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HAMILTON - Hamilton Police OfficerEric Zills, who was seriously wounded in anattack earlier this year, is transferring to thestreet department as a garbage collectorwhile he tries to deal with the trauma of theevent.
City officials said Zills will still keep hispolice certification and will have only a lim-ited reduction in pay. When another policeposition comes up, he can apply for that ifhe likes.
The transfer was approved by the Hamil-ton City Council on Nov. 17, to take effectthe next day. The starting hourly pay was setat $13.40, “about $2 less than what Eric
would make if he was stilla policeman,” mayor WadeWilliams told the council.
He will not start on pro-bation with the city, as hewent through the probation
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Zills transfers to street dept.n Stabbed officer still dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Civitans donate to Christmas For KidsHamilton Civitan Club Pres-ident Paul Davis (right) pre-sented Christmas For Kidscoordinator Sandy Sandlinwith a $500 check onWednesday, Nov. 19. Forthe latest Christmas ForKids update, please seepage 3.
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Hamilton Hometown Christmasushers in the holidays
Visitors came to the Hamilton Hometown Christmason Nov. 21, where stores welcomed visitors thatevening and special events were held downtown tocelebrate the holidays early. (Top photo) Charactersfrom the upcoming production of “The Nutcracker,”who greeted visitors, assist in mailing letters to Santain a special mailbox set up downtown. The show isstill selling tickets for its Dec. 10-14 run at the BevillCenter. Shown are (starting from bottom left andmoving clockwise) Caroline Pyron of Winfield andMax Cole, Austin Boyett, Valarie Robertson, ZacharyBoyett (Nutcracker), Natalie Mann, Zoe Lucas andMaggie Harbor, all of Hamilton. (Middle photo) Peo-ple enjoy an outdoor fire pit outside Toll Gate Cafe,where supplies were available to make s’mores. (Bot-tom photo) Employees from CIS Home Loans as-sisted in wrapping gifts for downtown shoppers.Shown are (from left) Tonya Burney, Sheila Ferdina,Shirley Burt and Shondra Abbott.
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Boy, 8,dies intragicaccidentn Vehicle strikesboy at residence
By ED HOWELLStaff Writer
HAMILTON - An 8-year-old Hamiltonboy was killed in a tragic accident on Satur-day, Nov. 22.
According to investigator Scotty Chan-dler of the Hamilton Police Department,Terry Lee Cliett Jr., the son of Joshua andVeronica Bobo, died at his residence at 87Bexar Ave East in Hamilton.
The incident has been ruled an accident,Chandler said.
The Enhanced 911 call came in at about4:45 p.m. that day, Chandler said, noting theboy had two other brothers, ages 10 and 7,and one sister, age 1.
“Joshua was outside with the kids rakingleaves when the oldest brother, under the su-pervision of Joshua, was going to crank asmall pickup,” he said.
The plan was only to crank the vehicle asthe father was going to move it. “He wasjust letting him help,” Chandler said.
“Joshua thought he put the vehicle inneutral so the brother could crank it,” hesaid. “The vehicle was apparently still ingear and lunged forward when the starterwas engaged, causing the vehicle to strikethe victim as he was walking in front of thetruck. The victim was pronounced dead atthe scene.”
Visitation was held from 6-9 p.m. onMonday, Nov. 24, at Hamilton FuneralHome. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m.on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Hamilton FuneralHome Chapel, with burial following in Bar-nesville Cemetery. Hamilton Funeral Homewas in charge of the arrangements.
MARION COUNTYSCHOOL SYSTEM
Students
injured as
school bus
overturnsn 19 transported to
NMMC-Hamilton for treatmentBy TRACY ESTES
News Editor
HAMILTON - More than one dozenstudents suffered minor injuries whiletraveling to school after the bus in whichthey were riding turned over on its side onMonday, Nov. 24.
The bus was traveling on GroverDavis Road just north of Hamilton whenit toppled over in the one-vehicle crashshortly after 7 a.m.
“We had 27 students on the bus at thetime of the accident,’’ said Marion CountySuperintendent of Education Ryan
See BUS on page 3.
Zills
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Lexie Hayes crowned Miss 2015 at Hamilton High Calendar Girl PageantLexie Hayes was crowned Miss 2015 at the recently held 28th Annual Hamilton High School Calendar GirlPageant. Shown are the winners and their escorts (front row, from left) Makenzie Hall, Miss January; NickiTucker, Miss February; Nay Buchanan, Miss March; Ashtan Hicks, Miss April; Emily Simmons, Miss May;Alana Loughrige, Miss June; Lexie Hayes, Miss 2015; Savannah Tate, Miss July; Hannah Sanderson, MissAugust; Haley King, Miss September; Mattie Kerr, Miss October; Bethany Knight, Miss November; HarleyLucas, Miss December, (back row, same order) Luke Hall, Noah Tucker, Denzel Mitchell, Andrew McClung,Chase Skinner, Kolt Shaw, Garrett Fowler, Reegan King, Kent Terrell, Taylor Emerson, Blake Stidham, BenHood and Jesse Shotts. The Calendar Girl Pageant is a fundraiser for the Junior-Senior Prom and Banquetthat will be held on March 27, 2015. Calendars will be available to purchase from the Junior Class aroundThanksgiving. Interested persons may contact the school at 921-3281 to purchase one. The Junior classwould like to extend a thank you to the businesses and individuals who helped to make the event and thecalendar a success. A specialthank you goes out to MissHamilton Janna Carruth foremceeing the pageant. TheHamilton High Junior Classsponsors are Judy Miller,Benja Jackson, LynnetteWalker, Kacy Cobb, Amy Sut-ton, Chad Williams, DavidCantrell, and Kristin Nunley.
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Hollingsworth in an interview withthe Journal Record after the inci-dent.
“Nineteen students were evalu-ated at North Mississippi MedicalCenter in Hamilton and all were re-leased. There were scratches andbruises, but no broken bones.
“We are thankful for the responseof the hospital staff and emergencyresponders. We are most thankfulthat we had no serious injuries in this
accident.’’Hollingsworth limited his re-
marks on the incident as the eventremained under official investigationby the Hamilton Police Departmentat the time.
Hamilton K-9 Officer ZachLangston was on the scene shortlyafter the incident was called into au-thorities.
He said the accident took placeless than one-half mile from the in-tersection of Grover Davis Road andU.S. Highway 43.
Authorities remained on the
scene for about two hours after thecrash in order to fully clean the site,according to the officer.
Asked if the school bus had beenstruck causing it to turn over,Langston said it had not.
However, he was unable to offerfurther information as to the how thelarge vehicle had managed to end upon one side.
“This still remains under investi-gation,’’ Langston said of the crash.“We can confirm that only studentswere on the bus other than the fe-male bus driver.
“All of the injuries proved to beminor from what we know at thistime as each of those needing treat-ment or just observation were trans-ported to the Hamilton hospital.’’
Langston said it appeared dam-age to the bus was only minimal,adding, “It could have been muchworse.’’
Asked to describe the area inwhich the bus was traveling, the offi-cer said the road is a mixture ofstraightaways and curves, but of-fered no other specific commentpending the outcome of the investi-
gation.Langston would confirm that
each of the students and the driverhad exited the bus by the time he hadarrived at the scene.
The investigation is also expectedto involve officers interviewing thedriver and the students about the sec-onds leading up to the crash to see ifmore can be learned about themishap.
The investigation into the acci-dent was still underway as of earlyholiday deadlines on Tuesday, Nov.25.
By TRACY ESTESNews Editor
WINFIELD - Praising hisefforts to raise the academicstandards even higher duringhis tenure with the system, theWinfield Board of Educationhas approved a 5 percent payincrease for superintendent ofeducation Dr. Keith Davis.
The unanimous vote forthe pay raise came early in theschool board meeting held onWednesday, Nov. 12.
Coming into the meeting,Davis’ annual salary had been$117,300 per year while thepay raise will increase theamount to $123,165.
Prior to recommending theboard approve the pay raise,chairman Michael Box spentseveral minutes explaining hislogic in requesting the move.
Looking back to the timewhen Davis was hired, Boxpointed to the achievementsthe school system had earnedunder the new superintendent’sdirection.
Davis began his tenure inWinfield on July 1, 2010. Hereplaced former superintendentTerrell Kirkpatrick, who hadspent eight years in the post.
“Thinking back to what wewere looking for in our newsuperintendent, we wanted anacademic-minded leader,’’Box said.
“But we also wanted thesuperintendent to be a leaderin finances as well. When Dr.Davis stepped in, we were notin dire straits in either area.We were already recognizedas a top school in the state.But in our first meeting withhim, I remember him makingit clear he was not here to bea maintenance man. Hewanted to carry Winfield to aneven higher level of achieve-ment and I believe he hasdone that. He was not happywith the status quo and if youlook at our achievements over
the last four years, I believeyou can see that.’’
Furthering his illustration,Box began to list the variousmilestones he feels have beenreached during the Davistenure to date.
Beginning with the newOne-to-One initiative, whichprovides personal computersfor every student in the fourmiddle school grade levels,the program has now been ex-panded to include fourthgrade at the elementary schooland the freshman class at thehigh school.
Creation of Core Academywas also noted as Box saidstudents in need of academicassistance in a one-on-one set-ting are being reached whilethe facility is also being usedin disciplinary cases.
