, 64 per-cent to 36 percent.

The new county school board, which took office earlier this month, voted at a 4:30 p.m. called meeting Wednes-day, the day before Thanksgiving. The tentative agenda was only advertised as executive session. Those meetings with only an executive session usually end with a vote to end the meeting af-ter-

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State board of education looking at

changes to mathBy NICOLE SMITHDaily Mountain Eagle

Local boards of education have some concerns about a new course of study in mathematics proposed by the state Department of Education.

The proposed math course of study is a combination of Common Core Standards and Alabama standards, and was unveiled in an online draft Oct. 31. The new standards will be presented to the state Board of Education for adoption in March, but, if approved, will not be implemented until the 2020-2021 school year.

One of the biggest changes is a proposed, accelerated pathway for seventh- and eighth-grade students that would allow them to take three years of math study in two years of middle school, according to a report from Al.com.

The state is also proposing the elimination of Algebra A and Algebra B (Algebra I), taken in ninth- and 10th-grades. Algebra I would be replaced with Intermediate Algebra with Probability, and students would have the option of taking a math lab to supplement teachings and gain assistance with the curriculum.

WALKER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE

Local Arts Alliance to present ‘I Love Lucy’

By JENNIFER COHRONDaily Mountain Eagle

The Vitameatavegamin may need to be ordered in bulk for next year’s Dinner Theater presented by the Walker County Arts Alliance (WCAA).

Ticket sales for the Feb. 7 performance of “I Love Lucy” have been brisk since they be-came available online through Eventbrite on Friday.

Tana Collins, WCAA pres-ident and chairman of the Dinner Theater committee, said the annual fundraiser is expected to sell out for the second year in a row, possibly as early as December. The 2017 production of “Steel Magnolias” also had a capacity crowd.

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HOOVER (AP) — The mayor of an Alabama city offered sympathy Monday to the family of a black man killed by a police officer responding to a Thanksgiving night shooting at a shopping mall.

“We all want answers and we believe with patience and focus the truth will be firmly established,” Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato said while reading a public statement in which he pleaded for patience while a state investigation continues.

The shooting of Emantic “EJ” Brad-ford Jr., 21, sparked multiple protests in the suburban city outside Birming-ham and calls to publically release body camera footage and other video.

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In other words, the 2018 elections are over.Thank God.

We have new/old officials in posi-tions of power. Some with a lot, otherswith not as much as they may think.Voters have retained some, and sentothers home to whatever lies in theirfuture.

Naturally, we are very pleased withsome of the electorate’s choices. Nat-urally, some not so much.

To begin with, Marion County hasan almost brand-new set of MarionCounty commissioners. For the firsttime ever, they are all Republicans.

We note this because, as we’ve sonoted in the past, they are people weknow. How well they do--or how well they don’tdo--will have nothing to do with whether theyhave R, D or I coming after their name. Two In-dependent candidates tried their hand at runningfor commission seats but were defeated. AnotherIndependent sought election as Marion Countyprobate judge but he, too, was defeated.

Still, we believe we will see someone with an“I” after their name elected to an office in MarionCounty in the not-too-distant future.

Would Marion County Sheriff Kevin Williams,who changed parties from Democrat to Republi-can last year, been elected for the fifth time hadhe remained a Democrat? We would like to thinkhe would have. In fact, Williams ran unopposedin 2018, which speaks highly of itself for him.Williams has done a great job under not the bestof circumstances, including managing a jail facil-ity that is in sore need of being demolished andreplaced with a new, modern jail. As with mostrural sheriffs, Williams needs more staff, bothdeputies and in the jail.

But we won’t know if Williams would have wonas a Democrat. That’s water well past flowingunder the bridge. We are thankful we have KevinWilliams as our sheriff for another term andwould like to see him continue as long he wantsto be our sheriff.

Our new commissioners, with District 3???Commissioner Bob Burleson of Guin as the onlyholdover after winning his election quite handily,have many tough decisions ahead of them. Thenew jail is just one item which will weigh heavyon their agenda, because many, many of our roadsand bridges are in disrepair and money is very,very limited for such projects. They will havemuch work to do--and will have to figure out howthey’re going to be able to do it.

We have a new probate judge, moving overfrom an assistant district attorney’s job to hernew office down the hall. We have a new coroner,marking her first election outing by defeating thecoroner who had held the position for 34 years.

