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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.

Cahawba Art Association meetings

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

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.

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.

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.

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. There’s no July meeting and the August speaker is U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer. For more information, visit www.rwot.net or email cherylamathews@gmail.com.

2015 Trussville City BOE meetings

The Trussville City Board of Education will meet July 20, Aug. 17, Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14. All board meetings are at 6 p.m. at the Central Office.

Relay luminary ceremony rescheduled

The East Jefferson Relay For Life Committee has rescheduled its Luminary Lighting Ceremony for Thursday, June 25 at 6 p.m. The ceremony was originally to take place at Relay For Life in mid-May but was postponed due to weather. The rescheduled event will be held the Trussville Civic Center. The public is welcome to attend and participate.

Cahaba Springs photography show open through July 15

“For the Beauty of the Earth, For the Glory of the Skies” photography exhibition will be available for viewing at Cahaba Springs Presbyterian Church in Trussville until July 15. The exhibition is a collection of photographs by Kenneth Lambert and Robert Taylor. Photos include landscape, seascape, and photographs of wildlife seen in the Southeast, mostly in eastern Jefferson County, specifically Trussville and Argo. For more information, email Laura Reichert at artypants@aol.com.

Monthly Trussville Chamber meeting coming up July 16

The monthly meeting of the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce will be July 16 at the Trussville Civic Center. Reservations are required. Call 655-7535

or visit www.trussvillechamber.com for more information.

Trussville Sons of Confederate Veterans meetings

Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 1435 meets the third Thursday of each month at First Baptist Church Trussville from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meetings are open to the public. The July 17 meeting will feature a speaker from the Trussville Camp of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. We will discuss combining resources for the Trussville Christmas Parade.

ACTA Theater presents “The Wizard of Oz”

ACTA Theater is proud to present its summer musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” directed by Kim Hutchens. Dates of the show are July 24, 25, 26, 31 and August 1 & 2. Reservations can be made by calling the theater at 655-3902. ACTA is located at 225 Parkway Drive in Trussville.

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.

Beat the Heat at Turkey Creek July 18

Beat the Heat at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Pinson is scheduled for Saturday, July 18. More information will be released as the date approaches.

Trussville Historical Society takes summer break

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

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TrussvilleThe 2015 Trussville City Council

meetings will be July 14, July 28, Aug. 11, 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

are scheduled for July 6, July 20, Aug.

3, Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Dec. 7 and Dec. 21. All meetings are at 6:30 p.m. at Clay City Hall on Old Springville Road.

PinsonThe Pinson City Council typically

meets the first and third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are at Pinson City Hall, located at 4410 Main St. in Pinson.

2015 City Council meetings

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If you have never been to Charleston, South Carolina, you

should go sometime. It is one of the most

amazing places I have ever been. My beautiful wife Beth is from Charleston. I got married on the beach there. We vacation there nearly every year. It is one of the friendliest places I’ve ever been, and it is like a second home to me. We go to Christmas Eve dinner at the home of Beth’s 95-year-old grandmother, who lives about a mile or

so from where an act of terror took place.

I call it an act of terror because that is what it was. Make no mistake.

The term ‘terrorism’ in 2015 seems to be reserved for people from overseas who wish to harm Americans because of our differences and our freedoms. On June 18, 2015, we were slapped in the face with the cold fact that Americans wish to harm Americans for the very same reason. So let’s call it what it is: terrorism.

I will not attempt to analyze the raw sewage that pumps through the mind of the young terrorist who did these unspeakable acts. I cannot comprehend how a person can be so full of hate that he is compelled to attend a house of worship, pretend to have Christian fellowship with his victims then murder them. I cannot comprehend.

I have read that this act is a product of the culture of the South. I beg to differ, having lived in the South my entire life. I love it

here. I love it for its beauty and charm. I love it for the fact that we have worked so hard to overcome the worst of our history while cherishing the best of our history. I love it for the fact that as a high school senior at a small town in rural south Alabama I was the only white kid on the basketball team, and nobody on that team seemed to notice. We were brothers. The blood,

sweat and tears we all shed transcended the color of our skin.

That is why this angers and saddens me on so many levels. That someone might call this the product of Southern culture is false. It is the product of the sewage in one young man’s mind, put there by his parents or by the internet or by who knows what. Because some people from this region are racist terrorists does not make me one. And when I visit downtown Birmingham and see the progress made from nearly a half century ago, I know the premise of blaming Southern culture is wrong.

At the same time, we cannot bury our heads in the sand. We must acknowledge that these

people still exist, not just in the South, but all over this country. And we must call them what they are: terrorists. They are ISIS and Al Qaeda.