“Instead of just suspendinga student and sending themhome, we keep them to make
sure they are still learning,’’Box added.
The chairman noted therelatively new creation of theWinfield Schools Foundation.Through the foundation,scholarships are now beingprovided to Bevill State Com-munity College for those stu-dents who might not qualifyfor financial aid, but whosefamily is unable to provide theresources necessary to attendcollege.
Dual enrollment optionsare now available at the highschool which allow studentsto earn college credit while inhigh school--meaning both afinancial and time savings forthe students who can nowgraduate from college earlier.
“My daughter has been atthe University of Alabama fora semester and she will be asophomore in January sinceshe earned college credit here.
That is a savings for us,’’ Boxstressed, saying his daughtermay graduate college in onlythree years as a result.
The new Pirate Pre-Schoolprogram at the high schoolwas cited as a hands-on lessonfor students who can learn
how to properly care for smallchildren. The new bankbranch which opened at thehigh school in August underan agreement with CitizensBank was also mentioned.
“And how can we forgetthe most recent honors?’’ Boxasked.
“Our high school has been
WINFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION
Board approves 5% pay raise for superintendent
HAMILTON - ChristmasFor Kids coordinator SandySandlin said on Tuesday,Nov. 25, that $4,575 hadbeen given to the holidaycharity for the week.
A total of $8,960 has beendonated to date for this year’sChristmas For Kids cam-paign, Sandlin said.
He said Christmas ForKids needs funds, as hun-dreds of children are depend-ing on the donations toreceive presents this Christ-mas.
The goal for the ChristmasFor Kids campaign is$45,000, which was set tohelp get holiday gifts ofclothes for 500 children. Thecharity spends $90 per child.
“We have already taken500 names,” Sandlin said onNov. 24, a few days beforethe application deadline.However, he said organiza-tions in Winfield, Guin andBrilliant have taken 70 ofthose names, which was stillgoing to allow for some last-minute names to be taken.
Applications for childrento receive gifts were acceptedduring November at the Mar-ion County Department ofHuman Resources.
Students from HamiltonMiddle School and HamiltonHigh School shop locally forpresents and also help wrapthem.
The gifts will be taken toChrist Community Fellow-ship, which is the location ofthe old Praise AssemblyChurch at 1685 Bexar Ave.W. The gifts will be pickedup at the church by parentson Thursday and Friday, Dec.18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 20,from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Donations are tax-de-ductible using the HamiltonKiwanis Club’s tax identifi-cation number.
Overall, Christmas ForKids has helped thousands ofchildren through the years.Handwritten records kept bySandlin since 1985 show that$635,630.13 has been raisedto help 9,175 children.
Sandlin stressed the giftsgiven do not note that thecharity had anything to dowith the gifts, as only thechild’s name is on the gifts,leaving it to the parents to saythat Santa or whoever pur-chased the gifts.
Among those who havemade the most recent dona-
tions are:• $100, Roland and Barbara
Ellis.• $500, Hamilton Civitan
Club.• $90, 21st Century Club.• $100, Robert and Linda
Young.• $200, James and Virginia
Lindsey.• $100, Marsha Wilson.• $180, Panorama Club.• $100, New Directions Sun-
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• $2,000, anonymous (twodonations).
• $180, Young at Heart Sun-day School Class.
• $125, Adult Sunday SchoolClass, Mt. Olive Free Will BaptistChurch.
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• $100, Wyatt Howell.• $500, Phil and Sheila Bird.• $100, Pleasant Site
Church. • $100, Delores Watson. Anyone wishing to donate
money or gifts may see San-dlin at Fred’s Pharmacy inHamilton or mail donationsto Fred’s Pharmacy, 797 Mil-itary St. S., Hamilton, AL35570. Sandlin may also becontacted at 921-3193.
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Northwest Medical Center conducts ebola trainingEmergency officials with Northwest Medical Center in Winfield recently conducted an ebola contingency emergency drill. Theevent was held on Saturday, Nov. 1, with the facility involving various members of the hospital emergency team. Shown areseveral of the volunteers who participated in the emergency planning session: (standing, from left) Will Riley, Sherri Silas, AshleyThompson, Lesa Hamm, in full hazardous material attire are Mary Trimm, Dr. Tim Jordan, and Ashley Oliver, Beth Guin and De-wayne Norris, (kneeling, same order) Renee Rye and Kristy Hudson. The hospital also expressed its appreciation to WinfieldFire Chief Alan Stovall and his department, Marion County Emergency Medical Services supervisor Grant Webb and his staff,and Winfield Police Chief Bobby Blaylock and his department for assisting with the drill. Hospital officials note anyone believedto be experiencing ebola-like symptoms should call 487-7760 for immediate assistance.
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By ED HOWELLStaff Writer
HAMILTON - WithThanksgiving now behind us,it is time for many to thinkabout the upcoming scheduleof local Christmas paradesthat kicks off in Winfield onMonday, Dec. 1.
Details about the Christ-mas parades in MarionCounty are listed as follows,in their order on the calendar:
• The annual WinfieldChristmas Parade, sponsoredby the Winfield Chamber ofCommerce, will be Monday,Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. The paradelineup will begin at the Win-field Middle School at 4:30p.m. In case of rain, the pa-rade will be held on the fol-lowing Monday, Dec. 8.Prizes will be awarded forbest floats in different cate-gories: Business, Church,Civic and School. Judging
begins at 5 p.m., and floatsarriving late may not bejudged. Santa will be attend-ing the parade courtesy of thechamber, so no “fake” Santasare allowed. Use of cellphones, handheld devices orcameras are forbidden duringthe parade or in the lineupand will result in removalfrom the parade. Other infor-mation, including an applica-tion form, has been placed onthe city’s website, www.win-fieldcity.org.
Anyone wanting more in-formation may contact TamraTrull at 487-4281 or emailthe form on the city websiteto [email protected].
• Brilliant will have itsChristmas parade on Thurs-day, Dec. 4, with lineup atBrilliant High School at 5p.m., and the parade gettingunderway at 5:30 p.m. Theparade, which will featureSanta, will have prizes for thebest entries. Candy will be
thrown out for the children.Miss Merry Christmas is ex-pected to be crowned andride in the parade.
Anyone wanting more in-formation may call town hallat 465-2281 or via email [email protected].
• The Bear Creek Christ-mas Parade, sponsored by theBear Creek Volunteer FireDepartment, will be held onFriday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m., withlineup at Phillips HighSchool at 5 p.m. Anyonewanting more informationmay call Bear Creek TownHall at 486-4707. (In addi-tion, the Civitans will haveBreakfast with Santa at theBobby Bishop Center on Sat-urday, Dec. 6, at 8 a.m.)
• Guin’s Christmas Pa-rade will be held on Monday,Dec. 8, at 6 p.m., sponsoredby the Guin Chamber ofCommerce. Lineup for theparade begins at 5:30 p.m. atthe high school gym parking
lot. The parade will go fromMarion County HighSchool’s gym to the down-town area. Entertainment willbe held downtown starting at5:30 p.m. Prizes will be of-fered for first-, second- andthird-place for float entries.
Anyone wanting more in-formation about either the pa-rade or the entertainmentmay call city hall at 468-2242.
• Hackleburg: The Christ-mas parade, sponsored by theTown of Hackleburg, will beheld at 6 p.m. on Monday,Dec. 8, with lineup at the siteof the town’s pharmacies onHighway 43 at 5:30 p.m.
Anyone wanting more de-tails may call 935-3133.
• The Hamilton Christ-mas Parade, sponsored by theHamilton Area Chamber ofCommerce, is set for Mon-day, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m., withSanta on the Square set tomake a return to the court-
house square at 5 p.m.Lineup for the parade will beat about 5 p.m. The rain dateis Tuesday, Dec. 16, at thesame times. Applications forentry into the parade can befound on the chamber web-site, www.hamiltoncham-berofcommerce.org to bedownloanded and submitted.Lineup of the parade will bein the area of the HamiltonFire Station and HamiltonWalking Track. Registrationbooths will be at the fire sta-tion and Hamilton Middle
School. Entries will bejudged and awards will begiven out.
Anyone wanting more in-formation may contact thechamber office at 190 Mili-tary Street South or call theoffice at 921-7786. They mayalso email the chamber [email protected].
More details can also befound at the chamber’s web-site at www.hamiltoncham-berofcommerce.org.
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Alabama State
Troopers
The following accidents werereported by the Alabama StateTroopers Post in Hamilton forthe week ending on Nov. 26:
• Dianne Post, 61, driving a2008 Jeep, and Michael Powell,54, Hamilton, driving a 1998Chevrolet, were involved in atwo-vehicle accident on Nov. 15at 2:10 p.m. on Sullins Road.Post was listed as injured.
• W.M. Holcomb, 72, Hamil-ton, driving a 2008 Nissan, wasinvolved in a one-vehicle acci-dent on Nov. 15 at 6:20 p.m. onCounty Road 29. No injurieswere reported.
• Michael M. Ranger, 23, Cly-mer, Pa., driving a 2001 Ford,was involved in a one-vehicleaccident on Nov. 22 at 1:15 a.m.on Alabama Highway 253. No in-juries were reported.