Marion County has two new members to itslegislative delegation in District 17 state Rep.Tracy Estes, R-Winfield, and District 4 state Sen.Garlan Gudger Jr., R-Cullman.

Estes, who is the former news editor for thisnewspaper, where he worked for 26 years, was a

member of the Winfield Board of Education for15 years, served on the Alabama Association of

School Boards State Board of Direc-tors and three-member executivecommittee and was selected as an Al-abama All-State School Board mem-ber, a former member of the C3 ofNorthwest Alabama Renewal Com-mittee and has served on numerousboards throughout Marion County.

Estes will be held accountable, ofcourse; down the road it is possible wecould disagree on issues. But at thisinitial moment, please allow us to bea tad partial after all these years. Weare extremely proud of Estes, over-coming odds we sometimes wondered

about. He deserves this moment in the sun, cap-ping a lifetime of community service and concernthat we have seen first-hand. We couldn’t beprouder.

And then there is Gudger, who is much thesame as Estes. He was elected to the Cullman CityCouncil in 2004 and in 2008; Gudger was electedpresident of the city council. During his tenure,the City of Cullman has seen unprecedented eco-nomic growth from 2004-2018, surviving the re-cession of 2008 and rebuilding after the 2011tornadoes. It is clear we will have a municipalleader’s voice in the House.

As Gudger noted on his campaign material,“We invested back into our community continu-ously, improving the quality of life, and empow-ering all citizens to care a little more, worktogether a little more, and to believe a little moreuntil our aspirations started to meet our achieve-ments!”

Both Estes and Gudger are young, intuitive,hard-working and yes, we feel blessed to havethem as part of our legislative core in Mont-gomery. They seem willing to work with eachother and do get along. They both have beenhanding out leftover campaign money to variousgroups throughout their respective districts at aphenomenal pace, leading us to know they be-lieve that money needs to go back to their con-stituents in places where it is most needed.

The other member of Marion County’s legisla-tive group in Montgomery is District 6 state Sen.Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, who is an obstetri-cian-gynecologist. Stutts, who defeated then-state Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow, had a first termthat had some low points, many of them of hisown creation. We are very tempted to list any ofthose points, including the infamous attempt torepeal Rose’s Law without telling co-sponsors itwas drafted when one of his own patients, forwhich Rose’s Law was named, died followedchildbirth and he was sued, eventually resultingin a settlement with the family of the deceased.A columnist at al.com called him 2015 Scumbagof the Year. A number of other missteps occurredtoo numerous to mention.

(That same al.com columnist dubbed Stuttsone of 2017’s Scumbags of the Year as well for anentirely different legislative situation.)

Stutts was re-elected, although we note it wasnot by the overwhelming majorities that Repub-licans were handed almost all over the state. Vot-ers decided they would rather have a Republicanthan a Democrat--and the Democrat could havemade political mistakes as well--but it is clearthat they did not embrace Stutts enthusiasticallybut cautiously.

For the second time in a row, Marion Countyhas made a difference in Stutts returning to theSenate--but it is possible that is because a suit-able Republican candidate could not be found.

Now that the election has ended, we must offercongratulations and pray for a successful term forStutts. But we hope he realizes his second-term isa cautionary victory, and one that puts him onnotice that he has to redouble efforts to reach outto Marion County.

It is no secret that our prime concern, as it wasfor many people, was the preservation of theHamilton Campus of Bevill State CommunityCollege. We count it the paramount issue of themoment, in the future training and developmentof our workforce.

Stutts is also on notice that he can prove him-self deserving of the trust bestowed on him Nov.6 by preserving and enhancing that facility, aswell as tackling other issues, such as a new statewelcome center for the county and insuring theupcoming gasoline tax will provide adequatefunds to start addressing road issues in MarionCounty.

We wish him well, but he and our other legisla-tive delegation members should know, no matterhow we have felt in the past, good or bad, that allthings are made new again in politics.

George Wallace, one of the primary racistpoliticians of the 20th Century, changed to be-come one who attracted African-Americans tovote for him in large numbers at the end of hiscareer. Stutts, Estes and Gudger--and all the localofficials--will be graded on what they do thisterm. We will hold them all accountable, asdemocracy dictates us to do. Let us hope the les-sons and mistakes of the past have been learned,as we cannot afford they not be.