And we must realize that terrorists can come not just from the Middle East, but from the middle of South Carolina.

And my hope is that from this despicable act, we all learn that we as Americans should love and respect each other, not for the color of our skin, but for the content of our character.

Dr. Zack Steele is a 2003 graduate of the UAB School of Optometry. His practice, Trussville Vision Care, is located on Chalkville Mountain Road in downtown Trussville.

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Alabama is only one of a handful of states that work out

of two budgets. We have a General Fund Budget and a separate Education Budget. Our General Fund is where the severe problem rests. The reason is that the General Fund gets none of the growth taxes so its revenue has remained the same for decades.

The Legislature failed to find a solution during the four month regular legislative session. The new fiscal year begins October 1. Therefore, a summer special session will be necessary.

In the meantime, the Education Budget has passed. It glided through both houses with minimum strife. The almost $6 billion Education Budget increases funding for textbooks by $3 million. It also includes a $10 million increase for the state’s pre-kindergarten program. Colleges and

universities are essentially level funded.

The Education Budget does not provide money for teacher pay raises or an increase in funding for their health insurance. This essentially means that teachers will probably see a cut in compensation in the next fiscal year under this Republican budget.

The crisis in the General Fund Budget has been formulating for over a decade. Our current Republican governor and legislature did not create the problems, they inherited them. However, they have done very little to resolve the dilemma.

Instead, they followed the Republican rule book of cutting government and voting no new taxes. Their solution for the past four years has included cutting teachers’ and state workers’ income and benefits. Some folks would say they balanced the budgets on

the backs of state workers and teachers.

As the session was winding down, some of the Republican legislators began to come to the realization that they have already cut to the bone and now must do something if Alabama is going to have any semblance of state services.

The House passed a General Fund Budget that most observers and legislators felt was merely a vehicle to drive to see how bad it would sputter down

the road. The problem is the jalopy would not even make it to the road because under that proposed budget Alabamians would not have any roads to drive on much less troopers to police them. The jalopy could ramble along potholed state roads without any headlights or taillights and if a local policeman stopped them, the driver could accost the officer without any repercussions because we will not have a functioning court system to try them much less a prison to house them if found guilty.

The Budget passed by the House was referred to very elegantly by House Budget Chairman Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) as a “pig that was hard to put lipstick on.” Speaker of the House Mike

Hubbard said that this is not the ultimate budget that will be enacted for the next fiscal year. Hubbard threw

in the towel with four legislative days remaining. He said, “I think if we can isolate it during the summer and come back in special session in August is the best scenario.”

This grim reaper budget could be dire for Alabama’s state employees. It is a $1.64 billion budget that cuts about $204 million over the current year’s budget. State workers would not get a pay raise, and they would have to pay more for their health insurance. They have not received a cost of living raise in six years and will now see their take home pay cut yet again while their workload continues to increase. The state employee workforce has been reduced by 5,000 people, which is about 15 percent since Republicans took over state government in 2010.

The most dangerous problem with the present budget involves the

prison system. Not only would the heralded Prison Reform package not be implemented, the prison population would increase by another 5,400 in our major facilities. This would take the capacity from 200 percent to 226 percent. The federal courts took over California’s prisons at 150 percent which seems to be the top threshold. Sen. Cam Ward, the sponsor of the Prison Reform legislation frustratingly said, “We have just laid a red carpet for a federal takeover of our prison system.”

We will see what a special session will behold.

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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Bailey McElwain, Hewitt-Trussville’s All-Tribune linebacker, went camping last week and came home with a Pac-12 scholarship offer in hand.

The 6-foot Class of 2016 prospect attended Stanford’s football camp and impressed the Cardinal coaches enough to gain a scholarship offer from them.

He verbally committed to Stanford on Saturday, one day after receiving the scholarship offer.

“I talked to my mom on the way back from the trip and I just thought it was the best thing for me football wise and academically, so you can’t really get any better,” said McElwain.

McElwain was the Huskies’ second-leading tackler a season ago, recording 14 tackles for loss. The senior-to-be is expected to be a two-way player for the Huskies next season, staring at linebacker on defense and serving as a fullback on the other end. According to McElwain, Stanford offered him “mainly as a fullback.” This will be his first season contributing on the offensive side.

“[Stanford head coach David Shaw] said I’m the perfect size,” said McElwain, who has a 3.9 GPA. “He said my weight and height are really perfect for what they like. They just sent a fullback to the NFL that was the exact same height and weight as me. They think I fit perfect; I’ve got the footwork, the speed, the strength, so I fit in really well.”

The camp was held at Stanford’s practice facility in Palo Alto, Cal.