• Ronald E. Timms, 47, Ful-ton, Miss., driving a 2005 Ford,and Ernest A. Burnwell, Jr., 61,Osceola, Miss., driving a 1998Freightliner, were involved in atwo-vehicle accident on Nov. 22at 8:30 a.m. on U.S. Interstate22. No injuries were reported.
• Gary Looper, 19,Clarksville, Ark., driving a 2010Honda, was involved in a one-vehicle accident on Nov. 22 at11:45 a.m. on I-22. Looper waslisted as injured.
• James Nail, 27, Warrior,driving a 1999 Mazda, was in-volved in a one-vehicle accidenton Nov. 22 at 7:15 p.m. on U.S.Highway 278. No injuries werereported.
• Rodney James, 24,Vinemont, driving a 1999Chevrolet, was involved in aone-vehicle accident on Nov. 22at 7:15 p.m. on U.S. Highway278. No injuries were reported.
• Jody Pitts, 39, Hamilton,driving a 1989 Chevorlet, andHunter Carlton, 16, Hackleburg,driving a 2000 Toyota, were in-volved in a one-vehicle accidenton Nov. 24 at 4:10 p.m. onCounty Road 49. Pitts and Carl-ton were both listed as injured.
• Linda Derrick, 64, CarbonHill, driving a 2013 Ford, was in-volved in a one-vehicle accidenton Nov. 25 at 10:15 p.m. on Ala-bama Highway 118. No injurieswere reported.
Food ratings
The Marion County HealthDepartment reported the follow-ing food establishments were in-spected on Nov. 17-21:
• Hardee’s, Hamilton, 89.• Pizza Hut, Hamilton, 90.• R&D Bear’s Den, Bear
Creek, 91.• Day’s Inn Motel, Hamilton,
92.• Hamilton Drive-In, 92.• Econo Lodge Inn and
Suites, Hamilton, 93.• El Mariachi Loco, Hamil-
ton, 94. • Econo Lodge Breakfast,
Hamilton, 96.• Hamilton Senior Center, 96.• Day’s Inn Breakfast, Hamil-
ton, 97.• Walmart Deli/Bakery, Win-
field, 98.• Walmart Supermarket,
Winfield, 99. Also, Twice the Ice in Win-
field passed a routine foodprocessor inspection.
Hamilton
Police Dept.
HAMILTON - The followingarrests and activities were re-ported by the Hamilton PoliceDepartment for the week of Nov.18-24:
Incident and
offense casesTwo for third-degree bur-
glary; and one each for third-de-gree domestic violence,harassment, second-degreetheft of property, third-degreetheft of property, criminal mis-chief, harassing communicationand attempting to elude police.Arrests or citations
Three each for speeding anddriving while under the influence;two for improper tag; and oneeach for license suspended/re-voked, no seatbelt, no tag, publicintoxication, third-degree do-mestic violence, improper laneusage and criminal mischief.
WrecksSix wrecks were reported for
the week.
Holiday
garbage
collections,
closings
HAMILTON - The followinggarbage pickup schedules havebeen announced in connectionwith the Christmas and NewYear’s holiday schedule:
• Marion County SolidWaste officials said garbage forMonday, Dec. 22, and Tuesday,Dec. 23, will be picked up onMonday, Dec. 22. Garbage forWednesday, Dec. 24, andThursday, Dec. 25, will be pickedup Tuesday, Dec. 23. Garbagefor Friday, Dec. 26, and Monday,Dec. 29, will be picked up onMonday, Dec. 29.
Also, garbage for Tuesday,Dec. 30, and Wednesday, Dec.31, will be picked up on Tues-day, Dec. 30. Garbage on Thurs-day, Jan. 1, and Friday, Jan. 2,will be picked up on Friday, Jan.2.
The holiday schedule willalso be printed on bills. Resi-dents are asked to havegarbage out by 7 a.m.
• Gu-Win’s garbage ispicked up by the county’sgarbage service. (See above.)
• Hamilton: The Wednesday,Dec. 24, garbage will be pickedup on Tuesday, Dec. 23, and theThursday, Dec. 25, garbage willbe picked up on Friday, Dec. 26.The Wednesday, Dec. 31,garbage will be picked up onTuesday, Dec. 30. The Thurs-day, Jan. 1, garbage will bepicked up on Friday, Jan. 2.
• Winfield: The Wednesday,Dec. 24, garbage will be pickedup on Tuesday, Dec. 23, and theThursday, Dec. 25, garbage willbe picked up on Friday, Dec. 26.The Thursday, Jan. 1, garbagewill be picked up on Friday, Jan.2.
• Brilliant: Garbage will notbe affected.
• Guin: Garbage for Dec. 24-26 will be picked up on Wednes-day, Dec. 24. Garbage for Jan.1-2 will be picked up on Friday,Jan. 2.
City halls in Brilliant and Win-field will be closed Dec. 24-25and Jan. 1. Hamilton City Hallwill be closed Dec. 24-25 andDec. 31-Jan. 1. Guin City Hallwill be closed Dec. 25-26 (re-maining open on Christmas Eve)and will also be closed on Jan.1. The Marion County Court-house and county offices will be
closed Dec. 24-26 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1.
Gov. Robert Bentley hasagreed to allow state workers totake an additional day off onDec. 26. They will also get Dec.25 and Jan. 1, which are alsofederal holidays.
The New York Stock Ex-change will close on noon CSTon Dec. 24, and will also closeall day on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.Banks and other financial insti-tutions are expected to havespecial holiday hours as well.
Post offices will be closed onDec. 25 and Jan. 1, and no mailroutes will be run. (Some postoffices may have special hoursfor Christmas Eve.) The MarionCounty School System will haveChristmas holidays on Dec. 22-Jan. 2. The Winfield City SchoolSystem will not hold classesDec. 22-Jan. 5. Bevill StateCommunity College will beclosed Dec. 22-Jan. 1.
(Due to the number of holi-days now through the end of theyear, the Journal Record en-courages entities to let the news-paper know about schedulechanges for those holidays.)
Marion Co.
Sheriff’s Dept.
HAMILTON - The followingarrests and activities were re-ported for the week ending Nov.26:Arrests or citations
Three for probation violation;two each for third-degree do-mestic violence (harassment)and bench warrant; and oneeach for driving under the influ-ence, second-degree posses-sion of marijuana, possession ofdrug paraphernalia, non-sup-port, third-degree domestic vio-lence (assault), third-degreecriminal trespassing, drug courtviolation, and third-degree theftof services.
Felony arrestsThe following felony arrests
were released:• Britteny Hammersley, 25,
Hamilton, was arrested on Nov.24 for first-degree theft of prop-erty, second-degree theft ofproperty and third-degree bur-glary and was released from theMarion County Jail on Nov. 24under a $45,000 bond.
• Hyudeen Heath, 79, Win-field, was arrested on Nov. 24 forfirst-degree theft and harass-ment and was released from thecounty jail on Nov. 24 under a$6,000 bond.
• David Davis, 34, Winfield,was arrested on Nov. 21 for sec-
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CHURCH OF GOD119 U.S. Hwy. 278
ROCK CITYCHURCH OF GOD
5121 County Hwy. 38, Winfield
SMITH TEMPLE CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST636 Spearman Rd.Hamilton, 921-4747
UNIVERSITYCHURCH OF GOD
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GOSPELFULL GOSPEL CHURCH
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METHODISTBEAR CREEK
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BEAR CREEKUNITED METHODIST
307 Virginia Ave.Bear Creek, 486-9065
BETHLEHEMUNITED METHODIST
215 Bethlehem Rd.Hamilton, 952-9909
BEXAR UNITEDMETHODIST
6520 County Hwy. 13,Hamilton
BRILLIANT UNITEDMETHODIST
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CENTER UNITED METHODIST
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230 County Hwy. 151, Winfield
FIRST METHODIST828 Walker St., Hackleburg
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
Winfield, 487-4413FIRST UNITED
METHODIST-GUIN7622 U.S. Hwy. 43
Guin, 468-2429
GLEN ALLEN METHODIST31 Allen Ave., Glen Allen
HAMILTON UNITED METHODIST
130 Military St. N.Hamilton, 921-3243
METHODIST128 Walker St., Hackleburg
MOUNT ZION #2 CMEHamilton, 921-5284
MT. PISGAH METHODIST4356 County Hwy. 47, Winfield
PHILADELPHIAUNITED METHODISTPhiladelphia Rd., GuinREAL CHAPEL CME
435 South Hill Dr., GuinUNITED METHODIST
Hwy. 253, TwinUNITY METHODIST
130 Military St. N., Hamilton
MORMONCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
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Winfield, 487-5484CONCORD PENTECOSTAL616 Community St., Winfield
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THE PENTECOSTALSOF HAMILTON
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OTHERABUNDANT LIFE
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BARNSVILLE MISSIONARY5420 County Hwy. 11Hamilton, 921-7546
BETHANY2960 County Hwy. 20,
HamiltonCHRIST COMMUNITY
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Hamilton, 412-7816EVANGEL TEMPLE111 County Hwy. 163Hamilton, 921-7127
FAIRVIEW4051 County Hwy. 12,
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HAMILTON MISIONARYALLIANCE
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Brilliant, 487-3891MYERS HILL
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NEW HEIGHTS265 Military St. N., HamiltonNEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP
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NIX CHAPEL273 Nix Chapel Rd.,
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POPLAR SPRINGS2271 County Hwy. 72,
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ROCKY TOP3096 County Hwy. 32,
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ond-degree kidnapping and third-degree domestic violence (ha-rassment) and remained in thecounty jail as of Nov. 26 under a$11,500 bond.
