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The Birmingham Academy of Martial Arts (BAMA), located in Trussville was recently the recipient of a prestigious award from Century Martial Arts, one of the most respected agencies in the business.

The Mark of Excellence Award was awarded to the studio for their dedication to the martial arts and community involvement, according to a release.

BAMA was one of very few

recipients of the award, the highest honor given out by Century Martial Arts.

The studio is vital in this area for community involvement, as they help raise funds several different ways for the community as well as charities such as St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Their annual Kick-a-thon fund raiser raised more than $5,000 for St. Jude last year, which is a very large donation number for such a small organization.

The studio also helps with local elementary schools during physical education classes as well, giving many children the

opportunity to see what their style of karate is all about.

At BAMA, they teach tang soo do, which is more commonly recognized as the style of martial arts used by television star Chuck Norris.

Dedication to the individuals is key to the studio’s success, and having a positive impact on the community as a whole is one of the studio’s main goals.

“At Century, our core belief is that martial arts has the ability to profoundly change lives,” Century Martial Arts founder and CEO, Michael Dillard said. “And that is exactly what Birmingham Academy of Martial Arts is doing — changing lives for the betterment of their community.”

Senior Master Heather Potter and Master Will Potter accepted the Mark of Excellence Award

on behalf of the school at The Gold Event.

“I am honored that Century has recognized my school for our commitment to martial arts,” Potter said. “The true test of any instructor is the impact made on students’ lives, and it is incredibly rewarding to receive such positive feedback from the industry.”

The studio has classes throughout the week, and has been in business here in Trussville since 2005 according to Potter, and they service around 300 students.

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2015 Trussville City BOE meetings

The Trussville City Board of Education will meet Aug. 17, Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14. All board meetings are at 6 p.m. at the Central Office.

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge meetings

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

Center Point Masonic Lodge meetings

Center Point Masonic Lodge No. 872 located off Old Springville Road meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Mike Lann at 205-687-7160.

Springville Military Order of the Purple Heart meetings

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 2213, Springville, meets

at the Smokin Grill at 85 Purple Heart Boulevard on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Republican Women of Trussville meetings

Republic Women of Trussville meetings are at Sherry’s Cafe on Valley Road near Trussville the first Thursday of each month. Meet and greet is at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting follows at 6 p.m. The August speaker is U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer. For more information, visit www.rwot.net or email cherylamathews@gmail.com.

Jazzercise at Trussville Civic Center

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

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge pancake breakfast

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge will be having an all you can eat pancake breakfast Saturday Aug 15th at 8am. located across from old Marvin’s store. Contact Bryan Stover @ 205-706-5220.

Green Bean Drop scheduled for Aug. 15

First Baptist Church Trussville and the Society of St. Andrew announce Trussville’s 2nd Annual Green Bean Drop, a community-wide event at which food that might otherwise go to waste is gleaned from fields and put into manageable batches for distribution to organizations that feed the hungry. On Saturday, August 15, 20,000 lbs. of green beans will be “dropped” on Magnolia Mall, the grassy area between Hewitt Street and Magnolia Court on North Chalkville Road in Trussville. Bagging will begin at 8 a.m. and continue until the work is done. (Last year’s bagging took two hours.) Volunteers of all ages are welcome to come early and help the underserved in our area through this fun, family event.

Trussville Bridal Show Aug. 16The Trussville Bridal Show will be

Sunday, Aug. 16 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. Guest admission is $5, but brides are admitted free with a paying guest. Tickets are purchased at the door.

Miss Kelley’s open houseMiss Kelley’s School of Dance in

Trussville is having their open house on August 15th from 1-4 pm. Classes are available for ages 2 1/2 and up. Call 205-655-7776 for details.

Congressman Palmer to speak at August luncheon

The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce will welcome Congressman Gary Palmer to its August 20 luncheon at the Trussville Civic Center. Network development time begins at 11:30; lunch will be served at noon. Reservations are $17 each and are needed by noon on Tuesday, August 18. For more information, visit www.

trussvillechamber.com or call 655-7535.

Trussville Historical Society takes summer break

The Trussville Historical Society will not meet for the months of July or August. Its next meeting will be September 10, 6:30 p.m., at Heritage Hall.

