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Go ‘under the sea’ with ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Cullman High April 12-14

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In her treasure trove of human “whoozits and whatzits galore,” Ariel (played by Marie Bean) wants to be “where the people are.” / W.C. Mann for The Tribune

 

CULLMAN - On Apr. 12-14 Cullman High School (CHS) Performing Arts will present Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” with evening performances at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.  

This will be a groundbreaking production for CHS, with astounding special effects including devices as creative as wheelie shoes to give undersea creatures flowing movement, and as technically challenging as cable suspension systems to lift performers high over the stage.  Audiences will see Scuttle the seagull fly and will see Ariel swim.

Director Wayne Cook told The Tribune, “We’ve installed a fly system for this particular production.  A company came out of Illinois and did it. And so we have access to be able to fly several characters in the show.  So a bird flies in the show, and a couple of times Ariel swims, and you see things moving all over the stage; it’s not just on the floor.  So that’s a cool aspect to the show.”

Before the main performances, the CHS theatre team is putting on multiple shows for elementary and special needs students from around the Cullman area.  After the troupe’s first performance Monday morning, Choir Director Sarah Skinner told The Tribune, “It was a blast! The kids really loved it. I think it was a big success.”

Cook shared, “We’ve had a lot of fun.  It’s a great family show! It’s had some obstacles that we’ve had to overcome, but I think we’ve done it.  It’s always a challenge when you’re working with teenagers and trying to get them to do theater, but then they always rise up and do tremendous things.  And so we’re very proud of these kids. They’re very strong, they’re very committed, they’ve put in long hours to do this.”

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At a glance

Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” at Cullman High School

Thursday-Saturday, Apr. 12-14

7 p.m. shows each evening, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday

Tickets available at the door: $10 adults, $5 students

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    Sebastian explains how “it’s better down where it’s wetter” during a performance for local elementary and special needs students Monday afternoon.
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    Using a new cable suspension system, Ariel lifts a drowning Prince Eric back to the ocean’s surface.

Arrest report: April 9

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CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for April 9. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.

GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to appear

Cullman County Sheriff’s Office

Harbison, Jamison Brody, 22

  • probation violation- first-degree receiving stolen property

Hyatt, Brian Carlton, 52

  • FTA- negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument

Miller, Jeffery Wayne, 28

  • contributing to the delinquency of a minor
  • possession of drug paraphernalia
  • unlawful possession of a controlled substance
  • second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana

Overton, Brandon Gene, 27

  • attempting to elude
  • possession of drug paraphernalia
  • illegal possession of prescription medicine
  • fourth-degree theft of property

Wynn, Shelly Leann, 40

  • FTA- first-degree theft of property

 

Cullman Police Department

Boda, David L., 45

  • FTA- second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana
  • FTA- no tag
  • FTA- tag light required

Thursby, Kayla S., 31

  • FTA- possession of drug paraphernalia
  • FTA- driving without a license
  • FTA- insurance violation (2 counts)
  • FTA- driving while suspended

Moody, Susan B., 64

  • FTA- expired tag

Pack, Malcolm D., 55

  • possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance
  • second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana
  • possession of drug paraphernalia

Linn, Rachel A., 34

  • unlawful possession or receipt of a controlled substance
  • possession of drug paraphernalia

 

Hanceville Police Department

No arrests reported.

 

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Jacobs proclaims April 8-14 ‘National Library Week’ in Cullman

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Pictured are Cullman County Public Library System Director Sharon Townson and Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs.                         

 

CULLMAN -  Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs on Tuesday proclaimed the week of April 8-14, 2018 National Library Week in the city of Cullman, joining communities throughout the nation in bringing recognition to the many ways in which libraries lead their communities with the transformative services, programs and expertise they offer.

National Library Week is an annual celebration of the life-changing work of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries aren’t just places to borrow books or study – they’re also creative and engaging community centers where people can collaborate using new technologies and develop their skills and passions.

Libraries of all types have long been evolving to meet the needs of the communities they serve. Diverse groups – including elected officials, small business owners, and students – depend upon libraries and the resources they offer. Resources like e-books and technology classes, materials for English-language learners, and programs for job seekers are just a few ways that libraries transform to lead their communities. Community members can also develop their own leadership skills at the library, with endless opportunity to build skills and confidence through resources and programming. 

The Cullman County Public Library System (CCPLS) is a five-branch library system serving all of Cullman County. The CCPLS also offers bookmobile services to all of Cullman County. The CCPLS is overseen by Director Sharon Townson and the members of the Cullman Public Library Board (Ron Hogue, Lea Scott, Rusty Turner, Brenda Scott and Dean Green). Library cards are issued free of charge to Cullman-area residents age 16 and older.

CCPLS offers an abundance of resources for the community including books in print, e-books, movies, music, audio books (also available for mobile download), magazines, and programs and services for all ages. The newest service offered by the CCPLS is the do-it-yourself bike repair station which is now available in front of the main branch of the library. The repair station includes a rack to hang a bike with tools for repair, including an air pump. This will hopefully encourage people to commute to the library or anywhere in town by bicycle to promote eco-friendly travel.

“The Cullman Public Library helps lead our community by providing resources for lifelong learning,” said Jacobs. “The City of Cullman appreciates the many services provided by the Cullman Public Library System.”

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information, visit the main branch of the Cullman Public Library at 200 Clark St. NE, or call 256-734-1068. Or you may visit one of the library branches in Garden City, Hanceville, Colony or Holly Pond. Information is also available online at www.ccpls.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Cullman-County-Public-Library-System.

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    Pictured are Cullman County Public Library System Director Sharon Townson and Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs.