• Alan Swims, 41, Hamilton,was arrested on Nov. 21 under agrand jury indictment for manu-facturing, possession of para-phernalia and issuing aworthless check and remained inthe county jail as of Nov. 26under a $8,500 bond.
• David Reeves, 32, Sulli-gent, was arrested on Nov. 24for distribution of a controlledsubstance and possession of acontrolled substance and re-mained in the county jail as ofNov. 26 under a $10,000 bond.
(When a defendant ischarged with a crime, the chargeis merely an accusation and thedefendant is presumed innocentuntil and unless proven guilty.)
Meetings
Meetings are at the respec-tive city hall or the board’s officeunless otherwise noted; groupsnot directly affiliated with localgovernment are indicated by ital-ics:
• American Legion Post 100in Winfield, every second Tues-day of the month, 6:30 p.m.
• Bear Creek Town Council,first and third Monday, 6 p.m.
• Bear Creek Water andSewer Board, first Tuesday, 6p.m.
• Brilliant Lions Club, secondand fourth Monday, 6:30 p.m.,State Bank and Trust annex.
• Brilliant Town Council,fourth Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.
• Brilliant Park and Recre-ation Board, second Monday, 6
p.m., Brilliant Town Hall.• Glen Allen Town Council,
first Tuesday, 7 p.m.• Guin City Council, first and
third Monday, 5:30 p.m. • Guin Park and Recreation
Board, second Sunday of themonth, 8:15 p.m.
• Guin Water Board, secondTuesday, 5 p.m.
• Gu-Win Town Council, firstMonday, 7 p.m.
• Hackleburg Town Council,first and third Monday, 6 p.m.
• Hackleburg Water Board,first Monday, 5 p.m.
• Hamilton Beautification(Tree) Board, second Tuesday,noon, Hamilton City Hall. Nomeetings held from Octoberthrough February.
• Hamilton City Council, firstand third Monday, 6 p.m. Thecouncil also holds a preliminarymeeting in the mayor’s office toreview the agenda 15 minutesbefore the formal meeting. Awork session will be held be-fore the Dec. 1 formal meetingstarting at 5:40 p.m. Also, theDec. 15 meeting will conveneafter the 6 p.m. HamiltonChristmas Parade concludesthat night.
• Hamilton Industrial Devel-opment Board, third Monday, 6p.m., Hamilton City Hall Confer-ence Room.
• Hamilton Kiwanis Club,Mondays, Mondays, noon, TollGate Cafe in Hamilton.
• Hamilton Lion Club, firstand third Tuesday, 7 p.m., ClydeNix Public Library.
• Hamilton Civitan Club, firstand third Tuesdays, noon,Dinelli’s in Hamilton.
• Hamilton Planning Com-mission, fourth Monday, 6 p.m.,Hamilton City Hall.
• Marion County Board ofEducation, date and time set in-dividually, Central Office site
next to the Marion County-Rankin Fite Airport.
• Marion County Commis-sion, second and third Monday,9 a.m., commission’s annexbuilding. A work session is heldon the Thursday before the firstmeeting of the month at 9 a.m.
• Marion County DemocraticParty, the first Thursday of themonth at 5:30 p.m. The locationof each meeting will be an-nounced.
• Marion County E-911Board, second Tuesday, 5 p.m.at the E-911 center about ablock from the county engineer’soffice in Hamilton.
• Marion County PublicWater Authority, first Tuesday,6:30 p.m., authority’s office at130 Industrial Drive in Hamilton.
• Marion County RepublicanParty, second Saturday of themonth, at the Cedar Landing inWinfield, 8:30 a.m.
• Marion County Soil andWater Conservation DistrictBoard of Supervisors, secondTuesday of each month, 5:45p.m., Oh! Bryan’s Family Steak-house in Hamilton.
• Northwest Alabama ArtsCouncil, second Monday of themonth at the arts council officeat 190 Military Street S. in Hamil-ton, 5:30 p.m.
• Northwest Alabama GasDistrict Board of Directors, dateand time set individually, gas dis-trict office in Hamilton.
• Twin Town Council, firstMonday, 7 p.m., Twin Town Hallbuilding.
• Twin Water Authority, firstTuesday, 6 p.m., Twin Water Au-thority building.
• Winfield Board of Educa-tion, second Tuesday, at theboard office.
• Winfield City Council, firstand third Tuesday, 6 p.m.
• Winfield Kiwanis Club,
each Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Hu-atulco Mexican Restaurant.
• Winfield Park and Recre-ation Board, second Wednes-day, 6 p.m.
• Winfield Water and SewerBoard, second Thursday, 5:30p.m.
Anyone with corrections,changes, or special meeting in-formation is asked to call EdHowell at 921-3104. They mayalso mail the information to theJournal Record, P.O. Drawer1477, Hamilton, Alabama 35570,fax it to 921-3105, or e-mail it [email protected].
process while serving on thepolice force.
“We’re as proud to haveyou in the street departmentjust as much as we did in thepolice department,” WadeWilliams said. “You’re an ex-cellent employee. You’llhave a good place to work.”
After the council meeting,the mayor noted the positioncame open at the street de-partment as another streetworker quit, so a new posi-tion was not created.
“We did not add him tothe street department. Hecame because there was anopening,” Wade Williamssaid. “If there had not beenan opening, I don’t knowwhat we would have done.”
He said Zills did under-stand the decrease in pay andwas fine with that. “He wasglad to have a job,” themayor said.
“If months or a year goesby, and he’s able to go backto being a policeman and ifwe have an opening, then wewill consider” taking Zillsback as an officer, he said.“He deserves it.” He said thatZills really can be considereda hero, adding he was gladthere was another job Zillscould switch to in the city. “Ithink he’ll do a great job inthe street department.”
On Nov. 9, an emotionalZills spoke to First BaptistChurch of Hamilton, in aservice which was televised.He noted he was having trou-ble dealing with the traumaof an incident on May 23,when he was attacked with aknife after approaching aman near the Marion CountyEngineer’s Office.
Zills battling Post
Traumatic Stress While he has recuperated
physically, “I’m still battlingPost Traumatic Stress Disor-der,” he said. “I would askyou to pray for me on this.It’s to the point I can’t do myjob anymore....I can’t take itanymore. I’ve got too muchgoing on in my head, and justdon’t think I can do my job,and I ask you to pray for me.”
Without referring to thetransfer at the time, Zills saidhe had another job opportu-nity.
He said he had been “bat-tling” the situation that week,noting he didn’t understandwhy he was in this situation.“I didn’t ask for none of thisto happen,” noting this wasthe only job he ever enjoyedand was good at.
“Please don’t take thisaway from me,” Zills said heasked God. “The more Iprayed about it, I felt a peacecome over my body. He said,‘Eric, this is what you alwayswanted to do. I let you do it.We never talked about howlong you could do it.’”
Essentially, he said Godlet him do what he wanted todo but now it was time “forwhat I want you to do.” Hesaid the new transfer wouldallow more time for him towork with his youth ministryat his church. Zills, who hasspoken to several churchesabout the incident, is theyouth minister at PleasantRidge Free Will BaptistChurch in Hamilton.
Zills, who underwent sur-gery after the attack, was re-leased from NorthMississippi Medical Center-Tupelo on Memorial Day,May 26. Zills was stabbed inthe back of the head and theupper left arm.
Devan Hall of Hamilton,
who came to Zills’ aid duringthe attack, also suffered cutsand was treated and releasedfrom North Mississippi Med-ical Center-Hamilton.
Vickery said Terrance Ed-wards, 30, of Hamilton wasarrested for the attack and isstill being held in the MarionCounty Jail awaiting trial ontwo counts of attempted mur-der. He is being held under a$120,000 bond.
(When a defendant ischarged with a crime, the chargeis merely an accusation and thedefendant is presumed innocentuntil and unless proven guilty.)
Zills said since the inci-dent, he has tried to think ofwhat would be the rightprayer in scripture for a po-lice officer, concluding it wasPsalm 23.
“That says it all,” he saidafter reading it. “The Lord isalways with us.” He said theonly reason he was still alive“is by the grace of God.”
Zills had ‘backslid’
before incidentThe former jailer for the
Marion County Sheriff’s De-partment, who worked at thejail from 2008 to 2013, notedhe had been a police officerat the Hamilton Police De-partment since March 2013,graduating from the policeacademy in July that year.
“When you put your uni-form and your badge on, youknow you might not comehome,” he said. Yet he notedhe had “backslid” as a Chris-tian over several years.
“I started smoking and oc-casionally drinking with myfriends,” he said. “And allthis time I was working as ayouth director at PleasantRidge. God kept telling me,‘Son, you’ve got to re-evalu-ate your life. You need to
come back closer to me.’”However, he would always“put Him off until tomorrow.It was always tomorrow.”
He later warned, “Alwaysserve God like there is no to-morrow, because it may notcome,” he said. “You neverknow if you are promised thenext second, because that en-tire attack lasted less than 15seconds. Fifteen seconds andI was almost out of thisworld.”