“It’s a lot different than stuff around here,” said McElwain of Stanford’s campus. “It’s more traditional and rich in culture. It’s really nice.”

Shaw is currently facing a shortage at the fullback position, which could give the upcoming senior an opportunity to play early in his college career.

“[Shaw] said they are really low at fullback right now and they need someone to come in and play, so I think that could be me,” said McElwain.

Despite his verbal pledge, McElwain plans on taking visits to other programs in the future.

“I don’t want to close my mind fully, but a commitment is a commitment,” he said.

Hewitt’s McElwain receives offer from Stanford, commitsby Erik Harris

Sports Editor

The construction of anything meant to last is not easy. It needs a good foundation.

That’s why Hewitt-Trussville head football coach, Josh Floyd, is hosting a camp this week. This camp will provide Floyd with a chance to help future Husky playmakers develop.

Floyd will be hosting the Elite Passing Academy June 23-24 at the high school’s football stadium.

Campers will be divided into two age groups with younger kids going in the

morning and high school kids going in the afternoon.

Floyd said he recognizes

that the camp will not transform players overnight. He said a lot of the focus will be on fundamentals that players can work on when they leave.

“You want to give them things they can take home with them and really try to get better [at over] the entire summer,” Floyd said. “It turns into a habit and they don’t have to think about it anymore.”

Although it’s the middle of the summer, campers will spend a portion of the camp in a classroom setting. Floyd said he

likes to show videos of NFL players, like Peyton Manning, to illustrate the importance of good technique.

It’s one thing for me to say it, but when they see somebody at that level doing it the same way I think it means a lot to kids,” he said. “I think the mental side of it is stuff they can work on when they get home all summer.”

The camp gives out a lot of homework, but Floyd said he wants the kids to have fun as well. He said the camp will have plenty of competitions that the

kids should enjoy.Floyd said he expects a

good turnout this year, but he hopes that this is just the beginning. The second-year Husky coach wants his camp to continue to grow in the future.

“We want to make it to where it’s a culture here. Where Hewitt-Trussville is known for guys who can throw and catch,” Floyd said. “Hewitt-Trussville has had a lot of big time quarterbacks over the years, and we just want to keep that tradition going and make it even better.”

Hewitt-Trussville coach hosts camp designed to mold playersby Tyler Waldrep

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Pinson Valley cornerback Jay Woods said that he wanted to make a verbal commitment before the start of his senior season and with 66 days separating him from those Friday night lights, the 2016 prospect made a decision.

With many options on the table, Woods narrowed his list down to one at a satellite camp at Oak Mountain High School. The University of South Alabama, a program that was already recruiting the defensive back, operated the camp last week.

Woods had visited the Jaguar campus in Mobile a month before attending the satellite camp. He felt “at home” with the South Alabama coaching staff last week.

“I just fell in love with the team, the coaches and everything,” said Woods. “They made me feel at home and it’s not far from home, so that’s what made me commit.”

Woods, who broke up 20 passes and intercepted two more as a junior, was No. 1 on the Jaguars recruiting board. That only drew him closer to Mobile.

Now that he’s verbally pledged, he can completely focus on the upcoming high school season.

“It’s less stress on me and my family,” said

Woods. “It’s easier for me to concentrate more on my team and focus more on the season. It feels good.”

The lengthy corner saw the camp as an opportunity to shine. Despite having an invitation to simply observe the drills and sit on his offer, Woods opted to put his talent on display.

“They told me that I could just come to the camp and just watch since they had already offered me, but I chose not to do that,” said Woods. “I wanted to actually show them what they would be getting out of me if I came to their school. I showed them what I can do and that’s what they really like about me.”

“I’m not afraid to come out and show you what I can do and learn more.”

The South Alabama coaching staff primarily worked with him on press coverage. Woods liked the staff’s attention to detail. He’s also drawn to the academic side of the school.

“They’re finding things that you do wrong and they correct it,” said Woods. “That’s what I like about them, because I’m always open to learn something new every day.”

With the 2015-16 season quickly approaching, Woods gives the vibe that he’s content with his verbal choice for now, but mentioned that he wont be completely closed off to the recruitment of other programs between now and National Signing Day.

Pinson Valley cornerback makes verbal commitmentby Erik Harris

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The Trussville 7U American All-Star team overcame a slow start and a No. 7 seed in pool play to win the 7U Metro Baseball Championship on Monday at Oak Mountain Baseball’s Heardmont Park.

The Huskies downed Hoover’s Shades Mountain All-Stars in the title game by a count of 15-5, sending the 7U Metro crown back down I-459. Trussville was propelled by an 11-run lead that was built early in the decisive contest.