Chance find in Germany touches Vinemont veteran’s family

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A pocket knife inscribed “Prentice W. Ball” and “Vinemont Alabama” was found by Ronald van Meesen while metal detecting WWII foxholes in Alpen, Germany. / Photo courtesy Ronald van Meesen/Footsteps Researchers

VINEMONT - On Easter Sunday, Ronald van Meesen was pursuing his pastime of metal detecting World War II sites around the town of Alpen, in the Rhineland region of Germany, when he stumbled upon a most unusual find.  In the remains of an American foxhole, he hit on and dug up a pocket knife inscribed with a name and hometown: “Prentice W. Ball” and “Vinemont Alabama.”

The find is being handled by Footsteps Researchers (FR), a company with offices in St. Louis, Missouri and the Netherlands that works to piece together the lives and careers of military veterans on behalf of their families and descendants.  

Myra Miller, with the St. Louis FR office, told The Tribune, “This knife with that type of a scratch on it, that is rare, especially with the name of a town. Sometimes we get names, last names, or initials, but not anything this good. I mean this is rare.”

The finder contacted his son Joey van Meesen, a Netherlands-based WWII historian with FR, to notify him of the find.  Then, with first-hand access to American and European military archives, researchers began looking for a Prentice W. Ball who served in the war.

With a little digging they discovered a Vinemont, Alabama native by that exact name who served in Company A, 117th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division in the U.S. Army during the division’s post-D-Day campaign through France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. Then they found that, between March 18 and 25, 1945, the 117th Regiment was encamped in Alpen: right place, right time, right unit, right name, and they could even point to the right foxhole!

Then the researchers found some very sweet icing for their cake: though Ball himself passed away many years ago, members of his family still live in north Alabama. They were able to get in touch with daughter Sheri Ball Mize and begin planning the knife’s return.

Mize told The Tribune, “My sisters, Jo Ann Ball Dempsey and Jean Ball Gilbreath, and I are overjoyed about our dad’s knife being found and returned to us.  We are honored they want to bring his knife home to Alabama and return it to us personally. We can never thank Footsteps Researchers enough for going above and beyond to find us and make sure our dad’s knife would be returned to his family.  To be found, dug out of the ground of a foxhole in Germany 73 years later is amazing, and means the world to us. We wanted the knife returned to us in Cullman County because that is what we felt he would have wanted. Cullman County is where he grew up, in the community of Battleground, and where he graduated high school from West Point in 1935.  Cullman County was always his heart and home no matter where he lived."

FR’s Miller will visit Alabama in mid-May to meet Ball’s family members and personally return the knife to them as part of the company’s “Legacy Lost and Found” service.  The company also plans to give a presentation on the discovery of the knife, and on its research. This will be done at no cost to the family. The event is tentatively scheduled for May 20 at West Point High School.

Said Miller, “We’re going to deliver to her at our cost . . . We do charge for research, but we don’t charge when we’re trying to assist people to return items to the family members, because we think that’s the right thing to do.  We think that if somebody has found something, and we can find the family, it needs to go back to the family, and we try to help with that.”

Said Mize, “We would like to invite family, friends and the community to West Point High School on Sunday May 20, 2018 at 2 p.m. when the family will receive the knife.  We want to thank West Point High School Principal Heith Yearwood for his generosity to have this event at the school.”

FR's Miller noted that the schedule for the event is still tentative at this point. The Tribune plans to cover the return of the knife and present more of Prentice Ball’s story as part of our observance of this year's Memorial Day holiday.

For more information about Footsteps Researchers and their current projects, visit http://footstepsresearchers.com.

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  • Photo courtesy Footsteps Researchers
    Prentice Ball served in Company A, 117th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, taking part in the division’s campaigns in France and Germany in 1944-45.

Cullman woman charged with 21 counts of animal cruelty

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Elizabethanna Austin / Cullman Police Department

CULLMAN - A Cullman woman is behind bars after being arrested and charged with 21 counts of cruelty to animals. Elizabethanna M. Austin, 33, was arrested on April 6 by the Cullman Police Department (CPD).

CPD Officer Rodney Banister said, “Last Monday I received a call to Warnke Road Northwest and found seven dead puppies, seven dogs in a pen without shelter or water and seven cats being held in small wire dog kennels without food or water and in very poor condition.”

According to Banister, also found were two chickens in a cardboard box without food or water and another puppy in poor condition that was not doing well.

“(The) report was made and 21 warrants issued, and she was arrested Friday,” said Banister.

Austin’s bail was set at $1,000 for each offense. She remains incarcerated at the Cullman County Detention Center.

Code of Alabama

Section 13A-11-14

Cruelty to animals.

(a) A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if, except as otherwise authorized by law, he or she recklessly or with criminal negligence:

(1) Subjects any animal to cruel mistreatment; or

(2) Subjects any animal in his or her custody to cruel neglect; or

(3) Kills or injures without good cause any animal belonging to another.

(b) Cruelty to animals is a Class A misdemeanor and on the first conviction of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment; on a second conviction of a violation of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment; and on a third or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5565; Act 2010-550, p. 977, §2; Act 2013-369, p. 1326, §1.)

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    Elizabethanna Austin

New venue: Agriplex’s Harvest-to-Home Dinner at Wallace State this weekend

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HANCEVILLE - The North Alabama Agriplex’s fourth annual Harvest to Home Dinner fundraiser is coming up and for the first time ever, the event will be hosted off-site. This year’s dinner is being held at the Wallace State Conference Center on Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m. For $40 per ticket or $400 for a table of eight, guests will enjoy locally-grown meals prepared by Chef John Wilson and the Wallace State Culinary Pride, a silent auction and live entertainment from Julie Ann & Gold Rush. All the proceeds from the event go to support Agriplex events, educational programs, health programs, camps and outreach year-round.

The venue is changing this year for a couple of reasons and Agriplex Director Rachel Dawsey is happy that one of them is the growing number of attendees.