Night of stabbing
seemed ordinaryThe night of the stabbing
“seemed just like any other,”he said, noting he was watch-ing the intersection of AggieAvenue and Alabama Na-tional Guard Road. He saidHall, a friend, stopped andsaid, “I don’t know why, butsomething was telling me Ineed to come back and talk toyou.” Zills said there is “nodoubt in my mind” Godmoved him to come to Zills.
He said while they weretalking, Zills saw a manwalking down the road. “Iknew something didn’t lookright with him, especiallywalking this far down theroad at this time of night.
“Something doesn’t seemright. I need to check on it,”he quoted himself as sayingat the time, and recalled hetold dispatchers what he wasdoing.
“When I got out of the car,this young man approachedme and said, ‘I need to talk toyou about something.’ I said,‘OK, we’ll talk in just a sec-ond. I need to pat youdown,’” to search forweapons.
Once he started pattinghim down, “he startedwrestling away from me. My
By ED HOWELLStaff Writer
HAMILTON - HamiltonCity Councilman Tim Hol-comb, who heads the coun-cil’s police committee, votedon Nov. 17 against the post-ing of a vacant police officerposition after arguing unsuc-cessfully that the full-timeposition should be posted aspart-time.
Holcomb voted againstthe motion, while councilmembers Tami LewisWilliams, Frances Knight,Greg Ingram and LynnMitchell voted for posting afull-time police officer’s po-sition.
The position was postedwith the vacancy created thatnight by the approved trans-fer of Eric Zills from the po-lice department to the street
department. The position willrequire the candidates to beAPOST (Alabama Peace Of-ficers Standards and TrainingCommiss ion) ce r t i f i ed ,meaning they have had acad-emy training. The notice willbe in the Journal Record fortwo weeks.
Holcomb asked policechief Ronny Vickery if theposting could be for a part-time position.
“I can’t see where a part-time would work for us,”Vickery said, noting part-time is for 19 hours, whilethe department has 12-hourshifts for officers.
Holcomb said. “Other de-partments are doing it andsaving money for insuranceand all that. It just looks liketo me we could do at leastone.” He clarified this wouldbe in replacement of the full-
time position, not in additionto it. Vickery suggested apart-time officer could beadded later after the full-timeofficer is hired, but Holcombsaid he would not be in favorof that.
City clerk Jan Williamssaid if the officer works morethan 29 hours a week, the citywould have to pay retirementand insurance. Holcomb said,“The police are a little bit dif-ferent that the fire (depart-ment).” Jan Williams said itwould still have to be paid,but Holcomb said they wouldnot have to work 29 hours.Jan Williams said she wasgoing by what she had heardabout the Marion CountySheriff’s Department.
Holcomb said other de-partments were doing wellwith part-time officers andsaving cities and taxpayers
money.“I realize what you are
saying, Tim,” mayor WadeWilliams said. “I just think afull-time officer would bebetter at this time. If we gotso busy we would need addi-tional help, we wouldn’t havea problem with part-time atall, but replacing a full-timewith a full-time is better.”
Councilwoman FrancesKnight also said she favoreda full-time officer.
Vickery anticipated who-ever is hired would give twoweeks’ notice to whereverthey are working at now andthen spend two more weekslearning procedures used atthe Hamilton Police Depart-ment, and then the officerwould go on the street--which Vickery said would“hit around holiday time.”
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n Lady Pirateguard to suit upfor UNABy MATTHEW PUCKETT
Sports Editor
WINFIELD - Winfield’sKatelyn Kostelc officiallypenned her name with theUniversity of North Alabamaon Saturday, Nov. 15.
The Lady Pirates’ seniorhas put up some big numbersand won several awards enroute to earning the offerfrom the Lions.
Kostelc is a two-time All-West Alabama Conference(WAC) tournament MVP(along with being named tothe All-WAC team twice) andshe was named All-MarionCounty tournament MVPtwice (along with beingnamed to the All-Countyteam twice).
The 5-foot-8 guard wasnamed to the TuscaloosaNews All-Metro third teamtwo seasons ago while beingnamed to the second teamlast season. She was alsonamed to the TuscaloosaNews Super 5 last season.
During her sophomorecampaign, Kostelc had theschool’s best 3-point percent-age, free throw percentageand most defensive rebounds.
Last season, the 18-year-old earned a Class 3A All-State honorable mention andsurpassed the 1,000-pointmark for her career on Dec.12.
She once again led theteam in 3-point percentage,free throw percentage and de-fensive rebounds while alsoleading in steals and assists inher junior year.
Winfield has won the
WAC tournament, MarionCounty tournament, areatournament and sub-regionaltournament in each of herfour seasons with the team.The Lady Pirates have alsomade four Northwest Re-gional appearances.
During her junior year,Kostelc averaged 16.4 points,5.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and3.2 steals per game. She shot39 percent from behind thearc, 42 percent in the 2-pointrange and 84 percent fromthe charity stripe.
The five-year starter atWinfield has played four sea-sons with Amateur AthleticUnion’s (AAU) Alabama
Twisters out of Birmingham.The Twisters finished in
sixth place in the AAU girl’snational championship in2013. Kostelc was named the2013 AAU Blue Star Nation-als Pool C all-star basketballteam.
For 2014, the daughter ofChris and Teresa Kostelc wasnamed to the AAU all-statetournament basketball team.
Kostelc, who is consider-ing going into athletic train-ing, has as uncle and sister,Kelcey, that live in Florence.
Kostelc understands thatthe college game will be at aquicker pace than highschool.
“The speed of the higherlevel of competition and justplaying faster will likely bemy biggest adjustment (onthe basketball court),”Kostelc said. “In the class-room, it will be the numberof students in my classes.”
She believes that hershooting and court vision willallow her to be successful atthe next level while shemight not be as quick defen-sively as she would like tobe.
“Shooting and my ability
to see the floor are mystrengths,” Kostelc said. “Myweakness is that I’m not asquick on defense as I willneed to be.”
The senior enjoys playingwith her Winfield teammates.
“I like learning from peo-ple that I grew up with andthe ones that I looked up to.
“At college, I know thateverybody that is there wantsto be there and play basket-ball.”
Kostelc, who started play-
ing basketball while inkindergarten, plans on work-ing on her ball-handling be-fore leaving for UNA.
At the end of the interviewwith the Journal Record,Kostelc thanked God andothers that have helped hersucceed in basketball.
“I want to thank God forgiving me talent, my familyand friends, (Winfield) coach(Joseph) Wilson and myAAU coach Teresa Tanner,”Kostelc concluded.
n Aggies,Bears each
earn first win
By MATTHEW PUCKETT
Sports Editor
Thursday, Nov. 20
Winfield 75,
Lamar County 42
VERNON - Winfield eas-ily defeated Lamar County75-42 to begin the Pirates’season.
Winfield’s McChaelSmith led the way with 17points and five rebounds.
Kent Jenkins added 12points and two boards whilePeyton Stovall had 11 points.
Ryan Pollard finishedwith nine points and four re-bounds.
Will Harrison added sevenpoints and four reboundswhile Xavier McCollum con-tributed six points and six re-bounds.
Chris Kimbrell finishedwith two points and four re-bounds in the Pirates’ win.
IAHS 44,
Hamilton 40
FULTON, Miss. - Hamil-ton lost 44-40 to ItawambaAgricultural in the Aggies’first game of the season.
The Aggies’ Blake Stid-ham led the way with 11points, eight rebounds andone assist.
Peyton Woods finishedwith nine points, three re-bounds and two steals.
JT Kirby and GarrettFowler each added six points.
Kirby also had five re-bounds, seven steals and oneblock. Fowler had sevenboards, one steal and oneblock.
Aron Lopez contributedfive points, three steals andone assist.
Logan McLin had twopoints and one rebound whileTaten Palmer had one point,
n LadyBears, Aggies, Panthersearn winsBy MATTHEW PUCKETT
Sports Editor
Thursday, Nov. 20
Winfield 60,
Lamar County 50
VERNON - Winfield’sBarrett Earnest helped leadthe Lady Pirates (1-0) to a60-50 win over LamarCounty.
Earnest finished with 22points, five rebounds, three
assists, five steals and threeblocks.
Katelyn Kotelc added 16points, 11 rebounds, one as-sist, two steals and one block.
Allie Gilmer had 10points, one rebound, one as-sist and four steals.
Victoria Fetter finishedwith nine points, one re-bound, one assist and threesteals.
Madison Scott had twopoints, one rebound and oneassist.
Kenzie McDaniel con-tributed one point, two re-bounds, three assists and twosteals. Abby Atkins hadseven rebounds, four stealsand two blocks.
Hallie Cole contributedthree rebounds and one assistin the Lady Pirates’ win.
IAHS 56,
Hamilton 42
FULTON, Miss. - Hamil-ton (0-1) lost the first contestof the season 56-42 toItawamba Agricultural.
The Lady Aggies’ NatalieBleazard led the way with 17points, five rebounds, one as-sist and two steals.
Bailey Davis had 12points, three rebounds, oneassist and one steal.
Lorra Carter had fivepoints, four rebounds and onesteal.
Haley King contributedfour points and six reboundswhile Emma Chandler andCorinne Cobb each addedtwo points.