Overall, in summary, we are excited about bothour new and old leadership who have beenelected to lead us and wish them all well in whatappear to be trying times, financially, to do theirjobs to the best of their ability.

Many decisions will have to be made, tough de-cisions, some which we may not like but we hopewill be better for all of us in the long run. We praythat these men and women--the Rs and the Dsalike--will be seeking guidance from On High,where it is purest and best. But we also hope theywill be looking to others, who have great insights,as they search for answers to the problems ourcounty is currently facing.

And if they look to us for help, let us roll up oursleeves in fairness and good spirit, and offer themthat help. A nation of political leaders is only asgood as the constituents who put them there, andthey deserve our input, help and prayers.

Now, let’s go to work!

Elections are over. Our new/old officials are in place. Now, let’s get to work!

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By MICHAEL E. PALMERStaff Writer

GUIN - A Winfield manhad his assault charge up-graded to attempted murderafter an altercation at DeerValley Homebuilders in Guinon Wednesday, Oct. 24.

Jimmy Enis, 42, Winfield,was initially charged with as-sault after the altercation

that took place inside themanufactored housing facil-ity. That charge was up-graded to attempted murderafter the condition of the vic-tim deteriorated, said GuinPolice Chief Doug Webb.

Webb said officers fromthe Guin Police Departmentwere dispatched to the sceneby a Marion County 911 oper-ator at 9:47 a.m. on Oct. 24.

Guin police officer Eric Zillsarrived and took Enis intocustody without incident,Webb said.

Webb arrived and locatedthe victim, Jeremy Hughes,who was sitting on the tail-gate of a truck. Hughes wasalert and talking but bleed-ing from various locations onhis head.

Webb said Enis and the

victim worked in close prox-imity to each other on a dailybasis and some sort of con-flict arose. Webb said Enisused a heavy tool to inflictblunt force trauma to the vic-tim’s head.

Webb said the victim wastransported by MarionCounty Emergency MedicalServices to a local hospitalbefore being transported to a

hospital in Birmingham forfurther treatment.

Enis was released from theMarion County Jail in Hamil-ton on Nov. 5 after posting a$180,000 bond.

Webb said no further in-formation about the casecould be released. Accordingto the Marion County Dis-trict Attorney’s office thecase is pending.

By MICHAEL E. PALMERStaff Writer

GUIN - The Guin Po-lice Department hashired two new police of-ficers to bring the staffback to full force.

The first of the twohires was announced atthe Guin City Council’sNov. 5 meeting. At thatmeeting, Guin PoliceChief Doug Webb intro-duced Joe Smith, III,Fayette, to the council.

A few minutes laterthe council voted to cre-ate an extra patrol offi-cer position to bring thetotal number of Guinpolice officer slots toseven. The next dayVincent Cisco was hiredto fill that slot, Webbsaid.

Webb said the GuinPolice Department hasbeen operating short-staffed since the end ofSeptember when an of-ficer joined the Hamil-

ton Police Department.The new hires will helptake pressure off thecurrent Guin police offi-cers, Webb said.

“It’s going to help usout a lot. It will espe-cially help the guys thathave been workingshifts alone with noback up. They have beenworking calls, andsometimes some prettybad calls, alone, andworking multiple callsat one time,” Webb said.

Webb said there willbe two officers to workmost shifts now.

Webb said he feelsthat after Smith andCisco graduate from theTuscaloosa Law En-forcement Academy,they will be an asset tothe department.

“I think they aregoing to do very well. Sofar everything has beengoing real smooth. Theyare both eager to learnand have been doing

real well.”Webb said he is

thankful the council al-lowed him to make thehires. The City of Guinwill be much safer, hesaid.

“You can cover onlyso much of the townwhen you are on patrolalone. We’ve got multi-ple people now that cancover more areas. And ifyou get a bad call, themore people you have

out, the more eyes youhave to see what’s goingon.”

Smith and Cisco areworking for the GuinPD now but are limitedin their duties untilafter they graduatefrom the 13-week acad-emy in April, Webb said.

According to statelaw, Smith and Ciscowill be required to full-ful a minimum of twoyears with the Guin Po-lice Department.

■ HamiltonCampusenrollmentdown 1.2%

By MANDYE GREENStaff Writer

HAMILTON - Theenrollment for BevillState Community Col-lege for its Fall 2018 se-mester was lower onmost of its campusesthan 2017 figures.

The Hamilton Cam-pus enrollment de-creased by 1.2 percent.