“We are going to be at the Wallace State Conference Center which is new, we’ve never been off-campus before, but this way we’ll be able to fit in more people and not have to be dependent on the weather,” Dawsey said. “It’s definitely grown, when we started I think we had about 80 people, so 80 to 200 is a big difference and last year we raised around $12,000 which is more than we had ever made before. Thanks to our sponsors and all our local partners, we’ve been able to do the dinner at little cost, and I must add Wallace State as one of our sponsors, too, because they’re letting use their facilities for free.”

Chef Wilson and the Wallace State Culinary Pride will be working with locally produced ingredients and Dawsey is excited to see the meals they’ll be cooking up Friday night.

“They’re going to be doing a dinner that features mostly local food. I’m very proud about how much food that we’ve been able to source locally from Cullman County or the surrounding counties or at least the state of Alabama. We will have local sweet potatoes, local greens, local eggs and local meats. That’s going to be good, Chef Wilson is taking all of these local ingredients and turning them into gourmet dinners so we’re really excited about that.”

MORE: http://agriplex.org/HarvestDinner.html

Friday night’s menu

Hors d’oeuvre: 
BBQ Chicken profiteroles 
Fresh Strawberry bruschetta

Salad: Cullman-area lettuces with roasted beets, seared halloumi cheese, pickled spring onions, radishes and candied bacon with a balsamic-creole mustard vinaigrette

Entrée: Frikadeller of Waygu Beef stuffed with manchego cheese with spring herb gravy 
New Irish potatoes polcannon 
Kale, sweet potato and quinoa fritters

Dessert: Fresh Cullman strawberry pavlova

Bread: Sweet potato yeast rolls

Beverages: Tea, sweet tea or fresh mint tea

Sources

J. Calvert Farms Strawberries, Bremen, Alabama
Trent Boyd Harvest Farm Spring onions, kale, and radishes, Fairview, Alabama
Kress Farms Sweet Potatoes, Cullman, Alabama
Cullman County Chicken, Cullman, Alabama
Fatback Pig Project Bacon, Eva, Alabama 
W&W Farms Spinach and Kale, Boaz, Alabama
Gratitude Farms Lettuces, Hanceville, Alabama
Ragland Waygu Japanese Beef, Hazel Green, Alabama
Dayspring Dairy Cheeses, Gallant, Alabama
North Alabama Agriplex Oregano, Chives, and Mint, Cullman, Alabama
Nature’s Best Egg Co., Fairview, Alabama

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City school board gets ‘A’ from auditors; students, faculty honored

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Superintendent Dr. Susan Patterson, left, with Cullman High and Middle Schools’ All-State Choir members Natalie Thrasher, Laci New, Kristin Chau Le, Angelina Hughes, Cici Tran, and CHS/CMS Choir Director Sarah Jane Skinner / W.C. Mann for The Tribune

CULLMAN -  It was an evening of accolades as the Cullman City School Board convened for its regular meeting Tuesday evening.

Superintendent Dr. Susan Patterson began the meeting by recognizing Cullman High School (CHS) Assistant Principal Aaron Sparks for writing a grant to help secure funds for upgrades in the school’s gym lobby and restrooms that will make them compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and fire code regulations.  The grant was for $50,000.

She then presented certificates of achievements to five CHS and Cullman Middle School choir students inducted into the Alabama All-State Choir: Natalie Thrasher, Laci New, Kristin Chau Le, Angelina Hughes and Cici Tran.

Patterson herself was presented with a certificate by School Board President Suzanne Harbin for earning National Superintendent Certification through an 18-month process in which, according to Harbin, she was “providing world-class instructional leadership, building and managing a district budget, mastering effective communication and political skills--which we know is very dicey right now, using 21st century technology effectively in instruction and in management.”

Patterson was also required to do a TED talk as part of her certification.

2017 audit report

Jason Harpe of the accounting firm of Carr, Riggs, and Ingram presented to the board the report of its 2017 audit of the city school system.  Auditors had no negative findings to report, giving the system its highest rating, noting that the system had an operating reserve of 90 to 91 days.  The intended operating reserve was a minimum of 30 days at an operating cost of $65,000 per day; Harpe said the 90-day reserve indicated that the system had well exceeded its intended goals.

Other board business

The board heard a favorable report from Principal Lane Hill about educational and staff development achievements at Cullman Middle School.  The school was among only 10.6 percent of schools in the state to receive an “A” in the Alabama State Department of Education (ASDE) 2016-2017 State Report Card.

Following are some highlights from among many items the board approved:

  • New Head Start policies and procedures
  • Stephen Ward and Associates to coordinate hail repairs at East and West Elementary Schools
  • Two-week Junior Master Gardeners’ summer garden camps at East and West Elementary Schools
  • Contracts between Head Start and area physicians to provide health, vision, dental and TB screenings
  • Retirement of Rebecca Smith, CHS
  • Faculty and Staff resignations: Anna Parsons (East ES), Martha Bell (East ES), Cindy Steele (CHS)
  • Termination of Jessie Nash, CHS
  • Leaves of absence: Rita Dean (East ES), Erin Tidwell (CHS), Matthew Cory Myer (CHS), Kelly Hayes (West ES), Sarah Beth Norrell (Cullman Primary), Tonya Trammell (Cullman Primary), Sandi Allred (Cullman Primary), plus several one to three-day leaves.
  • Temporary hires to fill leaves: Meaghan Britton (2nd grade, West ES), Erica Veal (Special Ed., Cullman Primary), Phyllis Thompson (Math, CMS)

The Cullman City School Board’s next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, May 15 at 5 p.m. in the Central Office Board Room, with work session at 4:30.  The public is invited to attend.

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    CHS Assistant Principal Aaron Sparks and Superintendent Dr. Susan Patterson
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    CMS Principal Lane Hill

Art in the Park this Saturday, April 14

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The Art Park is located at Main Avenue Southwest and Second Street Southwest. The Art in the Park festival will take place on Saturday, April 14 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. / Cullman Parks and Recreation

 

CULLMAN– Cullman Parks and Recreation will host its annual Art in the Park festival on Saturday, April 14 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Art Park off Main Avenue Southwest (at Second Street Southwest). The event is free to attend.