Chandler had five re-
PREP BASKETBALL
Winfield’s Kostelc signs with Lions
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Pirates go unbeatenthrough first four games
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Lady Pirates win first three
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Kostelc sign with LionsWinfield’s Katelyn Kostelc (front row, second from right) signed with the Uni-versity of North Alabama on Saturday, Nov. 15. Pictured are (front row, fromleft) Kostelc’s father, Chris Kostelc, her sister, Kelcey, Kostelc, her mother,Teresa, (back row, same order) principal Benjie Parrish, coach Joseph Wil-son and athletic director Randy Thomley.
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Kostelc goes upWinfield’s Katelyn Kostelc (5) goes up for a layupagainst Lamar County.
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Shootin’ and drivin’(Left photo) Hamilton’s Lorra Carter (24) takes a shot against Sulligent.(Right photo) Winfield’s Victoria Fetter (23) drives to the basket againstLamar County.
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Scorin’ away(Left photo) Winfield’s Kent Jenkins (12) goes up for the contested layupagainst Lamar County. (Right photo) Hamilton’s Peyton Woods (11) goes upfor a shot against Sulligent. See GIRLS on page 9.
See BOYS on page 9.
Saturday, November 29, 2014 Journal Record Page 9
AHSAA STATE PLAYOFFSROUND THREE SPOTLIGHT
Two players earnspotlight honorn MCHS’ Pollard, Wates earn mention
By MATTHEW PUCKETT
Sports Editor
Two Marion County High School football playerswere mentioned for their standout play in the AlabamaHigh School Athletic Association’s State PlayoffsRound Three Prep Spotlight.
Red Raiders Aaron Pollard and Peyton Watesearned the honor for their performances in the school’s56-22 third-round win over Cedar Bluff.
Senior quarterback Pollard completed 10 of his 23pass attempts for 158 yards and a 33-yard touchdown.He also rushed for two more scores of one and twoyards.
The Red Raiders’ Wates rushed for 139 yards andtwo touchdowns on runs of 21 and two yards in the MCHS victory.
The overall spotlight for the third round shined down on Glencoe’s running attack inthe Yellow Jackets’ 49-19 win over Colbert County.
Thomas Ozmint gained 203 yards and scored four touchdowns on 23 carries whileDylan Stone added 194 yards on 16 attempts and reached the end zone three times.
Pollard Wates
four rebounds and threesteals.
Ethan Graben added tworebounds in the Aggies’ loss.
Friday, Nov. 21
Winfield 85,
Winston County 35
DOUBLE SPRINGS -Winfield (2-0) won its sec-ond contest of the seasonwith an 85-35 victory overWinston County.
Stovall led the way for thePirates with 16 points.
Smith added 15 points,Jenkins had 13 points andDawson Cotton contributed11 points.
Nick Carothers finishedwith 10 points, Harrison sixpoints and Ben Mullins hadfour points.
McCollum contributedtwo points, five rebounds,four steals and one block inthe Pirates’ win.
Monday, Nov. 24
Hamilton 63,
Sulligent 43
SULLIGENT - Hamilton(1-1) dominated Sulligent onthe Aggies’ way to a 63-43
win.Woods and Kirby finished
with 17 points apiece. Woodsadded four assists and onesteal. Kirby had one steal.
Fowler finished with 12points, eight rebounds andtwo blocks.
Lopez added nine points,two rebounds, four assistsand one steal.
Stidham had six points,eight rebounds and two as-sists.
Palmer contributed twopoints and five rebounds inthe Aggies’ win.
Winfield 72,
Walker 53
WINFIELD - Winfield (3-0) defeated Walker 72-53 forthe team’s third win of theseason.
Smith led the Pirates with17 points and five rebounds.Jenkins had 15 points andthree assists.
Stovall contributed 12points and three assists whilePollard had eight points andsix steals.
McCollum, Cotton andKimbrell each had fivepoints. Kimbrell added fourrebounds.
Carothers finished withthree points in the Pirates’victory.
Phillips 74,
Vina 23
BEAR CREEK - Phillipsdominated Vina en route to a74-23 win.
Phillips’ Jake Bonner andJacob Feltman each had 19points and two rebounds.
Tyler Crumpton finishedwith 17 points and 10 re-bounds.
Austin Campbell addedsix points and seven re-bounds in the Bears’ win.
Tuesday, Nov. 25
Winfield 58,
Carbon Hill 37
WINFIELD - Winfield (4-0) won the school’s fourthcontest by 19 or more pointswith its 58-37 win over Car-bon Hill.
Jenkins led the way for thePirates with 16 points andthree rebounds.
Stovall and Smith finishedwith 11 points apiece. Stovalladded three steals and threeassists while Smith had fourrebounds.
Carothers contributed fivepoints while Keller Smithadded four points.
Pollard finished with fourpoints and three steals in thePirates’ victory.
(Schools reporting:Hamilton, Phillips and Win-field)
bounds and one assist whileCobb added three reboundsand a steal.
Sarah Paxton Miller hadthree rebounds and two as-sists.
Meredith Knight finishedwith six rebounds whileBrady Stults added one re-bound, one assist and onesteal in the Lady Aggies’ loss.
Friday, Nov. 21
Winfield 64,
Winston County 18
DOUBLE SPRINGS -Winfield’s Kostelc scoredmore points by herself thanthe Lady Pirates (2-0) al-lowed in the team’s 64-18win over Winston County.
Kostelc finished with 20points, four rebounds, threeassists and seven steals.
Gilmer had 16 points, 10steals, two rebounds and fourassists.
Fetter added 13 points,three rebounds and threesteals.
Earnest had nine points,four rebounds, three stealsand one block.
McDaniel had six points,two rebounds, one assist andthree steals.
Atkins had four reboundsand three steals. Cole addedthree boards and one steal.
Spann finished with tworebounds and a steal whileLauren Erb and Scott had onerebound and one steal apiece.
Lexie Hajjar had one re-bound in the Lady Pirates’victory.
Monday, Nov. 24
Hamilton 63,
Sulligent 43
SULLIGENT - Hamilton(1-1) easily defeated Sulli-gent 63-43 for the Lady Ag-gies’ first win on the season.
Hamilton’s Bleazard fin-ished with 19 points, eight re-bounds, three assists, twosteals and one block.
Davis and Knight eachhad 12 points. Davis addedtwo rebounds, four assistsand four steals. Knight con-tributed three rebounds andan assist.
Carter, Chandler andStults added seven pointsapiece.
Carter had three rebounds,one assist and one steal.Chandler added six reboundsand one block. Stults had sixrebounds and two steals.
King had six points andfive rebounds while Millerfinished with three points andthree rebounds.
Cobb contributed twopoints and four rebounds inthe Lady Aggies’ win.
Phillips 72,
Vina 12
BEAR CREEK - Phillips(1-0) easily defeated Vina 72-12 for the school’s first vic-tory on the season.
Julianna Taylor led theway with 21 points and fourrebounds.
Cherilyn Todd added 19
points while Taylor Gracehad 11 points and three re-bounds.
Emily Bradbury had ninepoints and 12 rebounds whileAmber Markham had eightpoints and three rebounds inthe She Bears’ win.
Winfield 54,
Walker 27
WINFIELD - Winfielddoubled up Walker with a 54-27 win.
Kostelc led the way forWinfield with 17 points,seven rebounds, two assistsand two steals.
Earnest contributed ninepoints, four rebounds, fourassist and four steals. Mc-Daniel added nine points,
five rebounds and one assist.Gilmer finished with eight
points, two steals and one re-bound.
Scott had four points andtwo rebounds while Fetteradded three points, two as-sists and one steal.
Atkins had two pointswhile Spann added two stealsin the Lady Pirates’ win.
Tuesday, Nov. 25
Hackleburg 64,
Brilliant 54
BRILLIANT - Hackle-burg (1-0) defeated Brilliant(0-1) 64-54.
Kristen Camp led the wayfor Hackleburg with 26points, 12 rebounds and fiveassists.
Abby Lolley finished with13 points while CarleyWooten had 12 points. Mad-die Randolph scored sixpoints while Paula Campthree points.
Lesly Corado and BriKnowles added two pointsapiece in the Lady Panthers’win.
Brilliant’s Brittany Farleyfinished with 19 points.
Lauren Kois had 17 pointswhile Holly Prescott andOakley Ward each had sixpoints.
Johnna Gibbs contributedfour points while Lexie Simshad two points in the LadyTigers’ loss.