Cahaba Fry-Down coming up in October

The 6th Annual Cahaba River Society Fry-Down, a competitive catfish cooking contest to celebrate the Cahaba River, is October 11, 2015, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Railroad Park in Birmingham. Proceeds will benefit the Cahaba River Society. Presenting sponsor is Amerex Corporation. A donation of $20 gets admission to the event; children 12 and under free. For more information, visit www.frydown.com.

Cahawba Art Association meetings

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

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TrussvilleThe 2015 Trussville City Council

meetings will be Aug. 25, Sept. 8, Sept. 22, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, Nov. 19, Dec. 8 and Dec. 17. All meetings are at 6 p.m. at Trussville City Hall on Main Street.

ClayThe 2015 Clay City Council meetings

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There is a very iconic company founded in Alabama that has made state, southern, national and international history. It is an insurance corporation known as Aflac.

Aflac is one of the greatest success stories in American business lore. Although it is headquartered on Alabama’s border in Columbus, Georgia, we in Alabama claim it as our own because its origins are in Coffee County, Alabama. Indeed, Alabama has always had the highest number of policyholders per capita within the tremendous Aflac clientele base.

Growing up in Alabama it seemed that everyone I knew owned an American Family Life Cancer policy. From the beginning of the company they had a reputation for paying their claims like Roscoe. Their remarkable reputation for paying claims instantly and without reservation spread by word of mouth throughout the state and region. Word of mouth is still the best form of advertising, even if you have an iconic duck.

Aflac truly enjoyed a stellar reputation in the Heart of Dixie. That reputation of superlative claim service still prevails with the company. I saw

this legendary claim service first hand when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. She had numerous American Family Cancer policies. A lady named Maggie Allen had sold everybody in Pike County a policy or two. It seemed like my mother received a check a day for years without ever filling out a claim form.

Aflac was founded 60 years ago in Enterprise, Alabama. The founding fathers were three brothers with the last name of Amos. The oldest brother, John Amos, formed the insurance company in 1955. He was a lawyer and a visionary. He is responsible for expanding the company and turning it into the major insurer in Japan.

Bill Amos was the middle brother. He was the nuts and bolts inside man. He was the operations guy who knew how to keep company costs down even while growing exponentially.

Paul Amos was the younger brother. Paul was the salesman. He pioneered a unique selling technique. While most insurers sold policies individually, Paul improvised the idea of cluster selling at worksites. Instead of making presentations to individuals, the Aflac

sales representatives went to companies and made sales pitches to groups of employees. Today most of Aflac’s United States policies are bought through payroll deductions.

In 1964, the company changed their official name to the American Family Life Assurance Company and in 1969 it adopted the acronym Aflac. A few years later they went to one of the top advertising agencies in New York to make a significant national ad buy. They came up with the duck that quacks the word “Aflac.” It has become the company’s famous and humorous symbol. It has made Aflac one of, if not the best known insurance companies in the world.

Paul Amos started his career as the sales manager for Alabama. Aflac has continued this practice of making an Amos the director of

sales for Alabama and the panhandle of Florida. It has become a tradition that an Amos ancestor will eventually rise to the top of the ladder at the company. However, their first job is as a salesman in Alabama.

Paul Amos passed away last year at 88. His son, Dan Amos, is Aflac’s chairman and CEO. Dan Amos has been at the helm of Aflac for over two decades. He has overseen remarkable growth and profitability. He has moved Aflac into a worldwide leader in the

insurance industry. Aflac today has grown into a giant that insures more than 50 million people and has $121 billion in assets. It has 185,000 agents nationwide.

That is not bad for a trio of good old far reaching and big thinking Alabama boys. Even as big as John Amos dreamed, it is doubtful that even he could have imagined the magnitude of what he and his brothers, Bill and Paul, started 60 years ago in Enterprise, Alabama.

If the Amos brothers were alive today, they would be proud of their company and also proud that an Amos still runs their company – quite admirably by the way.

See you next week.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column on Alabama politics appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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The Alabama Sports Writers Association didn’t care to shock anyone with its preseason football poll, released earlier this week.

In consistent fashion, the panel rewarded all seven 2014 Alabama High School Athletic Association state champions with the highest mark from Class 1A through Class 7A.

One of those recipients is Class 6A defending champ Clay-Chalkville, and few will question its placement atop the 6A poll. Similar words could be said about Class 7A preseason No. 1 Hoover.