Art in the Park will feature more than 25 craft vendors selling handmade craft items, several booths with free kids’ crafts, live music from Shannon McNeal and Julie Ann & Gold Rush, food trucks, and live arts and craft demonstrations.

The event will also feature an art show from artwork submitted around the community in a judged art contest. Artwork can be submitted for the contest at the Cullman Civic Center; there is no cost to enter artwork, but the deadline to enter is Thursday, April 13 at 5 p.m.

Additionally, there will be a sidewalk chalk contest for kids at the event where the winner will receive a free family season pass to Wild Water water park at the Cullman Wellness & Aquatic Center. The chalk contest is free to compete in, and no pre-registration is required.

For more information, call 256-734-9157 or email info@cullmanrecreation.org.

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Arrest report: April 10

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CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for April 10. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.

GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to appear

Cullman County Sheriff’s Office

Adamson, Brenda, 73

  • negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument

Henderson, Richard Anthony, 27

  • third-degree domestic violence- reckless endangerment

Kelley, Brooklyn Nicole, 36

  • second-degree bail jumping- possession of drug paraphernalia
  • FTA- possession of drug paraphernalia

Oliver, Michael Joseph, 53

  • failure to register- establish residence SORNA

Reeves, James Lewis, 51

  • negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument (2 counts)

Shockley, Clayton Dale, 34

  • FTA- failure to file/pay sales tax

Thurman, Jeri Diane, 28

  • FTA- possession of drug paraphernalia
  • FTA- unlawful possession of a controlled substance (2 counts)

 

Cullman Police Department

Pardo, William L., 27

  • harassment

Withrow, Robert S., 30

  • harassment

Prakelt, Tabitha L., 42

  • unlawful possession or receipt of a controlled substance
  • second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana
  • possession of drug paraphernalia

 

Hanceville Police Department

No arrests reported.

 

Find arrest reports online Monday-Friday at www.CullmanTribune.com.

 

(UPDATE) Pedestrian stuck by vehicle in downtown Cullman

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A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in downtown Cullman early Thursday morning. The incident happened at the intersection of Second Avenue Northeast and Arnold Street Northeast by Cullman City Hall around 8 a.m. / Wendy Sack for The Cullman Tribune

CULLMAN - A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in downtown Cullman early Thursday morning. The incident happened at the intersection of Second Avenue Northeast and Arnold Street Northeast by Cullman City Hall around 8 a.m. According to the Cullman Police Department (CPD) Officer Jeff Mize, the victim, a 79-year-old woman, was flown to Huntsville Hospital for treatment of her injuries.

Mize said the victim was walking south in the crosswalk on Arnold Street, when a van traveling south on Second Avenue made a left turn and struck the victim. Mize said the victim suffered head injuries.

"Any time you fly any patient out, it could be serious injuries," said Cullman Fire Rescue Division Chief Brian Bradberry. "The guys on the scene said that she was conscious."

Cullman Fire Rescue, Cullman EMS and the CPD were all active at the scene. 

This is a developing story.

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  • Jeff Mize
    Air Evac Lifeteam prepares to transport the victim. The crew staged at the nearby soccer field.

(UPDATE) Pedestrian struck by vehicle in downtown Cullman

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A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in downtown Cullman early Thursday morning. The incident happened at the intersection of Second Avenue Northeast and Arnold Street Northeast by Cullman City Hall around 8 a.m. / Wendy Sack for The Cullman Tribune

CULLMAN - A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in downtown Cullman early Thursday morning. The incident happened at the intersection of Second Avenue Northeast and Arnold Street Northeast by Cullman City Hall around 8 a.m. According to the Cullman Police Department (CPD) Officer Jeff Mize, the victim, a 79-year-old woman, was flown to Huntsville Hospital for treatment of her injuries.

Mize said the victim was walking south in the crosswalk on Arnold Street, when a van traveling south on Second Avenue made a left turn and struck the victim. Mize said the victim suffered head injuries.

"Any time you fly any patient out, it could be serious injuries," said Cullman Fire Rescue Division Chief Brian Bradberry. "The guys on the scene said that she was conscious."

Cullman Fire Rescue, Cullman EMS and the CPD were all active at the scene. 

This is a developing story.

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Ivey awards grants to Addison, Double Springs, Hanceville for police equipment

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MONTGOMERY - The office of Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday that Ivey has awarded grants totaling $41,371 to provide equipment for three police departments in Addison, Double Springs and Hanceville.

According to a media release, the Town of Addison will use a $13,500 grant to purchase bulletproof vests for police officers along with laptops and in-car docking stations for the laptops. A $16,893 grant will help the Town of Double Springs purchase in-car video camera systems for their police officers. The City of Hanceville will use a $10,978 grant to purchase Tasers, bulletproof vests, weapon racks and reflective traffic cones for the police department.

“Our police officers put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve our communities, and it is imperative that we provide them the tools and equipment to do their jobs safely and effectively,” Ivey said. “I am pleased to provide this funding for the police departments of Addison, Double Springs and Hanceville.”

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is administering the grants from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Justice.

ADECA administers a wide range of programs that support law enforcement, economic development, water resource management, energy conservation and recreation development.

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Arrest report: April 11

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CULLMAN - Below are the arrests reported for April 11. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.