(Schools reporting: Hack-leburg, Hamilton, Phillipsand Winfield)
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MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE SALE
Default having beenmade in the payment ofthe indebtedness se-cured by that certainmortgage executed byJimmie D. Lucas andCarrie D. Lucas, hus-band and wife, originallyin favor of Home CapitalInc., A Georgia Corpora-tion, on the 18th day ofFebruary, 2000, saidmortgage recorded inthe Office of the Judgeof Probate of MarionCounty, Alabama, in Vol688 Page 185; the un-dersigned Wells FargoBank, National Associa-tion f/k/a First Union Na-tional Bank of delawaresuccessor by merger toFirst Union Home EquityBank, N.A., as Mort-gagee/Transferee, underand by virtue of thepower of sale containedin said mortgage, willsell at public outcry tothe highest bidder forcash, in front of themain entrance of theCourthouse at Hamilton,Marion County, Ala-bama, on December 16,2014, during the legalhours of sale, all of itsright, title, and interestin and to the followingdescribed real estate,situated in MarionCounty, Alabama, to-wit:
Commence atan Iron pinfound and pur-ported to be theNortheast cor-ner of Section 7,Township 11South, Range 14West, MarionCounty, Ala-bama; thenceSouth 89 de-grees 25 min-utes 28 secondsWest 665.65 feetto an iron pinfound; thenceSouth 20 de-grees 51 min-utes 39 secondsEast 484.37 feetto an iron pinset, the point ofbeginning forthe propertyherein de-scribed; thenceNorth 72 de-grees 31 min-utes 44 secondsEast 217.30 feetto an iron pin seton the Westbank of a ditch;thence alongsaid West bankSouth 4 degrees01 minutes 16seconds East350.00 feet to aniron pin set;thence South 68degrees 04 min-utes 03 secondsWest 115.55 feetto an iron pinfound; thenceNorth 20 de-grees 51 min-utes 39 secondsWest 350.00 feetto the point ofbeginning.Property street ad-
dress for informationalpurposes: 2051 CountyRoad 81 , Hamilton, AL35570
THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ON AN“AS IS, WHERE IS”BASIS, SUBJECT TOANY EASEMENTS, EN-CUMBRANCES, AND
EXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORT-GAGE AND THOSECONTAINED IN THERECORDS OF THE OF-FICE OF THE JUDGE OFPROBATE OF THECOUNTY WHERE THEABOVE-DESCRIBEDPROPERTY IS SITU-ATED. THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD WITH-OUT WARRANTY ORRECOURSE, EX-PRESSED OR IMPLIEDAS TO TITLE, USEAND/OR ENJOYMENTAND WILL BE SOLDSUBJECT TO THERIGHT OF REDEMP-TION OF ALL PARTIESENTITLED THERETO.
This sale is made forthe purpose of payingthe indebtedness se-cured by said mortgage,as well as the expensesof foreclosure.
T h eMortgagee/Transfereereserves the right to bidfor and purchase thereal estate and to creditits purchase priceagainst the expenses ofsale and the indebted-ness secured by the realestate.
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MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE SALE
Default having beenmade in the payment ofthe indebtedness se-cured by that certainmortgage executed byHolly L. Cale, an unmar-ried woman, originally infavor of FNB MortgageServices, LLC, on the27th day of July, 2006,said mortgage recordedin the Office of theJudge of Probate of Mar-ion County, Alabama, inBook 1002, Page 0225;the undersigned WellsFargo Bank, N.A., asMortgagee/Transferee,under and by virtue ofthe power of sale con-tained in said mortgage,will sell at public outcryto the highest bidder forcash, in front of themain entrance of theCourthouse at Hamilton,Marion County, Ala-bama, on January 13,2015, during the legalhours of sale, all of itsright, title, and interestin and to the followingdescribed real estate,situated in MarionCounty, Alabama, to-wit:
The North Halfof Lot Number82 in the Origi-nal Survey ofthe Town ofHamilton, Mar-ion County, Ala-bama, asrecorded in theOffice of theJudge of Pro-bate of MarionCounty, Ala-bama, in DeedBook 10 at Page605.Property street ad-
dress for informationalpurposes: 335 1st Av-enue SW, Hamilton, AL35570
THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ON AN“AS IS, WHERE IS”BASIS, SUBJECT TOANY EASEMENTS, EN-CUMBRANCES, ANDEXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORT-GAGE AND THOSECONTAINED IN THERECORDS OF THE OF-FICE OF THE JUDGE OFPROBATE OF THECOUNTY WHERE THEABOVE-DESCRIBEDPROPERTY IS SITU-ATED. THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD WITH-OUT WARRANTY ORRECOURSE, EX-PRESSED OR IMPLIEDAS TO TITLE, USEAND/OR ENJOYMENTAND WILL BE SOLDSUBJECT TO THE
RIGHT OF REDEMP-TION OF ALL PARTIESENTITLED THERETO.
This sale is made forthe purpose of payingthe indebtedness se-cured by said mortgage,as well as the expensesof foreclosure.
T h eMortgagee/Transfereereserves the right to bidfor and purchase thereal estate and to creditits purchase priceagainst the expenses ofsale and the indebted-ness secured by the realestate.
This sale is subjectto postponement or can-cellation.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,Mortgagee/TransfereeGinny RutledgeSIROTE & PERMUTT,P.C.P. O. Box 55727Birmingham, AL 35255-5727Attorney for Mort-gagee/Transfereewww.sirote.com/foreclo-sures196994
Nov. 22, 29, 2014Dec. 6, 2014
LEGAL NOTICEPursuant to the Ala-
bama Surface MiningControl and Reclama-tion, Code of Alabama§9-16-70 et. seq., the Al-abama Surface MiningCommission herebygives notice of its deci-sion to issue permit P-3979-49-19-S toBirmingham Coal &Coke Co., Inc., for its op-eration located in Mar-ion County. The ASMChas determined that allapplicable requirementsof Code of Alabama §9-16-70 et. seq. and regu-lations promulgatedthereunder have beenmet. Any person havingan interest that may beadversely affected mayappeal this decisionwith 30 days of this no-tice by filing a writtennotice of appeal To: Di-vision of Hearings andAppeals, Alabama Sur-face Mining Commis-sion - P.O. Box 2390,Jasper, Alabama 35502.
Nov. 29, 2014
MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE SALE
Default having beenmade in the payment ofthe indebtedness se-cured by that certainmortgage executed byA.P. Seals, an unmarriedman, originally in favorof Community Bank, onthe 5th day of February,2002, said mortgagerecorded in the Office ofthe Judge of Probate ofMarion County, Ala-bama, in Book 778 Page083; the undersignedCadence Bank N.A., asMortgagee/Transferee,under and by virtue ofthe power of sale con-tained in said mortgage,will sell at public outcryto the highest bidder forcash, in front of themain entrance of theCourthouse at Hamilton,Marion County, Ala-bama, on January 13,2015, during the legalhours of sale, all of itsright, title, and interestin and to the followingdescribed real estate,situated in MarionCounty, Alabama, to-wit:
That part of theNW 1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section17, T13S, R12W,Marion County,Alabama, de-scribed as fol-l o w s :Commence atthe NE corner ofLot 5 of Block 19of the City ofWinfield; thencealong the Northline thereof, N66 degrees 00minutes 00 sec-onds E 100.00feet to an ironpin at the NEcorner thereof;thence N 10 de-grees 29 min-utes 47 secondsW 20.57 feet toan iron pin andthe Point of Be-ginning; thenceS 66 degrees 00minutes 00 sec-onds W 100.40feet to an ironpin; thence N 11degrees 34 min-utes 57 secondsW 193.49 feet to
an iron pin onthe South line ofCarothers Sub-division; thenceN 65 degrees 42minutes 21sec-onds E, alongsaid South line,104.30 feet to aniron pin; thenceS 10 degrees 29minutes 47 sec-onds E, along anold fence line194.89 feet tothe Point of Be-ginning. Theabove describedparcel contains0.44 acre, moreor less.Property street ad-
dress for informationalpurposes: 150 City HallStreet, Winfield, AL35594
THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD ON AN“AS IS, WHERE IS”BASIS, SUBJECT TOANY EASEMENTS, EN-CUMBRANCES, ANDEXCEPTIONS RE-FLECTED IN THEMORT-GAGE AND THOSECONTAINED IN THERECORDS OF THE OF-FICE OF THE JUDGE OFPROBATE OF THECOUNTY WHERE THEABOVE-DESCRIBEDPROPERTY IS SITU-ATED. THIS PROPERTYWILL BE SOLD WITH-OUT WARRANTY ORRECOURSE, EX-PRESSED OR IMPLIEDAS TO TITLE, USEAND/OR ENJOYMENTAND WILL BE SOLDSUBJECT TO THERIGHT OF REDEMP-TION OF ALL PARTIESENTITLED THERETO.
This sale is made forthe purpose of payingthe indebtedness se-cured by said mortgage,as well as the expensesof foreclosure.
T h eMortgagee/Transfereereserves the right to bidfor and purchase thereal estate and to creditits purchase priceagainst the expenses ofsale and the indebted-ness secured by the realestate.
This sale is subjectto postponement or can-cellation.Cadence Bank N.A.,Mortgagee/TransfereeRebecca RedmondSIROTE & PERMUTT,P.C.P. O. Box 55727Birmingham, AL 35255-5727Attorney for Mort-gagee/Transfereewww.sirote.com/foreclo-sures339330
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cited as a Top 15 school in thestate by U.S. News and WorldReport and elementary schoolhas been recognized with theNational Blue Ribbon Schoolstatus by the U.S. Departmentof Education. How many ruralcommunities like ours can saythat? I know that recognitiongoes back many years and isthe result of hard work by anentire faculty and staff, butyou must have a leader whocan provide the leadership toget you there.
“And I know all of you read(Alabama Superintendent ofEducation) Dr. (Tommy) Bice’srecent remarks in the JournalRecord calling our school amodel for the rest of the state.That does not just happen.You could not buy recognitionlike having the highest-rank-ing education official in ourstate to make such comments.’’
