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July 13, 2009
Area churches holding upcoming revivals
During the next week various churches across
Walker County are holding revivals, and each church is
encouraging residents to come out and enjoy fellowship and
celebrate their faith.
• Starting on Sunday, July 12th, Faith Worship
Center begin a revival. On Monday no services will take place,
but the revival will start back up again on Tuesday, and run
through Friday. Each nightly service will begin at 7 p.m. and
Pastor Mark Ridgway will be officiating. Faith Worship Center is
located at 2075 Main Street in Sumiton.
• Also beginning its revival on Sunday, July
12th, is Adger Church of God. Monday through Wednesday services
will begin at 7 p.m. with evangelist Lewis Smith. For more
information or directions, contact Pastor David Warren at
568-4821. Adger Church of God is located at 7336 Johns Road in
Adger.
•Lamon Chapel United Methodist Church is hosting
its revival starting Friday and running through Sunday. The
Revs. Frank McGowen and Mahlon Felkins will be speaking at the
revival. A covered dish supper will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday, with services beginning at 7 p.m. following the
dinner. On Sunday, the revival will begin at 11 a.m., with a
covered dish lunch to be served following the service. Lamon
Chapel United Methodist Church is located on in the Thatch
community. From Jasper Take Highway 195 North about 10 miles.
Turn right at Odom’s Grocery onto Lamon Chapel Loop. Go to the
stop sign and the church will be located on the left.
Carbon Hill
Mayor and council meet for cop workshop
The Carbon Hill City Council met Thursday for a workshop held to
discuss possible new police policies that city leaders are looking to put into
place.
Mayor Chris Hart says attendees went over some policies that are
going to be put into place for the police department such as the pursuit policy,
policies on weapons, electronics, ethics, vehicles, power of arrest and use of
force as well. The taser policy was also discussed as well as how the situation
would be handled from a medical standpoint if it were used as well as other
situations that could arise in the line of operations.
The council was expected to vote on the matter at its next
meeting to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Carol Ann Hackney, the councilor who requested the summit at a
July 2 council meeting, said city leaders were made aware about the need for
certain police policies by their insurer. Hackney added that she was pleased
with the outcome of the workshop.
However, Carbon Hill assistant police chief Tom Sorrell, who
attended the meeting but left before its completion, was not pleased with
Thursday’s conference. Sorrell stated that he has a lot of patience, but it ran
out during that meeting. Sorrell also said that he was offended because some
council members are making apples out of oranges — worried about getting sued.
Carbon Hill Police Chief Robert King declined to comment on the
matter.
City streets getting fresh coat of paint
The streets of Jasper will soon have freshly painted crosswalks,
stop bars, turning lanes and center line stripes throughout the downtown area
and in front of schools.
Jasper Mayor Sonny Posey says refreshing the paint in front of
the schools and in the downtown area is something he’d like to see done every
year during the summer months before students return to school.
According to Mayor Posey the paint is normally refreshed about
every three years or so or on an as-needed basis. Posey states that the city
would like to start refreshing the paint in the downtown areas and in front of
the schools annually as a safety precaution.
The repainting takes place in the hot months of the summer
because the paint dries at a more rapid rate than in cooler months, lasts longer
and decreased traffic flow makes the work easier to complete.
Members of the community should be aware of the roads and small
delays that might come from the painting. The city plans to have all repainting
of crosswalks and stop bars in front of the schools completed by the time
children return to school from summer vacation.
City engineer Joe Matthews agrees that refreshing the paint
before the start of the following school year is a good idea. Matthews says that
just a small strip of Viking Drive sees more than 12,000 cars a day during the
winter months while, during summer months, the traffic volume is only around
8,000 vehicles daily at the same location.
Cole recently named state D.A. Association
Investigator of the Year - Gives others credit
for his award
The chief investigator for the
Walker County District Attorney’s Office, Frank
Cole, was recently named the 2009 Alabama
District Attorney Association’s Investigator of
the Year, but he says he can’t take all the
credit for this prestigious accomplishment. Cole
said he has had tons of help throughout his long
career in law enforcement and it wouldn’t be
fair if he didn’t thank the folks who helped him
along the way for more than 35 years.
Cole has investigated numerous
major crime cases ranging from robberies, rapes
and murders for the Walker County District
Attorney’s Office since Sept. 1, 1983.
Before going to work at the
D.A.’s office, he worked for the Walker County
Sheriff’s Office for more than a decade, serving
as a jailer, patrol deputy and investigator.
Cole said he didn’t want folks to
forget the patrol officers and detectives and
sheriff’s deputies who are the first on the
scene.
Cole said he knows he was the one
who got the award and he’s very proud of it, but
he said he thinks there are a lot more people
more deserving than him.
Cole saays he only has a couple
more years before he calls it quits and hangs up
his badge and gun, and he feels truly honored by
this award. He says he doesn’t have a clue how
many cases he has worked over the years, but the
murder cases are the ones that tend to stand out
in his mind. Cole adds that he feels blessed
because he has worked with some of the best
people in the world, including Walker County
sheriffs Jack Trotter and Bill Ingram, his
partner John Softley and his current boss,
Charles Baker.
Cole said the key to being a good
law enforcement officer is to never guess at
something if you don’t know the answer. He says
that, even with all his years of experience, he
still asks people for help and he believes that
is why he is so blessed today.
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