GJ = grand jury; FTA = failure to appear

Cullman County Sheriff’s Office

Asherbraner, Leslie Carlton, 45

  • parole violation- third-degree burglary

Colburn, Dakota Chance, 22

  • second-degree theft of property

Hildebrandt, Madonna Lee, 40

  • violation of domestic violence protection order

Ogle, Harold Jason, 44

  • FTA- public intoxication

Otwell, Crystal Lee, 38

  • possession of drug paraphernalia
  • trafficking in cannabis

Otwell, Susan Marie, 59

  • possession of drug paraphernalia
  • trafficking in cannabis

Pittman, Dustin Jerome, 32

  • possession of drug paraphernalia
  • trafficking in cannabis

Pope, Jeremy Marvin, 38

  • FTA- possession of drug paraphernalia

Thursby, Whitney Nicole, 30

  • first-degree theft of property

Watson, Rhonda S., 52

  • FTA- negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument

 

Cullman Police Department

Calhoun, Jonathan F. 22

  • DUI
  • possession of drug paraphernalia

Stockman, Jessica R., 31

  • FTA- fourth-degree theft of property

 

Hanceville Police Department

No arrests reported.

 

Find arrest reports online Monday-Friday at www.CullmanTribune.com.

Art in the Park canceled

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Due to the threat of severe storms and rain Saturday, Art in the Park has been canceled. The event, which was scheduled for this Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Art Park, will not be re-scheduled; however, certain elements will be incorporated into the Strawberry Festival, which will be held on May 5, 2018. These will include an “art zone” with a juried art show, a sidewalk chalk contest and kids' crafts which were all planned to be part of Art in the Park.

Ivey requests FEMA assistance for Calhoun, Cullman, Etowah and St. Clair Counties due to March 19 storms

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MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed a letter formally requesting disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Calhoun, Cullman, Etowah and St. Clair counties due to the March 19, 2018 storms. This request for assistance covers two areas: all categories of Public Assistance and Individual Assistance. If approved, Public Assistance will provide municipal and county governments assistance with debris removal, emergency protective measures and disaster damage restoration of infrastructure. Individual Assistance may also be provided as financial or direct assistance to individuals and families whose property has been damaged or destroyed as a result of a federally-declared disaster, and whose losses are not covered by insurance.

 

“After seeing the damage first hand, I believe that Alabama does qualify for assistance to help with the recovery from these devastating storms,” Ivey said. “I appreciate the hard work of the first responders and all the volunteers who have helped in the cleanup. There has been such an incredible partnership between communities, counties, state agencies and FEMA and I know that through this partnership we can get people back in homes, businesses back up and running and get Jacksonville State University back to normal, as quickly as possible.”

This request follows recently-concluded damage assessments performed by local, state and federal personnel. Assessments have indicated that governments at all levels have collectively incurred millions of dollars in combined costs for expenses such as debris removal and damage to infrastructure.

“I have visited and talked with the local EMA directors in the impacted areas several times and I know first-hand the amount of devastation the communities faced, but I’ve also witnessed how the whole community came together and assisted each other,” Alabama EMA Director Brian E. Hastings said. “The approval of this request is very important to repair the major damage to the public infrastructure as well as provide individual assistance in the areas of crisis counseling, disaster case management, and disaster unemployment assistance.”

Ivey is also requesting the Small Business Administration (SBA) provide federal assistance to Morgan County due to the April 3, 2018, storms that impacted the city of Decatur. If the SBA request is granted, homeowners, renters and business owners will have access to low interest disaster loans.  The SBA declaration will benefit the affected counties and their adjacent counties.

According to the National Weather Service offices in Alabama, 17 tornadoes occurred during the March 19, 2018 severe weather period.


Cullman County hailstone now official state record, 1st entry in state’s new hail dataset

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This hailstone, collected March 19 by Tribune reporter William Craig Mann (shown) in his yard in the community of Walter, has been officially declared the largest recorded hailstone to fall in Alabama. The hailstone had a maximum diameter of 5.38 inches along its longest axis. It weighed 9.8 ounces (almost 5/8 of a pound) and had a total volume of 19.8 cubic inches. According to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IIBHS) in Tampa, a baseball has a volume of about 13.4 cubic inches, while a 12-ounce soft drink can has a volume of 25 cubic inches.

HUNTSVILLE - A large hailstone that fell in Cullman County on March 19 is now officially the largest recorded hailstone to fall in Alabama.

An ad hoc committee that included the Alabama state climatologist and officials from both the National Weather Service and the National Centers for Environmental Information reviewed data about the hailstone and unanimously agreed it will set the initial state hailstone record for Alabama in four parameters: diameter, weight, volume and circumference.

“Based on federal guidelines and with the coordination of federal and state officials, we established this as the first Alabama hailstone record,” said Dr. John Christy, Alabama's state climatologist and director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 

The record-setting hailstone in Walter (about 10 miles southeast of Cullman) had a maximum diameter of 5.38 inches along its longest axis. It weighed 9.8 ounces (almost 5/8 of a pound) and had a total volume of 19.8 cubic inches. According to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IIBHS) in Tampa, a baseball has a volume of about 13.4 cubic inches, while a 12-ounce soft drink can has a volume of 25 cubic inches.

The hailstone fell in the front yard of Cullman Tribune writer Craig Mann, who notified the National Weather Service office in Huntsville. Staff meteorologists from the IIBHS scanned and measured five hailstones Mann collected (including the record setter) as part of its research on hail. The other four hailstones ranged in size from 4.55 to 3.61 inches in diameter.

“Was this the largest hailstone that fell that day or from this event?” asked Victor Murphy, climate and co-op services program manager at the National Weather Service’s southern regional headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. “We don’t know, but it is the largest one that was kept and recorded.”

“It gives us a baseline in terms of a maximum hailstone that’s been measured in the state,” said Chris Darden, meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service office in Huntsville. “This is also the first hailstone measured for volume in the U.S., and that’s a pretty neat thing. It sets a standard for other records in other states going forward.”

“To see that kind of measurement being done, that was cool,” said Deke Arndt, chief of the Climate Monitoring Section at the National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina. “That technology eliminates a lot of the things that can go wrong when you’re using a measuring tape.” 