Of BSCC’s four cam-puses (which does notinclude the remote cen-ter in Carrollton), theHamilton Campus hasthe lowest enrollment,at 461 students.

For 2017, the Hamil-ton Campus enrollmentwas 531 students.

The remaining BSCCcampus enrollmentnumbers changed aswell. The only campusto increase its enroll-ment figures was theFayette Campus, whichgrew from 775 studentsto 850 students.

The Jasper Campusdecreased only slightly,from 771 students to 767students for the fall se-mester. The SumitonCampus decreasedmore than any othercampus, with a declineof 149 students, from1,126 students regis-tered for fall to 977. Thisindicates a 1.2 percentdecrease in student en-rollment—the samepercentage that was

recorded at the Hamil-ton Campus.

BSCC reported that95 students attendclasses at the CarrolltonCenter and that BSCChas 605 online stu-dents. In fact, the num-ber of online studentshas increased by 65 stu-dents.

These figures indi-cate that the HamiltonCampus has 306 fewerstudents than the nextlowest-enrollment cam-pus, which is the JasperCampus.

These figures includedual enrollment stu-dents, which are highschool students that aresimultaneously takingboth high schoolcourses and coursesfrom BSCC.

The 461 students at

the Hamilton Campusinclude both full- andpart-time students; Infact, the average num-ber of credit hourstaken by students at theHamilton Campus is 9.8credit hours. This is lessthan a full-time classload.

This average numberof credit hours is thehighest of the BSCCcampuses.

After Hamilton, theCarrollton studentshave the next highestaverage of credit hoursper student, at 9.77. Theother campuses credithour per student ratiosare as follows: Fayette—8.8, Jasper—9.35 andSumiton—8.9. Onlinestudents average 8.8credit hours per stu-dent.

This means thatHamilton students takemore credit hours onaverage than studentson the other BSCC cam-puses.

The number of howmany dual-enrollmentstudents were enrolledin each campus was notavailable at the time ofpress, but the Fall En-rollment-At-A-Glancereport for BSCC indi-cated that BSCC had905 dual-enrollmentstudents, collegewide.

For fall of 2017, BSCChad 811 dual-enrollmentstudents. This meansBSCC is providing morehigh school studentsthan ever with college-level classes.

The number of tech-nical career studentsthroughout the college

is 868 for the fall semes-ter and these studentsare taking an average of9.74 credit hours per se-mester.

BSCC also has 1,019students enrolled inhealth sciences col-legewide. According tothe statistics releasedby BSCC, the college hasnearly 20 percent morefemale students thanmale students, at a ratioof 59.8 percent femalesand 40.2 percent male.

Most of BSCC’s stu-dent population stu-dents are 24 years old oryounger, which is con-sidered traditional inhigher education. Infact, 77.6 percent ofBSCC students fallunder this category,while 22.4 percent are25 or older.

■ Four largeprojects allcollide inupcoming year

By SCOTT JOHNSONNews Editor

HAMILTON - The Cityof Hamilton is facing atight financial outlook

with at least four largeprojects which are antici-pated to be paid for overthe next year.

The Hamilton CityCouncil adopted a $9.2million budget for FiscalYear 2019 at its Monday,Nov. 5, council meeting.

The adopted budgetprojects revenues of$7,397,250, meaning thatthere is an expected$1,806,958.53 shortfall for

the year.Hamilton accountant

Allen Cantrell gave thecouncil a detailed look atthe city’s past and upcom-ing budgets during a worksession on Wednesday,Oct. 31.

For the previous year,Cantrell said the councilhad budgetted $6,848,711.The actual expenses to-talled $6,961,429—$112,718more than anticipated.

Cantrell said that hebelieves with $7 millionworth of expenses, thebudget worked well andthe city came pretty closeto projections.

The accountant saidthat he has prepared theFY 2019 budget using fig-ures and totals from theprevious year.

Cantrell told the coun-cil that the city saw an in-crease in occupation tax

by 18 percent. He also saidsales tax increased 5.7 per-cent.

“These are the numbersI look at when I want todetermine the health ofthe city,” Cantrell said.

“This says somethingabout the health of oureconomy: We’ve had ahealthy financial year—noquestion about it. We havebuilt up reserves from ourbudget surpluses from the

last few years, but we havesome big projects ahead ofus.”