All seven Class 7A, Region 3 programs, including Hewitt-Trussville, find themselves either ranked or receiving

votes to be ranked in the initial 2015 poll. No. 1 Hoover is followed by No. 5 Oak

Mountain on the list. They are closely followed by Region 3 representatives No. 11 Spain Park, No. 15 Hewitt-Trussville, No. 16 Mountain Brook, No. 18 Vestavia Hills and No. 19 Tuscaloosa County.

(Each team’s 2014 record is in parentheses).

Class 7A preseason pollNo. 1 Hoover (12-2)No. 2 Central-Phenix City (10-2)No. 3 Prattville (11-3)No. 4 Baker (9-2)No. 5 Oak Mountain (10-2)No. 6 Bob Jones (8-3)No. 7 Foley (9-4)No. 8 Gadsden City (10-3)No. 9 Murphy (7-4)No. 10 James Clemens (7-4)

Class 6A preseason pollNo. 1 Clay-Chalkville (15-0)No. 2 Spanish Fort (12-2)No. 3 Saraland (13-2)No. 4 Opelika (9-2)No. 5 McAdory (12-1)No. 6 Florence (11-3)No. 7 Muscle Shoals (8-3)No. 8 Carver-Montgomery (9-3)No. 9 Homewood (9-3)

No. 10 Gardendale (8-5) Pinson Valley was not ranked by the

ASWA and didn’t receive votes to be ranked in the Class 6A poll, making top-ranked Clay-Chalkville and No. 10 Gardendale Region 6’s only two representatives.

The ASWA poll will be released each Wednesday throughout the 2015 regular season.

ASWA releases preseason football poll by Erik Harris

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H e w i t t - T r u s s v i l l e has added an all-state defensive line transfer from Leeds High School to its roster and the highly-touted newcomer received some high praise from his former head coach at the Jefferson-Shelby high school football media days.

“We lost Christian Smith, who transferred to Hewitt-Trussville,” Leeds head football coach Keith Etheredge said.

In only his sophomore season for the Green Wave, Smith exploded onto

the scene as an Alabama High School Athletic Association second team Class 4A All-State player. Leeds finished 14-1 while claiming the Class 4A state championship last year.

Although the interior defensive lineman is making the jump from Class 4A to Class 7A, Etheredge sees no reason why Smith can’t continue his high level of play in 2015.

“He’ll be fine. He’s not going to skip a beat; he’ll do a great job,” Etheredge said. “I guarantee when they lace it up for their first game, he’ll be out there starting. He’s that type of player and he’ll be playing

on Saturdays.” According to Smith, he

secured over 100 tackles last season to go along with 11 quarterback sacks. His ability on the field is confirmed by that lengthy stat line.

“Christian’s a great football player. He’s a big kid, plugger, has good athletic ability. He’s 6-foot-2, 270 [pounds] and a great kid, so I wish him the best,” Etheredge said.

Along with praising Smith’s on-field talent, Etheredge spoke highly of his former player off the field.

“He’s a great young man and Trussville’s got a good football player.”

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After a freshman season that unexpectedly slung him into action, Pinson Valley quarterback Jackie Matthews is growing into a team leader.

The upcoming sophomore went 3-2 as the Indians’ starter last year and is entering fall camp with the job still in hand.

“It’s [Matthews’] job to lose for sure,” said second-year offensive coordinator Jon Clements. “He’s the guy, he’s the leader in our locker room, he’s the leader in all of our drills and in the weight room. He’s going to make us go.”

Clements, who also serves as Pinson Valley’s quarterback coach, has seen tremendous improvement from his young signal caller since the end of the 2014 season. Matthews quarterbacked a loosing effort at Southside Gadsden in the opening round of last year’s playoffs.

“He was the puppy that wasn’t getting to come off the porch much and now he’s the guy,” Clements said. “The kids respect [Matthews] and he really controls himself. To be 15-years-old, he’s really grown up.”

“Jackie Matthews has gone from a 14-year-old that had no clue to a 15-year-old that owns the

offense. Jackie is there [at the field house] when I get there and he leaves when I leave. He’s really soaking it up and our kids see that.”

The quarterback he replaced in the sixth week of last season, Errius Collins, will line up at receiver this fall, but continues taking practice snaps at quarterback.

“We’re still going to put him at quarterback and do some stuff with him just because of his athletic ability, but I would say that he’s our No. 3 guy,” Clements said.

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Pinson Valley’s young quarterback “owns the offense”by Erik Harris

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