The east southeastern edge of Cullman continuing to Walter was “kind of the ground zero for this hail storm, where the damage was the worst,” Darden said. Several heating and air conditioning units on the roof of the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office and jail were destroyed by hail. Several cars parked outside were damaged or destroyed.

“The jail has an industrial type freezer it uses to store food for the inmates,” Darden said. “It had hailstones go through its roof and into the freezer. There were several houses that had hail go completely through their roofs, including some with metal roofs. There was one building with a metal roof not far from the jail, and it looks like someone took a jackhammer to it. It’s a total loss.”

Based on surveys after the storm, Darden said the heavy damage was caused not only by the size of the hailstones but also by the number of them.

“That’s probably what did the most damage, was just the sheer number of hailstones,” he said. 

Knowing a hailstone that fell March 19 in Walter was the largest to fall in Alabama — and one of the three largest ever documented east of the Mississippi River — is only half of the story. 

The other half is learning how the record-setting hailstone compares to others that fell on Alabama in the past. The Cullman County hailstone is the biggest, but how much bigger than other hailstones? Where did those other hailstones fall and what can we learn from those storms to improve predictions of hail, which causes billions of dollars in damage each year? 

To document the record and learn how it compares to hailstones from the past, the Alabama Office of the State Climatologist is establishing a state hailstone record. 

“We are investigating earlier reports of large hailstones, but these reports are for information only and won’t be part of the official record,” Christy said. 

With a record-setting hailstone in hand, researchers would like more information about large hailstones that fell in the past and those that fall in the future. 

“For past storms, send documentation by email that must include a photo of the hailstone beside a ruler or tape measure for evidence of the size,” Christy said. “Please include contact information, the date of the event, the exact location and the time of day the hailstone fell.

“We have several historic accounts of 4-and-a-half inch hailstones falling in Alabama. But we don’t need stories. We need evidence. Then we can compile a list of unofficial reports as background.”

“You always have to remember that after an event like this, someone is suffering,” Arndt said. “But one of the things that is unique about hailstones is that anyone can pick up a hailstone and put it in the freezer. It’s very democratic. Anybody can do that.”

For hailstones that fall in the future, “please immediately put the hail in a zip lock bag and put it in the freezer,” Christy said. “Unless it is bagged, hail sublimates (evaporates) directly from ice to water vapor even if it is stored below freezing.” 

Information about past and future hailstones can be emailed to: weather_record@nsstc.uah.edu

If the report of a new record hailstone is deemed to be reliable, officials at either the state climatologist’s office or one of the state National Weather Service offices will begin the process of reviewing the data and making a decision about the possible new record.

The largest hailstone ever recorded in the U.S. fell on July 23, 2010, in Vivian, South Dakota. It was 8 inches in diameter, 18.62 inches in circumference, and weighed 1.93 pounds.

The State Climate Extremes Committee — which reviewed the record-setting hailstone — was composed of:

     • Deke Arndt, National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina

     • John Christy, Alabama state climatologist, UAH

     • Chris Darden, meteorologist in charge, Huntsville WFO, NWS

     • Jordan McLeod, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

     • Victor Murphy, Southern Region HQ NWS, Fort Worth, Texas

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Parkside School earns Blue Ribbon Schools Lighthouse Award, named Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

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Parkside School, seen here on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, is located in Baileyton. (Nick Griffin for The Tribune)

 

BAILEYTON - April 2 was an exciting day for Parkside School, as it was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (BRSE).  The school received the Blue Ribbon Schools Lighthouse Award, achieving excellence in all nine major categories of critical performance in excellent schools (Student Focus and Support; School Organization and Culture; Challenging Standards and Curriculum; Active Teaching and Learning; Technology Integration; Professional Community; Leadership and Educational Vitality; School, Family, and Community Partnerships; and Indicators of Success).

The award is only given to a few hundred schools across the United States annually, and Parkside Principal Richard Orr said he confident his school would stack up well when Blue Ribbon representatives came for the evaluation.

“I knew it was a prestigious award and hadn’t really thought much about it. I knew there were some schools in Cullman City had it and I hadn’t thought much about it and (Cullman County Schools Superintendent) Mr. (Shane) Barnette was wanting some schools to go through it. We were picked to go through on the second round and when they came out I knew based on the stuff they’d be looking for we’d do well because the teachers and the instruction they give out here is unbelievable,” Orr said.

“Our school is a great school and I couldn’t be prouder of the teachers and the education they give our kids out here and that’s what impressed the Blue Ribbon folks the most was the instruction in the classroom. It was also based on some surveys from parents, students, teachers and staff and what they saw when they came out here. It was the combination of feedback they got from parents and students and what they saw when they came. I’m just super excited and really, really proud of our teachers. Their hard work has paid off I guess, and it pays off with our kids and what they do,” Orr smiled.

Orr is in his seventh year as principal at Parkside and said in that time he’s seen investments in a personal learning environment pay off and fun new ideas bring his students together.

“There’s been a focus on small groups and focusing on what the kids need. We’ve done that since I’ve been here, but I think it’s nice to kind of bring to light the hard work that these teachers do. They put a lot of time and take a lot of pride in working with these kids individually.

“Some other things that we did change that I think kind of help some things that aren’t just academic but kind of related is our house system,” Orr said. “All of our kids are put into different houses kind of ‘Harry Potter’ style you know, because there was kind of a disconnect between our lower and upper grades so every kid in school is put into a house and they compete together, eat breakfast together on certain days and they sit together during challenges and stuff like that. It focused in on behavior, respect and just bringing the school together from top to bottom and I think that made a big difference. This is our second year of doing that; we thought it would make a big impact and it shows.”

Orr and the staff at Parkside are excited to see their efforts be recognized but they aren’t finished working yet, and they look forward to using this award as an opportunity to continue raising the standard.