Cantrell said that hehas been asked by Hamil-ton Fire Chief Tim Rye foran additional fireman.Cantrell told the council itwill have to decide if itwill move forward withthat request or not.

The city accountant

HAMILTON COUNCIL

City faces $1.8 million deficit in FY ‘19

Winfield man charged with attempted murder

Guin hires two new officers

BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HAMILTON

Fall enrollment down

MICHAEL E. PALMER/STAFF

(Left photo) Guin Police Chief Doug Webb (left) introduces new police hireJoe Smith, III, Fayette, during the Guin City Council meeting on Nov. 5.(Above photo) Vincent Cisco greets the Guin City Council on Nov. 19. Shownare council members (from left) Bobby Bellew, Mineo Lindsey and JerryGann.

See DEFICIT on page 7B.

By State Rep. Tracy

Estes

House District 17Special to the Alabamian

Now, the real workbegins--or at least thisis what the calendartells us.

Actually, my publicservice work for HouseDistrict 17 has beentaking place for thelast three months, as Ihave been scurryingacross the three-county district learn-ing even more aboutthe people I nowserve.

It has been just overone year since my po-litical journey began,as I solicited your voteand confidence toserve as your newstate representative. Ihave been blessed byyour support and amhonored to replace a

personal friend whoserved in this capacityfor the past 28 years.Allow me to say thispublic thank you toMike Millican for his

time in office.From the begin-

ning, I invested thetime and energy re-quired to learn moreabout this district--

and I do mean District17 in its entirety. Ipromised countlessresidents I wouldserve everyone in thedistrict and not just aselect community ortwo or even a selectgroup. The bills arepaid by the peoplewho live and workhere, whether in Win-ston, Marion or Lamarcounties. And I haveattempted to fulfillthis promise thus far.

Exactly as I did onthe lengthy campaigntrail, I have continuedto attend schoolboard, city counciland county commis-sion meetings acrossthe district. I amlearning directly fromelected officials andcommunity leaders in

each city and townabout their specificneeds. I am learningthat while we share somany similarities,each community hasits own unique needs.

Listening to mayorsand superintendentsof education hasproven important, ashave many sit-downconversations withsenior adults and localveterans. Within thepast 12 months, I havecome to more fullyunderstand that peo-ple simply want to beheard. They want toshare ideas, dreams

and visions for North-west Alabama. And Ihave come to appreci-ate the fact the com-mon man or woman

on the street has justas much, if not more,to contribute to thedirection Alabamawill take over the nextdecade as those whohave been chosen toserve in Montgomery.

There is not somemagic spell cast overlawmakers to sud-denly empower themwith answers to eachand every problemfacing our state. Legis-lators do not suddenlybecome experts onevery subject simplybecause they wereelected to office. Law-makers are only as in-

telligent as their lifeexperiences and per-

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State Representative Tracy Estes is sworn-in to office by Circuit JudgeDaryl Burt in Hamilton. Estes’ wife, Tawanna, is shown holding theBible. (Photo by Michael Palmer, Journal Record)

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sonal willingness tolisten and learn fromthose who “are’’ ex-perts in their variouschosen fields.

I assured thosealong the trail, ifelected, I would seekguidance and infor-mation from those “inthe know.’’ If I havequestions about edu-cation, I will be reach-ing out to classroomteachers, principals,superintendents andparents, not law en-forcement. But if Ihave questions aboutissues which impactour officers, I will like-wise not be calling thelocal school for input.A lawmaker shouldhave the courage toadmit he or she doesnot have all of the an-swers. Admitting onestill has much to learnshould be interpreted

as a strength, not aweakness.

Winning the Re-publican Party nomi-nation in July, I wasasked the followingmorning to pen lettersof support for projectfunding being soughtby the City of Ha-leyville and BevillState Community Col-lege in Hamilton. Theletters were writtenpromptly and for-warded to the appro-priate party.

But immediatelythereafter, I chose tostep back temporarilyout of respect for MikeMillican. I was notscheduled to officiallytake office until Nov. 7,following the generalelection. But follow-ing a two-week periodof avoiding the spot-light, I realized may-ors, commissioners,

superintendents ofeducation and otherswere seeking me outfor assistance.

In return, I realizedthe general publiccares little about offi-cial starting dates andwhen one takes office.The mindset of manywould be: “You havebeen elected, now getto work.’’ And work iswhat we have done.