Box continued by notinghow the school system reserveaccount has more than doubledsince Davis’ arrival--nowstanding at more than $5 mil-lion.
The chairman credited thecommunity’s support for theschools in partnership withthe superintendent’s work forsuch growth.
He also pointed to recentrenovation projects takingplace at the elementary andmiddle schools as well as thepending construction of a newall-purpose facility at the highschool.
Box credited Davis with asavings of more than $500,000on these projects alone due tohis involvement in findingways to cut costs while stillproviding the new or reno-vated facilities for the studentbody.
And finally, Box noted theproperty tax renewal passedby Winfield voters at a rate ofmore than 90 percent underthe superintendent’s direction.
“Dr. Davis is the one whofirst noticed the existing taxwas about to expire and howmoney would be lost to ourschools and students. He wasout front pushing for this to berenewed and thankfully, thepeople of Winfield listenedand supported us as they havefrom the very beginning.’’
Closing his remarks, Box,who is known for his love ofAlabama football, chose to usea football analogy to summa-rize Davis’ efforts.
“I guess I could say this. Itwould be easier to followMike Shula instead of BearBryant,’’ Box said in referenceto the former Crimson Tidecoaches. “Some would have
come into this job and saidthere was no way to improve.But Dr. Davis came in andsaid we can do even better--and under his direction, I amconfident the records showthat we have.’’
Completing his remarksabout Davis, Box and othermembers of the board turnedtheir attention to the teachers.
“I know whenever talk of apay raise comes up for a localsuperintendent, people get abit uncomfortable,’’ Box said.
“Let me say that if theteachers in Winfield were paidbased on merit, they would bethe highest-paid teachers inthe state. I think our historyhas illustrated that. But pleaserealize, this board does not setteacher pay. The salary matrixis approved by the Legislatureand it is based on the degreesheld and the number of yearsthe teacher has served. That issomething this board does notcontrol.’’
Member James Garneragreed.
“I would encourage boardmembers to reach out to ourstate lawmakers and tell themthis board supports pay raisesfor teachers,’’ Garner began.
“Let it be known that thisis an important issue to us. Iknow I have already spokenwith a number of lawmakersabout this very issue. I wantour teachers to be paid whatthey are worth--and they arenot at this time.
“I appreciate Dr. Davis andcertainly have no reservationin supporting this raise. I amgrateful he promotes teachersself-development efforts. Hehas taken a role in helping anumber of our teachers attaina master’s degree recently--and that will result in a payraise for each of them.
“He makes sure that theyhave quality facilities to workin. Our elementary school isthe most bright and welcomingplace you could ever see--andI don’t think you could havesaid that five years ago. I amaware of budget constraintsour prior leaders had workedunder, but I think Dr. Davishas done exceptionally well.
“I see improvements at themiddle school lunchroom andother areas and we have a newscience lab coming. We havemore projects going on nowthan I can keep up with and Iam confident he will carry useven further. I hate to evenspeculate where we would bewithout him.’’
School board memberCarol Dickinson said, “He hastaken us to another level and Iknow that was his goal.’’Dickinson said.
“Dr. Bice knew what oursystem was about, but there
was no doubt he saw learningon the next level on his visit.Dr. Davis is always doingwhat he believes is best forour students--and that may notalways be popular.
“Our teachers have a realpassion for our students andour teachers are following himas our leader. I think he hasearned this. His leadership hasput us where we are and weare not about to rest on ourlaurels.’’
New board member DanaPeoples said, “As a banker, Isee most everything from abusiness angle. It starts at thetop. The front line workersmake it all happen, but theleadership is critical.
“I hope that our teachersrealize we would do the samefor them, if we could. But thatis not within our authority.’’
“Folks can see what all hashappened in the last four yearsso I think they will see whythis step was taken,’’ memberBrenda Taylor added.
As board members endedtheir remarks, Davis said, “Iam certainly humbled by yourkind remarks and support.
“But let me stress that noneof this would be possible if itwere not for the support ofthis board. We all want whatis best for our kids.
“I have been blessed withan outstanding faculty andstaff. Hopefully, the time iscoming when the Legislaturewill get out of the way and seefit to provide the pay raise thatour teachers have earned.’’
thought was, OK, he musthave drugs on him,” Zillssaid. “He’s going to try to getrid of some drugs.
“When I looked over hisshoulder, I’ll never forgetwhat I saw. I saw a knifecome out of his pants. Thefirst thought I had was, ‘Thisis not happening. This is adream. Things like this don’thappen in Hamilton, Ala.Things like this don’t happento me.’”
Zills lost control
of weaponsHis training told him to
get distance between himselfand the suspect. “I took offrunning as fast as I could,”Zills said. “When I turnedaround, I was going too fastand I fell. When I did, myelbow was the first thing thathit the ground and I lost myweapon.”
Holding back on detailsbecause of children in thecongregation, Zills said thesuspect got on top of him andstarted stabbing him. He wasable to block him at onepoint with his arm and wasable to get to his feet to getaway from him. He drew hisTaser, but the suspect got ontop of him again and startedstabbing him in the back ofthe head and neck, as well asthe side of his neck.
“He stabbed me a total ofseven times that night,” hesaid.
“That’s when my buddy,the one who almost passedby me, but in listening toGod, God told him to comeback, he saw what was goingon,” Zills said, noting Hallwas able to get the suspectoff of him. The suspect thentook off running, with Hall inpursuit.
Zills calls wife to
bring his sonsZills looked down at this
point and saw he was bleed-
ing. “I knew at that point Ihad been stabbed,” he said. “Iknew I was in trouble.” Hetold Hall to get him to thehospital, and Hall got him inthe car and to the hospital.
He said, “I called my wifeand said, ‘Robyn, I’ve beenstabbed. I need you to get theboys and get to the hospital.I don’t think I’ll make itthrough the night, and I wantto see my boys one moretime.” He heard a doctor tella nurse, “We’ve got to hurryup and get him to Tupelo orhe is not going to make it.”
Peace made with
God at hospitalHe said his “whole world
is falling apart,” and he wasstrapped to the bed, notingthe saying, “God puts youflat on your back to look up.”He felt God was telling himthat tomorrow might notcome and “I need to knowtoday how much you loveMe.”
He said he asked God toforgive him. “If I diedtonight, I don’t want to go toHell. I want to be in Heaven,”he told God, adding his lifewould be God’s from thatday forward. At that point, hesaid he felt an extraordinarypeace. “I knew right then thatno matter what, everythingwas going to be OK,” hesaid.
He was transferred to Tu-pelo, where after surgery adoctor said he could not ex-plain why Zills was still aliveconsidering all the blood thathe lost. Zills replied, “I can.My Lord was with me thatnight.”
He said he thanks theLord every day what God hasdone for him, and that the in-cident has reminded himevery day that tomorrow maynot come.
“I want the Lord to knowhow much I love Him today,”he said.
God has intervened
at other times
Zills noted God haslooked after him severaltimes in his life. In 1994, hehad an ear drum rupture inhis right ear, leading to an ar-tificial ear drum installed.Doctors said he would haveonly 25 percent hearing in hisright ear. However, before hewent to the police academy,he passed a hearing test with98 percent hearing.
“God still works miraclestoday, whether they be big orwhether they be small,” hesaid.
In 1996, at age 14, he losthis middle finger on his lefthand in a bleacher accident atMuscle Shoals High School.After surgery, the doctor saidhe would not have full con-trol of his left hand.
“I thought God just usedthat to show He is still in con-trol because there is nothingI can’t do that I couldn’t dobefore,” he said.
In 2002, his father was di-agnosed with ALS, or LouGehrig’s Disease. Yet all vis-itors “heard about God’slove,” from his father, hesaid, serving as an inspirationto his son. He quoted his fa-ther as saying, “This may beall I have left, but God willjust have to use that.”
He died on Aug. 29, 2006.Zills said he was angry at thetime, asking, “How can youtake my best friend awayfrom me?” But as a result,Zills was led that night tocommit to Jesus Christ.About a month later, he mar-ried his wife, Robyn, andthey have two sons, Sean, 7,and Conner, who turns 6 onDec. 19.
He noted two days afterSean’s birth, doctors deter-mined the baby’s kidneyswere obstructed and hewould have to undergo sur-gery. The Zills started prayerchains across the country.
“It is amazing the powerof prayer,” he said. “We gotto Huntsville Hospital andthe doctor said, ‘I do not
know why your son is here.His kidneys are fine. The kid-neys are not obstructed.”
After the talk, First Bap-tist pastor Eddie Davidson,
remembering the first time hemet him, told the congrega-tion that he thought at thetime, “There is a young manGod has a purpose for his
life.” He added, “I still feelthat way. I’ve felt that wayevery time I’ve ever seenhim. I don’t know why. I’mnot a prophet.”
ED HOWELL/STAFF
Happy timesEric Zills was serving at the Hamilton Police Department when he ran withother officers in the Buttahatchee River 5K Run on Nov. 16, 2013. The policeteam came in third in the team sponsor awards. The officers (who were alsoinvolved in a beard contest as a fundraiser to fight cancer) included (fromleft) Lance Stidham, Antoine Cobb (who later left to work for the Carbon HillPolice Department), Zac Langston, Adam Heath, and Zills.
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