“The nice thing about the Blue Ribbon is that they recognize you for your successes, but they also give you some ideas for new things to do. Even though you get the award, there are still areas to improve in,” Orr said. “They’ve given us a few ideas that I really like, and our staff really likes, that we can use to help our kids grow more. We’re not satisfied with the level of achievement they have yet; we know they can do even better and we know that we can do better so we’re going to take some of their suggestions and try to put them into place next year and see if we can make what I think is a great school a little bit better.”

The BRSE Program, according to its website, “is a comprehensive school self-assessment experience utilizing the Blueprint for Excellence with guidance and support from Blue Ribbon Recognized School Educators.  The program assists all schools, with a special focus on low socioeconomic, culturally diverse, and low performing communities of learning in assessing the quality of their academic and instructional programs and in developing a school-wide action plan to ensure measurable student achievement.  Additionally, BRSE supports effective comprehensive school reform through the development and implementation of a web-based Interactive Library of Best Practices, K-12.  The BRSE Program develops and supports educational policies that improve student performance and enable comprehensive school reform.  BRSE also provides a network of educators from nationally recognized Blue Ribbon Schools, as well as researchers, business leaders, philanthropists and government officials, which allows these individuals to exchange information and ideas.”

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    Parkside School, seen here on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, is located in Baileyton.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Cullman GOP hosts 1st in series of town hall meetings

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Cullman County Commissioner Garry Marchman greets an attendee at Thursday night’s town hall meeting in Good Hope. (W.C. Mann for The Tribune)

 

GOOD HOPE - On Thursday evening, the Cullman County Republican Party held the first in a series of town hall meetings, this one at Good Hope City Hall. The next two meetings will be held at Fairview Town Hall (Thursday, April 26) and at West Point Town Hall (Thursday, May 10).

Secretary of State John Merrill, visiting from Montgomery, kicked off the event with a quick review of accomplishments of his office over the last three years, including:

  • 948,101 new Alabama voters registered, for a state total of 3,361,906 registered voters
  • Almost 400,000 ineligible voters (died, left state, or other reasons) removed from voter roles
  • Six convictions and three elections overturned for voter fraud, and Merrill said that number could go up
  • Online voter registration via a smartphone app
  • 25 percent reduction in his office’s staff and payroll while reducing business filing schedules from nine months to same day

The discussions between candidates were not purely off the cuff; county party chairman Waid Harbison told the crowd that some of the questions were repeated from ad videos shot recently by the party. After the candidates made their presentations, members of the audience were allowed to ask questions. Below are highlights of candidate positions.

Good Hope School Board representatives

Jason Speegle (incumbent)

  • Install air conditioning in school gyms, which are increasingly employed as multi-use facilities
  • Continue support for performing arts
  • Expand Good Hope school facilities to avoid use of portable buildings
  • Continue financial programs begun during his first term that created an operating fund surplus of over 30 days
  • Work with Superintendent to make sure all schools have same type and quality of curriculum
  • Supports arming selected and approved teachers who undergo law enforcement-approved training

Jerry Neighbors

  • Plan for growth in Good Hope schools
  • Promote school growth through matching fund projects
  • Examine budget to stop wasteful spending and find the best ways to use available funds
  • Make sure that students are prepared for college
  • Reduce complacency in the system to increase motivation among students
  • Against arming teachers for school security, prefers use of volunteer military veterans

State House of Representatives District 12

Corey Harbison (incumbent)

  • Limit creation of new city school systems by requiring new city system central offices to be funded locally, and not from the state fund, in order to save money.  
  • Invest in vocational education programs
  • Let citizens vote on a state lottery, to avoid new taxes
  • Continue work on House economic development and commerce committees to promote local business and industrial growth

Alex Chaney

  • Examine the education budget to see what needs to be there and what waste can be removed
  • Bring in a state Education Superintendent who can do the job
  • Make schools safer through increased numbers of resource officers or armed teachers
  • Citizens should be allowed to vote on any proposed new tax
  • Opposes state lottery, but would support a statewide vote by citizens
  • Recruit new businesses and industries with incentives, but offer incentives to support existing businesses and industries as well
  • Improve and maintain infrastructure to support industries and businesses

County Commissioner, west

Garry Marchman (incumbent)

  • Develop an organized plan to repair and maintain roads
  • Promote public trust in the county government
  • Eliminate duplication of services between county departments
  • Make sure department heads have proper training and resources to lead
  • As new economic development takes place, make sure to take care of long-term existing businesses
  • Promote farming as a Cullman County industry

Andy Coffee

  • Repair roads from the base up; do the job right the first time
  • Create a spirit of community, cooperation, and friendship between county authorities and new industries
  • Foster communication between county and municipal authorities and businesses/industries

Circuit Judge

Martha Williams (incumbent)

  • Make judicial processes more efficient by organized division of caseload between judges, use of mediation instead of trial whenever possible
  • Avoid legislating from the bench; keep judicial and legislative functions separate
  • Ask legislature for truth-in-sentencing laws; avoid arbitrary sentence reductions just to alleviate overcrowding
  • Work to resolve mental health issues locally; don’t rely on unreliable state help

Melvin Hasting

  • Use a common juror pool to handle both civil and criminal trials during a jury week, to make the best use of jurors’ time and get more cases processed
  • Follow the law and avoid legislating from the bench
  • Make sure people who need to be in prison stay in prison, and work to find alternatives for those who don’t, like the mentally ill
  • Expedite hearings for people locked up in local jails

Probate Judge

Challenger Carol Berry came for the event but had another commitment and had to leave before the Probate candidates were called to make their presentations.