That lead was believed to be the product of some heavy momentum built by the Huskies throughout bracket play. Despite facing a harsh stretch of competition, Trussville came into the championship game unblemished in bracket play. “Something clicked after that second pool play game” said Head Coach Butch Cole “ We came together as a team, coaches [Luke] Stodghill, [Brent] Bilodeau and [Brad] Bamberg made a few tweaks and finally got used to machine pitched baseball.”

Cole continued about the 13-team tournament.

“Trussville teams were the only teams in the Metro tournaments that didn’t use machines in regular season, so we first had to make the transition from the coach pitch game to

machine pitch.”According to Cole, his

team relied heavily on strong defense and a clear mental game through its early contests.

“Once the bats woke up, we able to play a little looser and each and every one of these boys stood up and made a play when their team needed them,” Cole said.

Trussville’s champion-ship series with Shades Mountain was seen by an especially large crowd of roughly 500 people, ac-cording to reports. The game’s officials said it was probably one of, if not the most watched game in Metro history.

“It was really a home game for us,” said Cole.

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From bottom left to right: James Noles, Tate Bamberg, Lane Bilodeau, Gavin Bittle, Carson Phillips, Cohen Looney, Jackson Reeves, Chase Webb, Eli Nelson, Luke Stodghill, Trip Cole, Brent Bilodeau, Butch Cole, Patrick Stodghill and Brad Bamberg.

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Game times have been set for the Middle Tennessee Football Classic.

Class 6A Clay-Chalkville and Class 7A Hoover will represent Alabama on Aug. 22 in Middle Tennessee State University’s Floyd Stadium. The two in-state powers will square off against returning playoff contenders from the Volunteer state.

The defending Class 6A state champions will square off against Blackman (Tenn.) at 4 p.m. Hoover, who took the inaugural Class 7A crown, will face Oakland (Tenn.) at 7 p.m. on the same field. Neither of the Saturday games will be televised.

Blackman finished last season with an overall mark of 11-2. Its postseason run ended in the third round with a 20-9 blemish at the hands of Oakland. The Blaze also fell at Hoover on Oct. 31 by a final of 35-20.

The Cougars will serve as the first opponent for a new coaching regime at Blackman. First-year head coach David

Watson has replaced Philip Shadowens after working under him as an assistant at Blackman for five years.

Watson will field a roster coming off a 6-0 record in Tennessee’s AAA District 7. Defensively, Blackman held its opponents to 21.5 points per game in 2014. That unit will be put to the test against a Clay-Chalkville offense that produced 463 yards and 48.7 points per contest.

Offensively, Blackman went for 39.3 points per game last year, according to MaxPreps.

Clay-Chalkville sets start time for season openerby Erik Harris

Sports Editor

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Clay-Chalkville head coach Jerry Hood addressing his team.

From staff reports

An offensive night ended with a sure glove for the Trussville 6U Nationals. Trussville pitcher Kent Wingard stabbed a line drive for the third out of the final frame, sending the Huskies home with a 16-15 win over the Helena 6U Nationals in the championship game of the Metro 6U Tournament.

However, Tuesday night’s win was about offense; lots and lots of offense. 13 runs crossed in the opening inning alone, sending the Huskies into

the second trailing 7-6.Trussville, the home

team, kept its bats “hot” in the second inning. Will Miller and Jackson Pontarelli started the frame with a pair of doubles. Kaleb Kynard would later stroke a momentum-swinging homer.

Helena answered in the top of the third with seven runs, but Trussville fought back and put up three runs of their own that began with a single to shortstop by Hud Mitchell. The third inning closed with a score of 14-16, Trussville.

With the Huskies

clinging to a one-run lead, Jonah Turner delivered with a crucial double play to get Trussville out of a fourth-inning jam.

The champions are led by head coach Clay Wingard. He is assisted by David Miller, Shea Mitchell, Kyler O’Neill and Pat Pontarelli.

The Trussville 6U roster: Wes Hardy, Kyle Jones, Kaleb Kynard, Will Miller, Hud Mitchell, Riley O’Neill, Jackson Pontarelli, D’ante Seals, Jonah Turner, Colt Wells and Kent Wingard.

Trussville 6U swings ‘hot’ bats in Metro Tourney

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From the bottom row left to right: Riley O’Neill, Kent Wingard, Kaleb Kynard, Hud Mitchell, Kyle Jones, D’ante Seals, Wes Hardy, Will Miller, Colt Wells, Jonah Turner, Jackson Pontarelli, Kyler O’Neill, Shea Mitchell, Clay Wingard, David Miller and Pat Pontarelli