Despite having noDemocratic opposi-tion in the generalelection, I have con-tinued to raise moneyfrom donors acrossthe state. In each in-stance, I have made itclear to potential con-tributors that I wouldnot be using their as-sistance for politicalpurposes, but to assistas many in House Dis-trict 17 as possible.

The funds raisedhave been used to as-sist with projects inour local schools,American Legions andmunicipalities. I haverarely slowed down inthis continual effortto make certain I havethe funds needed toassist across the dis-trict. And while thecontributions for-warded to our schoolsand others have beennominal in somecases, they have eachbeen heartfelt.

My goal is to honormy word and serve thefolks who call HouseDistrict 17 home.

We have beenblessed to assist withefforts to create a newshow choir programfor students attendingDouble Springs Mid-

dle School and with anew intercom systemat Phillips HighSchool in Bear Creek.Contributions havebeen made to numer-ous sports programsacross District 17, aswell as efforts to reno-vate existing space atMarion County HighSchool and BrilliantSchool. An outdoorclassroom was on thewish list for WinfieldElementary School,while assistance wasneeded with the newSTEM program beingimplemented at Ha-leyville High School.

I was fortunate toarrange a tour of thestate capitol and theAlabama State Housefor a group of stu-dents from PhillipsHigh and even had thegood fortune of travel-ing with them toMontgomery for theoccasion. I mustadmit, I had not rid-den a school bus inquite some time.

Our efforts havenot been limited to fi-nances, though. In-stead, we have rolledup our sleeves to servemeals at a few seniorcitizen centers in thearea while also volun-teering time to boxfood and serve as acounselor at the MainStreet Ministries pro-gram in DoubleSprings. This hasproven to be so re-warding.

As most of us know,when we serve to blessothers, we are moreoften the one beingblessed. This has beenso true working withthis segment of ourcommunities. Somany simply want tobe heard. They wantto share a meal andwarm conversation.

Government wasdesigned to be for, ofand by the people.What better way toprovide such a govern-ment than to spendtime with those beinggoverned and who ac-tually are the govern-ment in question?Who said politics can-not be personal?Maybe the legislativesession in Mont-gomery will prove im-personal, but I amfinding my new job tobe very personal whenthe proper time isspent out in the field

of service amongthose who are to beserved.

While much of ourwork has been con-ducted within the dis-trict, I have also beenworking to build newrelationships beyondour immediate bor-ders--relationshipswhich could provehelpful in the future.Meetings in Mont-gomery and other lo-cations have beenheld, as was a three-hour meeting in Cull-man with lawmakersfrom across the dis-trict. My new col-leagues are workingtogether to buildbonds well before thenext legislative ses-sion begins in March.Now is the time to belearning more aboutothers who will beserving in the nextlegislature.

I have stressed howHouse District 17 sooften feels left behindin economic develop-ment and other im-provements beingenjoyed in other partsof our state. I havepromised to be a teamplayer to improve allparts of Alabama, butwant to do so with theunderstanding Win-ston, Marion andLamar counties willhave a seat at thetable, as well.

But even before wetransitioned into thisnew position, I havebeen working to keepour residents in-formed about my ef-forts to assist. Almostdaily, I have postedour workings on Face-book, where we now

have more than 2,200following our reports.I want our residents toknow the effort beingmade to be your voice.We want everyone toknow with whom weare meeting and whatwe are discussing. Thefeedback to our re-ports has been ex-tremely positive. Wewill also be usingthese periodic news-paper reports to dothe same--inform theelectorate as to howthey are being served.

But again, I remindeveryone: I am doingmy best to serve theENTIRE district. I amspending time almostweekly, and moreoften in many cases,in each community.We have visited everyschool in the districtand have met with allbut one of our mayors.And I assure you, thatappointment will beheld soon.

In the end, demo-cratic governmentfunctions best whenthose elected to serveare accessible to thosebeing served.

I assured you on thecampaign trail I wouldnot ask for your voteonly to run and hide.Any who have askedfor my cell phonenumber have beengiven the informa-tion. Whenever we areapproached at the gro-cery store or a highschool football gameto discuss a topic, wedo it. I assure you I donot have all of the an-swers, but every effortis being made to learn.

God bless.

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State Representative Tracy Estes presents acheck to Haleyville City Schools Superintend-ent Dr. Holly Sutherland to be used toward theathletic program. (Courtesy photo)

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