Tammy Brown (incumbent)

  • Spent over two years getting the Probate Court caught up on caseload; wants to continue progress
  • Move forward with mental health services at a local level, not waiting or relying on the state
  • Create a mechanism for long-term outpatient supervision of people with mental health issues

State Senate

Paul Bussman (incumbent)

  • Improve leadership at the State Board of Education and eliminate Common Core curriculum
  • Remove “stupid” items from the education budget, such as the use of K-12 funds to pay for projects at state colleges and universities
  • Don’t create new taxes until current spending is brought under control
  • Get the mentally ill out of prisons and into facilities where they can receive proper help, to improve mental healthcare and to reduce prison overcrowding
  • Support fair and enforceable sentencing guidelines for prisoners
  • Provide infrastructure development and incentives for new industry, and create incentives for expansion of existing industries

Garlan Gudger

  • Address the education system by both “priority spending” on worthwhile projects and “priority cutting” of wasteful spending
  • Emphasize vocational training in community colleges and high schools, and remove “trade school” stigmas to get skilled workers into the workforce as quickly as possible after high school
  • Citizens should vote on any new taxes
  • Create funding for mental health services
  • Take Cullman’s “growth template” for industry and business to Montgomery to create a mechanism for statewide industrial and business growth

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Pet of the Week: Sweet Sassy looking for her forever home

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CULLMAN - Donna Ruttkay from the Cullman County Animal Shelter introduces us to The Tribune’s Pet of the Week.

“Sassy, a beagle/hound mix, is approximately 1-and-a-half to 2 years old.  This little beauty is a low energy pet, laid back but still very social, and likes making new friends.  She could be a good comfort/companion/service dog. She’s sensible and unassuming, good on a leash and a quick learner.

“Sassy has already been spayed, so her adoption fee will be a low, low $5.  That covers the cost of her rabies shot. Her new family will get to pick from a selection of items for her: collar, leash, bowls and treats offered by the shelter.”

Animal shelter staff and volunteers work with their dogs to make sure they are accustomed to being around people, walking on a leash and practicing good behavior.  Five of the shelter’s dogs have recently been “hired” to work as special needs service dogs.

Please consider adopting to give a rescued pet a chance at a happy and healthy life.

Contact the Cullman County Animal Shelter at 256-734-5448, or visit them at 935 Convent Road NE.  Reach them by email at cullmancountyanimalshelter@gmail.com.

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CAMPAIGN 2018: Q&A with Carol Berry

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Carol Berry (Courtesy of Carol Berry)

CULLMAN - This week, The Tribune caught up with candidate Carol Berry, who is challenging incumbent Tammy Brown for the post of Cullman County Probate Judge in the June 5 primary election.  A Vinemont native and Cullman resident, Berry is the former executive director of Restoring Women Outreach; she said she hopes to take her experience as head of the addiction recovery nonprofit to court as a champion for better mental health services.

What made you want to become a judge?

“My reason for running is not because I want to be a politician.  My reason for running is not because I am looking for another title to wear.  The reason I want to become your probate judge is because I have seen the lack of support and engagement that is so desperately needed for this community.  There is so much more we could be providing to our families, our nonprofits, our support networks that are in the trenches day after day, and I believe I am the leader that can accomplish that.  It will take this community working together. My track record proves I know how to do that and will bring that knowledge to this office.”

What are the main things you hope to accomplish if elected?

“It is my desire to ensure that every citizen has access to me on a regular basis.  Therefore, it will be made known that I will keep an open door policy for all to share their insights, challenges and needs.  There is no other way for us to address the concerns of our community without being accessible. I will be that once elected.

“I have been told repeatedly that the processes currently in place are outdated and therefore slowing down and impeding citizens from getting what they need when they need it.  That needs to change. The citizens of our county deserve better. When elected to office, I will review and assess all current policies, procedures and processes and will create a strategy to implement up-to-date software, customer service and cross-training to ensure the citizens of Cullman County get what they are entitled to in paying their taxes.  We work for them. They should get their money’s worth out of us.

“The state has taken their hands off of mental health care in Alabama.  We must address this better at a local level. I intend to partner with every organization, agency, church or group that is willing to identify solutions and provide access and support for those who need it the most.  Our community’s strength is in connecting resources and using their unified strength to address problems. We have seen it over and over again. We can be a leader in the state in this area, as long as we work together to provide the services and support our citizens so desperately need.”

What do you consider to be the big differences between you and your opponent?

“What I believe the people can expect from me, that would be different than what they have been receiving, is someone who not only has years of experience in business, accounting and leading a successful nonprofit that I began from scratch, but I also have been in the trenches over those years.  I have family members and friends who have struggled with mental health conditions. The nonprofit I led for eight years supported and aided life transformation of women who had been incarcerated and in addiction for years. Our success stories are proof of what God has already accomplished through me.  Though my opponent may have been making decisions on their behalf for the past five years, I have been walking with them to support their mental health. My desire to be in the office is out of my compassion for the individual and families that are affected by these challenging conditions.”

If you could boil your message down to a concise statement, what would you want people to know about you?

“I am a wife, mother, grandmother, advocate, business woman and nonprofit leader.  I have been advocating for the rights of the mentally ill for more than 10 years. I understand the challenges that families face when dealing with mental illness.  I have grieved with parents who have lost their child in overdose or suicide. I have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support those who are vulnerable and mentally ill in our community.  I also have experience in budgeting, management and working in union with others to accomplish a goal. The probate office is a very diverse office, and I can assure you I know each responsibility well.  I am positive I have every skill necessary to not only fill the position but bring changes and leadership to improve it. My record speaks for itself.

“If elected, this community can be sure that I will spend every moment listening, researching, assessing and creating strategies that will not only support the needs of the mentally ill and those who love them but make sure every responsibility of the probate office is handled in the same manner.  My goal for the probate office is to create an environment that utilizes and encourages teamwork, not only with internal staff but with other County offices and the public. At the end of a six-year term, my hope would be the citizens of Cullman County could clearly see the accomplishments of the probate office and know we made a difference, that we changed things!  I would hope the office would reflect how I treated staff, other county offices, and most importantly the citizens of Cullman, and they all could be proud to say I had been their probate judge!”

Find out more at www.facebook.com/carolberrycullman.

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